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1、2018 年 12 月大学英语六级阅读模拟试题 2 篇 2018 年 12 月大学英语六级阅读模拟试题 2 篇 Passage 1 I have never attended a large companys board meeting in my life,but I feel certain that the discussion often takes the following lines.The_1_of producing a newfor exampletoothpaste would make 8 Op the decent price for it,so we will ma

2、rket it at l.20.It is not a bad toothpaste(not specially good either,but not bad),and as people like to try new things it will sell well to start with;but the_2_of novelty soon fades,so sales will_3_.When that starts to happen we will reduce the price to l.15.And we will turn it into a bargain by pr

3、inting 5p OFF all over it,whereupon people will rush to buy it even though it still costs about forty-three percent more than its_4_price.Sometimes it is not 5p OFF but lp OFF.What a shame to advertise lp OFF your soap or washing powder or dog food or whatever.Even the poorest old-age pensioner ough

4、t to regard this as an insult,but he doesnt.A bargain must not be_5_To be offered a gift of one penny is like being invited to dinner and offered one single pea(tastily cooked),and nothing else.Even if it represented a_6_reduction it would be an insult.Still,people say,one has to have washing powder

5、(or whatever)and one might as well buy it a penny cheaper.When I was a boy in Hungary a man was_7_of murdering someone for the sake of one pengo,the equivalent of a shilling,and pleaded_8_.The judge shouted_9_:To kill a man for a shilling!What can you say in your_10_?The murderer replied:A shilling

6、here.a shilling there.And thats what todays shopper says,too:A penny here.a penny there.A.missed B.defense C.real D.cost E.anxiously F.attraction G.fair H.expense I.fall J.angrily K.dismissed L.accused M.guilty N.faulty O.security 答案:D F I G A C L M J Passage 2 Scientists at Sussex University appear

7、 to be on the way to_1_how the mosquito,carrier of diseases such as malaria and yellow fever,homes in on its target.The problem is that they have found that the best way to avoid being bitten is:stop breathing,stop sweating,and keep down the temperature of your immediate surroundings._2_the first su

8、ggestion is impossible and the others very difficult.Scientists have found that there are three_3_stages in a mosquitos assault.Stage one is at fifty feet away,when the insect first smells a man or a animal to_4_.Stage two is thought to come into operation about twenty-five feet from the target,when

9、 the insect becomes guided by the carbon dioxide breathed out by the intended victim.Stage three is when the mosquito is only a matter of inches from its_5_the warmth and moisture given off by the victim is the final clue.The researchers then*_6_how repellents interfere with its three-stage attack.T

10、hey found repellents act more subtly than by just giving off a nasty smell.A Canadian researcher says that repellents appear to_7_mosquitoes first when it is following the carbon dioxide and second during the final approach,where the warmth and moisture are the insects_8_.Air pervaded by one of the

11、many chemical repellents stops the mosquito reacting to the victims carbon dioxide,and the repellent seems to affect the tiny hairs with which the insect senses moisture in the air.The sensors are blocked so that the_9_does not know whether it is flying through a moist current,or the sensors are made to send the_10_signals.A.examined B.animal C.wrong D.insect E.bite F.Unfortunately G.inventing H.distinct I.prey J.guide K.checked L.definite M.Unnecessarily N.confuse O.discovering 答案:O F H E I A N J D C