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1、Word文档下载后（可任意编辑） 大学英语六级阅读模拟试题（四）英语六级阅读提高练习题：大学英语六级阅读模拟试题指导（四） 英语六级预测试卷讲解课程 Section B Directions: There are 2 passages in thissection. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements.For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You shoulddecide on the best cho
2、ice and mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2with a single line thought the centre. Passage One Questions 52 to 56 are based on thefollowing passage. In 1998 consumers could purchase virtuallyanything over the Internet. Books, compact discs, and even stocks wereavailable from World Wide We
3、bsites that seemed to spring up almost daily. A fewyears earlier, some people had predicted that consumers accustomed to shoppingin stores would be reluctant to buy things that they could not see or touch inperson. For a growing number of time-starved consumers, however, shopping fromtheir home comp
4、uter was proving to be a convenient alternative to driving to thestore. A research estimated that in 1998 USconsumers would purchase $7.3 billion of goods over the Internet, double the1997 total. Finding a bargain was getting easier, owing to the rise of onlineauctions and Websites that did comparis
5、on shopping on the Internet for the bestdeal. For all the consumers interest, retailingin cyberspace was still a largely unprofitable business, however, Internetpioneer Amazon. com, which began selling books in 1995 and later branched intorecorded music and videos, posted revenue of $153.7 million i
6、n the thirdquarter, up from $37.9 million in the same period of 1997. Overall, however,the companys loss widened to $45.2 million from $9.6 million, and analysts didnot expect the company to turn a profit until 2001. Despite the great loss,Amazon. Com had a stock market value of many billions, refle
7、cting investorsoptimism about the future of the industry. Internet retailing appealed to investorsbecause it provided an efficient means for reaching millions of consumerswithout having the cost of operating conventional stores with their armies ofsalespeople. Selling online carried its own risks, h
8、owever. With so manycompanies competing for consumers attention, price competition was intense andprofit margins were thin or nonexistent. One video retailer sold the hit movieTitanic for $9.99, undercutting the $19.99 suggested retail price and losingabout $6 on each copy sold. With Internet retail
9、ing still in its initial stage,companies seemed willing to absorb such losses in an attempt to establish adominant market position. 注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。 52. According to the writer, which of thefollowing is true? A). Consumers are reluctant to buy thingson the Internet. B). Consumers are too busy to b
10、uy things onthe Internet. C). More and more consumers prefer Internetshopping. D). Internet retailing is a profitablebusiness. 53 Finding a bargain on the Internet wasgetting easier partly because _. A). there were more and more onlineauctions. B). there were more and more Internetusers. C). the con
11、sumers had more money to spend. D). there were more goods available on theInternet 54. “For all the consumer interest” (Para.3) means _. A). to the interest of all the consumers B). for the interest of all the consumers C). all the consumers are much interested D). though consumers are very muchinte
12、rested 55. It can be inferred from the passagethat Amazon. com _. A). is making a profit now B). will probably make a profit in 2001 C). is a company that sells books only D). suffers a great loss on the stockmarket 56. Investors are interested in Internetretailing because _. A). selling online invo
13、lves little risk B). Internet retailing is in its initialstage C). they can make huge profits from it D). it can easily reach millions ofconsumers Passage Two Questions 57 to 61 are based on thefollowing passage. The British Medical Journal recentlyfeatured a strong response to what was judged an in
14、appropriately lenientreaction by a medical school to a student cheating in an examination. Althoughwe have insufficient reliable data about the extent of this phenomenon, itsprevention, or its effective management, much can be concluded and acted uponon the basis of common sense and concepts with fa
15、ce validity. There is general agreement that thereshould be zero tolerance of cheating in a profession based on trust and one onwhich human lives depend. It is reasonable to assume that cheaters in medicalschool will be more likely than others to continue to act dishonestly withpatients, colleagues, insurers, and government. The behaviours under question aremultifactorial in origin. There are familial, religious, and cultural valuesthat are acquired long before medical school. For example, countr
