2007年12月英语六级考试题卷及答案

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 Part IV Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth) 25 minutes

 Section A

 Questions 47 to 51 are based on the following passage.

 Men, these days, are embracing fatherhood with the round-the-clock involvement their partners have always dreamed of-handling night feedings, packing lunches and bandaging knees. But unlike women, many find they're negotiating their new roles with little support or information. "Men in my generation (aged 25-40) have a fear of becoming dads because we
 have no role models." says Jon Smith, a writer. They often find themselves excluded from mothers' support networks, and are eyed  warily(警觉地) on the playground.

The challenge is particularly evident in the work-place.There,men are still expected to be breadwinners climbing the corportate ladder;traditionally-minded bosses are often unsympathetic to family needs.In Denmark most new fathers only take two weeks of paternity leave(父亲的陪产假)-even though they are allowed 34 days.As much as if not more so than women,fathers struggle to be taken seriously when they request flexible arrangements.

Though Wilfried-Fritz Maring,54,a data-bank and Internet specialist with German firm FIZ Karlsruhe,feels that the time he spends with his daughter ourweighs any disadvantages,he admits,"With my decision to work from home I dismissed any opportunity for promotion."

Mind-set(思维定势)are changing gradually.When Maring had a daughter,the company equipped him with a home office and allowed him to choose a job that could be performed from there.Danish telecom vompany TDC initated an internal campaign last year to encourage dads to take paternity leave;97 percent now do."When an employee goes on paternity leave and is with his kids,he gets a new kind of training;in how to keep cool under stress."says spokesperson Christing Elbery Holm.For a new generation of dads,kids may come before the company-but it's a shift that benefits both.

 注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。

 47. Unlike women, men often get little support of information from _____.

 48. Besides supporting the family, men were also expected to ____.

 49. Like women, men hope that their desire for a flexible schedule will be ___.

 50. When Maring was on paternity leave, he was allowed by his company to work ____.

 51. Christine Holm believes paternity leave provides a new kind of training for men in that it can help them cope with ____.

 新东方参考答案：
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 47 mother's support network
 48 climb the corporate ladder
 49 taken seriously
 50 in a home office
 51 stress

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 Passage One
 Questions 52 to 56 are based on the following passage.

 Like most people, I've long understood that I will be judged by my occupation, that my profession is a gauge people use to see how smart or talented I am. Recently. however, I was disappointed to see that is also decides how I'm treated as a person.

 Last year I left a professional position as a small-town reporter and took a job waiting tables. As someone paid to serve food to people, I had customers say and do things to me I suspect they'd never say or do to their most casual acquaintances. One night a man talking on his cell phone waved me away, then beckoned(示意) me back with his finger a minute later, complaining he was ready to order and asking where I'd been.

 I had waited tables during summers in college and was treated like a peon(勤杂工) by plenty of people. But at 19 years old, I believed I deserved inferior treatment from professional adults. Besides, people responded to me differently after I told them I was in college. Customers would joke that one day I'd be sitting at their table, waiting to be served.

Once I graduated I took a job at a community newspaper.From my first day,Iheard a respectful tone from everyone who called me.I assumed this was the way the professional world worked-cordially.

I soon found out differently.I say several feet away from an advertising sales representative with a similar name.Our calls would often get mixed up and someone asking for Kristen would be transferred to Christie.The mistake was immediately evident.Perhaps it was because money was involved,but people used a tone awith Kristen that they never used with me.

My job title made people treat me with courtesy.So it was a shock to return to the restaurant industy.

It's no secret that there's a lot to put up with when waiting tables,and fortunated,much of it can be easily for gotten when you pocked the tips.The service industry,by definition,exists to cater to others' needs.Still,it seemed that many of my customers didn't get the diference between server and servat.

I'm now applying to graduate school,which means someday I'll return to a profession where people need to be nice to me in order to get what they want.I think I'll take them to dinner first,and see how they treat someone whose only job is to server them.

 52. The author was disappointed to find that ____.
 a) one's position is used as a gauge to measure one's intelligence
 b) talented people like her should fail to get a respectable job
 c) one's occupation affects the way one is treated as a person
 d) professionals tend to look down upon manual workers

 53. What does the author intend to say by the example in the second paragraph?
 a) some customers simply show no respect to those who serve them.
 b) people absorbed in a phone conversation tend to be absent-minded.
 c) Waitresses are often treated by customers as casual acquaintances.
 d) some customers like to make loud complaints for no reason at all.

 54. How did the author feel when waiting tables at the age of 19?
 a) she felt it unfair to be treated as a mere servant by professionals.
 b) she felt badly hurt when her customers regarded her as a peon.
 c) she was embarrassed each time her customers joked with her.
 d) she found it natural for professionals to treat her as inferior.

 55. What does the author imply by saying "... many of my customers didn't get the difference between server and servant" (Lines 3-4,  Para.7)?
 a) those who cater to others' needs are destined to be looked down upon.
 b) those working in the service industry shouldn't be treated as servants.
 c) those serving others have to put up with rough treatment to earn a living.
 d) the majority of customers tend to look on a servant as a server nowadays.

 56. The author says she'll one day take her clients to dinner in order to ___.
 a) see what kind of person they are
 b) experience the feeling of being served
 c) show her generosity towards people inferior to her
 d) arouse their sympathy for people living a humble life

 新东方参考答案：
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 52 C One’s occupation affects the way one is treated as a person
 53 A Some customers simply show no respect to those who serve them
 54 D She found it natural for professionals to treat her as inferior
 55 B Those working in the service industry shouldn’t be treated as servants
 56 A See what kind of person they are