[外语类试卷]大学英语六级模拟试卷590及答案与解析.doc
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1、大学英语六级模拟试卷 590及答案与解析 一、 Part I Writing (30 minutes) 1 For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay entitled On the Adaptation of the Classics. You should write at least 150 words following the outline given below. 1近来,许多经典名著被改写成各种 版本以供大众娱乐 2这种现象产生的原因 3我的看法 On the Adaptation of th
2、e Classics 二、 Part 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 attached to the passage. For questions 1-4, mark: Y (for YES) if the statement agrees with the information given
3、 in the passage; N (for NO) if the statement contradicts the information given in the passage; NG (for NOT GIVEN) if the information is not given in the passage. 1 Wal-Mart Wal-Mart is more than just the worlds largest retailer. It is an economic force, a cultural phenomenon and a lightning rod for
4、controversy. It all started with a simple philosophy from founder Sam Walton: Offer shoppers lower prices than they get anywhere else. That basic strategy has shaped Wal-Marts culture and driven the companys growth. Now that Wal-Mart is so huge, it has unprecedented power to shape labor markets glob
5、ally and change the way entire industries operate. History of Wal-Mart Sam Walton opened his first five-and-dime in 1950. His vision was to keep prices as low as possible. Even if his margins werent as fat as competitors, he figured he could make up for that in volume. He was right. In the early 196
6、0s, Walton opened his first Wal-Mart in Rogers, Arkansas. The company continued to grow, going public in 1970 and adding more stores every year. In 1990, Wal-Mart surpassed key rival Kmart in size. Two years later, it surpassed Sears. Walton continued to drive an old pickup truck and share budget-ho
7、tel rooms with colleagues on business trips, even after Wal-Mart made him very rich. He demanded that his employees also keep expenses to a bare minimum a mentality that is still at the heart of Wal-Mart culture more than a decade after Waltons death. The company has continued to grow rapidly after
8、his death in 1992 and now operates four retail divisionsWal-Mart Supercenters, Wal-Mart discount stores, Neighborhood Market stores and Sams Club warehouses. Wal-Mart Strategy Lets start with technology. Wal-Mart pushed the retail industry to establish the universal bar code, which forced manufactur
9、ers to adopt common labeling. The bar allowed retailers to generate all kinds of information creating a subtle shift- of power from manufacturers to retailers. Wal-Mart became especially good at exploiting the information behind the bar code. And thus it is considered a pioneer in developing sophist
10、icated technology to track its stock and cut the fat out of its supply chain. Recently, Wal-Mart became the first major retailer to demand manufacturers use radio frequency identification technology (RFID). The technology uses radio frequencies to transmit data stored on small tags attached to palle
11、ts (货盘 ) or individual products. RFID tags hold significantly more data than bar codes. The frugal culture, established by Walton, also plays into Wal-Marts success. The company has been criticized for the relatively poor wages and health care plans that it offers to rank-and-file employees. It has
12、also been accused of demanding that hourly workers put in overtime without pay. Store managers often work more than 70 hours per week. This culture is also present at the companys headquarters. Wal-Mart is headquartered in Bentonville, Arkansas, instead of an expensive city like New York. The buildi
13、ng is unattractive and dull. You wont catch executives in quality cars and you wont see them dragging into work at 9:30 a.m. Executives fly coach and often share hotel rooms with colleagues. They work long hours, typically arriving at work before 6:30 a.m. and working halfdays on Saturdays. The cent
14、ral goal of Wal-Mart is to keep retail prices low and the company has been very successful at this. Experts estimate that Wal-Mart saves shoppers at least 15 percent on a typical cart of groceries. Everything including the technology and corporate culture feeds into that ultimate goal of delivering
15、the lowest prices possible. Wal-Mart also pushes its suppliers, some say cruelly, to cut prices. In The Wal-Mart Effect, author Charles Fishman discusses how the price of a four-pack of GE light bulbs decreased from $2.19 to 88 cents during a five-year period. The Power Because of Wal-Marts massive
16、size, it has incredible power. It has driven smaller retailers out of business; forced manufacturers to be more efficient, often leading these suppliers to move manufacturing jobs overseas; and changed the way that even large and established industries do business. There is plenty of anecdotal evide
17、nce that a new Wal-Mart in town spells doom for local pharmacies, grocery stores, sporting goods stores, etc. Economist Emek Basker, Ph.D., attempted to quantify the impact. Her study found that in a typical United States county, when a Wal-Mart opens, three other retailers close within two years an
18、d four close within five years. While the Wal-Mart might employ 300 people, another 250 people working in retail lose their jobs within five years in that county. Wal-Mart has life or death decisions over (almost) all the consumer goods industries that exist in the United States, because it is the n
19、umber-one supplier-retailer of most of our consumer goods not just clothes, shoes, toys, but home appliances, electronic products, sporting goods, bicycles, groceries, food. The stories of how Wal-Mart pushes manufacturers into selling the same product at lower and lower prices are legendary. One ex
20、ample is Lakewood Engineering on no account hint at the notion that a woman could get herself a job, but instead foster her sense of her own usefulness, emphasizing the creative aspect of her function as a housewife. So we get cake mixes (蛋糕粉 ) in which the. cook simply adds an egg herself, to produ
21、ce “that lovely homo-baked flavor the family love“, and knitting patterns that can be made by hand, or worse still, on knitting machines, which became tremendously fashionable when they were first introduced. Automatic cookers are advertised by pictures of pretty young mothers taking their children
22、to the park, not by professional women presetting the dinner before leaving home for work. 48 Many electric appliances dont liberate modern women from housework because _ 49 Why does the author think a laundry is not necessarily more costly than using washing machines? 50 In spite of the advantages
23、of using washing machines, the disadvantage is listed as_ 51 The goods advertised in womens magazines are really meant to _. 52 According to the author, what is womens stereotyped role in social life? Section B Directions: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questi
24、ons or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should decide on the best choice. 52 The poor old consumer! Wed have to pay a great deal more if advertising didnt create mass markets for products. It is precisely because of the heavy advertising that c
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