2021年湖南省湘潭市大學英語6級大學英語六級測試卷(含答案)

2021年湖南省湘潭市大學英語6級大學英

語六級測試卷（含答案）

學校:班級:姓名:考號:

一、l.Writing（10題）

1.Directions:Forthispart,youareallowedthirtyminutestowriteashort

essaybasedonthefollowingnewsextractedfromanewspaper,commenting

onwhathadhappenedandgivingyourownunderstandingofit.Youshould

writeatleast150wordsandgiveyouressayanappropriatetitle.

1.“香港著名影、視、歌三棲明星張國榮四月一日從香港某高層樓縱身

跳下，自殺身亡……”

——《新民晚報》

2.Directions:Inthissectionyouarerequiredtowriteacompositiononthe

topic"ReduceWasteonCampus".Youshouldwriteatleast150wordsand

baseyourcompositionontheoutlinegiveninChinesebelow.

1.目前有些校園內(nèi)浪費現(xiàn)象嚴重；

2.浪費的危害；

3.從我做起，杜絕浪費。

3.Post-graduateCrazeCoolsOff

No.ofPost-graduateTestTakersin

YearNuMberofApplicants■axgin

200259,816

200379,299+32.6%

200484,611坨.7%

200599,548+1.8%

2006101,607+2.1%

200795,045-6.5%

1.考研人數(shù)在持續(xù)上漲10年后于2007年開始減少。

2.教研熱降溫的原因。（收費改革；研究生就業(yè)難；用人單位重視工作

經(jīng)驗）

3.我們應該如何選擇。

4.Directions:Forthispart,youareallowed30minutestowriteacomposition

basedonthefollowinggraph.ThetitleisEnthusiasmforSports.Youshould

writenolessthan150wordsandgiveyourreasonswhymanyTVviewers

prefertowatchsportsprograms.Quoteasfewfiguresaspossibleinyour

PercentageofTVViewersofViarwwsPrograms

5.Forthispart,youareallowed30minutestowriteashortessayentitledMy

ViewonRemedialExaminations.Youshouldwriteatleast150wordsbased

ontheoutlinegiveninChinesebelow:

1.補考是大學教育的一部分

2.我對補考的看法

3.如何發(fā)揮補考的作用

MyViewonRemedialExaminations

6.Forthispart,youareallowed30minutestowriteashortessay.Youshould

writeatleast150wordsfollowingthecartoongivenbelow:

7.Forthispart,youareallowedthirtyminutestowriteacompositiononthe

topic"RechoiceofProfessions--ASocialProblem".Youshouldwriteatleast

150wordsandyoushouldbaseyourcompositionontheoutlinegivenin

Chinesebelow.

1.下崗人員(laid-offpersonnel)面臨一個嚴肅的問題：再就業(yè)。

2.下崗人員要改變就業(yè)觀念，樹立堅強信心，重新就業(yè)。

3.人們要關心、幫助下崗人員，克服困難，爭取勝利。

8.Directions:Forthispart,youareallowed30minutestowriteacomposition

onthetopic:WhyDotheViewersLikeWatchingSportPrograms?You

shouldwriteatleast150wordsandbaseyourcompositiononthechartand

1.簡要分析圖表

2.分析觀眾喜歡看體育節(jié)目的原因

WhyDotheViewersLikeWatchingSportPrograms?

9.Directions:Forthispart,youareallowed30minutestowriteashortessay

entitledOnMood.Youshouldwriteatleast150wordsfollowingtheoutline

givenbelow:

1.心情伴隨我們一生。

2.好心情使人愉快。

3.我們往往處于復雜的心情之中。

OnMood

10.Directions:Forthispart,youareallowed30minutestowritea

compositiononthetopicTheEffectsofCompliments.Youshouldwriteat

least150wordsfollowingtheoutlinegivenbelowinChinese:

L你認為恭維給人們帶來怎樣的影響

2.具體說明恭維所產(chǎn)生的作用和影響

3.提議大家該怎么做

二、2.ReadingComprehension(SkimmingandScanning)(10題)

11.

BeforeraisingtheirvoicesagainstU.S.tobaccoindustry,manycriticshave

madefieldtripsacrossmanypartsofAsia.

A.YB.NC.NG

12.

Daydreamingcanbeagoodwayofrealizingone'screativepotential.

A.YB.NC.NG

13.

ThecostsofaComputer-BasedRecordingSystemarelowerthanthatofa

component-basedHardwareSystem.

A.YB.NC.NG

14.

DifferentfromitsEnglishequivalent,theHopiwordforroommustbeused

withadirectional.

15.

Domesaretheenvironment-friendlybuilding.

A.YB.NC.NG

16.Ifadrugcanbringgreatbenefittoapatient,thepatientmaybewillingto

takethedrugevenwiththeriskfor.

17.

Communicationchallengesresultfromdifferencesin.

18.

Thermiceffectoffoodcostsyouofallthecaloriesyouconsumeina

day.

19.

Whatwastheconsequenceofanover-relianceoncreditratings?

A.IncreasingtripleAcompanies.

B.Decliningtrustworthinessonratingagencies.

C.Deficiencyincreditjudgments.

D.Collapseoffinancialinstitutions.

2O.Cheating

TheKansanStateUniversityJuniorwasdesperate.Alreadyonacademic

probationafterstumblingthroughashakysophomoreyearwhilebattlinga

severecaseofasthma,hewasabouttoflunkpoliticalscienceformissingtwo

exams.AnotherFcouldmeansuspension,whichwouldputatriskthecollege

degreehe'dalwayscountedon.Hecouldn'ttakethatchance.Instead,hetook

adifferentone.

Thankstoapart-timejobintheuniversity'sinformation-technology

department,theyoungman—aborn-and-bredMidwesternerwholoved

readingandplayedtrumpetinhishighschoolbandhadaccesstohis

professor'sonlinegradebook,withafewquickkeystrokes,hewasableto

givehimselfpassingscoresforthetestshehadn'ttaken.Hewasn'tclever

enough,though,tocoverhistracks.Hewassooncaughtandsuspended—and

hasbeenrackedwithguilteversince.

Whilethisstudentandhisprofessorssaytheincidentresultedfroma

momentarylapseinjudgment,thesadfactisthat,inabroadersense,it's

hardlyanisolatedact.There'splentytosuggestthatacademiccheatingis

epidemicinthecountry'shighschoolsandcolleges.Considerafewexamples:

ninebusinessstudentsattheUniversityofMarylandcaughtreceivingtext

messagedanswersontheircellphonesduringanaccountingexam;aTexas

teencriminallychargedforsellingstolentestanswers—allegedlyswipedvia

akeystroke-decodingdeviceaffixedtoateacher'scomputer—tofellow

students.

Beyondtheanecdotes,expertspointtoastreamofdata—muchofitfrom

studentsthemselves-thatindicatescheatingisrampant.AreportlastJuneby

RutgersUniversityprofessorDonaldMcCabeforTheCenterforAcademic

Integrityshowed70percentofstudentsat60collegesadmittingtosome

cheatingwithinthepreviousyear;oneinfouradmittedtoengaginginserious

cheating(copyingfromanotherstudent,usingconcealednotes,orhelping

someoneelsecheat).McCabe'shighschoolfindingsweresimilarlygrim:Of

18,000highschoolstudentssurveyedacrossthecountryoverthepastfour

years,70percentofthoseinpublicschoolsadmittedtoatleastonecaseof

serioustestcheating;aboutsixintenadmittedtosomeform,ofplagiarism.

Justunderhalfofallprivateschoolstudentsacknowledgedsimilarlapses.

Cheatingisn'tnew.Aslongastherehavebeenroles,therehavebeenpeople

intentonbreakingthem.What'salarmingnow,saysInstitutefounderMichael

Josephson,ishowwidespreadandblatantthepracticehasbecome.

"Peoplewhocheatedwereintheminorityandtheykeptitsecret,evenfrom

theirfriends,"hesays."Nowtheyarethemajority,andtheyareboldaboutit.

Today,ifyouaskkidsaboutcheating,youwillgetsuchcavalierattitudesthat

thestatisticsarealmostsecondary."

SuccessatAnyCost

Josephsonandothersgrapplingwiththeissuesaytwoforcesarebehindthe

erosioninethics.First,advancesintechnology—chieflytheInternetand

portabledigitaldevices—havemadecheatingeasier.Abiggerfactor,though,

isthewaybadbehavior,acrosssociety-ballplayerspoppingsteroids,

businessexecutivescookingcorporatebooks,journalistsfabricatingquotes,

eventeachersfakingtestscorestomakeschoolslookgood—signalsthat

nothingisoutofboundswhensuccessisatstake.

Thepressuretosucceedthatdrivessometocheatstartsearly,saysTomasRua,

asenioratFriendsSeminary,aNewYorkCityprivateschool."Everything

thatyoudoandworkforistomaximizeyourpotential,"hesays."Andmany

peoplefeeldriventouseanyrecoursesothattheycangetthatgrade.There

isalotofhysteriaaboutcollege,andyoustarthearingaboutitinthemiddle

school."

Daniel,astudentatTurlockHighSchoolinCalifornia'sCentralValley,

certainlytakesthatattitude:"IfIwanttogetthebetter

A.YB.NC.NG

、3.ListeningComprehension(10題)

21.聽力原文：M:Excuseme,where'sthelibrary?

W:Oh,thelibrary...Doyouhaveacar?It'swayoverbythecommerce

building.

Q:Whatdoesthewomanimply?

(15)

A.She'dlikearidetothesciencebuilding.

B.She'llgivethemanaridetothelibrary.

C.Thelibraryisfarfromthesciencebuilding.

D.It'saverylongwalktothelibrary.

22.(34)

A.Bywayofbroadcasts.

B.BywayofTV.

C.Bywayoffilm.

D.Bywayofnewspaper.

23.聽力原文：W：Readthereport?Thetuitionfeewasincreasedto￡3000

ayear.Andotherlivingexpensesareonaverage￡3000ayear.

M：Yeah,it'sahugeincrease.Howareyoumanagingyourbudget?

W：Well,(23)1gotastudentloan,whichisjustover￡3000,butalsoIget

somemoneyfrommyparentsaswell.They'rehappytohelpoutbecauseit's

towardsaneducation；aslongaswe'renotjustwastingitallindrinkingitall

away.Iaminthe3rdyear.1wenttotheendofmyoverdraftacoupleoftimes

andI'mluckytohavemiddleclassparentswhocanhelpmeoutreally.

M：Butmostlyyourfinanceshavebeenpoor!

W：(24)That'sbecauseofthesummer.IfIjustlivedasanormalstudentand

thenworkedduringthesummeritwouldn'tbesobadbutIgoonbig

holidaysandthings.ThisyearIwenttothePhilippinesandthencameback

overlandfromSingapore,whichisawickedexperience,buteatsintoyour

financesobviously.Whataboutyou?

M：Myparentscametothearrangementthatfirstofalltheypaidthefeesfor

me；secondlytheypaidmyhallfees；andthirdlytheygavemeanallowance.

W：That'squitepractical.Butcanyoumanage?

M：Yeah,Ididexcellently.IdecidedfirstofallIwasgoingtogetafirst,

whichIdid,andsecondly1wasnotgoingtohaveanydebts.(25)1putthe

moneyinahighinterestaccount,soIcameoutwithnodebtsatall.ButIdid

liveonMarmitesandwichesalmostforthreeyears.

(20)

A.Sheearnedascholarshipwhichcoversallherstudies.

B.Shegotbothastudentloanandsupportfromparents.

C.Shereceivedastudentloanandhadapart-timejob.

D.Shehadoverdrawnherloanandletparentshelpout.

24.聽力原文：Readingtooneselfisamodemactivitywhichwasalmost

unknowntothescholarsoftheclassicalandmedievalworlds,whileduring

thefifteenthcenturytheterm"reading"undoubtedlymeantreadingaloud.

Onlyduringthenineteenthcenturydidsilentreadingbecomecommonplace.

Oneshouldbecareful,however,inassumingthatsilentreadingcameabout

simplybecausereadingaloudisadistractiontoothers,Examinationoffactors

relatedtothehistoricaldevelopmentofsilentreadingrevealsthatitbecame

theusualmodeofreadingformostadultreadingtasksmainlybecausethe

tasksthemselveschangedincharacter.

The19thcenturysawasteadygradualincreaseinliteracy,andthusinthe

numberofreaders.Asreadersincreased,sothenumberofpotentiallisteners

decreased,andthustherewassomereductionintheneedtoreadaloud.As

readingforthebenefitoflistenersgrewlesscommon,socametheflourishing

ofreadingasaprivateactivityinsuchpublicplacesaslibraries,railway

carriagesandoffices.Therereadingaloudwouldcausedistractiontoother

readers.

Towardstheendofthecenturytherewasstillconsiderableargumentover

whetherbooksshouldbeusedforinformation,andoverwhetherthereading

materialsuchasnewspaperswasinsomewaymentallyweakening.Indeed

thisargumentremainswithusstillineducationHowever,whateveritsvirtues

are,theoldsharedliteracyculturehadgoneandwasreplacedbythemass

mediaontheonehandandbybooksandmagazinesforaspecialized

readershipontheother.Thesocial,cultural,andtechnologicalchangesinthe

centuryhadgreatlyalteredwhattheterm"reading"implied.

(33)''

A.Silentreadinghadnotbeendiscovered.

B.Therewerefewplacesavailableforprivatereading.

C.Fewpeoplecouldreadforthemselves.

D.Peoplereliedonreadingforentertainment.

25.聽力原文：M:Doyouhaveanydoubleroomswithaviewoftheharbor

available?We'dliketocheckinthisafternoon.

W:I'mprettysurewehaveoneleft,butit'sonlyavailablefortonight.

Q:Whatisthemantryingtodo?

(18)'

A.Tourtheharbor.

B.Findaccommodations.

C.Checkoutofahotel.

D.Payabill.

26.(28)

A.Repeatedmeasurementsofthesizesofants.

B.Systematicobservationsofantsandnests.

C.Simulatedexperimentsonantsbehavior.

D.Gatheringsamplenestsandants.

27.聽力原文：W:That'sanicecomputer.Itssoftwareisespeciallywonderful.

M:Theproblemishowtoutilizeit.

Q:Whataretheydiscussing?

(19)一

A.Howtobuyagoodcomputer.

B.Howtoborrowacomputerfromthecompany.

C.Thepriceofthecomputer.

D.Thenewly-boughtcomputer.

28.聽力原文：UnlikeBoas,whohadonlysuggestedlanguageasameasure

ofculture,Sapirproposedamutualrelationshipbetweencultureandlanguage.

WhenSapirwasteachingatYale;BenjaminLeeWhorlenrolledinhisclass.

Achemicalengineers,Whorfneithersoughtnorobtainedahigherdegreein

linguistics.Hiscontributiontothescienceoflanguageisnonetheless

significant.

WhorfwasrecognizedforhisinvestigationsoftheHopilanguage,including

hisauthorshipofagrammarandadictionary.Eveninhisearlypublications,

itisclearthathewasdevelopingthetheorythattheverydifferentgrammar

ofHopimightindicateadifferentmannerofconceivingandperceivingthe

wordonthepartofthenativespeakerofHopi.

In1936,hewrotehismonumentalwork"AnAmericanIndianModelofthe

Universe,"whichexploredtheimplicationsoftheHopiverbsystemwith

regardtotheHopiconceptionofspaceandtime.

Whorfisprobablybestknownforhisarticle,"TheRelationofHabitual

ThoughtandBehavior,toLanguage,"andforthethroearticleswhich

appearedin1941intheTechnologyReview.

Inthesearticles,heproposedwhathecalledtheprincipleof"linguistic

relativity,"whichstates,atleastasahypothesis,thatthegrammarofaman's

languageinfluencesthemannerinwhichheunderstandsrealityandbehaves

withrespecttoit.SincethetheorydidnotemergeuntilafterWhorfhadbegun

tostudywithSapir,andsinceSapirhadmostcertainlysharedinthe

developmentoftheidea,itcametobecalledtheSapir-WhorfHypothesis.

(30)

A.Boas.B.Sapir.C.Franz.D.Yale.

29.

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30.(25)

A.Becausesheisthebestgymnastsinthecountry.

B.Becauseshehasbeenpracticinggymnasticssinceshewasveryyoung.

C.Becauseshehasthetalentforgymnastics.

D.Becausesheisalwaysseriousaboutallkindsofclasses.

四、4.ReadingComprehension(ReadinginDepth)(3題)

31.

Weknowfromthefirstparagraphthatpeopleinoldtimes.

A.weremoreenthusiasticaboutthedevelopmentofscienceandtechnology

B.hadastrongersenseofbeauty

C.over-dependentonlaborsavingdevices

D.paidmoreattentiontomaterialbenefits

32.Spendingtimeinabookshop.

A.canbeverygoring

B.canbeverypleasant

C.canbeverydull

D.canbeveryinteresting

33.

WhatkindofmeasuresisbeingtakenbybanksalongAtlantic?

五、5.ErrorCorrection?題）

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六、6.ErrorCorrection?題）

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參考答案

l.IsItaPerfectEnding?Somepeopleheartheirinnervoiceofpursuing

perfectionincludingaperfectending.Suchpeoplebecometriumphantbut

theychoosetosuicide.Mr.ZhangGuorongisamongthem.Endingnever

stopsfascinatinghumanbeings.Endingisthemostimportantpartofastory

aperiodofhistoryapursuitandfinallyalife.Naturallywehavecertainkind

ofcuriositytowardtheendofourlifebutdeathseemstobeoutofourreach.

Suicidethenbecomesthefastestandthemostconvenientwaytoseethe

endingespeciallyforaperfectionist.Tosomedegreesuicideisalsoachange

forthebetteratthecostoflife.Howeversuicidedoesn'tonlycausedeath.It

hurtsthefeelingsofotherpeoplestillalive.Inotherwordsmanybroken

heartsmaybecomethevictimsofareleasedheart.Inthissensesuicideisan

actionwithoutresponsibility.Onemayhavehisrighttodiebuthedoesn't

haverightstohurtthosewholovehim.Anywaydeathisthelastandworst

solutiontoanyproblemsletaloneapursuitforperfectionandatemptationto

seetheending.IsItaPerfectEnding?Somepeopleheartheirinnervoiceof

pursuingperfection,includingaperfectending.Suchpeoplebecome

triumphant,buttheychoosetosuicide.Mr.ZhangGuorongisamongthem.

Endingneverstopsfascinatinghumanbeings.Endingisthemostimportant

partofastory,aperiodofhistory,apursuit,andfinallyalife.Naturallywe

havecertainkindofcuriositytowardtheendofourlife,butdeathseemsto

beoutofourreach.Suicidethenbecomesthefastestandthemostconvenient

waytoseetheending,especiallyforaperfectionist.Tosomedegree,suicide

isalsoachangeforthebetter,atthecostoflife.However,suicidedoesn'tonly

causedeath.Ithurtsthefeelingsofotherpeoplestillalive.Inotherwords,

manybrokenheartsmaybecomethevictimsofareleasedheart.Inthissense,

suicideisanactionwithoutresponsibility.Onemayhavehisrighttodie,but

hedoesn'thaverightstohurtthosewholovehim.Anyway,deathisthelast

andworstsolutiontoanyproblems,letaloneapursuitforperfectionanda

temptationtoseetheending.解析：寫作指導:

張國榮的自殺事件引起了大家的關注，就這個話題寫一篇英文作文看上

去容易，寫起來不一定很簡單，挖掘出新意來就更難了。一般來講，就

事論事的議論文不要面面俱到，應該選擇一個或兩個重點，從具體的著

眼點進行議論評說。下面的范文以小生的結局為話題，展開對“自殺”的

論述，應該說對考生是不無啟發(fā)的。

2.ReduceWasteonCampusAsisknowntoallwasteoncampushasbecome

amoreandmoreseriousproblem.Wecaneasilyseemanystudentsdumpa

lotoffoodinthegarbagecan.Somestudentsspendthousandsofyuanbuying

fashionableclothesandsoon.Thenegativeeffectsofwastecanbeshownin

thefollowingaspects.Inthefirstplaceitmakessomestudentsdependenton

theirparentsformoneywhichisharmfultotheirdevelopment.Iftheydon't

learntosupportthemselvestheywillbe"uselesspeople"whentheygraduate.

Inthesecondplaceitisnoteasyforourparentstoarrangeforourschooling.

Lastbutnottheleastimportantthereisnodenyingthefactthatourcountry

isstillpoor.Therearemanypeoplewhocannotgotouniversityandmany

poorpeoplestillneedourhelp.AsfarasIamconcernedIshouldsetagood

exampletoreducewasteoncampus.FirstofallIwillrefrainfromwasting

anythingfromfoodtostationery.What'smoreI'mdeterminedtocallonmore

schoolmatestofightagainstwaste.Onlythroughthesemeasurescanwehope

toreducewasteoncampus.ReduceWasteonCampusAsisknowntoall,

wasteoncampushasbecomeamoreandmoreseriousproblem.Wecaneasily

seemanystudentsdumpalotoffoodinthegarbagecan.Somestudentsspend

thousandsofyuanbuyingfashionableclothesandsoon.Thenegativeeffects

ofwastecanbeshowninthefollowingaspects.Inthefirstplace,itmakes

somestudentsdependentontheirparentsformoney,whichisharmfultotheir

development.Iftheydon'tlearntosupportthemselves,theywillbe"useless

people"whentheygraduate.Inthesecondplace,itisnoteasyforourparents

toarrangeforourschooling.Lastbutnottheleastimportant,thereisno

denyingthefactthatourcountryisstillpoor.Therearemanypeoplewho

cannotgotouniversityandmanypoorpeoplestillneedourhelp.AsfarasI

amconcerned,Ishouldsetagoodexampletoreducewasteoncampus.First

ofall,Iwillrefrainfromwastinganything,fromfoodtostationery.What's

more,I'mdeterminedtocallonmoreschoolmatestofightagainstwaste.Only

throughthesemeasurescanwehopetoreducewasteoncampus.

3.Post-graduateCrazeCoolsOffThepost-graduatecrazehaslongsincebeen

ahotissueonmostcampusesaroundthecountry.Accordingtothestatistics

releasedbyShanghaiEducationalTestInstitute79299studentsinShanghai

satinforthepost-graduateentranceexamsin2003adramaticriseof32.6%

overthepreviousyear.Theyearof2003isthetenthyearsincethenumberof

post-graduatetesttakersbegantogrowrapidlyandsteadily.Howeversince

thentherisinglinehasgraduallyplateauedyearbyyearwithamodestriseof

6.7%1.8%2.1%respectivelyin200420052006.In2007thenumberoftest

takersevendroppedby6.5%incomparisonwith2006.Allthesestatistics

pointtoaninterestingphenomenon-thepost-graduatetestafteraten-year

crazeisstartingtocooloff.Threemajorfactorsaccountforthecoolingoffof

thepost-graduatecraze.Oneisthepost-graduateeducationreform.Post-

graduatestudentsusedtoenjoyamodestgovernmentsubsidyfortheirthree

-yearstudies.Butaccordingtothenewgraduateprogramtheyhavetopayfor

alltheirlivingandlearningexpenses.Facedwiththerisingeducationcosts

somestudentshesitatetoapplyforthetest.Anotherfactoristhepressurefrom

theincreasinglycompetitivejobmarket.Manystudentsusedtobelievethat

themoreeducationtheyreceivedthebetterjobopportunitiestheywouldhave.

Withtheexpandedenrollmentforbothundergraduatesandpost-graduatesjob

huntbecomesmoreandmoredifficult.Manystudentsfearthatwhenthey

finishtheirpost-graduatestudiesthepositionswillhavebeenalready

occupied.Moreovermanycompaniespreferexperiencedemployeestonew

graduateswhotendtoknownothingbutimpracticalbookknowledge.Asa

resultsomestudentsdecidetostartworkearlysoastoaccumulatemorework

experiences.Inmyopinionbeforewemakethechoiceweneedtothinktwice.

WhatkindofjobdoIreallywanttodo?Doesthejobrequirepracticalwork

experienceortheoreticalknowledge?CanthegraduateprogramofferwhatI

wanttolearn?Ourfinaldecisionshouldbebasedonourpersonal

situations.Post-graduateCrazeCoolsOffThepost-graduatecrazehaslong

sincebeenahotissueonmostcampusesaroundthecountry.Accordingtothe

statisticsreleasedbyShanghaiEducationalTestInstitute,79,299studentsin

Shanghaisatinforthepost-graduateentranceexamsin2003,adramaticrise

of32.6%overthepreviousyear.Theyearof2003isthetenthyearsincethe

numberofpost-graduatetesttakersbegantogrowrapidlyandsteadily.

However,sincethen,therisinglinehasgraduallyplateauedyearbyyear,with

amodestriseof6.7%,1.8%,2.1%respectivelyin2004,2005,2006.In2007,

thenumberoftesttakersevendroppedby6.5%incomparisonwith2006.All

thesestatisticspointtoaninterestingphenomenon—thepost-graduatetest,

afteraten-yearcraze,isstartingtocooloff.Threemajorfactorsaccountfor

thecoolingoffofthepost-graduatecraze.Oneisthepost-graduateeducation

reform.Post-graduatestudentsusedtoenjoyamodestgovernmentsubsidy

fortheirthree-yearstudies.Butaccordingtothenewgraduateprogram,they

havetopayforalltheirlivingandlearningexpenses.Facedwiththerising

educationcosts,somestudentshesitatetoapplyforthetest.Anotherfactoris

thepressurefromtheincreasinglycompetitivejobmarket.Manystudents

usedtobelievethatthemoreeducationtheyreceived,thebetterjob

opportunitiestheywouldhave.Withtheexpandedenrollmentforboth

undergraduatesandpost-graduates,jobhuntbecomesmoreandmoredifficult.

Manystudentsfearthatwhentheyfinishtheirpost-graduatestudies,the

positionswillhavebeenalreadyoccupied.Moreover,manycompaniesprefer

experiencedemployeestonewgraduateswhotendtoknownothingbut

impracticalbookknowledge.Asaresult,somestudentsdecidetostartwork

earlysoastoaccumulatemoreworkexperiences.Inmyopinion,beforewe

makethechoice,weneedtothinktwice.WhatkindofjobdoIreallywantto

do?Doesthejobrequirepracticalworkexperienceortheoreticalknowledge?

CanthegraduateprogramofferwhatIwanttolearn?Ourfinaldecision

shouldbebasedonourpersonalsituations.

4.ENTHUSIASMFORSPORTSModernsportsarebecomingmore

spectator-orientedthanparticipantoriented.Justthinkofmillionsand

millionsofpeoplewhospendcountlesshoursbeforeTVsetswatchingsports

ofallsorts:OlympicGamesWorldSeriesGamesandtheWorldCupSoccer

Games.Accordingtoasurveysportshavethegreatestnumberofviewers

(78%)amongvarioustelevisedevents.Whenanimportantfootballmatchis

televisedlivethestreetsofabigcityareoftenleftdeserted.Evenifitmakes

spectatorsdog-tiredthenextdaytheycannottearthemselvesawayfromthe

screen.Theyareeagertoknowforsurethefinalscores."Truethescoreswill

beavailableinthemorningpaper"saysafootballfan"butthat'snotthesame

thing:what'sgoingonhere!"Apassionforsportstakespossessionof

thousandsofpeoplewhogotostadiumswatchgamesonTVorlistento

broadcasts.Oneoftheprimarycausesperhapsisthatsportscanprovide

alternativeoutletsforemotionsandalternativesourcesofsatisfaction.

Modernscienceandtechnologyhasreducedmostofworkandlifetoaroutine.

Thereisnovarietynorchallengenorrisk.Everythingispredictableand

controllable.Amongtheactivitiesthroughwhichpeopleseekreleasefrom

theircolorlessexistenceorpent-upemotionssportsofferthepurestformof

escapeandhealthiestoutlet.Sportscanobliterateawarenessofeveryday

realitydischargethetensionsofadayatworksatisfythestarvedneedforfree

fantasyandaggressiveurgeandliftonetoamomentofintenseexcitement

andexhilaration.Enthusiasmforsportsalsoreflectsthepublic"feeling."For

mostpeopleitrepresentsacommonbackgroundasharedinterest.Ithasa

bindingpowerthattranscendssocialclassesandpoliticalviews.Strangers

maysharenothinginthewayofreligioneducationandpoliticsbuttheshared

interestinsportsisstrongenoughforthemtogetalongandevenbecome

friends.Sportsgivepeopletheopportunitytobecomeapartofacommunity.

Justbecauseofthenatureofsportitselfandofhumanbeingssportscan

alwaysinciteinthemapassionateenthusiasm.ENTHUSIASMFORSPORTS

Modernsportsarebecomingmorespectator-orientedthanparticipantoriented.

Justthinkofmillionsandmillionsofpeoplewhospendcountlesshoursbefore

TVsetswatchingsportsofallsorts:OlympicGames,WorldSeriesGames

andtheWorldCupSoccerGames.Accordingtoasurvey,sportshavethe

greatestnumberofviewers(78%)amongvarioustelevisedevents.Whenan

importantfootballmatchistelevisedlive,thestreetsofabigcityareoften

leftdeserted.Evenifitmakesspectatorsdog-tiredth