2009年6月大学英语六级(CET-6)真题试卷Part IWriting(30 minutes)注意：此部分试题在答题卡1上。Directions:For this part,you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay entitled On theImportance of a Name.you should write at least 150 words following the outline givenbelow.1.有人说名字或名称很重要2.也有人觉得名字或名称无关紧要3.On the Importance of a NameReading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning)(15 minutes)Directions:In this part,you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage quickly and answer thequestions on Answer Sheet 1.For questions 1-7,choose the best answer from the four choicesmarked [A],[B].[C]and [D].For questions 8-10,complete the sentences with the informationgiven in the passage.Helicopter Moms vs.Free-Range KidsWould you let your fourth-grader ride public transportation without an adult?Probably not.Still,when Lenore Skenazy,a columnist for the New York Sun,wrote about letting her son take thesubway alone to get back to "Long story short my son got home from a department store on theUpper East Side,she didn't expect to get hit with a wave of criticism from readers."Long story short:My son got home,overjoyed with independence,"Skenazy wrote on April 4in the New York Sun."Long story longer:Half the people I've told this episode to now want to turnon in for child abuse.As if keeping kids under lock and key and cell phone and careful watch is theright way to rear kids.It'snot.It's debilitating(使虚弱)一for us and for them.”Online message boards were soon full of people both applauding and condemning Skenazy'sdecision to let her son go it alone.She wound up defending herself on CNN(accompanied by herson)and on popular blogs like the buffing ton post,where her follow-up piece was ironicallyheadlined "More From America's Worst Mom."1/28The episode has ignited another one of those debates that divides parents into vocal opposingcamps.Are Modern parents needlessly overprotective,or is the world a more complicated anddangerous place than it was when previous generations were allowed to wander aboutunsupervised？From the "she's an irresponsible mother"camp came:"Shame on you for being so carelessabout his safety,"in Comments on the buffing ton post.And there was this from a mother of four:"How would you have felt if he didn't come home?"But Skenazy got a lot of support,too,withwomen and men writing in with stories about how they were allowed to take trips all by them selvesat seven or eight.She also got heaps of praise for bucking the "helicopter parent"trend:"Good forthis Mom,"one commenter wrote on the buffing ton post."This is a much-needed reality check."Last week,encouraged by all the attention,Skenazy started her own blog-Free Range,kids-promoting the idea that modern children need some of the same independence that hergeneration had.In the good old days nine-year-old baby boomers rode their bikes to school,walkedto the store,took buses-and even subways-all by themselves.Her blog,she says,is dedicated tosensible parenting."At Free Range Kids,we believe in safe kids.We believe in car seats and safetybelts.We do NOT believe that every time school-age children go outside,they need a securityguard.”So why are some parents so nervous about letting their children out of their sight?Are citiesand towns less safe and kids more vulnerable to crimes like child kidnap and sexual abuse than theywere in previous generations?Not exactly.New York City,for instance,is safer than it's ever been;it's ranked 36th in crimeamong all American cities.Nationwide,stringer kidnaps are extremely rare;there's aone-in-a-million chance a child will be taken by a stranger,according to the Justice Department.And 90 percent of sexual abuse cases are committed by someone the child knows.Mortality ratesfrom all causes,including disease and accidents,for American children are lower now than theywere 25 years'ago.According to Child Trends,a nonprofit research group,between 1980 and 2003death rates dropped by 44 percent for children aged 5 to 14 and 32 percent for teens aged 15 to 19.Then there's the whole question of whether modern parents are more watchful and nervousabout safety than previous generations.Yes,some are.Part of the problem is that with wall to wallInternet and cable news,every missing child case gets so much airtime that it's not surprising evennormal parental anxiety can be amplified.And many middle-class parents have gotten used tomanaging their children's time and shuttling them to various enriching activities,so the idea ofletting them out on their own can seem like a risk.Back in 1972,when many of today's parentswere kids,87 percent of children who lived within a mile of school walked or biked every day.Buttoday,the Centers for Disease Control report that only 13 percent of children bike,walk orotherwise t themselves to school.The extra supervision is both a city and a suburb phenomenon.Parents are worried about crime,and they are worried about kids getting caught in traffic in a city that's not used to pedestrians.Onthe other hand,there are still plenty of kids whose parents give them a lot of independence,bychoice or by necessity.The After School Alliance finds that more than 14 million kids aged 5 to 17are responsible for taking care of themselves after school.Only 6.5 million kids participate inorganized programs."Many children who have working parents have to take the subway or bus toget to school.Many do this by themselves because they have no other way to get to the schools,"2/28says Dr.Richard Gallagher,director of the Parenting Institute at the New York University ChildStudy Center.For those parents who wonder how and when they should start allowing their kids morefreedom,there's no clear-cut answer.Child experts discourage a one-size-fits-all approach toparenting.What's right for Skenazy's nine-year-old could be inappropriate for another one.It alldepends on developmental issue,maturity,and the psychological and emotional makeup of thatchild.Several factors must be taken into account,says Gallagher."The ability to follow parentguidelines,the child's level of comfort in handling such situations,and a child's general judgmentshould be weighed.”Gallagher agrees with Skenazy that many nine-year-olds are ready for independence liketaking public transportation alone."At certain times of the day,on certain routes,the subways aregenerally safe for these children,especially if they have grown up in the city and have been taughthow to be safe,how to obtain help if they are concerned for their safety,and how to avoid unsafesituations by being watchful and on their toes."But even with more traffic and fewer sidewalks,modern parents do have one advantage theirparents didn't:the cell phone.Being able to check in with a child anytime goes a long way towardrelieving parental anxiety and may help parents loosen their control a little sooner.Skenazy got a lotof criticism because she didn't give her kid her cell phone because she thought he'd lose it andwanted him to learn to go it alone without depending on mom-a major principle of free-rangeparenting.But most parents are more than happy to use cell phones to keep track of their kids.And for those who like the idea of free-range kids but still struggle with their inner helicopterparent,there may be a middle way.A new generation of GPS cell phones with tracking softwaremake it easier than ever to follow a child's every movement via the Internet-without seeming tointerfere or hover.Of course,when they go to college,they might start objecting to being monitoredas they're on parole(假释).注意：此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。1.When Lenore Skenazy's son was allowed to take the subway alone,heA.was afraid that he might get lostB.enjoyed having the independenceC.was only too pleased to take the riskD.thought he was an exceptional child2.Lenore Skenazy believes that keeping kids under careful watchA.hinders their healthy growthB.adds too much to parents'expensesC.shows traditional parental cautionD.bucks the latest parenting trend3.Skenazy's decision to let her son take the Subway alone has net withA.opposition from her own familyB.share parenting experienceC.fight against child abuseD.protect children's rights4.Skenazy started her own blog toA.promote sensible parentingB.share parenting experience3/28