恩波教育：2006年12月英語六級考試模擬試卷(1)

Part ⅢVocabulary(20 minutes)
Directions: There are 30 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Choose  the ONE answer that best complete the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.
41. The history of life on earth has been a history of          between living things and their surroundings.
    A) interactionB) intersectionC) interferenceD) intercourse
42. There wasn’t enough time for a proper meal so we got a          at a coffee shop.
A) snackB) snatchC) stackD)stitch
43. The police must have a search           to search the room, otherwise it’ll be considered as an illegal intrusion.
A) pledgeB) guaranteeC) licenseD)warrant
44. The president inherited the economic problems from his          .
    A) successorB) predecessorC) precedentD)forerunner
45. For those who missed the opportunity for higher education, a major          in the academic world now provides a second chance.
A) intrigueB) innovationC) inflationD) intuition
46. John is planning another travel abroad, yet his passport will          at the end of this month.
   A) terminateB) ceaseC) exceedD)expire
47. Jack found there wasn’t a good primary school in the          , so he sent his son to a boarding school far away from home.
A) localityB) locationC) vicinityD)proximity
48. The Western custom of exchanging love          on Valentine’s Day has been introduced into China and is becoming popular among young people.
   A) tokensB) tollC) transitD)titles
49. It is at          hat in such a prosperous country there should be so many homeless people.
   A) paradiseB) pastimeC) paradoxD)parade
50. The ancient temple and pagoda are still there, but not in its          .
A) humidityB) solidarityC) liabilityD) integrity
51. We are prepared to make some          on minor details, but we will not compromise on fundamentals.
A) recessionB) concessionC) transmissionD) illusion
52. For a month, my wife and I have been          the prospect of migrating to Europe.
A) fabricatingB) contrivingC) contemplatingD) facilitating
53. The views of the richest householders          with those of the poorest and created a new consensus.
A) convergedB) correlatedC) disregardedD) disputed
54. These American soldiers were accused of          treatment of prisoners of war.
A) bluntB) brutalC) briskD) bold
55. Expected noises are usually more          than unexpected ones of the like magnitude.
A) vulnerableB) controllableC) cozyD) tolerable
56. It is only in the last decade that people have become aware of the threat to the quality of the environment          by unrestricted industrial production.
A) posedB) propelledC) promptedD) provoked
57. The candidate won the election by a(n)         number of votes.
   A) essentialB) potentialC) substantialD) influential
58. When it began to rain hard, I took         in the doorway of a building.
   A) departureB) refugeC) screenD) coverage
59. The Prime Minister’s          government was on the brink of collapse.
   A) faintB) fragileC) furiousD) fatal
60. In his spare time, he liked to         the Web looking for interesting web sites.
   A) browseB) scrutinizeC) bruiseD) scramble
61. The decision will give renewed         to the economic recovery of the country.
   A) motiveB) aspirationC) impetusD) glitter
62. We         a loss in the stock market by selling our shares early, before the stock fell.
   A) divertedB) convertedC) invertedD) averted
63. The smartest man in the world is not         to the depression that can accompany severe disabilities.
   A) immuneB)sensitiveC) alertD) pertinent
64. Success that comes easily makes people more         to failure when real challenges arise.
   A) inevitableB)earnestC) timidD) prone
65. Thousands of workers on strike         into the central square, demanding higher wages and better working conditions.
   A) mobilizedB)surgedC) invadedD) soared
66. Thinking is any mental activity that helps us         or solve a problem, make a decision, or fulfill a desire to understand.
   A) duplicateB)simulateC) formulateD) verify
67. The country’s economic situation is         as the statistics indicate that unemployment is increasing, prices rising and exports falling.
   A) shrinkingB) lingeringC) deterioratingD) swelling
68. At Christmas, most families will set up their Christmas trees in a         place of their home and decorate them with fancy ornaments.
   A) prominentB) dominantC) outstandingD) fantastic
69. He had studied Spanish, and had grown up in New York City—the most culturally         place in America.
   A) conspicuousB) diverseC) obscureD) dizzy
70. We need more people to         their blood because there are so many injured men and women in the disaster.
   A) injectB) denoteC) diagnoseD) donate

Part Ⅳ Error Correction（15 minutes）
Directions: This part consists of a short passage. In this passage, there are altogether 10 mistakes, one in each numbered line. You may have to change a word, add a word or delete a word. If you change a word, cross it out and write the correct word in the corresponding blank. If you add a word, put an insertion mark (∧) in the right place and write the missing word in the blank. If you delete a word, cross it out and be sure to put a (/) in the blank.
Every artist knows in his heart that he is saying something
to the public. Not only he want to say it well, but he wants it         S1       
to be something that has not said before. He hopes the public will     S2      
listen and understand—he wants to teach them, and he wants them
to learn from him.
What visual artists like painters want to teach are quite easy to make S3      
out and difficult to explain, because painters translate their experiences S4      
into shapes and colors, not words. They seem to feel that a certain
selection of shapes and colors, out of the countless millions impossible,   
are exceptionally interesting for them and worth showing to us.       S5      
With their work we should never have noticed these particular shapes S6      
and colors, or have felt the delight which it brought to the artist.        S7      
If one painter chooses to paint a deformed (畸形的)leg and a lake in
moonlight, each of which is directing our attention to a certain aspect of world. S8      
Each painter is telling us something, shows us something,emphasizing somethingS9      
—not all of which means that, consciously or unconsciously, he is      S10      
trying to teach us.