2008年6月大学英语六级考试A卷真题及答案（4） Part
V Cloze
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.
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Seven
years ago, when I was visiting Germany , I Met with an official who explained
to me that the country had a perfect solution to its economic problems.
Watching the U.S. economy ___62___ during the ‘90s, the Germans had decided
that they, too, needed to go the high-technology ___63___. But how? In the
late ‘90s, the answer schemed obvious. Indians. ___64___ all, Indian entrepreneurs
accounted for one of every three Silicon Valley start-ups. So the German
government decided that it would ___65___ Indians to Term any just as America does
by ___66___ green cards. Officials created something called the German Green
Card and ___67___ that they would issue 20,000 in the first year. ___68___,
the Germans expected that tens of thousands more Indians would soon be
begging to come, and perhaps the ___69___ would have to be increased. But the
program was a failure. A year later ___70___ half of the 20,000 cards had
been issued. After a few extensions, the program was ___71___.
I told the German official at the time
that I was sure the ___72___ would fail. It’s not that I had any particular
expertise in immigration policy, ___73___ I understood something about green
cards, because I had one (the American ___74___). The German Green Card was
mismand,I argued,__75__it never,under any circumtances,translated into German
citizenship.The U.S.green card,by contrast,is an almost__76__path to becoming
American (after five years and a clean record).The official__77__my
objection,saying that there was no way Germany was going to offer these
peoplecitizenship.”we need young tach workers,”he said.”that’s what this
program is all __78__.”so Germany was asking bright young__79__to
leavetheir country,culture and families,move thousands of miles away,learn a
new language and work in a strange land—but without any__80__of ever
being part of their new home.Germany was senging a signal, one
that was ___81___ received in India and other countries, and also
by Germany’s own immigrant community.
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62.
A) soar
C) amplify
B)
hover
D) intensify
63. A)
circuit
C) trait
B) strategy
D) route
64. A) Of
C) In
B)
After
D) At
65. A)
import
C) convey
B)
kidnap
D) lure
66. A) offering
C) evacuating
B)
installing
D) formulating
67. A)
conferred
C) announced
B)
inferred
D) verified
68. A)
Specially
C) Particularly
B) Naturally
D) Consistently
69. A) quotas
C) measures
B)
digits
D) scales
70. A)
invariably
C) barely
B)
literally
D) solely
71. A) repelled
C) combated
B)
deleted
D) abolished
72. A)
adventure
C) initiative
B)
response
D) impulse
73. A)
and
C) so
B) but
D) or
74. A)
heritage
C) notion
B)
revision
D) version
75 A)because
C)if
B)unless
D)while
76 A)aggressive
C)vulnerable
B)automatic
D)voluntary
77 A)overtook
C)submitted
B)fascinated
D)dismissed
78 A)towards
C)about
B)round
D)over
79 A)dwellers
C)professionals
B)citizens
D)amateurs
80 A)prospect
C)outcome
B)suspicion
D)destination
81
A)partially
C)brightly
B)clearly
D)vividly
Part VI
Translation
Directions: Complete the
sentences by translating into English the Chinese given in brackets.
Please write your translation on Answer Sheet 2
82. We can say a
lot of things about those who have spent their
whole lives on poems(毕生致力于诗歌的人): they are passionate,
impulsive, and unique.
83. Mary couldn’t
have received my letter, or she should have
replied to me last week (否则她上周就该回信了).
84. Nancy is
supposed tohave finished her chemistry
experiments (做完化学实验) at least two weeks ago.
85. Never once has the old couple quarreled with each other(老两口互相争吵) since they were married 40
years ago.
86. The prosperity of a nation is largely dependent upon
(一个国家未来的繁荣在很大程度上有赖于) the quality of education of
its people
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