2009年6月大学英语六级考试真题与答案(三)

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oice about which college to attend doesn’t come down merely to dollars and cents. Does going to Columbia University (tuition, room and board $49,260 in 2007-08) yield a 40% greater return than attending the University of Colorado at Boulder as an out-of-state student ($35,542)? Probably not. Does being an out-of-state student at the University of Colorado at Boulder yield twice the amount of income as being an in-state student ($17,380) there? Not likely.

  No, in this consumerist age, most buyers aren’t eva luating college as an investment, but rather as a consumer productlike a car or clothes or a house. And with such purchases, price is only one of many crucial factors to consider.

  As with automobiles, consumers in today’s college marketplace have vast choices, and people search for the one that gives them the most comfort and satisfaction in line with their budgets. This accounts for the willingness of people to pay more for different types of experiences (such as attending a private liberal-arts college or going to an out-of-state public school that has a great marine-biology program). And just as two auto purchasers might spend an equal amount of money on very different cars, college students (or, more accurately, their parents) often show a willingness to pay essentially the same price for vastly different products. So which is it? Is college an investment product like a stock or a consumer product like a car? In keeping with the automotive world’s hottest consumer trend, maybe it’s best to characterize it as a hybrid (混合动力汽车); an expensive consumer product that, over time, will pay rich dividends.

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  57. What’s the opinion of economists about going to college?

  AHuge amounts of money is being wasted on campus socializing.

  BIt doesn’t pay to run into debt to receive a college education.

  CCollege education is rewarding in spite of the startling costs.

  DGoing to college doesn’t necessarily bring the expected returns.

  58. The two Harvard economists note in their study that, for much of the 20th century, ________.

  Aenrollment kept decreasing in virtually all American colleges and universities

  Bthe labor market preferred high-school to college graduates

  Ccompetition for university admissions was far more fierce than today

  Dthe gap between the earnings of college and high-school graduates narrowed

  59. Students who attend an in-state college or university can ________.

  Asave more on tuition

  Breceive a better education

  Ctake more liberal-arts courses

  Davoid traveling long distances

  60. In this consumerist age, most parents ________.

  Aregard college education as a wise investment

  Bplace a premium on the prestige of the College

  Cthink it crucial to send their children to college

  Dconsider college education a consumer product

  61. What is the chief consideration when students choose a college today?

  ATheir employment prospects after graduation.

  BA satisfying experience within their budgets.

  CIts facilities and learning environment.

  DIts ranking among similar institutions.

 

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  Some historian say that the most important contribution of Dwight Eisenhowers presidency (总统任期) in the 1950s was the U.S. interstate highway system. It was a __62__ project, easily surpassing the scale of such previous human __63__ as the Panama Canal. Eisenhower’s interstate highways __64__ the nation together in new ways and __65__ major economic growth by making commerce less __66__. Today, an information superhighway has been built—an electronic network that __67__ libraries, corporations, government agencies and __68__. This electronic superhighway is called the Internet, __69__ it is the backbone (主干) of the World Wide Web.

  The Internet had its __70__ in a 1969 U.S. Defense Department computer network called ARPAnet, which __71__ Advanced Research Projects Agency Network. The Pentagon built the network for military contractors and universities doing military research to __72__ information. In 1983 the National Science Foundation (NSF), __73__ mission is to promote science, took over.

  This new NSF network __74__ more and more institutional users, may of __75__ had their own internal networks. For example, most universities that __76__ the NSF network had intracampus computer networks. The NSF network __77__ became a connector for thousands of other networks. __78__ a backbone system that interconnects networks, internet was a name that fit.

  So we can see that the Internet is the wired infrastructure (基础设施) on which web __79__ move. It began as a military communication system, which expanded into a government-funded __80__ research network.

  Today, the Internet is a user-financed system tying intuitions of many sorts together __81__ an information superhighway.

  62. Aconcise Cmassive Bradical Dtrivial

  63. Abehaviors Cinventions Bendeavors Delements

  64. Apacked Csuppressed Bstuck Dbound

  65. Afacilitated Cmobilized Bmodified Dterminated

  66. Acompetitive Cexclusive Bcomparative Dexpensive

  67. Amerges Crelays Bconnects Dunifies

  68. Afigures Cindividuals Bpersonalities Dhumans

  69. Aand Cor Byet Dwhile

  70. Asamples Corigins Bsources Dprecedents

  71. Astood by Cstood against Bstood for Dstood over

  72. Aexchange Cswitch Bbypass Dinteract

  73. Atheir Cwhen Bthat Dwhose

  74. Aexpanded Cattracted Bcontracted Dextended

  75. Awhat Cthese Bwhich Dthem

  76. Ajoined Cparticipated Battached Dinvolved

  77. Amoreover Clikewise Bhowever Dthen

  78. AWith CIn BBy DAs

  79. Acontexts Cmessages Bsigns Dleaflets

  80. Acitizen Camateur Bcivilian Dresident

  81. Ainto Cover Bamid Dtoward

  Part VI Translation (5 minutes)

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