大學英語六級改革適用（閱讀）模擬試卷119（題后含答案及解析）

題型有：4.ReadingComprehension

PartIIIReadingComprehension

SectionC

TheorganizationbehindtheLawSchoolAdmissionTestreportedthatthe

numberoftestsitadministeredthisyeardroppedbymorethan16percent,thelargest

declineinmorethanadecade.Thedeclinereflectsaspreadingviewthatthelegal

marketintheUnitedStatesisinterribleshapeandwillhaveahardtimeabsorbingthe

roughly45,000studentswhoareexpectedtograduatefromlawschoolineachofthe

nextthreeyears.Manylawyersandlawprofessorshavearguedinrecentyears

thatthelegalmarketwilleitherstopdevelopingorshrinkastechnologyallowsmore

low-endlegalworktobehandledoverseas,andascorporationsdemandmore

cost-efficientfeearrangementsfromtheirfirms.Thatargument,andnewsthatso

manynewlawyersarestrugglingwithimmensedebt,ischangingthewaylawschool

isperceivedbyundergrads.Wordisgettingthroughthatlawschoolisnolongerasafe

placetositoutaneconomicrecession一anarticleoffaithforyears一andthatstrong

gradesatanabove-averageschoolnolongerguaranteesasix-figurelawfirmjob.

“Foralongtimetherehasbeenthisculturallyembeddedperceptionthatifyougoto

lawschool,itwillbeworththemoney,“saidKyleMcEnteeofLawSchool

Transparency."Theideathatlawschoolisaneasytickettofinancialsecurityis

finallybreakingdown."Lawschoolshavealsosufferedthroughsomecritical

pressinthelastcoupleofyears.Someblogs,mostofthemwrittenbyunemployedor

underemployedgraduates,haveaccusedlawschoolsoftemptingstudentswith

questionabledata.Attentionhasfocusedonacrucialstatistic:thepercentageof

graduateswhoareemployedninemonthsaftergraduation.Inrecentmonths,

class-actionlawsuitshavebeenfiledagainstmorethanadozenlawschools,charging

thatstudentsweredeceivedintoenrollingbypostgraduateemploymentfiguresthat

werevastly,andfalsely,inflated（夸張的）.Eveniflawschoolsareabletodefeatthese

lawsuits——andmanylegalscholarsanticipatetheywill—themediaattentionhasbeen

bruising.Forsomelawschools,thegraduallydiminishingnumberoftest-takers

representsaseriouslong-termchallenge."WhatI'danticipateisthatyou'llsee

thebiggestfalloffinapplicationsinthebottomendofthelawschoolfoodchain,“

saidAndrewMorrissoftheUniversityofAlabamaSchoolofLaw."Thoseschools

aregoingtohavesignificantdifficultybecausetheyaredependentontuitiontofund

themselvesandthey'lleitherhavetocutclasssizetomaintainstandards,oraccept

studentswithlowerlevels.MIftheytakethesecondcourse,Mr.Morrisssaid,it

wouldhurttheschoolthreeyearslaterbecausethereisastrongcorrelationbetween

poorperformanceontheLSATandpoorperformanceonthebarexam.Ifstudents

startfailingthebar,thentheprestigeoftheschoolwilldrop,whichwouldmean

loweringstandardsevenmore."Atthatpoint,"Mr.Morrisssaid,“theschoolisrisking

adeathspiral.

1.Thedeclineoftest-takersintheLawSchoolAdmissionTestsreflectsthat

A.thetestsbecomemoredifficult

B.thetestfeeisincreased

C.thetotalnumberofcollegestudentsdrops

D.it'sdifficultforlawschoolgraduatestofindjobs

正確答案：D

解析：由題干關鍵詞decline和reflects定位到第二段。D)“法學院的畢業(yè)生

很難找到工作”與第二段中提到的“該就業(yè)市場將難以容納這些畢業(yè)生”文意相

符，因此為正確答案。知識模塊：篇章閱讀

2.Thereasonforthelegalmarketshrinkageisthat.

A.thetechnologydevelopstoofast

B.moresimplelegalworkisdealtwithabroad

C.companiesbecomemoreefficient

D.companiescutdownthefeearrangements

正確答案:B

解析：由題干關鍵詞legalmarketshrinkage定位到第三段。B)”更多簡單的

法律工作在海外完成”與第三段中提到的“因為技術允許更多的低端法律工作在

海外進行處理”陳述相符，因此為正確答案。知識模塊：篇章閱讀

3.Whatdidtheundergradesthinkaboutthelawschoolinthepast?

A.Lawschoolwasnotattractivetostudentsanymore.

B.Studentsgraduatedfromlawschoolwouldhaveheavydebts.

C.Graduatesoflawschoolcouldfindajobevenintherecession.

D.Lawschoolmeantagoodjobinthelawfirmwithhighsalary.

正確答案：C

解析：由題干關鍵詞undergrades和inthepast定位到第四段第二句。由該句

可知，法學院不再是躲避經濟衰退的避難所，因此C)“法律學院的畢業(yè)生甚至

在經濟衰退期都能找到工作”與定位句陳述一致，故為正確答案。知識模塊：

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4.What'stheeffectoftest-takers5redactionontheworstlawschools?

A.Somelawschoolteacherswilllosetheirjobs.

B.Theywillhavefinancialproblems.

C.Theclasshourswillbeshortened.

D.Theywillhavetorecruityoungerstudents.

正確答案：B

解析：由題干關鍵訶test-takers,reduction和theworstlawschools定位到第

九段第一、二句。由該兩句可知，這些學校將面臨重大困難，因為它們如果依靠

學費給自己提供資金的話需要做出一些犧牲，因此B)“它們將會面臨財政困難”

與定位句陳述一致，因此為正確答案。知識模塊：篇章閱讀

5.What'sAndrewMorriss'sattitudetowardsthesecondsolutionoftheworst

lawschools?

A.Negative.

B.Neutral.

C.Uninterested.

D.Supportive.

正確答案：A

解析：由題干關鍵詞AndrewMorriss's和thesecondsolution定位到最后一段

第一句。根據(jù)定位句可知，莫里斯先生對表現(xiàn)差的法學院選擇走第二條路的態(tài)度

是否定的，因此A)為正確答案。知識模塊：篇章閱讀

Thefinancialclimateforcharitiesisworsening,withmorethanhalfhitby

theeconomicdownturn,asurveyrevealstoday.Overhalfofthoseaffectedreporta

declineinincometriggeredbytherecessionatatimewhenonefifthofcharitiesare

seeinganincreaseindemandfortheirservices.DespitethesuccessofComicRelief,

whichraised￡60mforanti-povertycharityprojectslastweekend,theoverall

financialpictureforthevoluntarysectorisgloomierthanitwassixmonthsago,says

theCharityCommissionreport.DameSuziLeather,theChairwomanofthe

CharityCommission,said,“Clearlytheimpactofthefinancialdownturnoncharities

iswideninganddeepening.Somecharitiesstillfacethatdoublechancesofadropin

incomeaswellasanincreaseddemandforservices.Theresearchtellsusthatthe

numberofcharitiestakingstepstoreducetherisksthatthefinancialdownturnbrings

hasrisensincewcconductedourfirstresearch.However,notallcharitiesarcputting

measuresinplacetoprotecttheirworkandtheirfunds.Itisverysurprisingthatmore

charitiesarenotconsideringcollaborationwithothers,asthiscanhelpthemshare

expertiseandcosts.InSeptemberthecommissionfoundthat38%ofcharities

hadbeenaffectedbythedownturn,with16%describingtheimpacthadbeen”very

significantor“significant”.Thelatestreportshowsthoseproportionshaveincreased,

to58%and25%respectively.Biggercharities——thosewithanannualincomeofmore

than￡Im-werelesslikelytohavebeenhitbyincomereductions.Butalmost

two-thirdsofthatgroupwereconcernedthatthedownturnwouldaffecttheirworkin

future.Thecommissionsurveyedarandomsampleof1,000charitiesofvarying

sizesinEnglandandWalesduringJanuaryandFebruary.Itfoundthecollapseinthe

valueofstocksandshares一formanycharitiesthesinglemostimportantsourceof

income-hasimpactedhardonthesector,whichisalsohurtingfromafall-offin

corporatedonationsandprivatelegacies.Charitiesthatdeliveredservices

overseasreportedtheyhadbeenbadlyaffectedbythefallinthevalueofsterling.The

surveysuggeststhereislittlesignthatcharitiesoverallarepreparingtomakebig

cutbacks（削減）injobsorcapitalinvestments.Onlyatinyproponionofthose

surveyedsaidtheywerefacingproblemsmeetingpensioncommitments.

6.Accordingtothepassage,theproportionofcharitiessufferedfromincome

reductionis.

A.morethanhalfofallthecharities

B.onefifthofallthecharities

C.morethanhalfofcharitiesaffectedbytherecession

D.onefifthofcharitiesaffectedbytherecession

正確答案：C

解析：由題干關鍵詞incomereduction定位到第一段第二句，由于經濟蕭條,

這些受經濟下滑影響的慈善機構一半以上收入下降；與此同時，有五分之一的慈

善機構出現(xiàn)了服務需求增加的現(xiàn)象。因此選C）。知識模塊：篇章閱讀

7.Itcanbeinferredfromthepassagethatthebestsolutiontofightingfinancial

downturnforcharitiesis.

A.toraisemoneyfromcorporation

B.tocooperatewithothercharities

C.toreducethenumberofemployees

D.toincreasetheirdemandforservice

正確答案：B

解析：由題干關鍵詞fightingfinancialdownturn定位到第二段最后一句可知,

越來越多的慈善部門不考慮和別人合作，雖然這會幫助他們共享技能和成本。所

以通過與其他慈善組織合作可以幫助自己度過由經濟危機帶來的不利影響。B）

中的cooperate和原文中的collaboration同義，因此正確。知識模塊：篇章閱讀

8.WhichofthefollowingstatementsaboutbiggercharitiesisTRUE?

A.Biggercharitiesarethosewithanannualincomeofmorethan$1million.

B.Biggercharitiesaremorelikelytobeaffectedbyincomereductions.

C.Mostofbiggercharitiesareconcernedabouttheirworkinfuture.

D.Manybiggercharitiesarelikelytohavetheiremployeesincomeincreased.

正確答案：C

解析：由題干關鍵詞biggercharities定位到第三段第三、四句可知，那些年

收人在10（）萬英鎊以上的大一點兒的慈善機構不太可能受到收入下降的打擊。但

是幾乎三分之二的較大慈善機構擔心經濟下滑將會影響到他們未來的工作，因此

C）正確。知識模塊：篇章閱讀

9.Themostimportantsourceofincomeformanycharitiesisfrom.

A.stocksandshares

B.corporatedonations

C.privatelegacies

D.overseasservice

正確答案：A

解析：由題干關鍵詞mostimportantsourceofincomeformanycharities定位

到第四段可知，股票和債券是很多慈善組織的最重要收入來源，因此A）正確。知

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10.Itcanbeconcludedfromthepassagethat.

A.charitiesarepreparingtoreducetheirjobsandcapitalinvestments

B.itislesslikelyforcharitiestoreducetheirjobsandcapitalinvestments

C.manycharitiesarefacingproblemssuchaspayingpensions

D.charitiesarepreparingtoexpandtheirdemandforserviceoverseas

正確答案：B

解析：由最后一段第二句可知，調查報告暗示幾乎沒有跡象表明慈善機構整

體來說正在準備大幅削減工作崗位或投資。B）是對原文內容的概述，故正確。知

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MasstransportationrevisedthesocialandeconomicfabricoftheAmerican

cityinthreefundamentalways.Itcatalyzedphysicalexpansion,itsortedoutpeople

andlanduses,anditacceleratedtheinherentinstabilityofurbanlife.Byopeningvast

areasofunoccupiedlandforresidentialexpansion,theomnibuses,horserailways,

commutertrains,andelectrictrolleyspulledsettledregionsoutwardtwotofourtimes

moredistantfromcitycentersthantheywereinthepre-modemera.In1850,fbr

example,thebordersofBostonlayscarcelytwomilesfromtheoldbusinessdistrict;

bytheturnofthe20thcenturytheradiusextendedtenmiles.Nowthosewhocould

afforditcouldlivefarremovedfromtheoldcitycenterandstillcommutetherefor

work,shoppingandentertainment.Thenewaccessibilityoflandaroundtheperiphery

ofalmosteverymajorcitysparkedanexplosionofrealestatedevelopmentandfueled

whatwenowknowasurbansprawl.Between1890and1920.forexample,some

250,000newresidentiallotswererecordedwithinthebordersofChicago,mostof

themlocatedinoutlyingareas.Overthesameperiod,another550,000wereplotted

outsidethecitylimitsbutwithinthemetropolitanarea.Anxioustotakeadvantageof

thepossibilitiesofcommuting,realestatedevelopersadded800,000potential

buildingsitestotheChicagoregioninjustthirtyyears-lotsthatcouldhavehoused

fivetosixmillionpeople.Ofcourse,manywereneveroccupied;therewas

alwaysahugesurplusofsubdivided,butvacantlandaroundChicagoandothercities.

Theseexcessesunderscoreafeatureofresidentialexpansionrelatedtothegrowthof

masstransportation;urbansprawlwasessentiallyunplanned.Itwascarriedoutby

thousandsofsmallinvestorswhopaidlittleheedtocoordinatedlanduseortofuture

landusers.Thosewhopurchasedandpreparedlandfbrresidentialpurposes,

particularlylandnearoroutsidecityborderswheretransitlinesandmiddle-class

inhabitantswereanticipated,didsotocreatedemandasmuchastorespondtoit.

Chicagoisaprimeexampleofthisprocess.Realestatesubdivisionthereproceeded

muchfasterthanpopulationgrowth.

11.Effectsofmasstransportationoncity'slifestyleare.

A.promotingtheirinherentinstability

B.remarkablegrowthincityarea

C.everincreasingstandardsofliving

D.separationofcommercialandresidentialdistricts

正確答案：A

解析：由題干關鍵詞effectofmasstransportation定位至第一段第二句。定位

句提到“它加劇了城市生活固有的不穩(wěn)定性"，故A）為本題的答案。知識模塊:

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12.TheauthorreferstobothBostonandChicagoinorderto.

A.contrasttheirratesofgrowthwitheachother

B.showthatmasstransitchangedmanycities

C.demonstratepositiveandnegativeeffectsofgrowth

D.exemplifycitieswithandwithoutmasstransportation

正確答案：B

解析：作者在第一段第三句中寫道：“由于使用公共汽車、公路運輸、市郊

往返火車以及電車，使居住區(qū)離市中心的距離比過去遠了2到4倍?！苯又胒or

example舉例：波士頓和芝加哥由于公交系統(tǒng)的發(fā)展使城區(qū)不斷向四周擴展?？?/p>

見，B)“表明公交系統(tǒng)改變了許多城市”反映了論點與論據(jù)之間的邏輯關系。知

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13.Theword“sparkcd”(Linc11,Para.l)isclosestinmeaningto.

A.broughtabout

B.reckonedwith

C.smoothedover

D.wipedout

正確答案：A

解析：由題干提示定位到第一段第六句。由定位句可知，幾乎每座大城市的

邊緣都有大片新土地可用，接著又說到，房地產開發(fā)業(yè)迅速發(fā)展，前后是因果關

系，由此判斷sparked的詞義為“引起"，故應選A)broughtabout(引起)。知識

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14.Chicagoismentionedinthesecondparagraphasanexampleofacity

A.thatisfamous

B.thatisusedasamodelforlanddevelopment

C.withanexcellentmasstransportationsystem

D.wherelanddevelopmentexceededpopulationgrowth

正確答案：D

解析：由題干提示定位到第二段。作者在第二段最后兩句中明確指出芝加哥

就是采用這種做法的典型例子。在那里房地產的開發(fā)速度遠遠超過人口的增長速

度。因此，作者提到芝加哥是作為一個土地開發(fā)速度超過人口增長速度的例子，

所以只有D)正確。知識模塊：篇章閱讀

15.Thebesttitleforthepassageshouldbe.

A.InstabilityofUrbanLife

B.TypesofMassTransportation

C.LandUse

D.TheEffectsofMassTransportationonUrbanExpansion

正確答案：D

解析：本文一開始作者就開宗明義地提出公交系統(tǒng)對美國城市的社會和經濟

結構的巨大影響。接著作者以波士頓和芝加哥為例來說明公交系統(tǒng)對城區(qū)擴展的

影響。可見，D)闡述了這一主題。知識模塊：篇章閱讀

Asolidmajorityoftechnologyexpertsandstakeholdersparticipatinginthe

fourthfutureoftheInternetsurveyexpectthatby2020mostpeoplewillaccess

softwareapplicationsonlineandshareandaccessinformationthroughtheuseof

remoteservernetworks,ratherthandependingcruciallyontoolsandinfbnnation

housedontheirindividual,personalcomputers.Theysaythatcloudcomputingwill

becomemoredominantthanthedesktopinthenextdecade.Inotherwords,most

userswillperformmostcomputingandcommunicatingactivitiesthroughconnections

toserversoperatedbyoutsidefirms.Amongthemostpopularcloudservicesnow

arcsocialnetworkingsitcs(thc50()millionpeopleusingFacebookarcbeingsocialin

thecloud),webmailserviceslikeHotmailandYahoomail,microbloggingand

bloggingservicessuchasTwitterandWordPress,video-sharingsiteslikeYouTube,

picture-sharingsitessuchasFlickr,documentandapplicationssiteslikeGoogleDocs,

social-bookmarkingsiteslikeDelicious,businesssiteslikeeBay,andranking,rating

andcommentingsitessuchasYelpandTripAdvisor.Mostofthosesurveyed

notedthatcloudcomputingwillcontinuetoexpandandcometodominate

informationtransactionsbecauseitoffersmanyadvantages,allowinguserstohave

easy,instant,andindividualizedaccesstotoolsandinformationtheyneedwherever

theyare,locatablefromanynetworkeddevice.Someexpertsnotedthatpeoplein

technology-richenvironmentswillhaveaccesstosophisticated-yet-affordablelocal

networksthatallowthemto“havethecloudintheirhomes.44Manyofthepeople

whoagreedwiththestatementthatcloudcomputingwillexpandastheinternet

evolvessaidthedesktopwillnotdieoutbutitwillbeusedinnew,improvedwaysin

tandemwith（伴隨）remotecomputing.Somesurveyparticipantssaidtheyexpectthat

amoresophisticateddesktop-cloudhybrid（混合物）willbepeople'sprimaryinterface

withinformation.Theypredictedthedesktopandindividual,privatenetworkswillbe

abletoprovidemostofthesameconveniencesasthecloudbutwithbetter

functionality,overallefficiency,andspeed.Somenotedthatgeneral-purposein-home

PCserverscandomuchoftheworklocallyviaaconnectiontothecloudtotapinto

resourcesfbrcomputing-intensivetasks.Meanwhile,anumberofpeoplesaid

cloudcomputingpresentsdifficultsecurityproblemsandfurtherexposesprivate

informationtogovernments,corporations,thieves,opportunists,andhumanand

machineerror,etc.Surveyparticipantsnotedthattherearealsoqualityofservice

andcompatibilityhurdles（障礙）thatmustbecrossedsuccessfullybeforecloud

computinggainsmoreadopters.Amongtheotherlimitingfactorstheexpert

respondentsmentionedwere:thelackofbroadbandspectrumtohandletheloadif

everyoneisusingthecloud;thevariabilityofcostandaccessindifferentpartsofthe

worldandthedifficultiesthatlieaheadbeforetheycanreachtheidealofaffordable

accessanywhere,anytime;andcomplexlegalissues,includingcross-border

intellectualpropertyandprivacyconflicts.

16.Wecanlearnfromthefirstparagraphthat.

A.cloudcomputingisaspecialmachineoperatedbysomecompanies

B.desktopsaccesssoftwareapplicationsthroughstoredtoolsandinformation

C.computingandcommunicatingcannotbecarriedoutwithoutcloudcomputing

D.cloudcomputingwillreplacedesktopscompletelyinthenearfuture

正確答案：B

解析：由題干提示定位到第一段。B）與第一段第一句"絕大多數(shù)