2016年下半年英语六级考试专项模考试卷四
Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension (35 minutes)
Passage One?
Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage:?
There are three basic ways in which individual economic units interact with one another. They are the market system, the administered system, and the traditional system.?
In a market system, individual economic units are free to interact among each other in the market place. Transactions may take place through barter or money exchange. In a barter economy,real goods such as automobiles, shoes, and pizzas are traded against each other. Obviously, finding somebody who wants to trade an old car in exchange for a sailboat may not always be an easy task. Hence the introduction of money as a medium of exchange eases transactions considerably.?
An alternative to the market system is administered control by some agency over all transactions. This agency will issue laws or commands as to how much each goods and service should be produced, exchanged, and consumed by each economic unit. Central planning may be one way of administering such an economy. The central plan drawn up by the government shows the amount of each commodity produced by the various firms and distributed to different households for consumption.?
In a traditional society, production and consumption patterns are governed by tradition. Each person′s place with the economic system is fixed by parentage, religion, and custom. Transactions take place on the basis of tradition, too. People belonging to a certain group or caste may have cet6w.com for other persons, provide them with food and shelter, care for their health,and provide for their education. Clearly, in a system where every decision is made on the basis of tradition alone progress may be difficult to achieve.?
21. What is the main purpose of the passage??
A) To explain the science of economics.?
B) To outline types of economic systems.?
C) To argue for the superiority of one economic system.?
D) To compare barter and money?exchange markets.?
22. In the second paragraph, by which of the following could the word "real" best be replaced??
A) High quality.?B) Concrete.?C) Utter.?D) Essential.?
23. According to the passage, a barter economy can lead to ?
A) rapid speed of transactions?
B) misunderstandings?
C) inflation?
D) difficulties for the traders?
24. According to the passage who has the greatest degree of control on an administered system??
A) Individual households.?
B) Small businesses.?
C) Major companies.?
D) The government.?
25. Which of the following statements is true??
A) The central plan drawn up by the government is mainly based on the needs of the state as a whole.?
B) The economic system in China is based on the traditional system.?
C) In a market system, transactions are controlled by the government.?
D) In a traditional society, economy develops very fast.?
21. 文章第一段点明了三种不同类型的经济体系。接下来分别介绍了这三种体系。由此可见，B)为正确答案。?
22. 第二段第二句说明了物物交换的经济形式(barter economy)。可见，real一词在此指的是“实体的，具体的”。选项B)为正确答案。另三词的含义分别为“高质量”;“完全的，全然的”;“重要的”均不符合文章内容。
23. 答案在第二段第四句：显然要找到想用旧车来交换帆船的人不是件容易的事。所以，物物交换会给商人带来麻烦。D)正确。
24. 由第三段可知，在管理经济模式下，政府通过主导中央计划来管理控制一切的业务。由此推知，在管理经济体制中，政府具有最大限度的控制权。D)正确。
25. 由第三段最后一句可知，政府拟定的中央计划显示了由不同公司生产的商品的数量，并根据数量把商品分送到不同的家庭消费。所以，中央计划是根据整个国家的需求来拟定的。选项A)正确。选项B)与D)文章未提及。选项C)与内容不符。