2012年6月英语六级名师密押卷及答案(2)

 　　PartⅡ 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．
 

　　注意：此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答；8-10题在答题卡1上。
　　1．People can pass superstitions down from generation to generation because of_________．
　　[A]the power of luck
　　[B]the power of God
　　[C]the power of belief
　　[D]the power of intelligence
　　2．The purpose of the author’s investigation is to study__________．
　　[A]why people try hard to seize luck
　　[B]why people worship gods since ancient time
　　[C]why some people are always lucky and others area’t
　　[D]why people are feeling lucky while worshiping gods
　　3. Considering chance opportunities，unlucky people don’t have because they___________．
　　[A]have missed a lot of chances
　　[B]are born with misfortune
　　[C]have little abilities to deal with problems
　　[D]have no chance actually
　　4．According to the passage，unlike lucky people，unlucky people__________．
　　[A]always think in a positive way
　　[B]always tend to point to the message
　　[C]always spend less time on the exercise
　　[D]always see what they’re looking for
　　5．The story of apple orchard suggests that___________．
　　[A]you should find an orchard with enough apples
　　[B]the more you change，the more chances you will get
　　[C]you can pick more apples because of your luck
　　[D]you should try harder to find apples in the places you’ve visited before
　　6．Athletes who win bronze medals are happier because they think_____________．
　　[A]they would have won the gold medal by working hard a little
　　[B]they might have won a silver medal if they had performed a little better
　　[C]they should win the bronze medal since they’d performed very well
　　[D]they would have lost the bronze medal if they’d performed a little worse
　　7．Lucky people use counter-factual thinking to__________．
　　[A]encourage others to be happier
　　[B]move their misfortune to others
　　[C]weaken the impact of misfortune
　　[D]help unlucky people deal with misfortune
　　8. A series of experiments described in the passage is to examine whether thought and behavior can_____________________.
　　9．The unlucky subject in the experiments said that her bad luck had died away，because she has______________________.
　　10．Her last experiment proved that an effective way of taking advantage of the power of luck is_____________________.