2016年6月大学英语六级考试模拟题及答案(八)

　　60. I have often wondered who first ____ that simple but profound truth.

　　A) urged B) uttered

　　C) buttered D) sponsored

　　61. We'd better wait inside until the storm ____.

　　A) transmits B) distorts

　　C) migrates D) subsides

　　62. I have not found my book yet; in fact, I am not sure ____ I could have done with it.

　　A) whether B) where

　　C) when D) what

　　63. His mother bought a ____ chunk of meat.

　　A) massive B) excessive

　　C) extravagant D) plentiful

　　64. He was interested only in the story and ____ all those passages of landscape description.

　　A) thought badly of B) went over

　　C) made fun of D) passed over

　　65. If you don't return the article to the shop within a week, you will ____ the chance of getting your money back.

　　A) take B) forfeit

　　C) stand D) get

　　66. The winter was close ____, she had no clothes, and now she was out of work.

　　A) severe B) far away

　　C) mild D) at hand

　　67. Jim and Mike tried to move the large rock but they could not ____ it.

　　A) arouse B) provoke

　　C) budge D) dodge

　　68. His ____ and experience make him an excellent person for this job.

　　A) competence B) complacency

　　C) compensation D) compunction

　　69. In that year the ____ of infectious diseases in the United Kingdom was high.

　　A) rate B) ratio

　　C) frequency D) incidence

　　70. I think I've grasped your main proposals, but would you mind ____ them once again?

　　A) running out B) running into

　　C) running through D) running for

　　Part Ⅳ Error Correction (15 minutes)

　　Directions: This part consists of a short passage. In the passage there are altogether 10 mistakes, one in each numbered line. You may have to change a word, add a word or delete a word. If you change a word, cross it out and write the correct word in the corresponding blank. If you add a word, put an insertion mark (∧) in the right place and write the missing word in the blank. If you delete a word, cross it out and put a slash (/) in the blank.

　　Every year, many foreign students go to America to study English.

　　Some of them will participate in a homestay program and live with an American family. However, others will take a different decision. They will live with friends from their own country. I believe that if a foreign student looks at both possibilities, he will decide to live with an American family. Even though there are one or two drawbacks to the homestay way, there are far more benefits.