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６级考前冲刺试题一 Part I Writing (30 minutes) 1. 近年来，食品安全事件层出不穷 2.“问题食品”出现的原因 How to Ensure Food Safety? 3. 你认为如何才能保障“食品安全” Part II Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning) (15 minutes) Trapped: the former couples who can’t afford to move on Middle-income couples, recently identified by the Conservatives as the “struggling middle”, are increasingly unable to afford to separate when their relationships end, according to a new study. Almost half the counsellors surveyed at Relate, the charity that specialises in relationship counselling, say an increasing proportion of the 150,000 clients they see each year are being forced to remain living together despite having decided to split up. Couples with children are more likely to find themselves trapped than those without, but both groups are increasingly finding it impossible to bear the cost of setting up different homes. “When we talk about Relate’s clients, we are not talking about people on low incomes. We’re talking about people in employment, on average to above-average incomes,” said Ruth Sutherland, the charity’s chief executive. Sutherland said the charity, which began life as the Marriage Guidance Council 75 years ago, had never seen this demographic of clients struggling with their finances to such an extent that moving into two homes and getting on with their lives was an impossibility. “These are people who could previously afford to move away from each other when their relationship broke down,” she added. “But now, they are stretched just to pay their mortgage (抵押贷款) on top of the rising cost of living. When their relationship breaks down, they find they can’t afford two mortgages, on top of the cost of running two homes.” Sutherland said that for parents, the cost of childcare was another devastating (毁灭性的 factor. Parents in the UK spend an average of 27% of their salary on childcare, compared with a European average of 13%. Twenty-five