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1、2022-2023年湖南省常德市大学英语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.Most people, including those who are against cloning research, owe their lives to_.2. The second paragraph mainly indicates that_.A.notes and coins play a less important role than beforeB.c
2、ash still dominates the economic life in the societyC.we dont need as much money in flow as goods valueD.there are many inconveniences in cash transactions3.Rangachari works at the Center for Policy Research, with the headmaster based in4.If you want to get off to the fight start, you should treat t
3、he receptionists as your potential bosses.A.Y B.N C.NG5.The convergence criteria involve government budget deficit, outstanding government debt, inflation, nominal long-term interest rate and _.6.Waldo Wilcox found hidden treasure, such as valuable jewelry high on the bluff.A.Y B.N C.NG7.The brain s
4、hrinkage caused by Alzheimer can now be measured with_.A.the hippocampusB.brain scansC.mathematical models to analyze the resultsD.volumetric magnetic resonance imaging8.David Vaughans group found that most of the glaciers along the Peninsula were in retreat.A.Y B.N C.NG9.The governments polices to
5、attract new residents and slow depopulation process might become futile once _ .10.April Fools Special: Historys HoaxesHappy April Fools Day. To mark the occasion, National Geographic News has compiled a list of some of the more memorable hoaxes in recent history. They are the lies, darned (可恨的) lie
6、s, 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 proliferation (增殖) of hoaxes. E-mail inboxes are bombarded on an almost daily basis with mes
7、sages 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, including passwords and bank account details, to identity thieves. Other e-mails give rise to
8、 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 vote last month on whether to ban foam (泡沫) cups from city-sponsored events after they learne
9、d 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 Associated Press. We had a paralegal(律师助手) who did bad research.Indeed, the paralegal had fall
10、en 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, claimed that dihydrogen monoxide is used as an industrial solvent and coolant, and is used
11、 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 burns, and death from inhalation.Versions of the e-mail continue to circulate today, and several Web sites, including that of the Coalition to B
12、an 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 to Pi. It was penned by April Holiday of the Associmated Press (sic) and told the story of h
13、ow 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 physicist Mark Boslough to parody(滑稽地模仿) legislative and school board attacks on the teaching of ev
14、olution in New Mexico.At Bosloughs 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 newsgroup hosts a lively debate on creation vs. evolution. ) Later that evening Thomas posted
15、a full confession to the hoax. He 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 1 date and misspelled Associmated Press. dateline, had been replaced or deleted.Alabama legislators were bombarded with calls protesting the law. The legislators explained that the news
