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试卷第 PAGE 1 页共 NUMPAGES 1 页 考试模拟题（大学英语六级(CET6)考试卷） 姓名:_____________ 年级:____________ 学号:______________ 题型 选择题 填空题 解答题 判断题 计算题 附加题 总分 得分 评卷人 得分 Section A Directions: In this section, there is a short passage with 5 questions or incomplete statements. Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words. Please write our answers on Answer Sheet 2. Questions 47 to 51 are based on the following passage. As the economy continues to brighten, a growing number of employers are once again hiring. What’s more, the gains aren’t limited to certain sectors. Rather, a broad swath of companies within the Fortune 500 -- from health care providers to retailers to defense contractors to insurers -- are looking to fill 60,000 openings. The businesses include some of the best known in the U.S., such as Sears Holdings (SHLD) which is looking to fill nearly 22,000 positions; HCA and Northrop Grumman (NOC), 4,000 each; UnitedHealth Group (UNH), 3,200; and New York Life, more than 3,500, according to Fortune. The uptick is being driven in part by better-than-expected profits that are helping to fill corporate coffers. Among big banks, many of which laid off thousands of workers after the 2008 financial crisis, JPMorgan Chase (JPM), the nation’s second-largest bank, has announced plans to hire nearly 9,000 new employees. Other big banks are likely hiring, too, says John Challenger, CEO at Challenger, Gray Christmas, a Chicago-based employment services firm. Looking strictly at operating income, he says, “many of those banks are doing very well.” Another sector showing signs of much improved hiring is technology. Challenger points to Intel (INTC), the world’s largest chip maker, which plans to add up to 2,000 positions in manufacturing, and research and development. And the sector is expected to see more growth. Amid the recession, many firms halted spending. But with the lifespan of many tech comp