Key to model test 6专四模拟题答案

Key to model test 6
Making Friends Through Dinners
It is often through good dinners that one makes friends. In Japan, there are various "Dining Groups" or "Wine Groups", formed by people of different walks of life but of more or less equal standing, having good living and the promotion of friendship as their common object. They meet weekly or fortnightly or on the birthday of one of the members, who play host in turn. As a rule, the dinner is held in one's own home, unless for some reasons that this is impractical, in which case it can be held in a choice restaurant. On each occasion, the host may include a couple of guests unknown to the others. Thus one makes new friends and keeps old friendships in constant repair. Sometimes, similar banquets are held for the sake of art and literature. Though the primary object of these meetings is different, nevertheless through cooking, fellowship and understanding are enhanced.
Part II
1-5 CDBCA
6-10 CBCDD 11-15 CABAD 16-20 CDBCC 21-25 CBDBC 26-30 BABCA
PART III
31-35 BADDC 36-40 CBCAD 41-45 DDABA 46-50 DBDCD
PART IV
51-55 ABDAB 56-60 ACCCB 61-65 CCBAC 66-70 DBCBD 71-75 BDADC 76-80 BACAB
PART V
81-85 ADDCD
86-90 BACCA
91-95 DDCAB
96-100 CDBAD
PART VI
Examinations Exert a Negative Influence on
Education
In my opinion, examinations have nothing but a negative influence.
As anxiety makers, examinations are second to none. That is because so much depends on them. They are the mark of success or failure in our society. Your whole future may be decided in one fateful day. The moment a child begins school, he enters a world of fierce competition where success and failure are clearly defined and measured. Can we wonder at the increasing number of drop-outs: young people who are written off as utter failures before they have even begun a career? Can we
be surprised at the suicide rate among students?
A good education should, among other things, train you to think for yourself. The examination system does anything but that. What has to be learnt is rigidly laid down by a syllabus, so the student is encouraged to memorize textbooks. Examinations do not motivate a student to read widely, but to restrict his reading; they do not enable him to seek more and more knowledge, but induce cramming. The most successful candidates are not always the best educated; they are the best trained in the technique of working under pressure.
We might marvel at the progress made in every field of study, but the methods of testing a person's knowledge and ability remain as primitive as ever they were. They may be a good means of testing memory, or the knack of working rapidly under extreme pressure, but they can tell you nothing about a person's true
ability and aptitude. All in all, instead of a positive influence, examinations have a negative one.
Note-writing
April 21st Dear John,
I am writing to express my apology for having failed to meet you at the gate of the auditorium this morning. Professor Smith's lecture lasted much longer than I hoped. I will go to your apartment at 6 o'clock this afternoon if it is convenient for you. Sorry again.
Yours,
Mary。