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全国大学生英语六级考试模拟试题及答案详解
2013年全国大学生英语六级考试模拟试题及答案详解
PartIWriting(30minutes)
Directions:
Forthispart,youareallowed30minutestowriteacomposition
onthetopic:
Travel-mateWanted.Youshouldwriteatleast150wordfollowingthe
outlinegivenbelow:
假设你是李明,假期即将到来,你打算做一次为期三周的旅行,希望找个外国朋友作为
游伴(Travel-mate)。
拟一个寻游伴的启事,交代清楚日程安排、费用分担情况、对对方的
要求等,并说明对方和你一起出游的好处。
Travel-mateWanted
PartIIReadingComprehension(SkimmingandScanning)(15minutes)
Directions:
Inthispart,youwillhave15minutestogooverthepassagequickly
andanswerthequestionsonAnswerSheet1.Forquestions1-4,mark
Y(forYES)ifthestatementagreeswiththeinformationgiveninthepassage;
N(forNO)ifthestatementcontradictstheinformationgiveninthepassage;
NG(forNOTGIVEN)iftheinformationisnotgiveninthepassage.
Forquestions5-10,completethesentenceswiththeinformationgiveninthe
passage.
IsCollegeReallyWorththeMoney?
TheRealWorld
EsteGriffithhaditallfiguredout.WhenshegraduatedfromtheUniversity
ofPittsburghinApril2001,shehadhersightssetononething:
workingforalabor
union.
Therealworldhadotherideas.Griffithleftschoolwithnotonlyadegree,
butaboatloadofdebt.Sheowed$15,000instudentloansandhadrackedup$4,000
increditcarddebtforbooks,groceriesandotherexpenses.Nolaborunionjobcould
payenoughtobailherout.
SoGriffithwenttoworkinsteadforaWashington,D.C.firmthatspecializes
ineconomicdevelopment.Problemsolved?
Nope.Atage24,shetakeshomeabout$1,800
amonth,$1,200ofwhichdisappearstopayherrent.Addanother$180amonthto
retireherstudentloansand$300amonthtowhittledownhercreditcardbalance.
"Youdothemath,"shesays.
Griffithhaspracticallynomoneytoliveon.Shebrown-bags(自带午餐)herlunch
andbikestowork.Aboveall,shefearsshe'llneverownahouseorbeabletoretire.
It'snotthatsheregretsgettingherdegree."Buttheydon'ttellyouthatthe
trade-offisthenexttenyearsofyourincome,"shesays.
That'spreciselythedealbeingmadebymoreandmorecollegestudents.They're
mortgagingtheirfuturestomeetsoaringtuitioncostsandothercollegeexpenses.
LikeGriffith,they'refacingaone-twopunchatgraduation:
hefty(深重的)student
loansandsmotheringcreditcarddebt—nottomentionajobmarketthat,fornow
anyway,isdismal.
"Weareforcingourchildrentomakeachoicebetweentwoevils,"saysElizabeth
Warren,aHarvardLawprofessorandexpertonbankruptcy."Skipcollegeandface
alifeofdiminishedopportunity.orgotocollegeandfacealifeshackled(束缚)by
debt."
TuitionHikes
Forsometime,collegeshaveinsistedtheirsteeptuitionhikesareneededto
payforcutting-edgetechnologies,facultyandadministrationsalaries,andrising
healthcarecosts.Nowthere'sanewculprit(犯人):
shrinkingstatesupport.Caught
inaseverebudgetcrunch,manystateshavesharplyscaledbacktheirfundingfor
highereducation.
Someonehadtomakeupforthoselostdollars.Andyoucanguesswho—especially
ifyouliveinMassachusetts,whichlastyearhikeditstuitionandfeesby24percent,
afterfundingdroppedby3percent,orinMissouri,whereappropriations(拨款)fell
by10percent,buttuitionroseatdoublethatrate.Aboutone-thirdofthestates,
infact,haveincreasedtuitionandfeesbymorethan10percent.
OneofthosestatesisCalifornia,andJanetBurrell'sfamilyisfeelingthe
pain.AbookkeeperinTorrance,BurrellhasadaughterattheUniversityof
CaliforniaatDavisMeanwhile,hersonsattendtwo-yearcollegesbecauseBurrell
can'taffordtohavealloftheminfour-yearschoolsatonce.
Meanwhile,evenwithtuitionhikes,California'scommunitycollegesareso
strappedforcashtheydroppedthousandsofclasseslastspring.Theresult:
54,000
fewerstudents.
CollapsingInvestments
Manyfamiliesthoughttheyhadasurefireplan:
eveniftuitionkeptskyrocketing,
theyhadinvestedenoughmoneyalongthewaytomeetthecosts.Thenafunnything
happenedonthewaytoWallStreet.Thoseinvestmentscollapsedwiththestockmarket.
Amongtheloserslastyear:
thewildlypopular"529"plans—federaltax-exempt
collegesavingsplansofferedbyindividualstates,whichhaveattractedbillions
fromfamiliesaroundthecountry."Wehearfrommanyparentsthatwhattheyhadset
asidedeclinedinvaluesomuchthattheynowdon'thaveenoughtoseetheirstudents
through,"saysPennStatefinancialaiddirectorAnnaGriswold,whowitnesseda10
percentincreaseinloanapplicationslastyear.Evenwithamarketthatmaybeslowly
recovering,itwilltaketime,perhapsseveralyears,forpeopletorecoup(补
偿)theirlosses.
NadineSayeghisamongthosewhodidn'thavetheluxuryofwaitingforhercollege
nesteggtogrowback.Herfatherhadinvestedmoneytowardhertuition,butalarge
chunkofitvanishedwhenstockswentsouth.Nadinewasthenonlypartwaythrough
college.Bygraduation,shehadtakenoutatleast$10,000inloans,andhermother
hadborrowedevenmoreonherbehalf.Now22,Nadineisattendinglawschool,having
signedforyetmoreloanstopayforthat."Therewasn'tanywaytodoitdifferently,"
shesays,"andI'mnothappyaboutit.I'vesatdownandcalculatedhowlongitwill
takemetopayoffeverything.I'llbe35yearsold."That'sifshe'sverylucky:
Nadinebasedhercalculationonlandingajobrightoutoflawschoolthatwillpay
heratleast$120,000ayear.
DependentonLoansandCreditCards
TheAmericanCouncilonEducationhasitsowncalculationthatshowshowstudents
aremoreandmoredependentonloans.Injustfiveyears,from1995to2000,the
medianloandebtatpublicinstitutionsrosefrom$10,342to$15,375.Mostofthis
comesfromfederalloans,whichCongressmademoretemptingin1992byexpanding
eligibility(homeequitynolongercountsagainstyourassets)andraisingloan
limits(adependentundergraduatecannowborrowupto$23,000fromthefederal
government).
Butstudentsaren'tstoppingthere.TheCollegeBoardestimatesthattheyalso
borrowed$4.5billionfromprivatelendersinthe2000-2001academicyear,upfrom
$1.5billionjustfiveyearsearlier.
Forlotsofstudents,theworstofitisn'teventheweightofthosedirect
studentloans.It'swhattheyrackuponallthoseplasticcardsintheirwallets.
Asoftwoyearsago,accordingtoastudybylenderNellieMae,morethaneightout
oftenundergradshadtheirowncreditcards,withthetypicalstudentcarryingfour.
That'snobigsurprise,giventhein-your-facemarketingbycreditcardcompanies,
whichsetuptablesoncampustoentice(诱惑)studentstosignup.Somecollegesban
orrestrictthishawking,butothersgiveitaboost.Youknowthosecreditcards
emblazonedwithaschool'spictureoritslogo?
Forsanctioningsuchacard—a
must-haveforsomestudents—acollegedepartmentorassociationgetspaymentsfrom
theissuer.Meanwhile,fromfreshmanyeartograduation,accordingtotheNellie
Maestudy,studentstriplethenumberofcreditcardstheyownanddoubletheirdebt
onthem.Asof2001,theywereintheholeanaverage$2,327.
AWiseChoice?
Oneday,Moyersatdownwithhismother,JanneO'Donnell,totalkabouthisgoal
ofgoingtolawschool.Don'tcountonit,O'Donnelltoldhim.Shecouldn'tafford
thecostandMoyerdoubtedhecouldgetaloan,givenhowmuchheowedalready."He
saidhefeltlikeafailure,"O'Donnellrecalls."Hedidn'tknowhowhehadgotten
intosuchamess."
Aweeklater,the22-year-oldhangedhimselfinhisbedroom,wherehismother
foundhim.O'Donnellisconvincedthemoneypressurescausedhissuicide."Seantried
topayhisdebtsoff,"shesays."Andhecouldn'ttakeit."
Tobesure,suicidesareexceedinglyrare.Butdespairiscommon,andit
sometimesleadsstudentstorethinkwhethercollegewasworthit.Infact,there
arequiteafewjobsthatdon'trequireacollegedegree,yetpayfairlywell.On
average,though,collegegraduatescanexpecttoearn80percentmorethanthose
withonlyahighschooldiploma.Also,allbuttwoofthe50highestpayingjobs
(theexceptionsbeingairtrafficcontrollersandnuclearpowerreactoroperators)
requireafour-yearcollegedegree.Soforegoingacollegeeducationisoftennot
awisechoice.
MeritMikhail,whograduatedlastJunefromtheUniversityofCalifornia,
Riverside,isgladsheborrowedtogetthroughschool.ButsheleftRiversideowing
$20,000instudentloansandanother$7,000increditcarddebt.Nowinlawschool,
Merithopestobecomeapublic-interestattorney,yetshemayhavetopostponethat
goal,whichbothersher.Tohandleherdebt,she'llprobablyneedtostartwitha
morelucrative(有利的)legaljob.
Likesomanyotherstudents.Mikhailtookoutherloansonakindofblindfaith
thatshecoulddealwiththeconsequences."Yousaytoyourself,'Ihavetogointo
debttomakeitwork,andwhateverittakeslater,I'llmanage.'"Laterhasnow
arrived,andMikhailisfindingoutthetruecostofhercollegedegree.
1.Griffithworkedforafirmthatspecializedineconomicdevelopmentin
WashingtonD.C.becausesheneededmoneytopayforherdebt.
2.Theonlyproblemthestudentsarefacingatgraduationisthedismaljob
market.
3.Onereasonwhycollegesincreasetuitionandfeesisthatthestatesupport
isshrinking.
4.Nearlyallthefamiliescanmanagetomeetthesoaringtuitioncoststhrough
variousinvestmentplans.
5.AccordingtoNadine'scalculation,shecanpayoffallherdebtwhensheis
________ifshecangetasalaryof$120,000ayearrightoutoflawschool.
6.Studentsgetmoneyfromnotonlyfederalloansbutalso________.
7.Thecollegedepartmentorassociationcanget
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