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CET-6 Model Test
Part I Writing (30 minutes)
Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay entitled On Drunken Driving. You should write at least 150 words following the outline given below:
1.近年来，醉酒驾车事故频发。
2.分析醉酒驾车事故原因。
3.如何防止醉酒驾车。
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Part II Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning) (15 minutes)
Directions: In this part, you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage quickly and answer the questions on Answer Sheet 1. For questions 1-7, choose the best answer from the four choices marked [A], [B], [C] and [D]. For questions 8-10, complete the sentences with the information given in the passage.
Violence in Media Entertainment
Violence has always played a role in entertainment. But there's a growing consensus that, in recent years, something about media violence has changed.
For one thing, there's more of it. Laval University professors Guy Paquette and Jacques de Guise studied six major Canadian television networks over a seven-year period, examining films, situation comedies, dramatic series, and children's programming (though not cartoons). The study found that between 1993 and 2001, incidents of physical violence increased by 378 per cent. TV shows in 2001 averaged 40 acts of violence per hour.
Paquette and de Guise also identified a disturbing increase in psychological violence, especially in the last two years. The study found that incidents of psychological violence remained relatively stable from 1993 to 1999, but increased 325 per cent from 1999 to 2001. Such incidents now occur more frequently than physical violence on both francophone（讲法语的人）and Anglophone(母语是英语者) networks.
Canadians are also heavily influenced by American programming. Paquette and de Guise found that over 80 per cent of the TV violence aired in Canada originates in the U.S. They speculate that francophone networks and stations may have a higher incidence of violence because they broadcast more movies, and this, in turn may be due to lower production budgets. Canadian-made violence is most likely to appear on private networks, which broadcast three times as many violent acts as public networks do. Overall, 87.9 per cent of all violent acts appear before 9 p.m., and 39 per cent air before 8 p.m. -- at a time when children are likely to be watching.
More Graphic(配图画、图表的), More Sexual, More Sadistic（性虐待狂的）
Other research indicates that media violence has not just increased in quantity; it has also become much more graphic, much more sexual, and much more sadistic. Explicit pictures of slow-motion bullets exploding from people's chests, and dead bodies surrounded by pools of blood, are now commonplace. Millions of viewers worldwide, many of them children, watch female World Wrestling Entertainment where wrestlers try to tear out each other's hair and rip off each other's clothing. And one of the top-selling video games in the world, Grand Theft Auto, is programmed so players can beat prostitutes to death with baseball bats after having sex with them.
The Globalization of Media
Concerns about media violence have grown as television and movies have acquired a global audience. When UNESCO surveyed children in 23 countries around the world in 1998, it discovered that 91 per cent of children had a television in their home -- and not just in the U.S., Canada and Europe, but also in the Arab states, Latin America, Asia and Africa. More than half (51 per cent) of boys living in war zones and high-crime areas chose action heroes as role models, ahead of any other images; and a remarkable 88 per cent of the children surveyed could identify the Arnold Schwarzenegger character from the film Terminator. UNESCO reported that the Terminator "seems to represent the characteristics that children think are necessary to cope with difficult situations."
Violence without Consequences or Moral Judgment
The notion of violence as a means of problem solving is reinforced by entertainment in which both villains（反面人物, 反派角色）and heroes resort to violence on a continual basis. The Center for Media and Public Affairs (CMPA), which has studied violence in television, movies and music videos for a decade, reports that nearly half of all violence is committed by the "good guys." Less than 10 per cent of the TV shows, movies and music videos that were analyzed contextualized the violence or explored its human consequences. The violence was simply presented as justifiable, natural and inevitable -- the most obvious way to solve the problem.
PG: Parental Guidance?
Busy parents who want to protect their children from media violence have a difficult task before them. The CMPA found that violence appears on all major television networks and cable stations, making it impossible for channel surfers to avoid it.
Nightly news coverage has become another concern. In spite of falling crime rates across North America, disturbing images of violent crime continue to dominate news broadcasting. As news shows compete with other media for audiences, many news producers have come to rely on the maxim: "If it bleeds, it leads." Violence and death, they say, keep the viewer numbers up. Good news doesn't.
In movie theatres, there is some control over who watches what. But at home, there's little to stop children from watching a restricted movie on one of the many emerging specialty channels. Kids may also have access to adult video games at the local video store. In December 2001, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission reported that retailers allowed 78 per cent of unaccompanied minors, ages 13 to 16, to purchase video games rated "mature."
To make supervision even more problematic, American children often have their own entertainment equipment. According to the Annenberg Public Policy Center, 57 per cent of kids aged 8 to 16 have TVs in their bedrooms, and 39 per cent have gaming equipment.
A Youth Subculture of Violence
While many parents are concerned about the graphic violence and put-down humor in many kids' shows, there's a growing subculture of violence that parental radar often misses.
Music and Music Videos
Music and music videos are pushing into new and increasingly violent territory. When the controversial rap artist Eminem came to Toronto in 2000, politicians and activists unsuccessfully called for the government to bar him from the country, on the grounds that his violent lyrics promoted hatred against women. For instance, his song Kim graphically depicts him murdering his wife.
In spite of (or perhaps because of) his promotion of violence, Eminem continues to be a commercial success. His Marshall Mathers release sold 679,567 copies in Canada in 2000, and was the year's best-selling album. And The Eminem Show topped Canadian charts for months in 2002, selling, at one point, approximately 18,000 copies a week.
Eminem's success is not exceptional. Extremely violent lyrics have moved into the mainstream of the music industry. The Universal Music Group, the world's largest music company, lists Eminem, Dr Dre and Limp Bizkit all of whom have been criticized for their violent lyrics among its top-grossing artists. And Madonna's 2002 music video What It Feels Like For a Girl contained such graphic violence that even MTV refused to air it more than once.
Video Games
Violence in general, and sexual violence in particular, is also a staple of the video game industry. The current trend is for players to be the bad guys, acting out criminal fantasies and earning points for attacking and killing innocent bystanders. Although these games are rated M, for mature audiences, it's common knowledge that they are popular among pre-teens and teenaged boys.
Web Sites
Virtual violence is also readily available on the World Wide Web. Children and young people can download violent lyrics (including lyrics that have been censored（删减） from retail versions of songs), and visit Web sites that feature violent images and video clips. Much of the violence is also sexual in nature.
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1. In recent years, media violence________________.
A) has become stable in TV shows.
B) has become less in television networks.
C) has seen a great increase.
D) has been avoided totally.
2. Paquette and de Guise's findings show that most of TV violence aired in Canada__________.
A) was created by local directors.
B) was heavily influenced by European programming.
C) found their root in America.
D) fell into the category of physical violence.
3. Why do francophone networks and stations broadcast more movies?
A) Because their production budgets are comparatively low.
B) Because the francophone like watching movies.
C) Because they have produced many movies.
D) Because they don't have other programs.
4. Concerns about media violence have grown because of______________.
A) the change of family structures.
B) a global audience.
C) the spread of movies.
D) the increase of television programs.
5. The notion of violence as a means of problem solving is reinforced by entertainment in that __________.
A) the entertainment program is full of physical violence.
B) it seldom explores the violence's human consequences.
C) people like to watch entertainment programs with violence.
D) it seldom tells people how to cope with violence.
6. What's the difficult task before busy parents who want to protect their children from media violence?
A) Avoiding channels with violence.
B) Taking back their children's TVs in their bedrooms.
C) Confiscating their children's gaming equipment.
D) Asking their children to watch more serious programs.
7. Why do disturbing images of violent crime continue to dominate news broadcasting?
A) Because the crime rate across North America has increased a lot.
B) Because there aren't many good news to broadcast.
C) Because the images of violent crime are very impressive.
D) Because this can help news shows attract a larger audience.
8. Politicians and activists called for the government to bar Eminem from the country because they thought his violent lyrics held _______________.
9. MTV refused to present Madonna's video What It Feels Like For a Girl because it contained ________________.
10. It is commonly known that games rated M are popular among_____________ .
Part III Listening Comprehension (35 minutes)
Section A
Directions: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the end of each conversation, one or more questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A), B), C) and D), and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.

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11. A) The man might be able to play in the World Cup.
B) The man’s football career seems to be at an end.
   C) The man was operated on a few weeks ago.
   D) The man is a fan of world-famous football players.
12. A) Work out a plan to tighten his budget
   B) Find out the opening hours of the cafeteria.
   C) Apply for a senior position in the restaurant.
   D) Solve his problem by doing a part-time job.
13. A) A financial burden.               C) A real nuisance.
   B) A good companion                  D) A well-trained pet.
14. A) The errors will be corrected soon.      C) The computing system is too complex.
   B) The woman was mistaken herself.      D) He has called the woman several times.
15. A) He needs help to retrieve his files.     
   B) He has to type his paper once more.    
C) He needs some time to polish his paper.
D) He will be away for a two-week conference.
16. A) They might have to change their plan.
   B) He has got everything set for their trip.
   C) He has a heavier workload than the woman.
   D) They could stay in the mountains until June 8.
17. A) They have to wait a month to apply for a student loan.
   B) They can find the application forms in the brochure.
   C) They are not eligible for a student loan.
   D) They are not late for a loan application.
18. A) New laws are yet to be made to reduce pollutant release.
   B) Pollution has attracted little attention from the public.
   C) The quality of air will surely change for the better.
   D) It’ll take years to bring air pollution under control.
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Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
19. A) Enormous size of its stores. C) Its appealing surroundings.
  B) Numerous varieties of food. D) Its rich and colorful history.
20. A) An ancient building.              C) An Egyptian museum.
   B) A world of antiques.               D) An Egyptian Memorial.
21. A) Its power bill reaches $9 million a year.
   B) It sells thousands of light bulbs a day.
   C) It supplies power to a nearby town.
   D) It generates 70% of the electricity it uses.
22. A) 11,500                C) 250,000
B) 30,000                 D) 300,000
Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
23. A) To another department.       C) Thinking about doing a different job.
   B) Studying accounting at a university      D) Making preparation for her wedding.
24. A) She has finally got a promotion and a pay raise.
   B) She has got a satisfactory job in another company.
   C) She could at last leave the accounting department.
   D) She managed to keep her position in the company.
25. A) He and Andrea have proved to be a perfect match.
   B) He changed his mind about marriage unexpectedly.
   C) He declared that he would remain single all his life.
   D) He would marry Andrea even without meeting her.
Section B
Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.

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Passage One
Questions 26 to 29 are based on the passage you have just heard.
26. A) They are motorcycles designated for water sports.
   B) They are speedy boats restricted in narrow waterways.
  C) They are becoming an efficient form of water transportation.
D) They are getting more popular as a means of water recreation.
27. A) Water scooter operators’ lack of experience.
   B) Vacationers’ disregard of water safety rules.
   C) Overloading of small boats and other craft.
D) Carelessness of people boating along the shore.
28. A) They scare whales to death. C) They discharge toxic emissions.
  B) They produce too much noise. D) They endanger lots of water life.
29. A) Expand operating areas.  C)