大学英语六级考试710分新题型王长喜英语预测试卷WangChangxi'sModelTestofForecastforCET-6(标准版)6PartⅠWritingDirections:Forthispart,youareallowed30minutestowriteashortessayonthetopicofLow-CarbonLifestyle.Youshouldwriteatleast150wordsfollowingtheoutlinegivenbelow.1.目前低碳生活成为一种流行2.低碳生活指的是……3.作为大学生的我应该怎么做Low-CarbonLifestyle________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________PartⅡReadingComprehension(SkimmingandScanning)Directions:Inthispart,youwillhave15minutestogooverthepassagequicklyandanswerthequestionsonAnswerSheet1.Forquestions1-7,choosethebestanswerfromthefourchoicesmarked[A],[B],[C]and[D].Forquestions8-10,completethesentenceswiththeinformationgiveninthepassage.TheEndoftheCashEraInthespringAdamSmithwillreplaceSirEdwardElgarasthefaceonBritain's￡20note.Thefirsteconomicthinkertobesohonoredcouldwellbethelast.Notbecauseeconomistsareespeciallyundeserving,butbecausecash,aftermillenniaasoneofmankind'smostversatileandenduringtechnologies,lookssetoverthenext15yearsorsofinallytomeltawayintoanelectronicstreamofonesandzeros.Ifaneraisrepresentedbyitsmoney,theinformationageisathand.Notesandcoinsarealreadyasmallfractionofthemoneyinmostrichcountries.Butgoingbythenumberoftransactionsratherthantheirvalue,westilllivefirmlyinacashsociety.TheEuropeanPaymentsCouncilestimatesthattheEuropeanUnion's360billioncashtransactionscostatleast~50billionayear;othersputthebillat￡200ahead.Visa,ahugecredit-cardalliance,reckonscashaccountsformostofthe$1.3trillionspentayearacrosstheworldonsmall-ticketitems.Whetherqueuingtogetmoneyoutandqueuingagaintospendit,orbreakinga$100billwithanirate(发怒的)cabdriveroneminuteandhavingyourpocketsandpursesfatwithcoinsthenext,cashisplainlystillking.Yetsignsoftheneworderareeverywhere.OnFebruary12th,19telephoneoperatorswithnetworksinover100countriessaidthatpeoplewouldbeabletousetheirhandsetstosendmoneyabroad.MasterCardwilloperatethesysteminwhichremittances(汇款)willbesentastextmessages.Forpeoplewithoutbankaccounts,thecreditcanbeconvertedintopre-paidcardswhichcanthenbeusedtobuythings."Itwillrevolutionizethemoney-transferbusiness,"saidSunilBhartiMittal,bossofBhartiAirtel,oneofIndia'sbiggestmobileoperators.Theideaistotapintothemorethan$250billionayearthatimmigrantsandmigrantworkerssendtorelativesandfriendsbackhome.Britain'sVodafoneandAmerica'sCitigrouparealsolaunchinganinternationalmoney-transferservicedevelopedfromtheM-PESAremittanceservicewhichisalreadyoperatingsuccessfullywithinKenya.SirJohnBond,formerlychairmanoftheHSBCbankinggroupandnowchairmanofVodafone,haslongbeenconvincedthatpaymentsandmobileswouldsomehowconverge."MobilephoneshavetheabilitytomakeadramaticchangetovillagelifeinAfrica,"hesays.Healsothinksphonesloadedwithcreditwillmakemanyofthepaymentspeopleusecashforinricheconomies.Forbankswithhighinfrastructurecosts,saysSirJohn,ithasalways"beenhardtomakemoneyoutofsmallpayments".Butlower-costbusinessmodels,someofthemfromdevelopingcountries,areopeningupnewopportunities.Thebigattractionofthemobilephoneasapurseisthatsomanypeoplehavethem-evenchildren.BothMasterCardandVisahaverecentlyintroducedplasticcardsinAmericathatdonothavetobeswipedforpurchasesunder$25.Laterthisyeara"dualinterface"systemwillbetestedinLondon.Itwillinvolveasing...
