英语六级考试网(CET6)

1. As a world trade organization，___________（没有中国），WTO will find it hard to play its due role.

2. It _______________（他突然想到）that the son might have killed has father.

3. It is reported that the company _____________（人力、物力、财力都不足）.

4. ________________（我们刚把麦子割下来）than it began to rain.

5. As an old saying goes，“________________（相见时难别亦难）”.

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【答案&解析】

1. without the participation of China

解析：“没有中国”当然可以译为without China，但是若要补足全句的意思，必然是说“没有中国的参加”。根据上下文，“参加”两字暗含在原文的字里行间。译出暗含的意思，可以使英文表述更加明确，也更容易理解。全句意为：作为一个世界贸易组织，没有中国，它也很难发挥其应有的作用。

2. occurred to him suddenly

解析：本题在没有句首It的前提下，完全可以译成He suddenly thought out。正是由于句首的限制使得译文必须采用It occurs to sb. that，It strikes sb. that的结构，表示某人突然想到什么。

3. is short of manpower，materials and money

解析：本题考查对词义的准确把握。“人力、物力、财力”可以分别译为：labor，manpower/resource，materials/finance，money。Labor指的是劳工、劳力；resource指的是资源，它涵盖的范围很广，甚至也可以包括人力资源和财力资源。Finance强调资金、资本或金融。考生应当在比较后作出最佳选择。

4. No sooner had we got in the wheat

解析：本题考查虚拟语气的两个惯用句型：No sooner…than…；Hardly/Scarcely…when…。如：She had hardly got on the train when it started.（她刚一上火车，火车就开了。）要注意的是，两个句型都表示“一……就……”，主句通常用过去完成时态，从句用一般过去时态。如果表示否定的No sooner，Hardly/Scarcely放在句首，句子必须倒装。

5. It is unbearable to meet as well as to depart

解析：本题又涉及对俗语的翻译。这类翻译在上期第五题已经出现过一次。本句关键在于如何理解原文的“难”。Difficult是说需要相当大的努力或技巧的、艰难的、不容易做的事情。古语“相见时难别亦难”，是指久别的人特别盼望相聚，而相聚后有难忍行将分别的痛苦。因此，“难”是强调人的情感，用unbearable更贴切。

        Western airliner manufacturers seem to be tripping over themselves in their eagerness to sign collaborative agreements with Asian partners as a low-cost route to developing new airliners. Their potential Asian partners seem to be tripping over themselves to sign such agreements， as a low-cost route to acquiring new airliner technology. If they are not careful the two sides will end up tripping over each other： the one by selling its birth-right for short-term gain， the other by trying to break into a market which isn‘t big enough to sustain it.
     Technology transfer works in a growing market， where the aspirations of the new entrant receiving that technology can be met through expansion. The airliner market is not such a device.
Even the most optimistic projections of airliner sales for the next 20 years show that airliner manufacture can only be profitable if a small number of aircraft builders share the available sales. It follows that if new manufacturers come into the market and take sales， their sales must come from substitution， not expansion.
     Given the complexity of today‘s airliners， it is unlikely that any new entrant will have both the financial and technical resources to come into the market without the involvement of an established manufacturer. In the short term， such involvement may not be to the exclusive benefit of the new entrant： most of the established manufacturers are searching for ways to reduce costs of manufacture.
     In the short term，， it can be of benefit to an established Western manufacturer to have either components of complete air – frames made or assembled in lower-wage economics such a China， Taiwan or Korea， while retaining the design， development and marketing of aircraft for itself. It would be a very unwise Western manufacturer which did not heed the fact that these developing economies are acquiring skills （ like computing ） at least as quickly as they are acquiring skills in metallbashing.
     The danger comes when the new entrant no longer needs the established Western partner because it has acquired the technical and intellectual ability to design and build its own aircraft. An Asian partner may well find itself in the happy position of having the low-cost labour base， the high-cost technology base and the vital financial base to build a new airliner.

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1.The author‘s attitude towards Western/eastern collaboration can be depicted as ________.
A.positive      B.progressive     C.conservative      D.negative

2.“The airliner market is not such a device ” means that the airliner market _______.
A.does not encourage technology transfer
B.is too limited to offer chances of success
C.requires hi-tech rather than unaccepted devices
D.is full of competitions even for new entrants

3.Established manufacturers search for partners in order to _______.
A.save the cost of the airframe   B.improve some aircraft components
C.save the cost of labour            D.develop new technology

4.According to the author，a wise established manufacturer should ______.
A.try to benefit from both financial and technical resources
B.break up his partnership with the East once profits are made
C.keep a tight told over hi-tech development and marketing of airliners
D.collaborate with Asian partners for a short time

5.The word “base” in the last paragraph represents_______.
A.a production place
B.the initial operation of building aircraft
C.a research institute
D.a position where to start building

     There are various ways in which individual economic units can interact with one another. Three basic ways may be described as 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 marketplace. It is possible to buy commodities from other economic units or sell commodities to them. In a market， transactions may take place via 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 my 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. In the modern market economy， goods and services are bought or sold for money.
     An alternative to the market system is administrative control by some agency over all transactions. This agency will issue edicts or commands as to how much of each good 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 amounts of each commodity produced by the various firms and allocated to different households for consumption. This is an example of complete planning of production， consumption， and exchange for the whole economy.
     In a traditional society， production and consumption patterns are governed by tradition； every person‘s place within 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 an obligation to care 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. A stagnant society may result.

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1.What is the main purpose of the passage？
A.To outline contrasting types of economic systems.
B.To explain the science of economics.
C.To argue for the superiority of one economic system.
D.To compare barter and money-exchange markets.

2.In the second paragraph， the word “real” in “real goods” could best be replaced by ___，
A.high quality
B.concrete
C.utter
D.authentic.

3.According to the passage， a barter economy can generate ___.
A.rapid speed of transactions.
B.misunderstandings.
C.inflation
D.difficulties for the traders.

4.According to the passage， who has the greatest degree of control in the administered system？
A.Individual households
B.Small businesses.
C.Major corporations.
D.The government.

5.Which of the following is not mentioned by the author as a criterion for determining a person‘s position in a traditional society？
A.Family background
B.Age
C.Religious beliefs.
D.Custom

          The American economic system is organized around a basically private-enterprise， market-oriented economy in which consumers largely determine what shall be produced by spending their money in the marketplace for those goods and services that they want most. Private businessmen， striving to make profits， produce these goods and services in competition with other businessmen； and the profit motive， operating under competitive pressures， largely determines how these goods and services are produced. Thus， in the American economic system it is the demand of individual consumers，coupled with the desire of businessmen to maximize profits and the desire of individuals to maximize their incomes， that together determine what shall be produced and how resources are used to produce it.
     An important factor in a market-oriented economy is the mechanism by which consumer demands can be expressed and responded to by producers. In the American economy， this mechanism is provided by a price system， a process in which prices rise and fall in response to relative demands of consumers and supplies offered by seller-producers. If the product is in short supply relative to the demand， the price will be bid up and some consumers will be eliminated from the market. If， on the other hand， producing more of a commodity results in reducing its cost， this will tend to increase the supply offered by seller-producers， which in turn will lower the price and permit more consumers to buy the product. Thus， price is the regulating mechanism in the America economic system.
     The important factor in a private-enterprise economy is that individual are allowed to own productive resources （private property）， and they are permitted to hire labor， gain control over natural resources， and produce goods and services for sale at a profit. In the American economy， the concept of private property embraces not only the ownership of productive resources but also certain rights， including the right to determine the price of a product or to make a free contract with another private individual.

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1.In Para. 1，“ the desire of individuals to maximize their incomes” means ___.
A.Americans never feel satisfied with their incomes.
B.Americans tend to overstate the amount of their incomes.
C.Americans want to have their incomes increased.
D.Americans want to increase the purchasing power of their incomes.

2.The first two sentences in the second paragraph clarity the idea to us that ___.
A.producers can satisfy the consumers by mechanized production.
B.consumers can express their demands through producers.
C.producers decide the prices of products.
D.supply and demand regulate prices.

3.The word “embraces” in Para. 3 probably parallels ___.
A.enfold
B.hug
C.comprehend
D.support

4.According to the passage， a private-enterprise economy is characterized by ___.
A.private property and rights concerned.
B.manpower and natural resources control.
C.ownership of productive resources
D.free contracts and prices.

5.The passage is mainly talking about ___.
A.how American goods are produced.
B.how American consumers buy their goods.
C.how American economic system works.
D.how American businessman make their profits.

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