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1、2022-2023年广东省汕头市大学英语6级大学英语六级测试卷(含答案)学校:_ 班级:_ 姓名:_ 考号:_一、2.Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning)(20题)1.Surveys show that middle class customers will give first priority to the factors of comfort of stores and selection of commodities they offer in deciding where to shop these days.A.Y B.N C.
2、NG2.Many of the problems faced by WHO in its efforts to improve world health are subject to the lack of resources and too little political commitment.A.Y B.N C.NG3.The US Bush administration says the scientific uncertainty over the pace of climate change is causes for_.4.In case of the black/white t
3、rick in advertising, many people would buy the product for its good quality.A.Y B.N C.NG5.People will experience negativity in the workplaces when they lose _.6.To reduce the damage of books in a room with windows, you have to _.7.The two major shifts the U.S. population is undergoing are changes in
4、 geographic distribution and in_.8.In order to prevent people from crying, the geneticists have invented the no-tears union_ .9.To withdraw light physical addiction to alcohol, a person should deal with it by asking for _.10. To avoid potential injuries when doing gym-based activities, you need to m
5、ake sure that you get a_instructor.11.If a good way can be found to trap and dispose of the associated CO2, there is the possibility of continuing to use fossil fuels as _.12.April Fools Special: Historys HoaxesHappy April Fools Day. To mark the occasion, Notional Geographic News has compiled a list
6、 of some of the more memorable hoaxes in recent history. They are the lies, darned (可恨的) lies, and whoppers (弥天大谎) that have been perpetrated on the gullible(易受骗的) and unsuspecting to fulfill that age-old desire held by some to put the joke on others.Internet HoaxesThe Internet has given birth to a
7、proliferation (增殖) of hoaxes. E-mall inboxes are bombarded on an almost daily basis with messages warning of terrible computer viruses that cause users to delete benign (良性) chunks of data from their hard drives, or of credit card seams that entice the naive to give all their personal information, i
8、ncluding passwords and bank account details, to identity thieves. Other e-mails give rise to wry(歪曲的) chuckles, which is where this list begins.Ban Dihydrogen Monoxide (一氧化二氢)City officials in Aliso Viejo, California, were so concerned about the dangers of dihydrogen monoxide that they scheduled a v
9、ote last month on whether to ban foam (泡沫) cups from city-sponsored events after they learned the chemical was used in foam-cup production.Officials called off the vote after learning that dihydrogen monoxide is the scientific term for water.Its embarrassing, city manager David J. Norman told the As
10、sociated Press. We had a paralegal(律师助手) who did bad research.Indeed, the paralegal had fallen victim to an official-looking Web site touting the dangers of dihydrogen monoxide. An e- mail originally authored in 1990 by Eric Lechner then a graduate student at the University of California, Santa Cruz
11、, claimed that dihydrogen monoxide is used as an industrial solvent and coolant, and is used in the production of Styrofoam(聚苯乙烯泡沫塑料).Other dangers pranksters (爱开玩笑的人) associated with the chemical included accelerated corrosion and rusting, severe bums, and death from inhalation.Versions of the e-ma
12、il continue to circulate today, and several Web sites, including that of the Coalition to Ban DHMO, warn, tongue-in-cheek, of waters dangers.Alabama Changes Value of PiThe April 1998 newsletter put out by New Mexicans for Science and Reason contains an article titled Alabama Legislature Lays Siege t
13、o Pi. It was penned by April Holiday of the Associmated Press (sic) and told the story of how the Alabama state legislature voted to change the value of the mathematical constant Pi from 3.14159 to the round number of 3.The ersatz (假的) news story was written by Los Alamos National Laboratory physici
14、st Mark Boslough to parody(滑稽地模仿) legislative and school board attacks on the teaching of evolution in New Mexico.At Boslough s suggestion, Dave Thomas, the president of New Mexicans for Science and Reason, posted the article in its entirety to the Internet newsgroup Talk. Origins on April 1. ( The
15、newsgroup hosts a lively debate on creation vs. evolution. ) Later that evening Thomas posted a full confession to the hoax. lie thought he had put all rumors to bed.But to Thomass surprise, however, several newsgroup readers forwarded the article to friends and posted it on other newsgroups.When Thomas checked in on the story a few weeks later, he was surprised to learn that it had spread like wildfire. The telltale signs of the articles satirical intent, such as the April I date and misspelled Associmated Press dateline, had been replaced or deleted.Alabama legislators wer
