2022-2023年山西省阳泉市大学英语6级大学英语六级真题(含答案)学校:_ 班级:_ 姓名:_ 考号:_一、2.Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning)(20题)1.What accident had happened to a little girl called Chloe Hoson?A.She was robbed on her way to school.B.She was kidnapped and murdered.C.She fell a victim to domestic violence.D.She disappeared for no reason.2.Sometimes when they put their credit card numbers on the Internet to pay for the item, their numbers might be_.3.The existing satellites are not good at detecting the thickness of the ice partly because the orbits of satellites with _ do not cover every portion of the ocean.4.Many social consequences brought forth by electronic proximity include _.5. During the whole life, Jefferson _.A.built three libraries for CongressB.built three libraries at his homeC.donated books for three librariesD.collected books from three libraries6.Freuds influence on _ , _ , and _ cannot be measured.7.THE BLENDING OF THE UNITED STATESFor years, Jorge Del Pinals job as assistant chief of the Census Bureaus Population Division was to fit people into neat, distinct racial and ethnic boxes: white, black, Hispanic, Asian or Native American. As the son of an Anglo mother and a Hispanic father, however, he knew all along that the task was not always possible.For the 2000 decennial census, that will no longer be the case. For the first time, the census forms will allow people to check off as many races as apply. As a result, the Census Bureau should obtain a better picture of the extent of intermarriage in the United States.In the absence of such a direct method, a few years ago ,veteran demographer Barry Edmonston used sophisticated mathematical modeling techniques to calculate how intermarriage is changing the face of the United States as part of an immigration study he directed for the National Research CounciIof the American Academy of Sciences. His research was summarized in a report entitled The New Americans: Economic, Demographic and Fiscal Effects of Immigration. But as the Canadian - born, white husband of sociologist Sharon Lee, a Chinese - American, Edmonsto really needed no computer to understand the transformation under way in this society. He and his family are living, breathing participants.The face of America is changing literally. As former President Clinton has said, within 30 or 40 years, when there will be no single race in the majority in the United States, we had best be ready for it. For his part, Clinton is preparing for that time by talking about racial tolerance and the virtues of multiculturalism. Others are debating immigration policy. Almost all discussion focuses on the potential divisiveness inherent in a nation that is no longer a predominantly white country with a mostly European ancestry.But afoot behind the scenes is another trend that, if handled carefully, could bring the country closer together rather than drive it apart. This quiet demographic counter- revolution is a dramatic upsurge in intermarriage.Edmonstons study projected that by 2050, 21 percent of the U.S. population will be of mixed racial or ethnic ancestry, up from an estimate of seven percent today. Among third - generation Hispanic and Asian Americans, exogamy - marriage outside ones ethnic group or tribe is at least 50 percent, he and others estimate. Exogamy remains much less prevalent among African Americans, but it has increased enormously, from about 1,5 percent in the 1960s to 8 to 10 percent today.Such a profound demographic shift could take place while no one was watching because, officially, no one was watching. Federal agencies traditionally collected racial data using a formula one person, one race similar to the time - honored voting principle. Thus, the Census Bureau could estimate that on census forms no more than two percent of the population would claim to be multiracial. In the absence of a more straightforward count, no one could know for sure what the demographics are.Thats about to change. After the 2000 census, the U.S. Government should have a better idea. In 1997, the Office of Management and Budget, which oversees federal statistical practices, approved a directive allowing people to check as many racial boxes as they believe apply to them. The shift was a compromise between the demands of some interest groups that wanted the addition of a multiracial box, and those that objected to any change, fearing dilution of their numbers.Meanwhile, in the absence of Official numbers, with the heightened tension surrounding racial issues, and with the mutual suspicion that exists among competing racial and ethnic interest groups, theres little agreement on what intermarriage will mean for U.S. society in the future.MeltA.Y B.N C.NG8.The October 11 Guardian claimed that the rate of CO2 accumulation was increasing at an alarm