大学英语六级考试模拟试卷四十三
(总分：32.00，做题时间：130分钟)
一、问答题(总题数：2，分数：2.00)
1.Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write o short essay entitled The Impor-tance of Independent Thinking and Curiosity in the Workplace.You can, cite examples to illus-trate your views.You should write at least 150 words but no more than, 200 words.
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正确答案：(The Importance of Independent Thinking and Curiosity in the Workplace
(1)In the modem society, it's undeniable that com-petition in the workplace is becoming more and more fierce, which puts higher requirements on the quality of employees.In the corporate culture of many companies,employees are encouraged to keep curiosity and think in-depend
六级阅读分值ently.All of this suggest that independent thinking and curiosity play an important role in the workplace.
(2)The importance of independent thinking and cu-riosity can be analyzed briefly from two perspectives.In terms of employees, the ability of independent thinking and curiosity can promote a person's rapid growth in competence, and complete work tasks with high quality in a short time, making him/her stand out.On the cor-porate side, advocating independent thinking and curios-ity can increase the reserve of talents and employees with independent thinking and curiosity, creating greater value for a business, A company that emphasizes independent thinking and curiosity will be more powerful in creativity and innovation.
(3)As Steve Jobs, who created Apple Inc., said,“Stay hungry, stay foolish.” We should always be eager to learn new knowledge, and never fancy that we are smart enough to stop learning and thinking.As for college students who are about to enter the workplace,we should pay attention to maintaining curiosity and developing the ability of independent thinking.)
解析：(1)开篇引题，指出职场中独立思考和好奇心的重要性。
(2)从In terms of employees和On the corporate side两个方面分析独立思考和好奇心的重要性。
(3)引用Steve Jobs的名言，总结观点，并提出建议。
2.目前，中国很多城市纷纷建立共享书吧。人们可在共享书吧的书架中自行挑选任意一本感兴趣的纸质图书或刊物回家阅读，阅毕可将此书送回。有些书吧还引进数字阅读机，每台机器内存有大量高清畅销书，每月定时更新，使用即可阅读。接下来，共享书吧将面向更广泛的地方推广，以期更好地发挥图书馆馆藏资源利用率，进一步在全国范围内推广“全民阅读”，加快构建公益性、均等性、便利性的公共文化服务体系，真正让共享书吧成为提升公共文化服务水平和市民文化素养的载体平台。
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正确答案：(Nowadays, (1)sharing book bars are established in many cities around China People can take any one of the (2)paper books and magazines they are interested in back home.After reading they can retum books to the bar.Besides,therearealso (3)e-book readers,eachofwhichboasts a large number of (4)HD best-sellers (5)with monthly updates The e-books can be acquired through scanning the (6)QR code on the readers.Sharing book bar, in the future, will be set up in more cities (7)ina bid to maximize the utilization of the library resources,( 8)promote the public awareness of reading, and accelerate the construction of a public cultural service system(9)featuring public benefit, equality of access and convenience, making the sharing book bars a car-rier platform to advance the level of public cultural ser-vices and the cultural literacy of citizens.)
解析：(1)“共享书吧”可翻译为sharing book bars。
(2)“纸质图书”可翻译为paper books。
(3)“数字阅读机”可翻译为e-book readers。
(4)“高清畅销书”可翻译为HD best-sellers。
(5)“每月定期更新”可作“数字阅读机”的伴随状语，翻译为with monthly updates。
(6)“二维码”可翻译为QR code。
(7)“以期更好地”表目的，可用短语in a bid to“为了……”。
(8)“推广‘全民阅读”’可理解为“提高公民的阅读意识”，即promote the public awareness of reading。
(9)“公益性、均等性、便利性”修饰公共文化服务体系，即这三点是服务体系的特点，可译为后置定语，用featuring连接，翻译为featuring public benefit，equali-ty of access and convenience。
二、单选题(总题数：30，分数：30.00)
3.Questions 1 to 10 are based on the following passage.
Is your promotion really necessary? Many workers focus their hopes on climbing the hierarchy of their____1____.The prospect of higher pay helps explain their ambition, but so
does the greater status that comes with each____2____title. 
This scramble can often end in____3____.The Peter principle, developed by Laurence Peter for a book published in 1969, states that workers get promoted until they reach their level of____4____.It makes perfect sense.If you are good at your job, you rise up the career ladder.Eventually, there will be ajob you are not good at and at that point your career will stall.The____5____corollary is that any se-nior staff members who have been in their job for an extended period are incompetent. 
The higher up the ladder you go, the greater the demands are likely to be on your time.The chief executive will expect you to be____6____at weekends; after all, that is why you get paid the big____7____.Subordinates will also feel that they are able to ask you tricky questions whenever they arise; they don't want to take decisions that are above their pay grade.If you are in charge of a geo-graphical region, you may spend much of your time on planes,____8____ the corporate troops.And when you are not travelling, your day will be filled with meetings.At the end of the day, you will have been extremely busy, but with a nagging feeling that you have achieved____9____ of substance. 
So that shiny promotion may not be for everyone.Beware the curse of overwork and____10____.Some people like to devote their whole lives to their job and be at the centre of events.It is best to let them get on with it.