大学英语六级改革适用（听力）模拟试卷60 (题后含答案及解析)
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Section C
       
    In some ways the employment interview is like a persuasive speech because the applicant seeks to persuade the employer to employ him or her.    A job applicant has the responsibility for【B1】______certain types of information prior to the interview. First, the applicant knows what kind of job he wants and how that job【B2】______ hiscareer objective.It isimportant that theapplicant beable to【B3】______his reasons for wishing to work for a particular company. Second, the applicant should seek as much information as possible concerning the company. Relevant information for the applicant to locate includes such【B4】______as the location of the home and regional offices, the financial status of the company, plans for expansion, and【B5】______,information about most major corporations 【B6】______inref
erence books and periodicals.    After gathering information concerning the company, the applicant is【B7】______the interview. The interviewer’s first impression comes from the interviewee’s appearance. For most interviews, appropriate dress for men is a conservative dark colored suit with a long sleeve white or light blue shirt. For women a conservative, tailored suit or dress is appropriate. Both men and women should have【B8】______,conservative length of hair. Although hairstyle and dress are mattersof personal taste,many personnel directors form 【B9】______impressions from these characteristics. For example, one recent college graduate, who felt himself qualified, interviewed for a public relations job. However, the personnel manager considered this young man’s long hair, sloppy (宽松的)) dress, and【B10】______casual manner unsuited for this particular position.
 
1． 【B1】
正确答案：ascertaining
解析：ascertain意为“查明，弄清”，介词for后接名词或动名词，因而空格应填入动名词ascertaining。 知识模块：短文听力
2． 【B2】
正确答案：relates to
解析：how引导的从句缺少谓语动词，主语thatjob以及前半句的时态表明此处应填入动词的第三人称单数形式。relate to意为“关系到”。 知识模块：短文听力
3． 【B3】
正确答案：state
解析：空格前的be able to表明此处应填入原形动词。state意为“陈述，说明”。 知识模块：短文听力
4． 【B4】
正确答案：items
解析：such…as表明空格需填入名词，再根据后面的多项列举可知要填入名词的复数形式。item意为“条款，项目”。 知识模块：短文听力
5． 【B5】
正确答案：company philosophy
解析：空格与前面的the location of the home，the financial status of…并列，应为名词(短语)。company philosophy意思是“企业理念”。 知识模块：短文听力
6． 【B6】
正确答案：available
解析：available意为“可得到的”，此处说的是要利用手头可得到的参考书或期刊查许多主要公司的相关资料。 知识模块：短文听力
7． 【B7】
正确答案：ready for
解析：be ready for意思是“准备好做……”。 知识模块：短文听力
8． 【B8】
正确答案：neat
解析：此处应填入与conservative并列的成分。neat意为“整洁的”,此处说的是对应聘者发型的要求。 知识模块：短文听力
schedule读音9． 【B9】
正确答案：initial
解析：initial“开始的，最初的”，此处说的是人事主管凭发型和衣着对应聘者产生的第一印象。 知识模块：短文听力
10． 【B10】
正确答案：overly
解析：此处需填入副词，修饰形容词casual。overly意为“过度地”。 知识模块：短文听力
       
    For Americans, time is a “resource” that, like water or coal, can be used well or poorly. The future will not be better than the pastor the presentun less people use their time for【B1】______,future-oriented activities. Thus, Americans【B2】______a “well-organized” person, one who has a written list of things to do and a schedule for doing them. The ideal person is【B3】______and treasures other people’s time.    The American attitude towards time is not【B4】______shared by others,especially non-Europeans. They are more likely to consider time as something that is simply there around them, not something they can “use”. One of the more difficult things many foreign businessmen and students must adjust to in the States is the【B5】______that time must be saved whenever possible and used wisely every day. In their efforts to use their time wisely, Americans are sometimes seen by foreign visitors as automatons,unhuman creatures who are so【B6】______their clocks and their schedules that they cannot participate in or enjoy the human interactions that are
the truly important things in life.    The【B7】______Americans place on efficiency is closely related to their concepts of the future, change and time. To do something efficiently is to do it in the way that is quickest and requires the smallest investment of resources. American businesses sometimes hire “efficiency experts”to【B8】______their operations and suggest ways in which they could accomplish more. In this context the “fast-food industry” can be seen as a【B9】______example of an American cultural product. McDonald’s, Kentucky Fried Chicken and other fast-food establishments 【B10】______in a country where many people want to minimize the amount of time they spend preparing and eating meals.
 
11． 【B1】
正确答案：constructive
解析：填入空格的词与future-oriented并列，修饰activities。constructive意为“建设性的”。 知识模块：短文听力
12． 【B2】
正确答案：admire
解析：空格所在句缺少谓语，主语Americans为复数形式，因而填入admire“钦佩，赞赏”。 知识模块：短文听力
13． 【B3】
正确答案：punctual
解析：此处需要填入名词、形容词或分词作表语，punctual意为“严守时刻的，准时的”。 知识模块：短文听力
14． 【B4】
正确答案：necessarily
解析：空格所在句子主要成分齐全，推断应填入副词。necessarily意为”必然地，必定地”。 知识模块：短文听力
15． 【B5】
正确答案：notion
解析：定冠词the提示空格应填入名词，notion意为“概念，观念”。 知识模块：短文听力
16． 【B6】
正确答案：tied to
解析：tie to“拴于……”，空格前的are提示，此处用的是被动语态，故而要填入动词的过去分词形式。 知识模块：短文听力
17． 【B7】
正确答案：emphasis
解析：空格处应填入名词作主句的主语(或定语从句的宾语),句中is表明应填入名词的单数形式，emphasis意为“强调”。 知识模块：短文听力
18． 【B8】
正确答案：review
解析：空格前的不定式符号to表明此处填入原形动词，review意为“检查”。 知识模块：短文听力
19． 【B9】
正确答案：typical
解析：空格位于a和example之间，可能是形容词或分词，typical意为“典型的，有代表性的”。 知识模块：短文听力
20． 【B10】
正确答案：prosper
解析：主句缺少谓语动词，主语是fast-food establishments(快餐机构)，因而此处填入动词的一般现在时即可。prosper意为“繁荣，兴旺”。 知识模块：短文听力
       
    What is April Fools Day and what are its origins? It is【B1】______believed that in medieval France, New Year was celebrated on 1st April. Then in 1562, Pope Gregory introduced a new 【B2】______for the Christian world, changing New Year to 1st January. With no modern communications, news traveled slowly and new ideas were often questioned. Many people did not【B3】______the change, others chose to ignore it, while some merely forgot.These people were called fools. Invitations to【B4】______”New Year” parties were sent and other【B5】______jokes were played Over time, this jesting【B6】______a tradition of playing pranks on 1st April. The custom eventually spread to England and Scotland, and it was later transported across the Atlantic to the American【B7】______of the English and the French. April Fools Day has now developed into an international festival of fun, with different nationalities celebrating the day in special ways.    In France and Italy, if someone plays a trick on you, you are the “fish of April”. By the month of April fish have only just【B8】______and are therefore easy to catch. Children stick paper fish to their friends’ backs and chocolate fish are found in the shops. Today, America
ns and the British play small tricks on friends and strangers alike on 1st April. Schoolchildren might tell a friend that school has been cancelled. A bag of flour might be balanced on the top of a door so that when the 【B9】______”opens the door, the flour empties over his head. Most April Fool jokes are in good fun and【B10】______.The best trick is the one where everyone laughs, especially the person upon whom the joke has been played.

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