2016年12月大学英语六级模拟题及答案(1)_第4页

　　I'm now applying to graduate school, which means someday I'll return to a profession where people need to be nice to me in order to get what they want. I think I'll take them to dinner first, and see how they treat someone whose only job is to serve them.

　　The author was disappointed to find that _______.

　　A.one's position is used as a gauge to measure one's intelligence

　　B.talented people like her should fail to get a respectable job

　　C.one's occupation affects the way one is treated as a person

　　D.professionals tend to look down upon manual workers

　　57、What does the author intend to say by the example in the second paragraph?

　　A.Some customers simply show no respect to those who serve them.

　　B.People absorbed in a phone conversation tend to be absent-minded.

　　C.Waitresses are often treated by customers as casual acquaintances.

　　D.Some customers like to make loud complaints for no reason at all.

　　58、 How did the author feel when waiting tables at the age of 19?

　　A.She felt it unfair to be treated as a mere servant by professionals.

　　B.She felt badly hurt when her customers regarded her as a peon.

　　C.She was embarrassed each time her customers joked with her.

　　D.She found it natural for professionals to treat her as inferior.

　　59、What does the author imply by saying "... many of my customers didn't get the difference between server and　servant" ( Line 3, Para. 7)?

　　A.Those who cater to others' needs are destined to be looked down upon.

　　B.Those working in the service industry shouldn't be treated as servants.

　　C.Those serving others have to put up with rough treatment to earn a living.

　　D.The majority of customers tend to look on a servant as a server nowadays.

　　60、The author says she'll one day take her clients to dinner in order to ________

　　A.see what kind of person they are

　　B.experience the feeling of being served

　　C.show her generosity towards people inferior to her

　　D.arouse their sympathy for people living a humble life

　　61、

　　根据下列短文，回答{TSE}题。

　　What's hot for 2007 among the very rich? A $7.3 million diamond ring. A trip to Tanzania to hunt wild animals. Oh, and income inequality.

　　Sure, some leftish billionaires like George Soros have been railing against income inequality for years. But increasingly, centrist and right-wing billionaires are starting to worry about income inequality and the fate of the middle class.

　　In December, Mortimer Zuckerman wrote a column in U.S. News & World Report, which he owns. "Our nation's core bargain with the middle class is disintegrating," lamented (哀叹) the 117th-richest man in America."Most of our economic gains have gone to people at the very top of the income ladder. Average income for a household of people of working age, by contrast, has fallen five years in a row." He noted that "Tens of millions of Americans live in fear that a major health problem can reduce them to bankruptcy."

　　Wilbur Ross Jr. has echoed Zuckerman's anger over the bitter struggles faced by middle-class Americans. "It's an outrage that any American's life expectancy should be shortened simply because the company they worked for went bankrupt and ended health-care coverage," said the former chairman of the International Steel Group.