2010年CET6英语六级考试模拟试卷(第2组)完型
Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D) on the right side of the paper. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.
Though it is a mere one third of the population, the upper class makes up at least 25 percent of the nation’s wealth. This class has two parts: upper-upper and lower-upper. 62 , the upper-upper class is the “old rich” — families that have been wealthy for several generations — a nobility of 63 and wealth. A few are known across the nation, such as the Rockefellers, and the Vanderbilts. Most are not 64 to the general public. They have no 65 to the rest of the community, 66 their income from the investment of their inherited wealth. By 67 , the lower-upper class is the “new rich”. 68 they may be wealthier than some of the old rich, the new rich have been 69 to make their money like 70 else beneath their class. 71 their status is generally 72 than that of the old rich, who have not found it necessary to lift a finger to make their money, and who 73 to look down upon the new rich. However its wealth is 74 , the upper class is very rich. They have enough money and leisure time to __75 an interest in the arts and to 76 rare books and paintings. They generally live in exclusive areas, belong to exclusive social clubs, communicate with each other, and marry their own kind, all of which keeps them so 77 from the masses that they have been called the out-of- sight class. More than any other class, they tend to be 78 of being members of a class. They also 79 an enormous amount of power and influence here and abroad, as they _ 80 many top government positions. Their actions 81 the lives of millions.
62. A) Consequently B) Accordingly C) Regularly D) Basically
63. A) beginning B) birth C) infancy D) foundation
64. A) visible B) noticeable C) obvious D) apparent
65. A) contact B) association C) communication D) relation
66. A) pulling B) abstracting C) drawing D) making
67. A) comparison B) contrast C) contrary D) difference
68. A) Although B) Because C) Therefore D) However
69. A) greedy B) indifferent C) sympathetic D) depressed
70. A) nobody B) everybody C) somebody D) anybody
71. A) Then B) But C) Thus D) Whereas
72. A) superior B) inferior C) higher D) lower
73. A) want B) select C) hate D) tend
74. A) retained B) benefited C) acquired D) rewarded
75. A) reproduce B) yield C) cultivate D) rear
76. A) collect B) gather C) assemble D) accumulate
77. A) distant B) far C) separate D) remote
78. A) doubtful B) conscious C) sensitive D) sensible
79. A) demand B) control C) direct D) command
80. A) seize B) abuse C) hold D) sustain
81. A) attract B) affect C) effect D) incline
Part V Cloze
原文精译
上流社会只占人口的三分之一,却创造了整个国家财富的25%。这个阶层分两部分:上流中的上层,上流中的下层。基本上,上流中的上层,指的是“老富豪” --- 都是富裕了好几代的家族 --- 出身尊贵,富甲一方。有一些家族家喻户晓,如the Rockefellers和the Vanderbilts。大部分家族一般民众并不知晓。他们和社会的其他人没什么关系,投资继承的财产而获取收入。相反,上流中的下层是“新富豪”,尽管他们比老富豪富有,但他们和低于这个阶层的其他人一样,对于赚钱贪得无厌。因此,一般来讲,他们的地位要比老富豪低,这些老富豪认为没有必要努力赚钱,他们也看不起新富豪。不管他们是如何赚钱的,上流社会很富有。他们有足够的金钱和时间来培养艺术方面的爱好,来收集稀有的书和画作。一般来讲,他们住在固定的区域,参加固定的社交俱乐部,互相交流,和他们同类人结婚,这些都让他们远离人民大众,他们被称作“贵族阶级”。他们倾向于成为某一阶级的成员,这方面他们比其他阶级更甚。在国内外他们都有很大权力和影响力,他们是政府高官,他们的行为影响着成千上万人的生活。
62. 答案D
解析:上文提及上流社会,分为“上流中的上层,上流中的下层”,接着讲到上流中的上层包括哪些人。选项D中的basically,意为“基本上,大体上”。
63. 答案B
解析:这是个相对固定的搭配,a nobility of birth,意为“出身高贵”。
64. 答案A
解析:上文提及很少一部分家族全国闻名,但大部分富豪人们并不知晓。选项B、C、D强调“明显,显而易见”,而visible强调“看得见,能被他人看到”。
65. 答案D
解析:选项是对四个名词的考查。选项A中的contact意为“接触”;选项B中的association意为“结合,交往,协会”;选项C中的communication意为“交流,流通”;选项D中的relation意为“关系,联系”。
66. 答案C
解析:本题是个动宾搭配。能和后面介词from连用的动词有选项A中的pull和选项C中的draw,pull意为“把......往外拉”,draw原意为“提取”,这里指“取钱,提款”。
67. 答案B
解析:这是个固定搭配,by contrast意为“相反”。
68. 答案A
解析:考生要确定前后两句话之间的关系,然后选择合适的连词。前一句意为“他们比老富豪还要富有”,后半句意为“他们还在拼命赚钱”,所以两句之间是让步关系,“尽管......还”。
69. 答案A
解析:此空前面的一句话讲,他们比老富豪还有富有,此句讲他们仍然在努力赚钱。从此可以判断他们对金钱的态度是永不嫌多。选项A中greedy意为“贪婪的”。
70. 答案B
解析:此句意为“他们和比自己地位低的其他所有人一样,努力赚钱”,所以选择代词everybody。
71. 答案C
解析:根据整一句话,尤其通过后面的定语从句,可判断老富豪是看不起新富豪的。尽管新富豪很富有,地位却没有老富豪高,所以这里选择but表示转折。
72. 答案D
解析:根据整一句话,尤其通过后面的定语从句,可判断老富豪是看不起新富豪的。尽管新富豪很富有,地位却没有老富豪高。选项B和选项D都表示地位低,但B中的inferior常和介词to连用。来源:考试大
73. 答案D
解析:此空是对动词的考查。四个动词,这里表达老富豪的一种倾向,所以选择动词tend。
74. 答案C
解析:此空是对动宾搭配的考查。获取财富,使用动词“acquire”。
75. 答案C
解析:培养某人艺术方面的兴趣,使用动词cultivate。
76. 答案A
解析:上流社会的另一大爱好是收集书和画作,所以选择动词collect。
77. 答案A
解析:考生要根据上文选择此空。上文讲,他们住在特定的区域,参加特定的社交活动,和特定的人交流,和同类人结婚,的距离比较远。所以选择A中的distant,表示“和某人有距离”。
78. 答案B
解析:本题考查固定搭配。be conscious of意为“意识到”。选项A中的doubtful常和about连用,表示“怀疑的,不确定的”;选项C中sensitive常和to连用,意为“都......很敏感”;选项D中sensible常用事情做主语,句子结构为sth. is sensible to sb.,意为“某人觉得某事很合理”。
79. 答案D
解析:上流社会的人有响力,command原意为“命令,指挥”,此处意为“获得”。
80. 答案C
解析:此空考查动宾搭配。hold positions表示“担任某些职位”;选项A中seize意为“抓住机会”;选项D中的sustain,意为“承受,支持”。
81. 答案B
解析:此空联系上文,他们担任政府要职,所以他们的行为影响了其他很多人的生活。选型C中effect作为名词,意为“效果”。
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