I told the German official at the time that I was sure the ___72___ would fail. It’s not that I had any particular expertise in immigration policy, ___73___ I understood something about green cards, because I had one (the American ___74___). The German Green

Card was mismand,I argued,__75__it never,under any circumtances,translated into German citizenship.The U.S.green card,by contrast,is an almost__76__path to becoming American (after five years and a clean record).The official__77__my objection,saying that there was no way Germany was going to offer these peoplecitizenship.”we need young tach workers,”he said.”that’s what this pro-gram is all __78__.”so Germany was asking bright young__79__to leavetheir country,culture and families,move thousands of miles away,learn a new language and work in a strange land—but without any__80__of ever being part of their new home.Germany was senging a signal, one that was ___81___ received in India and other countries, and also by Germany’s own immigrant community.

62. A) soar C) amplify B) hover D) intensify

63. A) circuit C) trait B) strategy D) route

64. A) Of C) In  B) After D) At

65. A) import C) convey B) kidnap D) lure

66. A) offering C) evacuating B) installing D) formulating

67. A) conferred C) announced B) inferred D) verified

68. A) Specially C) Particularly B) Naturally D) Consistently

69. A) quotas C) measures B) digits D) scales

70. A) invariably C) barely B) literally D) solely

71. A) repelled C) combated B) deleted D) abolished

72. A) adventure C) initiative B) response D) impulse

73. A) and C) so B) but D) or

74. A) heritage C) notion B) revision D) version

75 A)because B)unless C)if D)while

76 A)aggressive B)automatic C)vulnerable D)voluntary

77 A)overtook B)fascinated C)submitted D)dismissed

78 A)towards B)round C)about D)over

79 A)dwellers B)citizens C)professionals D)amateurs

80 A)prospect B)suspicion C)outcome D)destination

81 A)partially B)clearly C)brightly D)vividly

Part VI Translation

Directions: Complete the sentences by translating into English the Chinese given in brackets.

Please write your translation on Answer Sheet 2

注意:此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答,只需写出译文部分

82. We can say a lot of things about those who have spent their whole lives on poems (毕生致力于诗歌的人): they are passionate, impulsive, and unique.

83. Mary couldn’t have received my letter, or she should have replied to me last week (否则她上周就该回信了).

84. Nancy is supposed to have finished her chemistry experiments (做完化学实验) at least two weeks ago.

85. Never once has the old couple quarreled with each other (老两口互相争吵) since they were married 40 years ago.

86. The prosperity of a nation is largely dependent upon (一个国家未来的繁荣在很大程度上有赖于) the quality of education of its people

2008年6月英语六级A卷完整答案

Part 1 Writing

范文一

Recent decades have seen the rapid development of information technology, and thereby E-books have wound their way into our daily life. Because of the wide and quick popularity of E-books, there has been an increasing controversy over the question of whether E-books will replace traditional books or not.

Many people hold the idea that it will not take long for E-books to replace traditional books because E-books have quite a few advantages over traditional ones. First, E-books are more accessible to readers, because the readers just need to log onto the internet and read online. Second, thanks to the advanced technology, the cost of E-books is much lower, so it takes readers far less money to buy E-books. Last but not the least, reading E-books has developed into part of our daily life, which is particularly appealing to young users, who are the body part of the users of electronic products.

As far as I’m concerned, it is not likely for E-books to replace traditional books for lots of reasons. For example, long time of reading E-books will do more harm to our eyes, and readers will find themselves more accessible to printed materials because computers and the internet haven’t yet been popularized to every corner of our life.

范文二

E-books, or electronic books, have the same information and need the same reading experience as the traditional books, which you actually hold in your hands. E-books have so many benefits that they will replace traditional books.

E-books can be created on a shoestring budget while the authors of traditional books will have to overcome a tough sales target before they even consider making a profit on the book. E-books are quicker to create because they could be written and published in as little as a week while the time span between starting a traditional book and writing it could take around a year or two. E-books are easier to target a wide market because they may be sold on the Internet to anyone with a credit card and an Internet connection in any place in the world, while with a traditional book it may be difficult to expand to new markets, since it will involve further significant costs on distribution and marketing.

To conclude, E-books are a very valuable tool that could be used as a profit centre, as a publishing tool or as a marketing tool. They have many advantages over the traditional books. E-books will replace traditional books.

Part 2 Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning)

1. D) Scientists’ vision of the world in half a century.

2. B) may not come true

3. A) humans won’t have to donate organs for transplantation

4. C) l