资源描述:
《2011.12六级真题(无答案)》由会员上传分享,免费在线阅读,更多相关内容在教育资源-天天文库。
1、PartI Writing (30minutes)Directions:Forthispart,youareallowed30minutestowriteashortessayentitledTheWaytoSuccessbycommentingonAbrahamLincoln’sfamousremark,“Givemesixhourstochopdownatree,andIwillspendthefirstfoursharp
2、eningtheaxe.”Youshouldwriteatleast150wordsbutnomorethan200words. PartII ReadingComprehension(SkimmingandScanning) (15minutes)Directions:Inthispart,youwillhave15minutestogooverthepassagequicklyandanswerthequestionsonAnswerSheet1.Forquestions1
3、—7,choosethebestanswerfromthefourchoicesmarkedA),B),C)andD).Forquestions8—10,completethesentenceswiththeinformationgiveninthepassage.Google’sPlanforWorld’sBiggestOnlineLibrary:PhilanthropyOrActofPiracy?Inrecentyears,teamsofworkersdispatchedbyGooglehav
4、ebeenworkinghardtomakedigitalcopiesofbooks.Sofar,Googlehasscannedmorethan10milliontitlesfromlibrariesinAmericaandEurope—includinghalfamillionvolumesheldbytheBodleianinOxford.Theexactmethoditusesisunclear;thecompanydoesnotallowoutsiderstoobservetheproc
5、ess.WhyisGoogleundertakingsuchaventure?Whyisiteveninterestedinallthoseout-of-printlibrarybooks,mostofwhichhavebeengatheringdustonforgottenshelvesfordecades?Thecompanyclaimsitsmotivesareessentiallypublic-spirited.Itsoverallmission,afterall,isto“organis
6、etheworld’sinformation”,soitwouldbeoddifthatinformationdidnotincludebooks.Thecompanylikestopresentitselfashavingloftyaspirations.“Thisreallyisn’taboutmakingmoney.Wearedoingthisforthegoodofsociety.”AsSantiagodelaMora,headofGoogleBooksforEurope,putsit:“
7、Bymakingitpossibletosearchthemillionsofbooksthatexisttoday,wehopetoexpandthefrontiersofhumanknowledge.”DanClancy,thechiefarchitectofGoogleBooks,doesseemgenuineinhisconvictionthatthisisprimarilyaphilanthropic(慈善的)exercise.“Google’scorebusinessissearcha
8、ndfind,soobviouslywhathelpsimproveGoogle’ssearchengineisgoodforGoogle,”hesays.“Butwehaveneverbuiltaspreadsheet(电子数据表)outliningthefinancialbenefitsofthis,andIhaveneverhadtojustifytheamountIamspendingtothecompany’sfounders.”Itiseasy,talkingtoCla