2022-2023年甘肃省定西市大学英语6级大学英语六级真题一卷(含答案)学校:_ 班级:_ 姓名:_ 考号:_一、2.Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning)(20题)1. Lucky people use counter-factual thinking to _.A.encourage others to be happierB.move their misfortune to othersC.weaken the impact of misfortuneD.help unlucky people deal with misfortune2.By 2004, India has been able to harness about _megawatts.3.Perhaps we use everybody, nobody, no one to make things seem better known than they are.A.Y B.N C.NG4.According to Dr. Doris Mccubbrey, dieting is _for weight control.A.inessential B.necessary C.harmless D.helpful5. To prevent small cases of fraud, Ms. Coenen advices employers to tell employees what behaviours are unaccepted with a _.6.How to avoid e-thrombosis according to the passage?A.By crossing your legs while sitting.B.By keeping a comfortable posture.C.By keeping supplies convenient for getting.D.By moving around every hour.7.Traditional strategy of making oneself advertised may sometimes bring unexpected negative effects apart from high cost.A.Y B.N C.NG8.The discussion on how to motivate students suggests that the focus on _ was not always enough.9.The author points out that there have been wars, murders and abuses due to_.A.economic difficultyB.lack of civilizationC.the ugly realityD.our humanity10. Whats the purpose of the manufacturers adding a switch to most new television sets?A.To make more money.B.To spread the cable system.C.To make ordinary viewing possible.D.To adapt to the new development of the cable system.11.Scientists hope that by 2040 the temperature will still be stable by the cooperation among some countries.A.Y B.N C.NG12.With its body almost totally under water, the Nirba can still breathe because its nostrils are on top of_13. In which way wilt the newly passed law help Latinos?A.It will make insurance free to those legal immigrants.B.It will cover people in small business with low salary.C.It will take measures to insure the low-income uninsured.D.It will have much lower demands on immigrant candidates.14.If the paint hasnt begun to dry, sand the run off and touch up the spot with _.15.Cigarette Makers See Future (Its in Asia)By Philip ShenonNew York Times ServiceThe Marlboro Man has found greener pastures.The cigarette-hawking (兜售香烟的) cowboy may be under siege back home in the United States from lawmakers and health advocates determined to put him out of business, but half a world away, in Asia, he is prospering, his craggy (毛糙的) all-American mug slapped up on billboards and flickering across television screens.And Marlboro cigarettes have never been more popular on the continent that is home to 60 percent of the worlds population.For the worlds cigarette-makers, Asia is the future. And it is probably their savior.Industry critics who hope that the multinational tobacco companies are headed for extinction owe themselves a stroll down the tobacco-scented streets of almost any city in Asia.Almost everywhere here the air is thick with the swirling gray haze of cigarette smoke, the evidence of a booming Asian growth market that promises vast profits for the tobacco industry and a death toll measured in the tens of millions.At lunchtime in Seoul, throngs of fashionably dressed young Korean women gather in a fast-food restaurant to enjoy a last cigarette before returning to work, a scene that draws distressed stares from older Koreans who re member a time when it would have been scandalous for women from respectable homes to smoke.In Hong Kong, China, shoppers flock into the Salem Attitudes boutique (时装商店), picking from among the racks of trendy sports clothes stamped with the logo of Salem cigarettes.In Phnom Penh(金边), the war-shattered capital of Cambodia, visitors leaving an audience with King Sihanouk are greeted with a giant billboard planted right across the street from his ornate (装饰华丽的) gold-roofed pal ace. It advertises Lucky Strikes.According to tobacco industry projections cited by the World Health Organization, the Asian cigarette market should grow by more than a third during the 1990s, with much of the bounty going to multinational tobacco giants eager for an alternative to the shrinking market in the United States.American cigarette sales are expected to decline by about 15 percent by the end of the decade, a reflection of the move to ban public smoking in most of the United States. Sales in Western Europe and other industrialized countries are also expected to drop.But no matter how bad the news is in the West, the tobacco companies can find comfort in Asia and throughout the Third World, markets so huge and so promising that they make the once all-important American market seem insignificant. Beyond Asia, cigarette consumption is