【正文】 re fierce than todayD) the gap between the earnings of college and highschool graduates narrowed59. Students who attend an instate college or university can ________.A) save more on tuitionB) receive a better educationC) take more liberalarts coursesD) avoid traveling long distances60. In this consumerist age, most parents ________.A) regard college education as a wise investmentB) place a premium on the prestige of the CollegeC) think it crucial to send their children to collegeD) consider college education a consumer product61. What is the chief consideration when students choose a college today?A) Their employment prospects after graduation.B) A satisfying experience within their budgets.C) Its facilities and learning environment.D) Its ranking among similar institutions.Part V Cloze (15 minutes)Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D) on the right side of the paper. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.注意：此部分試題請(qǐng)?jiān)诖痤}卡2上作答。 in others it’s used as an international language for business, (39) ________ and industry.What factors and forces have led to the (40) ________ of English? Why is English now considered to be so prestigious that, across the globe, individuals and societies feel (41) ________ if they do not have (42) ________ in this language? How has English changed through 1,500 Years? These are some of the questions that you (43) ________ when you study English.You also examine the immense variability of English and (44) ________. You develop indepth knowledge of the intricate structure of the language. Why do some nonnative speakers of English claim that it’s a difficult language to learn, while (45) ________? At the University of Sussex, you are introduced to the nature and grammar of English in all aspects. This involves the study of sound structures, the formation of words, the sequencing words and the construction of meaning, as well as examination of the theories explaining these aspects of English usage. (46) ________, which are raised by studying how speakers and writers employ English for a wide variety of purposes.Part IV Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth) (25 minutes)Section A Directions: In this section, there is a short passage with 5 questions or inplete statements. Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or plete statements in the fewest possible words. Please write your answers on Answer Sheet 2.Questions 47 to 51 are based on the following passage.There is nothing new about TV and fashion magazines giving girls unhealthy ideas about how thin they need to be in order to be considered beautiful. What is surprising is the method psycholo gists at the University of Texas have e up with to keep girls from developing eating disorders. Their main weapon against superskinny (role) models: a brand of civil disobedience dubbed “body activism.”Since 2001, more than 1,000 high school and college students in the . have participated in the Body Project, which works by getting girls to understand how they have been buying into the notion that you have to be thin to be happy or successful. After critiquing (評(píng)論) the socalled thin ideal by writing essays and roleplaying with their peers, participants are directed to e up with and execute small, nonviolent acts. They include slipping notes saying “Love your body the way it is” into dieting books at stores like Borders and writing letters to Mattel, makers of the impossibly proportioned Barbie doll.According to a study in the latest issue of the Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, the risk of developing eating disorders was reduced 61% among Body Project participants. And they continued to exhibit positive bodyimage attitudes as long as three years after pleting the program, which consists, of four onehour sessions. Such lasting effects may be due to girls’ realizing not only how they were being influenced but also who was benefiting from the societal pressure to be thin. “These people who promote the perfect body really don’t care about you at all,” says Kelsey Hertel, a high school junior and Body Project veteran in Eugene, Oregon. “They purposefully make you feel like less of a person so you’ll buy their stuff and they’ll make money.”注意：此部分試題請(qǐng)?jiān)诖痤}卡2上作答。2009年6月全國(guó)大學(xué)英語(yǔ)六級(jí)考試真題和答 案Part I Writing (30 minutes) Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay entitled On the Importance of a Name. You should write at least 150 words following the outline given below.1. 有人說名字或名稱很重要2. 也有人覺得名字或名稱無(wú)關(guān)緊要3. 我認(rèn)為On the Importance of a NamePart II Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning) (15 minutes) Directions: In this part, you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage quickly and answer the questions on Answer Sheet 1. For questions 17, choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). For questions 810, plete the sentences with the information given in the passage.Helicopter Moms vs. FreeRange KidsWould you let your fourthgrader ride public transportation without an adult? Probably not. Still, when Lenore Skenazy, a columnist for the New York Sun, wrote about letting her son take the subway alone to get back to her Manhattan home from a department store on the Upper East Side, she didn’t expect to get hit with a wave of criticism from readers.“Long story short: My son got home, overjoyed with independence,” Skenazy wrote on April 4 in the New York Sun. “Long story longer: Half the people I’ve told this episode to now want to turn on in for child abuse. As if keeping kids under lock and key and cell phone and careful watch is the right way to rear kids. It’s not. It’s debilitating (使虛弱)—for us and for them.”O(jiān)nline message boards were soon full of people both applauding and con