2016年6月英语六级考试冲刺模拟题(八)

　　2016年6月英语六级考试冲刺模拟题(八)

　　Part Ⅱ Listening Comprehension (30 minutes)

　　Section C

　　Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks with the exact words you have just heard. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written.

　　There is growing dissatisfaction toward rich people, according to a new online poll.

　　The poll by the China Youth Daily 26__________ sina.com has highlighted the apparent 27__________ over the country’s widening income gap.

　　Nearly 8,000 people filled in online 28__________ last week, and when asked to use three words to describe the society’s rich, the top 29__________ were “extravagant”，“greedy” and “corrupt”.

　　About 57 percent of those 30__________ said that “extravagant” was the best word to describe the rich, followed closely by “greedy”.

　　31__________ , despite their dissatisfaction, 93 percent of those polled wished they could be rich too, and that richer people should be “socially 32__________ ”.

　　Some 33__________ percent of respondents also praised rich people for being “smart”.

　　Nearly 90 percent of respondents agreed that most people in society, including themselves, 33 speak up for the poor but were 34__________ to take action and actually do something for them.

　　The survey comes on the heels of a heated debate over comments made by renowned economist Mao Yushi, who said a couple of days ago that he was speaking for the rich and working for the poor.

　　A report released by the Asian Development Bank last Wednesday revealed that China’s Gini coefficient—an indicator of the wealth divide—rose from 0.407 in 1993 to 0.473 in 2004.

　　An earlier Chinese Academy of Social Sciences report said that the richest 10 percent of Chinese families now own more than 40 percent of all private assets, while the poorest 10 percent in the country share less than 2 percent of the total wealth.

　　The country’s income gap is close to that of Latin America, the report which 35__________ in January said.