2022年广东省汕头市大学英语6级大学英语六级模拟考试(含答案).docx

2022年广东省汕头市大学英语6级大学英语六级模拟考试(含答案) 学校:________ 班级:________ 姓名:________ 考号:________  一、2.Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning)(20题) 1.Hear the Music, Avoid the Mash PitArtists Find Their Audience OnlineMusician Suzanne Vega got her start in the New York folk scene, but now the 1980s star has found a following in cyberspace. With file help of some programmers, Vega created a 3D animated image of herself, called an avatar(化身), and she recently performed inside a world accessible only through a web site, where other people represented by avatars at tended the concert, streamed live to computers ail over the globe.As Vega strummed(弹奏) her guitar inside a real studio, about 100 lucky fans sat at their computers and guided their avatars into the online scene of an outdoor amphitheater, where Vegas avatar-youthful-looking with short hair and bangs-appeared on stage. When the real-world artist played and sang, her online alter ego(另一个我) did the same, though the avatars lips did not move. Fans heard the concert on their computer speakers and commanded their avatars to smile or move to the music.Later, Vega answered audience questions, sent as instant messages visible to everyone in attendance.The Aug. 3 event, organized by a public radio program, was one of the first attempts by a major artist to interact with fans in a completely computer-fabricated world.The response was terrific! I am still hearing from people who were in the room, friends of friends and people all over the world who were there, Vega said in an e-mail, noting that she took an active role in picking out the maroon blouse, black cardigan and white tennis shoes her avatar wore.Marketing and record label executives say web sites that put users into video—game—like virtual worlds are a unique way to reach out to audiences, who axe increasingly spending their time and money on the computer instead of at concerts and music stores. Although still experimental, such sites offer fans more ways to inter