考试吧恩波：2008年12月六级预测试卷及解析(五)

　　Section C

　　Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from 36 to 43 with the exact words you have just heard. For blanks numbered from 44 to 46 you are required to fill in the missing information. For these blanks, you can either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the main points in your own words. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written.

　　Imagine this: you wake up each morning to find your sister lying beside you. To get dressed and tie your (36) , you use one hand and she uses another, you do everything else together too, even sitting on the same chair at lunch and (37) on the same bicycle. That’s what life is like for six-year-old Betty and Abey. Like most (38) , the two girls look very much alike. But unlike most twins, Betty and Abey (39) parts of the same body. Twins like Betty and Abey are (40) , only about 40 sets are born in the United States each year. Few (41) as long as Betty and Abey. That is because twins often share vital organs like a heart or (42) . These shared organs are often badly shaped, and may not be strong enough to support both twins. But Betty and Abey each had her own head, heart and stomach which (43) normally. The girls share 3 or 4 lungs which provide plenty of oxygen for both twins. (44) . Betty and Abey live relatively normal lives, they attend a regular school and each does her own school work. They prefer to do some projects together, though. (45) . But sometimes the girls don’t want to do the same thing. (46) . What do they do then? “We cast a coin.” Says Abey.

　　Part Ⅳ Reading Comprehension (25 minutes)

　　Section A

　　Directions: In this section, there is a short passage with 5 questions or incomplete statements. Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words on Answer Sheet 2.

　　A punctual person is in the habit of doing a thing at the proper time and is never late in keeping an appointment.

　　The unpunctual man, on the other hand, never does what he has to do at the proper time. He is always in a hurry and in the end loses both time and his good name. There is an old saying which says, “Time flies never to be recalled.” This is very true. A lost thing may be found again, but lost time can never be obtained again. Time is more valuable than material things. In fact time is life itself, and unpunctual man is forever wasting and mismanaging his most valuable asset as well as others’. The unpunctual man is always complaining that he finds no time to answer letters, or return calls or make an appointment. But the man who really has a great deal to do is very careful of his time and seldom complains of want of it. He knows that he cannot get through his immense amount of work unless he faithfully keeps every appointment without the least delay and deals with every piece of work when it has to be attended promptly. Failure to be punctual in keeping one’s appointments is a sign of disrespect toward others. If a person is invited to a dinner and arrives later than the appointed time, he keeps all the other guests waiting for him. This is a great impoliteness both towards the host and the other guests.

　　Friends sometimes grow cold towards each other, or even become enemies, because one of them has been neglectful of answering letters or keeping appointments.

　　Unpunctuality, moreover, is very harmful when it comes to one’s duty, whether public or private. Imagine how it would be if those who are entrusted with important tasks failed to be at their proper place at the appointed time. A man who is known to be habitually unpunctual is never trusted by friends or fellow men. And the unpunctual man is a source of annoyance both to others and to himself.

　　47. According to the passage, if a person cannot do things at a proper time, he will lose .

　　48. A punctual man will seldom complain that he finds no time to answer letters or return calls for he is very careful of .

　　49. If a person is unpunctual in keeping his appointment, he is showing towards others.

　　50. Why some friends may become enemies according to the passage?

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　　51. No one will trust a person who is known to be according to the passage.