大学英语六级(CET-6)历年真题大全[90-07年37套]_英语四六级整合_英语四六级真题版本二此版为主此文件夹会持续更新_六级真题_1.六级真题+答案解析+听力音频_1990—2007年6月CET6

淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 1990年1月大学英语六级(CET-6)真题试卷.........................................................................................1 PartIListeningComprehension(20minutes)..................................................................................1 SectionA....................................................................................................................................1 SectionB....................................................................................................................................2 PartIIReadingComprehension(35minutes)...................................................................................4 PartIIIVocabularyandStructure(20minutes)...............................................................................10 PartIVErrorCorrection(15minutes).............................................................................................15 PartVWriting(30minutes)............................................................................................................16 1990年1月六级参考答案....................................................................................................................17 1990年1月六级听力原文....................................................................................................................19 1990年6月大学英语六级(CET-6)真题试卷.......................................................................................23 PartIListeningComprehension(20minutes)................................................................................23 SectionA..................................................................................................................................23 SectionB..................................................................................................................................24 PartIIReadingComprehension(35minutes).................................................................................26 PartIIIVocabularyandStructure(20minutes)...............................................................................32 PartIVErrorCorrection(15minutes).............................................................................................37 PartVWriting(30minutes)............................................................................................................38 1990年6月六级参考答案....................................................................................................................39 1991年1月大学英语六级(CET-6)真题试卷.......................................................................................40 PartIListeningComprehension(20minutes)................................................................................40 SectionA..................................................................................................................................40 SectionB..................................................................................................................................41 PartIIReadingComprehension(35minutes).................................................................................42 PartIIIVocabularyandStructure(20minutes)...............................................................................48 PartIVErrorCorrection(15minutes).............................................................................................53 PartVWriting(30minutes)............................................................................................................54 1991年1月六级参考答案....................................................................................................................55 1991年6月大学英语六级(CET-6)真题试卷.......................................................................................56 PartIListeningComprehension(20minutes)................................................................................56 SectionA..................................................................................................................................56 SectionB..................................................................................................................................57 PartIIReadingComprehension(35minutes).................................................................................59 PartIIIVocabularyandStructure(20minutes)...............................................................................65 PartIVErrorCorrection(15minutes).............................................................................................70 PartVWriting(30minutes)............................................................................................................70 1991年6月六级参考答案....................................................................................................................72 1991年6月听力原文............................................................................................................................74 1992年1月大学英语六级(CET-6)真题试卷.......................................................................................78 I淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 PartIListeningComprehension(20minutes)................................................................................78 SectionA..................................................................................................................................78 SectionB..................................................................................................................................79 PartIIReadingComprehension(35minutes).................................................................................81 PartIIIVocabularyandStructure(20minutes)...............................................................................86 PartIVErrorCorrection(15minutes).............................................................................................91 PartVWriting(30minutes)............................................................................................................92 1992年1月六级参考答案....................................................................................................................93 1992年6月大学英语六级(CET-6)真题试卷.......................................................................................95 PartIListeningComprehension(20minutes)................................................................................95 SectionA..................................................................................................................................95 SectionB..................................................................................................................................96 PartIIReadingComprehension(35minutes).................................................................................98 PartIIIVocabularyandStructure(20minutes).............................................................................104 PartIVErrorCorrection(15minutes)...........................................................................................109 PartVWriting(30minutes)..........................................................................................................109 1992年1月六级参考答案...................................................................................................................111 1993年1月大学英语六级(CET-6)真题试卷.....................................................................................113 PartIListeningComprehension(20minutes)..............................................................................113 SectionA................................................................................................................................113 SectionB................................................................................................................................114 PartIIReadingComprehension(35minutes)...............................................................................116 PartIIIVocabularyandStructure(20minutes).............................................................................121 PartIVErrorCorrection(15minutes)...........................................................................................127 PartVWriting(30minutes)..........................................................................................................127 1993年1月六级参考答案..................................................................................................................129 1993年1月听力原文..........................................................................................................................130 1993年6月大学英语六级(CET-6)真题试卷.....................................................................................134 PartIListeningComprehension(20minutes)..............................................................................134 SectionA................................................................................................................................134 SectionB................................................................................................................................135 PartIIReadingComprehension(35minutes)...............................................................................137 PartIIIVocabularyandStructure(20minutes).............................................................................142 PartIVErrorCorrection(15minutes)...........................................................................................147 PartVWriting(30minutes)..........................................................................................................148 1993年6月六级参考答案..................................................................................................................149 1993年6月听力原文..........................................................................................................................151 1994年1月大学英语六级(CET-6)真题试卷.....................................................................................155 PartIListeningComprehension(20minutes)..............................................................................155 II淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 SectionA................................................................................................................................155 SectionB................................................................................................................................156 PartIIReadingComprehension(35minutes)...............................................................................158 PartIIIVocabularyandStructure(35minutes).............................................................................164 PartIVErrorCorrection(15minutes)...........................................................................................169 PartVWriting(30minutes)..........................................................................................................170 1994年1月六级参考答案..................................................................................................................171 1994年1月听力原文..........................................................................................................................172 1995年1月大学英语六级(CET-6)真题试卷.....................................................................................176 PartIListeningComprehension(20minutes)..............................................................................176 SectionA................................................................................................................................176 SectionB................................................................................................................................177 PartIIReadingComprehension(35minutes)...............................................................................179 PartIIIVocabularyandStructure(20minutes).............................................................................185 PartIVErrorCorrection(15minutes)...........................................................................................190 PartVWriting(30minutes)..........................................................................................................191 1995年1月六级参考答案..................................................................................................................192 1995年1月听力原文..........................................................................................................................194 1995年6月大学英语六级(CET-6)真题试卷.....................................................................................198 PartIListeningComprehension(20minutes)..............................................................................198 SectionA................................................................................................................................198 SectionB................................................................................................................................199 PartIIReadingComprehension(35minutes)...............................................................................201 PartIIIVocabularyandStructure(20minutes).............................................................................207 PartIVErrorCorrection(15minutes)...........................................................................................212 PartVWriting(30minutes)..........................................................................................................213 1995年6月六级参考答案..................................................................................................................214 1995年6月听力原文..........................................................................................................................216 1996年1月大学英语六级(CET-6)真题试卷.....................................................................................220 PartIListeningcomprehension(20minutes)...............................................................................220 SectionA................................................................................................................................220 SectionB................................................................................................................................221 PartIIReadingComprehension(35minutes)...............................................................................223 PartIIIVocabularyandStructure(20minutes).............................................................................229 PartIVErrorCorrection(15minutes)...........................................................................................235 PartVWriting(30minutes)..........................................................................................................235 1996年1月六级参考答案..................................................................................................................237 1996年6月大学英语六级(CET-6)真题试卷.....................................................................................239 PartIListeningcomprehension(20minutes)...............................................................................239 III淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 SectionA................................................................................................................................239 SectionB................................................................................................................................240 PartIIReadingComprehension(35minutes)...............................................................................242 PartIIIVocabularyandStructure(20minutes).............................................................................248 PartIVErrorCorrection(15minutes)...........................................................................................254 PartVWriting(30minutes)..........................................................................................................254 1996年6月六级参考答案..................................................................................................................256 1997年1月大学英语六级(CET-6)真题试卷.....................................................................................258 PartIListeningComprehension(20minutes)..............................................................................258 SectionA................................................................................................................................258 SectionB................................................................................................................................259 PartIIReadingComprehension(35minutes)...............................................................................261 PartIIIVocabularyandStructure(20minutes).............................................................................267 PartIVShortAnswerQuestions(15minutes)..............................................................................273 PartVWriting(30minutes)..........................................................................................................274 1997年1月六级参考答案..................................................................................................................275 1997年6月大学英语六级(CET-6)真题试卷.....................................................................................276 PartIListeningcomprehension(20minutes)...............................................................................276 SectionA................................................................................................................................276 SectionB................................................................................................................................277 PartIIReadingComprehension(35minutes)...............................................................................279 PartIIIVocabularyandStructure..................................................................................................285 PartIVshortAnswerQuestions(15minutes)...............................................................................291 PartVWriting(30minutes)..........................................................................................................292 1997年6月六级参考答案..................................................................................................................293 1998年1月大学英语六级(CET-6)真题试卷.....................................................................................294 PartIListeningComprehension(20minutes)..............................................................................294 SectionA................................................................................................................................294 SectionB................................................................................................................................295 PartIIReadingComprehension(35minutes)...............................................................................297 PartIIIVocabulary(20minutes)...................................................................................................304 PartIVShortAnswerQuestions(15minutes)..............................................................................309 PartVWriting(30minutes)..........................................................................................................310 1998年1月六级参考答案..................................................................................................................311 1998年6月大学英语六级(CET-6)真题试卷.....................................................................................313 PartIListeningComprehension(20minutes)..............................................................................313 SectionA................................................................................................................................313 SectionB................................................................................................................................314 PartIIReadingComprehension(35minutes)...............................................................................316 IV淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 PartIIIVocabulary(20minutes)...................................................................................................323 PartIVShortAnswerQuestions(15minutes)..............................................................................328 PartVWriting(30minutes)..........................................................................................................329 1998年6月六级参考答案..................................................................................................................330 1999年1月大学英语六级(CET-6)真题试卷.....................................................................................331 PartIListeningComprehension(20minutes)..............................................................................331 SectionA................................................................................................................................331 SectionB................................................................................................................................332 PartIIReadingComprehension(35minutes)...............................................................................334 PartIIIVocabulary(20minutes)...................................................................................................340 PartIVShortAnswerQuestions(15minutes)..............................................................................346 PartVWriting(30minutes)..........................................................................................................347 1999年1月六级参考答案..................................................................................................................348 1999年1月听力原文..........................................................................................................................349 1999年6月大学英语六级(CET-6)真题试卷.....................................................................................352 PartIListeningComprehension(20minutes)..............................................................................352 SectionA................................................................................................................................352 SectionBCompoundDictation.............................................................................................353 PartIIReadingComprehension(35minutes)...............................................................................354 PartIIIVocabulary(20minutes)...................................................................................................360 PartIVCloze(15minutes)............................................................................................................366 PartVIWriting(30minutes).........................................................................................................369 1999年6月六级参考答案..................................................................................................................370 1999年6月听力原文..........................................................................................................................372 2000年1月大学英语六级(CET-6)真题试卷.....................................................................................374 PartIListeningComprehension(20minutes)..............................................................................374 SectionA................................................................................................................................374 SectionB................................................................................................................................375 PartIIReadingComprehension(35minutes)...............................................................................377 PartIIIVocabulary(20minutes)...................................................................................................383 PartIVErrorCorrection(15minutes)...........................................................................................388 PartVWriting(30minutes)..........................................................................................................389 2000年1月六级参考答案..................................................................................................................390 2000年1月听力原文..........................................................................................................................392 2000年6月大学英语六级(CET-6)真题试卷.....................................................................................395 PartIListeningComprehension(20minutes)..............................................................................395 SectionA................................................................................................................................395 SectionB................................................................................................................................396 PartIIReadingComprehension(35minutes)...............................................................................398 V淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 PartIIIVocabulary(20minutes)...................................................................................................405 PartIVErrorCorrection(15minutes)...........................................................................................410 PartVWriting(30minutes)...........................................................................................................411 2000年6月六级参考答案..................................................................................................................412 2000年6月六级答案详解..................................................................................................................414 2000年6月听力原文..........................................................................................................................422 2001年1月大学英语六级(CET-6)真题试卷.....................................................................................426 PartIListeningComprehension(20minutes)..............................................................................426 SectionA................................................................................................................................426 SectionBCompoundDictation.............................................................................................427 PartIIReadingComprehension(35minutes)...............................................................................428 PartIIIVocabulary(20minutes)...................................................................................................435 PartIVCloze(15minutes)............................................................................................................440 PartVWriting(30minutes)..........................................................................................................443 2001年1月六级参考答案..................................................................................................................444 2001年1月六级答案详解..................................................................................................................446 2001年1月听力原文..........................................................................................................................454 2001年6月大学英语六级(CET-6)真题试卷.....................................................................................456 PartIListeningComprehension(20minutes)..............................................................................456 SectionA................................................................................................................................456 SectionB................................................................................................................................457 PartIIReadingComprehension(35minutes)...............................................................................459 PartIIIVocabulary(20minutes)...................................................................................................466 PartIVErrorCorrection(15minutes)...........................................................................................471 PartVWriting(30)minutes..........................................................................................................472 2001年6月六级参考答案..................................................................................................................473 2001年6月听力原文..........................................................................................................................475 2002年1月12日大学英语六级(CET-6)真题试卷...........................................................................479 PartIListeningComprehension(20minutes)..............................................................................479 SectionA................................................................................................................................479 SectionB................................................................................................................................480 PartIIReadingComprehension(35minutes)...............................................................................482 PartIIIVocabulary(20minutes)...................................................................................................489 PartIVErrorCorrection(15minutes)...........................................................................................494 PartVWriting(30minutes)..........................................................................................................495 2002年1月12日六级参考答案........................................................................................................496 2002年1月听力原文..........................................................................................................................498 2002年6月大学英语六级(CET-6)真题试卷....................................................................................501 VI淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 PartIListeningComprehension(20minutes)..............................................................................501 SectionA................................................................................................................................501 SectionB................................................................................................................................502 PartIIReadingComprehension(35minutes)...............................................................................504 PartIIIVocabulary(20minutes)...................................................................................................511 PartIVErrorCorrection(15minutes)...........................................................................................516 PartVWriting(30minutes)..........................................................................................................517 2002年6月六级参考答案..................................................................................................................518 2002年6月听力原文..........................................................................................................................520 2002年12月大学英语六级(CET-6)真题试卷..................................................................................524 PartIListeningComprehension(20minutes)..............................................................................524 SectionA................................................................................................................................524 SectionB................................................................................................................................525 PartIIReadingComprehension(35minutes)...............................................................................527 PartIIIVocabulary(20minutes)...................................................................................................534 PartIVCloze(15minutes)............................................................................................................539 PartVWriting(30minutes)..........................................................................................................542 2002年12月六级参考答案................................................................................................................544 2002年12月听力原文........................................................................................................................545 2003年6月21日大学英语六级(CET-6)真题试卷...........................................................................549 PartIListeningComprehension(20minutes)..............................................................................549 SectionA................................................................................................................................549 SectionB................................................................................................................................550 PartIIReadingComprehension(35minutes)...............................................................................552 PartIIIVocabulary(20minutes)...................................................................................................559 PartIVErrorCorrection(15minutes)...........................................................................................564 PartVWriting(30minutes)..........................................................................................................565 2003年6月21日六级参考答案........................................................................................................566 2003年6月听力原文..........................................................................................................................568 2003年9月大学英语六级(CET-6)真题试卷....................................................................................573 PartIListeningComprehension(20minutes)..............................................................................573 SectionA................................................................................................................................573 SectionB................................................................................................................................574 PartIIReadingComprehension(35minutes)...............................................................................576 PartIIIVocabulary(20minutes)...................................................................................................583 PartIVErrorCorrection(15minutes)...........................................................................................588 PartVWriting(30minutes)..........................................................................................................589 2003年9月六级参考答案..................................................................................................................590 2003年9月六级答案详解..................................................................................................................592 VII淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 2003年9月六级听力原文..................................................................................................................596 2003年12月大学英语六级(CET-6)真题试卷...................................................................................600 PartIListeningComprehension(20minutes)..............................................................................600 SectionA................................................................................................................................600 SectionB................................................................................................................................601 PartIIReadingComprehension(35minutes)...............................................................................603 PartIIIVocabulary(20minutes)...................................................................................................610 PartIVErrorCorrection(15minutes)...........................................................................................616 PartVWriting(30minutes)..........................................................................................................616 2003年12月六级参考答案................................................................................................................618 2003年12月六级答案详解................................................................................................................620 2003年12月听力原文........................................................................................................................629 2004年6月大学英语六级(CET-6)真题试卷B卷............................................................................633 PartIListeningComprehension(20minutes)..............................................................................633 SectionA................................................................................................................................633 SectionB................................................................................................................................634 PartIIReadingComprehension(35minutes)...............................................................................636 PartIIIVocabulary(20minutes)...................................................................................................643 PartIVErrorCorrection(15minutes)...........................................................................................648 PartVWriting(30minutes)..........................................................................................................649 2004年6月六级参考答案..................................................................................................................650 2005年1月8日大学英语六级(CET-6)真题试卷(B卷)..................................................................652 PartIListeningComprehension(20minutes)..............................................................................652 SectionA................................................................................................................................652 SectionB................................................................................................................................653 PartIIReadingComprehension(35minutes)...............................................................................655 PartIIIVocabulary(20minutes)...................................................................................................662 PartIVErrorCorrection(15minutes)...........................................................................................668 PartVWriting(30minutes)..........................................................................................................669 2005年1月8日六级参考答案..........................................................................................................670 2005年6月18日大学英语六级(CET-6)真题试卷...........................................................................672 PartIListeningComprehension(20minutes)..............................................................................672 SectionA................................................................................................................................672 SectionBCompoundDictation.............................................................................................673 PartIIReadingComprehension(35minutes)...............................................................................674 PartIIIVocabulary(20minutes)...................................................................................................681 PartIVCloze(15minutes)............................................................................................................686 PartVWriting(30minutes)..........................................................................................................690 2005年6月18日六级参考答案........................................................................................................691 VIII淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 2005年12月24日大学英语六级(CET-6)真题试卷(A卷)..............................................................693 PartIListeningComprehension(20minutes)..............................................................................693 SectionA................................................................................................................................693 SectionB................................................................................................................................694 PartIIReadingComprehension(35minutes)...............................................................................695 PartIIIVocabulary(20minutes)...................................................................................................702 PartIVErrorCorrection(15minutes)...........................................................................................708 PartVWriting(30minutes)..........................................................................................................708 2005年12月24日六级参考答案......................................................................................................710 2006年6月17日大学英语六级(CET-6)真题试卷(A卷)................................................................712 PartIListeningComprehension(20minutes)..............................................................................712 SectionA................................................................................................................................712 SectionB................................................................................................................................714 PartIIReadingComprehension(35minutes)...............................................................................715 PartIIIVocabulary(20minutes)...................................................................................................723 PartIVErrorCorrection(15minutes)...........................................................................................728 PartVWriting(30minutes)..........................................................................................................729 2006年6月17日六级参考答案........................................................................................................730 2006年12月23日大学英语六级(CET-6)真题试卷(B卷)..............................................................732 PartIListeningComprehension(20minutes)..............................................................................732 SectionA................................................................................................................................732 SectionB................................................................................................................................733 PartIIReadingComprehension(35minutes)...............................................................................735 PartIIIVocabulary(20minutes)...................................................................................................742 PartIVErrorCorrection(15minutes)...........................................................................................747 PartVWriting(30minutes)..........................................................................................................748 2006年12月23日六级参考答案......................................................................................................749 2006年12月24日大学英语六级(CET-6)真题试卷(A卷)..............................................................751 PartIWriting(30minutes)............................................................................................................751 PartIIReadingComprehension(SkimmingandScanning)(15minutes)...................................751 PartIIIListeningComprehension(35minutes)............................................................................754 SectionA................................................................................................................................754 SectionB................................................................................................................................756 SectionC................................................................................................................................758 PartIVReadingComprehension(ReadinginDepth)(25minutes).............................................759 SectionA................................................................................................................................759 SectionB................................................................................................................................760 PartVErrorCorrection(15minutes)............................................................................................763 PartVITranslation(5minutes).....................................................................................................764 IX淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 2006年12月24日六级参考答案......................................................................................................766 2007年6月23日大学英语六级(CET-6)真题试卷(A卷)................................................................769 PartIWriting(30minutes)............................................................................................................769 PartIIReadingComprehension(SkimmingandScanning)(15minutes)...................................769 PartIIIListeningComprehension(35minutes)............................................................................772 SectionA................................................................................................................................772 SectionB................................................................................................................................774 SectionC................................................................................................................................776 PartIVReadingComprehension(ReadinginDepth)(25minutes).............................................777 SectionA................................................................................................................................777 SectionB................................................................................................................................778 PartVCloze(15minutes).............................................................................................................782 PartVITranslation(5minutes).....................................................................................................785 2007年6月23日六级参考答案........................................................................................................786 X淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 1990年1月大学英语六级(CET-6)真题试卷 Part I Listening Comprehension(20 minutes) SectionA 1. A)Readfourchapters. B)Writean article. C)Speak before theclass. D)Preview two chapters. 2. A)Thewomanisbeinginterviewedbyareporter. B)Thewoman is askingfor a promotion. C)Thewoman is applying forajob. D)The woman is being given an examination. 3. A)Hiscarwashitbyanothercar. B) Hewas hurt whileplaying volleyball. C)Hefell down thestairs. D)While crossing thestreet, hewas hitbya car. 4. A)Tookaphotoofhim. B) Bought him apicture. C)Held a birthday party. D)Bought hima frame for hispicture. 5. A)Nomedicinecouldsolvethewoman’sproblem. B)Thewoman should eat less to losesomeweight. C)Nothingcould help thewoman if sheate toolittle. D)The woman should choose theright foods. 6. A)Hemeantsheshouldmakeaphonecallifanythingwentwrong. B) Hemeant forher just towait tillhelp came. C)Hewas afraid something would go wrong with hercar. D)He promised to give her himself. 7. A)No,hemissedit. B) No, hedidn’t. C)Yes, hedid. 1淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 D)Yes,he probably did. 8. A)Hehaseditedthreebooks. B) Hehas bought the wrong book. C)Hehas losthalf ofhis money. D)He has foundthe bookthat willbeused. 9. A)At7:30 B)At 8:30 C)At 9:00 D)At 9:30 10. A)Six. B) Seven. C)Eight. D)Nine. Section B PassageOne Questions11to13arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard. 11. A)Theyoftentakeplaceinhermajorindustries. B) British trade unions are morepowerful. C)There are more tradeunion members in Britain. D)Britain loses moreworking days through strikes every year. 12. A)SuchstrikesareagainsttheBritishlaw. B) Such strikes are unpredictable. C)Such strikes involveworkers from different trades. D)Such strikes occur frequently thesedays. 13. A)TradeunionsinBritainarebecomingmorepopular. B) Moststrikes inBritain are against the British law. C)Unofficial strikes inBritain are easier todeal with now. D)Employer-worker relations in Britain have become tenser. PassageTwo 2淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 Questions14to16arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard. 14. A)Thevictoryoverone’sfellowrunners. B)Thevictory over former winners. C)Thevictory ofwill-power over fatigue. D)The victory ofone’s physical strength. 15. A)Therunnerwhorunstokeepfit. B)Therunner who breaks the record. C)Therunner who does not break therules. D)The runner who covers thewhole distance. 16. A)Hewonthefirstprize. B) Hefell behind theother runners. C)Hedied because offatigue. D)He gave upbecause he was tired. PassageThree Questions17to20arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard. 17. A)17,000. B) 1,700. C)24. D)9,000. 18. A)It’slocatedinacollegetown. B) It’scomposed ofa group ofold buildings. C)Its classrooms are beautifully designed. D)Its library is often crowed with students. 19. A)TeachersarewellpaidatDeepSprings. B) Studentsare mainly from NewYork State. C)Thelength of schoolingis two years. D)Teachers needn’t pay fortheir rent and meals. 20. A)Takeawalkinthedesert. B) Go to acinema. C)WatchTVprogrammes. 3淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 D)Attend aparty. Part IIReading Comprehension(35 minutes) Questions21to24arebasedonthefollowingpassage. Automation refers to the introduction of electronic control and automatic operation of productive machinery. It reduces the human factors, mental and physical, in production, and is designed to make possible the manufacture of more goods with fewer workers. The development of automation in American industry has been called the“SecondIndustrialRevolution”. Labour’s concern over automation arises from uncertainty about the effects on employment, and fearsof major changes in jobs. In the main, labour has taken the view that resistance to technical change is unfruitful. Eventually, the result of automation may well be an increase in employment, since it is expected that vast industries will grow up around manufacturing, maintaining, and repairing automation equipment. The interest of labour lies in bringing about the transition with a minimum of inconvenience and distress to the workers involved. Also, union spokesmen emphasize that the benefit of the increased production and lower costs made possible by automation should be shared by workers in the form of higher wages, more leisure, and improved living standards. To protect the interests of their members in the era of automation, unions have adopted a number of new policies. One of these is the promotion of supplementary unemployment benefit plans. It is emphasized that since the employer involved in such a plan has a direct financial interest in preventing unemployment, he will have a strong drive for planning new installations so as to cause the least possible problems in jobs and job assignment. Some unions are working for dismissal pay agreements, requiring thatpermanentlydismissedworkersbepaidasumofmoneybasedonlengthofservice. Another approach is the idea of the “improvement factor”, which calls for wage increases based on increases in productivity.It is possible, however, that labour will rely mainlyonreductioninworkingtime. 21. Though labour worries about the effect of automation, it does not doubt that ________. A)automation will eventually prevent unemployment B) automation willhelp workers acquire newskills C)automation willeventually benefit theworkers noless that theemployers D)automation is atrend which cannot be stopped 22. The idea of the “improvement factor” (Line 6, Para. 3) probably implies that ________. A)wages should bepaidonthe basis oflength ofservice B) thebenefit ofincreased production andlower costs shouldbe shared byworkers 4淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 C)supplementary unemployment benefit plans should bepromoted D) the transition to automation should be brought about with the minimum of inconvenienceand distress to workers 23. In order to get the full benefits of automation, labour will depend mostly on ________. A)additional payment tothe permanently dismissed workers B) theincrease ofwages in proportion to theincrease inproductivity C)shorterworking hours and more leisure time D)a strong drivefor planning newinstallations 24. Whichofthefollowingcanbestsumupthepassage? A)Advantages and disadvantages ofautomation. B) Labour andtheeffects ofautomation. C)Unemployment benefit plans and automation. D)Social benefits ofautomation. Questions25to30arebasedonthefollowingpassage. The case for college has been accepted without question for more than a generation. All high school graduates ought to go, says conventional wisdom and statistical evidence, because college will help them earn more money, become “better” people,andlearntobemoreresponsiblecitizensthanthosewhodon’tgo. Butcollegehasneverbeenabletoworkitsmagicforeveryone.Andnowthatclose to half our high school graduates are attending, those who don’t fit the pattern are becoming more numerous, and more obvious. College graduates are selling shoes and driving taxis; college students interfere with each other’s experiments and write false lettersof recommendation in the intense competition for admission to graduate school. Others find no stimulation in their studies, and drop out-often encouraged by college administrators. Someobserverssaythefault!Iswiththeyoungpeoplethemselves-theyarespoiled andtheyareexpectingtoomuch.Butthat’sacondemnationofthestudentsasawhole, and doesn’t explain all campus unhappiness. Others blame the state of the world, and they are partly right. We’ve been told that young people have to go to college because our economy can’t absorb an army of untrained eighteen-year-olds. But disappointed graduates are learning that it can no longer absorb an army of trained twenty-two-year-olds,either. Some adventuresome educators and campus watchers have openly begun to suggest that college may not be the best, the proper, the only place for every young person after the completion of high school. We may have been looking at all those surveys and statistics upside down, it seems, and through the rosy glow of our own remembered college experiences. Perhaps college doesn’t make people intelligent, ambitious, happy, liberal, quick-learning people are merely the ones who have been 5淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 attracted to college in the first place. And perhaps all those successful college graduates would have been successful whether they had gone to college or not. This is heresy (异 端邪说) to those of us who have been brought up to believe that if a little schooling is good,morehastobemuchbetter.Butcontraryevidenceisbeginningtomountup. 25. Accordingtothepassage,theauthorbelievesthat________. A)people used toquestion thevalueof collegeeducation B) peopleused tohave full confidence in higher education C)all high school graduates went to college D)very few high school graduates choseto go tocollege 26. Inthe2ndparagraph,“thosewhodon’tfitthepattern”refersto________. A)high school graduates who aren’t suitableforcollege education B) collegegraduates who are sellingshoes and driving taxis C)collegestudents whoaren’t any better fortheir higher education D)high school graduates who failed to beadmitted to college 27. Thedrop-outrateofcollegestudentsseemstogoupbecause________. A)young people are disappointed with theconventional way ofteaching at college B) many young peopleare required to jointhearmy C)young peoplehave littlemotivation in pursuing ahigher education D)young people don’t liketheintense competitionfor admissionto graduateschool 28. According to the passage the problems of college education partly arise from the factthat________. A)society cannot provideenough jobs forproperly trained college graduates B) high school graduates donot fitthe pattern of collegeeducation C)toomany studentshave to earn their own living D)college administrators encourage students todrop out 29. Inthispassagetheauthorarguesthat________. A) more and more evidence shows college education may not be the best thing for high school graduates B) collegeeducation is not enough ifone wants tobe successful C) college education benefits only the intelligent, ambitious, and quick-learning people D)intelligent peoplemay learn quicker ifthey don’t go to college 30. The“surveysandstatistics”mentionedinthelastparagraphmighthaveshown that 6淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 ________. A)college-educated people are more successful than non-college-educated people B) collegeeducation was notthefirst choice ofintelligent people C)theless schooling aperson has thebetter itis for him D)most peoplehave sweet memories ofcollege life Questions31to35arebasedonthefollowingpassage. Ours has become a society of employees. A hundred years or so ago only one out of every five Americans at work was employed, i.e., worked for somebody else. Today only one out of five is not employed but working for himself. And when fifty years ago “being employed” meant working as a factory labourer or as a farmhand, the employee of today is increasingly a middle-class person with a substantial formal education, holding a professional or management job requiring intellectual and technical skills. Indeed, two things have characterized American society during these fifty years: middle-class and upper-class employees have been the fastest-growing groups in our working population-growing so fast that the industrial worker, that oldest child of the Industrial Revolution, has been losing in numerical importance despite the expansion of industrialproduction. Yet you will find little if anything written on what it is to be an employee. You can find a great deal of very dubious advice on how to get a job or how to get a promotion. You can also find a good deal of work in a chosen field, whether it be the mechanist’s trade or bookkeeping (簿记). Every one of these trades requires different skills, sets differentstandards, andrequires a differentpreparation. Yetthey all haveemployeeship in common. And increasingly, especially in the large business or in government, employeeship is more important to success than the special professional knowledge or skill. Certainly more people fail because they do not know the requirements of being an employee than because they do not adequately possess the skills of their trade; the higheryou climb the ladder,themoreyou getintoadministrative or executive work, the greater the emphasis on ability to work within the organization rather than on technical abilitiesorprofessionalknowledge. 31. Itisimpliedthatfiftyyearsago________. A)eighty per cent ofAmerican working peoplewere employed infactories B) twenty per cent ofAmerican intellectuals were employees C) the percentage of intellectuals in the total work force was almost the same as that ofindustrial workers D) the percentage of intellectuals working as employees was not so large as that of industrialworkers 32. Accordingtothepassage,withthedevelopmentofmodernindustry,________. A)factory labourers will overtake intellectual employees in number B) there are as many middle-class employees as factory labourers 7淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 C)employers have attached great importance to factory labourers D) the proportion of factory labourers in the total employee population has decreased 33. Theword“dubious”(L.2,Para.2)mostprobablymeans________. A)valuable B) useful C)doubtful D)helpful 34. Accordingtothewriter,professionalknowledgeorskillis________. A)less importance than awareness of being agood employee B) as important as theability to deal with publicrelations C)moreimportant than employer-employee relations D)more important as theabilitytoco-operate with others in theorganization 35. Fromthepassageitcanbeseenthatemployeeshiphelpsone________. A)tobemore successful in hiscareer B) tobe morespecialized in hisfield C)tosolve technical problems D)todevelop hisprofessional skill Questions36to40arebasedonthefollowingpassage. We all know that the normal human daily cycle of activity is of some 7-8 hours’ sleep alternation with some 16-17 hours’ wakefulness and that, broadly speaking, the sleep normally coincides with the hours of darkness. Our present concern is with how easilyandtowhatextentthiscyclecanbemodified. The question is no mere academic one. The ease, for example, with which people can change from working in the day to working at night is a question of growing importanceinindustrywhereautomationcallsforround-the-clockworkingofmachines. Itnormallytakesfromfivedaystooneweekforapersontoadapttoreversedroutineof sleep and wakefulness, sleeping during the dayand working at night. Unfortunately, it is often the case in industry that shifts are changed every week; a person may work from 12midnightto8a.m.oneweek,8a.m.to4p.m.thenext,and4p.m.to12midnightthe third and so on. This means that no sooner has he got used to one routine than he has to change to another, so that much of his time is spent neither working nor sleeping veryefficiently. The only real solution appears to be to hand over the night shift to a number of permanent night workers. An interesting study of the domestic life and health of night-shift workers was carried out by Brown in 1957. She found a high incidence (发生 率) of disturbed sleep and other disorders among those on alternating day and night 8淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 shifts, but no abnormal occurrence of these phenomena among those on permanent nightwork. This latter system then appears to be the best long-term policy, but meanwhile something may be done to relieve the strains of alternate day and night work by selecting those people who can adapt most quickly to the changes of routine. One way of knowing when a person has adapted is by measuring his body temperature. People engaged in normal daytime work will have a high temperature during the hours of wakefulness and a low one at night; when they change to night work the pattern will only gradually go back to match the new routine and the speed with which it does so parallels, broadly speaking, the adaptation of the body as a whole, particularly in terms of performance. Therefore, by taking body temperature at intervals of two hours throughout the period of wakefulness it can be seen how quickly a person can adapt to a reversed routine, and this could be used as a basis for selection. So far, however, such aformofselectiondoesnotseemtohavebeenappliedinpractice. 36. Why is the question of “how easily people can get used to working at night” not a mereacademicquestion? A)Because few people liketoreverse thecycle ofsleep and wakefulness. B) Because sleep normally coincides with thehours ofdarkness. C)Because people are required towork at night in somefields ofindustry. D)Because shift work in industryrequires peopleto change theirsleeping habits. 37. Themainproblemoftheround-the-clockworkingsystemliesin________. A) the inconveniences brought about to the workers by the introduction of automation B) the disturbance of the daily life cycle of workers who have to change shifts too frequently C)thefact that peopleworking at night are often less effective D)thefact that it is difficult tofind anumber ofgood night workers 38. The best solution for implementing the 24-hour working system seems to be ________. A)tochange shifts at longerintervals B) tohave longer shifts C)toarrange for somepeople towork onnight shifts only D)tocreate betterlivingconditions for night workers 39. It is possible to find out if a person has adapted to the changes of routine by measuringhisbodytemperaturebecause________. A)bodytemperature changes when thecycle ofsleep and wakefulness alternates B) bodytemperaturechanges when hechanges to night shift orback 9淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 C)thetemperature reverses when theroutineis changed D)people have highertemperatures when they are working efficiently 40. WhichofthefollowingstatementsisNOTTRUE? A)Body temperature may serveas an indication of aworker’s performance. B) The selection of a number of permanent night shift workers has proved to be the best solutionto problems ofthe round-the-clock working system. C)Taking body temperature at regular intervals can show how a person adapts to the changes ofroutine. D) Disturbed sleep occurs less frequently among those on permanent night or day shifts. Part IIIVocabulary andStructure(20minutes) 41. You should have put the milk in the ice box; I expect it ________ undrinkable by now. A)became B) had become C)has become D)becomes 42. Codes are a way of writing something in secret; ________, anyone who doesn’t knowthecodewillnotbeabletoreadit. A)that is B) worse still C)inshort D)ontheother hand 43. Hislongservicewiththecompanywas________withapresent. A)admitted B) acknowledged C)attributed D)accepted 44. The atmosphere is as much a part of the earth as ________ its soils and the water ofitslakes,riversandoceans. A)are B) is C)do 10淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 D)has 45. Our house is about a mile from the station and there are not many houses ________. A)inbetween B) among them C)far apart D)from each other 46. ThedrowningchildwassavedbyDick’s________action. A)acute B) alert C)profound D)prompt 47. Childrenandoldpeopledonotlikehavingtheirdaily________upset. A)habit B) practice C)routine D)custom 48. Thecriminalalwayspaid________cashsothepolicecouldnottrackhimdown. A)on B) by C)for D)in 49. ________whenshestartedcomplaining. A)Not until hearrived B) Hardly had hearrived C)No sooner hadhearrived D)Scarcely didhe arrive 50. By1990,productionintheareaisexpectedtodouble________of1980. A)that B) it C)one D)what 11淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 51. ProfessorsmithandProfessorBrownwill________ingivingtheclasslectures. A)alter B) change C)alternate D)differ 52. Understanding the cultural habits of another nation, especially ________ containingasmanydifferentsubculturesastheUnitedStates,isacomplextask. A)one B) theone C)that D)such 53. Themanagerpromisedtohavemycomplaint________. A)looked through B) looked into C)looked over D)looked after 54. Youcan’tbe________carefulinmakingthedecisionasitwassuchacriticalcase. A)very B) quite C)too D)so 55. Childrenare________tohavesomeaccidentsastheygrowup. A)obvious B) indispensable C)bound D)doubtless 56. We have done things we ought not to have done and ________ undone things we oughttohavedone. A)leaving B) willleave C)left D)leave 12淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 57. The ratio of the work done by the machine ________ the work done on it is called theefficiencyofthemachine. A)against B) with C)to D)for 58. ________theflood,theshipwouldhavereacheditsdestinationontime. A)In case of B) In spiteof C)Because of D)But for 59. In your first days at the school you’ll be given a test to help the teachers to ________youtoaclassatyourlevel. A)locate B) assign C)deliver D)place 60. Thestory that follows________ two famouscharactersof the rocky Mountain gold rushdays. A)concerns B) states C)proclaims D)relates 61. America will never again have as a nation the spirit of adventure as it ________ beforetheWestwassettled. A)could B) was C)would D)did 62. Peoplewhorefuseto________withthelawwillbepunished. A)obey B) consent C)conceal 13淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 D)comply 63. I________tohimbecausehephonedmeshortlyafterwards. A)ought to have written B) musthave written C)couldn’t have written D)needn’t have written 64. These excursions will give you an even deeper ________ into our language and culture. A)inquiry B) investigation C)input D)insight 65. Thereisnoelectricityagain.Hasthe________blownthen? A)fuse B) wire C)plug D)circuit 66. No longer are contributions to computer technology confined to any one country; ________isthismoretruethaninEurope. A)hardly B) little C)seldom D)nowhere 67. Themotherdidn’tknowwho________forthebrokenglass. A)will blame B) toblame C)blamed D)blames 68. Everysocietyhasitsownpeculiarcustomsand________ofacting. A)ways B) attitudes C)behavior 14淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 D)means 69. If a person talks about his weak points, his listener is expected to say something in thewayof________. A)assurance B) persuasion C)encouragement D)confirmation 70. China started its nuclear power industry only in recent years, and should ________ notimeincatchingup. A)delay B) lose C)lag D)lessen Part IVErrorCorrection (15 minutes) Directions: This part consists of a short passage. In this passage, there are altogether 10 mistakes, one in each numbered line. You may have to change a word, add a word or delete a word. Mark out the mistakes and put the corrections in the blanks provided. If you change a word, cross it out and write the correct word in the corresponding blank. If you add a word, put an insertion mark (∧) in the right place and write the missing word in the blank. If you delete aword, crossit andput aslash(/) in theblank. Example: Televisionisrapidlybecomingtheliteratureofourperiods╱. 1. time/times/period Manyoftheargumentshaving╱ usedforthestudyofliteratureas 2. _______\_______ aschoolsubjectarevalidfor ∧ studyoftelevision. 3.______the______ Changes in the way people live bring about changes in the jobs that they do. More andmorepeople live in townsand citiesinstead on farms(71) and invillages. Citiesand states have to provide services city people want, such like more police protection, more hospitals, and more (72) schools. This means that more policemen, more nurses and technicians, and more teachers must be hired. Advances in technology has also (73) changedpeople’slives.Dishwashersandwashingmachinesdojobsthatwereoncedone bythehand.The widespreaduse of suchelectrical appliances(74) meansthatthere isa needforservicementokeepitrunningproperly(75) People are earning higher wagesand salaries. This leads changes in (76) the wayof life. As income goes down, people may not want more food to (77) eat or more clothes to wear. But they may want more and better care from doctors, dentists and hospitals. 15淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 They are likely to travel more and to want more education. Nevertheless, many more jobsareavailablein(78)theseservices. The government also affects the kind of works people do. The governments (79) of most countries spend huge sums of money for international (80) defense. They hire thousands of engineers, scientists, clerks, typists and secretaries to work on the many differentaspectsofdefence. PartVWriting(30 minutes) OUTLINE: 问题：城市交通拥挤 解决方案：(solution): 1. 建造(laydown)更多道路 优点： (1) 降低街道拥挤程度 (2) 加速车流(flowoftraffic) 缺点：占地过多 2. 开辟(openup)更多公共汽车线路 优点：减少自行车与小汽车 缺点：对部分人可能造成不方便 结论：两者结合 HowtoSolvetheProblemofHeavyTraffic 16淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 1990年1月六级参考答案 Part I 1. B 2. C 3. A 4. A 5. D 6. A 7. B 8. B 9. D 10. C 11. A 12. B 13. D 14. C 15. D 16. B 17. C 18. B 19. D 20. A PartII 21. D 22. B 23. C 24. B 25. B 26. C 27. C 28. A 29. A 30. A 31. D 32. D 33. C 34. A 35. A 36. D 37. B 38. C 39. D 40. B Part III 41. C 42. A 43. B 44. A 45. A 46. D 47. B 48. D 49. B 50. A 51. C 52. A 53. B 54. C 55. C 56. C 57. C 58. D 59. B 60. A 61. D 62. D 63. D 64. D 65. A 66. D 67. B 68. A 69. C 70. B Part IV 71. (instead) → (instead)of 72. like → asto 73. has → have 74. the(hand) → /(hand) 75. it → them 17淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 76. (leads) → (leads)to 或 leads → causes 77. down → up 78. Nevertheless → Therefore/So 79. works → work/job/jobs 80. international → national 18淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 1990年1月六级听力原文 1. W: What is the home assignment from Professor Smith? I missed the class this morning. M: Finish reading Chapter 5 and 6, and write an essay based on chapter 3 and 4. Remember,it’s your turn to give presentation nextMonday. Q:What willthewoman doin additionto thehomeassignment for thewholeclass? 2. M:Now,I’mgoing tostartoffbyaskingyouadifficultquestion.Whywouldyoulike togetthispost? W: Well, first of all I know that your firm has a very good reputation. Then I’ve heard you offergood opportunities for promotionfor theright person. Q:What doweknowfrom thisconversation? 3. W:DidyouhearMikeisinhospitalwithheadinjuresandabrokenarm? M:Yes,apparently he was struck byanother vehicleand turned completely over. Q:What happened to Mike? 4. M:CouldyouhelpmetodecidewhatIshouldbuyformybrother’sbirthday? W: Remember, you took a picture of him at his last birthday party? Why not buy hima frame so that hecan fix thepicture in it. Q:What didthe man dolastyear for his brother’s birthday? 5. M:Whatdidyourdoctordescribeforyou? W: Well, he said there is no need for me to take any medicine if I eat well-balanced meals. Q:What didthe man dolastyear for his brother’s birthday? 6. W:CouldyoutellmewhatIshoulddoifmycarbreaksdown? M: Well, I’m sure you won’t have any trouble, Mrs. Smith, but if something should happen, justcall this number. They’llseethatyougethelp. Q:What does theman really mean? 7. W:Didyouwatchthegamelastnight? M: Iwouldn’t have missedit for anything! Q: Did theman watch thegame lastnight? 8. M:Hey,Louise,I’vegotausedcopyofourchemistrytextbookforhalfprice. W: I’m afraid you wasted your money, yours is the first edition, but we’re supposed 19淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 tobe using thethird edition. Q:What has theman done? 9. M:Couldyoutellmethetimetableoftheschoolbus? W:Well, the bus leaves here for the campus every two hours from 7:00 a.m.. But on Saturdays it starts halfan hourlater. Q:When does thesecond bus leave onSaturdays? 10. W:I hadprepareddinnerforeightpeoplebeforeMarycalledandsaidthatsheand herhusbandcouldnotmakeit. M:That’s all right. I am justgoing to tell you Ihave invitedTom and hisgirlfriend. Q: Howmany people are coming tothedinner? PassageOne Strikes are very common in Britain. They are extremely harmful to its industries. In fact, there are other countries in Western Europe that lose more working days through strikeseveryyearthanBritain.ThetroublewiththestrikesinBritainisthattheyoccurin essential industries. There are over 495 unions in Britain. Some unions are very small. Over 20 have more than 100,000 members. Unions do not exist only to demand higher wages. They also educate their members. They provide benefits for the sick and try to improve working conditions. Trade unioners say that we must thank the unions for the greatimprovementin working conditionsin thelast hundred years. It isnow against the law for union members to go on strike without the support of their union. This kind of strike is called the unofficial strike and was common until recently. Employers feel that unofficial strikes were most harmful because they would not be predicted. However, these unofficial strikes still occur from time to time and some unions have also refused to cooperate with the law. As a result, the general picture of the relations between workersandemployersinBritainhasgonefrombadtoworse. Questions11to13arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard. 11. InwhatwayarestrikesinBritaindifferentfromthoseinotherEuropeancountries? 12. WhyareBritishemployerssoafraidofunofficialstrikes? 13. Whatconclusioncanbedrawnfromthispassage? PassageTwo Everywhere welook we see Americansrunning. Theyrun forevery reason anybody couldthinkof. They run for health, for beauty, to lose weight, to feel fit and because it’s the thing they love to do. Every year, for example, thousands upon thousands of people run in 20淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 one race, the Boston Marathon, the best known long distance race in the United States. In recent years, there have been nearly 5,000 official competitors and it takes three whole minutes for the crowd of runners just to cross the starting line. You may have heard the story of the Greek runner Pheidippides. He ran from Marathon to Athens to deliver the news of the great victory 2,500 years ago. No one knows how long it took him to run the distance. But the story tells us that he died of the effort. Today no one will die in a Marathon race. But the effort is still enormous. Someone does come in first in this tiring foot race. But at the finish line we see what this race is about: not being first but finishing. The real victory is not over one’s fellow runners but over one’s own body. It’s a victory of will-power over fatigue. In the Boston Marathon each person who crossesthatfinishlineisawinner. Questions14to16arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard. 14. What’stherealvictoryforthethousandsofMarathonrunners? 15. Whoisawinnerinthecompetition? 16. WhathappenedtotheancientGreekrunnerPheidippides? PassageThree Deep Springs is an American college. It is an unusual college. It is high in the white mountainsinCalifornia not in a collegetown. Thecampusis a collectionof old buildings withnobeautifulclassrooms.Theonlycollege-likethingaboutDeepSpringsisitslibrary. Students can study from the 17,000 books 24 hours a day. The library is never crowded as there are only 24 well-qualified male students at the college. In addition, there are only five full-time professors. These teachers believe in the idea of this college. They need to believe in it. They do not get much money. In fact, their salaries are only about 9,000 dollars a year plus room and meals. The schools gives the young teachers as well as the students something more important than money. “There is no place like Deep Springs,” says a second-year student from New York State, “Most colleges today are much the same but Deep Springs is not afraid to be different.” He says that students at hiscollege are in a situation quiteunlikein the other school. Students are thereto learn and they cannot run away from problems. There is no place to escape to. At most colleges, students can close their book and go to a film. They can go out to restaurants or to parties. Deep Springs students have completely different alternatives. They can talkto each other or to their teachers. Another possible activity is to go to the library to study.They might decide to do some work. The students who doesn’t want to do anyof these activities can go for a walk in the desert. Deep Springs is far from the world of restaurantsandcinemas.Thereisnotevenatelevisionsetoncampus. Questions17to20arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard. 17. WhatisthetotalnumberofstudentsatDeepSpringsCollege? 21淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 18. WhatistrueofthecampusofDeepSpringsCollege? 19. Whichofthefollowingismentionedinthepassage? 20. WhatcanstudentsatDeepSpringsdointheirsparetime? 22淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 1990年6月大学英语六级(CET-6)真题试卷 Part I Listening Comprehension(20 minutes) SectionA 1. A)Anewhousecostthirtythousanddollars. B) Bob’s house costhim sixtythousand dollars. C)Bob didn’t want to buyan oldhouse. D)Bob decided to buyan oldhouse. 2. A)Yes,butheneedstohavetheapprovalofhisprofessor. B)Yes, hecan studythere ifhe iswriting a research paper. C)Yes, because heis asenior student. D)No, it’s open only to teachers and postgraduates. 3. A)Hedoesn’tlikeseafoodanymore. B)Aseafood dinneris too expensive. C)Hedoesn’t have enough money. D)He likes seafood very much. 4. A)Hewenttothehospitaltotakehiswifehome. B) Hestayed in thehospitaluntil very late. Hetriedtocallthewomanseveraltimes. Hewenttothehospitalatmidnightyesterday. 5. Hererrorsweremainlyinthereadingpart. B) It wasn’t verychallenging toher. C)It was more difficultthan shehad expected. D)Shemade very few grammatical mistakes in her test. 6. A)6hours. B) 4hours. C)12hours. D)18hours. 7. A)It’sdirty. B) It’sfaded. C)It’sdyed. 23淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 D)It’s torn. 8. A)Sixteendollars. B) Eight dollars. C)Ten dollars. D)Twelvedollars. 9. A)HiswatchwillbefixednolaterthannextMonday. B) His watch needs toberepaired. C)Hemay comeagain forhis watch at theweekend. D)The woman won’t repairhis watch until nextMonday. 10. A)ThethingstodoonMondaymorning. B)Theweather onMondaymorning. C)Thetimeto see John. D)The place John shouldgo to. Section B PassageOne Questions11to14arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard. 11. A)Thenumberofitsreaders. B) Its unusual location. C)Its comfortable chairs. D)Its spacious rooms. 12. A)ThelatestversionoftheBible. B)Abookwritten byColumbus. C)Amapofthe NewWorld. D)One oftheearliest copies ofShakespeare’s work. 13. A)Ithastoofewemployees. B) It lacks moneyto cover its expenses. C)It isover crowded. D)It is growing too rapidly. 14. A)FromMondaytoFriday. B) From Monday toSaturday. 24淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 C)Every day. D)On Saturdays and Sundays. PassageTwo Questions15to17arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard. 15. A)Theywouldtrainthechildrentobehappystreetcleaners. B)They would make thechildren great scholars. C)They intended totrain thechildren as adults were trained. D)They would give thechildren freedom to fully develop themselves. 16. A)Somechildrenaregood,somearenot. B) Children are good bynature. C)Mostchildren are nervous. D)Children are not as brave as adults. 17. A)Hethinksascholarismorerespectablethanastreetcleaner. B) Hethinks highly of teaching as aprofession. C)Hethinks all jobsare equally good solong as peoplelikethem. D)He thinksa street cleaner ishappier than ascholar. PassageThree Questions18to20arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard. 18. A)Thedaughterofaprisonguard. B)TheEmperor of Rome. C)AChristiancouple. D)AChristian namedValentine. 19. A)Toproposemarriage. B)TocelebrateValentine’sbirthday. C)Toexpress theirrespect for eachother. D)Toshow theirlove. 20. A)ItisanAmericanfolktale. B) It issomething recorded in Roman history. C)It isone ofthepossibleorigins ofthis holiday. D)It is astory from theBible. 25淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 Part IIReading Comprehension(35 minutes) PassageOne Questions21to25arebasedonthefollowingpassage. One day in January 1913. G. H. Hardy, a famous Cambridge University mathematician received a letter from an Indian named Srinivasa Ramanujan asking him for his opinion of 120 mathematical theorems (定理) that Ramanujan said he had discovered. To Hardy, many of the theorems made no sense. Of the others, one or two were already well-known. Ramanujan must be some kind of trickplayer, Hardy decided, and put the letter aside. But all that day the letter kept hanging round Hardy. Might therebesomethinginthosewild-lookingtheorems? That evening Hardy invited another brilliant Cambridge mathematician, J. E. Littlewood, and the two men set out to assess the Indian’s worth. That incident was a turningpointinthehistoryofmathematics. At the time, Ramanujan was an obscure Madras Port Trust clerk. A little more than a year later, he was at Cambridge University, and beginning to be recognized as one of the most amazing mathematicians the world has ever known. Though he died in 1920, much of his work was so far in advance of his time that only in recent years is it beginningtobeproperlyunderstood. Indeed, his results are helping solve today’s problems in computer science and physics,problemsthathecouldhavehadnonotionof. For Indians, moreover, Ramanujan has a special significance. Ramanujan, though bornin poorandill-paid accountant’sfamily100yearsago,hasinspiredmanyIndiansto adoptmathematicsascareer. Much of Ramanujan’s work is in number theory, a branch of mathematics that deals with the subtle (难以捉摸的) laws and relationships that govern numbers. Mathematicians describe his results as elegant and beautiful but they are much too complextobeappreciatedbylaymen. Hislife,though,isfullofdramaandsorrow.Itisoneofthegreatromanticstoriesof mathematics, a distressing reminder that genius can surface and rise in the most unpromisingcircumstances. 21. WhenHardyreceivedthe 120theoremsfrom Ramanujan,hisattitude atfirstmight bebestdescribedas________. A)uninterested B) unsympathetic C)suspicious D)curious 22. Ramanujan’spositioninCambridgeUniversityowedmuchto________. 26淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 A)thejudgement ofhis work byHardy and Littlewood B) his letterofapplication accepted byHardy C)his work as a clerk at Madras PortTrust D)his being recognized bytheworld as afamous mathematician 23. Itmaybeinferredfromthepassagethattheauthor________. A)feels sorry forRamanujan’searly death B) is dissatisfiedwith theslowdevelopment ofcomputer science C)is puzzledabout thecomplexity ofRamanujan’s theorems D)greatly appreciates Ramanujan’s mathematical genius 24. Inthelastparagraph,theauthorpointsoutthat________. A) Ramanujan’s mathematical theorems were not appreciated by other mathematicians B) extremely talented peoplecan prove theirworth despitedifficultcircumstances C)Ramanujan also wrote anumber ofstories about mathematics D) Ramanujan had worked out an elegant but complicated method of solving problems 25. Theword“laymen”(LastPara,Lind6)mostprobablymeans________. A)people who donot specializein mathematical science B) peoplewho are careless C)peoplewho are notinterested in mathematics D)people who don’t liketo solvecomplicated problems PassageTwo Questions26to30arebasedonthefollowingpassage. Even if all the technical and intellectual problems can be solved, there are major social problems inherent in the computer revolution. The most obvious is unemployment, since the basic purpose of commercial computerization is to get more workdonebyfewerpeople.One British study predicts that “automation induced unemployment” in Western Europecouldreach 16~, 6 in the next decade, but most analyses are more optimistic. The general rule seems to be that new technology eventually creates as many jobs as it destroys, and often more. “People who put in computers usually increase their staffs as well” says CPT’s Scheff. “Of course,” he adds, “one industry may kill another industry. That’s tough onsomepeople.” Theoretically,allunemployedworkerscanberetrained,butretraining programsare 27淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 not high on the nation’s agenda (议事日程). Many new jobs, moreover, will require an ability in using computers, and the retraining needed to use them will have to be repeated as the technology keeps improving. Says a chilling report by the Congressional OfficeofTechnologyAssessment: “Lifelong retraining is expected to become the standard for many people. “There is a already considerable evidence that the school children now being educated in the use of computers are generally the children of the white middle class. Young blacks, whose unemploymentratestandstodayat5096,willfindanotherbarrierinfrontofthem. Such social problems are not the fault of the computer, of course, but a consequence of the way the American society might use the computer. “Even in the days of the Big, main-frame computers, when they were a machine for the few.” says KatherineDavisFishman,authorof The Computer Establishment, “it was a tool to help the rich get richer. It still is to a large extent. One of the great values of the personal computer is that smaller firms, smaller organizations can now have some of the advantages of the bigger organizations.” 26. Theclosestrestatementof“oneindustrymaykillanotherindustry”(Para.1Line11) isthat________. A)industries tend to compete with oneanother B) oneindustry might be driven out ofbusiness byanother industry C)oneindustry may increase itsstaffat theexpenseof another D)industries tend to combineinto bigger ones 27. Theword“chilling”(Para.2,Line5)mostprobablymeans________. A)misleading B) convincing C)discouraging D)interesting 28. WhichofthefollowingisNOTmentionedinthepassage? A)Computers are efficient in retraining unemployed workers. B) Computers may offermore working opportunities than they destroy. C)Computers willincrease theunemployment rate ofyoung blacks. D)Computers can help smaller organizationsto function more effectively. 29. Fromthepassageitcanbeinferredthat________. A)all school children are offered acourse in theuse ofcomputers B) all unemployed workers are being retrained C)retrainingprogrammes are considered very important bythegovernment 28淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 D)inreality only a certainportion ofunemployed workers will beretrained 30. Themajorproblemdiscussedinthepassageis________. A)theimportance oflifelong retraining of theunemployed workers B) thesocial consequences ofthewidespread useofcomputers in theUnited States C)thebarrierto theemployment of young people D)thegeneral ruleoftheadvancement oftechnology PassageThree Questions31to35arebasedonthefollowingpassage. Mobility of individual members and family groups tends to split up family relationships. Occasionally the movement of a family away from a situation which has been the source of friction results in greater family organization, but on the whole mobility is disorganizing. Individualsandfamiliesareinvolvedinthreetypesofmobility:movementinspace, movement up or down in social status, and the movement of ideas. These are termed respectivelyspatial,vertical,andideationalmobility. A great increase in spatial mobility has gone along with improvements in rail and water transportation, the invention and use of the automobile, and the availability of airplane passenger service. Spatial mobility results in a decline in the importance of the traditional home with its emphasis on family continuity and stability. It also means that whenindividualfamilymembersorthefamilyasawholemoveawayfromacommunity, the person or the family is removed from the pressures of relatives, friends, and community institutionsfor conventionalityand stability.Even more important is the fact that spatial mobility permits some members of a family to come in contact with and possiblyadoptattitudes, values, andwaysof thinking differentfrom those heldbyother family members. The presence of different attitudes, values, and ways of thinking with in a family may, and often does, result in conflict and family disorganization. Potential disorganization is present in those families in which the husband, wife, and children are spatially separated over a long period, or are living together but see each other only brieflybecauseofdifferentworkschedules. Oneindexof theincrease in vertical mobilityisthegreatincrease inthe proportion of sons, and to some extent daughters, who engage in occupations other than those of theparents. Another index of vertical mobility is the degree of intermarriage between racial classes.Thisoccursalmostexclusivelybetweenclasseswhichareadjacenttoeachother. Engaging in a different occupation, or intermarriage, like spatial mobility, allows one to come in contact with ways of behavior different from those of the parental home, and tendstoseparateparentsandtheirchildren. The increase in ideational mobility is measured by the increase in publications, 29淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 such as newspapers, periodicals, and books, the increase in the percentage of the populationowningradios, andtheincreaseintelevisionsets.Allthesetendtointroduce newideasintothehome. When individual family members are exposed to and adopt the new ideas, the tendency is for conflict to arise and for those in conflict to become psychologically separatedfromeachother. 31. Whatthepassagetellsuscanbesummarizedbythestatement: A)social development results in adecline in theimportance oftraditional families B) potential disorganization ispresent intheAmerican family C)family disorganizationis moreor less theresult of mobility D)themovement ofafamily is one ofthe factors in raising itssocial status 32. Accordingtothepassage,thosewholiveinatraditionalfamily________. A)are less likely toquarrel with others because ofconventionality and stability B) have todepend ontheirrelatives and friends ifthey donot moveaway from it C)can get morehelpfrom theirfamily members ifthey are in trouble D)will have morefreedom of action and thought ifthey moveaway from it 33. Potentialdisorganizationexistsinthosefamiliesinwhich________. A)thehusband, wife, and children work too hard B) thehusband, wife, and children seldom get together C)bothparents have towork full time D)thefamily members are subject tosocial pressures 34. Intermarriage and different occupations play an important role in family disorganizationbecause________. A)they enable thechildren to travel around without theirparents’permission B) they allowoneto find a good job and improveone’s social status C) they enable the children to better understand the ways of behavior of their parents D) they permit one to come into contact with different ways of behavior and thinking 35. This passage suggests that a well-organized family is a family whose members ________. A)are not psychologically withdrawn from one another B) never quarrel with each othereven when they disagree C)often help each other with truelove and affection 30淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 D)are exposed tothesamenew ideas introduced bybooks, radios, andTVsets PassageFour Questions36to40arebasedonthefollowingpassage. To call someone bird-brained in English means you think that person is silly or stupid. But will this description soon disappear from use in the light of recent research? It seemstheEnglishmayhavebeenunfairinassociationbird’sbrainswithstupidity. In an attempt to find out how different creatures see the world, psychologists at Brown University in the USA have been comparing the behaviour of birds and humans. One experiment has involved teaching pigeons to recognize letters of the English alphabet. The birds study in “classrooms”, which are boxes equipped with a computer. After about four days of studying a particular letter, the pigeon has to pick out that letterfrom severaldisplayedonthecomputerscreen.Threemalepigeonshavelearntto distinguishalltwenty-sixlettersofthealphabetinthisway. A computer record of the birds’ four-month study period has shown surprising similarities between the pigeons’ and human performance. Pigeons and people find the sameletterseasy,orhard,totellapart.Forexample,92percentofthetimethepigeons couldtellthe letterD fromthe letterZ.Butwhen facedwithU andV (oftenconfusedby Englishchildren),thepigeonswererightonly34percentofthetime. The results of the experiments so far have led psychologists to conclude that pigeons and humans observe things in similar ways. This suggests that there is something fundamental about the recognition process. If scientists could only discover just what this recognition process is it could be very useful for computer designers. The disadvantage of a present computer is that it can only do what a human being has programmed it to do and the programmer must give the computer precise, logical instructions. Maybe in the future, though, computers will be able to think like human beings. 36. The writer suggests that the expression “bird-brained” might be out of use soon becauseitis________. A)silly B) impolite C)unnecessary D)inappropriate 37. Psychologists have been experimenting with pigeons to find out whether the birds ________. A)are really sillyorstupid B) can learn to make ideas known topeople C)seethe world as humanbeings do 31淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 D)learn more quicklythan children 38. UandVareconfusedby________. A)92per cent ofpigeons B) many Englishchildren C)mostpeople learning English D)34per cent ofEnglishchildren 39. Therearesimilaritiesinobservingthingsbypigeonsandhumans________. A)because pigeons are taught byhumans B) becausepigeons have brains more developed than other birds C)becausetheir basicways toknowtheworld are thesame D)because pigeons and humans have similarbrains 40. Theresearchmayhelp________. A)computer designers B) computersalesmen C)psychologists D)teachers Part IIIVocabulary andStructure(20minutes) Directions: There are 30 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Choose the ONE that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with asinglelinethrough thecentre. 41. Germansusedtobelievethatallotherraceswereinferior________them. A)than B) for C)to D)from 42. The main road through Pittsburgh’s blocked for three hours todayafter an accident ________twotrucks. A)connecting B) combining, C)including D)involving 32淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 43. Many parents think that a regular ________ is an excellent way to teach children thevalueofmoney. A)allowance B) grant C)aid D)amount 44. Thegirlissosensitivethatsheis________togetangryattheslightestoffence. A)adaptable B) liable C)fit D)suitable 45. Hewasatthe________ofhiscareerwhenhewasmurdered. A)glory B) power C)pride D)height 46. I have never met the professor though I have been in correspondence him for severalyears. A)with B) by C)of D)to 47. ________theymustlearninacourseisnotprovidedintheclassroom. A)Many things B) Somuch C)Muchofwhat D)Allwhat 48. Of the immigrants who came to America in the first three quarters of the seventeenthcentury,the________majoritywasEnglish. A)overwhelming B) overflowing C)overtaking D)overloading 33淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 49. Youcan’tbe________carefulinmakingthedecisionasitissuchacriticalcase. A)quite B) too C)very D)so 50. By the first decade of the 21st century, international commercial air traffic is expected________vastlybeyondtoday’slevels. A)tohave extended B) tobe extending C)being extended D)having been extended 51. Thedoctor warnedhispatientthat________should hereturntoworkuntilhehad completelyrecovered. A)onall accounts B) onnoaccount C)onany account D)onevery account 52. We started burning some leaves in our yard, but the fire got ________ and we had tocallthefiredepartmenttoputitout: A)out ofhand B) outof order C)outof thequestion D)out ofthe way 53. Ifanearthquakeoccurred,someoftheone-storeyhouses________. A)might bestanding left B) might beleft standing C)might leave to bestanding D)might beleft to stand 54. The professor picked several students ________ from the class and asked them to helphimwiththeexperiment. A)at ease B) at all C)at random 34淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 D)at hand 55. Everyyearthereissome________ofthelaws. A)transformation B) identification C)correction D)alteration 56. Some people believe that proficiency in a foreign language is not achieved through teachingandlearningbut________throughactualuse. A)received B) accepted C)derived D)acquired 57. It is said that somewhere between the ages of 6 and 9, children begin to think ________insteadofconcretely. A)logically B) reasonably C)abstractly D)generally 58. Seafoodofallkindsis________inthestatesthatbordertheoceans. A)abandoned B) advantageous C)abundant D)accumulated 59. Ican’tbackthecarbecausethereisatruck________. A)inevery way B) ina way C)inthe way D)inany way: 60. ________ as a poor boy in a family of seventeen children. Benjamin Franklin becamefamousonbothsidesoftheAtlanticasastatesman,scientist,andauthor. A)Starting B) Started C)Being started 35淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 D)Tohave started 61. ThoughI’veneverseenyoubefore.Iguessyou________bethenewsecretary. A)should B) must C)would D)could 62. Thisstorehasanexcellent________forfairdealing. A)repetition B) reputation C)authority D)popularity 63. The atmosphere is as much a part of the earth as ________ its soils and the water ofitslakes,riversandoceans. A)has B) do C)is D)are 64. Her terror was so great ________ somewhere to escape, she would have run for herlife. A)onlyifthere hadbeen B) that there had only been C)that had there only been D)ifthere was only 65. While you pedal away on the exercise bicycle, a machine will be ________ your breathingandpulse. A)reviewing B) screening C)surveying D)monitoring 66. Understanding the cultural habits of another nation, especially ________ containingasmanydifferentsubculturesastheUnitedStatesisacomplextask. A)these B) that 36淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 C)one D)such 67. Theirbedroomwindows________alovelygarden. A)lookupto B) lookout for C)lookforward to D)lookout on 68. Ihopedtogetthehousebutarichmanwas________againstme. A)bidding B) disputing C)betting D)testifying 69. Hisfirstnovel‘Night’wasanaccountoftheNazi crimes________ throughtheeyes ofateenagedboy. A)and were seen B) which saw C)butwas seen D)as seen 70. Thejudgerecommendedthathe________foratleastthreeyears. A)was not released B) notbe released C)had not been released D)not released Part IVErrorCorrection (15 minutes) Directions: This part consists of a short passage. In this passage, there are altogether 10 mistakes, one in each numbered line. You may have to change a word, add a word or delete a word. Mark out the mistakes and put the corrections in the blanks provided. If you change a word, cross it out and write the correct word in the corresponding blank. If you add a word, put an insertion mark (∧) in the right place and write the missing word in the blank. If you delete aword, crossit andput aslash(/) in theblank. Example: Televisionisrapidlybecomingtheliteratureofourperiods╱. 1. time/times/period 37淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 Manyoftheargumentshaving╱ usedforthestudyofliteratureas 2. _______\_______ aschoolsubjectarevalidfor ∧ studyoftelevision. 3.______the______ Quite recently researchers have reviewed the causes of motion sickness and methods with which it may be suppressed. They concentrated first of all in motion sicknesswhichdevelopsinchildren(71)travellinginthebackseatofcars. A lot ofchildren suffer terriblyfrom car sick. What’s requiredis to provide the child with(72)thevisualfieldhehasinwalk.So objectsat(73)a distance inthecenter ofthe field remain stationary while those in the peripheral field appear to move. This can be achieved by positioning the child in a raised seat in the front of the car, that, of course, isn’tvery(74)sensibleintermsofsafety. Looking at the horizon is always beneficial to anyone develops sea sickness, because it’s the (75) only object which doesn’t move. If he is below deck, closing his eyesishelpful.It’sbettertohavenovisualinformationbutsomethingwhich (76)results inconflict. Taking drugs is one way to prevent motion sickness. In the fact, it’s interesting to note (77) that these have been excluded in medical kits (78) used in space flights. Astronauts have been known to develop motion sickness, too: Drugs are fine in moderation.We human beings, moreover,are not (79) alone in our suffering. Dogs, cats andhorsesare also easilyeffected.Evenfishin glass (80)containersonshipssometimes becomeseasick. PartVWriting(30 minutes) Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic: How to Solve the Housing Problem in Big Cities? Four suggested solutions to this problem are listed below. You are supposed to write in favour of one suggestion (ONE only) and against another (ONE only). You should give your reasons in both cases. You should write no less than 120 words. Remember to give a short introduction and a brief conclusion. Write your composition clearly. 四种可能解决住房问题的方案： 1. 多造高层建筑 2. 向地下发展 3. 建造卫星城市 4. 疏散城市人口 HowtoSolvetheHousingProbleminBigCities? 38淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 1990年6月六级参考答案 Part I 1. C 2. C 3. A 4. A 5. D 6. A 7. B 8. B 9. D 10. C 11. A 12. B 13. D 14. C 15. D 16. B 17. C 18. B 19. D 20. A PartII 21. D 22. B 23. C 24. B 25. B 26. C 27. C 28. A 29. A 30. A 31. D 32. D 33. C 34. A 35. A 36. D 37. B 38. C 39. D 40. B Part III 41. C 42. A 43. B 44. A 45. A 46. D 47. B 48. D 49. B 50.A 51. C 52. A 53. B 54. C 55. C 56. C 57. C 58. D 59. B 60. A 61. D 62. D 63. D 64. D 65. A 66. D 67. B 68. A 69. C 70. B 39淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 1991年1月大学英语六级(CET-6)真题试卷 Part I Listening Comprehension(20 minutes) SectionA 1. A)Excited. B) Pleased. C)Moved. D)Disappointed. 2. A)Shehasn’tbeenwelllately. B) Shewants atechnician to repairit. C)Shefeels unhappywithouttheTVset. D)Shewants himto fix it at once. 3. A)Heoftencomplainsabouthisjob. B) Heis not interested inoffice work. C)Helikes his job very much. D)He does mind all theovertime. 4. A)Hermotherdidherhair. B) Sheinherited it. C)Her motherdesigned. D)Her hair ismodeled. 5. A)Allendoestwiceasmuchworkastherest. B)Allen will dotheassignment in two hours. C)Allen is very careless with his homework. D)Allen works twice as fast as therest. 6. A)Themanislookingforabook. B)Thewoman is alibrarian. C)Thebookwas oflittlehelp totheman. D)The bookwas ofgreat help tothe man. 7. A)6. B) 15. C)14. 40淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 D)29. 8. A)Maybetheinvitationwastoolate. B)Theman’s wife didn’t inviteMargaret. C)Margaret promised to come, but latershe changed hermind. D)Margaret willcome any moment. 9. A)Togotobed. B)Tocheck her family expenses. C)Tostay upstairs. D)Torest for awhile. 10. A)Johnisusuallylate. B) John willnot showup. C)John willbe thereat eight-thirty. D)John is usually ontime. Section B PassageOne 11. A)Somepianopieces. B) Songs sungbyAfrican singers. C)Anewkind of music. D)Musicfrom different parts oftheworld. 12. A)Tenderness. B) Happiness. C)Love. D)Sadness. 13. A)Howmuchpeoplelikesadmusic. B)Whymusicis an important form of art. C)Howmusicexpresses people’s feelings. D)In what way classicmusicdiffers from popmusic. PassageTwo 14. A)Thewayyoupursueit. 41淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 B)Theinterest you have. C)Thetimeyou can afford. D)The money you spend onit. 15. A)Playingtennis. B) Playing cards. C)Collectingcoins. D)Collecting stamps. 16. A)Onecanalwaysfindtimetopursueahobby. B)Ahobbyisof particular importance to apolitical figure. C)Thecorrect choice ofa hobbydepends onone’sracial position. D)Everyone should learn howto choosea hobbyfromWinston Churchill. PassageThree 17. A)Totrainstudentstobesuccessfulscholars. B)Toteach students to begood citizens. C)Toteach students to work hard. D)Totrain students tobe social workers. 18. A)Todobetterinmathandscience. B)Tocompete with each other. C)Toobey theteacher. D)Tohelp each other. 19. A)Relaxing. B) Boring. C)Tense. D)Serious. 20. A)Lowscoresofthestudents. B)Teachers’impatience. C)Bad behavior amongchildren. D)Heavy course load. Part IIReading Comprehension(35 minutes) PassageOne 42淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 Merchant and passenger ships are generally required to have a life preserver for every person aboard and, in many cases, a certain percentage of smaller sizes for children. According to United States Coast Guard requirements, life preservers must be simple in design, reversible, capable of being quickly adjusted to fit the uninitiated individual, and must be so designed as to support the wearer in the water in an upright orslightlybackwardposition. Sufficient buoyancy (浮力) to support the wearer should be retained by the life preserver after 48 hour in the water, and it should be reliable even after long period of storage.Thus it should be made of materialsresistantto sunlight, gasoline,and oils, and itshouldbenoteasilysetonfire. The position in which the life preserver will support a person who jumps or falls intothe water ismostimportant, asis itstendencytoturn thewearer in the waterfrom a face-down position to an upright or slightly backward position, with his face clear of thewater,evenwhenthewearerisexhaustedorunconscious. The method of adjustment to the body should be simple, and self-evident to uninitiated persons even in the dark under the confused conditions which follow a disaster. Thus, the life preserver should be reversible, so that it is nearly impossible to set it on wrong. Catches, straps, and ties should be kept to a minimum. In addition, the life preserver must be adjustable to the wide variety of shapes and sizes of wearers, sincethisgreatlyaffectsthepositionoffloatingandtheself-righting qualities.Asuitable life preserver should also be comfortable to wear at all times, in and out of the water, not so heavy as to encourage to take it off on shipboard while the ship is in danger, nor soburdensomethatithindersapersoninthewaterwhiletryingtoswim. 21. Thepassageismainlyabout________. A)theuses oflifepreservers B) thedesign oflife preservers C)thematerials for lifepreservers D)thebuoyancy of lifepreservers 22. Accordingtothepassage,alifepreservershouldbefirstofall,________. A)adjustable B) comfortable C)self-evident D)self-righting 23. United States Coast Guard does NOT require the life preserver to the made ________. A)with as few strings as possible B) capableofbeing worn onboth sides C)according to each wearer’s size 43淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 D)comfortable and light to wear 24. By “the uninitiated individual” (Para. 1, line 6) the author refers to the person ________. A)who has not been instructed howto usea lifepreserver B) who has a littleexperience in usinga lifepreserver C)who uses a lifepreserver without permission D)who becomes nervous before a disaster 25. What would happen if a person were supported by the life preserver in a wrong position? A)The waves would movehim backwards. B)Thewater would choke him. C)Hewould immediately sinkto thebottom. D)He would beexhausted or unconscious. PassageTwo A hundred yearsago it was assumed and scientifically “proved” by economists that the laws of society made it necessary to have a vast army of poor and jobless people in order to keep the economy going. Today, hardly anybody would dare to voice this principle. It is generally accepted that nobody should be excluded from the wealth Western industrialized countries, a system of insurance has been introduced which guaranteeseveryoneaminimumofsubsistence(生活维持费)incaseofunemployment, sickness and old age. I would go one step further and argue that, even if these conditionsarenot present, everyone hastherightto receive the meansto subsist(维持 生活), in other words, he can claim this subsistence minimum without having to have any “reason”. I would suggest, however, that it should be limited to a definite period of time, let’s say two years, so as to avoid the encouraging of an abnormal attitude which refusedanykindofsocialobligation. Thismaysoundlikeafantasticproposal,butso,Ithink,ourinsurancesystemwould have sounded to people a hundred years ago. The main objection to such a scheme would be that if each person were entitled to receive minimum support, people would not work. This assumption rests on the fallacy of the inherent laziness in human nature, actually, aside from abnormally lazy people, there would be very few who would not want to earn more than the minimum, and who would prefer to do nothing rather than work. However, the suspicions against a system of guaranteed subsistence minimum are not groundless, from the standpoint of those who want to use ownership of capital for the purpose of forcing others to accept the work conditions they offer. If nobody were forced to accept work in order not to starve, work would have to be sufficiently interestingandattractivetoinduceonetoacceptit.Freedomofcontractispossibleonly 44淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 if both parties are free to accept and reject it; in the present capitalist system this is not thecase. But such a system would not only be the beginning of real freedom of contract between employers and employees, its principal advantage would be the improvement offreedomininter-personalrelationshipsineverysphereofdailylife. 26. Peopleusedtothinkthatpovertyandunemploymentweredueto________. A)theslowdevelopment oftheeconomy B) thepoorand joblesspeople’s ownfaults C)thelack of responsibilityon thepart ofsociety D)thelarge number ofpeople whowere not well-educated 27. Nowitiswidelyacceptedthat________. A)thepresent system ofsocial insurance shouldbe improved B) everybody should begranted aminimumof subsistence withoutany “reason” C)everybody has theright to share inthewealth ofthecountry D)people have tochange theirattitudetowards thepoor 28. Thewriterarguesthatasystemofsocialinsuranceshould________. A)provide benefits for thesick, old and unemployed B) encourage peopleto take onmoresocial obligations C)guaranteeeveryone theright to beemployed D)provide everyone with theright to aminimumsubsistencefor a certain period 29. Theword“fallacy”(Para.2.L.6)means________. A)doubt B) fact C)strong argument D)wrong belief 30. Accordingtothewriter,asystemofguaranteedsubsistenceminimum________. A)demands too much from society B) makes freedom of contract impossible C)helps peopletake interest in theirwork D)helps bring about changes in therelationship amongpeople PassageThree Questions31to35arebasedonthefollowingpassage. 45淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 The newborn can see the difference between various shapes and patterns from birth. He prefers patterns to dull or bright solid colors and looks longer at stripes and angles than at circular patterns. Within three weeks, however, his preference shifts dramaticallytothehumanface. Why should a baby with so little visual experience attend more to a human face than to any other kind of pattern’? Some scientists think this preference represents a built in advantage for the human species. The object of prime importance to the physically helpless infant is a human being. Babies seem to have a natural tendency to the human face as potentially rewarding. Researchers also point out that the newborn wisely relies more on pattern than on outline, size, or color. Pattern remains stable, while outline changes with point of view; size, with distance from an object; and brightnessandcolor,withlighting. Mothers have always claimed that they could see their newborns looking at them as they held them, despite what they have been told. The experts who thought that perception (知觉) had to await physical development and the consequence of action werewrongforseveralreasons.Earlierresearchtechniqueswerelesssophisticatedthan they are today.Physical skills were once used to indicate perception of objects-skills like visualtrackingandreachingforanobject,bothofwhichthenewborndoespoorly.Then, too, assumptions that the newborn’s eye and brain were too immature for anything as sophisticated as pattern recognition caused opposing data to be thrown away. Since perception of form was widely believed to follow perception of more “basic” qualities suchascolorandbrightness,thepossibilityofitspresencefrombirthwasrejected. 31. Whatdoesanewbornbabyliketoseemost’? A)Bright colors. B) Circularpatterns. C)Stripesand angles. D)Various shapes. 32. The newborn pays more attention to a human face than any other kind of objects because________. A)he sees a humanface more often than any otherkind ofpattern B) hehas an inherent abilitytoregard ahuman being as helpful C)ahuman face is themostcomplex pattern hecan see D)a human face is often accompanied byapleasant voice 33. Contrarytowhattheybelieve,mothershavebeentoldthatnewborns________. A)care littleabout a human face B) can’t track their movements C)can’t seetheir faces D)can easily perceive brightness 46淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 34. Inearlierresearchesonthenewborn’sperception,scientists________. A)ignored evidence contrary to theirassumptions B) believed that perception of form comes before perception ofcolor and brightness C)opposedthrowing away effective data D)proved that physical skillscome after visual perception 35. Themainideaofthepassageisthat________. A)research techniques are ofvital importance scientificinvestigation B) thefindings ofearlier scientific researchers often provewrong C)newborns can perceive forms from birth D)more often thannot theclaims ofmothers are reliable PassageFour Questions36to40arebasedonthefollowingpassage. Albert Einstein recalled his learning problems philosophically: “My intellectual (智 力的) development was slow, as a result of which I began to wonder about space and time only when I had already grown up. Naturally, I could go deeper into the problem than a child.” And so, 11 years after dismissal from school, young Albert Einstein publishedthetheoryofrelativitythatchangedourunderstandingoftheuniverse. No one in this century has been more widely recognized as a genius than Einstein. Yet his problems with early intellectual development and his peculiar gifts cast great doubt on all our conventional ideas about genius, intelligence or “I.Q.” (智商). On the one hand, Einstein showed early defects in abilities that our mental tests value; on the other hand, his special intellectual faculties went far beyond most definitions of intelligence. Moreover, their growth appears peculiarly gradual, contradicting the popular conception of intelligence as something inborn and fixed. His resolute persistence and his skills in playing games with ideas were apparently as decisive to his geniusasanycuttingedgeofintellect(智能). These powerful aspects of intelligence that conventional definitions overlook are getting close attention in a new wave of research. This comes after years of earlier studies which exposed the narrowness of our usual measures of mental ability. Intelligence, it turns out, is multifaceted and marvelous; it includes personal characteristics, creativity skills and intellectual capabilities that show up on no test. What is most exciting is that some of these iii-defined abilities are possessed by many people. Just knowing about such neglected skills will help us discover and develop untapped(未开发的)potential-inourselvesandinourchildren. 36. Thispassageisabout________. A)thedevelopment ofEinstein’s intellect B) thewiderecognition ofEinstein as agenius 47淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 C)conventional ideas concerning genius D)an insight to thecomplexity ofhuman intelligence 37. Accordingtothepassage,whenEinsteinwasatschool,he________. A)fell behind otherpupils B) was fond ofstudying philosophical problems C)was proud ofhis own diligence D)thought moredeeply about theproblems ofspace and timethan his classmates 38. WhichofthefollowingledtoEinstein’ssuccess? A)His good skillsingame-playing. B) His diligence and powerful mind. C)His unusual insight intothe conceptionof intelligence. D)His decisiveness in taking actions. 39. “Multifaceted”(Para.3,Line6)probablymeans________. A)having many aspects B) having many abilities C)having many skills D)having many uses 40. AccordingtothepassagewhichofthefollowingstatementsisTRUE’? A)Conventional intelligencetests are not reliable. B) For ordinary people intelligenceis something inborn and fixed. C) Einstein was apparently a genius in playing games as well as in scientific research. D)Einstein’s early defects inabilities contributed to his later mental development. Part IIIVocabulary andStructure(20minutes) 41. Theoilshortage________thepricesofchemicalfertilizersontheworldmarket. A)drove oil B) droveup C)drovein D)drove off 42. There are five ________ mistakes in this picture. Can you find them and win a prize? A)intensive 48淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 B) deliberate C)planned D)calculated 43. Thesestudieswillyieldvaluablelemons________. A)inwhich to save lives and protect property B) howto savelives and protect property C)inhow tosave lives andprotect property D)about those tosave lives and protect property 44. The school offered flexible courses for farmers, ________ more hours of study whenfarmworkwasnotheavy. A)with B) without C)in D)for 45. Part of the cost of many articles is taken as tax by the government ________ the community. A)inplace of B) onaccount of C)interms of D)onbehalf of 46. Soldiersactin________totheordersoftheirofficers. A)obligation B) objection C)obedience D)offence 47. ________ after the Second World War that test pilots first attempted to break the “Soundbarrier.” A)It was shortly B) Untilshortly C)Shortlywas it D)Shortly 48. ________intheAtacamaDesert. A)It never virtually rains 49淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 B) It virtually never rains C)Never it rains virtually D)Never virtuallyit rains 49. Society now requires the university to be a part of the community. ________, studentsthemselvesexpecttoplayaroleintheaffairsofsociety. A)Hence B) However C)Moreover D)Otherwise 50. Superconductorsloseelectricalresistanceonly________subjectedtointensecold. A)through B) when C)as D)by 51. Thosewholieandcheatwillnever________it. A)get onwith B) get back to C)get away with D)get offwith 52. AforeignlanguagelikeEnglishisdifficulttolearn,soyou________worktoohard. A)should B) mustn’t C)can’t D)ought to 53. Cultural life in England takes so many forms that a brief summary can only attempt to________itsvariety. A)suggest B) remind C)consider D)propose 54. Thereare________ periodsinananimal’slifewhen itiscapableoflearninga great dealinaveryshorttime. A)urgent 50淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 B) violent C)serious D)critical 55. Do employers in your country ________ workers for in juries suffered at their work? A)conform B) conflict C)compel D)compensate 56. Sincetheybetrayedus,theyhavenohopeofconvincing________theirsincerity. A)with B) for C)in D)of 57. Theyassuredusthat________waswaitingfortheyweretheretoshareit. A)what B) whatever C)it D)whoever 58. ________exposuretodirtyaircancausepeoplesufferfromsomediseases. A)Raised B) Prolonged C)Expanded D)Enlarged 59. ________ about one of the most rapidly changing countries in a ceaselessly changingworldisnotalleasy. A)Being informed B)Tobe informing C)Have in formed D)Informed 60. Though you stay in the sea for weeks, you will not ________ contact with the outsideworld. A)lose 51淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 B) fall C)miss D)fail 61. Visitors to England sometimes find the lack of public activities in the evenings ________. A)depressed B) depression C)depressing D)depressingly 62. Julieisoneofthosewomenwhoalways________thelatestfashions. A)lookafter B) keep upwith C)runfor D)go infor 63. This traditional entertainment for children in America has never, ________ I know, becomepopularinChina. A)as far as B) as much C)tothe extent that D)so long as 64. Mr.Smithattendstothe________ofimportantbusinesshimself: A)transmission B) transformation C)transaction D)transition 65. Besides what you have explained, can you think of ________ reason for their terribleaction? A)any B) else C)other D)another 66. Thechairmanthreatened________ifhispolicieswerenotadopted. A)toresign 52淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 B) resigning C)tobe resigned D)being resigned 67. Shewasabletogivethepoliceafullaccountofsinceshehadbeen________toit. A)an observer B) an on-looker C)awatcher D)a witness 68. Veryfewpeopleunderstoodhislecture,thesubjectofwhichwasvery________. A)obscure B) upsetting C)distant D)inferior 69. Although the national government has introduced some new laws on this subject, itisthe________stategovernmentswhichareresponsibleforpollutioncontrol. A)precisely B) primarily C)progressively D)preliminarily 70. Hewould________itthathissontookalivelierinterestinpolitics. A)see into B) seethrough C)seeabout D)see to Part IVErrorCorrection (15 minutes) Directions: This part consists of a short passage. In this passage, there are altogether 10 mistakes, one in each numbered line. You may have to change a word, add a word or delete a word. Mark out the mistakes and put the corrections in the blanks provided. If you change a word, cross it out and write the correct word in the corresponding blank. If you add a word, put an insertion mark (∧) in the right place and write the missing word in the blank. If you delete aword, crossit andput aslash(/) in theblank. Example: 53淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 Televisionisrapidlybecomingtheliteratureofourperiods╱. 1. time/times/period Manyoftheargumentshaving╱ usedforthestudyofliteratureas 2. _______\_______ aschoolsubjectarevalidfor ∧ studyoftelevision. 3.______the______ By the time of the Civil War, there were many differences between the North and theSouth. For instance, the population of the (71) North was far greater than of the South. (72)Twenty-two millionpeople lived in theNorth; nine millionlived in the South.Tothe nine million people in the South, more than three million were (73) slaves, many of whomwouldfightfortheNorth. In addition to have more people, the (74) North also possessed most of the factories in the United States. This greatly helped the Southern (75) army, which could count on adequate supplies of (76) guns, ammunition(弹药), and clothing during (77) the Civil War.In thecontrast, theSouth, since itmainlydependedon farming, hadmany factories. The Southern leaders hoped to gain war supplies from European countries. They planned to buy their crops (78) to England and France in return for guns and ammunitiontofightthewar.(79) Except its industry, the North also had a larger network of railroads to transport supplies. (80) The South, which had few railroads, depended on its waterways to transportmenandsupplies. Moreover, the North had an establishing army, navy, and government, while the Southhadtobeginorganizingitsselfmilitaryforce. PartVWriting(30 minutes) Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition about ManIs toSurvive.Youshould baseyour writingonthe followingoutline: 1. 人类面临的问题(如能源、疾病、污染、人口等) 2. 悲观的看法(如人类将无法生存) 3. 人类的智慧和出路 Your composition should be no less than 120 words. Be sure to write your compositioninreadablehandwriting. ManIstoSurvive 54淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 1991年1月六级参考答案 Part I 1. D 2. C 3. A 4. A 5. B 6. A 7. D 8. B 9. D 10. C 11. D 12. A 13. D 14. B 15. C 16. B 17. A 18. C 19. B 20. C PartII 21. D 22. A 23. A 24. D 25. C 26. C 27. B 28. B 29. D 30. D 31. B 32. A 33. C 34. C 35. A 36. D 37. B 38. C 39. A 40. A Part III 41. D 42. B 43. D 44. C 45. A 46. A 47. C 48. D 49. D 50. A 51. C 52. A 53. C 54. B 55. B 56. B 57. B 58. C 59. B 60. D 61. C 62. D 63. A 64. C 65. A 66. B 67. A 68. A 69. B 70. D 55淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 1991年6月大学英语六级(CET-6)真题试卷 Part I Listening Comprehension(20 minutes) SectionA 1. A)Shewantstoreturntheskirtherhusbandbought. B) Shewants to buyanother skirt. C)Shewants to change theblueskirt for ayellowone. D)Shewants tochange theyellow skirt forablue one. 2. A)It’stooexpensive. B) It isn’t needed. C)It shouldbe built. D)Acollegewould be better. 3. A)Jack’scarwasstolen. B) Jack sold his car. C)Jack bought a newcar. D)Jack had a car accident. 4. A)Somepeoplepretendtoknowwhattheyreallydon’t. B)What thewoman said is true. C)What thewoman said is wrong. D)He knows morethan thewoman does. 5. A)Thewoman’sjobisalibrarian. B)Women’s rights in society. C)An importantelection. D)Career planning. 6. A)Shethinksitiseasiersaidthandone. B) Shetotallyagrees withhim. C)Shefeels thatwhat hesays issimplynonsense. D)Shethinks that heis rather impoliteperson. 7. A)Tocleantheyard. B)Toweed thegarden. C)Tohirea gardener. 56淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 D)Towork in theflower beds. 8. A)Onthe6thofJune. B) On the8th ofJune. C)On the9th ofJune. D)On the 19thof June. 9. A)Themanthinksthewomaniswastinghertime. B)Theman thinks thewoman shouldmake full useofher time. C)Theman is eager to knowthewoman’s answer. D)The man can wait and thereis noneed forher to hurry. 10. A)Torunintoeachother. B)Toget bargains. C)Toavoid thecrowds. D)Tojoin thecrowds. Section B PassageOne Questions11to13arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard. 11. A)Becauseoftheirloveforhobbiesandpastimes. B) Because oftheir enthusiasm forsports. C)Because oftheir fear ofheart attacks. D)Because of theirstrong desire forgood health. 12. A)Itwasdecreasing. B) It was increasing. C)It remained almost unchanged. D)It was going upslowly. 13. A)Thosewhohaveheartattacks. B)Thosewho havethedesire to be physicallyfit. C)Thosewho havespare time. D)Those who have inactivejobs. PassageTwo 57淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 Questions14to16arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard. 14. A)Inthewhitepages. B) In thebluepages. C)In theyellowpages. D)In aspecial section. 15. A)Onthefirstpageofthetelephonebook. B)At theend ofthetelephone book. C)In thefront ofthewhitepages. D)Right after thewhitepages. 16. A)Checkyournumberandcallagain. B)Telltheoperatorwhat has happened. C)Ask theoperator toput you through. D)Ask theoperator what has happened. PassageThree Questions17to20arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard. 17. A)Itsspecializationintransportingsmallpackages. B)Thelowcost ofitsservice. C)Being thefirst airlineto sendurgent letters. D)Its modern sorting facilities. 18. A)10,000. B) 35. C)130. D)30. 19. A)Becauseofitsgoodairportfacilities. B) Because ofits location in thecountry. C)Because ofits size. D)Because of itsround-the-clock service. 20. A)Itsfull-timestaff. B)Thepostmen who work inMemphis. C)Studentswho work in theirspare time. 58淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 D)The staffmembers of theInternationalAirport. Part IIReading Comprehension(35 minutes) Questions21to25arebasedonthefollowingpassage. It is natural for young people to be critical of their parents at times and to blame them for most of the misunderstandings between them. They have always complained, more or less justly, that their parents are out of touch with modern ways; that they are possessive and dominant that they do not trust their children to deal with crises; that they talk too much about certain problems and that they have no sense of humour, at leastinparent-childrelationships. I think it is true that parents often underestimate their teenage children and also forgethowtheythemselvesfeltwhenyoung. Youngpeopleoftenirritatetheirparentswiththeirchoicesinclothesandhairstyles, inentertainersandmusic.Thisisnottheirmotive.Theyfeelcutofffromtheadultworld intowhichtheyhavenotyetbeenaccepted.Sotheycreateacultureandsocietyoftheir own. Then, if it turns out that their music or entertainers or vocabulary or clothes or hairstyles irritate their parents, this gives them additional enjoyment. They feel they are superior,atleastinasmallway,andthattheyareleadersinstyleandtaste. Sometimes you are resistant, and proud because you do not want your parents to approve of what you do. If they did approve, it looks as if you are betraying your own age group. But in that case, you are assuming that you are the underdog: you can’t win but at least you can keep your honour. This is a passive way of looking at things. It is natural enough after long years of childhood, when you were completely under your parents’ control.Butit ignoresthefact thatyouare now beginning to beresponsible for yourself. Ifyouplantocontrolyourlife,co-operationcanbepartofthatplan.Youcancharm others, especially parents, into doing things the ways you want. You can impress others withyoursenseofresponsibilityandinitiative,sothattheywillgiveyoutheauthorityto dowhatyouwanttodo. 21. Theauthorisprimarilyaddressing________. A)parents ofteenagers B) newspaperreaders C)thosewhogive advice to teenagers D)teenagers 22. Thefirstparagraphismainlyabout________. A)theteenagers’criticism oftheirparents B) misunderstandings between teenagers and theirparents C)thedominance oftheparents overtheir children D)theteenagers’abilityto deal withcrises 59淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 23. Teenagerstendtohavestrangeclothesandhairstylesbecausethey________. A)want toshow theirexistence bycreating aculture oftheir own B) have astrong desire to beleaders in style andtaste C)have nootherway toenjoy themselves better D)want toirritate theirparents 24. Teenagers do not want their parents to approve of whatever they do because they ________. A)have already been accepted intothe adult world B) feel that they are superior ina smallway to theadults C)are not likelyto win over theadults D)have adesire to be independent 25. Toimproveparent-childrelationships,teenagersareadvisedtobe________. A)obedient B) responsible C)co-operative D)independent Questions26to30arebasedonthefollowingpassage. The long years of food shortage in this country have suddenly given way to apparent abundance. Stores and shops are choked with food. Rationing (定量供应) is virtuallysuspended,andoverseassuppliershavebeenaskedtoholdbackdeliveries.Yet, instead of joy, there is widespread uneasiness and confusion. Why do food prices keep on rising, when there seems to be so much more food about? Is the abundance only temporary, or has it come to stay? Does it mean that we need to think less now about producingmorefoodathome?Nooneknowswhattoexpect. Therecentgrowth ofexportsurplusesontheworldfood markethascertainlybeen unexpectedly great, partly because a strange sequence of two successful grain harvests. North America is now being followed by a third. Most of Britain’s overseas suppliers of meat,too,areofferingmorethisyearandhomeproductionhasalsorisen. But the effect of all this on the food situation in this country has been made worse by a simultaneous rise in food prices, due chiefly to the gradual cutting down of government support for food. The shops are overstocked with food not only because there is more food available, but also because people, frightened by high prices, are buyinglessofit. Moreover, the rise in domestic prices has come at a time when world prices have begun to fall, with the result that imported food, with the exception of grain, is often cheaper than the home-produced variety. And now grain prices, too, are falling. Consumers are beginning to ask why they should not be enabled to benefit from this trend. 60淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 Thesignificanceofthese developmentsisnotlostonfarmers.Theolder generation have seen it all happen before. Despite the present price and market guarantees, farmersfeartheyareabouttobesqueezedbetweencheapfoodimportsandashrinking home market. Present production is running at 51 per cent above pre-war levels, and the government has called for an expansion to 60 per cent by 1956; but repeated Ministerial advice is carrying little weight and the expansion programme is not working verywell. 26. Why is there “wide-spread uneasiness and confusion about the food situation in Britain?” A)The abundant food supplyis not expected tolast. B) Britain is importing less food. C)Despitetheabundance, foodprices keep rising. D)Britain will cut back onitsproduction offood. 27. Themainreasonfortheriseinfoodpricesisthat________. A)people are buying less food B) thegovernment isproviding less financial support for agriculture C)domesticfood production has decreased D)imported food isdriving prices higher 28. Whydidn’tthegovernment’sexpansionprogrammeworkverywell? A) Because the farmers were uncertain about the financial support the government guaranteed. B) Because thefarmers were uncertain about thebenefitsof expandingproduction. C) Because the farmers were uncertain about whether foreign markets could be foundfor theirproduce. D)Because the oldergeneration offarmers were strongly against theprogrammer. 29. Thedecreaseinworldfoodpricewasaresultof________. A)a sharp fall inthe purchasing power of theconsumers B) asharp fall in thecost offood production C)theoverproduction offood inthe food-importingcountries D)theoverproduction onthepart ofthe main food-exportingcountries 30. What did the future look like for Britain’s food production at the time this article waswritten? A)The fall in world food prices would benefit British food producers. B)An expansionoffood production was at hand. C)British food producers would receivemore government financial support. 61淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 D)It looks depressing despitegovernment guarantees. Questions31to35arebasedonthefollowingpassage. It is hard to predict how science is going to turn out, and if it is really good science it is impossible to predict. If the things to be found are actually new, they are by definition unknown in advance. You cannot make choices in this matter. You either have science or you don’t, and if you have it you are obliged to accept the surprising and disturbingpiecesofinformation,alongwiththeneatandpromptlyusefulbits. Theonlysolidpiece ofscientifictruthaboutwhich Ifeeltotallyconfidentisthatwe areprofoundlyignorantaboutnature.Indeed,Iregardthisasthemajordiscoveryofthe past hundred years of biology. It is, in its way, an illumination piece of news. It would have amazed the brightest minds of the 18th century Enlightenment (启蒙运动) to be told by any of us how little we know and how bewildering seems the way ahead. It is this sudden confrontation with the depth and scope of ignorance that represents the most significant contribution of the 20th century science to the human intellect. In earlier times, we either pretended to understand how things worked or ignored the problem, or simply made up stories to fill the gaps. Now that we have begun exploring in earnest, we are getting glimpses of how huge the questions are, and how far from beinganswered.Becauseof this, wearedepressed.Itis notso badbeingignorantif you are totally ignorant; the hard thing is knowing in some detail the reality of ignorance, the worstspots and here andthere the not-so-bad spots, but no true light at the end of thetunnelnorevenanytunnelsthatcanyetbetrusted. But we are making a beginning, and there ought to be some satisfaction. There are probablynoquestionswecanthinkupthatcan’tbeanswered,soonerorlater,including even the matter of consciousness. To be sure, there may well be questions we can’t think up, ever, and therefore limits to the reach of human intellect, but that is another matter.Withinourlimits,weshouldbeabletoworkourwaythroughtoallouranswers, ifwekeepatitlongenough,andpayattention. 31. Accordingtotheauthor,reallygoodscience________. A)would surprise thebrightest mindsof the18th century Enlightenment B) willproduce results which cannot beforeseen C)willhelp people to maketheright choiceinadvance D)will bring about disturbing results 32. Itcanbeinferredfromthepassagethatscientistsofthe18thcentury________. A)thought that theyknew agreat deal and could solvemostproblems ofscience B) were afraid offacing uptotherealities ofscientific research C)knewthat theywere ignorant and wanted to knowmore about nature D)didmore harm than good in promoting man’s understanding ofnature 33. WhichofthefollowingstatementsisNOTtrueofscientistsinearliertimes? 62淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 A)They invented false theories toexplain things they didn’t understand. B)They falsely claimed toknow all about nature. C)They did not believe inresults from scientificobservation. D)They paid little attentionto theproblems they didn’t understand. 34. Whatistheauthor’sattitudetowardsscience? A)He is depressed becauseofthe ignorance ofscientists. B) Heis doubtful becauseof theenormous difficulties confronting it. C)Heis confident thoughhe is aware of theenormous difficulties confronting it. D)He is delighted because oftheilluminating scientificfindings. 35. Theauthorbelievesthat________. A)man can find solutionsto whatever questionsconcerning nature hecan thinkup B) man can not solve all the problems he can think up because of the limits of human intellect C) sooner or later man can think up all the questions concerning nature and answer them D)questions concerning consciousness are outsidethescope ofscientific researchD Questions36to40arebasedonthefollowingpassage. Greenspace facilities are contributing to an important extent to the quality of the urban environment. Fortunately it is no longer necessary that every lecture or every bookabout thissubject hasto start withtheproofof thisidea.Atpresent, it isgenerally accepted, although more as a self-evident statement than on the base of a closely-reasoned scientific proof. The recognition of the importance of greenspaces in theurbanenvironmentisafirststepontherightway,thisdoesnotmean,however,that sufficient details are known about the functions of greenspace in towns and about the way in which the inhabitants are using these spaces. As to this rather complex subject I shall, within the scope of this lecture, enter into one aspect only, namely the recreative functionofgreenspacefacilities. The theoretical separation of living, working, traffic and recreation which for many years has been used in town-and-country planning, has in my opinion resulted in disproportionate attention for forms of recreation far from home, whereas there was relatively little attention for improvement of recreative possibilities in the direct neighbourhood of the home. We have come to the conclusion that this is not right, because an important part of the time which we do not pass in sleeping or working, is used for activities at and around home. So it is obvious that recreation in the open air has to begin at the street-door of the house. The urban environment has to offer as manyrecreation activities as possible, and the design of these has to be such that more obligatoryactivitiescanalsohavearecreativeaspect. The very best standard of living is nothing if it is not possible to take a pleasant 63淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 walk in the district, if the children cannot be allowed to play in the streets, because the risksoftraffic are toogreat, if during shopping you cannowherefind a spotfor enjoying for a moment the nice weather, in short, if you only feel yourself at home after the street-doorofyourhouseisclosedafteryou. 36. According to the author, the importance of greenspaces in the urban environment ________. A)is stillunknown B) is usuallyneglected C)is being closely studied D)has been fully recognized 37. The theoretical separation of living, working, traffic and recreation has led to ________. A)thedisproportion of recreation facilities inthe neighbourhood B) thelocation ofrecreation facilities far from home C)relatively little attentionfor recreativepossibilities D)theimprovement ofrecreativepossibilities in theneighbourhood 38. The author suggests that the recreative possibilities of green space should be provided________. A)inspecial areas B) inthe suburbs C)inthe neighbourhood ofthe house D)ingardens andparks 39. Accordingtotheauthor,greenspacefacilitiesshouldbedesignedinsuchawaythat ________. A)more obligatory activities might takeona recreativeaspect B) moreand morepeople might have access to them C)an increasing numberof recreative activities might be developed D)recreative activitiesmight bebrought into ourhomes 40. Themainideaofthispassageisthat________. A) better use of greenspace facilities should be made so as to improve the quality of ourlife B) attention mustbe directed totheimprovement ofrecreativepossibilities C) the urban environment is providing more recreation activities than it did many years ago 64淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 D)priority must begiven to thedevelopment ofobligatory activities Part IIIVocabulary andStructure(20minutes) 41. Tom________betterthantoaskDickforhelp. A)shall know B) shouldn’t know C)has known D)should have known 42. The magician picked several persons ________ from the audience and asked them tohelphimwiththeperformance. A)byaccident B) at random C)onoccasion D)onaverage 43. Water enters into a great variety of chemical reactions, ________ have been mentionedinpreviouspages. A)a few ofit B) afew ofthat C)afew ofthem D)a few ofwhich 44. They’llhaveyou________ifyoudon’tpayyourtaxes. A)tobearrested B) arrest C)arrested D)being arrested 45. There was a knock at the door. It was the second time someone ________ me that evening. A)had interrupted B) would have interrupted C)tohave interrupted D)tointerrupted 46. Despite their good service, most inns are less costly than hotels of ________ standards. 65淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 A)equivalent B) alike C)uniform D)likely 47. ________foryourhelp,we’dneverhavebeenabletogetoverthedifficulties. A)Had itnot B) If it were not C)Had it not been D)If wehad not been 48. Somepeopleeither________avoidquestionsofrightandwrongorremainneutral aboutthem. A)violently B) enthusiastically C)sincerely yours D)deliberately 49. ThereisnoeasysolutiontoJapan’slabour________. A)decline B) vacancy C)rarity D)shortage 50. I’msureyoursuggestionwill________theproblem. A)contribute tosolving B) contributetosolve C)becontributed tosolve D)be contributed tosolving 51. Ileftfortheofficeearlierthanusualthismorning________trafficjam. A)inlinewith B) forthe sakeof C)incase of D)at the risk of 52. Someareas,________theirsevereweatherconditions,arehardlypopulated. A)due to 66淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 B) inspiteof C)butfor D)with regard to 53. Thenewwashingmachinesare________attherateoffiftyaday. A)turned up B) turned down C)turned out D)turned in 54. Onturningthecorner,wesawtheroad________steeply. A)departing B) descending C)decreasing D)depressing 55. The managing director took the ________ for the accident, although it was not reallyhisfault. A)guilt B) blame C)charge D)accusation 56. Oncetheyhadfame,fortune,securefutures;________isutterpoverty. A)nowthat all is left B) nowall that is left C)nowall which is left D)nowall what is left 57. The shop-assistant was straight with his customers. If an article was of ________ qualityhe’dtellthemso. A)humble B) inferior C)minor D)awkward 58. Histastesandhabits________withthoseofhiswife. A)combine 67淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 B) compete C)coincide D)compromise 59. Thebranchescouldhardly________theweightofthefruit. A)retain B) sustain C)maintain D)remain 60. Withallitsadvantages,thecomputerisbynomeanswithoutits________. A)boundaries B) restraints C)confinements D)limitations 61. Visitorsareaskedto________withtheregulations. A)contrast B) consult C)comply D)conflict 62. He________somuchworkthathecouldn’treallydoitefficiently. A)put on B) turned on C)brought on D)tookon 63. ________shouldanymoneybegiventoasmallchild. A)On noaccount B) From allaccounts C)Ofnoaccount D)By all accounts 64. Without facts, we cannot form a worthwhile opinion for we need to have factual knowledge________ourthinking. A)which tobe based on B) which to base upon 68淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 C)uponwhich to base D)towhich to be based 65. ________ that they may eventually reduce the amount of labor needed on constructionsitesby90percent. A)so clever are theconstruction robots B) so clever theconstruction robots are C)suchconstruction robots are clever D)such clever construction robots are 66. Allflights________becauseofthestorm,theydecidedtotakethetrain. A)having canceled B) having been canceled C)were canceled D)have been canceled 67. Themicroscopecan________theobject100timesindiameter. A)magnify B) increase C)develop D)multiply 68. Languagebelongstoeachoneofus,totheflower-seller________totheprofessor. A)as much as B) as far as C)thesameas D)as longas 69. We________Edison’ssuccesstohisintelligenceandhardwork. A)subject B) attribute C)owe D)refer 70. She once again went through her composition carefully to ________ all spelling mistakesfromit. A)withdraw B) diminish 69淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 C)abandon D)eliminate Part IVErrorCorrection (15 minutes) Directions: This part consists of a short passage. In this passage, there are altogether 10 mistakes, one in each numbered line. You may have to change a word, add a word or delete a word. Mark out the mistakes and put the corrections in the blanks provided. If you change a word, cross it out and write the correct word in the corresponding blank. If you add a word, put an insertion mark (∧) in the right place and write the missing word in the blank. If you delete aword, crossit andput aslash(/) in theblank. Example: Televisionisrapidlybecomingtheliteratureofourperiods╱. 1. time/times/period Manyoftheargumentshaving╱ usedforthestudyofliteratureas 2. _______\_______ aschoolsubjectarevalidfor ∧ studyoftelevision. 3.______the______ Traditionally,the American farmer hasalwaysbeenindependentand hard-working. In the eighteenth century farmers were quite self-sufficient. The farm family grew and made almost nothing it needed. The surplus crop (71) would be sold to buy a few items inthelocalgeneralstore. In 1860, because some of the farm population had (72) moved to the city, yet eighty percent of the American population was still in the country. In the late nineteen century, farm work and life were not much changed from that they had been in the old days. The farmer aroused at (74) dawn or before and had much work to do, with his own muscles like his chief source of power. He used axes, (76) spades and other complicated tools. In his house cooking (77) was done in wood-burning stoves, and the kerosene lamp was the only improvement on the candle. The family’s recreation and social life chiefly consisted a drive in the (78) wagon to the nearby small town or village totransactsome businessaswellastochatwith neighborswho hadalso come totown. The children attended a small elementary school (often of just one room) to that they had to walk (79) every day, possibly for a few miles. The school term was short so that thechildrencouldnothelponthefarm.(80) Although the whole family worked, and life was not easy, farmers as a class were self-reliantandindependent. PartVWriting(30 minutes) Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition write a composition based onthegraph below. Outline: 70淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 1. Riseandfalloftherateofcaraccidentasindicatedbythegraph; 2. Possiblereason(s)forthedeclineofcaraccidentsinthecity; 3. Yourpredictionsofwhatwillhappenthisyear. 加一个图表 Your composition should be no less than 120 words and you should quote as few figuresaspossible. 71淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 1991年6月六级参考答案 Part I 1. D 2. C 3. A 4. A 5. B 6. B 7. A 8. C 9. C 10. B 11. B 12. C 13. D 14. D 15. A 16. D 17. C 18. B 19. D 20. A PartII 21. A 22. B 23. A 24. D 25. C 26. D 27. B 28. A 29. C 30. D 31. B 32. B 33. A 34. C 35. D 36. D 37. B 38. C 39. A 40. A Part III 41. D 42. B 43. D 44. C 45. A 46. A 47. C 48. D 49. D 50. A 51. C 52. A 53. C 54. B 55. B 56. B 57. B 58. C 59. B 60. D 61. C 62. D 63. A 64. C 65. A 66. B 67. A 68. A 69. B 70. D 71. nothing→everything 72. because→although 73. nineteen→nineteenth 74. that→what 75. aroused→arose 76. like→as/being 72淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 77. complicated→simple 78. (consist)→(consist)of 79. that→which 80. not→/ 作文范文： The graph shows the changing rateof car accidents in Walton cityin 1990. Thefirst twomonthsof1990showedanincreasingtrend.Therateroseto32inMarchbutfellto 26 in June. From June on the rate was rising again and reached the peak point 39 in August. After August the rate began to decline, and eventually dropped to the lowest point16attheendoftheyear. The highest rate in August was due to unfavorable weather conditions. Humidity and high temperature make drivers impatient, which easily leads to car accidents. The high rate in the first half of 1990 was also caused by the bad weather condition. In Walton City the excessive rain comes at earlyspring. The rain made road slippery, which oftenresultedincaraccidents. Thisyear thepatternisexpectedtochange.Thecitygovernmenthasraisedfundto improvethe roadcondition. Twonew roadswill befinished atthebeginning of thisyear and are expected to open to traffic soon. Furthermore, the new road regulation provides that in summer every car must be air-conditioned. With all these precautions, I’msurethattherateofcaraccidentswillbemuchlowerthisyear. 73淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 1991年6月听力原文 SectionA 1. M:Now,what’syourproblem,Madam? W: Oh, yes. My husband bought this yellow skirt here yesterday. It is very nice, but it’s not thecolourI want. Have you got anyblueones? Q:What does thewoman want to do? 2. M:Thecitycouncilhasfinallyvotedthefundstobuildanewhighschool. W:It’s about timetheydid it.I don’t knowwhat tookthem so long. Q:What’s thewoman’s opinionabout the school? 3. M: Last night, jack left his car parked in frontof his girl-friend’s house and when he cameouttogohome,itwasgone. W:Wow!That’s really tough. Hejust bought itlast month, didn’t he? Q:What doyou thinkhappened? 4. M:Somepeopleknowalotmorethantheytell. W:Unfortunately thereverse is also true. Q:What does theman mean? 5. W: We all talk about how liberated we are, but in fact women are still not equally treated. M: I don’t think so.You’ve got the vote, you’ve got your careers—I think you’ve go everything important. Q:What are they arguing about? 6. M: It’s partly your own fault. You should never let in anyone like that unless you’re expectinghim. W: It’s all very well to say that, but someone cones to the door and says” electricity “or“gas” and you automatically think heis OK, especially ifhe shows you acard. Q: Howdoes the woman feel about theman’s remarks? 7. M:Youryardisalwayssobeautiful,Cathy.Youmusthaveagardener. W: Oh, no. It would cost at least $50 a month to hire someone to do the work, so I do most of it myself. I enjoy taking care of the flowers, but I have to force myself to dotheweeding and cut the grass. Q:What does Cathy liketo do? 74淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 8. M:I’dliketomaketworeservationsonFlight651forJune8th. W: I’m sorry, we’re booked up on the 8th. But we still have a few seats available on the9th. Q:When does theman want to leave? 9. M:Ihavetothinkaboutyouroffer.Ican’tsay“yes”or“no”atthemoment. W: You can take your time. It will do if you let me know your decision in a day or two. Q:Which ofthefollowing istrue? 10. M: Well, this is a pleasantsurprise. It seems to me we ran into each other here last weektoo. W: You and I must have the same idea. The only way to beat the crowds when you do the grocery shopping on Saturday is to be here when they open at 9:00 o’clock sharp! Q:Whydid bothofthem dogrocery shoppingat 9:00o’clock sharp? Section B PassageOne In recent years, many Americans of both sexes and various ages have become interestedinimprovingtheirbodies.Theyhavebecomedevotedtophysicalfitness. Many persons have a strong desire to be more physically fit. By nature, Americans areenthusiasticandenergeticabouthobbiesorpastimes. Many of them apply this enthusiasm, optimism, and energy to running. As a result, there are running clubs to join and numerous books and magazines to read about running. The desire to be physically fit is explained by a “passion” for good health. The high rateof heartattacksin the 1960scaused an increase ofinterestin improving thehuman body. Middle-aged men especially suffer from heart attacks. Thus, they are one group strongly interested in more physical exercises. In fact, many doctors encourage their patients to become more physically active, especially those who have inactive jobs. It is interesting to note that the rate of heart attacks began to decease between 1972 and 1974 and it is still decreasing. Physical fitness has now become a new “love” of Americans. Will it last long? Only time will tell-or until another “new passion” comes along? Questions11to13arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard. 11. WhyareAmericanssointerestedinphysicalexercises? 75淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 12. Whatabouttherateofheartattacksbetween1972and1974intheUnitedStates? 13. Whatkindofpatientsareespeciallyencouragedtotakepartinphysicalexercises? PassageTwo TelephonebooksintheUnitedStateshavewhite,blueandyellowpages. The white pages list people with phones by last name. The blue pages contain numbers of city services, government agencies, and public schools. Businesses and professionalservicesarelistedinspecialsection-theYellowPages. To make a long distance call, you need an area code. Each area in the U.S. has an area code. The area covered by one are code may be small or large. For example, New YorkCityhasoneareacode,butsodoesthe wholestateof Oregon.Ifyouwanttoknow the area code of a place, you can look it up in the area code map which is printed in the frontofthewhitepages. There are a lot of public telephones in the U.S.. They have their own numbers. If youaremakingalongdistancecallonapublictelephoneandrunoutofmoney,givethe number on your phone to the person you’re talking to. Then hang up the receiver and he can call you back. If you make a long distance call and get a wrong number, call the operator and explain what happened. This means that you can make the call again to therightnumberwithouthavingtopaymoremoney. Questions14to16arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard. 14. Wherecanyoufindthetelephonenumberofacitycouncilinthetelephonebook? 15. WherecanyoufindanareacodemapoftheU.S.? 16. What are you advised to do when you get a wring number in making a long distancecall? PassageThree Federal Express is a private airline service which expands the Postal Service in the United States. It is the only U.S. airline specializing in the transportation of small packages-35kilosorless. Federalexpresslinks130majorU.S.citiesand10,000surroundingcommunities.An urgent package picked up in one part of the country this afternoon can be delivered to any other part of the country tomorrow morning. All of the Federal Express jets fly into the International Airport at Memphis, Tennessee, because it is located in the center of theUnitedStates. The sorting facility for Federal Express is called “The Hub.” Every night, from about 12midnightto30a.m.,thepackagesaregatheredandsortedintoshipmentsforspecific destinations.Themainlaborforceiscomprisedofstudentsworkingpart-time. 76淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 Since Federal Express started business in 1971, it has flown millions of air kilometers without fail. In the space of one hour, 39 jets will take off to destinations all acrosstheUnitedStates. Questions17to20arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard. 17. WhatmakestheFederalExpresssouniqueintheU.S.airlineservicebusiness? 18. HowmanymajorU.S.citiesdoesFederalExpresslink? 19. Whydo all oftheFederalExpressjetsflyintotheInternational Airportat Memphis, Tennessee? 20. WhocomprisethemainlaborforceofFederalExpress? 77淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 1992年1月大学英语六级(CET-6)真题试卷 Part I Listening Comprehension(20 minutes) SectionA 1. A)Childrenlearnbyexample. B) Children mustnot tell lies. C)Children don’t likediscipline. D)Children must control theirtemper. 2. A)Themanwasveryhappywithhispublishedarticle. B)Themarking system inthe university isexcellent. C)Thearticle was rejected. D)The article was cut short. 3. A)Heisrudetohisstudents. B) Heis strict with hisstudents. C)Heis kind and often gives good grades. D)He is strangeand hates good students. 4. A)HeisgoingtoChina. B) Heis very interested inChina. C)Helikes stamps. D)He likes travelling. 5. A)Oppositetheshoestore. B) In themiddleofa street. C)At thecorner ofa street. D)Right outsidethe shoestore. 6. A)Thewomancannotgototheparty. B)Theman will meet thewoman at theparty. C)Thewoman has not got theinvitationyet. D)The woman will try togo tothe party byall means. 7. A)Hewantstohavesomemedicine. B)Thenurse didn’t give him an injection ontime. C)Thenurse should haveshown upat two o’clock in themorning. 78淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 D)He wants tomake an appointment with thedoctor. 8. A)Somesalad. B) Somedessert. C)Justhimself. D)Enough food. 9. A)Theywillfailthetest. B)Theexam is easy. C)Thegrades willbe around 40. D)They might pass thetest. 10. A)Thewomanshouldn’tgototheU.S.withherbrother. B)Thewoman hasn’t been allowed tobe absent from class. C)Thewoman can go to theairport to meet her brother. D)The woman can go and seeher brother off. Section B PassageOne Questions11to13arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard. 11. A)Becausetheywanttofollowtherapidlygrowinghobby. B) Because they want toshowthey are wealthy people. C)Because they want tohold an exhibition. D)Because they want toreturn tothe pastand to invest moneyforprofit. 12. A)150,000. B) 500,000. C)250,000. D)1,000,000. 13. A)Thosewhichareoldandinexpensive. B)Thosewhich are uniqueorunusual. C)Thosewhich are practical. D)Those which are still fashionable. PassageTwo 79淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 Questions14to17arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard. 14. A)Becausetheywereorderedto. B) Because they were indanger. C)Because theplane was going tofly in circles. D)Because the planeclimbed again. 15. A)Overtheairport. B) Over theland. C)Over thesea. D)Over themountains. 16. A)Becausetherewassomethingwrongwithit. B) Because theweather changed suddenly. C)Because there were nolights at theairport. D)Because too manyplanes were waiting to takeofforland. 17. A)Sometimeafterfive. B) Sometimeafter four. C)Afew minutesbefore four. D)Afewminutes before six. PassageThree Questions18to20arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustbeard. 18. A)PeopleinVenicedon’tlikewalking. B)Thebuildings therefloat onwater. C)Cars are seldom used inVenice. D)Boat rides thereare expensive. 19. A)Aboutfourhundred. B)About seven hundred. C)Twenty. D)One hundred and twenty. 20. A)Theboatscan’tpassunderthebridges. B)Theislands will bedisconnected. C)Whilepassing under thebridges, peoplein theboats have to lowertheir heads. 80淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 D)The bridges will bedamaged. Part IIReading Comprehension(35 minutes) PassageOne Questions21to25arebasedonthefollowingpassage. Lecturing as a method of teaching is so frequently under attack today from educational psychologists and by students that some justification is needed to keep it. Critics believe that is results in passive methods of learning which tend to be less effective than those which fully engage the learner. They also maintain that students havenoopportunitytoaskquestionsandmustallreceivethesamecontentatthesame pace,thattheyareexposedonlytooneteacher’sinterpretationofsubject matterwhich willcertainlybelimitedandthat,anyway,fewlecturesriseabovedullness.Nevertheless, in a number of inquiries this pessimistic evaluation of lecturing as a teaching method proves not to be general among students although they do fairly often comment on poorlecturingtechniques. Students praise lectures which are clear and orderly outlines in which basic principlesare emphasized butdisliketoonumerousdigressions (离题) orlectureswhich consistinpartofthecontentsofatextbook.Studentsofsciencesubjectsconsiderthata lecture is a good way to introduce a new subject, putting it in its value as a period of discussion of problems and possible solutions with their lecturer. They do not look for inspiration (灵感)—this is more commonly mentioned by teachers—but arts students look for originality in lectures. Medical and dental students who have reports on teaching methods, or specifically on lecturing, suggest that there should be fewer lecturesorthat,attheleast,morewouldbeunpopular. 21. Thepassagestatesthat________. A)few students dislikelecturing as a teaching method B) lecturing is agood method of teaching C)lecturing as a teaching method proves to beuninspiring D)most studentslikelectures because they can fully engage thelearner 22. Accordingtothecritics, A)lectures can’tmake students activein theirstudies B) somelecturers’knowledge oftheirsubjects limited C)mostlectures are similarincontent D)few lectures are dull 23. Accordingtothispassage,studentsdislikelectureswhich________. A)introduce mat la[not included inthetextbook B) present many problems for discussion 81淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 C)always wander from thesubject D)stress the main points 24. Lecturingasateachingmethodislessappreciatedby________. A)dental teachers B) medical students C)arts lecturers D)science learners 25. According to the author, the evaluation of lecturing as a teaching method by educationalpsychologistsis________. A)defensive B) conservative C)realistic D)negative PassageTwo Questions26to30arebasedonthefollowingpassage. From the moment that an animal is born it has to make decisions. It has to decide which ofthe thingsaroundit areforeating, andwhich aretobe avoidedwhentoattack and when to run away. The animal is, in effect, playing a complicated and potentially verydangerousgamewithitsenvironment,discomfortordestruction. This is a difficult and unpleasant business and few animals would survive if they had to start from the beginning and learn about the world wholly by trial and error, for there are the have possible decisions which would prove fatal. So we find, in practice, that the game is always arranged in favour of the young animal in one way or another. Either the animal is protected during the early stages of its learning about the world around it, or the knowledge of which way to respond is built into its nervous system fromthestart. The fact that animals behave sensibly can be attributed partly to what we might call genetic (遗传的) learning, to distinguish it from the individual learning that an animaldoesinthecourseofitsownlifetime.Geneticlearningislearningbyaspeciesas a whole, and it is achieved by selection of those members of each generation that happen to behave in the right way. However, genetic learning depends upon a predictionthatthe future will more or lessexactlyresemble thepast. The morevariable individual experience is likely to be, the less efficient is genetic learning as a means of getting over the problems of the survival game. It is not surprising to find that very few species indeed depend wholly upon genetic learning. In the great majority of animals, behaviour is a compound of individual experience and genetic learning to behave in particularways. 82淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 26. According to the first paragraph, the survival game is considered potentially very dangerousbecause________. A)animals are constantly threatened byattacks B) wrong decisions will lead tothe disappearance ofa species C)decisions madebyan animal may turn out to befatal D)few animals can survive intheirstruggle with theenvironment 27. Itisimpliedbutnotdirectlystatedinthepassagethatmostanimals________. A)are likely tomake wrong decisions B) have madecorrect decisions fortheir survival C)depend entirely ontheirparents in learning about theworld around them D)survive bymeans ofindividual learning 28. Geneticlearningiseffectiveonlyif________. A)thesurvival game is arranged in favour of theyoung animals B) theanimals can adapt themselves to thechanging surroundings C)circumstances remain moreorless the same D)theanimals have varied individualexperiences 29. ThebestTITLEforthispassagewouldbe________. A)The Decision-MakingAbility ofAnimals B) Survival andEnvironment C)Reward and Penalty forAnimals D)Behaviour and Survival 30. Howisgeneticleaningachieved? A)It is inherited from animals with keen observation. B) It ispassed down from thoseanimals that behave in thecorrect way. C)It istaught to theyoung generation. D)It is learned bythe newgeneration through trial and error. PassageThree Questions31to35arebasedonthefollowingpassage. Scientists, like other human beings, have their hopes and fears, their passions and disappointmentsandtheirstrongemotionsmaysometimesinterruptthecourseofclear thinking and sound practice. But science is also self-correcting. The most fundamental principles and conclusions may be challenged. The steps in a reasoned argument must besetoutforalltosee. 83淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 Experimentsmustbecapableofbeingcarriedoutbyotherscientists.Thehistoryof science is full of cases where previously accepted theories have been entirely overthrown,tobereplacedbynewideaswhichmoreadequatelyexplainthedata. While there is an understandable inertia-usually lasting about one generation-such revolution in scientific thought are widely accepted as a necessary and desirable element of scientific progress. Indeed, the reasoned criticism of a prevailing belief is a service to the supporters of that belief; if they are incapable of defending it, they are well-advised to abandon it. This self-questioning and error-correcting aspect of the scientific method is its most striking property and sets it off from many other areas of humanendeavor,suchasreligionandfinearts. The idea of science as a method rather than as a body of knowledge is not widely appreciated outside of science, or indeed in some corridors inside of science. Vigorous criticism is constructive in science more than in some other areas of human endeavor because in it there are adequate standards of validity which can be agreed upon by competentscientiststheworldover. The objective of such criticism is not to suppress but rather to encourage the advance ofnew ideas: those which survive a firmskeptical (怀疑的)examinationhavea fightingchanceofbeingright,oratleastuseful. 31. Scienceisself-correctingbecauseitstheories________. A)have to berevised constantly to conform with ideas which explain thedatabetter B) have reflected themost fundamental principles ofnature C)are, moreoften than not,based oninadequate data D)must beset out for all tosee 32. It can be learned from the context that the word “inertia” (Para. 2, Line 1) most probablymeans________. A)strong resolution B) unwillingness tochange C)aperiod oftime D)prevailing belief 33. The“revolutioninscientificthought”(Para.2,Lind2)refersto________. A)acceptance ofthereasoned criticismsof prevailing scientific theories B) thecontinuous overthrow ofexisting scientifictheories C)theadequateexplanation ofthedata in prevailing scientifictheories D) the major discoveries that represent breakthroughs in the history of scientific progress 34. The author says that the most striking property of the scientific method is its self-questioning and error-correcting aspect, because it is this aspect that 84淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 ________. A)is indispensableto theadvance ofscience B) is mostwidely appreciated byscientists C)helps scientiststo abandon anything they cannot defend D)sets science offfrom many otherareas ofhuman endeavor 35. Theword“it”(Para.3,Line4)refersto“________.” A)vigorous criticism B) scientificmethod C)human endeavor D)science PassageFour Questions36to40arebasedonthefollowingpassage. My father’s reaction to the bank building at 43rd Street and Fifth Avenues in New YorkCitywasimmediateanddefinite:“Youwon’t catch meputtingmymoneyin there!” hedeclared.“Notinthatglassbox!” Of course, my father is a gentleman of the old school, a member of the generation to whom a good deal of modern architecture is upsetting, but I am convinced that his negativeresponsewasnotsomuchtothearchitectureastoaviolationofhisconceptof thenatureofmoney. In his generation money was thought of as a real commodity (实物) that could be carried, or stolen. Consequently, to attract the custom of a sensible man, a bank had to haveheavywalls,barredwindows,andbronzedoors,toaffirmthefact,howeveruntrue, that moneywould be safeinside. If a building’s design made it appear impenetrable the institutionwasnecessarilyreliable,andthemeaningoftheheavywallasanarchitecture symboldweltintheprevailingattitudetowardmoney. But that attitude toward money has of course changed. Excepting pocket money, cash of any kind is now rarely used; money as a tangible commodity has largely been replacedbycredit. A deficit (赤字) economy, accompanied by huge expansion, has led us to think of money as a product of the creative imagination. The banker no longer offers us a safe: heoffersusaservice -a service in which the most valuable element is the creativity for the invention of large numbers. It is in no way surprising, in view of this change in attitude, that we are witnessingthedisappearanceoftheheavy-walledhank. Just as the older bank emphasized its strength, this bank by its architecture boasts of its imaginative powers. From this point of view it is hard to say where architecture endsandhumanassertion(人们的说法)begins. 85淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 36. Themainideaofthispassageisthat________. A)money is not as valuable as it was in thepast B) changes have taken place in both theappearanceand theconcept orbanks C)thearchitectural styleof theolderbank issuperior tothat ofthemodern bank D)prejudice makes theoldergeneration think that themodern bank is unreliable 37. What are the attitudes of the older generation and the younger generation toward money? A)The former thinksmore ofit than thelatter. B)Theyounger generation values money morethantheolder generation. C)Both generations rely ontheimaginativepower ofbankers to makemoney. D) The former regards it as a real commodity while the latter considers it to be a means toproduce moremoney. 38. Theword“tangible”(Para.4Line3)referstosomething________. A)that is precious B) that isusable C)that canbe touched D)that can bereproduced 39. Accordingtothispassage,amodernbankershouldbe________. A)ambitious and friendly B) reliable and powerful C)sensibleand impenetrable D)imaginativeand creative 40. It can be inferred from the passage that the author’s attitude towards the new trendinbankingis________. A)cautious B) regretful C)positive D)hostile Part IIIVocabulary andStructure(20minutes) 41. Let’sleavethequestion________foramoment. A)off B) out C)down 86淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 D)aside 42. A large fish was slowly swimming through the water, its tail ________ back and forthlikethependulumofaclock. A)swung B) swinging C)was swung D)was swinging 43. Thecellsweredesignedto________sunshinetoelectricitytorunamotor. A)modify B) alter C)convert D)exchange 44. Thefirestartedonthefirstfloorofthehospital,,areelderlyandweak. A)many of whosepatients B) many ofwhich patients C)many ofits patients D)many patients of whom 45. Hewasdeterminedthatnoneofhischildrenwouldbe________aneducation. A)declined B) cancelled C)denied D)ceased 46. Singingisoneoftheoldestandpossiblymost________practisedformsofart. A)uniquely B) practically C)universally D)predominantly 47. Fewpeoplerealizehowrichthatareais.Itisalandoftreasure________treasure. A)increased by B) derived from C)turned over D)piled on 87淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 48. The jeweler assured Mr.White that the stone was a ________ diamond and not an imitation. A)graceful B) genuine C)glittering D)genius 49. InthesouthwesternpartoftheUnitedStates________builtinthelastcentury. A)they are many abandoned miningtowns B) where there are manyabandoned mining towns C)are many abandoned miningtowns D)many abandoned miningtowns are 50. Asthecloudsdriftedawayanevenhigherpeakbecame________totheclimbers. A)visible B) obvious C)present D)apparent 51. The remarkable gains in the general health of the population in the world have beendueinlargemeasure________theeffortsofsomegreatdoctors. A)for B) with C)by D)to 52. Heappearedinthecourtandsuppliedthefacts________totheease. A)subject B) relevant C)attached D)corresponding 53. Johndidnothavetowritethecompositionifhedidn’twantto.Itwas________. A)optional B) suitable C)critical D)elemental 88淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 54. The________forspeedingisafineoftendollars. A)violation B) admission C)penalty D)excess 55. A________exercisesuchasrunningishelpfultoourhealth. A)vigorous B) cautious C)precious D)various 56. Insharp________toJohn,whoisfrank.Henryistoosophisticated. A)conflict B) contrast C)comparison D)contradiction 57. On a small farm in a dry climate one should not grow crops that need ________ spaceandalotofwatertoripen. A)quantitative B) significant C)extensive D)considerable 58. The doctor told the pupils that an ________ disease was one that could be passed fromonepersontoanother. A)infectious B) expanding C)overwhelming D)inherent 59. Itwouldbesurprisingfor________anyobjectionstotheproposal. A)not to be B) itnot to be C)there notto be D)there tobenot 89淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 60. Shewaspalewith________afterworkingforthreeshiftsinsuccession. A)cold B) fatigue C)emotion D)fright 61. What a ________ person says or does today agrees with what he said or did yesterday. A)consistent B) harmonious C)constant D)sensible 62. Jane and Tim still remember that it was ________, their parents, who encouraged thentocontinuetheireducation. A)these B) who C)they D)whom 63. Youdidtellmewhattodo.IfonlyI________youradvice. A)would take B) had taken C)took D)have taken 64. Everyone asked me where he was, but it was ________ a mystery to me as to them. A)as much of B) much of C)as such D)as of 65. Thedrysummerthesupplyoffreshvegetables. A)induced B) diminished C)dominated D)manipulated 90淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 66. Theinformationwaslateradmitted________fromunreliablesources. A)that it was obtained B) that ithas been obtained C)tobe obtained D)tohave been obtained 67. Whatsortof________canyougetforthenightinacitylikethis! A)commission B) interaction C)accommodation D)recommendation 68. Hehasbeenlookingeverywhereforyou,andhestill________. A)does B) has been C)has D)is 69. Thisisoneoftherarestquestionsthat________atsuchameeting. A)has ever been raised B) is raised C)are raised D)have ever been raised 70. He never hesitates to make such criticisms ________ are considered helpful to other. A)that B) as C)which D)what Part IVErrorCorrection (15 minutes) Directions: This part consists of a short passage. In this passage, there are altogether 10 mistakes, one in each numbered line. You may have to change a word, add a word or delete a word. Mark out the mistakes and put the corrections in the blanks provided. If you change a word, cross it out and write the correct word in the corresponding blank. If you add a word, put an insertion mark (∧) in the right place and write the missing word in the blank. If you delete aword, crossit andput aslash(/) in theblank. 91淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 Example: Televisionisrapidlybecomingtheliteratureofourperiods╱. 1. time/times/period Manyoftheargumentshaving╱ usedforthestudyofliteratureas 2. _______\_______ aschoolsubjectarevalidfor ∧ studyoftelevision. 3.______the______ This passage discusses one way methane (甲烷) gas is made. And it has something alsotodowiththework(71)oftermites(白蚁). Termites can ruin a health tree or a costly home. (72) They eat the wood. This causes the tree or building to collapse. But termites also have a useless purpose on (73) earth. Nearly half of the methane in our atmosphere come from termites. Methane gas, byturn, makes(74) othergases. It also aidsin the greenhouseeffect, which keepswarm airclosetheearth.(75) Scientist Pat Zimmerman made the discovery. He found that methane gas is given up when termites (76) digest their food. Zimmerman thinks that there are about 240,000,000billiontermitesonearth. They produce 8,000 billion cubic foot of methane (77) each year, he believes. That ishalfthenumberofgasdrawnyearlyfromnaturalgas(78)wellsintheU.S. Perhaps we’ll treat termites for friends. (79) We’ll offer them a piece of our house, andthey’llofferusanewwaytokeepuswarmly!(80) PartVWriting(30 minutes) Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition based on the following graph which shows the change in the number of filmgoers and TV watchers in a certain city. The title of the composition is: Film Is Giving Way to TV. You should write no less than 120 words for your composition anditmust includethefollowing ideas (given in Chinese): 1. 电影观众越来越少 2. 电视观众越来越多，因为… 3. 然而还是有人喜欢看电影，因为… Quote as few figures as possible. Remember to write your composition in readable handwriting. 92淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 1992年1月六级参考答案 Part I 1. A 2.D 3. B 4. C 5. A 6. A 7. B 8. C 9. D 10. B 11. D 12. B 13. B 14. A 15. A 16. D 17. B 18. C 19. A 20. C PartII 21. A 22. A 23. A 24. D 25. C 26. C 27. B 28. C 29. A 30. B 31. A 32. B 33.A 34. A 35. A 36. B 37. D 38. C 39.D 40. C Part III 41. D 42. B 43. C 44. A 45. C 46. C 47. D 48. B 49. C 50. A 51. D 52. B 53. A 54. C 55. A 56. B 57. D 58. A 59. C 60.B 61. A 62. C 63. B 64. A 65. B 66. D 67. C 68. D 69. D 70. B 71. ismade → made 72. heath→ healthy 73. \also 74. come→ comes 75. close→ close to 76. given→ shown 77. foot→ feet 78. drawn→ made 79. for→ as/like 80. warmly→ warm Quote as few figures as possible. Remember towrite your composition in readable handwriting. Nowadaysthere are fewer and fewer cinema-goers and the cinema is N slack. However, thereare more and more TV viewers. There are many reasons for this socialphenomenon, but in general, they come down to three major ones. First, film tickets are too expensive, while it doesn't cost much to watch TVat home. Besides, it is time-consuming and inconvenient to go to the 93淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 cinema.Nevertheless, it is very convenient and comfortable to watch TV at home. Youneedn't go out but just need to turn on the television. Most important of all,if you don't like the film, you'll have to sit through it; but if you don'tlike one programme on TV, you can shift to another. However, some people still go to the cinema. They usually go to the cinema forthe purpose of social contact. Young people go dating there. Other people go tothe cinema as an activity. For example, schools often organize children to goto the cinema. Sometimes employees also go to the cinema with the film ticketspresented by their institutions. 94淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 1992年6月大学英语六级(CET-6)真题试卷 Part I Listening Comprehension(20 minutes) SectionA 1. A)Shedoesn’tlikethecollar. B) Shedoesn’tlikesilk. C)Shedoesn’tlikewhite dresses. D)Shedoesn’t thinkit’s hersize. 2. A)Thesceneoftheoldman’sdeathshockedher. B)Thescene of theold man’sdeath frightened her. C)Thescene of theold man’sdeath moved her. D)The scene ofthe oldman’s death upset her. 3. A)Shedidn’tgetwhatshewanted. B) Shewas given a vegetable salad. C)Shefoundthefruit not fresh enough. D)Shehad beenovercharged. 4. A)JimmusthavecopiedfromJohn. B) Hedoesn’t seen to likethetwo compositions. C)John musthave copied from Jim. D)One musthave copied from theother. 5. A)Theywanttowearspecialclothes. B)They want otherpeople towatch them dance. C)They want tocelebrate their festivals. D)They want to enjoythemselves. 6. A)$40. B) $30. C)$25. D)$14. 7. A)Anexperiencednurse. B)Ashop assistant. C)Theman’s old friend. 95淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 D)Secretary ofacompany. 8. A)Janeissick. B) Janeis with her sister. C)Janewon’t come. D)Jane will call back thisevening. 9. A)Shehastotakethefinalexams. B) Shehas to get her paper done. C)She’ll celebrate her25th birthday. D)Shewill practise typing. 10. A)Takingarest. B) Paying a visit. C)Making apurchase. D)Making an appointment. Section B PassageOne Questions11to13arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard. 11. A)TosettledownintheU.S. B)Toget his doctor’s degree. C)Tobecome aprofessor. D)Tofinish high school. 12. A)IntheMinistryofEducation. B) In theMinistry ofAgriculture. C)At a university. D)At ahospital. 13. A)Becausetheythinkthat’swheretheybelong. B) BecauseAfrica is developing rapidly. C)Because they are drawn byhigh salaries. D)Because they aredrawn bygood opportunities. PassageTwo 96淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 Questions14to16arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard. 14. A)Heofferedthemtothoseinneed. B) Hekept themfor his own use. C)Hesoldthem to bikeshops. D)He gave them tohis relatives as Christmasgifts. 15. A)Hewantedtogettheman’soldbike. B) Hewanted toknowtheprice ofthenew bike. C)Hewanted toknowwhat was new oftheman’s bike. D)He wanted torepair theold bikefortheman. 16. A)Hisinterestindoingthejob. B) His wishto help others. C)His intentionto learn atrade. D)His ambition tobecome known and popular. PassageThree Questions17to20arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard. 17. A)ThedesigneroftheWhiteHouse. B)Thefirst resident of theWhiteHouse. C)Oneof theU.S. presidents. D)Aspecialist ofAmerican history. 18. A)Toaddtothebeautyofthebuilding. B)Tofollowtheoriginal design. C)Towipe outthestains left behind bytheWar. D)Tomake thebuilding lookmore comfortable. 19. A)Rightafteritwasrebuilt. B) During theadministration ofJohnAdams. C)WhenTheodore Roosevelt was president. D)After manyothernames hadbeen given to it. 20. A)Ithasbeenchangedseveraltimes. B) It has never been changed. C)It was changed aftertheWarof1812. 97淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 D)It was changed during Roosevelt’s presidency. Part IIReading Comprehension(35 minutes) PassageOne Questions21to25arebasedonthefollowingpassage. What do Charles Darwin, Nicholas Copernicus and Frank J. Sulloway have in common? The first two, of course, were revolutionary scientific thinkers: Copernicus establishedthattheEarth revolvesaround the sun;Darwin discovered natural selection. And Sulloway? He’s a historian of science at Massachusetts Institute of Technology who has discovered something else these two men-and, indeed, most of the major pioneers in science over the last 400 years-have in common: they were, like Sulloway himself, preceded in birth by at least one other brother or sister. Birth order, he found, is the mostreliableindicatorofwhetherascientistwillembraceorattackradicalnewideas. The third of four children, Sulloway has spent 20 years searching out the birth order of 2,784 scientists who were on one side or the other of 28 scientific revolutions since the 16th century. He discovered that 23 of the 28 revolutions were led by later-borns. Sulloway focused on the male-dominated world of science and the sole issue he measured was willingness to challenge established opinions. Those least likely to accept new theories were firstborns with younger brothers or sisters. The most radical were youngersonswithatleastoneolderbrother. According to Sulloway’s theory, firstborn children identify more readily with parentalauthoritybecause, among otherthings, theyareoftenputin chargeofyounger brothersorsisters. Through this identification, firstborns absorb the norms (规范,准则) and values of societyin waysthatsubsequentchildrendonot.Theolderchild getsresponsibility.They youngeroneteststhelimits,triestoseewhathecangetawaywith. 21. Whatisthemainideaofthepassage? A)Later-borns are moreintelligent than firstborns. B) Revolutionary thinkers tend to recognizethe influence ofbirth order. C)Majorscientists always have something in common in theirway ofthinking. D)One’s behaviouris often determined bybirth order. 22. Thehistorianofsciencementionedinthepassageisofthefamily. A)theyoungest child B) neitherthe eldest northeyoungest child C)theonly child 98淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 D)theeldest child 23. The2,784scientistsSullowaystudied________. A)had led 23ofthe28scientific revolutions B) were preceded inbirth byat least onebrother orsister C)had either supported or opposedrevolutionary ideas D)had dominated theworld ofscience for400years 24. According to Sulloway’s theory, who is most likely to challenge established ideas of science? A)The only son withyounger sisters. B)Thosewho identifymore readily with parental authority. C)Theonly child of afamily. D)Aperson with at least one olderbrother orsister. 25. Theauthor’sattitudetowardsSulloway’sbirthordertheoryis________. A)critical B) defensive C)neutral D)inconsistent PassageTwo Questions26to30arebasedonthefollowingpassage. The individual mobility, convenience, and status given by the private passenger car offer a seemingly unbeatable attraction. In 1987, a record 126,000 cars rolled off assembly lines each working day, and close to 400 million vehicles choke up the world’s streetstoday. But the car’s usefulness to the individual stands in sharp contrast to the costs and burdens that society must shoulder to provide an automobile-centered transportation system. Since the clays of Henry Ford, societies have made a steady stream of laws to protect driversfrom each other and themselves, as well as to protect the general public from the unintended effects of massive automobile use. Law makers have struggled over the competing goals of unlimited mobility and the individual’s fight to be free of thenoise,pollution,andphysicaldangersthattheautomobileoftenbrings. Priortothe seventies, theauto’susefulnessand assuredrole in societywerehardly questioned. Even worries about uprising gas prices and future fuel availability subsided (减退) in the eighties almost as quickly as they had emerged. Car sales recovered, drivingisup,andwealthycustomersareoncemoreshoppingforhighperformancecars. The motor vehicle industry’s apparent success in dealing with the challenges of the seventies has obscured the harmful long-term trends of automobile centered 99淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 transportation. Rising gasoline consumption will before long put increased pressure on oil production capacities. In addition, as more and more people can afford their own cars and as mass motorization takes hold, traffic jam becomes a tough problem. And motor vehicles are important contributors to urban air pollution, acid rain, and global warming. Society’s interest in fuel supply security, the integrity of its cities, and protection of theenvironmentcallsforafundamentalrethinkingoftheautomobile’srole.Stricterfuel economy and pollution standards are the most obvious and immediate measures that can be adopted. But they can only be part of the answer. In the years ahead, the challengewillbetodevelopinnovative(革新的)transportationpolicies. 26. WhichofthefollowingisTRUEaccordingtothefirstparagraph? A)Agood car indicates itsowner’s high social position. B)Agood car allows its ownerto travel free. C)Acar provides its owner with asenseof safety. D)Acar adds to itsowner’s attractiveness. 27. Thephrase“rolledoffassemblylines”(Para.1,Lines2-3)means________. A)“were turned outfrom factories” B) “moved alongproduction lines” C)“moved alongthe streets” D)“were lined upin thestreets” 28. Thepassagestatesthatthereis________. A)a sharp contrast between thecost and usefulness of thecars B) asharp contrast between thecost andperformance of thecars C)asharp conflict between car drivers andtraffic rules D) a sharp contradiction between the convenience of car owners and the burdens of society 29. Itisimpliedthattheauto’sassuredroleinsocietyis________. A)threatened bytherising gas prices B) challenged byaseries offundamental problems C)protected bylaw D)firmly established 30. Stricterfueleconomyandpollutionstandardsare________. A)onlypart ofthesolutionto massiveautomobileuse B) thebest way tocope with themassiveuse ofcars 100淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 C)innovativetransportation policies D)future policies oftheautomobileindustry PassageThree Questions31to35arebasedonthefollowingpassage. While America’s grade-school and high-school system is coming under attack, one fact remains: U.S. universities are among the best in the world. Since World War II, American scientists-mostly working in universities or colleges-have won more than half ofallNobelPrizesinphysicsandmedicine.ForeignstudentsrushtotheUnitedStatesby the tens of thousands; last year they earned more than one quarter of the doctoral degrees awarded in the country. Yet while American universities produce great research andgreatgraduate programme, theysome-timespaylittle attentionto thetaskthatlies attheirverycore:theteachingofundergraduatestudents. In an era of $20,000 academic years, college presidents can no longer afford to ignore the creeping rot at their core. In speeches and interviews the nation’s higher educators have rediscovered teaching. Robert Rosenzweig, president of the Association of American Universities, said: “Our organization was never very concerned about teaching. In the last 18 months, we have spent more time on undergraduate education thanonanyothersubject.” Despite such promising efforts, no one doubts that research still outranks teaching at the leading universities, not least because it is a surer and faster way to earn status. Some people don’t think it has to be that way. They argue that the reward system for college faculty can be changed, so that professors will be encouraged to devote more time and effort to teaching. They say that they are beginning to believe that the 1990s maycometoberememberedasthedecadeoftheundergraduate. That would bring ‘it full circle. For more than two centuries after the founding of Harvard College in 1636, the instruction of undergraduate students was an essential conditionofAmericanhighereducation. 31. WhichofthefollowingwouldbethebestTITLEforthispassage? A)University Education in theU.S. B) University Education Challenged C)Teaching and Research in Universities D)UndergraduateTeaching Rediscovered 32. Thefirstsentenceinthesecondparagraphmeansthat________. A) with a budget of $ 20,000, presidents find it difficult to keep their universities going B) with the increase in fees, educators feel obliged to improve undergraduate teaching C) with a $ 20,000 budget, presidents find it difficult to stop the creeping rot in their 101淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 universities D) with the decrease in fees, educators can’t afford to lay equal stress on both research and teaching 33. According to paragraph 3, some people think that the reward system for teachers shouldbechangedsothat________. A)more emphasis willbe laid onteaching B) leading universities can further raise theirstatus C)effort can bedirected tograduate instruction D)the1990’s will become adecadeof the-undergraduate 34. Accordingtothepassage,attheleadingAmericanuniversities________. A)research is declining in importance B) teaching is nowranked aboveresearch C)teaching is a sureway togain position D)more importanceis attached toresearch thanto teaching 35. It is implied in the passage that about 150 years ago undergraduate instruction ________. A)was already threatened byresearch work B) began tobe neglected in mostuniversities C)constituted thefundamental part ofhigher education D)began to undergo rapid changes PassageFour Questions36to40arebasedonthefollowingpassage. Inthefinal yearsbeforethebeginningoftheCivil War,theviewthattheNegrowas different, even inferior, was widely held in the United States. At Peoria, Illinois, in October 1854, Abraham Lincoln asked what stand the opponents of slavery should take regardingNegroes. “Free them, and make them politically and socially our equals? My own feelings will not admit of this; and if mine would, we well know that those of the great mass, of whitepeoplewillnot. Whether this feeling accords with justice and sound judgement, is not the sole question, if indeed, it is any part of it. A universal feeling, whether well or ill founded, cannotbesafelydisregarded. Wecannot,then,makethemequals.” The Lincoln statement was clear and direct, and it doubtless represented the views of most Americans in the 1850’s. Most of those who heard him or read his speech were 102淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 ofthesameopinionashe.Inlateryears,thePeoriaspeechwouldbeusedbythosewho taughttodamage Lincoln’s reputationasa championof therightsoftheNegro.In 1964, the White Citizens’ Councils reprinted portions of the speech in large advertisements in the daily press and insisted that Lincoln shared their views on the desirability of maintainingtwodistinctworldsofrace. Lincoln could not have overcome the nation’s strong inclination toward racial separation if he had tried. And he did not try very hard. When he set about forming Negro troops later, he was content not only to set Negroes apart in a unit called “U.S. ColoredTroops,“butalsotohaveNegroprivates(列兵)receive$10permonthincluding clothing, while whites of the same rank received $13 per month plus clothing. Only the firm refusal of many Negro troops to accept unequal pay finally forced Congress to equalizecompensation,forwhiteandNegrosoldiers. The fight for union that became also a fight for freedom never became a fight for equalityorforthecreationofoneracialworld. 36. In1854,AbrahamLincolnbelievedthat________. A)it was practical togive equal rights toNegroes B) Negroes should haveequal rights C)racial equality forNegroes was impossible D)most whitepeoplewould oppose giving freedom toNegroes 37. Inthe1850’s,thenation’sinclinationtowardracialseparationwas________. A)disregarded byCongress B) challenged byLincoln C)toostrong to overcome D)based onround judgement 38. In 1964, the White Citizens’ Councils reprinted the Peoria speech in order to ________. A)damage Lincoln’s reputation B) defend theirown viewpoints C)criticizeLincoln’s views onracial equality D)defend Lincoln’s reputation 39. Fromthepassage,wecanconcludethatLincoln________. A)helped Negroes fight forfreedom only B) gave Negroes equal pay C)treated whiteandNegro soldiers equally D)helped to createoneracial world 103淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 40. ThepurposeoftheCivilWarwas________. A)toestablish equality ofall people B) tomaintain the unionof thecountry C)todoaway withracial separation D)toend racial injustice Part IIIVocabulary andStructure(20minutes) 41. Susan stood motionless at the end of the diving board, hands at her side, heels slightlyraised,everymuscle________action. A)anticipating B) toanticipate C)anticipated D)having anticipated 42. ________aboutthebookkeeper’shonesty,thecompanyaskedhimtoresign. A)There besomequestions B)There are somequestions C)There have been somequestions D)There being somequestions 43. He________hissorrowbeneathacheerfulappearance. A)retained B) concealed C)conceived D)shielded 44. Hefinishedthepaintings,________fortheexhibition. A)for sometime B) ingood time C)from timeto time D)timeafter time 45. Butforhiscourage,thebattle________. A)was lost B) willbe lost C)would lose D)would have been lost 104淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 46. An ambulance must have priority as it usually has to deal with some kind of ________. A)urgency B) danger C)emergency D)crisis 47. Suchbeingthecase,Iseeno________foryourcomplaints. A)foundation B) base C)grounds D)sources 48. Newswritersareexpectedtobeclearandaccurate,theforminwhichtheywriteor speakis________tothatrequirement. A)superior B) secondary C)inferior D)contrary 49. Thesoilwasso________thatIwashardlyabletoforceaspadeintoit. A)muddy B) compact C)slack D)fertile 50. Theforeign-languagepublicationsaregrowinginvolumeand________. A)appreciation B) circumstance C)rotation D)circulation 51. Thewineglasseswereso________thatIwasafraidtocarrythemhomebybus. A)flexible B) delicate C)shaky D)tender 105淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 52. Theprogramhasbeen________bylackoffunds. A)hampered B) intervened C)hammered D)insulated 53. ________,heatisproduced. A)Certain chemicals are mixed together B)That certain chemicals are mixed together C)Whenever certain chemicals are mixedtogether D)The mixingtogether ofcertain chemicals 54. Captain Jones ________ that he had fired five bullets from Hoffman’s gun and that hehadtheshellsofthosebulletswithhim. A)purified B) magnified C)testified D)intensified 55. Muchoftheequipmentwaslying________becauseofalackofspareparts. A)helpless B) vacant C)idle D)lonely 56. ________doesheknowthatthepoliceareabouttoarresthim. A)Few B) Only C)Seldom D)Little 57. By signing this application, I ask that an account ________ for me and a credit card issuedasIrequest. A)be opened B) opens C)is opened D)will beopened 106淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 58. ThepoorreceptiononyourTVisprobablyduetooutside________. A)interference B) inaccessibility C)interruption D)irregularity 59. Henry Ford’s introduction of the assembly vastly reduced the time it took ________. A)onmaking a car B) tomake acar C)formaking a car D)inmaking acar 60. The latest survey of 50 young couples in that city shows the average cost for a weddinghasdoubledthe________of1986. A)size B) number C)figure D)quantity 61. It was only after the failure of the talks that the government decided to resort ________force. A)for B) in C)at D)to 62. Eventhoughwehadbeentoherhouse severaltimesbefore, we didnotremember ________. A)what street it was on B) what thestreet itwas on C)what street was it on D)what astreet itwas on 63. Theearthquake________nothavecomeataworsetimeforthewar-torncountry. A)could B) must C)would 107淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 D)might 64. In________withthenewregulations,allticketsmustbestamped. A)combination B) agreement C)connection D)accordance 65. Chinahasgreatly________itsinfluenceinworldaffairs. A)spread B) scattered C)extended D)distributed 66. Heaskedhissistertolookafterhischildren________hisdeath. A)intheevent of B) inview of C)onaccount of D)ontheedge of 67. We are sorry that, because of a fire in our factory, we are unable to fill your order for auto parts. We suggest that you order from Jones Supply Company until we are ableto________production. A)release B) recover C)resume D)regain 68. Lhasaisunique________itisthehighestcityinChina. A)that B) inthat C)forthat D)but that 69. Whyareyoualwayssuspicious________anyonewhoiskindtoyou? A)of B) with C)towards 108淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 D)for 70. ________ rose in his imagination several interesting specimens that had never appearedonearthbefore. A)Here B) It C)Where D)There Part IVErrorCorrection (15 minutes) Directions: This part consists of a short passage. In this passage, there are altogether 10 mistakes, one in each numbered line. You may have to change a word, add a word or delete a word. Mark out the mistakes and put the corrections in the blanks provided. If you change a word, cross it out and write the correct word in the corresponding blank. If you add a word, put an insertion mark (∧) in the right place and write the missing word in the blank. If you delete aword, crossit andput aslash(/) in theblank. Example: Televisionisrapidlybecomingtheliteratureofourperiods╱. 1. time/times/period Manyoftheargumentshaving╱ usedforthestudyofliteratureas 2. _______\_______ aschoolsubjectarevalidfor ∧ studyoftelevision. 3.______the______ It isalwaysinteresting tovisitanother country,forthose whohavenever traveleda greatdeal. Domestic travel can be very educational for anyone. (71) if he is interested enough to make preparations at beforehand. Learning the language (72) of the new country would be difficult the traveller to attempt, but the benefits of such an (73) effort would become obvious immediately after his arrive. It may not seem important to him when he is comfortably situated at home, but (74) knows how to order a meal or rent a room is essential for the newcomer in a familiar country. (75) Without knowing the language, it is very difficult for the stranger to understand the people of the (76) new country and hiscustoms. Of course, in our small world, it is often possible to find someone who understand our own (77) but this is only second-best for the traveler. To be ensure, he can see placesandthingswithout(78)theuseofalanguage, butplacesandthingsaretheheart of any country. To get the greatest (79) benefit from a trip to another country, it is indeedimportantforthevisitortohavean(80)understandingofthelanguage. PartVWriting(30 minutes) Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the 109淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 topic Looking Forward to the Twenty-First Century. Your composition should be based on your answers to the following questions written in Chinese: 1. 新世纪科技发展的前景如何? 2. 新的科学技术会给社会带来什么好处? 3. 新的科学技术会带来什么问题? 4. 你怎样对待新世纪的挑战? Yourcompositionshouldbenolessthan120words. LookingForwardtotheTwenty-FirstCentury 110淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 1992年1月六级参考答案 Part I 1. A 2.C 3. A 4. D 5. D 6. C 7. D 8. B 9. B 10. C 11. D 12. B 13. A 14. A 15. A 16. B 17. A 18. C 19. C 20. B PartII 21. D 22. B 23. C 24. D 25. D 26. A 27. A 28. D 29. B 30. A 31. D 32. B 33.A 34. D 35. B 36. C 37. C 38. B 39.A 40. B Part III 41. A 42. D 43. B 44. B 45. D 46. C 47. C 48. B 49. B 50. D 51. B 52. A 53. C 54. C 55. C 56. D 57. A 58. A 59. B 60.C 61. D 62. A 63. A 64. D 65. C 66. A 67. C 68. B 69. A 70. D 71.educational → beneficial 72. \at 73.benefits → benefit 74. \at 75. familiar→ unfamiliar 76. stranger→ traveler 77. own→ own language 78. ensure→ sure 79. are→ are at 80. visitor→ visitors Yourcompositionshould be noless than 120words. LookingForward to theTwenty-First Century SinceWorldWarII, science and technologyhave developed agreat deal. In thenext century, this trend will undoubtedlycONtinue. All kindsof technology are to be improved at aterrible rate. Thisdevelopment will bring great benefitsboth to our 111淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 everyday lifeand recur work.At the sametime, it willalso improveindustrial and agricultural production. On theotherhand, thisdevelopment is sureto bring about somenew probems we have nevermet before or, at least, to make somepresent problems even worse. If some newspecies ofanimals were really turned outbythe gene engineering one day, whatwould ourworld belikethen? And oncethe artificial intelligent robots wereput into use, what would these clever "people" doto theirproducers? In spiteofall these problems wewill not go back tolead thelifeourforefather led. Theonly way is to improvescience and technology and to find outall ways tosolvethose problems. That is difficult. But we, theconstructors ofthe newcentury,will surely turn theminto reality. 112淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 1993年1月大学英语六级(CET-6)真题试卷 Part I Listening Comprehension(20 minutes) SectionA 1. A)Itwasmisleading. B) It was enjoyable. C)It was rather boring. D)It was justso-so. 2. A)Popmusic. B) Folkmusic. C)Classical music. D)Allkinds ofmusic. 3. A)Hewillflydirectlytohisdestination. B) Hehas tochange atAlbany. C)Heis stillnot surehow toget there. D)He mustchange at Jacksonville. 4. A)It’slate. B) It’scrowed. C)It’sempty. D)It’s ontime. 5. A)Unusual. B) Enthusiastic. C)Serious. D)Threatening. 6. A)Hernameisonthetopofthelist. B) Shewillbe thelast to beinterviewed. C)Sheis expectinga jobinterview. D)Shemust fix adate forthejob. 7. A)Thehusbandisnotusuallysoobservant. B)Thewife is annoyed at her husband’s complaint. C)Thehusband hasn’ttold thetruth. 113淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 D)The wife isgoing to thehairdresser’s. 8. A)Thestudentmisstheirprofessorverymuch. B)Theprofessor didn’tgive thelesson. C)Anewcourse willbegin nextMonday. D)Somehomework was assigned tothe students. 9. A)Sheacceptedtheirrequest. B) Sherejected their request. C)Sheagreed to consider theirrequest. D)Sheasked them to comewith theother. 10. A)Atwork. B) Back at home. C)At themeeting. D)Away from home. Section B PassageOne Questions11to13arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard. 11. A)Cheapclothes. B) Expensiveclothes. C)Fashionableclothes. D)Informal clothes. 12. A)Theyenjoyloudmusic. B)They seldom losetheir temper. C)They want tohave children. D)They enjoy modern dances. 13. A)Hertwinsisteroftenbringsfriendshomeandthisannoysthespeaker. B)They can’t agree onthecolorof theroom. C)They can’t agree onthekindoffurniture. D)The speakerlikes to keep things neat whileher twinsister doesn’t. PassageTwo 114淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 Questions14to17arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard. 14. A)Inthefirstsemester. B) In thesecond semester. C)In thethird semester. D)In thefourth semester. 15. A)Sheisill. B) Sheis tooold. C)Her husbandwants her to. D)Her husbandis ill. 16. A)Hisfather. B) His mother. C)His girl friend. D)His teacher. 17. A)Hehasdecidedtocontinuehisstudies. B) Hehas still tomake adecision. C)Hehas decided togive uphis job. D)He has stilltotake apart timejob. PassageThree Questions18to20arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard. 18. A)Twentyyears. B)Acoupleof weeks. C)Acoupleof years. D)Five years. 19. A)Davidhadbeensellingcars. B) David had taught business. C)David had become asalesman. D)David had made alotof money. 20. A)Richpeoplearenothappy. B) Being rich is thebest thing inthe world. C)Being rich is not always a good thing. 115淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 D)Rich people are usually with theirfamilies. Part IIReading Comprehension(35 minutes) Questions21to25arebasedonthefollowingpassage. Protestsat theuse ofanimalsinresearch havetakena newandfearful character in Britain with the attempted murder of two British scientists by the terrorist technique of thepre-plantedcar-bomb. Theresearchcommunitywillrightlybealarmedatthesedevelopments,whichhave two objectives: to arouse public attention and to frighten people working in research with animals. The first need is that everything should be done to identify those responsible for the crimes and to put them on trail. The Defence Research Society has takenthepracticalstepof offeringa rewardof10,000 poundsforinformationleading to those responsible, but past experience is not encouraging. People are unlikely to be tempted by such offers. The professional police will similarly be confronted by the usual problemoffindinganeedleinahaystack. That is why the intellectual (知识分子) community in Britain and elsewhere must act more vigorously in its own defence. There are several steps that can be taken, of which the chief one is to demand of all the organizations that exist with the declared objectives of safeguarding the interests of animals that they should declare clearly where they stand on violence towards people. And it will not be enough for the chairmen and chairwomen of these organizations to utter placatory ( 安 抚 的 ) statements on behalf of all their members. These people should also undertake that it will be a test of continuing membership in their organizations that members and would bemembersshoulddeclarethattheywill takeno part inactsof violenceagainsthuman beings.Evensuchundertakingswouldnotbefullyeffective:people,afterall,canlie.But at least they would distinguish the organizations entitled to a continuing voice in the dialogue with the research community about the rights of animals in research from the organizationsthatdeservenosay. 21. Thewords“thesedevelopments”(Para.2,Line1)mostprobablyreferto________. A)theacts ofviolence against scientists B) theuseof animals inresearch C)thetechniques ofplanting bombsin cars D)theestablishment of newanimal protection organization 22. WhichofthefollowingisTRUEaccordingtothepassage? A)The policeabandoned theirefforts to find thecriminals. B)Theterrorists escaped with thehelp of theirorganizations. C)Theattempted murder caused grave anxietyamong British scientists. D)Peoplesympathized murder caused grave anxietyamong British scientists. 116淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 23. The author’s purpose in writing his article is to demand that animal-protecting organizations________. A)declare theirobjectives clearly B) give uptheuseof violence C)continuethedialogue withthescientific community D)help to find thoseresponsible for theattempted murder 24. Intheauthor’sopinion________. A)since peoplecan lie, theproblem about theirrights ofscientists can’tbe solved B) animal-protecting organizations about be held responsible for acts of violence against scientists C)animal protection organizations should bedeclared illegal D)thescientists should takeeffective measures to protect themselves 25. Whatdoestheword“they”(Para.3,Line3)referto? A)The animal-protecting organizations. B)Theorganizations that will talk with theresearch community. C)Thosewho support theuseofanimals inresearch. D)Those who support theanimal-protection organizations. Questions26to30arebasedonthefollowingpassage. The earlier type of suburb, which was most dependent on the railroad, had a special advantage that could be fully appreciated only after it had disappeared. These suburbs, spread out along a railroad line, were discontinuous and properly spaced; and without the aid of legislation (法规) they were limited in population as well as area; for the biggest rarely held as many as ten thousand people, and under five thousand was more usual. In 1950, for example, Bronxville, New York, a typical upper-class suburb, had6,778people,whileRiverside,Illinois,foundedasearlyas1869,hadonly9.153. The size and scale of the suburb, that of neighborhood unit, was not entirely the result of its open planning, which favored low densities. Being served by a railroad line, with station stops from three to five miles apart, there was a natural limit to the spread of anyparticular community.House had to be sited “within easywalking distance of the railroadstation,” as some oldresidents wouldpointout; andonlythose wealthyenough toaffordahorseandacarriagedaredtopenetratefartherintotheopencountry. Through its spaced station stops, the railroad suburb was at first kept from spreading or excessively increasing in numbers, for a natural greenbelt, often still under cultivation as park, gardens, remained between the suburbs and increased the available recreation area. Occasionally, in a few happy areas like Westchester, between 1915 and 1935 a parkway, like the Bronx River parkway, accompanied by continuous strip of park for pedestrian (散步的人) use, not yet overrun by a constant stream of urban traffic, added to the perfection of the whole suburban pattern. Whatever one might say of the 117淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 social disadvantages this was in many waysa perfect physical environment. But it lasted lessthanageneration. 26. Whatwasthespecialadvantageoftheoldtypeofsuburb? A)Its nearness tothe railroad. B)Thevastness ofits open space. C)Its smallsizein area and population. D)The high social status ofitsresidents. 27. Thesizeoftheoldsuburbwaslimitedbecause________. A)people wanted tolivenear a railroad station B) itwas originally planned by railroad companies C)there was a lawgoverning thesizeofthesuburb D)local inhabitantsdidn’tliketoout in thecountry 28. “Happyareas”(Para.3,Line3)wereareaswhere________. A)life was enjoyed byeveryone B) moreroads were built tobypass theheavy traffic C)agreenbelt was availablesolely forrecreation D)people could have lotsoffun 29. Itisevidentthatthewriter________. A)finds urban lifeuncomfortable B) prefers life inthecountryside C)feels disappointed inthe changes ofsuburbs D)advocates theideaof returning to nature 30. Thetopicdiscussedinthepassageis“________”. A)thesizeand scale ofsuburban neighborhood units B) theadvantage ofold-type suburbs C)thelocation ofrailroad stations D)theconcept of thesuburban pattern Questions31to35arebasedonthefollowingpassage. Recent stories in the newspapers and magazines suggest that teaching and research contradict each other, that research plays too prominent a part in academic promotions, and that teaching is badly underemphasized. There is an element of truth inthesestatements,buttheyalsoignoredeeperandmoreimportantrelationships. Research experience is an essential element of hiring and promotion at a research 118淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 university because it is the emphasis on research that distinguishes such a university from an arts college. Some professors, however, neglect teaching for research and that presentsaproblem. Most research universities reward outstanding teaching, but the greatest recognition is usually given for achievements in research. Part of the reason is the difficulty of judging teaching. A highly responsible and tough professor is usually appreciated by top students who want to be challenged, but disliked by those whose records are less impressive. The mild professor gets overall ratings that are usually high, but thereisa senseof disappointmentin thepartof the beststudents, exactly those for whom the system should present the greatest challenges. Thus, a university trying to promote professors primarily on the teaching qualities would have to confront this confusion. As modern science moves faster, two forces are exerted on professor: one is the time needed to keep on with the profession; the other is the time needed to teach. The training of new scientists requires outstanding teaching at the research university as well as the arts college. Although scientists are usually “made” in the elementary schools, scientists can be “lost” by poor teaching at the college and graduate school levels. The solution is not to separate teaching and research, but to recognize that the combination is difficult but vital. The title of professor should be given only to those whoprofess,anditisperhapstimeforuniversitiestoreserveitforthosewillingtobean earnest part of the community of scholars. Professor unwilling to teach can be called “distinguishedresearchinvestigators”orsomethingelse. The pace of modern science makes it increasingly difficult to be a great researcher and a great teacher. Yet many are described in just those terms. Those who say we can separateteaching and research simply do not understand the system but those who say theproblemwilldisappeararenotfulfillingtheirresponsibilities. 31. Whatideadoestheauthorwanttoconveyinthefirstparagraph? A)It is wrong tooverestimatethe importanceofteaching. B)Teaching and research are contradictory toeach other. C)Research can never be emphasizedtoo much. D)The relationship between teaching and research should not besimplified. 32. In academic promotions research universities still attach more importance to researchpartlybecause________. A)research improves thequality of teaching B) studentswho want to bechallenged appreciateresearch professors C)itis difficultto evaluate teaching quality objectively D)professor with achievements inresearch are usually responsible and tough 33. According to the fourth paragraph, which of the following will the author probably agreewith? 119淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 A) Distinguished professors at research universities should concentrate on research only. B) The separation of teaching from research can lower the quality of future scientists. C) It is of utmost importance to improve teaching in elementary schools in order to train new scientists. D) The rapid developments of modern science make it impossible to combine teaching with research. 34. The title of professor should be given only to those who, first and foremost, do ________. A)teaching B) field work C)scientificresearch D)investigation 35. Thephrase“theproblem”(Para.5,Line3)refersto________. A)raising the statusof teaching B) thecombination ofteaching with research C)theseparations ofteaching from research D)improving thestatus ofresearch Questions36to40arebasedonthefollowingpassage. I have had just about enough of being treated like a second-class citizen, simply because I happened to be that put upon member of society-a customer. The more I go into shops and hotels, banks and post offices, railway stations, airports and the like, the more I’m convinced that things are being run solely to suit the firm, the system, or the union. There seems to be a new motto ( 座 右 铭 ) for the so-called ‘service’ organization-Staff Before Service. How often, for example, have you queued for what seems like hours at the Post Office or the supermarket because there aren’t enough staff on duty at all the service counters? Surely in these days of high unemployment it must be possible to increase counter staff. Yet supermarkets, hinting darkly at higher prices, claim that bringing all their cash registers into operation at any time would increase expenses. And the Post Office says we cannot expect all their service counters tobeoccupied‘attimeswhendemandislow’. It’s the same with hotels. Because waiters and kitchen staff must finish when it suits them, dining rooms close earlier or menu choice is diminished. As for us guests (and how the meaning of that word has been cut away little by little), we just have to put up with it. There’s also the nonsense of so many friendly hotel night porters having been gradually with drawn from service in the interests of ‘efficiency’ (i.e. profits) and replaced by coin-eating machines which supply everything from beer to medicine, not tomentionthecreepingthreatofthetea-makingsetinyourroom:akettlewithteabags, 120淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 milk bags sugar. Who wants to wake up to a raw teabag? I don’t, especially when I am payingfor‘service’. Our only hope is to hammer our irritation whenever and wherever we can and, if allelsefails,restorethatother,oldersaying-TakeOurCustom(买卖)Elsewhere. 36. Theauthorfeelsthatnowadayscustomersare________. A)not worthy of special treatment B) notprovided with proper service C)considered to beinferior members ofsociety D)regarded as privileged 37. Intheauthor’sopinion,thequalityofserviceischangingbecause________. A)thestaffare less considerate thanemployers B) customers are becoming moredemanding C)customers unwilling topay extramoney D)more consideration isgivento thestaffthan customers 38. Accordingtotheauthor,longqueuesatcountersarecausedby________. A)thediminishing supply ofgood staff B) lack of cooperation among staff C)inefficient staff D)deliberate understaffing 39. The disappearance of old-style hotel porters can be attributed to the fact that ________. A)self-service provides a cheaper alternative B) thepersonal touchis less appreciated nowadays C)machines are morereliable than human beings D)few people are willingto dothis type ofwork 40. Theauthor’sfinalsolutiontotheproblemdiscussedinthepassageis________. A)toput upwith whatever service is provided B) tomake strong complaints wherever necessary C)tofully utilizeall kinds ofcoin-eating machines D)togo where good service is available Part IIIVocabulary andStructure(20minutes) 41. When Mohammed, a friend of mine from the Middle East, first went to the United 121淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 Kingdomtoattendtheuniversity,________withwomeninthesameclass. A)he’s never before studied B) hecouldn’tbefore study C)hewould never before study D)he hasn’tbefore studied 42. America will never again have as a nation the spirit of adventure as it ________ beforetheWestwassettled. A)has B) did C)was D)would 43. Thecarswere________becauseitwasimpossibletogoanyfurtherinthefog. A)sacrificed B) transported C)abandoned D)removed 44. The new designs of the Christmas stamps are always waited for with keen ________. A)irritation B) prediction C)reception D)anticipation 45. BuckHelm,aretiredsalesman,survived________alivefor90hoursinhiscar. A)being buried B) having buried C)burying D)tobeburied 46. We have had to raise our prices because of the increase in the cost of ________ materials. A)primitive B) rough C)original D)raw 122淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 47. Indeed,almosteveryscientistnow findsitimpossible toreadall the worksrelevant tohisownsubject,________extensivelyoutsideofit. A)much more to read B) much less reading C)much less to read D)stillmore reading 48. It is up to the Government to tackle the air pollution problem and ________ measuresinlinewiththecouncil’ssuggestions. A)set about B) work out C)fillup D)bring over 49. Allthatdaymyfatherwasin________ashehadlosthiswallet. A)great anxiety B) ambition C)illhumour D)hospitality 50. We preferred to postpone the meeting ________ it without the presence of our president. A)rather than hold B) than to hold C)rather than held D)toholding 51. Many people, if not most, ________ literary taste as an elegant accomplishment, by acquiring which they will complete themselves, and make themselves finally fit asmembersofacorrectsociety. A)lookon B) lookdown C)lookin D)lookinto 52. What a good listener is able to do is to process what he hears on the basis of the context________. A)it occurring in B) occurred init 123淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 C)occurring in it D)it occurs in 53. Thecaraccidentwas________tothedriver’sviolationofthetrafficregulations. A)assigned B) contributed C)attributed D)transferred 54. She is a very ________ student. She’s always talking about travelling to outer space. A)imaginary B) imaginative C)imaginable D)imagining 55. HislecturesonRomanhistorywoulddocredit________arealexpert. A)in B) to C)of D)with 56. Mygrandpagavemeawatch,whichismadeofgold,________Ikeeptothisday. A)and thus B) and C)so D)and which 57. IhavedevotedfourweekendstowritingpapersandnowIfeelI________arest. A)deserve B) preserve C)conceive D)receive 58. I found myself ________ to the spot where the experiment was being performed wheneverIhadsometimetospare. A)draws B) drawing 124淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 C)drawn D)drew 59. Theconstructionofa5-million-tonironandsteelworksisnowunder________. A)conclusion B) contribution C)continuation D)consideration 60. Mary found it difficult to ________ Jim’s father when he disapproved of their marriage. A)stand for B) stand out C)stand by D)stand upto 61. PresidentBanda’sbackground asa doctorhasgiven him________ intothe medical problemthatfacethecountry. A)a view B) avision C)an insight D)a sight 62. Iwish________toStockholmwhenIwasinSweden.Ihearit’sabeautifulcity. A)I went B) Ihad gone C)Ihave gone D)having gone 63. He________hisjobinordertoengageinfull-timewriting. A)upheld B) resigned from C)undertook D)tookover 64. The west is traditionally the land of the pioneers and the cowboys, where ________couldbeeasilymadeincattleorland. A)fortunes B) property 125淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 C)opportunities D)treasure 65. Ididn’tsentoutmyapplicationformlastweek,butI________. A)had to B) should have C)would do D)might haveto 66. Vostok is close to the coldest spot in the world, where an ________ minus 128.6 F wasrecordedin1983. A)unreliable B) extra C)incredible D)impossible 67. It is human nature to think back to a Golden Age ________ one’s country was strongandrespected. A)when B) provided C)as D)unless 68. I don’t mind a bit if you bring your friends in for a drink, but it is rather too much whensixteenpeoplearrive________fordinner. A)unusually B) excessively C)consequently D)unexpectedly 69. Facedwithallthedifficulties,thegirl________hermotherforcomfort. A)turned over B) turned from C)turned to D)turned up 70. David is the ________ holder of the world 5,000-meter world record, but there is noguaranteethathewillwinintheOlympicGames. A)current 126淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 B) predominant C)prevailing D)decisive Part IVErrorCorrection (15 minutes) Directions: This part consists of a short passage. In this passage, there are altogether 10 mistakes, one in each numbered line. You may have to change a word, add a word or delete a word. Mark out the mistakes and put the corrections in the blanks provided. If you change a word, cross it out and write the correct word in the corresponding blank. If you add a word, put an insertion mark (∧) in the right place and write the missing word in the blank. If you delete aword, crossit andput aslash(/) in theblank. Example: Televisionisrapidlybecomingtheliteratureofourperiods╱. 1. time/times/period Manyoftheargumentshaving╱ usedforthestudyofliteratureas 2. _______\_______ aschoolsubjectarevalidfor ∧ studyoftelevision. 3.______the______ When you board a plane, a machine may soon be scanning more than your bags—it may be studying your face. A computer comes onto the market recently which (71)promisestobeabletorecognizefacesataglancefromavideo(72)camera. The system, known as PRES, has many possible use in (73) different fields but the most prominent is like to be monitoring (74) crowds at airports for known terrorists. Such a task is far from the capabilities of a conventional image processor, which is too quick to be of practical use. Moreover,it is too easily (75)confused: if image of a face in its memory is only a frontal (76) view. For example, they might not recognize that same face(77)whenpresentingwithasideviewoftheface.(78) PARESreliesinthenewtechnologyofneural(神经的)(79)networks.Likethebrain, it has many interconnected memory “cells”, which work simultaneously rather than in sequence and thus greatly speed up the computation. And like the brain, the neural network can be trained to concentrate on essentials while ignoring of inessential matters-itcan“learn”what’s(80)importantandwhatisn’t.Butthetrainingisboring:an operatormustpatientlycorrectthecomputer’smistakes. PartVWriting(30 minutes) Directions: For this part, you areallowed 30 minutes to writea composition on thetitle: Motorcycles and City Traffic. You should base your composition on the followingoutline(given in Chinese): 1. 近年来中国城市中的摩托车 127淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 2. 摩托车的优点和缺点 3. 你对我国城市中摩托车发展前景的看法 You must write your composition in no less than 120 words on Composition Sheet andremembertowriteitinreadablehandwriting. 128淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 1993年1月六级参考答案 Part I 1. C 2. B 3. A 4. D 5. B 6. B 7. C 8. A 9. A 10. D 11. C 12. D 13. B 14. D 15. A 16. C 17. D 18. B 19. D 20. B PartII 21. A 22. C 23. B 24. D 25. A 26. B 27. A 28. C 29. C 30. B 31. D 32. C 33. B 34. A 35. C 36. B 37. D 38. D 39. A 40. D Part III 41. A 42. A 43. D 44. B 45. C 46. A 47. B 48. B 49. C 50. A 51. A 52. A 53. C 54. B 55. B 56. D 57. A 58. D 59. D 60. A 61. D 62. B 63. B 64. A 65. B 66. C 67. A 68. D 69. C 70. A 129淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 1993年1月听力原文 SectionA 1. W: Michael, did you go to the lecture on the French Revolution last night? I have neverheardsuchaninterestinghistorylecturebefore. M: Yes, wasn’t it marvelous! It is said the lecture is a self-taught man with no university education. Q:What didthe man thinkofthelecture? 2. W:Ienjoyallkindsofmusic.Whatkindofmusicdoyoulike? M: Folk music had appeared to me very much before I became fascinated with pop music. NowIthink nothingcan compare with classic music. Q:What kindofmusic does theman likebest? 3. M:IwanttotaketheverynextflighttoAlbany. W: Well, the very next one leaves in two hours. It goes to Jacksonville, but you can makea connection toyour destination. Q: Howcan theman get tohis destination? 4. M: I’m sorry,Madame. The train is somewhat behind the schedule. Takea seat and I’lltellyouassoonasweknowsomethingdefinite. W:Thank you. I’ll just sithere and read themagazinein themeantime. Q:What canyou conclude about the train from theconversation? 5. M:Prof.David,Iwaswonderingifyoucouldwritearecommendationletterforme. W: Well, I can write one for you. But I’ll point out your limitation as well as you strength. Q:What isthewoman’s attitudetowards writing recommendation? 6. M:Youhaven’tgotthedatefixedforthejobinterviewyet,haveyou? W:There isa longwaiting list, Ihave towait until my namegets tothetop. Q:What dowelearn about thewoman from theconversation? 7. M:Ilikethewayyou’vedoneyourhair,dear.Itlookssonaturalandoriginal. W:Thank you. Iam surprised you noticed it. Q:What does theconversation tell us? 8. M: Jane, I missed Prof. White class yesterday. Could you tell me the homework he assignedus? 130淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 W:Don’t worry,Prof.White was ill and he postponedthelesson to nextMonday. Q:What dowelearn from theconversation? 9. M:Prof.Jackson,wewerewonderingifwecouldsitinyourEnglishclass? W: I wish I could say “yes”. But if I accepted you two, I wonder how to say “No” to alot ofothers who haveraised. thesamerequest. Q:What does theprofessor mean? 10. W:WillRichardbecomingtothemeetingtonight? M: He’s supposed to. But in fact he won’t be back from the vocation until the day after tomorrow. Q:Where isRichard now? Section B PassageOne Twin sister are supposed to be very much alike, are they not? Well, my twin Jane andIdolookalike.However,we aredifferentin manyways.Welikeverydifferentstyles of clothing. I prefer to dress informally, whereas my twin sister dresses like a model, always in the latest fashions. We have very similar characters in most ways. I do not get angry and enjoy being with friends. In this respect, my twin sister feels the same. But shelikesloudmusicandmoderndanceswhileIfindthatnightclubsgivemeaheadache. She is always with friends, is the favorite of our teachers and never wants to have children, whereas I prefer to be alone at times, don’t really try to impress my teachers andintendsomedaytohaveafamilyofmyown.Wehavetriedtoliveinthesameroom several times and even agreed on the color we like best and the kind of furniture we wanted. But I like to keep things neat and orderly while my twin sister acts as if there were a servant around to pick up all the things that get thrown on the floor. I like to go to bed early and get up early. In contrast, she doesn’t seem to have any definite habits, oftengoestobedverylateandthensleepslatethenextday. Questions11to13arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard. 11. Whatkindofclothesdoesthespeakerlike? 12. Whatdothetwinsistershaveincommon? 13. Whydoesn’tthespeakerlikelivinginthesameroomwithhersister? PassageTwo Joe is a student at a college in an open area. During his first two semesters, he did 131淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 very well and at the beginning of third semester he was admitted to a special medical program. If he completed the program successfully, he would be granted admission to a good medical school. He would be able to study to become a doctor. Joe’s mother and father both have full-time jobs and Joe works part-time at a restaurant to help the familyfinances. Severalweeksago,Joe’smotherbeganfeelingsharpchestpains.Whenshewentto adoctor,hetoldherthatshewouldneedaheartsurgeryandwould havetogiveupher job. This would enlarge medical expenses and lose almost half the family income. Joe’s father wants him to drop out of school and go to work full-time to help the family. Joe loves his family very much. But, if he drops out now, he would lose entire semester’s creditandmayevenlosehisplaceinthepremedicalprogram. He doesn’t know what to do. He speaks to his girlfriend Maria who urges him to remain in school since withdraw now would place his entire future in danger. He also speaks to his cousin Carol, who tells him that his first duty is to help his family get throughthedifficulttimes. Questions14to17arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard. 14. WhenwasJoeadmittedtothespecialmedicalprogram? 15. WhywouldJoe’smothergiveupherjob? 16. WhoadvisedJoetogiveuphisstudies? 17. WhatisJoegoingtodo? PassageThree A couple of weeks ago, I ran into my boyfriend David for the first time in twenty years. I heard that David had made fortune on the stock market. So I was surprised he wasn’t driving an expensive car, or wearing expensive clothes. As a matter of fact, he looked a lot like me, wearing an inexpensive suit that looked a couple of years old and driving an old car with a little rust the edges. I asked him what he was doing in these years and he said he was teaching business at a local community college. “Teaching business?” I exclaimed. I thought I heard you were in New York, making a fortune in stocks. David smiled, “Yes, I didn’t that until about five years ago. But I got out. The stress was giving you a stomachache and a bad heart. Besides, once I got into that business, I had to run just to keep up. I did not have any time to spend with my family. We are much happier now.” I shook my head. He had chosen every man’s ambition but he gave it up. I had always dreamed of having money. But it never occurred to me that theremightbedisadvantagestobeinrich. Questions18to20arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard. 18. HowlongagodidthespeakerlastmeethisfriendDavid? 132淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 19. WhathadthespeakerheardaboutDavidbeforetheymet? 20. Whatdidthespeakerrealizeattheend? 133淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 1993年6月大学英语六级(CET-6)真题试卷 Part I Listening Comprehension(20 minutes) SectionA 1. A)No,it’sopenonlytoteachersandpostgraduates. B)Yes, hecan studythere ifhe iswriting a research paper. C)Yes, because heis asenior student. D)Yes,but heneeds theapproval byhis professor. 2. A)Itwasprettygood. B) It was rather dull. C)It was not well organized. D)It was attended bymanypeople. 3. A)Theeffectsoftheflood. B)Theheroic fight against a flood. C)Thecause of theflood. D)Floods of thepast twenty years. 4. A)Theywerebothbusydoingtheirownwork. B)They waited for each otherat different places. C)They went tothe street corner at different times. D)The man went totheconcert butthe woman didn’t. 5. A)Theairispolluted. B)Thepeople there are terrible. C)It’stoo windy. D)The beaches are dirty. 6. A)InMexico. B) In California. C)In thecity. D)In NewMexico. 7. A)Thewomanblamesthemanforhisabsence. B)Thewoman thinksthat everything was all right. C)Thewoman thanks themanfor his efforts. 134淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 D)The woman doesn’t think itwas the man’s fault. 8. A)Hehastoomanydreams. B) Helikes tosleep. C)Hedoesn’t put hisideas into practice. D)He doesn’t havemany good ideas. 9. A)Gettingextracredits. B)Therequirements of anM.A. degree. C)Thecredit hours required foran M.A.degree. D)Taking moreoptional courses. 10. A)Theygetabargainrightaway. B)They have a look at theadvertisement. C)They sell theirTVset. D)They go andbuya bigTVset. Section B PassageOne Questions11to13arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard. 11. A)Becausemanypeopledon’tknowhowtobehaveinsocialsituations. B) Because mostpeople are shy bynature. C)Nobody willlaugh at you forbeing shy. D)Shyness is difficulttoovercome. 12. A)Byprediction. B) By recording. C)Through observation. D)Through interviewing. 13. A)Toobservepeople’sattitudetowardsstrangers. B)Tosee howpeople get alongwith theirfriends. C)Tochange people’sbehaviour in social life. D)Tofind out howshypeople are. PassageTwo 135淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 Questions14to17arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard. 14. A)Ahousewife. B)Asinger. C)Ateacher. D)Amusician. 15. A)Theviolinwastooexpensive. B) Shewas tooyoung to playtheviolin. C)Theviolin was too bigfor her. D)Her motherwanted her toplay thepiano. 16. A)Toplaytheviolinonceagain. B)Togo to theUnited States. C)Toapply for ascholarship. D)Tohave her performance taped. 17. A)Toliveamorecomfortablelife. B)Togive performances. C)Tobe apupilof afamous violinist. D)Toenter a famous university. PassageThree Questions18to20arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard. 18. A)Becausetheyhavehadlittleexposuretohighlevelofsounds. B) Because they suffer from hearing loss. C)Because they don’t knowhowto operate stereo systems. D)Because they arenot qualified engineers. 19. A)Ayearago. B)Adecade ago. C)Three years ago. D)Five years ago. 20. A)Providingawarninglightwhenthesoundistooloud. B) Producing morepersonal stereo systems. C)Restricting theuseofpersonal stereos. 136淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 D)Setting upastandardized hearing test. Part IIReading Comprehension(35 minutes) Questions21to25arebasedonthefollowingpassage. “Thereisasenselessnotionthatchildrengrowupandleavehomewhenthey’re18, and the truth is far from that,” says sociologist Larry Bumpass of the University of Wisconsin. Today, unexpected numbers of young adults are living with their parents, “There is a major shift in the middle class,” declares sociologist Allan Schnaiberg of NorthwesterUniversity,whoseson,19,movedbackinafteranabsenceofeightmonths. Analysts cite a variety of reasons for this return to the nest. The marriage age is rising, a condition that makeshome and its pleasantnessparticularly attractive to young people. A high divorce rate and a declining remarriage rate are sending economically pressed andemotionally hurt survivorsbackto parental shelters.For some, the expense of an away-from-home college education has become so excessively great that many students now attend local schools. Even after graduation, young people find their wings clippedbyskyrocketinghousingcosts. Living at home, says Knighton, a school teacher, continues to give her security and moral support. Her mother agreed, “It’s ridiculous for the kids to pay all that money for rent. It makes sense for kids to stay at home.” But sharing the family home requires adjustmentsforall.Therearethehasslesoverbathrooms,telephonesandprivacy(不受 干扰的生活).Somefamilies,however,managethedelicatebalancingact.Butforothers, it proves too difficult. Michelle Del Turco, 24, has been home three times-and left three times. “What I considered a social drink, my dad considered an alcohol problem,” she explains. “He never liked anyone I dated (约会), so I either had to hide away or meet thematfriends’house.” Justhow long should adult childrenlive with their parentsbefore moving on?Most psychologists feel lengthy homecomings are a mistake. Children, struggling to establish separate identities, can end up with “a sense of inadequacy, defeat and failure.” And aging parents, who should be enjoying some financial and personal freedom, find themselves stuck with responsibilities. Many agree that brief visits, however, can work beneficially. 21. Accordingtotheauthor,therewasonceatrendintheU.S.________. A)for young adults to leave theirparents and liveindependently B) formiddleclass young adults to stay with theirparents C)formarried young adults to moveback homeafter a lengthy absence D)for young adults to get jobsnearby inorder to livewith theirparents 22. Whichofthefollowingdoesnotaccountforyoungadultsreturningtothenest? A)Young adultsfind housingcosts toohigh. B)Youngadults are psychologically and intellectually immature. 137淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 C)Youngadults seek parental comfort and moral support. D)Quitea numberof young adults attend local schools. 23. One of the disadvantages of young adults returning to stay with their parents is that________. A)there will inevitably beinconveniences in every day life B) mostparents find it difficult tokeep C)theyoung adults tendto beoverprotected bytheirparents D)publicopinion isagainst young adults staying with their parents 24. Theword“hassles”inthepassage(Line3,Para.3)probablymeans________. A)agreements B) worries C)disadvantages D)quarrels 25. Accordingtothepassagewhatisthebestforbothparentsandchildren? A)They should adjust themselves to sharing thefamily expenses. B) Children shouldleave their parents when theyare grown-up. C)Adult children shouldvisit theirparents from timetotime. D)Parents shouldsupport their adult children when theyare in trouble. Questions26to30arebasedonthefollowingpassage. The word conservation has a thrifty (节俭) meaning. To conserve is to save and protect, to leave what we ourselves enjoy in such good condition that others may also share the enjoyment. Our forefathers had no idea that human population would increasefasterthanthesuppliesofrawmaterials;mostofthem,evenuntilveryrecently, had the foolish idea that the treasures were “limitless” and “inexhaustible”. Most of the citizens of earlier generations knew little or nothing about the complicated and delicate system that runs all through nature, and which means that, as in a living body, an unhealthyconditionofonepartwillsoonerorlaterbeharmfultoalltheothers. Fifty yearsago nature study wasnot part of the school work; scientific forestry was a new idea; timber was still cheap because it could be brought in any quantity from distantwoodlands;soildestructionandriverfloodswerenotnationalproblems;nobody had yet studied long-terms climatic cycles in relation to proper land use; even the word “conservation”hadnothingofthemeaningthatithasforustoday. Forthesakeofourselvesandthosewhowill comeafterus, wemustnowsetabout repairing the mistakes of our forefathers. Conservation should, therefore, be made a part of everyone’s daily life. To know about the water table (水位) in the ground is just as important to us as a knowledge of the basic arithmetic formulas. We need to know why all watersheds (上游源头森林地带集水区) need the protection of plant life and 138淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 whytherunningcurrentofstreamsandriversmustbemadetoyieldtheirfullbenefitto the soil before they finally escape to the sea. We need to be taught the duty of planting trees as well as of cutting them. We need to know the importance of big, mature trees, becauseliving space formostof man’sfellowcreatureson thisplanetisfigurednot only insquaremeasureofsurfacebutalsoincubicvolumeabovetheearth.Inbrief,itshould beourgoaltorestoreasmuchoftheoriginalbeautyofnatureaswecan. 26. The author’s attitude towards the current situation in the exploitation of natural resourcesis________. A)positive B) neutral C)suspicious D)critical 27. Accordingtotheauthor,thegreatestmistakeofourforefatherswasthat________. A)they had noideaabout scientific forestry B) they had little ornosense ofenvironmental protection C)they were not awareof thesignificance of nature study D)they had noideaof howto makegood use ofraw materials 28. It can be inferred from the third paragraph that earlier generations didn’t realize ________. A)theinterdependence of water,soil,and livingthings B) theimportance oftheproper use ofland C)theharmfulness ofsoildestruction and river floods D)thevalue ofthe beauty ofnature 29. To avoid correcting the mistake of our forefathers, the author suggests that ________. A)we plant moretrees B) natural science betaught to everybody C)environmental education bedirected toward everyone D)we return tonature 30. What does the author imply by saying “living space... is figured... also in cubic volumeabovetheearth”(Lines7-8,Para.3)? A)Our livingspace ontheearth is gettingsmaller and smaller. B) Ourliving space shouldbe measured incubicvolume. C)Weneed to take somemeasure to protect space. 139淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 D)Wemust preservegood living conditionsfor both birds and animals. Questions31to35arebasedonthefollowingpassage. Judging from recent surveys, most experts in sleep behavior agree that there is virtuallyan epidemic (流行病)of sleepinessin thenation.“I can’tthinkof a singlestudy that hasn’t found Americans getting less sleep than they ought to,” says Dr. David. Even people who think they are sleeping enough would probably be better off with more rest. The beginning of our sleep-deficit (睡眠不足) crisis can be traced to the invention ofthelightbulba centuryago.From diary entriesand otherpersonal accounts fromthe 18th and 19th centuries, sleep scientists have reached the conclusion that the average person used to sleep about 9.5 hours a night. “The best sleep habits once were forced onus,whenwehadnothingtodointheeveningdownonthefarm,anditwasdark.”By the1950sand1960s,thesleepschedulehadbeenreduceddramatically,tobetween7.5 andeight hours, and most people hadto waketo an alarm clock. “People cheaton their sleep, and they don’t even realize they’re doing it,” says Dr. David. “They think they’re okay because they can get by on 6.5 hours, when they really need 7.5, eight or even moretofeelideallyvigorous.” Perhaps the most merciless robber of sleep, researchers say is the complexity of the day. Whenever pressures from work, family, friends and community mount, many people consider sleep the least expensive item on his programme. “In our society, you’re considered dynamic if you sayyou only need 5.5 hours’ sleep.If you’re got to get 8.5hours,peoplethinkyoulackdriveandambition.” To determine the consequences of sleep deficit, researchers have put subjects through a set of psychological and performance tests requiring them, for instance, to add columns of numbers or recall a passage read to them only minutes earlier. “We’ve found that if you’re in sleep deficit, performance suffers,” says Dr. David. “Short-term memoryisweakened,asareabilitiestomakedecisionsandtoconcentrate.” 31. People in the 18th and 19th centuries used to sleep about 9.5 hours a night becausetheyhad________. A)nodrive and ambition B) noelectriclighting C)thebest sleep habits D)nothing to dointhe evening 32. AccordingtoDr.David,Americans________. A)are ideally vigorous evenunder thepressure of life B) often neglect theconsequences ofsleep deficit C)donotknow howto relax themselves properly D)can get byon6.5hours of sleep 140淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 33. ManyAmericansbelievethat________. A)sleep isthe first thingthat can be sacrificed when oneis busy B) they need moresleep to copewith thecomplexities ofeveryday life C)tosleep is somethingone can doat any timeoftheday D)enough sleep promotes people’sdrive and ambition 34. Theword“subjects”(Line1,Para.4)refersto________. A)theperformance tests used in thestudyof sleep deficit B) special branches ofknowledge that are being studied C)peoplewhose behavior orreactions are being studied D)thepsychological consequences of sleep deficit 35. It can be concluded from the passage that one should sleep as many hours as is necessaryto________. A)improve one’s memory dramatically B) beconsidered dynamic byotherpeople C)maintain one’s daily schedule D)feel energetic and perform adequately Questions36to40arebasedonthefollowingpassage. The concept of personal choice in relation to health behaviors is an important one. An estimated 90 percent of all illness may be preventable if individuals would make sound personal health choicesbased upon current medical knowledge.We all enjoy our freedom of choice and do not like to see it restricted when it is within the legal and moralboundariesofsociety.ThestructureofAmericansocietyallowsustomakealmost all our own personal decisions that may concern our health. If we so desire, we can smoke, drink excessively, refuse to wear seat belts, eat whatever food we want, and live a completely sedentary life-style without any exercise. The freedom to make such personal decisions isa fundamental aspectof our society, although the wisdom of these decisions can be questioned. Personal choices relative to health often cause a difficulty. As one example, a teenager may know the facts relative to smoking cigarettes and health but may be pressured by friends into believing it is the socially accepted thing to do. A multitude of factors, both inherited and environmental, influence the development of health-related behaviors, and it is beyond the scope of this text to discussallthesefactorsastheymayaffectanygivenindividual.However,thedecisionto adopt a particular health-related behavior is usually one of personal choice. There are healthy choices and there are unhealthy choices. In discussing the morals of personal choice, Fries and Crapo drew a comparison. They suggest that to knowingly give oneself over to a behavior that has a statistical probability of shortening life is similar to attemptingsuicide.Thus, forthoseindividualswhoareinterestedinpreserving both the 141淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 quality and quantity of life, personal health choices should reflect those behaviors that areassociatedwithastatisticalprobabilityofincreasedvitalityandlongevity. 36. Theconceptofpersonalchoiceconcerninghealthisimportantbecause________. A)personal health choices help cure most illness B) ithelps raise thelevel ofourmedical knowledge C)itis essential to personal freedom inAmerican society D)wrong decisions could lead to poorhealth 37. To “live a completely sedentary life-style” (Line 7, Para. 1) in the passage means ________. A)to“livean inactivelife” B) to“liveadecent life” C)to“livealife withcomplete freedom” D)to“livea lifeofvice” 38. Soundpersonalhealthchoiceisoftendifficulttomakebecause________. A)current medical knowledge isstillinsufficient B) there are many factors influencing our decisions C)few peopleare willing to tradethe qualityoflife D)people are usually influenced bythebehavior oftheirfriends 39. To knowingly allow oneself to purse unhealthy habits is compared by Fried and Crapoto________. A)improving thequality ofone’s life B) limiting one’spersonal health choice C)deliberately ending one’s life D)breaking therules ofsocial behavior 40. AccordingtoFriesandCraposoundhealthchoicesshouldbebasedon________. A)personal decisions B) society’s laws C)statisticalevidence D)friends’opinions Part IIIVocabulary andStructure(20minutes) 41. Thecompany________ariseinsalaryforages,butnothinghashappenedyet. A)is promised 142淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 B) has been promising C)is promising D)promised 42. Thedoctorwasaskedtogobacktothehospitalbecauseof________case. A)an operation B) an emergency C)atreatment D)an incident 43. Lifeisacandle________toburneverbrighter. A)being meant B) meaning C)tomean D)meant 44. Mrs. Lackey was awakened by the ringing of the bedside phone 12 hours after her husband’sboathadbeen________. A)wrecked B) collapsed C)decayed D)fired 45. Nooneneedstofeelawkwardin________hisowncustoms. A)pursuing B) following C)chasing D)seeking 46. It’stime________aboutthetrafficproblemdowntown. A)something was done B) everything is done C)anything willbe done D)nothing to bedone 47. When they had finished playing, the children were made to ________ all the toys theyhadtakenout. A)put off 143淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 B) putout C)putup D)put away 48. Thereisanundesirable________nowadaystomakefilmsshowingviolence. A)direction B) tradition C)phenomenon D)trend 49. MyfatherdidnotgotoNewYork;thedoctorsuggestedthathe________there. A)not to go B) hadn’tgone C)notgo D)wouldn’t go 50. Mostpeoplewhotravelinthecourseoftheirworkaregiventravelling________. A)income B) allowances C)wages D)pay 51. Hefailedtosupplythefactsrelevant________thecaseinquestion. A)for B) with C)to D)of 52. Young people’s social environment has a ________ effect on their academic progress. A)gross B) solid C)complete D)profound 53. In Britain, andontheContinenttoo,theJapanese aresometimesviewed________ athreattodomesticindustries. A)like 144淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 B) with C)for D)as 54. The service operates 36 libraries throughout the country, while six ________ librariesspeciallyservethecountryside. A)mobile B) drifting C)shifting D)rotating 55. Physics is the present-day equivalent of ________ used to be called natural philosophy,fromwhichmostofpresent-daysciencearose. A)that B) all C)which D)what 56. Before he started work, I asked the builder to give me an ________ of the cost of repairingtheroof. A)assessment B) estimate C)announcement D)evaluation 57. Weoftenadvisehimnottodrinkmorewine________isgoodforhishealth. A)as B) than C)that D)but 58. When Jack was eighteen he ________ going around with a strange set of people andstayingoutverylate. A)tookto B) tookfor C)tookup D)tookon 59. Although not an economist himself, Dr. Smith has long been a severe critic of the 145淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 government’s________policies. A)economical B) economy C)economic D)economics 60. Wegrowallourownfruitandvegetables,________savesmoney,ofcourse. A)which B) as C)that D)what 61. It is rather ________ that we still do not know how many species there are in the worldtoday. A)misleading B) embarrassing C)boring D)demanding 62. ________ is the center of our planetary system was a difficult concept to grasp in theMiddleAges. A)It is thesun and nottheearth B) Being thesun and not theearth C)Thesun and not theearth D)That thesunand not theearth 63. Afriendshipmaybe________,casual,situationalordeepandlasting. A)identical B) original C)superficial D)critical 64. Just asthe builder is skilled in the handling of hisbricks, ________ the experienced writerisskilledinthehandlingofhiswords. A)as B) thus C)so D)like 146淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 65. Agoodteachermustknowhowto________hisideas. A)convey B) display C)consult D)confront 66. I’dratheryou________thoseimportantdocumentswithyou. A)don’t take B) didn’t take C)won’t take D)not take 67. To call the music of another music-culture “primitive” is ________ one’s own standardsonagroupthatdoesnotrecognizethem. A)putting B) emphasizing C)forcing D)imposing 68. Theprisonerhasbeen________ofmanyprivilegesthataveragecitizensenjoy. A)ensured B) informed C)deprived D)convinced 69. Everycamerawesellcomeswithatwo-year________. A)guarantee B) safety C)confirmation D)conservation 70. While in London, we paid a visit to the hospital founded ________ the nurse FlorenceNightingale. A)inlinewith B) infavour of C)inhonour of D)inplace of Part IVErrorCorrection (15 minutes) 147淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 Directions: This part consists of a short passage. In this passage, there are altogether 10 mistakes, one in each numbered line. You may have to change a word, add a word or delete a word. Mark out the mistakes and put the corrections in the blanks provided. If you change a word, cross it out and write the correct word in the corresponding blank. If you add a word, put an insertion mark (∧) in the right place and write the missing word in the blank. If you delete aword, crossit andput aslash(/) in theblank. Example: Televisionisrapidlybecomingtheliteratureofourperiods╱. 1. time/times/period Manyoftheargumentshaving╱ usedforthestudyofliteratureas 2. _______\_______ aschoolsubjectarevalidfor ∧ studyoftelevision. 3.______the______ Living isrisky.Crossing theroad, driving a car,flying, swallowingan aspirintablet or eating a chicken sandwich they can all be fatal. Clearly (71) some risks worth taking, especiallywhenthe rewardsare high:a man surrounded byflamesand smokegenerally considersthatjumpingoutofasecond-floorwindowisanacceptablerisktosaveitslife. But in medicine (72) a few procedures, drugs, operations or tests are really a matter of life and (73) death. There may be sound medicine reasons for accepting electrical (74) shocktreatment, but such reasonsaretotallydependentin the balance of (75)risksand benefitsforthepatients. Surgery for cancer may cure or prolong a life, but the removal of tonsils (扁桃体) cannot save anything a sore throat. Blood pressure drugs (76) definitely help some people live after a heart attack, but these same drugs may be both necessary and harmfulforthosewithonlymildbloodpressure(77)problems. Deciding how much discomfort and risk weare preparing toput up(78) with in the nameof betterhealth isa high personal matter,nota decision (79)weshould remainto doctorsalone.(80) PartVWriting(30 minutes) Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic My View on Opportunity. You must base your composition on the following instructions(given in Chinese): 有些人认为机会是极少的，另一些人则认为人人都有某种机会。你的看法如何? 写出你的观点，说明你的理由并举例。在你的文章结尾处不要忘记写出你的结论。 Yourcompositionshouldbenolessthan120words.Remembertowriteitneatly. 148淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 1993年6月六级参考答案 Part I 1. D 2. C 3. A 4. B 5. A 6. B 7. A 8. C 9. C 10. D 11. B 12. C 13. D 14. D 15. A 16. D 17. C 18. B 19. D 20. A PartII 21. A 22. B 23. A 24. D 25. C 26. D 27. B 28. A 29. C 30. D 31. B 32. B 33. A 34. C 35. D 36. D 37. A 38. B 39. C 40. C Part III 41. B 42. B 43. D 44. A 45. B 46. A 47. D 48. D 49. C 50. B 51. C 52. D 53. D 54. A 55. D 56. B 57. B 58. A 59. C 60. A 61. B 62. D 63. C 64. C 65. A 66. B 67. D 68. C 69. A 70. C 11. 本题测试点是 worth的用法，worth本身是形容词“值得的”，可构成beworth doing 或beworth+n 二种形式。由此可看出此处缺一系动词are. 12. aman 与its 不对应，将its 改成his. 13. 将afew 改成few. 因为这里应为“有一些”。 14. medicinereasons 不通，可将medicine 改成形容词medical. 15. Dependenton 是固定用法，故将in 改成on. 149淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 16. 根据句意，此是一转折句。故在asorethroat 前应加上but 或except. 17. 根据上下文，应将 necessary 改成unnecessary. 18. 根据上下文，我们应为被动者，故preparing应改成prepared. 19. Highpersonal 不对，形容词不能修饰形容词。将high改成highly. 20. leavealone 是惯用法，表示“不管，不干涉”，所以应在to 后加上leave. 150淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 1993年6月听力原文 1. M: Hello, I’m a senior student. Could you tell me whether this reference room is onlyforfacultymembers? W: No, it’s a also open to the postgraduates; and undergraduates can come too if they’re got professors’written permission. Q: Can theman study in thereference room? 2. W:Let’stalkaboutthepreparationsfortheparty. M: Right. We really need to plan better this time. Remember what a mess it was at thelast party! Q:What doweknowabout thelast party? 3. W: Thishas been the worstflood forthe past 20years. It hascaused much damage anddestruction. M: Lookat theprices offruits and vegetables. No wonder theyare so expensive. Q:What are they talking about? 4. W: George. Where were you yesterday evening? I expected to see you at the concert. M: Oh, I waited for you at the corner of your street. Then I looked for you at your flat, but thehousekeeper said you were out. Q:Whydidn’t they meet that evening? 5. W: The place I’ve heard so much about is Los Angeles. The climate is pretty good. Year-roundflowers,Year-roundswimming.Howdolikeit? M: Well, the beaches are beautiful. But people there are terribly annoyed by the dirty air. I mean, the combination of fog, smoke and automobile exhaust. There is notenough wind to blowitaway. Q:What does theman think ofLosAngeles? 6. M:I’dliketomakeanappointmenttoseeDr.Smithtomorrow. W: I’m sorry. Dr. Smith went on a week vacation in Mexico, and on his way back he’ll be staying in California for 5 days. Let me see. He’ll probably be back the day after tomorrow. Q:Where isDr.Smith now? 7. M: Look, I’m sorry I didn’t turn up for the match yesterday, but it wasn’t really my fault,youknow. W:It’s all very well saying itwasn’tyour fault, but thanksto you we lost 10to1. 151淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 Q:What dowelearn from theconversation? 8. M:YoucallHenryadreamer,butIthinkhe’sgotalotofgoodideas. W:Good ideas are only useful ifyou make something outofthem. Q:Whydoes thewoman think that Henry is a dreamer? 9. M: You’ll need 36 credit hours to get an M. A. degree. Fifteen must be from the English Department and fifteen from the Education Department. For the remaining sixcredithours,youcaneitherwriteathesisortaketwomoreselectedcourses. W: Right now, this is very confusing to me, but I’m sure I’ll know what to do as I learn moreabout it. Q:What are they talking about? 10. M:ThisTVsetisgettingworseandworse.Nowitdoesn’tworkatall. W: Here’s an advertisement about a big TV sale. There might be some good bargains in it. Q:What does thewoman suggest? PassageOne Are you afraid to raise your hand in class, even when you know the answer? If you are,mostpeoplewouldsaythatyou’reshy. If you feel shy, you’re not alone. Nine out of ten people are at least a little shy. But however shy you are, scientific evidence seems to show that it isn’t your fault. You may havebeenbornthatway. How do psychologists measure shyness? One way is by observation. They keep detailedrecordsofpeople’sactions-likehowoftenthesepeoplespeaktoothers,orhow longittakessomeonetosayhellotoastranger. Another way to measure shyness is to ask people questions. The test only takes about 10 minutes. It asks questionslike “Do you like going out a lot?” and “Do you have many friends?” People must answer either yes or no. These questions can predict how people actually behave in social situations. Suppose the test tells you that someone is shy.Chancesaregoodthatthatpersonwillactshy. When scientists measure shyness, they’re really comparing degrees of shyness. In other words, when researchers say people are shy, they really mean they are more shy thanothers. Questions11to13arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard. 11. Whydoesthespeakersaythatitisn’tafaulttobeshy? 12. Whatisoneofthewayssuggestedbypsychologistsformeasuringshyness? 152淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 13. Whatisthepurposeofthepsychologistsinaskingquestions? PassageTwo When Midori was two years old, she often climbed onto the piano bench and reachedfortheviolinthatbelongedtohermother,a38-year-oldprofessionalmusician. “Please don’t touch, Midori,” her mother scolded. The violin was, after all, worth morethan$20,000. But Midori persisted, she longed to handle the graceful instrument that made beautiful sounds. Finally, on her third birthday, Midori was handed a package: a tiny violin,abouthalfthenormalsize. Almost from the moment Midori was born, her mother knew she was sensitive to music. For several years mother and daughter practised together day after day. She was eager to learn. Failure often led to tears, though she never once turned from the instrument.Instead,shepersisteduntiltheproblemwasovercome. One day Johnston, an American musician, heard Midori playing the violin. He couldn’t believe she was just eight yearsold. “She must make a tape and I will take it to theUnitedStates.”themusiciansaid. A famous American violin teacher heard the tape. He, too, had difficulty believing hisears.The playing wasabsolutelyastonishing. He immediatelyaccepted her as a pupil and recommended her for a full scholarship. In 1982, Midori and her mother moved to NewYorkCity,leavingbehindacomfortablelifeinJapan. Questions14to17basedonthepassageyouhavejustheard. 14. WhatwasMidori’smother? 15. Why was Midori not allowed to touch her mother’s violin when she was only two yearsold? 16. WhatdidJohnston,theAmerican,askMidoritodo? 17. WhydidMidorimovetotheUnitedStates? PassageThree The British Broadcasting Corporation is rejecting more and more candidates applying for jobs, because theysuffer from hearing loss. And thisis due to a wide use of personal stereo systems. According to officials at the corporation, about three per cent of them fail to win jobs for this reason. The figure indicates that people suffering from hearingdefectsaremorecommonthatadecadeage. Candidates applying for jobs at the British Broadcasting Corporation have always had hearing tests, but the techniques for such tests were not standardized until five years ago. The corporation says officially that there is no proof to link personal stereos 153淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 with hearing disabilities, but frequent exposure to high level of sounds can diminish a person’s understanding of speech. That will rule out his chances of being a engineer takingcareofsoundqualityinrecording. Soexertsarenowcallingformanufacturesofpersonalstereostoprovidea warning light. It flashes when the sound is too loud. One British manufacturer accepted this suggestion.Andthismanufacturer hasmade a device which switches itself offwhen the levelofsoundistoohigh. Questions18to20arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard. 18. Why do more and more candidates fail to get jobs at the British Broadcasting Corporation? 19. Whendidthehearingtesttechniquesbecomestandardized? 20. Whatsuggestionsdidtheexpertsmaketostereomanufacturers. 154淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 1994年1月大学英语六级(CET-6)真题试卷 Part I Listening Comprehension(20 minutes) SectionA Directions: In this section you will hear 10 short conversations. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the question will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four suggested answers marked A)，B)，C), and D) and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through thecentre. Example: Youwillhear: Youwillread: A)2hours. B) 3hours. C)4hours. D)5hours. Fromtheconversationweknowthatthetwoaretalkingaboutsomeworktheywill startat9o’clockinthemorningandhavetofinishat2intheafternoon.Therefore,D)“5 hours” is the correct answer. You should choose [D] on the Answer Sheet and mark it withasinglelinethroughthecentre. SampleAnswer[A][B][C][D] 1. A)Athome. B) In aphone box. C)In her office. D)In afriend’shouse. 2. A)Onthewestsideofasquare. B)At theend ofastreet. C)Totheeast ofthetrafficlight. D)On the east sideof asquare. 3. A)Shehastochangethetimeforthetrip. B) Shehasn’tdecided where to go nextmonth. C)Shecan’t afford thetimefor thetrip. D)Shewill manage to leavethis month. 155淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 4. A)Theapartmentisbetterfurnished. B) Sheprefers to liveinaquiet place. C)It’sless expensiveto liveinan apartment. D)Shefinds her roommates difficultto get along with. 5. A)Inahospital. B) In alibrary. C)In atravel agency. D)In arestaurant. 6. A)Customerandsalesperson. B)Teacher and student. C)Boss and secretary. D)Guest andwaitress. 7. A)Hedidn’tbuyanything. B) Hegot somemedicine forhis foot. C)Hewas sick and couldn’t go shopping. D)He bought everything except thefootball. 8. A)TeacherslikeProfessorJansonarerare. B) ProfessorJanson has won a million dollars. C)ProfessorJanson islucky tobe teaching at that school. D)There are many teachers as good as Professor Janson. 9. A)Shedidn’tknowherdaughtercouldsingsowell. B) Shesings better than her daughter. C)Shedoesn’tlikeher daughter. D)Sheherself doesn’t have agood voice. 10. A)Hefindshistorybooksdifficulttounderstand. B) Hehas toread alot ofhistorybooks. C)Hedoesn’t likethehistory course. D)He has lost hishistory book. Section B PassageOne 156淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 Questions11to14arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard. 11. A)Atnight. B)At noon. C)In themorning. D)In theafternoon. 12. A)AboutGermansonstrike. B)About a new-type airplane. C)About an aircrash. D)About rescue workers in UK Motors. 13. A)Theywantedhigherpay. B)They wanted fewer working hours. C)They wanted better working conditions. D)They wanted an annual three-week holiday. 14. A)Rainy. B)Warm. C)Cold. D)Changeable. PassageTwo Questions15to17arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard. 15. A)HehasalwayslivedinAmerica. B) Hehas beeninAmerica for threeyears. C)HevisitedAmerica three years ago. D)He has come toAmerica to do research onadvertising. 16. A)Therewerefarmoreadvertisementstherethanhehadexpected. B)Theadvertisements there were well designed. C)Theadvertisements there were creative andnecessary. D)He found theadvertisements there difficultto understand. 17. A)Bemorecarefulaboutwhattheyadvertise. B) Spend less money onadvertising. C)Advertise morefor theirproducts. 157淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 D)Use newadvertising techniques. PassageThree Questions18to20arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard. 18. A)Heisalwaysinahurry. B) Heis quick inmaking decisions. C)Heis always thefirst to arrive at theairport. D)He usually doesn’t get thereward he deserves. 19. A)Hemisseshisflight. B) Hecan find a good seat. C)Heleaves theairport first at theend ofthetrip. D)His luggage comes out last. 20. A)Hewastoldtoboardthewrongplane. B) Hewas not allowed to board theplane. C)Hearrived at theairport without aticket. D)He found it difficultto explain why he arrived so early. Part IIReading Comprehension(35 minutes) Questions21to25arebasedonthefollowingpassage. There are desert plants which survive the dry season in the form of inactive seeds. Therearealsodesertinsectswhichsurviveasinactivelarvae(幼虫).Inaddition,difficult asitistobelieve,therearedesertfishwhichcansurvivethroughyearsofdrought(干旱) intheformofinactiveeggs.Thesearetheshrimps(小虾)thatliveintheMojaveDesert, an intensely dry region in the south-west of the United States where shade temperaturesofover50Careoftenrecorded. The eggs of the Mojave shrimps are the size and have the appearance of grains of sand.Whensufficientspring rain fallsto form a lake, once every two to fiveyears, these eggs hatch (孵化). Then the water is soon filled with millions of tiny shrimps about a millimetre long which feed on tiny plant and animal organisms which also grow in the temporary desert lake. Within a week, the shrimps grow from their original 1 millimetre toalengthofabout1.5centimetres. Throughout the time that the shrimps are rapidly maturing, the water in the lake equally rapidly evaporates. Therefore, for the shrimps it is a race against time. By the twelfth day, however, when they are about 3 centimetre long, hundreds of tiny eggs form on the underbodies of the females. Usually by this time, all that remains of the lake is a large, muddy patch of wet soil. On the thirteenth day and the next, during the final hours of their brief lives, the shrimps lay their eggs in the mud. Then, having 158淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 ensured that their species will survive, the shrimps die as the last of the water evaporates. If sufficient rain falls the next year to form another lake, the eggs hatch, and once again the shrimps pass rapidly through their cycle of growth, adulthood, egg-laying, and death. Some years there is insufficient rain to form a lake: in this case, the eggs will remain dormant for another years, or even longer if necessary. Very, very occasionally, perhaps twice in a hundred years, sufficient rain falls to form a deep lake that lasts a monthormore.Inthiscase,thespeciespassesthroughtwocyclesofgrowth,egg-laying, and death. Thus, on such occasions, the species multiplies considerably, which further ensuresitssurvival. 21. WhichofthefollowingistheMOSTdistinctivefeatureofMojaveshrimps? A)Their lives are brief. B)They feed onplant and animal organisms. C)Their eggs can surviveyears ofdrought. D)They lay their eggs in themud. 22. By saying “for the shrimps it is a race against time” (Para. 3, line 2) the author means________. A)they have to swim fast toavoid danger in therapidly evaporating lake B) they have toswim fast tocatch theanimal organisms onwhich theysurvive C)they have tomultiply as manyas possiblewithin thirteen days D) they have to complete their life cycle within a short span of time permitted by the environment 23. Thepassagemainlydealswith________. A)thelife span ofthe Mojaveshrimps B) thesurvival ofdesert shrimps C)theimportance ofwater to life D)life intheMojave Desert 24. Theword“dormant”(Para.4,Line3)mostprobablymeans________. A)inactive B) strong C)alert D)soft 25. Itmaybeinferredfromthepassagethat________. A)appearance and sizeare mostimportant for lifetosurvivein thedesert B) aspecies mustbe ableto multiply quickly inorder to survive 159淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 C)forsomespecies one lifecycle ina year is enough tosurvivethe desert drought D) some species develop a unique life pattern to survive in extremely harsh conditions Questions26to30arebasedonthefollowingpassage. Opportunities for rewarding work become fewer for both men and women as they growolder.Afterage40,jobhunting becomesevenmoredifficult.Manyworkersstayat jobs they are too old for rather than face possible rejection. Our youth-oriented, throw-away culture sees little value in older people. In writer Lilian Hellman’s words, theyhave“thewisdomthatcomeswithagethatwecan’tmakeuseof.“ Unemployment and economic need for work is higher among older women, especially minorities, than among younger white women. A national council reports these findings: though unemployed longer when seeking work, older women job-hunt harder, hold a job longer with less absenteeism (缺勤), perform as well or better, are more reliable, and are more willing to learn than men or younger women. Yet many olderwomenearnpoorpayandfaceafutureofpovertyintheirretirementyears.When “sexism meets ageism, poverty is no longer on the doorstep it moves in,” according to Tish Sommers, director of a special study on older women for the National Organization forWomen. Yet a 1981 report on the White House Conference on Aging shows that as a group, older Americans are the “wealthiest, best fed, best housed, healthiest, most self-reliant older population in our history. “This statement is small comfort to those living below the poverty line, but it does explode some of the old traditional beliefs and fears. Opportunities for moving in and up in a large company may shrink but many older people begin successful small businesses, volunteer in satisfying activities, and stay active for many years. They have few role models because in previous generations the life span was much shorter and expectations of life were fewer. They are ploughing new ground. Employersarebeginningtorecognizethatthematurepersoncanbring agreatdeal of stability and responsibility to a position. One doesn’t lose ability and experience on theeveofone’s65thor70thbirthdayanymorethanonegrowsupinstantlyatage21. 26. Aftertheageof40,________. A)most workers are tired oftheir present jobs B) many workers tend to stick theirpresent jobs C)peoplefind their jobsmore rewarding than before D)people still wish to huntfor moresuitable jobs 27. FromHeilman’sremark,wecanseethat________. A)full usehas been madeof thewisdomof olderpeople B) thewisdom ofolderpeople is notvalued byAmerican society C)olderpeople are noless intelligent than young people 160淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 D)thewisdom ofolder people isof great value toAmerican society 28. TishSommersarguesthat________. A)older women find it hard toescape poverty B) olderwomen usuallyperform better in theirjobs C)themajorcause ofthe poverty of olderwomen is sexism D)more peoplehave cometo believe in sexism and ageism 29. Accordingtothethirdparagraph,itcanbeseenthatolderAmericans________. A)have more jobopportunities than young people B) livebelowthepoverty line C)have newopportunities to remain active in society D)nolonger believe inthe promiseofahappy lifeuponretirement 30. Itcanbeconcludedfromthepassagethatthewriter________. A)calls attentionto theliving conditionsof olderAmericans B) believes that value ofolderpeople is gaining increasing recognition C)attempts tojustify theyouth-oriented, throw-away culture ofthe United States D)argues peopleshouldnotretire at theage of65or70 Questions31to35arebasedonthefollowingpassage. The most exciting kind of education is also the most personal. Nothing can exceed the joyof discovering for yourself something that is important to you! It may be an idea or a bit of information you come across accidentally—or a sudden insight, fitting togetherpiecesof information orworking througha problem. Suchpersonal encounters are the “payoff” in education. A teacher may direct you to learning and even encourage youinit—butnoteachercanmaketheexcitementorthejoyhappen.That’suptoyou. A research paper,assigned in a course and perhapschecked at various stages by an instructor, leads you beyond classroom, beyond the texts for classes and into a process where the joy of discovery and learning can come to you many times. Preparing the researchpaperisanactiveandindividualprocess,andideallearningprocess.Itprovides a structure within which you can make exciting discoveries, of knowledge and of self, that are basic to education. But the research paper also gives you a chance to individualize a school assignment, to suit a piece of work to your own interests and abilities, to show others what you can do. Writing a research paper is more than just a classroom exercise. It is an experience in searching out, understanding and synthesizing, whichformsthebasisofmanyskillsapplicabletobothacademicandnonacademictasks. It is, in the fullest sense, a discovering, an education. So, to produce a good research paperisbothausefulandathoroughlysatisfyingexperience! To some, the thought of having to write an assigned number of pages, often more than ever produced before, is disconcerting. To others, the very idea of having to work 161淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 independently is threatening. But there is no need to approach the research paper assignment with anxiety, and nobody should view the research paper as an obstacle to overcome. Instead, consider it a goal to accomplish, a goal within reach if you use the helpthisbookcangiveyou. 31. Accordingtothewriter,personaldiscoveries________. A)will give oneencouragement and direction B) are helpful infinding theright information C)are themostvaluable part of one’s personal education D)will helponeto successfully completeschool assignments 32. It canbeinferred fromthepassage thatwriting a research paper givesonechances ________. A)tofully develop one’s personal abilities B) touse theskillslearnt in theclassroom C)toprove that one isa productivewriter D)todemonstrate howwell onecan accomplish school assignment 33. From the context, the word “disconcerting” (Para. 3, Line 2) most probably means ________. A)misleading B) embarrassing C)stimulating D)upsetting 34. Thewriterarguesinthepassagethat________. A)one shouldexplorenew areas in research B) oneshould trust one’s own abilityto meet courserequirements C)oneshould consider research paper writing apleasure, not aburden D)one shoulduse all one’s knowledge and skillswhen doing research 35. Whatwillprobablyfollowthispassage? A)How towrite aresearch paper. B)Theimportance of research ineducation. C)Howto make newdiscoveries for oneself. D)The skillof putting pieces ofinformation together. Questions36to40arebasedonthefollowingpassage. In our culture, the sources of what we call a sense of “mastery”—feeling important and worth-while-and the sources of what we call a sense “pleasure”-finding life 162淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 enjoyable-are not always identical. Women often are told “You can’t have it all.” Sometimes what the speaker really is saying is: “You chose a career, so you can’t expect to have closer relationships or a happy family life.” or “You have a wonderful husband and children—What’s all this about wanting a career?” But women need to understand anddevelopbothaspectsofwell-being,iftheyaretofeelgoodaboutthemselves. Our study shows that, for women, well-being has two dimensions. One is mastery, which includes self-esteem (自尊), a sense of control over your life, and low levels of anxietyanddepression.Masteryiscloselyrelatedtothe“doing”sideoflife,toworkand activity. Pleasure is the other dimensions, and it is composed of happiness, satisfaction and optimism (乐观). It is tied more closely to the “feeling” side of life. The two are independent of each other. A woman could be high in mastery and low in pleasure, and vice versa. For example, a woman who has a good job, but whose mother has just died, mightbefeelingverygoodaboutherselfandincontrolofherworklife,butthepleasure sidecouldbedamagedforatime. The concepts of mastery and pleasure can help us identify the sources of well-being for women, and remedy past mistakes. In the past, women were encouraged to look only at the feeling side of life as the source of all well-being. But we know that both mastery and pleasure are critical. And mastery seems to be achieved largely through work. In our study,all the groups of employed women rated significantly higher inmasterythandidwomenwhowerenotemployed. Awoman’swell-beingisenhanced(增进)whenshetakesonmultipleroles.Atleast by middle adulthood, the women who were involved in a combination of roles-marriages, motherhood, and employment were the highest in well-being, despite warningsaboutstressandstrain. 36. Itcanbeinferredfromthefirstparagraphthat________. A)for women, a senseof“mastery”ismore important than asense of“pleasure” B) forwomen, asense of“pleasure” is moreimportant than a senseof “mastery” C) women can’t have a sense of “mastery” and a sense of “pleasure” at the same time D)a senseof “mastery” and a senseof “pleasure”are both indispensable towomen 37. Theauthor’sattitudetowardswomenhavingacareeris________. A)critical B) positive C)neutral D)realistic 38. One can conclude from the passage that if a woman takes on several social roles, ________. A)it willbe easier forher to overcomestress and strain 163淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 B) shewill bemoresuccessful inher career C)herchances ofgetting promoted will begreater D)her lifewill bericher and moremeaningful 39. Whichofthefollowingcanbeidentifiedasasourceof“pleasure”forwomen? A)Family life B) Regularemployment C)Multipleroles insociety D)Freedom from anxiety 40. Themostappropriatetitleforthepassagewouldbe________. A)The well-being ofCareerWomen B) Sources of Mastery and Pleasure C)TwoAspects ofWomen’sWell-Being D)Freedom RolesWomen inSociety Part IIIVocabulary andStructure(35minutes) 41. He has ________ strange hobbies like collecting bottle tops and inventing secret codes. A)gone on B) gone in for C)gone with D)gone through with 42. Of all the soldiers they had the ________ of being the fiercest, the most patriotic, thetoughest. A)recognition B) reservation C)recreation D)reputation 43. Whydidn’tyoutellmeyoucouldlendmethemoney?I________itfromthebank. A)haven’t needed toborrow B) willnot need to borrow C)needn’t have borrowed D)didn’tneed to borrow 44. Advanced computer technology has ________ an answer to accurate weather 164淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 forecasting. A)set up B) comeupwith C)filled with D)faced upto 45. I stared into the blackness and wondered if he was as aware of my presence as ________. A)I was ofhis B) Iwas ofhim C)Idid ofhim D)I didof his 46. Theyaresuretheyhaveallthefactstheyneedto________theexistenceofablack hole. A)obtain B) maintain C)verify D)display 47. Thenewtouristhotelwillhave________formorethanonethousandpeople. A)convenience B) accommodations C)capability D)capacities 48. Medicaldoctorssometimescanmakemistakesthatwillcost________. A)patients their lives B) patient lives C)patients fortheir lives D)patients with theirlives 49. Hehadbeencompletelyexhaustedbutfeltconsiderably________afteramealand arest. A)renewed B) recreated C)reshaped D)refreshed 165淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 50. His intelligence and experience will enable him to ________ the complicated situation. A)cope with B) settledown C)intervene in D)interfere with 51. At last she left her house and got to the airport, only ________ the plane flying away. A)having seen B) tohave seen C)saw D)tosee 52. Heobviouslydisplaysagreat________forsomeofyourpoems. A)consent B) admiration C)respect D)pleasure 53. This law ________ the number of accidents caused by children running across the roadwhentheygetoffthebus. A)intending to reduce B) intends reducing C)intended reducing D)is intended to reduce 54. Thefiremusthave________afterthestaffhadgonehome. A)broken down B) broken up C)broken out D)broken off 55. Humidity is so intense in some parts of the tropics that Europeans find they are unableto________it. A)maintain B) persist C)endure 166淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 D)sustain 56. The sight of a sick horse being driven along the streets of the village remained ________himforweeks. A)of B) on C)to D)with 57. Aseriesofborderincidentswould________leadthetwocountriestowar. A)inevitably B) consistently C)uniformly D)persistently 58. Theytriedtorestrictaccessto________theybelievedtobedangerousareas. A)what B) which C)that D)everywhere 59. If each manager makes his usual speech, the meeting will be ________ for forty-fiveminutes. A)expanded B) prolonged C)delayed D)exceeded 60. It was only after some progress ________ in the use and development of electric currentthatmenbegantorealizetheimportanceandpossibilitiesofmagnetism. A)was made B) would have been made C)has been made D)had beenmade 61. Theweathermanbroadcaststhe________intemperaturetwiceaday. A)diversion B) variation C)variety 167淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 D)modification 62. I seem to have reached a rather gloomy conclusion, but I think that something cheerfulmaystillbederived________it. A)of B) off C)from D)with 63. Animals can become unusually ________ when they are upset by a sudden environmentalchange. A)puzzled B) predominant C)vigorous D)aggressive 64. Innocircumstancescanmoreworkbegotoutofamachinethan________. A)is put intoit B) toput it into it C)tobe put intoit D)that puts intoit 65. Thewinningteamloudly________itsvictory. A)magnified B) proclaimed C)signified D)exclaimed 66. Last year, these ships transported a total of 83.34 million tons of cargo, a 4.4 per centincrease________thepreviousyear. A)over B) than C)up D)beyond 67. With an eighty-hour week and little enjoyment, life must have been very ________ forthenineteenth-centuryfactoryworkers. A)hostile B) anxious 168淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 C)tedious D)obscure 68. The Second World War, ________ the earlier one of 1914, promoted public concern about the physical and intellectual well-being of the country’s human resources. A)so as B) as were C)as did D)same as 69. Louiswasaskedto________themanwhostoleherpurse. A)confirm B) recognize C)claim D)identify 70. Thebusthat________outsidetheinnwouldsoontakethevisitorsdowntown. A)held back B) pulled up C)got down D)set forth Part IVErrorCorrection (15 minutes) Directions: This part consists of a short passage. In this passage, there are altogether 10 mistakes, one in each numbered line. You may have to change a word, add a word or delete a word. Mark out the mistakes and put the corrections in the blanks provided. If you change a word, cross it out and write the correct word in the corresponding blank. If you add a word, put an insertion mark (∧) in the right place and write the missing word in the blank. If you delete aword, crossit andput aslash(/) in theblank. Example: Televisionisrapidlybecomingtheliteratureofourperiods╱. 1. time/times/period Manyoftheargumentshaving╱ usedforthestudyofliteratureas 2. _______\_______ aschoolsubjectarevalidfor ∧ studyoftelevision. 3.______the______ When we consider the comfortable circumstances of a working family today, the life of the working man in 1882 seems miserable indeed. But earlier it had been even hard. At the beginning of the (71) nineteenth century working hours were from sunrise 169淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 tosunset,paywasawful,andworkingconditionsbeingpooranddangerous.(72) The working man had little schooling beyond his craft, and there was little hope that their children would have (73) nothing better. There were no public schools, and besides, the few(74) pennies which the children could earn needed to help support the (75) family, if he was present because of sickness, there was often no (76) job from him when he returned. Since there were always plenty of (77) other workers to take his job, hewaslikelytobehiredifheasked(78)formorepay. Viewed against today’s standards, the attitude of the nineteenth-century factory owners seems incredible. They believed that was good business to hire men, women and children as cheaply (79) as possible, make them to work as they could and, when (80) they became inefficient, worn out, or unable to work for any reason, discharge them. PartVWriting(30 minutes) Directions: For this part, you are allowed thirty minutes to write a composition on the topic We Need to Broaden Our Knowledge. You should write no less than 120 words and you should base your composition on the outline (given in Chinese)below: 1. 科学技术是社会发展所不可缺少的 2. 社会科学和自然科学相互渗透 3. 现代大学生需要广博的知识 Remembertowriteyourcompositioncoherentlyandneatly. 170淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 1994年1月六级参考答案 Part I 1. D 2. D 3. A 4. B 5. C 6. C 7. A 8. A 9. D 10. B 11. C 12. C 13. B 14. D 15. B 16. A 17. A 18. D 19. C 20. A PartII 21. C 22. D 23. B 24. A 25. D 26. B 27. C 28. A 29. C 30. B 31. C 32. A 33. B 34. C 35. A 36. D 37. B 38. D 39. A 40. C Part III 41. B 42. D 43. C 44. B 45. A 46. C 47. B 48. A 49. D 50. A 51. D 52. B 53. D 54. C 55. C 56. D 57. A 58. D 59. B 60. B 61. B 62. C 63. D 64. A 65. D 66. A 67. C 68. C 69. D 70. B 171淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 1994年1月听力原文 SectionA 1. M:Pleaseholdtheline,Mrs.Smith.Thedoctorwilltalktoyouinaminute. W: I’m afraid I may have to hang up. I don’t have any more coins and the line will becut soon. Q:Where isMrs. Smith most probably? 2. M:Excuseme,butcouldyoushowmethewaytothetrainstation? W: Certainly. Go straight until you reach the traffic light, then turn left and you will seea square.The stationis ontheeast side ofit. Q:Where isthetrain stationlocated? 3. M:You’regoingtomakeatriptoSanFrancisco,aren’tyou? W:Yes. But I haven’t got the plane ticket yet. I’m thinking of postponing the trip to nextmonthsince thisis thebusiest month fortheairlines. Q:What doweknowabout thewoman from thisconversation? 4. M:Ihearyouaremovingtoanapartment.Canyoutellmewhy? W: Actually, I didn’t want to move. It would be more expensive to live outside the college. But Ijust can’t bear thenoisemade bythepeople living nextdoor. Q:Whydoes thewoman want to move? 5. M: Youcan get a lot of practice in giving up ticketsand handling hotel reservations. Lateron,youcantaketelephonecalls. W:That’s great!Thanks, Mr.Thomson. I’ll cometo work tomorrow. Q:Where willthewoman probably beworking? 6. M:Pleasemake20copiesofthisanddeliverthemtothechiefexecutive andheads ofdepartments. W:Certainly,sir.They willfind itontheirdesks tomorrowmorning. Q:What istheprobable relationship between the two speakers? 7. W:Didyougoshoppingthisafternoon? M:Yes,but all Igot was a sore foot. Q:What does theman mean? 8. W:ThisschoolisluckytohaveateacherasgoodasProf.HelenJohnson. M: Sheisonein a million. 172淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 Q:What does theman mean? 9. M: I heard your daughter sing at the school concert last night. She has a lovely voice,Imustsay. W:Thank you, but Idon’tknow where shegets it. Q:What does thewoman probably mean? 10. W:Whyareyousotiredandupset? M: I’ve been taking the history course this term. But the trouble is that I’ll never get through thereading list. Q:Whyis themanworried? Section B PassageOne The time is 7 o’clock, and this is Amely Brown with the news: The German authorities are sending investigators to discover the cause of the plane crash late yesterday on the Island of Tenariff. The plane, a Boeing 727 taking German holiday makers to the island crashed into a hill side as it circled for preparing to land. The plane was carrying 180 passengers. It is thought there are no survivors. Rescue workers are at thescene. The 500 U.K. motors workers who had bent on strike in High Town for the past 3 weeks went back to work this morning. This follows successful talks between managementandunion representatives,which resultedin a newagreementon working hours. A spokesman for the management said that they hoped they could now get back toproducingcarsandtheylostalotofmoneyandordersoverthisdispute. And finally, the weather: After a cold starts, most of the country shall be warm and sunny.But towardslate afternoon, rain will spread from Scotland to cover most partsby midnight. Questions11to14arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard. 11. Whenwasthenewsbroadcast? 12. Whatisthefirstnewsitemabout? 13. Whydidtheworkersgoonstrike? 14. Whatdoyouthinkoftheweatherthatday? PassageTwo When I arrived in American three years ago, I was surprised by the tremendous 173淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 amount of advertising. But now I’ve come to realize that it is a creative and necessary part of an industrial society. I, too, want to improve my life style and to buy better products. I look to advertising to show me how to do it. Deciding what to believe in an advertising, however,isn’t easy.It seems to me thata person mustpurchase thingswith a lot of care. As a consumer, I want to get the best for my money. So I really have to understand the techniques of advertising. Otherwise, manufactures may be able to sell anything, whatever its quality may be. The creative aspects of advertisement, for instance, often cover up the defects or problems in products. I have learned this well, since I have made purchases and lost money because the items were of poor quality. The future advertising most likely will involve more public participation. In the future, if consumers really care about the quality of something as well as the quantity, maybe advertiserswillbegintocaremoreaboutwhattheyaretryingtosell. Questions15to17arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard. 15. Whatdowelearnaboutthespeaker? 16. What’s the speaker’s impression of the advertisement in America when he first arrivedthere? 17. Whatdoesthespeakerthinkfutureadvertisersshoulddo? PassageThree After years of study, I have determined there are only two types of people in this world: those who get to the airport early and those who walk in just as the plane is about to take off. If there were any justice in the world, the early airport people would be rewarded for doing the right thing and the late airport people would be punished. But there is no justice. I know I have been an early airport person for years. My luggage will get on the plane first but it will be the last luggage to come off the plane when we land. You know who really gets his luggage first when we land? The late airport person, who rushes into the airport three minutes before the plane takes off. “But if I get there realearly,”Itoldmyself,“Iwillgetthebestseat.”Well,nomatterhowearlyIshowedup, I was alwaystold that someone had called two or three daysahead of me and asked for that seat.The utmost embarrassment of the earlyairport person happened to me a few yearsage when I was flying from New York to Chicago. When I got to the ticket counter, the person there said,“Sir,you have a seat on the 9:15 a.m. flight, is thatright?” “Yes,” I said. “Well, it’s only 7:00 a.m. and the 7:05 a.m. flight has not left yet. If you hurry you can make it.” I was too embarrassed to say that I arrived early so I wouldn’t have to hurry.Instead,Irandownthecorridortotheplane. Questions18to20arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard. 18. Whatdoesthespeakersayabouttheearlyairportperson? 19. Whatusuallyhappenstothelateairportperson? 174淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 20. Whatmadethespeakerfeelembarrassed? 175淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 1995年1月大学英语六级(CET-6)真题试卷 Part I Listening Comprehension(20 minutes) SectionA 1. A)Shewasgivenanewjob. B) Shewas given a raise. C)Shewas criticized for being late. D)Shewas praised forher hard work. 2. A)Whethertoemploythewoman. B)Whetherto take upthenewjob. C)Whetherto askfor araise. D)Whether tobuya new house. 3. A)Ateacher. B)Apsychologist. C)Alibrarian. D)Apublisher. 4. A)Tovisitmoreplacesinthecity. B)Totake alot ofpictures of thebeautiful city. C)Totake somepictures of hisfriends. D)Tospare sometimeto meet hisfriends. 5. A)Intown. B) Out oftown. C)In theman’s house. D)OutsideAnn’s house. 6. A)Becauseshefeelsveryhotintheroom. B) Because shewants toavoid meeting people. C)Because shewants tosmokea cigaretteoutside. D)Because she doesn’tlikethe smellofsmokeinside. 7. A)Paintershiredbythemanandwoman. B) Painters hired byMr.Jones. C)Mr.Jones. 176淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 D)The man and thewoman. 8. A)Thewomanenjoyedthemovieverymuch. B)Thewoman sawa horrormovie. C)Theman asked thewoman tobe careful at night. D)The man went totheshow with thewoman. 9. A)Hedoesn’twritewellenough. B) Heis not aprofessional writer. C)Hehasn’t got any professional experience. D)He didn’t perform well in theinterview. 10. A)Hedoesn’tthinkitnecessarytorefuelthecar. B) Hecan manage to get thegasoline they need. C)Hehopes thewoman will help him select a fuel. D)He thinksit is difficultto get fuel forthecar. Section B PassageOne Questions11to13arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard. 11. A)Becausetheycan’taffordto. B) Because they think smallhouses are morecomfortable tolivein. C)Because big houses are usually builtin thecountryside. D)Because they preferapartments. 12. A)Becausemanyyoungpeoplehavemovedintocomfortableapartments. B) Because many oldhouses inthebad part ofthetown are not inhabited. C)Because many olderpeople sell theirhouses after theirchildren leave. D)Because many peoplehave quit theiroldhouse to buildnew ones. 13. A)Theyhavetodotheirownmaintenance. B)They have to furnish their own houses. C)They will find it difficultto maketherest ofthepayment. D)They will findit difficult todisposeoftheir old-style furniture. PassageTwo 177淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 Questions14to16arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard. 14. A)Theyarenotactivehunters. B)They don’t sleep much. C)They are often seen alone. D)They don’t eat much. 15. A)Tocatchthebirds. B)Tolook for shadein theheat oftheday. C)Tocatch otheranimals. D)Tolook for akill madebyanother animal. 16. A)Theyarelargerinsize. B)They have to hunt moreto feedtheyoung. C)They run faster. D)They are not as lazy as themales. PassageThree Questions17to20arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard. 17. A)Lessthan30minutes. B) From 30to45minutes. C)At least 45minutes. D)More than 45minutes. 18. A)Heshouldshowrespectfortheinterviewer. B) Heshouldshowconfidence in himself. C)Heshouldtalk enthusiastically. D)He should bedressed properly. 19. A)Speakingconfidentlybutnotaggressively. B)Talking loudlyto give a lasting impression. C)Talking alot about thejob. D)Speaking politely and emotionally. 20. A)Professionalknowledgeisadecisivefactorinjobinterview. B) Finding ajobis moredifficultthan onecan imagine. C)Ajob seeker should create agood image during an interview. 178淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 D)Self-confidence is most importantfor ajob seeker. Part IIReading Comprehension(35 minutes) Questions21to25arebasedonthefollowingpassage. The process of perceiving other people is rarely translated (to ourselves or others) intocold, objectiveterms.“Shewas5 feet8 inchestall,hadfair hair,andworea colored skirt.” More often, we try to get inside the other person to pinpoint his or her attitudes, emotions, motivations, abilities, ideas and characters. Furthermore, we sometimes behave as if we can accomplish this difficult job very quickly-perhaps with a two-second glance. We try to obtain information about others in many ways. Berger suggests several methods for reducing uncertainties about others: watching, without being noticed, a person interacting with others, particularly with others who are known to you so you can compare the observed person’s behavior with the known others’ behavior; observing a person in a situation where social behavior is relatively unrestrained or where a wide variety of behavioral responses are called for; deliberately structuring the physicalorsocialenvironmentsoastoobservetheperson’sresponsestospecificstimuli; askingpeoplewhohavehador havefrequentcontactwiththepersonabouthimorher; and using various strategies in face-to-face interaction to uncover information about another person-questions, self-disclosures (自我表露), and so on. Getting to know someone isa never-ending task, largelybecausepeople areconstantly changing andthe methods we use to obtain information are often imprecise. You may have known someone fortenyearsandstill knowvery littleabout him.If we acceptthe idea that we won’t ever fully know another person, it enables us to deal more easily with those things that get in the way of accurate knowledge such as secrets and deceptions. It will also keep us from being too surprised or shocked by seemingly inconsistent behavior. Ironically (讽刺性地) those things that keep us from knowing another person too well (e.g., secrets and deceptions) may be just as important to the development of satisfying relationshipasthose thingsthatenableustoobtainaccurateknowledgeaboutaperson (e.g.,disclosureandtruthfulstatements). 21. Theword“pinpoint”(Para.1,Line3)basicallymeans________. A)appreciate B) obtain C)interpret D)identify 22. Whatdowelearnfromthefirstparagraph? A)Peopleare betterdescribed incold, objective terms. B)Thedifficulty ofgetting toknow aperson isusually underestimated. C)Oneshouldnot judge people bytheirappearances. 179淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 D)One is usuallysubjective when assessing otherpeople’spersonality. 23. ItcanbeinferredfromBerger’ssuggestionsthat________. A)people donot reveal theirtrueself onevery occasion B) inmost cases we shouldavoidcontacting theobserved person directly C)thebest way toknow aperson isbymaking comparisons D)face-to-face interaction is thebest strategy to uncover information about aperson 24. In developing personal relationships, secrets and deceptions, in the author’s opinion,are________. A)personal matters that should be seriouslydealt with B) barriers that should bedoneaway with C)as significant as disclosures and truthful statements D)things peopleshouldguard against 25. Theauthor’spurposeinwritingthepassageis________. A)togive advice onappropriate conduct for social occasions B) toprovide ways ofhowto obtain information about people C)tocall thereader’s attention to thenegative sideofpeople’scharacters D)todiscuss thevarious aspects of gettingto knowpeople Questions26to30arebasedonthefollowingpassage. The competition among producers of personal computers is essentially a race to get the best, most innovative products to the marketplace. Marketers in this environment frequently have to make a judgement as to their competitors’ role when making marketing strategy decisions. If major competitors are changing their products, then a marketer may want to follow suit to remain competitive. Apple Computer, Inc. has introduced two new, faster personal computers, the Mackintosh II and Mackintosh SE, in anticipation of the introduction of a new PC by IBM, one of Apple’s major competitors. Apple’s new computersare much faster and morepowerful than its earlier models. The improved Mackintosh is able to run programs that previously were impossible to run on an Apple PC, including IBM-compatible (兼容的) programs. This compatibility feature illustrates computer manufactures’ new attitude of giving customers the featurestheywant.Making Apple computerscapableofrunning IBM softwareisApple’s effortatmakingtheMackintoshcompatiblewithIBM computersandthusmorepopular in the office, where Apple hopes to increase sales. Users of the new Apple can also add accessories ( 附 件 ) to make their machines specialize in specific uses, such as engineeringandwriting. The new computers represent a big improvement over past models, but they also cost much more. Company officials do not think the higher price will slow down buyers 180淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 whowanttostepuptoamorepowerfulcomputer.Applewantstostayinthehigh-price end of the personal computer market to finance research for even faster, more sophisticatedcomputers. Even though Apple and IBM are major competitors, both companies realize that their competitor’s computers have certain features that their own models do not. The Apple line has always been popular for its sophisticated color graphics (图形), whereas the IBM machines havealwaysbeen favored in offices. In the future, there will probably be more compatibility between the two companies’ products, which no doubt will requirethatbothAppleandIBMchangemarketingstrategies. 26. According to the passage, Apple Computer, Inc, has introduced the Mackintosh II andtheMackintoshSEbecause________. A)IBM is changing its computer modelscontinuously B) itwants tomake itsmachines specializein specific uses C)itwants tostay ahead ofIBM in thecompetitivecomputermarket D)it expects itsmajorcompetitor IBM tofollow itsexample 27. ApplehopestoincreaseMackintoshsaleschieflyby________. A)making its newmodels capableof running IBM software B) improvingthe colorgraphics ofits newmodels C)copying themarketing strategies ofIBM D)giving thecustomers what they want 28. Applesellsitsnewcomputermodelsatahighpricebecause________. A)they have new features and functions B) they are more sophisticated than othermodels C)they have newaccessories attached D)it wants to accumulatefunds forfuture research 29. It can be inferred from the passage that both Apple and IBM try to gain a competitiveadvantageby________. A)copying each other’s technology B) incorporatingfeatures that make theirproducts distinctive C)making theircomputer moreexpensive D)making theircomputers runmuch faster 30. Thebesttitleforthepassagewouldbe________. A)Apple’s Efforts to StayAhead ofIBM B)Apple’s New ComputerTechnology 181淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 C)Apple’s New personal Computers D)Apple’s ResearchActivities PassageThree Questions31to35arebasedonthefollowingpassage. It is a curious paradox that we think of the physical sciences as “hard”, the social sciences as “soft”, and the biological sciences as somewhere in between. This is interpreted to mean that our knowledge of physical systems is more certain than our knowledgeofbiologicalsystems,andtheseinturnaremorecertainthanourknowledge of social systems. In terms of our capacity to sample the relevant universes, however, andtheprobabilitythatourimagesoftheseuniversesareatleastapproximatelycorrect, one suspects that a reverse order is more reasonable. We are able to sample earth’s social systemswithsome degree ofconfidence thatwehavea reasonable sample ofthe total universe being investigated. Our knowledge of social systems, therefore, while it is in many ways extremely inaccurate, is not likely to be seriously overturned by new discoveries. Even the folk knowledge in social systems on which ordinary life is based in earning, spending, organizing, marrying, taking part in political activities, fighting and so on, is not very dissimilar from the more sophisticated images of the social system derivedfromthesocialsciences,eventhoughitisbuiltupontheveryimperfectsamples ofpersonalexperience. In contrast, our image of the astronomical universe, of even of earth’s geological history, can easily be subject to revolutionary changes as new data comes in and new theories are worked out. If we define the “security” our image of various parts of the total system as the probability of their suffering significant changes, then we would reverse the order of hardness and see the social sciences as the most secure, the physical sciences as the least secure, and again the biological sciences as somewhere in between. Our image of the astronomical universe is the least secure of all simply because we observe such a fantastically small sample of it and its record-keeping is trivial as compared with the rich records of the social systems, or even the limited recordsofbiologicalsystems.Recordsofthe astronomicaluniverse,despitethefactthat weseedistantthingsastheywerelongago,arelimitedintheextreme. Even in regard to such a close neighbour as the moon, which we have actually visited, theories about its origin and history are extremely different, contradictory, and hard to choose among. Our knowledge of physical evolution is incomplete and highly insecure. 31. Theword“paradox”(Para.1,Line1)means“________”. A)implication B) contradiction C)interpretation D)confusion 182淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 32. According to the author, we should reverse our classification of the physical sciencesas“hard”andthesocialsciencesas“soft”because________. A)a reverse ordering willhelp promotethedevelopment ofthephysical sciences B) ourknowledge ofphysical systems is morereliable than that ofsocial systems C)ourunderstanding ofthesocial systems is approximately correct D)we are better ableto investigate social phenomena than physical phenomena 33. The author believes that our knowledge of social systems is more secure than that ofphysicalsystemsbecause________. A)it isnot based onpersonal experience B) newdiscoveries are less likely to occur in social sciences C)itis based onafairly representative quantityofdata D)therecords ofsocial systems are morereliable 34. The chances of the physical sciences being subject to great changes are the biggest because________. A)contradictory theories keep emerging all thetime B) newinformation is constantly coming in C)thedirection of theirdevelopment is difficultto predict D)our knowledgeof thephysical world isinaccurate 35. Weknow less about the astronomical universe than we do about anysocial system because________. A)theories ofits origin and history are varied B) ourknowledge ofit ishighly insecure C)onlya very smallsample ofithas been observed D)few scientists are involved in thestudyof astronomy Questions36to40arebasedonthefollowing. In the early days of nuclear power, the United States made money on it. But today opponents have so complicated its development that no nuclear plants have been orderedorbuiltherein12years. The greatest fear of nuclear power opponents has always been a reactor “meltdown” (堆内熔化). Today, the chances of a meltdown that would threaten U.S. public health are very little. But to even further reduce the possibility, engineers are testing new reactors that rely not on human judgement to shut them down but on the laws of nature. Now General Electric is already building two advanced reactors in Japan. Butdon’texpectthemeveronU.S.shoresunlessthingschangeinWashington. The procedure for licensing nuclear power plants is a bad dream. Any time during, or even after, construction, an objection by anygroup or individual can bring everything 183淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 to a halt while the matteris investigated or takento court.Meanwhile, the builder must add nice-but-not-necessary improvements, some of which force him to knock down walls and start over. In every case where a plant has been opposed, the Nuclear Regulation Commission has ultimately granted a license to construct or operate.But the victoryoftencostssomuchthattheutilityendsupabandoningtheplantanyway. A case in point is the Shoreham plant on New York’s Long Island. Shoreham was a virtual twin to the Millstone plant in Connecticut, both ordered in the mid-’60s. Millstone, completed for $101 million, has been generating electricity for two decades. Shoreham, however,wassingledoutbyanti-nuclearactivistswho,bysending in endless protests,drovethecostover$5billionanddelayeditsuseformanyyears. Shoreham finally won its operation license. But the plant has never produced a watt of power. Governor Mario Cuomo, an opponent of a Shoreham start-up, used his powertoforceNewYork’spublic-utilitiescommissiontoacceptthefollowingsettlement; the power company could pass the cost of Shoreham along to its consumers only if it agreed not to operate the plant! Today, a perfectly good facility, capable of servicing hundredsofhomes,sitsrusting. 36. Whathasmadetheprocedureforlicensingnuclearpowerplantsabaddream? A)The inefficiency oftheNuclear Regulation commission. B)Theenormous cost ofconstruction and operation. C)Thelength of timeittakes tomake investigations. D)The objection of theopponentsof nuclear power. 37. ItcanbeinferredfromParagraph2that________. A) it is not technical difficulties that prevent the building of nuclear power plants in theU.S. B) there are not enough safety measures in the U.S. for running new nuclear power plants C)there are already morenuclear powerplants than necessary intheU.S. D) theAmerican government will not allow Japanese nuclear reactors to be installed inthe U.S. 38. Anyobjection,howevertrivialitmaybe,can________. A)force thepower companies tocancel the project B) delay theconstruction oroperation ofa nuclear plant C)cause aserious debatewithin theNuclear Regulation Commission D)take thebuilders to court 39. GovernorMario’schiefintentioninproposingthesettlementwasto________. A)stop theShoreham plant from going intooperation 184淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 B) help thepower company tosolve itsfinancial problems C)urge thepower company to further increase itspower supply D)permit theShoreham plant to operate under certain conditions 40. Theauthor’sattitudetowardsthedevelopmentofnuclearpoweris________. A)negative B) neutral C)positive D)questioning Part IIIVocabulary andStructure(20minutes) 41. They________toenterthebuildingbythebackdoor; however,thefrontdoorwas locked. A)weren’t supposed B) wouldn’t besupposed C)were supposed D)would be supposed 42. ________ human behavior may be caused by eating substances that upset the delicatechemicalbalanceinthebrain. A)Deliberate B) Consistent C)Primitive D)Abnormal 43. Thecapturedcriminalswere________inchainsthroughthestreets. A)exhibited B) displayed C)paraded D)revealed 44. In reading stories we anticipate what is to come ________ on our memory of what hasgonebefore. A)based B) basing C)tobase D)tobebased 185淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 45. The world’s governments have done ________ nothing to combat the threat of nuclearaccidents. A)inherently B) vitally C)virtually D)identically 46. I guess Jones didn’t have a chance to win the election. Almost all of the people in thecityvotedforhis________. A)candidate B) opponent C)alternative D)participant 47. Thebackgroundmusicinanassemblylineisdesigned________. A)not being listened to B) notto be listened to C)being not listened to D)tobenot listened to 48. Teachingstudentsofthresholdlevelishardworkbuttheeffortisvery________. A)precious B) rewarding C)worth D)challenging 49. The boystudentsin this school arenearly________ asthe girl students to saythey intendtogetacollegedegreeinbusiness. A)as likelytwice B) likelyas twice C)as twice likely D)twice as likely 50. Theexplorerlosthiswaysoheclimbedtothetopofthehillto________himself. A)spot B) locate C)place D)situate 186淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 51. Thecityhasdecidedto________smoking. A)doaway with B) takeaway C)get away with D)put away 52. Perhapsitwouldn’tbe________togoandseesuchafilm. A)worthy you while B) worth ofwhile C)worthy ofwhile D)worth your while 53. Theoldbuildingisinagoodstateof________exceptforthewoodenfloors. A)observation B) preservation C)conservation D)compensation 54. While some office jobs would seem ________ to many people, there are quite a fewjobsthatarestimulating,excitingandsatisfying. A)hostile B) tedious C)fantastic D)courageous 55. ________shewonderedifshehadmadeamistake. A)Not until longafterwards that B) It was not untillong afterwards that C)Not longuntil afterwards D)It was long afterwards until 56. The people who objected to the new approach were told that since work had alreadystartedtherewasnopointin________. A)denying B) upsetting C)protesting D)competing 187淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 57. Theceremonywill________assoonastheministerarrives. A)complete B) commence C)disperse D)descend 58. Soconfused________thathedidn’tknowhowtostarthislecture. A)since hebecame B) would hebecome C)that hebecame D)didhebecome 59. Since the couple could not ________ their differences, they decided to get a divorce. A)reconcile B) comply C)coincide D)resign 60. Afterthecollision,heexaminedtheconsiderable________tohiscar. A)ruin B) destruction C)damage D)injury 61. Outputisnowsixtimes________itwasbefore1990. A)that B) what C)forwhich D)of that 62. Theheavilypopulatedareawasabreedingplacefor________diseases. A)infectious B) powerful C)influential D)suspicious 63. It is unfortunate that, owing to lack of money, these experiments must now be 188淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 ________beforetheobjectivehasbeenachieved. A)transferred B) testified C)terminated D)transformed 64. Thesyntheticvitaminsareidentical________thosenaturallypresentinourfood. A)for B) of C)as D)with 65. Just as a book is often judged ________ by the quality and appearance of its cover, apersonisjudgedimmediatelybyhisappearance. A)previously B) uniquely C)outwardly D)initially 66. Recycling wastes slows down the rate ________ which we use up the Earth’s finite resources. A)In B) of C)with D)at 67. Gasolineis________bythesparkplugsintheengine. A)ignited B) inspired C)excited D)illuminated 68. He ________ another career but, at the time, he didn’t have enough money to attendgraduateschool. A)might havechosen B) might choose C)had to choose D)must have chosen 189淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 69. ManyvisitorspraisedthemagnificentarchitectureofthePalace,________. A)known to foreigners forthe Forbidden City B) known for foreigners to betheForbidden City C)known to foreigners as the Forbidden City D)knowfor foreigners as theForbidden City 70. Thetravelers________theirjourneyafterashortbreak. A)recovered B) resumed C)renewed D)restored Part IVErrorCorrection (15 minutes) Directions: This part consists of a short passage. In this passage, there are altogether 10 mistakes, one in each numbered line. You may have to change a word, add a word or delete a word. Mark out the mistakes and put the corrections in the blanks provided. If you change a word, cross it out and write the correct word in the corresponding blank. If you add a word, put an insertion mark (∧) in the right place and write the missing word in the blank. If you delete aword, crossit andput aslash(/) in theblank. Example: Televisionisrapidlybecomingtheliteratureofourperiods╱. 1. time/times/period Manyoftheargumentshaving╱ usedforthestudyofliteratureas 2. _______\_______ aschoolsubjectarevalidfor ∧ studyoftelevision. 3.______the______ We are all naturally attracted to people with ideas, beliefs and interests like our own. Similarly, we feel comfortable with people with physical qualities similar as ours. (71) You may have noticed about how people who live or work (72) closely together cometobehaveina similarway.Unconsciouslywecopythese weareclosetoor loveor admire.So asportsman’s(73)individualwayof walkingwith raisedshouldersisimitated by an admired (74) fan; a pair of lovers both shake their heads in the same way; an employer finds himself duplicating his boss’s habit of wagging (摆动) (75) a pen betweenhisfingerswhilethinking. In every case, the influential person may consciously notice the (76) imitation but he will feel comfortably in its presence. And if he does (77) notice the matching of his gestures or movements, he finds it pleasing he is influencing people; they are drawn to them.(78) Sensitive people have been mirroring their friend and acquaintances (79) all their 190淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 lives, and winning affection and respect in this way without aware of their methods. Now, for people who want to win (80) agreement or trust, affection or sympathy, some psychologistsrecommendthedeliberateuseofphysicalimitation. PartVWriting(30 minutes) Directions: For this part, you are allowed thirty minutes to write a composition on the topic My view on the Negative Effects of Some Advertisements. You should write at least 120 words and you should base your composition on theoutline(given in Chinese) below: 1. 现在有些不良的商业广告 2. 这些广告的副作用和危害性 3. 我对这些广告的态度 191淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 1995年1月六级参考答案 Part I 1. C 2. B 3. C 4. D 5. A 6. D 7. D 8. B 9. C 10. B 11. A 12. C 13. A 14. A 15. D 16. B 17. B 18. D 19. A 20. C PartII 21. D 22. B 23. B 24. C 25. D 26. C 27. A 28. D 29. B 30. A 31. B 32. D 33. B 34. B 35. C 36. D 37. A 38. B 39. A 40. B Part III 41. A 42. D 43. C 44. A 45. C 46. B 47. C 48. B 49. D 50. B 51. A 52. D 53. B 54. B 55. C 56. C 57. B 58. D 59. A 60. C 61. B 62. A 63. C 64. D 65. C 66. D 67. A 68. A 69. C 70. B 71. as → to 72. about → / 73. these → those 74. admired → admiring 75. employer → employee 76. consciously → unconsciously 192淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 77. comfortably → comfortable 78. them → him 79. friend → friends 80. (without) → (without)being 193淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 1995年1月听力原文 SectionA 1. W:Youwantedtoseeme,Mr.Wright? M:Yes, Miss Gray.You’ll have to start getting to work on time, or your service will nolongerbe needed here. Q:What happened to Miss Gray? 2. M:Youknow,I’mjustnottoosureifthenewsalarywillbehighenoughoreventhe newpositionisreallywhatIwant.Besides,IliketheworkthatIamdoingnow. W:It sounds as though you’ve already made up your mind about what you are going todo. Q:What istheman thinking about? 3. W: I’m looking for textbook for my Psychology course. It’s called “Introduction to EducationalPsychology”.Doyouhaveit? M:Yes,we do.You’llfind it in Section 24onthetop shelf. Q:What’s theman’s occupation? 4. W:Oh,thisisabeautifulcity.I’mreallygladI’vebroughtmycamera. M:Yes, there are lots of things to take pictures of here. But I hope you will not plan to spend all your time taking pictures. I have some friends who would like to meet you. Q:What does theman want thewoman to do? 5. M:WhyareyousosurethatAnnedidn’tcommitthecrime? W: She couldn’t have committed that crime because I was with her. And we were outof town onthat day. Q:Where was thecrime mostprobably committed? 6. M:Isn’titrathercoldoutside,Sally? W: It is a bit, but I can’t stand the terrible smoke inside. I’d rather stay here if you don’t mind. Q:Whydoes thewoman want to stayoutside? 7. W: We’ve lived here in Thornton for 5 years now and I think its time to have the housepainted. M: You’re right. Mr. Johns, our neighbor, just had his house painted. But we cannot afford to doitonlyif paint itourselves. 194淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 Q:Whois going to paint itourselves. 8. W: I still can’t get over the show last Saturday evening. I keep having frightening dreamsallnight. M: So, next time before you walk into a theatre, make sure what you are going to see. Q:What dowelearn from this conversation? 9. W: How was the job interview? I think you’ll make a good journalist. I remember youasthebestwriteroftheclass. M: Well, in fact, my application was turned down. They were looking for people withexperience intheprofession. Q:Whydidn’t theman get thejob? 10. W:Wehavetofacethefactthatitisalittlehardtogetfuelforthecar. M: Between you and me,Ithink there isalways away to get around thisproblem. Q:What does theman mean? Section B PassageOne In the United States, many people once lived in large, two and story homes. Today, many people would like to live in such houses but most people can’t. They don’t have enough money to buy them or even to make the first payment. So, many people rent from month to month. But some Americans really want to live in a house of their own. So theybuild their own home. Theybuy a house thatissituatedin an areawhere house are cheaper. It is better to reside in a bad part of town, they think, than not to live in a house at all. Or they buy an old house and redesign it. Then they decorate it with old style furniture. Sometimes they can male an old house look more beautiful than a new one. Usually, it is not difficult for people to find an old home to buy. Manyolder people decide that they don’t need a big home after their children leave. So they sell their house and move into a comfortable apartment. But when people move into a house, they sometimes have problems. Home owners have to do their own maintenance. For example. If the roof leaks, one can not ask the landlord to fix it. On the other hand, people can redesign their homes in any way they want without having to be afraid of beingthrownoutbythelandlord. Questions11to13arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard. 11. Whydon’tmanyAmericansliveinlargetwoandthreestoryhouses? 12. Whyisiteasytofindoldhousesforsale? 195淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 13. Whatproblemwillpeoplehaveaftertheybuyahouse? PassageTwo Lions prefer to eat without having to do much work. When resting in the shade, they! Are also watching the sky. And if they see birds fly down, they immediately sense that something must be happening. Even in the heat of the day.They will certainly arise andrunamileacrosstheplainstofindoutwhatisgoingon.Ifanotheranimalhasmade a kill, they will drive it off and take the dead animal for themselves. A grown lion can easily consume 60 pounds of meat at a single feeding. Often, they eat until it seems painfulforthemtoliedown. Thefemalelionsare leanerandswifter,andasa result,are better huntersthan the males. Most kills are made at night or just before dawn. The kill is the most exciting moment in the day-to-day existence of the lions, since these great beasts spend most of their time-about 20 hours a day-sleeping and resting. Lions are also social cats. And during these times of leisure, they love to romp against each other, andtheyounglionsarealwaysplayingamongthemselvesandwiththeirparents. Questions14to16arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard. 14. Whatdowelearnaboutlionsfromwhatwehavejustheard? 15. Whydothelionswatchthebirdsinthesky? 16. Whyarethefemalesgenerallybetterhuntersthanthemales? PassageThree To be successful in a job interview, you should demonstrate certain personal and professional qualities. You need to create a good image in the limited time available, usually from 30 to 45 minutes. You must make a positive impression which the interviewer will remember while he interviews other candidates. The following are some qualities you should especially pay attention to during an interview. First of all, you should take care to appear to be properly dressed. The right clothes worn at the right time can win respect of the interviewer and his confidence in your judgement. It maynot be true that clothes you wear.Secondly, you should payclose attention to your manner of speaking, since speech is a reflection of personality. You should reflect confidence by speaking in a clear voice, loud enough to be heard, without being aggressive or overpowering. You should be prepared to talk knowledgeably about the requirements of the position you are applying for. Finally, to be really impressive you must convey a sense of self-confidence and enthusiasm for work. If you display these characteristics, with just a little luck, you’ll certainly succeed in the typical personnel interview. Questions17to20arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard. 17. Howlongdoesaninterviewusuallylastaccordingtothespeaker? 196淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 18. Howcanonegivetheintervieweragoodfirstimpression? 19. Whatshouldbethebestmannerofspeakingforajob-seekerduringaninterview? 20. Whatisthemainideaoftheshorttalkyouhavejustheard? 197淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 1995年6月大学英语六级(CET-6)真题试卷 Part I Listening Comprehension(20 minutes) SectionA 1. A)Enjoyable. B) Inspiring. C)Moving. D)Dull. 2. A)Itwilltakeaboutonemonthtorepairthewatch. B)Thewoman should havesaved more money. C)It isa good ideato keep theold watch. D)The watch is nolonger worth repairing. 3. A)Arguing. B) Protesting. C)Complaining. D)Bargaining. 4. A)Familieswithcars. B)American’s heavy dependence oncars. C)Roads and highways. D)Traffic problems inAmerica. 5. A)Theapplesandpearsmightnotbesogood. B)Theapples are not as good as thepears. C)Theapples andpears are very good. D)The apples and pears are as good as they look. 6. A)Herteachingassistantwouldgradetheexampapers. B) Shewould collect theexam papers herself. C)Shewould mark theexam papers herself. D)Shewould not give her students an exam. 7. A)Shecouldhelphimwiththeproblems. B) Heshouldgo out forwhile. C)Shecould go out together with him. 198淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 D)He should dotheproblems himself. 8. A)Customerandsalesman. B) Colleagues. C)Employee and boss. D)Classmates. 9. A)Thefirsthousetheysawistooexpensive. B)They may save some money forthetimebeing. C)Sheis happy with theprice set bytheseller. D)Less money willbe spent in maintainingthe house. 10. A)ItwasprobablyMr.Brown’sphonenumberthatthewomanwrotedown. B) It was just an hour agothat theman met Mr.Brown. C)Thewoman forgot towrite down thephonenumber. D)The woman needed asheet of paper to putdown thenumber. Section B PassageOne Questions11to13arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard. 11. A)Becausetheyweredrivenbysteampower. B) Because they didthework that animals used todo. C)Because they pulled cars full ofcoal. D)Because they were made ofiron. 12. A)Hewantedtherailroadtobesuccessful. B) Hewanted tohave amore powerful steam engine. C)Hewanted toown theland near therailroad. D)He wanted tobuild his ownrailroads. 13. A)Becausethetraincouldnotrunasfastasthehorse. B) Because theengine failed to buildupsteam. C)Because theengine brokedown and thetrain stopped. D)Because the enginebroke intoseveral parts. PassageTwo 199淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 Questions14to16arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard. 14. A)Love. B) Conflict. C)Violence. D)Mystery. 15. A)Themaincharacterremainsthesame. B)Themain character dies in theend. C)Themain character gains hisends. D)The main character undergoes achange. 16. A)Wecanlearnhowbadpersonscanimprovethemselves. B)Wecan learn how todeal with people. C)Wecan understand life alittlebetter. D)Wecan find better ways to cope with conflicts. PassageThree Questions17to24arebasedonthefollowingpassage. 17. A)Becausebothhavealimitedsupplyofair,water,andotherresources. B) Because theEarth moves around thesun as fast as spaceship. C)Because we cantravel to outerspace. D)Because the Earth never stops moving. 18. A)About80milespersecond. B)About 70miles per second. C)About 18miles per second. D)About 17milesper second. 19. A)BecausetheEarthisheavilypolluted. B) Because nature cannot recycle itsresources. C)Because there are moreand morepeople livingontheEarth. D)Because nomore newresources can beadded. 20. A)Naturehaschangedourenvironmentovertheyears. B)Wemustavoid wasting resources andpolluting ourenvironment. C)Ourresources are nearly usedup. 200淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 D)Trips to otherplanets will help eliminatepollution. Part IIReading Comprehension(35 minutes) Questions21to25arebasedonthefollowingpassage. A new era is upon us. Call it what you will: the service economy, the information age,theknowledgesociety.Italltranslatestoafundamentalchangeinthewaywework. Already we’re partly there. The percentage of people who earn their living by making things has fallen dramatically in the Western World. Today the majority of jobs in America, Europe and Japan (two thirds or more in many of these countries) are in the service industry, and the number is on the rise. More women are in the work force than ever before. There are more part-time jobs. More people are self-employed. But the breadth of the economic transformation can’t be measured by numbers alone, because it also is giving rise to a radical new way of thinking about the nature of work itself. Long-held notions about jobs and careers, the skills needed to succeed, even the relationbetweenindividualsandemployers—allthesearebeingchallenged. We have only to look behind us to get some sense of what may lie ahead. No one looking ahead 20 years possibly could have foreseen the ways in which a single invention, the chip (集成块), would transform our world thanks to its applications in personal computers, digital communications and factory robots. Tomorrow’s achievements in biotechnology, artificial intelligence or even some still unimagined technology could produce a similar wave of dramatic changes. But one thing is certain: informationandknowledgewill becomeevenmorevital,andthepeoplewhopossessit, whether they work in manufacturing or services, will have the advantage and produce the wealth. Computer knowledge will become as basic a requirement as the ability to read and write. The ability to solve problems by applying information instead of performing routine tasks will be valued above all else. If you cast your mind ahead 10 years,informationserviceswillbepredominant.Itwillbethewayyoudoyourjob. 21. Acharacteristicoftheinformationageisthat________. A)theservice industryis relying more andmore onthefemale work force B) manufacturing industries are steadily increasing C)peoplefind it harder and harder to earn aliving byworking in factories D)most ofthejobopportunities can nowbefound inthe serviceindustry 22. One of the great changes brought about by the knowledge society is that ________. A)thedifference between theemployee and the employer has become insignificant B) people’s traditional concepts about work nolonger hold true C)mostpeople have totake part-timejobs D)people have tochange theirjobs from timetotime 201淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 23. By referring to computers and other inventions, the author means to say that ________. A)people should beable torespond quickly to theadvancement of technology B) future achievements in technology will bring about inconceivable dramatic changes C)theimportance ofhigh technology has been overlooked D)computer science will play aleading rolein thefuture information services 24. Thefuturewillprobablybelongtothosewho________. A)possess and knowhowto makeuse ofinformation B) give full playto theirbrain potential C)involvethemselves in service industries D)cast theirmindsahead instead oflooking back 25. Whichofthefollowingwouldbethebesttitleforthepassage? A)Computers and theKnowledge Society B) Service Industries in Modern Society C)Features andImplications oftheNew Era D)RapidAdvancement ofInformationTechnology Questions26to30arebasedonthefollowingpassage. Beauty has always been regarded as something praiseworthy. Almost everyone thinksattractivepeople arehappier andhealthier,havebettermarriagesandhavemore respectable occupations. Personal consultants give them better advice for finding jobs. Even judges are softer on attractive defendants (被告). But in the executive circle, beautycanbecomealiability. While attractiveness is a positive factor for a man on his way up the executive ladder,itisharmfultoawoman. Handsome male executives were perceived as having more integrity than plainer men;effortandabilitywerethoughttoaccountfortheirsuccess. Attractive female executives were considered to have less integrity than unattractiveones;theirsuccesswasattributednottoabilitybuttofactorssuchasluck. All unattractive women executives were thought to have more integrity and to be morecapablethan theattractivefemaleexecutives.Interestingly,though,theriseof the unattractive overnight successes was attributed more to personal relationships and less toabilitythanwasthatofattractiveovernightsuccesses. Why are attractive women not thought to be able? An attractive woman is perceivedtobemorefeminine(女性的)andanattractivemanmoremasculine(男性的) than the less attractive ones. Thus, an attractive woman has an advantage in traditionally female jobs, but an attractive woman in a traditionally masculine position 202淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 appearstolackthe“masculine”qualitiesrequired. This is true even in politics. “When the only clue is how he or she looks, people treat men and women differently,” says Ann Bowman, who recently published a study ontheeffectsofattractivenessonpoliticalcandidates.Sheasked125undergraduatesto rank two groups of photographs, one of men and one of women, in order of attractiveness. The students were told the photographs were of candidates for political offices.Theywereaskedtorankthemagain,intheordertheywouldvoteforthem. Theresultsshowedthatattractivemalesutterlydefeatedunattractivemen,butthe womenwhohadbeenrankedmostattractiveinvariablyreceivedthefewestvotes. 26. Theword“liability”(Para.1.Line4)mostprobablymeans“________”. A)misfortune B) instability C)disadvantage D)burden 27. Intraditionallyfemalejobs,attractiveness________. A)reinforces thefemininequalities required B) makes women lookmore honest andcapable C)is ofprimary importance to women D)often enables women tosucceed quickly 28. Bowman’s experiment reveals that when it comes to politics, attractiveness ________. A)turns out to bean obstacle B) affects men and women alike C)has as little effect onmen as onwomen D)is moreof an obstacle than abenefit to women 29. It can be inferred from the passage that people’s views on beauty are often ________. A)practical B) prejudiced C)old-fashioned D)radical 30. Theauthorwritesthispassageto________. A)discuss thenegative aspects ofbeing attractive B) give advice to job-seekers whoare attractive 203淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 C)demand equal rights forwomen D)emphasizethe importanceofappearance Questions31to35arebasedonthefollowingpassage. The importance and focus of the interview in the work of the print and broadcast journalist is reflected in several books that have been written on the topic. Most of these books, as well as several chapters, mainly in, but not limited to, journalism and broadcasting handbooks and reporting texts, stress the “how to” aspects of journalistic interviewing rather than the conceptual aspects of the interview, its context, and implications. Much of the “how to” material is based on personal experiences and general impressions. As we know, in journalism as in other fields, much can be learned from the systematic study of professional practice. Such study brings together evidence fromwhichbroadgeneralizedprinciplescanbedeveloped. Thereis, ashasbeen suggested,a growing bodyofresearch literaturein journalism and broadcasting, but very little significant attention has been devoted to the study of theinterviewitself.Ontheotherhand,manygeneraltextsaswellasnumerousresearch articlesoninterviewinginfieldsotherthanjournalismhavebeenwritten.Manyofthese books and articles present the theoretical and empirical (经验的 ) aspects of the interview as well as the training of the interviewers. Unhappily, this plentiful general literature about interviewing pays little attention to the journalistic interview. The fact that the general literature on interviewing does not deal with the journalistic interview seemsto be surprisingfor two reasons.First, it seemslikelythatmost peoplein modern Western societies are more familiar, at least in a positive manner, with journalistic interviewing than with any other form of interviewing. Most of us are probably somewhat familiar with the clinical interview, such as that conducted by physicians and psychologists. In these situations the professional person or interviewer is interested in getting information necessary for the diagnosis (诊断) and treatment of the person seeking help. Another familiar situation is the job interview. However, very few of us have actually been interviewed personally by the mass media, particularly by television. And yet, we have a vivid acquaintance with the journalistic interview by virtue of our roles as readers, listeners, and viewers. Even so, true understanding of the journalistic interview, especially television interviews, requires thoughtful analyses and even study, asthisbookindicates. 31. Themainideaofthefirstparagraphisthat________. A) generalized principles for journalistic interviews are the chief concern for writers onjournalism B) importance should be attached to the systematic study of journalistic interviewing C) concepts and contextual implications are of secondary importance to journalistic interviewing D) personal experience and general impression should be excluded from journalistic interviews 204淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 32. Muchresearchhasbeendoneoninterviewsingeneral________. A)so thetraining of journalisticinterviewers has likewisebeen strengthened B) though the studyof theinterviewing techniques hasn’treceived muchattention C)butjournalisticinterviewing as aspecific field has unfortunately been neglected D) and there has also been a dramatic growth in the study of journalistic interviewing 33. Westernersarefamiliarwiththejournalisticinterview,________. A)but mostof them wish tostay away from it B) and many of them hopeto beinterviewed someday C)and many of them would liketoacquire atrueunderstanding ofit D)but mostof them maynot have beeninterviewed inperson 34. Whoistheintervieweeinaclinicalinterview? A)The patient. B)Thephysician. C)Thejournalist. D)The psychologist. 35. Thetextismostlikelyapartofa________. A)news article B) journalisticinterview C)research report D)preface Questions36to40arebasedonthefollowingpassage. The relationship between the home and market economies has gone through two distinct stages. Early industrialization began theprocess of transferring some production processes (e.g. clothmaking, sewing and canning foods) from the home to the marketplace. Although the home economy could still produce these goods, the processes werelaborious (费力的) and the market economywasusually more efficient. Soon, the more important second stage was evident-the marketplace began producing goodsandservicesthathad never been producedbythehomeeconomy,andthe home economy was unable to produce them (e.g. Electricity and electrical appliances, the automobile, advanced education, sophisticated medical care). In the second stage, the questionofwhetherthehomeeconomywaslessefficientinproducingthesenewgoods and services was irrelevant; if the family were to enjoy these fruits of industrialization, they would have to be obtained in the marketplace. The traditional ways of taking care of these needs in the home, such as in nursing the sick, became socially unacceptable (and,inmostseriouscases,probablylesssuccessful). 205淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 Just as the appearance of the automobile made the use of the horse-drawn carriageillegal andthenimpractical, andtheappearance of television changedthe radio fromasourceofentertainmenttoasourceofbackgroundmusic,somostofthefruitsof economic growth did not increase the options available to the home economy to either produce the goods or services or purchase them in the market. Growth brought with it increasedvarietyinconsumergoods,butnotincreasedflexibilityforthehomeeconomy in obtaining these goods and services. Instead, economic growth brought with it increased consumer reliance on the marketplace. In order to consume these new goods and services, the family had to enter the marketplace as wage earners and consumers. The neoclassical (新古典主义的) model that views the family as deciding whether to produce goods and services directly or to purchase them in the marketplace is basically a model of the first stage. It cannot accurately be applied to the second (and current) stage. 36. The reason why many production processes were taken over by the marketplace wasthat________. A)it was a necessary stepintheprocess of industrialization B) they depended onelectricity available only tothemarket economy C)itwas troublesometoproduce suchgoods in thehome D)themarketplace was moreefficient with respect to theseprocesses 37. Itcanbeseenfromthepassagethatinthesecondstage________. A) some traditional goods and services were not successful when provided by the homeeconomy B) the market economy provided new goods and services never produced by the homeeconomy C)producing traditional goods at home became socially unacceptable D) whether new goods and services were produced by the home economy became irrelevant 38. During the second stage, if the family wanted to consume new goods and services, theyhadtoenterthemarketplace________. A)as wage earners B) bothas manufactures and consumers C)bothas workers and purchasers D)as customers 39. Economic growth did not make it more flexible for the home economy to obtain thenewgoodsandservicesbecause________. A)thefamily was not efficient in production B) itwas illegal forthe homeeconomy to produce them 206淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 C)itcould not supply them byitself D)themarket for thesegoods and services was limited 40. The neoclassical model is basically a model of the first stage, because at this stage ________. A) the family could rely either on the home economy or on the marketplace for the neededgoods and services B) many production processes were being transferred to themarketplace C)consumers relied moreand moreonthemarket economy D)thefamily could decide howto transfer production processes to themarketplace Part IIIVocabulary andStructure(20minutes) 41. Sometimes, very young children have trouble ________ fact from fiction and may believethatsuchthingsactuallyexist. A)for separating B) toseparate C)having separated D)separating 42. The second book was ________ by August 1952, but two years later, the end was stillnowhereinsight. A)completed B) tohave completed C)tocomplete D)tohave been completed 43. Whatever the causes, English at the end of the 20th century ismore widely spoken andwrittenthananyotherlanguage________. A)ever was B) had ever been C)has ever been D)would ever be 44. In this experiment, they are wakened several times during the night and asked to reportwhatthey________. A)had justbeen dreaming B) have justbeen dreaming C)are justdreaming 207淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 D)had justdreamt 45. Itisoftheutmostimportancethatyou________hereontime. A)be B) shall be C)are to be D)must be 46. Hemighthavebeenkilled________thearrivalofthepolice. A)except for B) butfor C)with D)for 47. These figures are not consistent ________ the results obtained in previous experiments. A)to B) with C)for D)in 48. Theanimalhasabrainwhichisnearest________. A)inman’s size B) insizeto man C)insizeto man’s D)tothesizeinman 49. Theproblemof________toselectashissuccessorwasquicklydisposedof. A)what B) whom C)which D)how 50. Britain’s press is unusual ________ it is divided into two very different types of newspaper:thequalitypressandthepopularpress. A)inhow B) inwhat C)inwhich 208淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 D)inthat 51. Some companies have introduced flexible working time with less emphasis on pressure________. A)than more onefficiency B) and more efficiency C)and more onefficiency D)than efficiency 52. Heoftensatinsmallbardrinkingconsiderablemorethan________. A)he was ingood health B) his health was good C)his good health was D)was good forhis health 53. All the parts of this washing machine are ________, so that it is very convenient to replacethem. A)normalized B) modernized C)mechanized D)standardized 54. Iwas________bytheirkindnessandmovedtotears. A)preoccupied B) embarrassed C)overwhelmed D)counseled 55. In manycultures people who were thought to have the ability to ________ dreams werelikelytobehighlyrespected. A)interpret B) intervene C)inherit D)impart 56. Thepersonwho________thistypeofresearchdeservesourpraise. A)originated B) manufactured C)generated 209淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 D)estimated 57. Allstudentsinthisuniversityarerequestedto________withtheregulations. A)yield B) comply C)submit D)consent 58. Mybosshasalwaysattendedtothe________ofimportantbusinesshimself. A)transaction B) stimulation C)transition D)solution 59. Whenheappliedfora________intheofficeofthelocalnewspaperhewastoldto seethemanager. A)location B) profession C)career D)position 60. Humanbehaviorismostlyaproductoflearning, whereasthebehaviorofananimal dependsmainlyon________. A)consciousness B) impulse C)instinct D)response 61. There’sawhole________ofbillswaitingtobepaid. A)stock B) stack C)number D)sequence 62. To be an inventor, one needs profound knowledge as well as a very ________ imagination. A)vivid B) bright C)living 210淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 D)colorful 63. InScotland, asintherestof the UnitedKingdom, ________schoolingbegins atage 5andendsatage16. A)compelling B) forced C)obliged D)compulsory 64. It is a common theme in many science fiction stories that the world may one day be________byinsects. A)broken in B) runover C)taken over D)filled in 65. A large part of human activity, particularly in relation to the environment, is ________conditionsorevents. A)inresponse to B) infavour of C)incontrast to D)inexcess of 66. Davidlikescountrylifeandhasdecidedto________farming. A)get along with B) go back on C)get hold of D)go infor 67. We are ________ faced with the necessity to recognize that having more people impliesalowerstandardofliving. A)readily B) smoothly C)inevitably D)deliberately 68. Some people criticize family doctors for ________ too many medicines for minor illnesses. A)prescribing 211淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 B) ordering C)advising D)delivering 69. Communication is the process of ________ a message from a source to an audienceviaachannel. A)transmitting B) submitting C)transforming D)switching 70. Dogs are often praised for their ________; they almost never abandon their masters. A)faith B) loyalty C)trust D)truthfulness Part IVErrorCorrection (15 minutes) Directions: This part consists of a short passage. In this passage, there are altogether 10 mistakes, one in each numbered line. You may have to change a word, add a word or delete a word. Mark out the mistakes and put the corrections in the blanks provided. If you change a word, cross it out and write the correct word in the corresponding blank. If you add a word, put an insertion mark (∧) in the right place and write the missing word in the blank. If you delete aword, crossit andput aslash(/) in theblank. Example: Televisionisrapidlybecomingtheliteratureofourperiods╱. 1. time/times/period Manyoftheargumentshaving╱ usedforthestudyofliteratureas 2. _______\_______ aschoolsubjectarevalidfor ∧ studyoftelevision. 3.______the______ If indeed silence is golden, it is also becoming as rare as gold. It seems that the progresses of man includes a rising volume of noise. (71) In every home a stereo or television will fill the rooms sound, between (72) sunrise and sunset, streets and highways are a constant source of voice from cars, buses, and trucks. You can pass any factoryor(73)constructionareaandtheroaroftheirmachinerywillmakeyourears(74) ringing. Music is played in every supermarket, most restaurants, and (75) many offices, bigcitiesoftheworldarewell-knownbytheirnoisiness.(76) Noise pollution is the new side effect of our technological age. Day or night, the 212淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 sound of the work fills the air. It seems (77) that the smoothing effects of silence are nowheretobefound. Eventhe quietof our careful protected wilderness areas canbe (78) invaded at any momentbyapassedjet.(79) Weare learning, finally,that silence is a natural resource and must be protected by law. It appears that we all find company in sound, if we all demand a little quiet from timetotime.(80) PartVWriting(30 minutes) Directions: For this part, you are allowed thirty minutes to write a composition on the topic Should Firecrackers Be Banned? You should write no less than 120 words and you should base your composition on the outline (given in Chinese)below: 1. 有人认为放鞭炮是好事，为什么? 2. 有人认为放鞭炮是坏事， 为什么? 3. 我的看法。 (Suggestedkeywords:firecrackers 鞭炮 setoff/letoff 放鞭炮) Remembertowriteyourcompositionneatly. 213淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 1995年6月六级参考答案 Part I 1. D 2. D 3. C 4. B 5. A 6. C 7. A 8. B 9. D 10. A 11. B 12. A 13. C 14. B 15. D 16. C 17. A 18. C 19. D 20. B PartII 21. D 22. B 23. B 24. A 25. C 26. C 27. A 28. D 29. B 30. A 31. B 32. C 33. D 34. A 35. D 36. D 37. B 38. C 39. C 40. A Part III 41. D 42. D 43. C 44. B 45. A 46. B 47. B 48. C 49. B 50. C 51. D 52. D 53. D 54. C 55. A 56. A 57. B 58. A 59. D 60. C 61. B 62. A 63. D 64. C 65. A 66. D 67. C 68. A 69. A 70. B 71. progress 表“进步”时，是不可数名词，故应去掉es. 72. fillsthwithsth 表“用…将某物装满”，是固定用法。故应在rooms后加上with. 73. 根据文章此处应为噪音，故应将voice 改成noise. 74. factory 与their 不对应，故应将其改成its. 75. make,let,have 等动词只能跟不带to 的不定式，作宾语补足语。故应将 ringing 改成 ring. 214淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 76. 根据全文，此处不应说“因他们的吵闹而闻名”，即把by换成for. 77. 去掉 work前面的定冠词the, 因为work此处是泛指。 78. 修饰过去分词应该用副词，而不是形容词，故careful应为carefully. 79. 本句中被分词修饰的 jet 是动作 pass的发出者，也就是说 jet与 pass是主动的 关系，所以 pass后应加上 ing。本句中的从句是一个让步状语从句。而 if 却是 “如果”之意，所以最好将其换成though或although. 215淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 1995年6月听力原文 SectionA 1. M: I have never seen such an interesting show. I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did. W:I mustadmit that Ifelt sleepy during thetwo hours. Q: Howdid thewoman feel about the show? 2. W: I can’t figure out what’s wrong with my watch. It was just a month ago that I haditrepaired. M: Don’t waste your time and money any more. It’s very old watch and it is quite worn out. Q:What does theman mean? 3. M: Oh, what a morning! You know I had so much work to do and the phone just keptringing.Threesalespeoplecalledmethismorning. W:I knowhowit is.I get alot ofcalls, too,even onweekends. Q:What are thetwo speakers doing? 4. W:YouAmericansarefunny.Itseemsasifyouweremarriedwithcars. M: Yeah, I guess that’s true. The country is becoming one big highway. I was reading that there are about 4 million miles of roads and highways in this country now. Q:What are they talking about? 5. W:Iintendtobuysomefruitforthechildren.Theseapplesandpearsseemtobein season.I’llget2dozenofeach. M: Ihopethey are as good as they look. Q:What does theman mean? 6. M: Excuse me, but I didn’t hear clearly what you said. Did you say that your teachingassistantwouldmarktheexampapers? W:No. I said hewould collect thepapers. I’ll grade them myself. Q:What didthe woman say about the exam? 7. M:I’mgettingabsolutelynowherewithPhysicsproblems. W:Howabout mygoing through themwith you? Q:What does thewoman mean? 216淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 8. W:Hi,Jack,Ijustcamebackyesterday.AnythingnewwhileIwasaway? M: Congratulations, Susan! It’s said you will be promoted to manager and become myimmediate boss. Q:What’s most probably therelationship between thetwo speakers at the moment? 9. M: Of the two houses we have seen, which one do you think fits our needs better, thefirstoneorthesecondone? W: The second one. It seems very expensive. But in the long run, it will save up the money onthemaintenance. Q:What does thewoman sayabout thereason for herchoice? 10. W:WhatamemoryIhave!IdidwritedownthenumberonasheetofpaperwhenI answeredthe phonethismorning.Butnowthepaper hasdisappearedwithout any trace. M: Don’t worry.I’llbe seeing Mr.Brown in anhour. Q:What dowelearn from this conversation? Section B PassageOne Intheearlydaysofrailroadshorsespulledthetrains.Thetrainshadnoenginesand no power of their own. Richard Traversic of England invented a steam powered engine in 1840. Soon people were building railroads and steam engines all over the world. Because the steam engine did the work that animals used to do, people called them “Iron Horses”. Peter Copper was a rich American businessman. He owned a lot of land near the Bottomhal and Ohio railroad. He wanted the railroad to be successful. He built his own steam engine to drive along the railroad. Most people traveled in coaches drawnbyhouses.AcoachlinechallengedPeterCoppertoarace. The day of the race came. At first, the horse was winning the race. Peter Copper’s engineneededtimetobuildupsteam.Heworkedhardtomakethetraingofaster.Soon, he was catching up with the horse. He was going to win the race. Suddenly, one of the partsof theengine broke. The trainstopped.Thehorse rushed ahead.Peter Copper lost the race. Of course, that is not the end of the story. By 1870, railroads extended all acrosstheUnitedStates.TheIronHorsehadbecomeanimportantpartofAmericanlife. Questions11to13arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard. 11. WhydidpeoplecallsteamenginesIronHorses? 12. WhydidPeterCopperbuildhisownsteamengine? 13. WhydidPeterCopperlosetherace? 217淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 PassageTwo Hollywood produces many different kinds of films, including mysteries, musicals, love stories and horror films. Different these films may be. They generally have one thing in common conflict. The main character wants something very badly and will do anythingtogetit.Theopponenttriestostopthemaincharacterfromachievinghisgoal. This opposition creates conflict and conflict is the heart of drama. To give an example. Let’s say the main character is a young man of humble origin, who wants to marry the beautiful daughter of a rich banker. The father thinks the young man is unworthy of his daughter and he does not allow her to see him. The young man, who is very much in love, refuses to give up without a fight. The conflict between the young man and the girl’s father is what makes the story interesting. It forces the main characters to take action and through their action we see them as they really are. In the good story, the main character changes. He is not the same at the end of the story as he was at the beginning. He learns something from watching her. Good movies not only entertain us, theyalsohelpusunderstandalittlemoreaboutlife. Questions14to16arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard. 14. WhatiscommontoallthefilmsproducedinHollywood? 15. Whatusuallyhappenstothemaincharacterinagoodstory? 16. Whatcanwelearnfromgoodmovies? PassageThree In a way, all of us are on a spaceship-the planet Earth. We move around the sun at 18 miles per second and never stop. On our spaceship, we have 5 billion people and limitedsupplyofair,wateranland.Thesesupplieshavetobeusedcarefullybecausewe can’t buy new air, water or land from anywhere else. Environment on our planet is a closed system. Nothing new is ever added. Nature recycles its resources. Water, for example, evaporates and rises as visible drops to form clouds. The same water returns to the earth as rain or snow. The rain that falls todayis actually the same water that fell on the land 70 million years ago. Today, the earth is in trouble. Factories pour dirty water into our rivers, many fish and water becomes unhealthy for people to get sick. Peoplethrowbottlesandpaperoutoftheircarwindowsandroadsidebecomescovered with all sorts of wastes. Over the years people have changed environment and we have pollution. To continue to survive, we must learn how to use the earth resources wisely. We have to change out habits and stop dropping such enormous amounts of industrial waste into the water and air. We must cooperate with nature and learn better ways to use,notabuseourenvironment. Questions17to20arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard. 17. Whydoesthespeakercomparetheearthtoaspaceship? 218淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 18. HowfastdoestheplanetEarthtravelaroundthesun? 19. Whydoesthespeakeradviseustousetheearthresourceswisely? 20. Whatmessageisthespeakertryingtoconvey? 219淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 1996年1月大学英语六级(CET-6)真题试卷 Part I Listeningcomprehension(20 minutes) SectionA Directions: In this section, you will hear 10 short conversations. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the question will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A), B), C) and D), and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre. Example: Youwillhear: Youwillread: A)2hours. B) 3hours. C)4hours. D)5hours. From the conversation we know that the two were talking about some work they will start at 9 o’clock in the morning and have to finish at 2 in the afternoon. Therefore, D)“5hours”isthecorrectanswer.Youshouldchoose[D]ontheAnswerSheetandmark itwithasinglelinethroughthecenter. SampleAnswer[A][B][C][D] 1. A)Theflighthasbeencanceled. B)Theplane is late. C)Theplane is ontime. D)The tickets for thisflight have been sold out. 2. A)Heisnottoblame. B) It was his fault. C)Hewill accept all responsibility. D)He willbe morecareful nexttime. 3. A)Themanisaforgetfulperson. B)Thetypewriter isnot new. C)Theman can havethetypewriter later. D)The man misunderstood her. 220淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 4. A)Therewillbeheavyfoginallareas. B)There will beheavy rain bymidnight. C)There will beheavy fogin theeast. D)There willbe fog inall areas bymidnight. 5. A)She’sscornful. B) She’s angry. C)She’s sympathetic. D)She’s worried. 6. A)Helikesthejobofadish-washerbecauseitpayswell. B) Hethinks it’s important to havea good job from thebeginning. C)Hehates to beadish-washer because it’s boring. D)He would work as adish-washer in summerifhe has to. 7. A)ShemustlearntounderstandJohn’shumorbetter. B) Sheenjoys John’s humora great deal. C)Shedoesn’tappreciate John’s humor. D)Shethinks John isnot funny enough. 8. A)Joanmayhavetakenawrongtrain. B) Joanwill missthenextconference. C)Joanwon’t cometo theconference. D)Joan may belate fortheopening speech. 9. A)Shehasbeendismissedforherpoorperformance. B) Shehas been fired bythecompany. C)Shehas been granted leavefor one month. D)Shehas been offered a newjob. 10. A)Itwilllastfortwoweeks. B) It has come toa halt. C)It willend before long. D)It will probably continue. Section B Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear question, you must choose thebest answer 221淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre. Passageone Question11to13arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard. 11. A)Shewasanofficeworker. B) Shewas a physician. C)Shewas a cleaner. D)Shewas asocial worker. 12. A)Becauseshecouldnotsleepwellatnight. B) Because shehoped toearn more money. C)Because shecouldnot find a daytime job. D)Because she needed achange and alighter job. 13. A)Sheworkssixnightseveryfortnight. B) Shedoes not takepart in social activities inher working days. C)Shehas been anight nursein ahospital for about 25years. D)Sheis not satisfied with herpresent job. PassageTwo Questions14to17arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard. 14. A)AsmalltowninBritain. B)Anewtype ofjail. C)Alabourcamp. D)Abiggymnasium in Scotland. 15. A)WomencriminalsinScotland. B) Criminalswho are given longsentences. C)Criminalswho are given short sentences. D)Criminals inScotland. 16. A)Therewardtheprisonersgetfortheirwork. B)Thecomfortable accommodation. C)Theway theprisoners are treated. 222淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 D)The officers’sympathy for theprisoners. 17. A)Togivetheprisonersmorefreedom. B)Tohelp theprisoners keep theirself-respect. C)Tohelp theprisoners develop thesenseof independence. D)Toturn theprisoners into skilled workers. PassageThree Questions18to20arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard. 18. A)Onanairplane. B) Near theterminal building. C)In acoach tothecity. D)In thewaiting room. 19. A)Neartheairporthotel. B)At thetravelers’information desk. C)OutsidetheCustomsHall. D)In thecenter ofthecity. 20. A)Thedeparturetaxtheyhavetopayontheirnextinternationalflight. B)Thedistance theyhave to travel from theairport tothecity center. C)Theprices the majorhotels charge. D)The place where taxis are waiting tobehired. Part IIReading Comprehension(35 minutes) Directions: There are 4 reading passages in this part. Each passage is following by some questions or unfinished statements-For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should decide onthe best choice and mark the and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a singlelinethrough thecentre. Questions21to25arebasedonthefollowingpassage: Material culture refers to the touchable, material “things”—physical objects that can be seen, held, felt, used—that a culture produces. Examining a culture’s tools and technology can tell us about the group’s history and way of life. Similarly, research into the material culture of music can help us to understand the music-culture. The most vivid body of “things” in it, of course, are musical instruments. We cannot hear for ourselves the actual sound of any musical performance before the 1870s when the phonograph was invented, so we rely on instruments for important information about 223淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 music-cultures it the remote past and their development. Here we have two kinds of evidence:instrumentswellpreservedandinstrumentspicturesinart.Throughthestudy of instruments, as well preserved Paintings, written documents, and so on, we can explore the movement of music from the Neat East to China over a thousand years ago, or we can outline the spread of Near eastern influence to Europe that results in the developmentofmostoftheinstrumentsonthesymphonyorchestra. Sheet music or printed music, too is material culture. Scholars once defined folk music-cultures as those in with people learn and sing music by ear rather than from print, but research show mutual influence among oral and written sources during the pastfewcenturiesinEurope,Britain,andAmerica,printedversionslimitvarietybecause theytendtostandardizeanysong, yettheystimulatepeopletocreatenewanddifferent songs. Besides, the ability to read music notation has a far-reaching effect on musicians and,whenitbecomeswidespread,onthemusic-cultureasawhole. One more important part of music’s material culture should be singled out the influence of the electronic media-radio, record player, tape recorder, television, and videocassette, with the future promising talking and singing computers and other developments. This all part of the “information revolution,” a twentieth century phenomenon as important as the industrial revolution was in the nineteenth. These electronic media are not just limited to modem nations; they have affected music-culturesallovertheglobe. 21. Researchintothematerialcultureofanation’sofgreatimportance________. A)it helps produce new cultural toolsand technology B) itcan reflect thedevelopment ofthe nation C)ithelps understand thenation’s Fast and present D)it can demonstratethenation’s civilization 22. Itcanbelearnedfromthispassagethat________. A) the existence of the symphony was attributed to the spread of Near Eastern and Chinesemusic B) Near Eastern music had influence on the of the instruments in the symphony orchestra C) the development of the symphony shows the mutual influence of Eastern and Western music D)themusical instruments inthesymphony basis ofNear Eastern music 23. Accordingtotheauthor,musicnotationisimportantbecause________. A) it has a great effect on the music-culture as more and more people are able to read it B) ittends to standard folk sings when it is used byfolk musicians C)itis theprinted version ofstandardized folk music 224淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 D)it encourages peopleto popularizeprinted versions ofsongs 24. Itcanbeconcludedfromthepassagethattheintroductionof electronicmediainto theworldofmusic________. A)has brought about an information revolution B) has speeded upthearrival of anewgeneration ofcomputers C)has given rise tonew forms of musicculture D)has given to thetransformation oftraditional musical instruments 25. Whichofthefollowingbestsummarizedthemainideaofthepassage? A) Musical instruments developed through the years will sooner later be replaced by computers. B) Musiccannot be passed onto future generation unless it isrecorded. C)Folksongs cannot spread far unless they are printed onmusicsheets. D)The development of musicculture is highly dependent or itsmaterial aspect. Questions26to30arebasedonthefollowingpassage. The question of whether war is inevitable is one which has concerned many of the world’s great writers. Before considering this question, it will useful to introduce some related concepts. Conflict, defined as opposition among social entities directed against one another is distinguished from competition, defined as opposition among social entities independently striving for some thing which is in inadequate supply. Competitors may not be aware of one another, while the parties to a conflict are. Conflictandviceofoneanother. Oppositionisthuscontrastedwithcooperation,theprocessbywhich socialentities function in the service of one another. These definitions are necessary because it is important to emphasize that competition between individuals or groups is inevitable in a world of limited resources, but conflict is not. Conflict, nevertheless, is very likely to occur,andisprobablyanessentialanddesirableelementofhumansocieties. Many authors have argued for the inevitability of war from the premise that in the struggle for existence among animal species, only the fittest survive. In general, however this struggle in nature’s competition, not conflict. Social animals, such as monkeys and cattle, fight to win or maintain leadership of the group. The struggle for existence occurs not in such fights but in the competition for limited feeding areas and fortheoccupancyofareasfreefrommeet-eatinganimals.Thosewhofailincompetition starve to death or become victims to other species. This struggle for existence does not resemble human war, but rather the competition of individuals for jobs, markets, and materials. The essence of the struggle is the competition for the necessities of life that areinsufficienttosatisfyall. Among nations there is competition in developing resources trades, skills, and a satisfactory way of life. The successful nations grow and prosper; the unsuccessful decline. While it is true that this competition may induce efforts to expand territory at 225淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 the expense of others, and thus lead to conflict, it cannot be said that war-like conflict amongnationsisinevitable,althoughcompetitionis. 26. In the first paragraph, the author gives the definitions of some term in order to ________. A)argue for thesimilarities between and humansocieties B) smoothout theconflicts inhumansocieties C)distinguish between two kinds ofopposition D)summarizethethat characteristicfeatures of oppositionand cooperation 27. Accordingtotheauthor,competitiondiffersfromconflictinthat________. A)it results in war inmost cases B) itinduces efforts toexpand territory C)itis kind ofoppositionamong aria entities D)it isessentially astruggle for existence 28. The phrase “function in the disservice of one another” (Para. 1) most probably means“________”. A)betray eachother B) harm one another C)help to collaborate with each other D)benefit onanother 29. Theauthorindicatesinthepassagethatconflict________. A)is an inevitable struggle resulting from competition B) reflects thestruggle among social animals C)is an oppositionamong individual social animals D)can beavoided 30. Thepassageisprobablyintendedtoanswerthequestion“________”. A)Is war inevitable? B)Whyis there conflict and competition? C)Is conflict desirable? D)Can competition lead toconflict? Questions31to35arebasedonthefollowingpassage. As Dr. Samuel Johnson said in a different era about ladies preaching, the surprising thing about computer is not that they think less well than a man, but that they think at all. The early electronic computer did not have much going for it except a marvelous memoryand somegood mathskills. Buttodaythebestmodelscanbewired uptolearn 226淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 by experience, follow an argument, ask proper questions and write poetry and write poetryandmusic.Theycanalsocarryonsomewhatpuzzlingconversations. Computers imitate life. As computer get more complex, the imitation gets better. Finally,theline between the original and the copybecomes unclear.In another 15 years orso,wewillthecomputerasanewformoflife. Theopinionseemsridiculousbecause, foronething, computerslack thedrivesand emotions of living creatures. But drives car can be programmed into the computer’s brain just as nature programmed them into our human brains as a part of the equipmentforsurvival. Computers match people in some roles, and when fast decisions are needed in a crisis, they often surpass them. Having evolved when the pace of life was slower, the human brain has an inherent defect that prevents it from absorbing several streams of information simultaneously and acting on them quickly. Throw too many things at the brainonetimeanditfreezesup. We are still control, but the capabilities of computer are increasing at a fantastic rate, while raw human intelligence is changing slowly, if as all. Computer power has increased ten times every eight years since 1946. In the 1990s, when the sixth generation appears, the reasoning power of an intelligence built out of silicon will begin tomatchthatofthehumanbrain. That does not mean the evolution of intelligence has ended on the earth. Judging by the he past, we can expect that a new species will arise out of man, surpassing his achievements those of his predecessor. Only a carbon chemistry enthusiast would assumethatthe newspeciesmust beman’sflesh-and-blooddescendants.Thenew kind ofintelligentlifeismoreIlikelytobemadeofsilicon. 31. WhatdoyousupposetheattitudeofDr.SamuelJohnsontowardsladiespreaching? A)He believed thatladies were born worse preachers that men. B) Hewas pleased that ladies could though notas well as men. C)Hedisapproved ofladies preaching. D)He encouraged ladies to preach. 32. Today,computerarestillinferiortomanintermsof________. A)decision making B) drives and feelings C)growth ofreasoning power D)information absorption 33. In terms of making quick decisions, the human brain cannot be compared with the computerbecause________. A) in the long process of evolution slow pace of life didn’t require such ability of thecomputer because brain 227淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 B) thehuman brain isinfluenced byother factors such as motivation and emotion C)thehuman brain may sometimes freeze upina dangerous situation D)theevolution ofimitatelife whilethehuman brain docs notimitatecomputers 34. Though he think highly of the development of computer science, the author doesn’tmeanthat________. A)computers are likely to becomea newform ofintelligent life B) human beings have lostcontrol ofcomputers C)theintelligenceof computers will eventually surpass willthat of humanbeings D)theevolution ofintelligence willprobably depend onthat ofelectronic brains 35. Accordingtothepassage,whichofthefollowingstatementsisTRUE? A)Future man willbemade ofsilicon instead of flesh and blood. B) Someday itwill bedifficult totell acomputer from aman. C)Thereasoning power ofcomputers has already surpassed that of man. D)Future intelligent lifemay not necessarily be madeof organic matter. Questions36to40arebasedonthefollowingpassage. Video recorders and photocopiers, even ticket machines on the railways, often seem unnecessarily difficult to use. Last December I bought myself a Video cassette recorder (VCR) described as “simple to use”. In the first three weeks I failed repeatedly to program the machine to record from the TV, and after months of practice I still made mistakes. I am not alone. According to a survey last year by Ferguson, the British manufacturer,morethanone infour VCRownersnever usethetimeron theirmachines to record a programme: they don’t use it because they’ve found it far too hard to operate. So why do manufacturerskeep on designing and producing VCRS that are awkward touseiftheproblemsaresoobvious? First, the problems we notice are not obvious to technically minded designers with years of experience and trained to understand how appliances work. Secondly, designers tend to add one or two features at a time to each model, whereas you or I face all a machine’s features at once. Thirdly, although find problems in a finished product is easily, it is too late by then to do anything about the design. Finally, if manufacturers can get away with selling products that are difficult to use it, it is not worththeeffortofanyoneofthemtomakeimprovements. Some manufacturers say they concentrate on providing a wide range of features rather than on making the machines easy to use. But that gives rise to the question, “whycan’tyouhavefeaturesthatareeasytouse?”Theanswerisyoucan. Good design practice is a mixture of specific procedures and general principles. For a start, designersshould build an original model of the machine and try it out on typical members of the public-not on colleagues in the development laboratory. Simple pubic 228淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 trials would quickly reveal many design mistakes. In an ideal world, there would be some ways of controlling quality such as that the VCR must be redesigned repeatedly until, say,90 percent of users can work 90 per cent of the features correctly 90 per cent ofthetime. 36. TheauthorhadtroubleoperatinghisVCRbecause________. A)he had neglected theimportance ofusing thetimer B) themachine had far more technical features than necessary C)hehad set about usingit without proper training D)its operationwas far more difficult than thedesigner intended it tobe 31. Accordingtotheauthor,manufacturers________. Ashouldaddmoreusefulfeaturestotheirmachines B) often fail to make theirproducts easy to use C)should maketheirappliances as attractive as possible D)often fail provide propertraining inthe useoftheirproducts 38. It seems that manufacturers will remain reluctant to make improvements unless ________. A)they can doso as a very lowcost B) they find theirmachines hard to operate C)they have difficultysellingtheir products D)they receive alot ofcomplaints about their machines 39. According to the passage before a VCR is cold on the market, its original model shouldbetriedout________. A)among ordinary consumers who are not technically minded B) among peoplewho are technically minded C)among experienced technicians and potential users D)among people who are in charge ofpublicrelations 40. OneofthereasonswhyVCRsaresodifficulttouseisthat________. A) the designers are often insensitive to the operational complexities of their machines B) therange offeatures provided is unlimited C)there isnoideal way ofcontrolling quality D)their designers often ignore thecomplaints of theiruses Part IIIVocabulary andStructure(20minutes) 229淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 Directions: There are 30 incomplete sentences in this pert. For each sentence there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Choose the ONE that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with asinglelinethrough thecentre. 41. The police accused him of setting fire to the building but the denied ________ in theareaonthenightofthefire. A)tobe B) tohave been C)having been D)be 42. Theschoolmaster________thegirl’sbraveryinhisopeningspeech. A)applauded B) enhanced C)elevated D)clapped 43. The place did not appear to be popular, for it was completely deserted, and in any case________totraffic. A)inadequate B) inaccessible C)incompatible D)insignificant 44. One of the requirements for a fire is that the material ________ to its burning temperature. A)is heated B) willbe heated C)beheated D)would be heated 45. The secret agent concealed her mission, therefore many local people were ________wasagoodperson. A)betrayed B) driven C)deceived D)convinced 230淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 46. Why this otherwise excellent newspaper allows such an article to be printed ________isme. A)above B) outside C)beside D)beyond 47. Whenbusinessis________,thereisusuallyanobviousincreaseinunemployment. A)degraded B) depressed C)reduced D)lessened 48. As far as the rank of concerned an associate profess is ________ to a professor thoughtheyarealmostequallyknowledgeable. A)attached B) subsidiary C)previous D)inferior 49. Thisbookwillshowthereaders________canbeusedinothercontexts. A)howthat they haveobserved B) that howthey have observed C)howwhat they haveobserved D)that they have observed 50. Theplane________,itsexplodingasithittheground. A)smashed B) crushed C)plunged D)crashed 51. He believed that the greatest of his ________ was that he’d never had a college education. A)grieves B) misfortunes C)disasters D)sorrows 231淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 52. ________ your opinions are worth considering, the committee finds it unwise to placetoomuchimportanceonthem. A)As B) Since C)Provided D)While 53. That local government leadersare making every effort to ________ the problem of poverty. A)abolish B) tackle C)remove D)encounter 54. Although Asian countries are generally more ________ in social customs than Westerncountries,therehaveseveraltonotableexamplesofwomeninbothChina andIndia. A)conservative B) confidential C)comprehensive D)consistent 55. ________ the claim about German economic might, it is somewhat surprising how relativelysmalltheGermaneconomyactuallyis. A)Togive B) Given C)Giving D)Having given 56. Although the two players are in the tennis court, they are really good friends ________. A)partners B) enemies C)rivals D)companions 57. The girl was ________ a shop assistant; she is now a manager in a large departmentstore. A)preliminarily 232淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 B) presumably C)formally D)formerly 58. Idon’tthinkthisquestionissubordinate________themainaimofourcompany. A)with B) to C)for D)on 59. While admitting that this forecast was ________ uncertain, the scientists warned againsttreatingitasacryofwolf. A)anyhow B) somewhere C)somewhat D)anyway 60. TheUnitedStatesistryingto________theproblemscreatedbytheenergycrisis. A)put upwith B) submitto C)comply with D)cope with 61. Some people viewed the findings with caution, noting that a cause relationship betweenpassivesmokingandcancerremains________. A)tobeshown B) tohave shown C)tohave been shown D)being shown 62. The economic crises in that country have threatened the ________ of the government. A)stability B) capability C)persistence D)permanence 63. Although most birds have only a negligible sense of smell they have ________ vision. 233淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 A)vigorous B) exact C)acute D)vivid 64. Rebecca________meearlierifshedidnotlikeherhousesheboughtlastmonth. A)told B) would tell C)had told D)would have told 65. By moving the radar beam around slowly in circles, we can ________ the surroundings. A)explore B) expose C)exploit D)expand 66. The Washington Monument is a hollow shaft without a break ________ its surface exceptforthetinyentrance. A)in B) with C)from D)to 67. The traffic police were searching for evidence to prove the accused man’s ________,butinvain. A)mistake B) guilt C)fault D)defeat 68. Theworld’sgreatestsportingevent,theOlympicGames,upholdstheamateurideal that________mattersisnotwinningbutparticipating. A)anything B) it C)what D)everything 234淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 69. Veryfewscientists________completelynewanswerstotheworld’sproblems. A)come upwith B) comeout C)comeround D)come upto 70. Thepolitearesuspicious________hiswordsbecausehealreadyhasarecord. A)to B) at C)on D)of Part IVErrorCorrection (15 minutes) Directions: This part consists of a short passage. In this passage, there are altogether 10 mistakes, one in each numbered line. You may have to change a word, add a word or delete a word. Mark out the mistakes and put the corrections in the blanks provided. If you change a word, cross it out and write the correct word in the corresponding blank. If you add a word, put an insertion mark (∧) in the right place and write the missing word in the blank. If you delete aword, crossit andput aslash(/) in theblank. Example: Televisionisrapidlybecomingtheliteratureofourperiods╱. 1. time/times/period Manyoftheargumentshaving╱ usedforthestudyofliteratureas 2. _______\_______ aschoolsubjectarevalidfor ∧ studyoftelevision. 3.______the______ Most studies suggest that when women and men do the same job and have the experience, pay rates tend to be similar. Most of the dollar differences stem from fact that (71) women tend to be more recently employed and have more (72) years on the job. Whether women who have started a career will attain pay equality with men rest onatleasttwofactors.(73) First, will most of them continue part time at their jobs after (74) they have children?A breakin their employment, or a decision(75)to workparttime, will slow its raises and promotions because it would for men. Second, will male-dominated (76) companies elevate women to higher-paid jobs at the different (77) rate as they elevate men? On some fields, this had clearly not (78) happened. Many men, for example, have committed their (79) lives to teaching careers, yet relative few have become (80) principalsorheadmasters. PartVWriting(30 minutes) 235淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 Directions: For this part, you are allowed thirty minutes to write a composition on the topic Why I Take the College English Test Band 6? You should write at least 120 words and you should abase your composition on the outline (given in Chinese) below: 1. 有人认为没有必要参加大学英语六级考试(简称CET-6) 2. 我参加 CET-6考试的理由 WhyITaketheCollegeEnglishTestBand6? 236淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 1996年1月六级参考答案 Part I 1. B 2. A 3. A 4. D 5. C 6. D 7. C 8. D 9. B 10. D 11. C 12. D 13. B 14. B 15. A 16. C 17. B 18. A 19. C 20. A Part IIReading Comprehension(35 minutes) 21. C 22. B 23. A 24. C 25. D 26. C 27. D 28. B 29. D 30. A 31. A 32. B 33. C 34. B 35. D 36. B 37. B 38. C 39. A 40. A Part IIIVocabulary andStructure 41. C 42. A 43. B 44. C 45. C 46. D 47. B 48. D 49. C 50. D 51. B 52. D 53. B 54. A 55. B 56. C 57. D 58. B 59. C 60. D 61. A 62. A 63. C 64. D 65. A 66. A 67. C 68. C 69. A 70. D PartIVErrorCorrection 71. fromfact→fromthefact 72. recently→frequently 73. rest→rests 74. part→full 75. its→their 237淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 76. because→as 77. different→same 78. On→In 79. men→women 80. relative→relatively 238淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 1996年6月大学英语六级(CET-6)真题试卷 Part I Listeningcomprehension(20 minutes) SectionA Directions: In this section, you will hear 10 short conversations. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the question will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A), B), C) and D), and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre. 1. A)Tochangethetennisshoesinthesportsweardepartment. B)Tohelp his friend find theright department. C)Tofind his lostshoes onthetenniscourt. D)Tobuyhimselfa pairof tennis shoes. 2. A)Theyproducepartoftheirownfood. B)They sell theirown produce. C)They feed their family oncheapfood. D)They buyfood from farmers. 3. A)Mr.White’sreasonforleaving. B) Mr.White’s newappointment. C)Avacant position. D)How toapply fora job. 4. A)BehostiletoNancy. B)Ask Nancy to come out. C)Talkto Nancy herself. D)WriteNancy aletter. 5. A)Toserveashertourguide. B)Toserve as her bodyguard. C)Toserve as her driver. D)Toserve as her porter. 6. A)Heisoftenaskedtogoandseeexhibits. 239淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 B) Hewould liketo go andsee theexhibit. C)Hewent to seetheexhibit last year. D)He definitely does not want togo. 7. A)Theenvironmentalproblem. B)Thehealth problem. C)Theeducational problem. D)The international problem. 8. A)BobwillseeSusantomorrowevening. B) Bob might beat home latetomorrowevening. C)Bob and Susan have decided togo ona holiday. D)Bob asked thewoman to comeanother time. 9. A)Theythinkcinemasaretoofarawayfromtheirhomes. B)They are disappointed withthe filmsproduced these days. C)They both dislikefilmsabout adventure stories. D)They both liketheideaof going tothe cinemaat night. 10. 见附图 1 Section B Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear question, you must choose thebest answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre. PassageOne Questions11to14arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard. 240淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 11. A)Becausehewasacookatacountry-musicclub. B) Because heperformed forguests whilehe worked as a cook. C)Because heoften sang whilecooking. D)Because he liked singing better than cooking. 12. A)Hisbrother. B) His manager. C)His father. D)Abusinesswoman. 13. A)Ataclub. B) On afarm. C)At a construction site. D)In arecord company. 14. A)Hisabilitytoliveindependently. B) His senseof responsibilityin whatever he did. C)His courage intheface ofrejections. D)His hard work in his early days. PassageTwo Questions15to17arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard. 15. A)Howtohandlespiders. B) Spiders inthe United States. C)People’s fear ofspiders. D)Aspecial kind ofspider. 16. A)Mostspiderswillnotbiteevenwhenhandled. B) Mostspiders are poisonousand dangerous. C)Mostspiders are likelyto attack people. D)Most spiders have sharp eyes. 17. A)Becauseshecannotfindahusbandforherself. B) Because thefemale spider islarger than themaleone. C)Because thefemale spider often eats her husband. D)Because she isa black femalespider. 241淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 PassageThree Questions18to20arebeonthepassageyouhavejustheard 18. A)Instructions. B) Medicine. C)Money. D)The draft ofhis speech. 19. A)BecauseshehadtotypeMr.Bascomb’sspeech. B) Because shehad aheadache. C)Because shehad tomeet somebusinessmen. D)Because she had to get her car fixed. 20. A)Theproblemofthecity. B) Himselfand his problems. C)Things hehad planned to say to his audience. D)The plan for his futurework as mayor. Part IIReading Comprehension(35 minutes) Directions: There are 4 reading passages in this part. Each passage is following by some questions or unfinished statements-For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should decide onthe best choice and mark the and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a singlelinethrough thecentre. Questions21to25arebasedonthefollowingpassage: Three English dictionaries published recently all lay claim to possessing a “new” feature. The BBC English Dictionary contains background information on 1,000 people andplacesprominentinthenewssince1988;theOxfordAdvancedLearner’sDictionary: Encyclopedic Edition is the OALD plus encyclopedic entries; the Longman Dictionary of EnglishLanguageandCultureistheLMEplusculturalinformation. The key fact is that all three dictionaries can be seen to have a distinctly “cultural” as well as language learning content. That being said, the way in which they approach the cultural element is not identical, making direct comparisons between the three difficult. Whilethereissome commonground betweentheencyclopedic/culturalentriesfor the Oxford and Longman dictionaries, there is a clear difference. Oxford lays claim to being encyclopedic on content whereas Longman distinctly concentrates on the languageand culture of theEnglish-speaking world. The Oxforddictionary can therefore standmorevigorousscrutinyforculturalbiasthantheLongmanpublicationbecausethe latter does not hesitate about viewing the rest of the world from the cultural 242淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 perspectivesof theEnglish-speaking world. The cultural objectivesof the BBC dictionary are in turn more distinct still. Based on an analysis of over 70 million words recorded from the BBC World Service and National Public Radio of Washington over a period of four years, their 1,000 brief encyclopedic entries are based on people and places that have featured in the news recently. The intended user they have in mind is a regular listener to the World Service who will have a reasonable standard of English and a developedskillinlisteningcomprehension. In reality, though, the BBC dictionary will be purchased by a far wider range of language learners, as will the other two dictionaries. We will be faced with a situation where many of the users of these dictionaries will at the very least have distinct socio-cultural perspectives and may have world views which are totally opposed and even hostile to those of the West. Advanced learners from this kind of background will not only evaluate a dictionary on how user-friendly it is but will also havedefinite views aboutthescopeandappropriatenessofthevarioussocio-culturalentries. 21. What feature sets apart the three dictionaries discussed in the passage from traditionalones? A)The combination oftwo dictionaries intoone B)Thenew approach todefining words C)Theinclusion ofcultural content D)The increase inthe numberofentries 22. The Longman dictionary is more likely to be criticized for cultural prejudice ________. A)its scopeof cultural entries thebeyond the cultureofthe English-speaking world B) it pays little attention to the cultural content of the non-English-speaking countries C)itviews theworld purely from thestandpoint oftheEnglish-speaking world D)it fails to distinguish language from culture inits encyclopedicentries 23. TheBBCdictionarydiffersfromOxfordandLongmaninthat________. A)it has a widerselection Ofencyclopedic entries B) itis mainly design to meet theneeds ofradio listeners C)itlays more emphasis colanguage then onculture D)it isintended to help listeners develop theirlisteningcomprehension skills 24. It is implied in the last paragraph that, in approaching socio-cultural content in a dictionary,specialthoughtbegivento________. A)thelanguage levels ofits users B) thenumberof itsprospective purchasers 243淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 C)thedifferent tastes ofitsusers D)thevarious cultural backgrounds of itsusers 25. Whatisthepassagemainlyabout? A) Different ways of treating socio-cultural elements in the three new English dictionaries. B) A comparison of people’s opinions on the cultural content in the three new Englishdictionaries. C)Theadvantages of theBBC dictionary overOxford and Longman. D)The user-friendliness of thethree newEnglish dictionaries. Questions26to30arebasedonthefollowingpassage. Real policemen hardly recognize any resemblance between their lives and what theyseeonTV. The first difference is that a policeman’s real life revolves round criminal law. He has to know exactly what actions are crimes and what evidence can be used to prove them in court. He has to know nearly as much law as a professional lawyer, and what is more, he has to apply it on his feet, in the dark and rain, running down a street after someonehewantstotalkto. Little of his time is spent in chatting. He will spend most of his working life typing millions of words on thousands of forms about hundreds of sad, unimportant people whoareguiltyofstupid,pettycrimes. Most television crime drama is about finding the criminal: as soon as he’s arrested, the story is over. In real life, finding criminals is seldom much of a problem. Except in veryseriouscaseslikemurdersandterroristattackslittleeffortisspentonsearching. Having made an arrest, a detective really start to work. He has to prove his case in courtandtodothatheoftenhastogatheralotofdifferentevidence. At third big difference between the drama detective and the real one is the unpleasant pressures: first, as members of a police force they always have to behave absolutely in accordance with the law. Secondly, as expensive public servants they have to get results. They can hardly ever do both. Most of the time some of them have to breaktherulesinsmallways. If the detective has to detective the world, the world often deceives him. Hardly anyone he meets tells him the truth. And this separation the detective feels between himself and the rest of the world is deepened by the simples mindedness as he sees it-of citizens, social workers, doctors, law-makers, and judges, who, instead of eliminating crime punishthe criminalslessseverelyinthehopethatthiswill makethem reform.The result, detectivesfeel, isthatnine-tenthsoftheir workis re-catching people whoshouldhavestaredbehindbars.Thismakesthemrathercynical. 26. Apolicemanhastobetrainedincriminallawbecause________. A)he mustwork hard to help reform criminals 244淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 B) hemust believeas professional lawyers do C)hemust beable totell when and where a crimeis committed D)he mustjustify thearrests hemakes ofcriminals 27. What is the most suitable word that describes the work of a policeman according tothepassage? A)Dangerous B) Demanding C)Distressing D)Dramatic 28. Accordingtothepassage,policemenspendmostoftheirtimeanefforts________. A)patrolling thestreet, rain or shine B) tracking and arresting criminals C)collecting andproviding evidence D)consulting therules of law 29. What’sthepoliceman’sbiggestheadache? A)He has toget themost desirable results without breaking thelaw in anyway. B) He has to justify his arrests while unable to provide sufficient evidence in most cases. C) He can hardly find enough time to learn criminal law while burdened with numerous criminal cases. D)He has toprovidethe best possiblepublicserviceat theleast possibleexpense. 30. Whydopolicemenfeelseparatedfromtherestoftheworld? A)Because they donotreceive duesupport from society. B) Because they find people insincere with them. C)Because they feel superiorto simple-minded people around them. D)Because they aresuspicious ofthe peoplearound them. Questions31to35arebasedonthefollowingpassage. To live in the United States today is to gain an appreciation for Dahrendorf’s assertion that social change exists everywhere. Technology, the application of knowledgeforpracticalends,isamajorsourceofsocialchange. Yet we would do well to remind ourselves that technology is a human creation; it docs not exist naturally. A spear or a robot is as much a cultural as a physical object. Until humans use a spear to hunt game or a robot to produce machine parts, neither is muchmorethanasolidmassofmatter.Forabirdlookingforanobjectonwhichtorest, a spear or robot serves the purpose equally well. The explosion of the Challenger space 245淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 shuttle and the Russian nuclear accident at Chernobyl drive home the human quality of technology; they provide cases in which well-planned systems suddenly went haywire and there was no ready hand to set them right. Since technology is a human creation, we are responsible for what is done with it. Pessimists worry that we will use out technology eventually to blow our world and ourselves to pieces. But they have been saying this for decades, and so far we have managed to survive and even flourish. Whether we will continue to do so in the years ahead remains uncertain. Clearly, the impactoftechnologyonourlivesdeservesacloserexamination. Few technological developments have had a greater impact on our lives than the computer revolution. Scientists and engineers have designed specialized machines that can do the tasks that once only people could do. There are those who assert that the switch to an information-based economy is in the same camp as other great historical milestones, particularly the industrial Revolution. Yet when we ask why the industrial Revolution was a revolution, we find that it was not the machines. The primary reason why it was revolutionary is that it led to great social change. It gave rise to mass productionand,throughmassproduction,toasocietyinwhichwealthwasnotconfined tothefew. In somewhat similar fashion, computers promise to revolutionize the structure of American life, particularly as they free the human mind and open new possibilities in knowledge and communication. The industrial Revolution supplemented and replaced the musclesof humans and animals bymechanical methods. The computer extendsthis development to supplement and replace some aspects of the mind of human beings by electronic methods. It is the capacity of the computer for solving problems and making decisions that represents its greatest potential and that pees the greatest difficulties in predictingtheimpactonsociety. 31. Aspearorarobothasthequalityoftechnologyonlywhenit________. A)is used bothas a cultural and a physical object B) serves different purposes equally well C)is utilizedbyman D)can beof usetoboth manand animal 32. The examples of the Challenger and Chernobyl cited by the author serve to show that________. A)ifnot given close examination, technology could be used todestroy our world B) technology is ahuman creation, sowe are responsiblefor it C)technology usually goes wrong, ifnot controlled byman D)being a human creation, technology is liableto error 33. According to the author, the introduction of the computer is a revolution mainly because________. A)thecomputer has revolutionized theworkings of thehuman mind 246淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 B) thecomputer candothetasks that could only be donebypeople before C)ithas helped toswitch to an information technology D)it has a great potential impact onsociety 34. By using the phrase “the human quality of technology”, the author refers to, the factthattechnology________. A)has agreat impact onhuman life B) has somecharacteristics ofhuman nature C)can replace someaspects ofthehuman mind D)does notexistinthenatural world 35. Thepassageisbasedontheauthor’s________. A)keen insight into thenature oftechnology B) prejudiced criticism oftheroleof theindustrial Revolution C)cautious analysis ofthe replacement ofthe human mindbycomputers D)exaggerated description of thenegative consequences oftechnology Questions36to40arebasedonthefollowingpassage. Now custom has not been commonly regarded as a subject of any great importance. The inner workings of our own brains we feel to be uniquely worthy of investigation, but custom, we have a way of thinking, is behavior at its most commonplace. As a matter of fact, it is the other way around. Traditional custom, taken the world over, is a mass of detailed behavior more astonishing than what any one person can ever evolve in individual actions. Yet that is a rather trivial aspect of the matter. The fact of first-rate importance is the predominant role that custom plays in experienceandinbeliefandtheverygreatvarietiesitmaymanifest. No man ever looks at the world with pristine eyes. He sees it edited by a definite set of customs and institutions and ways of thinking. Even in his philosophical probing he cannot go behind these stereotypes; his very concepts of the true and the false will still have reference to his particular traditional customs. John Dewey has said in all seriousness that the part played by custom in shaping the behavior of the individual as over against any way in which he can affect traditional custom, is as the proportion of the total vocabularyof hismothertongue overagainst those wordsof hisown babytalk thataretakenupintothelanguageofhisfamily.Whenoneseriouslystudiesaxialorders that have had the opportunity to develop independently, the becomes no more than an exact and matter-of-fact observation. The life history of the individual is first and foremost an adjustment to the patterns and standards traditionally handed down in his community. From the moment of his birth the customs into which he is born shape his experience and behavior. By the time he can talk, he is the little creature of his culture, andbythetimeheisgrownandabletotakepartinitsactivities,itshabitsarehishabits, itsbeliefshisbeliefs,itsimpossibilitieshisimpossibilities. 247淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 36. The author thinks the reason why custom has been ignored in the academic world isthat________. A)custom reveals only thesuperficial nature ofhuman behavior B) thestudy ofsocial orders can replace the studyof custom C) people are still not aware of the important role that custom plays in forming our world outlook D)custom has little to dowithour ways ofthinking 37. WhichofthefollowingistrueaccordingtoJohnDewey? A) An individual can exercise very little influence on the cultural tradition into which he isborn. B) Customisthe direct result ofthephilosophical probing ofagroup ofpeople. C) An individual is strongly influenced by the cultural tradition even before he is born. D)Custom represents thecollectivewisdom which benefits theindividual. 38. Theworld“custom”inthispassagemostprobablymeans________. A)theconcept of thetrueand thefalse ofasociety B) theindependently developed socialorders C)theadjustment oftheindividual to thenewsocial environment D)thepatterns andstandards of behaviorofa community 39. Accordingtothepassageaperson’slife,fromhisbirthtohisdeath,________. A)is constantly shaping thecultural traditions ofhis people B) is predominated bytraditional custom C)is continuallyinfluenced by thehabits ofothercommunities D)is chiefly influenced bythepeoplearound him 40. Theauthor’spumpinwritingthispassageis________. A)tourge individualsto followtraditional customs B) tostress thestrong influence ofcustoms onan individual C)toexaminetheinteraction ofman and axialcustoms D)toshowman’s adjustment to traditional customs Part IIIVocabulary andStructure(20minutes) Directions: There are 30 incomplete sentences in this pert. For each sentence there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Choose the ONE that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with asinglelinethrough thecentre. 248淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 41. It hasbeen estimated that theearth’s surface temperaturehasincreased ________ onequartertothreequartersofadegreesince1805. A)to B) be C)at D)with 42. The lady dressed in the latest Paris fashion is ________ in her appearance but rude inherspeech. A)elaborate B) excessive C)elegant D)exaggerated 43. Manypeoplethinkthatthestandardsofpublic________havedeclined. A)morality B) rightness C)awareness D)mentality 44. Iceland lies far north in the Atlantic, with its northernmost tip actually ________ theArcticCircle. A)touched B) touches C)touching D)being touched 45. You need to rewrite this sentence because it is ________, the readers will have difficultyinunderstandingit. A)comprehensive B) alternative C)deliberate D)ambiguous 46. People were surprised to find that he had the ability to ________ everything he wasinvolvedin. A)precede B) dominate C)effect 249淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 D)instruct 47. Colin married my sister and I married his brother, ________ makes Colin and me doublein-laws. A)what B) which C)that D)it 48. Theproblemsrequiringimmediatesolutionwillbegiven________atthemeeting. A)priority B) urgency C)superiority D)emergency 49. A membership card authorizes ________ the club’s facilities for a period of 12 months. A)theholder using B) theholder’s use C)theholderto use D)theholder uses 50. During the conference the speaker’ tried to ________ his feelings concerning the urgencyofafavorabledecision. A)comply B) impose C)imply D)convey 51. ________Iadmitthatthereareproblems,Idon’tthinkthattheycannotbesolved. A)Unless B) Until C)As D)While 52. The fact that they reacted so differently was a reflection of their different ________. A)performances B) personalities 250淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 C)qualities D)appearances 53. Yourexcusethatanelephantfellonyouandmadeyoulateisjust________. A)inevitable B) indispensable C)incredible D)incurable 54. Another big issue ________ the new republicis the problem of theeducation of its citizens. A)confining B) confirming C)conforming D)confronting 55. ItriedtorelaxbecauseIknewIwoulduseupmyoxygensooner________. A)themore excited Igot B) Igot excited more C)and more Igot excited D)and Igot moreexcited 56. Scientistsfirst________theideaoftheatombombinthe1930s. A)imagined B) conceived C)considered D)acknowledged 57. Cottonproductionhasbeen________thedeclinetheseyears. A)down B) on C)at D)under 58. The day before my history exam, I still hadn’t ________ reading the first book on thelist. A)as about B) caught upwith 251淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 C)got round to D)sat for 59. Hehaspointedourthedangers________inthisofnuclearpowerstation. A)interior B) inherent C)insists D)inner 60. WhereverIhaveanappointment,Iliketoarrive________. A)aheadof timealittle B) alittletime C)alittleahead oftime D)aheadof alittle time 61. Radarisusedtoextendthe________ofman’ssenseofobservinghisenvironment, especiallythesenseofvision. A)validity B) liability C)capability D)intensity 62. The boy cycling in the street was knocked down by a minibus and received ________injures. A)fatal B) excessive C)disastrous D)exaggerated 63. It theocean werefree of ice, storm pathswould move further north, ________ the plainsofNorthAmericaofrainfall. A)todeprive B) deprived C)depriving D)deprived 64. A window in the kitchen was ________; there was rubbish every where, and the curtainsandcarpetshadbeenstolen. A)scattered 252淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 B) scraped C)scratched D)smashed 65. Thisisanideasiteforauniversity________itisfarfromthedowntownarea. A)provided that B) nowthat C)so that D)inthat 66. The most ________ technological success in the twentieth century is probably the computerrevolution. A)prominent B) prosperous C)solemn D)prevalent 67. Whethertheirfootballteamwillwinisamatterof________tome. A)indifference B) discrimination C)deviation D)interests 68. He thought he could talk Mr. Robinson ________ buying some expensive equipment. A)on B) of C)round D)into 69. Todaythepublicismuchconcernedabouttheway________. A)nature is being ruined B) which nature is ruined C)onwhich to ruin nature D)of natureto be ruined 70. Though________rich,hewasbetteroffthanatanyotherperiodinhislife. A)byany means 253淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 B) bysomemeans C)byall means D)bynomeans Part IVErrorCorrection (15 minutes) Directions: This part consists of a short passage. In this passage, there are altogether 10 mistakes, one in each numbered line. You may have to change a word, add a word or delete a word. Mark out the mistakes and put the corrections in the blanks provided. If you change a word, cross it out and write the correct word in the corresponding blank. If you add a word, put an insertion mark (∧) in the right place and write the missing word in the blank. If you delete aword, crossit andput aslash(/) in theblank. Example: Televisionisrapidlybecomingtheliteratureofourperiods╱. 1. time/times/period Manyoftheargumentshaving╱ usedforthestudyofliteratureas 2. _______\_______ aschoolsubjectarevalidfor ∧ studyoftelevision. 3.______the______ One major decision which faces the American students ready to begin higher education is the choice of attending a large university or a small college. The large university provides a wide range of specialized departments, as well numerous (71) courses within such departments. The small college, therefore, (72) generally provides a limited number of courses and specializations but offer a better student-faculty ratio, thus (73) permit individualized attention to students. Because of its large (74) student body (often exceeding 20,000) consisting in many (75) people from different countries the university exposesits studentsto manydifferent culture, social and out-of-class (76) programmes. On the other hand, the smaller, more homogenous student body of the big college (77) affords greater opportunities in such activities. Finally, the university closely approximates the real world and which (78) provides a relaxed, impersonal, and sometimes anonymous existence, on the contrast, the intimate (79) atmosphere of the small college allows the student four years of structural living in which to expect and preparing for the real (80) world. In making his choice among educational institutions thestudentmust,therefore,consideragreatmanyfactors. PartVWriting(30 minutes) Directions: For this part, you are allowed thirty minutes to write a composition on the topic Health Gains in Developing Countries. You must base pour composition onthefollowing instructions(given in Chinese): 1. 以附图 2 为依据描述发展中国家的期望寿命(life expectancy)和婴儿死亡率 (infantmortality) 的变化情况. 254淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 2. 说明引起变化的各种原因. 255淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 1996年6月六级参考答案 Part I 1. D 2. A 3. C 4. C 5. A 6. D 7. A 8. B 9. B 10. C 11. B 12. D 13. A 14. B 15. B 16. A 17. C 18. C 19. D 20. B Part IIReading Comprehension(35 minutes) 21. C 22. C 23. D 24. D 25. A 26. D 27. C 28. C 29. A 30. B 31. C 32. B 33. D 34. D 35. A 36. C 37. A 38. D 39. B 40. B Part IIIVocabulary andStructure 41. B 42. C 43. A 44. C 45. D 46. B 47. B 48. A 49. C 50. D 51. D 52. B 53. C 54. D 55. A 56. B 57. B 58. C 59. B 60. A 61. C 62. A 63. C 64. D 65. D 66. A 67. A 68. D 69. A 70. D PartIVErrorCorrection 71. well → wellas 72. therefore → however 73. offer → offers 74. permit → permitting 75. in → of 256淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 76. culture → cultural 77. big → small 78. and → /OR:which → this 79. contrast → contrary 80. preparing → prepare 257淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 1997年1月大学英语六级(CET-6)真题试卷 Part I Listening Comprehension(20 minutes) SectionA Directions: In this section you will hear 10 short conversations. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the question will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four suggested answers marked A)，B)，C), and D) and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through thecentre. Example: Youwillhear: Youwillread: A)2hours. B) 3hours. C)4hours. D)5hours. Fromtheconversationweknowthatthetwoaretalkingaboutsomeworktheywill startat9o’clockinthemorningandhavetofinishat2intheafternoon.Therefore,D)“5 hours” is the correct answer. You should choose [D] on the Answer Sheet and mark it withasinglelinethroughthecentre. SampleAnswer[A][B][C][D] 1. A)Theirparentscutbacktheloan. B)Thewoman doesn’t want Frankto takeanother English course. C)They can’t pay therent this month. D)The woman’s boss refused to give her araise. 2. A)AskDr.Smithtoalterhisdecision. B)Ask Dr.Smith to call thelibrary. C)Get thebookdirectly from Dr.Smith. D)Get Dr.Smith’s written permission. 3. A)$120 B) $108 C)$90 D)$40 258淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 4. A)Hefeelsunsympathetic. B) Hefeels it’s a pity. C)Hefeels it’s unfair. D)He feels glad. 5. A)Doingbusiness. B)Takingpictures. C)Buying cameras. D)Making movies. 6. A)Lookingforanapartment. B) Looking fora job. C)Takinga suburban excursion. D)Asking themanfor hisopinions. 7. A)She’llgotoheruncle’s. B) Shehas an appointment with her friend. C)She’ll havean appointment with herfriend. D)She’llhave avisitor. 8. A)Hemadeasuddenturn. B) Hedrove thebus over abicycle. C)Hetried toavoid hitting thetruck. D)He was driving too fast. 9. A)Heiscurious. B) Heis impatient. C)Heis exhausted. D)He is satisfied. 10. A)Shedidn’tknowhowtousethenewoven. B) Shewanted herrefrigerator tobe fixed. C)There is something wrong with theoven. D)There issomething wrong with thefood. Section B Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best 259淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre. PassageOne Questions11to13arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard. 11. A)Becauseheledhisteamstomanychampionships. B) Because heset as many as 65different records. C)Because hestillplayed thegameafter heretired. D)Because he didn’t stop playing even when hewas seriously injured. 12. A)Helostthefinalchancetowinachampionship. B) Hewas knocked outduring onecontest. C)Hebroke abone in thewrist during amatch. D)He was awarded with a$1.5 million house. 13. A)Tobreakthepreviousrecords. B)Tobuya luxuryhouse. C)Towin one morechampionship for histeam. D)Toplay against theNewYork team once again. PassageTwo Questions14to16arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard. 14. A)Toenjoyagoodstory. B)Tosee theactors and actresses. C)Toexperience an exciting life. D)Toescape theireveryday life. 15. A)Theyfeelthateverythingonthescreenisfamiliartothem. B)They are touched bythelifestories oftheactors and actresses. C)They try toturn their dreams into reality. D)They become so involved that they forget theirownproblems. 16. A)Becausetheyarewellmadeandthestoriesareinteresting. B) Because theheroes have tocope with many problems andfrustrations. C)Because thecharacters inthemovies are free to dowhatever theylike. 260淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 D)Because good guys in themovies always win in theend. PassageThree Questions17to20arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard. 17. A)Becausethebottlewasemptyanduseless. B) Because hewanted to lighten theload ofhis smallplane. C)Because thebottlemight beuseful tothenativeAfricans. D)Because he wanted to amusethelocal tribes people. 18. A)Amessagefromtheoutsideworld. B)Awarning from thegods. C)Asymbol of misfortune. D)Agift from thegods. 19. A)ThelocalAfricansarepeacelovingpeople. B) Sodabottlesare very precious insomeremote areas. C)Atrivial thingmay sometimes bring about undesirable consequences. D)Caution mustbe taken in introducing new technology. 20. A)Theythoughtthatthegodswereallcrazy. B)They were isolated from theoutsideworld. C)They enjoyed livingin thepeaceful desert. D)They worshipped the gods all themoreafter the incident. Part IIReading Comprehension(35 minutes) Directions: There are 4 reading passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them the re are four choices marked A)，B)，C), and D). you should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through thecentre. Questions21to25arebasedonthefollowingpassage. More and more, the operations of our businesses, governments, and financial institutions are controlled by information that exists only inside computer memories. Anyone clever enough to modify this information for his own purposes can reap substantial rewards. Even worse, a number of people who have done this and been caughtatithavemanagedtogetawaywithoutpunishment. It’s easy for computer crimes to go undetected if no one checks up on what the computer is doing. But even if the crime is detected, the criminal may walk away not 261淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 onlyunpunishedbutwithaglowingrecommendationfromhisformeremployers. Of course, wehave no statistics on crimesthatgo undetected.But it’s disturbing to note how many of the crimes we do know about were detected by accident, not by systematic inspections or other security procedures. The computer criminals who have beencaughtmaybeenthevictimsofuncommonlybadluck. For example, a certain keypunch (键盘打孔) operator complained of having to stay overtime to punch extracards. Investigation revealed that the extra cards she was being asked to punch were for dishonest transactions. In another case, dissatisfied employees ofthethieftippedoff(向…透露)thecompanythatwasbeingrobbed. Unlikeotherlawbreakers,whomustleavethecountry,commitsuicide,orgotojail, computer criminals sometimes escape punishment, demanding not only that they not be charged but that they be given good recommendations and perhaps other benefits. Alltoooften,theirdemandshavebeenmet. Why? Because companyexecutives are afraidof the badpublicitythatwould result if the public found out that their computer had been misused. They hesitate at the thought of a criminal boasting in open court of how he juggled (耍弄) the most confidential records right under the noses of the company’s executives, a accountant, and security staff. And so another computer criminal departs with just the recommendationsheneedstocontinuehiscrimeselsewhere. 21. Itcanbeconcludedfromthepassagethat________. A)it isstillimpossible to detect computer crimes today B) computer crimes are the most serious problem in the operation of financial institutions C)computercriminals canescape punishmentbecause they can’t bedetected D)people commitcomputer crimes at therequest theircompany 22. Itisimpliedinthethirdparagraphthat________. A)many more computercrimes go undetected than are discovered B) therapid increase ofcomputer crimes is a troublesomeproblem C)mostcomputer criminals are smart enough to cover uptheir crimes D)most computercriminals are smart enoughto cover uptheirbad luck 23. Whichofthefollowingismentionedinthepassage? A)Astrictlaw against computer crimes must beenforced. B) Companies needto imposerestrictions onconfidential information. C)Companies willguard against computer crimes toprotect theirreputation. D)Companies usually hesitate touncover computercrimes. 24. Whatmayhappentocomputercriminalsoncetheyarecaught? 262淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 A)With abadreputation they can hardly find another job. B)They will bedenied access toconfidential records. C)They may walk away and easily find another job. D)They mustleave thecountry orgo tojail. 25. Thepassageismainlyabout________. A)why computer crimes are difficultto detect bysystematic inspections B) why computer criminals are often able to escape punishment C) how computer criminals manage to get good recommendation from their former employers D)why computer crimes can’t beeliminated Questions26to30arebasedonthefollowingpassage. It is often claimed that nuclear energy is something we cannot do without. We live in a consumer society where there is an enormous demand for commercial products of all kinds.Moreover,an increasein industrial productionisconsideredto beonesolution to the problem of mass unemployment. Such an increase presumes an abundant and cheap energy supply. Many people believe that nuclear energy provides an inexhaustible and economical source of power and that it is therefore essential for an industrially developing society. There are a number of other advantages in the use of nuclear energy.Firstly, nuclear power,except for accidents, is clean.A further advantage is that a nuclear power station can be run and maintained by relatively few technical and administrative staff. The nuclear reactor represents an enormous step in our scientific evolution and, whatever the anti nuclear group says, it is wrong to expect a return to more primitive sources of fuel. However, opponents of nuclear energy point out that nuclear power stations bring a direct threat not only to the environment but alsotocivilliberties. Furthermore,itisquestionablewhetherultimatelynuclearpowerisa cheapsource ofenergy.Therehave,forexample,beenverycostlyaccidentsinAmerica,inBritainand, ofcourse,inRussia.Thepossibilityofincreasesinthecostofuranium(铀)inadditionto the cost of greater safety provisions could price nuclear power out of the market. In the long run, environmentalists argue, nuclear energy wastes valuable resources and disturbsthe ecology to an extent which could bring about the destruction of the human race. Thus, if we wish to survive, we cannot afford nuclear energy. In spite of the case against nuclear energy outlined above, nuclear energy programmes are expanding.Such an expansion assumes a continual growth in industrial production and consumer demands. However, it is doubtful whether this growth will or can continue. Having weighed up the arguments on both sides, it seems there are good economic and ecologicalreasonsforsourcesofenergyotherthannuclearpower. 26. Thewriter’sattitudetowardnuclearenergyis________. A)indifferent 263淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 B) favorable C)tolerant D)negative 27. According to the opponents of nuclear energy, which of the following is true of nuclearenergy? A)Primitive B) Exhaustible C)Cheap D)Unsafe 28. Somepeopleclaimthatnuclearenergyisessentialbecause________. A)it provides a perfect solution tomass unemployment B) itrepresents an enormous stepforward in ourscientific evolution C)itcan meet the growing demand of anindustrially developing society D) nuclear power stations can be run and maintained by relatively few technical and administrativestaff 29. Whichofthefollowingstatementsdoesthewritersupport? A)The demand for commercial products will not necessarily keep increasing. B) Nuclearenergy issomething we cannot dowithout. C)Uranium is agood source of energy foreconomic and ecological reasons. D) Greater safety provisions can bring about the expansion of nuclear energy programmes. 30. Thefunctionofthelastsentenceisto________. A)advance thefinal argument B) reflect thewriter’s attitude C)reversepreviously expressed thoughts D)showthe disadvantages ofnuclear power Questions31to35arebasedonthefollowingpassage. Clothes play a critical part in the conclusions we reach by providing clues to who people are, who they are not, and who they would like to be. They tell us a good deal aboutthewearer’sbackground,personality,status,mood,andsocialoutlook. Since clothes are such an important source of social information, we can use them to manipulate people’s impression of us. Our appearance assumes particular significance in the initial phases of interaction that is likely to occur. An elderly middle class man or woman may be alienated (疏远…) by a young adult who is dressed in an unconventionalmanner,regardlessoftheperson’seducation,background,orinterests. 264淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 People tend to agree on what certain types of clothes mean. Adolescent girls can easily agree on the lifestyles of girls who wear certain outfits (套装), including the number of boyfriends they likely have had and whether they smoke or drink. Newscasters, or the announcers who read the news on TV, are considered to be more convincing, honest, and competent when they are dressed conservatively. And collage students who view themselves as taking an active role in their inter-personal relationships say they are concerned about the costumes they must wear to play these roles successfully. Moreover, many of us can relate instances in which the clothing we wore changed the way we felt about ourselves and how we act ed. Perhaps you have usedclothingtogainconfidencewhenyouanticipatedastressfulsituation,suchasajob interview,oracourtappearance. In the workplace, men have long had well defined precedents and role models for achieving success. It has been otherwise for women. A good many women in the business world are uncertain about the appropriate mixture of “masculine” and “feminine” attributes they should convey by their professional clothing. The variety of clothing alternatives to women has also been greater than that avail able for men. Male administrators tend to judge women more favorably for managerial positions when the women displayless “feminine” grooming (打扮)-shorter hair, moderateuse of make up, and plain tailored clothing. As one male administrator confessed, “An attractive woman isdefinitelygoingtogetalongerinterview,butshewon’tgetajob.” 31. Accordingtothepassage,thewaywedress________. A)provides clues for peoplewho are critical ofus B) indicates ourlikes and dislikes in choosing acareer C)has adirect influence ontheway peopleregard us D)is ofparticular importance when weget oninage 32. From the third paragraph of the passage, we can conclude that young adults tend tobelievethatcertaintypesofclothingcan________. A)change people’s conservativeattitudes toward theirlifestyle B) help young peoplemake friends withtheopposite sex C)makethem competitivein thejob market D)help them achieve success in their interpersonal relationships 33. Theword“precedent”(Line1,Para.4)probablyrefersto________. A)early acts formen tofollowas examples B) particular places formen tooccupy especially becauseoftheir importance C)things that men shouldagree upon D)men’s beliefs that everything in theworld has already been decided 34. According to the passage, many career women find themselves in difficult 265淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 situationsbecause________. A)thevariety ofprofessional clothing is too wideforthem tochoose B) women are generally thought to beonly good at beingfashion models C)men are more favorably judged formanagerial positions D) they are not sure to what extent they should display their feminine qualities through clothing 35. Whatisthepassagemainlyabout? A)Dressing foreffect. B) Howto dress appropriately. C)Managerial positionsand clothing. D)Dressing forthe occasion. Questions36to40arebasedonthefollowingpassage. The more women and minorities make their way into the ranks of management, the more they seem to want to talk about things formerly judged to be best left unsaid. The newcomers also tend to see office matters with a fresh eye, in the process sometimes coming up with critical analyses of the forces that shape everyone’s experienceintheorganization. Consider the novel views of Harvey Coleman of Atlanta on the subject of getting ahead. Coleman is black. He spent 11 years with IBM, half of them working in management development, and now serves as a consultant to the likes of AT&T, Coca Cola, Prudential, and Merch. Coleman says that based on what he’s seen at big companies, he weighs the different elements that make for long term career success as follows: performance counts a mere 10%, image, 30%; and exposure, a full 60%. Coleman concludes that excellent job performance is so common these days that while doing your work well maywin you payincreases, it won’t secureyou the big promotion. He finds that advancement more often depends on how many people know you and yourwork,andhowhighuptheyare. Ridiculous beliefs? Not to many people, especially many women and members of minorityraceswho,likeColeman, feelthatthe scales (障眼物) havedropped fromtheir eyes.“Womenandblacksinorganizationsworkunderfalsebeliefs,” saysKaleelJamison, a New York based management consultant who helps corporations deal with these issues. “They think that if you work hard, you’ll get ahead—that someone in authority will reach down and give you a promotion.” She adds, “Most women and blacks are so frightened that people will think they’ve gotten ahead because of their sex or color that theyplaydown(使不突出)theirvisibility.”Heradvicetothosefolks:learnthewaysthat whitemaleshavetraditionallyusedtofindtheirwayintothespotlight. 36. According to the passage, “things formerly judged to be best left unsaid” (Line 2, Para.1)probablyrefersto“________”. A)criticisms that shape everyone’s experience 266淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 B) theopinionswhich contradict theestablished beliefs C)thetendencies that help thenewcomers tosee officematters witha fresh eye D) the ideas which usually come up with usually come up with new ways of management inthe organization 37. To achieve success in your career, the most important factor, according to the passage,isto________. A)let your superiors knowhow good you are B) project a favorableimage to thepeoplearound you C)work as aconsultant to your superiors D)perform well your tasks given byyour superiors 38. Thereasonwhywomenandblacksplaydowntheirvisibilityisthatthey________. A)knowthat someone in authority willreach down and give them a promotion B) want to give people theimpression that they work under false beliefs C)don’t want people tothinkthat their promotionswere due to sex orcolor D)believe they can get promoted byreason of theirsex or color 39. TheauthorisoftheopinionthatColeman’sbeliefsare________. A)biased B) popular C)insightful D)superficial 40. Thebesttitleforthispassagewouldbe________. A)RoleofWomen and MinoritiesinManagement B)TheImportance ofBeingVisible C)Job Performance andAdvancement D)Sex and Career Success Part IIIVocabulary andStructure(20minutes) Directions: There are 30 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A)，B)，C), and D). Choose the ONE that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with asinglelinethrough thecentre. 41. As a ________ actor, he can perform, sing, dance and play several kinds of musical instruments. A)flexible 267淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 B) versatile C)sophisticated D)productive 42. There are not many teachers who are strong ________ of traditional methods in Englishteaching. A)sponsors B) contributors C)advocates D)performers 43. We managed to reach the top of the mountain, and half an hour later we began to ________. A)ascend B) descend C)decline D)plunge 44. Competition,theybelieve,________thenationalcharacterthancorruptit. A)enforces B) confirms C)intensifies D)strengthens 45. Theaccident________himofhissightandtheuseofhislegs. A)excluded B) disabled C)deprived D)gripped 46. Onweekendsmygrandmausually________aglassofwine. A)subscribes to B) engages in C)hangs on D)indulges in 47. Thepeoplelivingintheseapartmentshavefree________tothatswimmingpool. A)access 268淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 B) excess C)excursion D)recreation 48. Atthepartywefoundthatshygirl________hermotherallthetime. A)depending on B) coinciding with C)adhering to D)clinging to 49. When a psychologist does a general experiment about the human mind, he selects people________andaskthemquestions. A)at length B) at random C)inessence D)inbulk 50. Ithinkshehurtmyfeelings________ratherthanbyaccidentassheclaimed. A)virtually B) deliberately C)literally D)appropriately 51. Eventhoughhewasguilty,the________judgedidnotsendhimtoprison. A)merciful B) impartial C)conscientious D)conspicuous 52. The education ________ for the coming year is about $4 billion, which is much morethanwhatpeopleexpected. A)allowance B) reservation C)budget D)finance 53. They had fierce ________ as to whether their company should restore the trade relationshipwhichwasbrokenyearago. A)debate 269淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 B) clash C)disagreement D)context 54. Theytossedyour thoughtsback and forth forover an hour, but still could notmake ________ofthem. A)impression B) comprehension C)meaning D)sense 55. Thepoliticiansayshewill________thewelfareofthepeople. A)prey on B) takeon C)get at D)see to 56. Ifyou________thebottleandcigarettes,you’llbemuchhealthier. A)take off B) keep off C)get off D)set off 57. Hewas________tostealthemoneywhenhesawitlyingonthetable. A)dragged B) tempted C)elicited D)attracted 58. Beijingsomewhatshortsighted,shehadthehabitof________atpeople. A)glancing B) peering C)gazing D)scanning 59. Of the thousands of known volcanoes in the world, the ________ majority are inactive. A)tremendous 270淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 B) demanding C)intensive D)overwhelming 60. In general, matters which lie entirely within state borders are the ________ concernofstategovernments. A)extinct B) excluding C)excessive D)exclusive 61. The poetry of Ezra Pound is sometimes difficult to understand because it contains somany________references. A)obscure B) acute C)notable D)objective 62. Themayorwasaskedto________hisspeechinordertoallowhisaudiencetoraise questions. A)constrain B) conduct C)condense D)converge 63. The morning news says a school bus ________ with a train at the junction and a groupofpolicemenweresentthereimmediately. A)bumped B) collided C)crashed D)struck 64. Sometimespatientssufferingfromseverepaincanbehelpedby“drugs”thataren’t reallydrugsatall________sugarpillsthatcontainnoactivechemicalelements. A)or rather B) rather than C)butrather D)other than 271淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 65. We are writing to the manager ________ the repairs recently carried out at the aboveaddress. A)with theexception of B) withthe purposeof C)withreference to D)with aview to 66. WhenIsaidgoodbyetoher,she________thedoor. A)saw meat B) set meoff C)sent meto D)showed meto 67. In the meantime, the question facing business is whether such research is ________thecosts. A)worth B) worth of C)worthy D)worthwhile 68. During the nineteen years of his career, France Batiste has won the ________ of a wideaudienceoutsideItaly. A)enjoyment B) appreciation C)evaluation D)reputation 69. Although most dreams apparently happen ________, dream activity may be provokedbyexternalinfluences. A)spontaneously B) simultaneously C)homogeneously D)instantaneously 70. He is holding a ________ position in the company and expects to be promoted soon. A)subordinate B) succeeding C)successive 272淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 D)subsequent Part IVShortAnswerQuestions (15 minutes) Directions: In this part there is a short passage with five questions or incomplete statements. Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete thestatements in thefewest possiblewords. Joe Templer should have known better: after all, he works for a large auto insurance company. It won’t hurt to leave the key in the truck this once, he thought, as he filled his gas tank at a self service gas station. But moments latter as he was paying themoneyhesawthetruckbeingdrivenaway. In 1987, 1.6 million motor vehicles were stolen in the United States-one every 20 seconds. If current trends continue, experts predict annual vehicle thefts could exceed twomillionbytheendofthedecade. Vehicle theft is a common phenomenon, which has a direct impact on over four millionvictimsayear.Thecostisastonishing. Manypoliceofficialsblameprofessionalthievesforthehighvolumeofthefts.Itisa major money maker for organized crime. Typically, stolen cars are taken to pieces and the parts sold to individuals. But as many as 200,000 cars a re smuggled out of the countryeveryyear.MostgotoLatinAmerica,theMiddleEastandEurope. Only about 15 percent car thefts result in an arrest, because few police departments routinely conduct in depth auto investigations. When thieves are arrested, judges will often sentence them to probation (缓刑), not immediately put them in prisonbecausetheprisonsareovercrowdedwithviolentcriminals. One exception is a Michigan program that assigns 92 police officers to work full time on the state’s 65,000 car theft cases a year.Since 1986, when the effort began, the state’sautotheftratehasfallenfromsecondinthenationtoninth. How can you protect your car? If you live in a high theft area or drive an expensive model, consider a security system. It may cost anywhere from $25 to $1,000. Some systems engage automatically simply removing the key disables the fuel pump and the starter. When cars are equipped with such systems, thefts may drop by one third. In some states, you may be able to use a device that transmits radio signals, allowing stolencarstobetrackedbypolice. Questions: 71. Whatisthepassagemainlyabout? ________________________________________________________________. 72. WhatdoestheauthorthinkJoeTemplershouldbeblamedfor? ________________________________________________________________. 73. How serious did the author predict the annual vehicle theft could in the United 273淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 Statesin1989? ________________________________________________________________. 74. Whatarethetwowaysthievessellthestolencars? ________________________________________________________________. 75. Whattypeofsecuritysystemcanhelpthepolicetrackdownastolencar? ________________________________________________________________. PartVWriting(30 minutes) Directions: For this part, you are allowed thirty minutes to write a composition on the topic Haste Makes Waste. You should write at least 120 words and you should baseyour composition ontheoutline(given inChinese) below: 1. 为什么说“欲速则不达”。 2. 试举例说明。 274淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 1997年1月六级参考答案 Part IListeningComprehension 1. C 2. D 3. B 4. A 5. D 6. A 7. D 8. A 9. B 10. C 11. B 12. C 13. C 14. D 15. D 16. A 17. A 18. D 19. C 20. B Part II Reading Comprehension 21. C 22. A 23. D 24. C 25. C 26. D 27. D 28. C 29. A 30. B 31. C 32. D 33. A 34. D 35. A 36. B 37. A 38. C 39. B 40. B Part IIIVocabulary Structure 41. B 42. C 43. B 44. D 45. C 46. D 47. A 48. D 49. B 50. D 51. A 52. C 53. A 54. D 55. D 56. B 57. B 58. C 59. D 60. D 61. A 62. C 63. B 64. C 65. C 66. D 67. A 68. B 69. A 70. A PartIVShortAnswerQuestions 71. VehicletheftandsecuritysysteminU.S. 72. Havinglefthiskeyinthetruck. 73. Over2millionvehicleswillbestolen. 74. Sellingbypartsandsmugglingintoothercountries. 75. Thetypetransmittingradiosignals. 275淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 1997年6月大学英语六级(CET-6)真题试卷 Part I Listeningcomprehension(20 minutes) SectionA Directions: In this section you will hear 10 short conversations. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the question will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four suggested answers marked A)，B)，C), and D) and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through thecentre. Example: Youwillhear: Youwillread: A)2hours. B) 3hours. C)4hours. D)5hours. Fromtheconversationweknowthatthetwoaretalkingaboutsomeworktheywill startat9o’clockinthemorningandhavetofinishat2intheafternoon.Therefore,D)“5 hours” is the correct answer. You should choose [D] on the Answer Sheet and mark it withasinglelinethroughthecentre. SampleAnswer[A][B][C][D] 1. A)OnThursdaynight. B) On Monday night. C)On Friday morning. D)OnThursday morning 2. A)Trytohelphimfindroomsinanotherhotel. B) Check tosee ifthere are anyvacancies in herhotel. C)Let him moveto aroom with two single beds. D)Showhim theway to Imperial Hotel. 3. A)Robust. B) Brave. C)Generous. D)Dangerous. 276淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 4. A)Heloveshispresentjob. B) Heis going to openastore. C)Heis about toretire. D)He works in arepair shop. 5. A)Shehasconfidenceinhim. B) Shehas also won a scholarship. C)Sheis surprised at thenews. D)Sheis not interested in thenews. 6. A)Hisonlysonisdying. B) His motherdied sometimeago. C)Hedidn’tlikeafter hissick wife. D)He hasn’t taken good careof hisson. 7. A)Attheairport. B) In atravel agency. C)In ahotel. D)At thereception desk. 8. A)Heisnotequaltothejob. B) Heis not well paid for hiswork. C)Hedoesn’t think thejob ischallenging enough. D)He cannot keep his mind onhiswork. 9. A)Thetalkshaven’tstartedyet. B)Thetalks haven’t achieved much. C)Thetalks have producedageneral agreement. D)The talks brokedown and could go to further. 10. A)Helphimtocarrysomeluggage. B) Get sometravel information. C)Tellhimthe way to theleft luggage office. D)Look after somethingfor him. Section B Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best 277淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre. PassageOne Questions11to13arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard. 11. A)Crowdedairtraffic. B)Thelarge sizeofairplanes. C)Mistakes byairtraffic controllers. D)Bad weather. 12. A)Theybumpedintoeachotheroveraswimmingpool. B)They avoided eachother byturningin different directions. C)They narrowly escaped crashing intoeachother. D)One planeclimbed above the otherat thecritical moment. 13. A)Toshowthekeyroleplayedbyairtrafficcontrollers. B)Toshowthegreat responsibility shouldered bythepilots. C)Togive an exampleof airdisasters. D)Toshow that airtravel isfar safer than driving acar. PassageTwo Questions14to17arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard. 14. A)Heruniqueexperience. B) Her futureprospects. C)Her favorite job. D)Her lonely life. 15. A)Authority. B)Agood relationship. C)Good luck. D)Independence. 16. A)Shewillliveanemptylife. B) Shewillwork in abookstore. C)Shewillremain single. 278淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 D)Shewill earn alot ofmoney. 17. A)Sheshouldfindagoodjob. B) Sheshould open asmall restaurant. C)Sheshould havemore control over herlife. D)Sheshould get married. PassageThree Questions18to20arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard. 18. A)Inday-carecenterswherelittlechildrenweretakencareof. B) In areas in Chicago poorpeoplelived. C)In places where hot lunch was provided for factory workers. D)In schools where free classes were organized for young people. 19. A)Foryoungpeopleandadults. B) For immigrants. C)For factory works. D)For poorcity children. 20. A)JaneAdams’contributionstosociety. B) JaneAdams’struggle for women’s liberation. C)JaneAdams’life story. D)JaneAdams’responsibilityforthe poor. Part IIReading Comprehension(35 minutes) Directions: There are 4 reading passages in this part. Each passage is following by some questions or unfinished statements-For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should decide onthe best choice and mark the and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a singlelinethrough thecentre. Questions21to25arebasedonthefollowingpassage: It is said that the public and Congressional concern about deceptive packaging rumpusstarted because Senator Hart discovered that the boxes of cereals consumed by him,Mrs.Hart,andtheirchildrenwerebecoming higher andnarrower,witha decline of net weight from 12 to 10.5 ounces, without any reduction in price. There were still twelve biscuits, buttheyhad been reduced in size. Later,the Senator rightly complained of a store-bought pie in a handsomely illustrated box that pictured, in a single slice, almostasmanycherriesastherewereinthewholepie. 279淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 The manufacturer who increases the unit price of his product by changing his package size to lower the quantity delivered can, without undue hardship, put his product into boxes, bags, and tins that will contain even 4-ounce, 8-ounce, one-pound, two-pound quantities of breakfast foods, cake mixes, etc. A study of drugstore and supermarket shelves will convince any observer that all possible size and shapes of boxes, jars, bottles, and tins are in use at the same time and, as the package journals show, week by week, there is never any hesitation in introducing a new size, and shape of box or bottle when it aids in product differentiation. The producers of packaged products argue strongly against changing sizes of packages to contain even weights and volumes, but no one in the trade comments unfavorably on the huge costs incurred by endless changes of package sizes, materials, shape, art work, and net weights that are usedforimprovingaproduct’smarketposition. When a packaging expert explained that he was able to multiply the price of hard sweets by 2.5, from 1 dollar to 2.50 dollars by changing to a fancy jar, or that he had madea5-ouncebottlelookasthoughitheld8ounces,hewasineffecttellingthepublic that packaging can be a very expensive luxury. It evidently does come high, when an average family pays about 200 dollars a year for bottles, cans, boxes, jars and other containers,mostofwhichcan’tbeusedanythingbutstuffingthegarbagecan. 21. What started the public and Congressional concern about deceptive packaging rumpus? A)Consumers’complaints about thechanges in thepackage size. B) Expensivepackaging for poorquality products. C)Asenator’s discovery ofthe tricks inpackaging. D)The risein theunit price formany products. 22. Theword“undue”(Para.2)means“________”. A)improper B) adequate C)unexpected D)excessive 23. Consumers are concerned about the changes in the package size, mainly because ________. A)they hate to see any changes in things they are familiar with B) they unitprice for aproduct often rises as aresult C)they have topay for thecost ofchanging package sizes D)this entails an increase inthecost ofpackaging 24. According to this passage, various types of packaging come into existence to ________. 280淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 A)meet theneeds ofconsumers B) suitall kinds ofproducts C)enhancethe market position ofproducts D)introduce new products 25. Theauthoriscriticalmainlyof________. A)dishonest packaging B) inferior packaging C)thechanges in package size D)exaggerated illustrationsonpackages Questions26to30arebasedonthefollowingpassage. If sustainable competitive advantage depends on work-force skills, American firms havea problem.Human-resource managementis not traditionally seenas central to the competitive survival of the firm in United States. Skill acquisition is considered an individual responsibility. Labour is simply another factor of production to be hired-rentedatthelowestpossiblecost-muchasonebuysrawmaterialsorequipment. The lack of importance attached to human-resource management can be seen in the corporate hierarchy. In an American firm the chief financial officer is almost always second in command. The post of head of human-resource management is usually a specialized job, off at the edge of the corporate hierarchy. The executive who holds it is never consulted on major strategic decisions and has no chance to move up to Chief Executive Officer (CEO). By way of contrast, in Japan the head of human-resource management is central-usually the second most important executive, after the CEO, in thefirm’shierarchy. While American firms often talk about the vast amounts spent on training their work forces, in fact they invest less in the skills of their employees than do either Japanese or German firms. The money they do invest is also more highly concentrated on professional and managerial employees. And the limited investments that are made in training workersare also much more narrowlyfocused on the specific skills necessary to do the next job rather than on the basic background skills that make it possible to absorbnewtechnologies. As a result, problems emerge when new breakthrough technologies arrive. If American workers, for example, take much longer to learn how to operate new flexible manufacturingstationsthanworkersinGermany(astheydo),theeffectivecostofthose stationsislowerin Germanythan itisintheUnited States.Moretimeisrequiredbefore equipment is up and running at capacity, and the need for extensive retraining generatescosts andcreates bottlenecks thatlimit the speed with which new equipment can be employed. The result is as lower pace of technological change. And in the end the skills of the population affect the wages of the top half. If the bottom half can’t effectively staff the processes that have to be operated, the management and professionaljobsthattowiththeseprocesseswilldisappear. 281淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 26. Which of the following applies to the management of human resources in Americancompanies? A)They hire peopleat thelowest cost regardless oftheir skills. B)They see thegaining of skills as theiremployees’own business. C)They attach moreimportance to workers than equipment. D)They only hireskilled workers because of keen competition. 27. What is the position of the head of human-resource management in an American firm? A)He is oneofthemost important executives in firms. B) His postis likely todisappear when new technologies are introduced. C)Heis directly under thechief financial executives inthefirms. D)He has nosayin making important decisions in thefirm. 28. ThemoneymostAmericanfirmsputintrainingmainlygoesto________. A)workers who canoperatenew equipment B) technological and managerial staff C)workers who lack basicbackgroundskills D)topexecutives 29. According to the passages, the decisive factor in maintaining a firm’s competitive advantageis________. A)theintroduction of newtechnologies B) theimprovement ofworker’s basicskills C)therational composition ofprofessional andmanagerial employees D)theattachment of importanceto thebottomhalf oftheemployees 30. Whatisthemainideaofthepassage? A) American firms are different from Japanese and German firms in human-resource management. B) Extensiveretraining is indispensableto effective human-resource management. C) The head of human-resource management must be in the central position in a firm’s hierarchy. D) The human-resource management strategies of American firms affect their competitivecapacity. Questions31to35arebasedonthefollowingpassage. The biographer has to dance between two shaky positions with respect to the subject. Too close a relation, and the writer may be objectivity. Not close enough, and the writer may lack the sympathy necessary to any effort to portray a mind, a soul-the 282淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 qualityoflife.Whoshouldwritethebiographyofafamily,forexample?Becauseoftheir closenesstothesubject,familymembersmayhavespecialinformation,butbythesame token, they may not have the distance that would allow them to be fair. Similarly, a king’s servant might not be the best one to write a biography of that king. But a foreigner might not have the knowledge and sympathy necessary to write the king’s biography-notforareadershipfromwithinthekingdom,atanyrate. There is no ideal position for such a task. The biographer has to work with the positionhe orshe hasintheworld, adjusting thatpositionasnecessary todeal withthe subject. Every position has strengths and weaknesses: to thrive, a writer must try to become aware of these, evaluate them in terms of the subject, and select a position accordingly. When their subjects are heroes or famous figures, biographies often reveal a democratic motive: they attempt to show that their subjects are only human, no better than anyone else. Other biographies are meant to change us, to invite us to become betterthanweare.ThebiographiesofJesusfoundintheBibleareinthisclass. Biographers may claim that their account is the “authentic” one. In advancing this claim, they are helped if the biography is “authorized” by the subject, this presumably allows the biographer special access to private information. “Unauthorized” biographies also havetheir appeal, however,since they can suggest an independence of mind in the biographer. In book promotions, the “unauthorized” characterisation usually suggests the prospect of juicy gossip that the subject had hoped to suppress. A subject might have several biographies, even several “authentic” ones. We sense intuitively that no one is in a position to tell the story of a life, perhaps not even the subject, and this has beenprovedbythehistoryofbiography. 31. Accordingtotheauthor,anidealbiographerwouldbeonewho________. A)knows the subject very well and yet maintains a properdistance from him B) is closeto thesubject and knows thetechniques of biography writing C)is independent and treats thesubject withfairness and objectivity D)possesses special private information and is sympathetictoward thesubject 32. The author cites the biographies of Jesus in the Bible in order to show that ________. A)thebest biographies are meant totransform theirreaders B) biographies are authentic accounts oftheirsubjects’lives C)thebest biographies are theofheroes and famous figures D)biographies can serve different purpose 33. Whichofthefollowingstatementsistrue,accordingtothepassage? A)An authenticbiography seldom appealsto its readers. B)An authenticbiography is one authorized bythesubject. 283淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 C)No onecan write aperfect biography. D)Authorized biographies have awider readership. 34. Anunauthorizedbiographyislikelytoattractmorereadersbecause________. A)it portrays thesubject both faithfully andvividly B) itcontains interesting information about thesubject’s private life C)itreveals a lotof accurate details unknownto outsiders D)it usually gives asympatheticdescription ofthesubject’s character 35. Inthispassage,theauthorfocuseson________. A)thedifficulty ofabiographer infinding theproper perspective to dohisjob B) thesecret ofa biographer to win morereaders C)thetechniques required ofabiographer towrite afood biography D)thecharacteristics ofdifferent kinds ofbiographies Questions36to40arebasedonthefollowingpassage. Whether the eyes are “the windows of the soul” is debatable, that they are intensely important in interpersonal communication is a fact. During the first two months of a baby’s life, the stimulus that produces a smile is a pair of eyes. The eyes need not be real: a mask with two dots will produce a smile. Significantly, a real human face with eyes then the face will not motivate a smile, nor will the sight of only one eye then the face is presented in profile. This attraction to eyes as opposed to the nose or mouthcontinuesasthebabymatures.Inonestudy,whenAmericanfour-year-oldswere asked to draw people, 75 percent of them drew people with mouths, but 99 percent of them drew people with eyes. In Japan, however, where babies are carried on their mother’s back, infants to not acquire as much attachment to eyes as they do in other cultures. As a result, Japanese adults make little use of the face either to encode or decodemeaning.In fact,Argylerevealsthatthe“properplacetofocusone’sgazeduring aconversationinJapanisontheneckofone’sconversationpartner.” The role of eye contact in a conversational exchange between two Americans is welldefined:speakersmakecontactwiththeeyesoftheirlistenerforaboutonesecond, then glance away as they talk; in a few moments they re-establish eye contact with the listener or reassure themselves that their audience is still attentive, then shift their gaze away once more. Listeners, meanwhile, keep their eyes on the face of the speaker, allowing themselves-to glance away only briefly. It is important that they be looking at the speaker at the `precise moment when the speaker reestablishes eye contact: if they are not looking, the speaker assumes that they are disinterested and either will pause until eye contact isresumedor will terminatethe conversation.Justhow critical thiseye maneuvering is to the maintenance of conversational flow becomes evident when two speakersare wearing dark glasses: there maybe a sort of traffic jam of words caused by interruption,falsestarts,andunpredictablepauses. 284淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 36. Theauthorisconvincedthattheeyesare________. A)of extreme importanceinexpressing feelings and exchanging ideas B) somethingthrough which onecan see aperson’sinner world C)ofconsiderablesignificance inmaking conversations interesting D)something thevalue ofwhich is largely amatter oflong debate 37. Babieswillnotbestimulatedtosmilebyaperson________. A)whose front view isfully perceived B) whoseface iscovered witha mask C)whoseface isseen from theside D)whose face is free ofany covering 38. According to the passage, the Japanese fix their gaze on their conversation partner’sneckbecause________. A)they don’t liketo keeptheir eyes ontheface ofthespeaker B) they need notcommunicate through eye contact C)they don’t think itpolitetohave eye contact D) they didn’t have much opportunity to communicate through eye contact in babyhood 39. According to the passage, a conversation between two Americans may break down dueto________. A)one temporarily glancing away from theother B) eye contact ofmore thanonesecond C)improperly-timed ceasing ofeye contact D)constant adjustmentof eye contact 40. Tokeepaconversationflowingsmoothly,itisbetterfortheparticipants________. A)not to wear dark spectacles B) notto make any interruptions C)notto glance away from each other D)not to makeunpredictable pauses Part IIIVocabulary andStructure Directions: There are 30 incomplete sentences in this pert. For each sentence there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Choose the ONE that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with asinglelinethrough thecentre. 285淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 41. By ________ computation, he estimated that the repairs on the house would cost himathousanddollars. A)coarse B) rude C)crude D)rough 42. Yourstoryaboutthefrogturningintoaprinceis________nonsense. A)sheer B) shear C)shield D)sheet 43. I could see that my wife was ________ having that fur coat, whether I approved of itornot. A)adequate for B) intenton C)short of D)deficient in 44. The________runnercanrun2milesinfifteenminutes. A)common B) usual C)average D)general 45. One of his eyes was injured in an accident, but after a operation, he quickly recoveredhissight. A)delicate B) considerate C)precise D)sensitive 46. As an excellent shooter, Peter practised aiming at both ________ targets and movingtargets. A)standing B) stationary C)still 286淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 D)stable 47. In American universities, classes are often arranged in more flexible ________ and manyjobsoncampusarereservedforstudents. A)scales B) patterns C)grades D)ranks 48. Theinsurancecompanypaidhim$10,000in________afterhisaccident. A)compensation B) installment C)substitution D)commission 49. Thepoliticalfutureofthepresidentisnowhangingbya________. A)thread B) cord C)string D)rope 50. Thestatuewouldbeperfectbutforafewsmall________initsbe. A)mistakes B) weaknesses c) flaws D)errors 51. Why should anyone want to read ________ of books by great authors when the realpleasurecomesfromreadingtheoriginals. A)themes B) insights C)digests D)leaflets 52. Parents have a legal ________ to ensure that their children are provided with efficienteducationsuitabletotheirage. A)impulse B) influence C)obligation D)sympathy 287淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 53. Most nurses are women, but in the higher ranks of the medical profession women areina________. A)scarcity B) minority C)minimum D)shortage 54. Davidlikescountrylifeandhasdecidedto________farming. A)go infor B) go back on C)go through with D)go along with 55. JackwasabouttoannounceourplanbutI________. A)put him through B) turned him out C)gave himup D)cut him short 56. IamsureIcan________himintolettingusstayinthehotelforthenight. A)speak B) say C)talk D)tell 57. Lastyear,thecrimerateinChicagohassharply________. A)declined B) lessened C)descended D)slipped 58. The republication of the pet’s most recent works will certainly ________ his nationalreputation. A)magnify B) strengthen C)enlarge D)enhance 288淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 59. Recently a number of cases have been reported of young children ________ a violentactpreviouslyseenontelevision. A)modifying B) duplicating C)accelerating D)stimulating 60. Thiskindofmaterialcan________heatandmoisture. A)delete B) `compel C)constrain D)repel 61. Reading ________ the mind only with materials of knowledge; it is thinking that makeswhatwereadours. A)rectifies B) prolongs C)minimizes D)furnishes 62. If the fire alarm is sounded, all residents are requested to ________ in the courtyard. A)assemble B) converge C)crowd D)accumulate 63. Theworkintheofficewas________byaconstantstreamofvisitors. A)confused B) hampered C)reverend D)perplexed 64. The joys of travel, having long ________ the disabled, are opening up to virtually anyonewhohasthemeans. A)omitted B) missed C)neglected 289淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 D)discarded 65. Fewerandfeweroftoday’sworkersexpect tospendtheir workinglivesinthesame field,________thesamecompany. A)all else B) much worse C)less likely D)let alone 66. Whenhefinallyemergedfromthecaveafterthirtydays,Johnwas________pale. A)enormously B) startlingly C)uniquely D)dramatically 67. Thank you for applying for a position with our firm. We do not have any openings atthistime,butweshallkeepyourapplicationon________fortwomonths. A)pile B) segment C)sequence D)file 68. It will be safer to walk the streets because people will not need to carry large amountsofcash;virtuallyallfinancial________willbeconductedbycomputer. A)transactions B) transmissions C)transitions D)transformations 69. The of a cultural phenomenon is usually a logical consequence of some physical aspectinthelifestyleofthepeople. A)implementation B) manifestation C)demonstration D)expedition 70. The new technological revolution in American newspapers has brought increase, a widerrangeofpublicationsandanexpansionofnewspaperjobs. A)manipulation 290淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 B) reproduction C)circulation D)penetration PartIVshortAnswerQuestions (15minutes) Directions: In this part there is a short passage with five questions or incomplete statements. Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete thestatements is thefewest possibleword. I once knew a dog named Newton who had a unique sense of humour.Whenever I tossed out a Frisbee for him to chase, he’d take off in hot pursuit but then seem to lose trackofit.Movingbackandforthonlyayardoftwofromthetoy,Newtonwouldlookall around, even up into the trees. He seemed genuinely puzzled. Finally, I’d give up and head into the field to help him out. But no sooner would I get within 10 ft. Of him than he would run invariably straight over to the Frisbee, grab it and start running like mad, lookingoverhisshoulderwithwhatlookedsuspiciouslylikeagrin. Justabouteverypet ownerhasa storylikethisandiseagerto shareit withanyone who will listen. On very short notice, TIME reporters cam up with 25 stories about what each is convinced is the smartest pet in the world. Among them: the cat who closes the doorbehindhimwhen hegoesintothebathroom;thecatwho usesa toiletinsteadof a litter box... and flushes it afterward; the dog who goes wild when he sees his owner putting on blue jeans instead of a dress because jeans mean it is time to play; and the cat who used to wait patiently at the bus stop every day for a little girl, then walk her thesixblockshome.Andsoon. These behaviours are certainly clever, but what do they mean? Was Newton really deceiving?Cana catreallydesireprivacyin thetoilet?In short,dohousehold petsreally have a mental and emotional life? Their owners think so, but until recently, animal-behaviour exports would have gone mad on hearing such a question. The worst sin in the worstsin in their moral vocabulary was anthropomorphism, projecting human traitsontoanimals.A dog or a cat mightbehaveas if it wereangry,lonely,sad,happyor confused, but that was only in the eye of the viewer. What was going on, they insisted wasthatthedog orcathadbeenconditioned,througha perhapsunintentionalseriesof punishments and rewards, the behave certain way. The behaviour was a mechanical resultofthetraining. 71. WhatdidNewtonseempuzzledabout? 72. WhydoestheauthorsayNewtonhaduniquesenseofhumour? 73. What made it possible for the TIME reporters to come up with so many interesting storiesaboutpets? 74. Whatbeliefaboutpetbehaviourwasunacceptabletoexpertsofanimalbehaviour? 291淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 75. What is the explanation of animal-behaviour experts for the “clever” behaviour of pets? PartVWriting(30 minutes) Directions: For this part, you are allowed thirty minutes to write a composition on the topic My View on Job-Hopping. You should write at least 120 words and you should abase your composition on the outline (given in Chinese) below: 1. 有些人喜欢始终从事一种工作,因为… 2. 有些人喜欢经常更换工作,因为… 3. 我的看法 MyViewonJob-Hopping 292淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 1997年6月六级参考答案 Part I 1. A 2. A 3. B 4. C 5. A 6. D 7. B 8. C 9. B 10. D 11. C 12. C 13. A 14. B 15. D 16. D 17. D 18. B 19. D 20. A Part IIReading Comprehension(35 minutes) 21. C 22. D 23. B 24. C 25. A 26. B 27. D 28. B 29. B 30. D 31. A 32. D 33. C 34. B 35. A 36. A 37. C 38. D 39. C 40. A Part IIIVocabulary andStructure 41. D 42. A 43. B 44. C 45. A 46. C 47. B 48. A 49. A 50. C 51. C 52. C 53. B 54. A 55. D 56. C 57. A 58. D 59. B 60. D 61. D 62. A 63. B 64. C 65. D 66. B 67. D 68. A 69. B 70. C Part IVShortAnswerQuestion 71. NotknowingtheFrisbee’strack. 72. BecauseNewtonintendedtodeceivehim. 73. Thattheownerswantotherstosharetheirstories. 74. Thatanimalshaveamentalandemotionallife. 75. Mechanicalresultoftraining. 293淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 1998年1月大学英语六级(CET-6)真题试卷 Part I Listening Comprehension(20 minutes) SectionA Directions: In this section you will hear 10 short conversations. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the question will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four suggested answers marked A)，B)，C), and D) and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through thecentre. Example: Youwillhear: Youwillread:A)2hours. B) 3hours. C)4hours. D)5hours. Fromtheconversationweknowthatthetwoaretalkingaboutsomeworktheywill startat 9o’clock in themorning andhavetofinish at2 intheafternoon.Therefore, D)“5 hours” is the correct answer. You should choose [D] on the Answer Sheet and mark it withasinglelinethroughthecentre. SampleAnswer[A][B][C][D] 1. A)Swimming. B) Playing tennis. C)Boating. D)Playing tabletennis. 2. A)SheisgoingtoFinland. B) Shehas visitorsnext week. C)Shehas guests at her home. D)Shehas justvisited himthis week. 3. A)Getsomecoinsatthecafe. B) Buy hera cupofcoffee at thecafe. C)Get somecoffee from the machine. D)Try to fix themachine. 294淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 4. A)Theyspentthreehundreddollarsontheirvacation. B)They drew money than they should havefrom thebank. C)They lost theirbankbook. D)They hadonly three hundred dollars in thebank. 5. A)Tofindoutherpositioninthecompany. B)Toapply for ajob. C)Tooffer hera position in thecompany. D)Tomake an appointmentwith thesales manager. 6. A)Heissurprised. B) Hefeels very happy. C)Heis indifferent. D)He feels veryangry. 7. A)Hehasn’tcleanedhisroomsinceLindavisitedhim. B) Linda is theonly person whoever comes to see him. C)He’s been too busy toclean his room. D)Cleaning is thelast thing hewants to do. 8. A)Sheisagenerouswomanbynature. B) It doesn’thave a back cover. C)Shefeels theman’s apology isenough. D)It is nolonger ofany use toher. 9. A)Toremindhimofthedataheshouldtaketotheconference. B)Tosee ifheis ready forthe coming conference. C)Totell himsomething about theconference. D)Tohelp himprepare for theconference. 10. A)Thelongwait. B)Thebroken downcomputer. C)Themistakes in her telephonebill. D)The badtelephone service. Section B Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best 295淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre. PassageOne Questions11to13arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard. 11. A)About45million. B)About 50million. C)About 5.4million. D)About 4.5million. 12. A)Theactorsandactressesarenotpaidfortheirperformance. B)Theactors and actresses only perform in theirown communities. C)They existonly insmall communities. D)They only put onshows that are educational. 13. A)Itprovidesthemwiththeopportunitytowatchperformancesforfree. B) It provides them with theopportunity to makefriends. C)It gives them thechance to dosomethingcreative. D)It gives them a chance to enjoy modern art. PassageTwo Questions14to16arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard. 14. A)Theyareusuallymoreclever. B)They get tired easily. C)They are more likely to makeminormental errors. D)They are more skillful inhandling equipment. 15. A)Ithaditslimitations. B) Its results were regarded as final. C)It was supported bythegovernment. D)It was not sound theoretically. 16. A)Theirlackofconcentrationresultingfrommentalstress. B)Thelack ofconsideration for them inequipment design. C)Theprobability oftheir getting excitedeasily. 296淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 D)Their slowness in responding. PassageThree Questions17to20arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard. 17. A)18Americanundergraduates. B) 18American postgraduates. C)18overseas undergraduates. D)18overseas postgraduates. 18. A)Familyrelations. B) social problems C)Family planning. D)Personal matters. 19. A)Red. B) Blue. C)Green. D)Purple. 20. A)Thefivequestionswerenotwelldesigned. B) Not all thequestionnaires were returned. C)Only asmall numberof studentswere surveyed. D)Someofthe answers tothe questionnairewere notvalid. Part IIReading Comprehension(35 minutes) Directions: There are 4 reading passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them the re are four choices marked A)，B)，C), and D). you should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through thecentre. Questions21to25arebasedonthefollowingpassage. A fewcommon misconceptions. Beauty is only skin deep. One’s physical assets and liabilities don’t count all that much in a managerial career. A woman should always try tolookherbest. Over the last 30 years, social scientists have conducted more than 1,000 studies of how we react to beautiful and not so beautiful people. The virtually unanimous conclusion: Looks do matter, more than most of us realize. The data suggest, for example, that physically attractive individuals are more likely to be treated well by their 297淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 parents, soughtout as friends, and pursued romantically.With the possible exception of women seeking managerial jobs, they are also more likely to be hired, paid well, and promoted. Un American, you say, unfair and extremely unbelievable? Once again, the scientists have caught us mouthing pieties (虔诚) while acting just the contrary. Their typical experimentworkssomething likethis.Theygiveeach member of a group-college students, or teachers or corporate personnel mangers-a piece of paper relating an individual’s accomplishments. Attached to the paper is a photograph. While the papers all say exactly the same thing the pictures are different. Some show a strikingly attractive person, some an average looking character, and some an unusually unattractive human being. Group members are asked to rate the individual on certain attributes, anything from personal warmth to the likelihood that he or she will be promoted. Almost invariably, the better looking the person in the picture, the higher the person is rated. In the phrase, borrowed from Sappho, that the social scientists use to sumupthecommonperception,whatisbeautifulisgood. In business, however, good looks cut both ways for women, and deeper than for men. A Utah State University professor, who is an authority on the subject, explains: In terms of their careers, the impact of physical attractiveness on males is only modest. But its potential impact on females can be tremendous, making it easier, for example, for the more attractive to get jobs where they are in the public eye. On another note, though, there is enough literature now for us to conclude that attractive women who aspire (追求) to managerial positions do not get on as well as women who may be less attractive. 21. According to the passage, peopleoften wronglybelieve thatin pursuing a career as amanager________. A)a person’s property ordebts donot mattermuch B) aperson’soutward appearance is nota critical qualification C)women should always dress fashionably D)women shouldnot only beattractivebut also high minded 22. Theresultofresearchcarriedoutbysocialscientistsshowthat________. A)people donot realizetheimportance oflooking one’s best B) women in pursuit ofmanagerial jobs are not likely tobe paidwell C)good lookingwomen aspireto managerial positions D)attractivepeople generally have an advantage over thosewho are not 23. Experiments by scientists have shown that when people evaluate individuals on certainattributes________. A)they observe the principlethat beauty is only skin deep 298淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 B) they donot usually act according totheviews they support C)they give ordinary lookingpersons thelowest ratings D)they tend tobase theirjudgment ontheindividual’saccomplishments 24. “Goodlookscutbothwaysforwomen”(Line1,Para.5)meansthat________. A)attractivewomen havetremendous potential impact onpublicjobs B) good lookingwomen always get thebest ofeverything C)being attractiveis notalways an advantage forwomen D) attractive women do not do as well as unattractive women in managerial positions 25. Itcanbeinferredfromthepassagethatinthebusinessworld________. A)handsome menare not affected as muchbytheir looksas attractive women are B) physically attractive women who are inthepubliceye usually doquitewell C) physically attractive men and women who are in the public eye usually get along quitewell D)good looks are important for women as they are for men Questions26to30arebasedonthefollowingpassage: Not content with its doubtful claim to produce cheap food for our own population, the factory farming industry also argues that “hungry nations are benefiting from advances made by the poultry (家禽) industry”. In fact, rather than helping the fight against malnutrition (营养不良) in “hungry nations,” the spread of factory farming has, inevitablyaggravatedtheproblem. Largescaleintensivemeatandpoultryproductionisawasteoffoodresources. This is because more protein has to be fed to animals in the form of vegetable matterthan caneverberecoveredintheform ofmeat.Muchofthefood valueislostin the animal’s process of digestion and cell replacement. Neither, in the ca se of chicken, canoneeat feathers, blood, feet or head.In all, onlyabout 44%of the liveanimal fitsto beeatenasmeat. This means one has to feed approximately 9—10 times as much food value to the animal than one can consume from the carcass. As a system for feeding the hungry, the effectscanprovedisastrous.Attimesofcrisis,grainisthefoodoflife. Nevertheless, the huge increase in poultry production throughout Asia and Africa continues. Normally British or US firms are involved. For instance, an American based multinational company has this year announced its involvement in projects in several African countries. Britain’s largest suppliers chickens, Ross Breeders, are also involved in projectsallovertheworld. Becausesuchtradeisgoodforexports,Westerngovernmentsencourageit.In1979, a firm in Bangladesh called Phoenix Poultry received a grant to set up a unit of 6,000 chickens and 18,000 laying hens. This almost doubled the number of poultry kept in the 299淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 countryallatonce. But Bangladesh lacks capital, energy and food and has large numbers of unemployed. Such chicken raising demands capital for building and machinery, extensive use of energy resources for automation, and involves feeding chickens with potential famine relief protein food. At present, one of Bangladesh’s main imports is food grains, because the country is unable to grow enough food to feed its population. Onwhatthencantheypossiblyfeedthechicken? 26. Inthispassagetheauthorarguesthat________. A)efficiency mustbe raised in thepoultry industry B) raising poultry can providemoreprotein than growing grain C)factory farming willdomoreharm thangood to developing countries D)hungry nationsmay benefit from thedevelopment of thepoultry industry 27. Accordingtotheauthor,infactory,vegetablefood________. A)is easy forchickens to digest B) is insufficient for theneeds ofpoultry C)is fullyutilised inmeat and egg production D)is inefficiently converted into meat and eggs 28. Western governments encourage the poultry industry in Asia because they regard itasaneffectivewayto________. A)boost theirown exports B) alleviatemalnutrition inAsian countries C)createjob opportunities inAsian countries D)promote theexportsofAsian countries 29. Theword“carcass”(Line2,Para.3)mostprobablymeans“________”. A)vegetables preserved forfuture use B) thedead bodyofananimal ready to be cut intomeat C)expensivefoodthat consumers can hardly afford D)meat canned for futureconsumption 30. Whatthelastparagraphtellsusistheauthor’s________. A)detailed analysis ofthe ways ofraising poultry in Bangladesh B) great appreciation ofthedevelopment ofpoultry industry in Bangladesh C)critical view onthedevelopment of thepoultry industryin Bangladesh D)practical suggestion for theimprovement ofthe poultry industryin Bangladesh Questions31to35arebasedonthefollowingpassage. 300淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 Weallhaveoffensivebreathatonetimeoranother.Inmostcases,offensivebreath emanatesfrombacteriainthemouth,althoughthereareothermorecauses. Until a few years ago, the most doctors could do was to counsel patients with bad breath about oral cleanliness. Now they are finding new ways to treat the usually curablecondition. Bad breath can happen whenever the normal flow of saliva (唾液) slows. Our mouths are full of bacteria feeding on protein in bits of food and shed tissue. The bacteriaemitevilsmellinggases,theworstofwhichishydrogensulfide(硫 化物). Mouth bacteria thrive in airless conditions. Oxygen rich saliva keeps their numbers down. When we sleep, for example, the saliva stream slows, and sulfur producing bacteriagaintheupperhand,producingclassic“morningbreath”. Alcohol hunger, too much talking, breathing through the mouth during exercise anything that dries the mouth produces bad breath. So can stress, though it’s not understoodwhy.Somepeople’sbreathturnssoureverytimetheygoonajobinterview. Saliva flow graduallyslowswith age, which explains whytheelderly have morebad breathtrouble than younger people do.Babies, however, who makeplentyof saliva and whosemouthscontainrelativelyfewbacteriahavecharacteristicallysweetbreath. For most of us, the simple, dry mouth variety of bad breath is easily cured. Eating or drinking starts saliva and sweeps away many of the bacteria. Breakfast often stops morningbreath. Those with chronic dry mouth find that it helps to keep gum, hard candy, or a bottle of water or juice around. Brushing the teeth wipes out dry mouth bad breath becauseitclearsawaymanyoftheoffendingbacteria. Surprisingly, one thing that rarely works is mouthwash. The liquid can mask bad breath odor with its own smell, but the effect lasts no more than an hour. Some mouthwashes claim to kill the bacteria responsible for bad breath. The trouble is, they don’t necessarily reach all offending germs. Most bacteria are well protected from mouthwash under thick layers of mucus (粘液). If the mouthwash contains alcohol-as mostdo-itcanintensifytheproblembydryingoutthemouth. 31. Thephrase“emanatefrom”inParagraph1mostprobablymeans“________”. A)thrive on B) account for C)originatefrom D)descend from 32. Whichofthefollowingismentionedasoneofthecausesofbadbreath? A)Tooth trouble. B) Sulfurrich food. C)Toomuch exercise. 301淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 D)Mental strain. 33. According to the passage, alcohol has something to do with bad breath mainly because________. A)it keeps offendingbacteria from reproducing B) itssmell adds to bad breath C)itkillssome helpful bacteria D)it affects thenormal flowofsaliva 34. Mouthwashesarenotaneffectivecureforbadbreathmainlybecause________. A)they can’tmask thebadodor longenough B) they can’t get to all theoffending bacteria C)theirstrong smell mixes withbad breath and makes it worse D)they can’tcover the thick layers of mucus 35. Wecaninferfromthispassagethat________. A)offensivebreath can’teasily becured B) elderly people are less offended bybad breath C)heavy drinkers are less affected bybad breath D)offensivebreath is less affected byalcohol Questions36to40arebasedonthefollowingpassage. “WelcometotheU.S.A.!MajorCreditcardsaccepted!” By the millions they are coming no longer the tired, the poor, the wretched mass longing for a better living. These are the wealthy. “We don’t have a budget,” says a biologist from Brazil, as she walks with two companions through New York City’s South Street.“Wejustuseourcreditcards.” The U.S. has long been one of the world’s most popular tourist destinations, but this year has been exceptional. First there was the World Cup, which drew thousands from every corner of the globe; then came the weakening of the U.S. dollar against major currencies. Now the U.S., still the world’s superpower, can also claim to be the world’s bargain basement (廉价商品部). Nobody undersells America these days on just about everything, from consumer electronics to fashion clothes to tennis rackets. Bottom retail prices-anywhere from 30% to 70% lower than those in Europe and Asia-have attracted some 47 million visitors, who are expected to leave behind $79 billionin1994.That’supfrom$74billiontheyearbefore. True, not everyone comes just for brains. There remains an undeniable fascination in the rest of the world with all things American, nourished by Hollywood films and U.S. television series. But shopping the U.S.A. is proving irresistible. Every week thousands arrive with empty suitcases ready to be filled; some even rent an additional hotel room to hold their purchases. The buying binge (无节制) has become as important as 302淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 watching Old Faithful Fountains erupt in Yellowstone Park or sunbathing on a beach in Florida. The U.S. has come at last to appreciate what other countries learned long ago: the pouring in of foreign tourists may not always be convenient, but is does put money in the bank. And with a trade deficit at about $130 billion and growing for the past 12 months, the U.S. needs all the deposits it can get. Compared with American tourists abroad, visitors to the U.S. stay longer and spend more money at each stop; an average of12.2nightand$1624atravellerversustheAmericans’fournightsand$298. 36. FromwhattheBrazilianbiologistsays,weknowthattouristslikeher________. A)are reluctant to carry cash with them B) simplydon’tcare howmuch they spend C)are not good at planning theirexpenditure D)often spend more money than they can afford 37. Thereasonwhy1994wasexceptionalisthat________. A)it sawan unusually largenumber of touriststo theU.S. B) itwitnessed adrop in thenumber oftourists totheU.S. C)tourismwas hardly affected bytheweakening oftheU.S. dollarthat year D)tourists came tothe U.S.for sightseeing rather than for bargains that year 38. By saying “nobody undersells America” (Line 4, Para. 3), the author means that ________. A)noother country underestimates thecompetitiveness ofAmerican products B) nobodyexpects theAmericans tocut theprices of theircommodities C)nobodyrestrains thesellingofAmerican goods D)noother country sells at alower price thatAmerica 39. WhydoestheauthorassertthatallthingsAmericanarefascinatingtoforeigners? A)Because they have gained muchpublicity through theAmerican media. B) Because they represent theworld’s latest fashions. C)Because they embody the mostsophisticated technology. D)Because they areavailable at all touristdestinations. 40. FromthepassagewecanconcludethattheU.S.hascometorealize________. A)theweakening iftheU.S. dollarcan result in trade deficits B) thelower theretail prices, thegreater theprofits C)tourismcan make great contributions to itseconomy D)visitors tothe U.S.are wealthier than U.S. touristsabroad 303淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 PartIIIVocabulary (20 minutes) Directions: There are 30 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A)，B)，C), and D). Choose the ONE that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with asinglelinethrough thecentre. 41. His career was not noticeably ________ by the fact that he had never been to college. A)prevented B) prevented C)hindered D)refrained 42. Whentrappedindriftingsands,donotstruggle,oryouwillbe________indeeper. A)absorbed B) pushed C)heaved D)sucked 43. To ________ for his unpleasant experiences he drank a little more than was good forhim. A)commence B) compromise C)compensate D)compliment 44. Allvisitorsarerequestedto________withtheregulations. A)comply B) agree C)assist D)consent 45. Thecaptain________thehorizonforapproachingships. A)scanned B) scrutinized C)explored D)swept 304淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 46. The vast majority of people in any given culture will ________ established standardsofthatculture. A)confine B) conform C)confront D)confirm 47. Althoughhewasonadiet,thefood________himenormously. A)inspired B) tempted C)overcame D)encouraged 48. His argument does not suggest that mankind can ________ to be wasteful in the utilizationoftheseresources. A)resort B) grant C)afford D)entitle 49. Ifyouwantthispainkiller,you’llhavetoaskthedoctorfora________. A)receipt B) recipe C)subscription D)prescription 50. Somefishhaveagreater________foracidwaterthanothers. A)tolerance B) resistance C)dependence D)persistence 51. There was once a town in this country where all life seemed to live in ________ withitssurroundings. A)coincidence B) harmony C)uniform D)alliance 305淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 52. The court considers a financial ________ to be an appropriate way of punishing him. A)payment B) obligation C)option D)penalty 53. It is true that ________ a wild plant into a major food crop such as wheat requires muchresearchtime. A)multiplying B) breeding C)magnifying D)generating 54. The government has devoted a larger slice of its national ________ to agriculture thanmostothercountries. A)resources B) potential C)budget D)economy 55. Inthispoorcountry,survivalisstilltheleadingindustry;allelseis________. A)luxury B) accommodation C)entertainment D)refreshment 56. Somecriminalswereprinting________dollarbillsuntiltheywerearrested. A)decent B) fake C)patent D)suspicious 57. Mr.Bloomisnot________now,buthewillbefamoussomeday. A)significant B) dominant C)magnificent D)prominent 306淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 58. His body temperature has been ________ for 3 days, the highest point reaching 40.5degreecentigrade. A)uncommon B) disordered C)abnormal D)extraordinary 59. Heseemstobe________enoughtoclimbtothemountaintopinanhour. A)radiant B) conscientious C)conspicuous D)energetic 60. Although cats cannot see in complete darkness their eyes are much more ________tolightthanarehumaneyes. A)glowing B) brilliant C)sensitive D)gloomy 61. While nuclear weapons present grave ________ dangers, the predominant crisis of overpopulationiswithustoday. A)inevitable B) constant C)overwhelming D)potential 62. This is the ________ piano on which the composer created some of his greatest works. A)true B) original C)real D)genuine 63. Comparisonandcontrastareoftenused________inadvertisements. A)intentionally B) pertinently C)incidentally 307淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 D)tiresomely 64. A complete investigation into the causes of the accident should lead to improved standardsandshould________newoperatingprocedures. A)result is B) match with C)subject to D)proceed with 65. ________ popular belief that classical music is too complex, it achieves a simplicity thatonlyageniuscancreate. A)Subject to B) Contrary to C)Familiar to D)Similar to 66. The bond of true affection had pulled us six very different men from six very different countries across Antarctica; we proved in the end that we weren’t very different________. A)for all B) as usual C)inparticular D)after all 67. Though her parents ________ her musical ability, Jerrilou’s piano playing is really terrible. A)pour scorn on B) heap praiseupon C)give vent to D)cast light upon 68. Some children display an ________ curiosity about every new thing they encounter. A)incredible B) infectious C)incompatible D)inaccessible 69. BruceStephengrippedthe________wheelhardasthecarbouncedupanddown. 308淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 A)stirring B) driving C)steering D)revolving 70. Many of the scientists and engineers are judged ________ how great their achievementsare. A)inspiteof B) inways of C)infavor of D)interms of Part IVShortAnswerQuestions (15 minutes) Directions: In this part there is a short passage with five questions or incomplete statements. Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words (not exceeding 10 words). One summer mywife Chrisand I wereinvitedbyfriends torow down theColorado River in a boat. Our expedition included many highly successful people the kind who havestaffsto takecareoflife’s dailywork.But in the wilder rapids,all of usnaturallyset aside any pretenses (矫饰) and put out backs into every stroke to keep the boat from tumbling over. At each night’s encampment, we all hauled supplies and cleaned dishes. After only two days in the river, people accustomed to being spoiled and indulged had become a team, working together to cope with the unpredictable twists and turns of theriver. I believe that in life as well as on boat trips teamwork will make all our journeys successful ones. The rhythms of teamwork have been the rhythms of my life. I played basketball alongside famous players, and the team I now coach, the New York Knicks, hasrecoveredfromyearsofadversitytobecomeamajorcontenderinthe1990s. I’m persuaded that teamwork is the key to making dreams come true. We all play on a number of teams in our lives-as part of a family, as a citizen, as a member of an agreement, written or unwritten. It contains the values and goals for every team member. For example, in the late 1970s a General Motors plant in Fremont, Calif, was the sceneofconstantwarfarebetweenlaborandmanagement.Distrustranso highthatthe labor contract was hundreds of pages of tricky legal terms. GM spent millions trying to keep the facility up to date, but productivity and quality were continually poor. Absenteeism(旷工)wassooutofcontrol thattheproductionlinecouldn’tevenstartup onsomemornings.Finallyintheearly1980s,GMshutdowntheplant. GM became convinced that it had to create new production systems based on teamwork. In the mid 1980s it reopened the Fremont plant with Toyota, starting from 309淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 scratch (从零开始) with a much simpler and shorter labor contract. It promised that executive salaries would be reduced and jobs performed by outside sellers would be given to employees before any layoffs were considered. Over a hundred job classifications were cut to just two. Instead of doing one boring job over and over, workersagreedtobepartofsmallteams,spendingequaltimeonvarioustasks. Questions:(注意: 答题尽量简短，超过 10 个词要扣分。每条横线限写一个 英 语单词，标点符号不占格。) S1. What comment did the author make about the highly successful people travelling withhim? ________________________________________________________________ S2. WhywasiteasyforboatstotumbleoverintheColorado? ________________________________________________________________ S3. WhathappenedtotheNewYorkKnicksinthe1980s? ________________________________________________________________ S4. WhatcausedthesharpconflictintheGMplantinthelate1970s? ________________________________________________________________ S5. WhatspiritwasencouragedinthereopenedGMplant? ________________________________________________________________ PartVWriting(30 minutes) Directions: For this part, you are allowed thirty minutes to write a composition on the topic My View on Fake Commodities. You should write at least 120 words and you should base your composition on the outline (given in Chinese) below: 1. 假冒伪劣商品的危害 2. 怎样杜绝假冒伪劣商品 310淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 1998年1月六级参考答案 Part IListeningComprehension 1. B 2. B 3. A 4. B 5. B 6. C 7. A 8. D 9. D 10. A 11. D 12. A 13. C 14. C 15. A 16. B 17. D 18. D 19. B 20. C Part II Reading Comprehension 21. B 22. D 23. B 24. C 25. A 26. C 27. D 28. A 29. B 30. C 31. C 32. D 33. D 34. B 35. A 36. B 37. A 38. D 39. A 40. C Part IIIVocabulary Structure 41. C 42. D 43. C 44. A 45. A 46. B 47. B 48. C 49. D 50. A 51. B 52. D 53. C 54. C 55. A 56. B 57. D 58. C 59. D 60. C 61. D 62. B 63. A 64. A 65. B 66. D 67. B 68. A 69. C 70. D PartIVShortAnswerQuestions S1. Theywereusedtobeingspoiledandindulged. S2. Becausetheriverisfulloftwistsandturns. S3. Itwasinadversity. S4. Distrustandlackofteamwork. S5. Thespiritofteamwork. 311淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 PartVWriting(略) 312淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 1998年6月大学英语六级(CET-6)真题试卷 Part I Listening Comprehension(20 minutes) SectionA Directions: In this section you will hear 10 short conversations. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the question will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four suggested answers marked A)，B)，C), and D) and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through thecenter. Example: Youwillhear: Youwillread: A)2hours. B) 3hours. C)4hours. D)5hours. Fromtheconversationweknowthatthetwoaretalkingaboutsomeworktheywill startat 9o’clock in themorning andhavetofinish at2 intheafternoon.Therefore, D)“5 hours” is the correct answer. You should choose [D] on the Answer Sheet and mark it withasinglelinethroughthecenter. SampleAnswer[A][B][C][D] 1. A)Hethinksthattherewon’tbeenoughsetsforeverybody. B) Hethinks that thespeaker won’t showup. C)Hethinks theseminar won’t beopen tothe public. D)He thinksthat there might notbe any more ticketsavailable. 2. A)Theirfatherisunabletokeephispromise. B)Their fatheris going ona vacation without her. C)Their fatherisn’t tellingher thetruth. D)Their father doesn’t want totravel abroad. 3. A)Johndidn’tpass,althoughhehadtriedhisbest. B) John did betterthan he thought he was ableto. C)John got an excellent score, which was unexpected. D)John was disappointed at his math score. 313淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 4. A)Theroofofthewoman’shouseneedstoberepaired. B)Theroof oftheman’s househas several badleaks. C)Thewoman’s bathroom was badly damaged. D)The man works for a roofing company. 5. A)Mr.Smithwillbereplacedifhemakesanothermistake. B) Mr.Smithis an admirablechief of theAsian Department. C)Mr.Smith’s department is moresuccessful than all the others. D)Mr.Smith isseldom inhis office. 6. A)Shedon’thaveafaxmachine. B) Shemay quither present job soon. C)Sheis tired ofher present job. D)Her phone numberhas changed. 7. A)Someonehastakenherluggage. B) Her flight is 50minutes late. C)Her luggage has beendelayed. D)Shecan’t find theman she’s been waiting for. 8. A)Todowhateverthecommitteeaskshimto. B)Tomake decisions in agreement with thecommittee. C)Torun thecommittee hisway. D)Tomake himselfthecommitteechairman. 9. A)Thewomanfoundthemailboxempty. B)Theman is waiting for someimportant mail. C)Theman has justsent outhis application. D)The woman will write apostcard to her daughter. 10. A)Readtheoperationmanual. B)Try thebuttonsone byone. C)Ask theshop assistantfor advice. D)Make themachine run slowly. Section B Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best 314淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center. Passageone Questions11to14arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard. 11. A)Theyweredrawingpictures. B)They were watchingTV. C)They were makinga telephone call. D)They were tidying upthedrawing room. 12. A)Theylockedthecoupleupinthedrawingroom. B)They seriously injured theowners ofthehouse. C)They smashed theTVset and thetelephone. D)They took away sixteen valuable paintings. 13. A)Heaccusedthemofthetheft. B) Heraised therents. C)Herefused toprolong theirland lease. D)He forced them to abandon theirtraditions. 14. A)Theywantedtoprotectthefarmers’interests. B)They wanted to extend thereservation area forbirds. C)They wanted to steal his valuable paintings. D)They wanted todrive him away from theisland. PassageTwo Questions15to17arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard. 15. A)Throughfood. B)Through air. C)Through insects. D)Through bodyfluids. 16. A)Theyranahighfever. B)They died from excessivebleeding. C)Their nervous system was damaged. 315淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 D)They suffered from heart-attack. 17. A)Toseewhathappenedtothesurvivorsoftheoutbreak. B)Tostudy animals that can also get infected with thedisease. C)Tofind out where thevirus originates. D)Tolook for theplants that could cure the disease. PassageThree Questions18to20arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard. 18. A)TodeterminewhethertheEarth’stemperatureisgoingup. B)Tostudy thebehavior ofsomesea animals. C)Tomeasure thedepths of theocean. D)Tomeasure themovement ofwaves in theocean. 19. A)Theywerefrightenedanddistressed. B)They swam away when the speaker was turned on. C)They swam closerto“examine” thespeaker when itwas turned off. D)They didn’t seem tobe frightened and kept swimmingnear thespeaker. 20. A)Toattractmoreseaanimalstothetestingsite. B)Todrivedangerous seaanimals away from the testingsite. C)Tohelp trace the seaanimals being tested. D)Todetermine how seaanimals communicate with eachother. Part IIReading Comprehension(35 minutes) Directions: There are 4 reading passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A)，B), C), and D). You should divide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through thecenter. Questions21to25arebasedonthefollowingpassage. Cyberspace (网络空间)， data superhighways, mullet media-for those who have seen the future, the linking of computers, television and telephones will change our lives for ever, Yet for all the talk of a forthcoming technological utopia (乌托邦) little attentionhasbeengiventotheimplicationsofthesedevelopmentsforthepoor.Aswith all new high technology, while the West concerns itself with the “how,” the question of “forwhom”isputasideonceagain. Economists are only now realizing the full extent to which the communications 316淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 revolution has affected the world economy. Information technology allows the extension of trade across geographical and industrial boundaries, and transitional corporations take full advantage of it. Terms of trade, exchange and interest rates and money movements are more important than the production of goods. The electronic economy made possible by information technology allows the haves to increase their controlonglobalmarkets-withdestructiveimpactonthehave-nots. Forthemtheresultisinstability.Developingcountrieswhichrelyontheproduction ofa small rangeof goodsfor exportare made tofeel likesmall partsin theinternational economic machine. As “futures”(期货) are traded on computer screens, developing countriessimplyhavelessandlesscontroloftheirdestinies. So what are the options for regaining control? One alternative is for developing countries to buy in the latest computers and telecommunications themselves-so-called “development communications” modernization. Yet this leads to long-term dependency andperhapspermanentconstraintsondevelopingcountries’economies. Communications technology is generally exported from the U.S., Europe or Japan; the patents, skills and ability to manufacture remain in the hands of a fewindustrialized countries, It is also expensive, and imported products and services must therefore be bought on credit-credit usually provided by the very countries whose companies stand togain. Furthermore, when new technology is introduced there is often too low a level of expertise to exploit it for native development. This means that while local elites, foreign communities and subsidiaries of transitional corporations may benefit, those lives dependonaccesstotheinformationaredeniedit. 21. From the passage we know that the development of high technology is in the interestsof________. A)therich countries B) scientificdevelopment C)theelite D)theworld economy 22. Itcanbeinferredfromthepassagethat________. A)international tradeshould be expanded B) theinterests ofthe poorcountries have not been givenenough consideration C)theexportsof thepoorcountries shouldbe increased D)communications technology inthedeveloping countries shouldbemodernized 23. Why does the author say that the electronic economy may have a destructive impactondevelopingcountries? A)Because it enables thedeveloped countries tocontrol theinternational market. B) Because itdestroys theeconomicbalance ofthepoor countries. 317淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 C)Because itviolates thenational boundaries of thepoorcountries. D)Because it inhibitstheindustrial growth ofdeveloping countries. 24. The development of modern communications technology in developing countries may________. A)hinder theirindustrial production B) cause them to losecontrol oftheirtrade C)force them toreduce theirshare ofexports D)cost them their economicindependence 25. Theauthor’sattitudetowardthecommunicationsrevolutionis________. A)positive B) critical C)indifferent D)tolerant Questions26to30arebasedonthefollowingpassage. The estimates of the numbers of home-schooled children vary widely. The U.S. Department of Education estimates there are 250,000 to 35,000 home-schooled children in the country. Hone-school advocates put the number much higher-at about a million. Many public school advocates take a harsh attitude toward home schoolers, perceiving their actions as the ultimate slap in the face for public education and a damaging move for the children. Home schoolers harbor few kind words for public schools, charging shortcomings that range from lack of religious perspective in the curriculumtoaherd-likeapproachtoteachingchildren. Yet, as public school officials realize they stand little to gain by remaining hostile to the home-school population, and as home schoolersrealizethey can reap benefits from public schools, these hard lines seem to be softening a bit. Public schoolershave moved closertotoleranceand,insomecases,evencooperation. Says John Marshall, an education official, “We are becoming relatively tolerant of home schoolers. “The idea is, ‘Let’s give the kids access to public school so they’ll see it’snotasterribleasthey’vebeentold,andthey’llwanttocomeback. Perhaps, but don’t count on it, say home-school advocates. Home schoolers, oppose the system because they have strong convictions that their approach to education-whether fueled by religious enthusiasm or the individual child’s interests and naturalpace-isbest. “The bulk of home schoolers just want to be left alone,” says Enge Cannon, associate director of the National Center For Home Education. She says home schoolers choose that path for a variety of reasons, but religion plays a role 85 percent of the time. 318淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 Professor Van Galen breakshome schoolersinto two groups. Some home schoolers want their children to learn not only traditional subject matter but also “strict religious doctrine and a conservative political and social perspective. Not incidentally, they also want their children to learn-both intellectually and emotionally-that the family is the mostimportantinstitutioninsociety.“ Otherhomeschoolerscontend“notsomuchthattheschoolsteachheresy(异端邪 说), but that schools teach whatever they teach inappropriately,” Van Galen writes. “These parents are highly independent and strive to ‘take responsibility’ for their own liveswithinasocietythattheydefineasbureaucraticandinefficient.” 26. Accordingtothepassage,homeschoolersare________. A) those who engage private teachers to provide additional education for their children B) thosewhoeducatetheir children at homeinstead ofsending them to school C)thosewhoadvocatecombining publiceducation withhome schooling D)thosewho don’t go to school but are educated at homebytheir parents 27. Publicschoolsaresofteningtheirpositiononhomeschoolingbecause________. A)there isn’t muchthey can go to change thepresent situation B) they want to showtheirtolerance for different situation C)homeschooling provides a newvariety ofeducation forchildren D) public schools have so many problems that they cannot offer proper education forall children 28. Home-schooladvocatesareoftheopinionthat________. A)things inpublicschools are notso bad as has often been said B) theirtolerance ofpubliceducation will attract morekids to publicschools C)homeschooling issuperior and, therefore, they will not easily give in D) their increased cooperation with public school will bring about the improvement ofpubliceducation 29. Mosthomeschoolers’oppositiontopubliceducationstemsfromtheir________. A)respect for theinterest ofindividuals B) worry about theinefficiency ofpublicschools C)concern with thecost involved D)devotion toreligion 30. AccordingtoVanGalensomehomeschoolersbelievethat________. A)publicschools take upaherd-like approach toteaching children B) teachers in publicschool are not as responsible as they should be 319淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 C)publicschools cannot provide an education that is good enoughfortheir children D)publicschools are the sourceof bureaucracy and inefficiency in modern society Questions31to35arebasedonthefollowingpassage. Everyyear televisionstationsreceivehundredsofcomplaintsabouttheloudnessof advertisements. However, federal rules forbid the practice of making ads louder than the programming. In addition, television stations always operate at the highest sound level allowed for reasons of efficiency. According to one NBC executive, no difference exists in the peak sound level of ads and programming. Given this information why do commercialssoundsoloud? The sensation of sound involves a variety of factors in addition to its speak level. Advertisersare skilful at creating the impression of loudness through their expert use of such factors. One major contributor to the perceived loudness of commercials is that mush less variation in sound level occurs during a commercial. In regular programming the intensity of sound varies over a large range. However, sound levels in commercials tendtostayatornearpeaklevels. Other “tricks of the trade” are also used. Because low-frequency sounds can mask higher frequency sounds, advertisers filter out any noises that may drown out the primary message. In addition, the human voice has more auditory (听觉的) impact in the middle frequency ranges. Advertisers electronically vary voice sounds so that they staywithinsuchafrequencyband.Anotherapproachistowritethescriptsothatlotsof consonants (辅音) are used, because people are more aware of consonants than vowel (元音) sounds. Finally, advertisers try to begin commercials with sounds that are highly different from those of the programming within which the commercial is buried. Because people become adapted to the type of sounds coming from programming, a dramatic change in sound quality draws viewer a attention. For example, notice how manycommercialsbeginwithacheerfulsongofsometype. The attention-getting property of commercials can be seen by observing one-to two-year-old children who happen to be playing around a television set. They may totally ignore the programming. However, when a commercial comes on, their attention isimmediatelydrawntoitbecauseofitsdramaticsoundquality. 31. According to the passage, the maximum intensity of sound coming from commercials________. A)does notexceed that ofprograms B) is greater than that of programs C)varies overa large range thanthat ofprograms D)is less than that ofprograms 32. Commercialscreatethesensationofloudnessbecause________. A)TVstationsalways operateat thehighest sound levels B) theirsound levels are kept around peak levels 320淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 C)theirsound levels are kept inthe middlefrequency ranges D)unlikeregular programs theirintensity ofsound varies overa widerange 33. Manycommercialsbeginwithacheerfulsongofsomekindbecause________. A)popsongs attract viewer attention B) itcan increase theirloudness C)advertisers want to make them sounddifferent from regular programs D)advertisers want to merge musicwith commercials 34. One of the reasons why commercials are able to attract viewer attention is that ________. A)thehuman voices incommercials havemore auditory impact B) peoplelikecheerful songs that change dramatically insound quality C) high-frequency sounds are used to mask sounds that drown out the primary message D) they possess sound qualities that make the viewer feel that something unusual is happening 35. Inthepassage,theauthoristryingtotellus________. A)howTVads vary vocal soundsto attract attention B) howtheloudness ofTVads is overcome C)howadvertisers control thesound properties ofTVads D)howthe attention-getting properties of sounds are madeuse ofinTVads Questions36to40arebasedonthefollowingpassage. In the United States, the need to protect plant and animal species has become a highly controversial and sharply political issue since the passage of the Endangered Species Act in 1973. The act, designed to protect species’ living areas, and policies that preserve land and forests compete with economic interests. In the 1990’s, for example, the woodcutters in the Western United States were challenged legally in their attempt tocuttreesfortimberintheCascadeMountains.Thechallengewasmountedtoprotect the endangered spotted owl (猫头鹰), whose remaining population occupies these forests and requires the intact, ancient forest for survival. The problematic situation set the interests of environmentalists against those of corporations and of individuals who stood to lose jobs. After months of debate and legal battles, the fate of the woodcutters-andtheowls-wasstillundecidedinmid-1992. Similar tensions exist between the developed and the developing nations. Many people in industrialized nations, for example, believe that developing nations in tropical regions should do more to protect their rain forests and other natural areas. But the developing countries may be impoverished (使穷困), with populations growing so rapidly that using the land is a means to temporarily avoid worsening poverty and 321淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 starvation. Many of the changes to Earth that concern scientists have the potential to rob the planet of its biological richness. The destruction of Earth’s ozone layer (臭氧层), for example, could contribute to the general process of impoverishment by allowing ultra-violetrays to harm plants andanimals.And global warming could wipe outspecies unable to quickly adapt to changing climates. Clearly, protecting will come only through coordinatedinternational efforts to control human population, stabilizethe composition oftheatmosphere,andpreserveintactEarth’scomplexweblife. 36. Why does the author say that the protection of endangered species is a highly controversialissue? A)Because people can’t agree as towhat species to protect. B) Because itis difficulttofind an effective wayto protect such species. C)Because itaffects theinterests ofcertain groups of people. D)Because it is amajorproblem involvingaseries oflegal procedures. 37. Accordingtothepassage,thepreservationofrainforests________. A)may hamper a developing country inits fight against poverty B) benefitsdeveloped countries rather than developing countries C)should takepriority over thecontrol of human population D)will helpimprovetheliving conditionsin developing countries 38. Accordingtothepassage,cuttingtresstogrowmorefood________. A)will widen thegap between thedeveloped and the developing countries B) is buta short-term relief to thefood problem C)can hardly alleviatethe shortage offood D)proves to beaneffective way out forimpoverished nations 39. Among “humanity’s current problems” (Line 6, Para. 3), the chief concern of the scientistsis________. A)theimpoverishment of developing countries B) theexplosion ofthehumanpopulation C)thereduction ofbiological diversity D)theeffect of global warming 40. Theauthor’spurposeinwritingthispassageis________. A)todescribe thedifficulties insolving humanity’s current problems B) topresent thedifferent views onhumanity’s current problems C) to analyze the contradiction between countries in dealing with humanity’s current 322淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 problems D) to point out that humanity’s current problems can only be solved through the cooperation ofnations PartIIIVocabulary (20 minutes) Directions: There are 30 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A)，B), C), and D). Choose the ONE that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with asinglelinethrough thecentre. 41. The directions were so ________ that it was impossible to complete the assignment. A)ingenious B) ambitious C)notorious D)ambiguous 42. Because a degree form a good university is the means to a better job, education is oneofthemost________areasinJapaneselife. A)sophisticated B) competitive C)considerate D)superficial 43. If a person talks about his weak points, his listener is expected to say something in thewayof________. A)persuasion B) remedy C)encouragement D)compromise 44. Herinterestinredecoratingthebighousekepther________forawholeweek. A)constrained B) dominated C)restricted D)occupied 45. If we ________ our relations with that country, we’ll have to find another supplier ofrawmaterials. 323淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 A)diffuse B) diminish C)terminate D)preclude 46. Moviedirectorsusemusicto________theactiononthescreen. A)contaminate B) compliment C)contemplate D)complement 47. A terrible traffic accident happened; people were saddened when they watched the________sightonTV. A)panic B) patriotic C)pathetic D)periodic 48. Manytouristswere________bythecity’scomplicatedtrafficsystem. A)degraded B) bewildered C)evoked D)diverted 49. Over the last fifteen years, running has become a popular ________ for 30 million participantsofallages. A)fantasy B) pastime C)symposium D)penalty 50. Some people think that a ________ translation, or word-for-word translation, is easierthanafreetranslation. A)literal B) literary C)liberal D)linear 51. Many novels that attempt to mirror the world are really ________ of the reality 324淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 thattheyrepresent. A)reflections B) demonstrations C)illuminations D)reproductions 52. It is through learning that the individual ________ many habitual ways of reacting tosituations. A)retains B) gains C)achieves D)acquires 53. Generally, it is only when animals are trapped that they ________ to violence in ordertoescape. A)proceed B) appeal C)resort D)incline 54. Maryonce________withanothermusiciantocomposeapieceofpopmusic. A)merged B) collaborated C)coincided D)constituted 55. During their fist teacher training year, the students often visited local schools for the________oflessons. A)observation B) investigation C)inspection D)examination 56. Heattendstothe________ofimportantbusinesshimself. A)transaction B) transition C)transmission D)transformation 325淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 57. Out of ________ revenge, he did his worst to blacken her character and ruin her reputation. A)perfect B) total C)sheer D)integral 58. A most ________ argument about who should go and fetch the bread from the kitchenwasgoingonwhenIcamein. A)trivial B) delicate C)minor D)miniature 59. The children cheered up when they saw hundreds of colorful balloons ________ slowlyintothesky. A)floating B) raising C)heaving D)ascending 60. Do you have any ________ about what living beings on other planets would be like? A)ideal B) comprehension C)notion D)intelligence 61. Werarely perceive more than a minute ________ of the sights and sounds that fall uponoursenseorgans;thegreatmajoritypassusby. A)fiction B) function C)fraction D)friction 62. For many patients, institutional care is the most ________ and beneficial form of care. A)persistent B) appropriate 326淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 C)thoughtful D)sufficient 63. It’spleasureforhimto________hisenergyandevenhislifetoresearchwork. A)dedicate B) dictate C)decorate D)direct 64. They are well ________ with each other since they once studied in the same university. A)identified B) recognized C)acknowledged D)acquainted 65. There is a ________ difference in meaning between the words surroundings and environment. A)gentle B) subtle C)feeble D)humble 66. All thefinished productsarestored in a ________of thedelivery port and shipping isavailableatanytime. A)garage B) cabinet C)capsule D)warehouse 67. when he tried to make a ________, he found that the hotel was completely filled becauseofaconvention. A)reservation B) claim C)mess D)revision 68. Parentstakeagreatinterestinthe________questionsbraisedbytheirchildren. A)nasty 327淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 B) naive C)obscure D)offensive 69. Although it was his first experience as chairman, be ________ over the meeting withgreatskill. A)presided B) administered C)mastered D)executed 70. Bothpartiespromisedto________thecontracttobesignedthefollowingday. A)keep with B) tanglewith C)adhereto D)devote to Part IVShortAnswerQuestions (15 minutes) Directions: In this part there is a short passage with five questions or incomplete statements. Read the Passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest Possible words (not exceeding 10 words) Most Americans spend far more of their leisure time with the mass media than in anyotheroccupation.Inaddition,mostofushear,see,orreadsomeofthemediawhile engaged in other activities. Thus an extremely large number of our waking hours are spent with the mass media. Of all the media, television is clearly dominant, with newspapers a close second, at least as a source of news and other information. Our exposure to all media is important, however, because all of them contribute materials for the construction of that world in our heads. For most people, increased use of one medium does not decrease use of another. In fact, in certain cases, and especially for certainpurposes,themoreoneusesonemedium,themorelikelyoneistouseothers. There are various factors that can cause you to expose yourself to the media selectively, avoiding much of the material with which you disagree. Some of that selective exposure is probably due to the psychological pressure you feel to avoid the discomfort caused by confrontation with facts and ideas contrary to your beliefs, attitudes, or behavior. However, some selective exposure is not due to the pressure for consistency but to other factors, such as your age, education, and even the area in whichyouliveandthepeoplewithwhomyouassociate. Quite a different sort of factor that affects your media experiences is the social context of exposure: whether you are alone or with others when you are exposed to a 328淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 medium; whether you are at home, at the office, in a theater, and soon. These contexts are as much as a potential part of the message you will form as film images on the screen or words on the page. In addition, that social context affects—both directly and indirectly—the media and the media content to which you become exposed. New friendsor colleaguesgetyou interested indifferentthings.Other membersof the family often select media content that you would not have selected, and you become exposed toit. There various factors have so much influence on your media exposure that so little ofthatexposureisplanned. Questions:(注意: 答题尽量简短，超过10个词要扣分。每条横线限写一个英语 单词，标点符号不占格。) S1. Exposure to all media is important and people sometimes tend to use more media if________. S2. Whyarenewspapersconsideredasanimportantmediumaccordingtopassage? S3. Foronereasonoranother,people’sexposuretothemediaisoften________. S4. Apart from personal preferences, what determines one’s choice of the media and mediacontent? S5. The last sentence of the passage indicates that one’s exposure to the media is ________. PartVWriting(30 minutes) Directions: For this part, you are allowed thirty minutes to write a composition on the topic Do “Lucky Numbers” Really Good Luck? You should write at least 120 words and you should base your composition on the outline (given in Chinese)below: 1. 有些人认为某些数学会带来好运。 2. 我认为数学和运气无关，... Do“LuckyNumbers”ReallyBringGoodLuck? 329淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 1998年6月六级参考答案 Part I 1. D 2. A 3. B 4. A 5. A 6. B 7. C 8. C 9. B 10. A 11. B 12. D 13. C 14. A 15. D 16. B 17. C 18. A 19. D 20. C PartII 21. A 22. B 23. A 24. D 25. B 26. B 27. A 28. C 29. D 30. C 31. A 32. B 33. C 34. D 35. D 36. C 37. A 38. B 39. C 40. D Part III 41. D 42. B 43. C 44. D 45. C 46. D 47. C 48. B 49. B 50. A 51. A 52. D 53. C 54. B 55. A 56. A 57. C 58. A 59. D 60. C 61. C 62. B 63. A 64. D 65. B 66. D 67. A 68. B 69. A 70. C S1. Theywanttoknowmoreabouttheworld. S2. Becausetheyareasourceofnewsandinformation. S3. selectiveandinfluencedbydifferentfactors. S4. Socialcontextofexposure. S5. hardlyplanned. 330淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 1999年1月大学英语六级(CET-6)真题试卷 Part I Listening Comprehension(20 minutes) SectionA Directions: In this section you will hear 10 short conversations. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the question will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four suggested answers marked A)，B)，C), and D) and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through thecentre. Example:Youwithnear: Youwillread: A)2hours. B) 3hours. C)4hours. D)5hours. Fromtheconversationweknowthatthetwoaretalkingaboutsomeworktheywill startat 9o’clock in themorning andhavetofinish at2 intheafternoon.Therefore, D)“5 hours” is the correct answer. You should choose [D] on the Answer Sheet and mark it withasinglelinethroughthecentre. SampleAnswer[A][B][C][D] 1. A)She’sgoingawayforawhile. B) Shedidwell onthetest. C)Sheworked hard and earned alot of money. D)She’s didn’t have towork hard fortheexam. 2. A)Susanisfastworker. B) Susan did Jack’s homework. C)Susan didn’t dothehomework onher own. D)Susan has not finished her homework. 3. A)Hereadthecabinetreport. B) Hereadthe newspaper. C)Helistened to a radio report. D)He’s secretary telephoned him. 331淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 4. A)Hurrytotheconference. B) Skiptheconference. C)Takethesubway. D)Takea bus. 5. A)Heisconfident. B) Heis worried. C)Heis bored. D)He is angry. 6. A)Heusedtobeaworkmanhimself. B) Helikes todorepairs and makethings himself. C)Heis professional builder. D)He paid workmen to decoratethehouse. 7. A)Thewomandoesn’tlikejam. B)Thewoman forgot where shehad left thejar. C)Theman had an accident. D)The man broke thejar. 8. A)Opinionsaboutthebookarevaried. B)Theman thinks thebookis excellent. C)Youshouldn’tbelieve everything you read. D)The woman wonders which newspaper themanis reading. 9. A)It’squitenormal. B) It’stoo high. C)It’scheap indeed. D)It could becheaper. 10. A)Theadmissionofapatient. B) Diagnosis ofan illness. C)Theold man’s serious condition. D)Sending for adoctor. Section B Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best 332淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center. Passageone Questions11to14arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard. 11. A)Thecolorofthedog. B)Theprice of thedog. C)Whetherthe dogwillfit theenvironment. D)Whether thedogwillget along withthe otherpets in thehouse. 12. A)Itmustbetrainedsoitwon’tbite. B) It needs moreloveand care. C)It demands more food and space. D)It must belooked after carefully. 13. A)Theyarelesslikelytorunaway. B) It’seasier fortheirmasters to train them. C)They are less likely to beshy with human beings. D)It’s easier for them toform arelationship withtheirmasters. PassageTwo Questions14to16arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard. 14. A)Theyoftengoforwalksataleisurelypace. B)They usually have aspecific purpose in mind. C)They liketheseaside more than thecountryside. D)They seldom plan theirleisure activities in advance. 15. A)Theirhardworkingspirit. B)Their patiencein waiting for theatre tickets. C)Their delight in leisure activities. D)Their enthusiasm and forthearts. 16. A)ThePolishpeoplecannowspendtheirleisuretimeinvariousways. B)ThePolish peopleare fond of walking leisurely inthecountryside. C)ThePolish peopleenjoy picking wild fruit in theirleisure time. 333淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 D)The Polishpeopleliketospend theirholidays abroad. PassageThere Questions17to20arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard. 17. A)Theywillbemuchbigger. B)They will have moreseats. C)They will have threewheels. D)They will needintelligent drivers. 18. A)Itdoesn’tneedtoberefueled. B) It willuse solarenergy asfuel. C)It willbe driven byelectrical power. D)It will bemore suitablefor longdistance travel. 19. A)Passengersinthecarmaybeseatedfacingonanother. B)Thefront seats will face forward and theback seats backward. C)Special seats will bedesigned forchildren. D)More seats will beadded. 20. A)Choosetherightroute. B) Refuel thecar regularly. C)Start theengine. D)Tellthe computerwhere to go. Part IIReading Comprehension(35 minutes) Directions: There are 4 reading passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them the re are four choices marked A)，B), C), and D). You should deicide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through thecenter. Questions21to25arebasedonthefollowingpassage. Many Americans harbour a grossly distorted and exaggerated view of most of the risks surrounding food. Fergus Clydesdale, head of the department of food science and nutrition at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, says bluntly that if the dangers from bacterially contaminated chicken were as great as some people believe, “the streetswouldbelitteredwithpeoplelyinghereandthere.” Though the public increasingly demands no-risk food, there is no such thing. Bruce Ames,chairmanofthebiochemistrydepartmentattheUniversityofCalifornia,Berkeley, 334淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 points out that up to 10% of a plant’s weight is made up of natural pesticides (杀虫剂). Says he: “Since plants do not have jaws or teeth to protect themselves, they employ chemical warfare.” And many naturally produced chemicals, though occurring in tiny amounts, prove in laboratory tests to be strong carcinogens-a substance which can cause cancer. Mushrooms (磨菇) might be banned if they were judged by the same standards that apply to food additives (添加剂). Declares Christina Stark, a nutritionist at Cornell University: “We’ve got fat worse natural chemicals in the food supply than anythingman-made.” Yet the issues are not that simple. While Americans have no reason to be terrified to sit down at the dinner table, they have every reason to demand significant improvements in food and water safety. They unconsciously and unwillingly take in too much of too many dangerous chemicals. If food already contains natural carcinogens, it does notmakemuch sense to adddozens of new man-made ones. Though most people will withstand the small amounts of contaminants generally found in food and water, at least a few individuals will probably get cancer one day be cause of what they eat and drink. To make good food and water supplies even better, the Government needs to tighten its regulatory standards, stiffen its inspection program and strengthen its enforcement policies. The food industry should modify some long-accepted practices or turn to less hazardous alternatives. Perhaps most important, consumers will have to do a better job of learning how to handle and cook food properly. The problems that need to be tackled exist all along the food-supply chain, from fields to processing plants to kitchens. 21. WhatdoestheauthorthinkoftheAmericans’viewoftheirfood? A)They overstate thegovernment’s interference with thefood industry. B)They are overoptimisticabout thesafety of theirfood. C)They overestimatethe hazards oftheirfood. D)They overlook therisksof thefood they eat. 22. Theauthorconsidersitimpossibletoobtainno-riskfoodbecause________. A)nofood isfree from pollutionin theenvironment B) pesticides are widely used in agriculture C)many vegetables contain dangerous natural chemicals D)almost all foods have additives 23. By saying “they employ chemical warfare” (Line 4, Para. 2), Bruce Ames means “________”. A)plants produce certain chemicals to combat pests and diseases B) plants absorb useful chemicals topromotetheir growth C)farmers useman-made chemicals todissolvethenatural chemicals inplants 335淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 D)farmers usechemicals to protect plants against pests and diseases 24. Thereductionofthepossiblehazardsinfoodultimatelydependson________. A)thegovernment B) theconsumer C)theprocessor D)thegrower 25. Whatisthemessagetheauthorwantstoconveyinthepassage? A)Eating and drinking havebecome more hazardous than before. B) Immediatemeasures mustbetaken toimprove food production and processing. C)Health food isnot adream in modern society. D) There is reason for caution but no cause for alarm with regard to food consumption. Questions26to30arebasedonthefollowingpassage. There are some each phenomena you can count on, but the magnetic field, someday is not of them. It fluctuates in strength, drifts from its axis, and every few 100,000 years undergo, dramatic polarity reversal-a period when North Pole becomes SouthPoleandSouthPolebecomesNorthPole.Buthow isthefieldgenerated,andwhy isitsounstable? Groundbreaking research by two French geophysicists promises to shed some light on the mystery. Using 80 metres of deep sea sediment (沉淀物) core, they have obtained measurements lots of magnetic-field intensity that span 11 polarity reversals and four million years. The analysis reveals that intensity appears to fluctuate with a clear,well-defined rhythm. Although the strength of the magnetic field variesirregularly duringtheshortterm,thereseemstobeaninevitablelong-termdeclineprecedingeach polarity reversal. When the poles flip—a process that takes several hundred thousand years-themagneticfieldrapidlyregainsitsstrengthandthecycleisrepeated. Theresultshavecausedastiramonggeophysicists.Themagneticfieldisthoughtto originate from molten (熔化的) iron in the outer core, 3,000 kilometers beneath the earth’s surface. By studying mineral grains found in material ranging from rocks to clay articles, previous researchers have already been able to identify reversals dating back 170 million years, including the most recent switch 730,000 years ago. How and why they occur, however, has been widely debated. Several theories link polarity flips to external disasters such as meteor (陨星) impacts. But Peter Olson, a geophysicist at the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, says this is unlikely if the French researchers are right. In fact, Olson saysintensity that predictablydeclines fromone reversal tothe next contradicts 90 percent of the models currently under study. If the results prove to be valid geophysicists will have a new theory to guide them in their quest to understand theearth’sinnerphysics.Itcertainlypointsthedirectionforfutureresearch. 336淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 26. Whichofthefollowingtitlesismostappropriatetothepassage? A)Polarity Reversal:AFantasticPhenomenon ofNature. B) Measurement ofthe Earth’s Magnetic-Field Intensity. C)Formationof theTwoPoles ofthe Earth. D)ANewApproach to theStudyor Geophysics. 27. Theword“flip”(Line6,Para.2)mostprobablymeans“________”. A)decline B) intensify C)fluctuate D)reverse 28. WhathavethetwoFrenchgeophysicistsdiscoveredintheirresearch? A)Someregularity in thechanges oftheearth’s magneticfield. B) Somecauses ofthefluctuation oftheearth’s magnetic field. C)Theorigin ofthe earth’s magnetic field. D)The frequency ofpolarity reversals. 29. The French geophysicists’ study is different from currently prevailing theories in ________. A)its identification oftheorigin ofthe earth’s magnetic field B) theway theearth’s magnetic intensityis measured C)itsexplanation oftheshift in theearth’spolarity D)theway theearth’s fluctuation rhythm is defined 30. InPeterOslo’sopiniontheFrenchexperiment________. A)is likely todirect further research intheinner physics oftheearth B) has successfully solved themystery ofpolarity reversals C)is certain to helppredict external disasters D)has caused great confusion among theworld’s geophysicists Questions31to35arebasedonthefollowingpassage. Imagine a world in which there was suddenly no emotion-a world in which human beings could feel no love or happiness, no terror or hate. Try to imagine the consequences of such a transformation. People might not be able to stayalive: knowing neitherjoynorpleasure,anxietynorfear,theywouldbeaslikelytorepeatactsthathurt them as acts that were beneficial. They could not learn: they could not benefit from experience because this emotionless world would lack rewards and punishments. Society would soon disappear: people would be as likely to harm one another as to provide help and support. Human relationships would not exist: in a world without 337淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 friends or enemies, there could be no marriage, affection among companions, or bonds among members of groups. Society’s economic underpinnings ( 支 柱 ) would be destroyed:sinceearning$10millionwouldbenomorepleasantthanearning $10,there would be no incentive to work. In fact, there would be no incentives of any kind. For as wewillsee,incentivesimplyacapacitytoenjoythem. Insuchaworld,thechancesthatthehumanspecieswouldsurvivearenexttozero, because emotions are the basic instrument of our survival and adaptation. Emotions structure the world for us in important ways. As individuals, we categorize objects on the basis of our emotions. True we consider the length, shape, size, or texture, but an object’s physical aspectsare lessimportant than what it hasdone or can do to us—hurt us, surprise us, anger us or make us joyful. We al so use categorizations colored by emotions in our families, communities, and overall society. Out of our emotional experiences with objects and events comes a social feeling of agreement that certain things and actions are good and others are bad, and we apply these categories to every aspect of our social life—from what foods we eat and what clothes we wear to how we keep promises and which people our group will accept. In fact, society exploits our emotional reactions and attitudes, such as loyalty morality, pride shame, guilt, fear and greed, in order to maintain itself It gives high rewards to individuals who perform important tasks such as surgery, makes heroes out of individuals for unusual or dangerous achievements such as flying fighter planes in a war, and uses the legal penal (刑法的)systemtomakepeopleafraidtoengageinantisocialacts. 31. The reason why people might not be able to stay alive in a world without emotion isthat________. A)they would not be ableto tell thetexture ofobjects B) they would not knowwhat was beneficial and what was harmful to them C)they would not behappywith a lifewithout love D)they would dothings that hurt each other’s feelings 32. According to the passage, people’s learning activities are possible because they ________. A)believe that emotions arefundamental for them to stay alive B) benefitfrom providing helpand support to one another C)enjoy being rewarded fordoing theright thing D)knowwhat is vitalto theprogress ofsociety 33. It can be inferred from the passage that the economic foundation of society is dependenton________. A)theability to makemoney B) thewillto work forpleasure C)thecapacity toenjoy incentives 338淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 D)thecategorizations ofouremotional experiences 34. Emotionsaresignificantforman’ssurvivalandadaptationbecause________. A)they provide themeans bywhich people viewthesizeorshape ofobjects B) they are the basis for the social feeling of agreement by which society is maintained C)they encourage peopleto perform dangerous achievements D)they generate more lovethan hateamong people 35. The emotional aspects of an object are more important than its physical aspects in thatthey________. A)help society exploitits members forprofit B) encourage us toperform importanttasks C)help to perfect the legal andpenal system D)help us adapt ourbehavior to theworld surrounding us Questions36to40basedonthefollowingpassage: The Carnegie Foundationreport says that manycolleges havetried to be “all things to all people”. In doing so, they have increasingly catered to a narrow minded careerism while failing to cultivate a global vision among their students. The current crisis, it contends, does not derive from a legitimate desire to put learning to productive ends. The problem is that in too many academic fields, the work has no context; skills, rather than being means, have become ends. Students are offered a variety of options and allowed to pick their way to a degree. In short, driven by careerism, “the nation’s colleges and universities are more successful in providing credentials (文凭) than in providing a quality education for their students. “The report concludes that the special challenge confronting the undergraduate college is one of shaping an integrated core of common learning. Such a core would introduce students to essential knowledge, to connections across the disciplines, and in the end, to application of knowledge to life beyondthecampus.“ Although the key to a good college is a high-quality faculty, the Carnegie study found that most colleges do very little to encourage good teaching. In fact, they do much to undermine it. As one professor observed: “Teaching is important, we are told, and yet faculty know that research and publication matter most.” Not surprisingly, over the last twenty years colleges and universities have failed to graduate half of their four-year degree candidates. Faculty members who dedicated themselves to teaching soondiscoverthattheywillnotbegrantedtenure(终身任期),promotion,orsubstantial salary increases. Yet 70 percent of all faculties say their interests lie more in teaching thaninresearch.Additionally,afrequentcomplaintamongyoungscholarsisthat“There is pressure to publish, although there is virtually no interest among administrators or colleaguesinthecontentofthepublications.” 339淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 36. When a college tries to be “all things to al people” (Lines 1-2, Para. 1) it aims to ________. A)satisfy the needs of all kindsof studentssimultaneously B) focus ontraining students invarious skills C)encourage studentsto take as manycourses as possible D)make learning serveacademic rather thanproductive ends 37. By saying that “in too many academic fields, the work has no context” (Lines 4-5, Pare.1)theauthormeansthattheteachingintheseareas________. A)ignores theactual situation B) is notbased ontheright perspective C)onlyfocuses onan integrated core ofcommon learning D)gives priority to thecultivation ofa global visionamong students 38. One of the reasons for the current crisis in American colleges and universities is that________. A)a narrow vocationalism has come to dominatemanycolleges B) studentsdon’t haveenough freedom in choosing what they want to learn C)skillsare being taught as a means to an end D)students are onlyinterested in obtainingcredentials 39. American colleges and universities failed to graduate half of their four-year degree candidatesbecause________. A)most ofthem lack high-qualityfaculties B) theinterests ofmost faculty members liein research C)there are not enough incentives for students to studyhard D)they attach greater importance toresearch and publication than to teaching 40. It can be inferred from the passage that high-quality college education calls for ________. A)putting academicwork in thepropercontext B) acommitment tostudents and effectiveteaching C)thepracticeof puttingleaning to productive ends D)dedication to research in frontier areas ofknowledge PartIIIVocabulary (20 minutes) Directions: There are 30 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A)，B), C), and D). Choose the ONE that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer 340淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 Sheet with asinglelinethrough thecentre. 41. The Space Age ________ in October 1957 when the first artificial satellite was launchedbytheSovietUnion. A)initiated B) originated C)embarked D)commenced 42. Johnsaidthathedidn’tquite________andaskedmetorepeatwhatIhadsaid. A)snatch up B) summonup C)catch on D)watch out 43. When he tried to make a ________, he found that the hotel that he wanted was completelyfilledbecauseofaconvention. A)complaint B) claim C)reservation D)decision 44. Abudgetoffivedollarsadayistotally________foratriproundEurope. A)inadequate B) incapable C)incompatible D)invalid 45. In our highly technological society, the number of jobs for unskilled worker is ________. A)shrinking B) obscuring C)altering D)constraining 46. The fire has caused great losses, but the factory tried to ________ the consequencesbysayingthatthedamagewasnotasseriousasreported. A)decrease B) subtract 341淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 C)minimize D)degrade 47. If the world is to remain peaceful the utmost effort must be made by nations to limitlocal________. A)collisions B) combats C)contradictions D)conflicts 48. Satellitecommunicationsaresoup-to-datethatevenwhen________inthemiddle ofthePacific,businessmencancontacttheirofficesasiftheywerenextdoor. A)gliding B) cruising C)piloting D)patrolling 49. In the past ten years skyscrapers have developed ________ in Chicago and New YorkCity. A)homogeneously B) simultaneously C)spontaneously D)harmoniously 50. The court considers a financial ________ to be an appropriate way of punishing him. A)option B) duty C)obligation D)penalty 51. I think that I committed a ________ in asking her because she seemed very ups et bymyquestion. A)blunder B) revenge C)reproach D)scandal 52. Even when textbooks are ________ through a school system, methods of teaching 342淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 mayvarygreatly. A)commonplace B) standardized C)competitive D)generalized 53. Theyhavealwaysregardedamanof________andfairnessasareliablefriend. A)robustness B) temperament C)integrity D)compactness 54. Allindividualsarerequiredto________tothelawsmadebytheirgovernments. A)obey B) conform C)concede D)observe 55. The basiccauses areunknown, althoughcertain conditionsthat maylead to cancer havebeen________. A)identified B) guaranteed C)notified D)conveyed 56. ItisverystrangebutIhadan________thattheplanewouldcrash. A)inspiration B) intuition C)imagination D)incentive 57. The changing image of the family on television provides ________ into changing attitudestowardthefamilyinsociety. A)insights B) presentations C)revelations D)specifications 343淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 58. The town planning commission said that their financial outlook for the next year wasoptimistic.Theyexpectincreasedtax________. A)efficiency B) revenues C)privileges D)validity 59. Billisanexampleofa severelydisabledpersonwhohasbecome________atmany survivalskills. A)proficient B) persistent C)consistent D)sufficient 60. The ties that bind us together in common activity are so ________ that they can disappearatanymoment. A)trivial B) fatal C)tentative D)feeble 61. During the construction of skyscrapers, cranes are used to ________ building materialstotheupperfloors. A)toss B) tow C)hoist D)hurl 62. Diamonds have little ________ value and their price depends almost entirely on theirscarcity. A)extinct B) permanent C)surplus D)intrinsic 63. The kitchen was small and ________ so that the disabled could reach everything withoutdifficulty. A)conventional B) compact 344淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 C)compatible D)concise 64. Hewill________resigninviewofthecompletefailureoftheresearchproject. A)doubtfully B) adequately C)presumably D)reasonably 65. The goal is to make higher education available to everyone who is willing and capable________hisfinancialsituation. A)with respect to B) inaccord with C)regardless of D)interms of 66. Theoriginalelectionsweredeclared________bytheformermilitaryruler. A)void B) vulgar C)surplus D)extravagant 67. Theystoodgazingatthehappy________ofchildrenplayinginthepark. A)perspective B) view C)landscape D)scene 68. An obvious change of attitude at the top towards women’s status in society will ________throughthecurrentlawsysteminJapan. A)permeate B) probe C)violate D)grope 69. When he realized he had been ________ to sign the contract by intrigue, he threatenedtostartlegalproceedingstocanceltheagreement. A)elicited B) excited 345淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 C)deduced D)induced 70. These areasrelyon agriculturealmost ________, having fewmineral resources and aminimumofindustrialdevelopment. A)respectively B) extraordinarily C)incredibly D)exclusively Part IVShortAnswerQuestions (15 minutes) Directions: In this part there is a short passage with five questions or incomplete statements. Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete thefewest possiblewords(not exceeding 10words). Manyparentswho welcome theidea ofturning offtheTV andspending moretime with the family are still worried that without TV they would constantly be on call as entertainersfortheirchildren.Theyrememberthinkingupallsortsofthingstodowhen they were kids. But their own kids seem different, less resourceful, somehow. When there’s nothing to do, these parents observe regretfully, their kids seem unable to come upwithanythingtodobesidesturningontheTV. Onefather,forexample,says.“WhenIwasakid,wewerealwaysthinkingupthings to do, projects and games. We certainly never complained in an annoying way to our parents, ‘I have nothing to do!’ He compares this with his own children today: “They’re simply lazy. If someone doesn’t entertain them, they’ll happily sit there watching TV all day.“ There is one word for this father’s disappointment: unfair. It is as if he were disappointed in them for not reading Greek though they have never studied the language. He deplores (哀叹) his children’s lack of inventiveness, as if the ability to play were something innate ( 天生的) that his children are missing. In fact, while the tendency to playis built into the human species, the actual ability to play-to imagine, to invent, to elaborate on reality in a playful way-and the ability to gain fulfillment from it, theseareskillsthathavetolearnedanddeveloped. Such disappointment, however, is not only unjust, it is also destructive. Sensing their parents’ disappointment, children come to believe that they are, indeed, lacking something, and that this makes them less worthy of admiration and respect. Giving children the opportunity to develop new resources, to enlarge their horizons and discover the pleasures of doing things on their own is, on the other hand, a wayto help children develop a confident feeling about themselves as capable and interesting people. Questions:(注意: 答题尽量简短，超过10 个词要扣分，每条横线限定一个英语 单词，标点符号不占格。) 346淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 S1. According to many parents, without TV, their children would like them to ________. S2. Many parents think that, instead of watching a lot of TV, their children should ________. S3. The father often blames his children for not being able to entertain themselves. Thisisunfairbecausethey________. S4. When parents show constant disappointment in their children, the destructive effectisthatthechildrenwill________. S5. Developingchildren’sself-confidencehelpsbringthemuptobe________. PartVWriting(30 minutes) Directions: For this part, you are allowed thirty minutes to write a composition on the topic: Don’t Hesitate to Say“No”.You should write at least 120 words and you should baseyour composition ontheoutline(given in Chinese)below: 1. 别人请求帮助时，在什么情况下我们会说“不”。 2. 为什么有些人在该说“不”的时候不说“不”。 3. 该说“不”时不说“不”的坏处。 Don’tHesitatetoSay“No” 347淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 1999年1月六级参考答案 Part IListeningComprehension 1. B 2. C 3. B 4. D 5. A 6. B 7. D 8. A 9. C 10. C 11. C 12. B 13. D 14. B 15. D 16. A 17. C 18. C 19. A 20. D Part II Reading Comprehension 21. C 22. C 23. A 24. B 25. D 26. D 27. D 28. A 29. C 30. A 31. B 32. C 33. C 34. B 35. D 36. C 37. B 38. A 39. D 40. B Part IIIVocabulary Structure 41. D 42. C 43. C 44. A 45. A 46. C 47. D 48. B 49. B 50. D 51. A 52. B 53. C 54. B 55. A 56. B 57. A 58. B 59. A 60. D 61. C 62. D 63. B 64. C 65. C 66. A 67. D 68. A 69. D 70. D Part IVshortAnswerQuestions S1. themselves(playwiththem) S2. thinkupthingstodo S3. havetolearnanddeveloptheirplayingabilitiesgradually S4. losetheirconfidenceandrespectability S5. capableandinterestingpeople 348淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 1999年1月听力原文 SectionA 1. M: Congratulations. You certainly did quite well and I must say you deserve that grade. W: Well, I really studied hard for that exam I’ve been preparing for it for more than amonth. Now,I can relax forawhile. Q:Whyis thewoman so happy? 2. M:It’shardtobelievethatSusanhasalreadyfinishedherhomework. W:Well, shecopied Jack’s homework and made afew changes. Q:What does thewoman sayabout Susan? 3. W: Mr. Johnson, have you heard the morning news report? Mill has resigned his postasPrimeMinister. M: I didn’t turn on the radio this morning, but I did see the headlines. If you remember,hethreatened to leavethe officeat thelast cabinet meeting. Q: Howdid Mr.Johnson learn that thePrimeMinisterhas resigned? 4. M:Ifyouareinhurry,youcantakethesubway.Ifyouwanttogosightseeing,takea bus. W:Actually,I don’t have to beat theconference before noon. Q:What willthewoman probably do? 5. W:Howdidyourinterviewgo? M: I couldn’t feel better about it. The questions were very fair and I seemed to find answers forall them. Q: Howdoes the man feel about theinterview? 6. W: I’m very impressed by all the work you’ve done on your house. Mr. Miller, How longhaveyoubeenworkingonit? M: I first became interested in doing things myself several years ago. I’ve been doing something on it every now and then for almost a year now. You know, I couldn’t afford to pay workmen todoit. Q:What dowelearn about Mr.Miller? 7. W: I just made a jar of jam this morning and now I can’t find it any where. Do you knowwhathappenedtoit? M: Did you hear acrash, that was it,I’mjust as clumsy as ever. 349淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 Q:What istheproblem? 8. W:Ireadinthenewspaperthatthenovelyouarereadingisexcellent. M: I’vealso read somenegativereviews. Q:What canbelearned from theconversation? 9. W: John told me hehadgota second-handcar,doyou knowhow muchhe paidfor it? M:Well, hesaid hepaid800dollars for it.I thinkhegot a real bargain. Q:What does theman think oftheprice ofthecar? 10. M: Hello, this is doctor Marita from the emergency department. I have a 70-year-oldpatientwithafracturedankle. W:OK, send him toward 3. Q:What are they talking about onthephone? Section B PassageOne Most people have had a dog or wanted one as their companion at some time in their lives. If you are thinking of buying a dog, however, you should first decide what sort of companion you need and whether the dog is likely to be happy in the surroundings you can provide. Specialist advice is available to help you choose the most suitablebreedofdog.But inpart, thedecisiondependsoncommonsense.Mostbreeds wereoriginally developed to perform specific tasks. So, if you want a dog to protect you or your house, for example, you should choose a breed that has the right size and characteristics You must also be ready to devote a good deal of time to train the dog when it is young and give it the exercise it needs to throughout its life, unless live in the country and can let it run freely. Dogs are demanding pets. Whereas cats identify with the house and so are content if their place there is secure a dog identifies with its masterandconsequentlywantshimtoshowproofofhisaffection.Thebesttimetobuy a baby-dog is when it is between 6 and 8 weeks old so that it can transfer its affection from its mother to its master. If baby dogs have not established a relationship with the human being until they are over three months old, their strong relationship will always be with dogs. They are likely to be too shy when they are brought out into the world to becomegoodpets. 11. What’smentionedasaconsiderationinbuyingadog? 12. Whydoesthespeakersayadogisamoredemandingpetthanacat? 13. Whyisadvisedtobuybabydogsunderthreemonthsold? 350淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 PassageTwo People in Poland take their pleasure seriously. They like to have an aim even when spending the time which is entirely their own. During the summer, people start work very early in the morning so that they can finish early and enjoy a leisurely afternoon. It is difficult to imagine Polish people going aimlessly for a walk in the country, though theymightgotopickwildfruit,tovisitaplaceofhistoricalimportanceortowalk20KM as a training exercise. They are often admired for their immense enjoyment of the arts. All parks are beautifully cared and are for the use and enjoyment of the people. Quite ordinary people will talk with obvious delight about concerts. There is nearly always a crowdat thedoor of the theatre, asking forreturned tickets.People in Poland now have far more leisure time and more money than ever before. It is therefore possible to spend the weekends in many new ways. Many people now have over 20 days holiday a year.Thisprovidesanopportunityforholidaysinthecountryorattheseaside. 14. WhatisspecialaboutthePolishwayofspendingleisuretime? 15. ForwhatdoestheauthoradmirethePolishpeople? 16. Whatdowelearnfromthepassage? PassageThree What kind of car will we be driving by the year 2010? Rather different from the type we know today. With the next decade bringing greater change than the past 50 years, the people who will be designing the models of tomorrow believe that environmental problems may well accelerate the pace of the car’s development. The vision is that of a machine with 3 wheels instead of 4 ， electrically-powered environmentally clean and able to drive itself along intelligent roads, equipped with built-in power supplies. Future cars will pick up the fuel during long journeys from a power source built into the road, or stored in small quantities for travelling in the city. Instead of today’s seating arrangement two in front, two or three behind, all facing forward, the 2010 car will have an interior with adults and children in a family circle. This view of future car based on a much more sophisticated road system. Cars will be automatically controlled by a computer. All the driver will have to do is say where to go and the computer will do the rest. It will become impossible for cars to crash into one another.Thetechnologyalreadyexistsforthecartobecomeatrueautomobile. 17. Whatisthedesigner’svisionofthecarsoftomorrow? 18. Whatelsedoesthepassagetellusaboutthefuturecar? 19. Whatistheseatingarrangementforfuturecars? 20. Whatistheonlythingthedriverofthefuturecarhastodo? 351淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 1999年6月大学英语六级(CET-6)真题试卷 Part I Listening Comprehension(20 minutes) SectionA Directions: In this section, you will hear 10 short conversations. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the question will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A), B), C) and D), and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre. Example: Youwillhear: Youwillread:A)2hours. B) 3hours. C)4hours. D)5hours. Fromtheconversationweknowthatthetwoaretalkingaboutsomeworktheywill startat9o’clockinthemorningandhavetofinishat2intheafternoon.Therefore,D)“5 hours” is the correct answer. You should choose [D] on the Answer Sheet and mark it withasinglelinethroughthecenter. SampleAnswer[A][B][C][D] 1. A)Themanattendedtheconcert,butdidn’tlikeit. B)Theman was sorry to missthefootball game. C)Theman is more interested infootball than in classical music. D)The man was sorry that he didn’t attend theconcert. 2. A)Singingloudly. B) Listening to music. C)Studying. D)Talkingonthe phone. 3. A)Shecan’treceiveanycalls. B) Shecan’t make any calls. C)Shecan donothingwith thephone. D)Shecan’t repair thephone. 352淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 4. A)Tomisveryresponsible. B)Tom’s words aren’treliable. C)WhatTomsaid istrue. D)Tomis not humorous at all. 5. A)Howtouseacamera. B) Howto usea washer. C)Howto usea keyboard. D)How touse atape recorder. 6. A)Theyshouldputthemeetingtoanend. B)They should holdanother meeting todiscuss thematter. C)Shewould liketodiscuss another item. D)Shewants todiscuss theissueagain later. 7. A)HebelievestheBrownshavedoneasensiblething. B) Hedoesn’t think theBrowns should moveto anotherplace. C)Hedoesn’t think theBrowns’investmentis a wisemove. D)He believes itis better fortheBrowns to invest later. 8. A)Hemayconvertitanduseitasarestaurant. B) Hemay pullit down and build anew restaurant. C)Hemay rent it outfor useas a restaurant. D)He may sell itto theowner of arestaurant. 9. A)Shedoesn’tlikethewaytheprofessorlectures. B) She’s having ahard timefollowing the professor’s lectures. C)Sheis notinterested in course. D)She’s having difficulty withthe heavyreading assignments. 10. A)Heneverkeepshispromises. B) Heis crazy about parties. C)Hehas changed his mind. D)He is notsociable. Section BCompoundDictation 注意: 听力理解的 B 节(SectionB)为复合式听写(CompoundDictation)，题目在卷 二上。现在请取出试卷二。 353淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage tree times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. Then listen to the passage again. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from S1 to S7 with the exact words you have just heard. For blanks numbered S8 to S10 you are required to fill in missing information. You can either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the main points in your own words. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written. President Clinton later today joins (S1) ________ presidents Ford, Carter and Bush at “the president’s summit for America’s future” (S2) ________ at recruiting one million volunteer tutors to provide after-school, weekend and summer reading help for up to three million children. Mr. Clinton will ask Congress this coming week for nearly three (S3)________dollarstofundafive-yearprogramcalled“AmericaReads”. The program would fund the (S4) ________ efforts of 20 thousand reading (S5) ________anditwouldalsogive(S6)________tohelpparentshelpchildrenreadbythe third grade, or about age eight. During his Saturday radio (S7) ________, the president explainedwhytheprogramisimportant.“Weneed‘AmericaReads’andweneeditnow. Studies show that if the fourth-graders fail to read well, (S8) ________. But, 40 percent ofthemstillcan’treadatabasiclevel.” Volunteer tutors, who provide community service in exchange for college funding, arebeingusedinliteracyandtutoringprograms.(S9)________. The president says many of the Philadelphia summit’s corporate sponsors will recruittutors.(S10)________. Part IIReading Comprehension(35 minutes) Directions: There are 4 reading passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should decide onthe best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through thecenter. Questions11to15arebasedonthefollowingpassage. We sometimes think humans are uniquely vulnerable to anxiety, but stress seems to affect the immune defenses of lower animals too. In one experiment, for example, behavioral immunologist (免疫学家) Mark Laudenslager, at the University of Denver, gave mild electric shocks to 24 rats. Half the animals could switch off the current by turning a wheel in their enclosure, while the other half could mot. The rats in the two groups were paired so that each time one rat turned the wheel it protected both itself and its helpless partner from the shock. Laudenslager found that the immune response wasdepressedbelownormal in thehelplessratsbutnotinthose thatcouldturn offthe electricity.What he has demonstrated, he believes, is that lack of control over an event, nottheexperienceitself,iswhatweakenstheimmunesystem. 354淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 Other researchers agree. Jay Weiss, a psychologist at Duke University School of Medicine, has shown that animals who are allowed to control unpleasant stimuli don’t develop sleep disturbances or changes in brain chemistry typical of stressed rats. But if the animals are confronted with situations they have no control over, they later behave passively when faced with experiences they can control. Such findings reinforce psychologists’ suspicions that the experience or perception of helplessness is one of the mostharmfulfactorsindepression. One of the most startling examples of how the mind can alter the immune response was discovered by chance. In 1975 psychologist Robert Ader at the University ofRochester SchoolofMedicineconditioned (使形成条件反射)micetoavoidsaccharin (糖精) by simultaneously feeding them the sweetener and injecting them with a drug that while suppressing their immune systems caused stomach upsets. Associating the saccharin with the stomach pains, the mice quickly learned to avoid the sweetener. In order to extinguish this dislike for the sweetener, Ader reexposed the animals to saccharin, this time without the drug, and was astonished to find that those mice that had received the highest amounts of sweetener during their earlier conditioning died. He could only speculate that he had so successfully conditioned the rats that saccharin alonenowservedtoweakentheirimmunesystemsenoughtokillthem. 11. Laudenslager’s experiment showed that the immune system of those rats who couldturnofftheelectricity________. A)was strengthened B) was not affected C)was altered D)was weakened 12. Accordingtothepassage,theexperienceofhelplessnesscausesratsto________. A)try to control unpleasant stimuli B) turn offtheelectricity C)behave passively incontrollablesituations D)become abnormally suspicious 13. The reason why the mice in Ader’s experiment avoided saccharin was that ________. A)they disliked its taste B) itaffected their immunesystems C)itled to stomach pains D)they associated it with stomachaches 14. The passage tells us that the most probable reason for the death of the mice in Ader’sexperimentwasthat________. 355淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 A)they had been weakened psychologically bythesaccharin B) thesweetener was poisonous to them C)theirimmunesystems had been altered bythe mind D)they had taken too muchsweetener during earlier conditioning 15. It can be concluded from the passage that the immune systems of animals ________. A)can beweakened byconditioning B) can besuppressed bydrug injections C)can beaffected byfrequent doses of saccharin D)can bealtered byelectric shocks Questions16to20arebasedonthefollowingpassage. The destruction of our natural resources and contamination of our food supply continue occur, largely because of the extreme difficulty in affixing (把…固定) legal responsibility on those who continue to treat our environment with reckless abandon (放任). Attempts to prevent pollution by legislation, economic incentives and friendly persuasion have been net by lawsuits, personal and industrial denial and long delays— notonlyinacceptingresponsibility,butmoreimportantly,indoingsomethingaboutit. It seems that only when government decides it can afford tax incentives or production sacrifices is there any initiative for change. Where is industry’s and our recognition that protecting mankind’s great treasure is the single most important responsibility? If ever there will be time for environmental health professionals to come to the frontlines and provide leadership to solve environmental problems, that time is now. We are being asked, and, in fact, the public is demanding that we take positive action. It is our responsibility as professionals in environmental health to make the difference. Yes, the ecologists, the environmental activists and the conservationists servetocommunicate,stimulatethinkingandpromotebehavioralchange.However,itis those of us who are paid to make the decisions to develop, improve and enforce environmentalstandards,Isubmit,whomustleadthecharge. We must recognize that environmental health issues do not stop at city limits, county lines, state or even federal boundaries. We can no longer afford to be tunnel-visioned in our approach. We must visualize issues from every perspective to make the objective decisions. We must express our views clearly to prevent media distortionandpublicconfusion. I believe we have a three-part mission for the present. First, we must continue to press for improvements in the quality of life that people can make for themselves. Second, we must investigate and understand the link between environment and health. Third,we must beable to communicatetechnical information in a form thatcitizenscan understand. If we can accomplish these three goals in this decade, maybe we can finally stop environmental degradation, and not merely hold it back. We will then be able to 356淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 spendpollutiondollarstrulyonpreventionratherthanonbandages. 16. We can infer from the first two paragraphs that the industrialists disregard environmentalprotectionchieflybecause________. A)they are unaware of theconsequences of what theyare doing B) they are reluctant to sacrifice theirown economic interests C)timehas not yet comefor them to put dueemphasis onit D)it isdifficult for them totake effective measures 17. Themaintasknow facing ecologists, environmentalactivistsandconservationistsis ________. A)toprevent pollutionbylegislation, economic incentives and persuasion B) toarouse publicawareness ofthe importance ofenvironmental protection C)totake radical measures to control environmental pollution D)toimprovethequality of lifebyenforcing environmental standards 18. Theword“tunnel-visioned(Line2,Para.4)mostprobablymeans“________”. A)narrow-minded B) blindtothefacts C)short-sighted D)able to seeonly one aspect 19. Which of the following, according to the author, should play the leading role in the solutionofenvironmentalproblems? A)Legislation and government intervention. B)Theindustry’s understanding and support. C)Theefforts of environmental health professionals. D)The cooperation ofecologists, environmental activists and conservationists. 20. Whichofthefollowingistrueaccordingtothelastparagraph? A) Efforts should be exerted on pollution prevention instead of on remedial measures. B) Moremoney shouldbe spent inorder tostop pollution. C)Ordinary citizens have noaccess totechnical information onpollution. D)Environmental degradation willbe stoppedbythe end ofthis decade. Questions21to25arebasedonthefollowingpassage. British universities, groaning under the burden of a huge increase in student numbers, are warning that the tradition of a free education is at risk. The universities have threatened to impose an admission fee on students to plug a gap in revenue if the 357淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 government does not act to improve their finances and scrap some public spending cutbacks. The government responded to the universities’ threat by setting up the most fundamental review of higher education for a generation, under a non-party troubleshooter(调停人)，SirRonDearing. One in three school-leavers enters higher education, five times the number when thelastreviewtookplacethirtyyearsago. Everyoneagreesasystem thatisfeeling thestrainafter rapidexpansionneedsa lot more money-but there is little hope of getting it from the taxpayer and not much scope forattractingmorefinancefrombusiness. Mostcolleges believe studentsshould contributeto tuitioncosts, something that is common elsewhere in the world but would mark a revolutionary change in Britain. Universities want the government to introduce a loan scheme for tuition fees and have suspended their own threatened action for now. They await Dearing’s advice, hoping it willnotbetoolate-somearealreadyreportedtobeinfinancialdifficulty. As the century nears its end, the whole concept of what a university should be is under the microscope. Experts ponder how much they can use computers instead of classrooms,talkoftheneedforlifelonglearningandrefertostudentsas“consumers.” The Confederation (联盟) of British Industry, the key employers’ organization, wants even more expansion in higher education to help fight competition on world markets from booming Asian economies. But the government has doubts about more expansion. The Times newspaper egress, complaining that quality has suffered as student numbers soared, with close tutorial supervision giving wayto “mass production methodsmoretypicalofEuropeanuniversities.” 21. ThechiefconcernofBritishuniversitiesis________. A)howto tackle theirpresent financial difficulty B) howto expand theenrollment to meet theneeds ofenterprises C)howto improvetheireducational technology D)howto put an end to thecurrent tendency ofquality deterioration 22. WecanlearnfromthepassagethatinBritain________. A)thegovernment pays dearly for itsfinancial policy B) universities are mainly fundedbybusinesses C)highereducation is provided free ofcharge D)students are ready to accept loan schemes for tuition 23. What was the percentage of high school graduates admitted to universities in Britainthirtyyearsago? A)20% orso. 358淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 B)About 15%. C)Above 30%. D)Below10%. 24. Itcanbeinferredfromthepassagethat________. A) the British government will be forced to increase its spending on higher education B) British employers demand an expansion inenrollment at theexpenseof quality C)thebest way outfor British universities is to followtheirEuropean counterparts D) British students will probably have to pay for their higher education in the near future 25. WhichofthefollowingistheviewpointoftheTimesnewspaper? A) Expansion in enrollment is bound to affect the quality of British higher education. B) British universities should expand theirenrollment tomeet theneeds ofindustry. C)European universities can bettermeet theneeds ofthemodern world. D)British universities shouldhelp fight competition onworld markets. Questions26to30arebasedonthefollowingpassage: There’ssimplepremisebehindwhatLarryMyersdoesforaliving:Ifyoucansmellit, youcanfindit. Myers is the founder of Auburn University’s Institute for Biological Detection Systems, the main task of which is to chase the ultimate in detection devices—an artificialnose. For now, the subject of their research is little more than a stack of gleaming chips tucked away in a laboratory drawer. But soon, such a tool could be hanging from the beltsofpolice,arson(纵火)investigatorsandfood-safetyinspectors. The technology that they are working in would suggest quite reasonably that, within three to five years, we’ll have some workable sensors ready to use. Such devices might find wide use in places that attract terrorists. Police could detect drugs, bodies and bombs hidden in cars, while food inspectors could easily test food and water for contamination. The implications for revolutionary advances in public safety and the food industry are astonishing. But so, too, are the possibilities for abuse; Such machines could determine whether a woman is ovulating (排卵), without a physical exam-or even her knowledge. One of the traditional protectors of American liberty is that is has been impossible tosearcheveryone.That’sgettingnottobethecase. Artificial biosensors created at Auburn work totally differently from anything ever seen before. Aroma Scan, for example, is a desktop machine based on a bank of chips 359淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 sensitive to specific chemicals that evaporate into the air. As air is sucked into the machine, chemicals pass over the sensor surfaces and produce changes in the electrical current flowing through them. Those current changes are logged into a computer that sortsoutodorsbasedontheirelectricalsignatures. Myers says they expect to load a single fingernail-size chip with thousands of odor receptors(感受器)，enoughtocreateasensorthat’snearlyassensitiveasadog’snose. 26. Whichofthefollowingiswithinthecapacityoftheartificialnosebeingdeveloped? A)Performing physical examinations. B) Locating places which attract terrorists. C)Detectingdrugs and water contamination. D)Monitoring food processing. 27. A potential problem which might be caused by the use of an artificial nose is ________. A)negligence of publicsafety B) an abuse ofpersonal freedom C)ahazard tophysical health D)a threat to individual privacy 28. Theword“logged“(Line5,Para.7)mostprobablymeans”________“. A)preset B) entered C)processed D)simulated 29. Toproduceartificialnosesforpracticaluse,itisessential________. A)todevelop microchips with thousands ofodorreceptors B) toinvent chips sensitivetovarious chemicals C)todesign acomputer program tosort out smells D)tofind chemicals that can alter theelectrical current passing through 30. Theauthor’sattitudetowardsLarryMyers’worksis________. A)cautious B) approving C)suspicious D)overenthusiastic PartIIIVocabulary (20 minutes) 360淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 Directions: There are 30 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Choose the ONE that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with asinglelinethrough thecentre. 31. When people are asked what kind of housing they need or want, the question ________avarietyofanswers. A)defies B) magnifies C)mediates D)evokes 32. If you want to set up a company, you must ________ with the regulations laid downbytheauthorities. A)comply B) adhere C)confirm D)accord 33. Although there are occasional outbreaks of gunfire, we can report that the rebellionhasinthemainbeen________. A)canceled B) destroyed C)suppressed D)restrained 34. Since the two countries couldn’t ________ their differences, they decided to stop theirnegotiations. A)rectify B) oblige C)reconcile D)obscure 35. The presidential candidate ________ his position by winning several primary elections. A)enforced B) enriched C)intensified D)consolidated 361淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 36. Thefuelofthecontinentalmissileissupposedtobe________bythisdevice. A)ignited B) lighted C)fired D)inspired 37. Mikejustdiscoveredthathispassporthad________threemonthsago. A)abolished B) expired C)amended D)constrained 38. Frankly speaking, your article is very good except for some ________ mistakes in grammar. A)obscure B) glaring C)trivial D)rare 39. Therewasoncean________ideathattheearthwasflatandmotionless. A)absurd B) intrinsic C)eternal D)offensive 40. Certain species disappeared or became ________ as new forms arose that were betteradaptedtotheEarth’schangingenvironment. A)feeble B) extinct C)massive D)extinguished 41. His ________ directions confused us; we did not know which of the two roads to take. A)ambiguous B) complicated C)arbitrary D)intricate 362淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 42. Franklin D. Roosevelt argued that the depression stemmed from the American economy’s________flaws. A)underlining B) vulnerable C)vulgar D)underlying 43. Some studies confirmed that this kind of eye disease was ________ in tropical countries. A)prospective B) prevalent C)provocative D)perpetual 44. I am afraid that you have to alter your ________ views in light of the tragic news thathasjustarrived. A)indifferent B) distressing C)optimistic D)pessimistic 45. Although he has had no formal education, he is one of the ________ businessmen inthecompany. A)shrewdest B) sternest C)nastiest D)alertest 46. Stopshouting!Ican’thearthefootball________. A)judgment B) interpretation C)commentary D)explanation 47. The cultures of China and Japan hare shared many features, but each has used themaccordingtoitsnational________. A)engagement B) destiny C)capacity 363淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 D)temperament 48. Every member of society has to make a ________ to struggle for the freedom of thecountry. A)pledge B) warranty C)resolve D)guarantee 49. I was deeply impressed by the hostess’ ________ and enjoyed the dinner party verymuch. A)hostility B) indignation C)hospitality D)humanity 50. David tendsto feel uselessand unwanted in a society thatgives so much ________ tothosewhocompetewell. A)prestige B) regime C)superiority D)legislation 51. Asyouhaveseen,thevaluesofanation’scurrencyisa________ofitseconomy. A)reaction B) refection C)response D)revelation 52. In the Spring Export Commodities Fair the ________ of fine china attracted much attentionofcustomersfromallovertheworld. A)succession B) array C)string D)procession 53. We should make a clear ________ between the two scientific terms for the purposeofourdiscussion. A)separation 364淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 B) discrimination C)deviation D)distinction 54. The terrorists might have planted a bomb on a plane in Athens, set to ________ whenitarrivedinNewYork. A)go off B) get off C)comeoff D)carry off 55. We should be able to do the job for you quickly, ________ you give us all the necessaryinformation. A)incase B) provided that C)orelse D)as if 56. The younger person’s attraction to stereos cannot be explained only ________ familiaritywithtechnology. A)inquest of B) bymeans of C)interms of D)byvirtue of 57. Attemptstopersuadehertostayaftershefeltinsultedwere________. A)innoway B) onthecontrary C)at aloss D)of noavail 58. Bysigningtheleasewemadea________topayarentof$150aweek. A)conception B) commission C)commitment D)confinement 59. To prevent flooding in winter the water flowing from the dam is constantly ________byacomputer. 365淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 A)graded B) managed C)conducted D)monitored 60. Many people think of deserts as ________ regions, but numerous species of plants andanimalshaveadaptedtolifethere. A)virgin B) barren C)void D)wretched Part IVCloze (15minutes) Directions: Thereare 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there arefour choices marked A), B), C) and D) on the right side of the paper. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre. Most people who travel long distances complain of jetlag (喷气飞行时差反应). Jetlagmakesbusinesstravelerslessproductiveandmoreprone__61__makingmistakes. It is actually caused by __62__ of your “body clock”-a small cluster of brain cells that controlsthetimingofbiological__63__.Thebodyclockisdesignedfora __64__rhythm ofdaylightanddarkness,sothatitisthrownoutofbalancewhenit__65__daylightand darknessatthewrongtimesinanewtimezone. The __66__ of jetlag often persist for days __67__ the internal body clock slowly adjusts to the new time zone Now a new anti-jetlag system is __68__ that is based on proven__69__pioneeringscientificresearch. Dr. Martin Moore-Ede has __70__ a practical strategy to adjust the body clock much sooner to the new time zone __71__ controlled exposureto bright light, The time zone shift is easy to accomplish and eliminates __72__ of the discomfort of jetlag. A successful time zone shift depends on knowing the exact time to either __73__ or avoid bright light. Exposure to light at the wrong time can actually make jetlag worse. The proper schedule __74__ light exposure depends a great deal on __75__ travel plans. Data on a specific flight itinerary (旅行路线) and the individual’s sleep __76__ are used to produce a Trip Guide with __77__ on exactly when to be exposed to bright light. When the Trip Guide calls __78__ bright light you should spend time outdoors if possible. If it is dark out-side, or the weather is bad, __79__ you are on an aeroplane, you can use a special light device to provide the necessary light __80__ for a range of activitiessuchasreading,watchingTVorworking. 61. A)for 366淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 B) from C)to D)of 62. A)rupture B) corruption C)eruption D)disruption 63. A)actions B) functions C)reflection D)behavior 64. A)regular B) formal C)continual D)circular 65. A)retains B) encounters C)possesses D)experiences 66. A)diseases B) symptoms C)signs D)defects 67. A)while B) whereas C)if D)although 68. A)adaptable B) approachable C)available D)agreeable 367淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 69. A)broad B) inclusive C)tentative D)extensive 70. A)devised B) recognized C)scrutinized D)visualized 71. A)at B) through C)in D)as 72. A)most B) least C)little D)more 73. A)attain B) shed C)retrieve D)seek 74. A)on B) with C)for D)in 75. A)unique B) specific C)complicated D)peculiar 76. A)norm B) mode C)pattern 368淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 D)style 77. A)directories B) instructions C)specifications D)commentaries 78. A)off B) on C)for D)up 79. A)or B) and C)but D)while 80. A)agitation B) spur C)acceleration D)stimulus 试卷二 PartVIWriting (30 minutes) Directions: For this part, you are allowed thirty minutes to write a composition on the topic: Reading Selectively Or Extensively? You should write at least 120 words,andbase you composition ontheoutline(given inChinese) below: 1. 有人认为读书要有选择。 2. 有人认为应当博览群书。 3. 我的看法。 369淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 1999年6月六级参考答案 Part IListeningComprehension 1. C 2. B 3. A 4. B 5. A 6. D 7. C 8. A 9. D 10. C S1. former S2. aimed S3. billion S4. coordination S5. specialists S6. grants S7. address S8. Theyarelikelytodropoffschool,andlesslikelytosucceedinlife. S9. Theprogram,initiatedbyPresidentClinton,hascomeonthecriticismbyCongress. S10. Dozen of colleges and Universities are prepared to send thousands of their studentsinsupportoftheProgram. Part II Reading Comprehension 11. B 12. C 13. D 14. C 15. A 16. B 17. B 18. D 19. C 20. C 21. A 22. C 23. D 24. D 25. A 26. C 27. D 28. B 29. A 30. B Part IIIVocabulary 370淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 31. D 32. A 33. C 34. C 35. D 36. A 37. B 38. C 39. A 40. B 41. A 42. D 43. B 44. C 45. A 46. C 47. D 48. A 49. C 50. A 51. B 52. B 53. D 54. A 55. B 56. C 57. D 58. C 59. D 60. B PartIVCloze 61. C 62. D 63. B 64. A 65. B 66. D 67. A 68. C 69. D 70. A 71. B 72. A 73. D 74. C 75. B 76. C 77. B 78. C 79. A 80. D PartVWriting Readingelectivelyorextensively? Knowledge is power. Everybody knows it. The main way for us students to gain knowledge is from the books. So some students argue that we should read extensively in order to know something about everything, thus broadening our knowledge and enrichingexperience. As books are of different kinds and have different content, so some students argue that we should read selectively, that is to read those book which are of benefits both to ourmindandbodyanddismissthosewhichareofnogoodtous. As far as I am concerned, I think we should selectively do extensive reading. Knowledge is limitless while life is short. So we should make full use of our time to do themosteffectivereadingandmakethegreatesttoourmotherland. 371淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 1999年6月听力原文 SectionA 1. W:It’sapityyoumissedtheconcertyesterdayevening.Itwaswonderful! M: I didn’t want to miss the football game. Well, I’m not a classical music fan anyway. Q:What dowelearn from theconversation? 2. W: Hey! If you can’t enjoy that at a sensible volume, please use earphones. I’m tryingstudy. M: Oh!I’msorry.I didn’t realizeit was bothering you. Q:What istheman probably doing? 3. M:CanIhelpyou,Ms? W:Yes, I bought this telephone last week, and it works all right with out-going calls, butit doesn’t ring fortheincoming ones. Q:What’s theproblem with thewoman’stelephone? 4. W:IthoughtTomsaidhegotA’sinallhistests. M: Mary,you shouldknowbetter than totakeTom’s words too seriously. Q:What does theman imply? 5. W:Canyoushowmehowtousethis,John? M: It is fully automatic. All you have to do is focus on the scene and press the buttonhere. Q:What are they talking about? 6. M:Ithinkweshouldmoveontothenextitem. W:Ok. But I’dliketotake thismatter upagain at theend ofthe meeting. Q:What does thewoman imply? 7. W:Youknow,theBrownshaveinvestedalltheirmoneyinstocks. M:They may think that’s awisemove, butthat’s thelast thingI’ddo. Q:What’s theman’s opinion about theBrowns’investment? 8. M:What is Mr.Peterson going to do with hisold house on London Road?Rentit or sellit? W: I heard he is thinking of turning it into a restaurant, which isn’t a bad idea, becauseit’sstill asolidbuilding. 372淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 Q:What willMr.Peterson dowith his oldhouse? 9. M:Howdoyou likeProfessorBachman’scourse ontheHistoryofPhilosophy?He is adistinguishedscholaronthatsubject. W: He is a great teacher. But I’m having a hard time with the reading list. I feel I can’t ever finishit. Q:What problem does thewoman have with thecourse? 10. W:Robertwantstoknowifhecangowithustotheparty. M:That’s odd.Thismorning hesaid hewanted to go byhimself. Q:What dowelearn about Robert? 373淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 2000年1月大学英语六级(CET-6)真题试卷 Part I Listening Comprehension(20 minutes) SectionA Directions: In this section, you will hear 10 short conversations. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the question will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During (he pause, you must read the four choices marked A), B), C) and D), and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre. Example: Youwillhear: Youwillread: A)2hours. B) 3hours. C)4hours. D)5hours. Fromtheconversationweknowthatthetwoaretalkingaboutsomeworktheywill startat9o’clockinthemorningandhavetofinishat2intheafternoon.Therefore,D)“5 hours” is the correct answer. You should choose [D] on the Answer Sheet and mark it withasinglelinetroughthecentre. SampleAnswer[A][B][C][D] 1. A)Tocancelhistrip. B)Togo to bed early. C)Tocatch alater flight. D)Toask fora wake-up call. 2. A)Theyhavedifferentopinionsastowhattodonext. B)They have to pay forthehouse byinstallments. C)They will fix a telephonein thebathroom. D)The man’s attitudeis moresensiblethan thewoman’s. 3. A)Shewillsavethestampsfortheman’ssister. B) Shewillnolonger get letters from Canada. C)Shecan’t give thestamps totheman’s sister. D)Shehas given thestamps tothe man’s roommates. 374淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 4. A)VisitingtheBrownings. B)Writing a postcard. C)Looking fora postcard. D)Filling in aform. 5. A)Themanshouldworkwithsomebodyelse. B)Theman should meet hispartner’s needs. C)They should come to acompromise. D)They should find abetter lab forthe project. 6. A)Shecan’tfinishherassignment,either. B) Shecan’t afford a computerright now. C)Theman can useher computer. D)The man shouldbuyacomputer right away. 7. A)Thevisitingeconomisthasgivenseverallectures. B)Theguest lecturer’s opinion isdifferent from Dr.Johnson’s. C)Dr.Johnsonand theguest speaker were schoolmates. D)Dr.Johnsoninvited theeconomist to visittheircollege. 8. A)She’sneverwatchedabettergame. B) Football is-her favorite pastime. C)Thegame has been canceled. D)Their team played very badly. 9. A)Themanshouldsticktowhathe’sdoing. B)Theman should take upanew hobby. C)Theman should stop playing tennis. D)The man shouldfind thecause for his failure. 10. A)Aninventedstory. B)Areal lifeexperience. C)An imaginary situation. D)Aterriblenightmare. Section B Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best 375淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre. Passage1 Questions11to13arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard. 11. A)ThenameofaGermantown; B)Aresident of Frankfurt. C)Akind ofGerman sausage. D)AkindofGerman bread. 12. A)Hesoldfastfood. B) Heraised dogs. C)HewasAcook. D)He was a Cartoonist. 13. A)BecausetheAmericansfoundtheywerefromGermany. B) Because people thought they contained dogmeat. C)Because people had to get used to theirtaste. D)Because it was toohot toeat right away. Passage2 Questions14to16arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard. 14. A)Theygiveoutfaintcries. B)They make noises todriveaway insects. C)They extend theirwater pipes. D)They become elasticlikerubber bands. 15. A)Quietplants. B)Well-watered plants. C)Healthy plants. D)Thirsty plants. 16. A)Theycoulddrivetheinsectsaway. B)They could keep theplantswell-watered. C)They could make theplants grow faster. 376淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 D)They could build devices totrap insects. Passage3 Questions17to20arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard. 17. A)Tolookforadifferentlifestyle. B)Toenjoy themselves. C)For adventure. D)For education. 18. A)Thereare200vehiclesforeverykilometerofroadway. B) It has a densepopulation. C)There are many museums and palaces. D)It has many towering buildings. 19. A)Itisacityofcontrasts. B) It possesses many historical sites. C)It isan important industrialcenter. D)It has many big and beautiful parks. 20. A)Ithelpsdevelopourpersonalities. B) It enables us toacquire first-hand knowledge. C)It makes our lifemoreinteresting. D)It brings about changes inour lifestyle. Part IIReading Comprehension(35 minutes) Directions: There are 4 reading passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should decide onthe best choice and mark the corresponding letter on theAnswer Sheet with a single line trough thecentre.Questions 21to 25arebased onthefollowing passage. In the world of entertainment, TV talk shows have undoubtedly flooded every inch of space on daytime television. And anyone who watches them regularly knows that each one varies in style and format. But no two shows are more profoundly opposite in content,while atthesametimestanding outabovetherest, thantheJerrySpringer and theOprahWinfreyshows. Jerry Springer could easily be considered the king of “trash talk (废话)”. The topics on his show are as shocking as shocking can be. For example, the show takes the ever-common talk show themes of love, sex, cheating, guilt, hate, conflict and morality 377淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 to a different level. Clearly, the Jerry Springer show is a display and exploitation of society’s moral catastrophes (灾难), yet people are willing to eat up the intriguing predicaments(困境)ofotherpeople’slives. Like Jerry Springer, Oprah Winfrey takes TV talk show to its extreme, but Oprah goes in the opposite direction. The show focuses on the improvement of society and an individual’s quality of life. Topics range from teaching your children responsibility, managingyourworkweek,togettingtoknowyourneighbors. Compared to Oprah, the Jerry Springer show looks like poisonous waste being dumped on society.Jerry ends every show with a “final word”. He makes a small speech thatsumsuptheentiremoraloftheshow.Hopefully,thisisthepartwheremostpeople willlearnsomethingveryvaluable. Clean as it is, the Oprah show is not for everyone. The show’s main target audiences are middle-class Americans. Most of these people have the time, money, and stability to deal with life’s tougher problems. Jerry Springer, on the other hand, has more of an association with the young adults of society. These are 18-to 21-year-olds whose main troubles in life involve love, relationship, sex, money and peers. They are the ones who see some value and lessons to be learned underneath the show’s exploitation. While the two shows are as different as night and day, both have ruled the talk show circuit for many years now. Each one caters to a different audience while both have a strong following from large groups of fans. Ironically, both could also be consideredpioneersinthetalkshowworld. 21. ComparedwithotherTVtalkshows,boththeJerrySpringer andtheOprahWinfrey are________. A)more family-oriented B) unusually popular C)moreprofound D)relatively formal 22. Though the social problems Jerry Springer talks about appear distasteful, the audience________. A)remain fascinated bythem B) are ready to face upto them C)remain indifferent to them D)are willing toget involved inthem 23. WhichofthefollowingislikelytobeatopicoftheOprahWinfreyshow? A)Anewtype of robot. B) Racist hatred. C)Family budget planning. 378淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 D)Street violence. 24. Despitetheirdifferentapproaches,thetwotalkshowsareboth________. A)ironical B) sensitive C)instructive D)cynical 25. Wecanlearnfromthepassagethatthetwotalkshows________. A)have monopolized thetalk show circuit B) exploitthe weaknesses in human nature C)appearat different timesof theday D)are targeted at different audiences Questions26to30arebasedonthefollowingpassage. To understand the marketing concept, it is only necessary to understand the difference between marketing and selling. Not too many years ago, most industries concentrated primarily on the efficient production of goods, and then relied on “persuasive salesmanship” to move as much of these goods as possible. Such production and selling focuses on the needs of the seller to produce goods and then convertthemintomoney. Marketing, on the other hand, focuses on the wants of consumers. It begins with first analyzing the preferences and demands of consumers and then producing goods that will satisfy them. This eye-on-the-consumer approach is known as the marketing concept,whichsimplymeansthatinsteadoftryingtosellwhateveriseasiesttoproduce or buy for resale, the makers and dealers first endeavor to find out what the consumer wantstobuyandthengoaboutmakingitavailableforpurchase. Thisconcept doesnot implythatbusinessis benevolent(慈善的)or thatconsumer satisfaction is given priority over profit in a company. There are always two sides to everybusinesstransaction-the firm and the customer-and each must be satisfied before trade occurs. Successful merchants and producers, however, recognize that the surest route to profit is through understanding and catering to customers. A striking example of the importance of catering to the consumer presented itself in mid-1985, when Coca Cola changed the flavor of its drink. The non-acceptance of the new flavor by a significant portion of the public brought about a prompt restoration of the Classic Coke, whichwasthenmarketedalongsidethenew.KingCustomerruled! 26. Themarketingconceptdiscussedinthepassageis,inessence,________. A)thepractice ofturning goods intomoney B) making goods available forpurchase C)thecustomer-centred approach 379淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 D)a form ofpersuasive salesmanship 27. What was the main concern of industrialists before the marketing concept was widelyaccepted? A)The needs ofthemarket. B)Theefficiency of production. C)Thesatisfaction oftheuser. D)The preferences ofthedealer. 28. According to the passage, “to move asmuch of these goodsaspossible” (Lines3-4, Para.1)means“________”. A)tosell thelargest possibleamount ofgoods B) totransport goods as efficiently as possible C)todisposeof thesegoods inlarge quantities D)toredesign thesegoods for large-scale production 29. WhatdoestherestorationoftheClassicCokebestillustrate? A)Traditional goods have astronger appeal tothemajority ofpeople. B) It takes timefor anew product to beaccepted bythepublic. C)Consumers withconservative tastes are often difficult to please. D)Products must bedesigned tosuit thetasteof theconsumer. 30. Indiscussingthemarketingconcept,theauthorfocuseson________. A)its main characteristic B) itssocial impact C)itspossibleconsequence D)its theoretical basis Questions31to35arebasedonthefollowingpassage. Conventional wisdom about conflict seems pretty much cut and dried. Too little conflict breeds apathy (冷漠) and stagnation (呆滞). Too much conflict leads to divisiveness ( 分 裂 ) and hostility. Moderate levels of conflict, however, can spark creativityandmotivatepeopleinahealthyandcompetitiveway. Recent research by Professor Charles R. Schwenk, however, suggests that the optimal level of conflict may be more complex to determine than these simple generalizations. He studied perceptions of conflict among a sample of executives. Some of the executives worked for profit-seeking organizations and others for not-for-profit organizations. Somewhat surprisingly, Schwenk found that opinions about conflict varied systematically as a function of the type of organization. Specifically, managers in 380淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 not-for-profit organizations strongly believed that conflict was beneficial to their organizations and that it promoted higher quality decision making than might be achievedintheabsenceofconflict. Managers of for-profit organizations saw a different picture. They believed that conflict generally was damaging and usually led to poor-quality decision making in their organizations. Schwenk interpreted these results in terms of the criteria for effective decision making suggested by the executives. In the profit-seeking organizations, decision-making effectiveness was most often assessed in financial terms. The executivesbelievedthatconsensusratherthanconflictenhancedfinancialindicators. In the not-for-profit organizations, decision-making effectiveness was defined from the perspective of satisfying constituents. Given the complexities and ambiguities associated with satisfying many diverse constituents executives perceived that conflict ledtomoreconsideredandacceptabledecisions. 31. Intheeyesoftheauthor,conventionalopiniononconflictis________. A)wrong B) oversimplified C)misleading D)unclear 32. ProfessorCharlesR.Schwenk’sresearchshows________. A)theadvantages and disadvantages ofconflict B) thereal valueof conflict C)thedifficultyin determining theoptimal level of conflict D)thecomplexity of defining theroles of conflict 33. WecanlearnfromSchwenk’sresearchthat________. A)a person’s viewof conflict is influenced bythepurpose ofhis organization B) conflict is necessary for managers of for-profit organizations C)different people resolveconflicts in different ways D)it isimpossible forpeople to avoid conflict 34. Thepassagesuggeststhatinfor-profitorganizations________. A)there is noend of conflict B) expressionof different opinionsis encouraged C)decisions mustbe justifiable D)success lies in general agreement 35. Peopleworkinginanot-for-profitorganization________. A)seem to bedifficultto satisfy 381淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 B) are free to express diverse opinions C)are less effective inmaking decisions D)find it easier toreach agreement Questions36to40arebasedonthefollowingpassage. Imagine eating everything delicious you want-with none of the fat. That would be great,wouldn’tit? New “fake fat” products appeared on store shelves in the United States recently, but not everyone is happy about it. Makers of the products, which contain a compound called olestra, say food manufacturers can now eliminate fat from certain foods. Critics, however, say the new compound can rob the body of essential vitamins and nutrients (营养物) andcanalso cause unpleasantside effectsin somepeople.So it’supto decide whetherthenewfat-freeproductstastegoodenoughtokeepeating. Chemists discovered olestra in the late 1960s, when they were searching for a fat that could be digested by infants more easily. Instead of finding the desired fat, the researcherscreatedafatthatcan’tbedigestedatall. Normally, special chemicals in the intestines (肠) “grab” molecules of regular fat and break them down so they can be used by the body. A molecule of regular fat is madeupofthreemoleculesofsubstancescalledfattyacids. The fatty acids are absorbed by the intestines and bring with them the essential vitamins A, D, E, and K. When fat molecules are present in the intestines with any of those vitamins, the vitamins attach to the molecules and are carried into the bloodstream. Olestra,whichismadefrom sixtoeightmoleculesoffattyacids, istoolargeforthe intestines to absorb. It just slides through the intestines without being broken down. Manufacturers say it’s that ability to slide unchanged through the intestines that makes olestraso valuableas afatsubstitute.It providesconsumerswiththetasteofregular fat without anybad effects on the body. But critics say olestra can prevent vitamins A, D, E, andK frombeingabsorbed.It canalsopreventtheabsorptionofcarotenoids (类胡萝卜 素),compoundsthatmayreducetheriskofcancer,heartdisease,etc. Manufacturers are adding vitamins A, D, E, and K as well as carotenoids to their products now. Even so, some nutritionists are still concerned that people might eat unlimited amounts of food made with the fat substitute without worrying about how manycaloriestheyareconsuming. 36. Welearnfromthepassagethatolestraisasubstancethat________. A)contains plentyof nutrients B) renders foods calorie-free whileretaining theirvitamins C)makes foods easily digestible D)makes foods fat-free whilekeeping them delicious 37. Theresultofthesearchforaneasilydigestiblefatturnedouttobe________. 382淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 A)commercially useless B) justas anticipated C)somewhat controversial D)quiteunexpected 38. Olestraisdifferentfromordinaryfatsinthat________. A)it passes through the intestineswithout being absorbed B) itfacilitates theabsorption of vitaminsbythebody C)ithelps reduce theincidence of heart disease D)it prevents excessive intakeofvitamins 39. Whatisapossiblenegativeeffectofolestraaccordingtosomecritics? A)It may impairthedigestive system. B) It mayaffect theoverall fat intake. C)It mayincreasethe risk ofcancer. D)It may spoiltheconsumers’appetite. 40. Whyarenutritionistsconcernedaboutaddingvitaminstoolestra? A)It may lead totheover-consumption ofvitamins. B) Peoplemay beinduced toeat morethan is necessary. C)Thefunction oftheintestines may be weakened. D)It may triggera newwave offake food production. PartIIIVocabulary (20 minutes) Directions: There are 30 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A), B), C,) and D), Choose the ONE that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with asinglelinethrough thecentre. 41. Thedoctorsdon’t________thathewilllivemuchlonger. A)articulate B) anticipate C)manifest D)monitor 42. Isuggestweputtheschemeintoeffect,foritisquite________. A)eligible B) sustainable 383淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 C)probable D)feasible 43. The old gentleman was a very ________ looking person, with grey hair and gold spectacles. A)respectful B) respected C)respective D)respectable 44. Thisbookisexpectedto________thebest-sellerlists. A)promote B) prevail C)dominate D)exemplify 45. Thatpartofthecityhaslongbeen________foritsstreetviolence. A)notorious B) responsible C)historical D)illegal 46. Undertheguidanceoftheirteacher,thepupilsarebuildinga modelboat________ bysteam. A)towed B) pressed C)tossed D)propelled 47. Having finished their morning work, the clerks stood up behind their desks, ________themselves. A)expanding B) stretching C)prolonging D)extending 48. England’s team, who are now superbly fit, will be doing their best next week to ________themselvesforlastyear’sdefeat. A)revive 384淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 B) retort C)revenge D)remedy 49. Ifyouwanttogetintothattunnel,youfirsthaveto________awayalltherocks. A)haul B) transfer C)repel D)dispose 50. Ittookusonlyafewhoursto________thepaperoffallfourwalls. A)shear B) scrape C)stroke D)chip 51. Thefamousscientist________hissuccesstohardwork. A)imparted B) granted C)ascribed D)acknowledged 52. Itisdifficultto________ofaplantoendpoverty. A)speculate B) conceive C)ponder D)reckon 53. Nowthecheersandapplause________inasinglesustainedroar. A)mingled B) concentrated C)assembled D)permeated 54. Improvedconsumerconfidenceis________toaneconomicrecovery. A)crucial B) subordinate C)cumulative 385淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 D)satisfactory 55. Although the body is made up of manydifferent tissues, these tissues are arranged inan________andorderlyfashion. A)incredible B) intricate C)internal D)initial 56. Ifyouworkunderacarwhenrepairingit,youoftengetvery________. A)waxy B) slippery C)sticky D)greasy 57. Thedamagetohiscarwas________;therefore,hecouldrepairithimself. A)considerable B) appreciable C)negligible D)invisible 58. Mysisterisquite________andplanstogetanM.A.degreewithinoneyear. A)aggressive B) enthusiastic C)considerate D)ambitious 59. The manager tried to wave aside these issues as ________ details that would be settledlater. A)versatile B) trivial C)preliminary D)alternate 60. His________wastellinghimthatsomethingwaswrong. A)intuition B) hypothesis C)inspiration 386淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 D)sentiment 61. Thisbook is about how these basic beliefsand valuesaffect important ________ of Americanlife. A)fashions B) frontiers C)facets D)formats 62. Parents often faced the ________ between doing what they felt was good for the development of the child and what they could stand by way of undisciplined noise anddestructiveness. A)paradox B) junction C)dilemma D)premise 63. Clark felt that his ________ in one of the most dramatic medical experiments of all timewasworththesufferingheunderwent. A)apprehension B) appreciation C)presentation D)participation 64. As one of the youngest professors in the university, Miss King is certainly on the ________ofabrilliantcareer. A)threshold B) edge C)porch D)course 65. The________lawyermadeagreatimpressiononthejury. A)protecting B) guarding C)defending D)shielding 66. Veryfewpeopleunderstoodhislecture,thesubjectofwhichwasvery________. A)dim 387淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 B) obscure C)conspicuous D)intelligible 67. This movie is not ________ for children to see: it contains too much violence and toomanylovescenes. A)profound B) valid C)decent D)upright 68. Thewoodwassorottenthat,whenwepulled,it________intofragments. A)broke off B) brokeaway C)brokethrough D)broke up 69. Thedetectiveandhisassistanthavebegunto________themysteriousmurder. A)come through B) lookinto C)makeover D)see to 70. Sadly,theGiantPandaisoneofthemanyspeciesnowindangerof________. A)extinction B) migration C)destruction D)extraction 试卷二 Part IVErrorCorrection (15 minutes) Directions: This part consists of a short passage. In this passage, there are altogether 10 mistakes, one in each numbered line. You may have to change a word, add a word or delete a word. Mark out the mistakes and put the corrections in the blanks provided. If you change a word, cross it out and write the correct word in the corresponding blank. If you add a word, put an insertion mark (∧) in the right place and write the missing word in the blank. If you delete aword, crossit andput aslash(/) in theblank. 388淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 Example: Televisionisrapidlybecomingtheliteratureofourperiods╱. 1. time/times/period Manyoftheargumentshaving╱ usedforthestudyofliteratureas 2. _______\_______ aschoolsubjectarevalidfor ∧ studyoftelevision. 3.______the______ Until the very latest moment of his existence, man has been bound to the planet on which he originated and developed. Now he had the capability to leave that planet (71) and move out into the universe to those worlds which he has known previously only directly. Men have explored parts of (72) the moon, put spaceships in orbit around another planet and possibly within the decade will land into another planet and (73) explore it. Can we be too bold as to suggest that we may be (74) able to colonize other planet within the not—too—distant (75) future? Some have advocated such a procedure as a solution to the population problem. ship the excess people off to the moon. But we must keep in head the billions of dollars we (76) might spend in carrying outtheproject.Tomaintaintheearth’spopulationatitspresentlevel.wewouldhaveto blastoffintospace7,500peopleeveryhourofeverydayoftheyear. Whyare wespending so little moneyon space (77)exploration?Consider the great need for improving many (78) aspects of the global environment, one is surely justified in his concern for the money and resources that they are poured (79) into the space exploration efforts. But perhaps we should look at both sides of the coin before arriving hasty(80)conclusions. PartVWriting(30 minutes) Directions: WT For this part, you are allowed thirty minutes to write a composition on the topic How I Finance my College Education. You should write at least 120 words, and base your composition on the outline (given in Chinese) below: 1. 上大学的费用(tuitionandfees)可以通过多种途径解决。 2. 那种途径适合我(说明理由) HowIFinanceMyCollegeEducation 389淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 2000年1月六级参考答案 Part IListeningComprehension 1. D 2. A 3. C 4. B 5. C 6. B 7. B 8. D 9. A 10. C 11. C 12. C 13. B 14. A 15. D 16. D 17. D 18. C 19. A 20. B Part II Reading Comprehension 21. B 22. A 23. C 24. C 25. D 26. C 27. B 28. A 29. D 30. A 31. B 32. C 33. A 34. D 35. B 36. D 37. D 38. A 39. C 40. B Part IIIVocabulary 41. B 42. D 43. D 44. C 45. A 46. D 47. B 48. C 49. A 50. B 51. C 52. B 53. A 54. A 55. B 56. D 57. C 58. D 59. B 60. A 61. C 62. C 63. D 64. A 65. C 66. B 67. C 68. D 69. B 70. A PartIVErrorCorrection 71. had→has 72. directly→indirectly 73. into→onto/on 74. too→so 75. planet→planets 390淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 76. head→mind 77. little→much 78. consider→considering 79. they→/(删) 80. arriving→arrivingat(或 reaching) PartVWriting HowIFinanceMyCollegeEducation With the rapid development of higher education in China, and more high school graduates admitted, universities can no longer be financed exclusively by the governmentandstudentsmustpayatleastpartlyfortheirschooling. There are various ways for a student to pay his tuition and fees. To begin with, if the student is quite excellent in his studies, he can apply for scholarship. Secondly, especially in China, he can always depend on his parents for all kinds of expenditure, includingliving allowances.Then, hecanchoosetoturntothebankfora loantopayhis waythroughuniversity,whichhecanrepayaftergraduation.Ifhefindsalltheabovenot desirable, he still had another road to take-to do a part-time job and work his way through. In my case, I am fortunate enough to be born into a well-to-do family and have no difficultyhavingmyparentspayforallmyfees.Butasacollegestudent,Idislikeatotally dependent existence, so I am working part-time as a newspaper-boy to help support myself. And I am also studying hard, hoping to win some scholarship or awards one day sothatIcanbewhollyself-reliantandindependent. 391淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 2000年1月听力原文 SectionA 1. M:IhopeIwon’toversleep.I’vesimplygottocatchthefirstflighttoNewYork. W:If Iwere you, I’drequest thewake-up call from thehotel reception. Q:What does thewoman advisetheman to do? 2. M:Next,shouldn’twegetatelephoneinstalledinthehall? W:Fixing theshowerpipeis far more important. Q:What dowelearn from theconversation? 3. M: I’ve noticed that you get letters form Canada from time to time. Would you mindsavingthestampsforme?Mysistercollectsthem. W:My roommatealready asked forthem. Q:What does thewoman imply? 4. M:What’sthematter?You’vebeensittingthereforages,juststaringintospace. W:I toldtheBrownings I’dsendthem apostcard. Now Idon’t knowwhat tosay. Q:What’s thewoman doing? 5. M: My chemistry project is in trouble. My partner and I have totally different ideas abouthowtoproceed. W:You shouldtry tomeet each otherhalfway. Q:What does thewoman suggest? 6. M: I’m frustrated. We’re supposed to do our assignment on the computer, but I havedifficultygettingaccesstothecomputersinthelibrary. W: I understand the way you feel. I’m looking forward to the day when I can afford toget myown. Q:What does thewoman mean? 7. M: The visiting economist is speaking tonight, but Dr. Johnson doesn’t seem to thinkmuchofhim. W:That’s because Dr.Johnson comes from an entirely different school ofthought. Q:What dowelearn from thewoman’s remark? 8. M:I’msorryImissedthefootballgame,butIhadaterriblecold. W:You didn’t missanything.Wecouldn’thave played worse. Q:What does thewoman imply? 392淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 9. M:IthinkI’mgoingtogiveupplayingtennis.Ilostagaintoday. W:Just because you lost?It that thereason to quit? Q:What does thewoman imply? 10. M: Jane, what would you do if you were on vacation overseas and lost all your moneyandcreditcards? W: Well, I guess I’d probably sell my watch and camera... Or I might get a job as a waitress somewhere tillImade enoughmoney tobuyaplane ticket to return home. Q:What are they talking about? Section B Passage1 Most people know what a hot dog is. It’s a sausage in a roll. But do you know why it’s called a hot dog? Well, the long red sausage which goes into a hotdog is called a Frankfurter. It got its name from the German town Frankfurt. The sausages were very popular, but hot frankfurters were difficult to sell in crowds. One man, Harry Stevens, had the job of feeding the crowds in baseball games. He had an idea. Why not put the frankfurters in long, hot bread rolls? This made them easy to sell. The “red hot” had a hot and attractive taste and became very popular. But in 1903, an American cartoonist drew a long German sausage dog in place of the frankfurter so a frankfurter in a roll soon became known as a “hot dog”. It was a joke, but some people really thought the sausagescontaineddogmeat.Forawhile,salesofhotdogsfailed,butnotforlong. 11. Whatisafrankfurter? 12. WhatwasHarryStevens’job? 13. Whydidsalesofhotdogsdecreaseforsometime? Passage2 We all scream for water when thirsty, but do you know in very hot, dry weather, plantsalsomakefaintsounds—asiftheyarecryingoutforhelp? Yousee, in a plant’sstem thereare hundredsof “water pipes” thatbring water and minerals from the soil all the way up to the leaves. As the ground turns dry, it becomes harderandharderfortheplantstodothis. In severe droughts, plants have to fight to pull out any water available. Scientist Robert winter has found out that when it is really bad their water pipes snap from the tension like rubber bands. When that happens, the whole plant vibrates a little. The snappingpipesmakenoisestenthousandtimesmorequietthanawhisper. Robertknows that healthy,well-watered plantsare quiet.He also knows that many insects prefer attacking dry plants rather than healthy plants. How do the insects know 393淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 whicharehealthyplantsandwhicharenot?Robertthinksthattheinsectsmaylistenfor theplantsthatcryandthentheymaybuzzintokill. To test his theory, Robert is using a device that can imitate plant cries. He attaches it to a quiet, healthy plant so the plant sounds thirsty. Then he watches insects to see if theyattackmoreoftenthanusual. If he is right, scientists could use the insects’ ability against them. They could build trapsthatimitatecryingplants.Sowhentheinsectsbuzzintoeat,theywon’tbuzzout. 14. Whatdoplantsdowhentheyarethirsty? 15. Whatplantsdomanyinsectstendtoattack? 16. WhatcouldscientistsdoifRobert’stheoryprovestobetrue? Passage3 Peopleenjoytakingtrips,butwhatarethereasonstheyleavehome?Onereasonis for education.People travel because theywantto broaden their horizons to learn about other people and other places. They are curious about other cultures. When people are tourists, they get a quick look at different ways of living. Even a short look at another kindoflifestyleisanimportantlesson. On a trip, a person can learn directly—by visiting museums and historic spots. What does a tourist learn who sees the art museums, visits the historical palaces and other scenic spots in Paris, and shops along the River Seine? He gets a vivid picture—a real-life—oneoftheFrenchpeople.Helearnsabouttheirattitudes,howtheyfeelabout business,beautyandhistory. Whatabout thetourist who goes toHong Kong? Doesheget the same information that he could get from a book? he might read that Hong Kong is crowded, that there is less than 200 square metersof space for each person, but seeing and feeling the lack of space will impress him much more. He might read that there are nearly 200 vehicles for everykilometer of roadway, but the sight ofso manyvehicles parkedalong theroadside will be a much more vivid lesson. The tourist to Hong Kong will never forget the contrasts—thestraightverticallinesofthetallmodernbuildingsandthemovinglinesof boatsthatpeoplelivein. 17. Whydopeopleleavehometotravelaccordingtothepassage? 18. WhatdowelearnfromthepassageaboutParis? 19. WhatimpressionwillatouristgetofHongKong? 20. Whatdoesthepassagetellusabouttravelling? 394淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 2000年6月大学英语六级(CET-6)真题试卷 Part I Listening Comprehension(20 minutes) SectionA Directions: In this section, you will hear 10 short conversations. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the question will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A), B), C) and D), and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre. Example: Youwillhear: Youwillread:A)2hours. B) 3hours. C)4hours D)5hours. Fromtheconversationweknowthatthetwoaretalkingaboutsomeworktheywill startat9o’clockinthemorningandhavetofinishat2intheafternoon.Therefore,D)“5 hours” is the correct answer. You should choose [D] on the Answer Sheet and mark it withasingleasinglelinethroughthecentre. SampleAnswer[A][B][C][D] 1. A)Buysometraveller’schecks. B) Borrowsomemoney from afriend. C)Check thebrakes and tires. D)Spend sometimetravelling. 2. A)Heisveryforgivingandtolerant. B) Heprobably has a poormemory. C)Heis well liked byhis customers. D)He has been introduced to thestaff. 3. A)Hethinksthebookshouldincludemoreinformation. B) Hedoesn’t think itnecessary to providetheanswers. C)Theanswers will beadded in a lateredition. D)The bookdoes include theanswers. 395淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 4. A)Announceappealsforpublicservice. B) Hold acharity concert to raisemoney. C)Ask theschool radio station forhelp. D)Pool money to fund theradio station. 5. A)Shetalkedwiththeconsultantaboutthenewprogramuntiltwo. B) Shecouldn’t talk to theconsultant before two. C)Shewould talk tothe consultant during lunch. D)Shecouldn’t contact theconsultant’ssecretary. 6. A)Theyareequallycompetentforthejob. B)They both graduated from art schools. C)They majored in different areas ofart. D)They are both willingto draw theposters. 7. A)Atabookstore. B)At an art museum. C)At a newspaperoffice. D)At agymnasium. 8. A)ThewomanreceivedaphonecallfromMarkyesterday. B)Theman injured Mark inatraffic accident yesterday. C)Theman met a friend bychance. D)The woman contacted Mark onbusiness. 9. A)Themanshouldstayupandwatchtheprogram. B)Theman should read somethingexcitinginstead. C)Theman should go to bed at eleven. D)The man shouldgive upwatching themovie. 10. A)Studentswithalibrarycardcancheckanybookout. B) Reference books are not allowed tobechecked out. C)Only studentswith a library cardcan check out reference books. D)The number ofbooks astudent can check out isunlimited. Section B Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best 396淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre. PassageOne Questions11to13arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard. 11. A)Tofindoutwhethertheytakemusiclessonsintheirsparetime. B)Tofind out whether they can namefour different musicalinstruments. C)Tofind out whether they enjoy playing musical instruments inschool. D)Tofind out whether they differin theirpreference formusical instruments. 12. A)Theyfindthemtoohardtoplay. B)They think it silly to play them. C)They find itnot challenging enough to play them. D)They consider itimportant to bedifferent from girls. 13. A)Childrenwhohaveprivatemusictutors. B) Children who are 8orolder. C)Children who are between 5and 7. D)Children who are well-educated. PassageTwo Questions14to16arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard. 14. A)Becausethereweren’tanyprofessionalteamsintheU.S.then. B) Because Pelehadn’t retired from theBrazilian NationalTeam yet. C)Because thisfast-moving sport wasn’t familiar to manyAmericans. D)Because good professional players received lowsalaries. 15. A)Whenithasalargenumberoffans. B)When itplays at home. C)When ithas many international stars playing for it. D)When the fans cheerenthusiastically forit. 16. A)Itwasn’tamongthetopfourteams. B) It didn’t play as well as expected. C)It wontheWorld Cup. 397淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 D)It placed fourth. PassageThree Questions17to20arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard. 17. A)StudentsfromAmerica. B) Studentsfrom England. C)StudentsfromAustralia. D)Students from Japan. 18. A)Thosewhoknowhowtoprogramcomputers. B)Thosewho get special aid from theirteachers. C)Thosewho are very hardworking. D)Those who have well-educated parents. 19. A)JapanesestudentsstudymuchharderthanColumbianstudents. B) Columbianstudents score higherthan Japanese students in maths. C)Columbianstudents are more optimisticabout theirmaths skills. D)Japanese studentshave better conditions forstudy. 20. A)Physics. B) Mathematics. C)Environmental science. D)Life science. Part IIReading Comprehension(35 minutes) Directions: There are 4 reading passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should decide onthe best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through thecentre. PassageOne Questions21to25arebasedonthefollowingpassage. In the 1920s demandfor American farm productsfell, as Europeancountriesbegan to recover from World War I and instituted austerity (紧缩) programs to reduce their imports. The result was a sharp drop in farm prices. This period was more disastrous for farmers than earlier times had been, because farmers were no longer self-sufficient. They were paying for machinery, seed, and fertilizer, and they were also buying 398淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 consumer goods. The prices of the items farmers bought remained constant, while prices they received for their products fell. These developments were made worse by theGreatDepression,whichbeganin1929andextendedthroughoutthe1939s. In 1929, under President Herbert Hoover, the Federal Farm Board was organized. It established the principle of direct interference with supply and demand, and it represented the first national commitment to provide greater economic stability for farmers. PresidentHoover’s successor attached even more importance to this problem. One ofthefirstmeasuresproposedbyPresidentFranklin D.Rooseveltwhenhetook officein 1933 was the Agricultural Adjustment Act, which was subsequently passed by Congress. This law gave the Secretary of Agriculture the power to reduce production through voluntary agreements with farmers who were paid to take their land out of use. A deliberate scarcity of farm products was planned in an effort to raise prices. This law was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court on the grounds that general taxes were being collected to pay one special group of people. However, new laws were passed immediately that achieved the same result of resting soil and providing flood-control measures, but which were based on the principle of soil conservation. The Roosevelt Administration believed that rebuilding the nation’s soil was in the national interestandwasnotsimplyaplantohelpfarmersattheexpenseofothercitizens.Later the government guaranteed loans to farmers so that they could buy farm machinery, hybrid(杂交)grain,andfertilizers. 21. WhatbroughtaboutthedeclineinthedemandforAmericanfarmproducts? A)The impact of theGreat Depression. B)Theshrinking of overseas markets. C)Thedestruction caused bytheFirstWorldWar. D)The increased exportsofEuropean countries. 22. The chief concern of the American government in the area of agriculture in the 1920swas________. A)toincrease farm production B) toestablish agricultural laws C)toprevent farmers from going bankrupt D)topromotethemechanization ofagriculture 23. TheAgriculturalAdjustmentActencouragedAmericanfarmersto________. A)reduce theirscale ofproduction B) makefull useof theirland C)adjust theprices oftheirfarm products D)be self-sufficient in agricultural production 399淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 24. The Supreme Court rejected the Agricultural Adjustment Act because it believed thattheAct________. A)might cause greaterscarcity offarm products B) didn’t give theSecretary ofAgricultureenough power C)would benefitneither thegovernment northefarmers D)benefited one group ofcitizens at theexpenseofothers 25. It was claimed that the new laws passed during the Roosevelt Administration were aimedat________. A)reducing thecost of farming B) conserving soilin thelong-term interest ofthenation C)lowering theburden offarmers D)helping farmers withoutshifting theburden onto othertaxpayers PassageTwo Questions26to30arebasedonthefollowingpassage. In the 1950s, the pioneersof artificial intelligence (AI) predicted that, by theend of this century, computers would be conversing with us at work and robots would be performing our housework. But as useful as computers are, they’re nowhere close to achieving anything remotely resembling these early aspirations for humanlike behavior. Never mind something as complex as conversation: the most powerful computers struggle to reliably recognize the shape of an object, the most elementary of tasks for a ten-month-oldkid. A growing group of AI researchers think they know where the field went wrong. The problem, the scientists say, is that AI has been trying to separate the highest, most abstract levels of thought, like language and mathematics, and to duplicate them with logical, step-by-stepprograms. A newmovement in AI, on theother hand, takesa closer look at the more roundabout way in which nature came up with intelligence. Many of these researchers study evolution and natural adaptation instead of formal logic and conventional computer programs. Rather than digital computers and transistors, some want to work with brain cells and proteins. The results of these early efforts are as promising as they are peculiar, and the new nature-based AI movement is slowly but surelymovingtotheforefrontofthefield. Imitating the brain’s neural (神经的) network is a huge step in the right direction, says computer scientist and biophysicist Michael Conrad, but it still misses an important aspect of natural intelligence. “People tend to treat the brain as if it were made up of color-coded transistors”, he explains, “but it’s not simply a clever network of switches. There are lots of important things going on inside the brain cells themselves.” Specifically, Conrad believes that many of the brain’s capabilities stem from the pattern recognition proficiency of the individual molecules that make up each brain cell. The bestwaytobuildandartificiallyintelligentdevice,heclaims,wouldbetobuilditaround 400淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 thesamesortofmolecularskills. Rightnow,theoptionthatconventionalcomputersandsoftwarearefundamentally incapable of matching the processes that take place in the brain remains controversial. Butif it provestrue, thentheeffortsof ConradandhisfellowAI rebelscouldturnout to betheonlygameintown. 26. Theauthorsaysthatthepowerfulcomputersoftoday________. A)are capableof reliably recognizingtheshape of an object B) are closeto exhibiting humanlikebehavior C)are not very different intheir performance from those ofthe50’s D)stillcannot communicatewith people ina human language 27. Thenewtrendinartificialintelligenceresearchstemsfrom________. A)theshift of thefocus of studyonto therecognitionof theshapes ofobjects B) the belief that human intelligence cannot be duplicated with logical, step-by-step programs C)theaspirations ofscientists toduplicate theintelligence ofa ten-month-old child D) the efforts made by scientists in the study of the similarities between transistors and brain cells 28. Conrad and his group of AI researchers have been making enormous efforts to ________. A)find a roundabout way to design powerful computers B) builda computerusing aclever network of switches C)find out howintelligence developed in nature D)separate thehighest andmost abstract levels ofthought 29. What’stheauthor’sopinionaboutthenewAImovement? A) It has created a sensation among artificial intelligence researchers but will soon dieout. B) It’sa breakthrough induplicating human thought processes. C)It’smore likeapeculiar game rather than a real scientific effort. D) It may prove to be in the right direction though nobody is sure of its future prospects. 30. Whichof the following is closest in meaning to the phrase “the onlygame in town” (Line3,Para.4)? A)The only approach to buildingan artificially intelligent computer. B)Theonly way for them towin a prizein artificial intelligence research. 401淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 C)Theonly areaworth studying incomputer science. D)The only gamethey would liketoplay intown. PassageThree Questions31to35arebasedonthefollowingpassage: Cars account for half the oil consumed in the U.S., about half the urban pollution andone fourth the greenhouse (温室) gases. Theytakea similar toll of (损耗) resources in other industrial nations and in the cities of the developing world. As vehicle use continues to increase in the coming decade, the U.S. and other countries will have to deal with these issues or else face unacceptable economic, health-related and political costs. It is unlikely that oil prices will remain at their current low level or that other nationswillacceptalargeandgrowingU.S.contributiontoglobalclimaticchange. Policymakers and industry have four options: reduce vehicle use, increase the efficiency and reduce the emissions of conventional gasoline-powered vehicles, switch to less harmful fuels, or find less polluting driving systems. The last of these—in particular the introduction of vehicles powered by electricity—is ultimately the only sustainable option. The other alternatives are attractive in theory but in practice are either impractical or offer only marginal improvements. For example, reduced vehicle use could solve traffic problems and a host of social and environmental problems, but evidence from around the world suggests that it is very difficult to make people give up their cars to any significant extent. In the U.S., mass-transit ridership and carpooling (合 伙用车) have declined since World War II. Even in Western Europe, with fuel prices averagingmorethan$1a liter(about$4a gallon)andwitheasilyaccessiblemasstransit anddensepopulations,carsstillaccountfor80percentofallpassengertravel. Improved energy efficiency is also appealing, but automotive fuel economy has barely made any progress in 10 years. Alternative fuels such as natural gas, burned in internal-combustion engines, could be introduced at relatively low cost, but they would lead to only marginal reductions in pollution and greenhouse emissions (especially becauseoil companiesarealreadyspending billionsofdollarsevery year todevelopless pollutingtypesofgasoline). 31. Fromthepassageweknowthattheincreaseduseofcarswill________. A)consume halfof theoilproduced in theworld B) have serious consequences forthewell-being ofall nations C)widen thegap between thedeveloped and developing countries D)imposean intolerableeconomic burden onresidents oflarge cities 32. TheU.S.hastodealwiththeproblemsarisingfromvehicleusebecause________. A)mostAmericans are reluctant to switch to publictransportation systems B) thepresent level ofoil prices is considered unacceptable C)othercountries willprotest itsincreasing greenhouseemissions 402淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 D)it shouldtake alead inconserving natural resources 33. Which of the following is the best solution to the problems mentioned in the passage? A)The designing ofhighly efficient car engines. B)Areduction ofvehicle usein cities. C)Thedevelopment ofelectriccars. D)The useofless polluting fuels. 34. Which of the following is practical but only makes a marginal contribution to solvingtheproblemofgreenhouseemissions? A)The useoffuels otherthan gasoline. B) Improved energy efficiency. C)Theintroduction ofless polluting drivingsystems. D)Reducing car usebycarpooling. 35. WhichofthefollowingstatementsisTRUEaccordingtothepassage? A) The decline of public transportation accounts for increased car use in Western Europe. B) Cars are popular inWestern Europeeven though fuel prices are fairly high. C) The reduction of vehicle use is the only sustainable option in densely populated Western Europe. D) Western European oil companies cannot sustain the cost of developing new-type fuels. PassageFour Questions36to40arebasedonthefollowingpassage. Reebok executives do not like to hear their stylish athletic shoes called “footwear for yuppies (雅皮士,少壮高薪职业人士)”. They contend that Reebok shoes appeal to diverse market segments, especially now that the company offers basketball and children’s shoes for the under-18 set and walking shoes for older customers not interested in aerobics (健身操) or running. The executives also point out that through recent acquisitions they have added hiking boots, dress and casual shoes, and high-performance athletic footwear to their product lines, all of which should attract newandvariedgroupsofcustomers. Still, despite its emphasis on new markets, Reebok plans few changes in the upmarket (高档消费人群的) retailing network that helped push sales to $1 billion annually,aheadofall othersportsshoemarketers.Reebokshoes, which arepricedfrom $27 to $85, will continue to be sold only in better specialty, sporting goods, and department stores, in accordance with the company’s view that consumers judge the 403淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 qualityofthebrandbythequalityofitsdistribution. Inthepastfewyears, theMassachusetts-based companyhasimposedlimitsonthe number of its distributors (and the number of shoes supplied to stores), partly out of necessity. At times the unexpected demand for Reebok’s exceeded supply, and the company could barely keep up with orders from the dealers it already had. These fulfillment problems seem to be under control now, but the company is still selective about its distributors. At present, Reebok shoes are available in about five thousand retailstoresintheUnitedStates. Reebok has already anticipated that walking shoes will be the next fitness-related craze, replacing aerobics shoes the same way its brightly colored, soft leather exercise footwear replaced conventional running shoes. Through product diversification and careful market research, Reebok hopes to avoid the distribution problems Nike came across several years ago, when Nike misjudged the strength of the aerobics shoe craze andwasforcedtounloadhugeinventoriesofrunningshoesthroughdiscountstores. 36. One reason why Reebok’s managerial personnel don’t like their shoes to be called “footwearforyuppies”isthat________. A)they believe that their shoes are popularwith peopleof different age groups B) newproduction lineshave been added toproduce inexpensiveshoes C)“yuppies” usuallyevokes anegative image D)theterm makes people thinkof prohibitiveprices 37. Reebok’s view that “consumers judge the quality of the brand by the quality of its distribution”(Line5,Para.2)impliesthat________. A)thequality ofa brand is measured bytheservice qualityof thestoreselling it B) thequality ofaproduct determines thequality ofitsdistributors C)thepopularity ofa brandis determined bythestores that sell it D)consumers believe that first-rate products are only sold byhigh-quality stores 38. Reebokoncehadtolimitthenumberofitsdistributorsbecause________. A)its supply ofproducts fell short of demand B) toomany distributors would cut into itsprofits C)thereduction ofdistributorscould increaseitsshare ofthemarket D)it wanted toenhance consumer confidence in its products 39. Although the Reebok Company has solved the problem of fulfilling its orders, it ________. A)does notwant to further expand itsretailing network B) stilllimitsthe numberof shoes supplied tostores C)is still particular about who sells itsproducts 404淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 D)stillcarefully chooses the manufacturers of itsproducts 40. WhatlessonhasReeboklearnedfromNike’sdistributionproblems? A)Acompany should notsell its high qualityshoes indiscount stores. B)Acompany should not limititsdistribution network. C)Acompany should dofollow-up surveys ofits products. D)Acompany should correctly evaluate theimpact of anew crazeonthe market. PartIIIVocabulary (20 minutes) Directions: There are 30 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Choose the ONE that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with asinglelinethrough thecentre. 41. For many patients, institutional care is the most ________ and beneficial form of care. A)pertinent B) appropriate C)acute D)persistent 42. Among all the changes resulting from the ________ entry of women into the work force, the transformation that has occurred in the women themselves is not the leastimportant. A)massive B) quantitative C)surplus D)formidable 43. Mr. Smith became very ________ when it was suggested that he had made a mistake. A)ingenious B) empirical C)objective D)indignant 44. Rumours are everywhere, spreading fear, damaging reputations, and turning calm situationsinto________ones. A)turbulent 405淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 B) tragic C)vulnerable D)suspicious 45. The ________ cycle of life and death is a subject of interest to scientists and philosophersalike. A)incompatible B) exceeding C)instantaneous D)eternal 46. Sheremainsconfidentand________untroubledbyourpresentproblems. A)indefinitely B) infinitely C)optimistically D)seemingly 47. Fiber-opticcablescancarryhundredsoftelephoneconversations________. A)simultaneously B) spontaneously C)homogeneously D)contemporarily 48. Thepolicewerealertedthattheescapedcriminalmightbeinthe________. A)vain B) vicinity C)court D)jail 49. Whether you live to eat or eat to live, food is a major ________ in every family’s budget. A)nutrition B) expenditure C)routine D)provision 50. NowapaperinSciencearguesthatorganicchemicalsintherockcomemostlyfrom ________onearthratherthanbacteriaonMars. A)configuration 406淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 B) constitution C)condemnation D)contamination 51. There is much I enjoy about the changing seasons, but my favorite time is the ________fromfalltowinter. A)transmission B) transformation C)transition D)transfer 52. I think we need to see an investment ________ before we make an expensive mistake. A)guide B) entrepreneur C)consultant D)assessor 53. The________onthisapartmentexpiresinayear’stime. A)treaty B) lease C)engagement D)subsidy 54. TheelderlyRussiansfindithardtoliveontheirstate________. A)pensions B) earnings C)salaries D)donations 55. There is supposed to be a safety ________ which makes it impossible for trains to collide. A)appliance B) accessory C)machine D)mechanism 56. Afterfouryearsinthesamejobhisenthusiasmfinally________. A)deteriorated 407淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 B) dispersed C)dissipated D)drained 57. Noonecanfunctionproperlyiftheyare________ofadequatesleep. A)deprived B) ripped C)stripped D)contrived 58. Foryearsnow,the peopleof thatfarawaycountry havebeen cruelly________ bya dictator. A)depressed B) immersed C)oppressed D)cursed 59. Ever since the rise of industrialism, education has been ________ towards producingworkers. A)harnessed B) hatched C)motivated D)geared 60. Theprospectofincreasedpriceshasalready________worries. A)provoked B) irritated C)inspired D)hoisted 61. The suspect ________ that he had not been in the neighbourhood at the time of thecrime. A)advocated B) alleged C)addressed D)announced 62. Although the colonists ________ to some extent with the Native Americans, the Indians’influenceonAmericancultureandlanguagewasnotextensive. 408淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 A)migrated B) matched C)mingled D)melted 63. E-mail is a convenient, highly democratic informal medium for conveying messages that________welltohumanneeds. A)adheres B) reflects C)conforms D)satisfies 64. Thewingsofthebirdstill________afterithadbeenshotdown. A)slapped B) scratched C)flapped D)fluctuated 65. The disagreement over trade restrictions could seriously ________ relations betweenthetwocountries. A)tumble B) jeopardize C)manipulate D)intimidate 66. When you put up wallpaper, should you ________ the edges or put them next to eachother? A)coincide B) extend C)overlap D)collide 67. Under the present system, state enterprises must ________ all profits to the government. A)turn down B) turn up C)turn out D)turn in 409淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 68. Oil companies in the U.S. are already beginning to feel the pressure. Refinery workersandpetroleum-equipment-manufacturingemployeesarebeing________. A)laid out B) laid off C)laid down D)laid aside 69. We’ll________youforanydamagedonetoyourhousewhileweareinit. A)compensate B) remedy C)supplement D)retrieve 70. Shecutherhairshortandtriedto________herselfasaman. A)decorate B) disguise C)fabricate D)fake Part IVErrorCorrection (15 minutes) Directions: This part consists of a short passage. In this passage, there are altogether 10 mistakes, one in each numbered line. You may have to change a word, add a word or delete a word. Mark out the mistakes and put the corrections in the blanks provided. If you change a word, cross it out and write the correct word in the corresponding blank. If you add a word, put an insertion mark (∧) in the right place and write the missing word in the blank. If you delete aword, crossit andput aslash(/) in theblank. Example: Televisionisrapidlybecomingtheliteratureofourperiods╱. 1. time/times/period Manyoftheargumentshaving╱ usedforthestudyofliteratureas 2. _______\_______ aschoolsubjectarevalidfor ∧ studyoftelevision. 3.______the______ When you start talking about good and bad manners you immediately start meeting difficulties. Many people just cannot agree what they mean. We asked a lady, who replied that she thought you could tell a well-mannered person on the way they (71) occupied the space around them—for example, when such a person walks down a street he or she is constantly unaware of (72) others. Such people never bump into otherpeople. However, a second person thought that this was more a question of civilized 410淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 behavior as good manners. Instead, this (73) other person told us a story, it he said was quitewell known, (74)about an Americanwho had beeninvitedto an Arabmeal at (75) one of the countries of the Middle East. The American hasn’t (76) been told very much aboutthekindoffoodhemightexpect.If hehadknownaboutAmericanfood,he might havebehaved(77)better. Immediately before him was a very flat piece of bread that looked, to him, very muchasanapkin(餐巾） Pickingit(78)up,heputitintohiscollar,sothatitfallsacross hisshirt.(79) His Arab host, who had been watching, said of nothing, but (80) immediately copiedtheactionofhisguest. Andthat,saidthissecondperson,wasafineexampleofgoodmanners. PartVWriting(30 minutes) Directions: For this part, you are allowed thirty minutes to write a composition on the topic Is a Test of Spoken English Necessary? The first sentence has already been written for you. You should write at least 120 words, and base your composition ontheoutlinegiven in Chinesebelow: 1. 很多人认为有必要举行口语考试，理由是 ······ 2. 也有人持不同的意见，······ 3. 我的看法和打算 IsaTestofSpokenEnglishNecessary? A test of spoken English will be included as an optional component of the College EnglishTest(CET). 411淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 2000年6月六级参考答案 Part IListeningComprehension 1. D 2. B 3. D 4. C 5. B 6. A 7. C 8. C 9. D 10. B 11. D 12. A 13. B 14. C 15. B 16. A 17. A 18. D 19. C 20. A Part II Reading Comprehension 21. B 22. C 23. D 24. D 25. D 26. D 27. B 28. C 29. B 30. D 31. B 32. C 33. C 34. B 35. B 36. A 37. D 38. A 39. C 40. D Part IIIVocabulary 41. B 42. A 43. D 44. A 45. D 46. C 47. A 48. B 49. B 50. B 51. C 52. C 53. B 54. A 55. D 56. D 57. A 58. C 59. D 60. A 61. B 62. C 63. C 64. C 65. B 66. C 67. C 68. B 69. A 70. B PartIVErrorCorrection 71. on → by 72. unaware → aware 73. as → than 74. it → which 75. at → in 412淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 76. hasn’t → hadn’t 77. American → Arab 78. as → like 79. falls → fell 80. of→/ PartVWriting IsaTestofspokenEnglishNecessary? A test of spoken English will be included as an optional component of the College English Test (CET). We have all taken, and are thus familiar with, English tests of many kinds, but so far most of them are written ones. Have you any idea of what a spoken English test will be like, and is it necessary to go to all the trouble to hold or takesuch a test?Peopledifferintheiranswers. Many people will think it necessary. They know that although they have taken dozens, even hundreds, of English tests ever since they started learning it and many even have got surprisingly high marks, few of them can express themselves freely in spokenEnglish,andifpeoplecan’tspeakawordofit,what’sthesenseoflearningitand what do those high marks mean?—They’re none but deaf-and-mutes before the native speakers. Furthermore, with so many college graduates and undergraduates having mutes before the native speakers. Furthermore, with so many college graduates and undergraduates having passed CET4 and CET6, a test of spoken English is a further way to tell the excellent from the not so excellent. Finally, it is viewed as a new challenge to thosewho“liveandlearn”. There are, however, also people who think differently. Besides the pains in preparationforsuch anewkindoftest,thereisalsotheuncertaintyaboutthereliability and objectivity of the marking system, which may depend mainly on human (and thus subjective) scoring instead of on machine scoring, as in the case of a standardized objectivetestsuchasCET4andCET6. At the prospect of this optional test, I feel encouraged and regard it as a welcome challengeandanotheropportunitytoimprovemylanguageabilityandcareerpotentials. I am determined to practice my oral English more often, and if I am qualified for such a test,Iwillnothesitateamomenttoapplyforit. 413淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 2000年6月六级答案详解 Part IListeningComprehension 1. 答案为D 本题测试点: 要点归纳及句意推论。“checkbrakesandtires”，“enough money”及“I’msureit’sgoingtobeawonderfultrip”等都与“trip”有关。 2. 答案为 B 本题测试点: 同义转换:alittleforgetful=apoormemory. 3. 答案为 D 本题测试点: 省略句“But it does”在上下文中的完整意义是“But the bookdoesincludeanswerstothequestions.”,需对对话双方话语理解，概括。 4. 答案为 C 本题测试点: 特殊省略问句 Howabout...的功能意念: 通常是一种建 议。 5. 答案为 B 本题测试点:until 句型及要点是归纳:Icontactedthisoffice,but... 6. 答案为 A 本题测试点: 短语 makedifference 及修辞问句“Whatdifferencedoes itmake?”的功能意念:=Imakesnodifference=Thereisnodifference. 7. 答案为 C 本题测试点:(工作)地点判断，关键词:“sportspage”，“editorials”等。 8. 答案为 C 本题测试点: 信息归纳: ①“The man ran into (= met by chance) a friend (make) yesterday in the streets.”②“Mark hasn’t got any phones or letters fromthewoman.”③“Thewomanhasbeenbusyinthepast2months.”选①为本题 答案所需的信息。 9. 答案为 D 本题测试点: 虚拟语气的功能意念: 题中 IfIwereyou,I’d...表示一种 婉转的建议。—skipthemovie,因为①“webothhavetogetupearlytomorrow”② “themovieisn’tnecessarilyexciting” 10. 答案为 B 本题测试点: 关键要点辨认: We can check out as many books as we needbutcan’tcheckoutanyreferencebooks. Part II Reading Comprehension 本文是一篇论述 20 世纪二、三十年代美国农业所面临的困境及美国政府采取 的种种措施帮助农业摆脱困境的说明文，全文三段，第一段为背景辅垫: 美国农业 面临的困境及其原因和对农民的灾难性后果；第二、三段为主体，美国政府振兴农 业的措施，尤以第三段为重点，三十年代罗斯福总统执政后采取的通过立法手段恢 复农业经济的两个阶段的措施，前一阶段通过AAA 法案直接减少耕地面积，并给农 民有偿补助；第二阶段在AAA 被最高法院认定为违宪后通过一系列殊途同归的基于 耕地保养原则的削减耕地、洪涝挽救措施。 414淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 21. 答案为 B 本题属要点归纳题，问及引起美国农产品需求量走下坡路的原因，答 案当在第一段第一句: 句中“as”即是这因果关系的关键词。A 只是使这一现象加 重的原因，C、D则明显与短文内容相悖。 22. 答案为 C 要点定位理解题。根据题意，本题答案必须从第二段确定政府采取直 接干预农业供求矛盾，原则以为农民提供更大的经济稳定性，也即预防农民破 产。选项 B属第三段内容，A 和D 明显有悖文章内容。 23. 答案为 D 本题也属要点归纳题。答案在短文第三段第三、四句，选项B、C均 属政府行为，而非鼓励农民自己运河做的事。D 与短文要点相运河甚远， self-sufficient 只在第一段提到。 24. 答案为 D 本题也属要点归纳题。根据题意，确定答案在第三段第五句(nothe groundsthat...)部分，再可结合该段倒数第二句，从另一角度论证答案D 的合理 性。A 中scarcityoffarmproducts 在上一句，不属本题要点范围，B、C 明显不 合理。 25. 答案为 D 要点归纳定位题。根据 newlaws,可确定本题问题指向第三段第二个 层次。归纳该层次要点再结合 24 题答案，即可明确答案为 D.选项 B 虽也似乎 正确，但与本文主题关系较疏远，故不选。 本文为一篇关于人工智能研究开发的说明文。第一段通过五十年代人工智能先 驱们的预言与当今现实脱节这一事实提出人工智能研究开发所面临的问题，第二段 前 2 句论及这一问题的症结: try to separate the most abstract levels of thought and duplicate them with logical programs.从第三句开始进入全文的核心: 崭新的人工智 能研究设想: 把人工智能的研究与天然智能的进化、人脑生物细胞蛋白质、人脑的 神经系统研究结合起来。第三段论述了电脑—生物物理学家Conrad对自己这方面研 究的评论、发现、启示和设想。最后一段为对这一全新的人工智能研究开发方法的 评论与总结，其中自然隐含着作者的观点与态度。 26. 答案为 D 要点归纳题。根据题意确定答案在第一段第二、三句。注意选项 A 中 “are capable of reliably recognizing...” 与 短 文 中 “struggle to reliably recognize...”(努力、竭力、试图)是不一致的，故不能选；更多的考生可能会误 选C, 但①在效能(performance)上，当天电脑与50年代的电脑相距是非常大的； ②本文探讨的是人工智能，而非电脑的一般效能，故选题时要紧扣短文主题。 27. 答案为 B 要点推论题。人工智能研究开发为什么会开辟一条全新的途径，一定 是研究中碰到了难以逾越的障碍，这就是传统研究方法上的误区，也即第二段 之第一、二句。 28. 答案为 C 要点推论题。根据题意确定答案在第三段根据 Conrad 对自己研究的 评述(says)，研究中的发现(examples)，假设(believe)与断言(claim)，可归纳推断 他们是在天然智能如何发展这一方面的研究中做了巨大的努力。 29. 答案为 B 作者观点态度推论题。如前所述，文章最后一段为作者对人工智能研 415淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 究新方法的总结，其中隐含着作者的观点，另外短文第二段最后一句中 “promising”、“surely”、第三段第一句中“ahugestepintherightdirection...”等都 流露了作者的态度一作者对新的人工智能研究运动是非常肯定的。选项A 中的 “will soon die out”，C 中的“likea game rather than”及 D 中“nobodyis sure”等均 含否定意念，不能作为答案。 30. 答案为 D 词语理解题。阅读中词语的理解也不能脱离短文主题:game 一词有 游戏、竞赛方法规则、策略、计谋、方针对行动步骤等多种释义，D 是短语的 简单改写，不可能作为答案，B 重点在获奖也与短文内容相运河甚远，也应排 除。容易混淆的是选项 C, 只是 C 侧重研究领域，即范围，而本文主题讨论研 究方法即途径。 本文为一篇论及(美国)私人轿车环境影响的说明文，第一段提出了问题的严惩 性与迫切性—尤其对于美国；第二、三段论及决策者及汽车工业面临的四大选择及 对它们可行性的评价，作者基本肯定了其中的第四个方案，即引入电气汽车(寻找污 染较短的绿色驱动系统)。 31. 答案为 B 要点归纳题—第一段落主题。选项A、C 和D均仅涉及问题的某个方 面，只有 B代表了私人轿车继续增长的真正后果。 32. 答案为 C 要点推论题。根据第一段最后一句“Itisunlikely...thatothernationswill accepta largeandgrowing U.S.contributiontoglobal climaticchange”，再结合上 文论及轿车问题和“face...politicalcost”等细节，可推知答案。 33. 答案为 C 要点定位题。根据题干中的“solution”可确定答案在第二段，又根据 “best”可进一步确定答案在该段第二句“... is the only sustainable (可持续) option”。 34. 答案为 B 要点正误判断题。要点判断各选项涉及内容可能在短文的任何地方， 但正确答案通常仍应与主题一致。A之因果关系与短文内容(第二段倒数第二句) 不一致；C 与短文内容(第二段最后一句及第一、二句)相矛盾；D 也非短文最后 一句之本意。 本文是关于 Reebok鞋业公司营销策略的一篇说明文。第一段概述(通过管理层 之口)其公司产品的目标市场；第二段论及其对高档消费人群这一块零售市场的营销 策略；第三段论及营销策略的另一方面—精选批发商；最后一段谈市场预测及营销 决策。 36. 答案为A 要点推论题。题干中的“managerialpersonnel”即为第一段的executives, 因此可知本题答案在第一段且为该段之主题: 目标市为多大，高层领导们当然 不希望自己的产品仅供应一些雅皮士，再由下文之“children’s shoes for the under-18setandwalkingforoldercustomers”更可知其目标消费是多高层次的。 容易错选的选项 B侧重公司的生产策略，故不妥。 37. 答案为 D 句意理解及要点暗示题。题干引号中那部分在第二段，答案当然应在 第二段，而该段主要论及高档消费群体的零售网—只在精品专卖屋、体育用品 416淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 专卖店及大百货商场销售。 38. 答案为 A 要点归纳题。根据题干中“limitthe number ofdistributions”确定答案 在第三段该段论及即使产品供不应求时，也要对批发商有所选择，而过运河一 段时间对批发商数量的限制主要是“outofnecessity”(迫不得已)，因为需求量出 乎意料地超过了供应能力。 39. 答案为 C 要点理解定位题。题干中的“although”与短文第三段倒数第二句之 “but”相呼应，答案即为该句的复述。 40. 答案为 D 要点推论题。Nike(耐克)一词确定答案位置在最后一段，市场预测与 决策。Nike 公司正是由于当时错误地判断了健身鞋流行的强度而导致了老产品 (runningshoes)的积压而不得不打折销售一这是市场预测不准确所导致的。 Part IIVocabulary 41. [译文]对许多病人来说，医院的正规护理是一种最合适、最有益的护理方式。 答案为 B 本题测试形容词语义理解，其中A 和C 又有近形干扰。A)pertinent 相 关的(=relevant)；B)appropriate 合适的，恰当的；C)persistent 坚持不懈的，作 用持久的；D)acute尖锐的、敏锐的；剧烈的(疼痛)。 42. [译文]在妇女大规模进入劳动大军所引起的变化中，发生在妇女自己身上的变 化绝不是不重要的。 答案为 A 本题测试，形容词与名词的语义搭配。A)大规 模的，大量的；B)量方面的(与qualitative 相对)；C)surplus过剩的；D)formidable 可怕的，令人生畏的。 43. [译文] 史密斯先生在有人暗示他犯了错误时变得非常生气。答案为 D 本题测 试: 形容词语义理解。A)ingenious 机灵的；B)empirical 经验主义的，凭经验办 事的；C)objective客观的(与subject 相对)；D)indignant生气的，愤怒的。 44. [译文]谣言四起，它传播恐惧、破坏声誉、把平静的环境搅得鸡犬不宁。答案 为 A 本题测试: 形容词上下文语义理解，答案与句中 calm 一词呼应。A) turbulent动荡的，混乱的；B)tragic悲剧的，悲惨的；C)vulnerable 脆弱的，易 受影响的；D)suspicious疑神疑鬼的。 45. [译文]生与死这一永恒的周期循环是科学家和哲学都感举的课题。答案为 D 本 题测试: 形容词语义及与名词的语义搭配。A)incompatible 不兼容的，不共戴 天的；B)exceeding 超越的，极度的(←exceed);C)instantaneous瞬间的，即刻的； D)eternal 永恒的，无休止的。 46. [译文]他们仍充满着信心，乐观而不为目前的麻烦所烦恼。答案为C 本题测试: 副词语义及语义搭配干扰。本题中的 D) seemingly (表面上，看来)也可与 untrouble 搭配，易选错，但决定本题答案的是上文的“remainsconfident”；A) indefinitely 不确定的，不明确的，无定期地；B)infinitely 无限地，无穷地；C) 417淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 optimistically乐观地，抱乐观态度地。 47. [译文]光导纤维电缆可同时传输数百门电话的交谈信号。答案为 A 本题测试: 副词语义理解及词义相关干扰。A)simultaneously同时地；B)spontaneously 自 发地，自然地；C) homogeneously 同类地，同质地；D)contemporarily 同时代 地，当代地。 48. [译文] 警察得到报警: 逃犯可能就在附近。答案为B 本题测试: 名词上下文理 解衣六级短评 inthevicinity(=intheneighborhood 在附近)。A)invain 徒劳地； C)inthecourt 在法庭上；D)inthejail在监获。 49. [译文] 不管你是为了吃而活，还是为了活而吃，食物都是每一家庭瞀中的一笔 主要开支。答案为 B 本题测试: 名词语义上下文理解。A) nutrition 营养；B) expenditure开支；C)routine惯常程序、做法；D)provision条款、给养。 50. [译文] 最近《科学》杂志上有一篇论文提出岩石中的有机物来自于地球本身的 结构成分而非火星细菌。 答案为 B 本题测试: 名词近形干扰及近义辨别。除 了四个选项均以 con-开头、-tion 结尾这一近形特点外，A 与B的词义比较接近， 容易混淆: A)configuration 表示构成的方式，即“构造、配置、地形”等；B) constitution表示结构、构成、组成，侧重“组成成分”，当是本题中可与“bacteria... Mars”对应的一个选项。C)condemnation谴责、判刑；D)contamination 污染、 弄脏。 51. [译文] 在季节变化中有许多令我欣赏的东西，而我最喜欢的时节是秋冬过渡时 期。答案为 C 本题测试: 名词近形(“trans-”)及语义相关(“转变”)的干扰。A) transmission传播，发射；B)transformation 变化，改造；C)transition 过渡，转 变；D)transfer 转移，调动，转变，转让。 52. [译文]我觉得我们在可能犯下代价沉重的大错之前应及时找一下投资顾问。答 案为 C 本题测试: 名词语义理解搭配—(investment) consultant 投资顾问。A) guide导游，向导；B)entrepreneur 企业家；D)assessor 评估者，评价者。 53. [译文] 这一公寓的租契将于一年内到期。答案为 B 本题测试: 史词语义(主谓 搭配)及介词搭配。A)treaty条约；B)lease 租契、租约，常与介词 on 连用；C) engagement婚约、约请，约会；D)subsidy 津贴|补助金，常与介词 for 连用， 如a ～ foreducation教育津贴。 54. [译文] 上了年纪的俄罗斯公民觉得仅靠国家支付给他们的养老金生活很艰难。 答案为 A 本题测试: 名词语义上下文理解及相关词义干扰。根据主语 the elderlyRussians, 可确定是以pension(政府养老金)为生了。B)earnings 收益，工 资；C)salaries薪水；D)donations捐赠，捐款。 55. [译文] 应该有一种使火车不可能相撞的安全装置。答案为D 本题测试: 名词语 义上下文理解搭配及语义相关干扰。A)appliance 器具，电器，(独立而能单独 418淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 使用的)小装置；B)accessory 附件，配件，饰品；C)machine 机器；D)mechanism (复杂的、作为大机器上一部分的)装置，机械装置，如:thebrake～ 刹车装置。 56. [译文] 在同一个岗位上干了四年后，他的热情最终慢慢枯竭了。答案为 D 本 题测试: 动词词义动词与名词的语义搭配及近义干扰。本题除A)deteriorate(使) 恶化、变坏外，其余三个选项词义相近，易混淆；B) disperse(使人群、云等) 向四周消散，散开，消失；C)dissipate挥霍浪费，驱散(乌云等)；D)drain(使) 干涸，(使热情、勇气、资源等)渐渐枯竭，减少，消失。 57. [译文] 如果被剥夺了充足的睡眠，谁的身体都无法正常运转。答案为 A 本题 测试: 动词近形近义干扰。选项 A 与 D、B 与 C 组成两对近形干扰；A 与 C 为 近义干扰，A)deprive 和 C)strip 均有“剥夺”之意，A)deprive 表示对“人之 基本需求”的剥夺，C)strip则侧重“强行、彻底”，且作为“惩罚”的一种剥 夺，本题假设对人之基本睡眠的剥夺，故选 A 较妥。B)rip扯破，撕坏；D)contrive 设法做到，谋划。 58. [译文] 多少年来，那个遥远国家的人民一直遭受着一个独裁者的压迫。答案为 C 本题测试；动词语义及近形干扰。A)depress (精神上)压抑，使沮丧，使(经 济)不景气；C)oppress(政治上)压迫；B)immerse 使沉浸(在)，使专心(于)；D)curse 诅咒。 59. [译文]从工业兴起以来，教育就一直以培养生产劳动者为方向。答案为 D 本题 测试: 动词语义理解及动词与介词的搭配。A)harness 治理，利用；B)hatch 孵 化，策划；C)motivate 驱使，动: ～ sbtodosth.;D)gear 调整(安排，组织)以 适应/合: ～ sb./sthto/towards. 60. [译文] 物价上涨的预期早已引起了人们的担忧。答案为A 本题测试: 动词词义 及动宾语义搭配。A)provoke引起，激起；B)irritate 激怒，使生气: ～ sb.;C) inspire鼓舞，赋予灵感: ～ sb.;D)hoist举起、升起、吊起(具体物品)。 61. [译文] 那个犯罪嫌疑人声称，案发当时他不在附近。答案为B 本题测试: 动词 词义及动词名型。本题中能后接that 从句的动词有B)allege声称和D)announce 通知，根据主语suspect(嫌犯)即可知B 为答案。A)advocate 倡导、支持: ～ sth.; C)address向…致词: ～ ameeting/agroupofpeople,etc. 在…上讲话。 62. [译文] 虽说在一定程度上殖民者已与土著美洲人混在一起，印第安人对美国文 化及语言的影响还是很有限的。 答案为 C 本题测试: 动词词义及动词与介词 的搭配。A)migrate移徙，移居: ～ toaplace;B)match 与…相匹配: ～ sb./sth for...;C)mingle混合，溶入: ～ with/in;D)melt溶化，溶解。 63. [译文] 电子邮件是一种非常适合人类需求的、方便、随意而高度民主的信息传 递媒介。答案为C 本题测试: 动词词义及动词与介词的搭配。A)adhere(to) 坚 持，遵守；B)reflect 反映，反射；C)conform(to) 遵守、符合、适应；D)satisfy 满足。 419淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 64. [译文] 鸟的翅膀在它被击落后仍在拍动。答案为C 本题测试: 动词词义及近形 干扰。A)slap掴，拍涂抹；B)scratch抓，抓伤；C)flap(翅翼)拍打，摆动(同 flutter); D)fluctuate(使)波动，起伏。 65. [译文] 就贸易限制的分歧可能会严惩危及两国间的关系。答案为 B 本题测试: 动词语义上下文理解。A)tumble 跌倒，暴跌，不由自主地卷入；B)jeopardize 危及，损害(jeopardy 危险+ize=endanger)；C)操作，操纵，控制；D)intimidate 恐吓，(对人)威胁(←timid)。 66. [译文] 贴墙纸时，是将边相互搭叠呢还是缝对缝挨着?答案为 C 本题测试: 动 词词义上下文理解及近义干扰、近形干扰。决定本题答案为C)overlap“(部分) 互相搭叠，交接、重叠”的是后面与之对应的 putthenexttoeachsther 不定式 短语。A)coincide (事件等)巧合，位置重合，(几乎全部地)重叠，与 overlap 之 区别在于“重叠”部分的多少；B)展开，使延伸，扩展；D)collide与A)构成近 形干扰，指车辆等的“相撞”。 67. [译文]在现行体制中，国有企业必须将所有利润上缴政府。答案为C)本题测试: 短语动词辨异。A)turndown 拒绝，(声音等)关小，(经济)萧条；B)turnup 出现， 露面，开大(声音等)；C)turnout生产，关掉(声音等)，结果证明是，赶走，解 雇；D)turnin 上缴，交出，出卖，告发，拐人。 68. [译文]美国的石油公司早已感受到这种压力，有些炼油工人及制造石油设备的 工作开始下岗。答案为B)本题测试: 短语动词辨异。A)layout陈列，布置，设 计布局；B)layoff 使下岗，(暂时)解聘，搁在一边；C)laydown 放下，放弃， 铺设，制订；D)layaside 搁置(一边)，积攒。 69、[译文]我们会对居住期间对 你房子所遭到的破坏进行补偿的。答案为A)本题测试: 动词句型及相关词义干 扰。A)compensate 补偿，赔偿: ～ sbfordamage/losses,etc.;B)remedy补救， 纠正(错误、欠缺等)；C)supplement补充(数量之不足)，增补；D)retrieve 检索， 挽回(损失， ～ one’slosses)，补救。 70. [译文]她剪成短发，试图把自己伪装成一个男子。答案为 B)本题测试: 动词相 关语义相扰及动词句型。A)decorate装饰；B)disguise 伪装，假扮成 ～ sbassb. else；C)fabricate 捏造，伪造(故事、借口等)；D)fake 仿造，伪造(笔迹，假币 等)。 PartIVErrorCorrection 本文论述人们就 goodandbadmanners的观点分歧，并通过两个实例来阐述以 上主题。 71. on → by本题考点: 介词搭配，根据人们如何占用周围空间的方式来判断。本 题易错改well-mannered为good-mannered, 但well-mannered为正确的复合词， 有礼貌的、行为端庄的。 72. unaware → aware本题考点: 上下文理解 → 反义词。suchaperson指上文的 420淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 well-manneredperson, 当然在街上 走时不会“目中无人”。 73. as → than 本题考点: 比较连词的关键搭配。根据上一行中之 more 即可确定 改as为than. 74. it → which 本题考点: 句子结构，代词及定语从句。逗号后，人称代词 he 前 的代词 it显然不可能出现在正常的英语语句中，根据本句主从句的结构分析， 即可确定两逗号间为一非限制定语从句。 75. at → in 本题考点: 介词基本用法。country 前一段用介词in. 76. hasn’t → hadn’t 本题考点: 时态。综观进过第二实例的二、三、四段，短文全 部倩了过去时间的时态。 77. American → Arab 本题考点: 上下文理解 → 相关词(反义)。第二例讲述的是一 位赴阿拉伯传统餐宴的美国人不了解阿拉伯食品，闹出笑话，而主人顺水推舟， 以自己的行为挽回美国人面子这样的一个故事。77 题所在句子为虚拟语气: 如 果他了解阿拉伯食品，他也许不至于如此举止。 78. as → like本题考点: 易淆介词as意为“作为”，like意为“象”，根据本行意 思，这里当是: 摆在他(美国人)面前一大片很薄的面包，在他眼里看上去非常像 一块餐巾。因此，他就把那块面包拿起，塞到衣领里，让它挂在衬衫前。 79. falls → fell本题考点: 时态，阐述见76 题。本句意思为: 因此，他就把那块面 包拿起，塞到衣领里，让它挂在衬衫前。 80. of→ 删，本题考点: 动词句型。say后换 something等复合代词时为及物动词， 不用介词，本句中 saidnothing 为与后面copied并列的两个主句谓语动词。 PartVWriting 421淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 2000年6月听力原文 SectionA 1. M:Haveyouhadthebrakesandtireschecked?Anddoyouhaveenoughmoney? W:I’vetaken care ofeverything and I’m sure it’s going tobe awonderful trip. Q:What isthewoman going todo? 2. M:Thenewsalesmanagersayshehavenevermetyoubefore. W:We’ve been introduced about three times. He seems alittle forgetful. Q:What dowelearn about thenew sales manager? 3. W: I don’t understand why this book for self study doesn’t have answers to the questions. M: But it does.Youcan find them alt theback ofthe book. Q:What does theman say about the self-study book? 4. W: We mean to let everyone know about the charity concert, but we don’t have enoughmoneyforadvertising. M: How about using the school radio station? They broadcast free public-service announcement. Q:What does theman suggest they do? 5. M:Bytheway,Jane,didyoutalktotheconsultantaboutourhealthprogram? W:I contacted hisoffice, but his secretary said hewould be out forlunch untiltwo. Q:What does thewoman mean? 6. M:Idon’tknowwhethertoaskJoeorCoratodrawtheposters. W:What difference does itmake?They’re both excellent artists. Q:What does thewoman imply about Joeand Core? 7. M: Mary is in charge of the art and music section; and Charles, the ports page. Whataboutyou? W:I’mresponsible for theeditorials. Q:Where does thewoman work? 8. M: I ran into our friend Mark yesterday on the street, and he said he hadn’t heard fromyoufortwomonths. W:Yes,Iknow,but I’ve been too busyto phonehim. Q:What dowelearn from theconversation? 422淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 9. M:I’mreallyexhausted,butIdon’twanttomissthefilmthatcomesonat11. W: If I were you, I’d skip it. We both have to get up early tomorrow, and anyway, I’ve heard itisn’t thatexciting. Q:What does thewoman mean? 10. M: I thought the librarian said we could check out as many books as we need withoutourlibrarycards. W:That’s right, but not thosereference books. Q:What does thewoman mean? Section B PassageOne The piano and violin are girls’ instruments. Drums and trumpets are for boys. According to psychologists Susan Onco and Michael Balton, children have very clear ideas about which musical instruments they should play.They find that despite the best efforts of teachers these ideas have changed very little over the past decade. They interviewed 153 children aged between 9 and 11 from schools in northwest England. They asked them to identify 4 musical instruments and then to say which they would liketo playmost and which they would least lie to play.They also asked the children for their viewson whether boysor girlsshould notplayanyof the 4 instruments. The piano and the violin were both ranked more favorably by girls than by boys, while boys prefer the drums and trumpets. There was broad agreement between boys and girls on which instrumentseach sexshould playand the reasonsvary.Andwhile almosthalf ofall boys said they avoid certain instruments because they were too difficult to play, only 15% of girlsgavethatasa reason.Earlierstudiesindicatedthatvery young schoolchildrenaged between 5 and 7 showed no bias in choosing musical instruments, but their tastes become more clear between the ages of 8 and 10. One survey of 78 teacherssuggested thatafterthatagebothboysandgirls. 11. WhydidSusanandMichaelinterviewchildrenagedbetween9and11? 12. Whydomanyoftheboysavoidcertaininstruments? 13. Whichgroupofchildrenhaveabiaswhenchoosingmusicalinstruments? PassageTwo In the 1970s, the famous Brazilian football player Pele retired from the national team of Brazil and became a professional player for a team in New York. Football, or soccer, wasn’t very popular in the United States at that time. Few North Americans knew anything about this fast-moving sport. There was no money to pay professional players and there was little interest in football in high schools and colleges. When Pele 423淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 and other international stars began playing in various US cities, people saw how interesting the game was and began to go to the matches. It is now common for importantgamestohavefiftyto sixtythousandfans.Support fromthefansisimportant to the football. The fans cheer enthusiastically for their favorite players and teams, who respondbyplayingbetterthanbefore.InmostWorldCups,thehometeam,ortheteam from the host country usually plays better than most people expect. In 1966, 1974 and 1978, thehome teams of England, West Germanyand Argentina all wonthe WorldCup. The World Cup is called that because teams from every continent have played in it. However,sincetheCupbegan,allofthewinningteamshavebeenfromEuropeorSouth America. Teams from Asia or Africa always do well but they haven’t yet won. Mexico playedsurprisinglywell inthe 1970Cup,which ithosted, butitwasn’tamongthe4 final teams. 14. Whywasn’tfootballapopularsportintheU.S.inthe1970s? 15. WhendoesafootballteamhavethebestchancetowintheWorldCup? 16. HowdidMexicodointhe1970WorldCup? PassageThree The world’s smartest adolescence in mathematics and science are in Singapore, according to a global survey of educational achievement. In the 3rd International Mathematics and Science Study, 13-year-olds from Singapore achieved the best scores in standardized tests of maths and science that were administered to 287,896 students in41 countriesin 1994and 1995.Thesurvey suggeststhatscience andmathseducation is especially strong in the Far East. While well behind those top scores, students from Australia earned higher marks in maths than their counterparts in England, who in turn did better than American students. The study collected information on the students’ teachers and homes. Not surprisingly, the highest-scoring students had well-educated parents or came from homes containing study-aids such as computers, dictionaries or even such elemental facilities as desks. The study shows that boys generally did better than girlsinscience, butthere waslittle difference betweenthem in maths.Boys scored better than girls in physics and chemistry. There were no sex differences in the life and environmental sciences. In addition to being tested, students in the project were asked how proficient they thought they were in maths and science. Students in some countries, such as Columbia and Kuwait, had an overly optimistic view of their skills. Meanwhile, some of the best students from Japan and Korea for example were needlessly pessimistic even though they did far better in maths than almost all of other students. 17. Of the 4 groups of students, who scored the lowest in maths according to the survey? 18. Whatkindofstudentsaremostlikelytobecometopscorers? 424淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 19. InwhatwaydoColumbianstudentsdifferfromJapanesestudents? 20. Inwhichsubjectsdidboysscorehigherthangirls? 425淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 2001年1月大学英语六级(CET-6)真题试卷 Part I Listening Comprehension(20 minutes) SectionA Directions: In this section, you will hear 10 short conversations. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the question will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A), B), C) and D), and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre. Example: Youwillhear: Youwillread: A)2hours. B) 3hours. C)4hours. D)5hours. Fromtheconversationweknowthatthetwoaretalkingaboutsomeworktheywill startat9o’clockinthemorningandhavetofinishat2intheafternoon.Therefore,D)“5 hours” is the correct answer. You should choose [D] on the Answer Sheet and mark it withasinglelinethroughthecentre. SampleAnswer[A][B][C][D] 1. A)Themanthinkstravellingbyairisquitesafe. B)Thewoman never travels byplane. C)Both speakers feel nervous when flying. D)The speakers feel sad about theserious loss oflife. 2. A)Attheinformationdesk. B) In an office. C)In arestaurant. D)At arailway station. 3. A)Writetheletter. B) Painttheshelf. C)Fixtheshelf. D)Look for thepen. 426淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 4. A)Itgivesa30%discounttoallcustomers. B) It isrun byMrs.Winter’s husband. C)It hires Mrs.Winteras an adviser. D)It encourages husbands to shop ontheirown. 5. A)Longexposuretothesun. B) Lack ofsleep. C)Tootight a hat. D)Long working hours. 6. A)HisEnglishisstillpooraftertenyearsinAmerica. B) Hedoesn’t mind speaking Englishwith an accent. C)Hedoesn’t likethewayAmericans speak. D)He speaks English as ifhe were a nativespeaker. 7. A)Anautomechanic. B)An electrician. C)Acarpenter. D)Atelephonerepairman. 8. A)Theybothenjoyedwatchingthegame. B)Theman thought theresults were beyond theirexpectations. C)They both felt good about theresults ofthegame. D)Peoplewere surprised at their winning thegame. 9. A)Managerandemployee. B) Salesman and customer. C)Guideand tourist. D)Professor and student. 10. A)TomhasarrangedasurprisepartyforLucy. B)Tomwillkeep thesurprise party a secret. C)Tomand Lucy havenosecrets from eachother. D)Tomdidn’tmake anypromisetoLucy. Section BCompoundDictation 注意：听力理解的B节(SectionB)为复合式听写 (CompoundDictation)，题目在 试卷二上，现在请取出试卷二。 427淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 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 numbered from S1 to S7 with the exact words you have just heard. For blanks numbered from S8 to S10 you are required to fill in the missing information. You can either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the main points in your own words. Finally, when the passage is readfor thethirdtime, you should check whatyouhave written. Thehumanbodyisaremarkablefoodprocessor.Asanadult,youmayconsume(S1) ________ a ton of food per year and still not gain or lose a pound of body weight. You are (S2) ________ harnessing, and consuming energy through the intricate (S3) ________ of your body in order to remain in energy balance. To (S4) ________ a given body weight, your energy input must balance your energy output. However, sometimes the (S5) ________ energy balance is upset, and your (S6) ________ body weight will eitherfallor(S7)________. The term body image refers to the mental image we have of our own physical appearance, and (S8) ________________________________. Research has revealed that about40percent ofadult menand55 percentof adultwomen aredissatisfied with their current body weight. (S9) ________________________________. At the college level, a study found that 85 percent of both male and female first year students desired to change their body weight. (S10) ________________________________. Thinness is currently anattributethatfemalesdesirehighly.Males generallydesiremuscularity.The vast majority of individuals who want to change their body weight do it for the sake of appearance: most want to lose excess body fat, while a smaller percentage of individualsactuallywanttogainweight. Part IIReading Comprehension(35 minutes) Directions: There are 4 reading passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should decide onthe best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through thecentre. PassageOne Questions11to15arebasedonthefollowingpassage. Birds that are literally half asleep—with one brain hemisphere alert and the other sleeping—control which side of the brain remains awake, according to a new study of sleepingducks. Earlierstudieshavedocumentedhalfbrainsleepin a widerangeofbirds.Thebrain hemispheres take turns sinking into the sleep stage characterized by slow brain waves. The eye controlled by the sleeping hemisphere keeps shut, while the wakeful hemisphere’s eye stays open and alert. Birds also can sleep with both hemispheres 428淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 restingatonce. Decades of studies of bird flocks led researchers to predict extra alertness in the more vulnerable, end of the row sleepers. Sure enough, the end birds tended to watch carefully on the side away from their companions. Ducks in the inner spots showed no preferenceforgazedirection. Also,birdsdozing(打盹)attheendofthelineresortedtosinglehemispheresleep, rather than total relaxation, more often than inner ducks did. Rotating 16 birds through the positions in a four duck row, the researchers found outer birds half asleep during some32percentofdozingtimeversusabout12percentforbirdsininternalspots. “We believe this is the first evidence for an animal behaviorally controlling sleep andwakefulnesssimultaneouslyindifferentregionsofthebrain,”theresearcherssay. The results provide the best evidence for a long standing supposition that single hemispheresleepevolvedascreaturesscannedforenemies.Thepreferenceforopening an eye on the lookout side could be widespread, he predicts. He’s seen it in a pair of birds dozing side by side in the zoo and in a single pet bird sleeping by a mirror. The mirror side eye closed as if the reflection were a companion and the other eye stayed open. Useful as half sleeping might be, it’s only been found in birds and such water mammals (哺乳动物) as dolphins, whales, and seals. Perhaps keeping one side of the brainawakeallowsasleepinganimaltosurfaceoccasionallytoavoiddrowning. Studies of birds may offer unique insights into sleep. Jerome M. Siegel of the UCLA says he wonders if birds’ half brain sleep “is just the tip of the iceberg (冰山)” He speculatesthatmoreexamplesmayturnupwhenwetakeacloserlookatotherspecies. 11. Anewstudyonbirds’sleephasrevealedthat________. A)half brain sleep isfound in awidevariety ofbirds B) halfbrain sleep is characterized byslowbrain waves C)birds can control theirhalfbrain sleep consciously D)birds seldom sleep withthe wholeoftheirbrain at rest 12. Accordingtothepassage,birdsoftenhalfsleepbecause________. A)they have to watch outfor possibleattacks B) theirbrain hemispheres take turns torest C)thetwo halves of theirbrain are differently structured D)they have to constantly keep aneye ontheircompanions 13. Theexampleofabirdsleepinginfrontofamirrorindicatesthat________. A)thephenomenon ofbirds dozing inpairs iswidespread B) birds preferto sleep in pairs forthesake of security C)even animagined companion gives thebird asense ofsecurity 429淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 D)a single pet bird enjoys seeing its own reflection in themirror 14. While sleeping, some water mammals tend to keep half awake in order to ________. A)alert themselves to theapproaching enemy B) emergefrom water nowand then to breathe C)besensitiveto theever changing environment D)avoid being swept away byrapid currents 15. By“justthetipoftheiceberg”(Line2,Para.8),Siegelsuggeststhat________. A)half brain sleep has something to dowithicy weather B) themystery ofhalf brain sleep isclose to being solved C)mostbirds livingin cold regions tend to behalf sleepers D)half brain sleep isa phenomenon that could existamong other species PassageTwo Questions16to20arebasedonthefollowingpassage. A nine year old schoolgirl single handedly cooks up a science fair experiment that ends up debunking (揭穿…的真相) a widely practiced medical treatment. Emily Rosa’s target was a practice known as therapeutic (治疗的) touch (TT for short), whose advocates manipulate patients’ “energy fieldto make them feel better and even, say some, to cure them of various ills. Yet Emily’s test shows that these energy fields can’t be detected, even by trained TT practitioners (行医者). Obviously mindful of the publicity value of the situation, Journal editor George Lundberg appeared on TV to declare,“Agedoesn’tmatter.It’sgoodsciencethatmatters,andthisisgoodscience.” Emily’s mother Linda Rosa, a registered nurse, has been campaigning against TT for nearly a decade. Linda first thought about TT in the late ‘80s, when she learned it was on the approved list for continuing nursing education in Colorado. Its 100,000 trained practitioners (48,000 in the U.S.) don’t even touch their patients. Instead, they waved their hands a few inches from the patient’s body, pushing energy fields around until they’re in “balance.” TT advocates say these manipulations can help heal wounds, relieve Pain and reduce fever. The claims are taken seriously enough that TT therapists are frequently hired by leading hospitals, at up to $70 an hour, to smooth patients’ energy,sometimesduringsurgery. Yet Rosa could not find any evidence that it works. To provide such proof, TT therapists would have to sit down for independent testing—something they haven’t been eager to do, even though James Randi has offered more than $1 million to anyone who can demonstrate the existence of a human energy field. (He’s had one taker so far. She failed.) A skeptic might conclude that TT practitioners are afraid to lay their beliefs on the line. But who could turn down an innocent fourth grader? Says Emily: “I think theydidn’ttakemeveryseriouslybecauseI’makid.” 430淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 The experiment was straight forward: 21 TT therapists stuck their hands, palms up, through a screen. Emily held her own hand over one of theirs left or right and the practitioners had to say which hand it was. When the results were recorded, they’d done no better than they would have by simply guessing. If there was an energy field, theycouldn’tfeelit. 16. WhichofthefollowingisevidencethatTTiswidelypracticed? A)TThas been in existence fordecades. B) Manypatients were cured bytherapeutic touch. C)TTtherapists are often employed byleading hospitals. D)More than 100,000people areundergoing TTtreatment. 17. VeryfewTTpractitionersrespondedtothe$1millionofferbecause________. A)they didn’t taketheoffer seriously B) they didn’t want to risk their career C)they were unwilling toreveal theirsecret D)they thought it was not in linewiththeir practice 18. ThepurposeofEmilyRosa’sexperimentwas________. A)tosee whyTTcould work theway it did B) tofind outhowTTcured patients’illnesses C)totest whether she could sensethe human energy field D)totest whether ahuman energy field really existed 19. WhydidsomeTTpractitionersagreetobethesubjectsofEmil’sexperiment? A)It involved nothing morethan mere guessing. B)They thought it was going to bea lotoffun. C)It was more straightforward than other experiments. D)They sensed noharm in alittle girl’s experiment. 20. Whatcanwelearnfromthepassage? A)Somewidely accepted beliefs can be deceiving. B) Solidevidence weighs morethan pure theories. C)Littlechildren can beas clever as trainedTTpractitioners. D)The principle ofTTis too profound to understand. PassageThree Questions21to25arebasedonthefollowingpassage. 431淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 What might driving on an automated highway be like? The answer depends on whatkindofsystem isultimately adopted.Twodistincttypesareonthedrawingboard. The first is a special purpose lane system, in which certain lanes are reserved for automated vehicles. The second is a mixed traffic system: fully automated vehicles would share the road with partially automated or manual driven cars. A special purpose lane system would require more extensive physical modifications to existing highways, butitpromisesthegreatestgainsinfreeway(高速公路)capacity. Under either scheme, the driver would specify the desired destination, furnishing this information to a computer in the car at the beginning of the trip or perhaps just before reaching the automated highway. If a mixed traffic system way was in place, automated driving could begin whenever the driver was on suitably equipped roads. If specialpurposelaneswereavailable, thecarcouldenterthem andjoinexisting trafficin two different ways. One method would use a special onramp (入口引道). As the driver approached the point of entry for the highway, devices installed on the roadside would electronically check the vehicle to determine its destination and to ascertain that it had theproperautomationequipmentingoodworkingorder.Assuming itpassedsuchtests, the driver would then be guided through a gate and toward an automated lane. In this case, the transition from manual to auto mated control would take place on the entrance ramp. An alternative technique could employ conventional lanes, which would be shared by automated and regular vehicles. The driver would steer onto the highway and move in normal fashion to a “transition” lane. The vehicle would then shift under computer control onto a lane reserved for automated traffic. (The limitation of these lanestoautomatedtrafficwould,presumably,bewellrespected, becauseall trespassers (非法进入者)couldbeswiftlyidentifiedbyauthorities.) Either approach to joining a lane of automated traffic would harmonize the movement of newly entering vehicles with those already traveling. Automatic control here should allow for smooth merging without the usual uncertainties and potential for accidents. And once a vehicle had settled into automated travel, the driver would be freetoreleasethewheel,openthemorningpaperorjustrelax. 21. We learn from the first paragraph that two systems of automated highways ________. A)are being planned B) are being modified C)are nowin wideuse D)are under construction 22. Aspecialpurposelanesystemisprobablyadvantageousinthat________. A)it would require only minorchanges toexisting highways B) itwould achieve thegreatest highway trafficefficiency C)ithas alane forboth automated and partially automated vehicles D)it offers more lanes for automated vehicles 432淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 23. Whichofthefollowingistrueaboutdrivingonanautomatedhighway? A) Vehicles traveling on it are assigned different lanes according to their destinations. B)Acar can joinexisting traffic any timeina mixed lanesystem. C) The driver should inform his car computer of his destination before driving onto it. D)The driver should sharetheautomated lane withthose ofregular vehicles. 24. Weknowfromthepassagethatacarcanenteraspecialpurposelane________. A)bysmoothlymerging with cars ontheconventional lane B) byway of aramp withelectronic control devices C)through aspecially guarded gate D)after all trespassers are identified and removed 25. Whendrivinginanautomatedlane,thedriver________. A)should harmonizewith newly entering cars B) doesn’thave to rely onhiscomputer system C)should watch out for potential accidents D)doesn’t have to holdonto thesteering wheel PassageFour Questions26to30arebasedonthefollowingpassage. Taking chargeofyourselfinvolvesputtingtorestsome veryprevalentmyths.Atthe topof thelist isthenotionthatintelligence ismeasuredbyyourabilitytosolve complex problems; to read, write and compute at certain levels; and to resolve abstract equations quickly. This vision of intelligence asserts formal education and bookish excellence as the true measures of self fulfillment. It encourages a kind of intellectual prejudice that has brought with it some discouraging results. We have come to believe that someone who has more educational merit badges, who is very good at some form ofschooldisciplineis“intelligent.”Yetmental hospitalsarefilledwithpatientswhohave all of the properly lettered certificates. A truer indicator of intelligence is an effective, happylifelivedeachdayandeachpresentmomentofeveryday. If you are happy, if you live each momentfor everything it’sworth, then you are an intelligent person. Problem solving is a useful help to your happiness, but if you know that given your inability to resolve a particular concern you can still choose happiness for yourself, or at a minimum refuse to choose unhappiness, then you are intelligent. You are intelligent because you have the ultimate weapon against the big N.B.D.—NervousBreakDown. “Intelligent people do not have N.B.D.’s because they are in charge of themselves. They know how to choose happiness over depression, because they know how to deal 433淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 withtheproblemsoftheirlives. You can begin to think of yourself as truly intelligent on the basis of how you choose to feel in the face of trying circumstances. The life struggles are pretty much the same for each of us. Every one who is involved with other human beings in any social context has similar difficulties. Disagreements, conflicts and compromises are a part of what it means to be human. Similarly, money, growing old, sickness, deaths, natural disasters and accidents are all events which present problems to virtually all human beings. But some people are able to make it, to avoid immobilizing depression and unhappiness despite such occurrences, while others collapse or have an N.B.D. Those who recognize problems as a human condition and don’t measure happiness by an absence of problems are the most intelligent kind of humans we know; also, the most rare. 26. According to the author, the conventional notion of intelligence measured in terms ofone’sabilitytoread,writeandcompute________. A)is awidely held butwrong concept B) willhelp eliminate intellectual prejudice C)is theroot ofall mental distress D)will contributeto one’s self fulfillment 27. Itisimpliedinthepassagethatholdingauniversitydegree________. A)may result inone’sinability to solvecomplex real lifeproblems B) does not indicateone’sability to writeproperly worded documents C)may makeone mentally sick andphysically weak D)does notmean that oneis highly intelligent 28. Theauthorthinksthatanintelligentpersonknows________. A)howto put upwith somevery prevalent myths B) howto find thebest way toachieve success in tire C)howto avoid depression and makehis lifeworthwhile D)howto persuade others tocompromise 29. Inthelastparagraph,theauthortellsusthat________. A)difficulties are but part ofeveryone’slife B) depressionand unhappiness are unavoidable in life C)everybody should learn to avoidtrying circumstances D)good feelings can contributeto eventual academic excellence 30. Accordingtothepassage,whatkindofpeoplearerare? A)Those who don’t emphasizebookishexcellence intheirpursuit ofhappiness. 434淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 B)Thosewho are aware of difficulties inlifebut knowhowto avoidunhappiness. C)Those who measure happiness by an absence of problems but seldom suffer from N.B.D’s. D) Those who are able to secure happiness though having to struggle against trying circumstances. PartIIIVocabulary (20 minutes) Directions: There are 30 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Choose the ONE that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with asinglelinethrough thecentre. 31. Starting with the ________ that there is life on the planet Mars, the scientist went ontodevelophisargument. A)premise B) pretext C)foundation D)presentation 32. After several nuclear disasters, a ________ has raged over the safety of nuclear energy. A)quarrel B) suspicion C)verdict D)controversy 33. Theirdiplomaticprinciplescomplexlylaidbaretheir________forworldconquest. A)admiration B) ambition C)administration D)orientation 34. The director gave me his ________ that he would double my pay if I did my job well. A)warrant B) obligation C)assurance D)certainty 435淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 35. TheChristmastree wasdecoratedwithshining ________suchascoloredlightsand glassballs. A)ornaments B) luxuries C)exhibits D)complements 36. Thetwomostimportant________inmakingacakeareflourandsugar. A)elements B) components C)ingredients D)constituents 37. Cultural ________ indicates that human beings hand their languages down from onegenerationtoanother. A)translation B) transition C)transmission D)transaction 38. We must look beyond ________ and assumptions and try to discover what is missing. A)justifications B) illusions C)manifestations D)specifications 39. Nooneimaginedthattheapparently________businessmanwasreallyacriminal. A)respective B) respectable C)respectful D)realistic 40. If nothing is done to protect the environment, millions of spiders that are alive todaywillhavebecome________. A)deteriorated B) degenerated C)suppressed 436淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 D)extinct 41. The ________ of the scientific attitude is that the human mind can succeed in understandingtheuniverse. A)essence B) texture C)content D)threshold 42. Theoldladyhasdevelopeda ________coughwhichcannotbecuredcompletelyin ashorttime. A)perpetual B) permanent C)chronic D)sustained 43. Whatthecorrespondentsentusisan________newsreport.Wecandependonit. A)evident B) authentic C)ultimate D)immediate 44. Having had her as a professor and adviser, I can tell you that she is an ________ forcewhopushesherstudentstoexcelfarbeyondtheirownexpectations. A)inspirational B) educational C)excessive D)instantaneous 45. Some researchers feel that certain people have nervous systems particularly ________tohot,drywinds.Theyarewhatwecallweathersensitivepeople. A)subjective B) subordinate C)liable D)vulnerable 46. Hurricanes are killer winds, and their ________ power lies in the physical damage theycando. A)cumulative 437淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 B) destructive C)turbulent D)prevalent 47. In some countries, students are expected to be quiet and ________ in the classroom. A)skeptical B) faithful C)obedient D)subsidiary 48. In spite of the ________ economic forecasts, manufacturing output has risen slightly. A)gloomy B) miserable C)shadowy D)obscure 49. Body paint or face paint is used mostly by men in pre literate societies in order to attractgoodhealthorto________disease. A)set aside B) ward off C)shrug off D)give away 50. The international situation has been growing ________ difficult for the last few years. A)invariably B) presumably C)increasingly D)dominantly 51. Theprisonerwas________ofhiscivillibertyforthreeyears. A)discharged B) derived C)deprived D)dispatched 52. Small farms and the lack of modern technology have ________ agricultural 438淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 production. A)blundered B) tangled C)bewildered D)hampered 53. The Japanese scientists have found that scents ________ efficiency and reduce stressamongofficeworkers. A)enhance B) amplify C)foster D)magnify 54. Allthestudentshaveto________totherulesandregulationsoftheschool. A)confirm B) confront C)confine D)conform 55. He________hishead,wonderinghowtosolvetheproblem. A)scrapped B) screwed C)scraped D)scratched 56. As soon as the boy was able to earn his own living he ________ his parents’ strict rules. A)defied B) refuted C)excluded D)vetoed 57. Thehelicopteralightplaneandbothpilotswerekilled. A)coincided with B) stumbledon C)tumbledto D)collided with 439淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 58. To ________ is to save and protect, to leave what we ourselves enjoy in such good conditionthatothersmayalsosharetheenjoyment. A)conserve B) conceive C)convert D)contrive 59. Putondarkglassesorthesunwill________youandyouwon’tbeabletosee. A)discern B) distort C)distract D)dazzle 60. In ________ times human beings did not travel for pleasure but to find a more favourableclimate. A)prime B) primitive C)primary D)preliminary Part IVCloze (15minutes) Directions: Thereare 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there arefour choices marked A), B), C) and D) on the right side of the paper. You should choosetheONE with asinglelinethrough thecentre. In the United States, the first day nursery, was opened in 1854. Nurseries were established in various areas during the __61__ half of the 19th century; most of __62__ were charitable. Both in Europe and in the U.S., the day nursery movement received great __63__ during the First World War, when __64__ of manpower caused the industrial employment of unprecedented (前所未有) numbers of women. In some European countries nurseries were established __65__ in munitions (军火) plants, under direct government sponsorship. __66__ the number of nurseries in the U.S. also rose__67__, thisrisewasaccomplishedwithoutgovernmentaidofanykind.Duringthe years following the First World War, __68__, federal, State, and local governments gradually began to exercise a measure of control __69__ the day nurseries, chiefly by __70__themandby. The __71__ of the Second World War was quickly followed by an increase in the number of daynurseries in almost all countries, as women were __72__ called up on to replace men in the factories. On this __73__ the U.S. government immediately came to thesupportofthenurseryschools,__74__$6,000,000inJuly,1942,foranurseryschool program for the children of working mothers. Many States and local communities 440淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 __75__ this Federal aid. By the end of the war, in August, 1945, more than 100,000 children were being cared __76__ in daycare centers receiving Federal __77__. Soon afterward, the Federal government __78__ cut down its expenditures for this purpose and later __79__ them, causing a sharp drop in the number of nursery schools in operation. However, the expectation that most employed mothers would leave their __80__attheendofthewarwasonlypartlyfulfilled. 61. A)latter B) late C)other D)first 62. A)those B) them C)whose D)imitation 63. A)impetus B) input C)imitation D)initiative 64. A)sources B) abundance C)shortage D)reduction 65. A)hardly B) entirely C)only D)even 66. A)Because B)As C)Since D)Although 67. A)unanimously B) sharply 441淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 C)predominantly D)militantly 68. A)therefore B) consequently C)however D)moreover 69. A)over B) in C)at D)about 70. A)formulating B) labeling C)patenting D)licensing 71. A)outset B) outbreak C)breakthrough D)breakdown 72. A)again B) thus C)repeatedly D)yet 73. A)circumstance B) occasion C)case D)situation 74. A)regulating B) summoning C)allocating D)transferring 75. A)expanded 442淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 B) facilitated C)supplemented D)compensated 76. A)by B) after C)of D)for 77. A)pensions B) subsidies C)revenues D)budgets 78. A)prevalently B) furiously C)statistically D)drastically 79. A)abolished B) diminished C)jeopardized D)precluded 80. A)nurseries B) homes C)jobs D)children PartVWriting(30 minutes) Directions: For this part, you are allowed thirty minutes to write a composition on the topic How to Succeed in a Job Interview? You should write at least 100 words,andbase your composition ontheoutlinegiven inChinesebelow: 1. 面试在求职过程中的作用 2. 取得面试成功的因素：仪表、举止谈吐、能力、专业知识、自信、实事求是… 443淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 2001年1月六级参考答案 Part IListeningComprehension 1. A 2. C 3. C 4. D 5. A 6. A 7. B 8. C 9. D 10. D S1. over S2. constantly S3. mechanism S4. maintain S5. overall S6. normal S7. increase S8. This can be influenced by a variety of factors, including how much you weigh and howthatweightisdistributed. S9. Similarly findings have also been reported at high school level, mainly with female students. S10. The primary cause of this concern is the value that American society is in general a societytophysicalappearance. Part II Reading Comprehension 11. C 12. A 13. C 14. B 15. D 16. C 17. C 18. D 19. D 20. A 21. A 22. B 23. C 24. B 25. D 26. A 27. D 28. C 29. A 30. B Part IIIVocabulary 444淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 31. A 32. D 33. B 34. C 35. A 36. C 37. C 38. B 39. B 40. D 41. A 42. C 43. B 44. A 45. D 46. B 47. C 48. A 49. B 50. C 51. C 52. D 53. A 54. D 55. D 56. A 57. D 58. A 59. D 60. B PartIVCloze 61. B 62. B 63. A 64. C 65. D 66. D 67. B 68. C 69. B 70. A 71. B 72. A 73. B 74. C 75. C 76. D 77. B 78. D 79. A 80. C 445淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 2001年1月六级答案详解 Part IListeningComprehension Part II Reading Comprehension 11. 正确答案为 C)。根据文章第 1、3-6 段可知，对鸟类睡眠的最新研究表明，它 们能够有意识地控制自己的半脑睡眠。这几段举例说明了对这个问题实验的情 况。选项A)、B)、D)虽在文章第 2 段中也提到了，但那是文献记载的以前研究 的情况(Earlierstudieshavedocumented...)故均不是正确答案。 12. 正确答案为 A)。根据文章第 6 段 The resultsprovidethebestevidence foralong standingsupposition thatsinglehemispheresleepevolvedascreaturesscannedfor enemies.(这些研究结果为一个长久以来的假设提供了最好的证据，即单侧脑睡 眠是在生物警惕敌人过程中进化形成的。) 13. 正确答案为 C)。根据文章第6 段内容：鸟类单侧脑睡眠是在警惕敌人过程中进 化而来，此结论还可推而广之。在需要警惕的一侧，鸟儿喜欢睁着一只眼睛…， 一对动物园里的鸟儿挨着打瞌睡时 是如此，宠物鸟靠镜子一侧的眼睛闭着， 好象镜子中的影子是一个伙伴，而另一只眼睛却睁着， 也说明这种情况。所 以选项 C)是答案。 14. 正确答案为 B)。根据文章第 7 段第 2 句 Perhaps keeping one side of the brain awakeallowsasleepinganimaltosurfaceoccasionallytoavoiddrowning.(也许，保 持一侧脑醒着可以使睡眠中的动物不时浮出水面而刁；淹死。)所以 B)emerge fromwaternowandthentobreathe(不时浮出水面来呼吸)是正确答案。 15. 正确答案为 D)。根据文章最后的一段，也就是含有这个短语的上下文。Studies of birds may offer unique insights into sleep... He (Siegel) speculates that more examplesmayturnupwhenwetakecloserlookatotherspecies.(对鸟类的研究可 能提供对睡眠的独特认识。...他推测当我们对其他物种仔细观察时，就会发现 更多的例证。)因此选项 D)所说“半侧脑睡眠这种现象可能存在于其他物种” 正是“justthetipoficeberg”所表达的意思。 16. 正确答案为 C)。根据第 2 段 The claims are taken seriously enough that TT therapistsare frequently hired by leading hospitals.(这种宣扬很受重视，以致 TT 行医者经常受雇于大的医院…)选项A)文章中没有提及，选项B)叙述不准确，文 中只是说，据称这种方法能使人病情好转，甚至说有的能治疗各种疾病”。选 项D)与文章内容不符，文章说，川万受过培训的 TT 行医者甚至不接触病人身 体…。故A)，B)，D)均不是答案。 17. 正确答案为 C)。根据文章第3段第 2句：为了提供这样一个证明(证明人有“能 场”)，TT 行医者不得不坐下接受独立的测试—这是他们一直都不愿意做的事 情，即使詹姆斯·兰迪为能演示人存在“能场”的人提供一百多万美元的奖金。 446淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 (To provide such proof, TT therapists would have to sit down for independent testing something they haven’t been eager to do, even though James Landi has offered more than $ 1 million to anyone who can demonstrate the existence of a humanenergyfield.) 18. 正确答案为 D)。根据文章第 1 段我们知道，TT 行医者所宣扬的就是通过调节 病人的“能场”来治病(whose advocates manipulate patient’s “energy field” to makethemfeelbetterandeven,saysome,tocurethemofvariousills)。在第 2 段 中，又提到“运用这种手法可以推动能场转动直到平衡(...pushingenergyfields arounduntilthey’rein“balance”)”而爱米丽·瑞莎的实验就是证明是否能场真的 存在。特别文章最后一句 Iftherewasanenergyfield,theycouldn’tfeelit.(如果有 一个能场的话，他们也感觉不到。)选项 C)说是测试她能否感觉到能场，如果 是这样的话，前提是存在一个能场，这当然是错误的。A)，B)两个选项也是错 误的。 19. 正确答案为D)。根据文章第3段从第2句到段末这部分：Askepticmightconclude that TT practitioners are afraid to lay their beliefs on the line. But who would turn down an innocent, fourth grader? Says Emily: “I think they didn’t take me very seriously because I’m a kid”.(怀疑的人或许会因为 TT 行医者害怕使他们自己处 于被揭露的危险中，但谁能拒绝一个天真的四年级的小学生呢?爱米丽说，“我 想他们不会太把我当回事，因为我是个小孩子。”) 20. 正确答案为 A)。此题要求概括主题。文章第 1 句就是主题句：Anineyear old schoolgirl single-handly cooks up a science fair experiment the ends up debunking awidelypracticedmedicaltreatment.(一个9 岁的小女孩独自设计了一个公开的 科学实验，结果揭穿了一种广为流行的医疗方法的真相。) 21. 正确答案为A)。根据第1段第2，3句：Theanswerdependsonwhatkindofsystem isultimatelyadopted.Twodistincttypesareonthedrawingboard.(答案取决于最 后采用哪一种系统，两种不同的类型都在绘图板上。)回答此问题的关键是要知 道drawingboard的意思。所以选项 A)arebeingplanned是正确答案。 22. 正确答案为B)。根据第1段最后一句：Aspecialpurposelanesystemwouldrequire more extensive physical modifications to existing highways, but it promises the greatest gainsin freewaycapacity (特别目的车道系统要求对现有的高速公路进 行更广泛的改造，但它会使高速公路获得最大的能力。) 23. 正确答案为C)。根据第2段第 1 句：Undereitherscheme,thedriverwouldspecify the desired destination, furnishing this information to a computer in the car at the beginning of the trip or perhaps just before reaching the automated highway.(不论 采用那种设计，司机都需要在其开始行驶时或在到达自动化高速公路前确定要 去的目的地，把这个信息输入车上的计算机。)故 C)是正确答案。选项 B)与文 章内容相悖，因为原文第2段第2句是onsuitablyequippedroads而不是existing traffic.选项D)提到的情况只适用于第 2 种设计方案，即混合式交通系统。故A)， 447淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 B)，D)均不是答案。 24. 正确答案为 B)。根据文章第 2 段第3，4，5句：如果使用特殊目的的车道…一 种方法是使用特殊的人口引道。当司机接近高速公路人口处时，安装在道边的 电子装置会检测车辆的目的地并搞清是否有能工作的自动化装置。 (Ifspecial purpose lanes were available,... One method would use a special onramp. As drivers approached the point of entry for the highway, devices installed on the roadside would electronically check the vehicle to determine its destination and to ascertainthatithadtheproperautomationequipmentingoodworkingorder.) 25. 正确答案为 D)。根据第 3 段的最后一句：And once a vehicle had settled into automated travel, the driver would be free to release the wheel, open the morning paperorjustrelax.(一旦车辆进入自动行驶状态，司机就可以放开方向盘，打开 晨报或者只是休息。) 26. 正确答案为 A)。这是一篇新老观点对应性文章。老观点也就是平常的大家普遍 接受的观点：聪明指的是受到正规教育，成绩优秀，并以此作为自我完善的手 段。新观点强调心理健康，否定老观点，所以A)是答案。 27. 正确答案为 D)。通读全文我们知道，作者认为真正能体现聪明的是能否过一种 有意义；愉快的生活，每天，每时都是这样。而获得大学学位的人未必能做到。 所以选项 D)与作者的这种观点相符，是正确答案。选项C)有一定的干扰性，虽 然作者说神经病医院里满是持有各种证书的病人。但这并不是说持有大学学位 可能使一个人神经得病或身体虚弱。 28. 正确答案为 C)。选项 A)与文章内容相悖，文章说要摒弃某些很流行的说法 (puttingrestsomeveryprevalentmyths)，而不是要忍耐这些说法。选项 B)和选 项D)的内容在文章中均未提到， 故只有选项C)是正确答案。另外，也可以根 据第 2 段第 1 句来推断：Ifyouarehappy,ifyouliveeachmomentforeverything it’sworth,thenyouareanintelligentperson.(如果你感到愉快，如果你为所有值 得的事物活每一时刻，你就是一个聪明的人。) 29. 正确答案为 A)。根据第4段第 2，3，4 句的内容：在任何社会环境中与别人交 往，每个人都有相的困难。意见不合，冲突和妥协是作为人的一部分存在的。 (Everyone who is involved with other human in any social context has similar difficulties. Disagreements, conflicts and compromises are a part of what it means tobehuman.)选项A)与之相符，是正确答案。选项B)干扰性较大，这与原文不 符。原文说 Butsomepeopleareabletomakeit,toavoidimmobilizingdepression andunhappinessdespitesuchoccurrences.(但有些人能克服，尽管有这些事情发 生，他们能避免陷入沮丧和不愉快中不能自拔。)这意味着生活中的沮丧和不愉 快是可以避免的。 30. 正确答案为 B)。根据第 4 段最后一句：Thosewhorecognizeproblemsasahuman condition and don’t measure happiness by an absence of problems are the most 448淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 intelligentkindofhumanweknow,alsothemostrare.(那些认识到困难是人生必 然存在的事物，不以有没有困难来衡量愉快，是我们所知最聪明的一类人，也 是很罕见的人。) Part IIIVocabulary 31. 答案为 A)。premise 意为“前提”。句意为：以火星有生命这一前提开始，那 位科学家继续深入他的论证。其他三个选项的意思是：B) pretext 借口；C) foundation基础；D)presentation陈述。 32. 答案为 D)。controversy意为“争论”，句意为：几起核灾难之后，关于核能安 全的问题引起了激烈的争论。其他三个选项的意思是：A)quarrel争吵，吵架； B)suspicion猜疑，怀疑；C)verdict 判决，结论。 33. 答案为 B)。ambition意为“野心”，句意为：“他们”的外交原则彻底将他们 要征服世界的野心暴露无疑。其他三个名词的意思是：A)admiration 赞美；C) administration行政，管理；D)orientation方向，方位。 34. 答案为 C)。assurance 意为“保证，担保”，句意为：主任向我保证，如果我把 工作做好，他会给我双倍的工资。其他三个名词的意思是：A)warrant 作名词 意为“证明，凭证”，作动词有“保证，担保”的意思。此处应为名词，意思 不适合本句。B)obligation义务，D)certainty肯定。 35. 答案为 A)。 ornaments意为“装饰物”，句意为：圣诞树用彩灯和玻璃球之类 的装饰物修饰了起来。B)luxuries 奢侈品；C)exhibits展览品；D)complements 补充物。 36. 答案为 C)。ingredients 意为“(混合物中之)成分”，句意为：做蛋糕的最主要 的成分是面粉和糖。其他三个名词的意思是：A) elements 元素，要素；B) components(构成整体的)部件，Dconstituents要素。 37. 答案为 C)。这是四个都含有前缀 trans 的名词的辨析。A)translation 翻译；B) transition 转换；C)transmission 传播；D)transaction 交易。C)符合题意要求， 句意为：文化传播表明人类把他们的语言从上一代传给下一代。 38. 答案为 B)。illusion意为“幻想”，句意为：我们必须摒弃幻想和假设来看问题， 设法搞清丢失了什么。其他三个名词的意思是：A)justification 理由，辩护；C) manifestation展示，证明；D)specification评述，规范。 39. 答案为B)。选项中三个形容词都有同一根词respect, 特别注意它们意义的差别。 A)respective 分别的，各自的；B)respectable 可敬的，值得尊敬的 C)respectful 尊重人的，有礼貌的；D)realistic现实(主义)的。选项B)符合题意，是正确答案。 句意为：没有人会想象到，那个外表可敬的商人实际上是个罪犯。 449淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 40. 答案为 D)。选项中四个形容词，有三个是由动词的过去分词转化而来。其意义 分别是：A)deteriorated退化的，恶化的；B)degenerated 堕落的C)suppressed 压抑的；D)extinct 灭绝的。D)extinct 符合题意要求，是正确答案。句意为：如 果不采取措施保护环境，数以百万计现在活着的物种就会灭绝。 41. 答案为 A)。essence 意为“本质，精髓”，句意为：科学态度的本质是人类的 意识能成功地理解宇宙。其他三个名词的意义是：B)content 内容；C)texture 结构，D)threshold入口，门槛。 42. 答案为 C)。chronic意为“慢性的”：句意为这位老太太患有慢性咳嗽，短期内 不能彻底治愈。其他三个形容词的意思是：A) perpetual 永久的，持久的；B) permanent长期的，长久的；D)sustained持续不变的。 43. 答案为 B)。authentic意为“真实的，可靠的”，句意为：通讯员发给我们的是 一件真实的新闻报道，我们可以相信它。其他三个形容词的意思是：A)evident 明显的；C)ultimate最后的，最终的；D)immediate紧急的，立即的。 44. 答案为 A)。inspirational 意为“有鼓舞力的，给予灵感的”，句意为：已经聘 她作教授兼顾问，我可以告诉你，她是一种鼓舞力量，促使她的学生成绩大大 优于他们自己的期望。其它三个形容词的意思是：B) educational 教育的；C) excessive过分的；D)instantaneous即刻的，瞬间的。 45. 答案为 D)。vulnerable意为“易受攻击的，敏感的”，句意为，有些研究者感 到某些人的神经系统对热风和干风很敏感。他们就是我们所称的天气敏感者。 其它三个形容词的意思是：A)subjective 主观的；B)subordinate 次要的，附属 的；C)liable有…倾向的。 46. 答案为 B)。destructive意为“破坏性的”，句意为：飓风是造成灾难的风，其 破坏性在于能造成物质的损坏。其它三个形容词的意思是：A)cumulative累积 的；C)turbulent狂暴的，动乱的；D)prevalent流行的。 47. 答案为 C)。obedient的意思是“顺从的，规矩的”，句意为：在一些国家，要 求学生在教室要保持安静并循规蹈矩。另外三个形容词的意义为：A)skeptical 怀疑的；B)faithful 忠诚的；D)subsidiary辅助的。 48. 答案为 A)。gloomy的意思为“令人沮丧的”，句意为：尽管经济预测令人沮丧， 但制造业的产量却稍有增加。其它三个形容词的意思是：B)miserable 悲惨的； C)shadowy 有阴影的；D)obscure模糊的，暗的。 49. 答案为 B)。本题要求辨析四个动词短语。A)setaside不顾，置于一旁；B)ward off避开；C)shrugoff不理，一笑置之；D)giveaway赠予，发出。选项 B)符合 句意要求，是正确答案。句意为：文身或文面多为尚无文字社会的人用来追求 身体健康或避免疾病。 450淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 50. 答案为 C)。increasingly意为“越来越…，日益”，句意为：在过去几年里，国 际形势变得越来越困难。其它三个副词的意思是：A)invariably不变的，总是； B)presumably推测地，大概；D)dominantly起支配作用地。 51. 答案为 C)。deprived意为“剥夺”，常与of 搭配，句意为：囚犯被剥夺三年的 公民自由权。A)discharged意为“指控”，常与 with 搭配，discharge...with 意 思是“指控某人犯…罪”，B)derive意为“来自，起源”常与from 搭配；D)dispatch 意为“派遣”。 52. 答案为 D)。hamper 意为“阻碍，束缚”，句意为：小农场以及缺乏现代技术 束缚了农业的生产。其它三个动词的意义是：A)blundered盲动，脱口而出；B) tangled纠缠；C)bewildered迷惑。 53. 答案为 A)。四个动词的意思分别是：A)enhance增强，提高；B)amplify放大， 增强；C)foster 鼓励；D)magnify放大，扩大。根据原题，A)enhance 符合题意 是答案。句意为：日本科学家发现，香味能提高办公室人员的效率，并能减轻 紧张情绪。 54. 答案为 D)。这是四个形似但意义各不相同的动词。A)confirm 证实，确认；B) confront面对，遭遇；C)confine 限制，禁闭；D)conform 遵守，服从，常与介 词to搭配。D)conform不但在意义上，结构也符合原题，是正确答案。句意为： 所有学生都得遵守学校的规章制度。 55. 答案为 D)。scratch意为“抓，挠”，句意为：他挠一挠头，考虑如何解决这个 问题。其它三个动词的意思分别是：A)scrapped废弃；B)screwed 拧；C)scraped 刮，擦。 56. 答案为 A)。defied意为“藐视，公然对抗”，句意为：男孩子刚能够自己谋生， 就公然对抗父母的严厉规矩。另外三个动词的意义是：B)refuted反驳，驳斥； C)excluded排斥，D)vetoed否决。 57. 答案为 D)。本题是动词短语辨析。四个动词短语的意义分别是：A)coincidedwith 与…...巧合；B)stumbledon偶尔遇到；C)tumbledto 恍然大悟；D)collidedwith 与…碰撞。选项D)符合题意，是正确答案。句意为：那架直升飞机与一架轻型 飞机相撞，两个飞行员都遇难了。 58. 答案为 A)。选项中四个动词的意义分别是：A)conserve 保藏，保存；B)conceive 想象，持有；C)convert 转换；D)contrive 发明，设计。根据原题意，A)conserve 是答案。句意为：保存就是留下来并保护起来，使我们自己享用的东西保持完 好，让别人也可分享。 59. 答案为 D)。 dazzle 意为“使人眩晕，眼花”，句意为：戴上墨镜，不然太阳 会使你眼花，看不见东西。其它三个动词的意思是：A)discern辨认，识别；B) distort扭曲，歪曲；C)distract 分散，分心。 451淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 60. 答案为 B)primitive 意为“原始的”，句意为：在原始时代，人类旅行不是为了 找乐趣，而是寻找更有利的气候。其它三个形容词的意思是，A)prime首要的； C)primary最初的；D)preliminary开端的，最初的。 PartIVCloze 61. 正确答案为 B)。第一家日托所建于 1854年，在各地区建立当然是在 19 世纪的 后半期。 62. 正确答案为 B)。mostof后面要用人称代词。 63. 正确答案为 A)。根据句意“第一次世界大战对建立日托所的运动是个促进”。 64. 正确答案为 C)。根据句意“当时劳动力短缺使得…”。 65. 正确答案为 D)。说明托儿所建立的多而广，“甚至”建在军火工厂里。 66. 正确答案为 D)。分析全句，这是一个让步状语从句，故应用连词although. 67. 正确答案为 B)。修饰动词rose 的副词，四个选项中只有sharply(急剧地)合适。 68. 正确答案为 C)。本句的语气上是转折的，要选副词however. 69. 正确答案为 B)。“在幼儿园里”介词应该用in. 70. 正确答案为 A)。根据句意“通过规范(formulate)和…来管理”。选A)。 71. 正确答案为 B)。根据句意“第二次世界大战的爆发”应是“Theoutbreakofthe SecondWorldWar”。 72. 正确答案为 A)。与第一次世界大战的情况相呼应，所以要填A)“再次”。 73. 正确答案为 B)。选项中的四个名词，只有 occasion 可以与介词 on搭配，其意 义也与句意相吻合. 74. 正确答案为 C)。根据句意”这时,美国政府立即支持保育员学校,1942年7 月拨 款600万美元… 75. 正确答案为 C)。根据句意”许多州和地方社区对这笔联邦政府资助进行补充。 76. 正确答案为 D)。动词care要与介词 for搭配，表示“照料”的意思。 77. 正确答案为 B)。根据句意“在接受联邦津贴的日托中心里”。 452淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 78. 正确答案为 D)。根据句意“大幅度地削减这笔费用”，只有副词 drastically 是 正确的。 79. 正确答案为 A)。与前一句相呼应，前面说“大幅度地削减”，后来，自然是“废 止(abolished)”。 80. 正确答案为 C)。根据句意“期望战后大多数所雇佣的有小孩的妇女离开她们的 工作…”。 453淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 2001年1月听力原文 SectionA 1. W: Have you heard about the plane crash yesterday? It caused a hundred and twentydeaths.Iamneverateasewhentakingaflight. M:Though we often hear about air crashes and serious casual deeds, flying is one of thesafest ways totravel. Q:What dowelearn from this conversation? 2. W:I havea complainttomake,Sir.Ihadwaitedtenminutesatthetable beforethe waitershowedup,andIfinallygotserved.AndIfounditwasnotwhatIordered. M: I am terribly sorry, madam. It’s a bit unusually busy tonight.As a compensation, your meal will befree. Q:Where does theconversation mostprobably takeplace? 3. M:Ican’tfindmypen.Ineedtowritealetter. W:I’lllookfor itlater.Right nowIneed you to help fix theshelf before paint it. Q:What would they dofirst? 4. M: Mrs. Winter, I need your advice, I want to buy a dress for my wife, can you tell mewhereIcangetoneatareasonableprice? W: Sure, go to Richard’s. It has the latest styles and gives a 30% discount to husbands who shopalone. Q:What doweknowabout Richard’s shop? 5. M:Myheadachesareterribly.MaybeIneedmoresleep. W:Actually,you need less sunand some aspirin. It would help ifyou wear ahat. Q:What does thewoman thinkis thecause oftheman’s headache? 6. M: Did you know this: after almost ten years in the United States, with such a strongaccent. W:Yes,but heis proud ofit. Hesays itis a part ofhis identity. Q:What does theconversation tell usabout Mr.Li? Li stillspeaks English. 7. W: This is Mrs. Starched, my heater is not getting any power and weatherman says the temperature is to fall below zerotonight. Could you get someone to come over andfixit? M: This is the busiest time of the year, but I’ll speak to one of our men about going oversome timetoday. 454淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 Q:Whodid Mrs. Starched want tocome over? 8. M:Thoughwedidn’twinthegame,weweresatisfiedwithourperformance. W:Youdid a great job.You almost beat the world’s champions. It’s a real surprise to many people. Q:What dowelearn from this conversation? 9. W: Sorry I did not come yesterday, because I had a temperature. Could you tell me therequirementformytermpaper? M:The theme of your paper can be about business management or touring resources inChina, and thelength ofthepaper should be noless than fifteen pages. Q:What isthemost probable relationship between thetwo speakers? 10. W:Idon’tthinkweshouldtellTomaboutthesurprisingpartyforLucy. M: It’s all right. He promised not totell, and hedoes not make promiseslikely. Q:What does theman mean? 455淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 2001年6月大学英语六级(CET-6)真题试卷 Part I Listening Comprehension(20 minutes) SectionA Directions: In this section, you will hear 10 short conversations. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the question will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A), B), C) and D), and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre. Example: Youwillhear: Youwillread: A)2hours. B) 3hours. C)4hours. D)5hours. Fromtheconversationweknowthatthetwoaretalkingaboutsomeworktheywill startat9o’clockinthemorningandhavetofinishat2intheafternoon.Therefore,D)“5 hours” is the correct answer. You should choose [D] on the Answer Sheet and mark it withasinglelinethroughthecentre. SampleAnswer[A][B][C][D] 1. A)HewilltellMaryhowtooperatethedishwasher. B) Hewill wash the dishes himselfinstead. C)Hewill help Bill to translate themanual. D)He himselfwilloperate thedishwasher. 2. A)Loseweight. B) Quitsmoking. C)Weigh himselffrequently. D)Have a talk withthedoctor. 3. A)Thewomanshouldhavecomplainedtoherneighbor. B)Thewoman should stayout until theneighbors are quiet. C)Thewoman should havestayed at thelibrary. D)The lab will beabetter place for reading. 456淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 4. A)Checkthefigureslatertoday. B) Do thecalculations again tomorrow. C)Bring a calculatortomorrow. D)Calculate thenumberright now. 5. A)Shedoesn’tremembermuchaboutthecity. B) She’s never been to thecity. C)Shewould find someoneelse to help. D)Shewould talk totheman later. 6. A)Shethinksthemanshouldhavehelpedearlier. B) Shedoesn’tneed theman’s help. C)Shedoesn’tknow theboxes are heavy. D)Shewants themanto helpwith theboxes. 7. A)Sheletthemanuseherbooksfortheweekend. B) Shebrought thebooks theman asked for. C)Sheborrowed thebooks from the man. D)Sheoffered to help theman. 8. A)She’dliketohavethewindowsopen. B) Shelikes tohave theair conditioneron. C)Theair isheavily polluted. D)The windows are already open. 9. A)He’sgoingtovisitaphotostudio. B) He’s justhad his picturetaken. C)He’s ontheway to thetheater. D)He’s justreturned from ajobinterview. 10. A)Atagasstation. B) In apark. C)In an emergency room. D)At agarage. Section B Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best 457淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre. PassageOne Questions11to13arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard. 11. A)Onesixthofthemareseriouslypolluted. B) Onethird of themare seriously polluted. C)Halfof them are seriously polluted. D)Most ofthem are seriously polluted. 12. A)Therewasnogarbagelefttocleanup. B)There was moregarbage than before and they had to work harder. C)Theriver had becomeso clean that a lotofwater-birds came back. D)The river was much cleaner andthey had tosearch for garbage. 13. A)Mostofthemwouldbeindifferentandkeeponthrowinggarbageintotheriver. B)They would join thestudents in changing thesituation. C)They would become moreawareof thepollutionproblem. D)They would think twicebefore they went swimmingor fishingin theriver. PassageTwo Questions14to17arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard. 14. A)Whypeopleholdbacktheirtears. B)Whypeople cry. C)Howto restrain one’s tears. D)How tears are produced. 15. A)Whatchemicalstearsarecomposedof. B)Whethercrying really helps us feel better. C)Whysomepeople tend to cry more often than others. D)How tears help peoplecope with emotional problems. 16. A)Onlyoneoutoffourgirlscrieslessoftenthanboys. B) Offour boys, only onecries very often. C)Girls cry four times as often as boys. 458淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 D)Only one outof fourbabies doesn’t cry often. 17. A)Onlyhumansrespondtoemotionsbysheddingtears. B) Only humans shed tears to get rid ofirritating stuffin theireyes. C)Only human tears can resistthe invadingbacteria. D)Only human tears can discharge certain chemicals. PassageThree Questions18to20arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard. 18. A)Theymakedecisionsbytossingcoins. B)They are not physically separated. C)They think exactly thesameway. D)They share most oftheirvital organs. 19. A)Fewofthemcanlivelong. B) Few ofthem get along well with each other. C)Mostof them liveanormal life. D)Most ofthem differ intheirlikes and dislikes. 20. A)Theygotoaregularschool. B)They attend aspecial school. C)They are taught bytheir parents. D)They have aprivate tutor. Part IIReading Comprehension(35 minutes) Directions: There are 4 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or finished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre. PassageOne Questions21to25arebasedonthefollowingpassage. Our culture has caused most Americans to assume not only that our language is universal but that the gestures we use are understood by everyone. We do not realize that waving good-byeisthe waytosummona person fromthe Philippinesto one’sside, or that in Italy and some Latin-American countries, curling the finger to oneself is a sign offarewell. 459淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 Those private citizens who sent packages to our troops occupying Germany after WorldWarII andmarkedthem GIFT toescape dutypaymentsdid notbotherto findout that “Gift” means poison in German. Moreover, we like to think of ourselves as friendly, yet we prefer to be at least 3 feet or an arm’s length away from others. Latins and Middle Easterners like to come closer and touch, which makes Americans uncomfortable. Our linguistic (语言上的) and cultural blindness and the casualness with which we takenoticeofthedevelopedtastes,gestures,customsandlanguagesofothercountries, arelosingusfriends,businessandrespectintheworld. Even here in the United States, we make few concessions to the needs of foreign visitors. There are no information signs in four languages on our public buildings or monuments; we do not have multilingual (多语言的) guided tours. Very few restaurant menus have translations, and multilingual waiters, bank clerks and policemen are rare. Our transportation systems have maps in English only and often we ourselves have difficultyunderstandingthem. When we go abroad, we tend to cluster in hotels and restaurants where English is spoken. Then attitudes and information we pick up are conditioned by those natives—usually the richer—who speak English. Our business dealings, as well as the nation’sdiplomacy,areconductedthroughinterpreters. For many years, American dollars no longer buy all good things, and we are slowly beginning to realize that our proper role in the world is changing. A 1979 Harris poll reported that 55 percent of Americans want this country to play a more significant role in world affairs; we want to have a hand in the important decisions of the next century, eventhoughitmaynotalwayshetheupperhand. 21. It can be inferred that Americans being approached too closely by Middle Easternerswouldmostprobably________. A)stand still B) jumpaside C)step forward D)draw back 22. TheauthorgivesmanyexamplestocriticizeAmericansfortheir________. A)cultural self-centeredness B) casual manners C)indifference towards foreign visitors D)arrogance towards other cultures 23. IncountriesotherthantheirownmostAmericans________. A)are isolated bythelocal people B) are not well informed due tothelanguage barrier 460淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 C)tend to get along well with thenatives D)need interpreters inhotels and restaurants 24. According to the author, Americans’ cultural blindness and linguistic ignorance will ________. A)affect theirimage inthe newera B) cut themselves offfrom theoutside world C)limittheirrolein world affairs D)weaken thepositionoftheUS dollar 25. The author’s intention in writing this article is to make Americans realize that ________. A)it isdangerous toignore theirforeign friends B) itis important to maintain theirleading role in worldaffairs C)itis necessary touse several languages inpublicplaces D)it istimetoget acquainted with other cultures PassageTwo Questions26to30arebasedonthefollowingpassage. In department stores and closets all over the world, they are waiting. Their outward appearance seems rather appealing because they come in a variety of styles, textures, and colors. But they are ultimately the biggest deception that exists in the fashion industry today. What are they? They are high heels—a woman’s worst enemy (whether she knows it or not). High heel shoes are the downfall of modern society. Fashion myths have led women to believe that they are more beautiful or sophisticated for wearing heels, but in reality, heels succeed in posing short as well as long term hardships. Women should fight the high heel industry by refusing to use or purchase theminordertosavetheworldfromunnecessaryphysicalandpsychologicalsuffering. For the sake of fairness, it must be noted that there is a positive side to high heels. First, heels are excellent for aerating (使通气) lawns. Anyone who has ever worn heels on grass knows what I am talking about. A simple trip around the yardin a pair of those babies eliminates all need to call for a lawn care specialist, and provides the perfect-sized holes to give any lawn oxygen without all those messy chunks of dirt lying around. Second, heels are quite functional for defense against oncoming enemies, who caneasilybescaredawaybythreateningthemwithapairofthesesharp,deadlyfashion accessories. Regardlessofsuch practical usesforheels, thefactremainsthatwearing highheels isharmfultoone’sphysicalhealth.Talktoanypodiatrist(足病医生)， andyouwillhear that the majority of their business comes from high-heel-wearing women. High heels are known to cause problems such as deformed feet and torn toenails. The risk of severe back problems and twisted or broken ankles is three times higher for a flat shoe 461淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 wearer.Wearingheelsalsocreatesthethreatofgettingaheelcaughtinasidewalkcrack or a sewer-grate (阴沟栅) and being thrown to the ground—possibly breaking a nose, back, or neck. And of course, after wearing heels for a day, any woman knows she can lookforwardtoanightofpainasshetriestocomfortherswollen,achingfeet. 26. Whatmakeswomenblindtothedeceptivenatureofhighheels? A)The multi-functional useofhigh heels. B)Their attempt toshowofftheirstatus. C)Therich variety ofhigh heel styles. D)Their wish to improvetheirappearance. 27. Theauthor’spresentationofthepositivesideofhighheelsismeant________. A)tobeironic B) topoke fun at women C)tobe fair tothe fashion industry D)tomake hispoint convincing 28. The author uses the expression “those babies” (Line 3, Para. 2) to refer to high heels________. A)toshowtheirfragile characteristics B) toindicate theirfeminine features C)toshow women’s affection for them D)toemphasizetheirsmall size 29. Theauthor’schiefargumentagainsthighheelsisthat________. A)they pose athreat tolawns B) they are injurious towomen’shealth C)they don’t necessarily make women beautiful D)they are ineffectiveas a weapon ofdefense 30. Itcanbeinferredfromthepassagethatwomenshould________. A)see through thevery nature offashion myths B) boycott theproducts of thefashion industry C)go toa podiatrist regularly foradvice D)avoid following fashion tooclosely PassageThree Questions31to35arebasedonthefollowingpassage. 462淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 It is hardly necessary for me to cite all the evidence of the depressing state of literacy. These figures from the Department of Education are sufficient: 27 million Americans cannot read at all, and a further 35 million read at a level that is less than sufficienttosurviveinoursociety. but my own worry today is less that of the overwhelming problem of elemental literacythanitisoftheslightlymoreluxuriousproblemofthedeclineintheskillevenof the middle-class reader, of his unwillingness to afford those spaces of silence, those luxuries of domesticity and time and concentration, that surround the image of the classic actof reading.It hasbeensuggestedthatalmost80 percentofAmerica’sliterate, educated teenagers can no longer read without an accompanying noise (music) in the background or a television screen flickering (闪烁 ) at the corner of their field of perception. We know very little about the brain and how it deals with simultaneous conflicting input, but every common-sense intuition suggests we should be profoundly alarmed.Thisviolationofconcentration,silence,solitude (独处的状态)goestothevery heart of our notion of literacy; this new form of part-reading, of part-perception against background distraction, renders impossible certain essential acts of apprehension and concentration, let alone that most important tribute any human being can pay to a poem or a piece of prose he or she really loves, which is to learn it by heart. Not by brain,byheart;theexpressionisvital. Under these circumstances, the question of what future there is for the arts of reading is a real one. Ahead of us lie technical, psychic ( 心 理 的 ), and social transformationsprobably much more dramatic than those broughtabout by Gutenberg, the German inventor in printing. The Gutenberg revolution, as we now know it, took a long time; its effects are still being debated. The information revolution will touch every fact of composition, publication, distribution, and reading. No one in the book industry cansaywithanyconfidencewhatwillhappentothebookaswe’veknownit. 31. The picture of the reading ability of the American people, drawn by the author, is ________. A)rather bleak B) fairly bright C)very impressive D)quiteencouraging 32. Theauthor’sbiggestconcernis________. A)elementary schoolchildren’s disinterest in reading classics B) thesurprisingly lowrate ofliteracy in theU.S. C)themusical settingAmerican readers require for reading D)thereading ability and reading behavior ofthemiddleclass 33. Amajorproblemwithmostadolescentswhocanreadis________. A)their fondness ofmusicandTVprograms 463淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 B) theirignorance ofvarious forms of art and literature C)theirlack ofattentiveness and basicunderstanding D)their inabilityto focus onconflicting input 34. The author claims that the best way a reader can show admiration for a piece of poetryorproseis________. A)tobeable to appreciateit and memorizeit B) toanalyze itsessential features C)tothink it overconscientiously D)tomake afair appraisal ofits artisticvalue 35. Aboutthefutureoftheartsofreadingtheauthorfeels________. A)upset B) uncertain C)alarmed D)pessimistic PassageFour Questions35to40arebasedonthefollowingpassage. For centuries, explorers have risked their lives venturing into the unknown for reasons that were to varying degrees economic and nationalistic. Columbus went west to look for better trade routes to the Orient and to promote the greater glory of Spain. Lewis and Clark journeyed into the American wilderness to find out what the U.S. had acquired when it purchased Louisiana, and the Apollo astronauts rocketed to the moon inadramaticshowoftechnologicalmuscleduringthecoldwar. Although their missions blended commercial and political-military imperatives, the explorers involved all accomplished some significant science simply by going where no scientistshadgonebefore. TodayMarslooms（隐约出现）as humanity’s next great terraincognita（未探明 之地）.Andwithdoubtfulprospectsforashort-termfinancialreturn,withthecoldwar a rapidly fading memory and amid a growing emphasis on international cooperation in large space ventures, it is clear that imperatives other than profits or nationalism will have to compel human beings to leave their tracks on the planet’s reddish surface. Could it be that science, which has long played a minor role in exploration, is at last destined to take a leading role? The question naturally invites a couple of others: Are there experiments that only humans could do on Mars? Could those experiments provide insights profound enough to justify the expense of sending people across interplanetaryspace? With Mars the scientific stakes are arguably higher than they have ever been. The issue of whether life ever existed on the planet, and whether it persists to this day, has 464淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 been highlighted by mounting evidence that the Red Planet once had abundant stable, liquid water and by the continuing controversy over suggestions that bacterial fossils rode to Earth on a meteorite（陨石）from valuable data about the range of conditions underwhichaplanetcangeneratethecomplexchemistrythatleadstolife.Ifitcouldbe established that life arose independently on Mars and Earth, the finding would provide the first concrete clues in one of the deepest mysteries in all of science: the prevalence oflifeintheuniverse. 36. According to the passage, the chief purpose of explorers in going to unknown placesinthepastwas________. A)todisplay theircountry’s military might B) toaccomplish somesignificant science C)tofind newareas forcolonization D)topursue commercial and stateinterests 37. At present, a probable inducement for countries to initiate large-scale space venturesis________. A)international cooperation B) scientificresearch C)nationalisticreasons D)long-term profits 38. WhatisthemaingoalofsendinghumanmissionstoMars? A)Tofind out iflife ever existed there. B)Tosee ifhumans could survivethere. C)Toprove thefeasibility oflarge-scalespace ventures. D)Toshow theleading role ofscience in space exploration. 39. By saying “With Mars the scientific stakes are arguably higher than they have ever been”(Line1,Para.4),theauthormeansthat________. A)with Mars therisks involved are much greater than anyprevious space ventures B) inthe case ofMars, therewards ofscientific exploration canbevery high C)inthe case ofMars, muchmoreresearch funds areneeded than ever before D)with Mars, scientistsargue, thefundamental interests ofscience are at issue 40. ThepassagetellsusthatproofoflifeonMarswould________. A)make clear thecomplex chemistry in thedevelopment of life B) confirm thesuggestion that bacterial fossils traveled to Earth ona meteorite C)reveal thekind ofconditions under which lifeoriginates 465淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 D)provide an explanation why lifeis common in theuniverse PartIIIVocabulary (20 minutes) Directions: There are 30 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D) choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with asinglelinethrough thecentre. 41. Ifyouwantthispainkiller,you’llhavetoaskthedoctorfora________. A)transaction B) permit C)settlement D)prescription 42. The________formchildhoodtoadulthoodisalwayscriticaltimeforeverybody. A)conversion B) transition C)turnover D)transformation 43. It is hard to tell whether we are going to have a boom in the economy or a ________. A)concession B) recession C)submission D)transmission 44. His use of color, light and form quickly departed from the conventional style of his as________hedevelopedowntechnique. A)descendants B) predecessors C)successors D)ancestors 45. Failureinarequiredsubjectmayresultinthe________ofadiploma. A)refusal B) betrayal C)denial D)burial 466淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 46. To help students understand how we see, teachers often draw an ________ betweenaneyeandacamera. A)image B) analogy C)denial D)axis 47. A 1994 World Bank report concluded that ________ girls in school was probably thesinglemosteffectiveanti-povertypolicyinthedevelopingworldtoday. A)assigning B) admitting C)involving D)enrolling 48. Theauthorofreportiswell________withtheproblemsinthehospitalbecausehe hasbeenworkingthereformanyyears. A)acquainted B) informed C)accustomed D)known 49. When the farmers visited the city the first time, they were ________ by its complicatedtrafficsystem. A)precludes B) bewildered C)diverted D)expires 50. If Japan ________ itsrelation with thatcountry it will haveto find another supplier ofrawmaterials. A)precludes B) terminates C)partitions D)expires 51. They were ________ in their scientific research, not knowing what happened just outsidetheirlab. A)submerged B) drowned 467淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 C)immersed D)dipped 52. You should ________ to one or more weekly magazines such as time, or Newsweek. A)ascribe B) order C)reclaim D)subscribe 53. The automatic doors in supermarkets ________ the entry and exit of customers withshoppingcarts. A)furnish B) induce C)facilitate D)allocate 54. Each workday, the workers followed the same schedules and rarely ________ from thisroutine. A)deviated B) disconnected C)detached D)distorted 55. The little girl was ________ by the death of her dog since her affection for the pet hadbeenrealanddeep. A)grieved B) suppressed C)oppressed D)sustained 56. A visitor to a museum today would notice ________ changes in the way museums areoperated. A)cognitive B) conspicuous C)rigorous D)exclusive 57. Mostpeopletendtothinktheyaresoefficientattheirjobthattheyare________. 468淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 A)inaccessible B) irreversible C)immovable D)irreplaceable 58. Beingimpatientis________withbeingagoodteacher. A)intrinsic B) ingenious C)incompatible D)inherent 59. Foraparticularreason,hewantedtheinformationtobetreatedas________. A)assured B) reserved C)intimate D)confidential 60. Fortune-tellers are good at marking ________ statements such as “Your sorrows willchange.” A)philosophical B) ambiguous C)literal D)invalid 61. The tenant mush be prepared to decorate the house ________ the terms of the contract. A)inthevicinity of B) inquest of C)inaccordance with D)incollaboration with 62. The winners of the football championship ran off the field carrying the silver cup ________. A)turbulently B) tremendously C)triumphantly D)tentatively 63. He said that they had ________ been obliged to give up the scheme for lack of 469淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 support. A)gravely B) regrettably C)forcibly D)graciously 64. Thelawondrinkinganddrivingis________stated. A)extravagantly B) empirically C)exceptionally D)explicitly 65. Thereclaimstodamageshavenotbeenconvincingly________. A)refuted B) depressed C)overwhelmed D)intimidated 66. Please don’t ________ too much on the painful memories. Everything will be all right. A)hesitate B) linger C)retain D)dwell 67. The jobs of wildlife technicians and biologists seemed ________ to him, but one dayhediscoveredtheirdifference. A)identical B) vertical C)parallel D)specific 68. Marybecame________homesickandcriticaloftheUnitedStates,sothefledfrom herhomeinwestBloomfieldtoherhometowninAustria. A)completely B) sincerely C)absolutely D)increasingly 470淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 69. Despite almost universal ________ of the vital importance of women’s literacy, education remains a dream for far too many women in far too many countries of theworld. A)identification B) compliment C)confession D)acknowledgement 70. In today’s medical, little agreement exists on the ________ for defining mental illness. A)legislation B) requirement C)criteria D)measures 试卷二 Part IVErrorCorrection (15 minutes) Directions: This part consists of a short passage. In this passage, there are altogether 10 mistakes, one in each numbered line. You may have to change a word, add a word or delete a word. Mark out the mistakes and put the corrections in the blanks provided. If you change a word, cross it out and write the correct word in the corresponding blank. If you add a word, put an insertion mark (∧) in the right place and write the missing word in the blank. If you delete aword, crossit andput aslash(/) in theblank. Example: Televisionisrapidlybecomingtheliteratureofourperiods╱. 1. time/times/period Manyoftheargumentshaving╱ usedforthestudyofliteratureas 2. _______\_______ aschoolsubjectarevalidfor ∧ studyoftelevision. 3.______the______ More people of tuberculosis (结核病)than of any other disease caused by a single agent. This has probably been the case in quite a white. During the early stages of the industrial revolution, perhaps one in every seventh deaths is Europe’s crowded cities were caused by the disease. From now on, though, western eyes, missing the global picture, saw the trouble going into decline. With occasional breaks for war, the rates of death and infection in the Europe and America dropped steadily through the 19th and 20th centuries. In the 1950s, the introduction of antibiotics(抗菌素)strengthened the trend in rich countries, and the antibiotics were allowed to be imported to poor countries.Medicalresearchersdeclaredvictoryandwithdrew. Theyarewrong.In themid-1980s thefrequency ofinfectionsanddeathsstarted to 471淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 pick up again around the world. Where tuberculosis vanished, it came back; in many places where it had never been away, it grew better. The World Heath Organization estimates that 1. 7 billion people (a third of the earth’s population) suffer from tuberculosis. Even the infection rate was falling, population growth kept the number of clinical cases more or less constantly at 8 million a year. Around 3 million of those peopledied,nearlyalloftheminpoorcountries. PartVWriting(30) minutes Directions: For this part, you are allowed thirty minutes to write a letter. Suppose you are Zhang Ying. Write a letter to Xiao Wang, a schoolmate of yours who is going to visit you during the week-long holiday. You should write at least 120wordsaccording tothesuggestions given below in Chinese. 1. 表示欢迎 2. 提出对度假安排的建议 3. 提醒应注意的事项 ALettertoaSchoolmate June23,2001 DearXiaoWang, ____________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ Yours,ZhangYing 472淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 2001年6月六级参考答案 Part I 1. B 2. A 3. C 4. B 5. A 6. B 7. C 8. A 9. B 10. D 11. B 12. D 13. C 14. B 15. D 16. C 17. A 18. B 19. A 20. A PartII 21. D 22. A 23. B 24. C 25. D 26. D 27. B 28. D 29. B 30. D 31. A 32. D 33. C 34. A 35. B 36. D 37. C 38. A 39. B 40. C Part III 41. D 42. B 43. B 44. B 45. C 46. B 47. D 48. A 49. B 50. B 51. C 52. D 53. C 54. A 55. A 56. C 57. D 58. C 59. D 60. B 61. C 62. C 63. B 64. D 65. A 66. D 67. A 68. D 69. D 70. C Part IV 71. in → for 72. seventh → seven 73. were → was 74. now → then 75. the→/ 473淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 76. imported → exported 77. are → were 78. tuberculosis ∧ vanished→had 79. better → worse 80. constantly → constant 474淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 2001年6月听力原文 1. W:I’mtryingtofindouthowthisdishwasherworks,themanualisinFrench,Ican’t waitforBilltotranslateitforme. M: Don’t worry,Mary,I can dothe dishes before themachine starts to work. Q:What does theman mean? 2. M:The doctor said if Ikeptsmoking, Iwould increase mychancesofhaving a heart attack. W:Did hesuggest reducing weight, too? Q:What does thewoman thinktheman should also do? 3. W:Thepeoplenextdooraremakingsomuchnoise,Ijustcan’tconcentrateon. M:Why don’t you stay at thelibrary? It’smuch quiet there. Q:What doesTom mean? 4. M: This is hopeless, these figures still don’t add up right, let’s do the calculations overagain. W:Yes,but why not dothem tomorrow? It’s very latenow. Q:What does thewoman suggest they do? 5. M: To collect a data for myreport, I need to talkto someone who knows thatsmall cityverywell.Iwastoldthatyoulivedthereforquitealongtime. W:Oh, I wishI couldhelp, but Iwas only achild then. Q:What does thewoman imply? 6. M:Areyoumovingintoanewhouse?Needahandwiththoseboxes? W:That’s okay,Ican manage.They look big, butaren’t veryheavy actually. Q:What does thewoman mean? 7. M:It’sgoodyoubroughtthebooksback. W:I thought you might need novels at the weekend.Thanks for letting meusethem. Q:What doweknowabout thewoman from theconversation? 8. M:Doyouwanttoturnontheairconditioneroropenthewindow? W:I lovefresh airifyou don’t mind. Q:What canbeinferred from the woman’s answer? 9. W: Hi, Michael, I can hardly recognize you, why are you dressed up today? Are you goingtothetheatre? 475淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 M: No, actually,Ijust had an interview at thephoto studio thismorning. Q:What dowelearn about Michael from this conversation? 10. M:Goodmorning,whatcanIdoforyou? W: I’d like to have my emergency brake fixed. The car rolls when I park it on the hill. Q:Where does theconversation mostprobably takeplace? Passageone Last August,Susan and42 otherstudentsgotwet anddirtywhile removing sixtons ofgarbagefrom theriver running acrosstheir city.Theycleanedupthe riveraspartofa week-long environmental camp. Like one in three American rivers, this river is so polluted that it’s unsafe for swimming and fishing, still, Susan, who has just completed her third summer on the river clean-up, scene has changed in this river. “Since we started three years ago, the river is getting a lot cleaner”, she says. Environmental scientists praised the teenagers for removing garbage that can harm wild life. Waterbirds, for example, can choke on plastic bottle rings and get cut by scrap metal. Three years ago, when the clean-up started, garbage was everywhere, but this year, the teenagers had to hunt for garbage. They turn the clean-up into a competition to see who could find the most garbage and unload their boats fastest. By the end of the six hour shift, they have removed enough garbage to fill more than two large trucks. “Seeing all their garbage in the river makes people begin to care about environmental issues,” Susan says. She hopes that when others read that she and her peers care enough to clean it up, maybe they will think twice before they throw garbage in the river. Questions11-13arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard. 11. WhatdoesthepassagetellusaboutAmericanrivers? 12. Whatdidthestudentsfindwhentheycametotheriverthisyear? 13. Whatistheexpectedreactionofthelocalpeopletothestudents’efforts? PassageTwo Why do we cry? Can you imagine life without tears? Not only do tears keep your eyes lubricated, they also contain a substance that kills certain bacteria so they can’t infect your eyes. Give up your tears, and you’ll lose this on-the-spot defense. Nobody wants to give up the flood of extra tears you produce when you get something physical orchemical in youreyes.Tearsare verygood atwashing thisirritating stuffout.Another thing you couldn’t do without your tears is cry from joy, anger or sadness. Humans are the only animals that produce tears in response to emotions, and most people say a good cry makes them feel better. Many scientists, therefore, believe that crying 476淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 somehowhelpsuscopewithemotional situations. Tearresearcher,Winifred, istrying to figure out how it happens. One possibility he says is that tears discharge certain chemicals from your body, chemicals that build up during stress. When people talk about crying it out, “I think that might actually be what they are doing”, he says. If Fred is right, what do you think will happen to people who restrain their tears? Boys, for example, cry only about a quarter as often as girls once they reach teenage years, and we all cry a lot less now than we did as babies. Could it possibly be that we face less stress? Maybe we found another ways to deal with it, or maybe we just feel embarrassed. Questions14-17arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard. 14. What’sthetopicdiscussedinthispassage? 15. WhatisWinifredtryingtofindout? 16. Whatdoesthepassagesayaboutteenageboysandgirls? 17. What’s the difference between human beings and other animals when shedding tears? Passagethree Imaging this: you wake up each morning to find your sister lying beside you, to get dressed and tie your shoes, you use one hand and she uses another. You do everything outtogether,too,evensittingonthesamechairatlunchandridingonthesamebicycle. That’s what life islikefor six-year-old Bettyand Abby.Likemost twins, the two girls look very much alike, but unlike most twins, Betty and Abby share parts of the same body. TwinslikeBettyandAbbyarerare.Onlyabout40setsarebornintheUnitedStateseach year. Few survive as long as Betty and Abby. That’s because twins often share vital organs, like a heart or brain. The shared organs are often badly shaped and may not be strong enough to support both twins. But Betty and Abby each has her own head, heart and stomach which function normally. Because she has three or four lungs which provide plenty of oxygen for both twins. Most of their completely shared organs lie below the waist. Betty And Abby live relatively normal lives. They attend a regular school, and each does her own school work. They prefer to do some projects together, though, for example, to cut out paper dolls, one twin holds the paper, while the other usesthescissors.Butsometimes,thegirlsdon’twanttodothesamething, forexample, sometimes they want to play with different toys. What do they do then? “We toss a coin”,saysAbby. Questions18-20arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard. 18. Inwhataspect,doBettyandAbbydifferfrommosttwins? 19. Whatdoesthepassagetellusabouttwinswhosharepartsofthesamebody? 477淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 20. Whatdoesthepassagesayabouttheeducationofthetwingirls? 478淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 2002年1月12日大学英语六级(CET-6)真题试卷 试卷一 Part I Listening Comprehension(20 minutes) SectionA Directions: In this section, you will hear 10 short conversations. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the question will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A), B), C) and D), and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre. Example: Youwillhear: Youwillread: A)2hours. B) 3hours. C)4hours. D)5hours. Fromtheconversationweknowthatthetwoaretalkingaboutsomeworktheywill startat9o’clockinthemorningandhavetofinishat2intheafternoon.Therefore,D)“5 hours” is the correct answer. You should choose [D] on the Answer Sheet and mark it withasinglelinethroughthecentre. SampleAnswer[A][B][C][D] 1. A)Allthepassengerswerekilled. B)Theplane crashed inthenight. C)No moresurvivors havebeen found. D)It’s too latetosearch for survivors. 2. A)Itsresultswerejustasexpected. B) It wasn’t verywell designed. C)It fully reflected thestudents’ability. D)Its results fell short ofher expectations. 3. A)Hebelievesdancingisenjoyable. B) Hedefinitely does not likedancing. 479淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 C)Headmires thosewho dance. D)He won’t dance untilhehas done his work. 4. A)Hiscomputerdoesn’tworkwell. B) Heisn’tgetting along with his staff. C)Hedidn’tregister for aproper course. D)He can’t apply thetheory tohis program. 5. A)Readingonthecampuslawn. B) Depositing money in thebank. C)Applying for financial aid. D)Reviewing astudent’sapplication. 6. A)Anewshuttlebus. B)Ascheduled space flight. C)An airplaneflight. D)The first space flight. 7. A)Thedeadlineisdrawingnear. B) Shecan’t meet thedeadline. C)Sheturned intheproposals today. D)They are two days ahead of time. 8. A)Bygoingonadiet. B) By having fewermeals. C)By doingphysical exercise. D)By eating fruit and vegetables. 9. A)Heenjoyeditasawhole. B) Hedidn’tthink much of it. C)Hedidn’tlikeit at all. D)He liked someparts of it. 10. A)Itlooksquitenew. B) It needs tobe repaired. C)It looksold, but it runs well. D)Its engine needs tobe painted. Section B 480淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre. PassageOne Questions11to13arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard. 11. A)Experienceinnegotiating. B)Ahigh level ofintelligence. C)Thetimetheyspend onpreparation. D)The amount ofpay they receive. 12. A)Studythecasecarefullybeforehand. B) Sticktoaset target. C)Appear friendly totheotherparty. D)Try to be flexibleabout theirterms. 13. A)Makesurethereisnomisunderstanding. B)Try to persuade bygiving various reasons. C)Repeat the samereasons. D)Listen carefully and patiently tothe otherparty. PassageTwo Questions14to16arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard. 14. A)Theyeathugeamountsoffood. B)They usually eat twicea day. C)They usually eat to theirhearts’content. D)They eat much less than peopleassume. 15. A)Whenitisbreeding. B)When itfeels threatened byhumans inits territory. C)When itsoffspring is threatened. D)When it is suffering from illness. 16. A)Theyarenotasdangerousaspeoplethink. 481淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 B)They can be as friendly tohumans as dogs. C)They attack human beings bynature. D)They are really tamesea animals. PassageThree Questions17to20arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard. 17. A)Becausepeoplemighthavetomigratetheresomeday. B) Because itis very much liketheearth. C)Because itis easier to explorethanother planets. D)Because its atmosphere isdifferent from that of theearth. 18. A)Itschemicalelementsmustbestudied. B) Its temperaturemust belowered. C)Big spaceships mustbe built. D)Its atmosphere must bechanged. 19. A)ItinfluencesthesurfacetemperatureofMars. B) It protects living beings from harmful rays. C)It keeps aplanet from overheating. D)It is themain component oftheairpeople breathe. 20. A)Manwillprobablybeabletolivetherein200years. B) Scientistsare rather pessimisticabout it. C)Manwill probably beable tolivetherein 100,000years’time. D)Scientists are optimisticabout overcoming thedifficulties soon. Part IIReading Comprehension(35 minutes) Directions: There are 4 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre. PassageOne Questions21to25arebasedonthefollowingpassage. Navigation computers, now sold by most car-makers, cost $2,000 and up. No surprise, then, that they are most often found in luxury cars, like Lexus, BMW and Audi. 482淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 But it is a developing technology—meaning prices should eventually drop—and the marketdoesseemtobegrowing. Even at current prices, a navigation computer is impressive. It can guide you from point to point in most major cities with precise turn-by-turn directions—spoken by a clearhuman-soundingvoice,andwrittenonascreeninfrontofthedriver. The computer works with an antenna (天线) that takes signals from no fewer than three of the 24 global positioning system (GPS) satellites. By measuring the time required for a signal to travel between the satellites and the antenna, the car’s location canbepinneddownwithin100meters. The satellite signals, along with inputs on speed from a wheel-speed sensor and direction from a meter, determine the car’s position even as it moves. This information is combined with a map database. Streets, landmarks and points of interest are included. Most systems are basically identical. The differences come in hardware—the way the computer accepts the driver’s request for directions and the way it presents the driving instructions. On most systems, a driver enters a desired address, motorway junction or point of interest via a touch screen or disc. But the Lexus screen goes a step further:youcanpointtoanyspotonthemapscreenandgetdirectionstoit. BMW’s system offers a set of cross hairs (瞄准器上的十字纹) that can be moved across the map (you have several choices of map scale) to pick a point you’d like to get to.Audi’sscreencanbeswitchedtoTVreception. Eventhe voices that recite the directions candiffer,with better systemslikeBMW’s and Lexus’s having a wider vocabulary.The instructions are available in French, German, Spanish, Dutch and Italian, as well as English. The driver can also choose parameters for determiningtheroute:fastest,shortestornofreeways(高速公路),forexample. 21. Welearnfromthepassagethatnavigationcomputers________. A)will greatly promote sales of automobiles B) may help solvepotential trafficproblems C)are likely tobe accepted bymoredrivers D)will soon beviewed as a symbol ofluxury 22. With a navigation computer, a driver will easily find the best route to his destination________. A)byinputtingthe exact address B) byindicating thelocation ofhis car C)bychecking hiscomputer database D)bygiving vocal orders to thecomputer 23. Despitetheirvarieddesigns,navigationcomputersusedincars________. A)are more orless thesame price 483淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 B) providedirections inmuch thesameway C)work onmore orless thesame principles D)receive instructionsfrom thesamesatellites 24. Thenavigationcomputerfunctions________. A)bymeans ofadirection finderand aspeed detector B) basically onsatellitesignals anda map database C)mainlythrough thereception ofturn-by-turn directions D)byusing ascreen to displaysatellite signals 25. The navigation systems in cars like Lexus, BMW and Audi are mentioned to show ________. A)theimmaturity ofthenew technology B) thesuperiority ofthe global positioning system C)thecause ofprice fluctuations in car equipment D)thedifferent ways of providingguidance to thedriver PassageTwo Questions26to30arebasedonthefollowingpassage. “The world’s environment is surprisingly healthy. Discuss.” If that were an examination topic, most students would tear it apart, offering a long list of complaints: fromlocalsmog(烟雾)toglobalclimatechange,fromthefelling(砍伐)offoreststothe extinction of species. The list would largely be accurate, the concern legitimate. Yet the students who should be given the highest marks would actually be those who agreed withthestatement.Thesurpriseishowgoodthingsare,nothowbad. After all, the world’s population has more than tripled during this century, and world output has risen hugely, so you would expect the earth itself to have been affected. Indeed, if people lived, consumed and produced things in the same way as they did in 1900 (or 1950, or indeed 1980), the world by now would be a pretty disgustingplace:smelly,dirty,toxicanddangerous. But they don’t. The reasons why they don’t, and why the environment has not been mined, have to do with prices, technological innovation, social change and government regulation in response to popular pressure. That is why, today’s environmentalproblemsinthepoorcountriesought,inprinciple,tobesolvable. Raw materials have not run out, and show no sign of doing so. Logically, one day they must: the planet is a finite place. Yet it is also very big, and man is very ingenious. What has happened is that every time a material seems to be running short, the price has risen and, in response, people have looked for new sources of supply, tried to find waystouselessofthematerial,orlookedforanewsubstitute.Forthisreasonpricesfor energyandformineralshavefalleninrealtermsduringthecentury.Thesameistruefor 484淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 food. Prices fluctuate, in response to harvests, natural disasters and political instability; and when they rise, it takes some time before new sources of supply become available. But they always do, assisted by new farming and crop technology. The long term trend hasbeendownwards. It is where prices and markets do not operate properly that this benign (良性的) trend begins to stumble, and the genuine problems arise. Markets cannot always keep theenvironmenthealthy.Ifnooneownstheresourceconcerned,noonehasaninterest inconservingitorfosteringit:fishisthebestexampleofthis. 26. Accordingtotheauthor,moststudents________. A)believe theworld’s environment isin an undesirable condition B) agreethat theenvironment oftheworld is not as bad as it isthought to be C)get high marks for theirgood knowledge oftheworld’s environment D)appear somewhat unconcerned about thestate oftheworld’s environment 27. Thehugeincreaseinworldproductionandpopulation________. A)has madetheworld aworse place tolivein B) has had a positiveinfluence ontheenvironment C)has not significantly affected theenvironment D)has madetheworld adangerous place to livein 28. One of the reasons why the long-term trend of prices has been downwards is that ________. A)technological innovation can promote social stability B) politicalinstability will cause consumption to drop C)newfarming and crop technology can lead tooverproduction D)new sources are always becoming available 29. Fishresourcesarediminishingbecause________. A)nonew substitutes can befound inlarge quantities B) they are not ownedbyany particular entity C)impropermethods offishing have mined thefishing grounds D)water pollutionis extremely serious 30. Theprimarysolutiontoenvironmentalproblemsis________. A)toallowmarket forces to operateproperly B) tocurb consumption ofnatural resources C)tolimit thegrowth oftheworld population D)toavoid fluctuations in prices 485淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 PassageThree Questions31to35arebasedonthefollowingpassage. About the time that schools and others quite reasonably became interested in seeing to it that all children, whatever their background, were fairlytreated, intelligence testingbecameunpopular. Some thought it was unfair to minority children. Through the past few decades suchtestinghasgoneoutoffashionandmanycommunitieshaveindeedforbiddenit. However, paradoxically, just recently a group of black parents filed a lawsuit (诉讼) in California claiming that the state’s ban on IQ testing discriminates against their childrenbydenyingthemtheopportunitytotakethetest.(Theybelieved,correctly,that IQ tests are a valid method of evaluating children for special education classes.) The judge,therefore,reversed,atleastpartially,hisoriginaldecision. And so the argument goes on and on. Does it benefit or harm children from minority groups to have their intelligence tested? We have always been on the side of permitting, even facilitating, such testing. If a child of any color or group is doing poorly inschool itseemstousveryimportanttoknowwhetheritisbecauseheorsheisoflow intelligence,orwhethersomeotherfactoristhecause. What school and family can do to improve poor performance is influenced by its cause. It is not discriminative to evaluate either a child’s physical condition or his intellectuallevel. Unfortunately, intellectual level seems to be a sensitive subject, and what the law allows us to do varies from time to time. The same fluctuation back and forth occurs in areas other than intelligence. Thirty years or so ago, for instance, white families were encouragedtoadoptblackchildren.Itwasconsidereddiscriminativenottodoso. And then the style changed and this cross-racial adopting became generally unpopular,and social agenciesfelt thatblack children should goto blackfamilies only.It is hard to say what are the best procedures. But surely good will on the part of all of us isneeded. As to intelligence, in our opinion, the more we know about any child’s intellectual level,thebetterforthechildinquestion. 31. Whydidtheintelligencetestbecomeunpopularinthepastfewdecades? A)Its validity was challenged bymany communities. B) It was considered discriminativeagainst minoritychildren. C)It met with strong oppositionfrom themajority of black parents. D)It deprived theblack children of theirrights to agood education. 32. The recent legal action taken by some black parents in California aimed to ________. A)draw publicattention toIQ testing 486淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 B) putan end to special education C)remove thestate’s ban onintelligencetests D)have theirchildren enter whiteschools 33. Theauthorbelievesthatintelligencetesting________. A)may ease racial confrontation intheUnited States B) can encourage black children tokeep upwith whitechildren C)may seriously aggravate racial discriminationin theUnited States D)can help black parents makedecisions about their children’s education 34. Theauthor’sopinionofchildadoptionseemstobethat________. A)norules whatsoever can beprescribed B) whitefamilies should adopt black children C)adoption shouldbe basedon IQ test results D)cross-racial adoption is tobe advocated 35. Childadoptionismentionedinthepassagetoshowthat________. A)good will maysometimes complicate racial problems B) social surroundings are vital tothehealthy growth of children C)intelligencetesting also applies to non-academic areas D)American opinion canshift when itcomes to sensitiveissues PassageFour Questions36to40arebasedonthefollowingpassage. Not too many decades ago it seemed “obvious” both to the general public and to sociologists that modern society has changed people’s natural relations, loosened their responsibilities to kin (亲戚) and neighbors, and substituted in their place superficial relationships with passing acquaintances. However, in recent years a growing body of research has revealed that the “obvious” is not true. It seems that if you are a city resident, you typically know a smaller proportion of your neighbors than you do if you are a resident of a smaller community. But, for the most part, this fact has few significant consequences. It does not necessarily follow that if you know few of your neighborsyouwillknownooneelse. Even in very large cities, people maintain close social ties within small, private social worlds. Indeed, the number and quality of meaningful relationships do not differ between more and less urban people. Small-town residents are more involved with kin than are big-city residents. Yet city dwellers compensate by developing friendships with people who share similar interests and activities. Urbanism may produce a different style of life, but the quality of life does not differ between town and city. Nor are residents of large communities any likelier to display psychological symptoms of stress 487淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 or alienation, a feeling of not belonging, than are residents of smaller communities. However, city dwellers do worry more about crime, and this leads them to a distrust of strangers. These findings do not imply that urbanism makes little or no difference. If neighbors are strangers to one another, they are less likely to sweep the sidewalk of an elderly couple living next door or keep an eye out for young trouble makers. Moreover, as Wirth suggested, there may be a link between a community’s population size and its social heterogeneity (多样性). For instance, sociologists have found much evidence that the size of a community is associated with bad behavior including gambling, drugs, etc. Large-city urbanites are also more likely than their small-town counterparts to have a cosmopolitan (见多识广者的) outlook, to display less responsibility to traditional kinship roles, to vote for leftist political candidates, and to be tolerant of nontraditional religious groups, unpopular political groups, and so-called undesirables. Everything considered, heterogeneity and unusual behavior seem to be outcomes of large populationsize. 36. Which of the following statements best describes the organization of the first paragraph? A)Two contrasting views are presented. B)An argument is examined and possiblesolutionsgiven. C) Research results concerning the quality of urban life are presented in order of time. D) A detailed description of the difference between urban and small-town life is given. 37. According to the passage, it was once a common belief that urban residents ________. A)didnot have thesameinterests as theirneighbors B) could not develop long-standing relationships C)tended to beassociated withbad behavior D)usually had morefriends 38. One of the consequences of urban life is that impersonal relationships among neighbors________. A)disrupt people’s natural relations B) makethem worry about crime C)cause them not toshowconcern for oneanother D)cause them to be suspiciousof each other 39. Itcanbeinferredfromthepassagethatthebiggeracommunityis,________. A)thebetter its qualityof life 488淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 B) themoresimilarits interests C)themoretolerant and open-minded itis D)thelikelier itis to display psychological symptoms of stress 40. Whatisthepassagemainlyabout? A) Similarities in the interpersonal relationships between urbanites and small-town dwellers. B)Advantages of living in big cities as compared with livingin smalltowns. C)Thepositiverolethat urbanism plays in modern life. D)The strong feeling ofalienation ofcity inhabitants. PartIIIVocabulary (20 minutes) Directions: There are 30 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with asinglelinethrough thecentre. 41. Theladyinthisstrangetaleveryobviouslysuffersfromaseriousmentalillness.Her plotagainstacompletelyinnocentoldmanisaclearsignof________. A)impulse B) insanity C)inspiration D)disposition 42. ThePrimeMinisterwasfollowedbyfiveorsix________whenhegotofftheplane. A)laymen B) servants C)directors D)attendants 43. Thereisnodoubtthatthe________ofthesegoodstotheothersiseasytosee. A)prestige B) superiority C)priority D)publicity 44. All the guests were invited to attend the wedding ________ and had a very good time. A)feast 489淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 B) congratulations C)festival D)recreation 45. The price of the coal will vary according to how far it has to be transported and howexpensivethefreight________are. A)payments B) charges C)funds D)prices 46. Themanagergaveherhis________thathercomplaintwouldbeinvestigated. A)assurance B) assumption C)sanction D)insurance 47. Althoughthemodellooksgoodonthesurface,itwillnotbearclose________. A)temperament B) contamination C)scrutiny D)symmetry 48. We are doing this work in the ________ of reforms in the economic, social and culturalspheres. A)context B) contest C)pretext D)texture 49. While a full understanding of what causes the disease may be several years away, ________leadingtoasuccessfultreatmentcouldcomemuchsooner. A)a distinction B) abreakthrough C)an identification D)an interpretation 50. Doctors are often caught in a ________ because they have to decide whether they shouldtelltheirpatientsthetruthornot. 490淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 A)puzzle B) perplexity C)dilemma D)bewilderment 51. To________importantdatesinhistory,countriescreatespecialholidays. A)commend B) memorize C)propagate D)commemorate 52. His successful negotiations with the Americans helped him to ________ his positioninhegovernment. A)contrive B) consolidate C)heave D)intensify 53. Please do not be ________ by his offensive remarks since he is merely trying to attractattention. A)distracted B) disregarded C)irritated D)intervened 54. Once you get to know your mistakes, you should ________ them as soon as possible. A)rectify B) reclaim C)refrain D)reckon 55. He wouldn’t answer the reporters’ questions, nor would he ________ for a photograph. A)summon B) highlight C)pose D)marshal 491淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 56. Theclubwill________newmembersthefirstweekinSeptember. A)enroll B) subscribe C)absorb D)register 57. Ifyoudon’t________thechildrenproperly,Mr.Chiver,they’lljustrunriot. A)mobilize B) warrant C)manipulate D)supervise 58. Alreadytheclassis________aboutwhoournewteacherwillbe. A)foreseeing B) speculating C)fabricating D)contemplating 59. Weshould________ourenergyandyouthtothedevelopmentofourcountry. A)dedicate B) cater C)ascribe D)cling 60. Just because I’m ________ to him, myboss thinkshe can order me around without showingmeanyrespect. A)redundant B) trivial C)versatile D)subordinate 61. Manyscientistsremain________aboutthevalueofthisresearchprogram. A)skeptical B) stationary C)spacious D)specific 62. Depressionisoftencausedbythe________effectsofstressandoverwork. 492淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 A)total B) increased C)terrific D)cumulative 63. Ahuman’seyesightisnotas________asthatofaneagle. A)eccentric B) acute C)sensible D)sensitive 64. Itis________thatwomenshouldbepaidlessthanmenfordoingthesamekindof work. A)abrupt B) absurd C)adverse D)addictive 65. Shoesofthiskindare________tosliponwetground. A)feasible B) appropriate C)apt D)fitting 66. We’llbeverycarefulandkeepwhatyou’vetoldusstrictly________. A)rigorous B) confidential C)private D)mysterious 67. The members of Parliament were ________ that the government had not consultedthem. A)impatient B) tolerant C)crude D)indignant 68. Some American colleges are state-supported, others are privately ________, and stillothersaresupportedbyreligiousorganizations. 493淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 A)ensured B) attributed C)authorized D)endowed 69. Theprisonguardswerearmedandreadytoshootif________inanyway. A)intervened B) incurred C)provoked D)poked 70. Many pure metals have little use because they are too soft, rust too easily, or have someother________. A)drawbacks B) handicaps C)bruises D)blunders 试卷二 Part IVErrorCorrection (15 minutes) Directions: This part consists of a short passage. In this passage, there are altogether 10 mistakes, one in each numbered line. You may have to change a word, add a word or delete a word. Mark out the mistakes and put the corrections in the blanks provided. If you change a word, cross it out and write the correct word in the corresponding blank. If you add a word, put an insertion mark (∧) in the right place and write the missing word in the blank. If you delete aword, crossit andput aslash(/) in theblank. Example: Televisionisrapidlybecomingtheliteratureofourperiods╱. 1. time/times/period Manyoftheargumentshaving╱ usedforthestudyofliteratureas 2. _______\_______ aschoolsubjectarevalidfor ∧ studyoftelevision. 3.______the______ Sporting activities are essentially modified forms of hunting behavior. Viewing biologically, the modern (S1) footballer is revealed as a member of a disguised hunting pack. His killing weapon has turned into a harmless football and his prey into a goal-mouth. If his aim is inaccurate and he (S2) scores a goal, enjoys the hunter’s triumphofkillinghisprey.(S3) To understand how this transformation has taken place we must briefly look up at 494淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 our ancient ancestors. They spent over a (S4) million year evolving as co-operative hunters. Their very survival (S5) depended on success in the hunting-field. Under this pressure their whole way of life, even if their bodies, became radically (S6) changed. They became chasers, runners, jumpers, aimers, throwers and prey-killers. They co-operateasskillfulmale-group(S7)attackers. Then, about ten thousand years ago, when this immensely (S8) long formative periodofhuntingforfood,theybecamefarmers. Their improved intelligence, so vital to their old hunting life, were put to a new use-that ofpenning ( 把 ...... 关在圈中), (S9) controlling and domesticating their prey. The food was there on the farms, awaiting their needs. The risks and uncertainties of farmingwerenolongeressentialforsurvival.(S10) PartVWriting(30 minutes) Directions: For this part, you are allowed thirty minutes to write a composition on the topic: A Letter to the University President about the Canteen Service on Campus. You should write at least 120 words, and base your composition ontheoutlinegiven in Chinesebelow: 假设你是李明，请你就本校食堂的状况给校长写一封信，内容应涉及食堂的饭 菜质量、价格、环境、服务等，可以是表扬，可以是批评建议，也可以兼而有之。 495淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 2002年1月12日六级参考答案 PartI Listeningcomprehension 1. C 2. D 3. B 4. D 5. C 6. B 7. A 8. C 9. A 10. C 11. C 12. A 13. B 14. D 15. B 16. A 17. A 18. D 19. D 20. B Part IIReading comprehension 21. B 22. A 23. C 24. B 25. B 26. A 27. C 28. D 29. B 30. A 31. B 32. C 33. A 34. D 35. D 36. A 37. B 38. C 39. C 40. A Part III.Vocabulary 41. A 42. D 43. B 44. A 45. B 46. A 47. C 48. A 49. D 50. C 51. D 52. B 53. C 54. A 55. C 56. C 57. D 58. B 59. A 60. D 61. A 62. D 63. B 64. B 65. C 66. B 67. D 68. D 69. C 70. A PartIVErrorCorrection S1. Viewing 在句中作状语，与句子主语 modernfootballer 之间是动宾关系，应该 用过去分词，所以 Viewing 应改为Viewed. S2. 根据概念同现原理，目标准确才有可能得分高，所以从 scores high 来判断， inaccurate是错误的，应改为accurate. S3. 句子缺少主语，根据主从句的意思来看，主语应该是 he, 所以在enjoys前加主 语he. S4. lookupat 为短语重叠，lookup 表示“敬仰，查寻”与本句意思不符，应该用 496淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 lookat, 表示如果想了解这种转变如何发生，我们就必须看一看我们的祖先是 如何作的。 S5. year为可数名词，这里应该用复数形式，应改为years. S6. 用以加强语气，表示“甚至”，应该用even, 而不是evenif, 所以if 应该去掉。 S7. chasers, runner, jumpers, aimers, throwers 与 pre-killers 之间应该是选择并列关 系，所以 and应改为or. S8. when 用于引导状语从句，但是 this immensely long formative period of hunting forfood 为名词短语，when使用不当，根据句子的意思应该改为after. S9. 主语为 theirimproved intelligence 为单数形式，所以谓语动词也应该用单数形 式，were应该改为 was. S10. 根据话题原则，farming 应该改为 hunting. 497淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 2002年1月听力原文 1. W:Istherescuecrewstilllookingforsurvivorsoftheplanecrash? M: Yes, they have been searching the area for hours, but they haven’t found anybody else.They will keep searching untilnight falls. Q:What dowelearn from theconversation? 2. M:Howmanystudentspassedthefinalphysicsexaminyourclass? W:Forty,but still as many as 20 percent of the class failed, quite disappointing, isn’t it? Q:What does thewoman thinkoftheexam? 3. W:Lotsofpeopleenjoydancing,doyou? M: Believe itor not, thatis thelast thing Iwant todo. Q:What does theman mean? 4. W: Jane, I am having difficulty with all the theoretic stuff we are getting in our computercourse. M: Oh, that part I understand. What I can’t figure out is how to make it work in our program. Q:What istheman’s problem? 5. W:DidyouseeMarysomewherearound? M:Yes,she isin thecampus bank,applying for thestudent’s loan. Q:What was Mary doing? 6. W:Thespaceshuttleistakingofftomorrow. M: Iknow,this is another routinemission.It is first flight withfour years ago. Q:What are they talking about? 7. M:Whenarewesupposedtosubmitourprojectproposals,Jane? W: They are due by the end of the week. We’ve only two days left. We’ll just have tohurry. Q:What does thewoman mean? 8. W:WhenIgoonadiet,Ieatonlyfruit,andthattakesoffweightquickly. M: Ipreferto eat whateverIwant, and thenrun regularly tolose weight. Q: Howdoes the man control his weight? 9. W:John,canyoutellmewhatinthebookinterestedyoumost? 498淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 M: No, well, nothingspecific, but Ilikeit overall. Q;Whatdidthemanthinkofthebook? 10. W:HowdoyoulikethecarIjustbought? M:Well, it seems to run well, but Ithink itneeds anew paint job. Q:What does theman think ofthecar? Passage1 Nilrikman and others of the halfway research group have done some research into the differences betweenaverage and good negotiators.They found negotiatorswith the good trait record and studied them in action. They compared them with another group of average negotiators and found that there was no difference in the time that the two groups spent on planning their strategy. However, there were some significant differences on other points. The average negotiators thought in terms of the present, but the good negotiators took a long-time review. They made lots of suggestions and considered twice the number of the alternatives. The average negotiators set their objectives as single points. We hope to get two dollars, for example. The good negotiators set their objectives in terms of range, which they might formulate as “We hope to get two dollars, but if we get one dollar and fifty, it will be all right.”. The average negotiators tried to persuade by giving lots of reasons. They use a lot of different arguments. The good negotiators didn’t give many reasons. They just repeated the same ones. They also did more summarizing and reviewing, checking they were understoodcorrectly. 11. Whatdogoodnegotiatorsandaveragenegotiatorshaveincommon? 12. Accordingtothespeaker,whatwouldgoodnegotiatorsdo? 13. Accordingtothespeaker,whatdoestheaveragenegotiatorusuallydo? Passage2 Tomostofussharksarethemostdangerousfishintheseaandtheyattackhumans. However, according to Doctor Clark, who has studied the behavior of sharks for twelve years, humans are not normally on the shark’s menu. What do sharks feed on, mainly fish and other sea animals? Doctor Clark also found that sharks don’t eat as much food as people think. For instance, a nine-year-old shark only needs two pound of food a day to keep healthy. But she says, sharks sometimes starve and at other times they fill themselves with what they have killed. Around the world, there are only about one hundredsharkattacksonhumanseachyear,tenofwhichprovedfatal.Butconsiderthis, intheUS alone, aboutthreemillionpeopleare bittenbydogseachyear.Of these,thirty people die. If sharks bite you, says Doctor Clark, the reason is usually because it mistakes you for natural food. For example, say you went underwater-fishing and saw a shark, you could be in trouble. The shark might go for the injured fish you had attacked 499淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 andtakea biteofyou at the same time.If yougo intoa shark’sterritoryand threatenit, it might try to bite you. That’s because sharks are territorial and tend to guard their territory.Likedogs,theyprotecttheareatheythinkistheirown. 14. Whatdoesthepassagesayabouttheeatingbehaviorofsharks? 15. Whenmightasharkattachhumans? 16. Whatdowelearnfromthepassageaboutsharks? Passage3 Science fiction writers have often imagined humans going to live on the Mars. But these days, scientists are taking the idea seriously. It has a great deal to recommend it, since it might solve the problem of overcrowding on the earth. But obviously, it would not be worth making the effort unless people could live there naturally. If the atmosphere were like that of the earth, this might be possible. But in fact it is mostly carbondioxide.Apartfromthat,thereareotherproblemstobeovercome.Forexample, the temperature would have to be raised from 6 degrees below zero to 15 degrees above it. Scientistswho study Marshave laid down the program thatthey can follow.To beginwith,theywill havetofindoutwhetherlifehaseverexistedontheplanetofMars in the past. Secondly they will have to make a reliable map of its surface. And finally, theywill havetomakealistofthegases.Aboveall, theywill havetodiscoverhowmuch nitrogen it possesses. Since nitrogen is four fifths of the air we breathe, they are surprising optimistic about raising the temperature on Mars and believe it could be down in hundred years. It will takea bit longer,though, to transform the atmosphereso that human beings could live there. Scientists estimate this will take one hundred thousandyears. 17. WhyarescientistsinterestedinMars? 18. WhatistheoneofthethingsthatmustbedoneifamancanliveonMars? 19. WhydoscientistwanttofindoutwhetherthereissufficientnitrogenonMars? 20. WhatistheprospectofpeoplelivingonMars? 500淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 2002年6月大学英语六级(CET-6)真题试卷 试卷一 Part I Listening Comprehension(20 minutes) SectionA Directions: In this section, you will hear 10 short conversations. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the question will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A), B), C) and D), and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre. Example: Youwillhear: Youwillread: A)2hours. B) 3hours. C)4hours. D)5hours. Fromtheconversationweknowthatthetwoaretalkingaboutsomeworktheywill startat 9o’clock in themorning andhavetofinish at2 intheafternoon.Therefore, D)“5 hours” is the correct answer. You should choose [D] on the Answer Sheet and mark it withasinglelinethroughthecentre. SampleAnswer[A][B][C][D] 1. A)Registeringforcourses. B) Getting directions. C)Buying a newcomputer. D)Studying sociology. 2. A)Themanwillprobablyhavetofindaroommate. B)Theman is unlikely toliveinthe suburbs. C)Theman will probably havetobuyacar. D)The man is unlikelytofind exactly what he desires. 3. A)Paintingapicture. B) Hosting aprogram. 501淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 C)Designing astudio. D)Taking aphotograph. 4. A)Thewomandoesn’tthinkitaproblemtogetherpassportrenewed. B)Thewoman has difficultyrenewing her passport. C)Thewoman hasn’t renewed her passport yet. D)The woman’s passport is stillvalid. 5. A)Apredictionofthefutureofmankind. B)Anewdrug that maybenefit mankind. C)An opportunityfor agood job. D)An unsuccessful experiment. 6. A)Alessonrequiresstudents’activeinvolvement. B) Studentsusually take an active part in alecture. C)Moreknowledge is covered in alecture. D)There isa larger group of peopleinterested in lessons. 7. A)Neitheroftheirwatcheskeepsgoodtime. B)Thewoman’s watch stopped 3hours ago. C)Theman’s watch goes toofast. D)It’s too dark forthewoman to read herwatch. 8. A)She’sproudofbeingabletodomanythingsatthesametime. B) Sheis sureto finish all thethings inafew hours. C)Shedreams ofbecoming amillionaire someday. D)She’s been kept extremely busy. 9. A)Hewantshisstudentstobeontimeforclass. B) Hedoesn’t allowhis studentstotell jokes in class. C)Heis always punctual for hisclass. D)He rarely notices which students are late. 10. A)Heisnervousabouttheexam. B) Heis looking fora job. C)Hedoesn’t dare to tell lies. D)He doesn’t knowhowto answer thequestions. Section B 502淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre. PassageOne Questions11to14arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard 11. A)Becauseshewasboredwithheridlelifeathome. B) Because shewas offered agood job byherneighbour. C)Because shewanted tohelp with thefamily’sfinances. D)Because her family would liketo seeher more involved insocial life. 12. A)Doinghousework. B) Looking after her neighbour’schildren. C)Reading papers andwatchingTV. D)Taking good care of herhusband. 13. A)JanegotangryatBill’sidlelife. B) Bill failed to adapt to thenewsituation. C)Bill blamed Jane forneglecting thefamily. D)The children were not taken good care of. 14. A)Neighboursshouldhelpeachother. B)Women shouldhave theirown careers. C)Manand wife should share household duties. D)Parents shouldtake good care oftheir children. PassageTwo Questions15to17arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard. 15. A)Topredictnaturaldisastersthatcancausevastdestruction. B)Tolimitthedestruction that natural disasters may cause. C)Togain financial support from theUnited Nations. D)Topropose measures to hold back natural disasters. 16. A)Thereisstillalongwaytogobeforemancancontrolnaturaldisasters. 503淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 B) International cooperationcan minimizethedestructive force of natural disasters. C)Technology can help reduce thedamage natural disasters maycause. D)Scientists can successfully predict earthquakes. 17. A)Becausetherewerefatalmistakesinitsdesign. B) Because thebuilderdidn’t observe the buildingcodes ofthetime. C)Because thetrafficload went beyond its capacity. D)Because it was builtaccording to less strict earthquake-resistance standards. PassageThree Questions18to20arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard. 18. A)Byjudgingtowhatextenttheycaneliminatetherisks. B) By estimatingthepossibleloss oflives and property. C)By estimatingthefrequency ofvolcanic eruptions. D)By judging the possiblerisks against thelikely benefits. 19. A)OnceofEtna’srecenteruptionsmademanypeoplemoveaway. B) Etna’s frequent eruptions have ruined most ofthelocal farmland. C)Etna’s eruptions are frequent but usually mild. D)There are signs that Etnawill erupt again inthenear future. 20. A)Theywillremainwheretheyare. B)They will leave this area forever. C)They will wait and see. D)They will seek shelter in nearby regions. Part IIReading Comprehension(35 minutes) Directions: There are 4 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre. PassageOne Questions21to25arebasedonthefollowingpassage. When global warming finally came, it stuck with a vengeance (异乎寻常地). In some regions, temperatures rose several degrees in less than a century. Sea levels shot up nearly 400 feet, flooding coastal settlements and forcing people to migrate inland. 504淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 Deserts spread throughout the world as vegetation shifted drastically in North America, Europe and Asia. After driving many of the animals around them to near extinction, people were forced to abandon their old way of life for a radically new survival strategy that resulted in widespread starvation and disease. The adaptation was farming: the global-warmingcrisisthatgaverisetoithappenedmorethan10,000yearsago. As environmentalists convene in Rio de Janeiro this week to ponder the global climate of the future, earth scientists are in the midst of a revolution in understanding howclimatehaschangedin thepast—andhow thosechangeshavetransformedhuman existence. Researchers have begun to piece together an illuminating picture of the powerful geological and astronomical forces that have combined to change the planet’s environment from hot to cold, wet to dry and back again over a time period stretching backhundredsofmillionsofyears. Most importantly, scientists are beginning to realize that the climatic changes have had a major impact on the evolution of the human species. New research now suggests that climate shifts have played a key role in nearly every significant turning point in human evolution: from the dawn of primates (灵长目动物) some 65 million years ago to human ancestors rising up to walk on two legs, from the huge expansion of the human brain to the rise of agriculture. Indeed, the human history has not been merely touched by global climate change, some scientists argue, it has in some instances been drivenbyit. The new research has profound implications for the environmental summit in Rio. Among other things, the findings demonstrate that dramatic climate change is nothing new forplanetEarth. The benign (宜人的) global environmentthat hasexisted over the past 10,000 years—during which agriculture, writing, cities and most other features of civilization appeared—is a mere bright spot in a much larger pattern of widely varying climate over the ages. In fact, the pattern of climate change in the past reveals that Earth’s climate will almost certainly go through dramatic changes in the future—even withouttheinfluenceofhumanactivity. 21. Farmingemergedasasurvivalstrategybecausemanhadbeenobliged________. A)togive uphis former way oflife B) toleave the coastal areas C)tofollow theever-shifting vegetation D)toabandon his original settlement 22. Earthscientistshavecometounderstandthatclimate________. A)is going through afundamental change B) has been getting warmer for 10,000years C)willeventually change from hotto cold D)has gone through periodical changes 23. Scientistsbelievethathumanevolution________. 505淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 A)has seldombeen accompanied byclimaticchanges B) has exerted little influenceonclimatic changes C)has largely been effected byclimaticchanges D)has hadamajor impact onclimaticchanges 24. Evidenceofpastclimaticchangesindicatesthat________. A)human activities have accelerated changes ofEarth’senvironment B) Earth’s environment will remain milddespitehuman interference C)Earth’s climateis boundto change significantly inthe future D)Earth’s climateis unlikelyto undergo substantial changes inthe future 25. Themessagetheauthorwishestoconveyinthepassageisthat________. A)human civilization remains glorious though itis affected byclimaticchanges B) mankind isvirtually helpless in theface ofthedramatic changes of climate C)man has tolimithis activities toslowdown theglobal warming process D)human civilization will continueto develop inspiteof thechanges ofnature PassageTwo Questions26to30arebasedonthefollowingpassage. Now woman can be too rich or too thin. This saying often attributed to the late Duchess (公爵夫人) of Windsor embodies much of the odd spirit of our times. Being thinisdeemedassuchavirtue. The problem with such a view is that some people actually attempt to live by it. I myself have fantasies of slipping into narrow designer clothes. Consequently, I have been on a diet for the better—or worse—part of my life. Being rich wouldn’t be bad either, but that won’t happen unless an unknown relative dies suddenly in some distant land,leavingmemillionsofdollars. Where did we go off the track? When did eating butter become a sin, and a little bit of extra flesh unappealing, if not repellent? All religions have certain days when peoplerefrainfromeating,andexcessiveeatingisoneofChristianity’ssevendeadlysins. However, until quite recently, most people had a problem getting enough to eat. In some religious groups, wealth was a symbol of probable salvation and high morals, and fatnessasignofwealthandwell-being. Today the opposite is true. We have shifted to thinness as our new mark of virtue. The result is that being fat—or even only somewhat overweight—is bad because it impliesalackofmoralstrength. Our obsession (迷恋) with thinness is also fueled by health concerns. It is true that in this country we have more overweight people than ever before, and that, in many cases, being overweight correlates with an increased risk of heart and blood vessel disease. These diseases, however, may have as much to do with our way of life and our 506淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 high-fat diets as with excess weight. And the associated risk of cancer in the digestive system may be more of a dietary problem—too much fat and a lack of fiber—than a weightproblem. Therealconcern,then,isnotthatweweightoomuch,butthatweneitherexercise enough nor eat well. Exercise is necessary for strong bones and both heart and lung health. A balanced diet without a lot of fat can also help the body avoid many diseases. We should surely stop paying so much attention to weight. Simply being thin is not enough. It is actually hazardous if those who get (or already are) thin think they are automatically healthy and thus free from paying attention to their overall life-style. Thinnesscanbepurevainglory(虚荣). 26. Intheeyesoftheauthor,anoddphenomenonnowadaysisthat________. A)theDuchess ofWindsoris regarded as awoman ofvirtue B) lookingslimis a symbol of having alarge fortune C)being thinis viewed as a muchdesired quality D)religious people are not necessarily virtuous 27. Sweptbytheprevailingtrend,theauthor________. A)had togo ona diet forthegreater part ofher life B) could stillprevent herself from going offthetrack C)had to seek help from rich distantrelatives D)had towear highly fashionable clothes 28. Inhumanhistory,people’sviewsonbodyweight________. A)were closely related totheir religious beliefs B) changedfrom timetotime C)varied between thepoorand the rich D)led to different moral standards 29. Theauthorcriticizeswomen’sobsessionwiththinness________. A)from an economic and educational perspective B) from sociological and medical points ofview C)from a historical and religious standpoint D)inthelight ofmoral principles 30. What’stheauthor’sadvicetowomenwhoareabsorbedintheideaofthinness? A)They should bemoreconcerned with theiroverall lifestyle. B)They should be morewatchful for fatal diseases. C)They should gain weight tolook healthy. 507淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 D)They should rid themselves of fantasies about designer clothes. PassageThree Questions31to35arebasedonthefollowingpassage. War may be a natural expression of biological instincts and drives toward aggression in the human species. Natural impulses of anger, hostility, and territoriality (守卫地盘的天性) are expressed through acts of violence. These are all qualities that humanssharewithanimals.Aggressionisa kindofinnate (天生的)survivalmechanism, an instinct for self-preservation that allows animals to defend themselves from threats to their existences of human violence are always conditioned by social conventions that give shape to aggressive behavior.In human societies violence hasa social function. It is astrategyforcreatingordestroying formsofsocialorder.Religioustraditionshavetaken a leading role in directing the powers of violence. We will look at the ritual and ethical (道德上的)patternswithinwhichhumanviolencehasbeendirected. The violence within a society is controlled through institutions of law. The more developed a legal system becomes, the more society takes responsibility for the discovery, control, and punishment of violent acts. In most tribal societies the only means to deal with an act of violence is revenge. Each family group may have the responsibility for personally carrying out judgment and punishment upon the person who committed the offense. But in legal systems, the responsibility for revenge becomes depersonalized and diffused. The society assumes the responsibility for protecting individuals from violence. In cases where they cannot be protected, the society is responsible for imposing punishment. In a state controlled legal system, individuals are removed from the cycle of revenge motivated by acts of violence, and thestateassumesresponsibilityfortheirprotection. Theothersideofastatelegalapparatusisastatemilitaryapparatus.Whiletheone protects the individual from violence, the other sacrifices the individual to violence in theinterestsofthestate.Inwarthestateaffirmsitssupremepowerovertheindividuals withinitsownborders.Warisnotsimplyatrialbycombatingtosettledisputesbetween states; it is the moment when the state makes its most powerful demands upon its people for their commitment allegiance, and supreme sacrifice. Times of war test a community’sdeepestreligiousandethicalcommitments. 31. Humanviolenceshowsevidenceofbeingalearnedbehaviorinthat________. A)it threatens theexisting social systems B) itis influenced bysociety C)ithas roots inreligious conflicts D)it isdirected against institutionsof law 32. Thefunctionoflegalsystems,accordingtothepassage,is________. A)tocontrol violence within asociety 508淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 B) toprotect theworld from chaos C)tofree society from the ideaofrevenge D)togive thegovernment absolutepower 33. What does the author mean by saying “... in legal systems, the responsibility for revengebecomesdepersonalizedanddiffused”(Lines4-5,Para.2)? A)Legal systems greatly reduce thepossibilities ofphysical violence. B) Offenses against individualsare nolonger judged onapersonal basis. C)Victims ofviolence find itmore difficultto takerevenge. D)Punishmentis not carried outdirectly bytheindividuals involved. 34. Theword“allegiance”(Line4,Para.3)isclosestinmeaningto________. A)loyalty B) objective C)survival D)motive 35. Whatcanwelearnfromthelastparagraph? A)Governments tend to abuse theirsupreme power intimes ofwar. B) In times ofwar governments may extend their poweracross national borders. C) In times of war governments impose high religious and ethical standards on their people. D) Governments may sacrifice individuals in the interests of the state in times of war. PassageFour Questions36to40arebasedonthefollowingpassage. Researchers who are unfamiliar with the cultural and ethnic groups they are studyingmusttakeextraprecautionstoshedanybiasestheybring withthem fromtheir own culture. For example, they must make sure they construct measures that are meaningfulforeachoftheculturalorethnicminoritygroupsbeingstudied. In conducting research on cultural and ethnic minority issues, investigators distinguish between the emic approach and the etic approach. In the emic approach, the goal is to describe behavior in one culture or ethnic group in terms that are meaningful and important to the people in that culture or ethnic group, without regard to other cultures or ethnic groups. In the etic approach, the goal is to describe behavior so that generalizations can be made across cultures. If researchers construct a questionnaire in anemic fashion, the concern is only that the questions are meaningful to the particular culture or ethnic group being studied. If, however, the researchers construct a questionnaire in an etic fashion, they want to include questions that reflect 509淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 conceptsfamiliartoallculturesinvolved. How might the emic and etic approaches be reflected in the study of family processes? In the emic approach, the researchers might choose to focus only on middle-classWhitefamilies, without regardforwhether the information obtainedin the study can be generalized or is appropriate for ethnic minority groups. In a subsequent study, the researchers may decide to adopt an etic approach by studying not only middle-class White families, but also lower-income White families, Black American families, Spanish American families, and Asian American families. In studying ethnic minorityfamilies, the researcherswould likely discover that the extended family is more frequentlya support system in ethnic minorityfamilies than in WhiteAmerican families. If so, the emic approach would reveal a different pattern of family interaction than would the etic approach, documenting that research with middle-class White families cannotalwaysbegeneralizedtoallethnicgroups. 36. According tothe firstparagraph, researchersunfamiliar with the target cultures are inclinedto________. A)be overcautious inconstructing meaningful measures B) viewthem from their own cultural perspective C)guard against interference from their ownculture D)accept readily what is alien to theirown culture 37. Whatdoestheauthorsayabouttheemicapproachandtheeticapproach? A)They have different research focuses in thestudy ofethnicissues. B)Theformer is biased while thelatteris objective. C)Theformer concentrates onthestudy ofculture whilethelatter onfamily issues. D)They are both heavily dependent onquestionnaires in conducting surveys. 38. Compared with the etic approach, the emic approach is apparently more ________. A)culturally interactive B) culturally biased C)culture-oriented D)culture-specific 39. Theeticapproachisconcernedwith________. A)thegeneral characteristics ofminorityfamilies B) culture-related conceptsof individualethnic groups C)features shared byvarious cultures or ethnicgroups D)theeconomic conditions ofdifferent types offamilies 510淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 40. Which of the following is true of the ethnic minority families in the ________ U.S. accordingtothepassage? A)Their cultural patterns are usually moreadaptable. B)Their cultural concepts are difficultto comprehend. C)They don’t interact with eachother somuch asWhitefamilies. D)They have closer familyties thanWhitefamilies. PartIIIVocabulary (20 minutes) Directions: There are 30 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with asinglelinethrough thecentre. 41. Itwas________thattherestaurantdiscriminatedagainstblackcustomers. A)addicted B) alleged C)assaulted D)ascribed 42. Themedicine________hispainbutdidnotcurehisillness. A)activated B) alleviated C)mediated D)deteriorated 43. He is the only person who can ________ in this case, because the other witnesses werekilledmysteriously. A)testify B) charge C)accuse D)rectify 44. ProfessorHawkingis________asoneoftheworld’sgreatestlivingphysicists. A)dignified B) clarified C)acknowledged D)illustrated 45. The financial problem of this company is further ________ by the rise in interest 511淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 rates. A)increased B) strengthened C)reinforced D)aggravated 46. We shall probably never be able to ________ the exact nature of these sub-atomic particles. A)assert B) impart C)ascertain D)notify 47. All the people in the stadium cheered up when they saw hundreds of colourful balloons________slowlyintothesky. A)ascending B) elevating C)escalating D)lingering 48. Manyyearshad________beforetheyreturnedtotheiroriginalurbanareas. A)floated B) elapsed C)skipped D)proceeded 49. Whatyousaynowisnot________withwhatyousaidlastweek. A)consistent B) persistent C)permanent D)insistent 50. Militaryordersare________andcannotbedisobeyed. A)defective B) conservative C)alternative D)imperative 512淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 51. Some educators try to put students of familiar abilities into the same class because theybelievethiskindof________groupingisadvisable. A)homogeneous B) instantaneous C)spontaneous D)anonymous 52. Evensensiblemendo________thingssometimes. A)abrupt B) absurd C)acute D)apt 53. The commission would find itself ________ at every turn if its members couldn’t reachanagreement. A)collided B) savaged C)crumbled D)hampered 54. Grainproductionintheworldis________,butstillmillionsgohungry. A)staggering B) shrinking C)soaring D)suspending 55. Hedevelopeda________attitudeafteryearsoffrustrationinhiscareer. A)sneaking B) disgusted C)drastic D)cynical 56. They believed that this was not the ________ of their campaign for equality but merelythebeginning. A)climax B) summit C)pitch D)maximum 513淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 57. Severalguestswerewaitinginthe________forthefrontdoortoopen. A)porch B) vent C)inlet D)entry 58. As the mountains were covered with a ________ of cloud, we couldn’t see their tops. A)coating B) film C)veil D)shade 59. We couldn’t really afford to buy a house so we got it on hire purchase and paid monthly________. A)investments B) requirements C)arrangements D)installments 60. The magician made us think he cut the girl into pieces but it was merely an ________. A)illusion B) impression C)image D)illumination 61. Agoodeducationisan________youcanfallbackonfortherestofyourlife. A)asset B) ethic C)inventory D)obligation 62. Giving a gift can convey a wealth of meaning about your appreciation of their ________andtheimportanceyouplaceupontherelationship. A)solidarity B) priority C)superiority 514淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 D)hospitality 63. Thedesignerhasappliedfora________forhisnewinvention. A)tariff B) discount C)version D)patent 64. Thetoymakerproducesa________copyofthespacestation,exactineverydetail. A)minimal B) minimum C)miniature D)minor 65. An energy tax would curb ordinary air pollution, limit oil imports and cut the budget________. A)disposition B) discrepancy C)defect D)deficit 66. Theyhavedecidedto________physicalpunishmentinalllocalschools. A)put away B) break away from C)doaway with D)pass away 67. Astronauts are ________ all kinds of tests before they are actually sent up in a spacecraft. A)inclined to B) subjected to C)proneto D)boundto 68. Individual sports are run by over 370 independent governing bodies whose functions usually include ________ rules, holding events, selecting national teams andpromotinginternationallinks. A)drawing on B) drawing in 515淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 C)drawing up D)drawing down 69. Up until that time, his interest had focused almost________ on fully mastering the skillsandtechniquesofhiscraft. A)restrictively B) radically C)inclusively D)exclusively 70. All the ceremonies at the 2000 Olympic Games had a unique Australian flavor, ________oftheirmulticulturalcommunities. A)noticeable B) indicative C)conspicuous D)implicit 试卷二 Part IVErrorCorrection (15 minutes) Directions: This part consists of a short passage. In this passage, there are altogether 10 mistakes, one in each numbered line. You may have to change a word, add a word or delete a word. Mark out the mistakes and put the corrections in the blanks provided. If you change a word, cross it out and write the correct word in the corresponding blank. If you add a word, put an insertion mark (∧) in the right place and write the missing word in the blank. If you delete aword, crossit andput aslash(/) in theblank. Example: Televisionisrapidlybecomingtheliteratureofourperiods╱. 1. time/times/period Manyoftheargumentshaving╱ usedforthestudyofliteratureas 2. _______\_______ aschoolsubjectarevalidfor ∧ studyoftelevision. 3.______the______ A great many cities are experiencing difficulties which are nothing new in the historyofcities,exceptintheirscale. Some cities have lost their original purpose and have not found new one. And any large or rich city is going to attract poor (S1)immigrants, who flood in, filling with hopes of prosperity (S2) which are then often disappointing. There are backwardtowns on the edge of Bombay or Brasilia, just as though there were (S3) on the edge of seventeenth-centuryLondonorearlynineteenth centuryParis.Thisisnewisinthescale. Descriptions(S4) writtenbyeighteenth-century travelersof thepoor ofMexico City,and 516淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 the enormous contrasts that was to be found there, (S5) are very dissimilar to descriptionsofMexicoCitytoday—the(S6)poorcanstillbenumberedinmillions. The whole monstrous growth rests on economic prosperity, but behind it lies two myths: the myth of the city as a (S7) promised land, that attracts immigrants from rural poverty (S8) and brings it flooding into city centers, and the myth of the (S9) country as a Garden of Eden, which, a few generations late, (S10) sends them flooding out again to thesuburbs. PartVWriting(30 minutes) Directions: For this part, you are allowed thirty minutes to write a composition on the topic Student Use of Computers. You should write at least 150 words, and baseyour composition onthechart andthe outlinegiven below: 1. 上图所示为 1990 年、1995年、2000 年某校大学生使用计算机的情况，请描述 其变化； 2. 请说明发生这些变化的原因(可从计算机的用途、价格或社会发展等方面加以说 明)； 3. 你认为目前大学生在计算机使用中有什么困难或问题。 StudentUseofComputers 517淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 2002年6月六级参考答案 Part I 1. A 2. D 3. B 4. C 5. B 6. A 7. B 8. D 9. C 10. B 11. C 12. A 13. B 14. C 15. B 16. C 17. D 18. D 19. C 20. A Part II Reading Comprehension 21. A 22. D 23. C 24. C 25. B 26. C 27. A 28. B 29. B 30. A 31. B 32. A 33. D 34. A 35. D 36. B 37. A 38. D 39. C 40. D Part IIIVocabulary 41. B 42. B 43. A 44. C 45. D 46. C 47. A 48. B 49. A 50. D 51. A 52. B 53. D 54. C 55. D 56. A 57. D 58. C 59. D 60. A 61. A 62. D 63. D 64. C 65. D 66. C 67. B 68. C 69. D 70. B PartIVErrorCorrection S1. And → But S2. filling → filled S3. there → they S4. This→What S5. was → are 518淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 S6. dissimilar → similar S7. lies→in S8. that → which S9. it → them S10. late → later PartVWriting StudentUseofComputers Students tend to use computers more nowadays. Reading this chart, we can find that the average number of hours a student spends on the computer per week has increasedsharply.In1990, itwaslessthan2 hours; andin1995, itincreased toalmost4 hours,andin2000,thenumbersoaredto20hours. Obviously computers are becoming more and more popular. There are several reasons for this. First, computers facilitate us in more aspects of life. Also, the fast development of the Internet enlarges our demands for using computers, we can easily contact with friends in remote places through the Internet. Besides, the prices of computersaregettinglowerandlower,whichenablesmorestudentstopurchasethem. However, there still exist some problem, such as, poor quality, out-of-date designs andsoon.Andhowtobalancethetimebetweenusing computersandstudyingisalsoa seriousproblem. Anyhow,wewillbenefitalotfromcomputersaslongasweusethemproperly. 519淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 2002年6月听力原文 SectionA 1. W:Thedeadlineforthesociologyandcomputercoursesisthedayaftertomorrow. M: But Ihave not decided which courses to takeyet. Q:What are theman and woman talkingabout? 2. M: I’m looking for an apartment with a monthly rent of around $200 in this neighbourhood.Couldyougivesomeadviceonthat? W: Well. It’s rather hard to find anything for less than $300 around there, rents are lowerin thesuburbs. But you’ll need transportation ifyou choose tolivethere. Q:What dowelearn from theconversation? 3. W: Well, Tonight we have Prof. Brown in the studio to talk about his recent book, FashionImages.Goodevening. M: Good evening, and thank you forinviting mehere thisevening. Q:What isthewoman doing? 4. M:Haveyourunupagainstanyproblemsingettingthepassportrenewed? W:I haven’t started applying yet. Q:What doweknowfrom theconversation? 5. M: I must point out that trials of new medicine are expensive and you can never guaranteesuccess. W: But there is a very good chance in this case. I hope you will go ahead in view of thepotential benefit tomankind. Q:What are thetwo speakers talking about? 6. W:Whatisthedifferencebetweenalessonandalecture? M: Well, they are both ways of imparting knowledge, but the main difference is that you participate in a lesson whereas you just listen to a lecture.Alecture is generally given to amuch largergroup. Q:What does theman mean? 7. W:It’sawfullydarkforfouro’clock.Doyouthinkit’sgoingtorain? M: You’d better do something about that watch of yours. It must have stopped three hours ago. Minesays seven. Q:What conclusion can wedraw from this conversation? 520淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 8. M:Youarelookingalittleoverwhelmed. W: Exactly. You know I got a million things to do and all of them have to be finished withinthree hours. Q:What does thewoman mean? 9. M:Ah,er!LookslikeI’mgoingtobealittlelateforclass. IhopeProfessorClarkdoesn’tstartontimetoday. W:Areyou kidding?You can set your watch bythetimehestarts his class. Q:What canbeinferred about Professor Clark? 10. M:I’mbothexcitedandnervousaboutthejobinterviewthisafternoon. W: Take it easy, just wear a tidy and clean clothes and response truthfully to the inquiries and remember,honesty isthebest policy. Q:What dowelearn about theman? Section B PassageOne Jane Brown, has been married for 12 years, she has three children and lives in a suburb outside Columbus Ohio. When her youngest child reached school age, Jane decided to go back to work. She felt that she should contribute to the household finances. Her salary could make the difference between the financial struggle and a securefinancial situationfor her family.Jane also felt boredand frustratedin her role as a home maker and wanted to be more involved in life outside her home. Jane was worried about the children’s adjustment to this new situation, but she arranged for them to go stay with a woman nearby after school each afternoon. They seemed to be happy with the arrangement. The problem seemed to be between Jane and her husbandBill. When Jane was at home all day, she was able to clean the house, go grocery shopping, wash the clothes, take care of the children and cook the two or three meals each day. She was very busy, of course, but she succeeded in getting everything done. Nowthesesame thingsneedto bedone,butJane hasonlyeveningsandearlymornings to do them. Both Jane and Bill are tired when they arrived at home at six p.m. Bill is accustomedtosittingdownandreadingthepaperorwatching TV until the dinner is ready. This is exactly what Jane feels like doing, but someone has to fix the dinner, and Bill expects it to be Jane. Jane is becoming very angry at B ill’s attitude. She feels that they should share the household jobs. But Bill feels that everythingshouldbethesameasitwasbeforewhenbacktowork. 11. WhydidJanewanttogobacktowork? 12. HowdidJanespendherdaysbeforeshewentbacktowork? 521淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 13. WhatproblemarosewhenJanewentbacktowork? 14. Whatdoesthestorytrytotellus? PassageTwo The decade for natural disaster reduction is a programme designed to reduce the impact of natural disasters throughout the world. With the support from the UN, countrieswillbeencouragedtoshareinformationaboutdisasterreduction,forinstance, information about how to plan for and cope with hurricanes, earthquakes and other natural disasters. One of the most important things the programme plans to do is to remind us of what we can do to protect ourselves. For example, we can pack a suitcase with flashlights, a radio, food, drinking water and some tools. This safety case may help us survive disaster until help arrives. Besides, the programmes will encourage governments to establish building standards, emergency response plan and training plans. These measures can help to limit the destruction by natural disasters. The comparatively mild-effects of the northern California earthquake in 1989, are good evidence that we do have the technology to prevent vast destruction. The recent disasters, on the other hand, prove that people will suffer if we don’t use that technology.Whena highwaycollapsedin northern California, peoplewerekilled in their cars. The highway was not built according to stricter standards to resist earthquakes. Individuals and governments have to be far-sighted. We should take extra time and spend extra money to build disaster safety into our lives. Although such programme can’tholdbackthewindsorstopearthquakes,theycansavepeople’slivesandhomes. 15. Whatisthepurposeoftheprogrammementionedinthispassage? 16. WhatcanwelearnfromthenorthernCaliforniaearthquakein1989? 17. WhydidthehighwayinnorthernCaliforniacollapse? PassageThree Livingatthefootofoneofthemostactivevolcanoesmightnotappealtoyouatall. But believe it or not, the area surrounding Mount Etna in Italy is packed with people. In fact, it is the most densely-populated region on the whole island of Sicily. The reason is that rich volcanic soil makes the land fantastic for farming. By growing and selling a varietyofcrops,localpeopleearnagoodliving. For them, the economic benefit they reap surpasses the risk of dying or losing property in one of volcanoes frequent eruptions. People everywhere make decisions about risky situations this way, that is, by comparing the risks and the benefits. According to the experts, the size of the risks depends on both its probability and seriousness.Let’stakeMountEtnaforexample,itdoeseruptfrequently , but thousands of the eruptions are usually minor, so the overall risk for people living nearby is relatively small. But suppose Mount Etna erupted every day, or imagine 522淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 thateacheruptiontherekilledthousandsofpeople,ifthatwerethecase,theriskwould be much larger. Indeed, the risk would be too large for many people to live with and theywouldhavetomoveaway. 18. Howdopeoplemakedecisionsaboutriskysituations? 19. WhatdoweknowaboutMountEtnafromthepassage? 20. WhatwillpeoplelivingnearMountEtnadointhefaceofitseruptions? 523淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 2002年12月大学英语六级(CET-6)真题试卷 试卷一 Part I Listening Comprehension(20 minutes) SectionA Directions: In this section, you will hear 10 short conversations. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the question will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A), B), C) and D), and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre. Example: Youwillhear: Youwillread: A)2hours. B) 3hours. C)4hours. D)5hours. From the conversation we know that the two are talking about some work. They will start at 9 o’clock in the morning and have to finish at 2 in the afternoon. Therefore, D)“5 hours” isthe correctanswer.You shouldchoose [D]on theAnswer Sheet andmark itwithasinglelinethroughthecentre. SampleAnswer[A][B][C][D] 1. A)IthasnothingtodowiththeInternet. B) Sheneeds another week to get it ready. C)It contains somevaluable ideas. D)It’s far from being ready yet. 2. A)Thewomanisstrictwithheremployees. B)Theman always has excusesfor being late. C)Thewoman is akind-hearted boss. D)The man’s alarm clock didn’t work that morning. 3. A)Thewomanshouldtryherluckinthebanknearby. B)Thebank around thecorner is notopen today. 524淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 C)Thewoman should usedollars instead of pounds. D)The banknear therailway station closes late. 4. A)MakeanappointmentwithDr.Chen. B) Callagain sometimelater. C)Waitfor about three minutes. D)Try dialing thenumber again. 5. A)Heissuretheywillsucceedinthenexttest. B) Hedid nobetter than thewoman inthetest. C)Hebelieves shewill pass thetest this time. D)He felt upset becauseof her failure. 6. A)Thewomanhastoattendasummercoursetograduate. B)Theman thinks thewoman can earn the credits. C)Thewoman is begging theman to let her pass theexam. D)The woman is going tograduate from summerschool. 7. A)FredisplanningatriptoCanada. B) Fredusually flies to Canada with Jane. C)Fredpersuaded Jane to change her mind. D)Fred likesthe beautiful scenery along the way to Canada. 8. A)Hangsomepicturesfordecoration. B) Findroom for thepaintings. C)Putmore coats ofpaint onthe wall. D)Paint thewalls to match thefurniture. 9. A)He’llgivealectureondrawing. B) Hedoesn’t mind ifthe woman goes tothelecture. C)He’drather not go tothelecture. D)He’s going to attend the lecture. 10. A)Selectingthebestcandidate. B) Choosingacampaign manager. C)Trying to persuade thewoman to votefor him. D)Running forchairman of thestudent union. Section B 525淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre. PassageOne Questions11to14arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard. 11. A)Tostudytheproblemsoflocalindustries. B)Tofind ways to treat human wastes. C)Toinvestigatetheannual catch offish in theBiramichi River. D)Toconduct a studyonfishing in theBiramichi River. 12. A)Lackofoxygen. B) Overgrowth of water plants. C)Lowwater level. D)Serious pollutionupstream. 13. A)They’llbecloseddown. B)They’re going to dismisssomeof theiremployees. C)They’llbe moved to otherplaces. D)They have nomoney tobuild chemical treatment plants. 14. A)Becausetherewerefewerfishintheriver. B) Because over-fishing was prohibited. C)Because thelocal ChamberofCommerce tried preserve fishes. D)Because the local fishing cooperativedecided toreduce its catch. PassageTwo Questions15to17arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard. 15. A)Oralinstructionsrecordedonatape. B)Abrief lettersealed inan envelope. C)Awritten document ofseveral pages. D)Ashort notetotheir lawyer. 16. A)Refrainfromgoingoutwithmenforfiveyears. 526淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 B) Stopwearing any kindof fashionable clothes. C)Bury thedentist withhis favorite car. D)Visit his grave regularly forfive years. 17. A)Becausehewasangrywithhisselfishrelatives. B) Because hewas justbeing humorous. C)Because hewas not awealthy man. D)Because he wanted to leavehis bodyfor medical purposes. PassageThree Questions18to20arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard. 18. A)Theythoughtitquiteacceptable. B)They believed it tobe aluxury. C)They took it to beatrend. D)They considered itavoidable. 19. A)Critical. B) Serious. C)Sceptical. D)Casual. 20. A)Whenpeopleconsidermarriageanimportantpartoftheirlives. B)When thecosts ofgetting adivorce become unaffordable. C)When thecurrent marriage law ismodified. D)When husband and wifeunderstand each otherbetter. Part IIReading Comprehension(35 minutes) Directions: There are 4 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre. PassageOne Questions21to25arebasedonthefollowingpassage. Bill Gates, the billionaire Microsoft chairman without a single earned university degree, is by his success raising new doubts about the worth of the business world’s favoriteacademictitle:theMBA(MasterofBusinessAdministration). 527淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 The MBA, a 20th-century product, always has borne the mark of lowly commerce and greed ( 贪 婪 ) on the tree-lined campuses ruled by purer disciplines such as philosophyandliterature. But even with the recession apparently cutting into the hiring of business school graduates, about 79,000 people are expected to receive MBAs in 1993. This is nearly 16 times the number of business graduates in 1960, a testimony to the wide spread assumption that the MBA is vital for young men and women who want to run companiessomeday. “Ifyou are going intothe corporateworldit is still a disadvantage nottohaveone,” said Donald Morrison, professor of marketing and management science. “But in the last five yearsor so, when someone says, ‘Should I attempt to get an MBA,’ the answer a lot moreis:Itdepends.” The success of Bill Gates and other non-MBAs, such as the late Sam Walton of Wal-Mart Stores Inc., has helped inspire self-conscious debates on business school campuses over the worth of a business degree and whether management skills can be taught. The Harvard Business Review printed a lively, fictional exchange of letters to dramatizecomplaintsaboutbusinessdegreeholders. The article called MBA hires “extremely disappointing” and said “MBAs want to move up too fast, they don’t understand politics and people, and they aren’t able to function as part of a team until their third year. But by then, they’re out looking for otherjobs.” The problem, most participants in the debate acknowledge, is that the MBA has acquired an aura (光环) of future riches and power far beyond its actual importance andusefulness. Enrollment in business schools exploded in the 1970s and 1980s and created the assumption that no one who pursued a business career could do without one. The growth was fueled by a backlash (反冲) against the anti-business values of the 1960s andbythewomen’smovement. Business people who have hired or worked with MBAs say those with the degrees of ten know how to analyze systems but are not so skillful at motivating people. “They don’t get a lot of grounding in the people side of the business”, said James Shaffer, vice-presidentandprincipaloftheTowersPerrinmanagementconsultingfirm. 21. According to Paragraph 2, what is the general attitude towards business on campusesdominatedbypurerdisciplines? A)Scornful. B)Appreciative. C)Envious. D)Realistic. 528淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 22. It seems that the controversy over the value of MBA degrees had been fueled mainlyby________. A)thecomplaints from various employers B) thesuccess ofmany non-MBAs C)thecriticism from thescientists ofpurer disciplines D)thepoor performance ofMBAs at work 23. What is the major weakness of MBA holders according to the Harvard Business Review? A)They are usually self-centered. B)They are aggressiveand greedy. C)They keep complaining about theirjobs. D)They are not good at dealing with people. 24. FromthepassageweknowthatmostMBAs________. A)can climb thecorporate ladderfairly quickly B) quittheir jobsonce they are familiar withtheir workmates C)receivesalaries that donot match their professional training D)cherish unrealisticexpectations about their future 25. Whatisthepassagemainlyabout? A)Whythere is an increased enrollment inMBAprograms. B)Thenecessity ofreforming MBAprograms in business schools. C)Doubts about theworth of holdingan MBAdegree. D)Adebateheld recently onuniversity campuses. PassageTwo Questions26to30arebasedonthefollowingpassage. When school officials in Kalkaska, Michigan, closed classes last week, the media flocked to the story, portraying the town’s 2,305 students as victims of stingy (吝啬的) taxpayers.Thereissometruthtothat;theproperty-taxratehereisone-thirdlowerthan the state average. But shutting their schools also allowed Kalkask’s educators and the state’s largest teachers’ union, the Michigan Education Association, to make a political point. Their aim was to spur passage of legislation Michigan lawmakers are debating to increasethestate’sshareofschoolfunding. It was no coincidence that Kalkaska shut its schools two weeks after residents rejected a 28 percent property-tax increase. The school board argued that without the increaseitlackedthe$1.5millionneededtokeepschoolsopen. But the school system had not done all it could to keep the schools open. Officials 529淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 declined to borrow against next year’s state aid, they refused to trim extra curricular activities and they did not consider seeking a smaller—perhaps more acceptable—tax increase. In fact, closing early is costing Kalkaska a significant amount, including $600,000 in unemployment payments to teachers and staff and $250,000 in lost state aid. In February, the school system promised teachers and staff two months of retirement payments in case schools closed early, a deal that will cost the district $275,000more. Other signs suggest school authorities were at least as eager to make a political statement as to keep schools open. The Michigan Education Association hired a public relations firm to stage a rally marking the school closing, which attracted 14 local and national television stations and networks. The president of the National Education Association, the MEA’s parent organization, flew from Washington, D. C., for the event. And the union tutored school officials in the art of television interviews. School supervisor Doyle Disbrow acknowledges the district could have kept schools open by cuttingprogramsbutdeniesthemoveswerepoliticallymotivated. Michigan lawmakers have reacted angrily to the closings. The state Senate has al ready voted to put the system into receivership ( 破产管理) and reopen schools immediately;theMichiganHouseplanstoconsiderthebillthisweek. 26. We learn from the passage that schools in Kalkaska, Michigan, are funded ________. A)byboththelocal and stategovernments B) exclusivelybythelocal government C)mainlybythe stategovernment D)bytheNational EducationAssociation 27. Oneofthepurposesforwhichschoolofficialsclosedclasseswas________. A)toavoid paying retirement benefits toteachers and staff B) todraw the attention oflocal taxpayers topolitical issues C)tomake thefinancial difficultiesof theirteachers and staffknown to thepublic D)topressure Michigan lawmakers into increasing statefunds forlocal schools 28. Theauthorseemstodisapproveof________. A)theMichigan lawmakers’endless debating B) theshuttingofschools in Kalkaska C)theinvolvement ofthemass media D)delaying thepassage oftheschool funding legislation 29. Welearn from the passage that school authorities in Kalkaska are concerned about ________. A)a raisein theproperty-tax rate in Michigan 530淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 B) reopening theschools there immediately C)theattitudeoftheMEA’s parent organization D)making a political issueof theclosing oftheschools 30. According tothepassage, theclosing oftheschoolsdevelopedintoa crisisbecause of________. A)thecomplexity of theproblem B) thepolitical motives onthepart ofthe educators C)theweak response ofthestate officials D)thestrong protest onthepart ofthe students’parents PassageThree Questions31to35arebasedonthefollowingpassage. German Chancellor (首相) Otto Von Bismarck may be most famous for his military and diplomatic talent, but his legacy (遗产) includes many of today’s social insurance programs. During the middle of the 19th century, Germany, along with other European nations, experienced an unprecedented rash of workplace deaths and accidents as a result of growing industrialization. Motivated in part by Christian compassion (怜悯) for the helpless as well as a practical political impulse to undercut the support of the socialist labor movement, Chancellor Bismarck created the world’s first workers’ compensationlawin1884. By 1908, the United States was the only industrial nation in the world that lacked workers’ compensation insurance. America’s injured workerscould sue for damages in a court of law, but they still faced a number of tough legal barriers. For example, employees had to prove that their injuries directly resulted from employer negligence and that they themselves were ignorant about potential hazards in the workplace. The first state workers’ compensation law in this country passed in 1911, and the program soonspreadthroughoutthenation. AfterWorldWarII,benefitpaymentstoAmericanworkersdidnotkeepupwiththe cost of living. In fact, real benefit levels were lower in the 1970s than they were in the 1940s, andin moststatesthemaximum benefitwasbelowthe poverty level fora family of four. In 1970, President Richard Nixon set up a national commission to study the problems of workers’ compensation. Two years later, the commission issued 19 key recommendations, including one that called for increasing compensation benefit levels to100percentofthestates’averageweeklywages. In fact, the average compensation benefit in America has climbed from 55 percent of the states’ average weekly wages in 1972 to 97 percent today. But, as most studies show, every 10 percent increase in compensation benefits results in a 5 per cent increase in the numbers of workers who file for claims. And with so much more money floating in the workers’ compensation system, it’s not surprising that doctors and lawyershavehelpedthemselvestoalargesliceofthegrowingpie. 531淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 31. Theworld’sfirstworkers’compensationlawwasintroducedbyBismarck________. A)tomake industrialproduction safer B) tospeed upthepace of industrialization C)outof religious and political considerations D)for fearoflosing thesupport ofthesocialist labor movement 32. We learn from the passage that the process of industrialization in Europe ________. A)was accompanied byan increased number ofworkshop accidents B) resulted in thedevelopment ofpopular social insurance programs C)required workers tobeaware ofthepotential dangers at theworkplace D)met growing resistance from laborers working at machines 33. One of the problems the American injured workers faced in getting compensation intheearly19thcenturywasthat________. A)they had to havethecourage to suefor damages ina court oflaw B) different states intheU.S. had totallydifferent compensation programs C)America’s average compensation benefit was much lower than thecost ofliving D) they had to produce evidence that their employers were responsible for the accident 34. After 1972 workers’ compensation insurance in the U.S. became more favorable to workerssothat________. A)thepoverty level for afamily offour went updrastically B) there were fewer legal barriers when they filed for claims C)thenumberof workers suing fordamages increased D)more moneywas allocated to theircompensation system 35. Theauthorendsthepassagewiththeimplicationthat________. A)compensation benefits inAmerica are soaring tonew heights B) theworkers are not theonly ones to benefitfrom thecompensation system C)peoplefrom all walks oflifecan benefit from thecompensation system D)money floating in thecompensation system isa huge drain onthe U.S.economy PassageFour Questions36to40arebasedonthefollowingpassage. Early in the age of affluence (富裕) that followed World War II, an American retailing analyst named Victor Lebow proclaimed, “Our enormously productive 532淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 economy... We need things consumed, burned up, worn out, replaced and discarded at aneverincreasingrate.” AmericanshaverespondedtoLebow’scall,andmuchoftheworldhasfollowed. Consumption has become a central pillar of life in industrial lands and is even embedded in social values. Opinion surveys in the world’s two largest economies—Japan and the United States—show consumerist definitions of success becomingeverprevalent. Overconsumption by the world’s fortunate is an environmental problem unmatched in severity by anything but perhaps population growth. Their surging exploitation of resources threatens to exhaust or unalterably spoil forests, soils, water, airandclimate. Ironically, high consumption may be a mixed blessing in human terms, too. The time-honored values of integrity of character, good work, friendship, family and communityhaveoftenbeensacrificedintherushtoriches. Thus many in the industrial lands have a sense that their world of plenty is somehow hollow—that, misled by a consumerist culture, they have been fruitlessly attempting to satisfy what are essentially social, psychological and spiritual needs with materialthings. Of course, the opposite of over-consumption—poverty—is no solution to either environmental or human problems. It is infinitely worse for people and bad for the natural world too. Dispossessed (被剥夺得一无所有的) peasants slash-and-burn their way into the rain forests of Latin America, and hungry nomads (游牧民族) turn their herdsoutontofragileAfricangrassland,reducingittodesert. Ifenvironmentaldestructionresultswhenpeoplehaveeithertoolittleortoomuch, we are left to wonder how much is enough. What level of consumption can the earth support?Whendoeshavingmoreceasetoaddnoticeablytohumansatisfaction? 36. TheemergenceoftheaffluentsocietyafterWorldWarII________. A)gave birth to anew generation ofupper class consumers B) gave riseto thedominance ofthenew egoism C)led to thereform ofthe retailingsystem D)resulted in theworship ofconsumerism 37. Apart from enormous productivity, another important impetus to high consumptionis________. A)theconversion of thesaleofgoods intorituals B) thepeople’s desire fora risein theirliving standards C)theimbalance that has existed between production and consumption D)theconcept that one’s success is measured byhowmuch theyconsume 38. Whydoestheauthorsayhighconsumptionisamixedblessing? 533淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 A)Because poverty stillexists in an affluent society. B) Because moral values are sacrificed in pursuit ofmaterial satisfaction. C)Because overconsumption won’t lastlong due tounrestricted populationgrowth. D)Because traditional rituals are often neglected intheprocess ofmodernization. 39. Accordingtothepassage,consumeristculture________. A)cannot thriveona fragileeconomy B) willnot aggravate environmental problems C)cannot satisfy human spiritualneeds D)will not alleviatepoverty inwealthy countries 40. Itcanbeinferredfromthepassagethat________. A)human spiritual needs should match material affluence B) there isnever an end to satisfying people’s material needs C)whether high consumptionshouldbeencouraged is stillan issue D)howto keep consumption at areasonable level remains aproblem PartIIIVocabulary (20 minutes) Directions: There are 30 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with asinglelinethrough thecentre. 41. Ihavehadmyeyestestedandthereportsaysthatmy________isperfect. A)outlook B) vision C)horizon D)perspective 42. He waslookingadmiringlyatthephotographpublished byCollinsin ________with theImperialMuseum. A)collection B) connection C)collaboration D)combination 43. Inthosedays,executivesexpectedtospendmostoftheirlivesinthesamefirmand, unlesstheyweredismissedfor________,toretireattheageof65. A)integrity 534淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 B) denial C)incompetence D)deduction 44. Others viewed the finding with ________, noting that a cause-and-effect relationshipbetweenpassivesmokingandcancerremainstobeshown. A)optimism B) passion C)caution D)deliberation 45. The 1986 Challenger space-shuttle ________ was caused by unusually low temperaturesimmediatelybeforethelaunch. A)expedition B) controversy C)dismay D)disaster 46. Whensupplyexceedsdemandforanyproduct,pricesare________tofall. A)timely B) simultaneous C)subject D)liable 47. Themusicarousedan________feelingofhomesicknessinhim. A)intentional B) intermittent C)intense D)intrinsic 48. I bought an alarm clock with a(n) ________ dial, which can be seen clearly in the dark. A)supersonic B) luminous C)audible D)amplified 49. Theresultsarehardly________;hecannotbelievetheyareaccurate. A)credible 535淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 B) contrary C)critical D)crucial 50. Thisnewlaserprinteris________withallleadingsoftware. A)comparable B) competitive C)compatible D)cooperative 51. Theball________twoorthreetimesbeforerollingdowntheslope. A)swayed B) bounced C)hopped D)darted 52. He raised hiseyebrows and stuck his head forward and________ it in a single nod, agestureboysusedthenforO.K.whentheywerepleased. A)shrugged B) tugged C)jerked D)twisted 53. Manytypesofrockare________fromvolcanoesassolid,fragmentarymaterial. A)flung B) propelled C)ejected D)injected 54. Withprices________somuch,itisdifficultfortheschooltoplanabudget. A)vibrating B) fluctuating C)fluttering D)swinging 55. The person who ________ this type of approach for doing research deserves our praise. A)originated 536淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 B) speculated C)generated D)manufactured 56. ________ that the demand for power continues to rise at the current rate, it will notbelongbeforetraditionalsourcesbecomeinadequate. A)Concerning B)Ascertaining C)Assuming D)Regarding 57. Her jewelry ________ under the spotlights and she became the dominant figure at theball. A)glared B) glittered C)blazed D)dazzled 58. Conniewastoldthatifsheworkedtoohard,herhealthwould________. A)deteriorate B) descend C)degrade D)decay 59. Wefindthatsomebirds________twiceayearbetweenhotandcoldcountries. A)transfer B) commute C)migrate D)emigrate 60. As visiting scholars, they willingly ________ to the customs of the country they live in. A)submit B) conform C)subject D)commit 61. More than 85 percent of French Canada’s population speaks French as mother tongueand________totheRomanCatholicfaith. 537淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 A)caters B) adheres C)ascribes D)subscribes 62. Theprofessorfoundhimselfconstantly ________ thequestion: “How couldanyone dothesethings?” A)presiding B) poring C)pondering D)presuming 63. Weeks________beforeanyonewasarrestedinconnectionwiththebankrobbery. A)terminated B) elapsed C)overlapped D)expired 64. Inordertopreventstressfrombeingsetupinthemetal,expansionjointsarefitted which________thestressbyallowingthepipetoexpandorcontractfreely. A)relieve B) reconcile C)reclaim D)rectify 65. Howmuchofyourcountry’selectricalsupplyis________fromwaterpower? A)deduced B) detached C)derived D)declined 66. She has recentlyleft a job and had helped herself to copies of the company’s client data,whichsheintendedto________instartingherownbusiness. A)dwell on B) comeupon C)baseon D)draw upon 67. Theglassvesselsshouldbehandledmostcarefullysincetheyare________. 538淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 A)intricate B) fragile C)subtle D)crisp 68. Hill slopes are cleared of forests to make way for crops, but this only ________ the crisis. A)accelerates B) prevails C)ascends D)precedes 69. Heblewoutthecandleand________hiswaytothedoor. A)converged B) groped C)strived D)wrenched 70. Often such arguments have the effect of ________ rather than clarifying the issues involved. A)obscuring B) prejudicing C)tackling D)blocking Part IVCloze (15minutes) Directions: Thereare 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there arefour choices marked, A), B), C) and D) on the right side of the paper. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre. When women do become managers, do they bring a different style and different skills to the job? Are they better, or worse, managers than men? Are woman more highlymotivatedand__71__thanmalemanagers? Some research __72__ the idea that woman bring different attitudes and skills to management jobs, such as greater __73__, an emphasis on affiliation and attachment, and a __74__ to bring emotional factors to bear __75__ making workplace decisions. These differences are __76__ to carry advantages for companies, __77__ they expand the range of techniques that can be used to __78__ the company manage its workforce 539淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 __79__. AstudycommissionedbytheInternational Women’sForum__80__ a management style used by some woman managers (and also by some men) that __81__ from the commandandcontrolstyle__82__usedbymalemanagers. Using this “interactive leadership” approach, “women __83__ participation, share power and information, __84__ other people’s self-worth, and get others excited about their work. All these __85__ reflect their belief that allowing __86__ to contribute and to feel __87__ and important is a win-win __88__—good for the employees and the organization. The study’s director __89__ that “interactive leadership may emerge __90__themanagementstyleofchoiceformanyorganizations.” 71. A)confronted B) commanded C)confined D)committed 72. A)supports B) argues C)opposes D)despises 73. A)combination B) cooperativeness C)coherence D)correlation 74. A)willingness B) loyalty C)sensitivity D)virtue 75. A)by B) in C)at D)with 76. A)disclosed B) watched C)revised 540淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 D)seen 77. A)therefore B) whereas C)because D)nonetheless 78. A)help B) enable C)support D)direct 79. A)evidently B) precisely C)aggressively D)effectively 80. A)developed B) invented C)discovered D)located 81. A)derives B) differs C)descends D)detaches 82. A)inherently B) traditionally C)conditionally D)occasionally 83. A)encourage B) dismiss C)disapprove D)engage 84. A)enhance B) enlarge 541淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 C)ignore D)degrade 85. A)themes B) subjects C)researches D)things 86. A)managers B) women C)employees D)males 87. A)faithful B) powerful C)skillful D)thoughtful 88. A)situation B) status C)circumstance D)position 89. A)predicted B) proclaimed C)defied D)diagnosed 90. A)into B) from C)as D)for 试卷二 PartVWriting(30 minutes) Directions: For this part, you are allowed thirty minutes to write a composition on the topic It Pays to Be Honest. You should write at least 150 words according totheoutlinegiven below in Chinese: 542淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 1. 当前社会上存在许多不诚实的现象 2. 诚实利人利己，做人应该诚实 ItPaystoBeHonest ____________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ 543淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 2002年12月六级参考答案 Part IListeningComprehension 1. D 2. B 3. D 4. B 5. B 6. A 7. C 8. A 9. D 10. D 11. D 12. A 13. D 14. A 15. C 16. A 17. A 18. D 19. D 20. A Part II Reading Comprehension 21. A 22. B 23. D 24. D 25. C 26. A 27. D 28. B 29. D 30. B 31. C 32. A 33. D 34. C 35. B 36. D 37. D 38. B 39. C 40. D Part IIIVocabulary 41. B 42. C 43. C 44. C 45. D 46. D 47. C 48. B 49. A 50. C 51. B 52. C 53. C 54. B 55. A 56. C 57. B 58. A 59. C 60. B 61. B 62. C 63. B 64. A 65. C 66. D 67. B 68. A 69. B 70. A PartIVCloze 71. D 72. A 73. B 74. A 75. B 76. D 77. C 78. A 79. D 80. C 81. B 82. B 83. A 84. A 85. D 86. C 87. B 88. A 89. A 90. C 544淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 2002年12月听力原文 SectionA: 1. M: How well are you prepared for your presentation? Your turn comes on next Wednesday. W: I spend a whole week searching on the net. But it came up with nothing valuable. Q:What didthe women say about her presentation? 2. W:Goodmorning,Jack.Lateagain!What’stheexcusethistime? M: I’m awfully sorry Imust haveturned thealarm offand gone back to sleep again. Q:What dowelearn from theconversation? 3. W: Excuse me, but could you tell me where I can change American Dollars into BritishPounds? M: There is a bank around the corner, but I’m afraid it’s already past it’s closing time.Whydon’t you trytheone near therailway station? Q:What does theman mean? 4. M:CouldIspeaktoDr.Chen?Shetoldmetocallhertoday. W:She’s not available right now.Wouldyou liketotry around three? Q:What does thewoman telltheman todo? 5. W:Ohdear,I’mafraidI’llfailagaininthenationaltest.It’sthethirdtimeItookit. M: Don’t betoo upset. I havethesame fate. Let’s try afourth time. Q:What does theman mean? 6. W:ProfessorSmith,Ireallyneedthecreditstograduatethissummer. M: Here ofthis school, thecredits are earned, not given. Q:What dowelearn from theconversation? 7. M:HowdidyougotoCanada,Jane?Didyoufly? W: I was planning to, because it’s such a long trip by bus or by train, but Fred decided todrive andinvited meto join him.It took us two days and one night. Q:What canwe infer from theconversation? 8. M:HowdoyoulikethewayI’vearrangedthefurnitureinmylivingroom? W:Fine, but Ithinkthe walls coulddowith afew paintings. Q:What does thewoman suggest theman do? 545淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 9. W: I don’t imagine you have any interest in attending my lecture on drawing, do you? M: Oh, yes, Ido.Not that you remind me ofit. Q:What dowelearn about theman from theconversation? 10. M: You are my campaign manager. What do you think we should do to win the election? I’m convinced I’m the best candidate for the chairman of the Student Union. W: We won’t be able to win unless you get the majority votes from the women students. Q:What istheman doing? Section B PassageOne There are some serious problems in the Biramichi river. The local chamber of commerce, which represents the industry in the area, hired me as a consultant to do a one year study on fishing in the Biramichi river and write a rep ort for them. This is my report: One of the major problems in the Biramichi river is that the level of oxygen in the water is too low. Several chemicals have displaced the oxygen. This chemical pollution hastwo sources: thefactories which dump polluted water directlyinto the river and the local community which dumps untreated human wastes into the river. The local town government has already spent 2 million dollars on waste water treatment projects, but it will cost another 27 million to complete the projects. It will take at least 15 years for thetowntocollectenoughrevenuefromtaxestocompletetheseprojects.Thefactories hereemploy17,000peoplein anarea wherethereisverylittlealternativeemployment. It is not economically practical to close or relocate the factories. Also the factories cannot afford to finance chemical treatment plants by themselves. Another problem is that the membersof the Biramichi fishing cooperative are overfishing. Fishes are caught when they are on the way upstream to lay eggs. Consequently, not enough fish are left to reproduce in large number. The members of cooperative say that they had already reduced their annual catch by 50 percent. However, my studies indicate that they took fewer fish because there were fewer fish to catch, not because they were trying to preservefishes. 11. Whatwasthespeakerassignedtodointhepastyear? 12. WhatisoneoftheproblemsintheBiramichiriver? 13. Whatdoesthepassagetellusaboutthefactoriesalongtheriver? 14. Why was the annual catch of fish in the Biramichi river reduced according to the 546淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 speaker? PassageTwo Everybody has to die someday, but nobody likes to think about it. Even so, at sometime in their lives, most people manage to think about the question of how to make a will. If you have already made yours, it is probably just a few pages of writing, stating that you wish to leave everything to your family. That is the kind of will that the majority of people make. However, there are plenty of ways to make your will more interesting if you want to. To begin with, you don’t have to write it on paper. One man wrote his will on an envelope, another on the door, and a third on an egg. For some people, the most important part of their will is the part that says how they want to be buried. Mrs. Sandra West, a rich widow from Texas, decided that she wanted to be buried with her favorite car. In 1973, Mr. Green, a dentist from England, left most of his money to the nurse who worked for him if in 5 years she would not wear any kind of make-up or jewel or go out with men. Finally, let’s hope that your will is not like that of Dr. Wagner, who lived in America 100 years ago. His family, who had not been to see him for years, suddenly began to visit him when he became ill. What was worse, each person suggested to Dr. Wagner that they would like something to remember him by when he died. Greatly annoyed with them, Dr. Wagner wrote a will that would do this: toeach ofhisfour brothers, he left one ofhis legsor arms, his nephew gothis noseand his two nieces each got an ear. His teeth went to his cousin. Then he set aside 1,000 dollarstopayforcuttinghisbodyandtherestofhismoneyhelefttothepoor. 15. Whatkindofwilldomostpeopleleavebehindaccordingtothepassage? 16. WhatdidthenursehavetodobeforegettingthemoneyleftbytheEnglishdentist? 17. WhydidDr.Wagnermakeanunusualwill? PassageThree Inrecentyears,therehasbeenanunusuallylargenumberofdivorcesintheUnited States.In the past, when two people marriedeach other, they intendedto staytogether for life. While today, many people marry believing that they can always get it divorce if the marriage does not work out. In the past, a large majority of the Americans frowned at the idea of divorce. Furthermore, many people believed that getting a divorce was a luxury that only the rich could afford. Indeed, getting a divorce was very expensive. However, since so many people have began to take a more casual view of marriage, it is interesting to know that the cost of get ting a divorce is lower. In fact, wherever you go in the United States today, it is not unusual to see newspaper ads that provide information on how and where to get a cheap divorce. Hollywood has always been known as the divorce capital of the world. The divorce rate among the movie stars is so highthat it isdifficultto know who ismarried towhom.Todaymanymoviestarschange husbandsandwivesasthoughtheywerechangingclothes.Untilmarriageagainbecome 547淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 the serious and important part of people’s lives, we will probably continue to see a high rateofdivorce. 18. WhatdidmanyAmericansthinkofdivorceinthepast? 19. WhatistheattitudeofmanyAmericanstomarriagetoday? 20. Inthespeaker’sview,whenwillthehighrateofdivorcebebroughtdown? 548淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 2003年6月21日大学英语六级(CET-6)真题试卷 Part I Listening Comprehension(20 minutes) SectionA Directions: In this section, you will hear 10 short conversations. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said—Both the conversation and the question will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A), B), C) and D), and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre. Example: Youwillhear: Youwillread: A)2hours. B) 3hours. C)4hours. D)5hours. Fromtheconversationweknowthatthetwoaretalkingaboutsomeworktheywill startat9o’clockinthemorningandhavetofinishat2intheafternoon.Therefore,D)“5 hours” is the correct answer. You should choose [D] on the Answer Sheet and mark it withasinglelinethroughthecentre. SampleAnswer[A][B][C][D] 1. A)Ridingahorse. B) Shootingamovie. C)Playing a game. D)Taking aphoto. 2. A)She’lltypetheletterfortheman. B) She’ll teach theman to operate thecomputer. C)Shedoesn’tthink his sister isa good typist. D)Shethinks theman should buyacomputer. 3. A)Johncansharethemagazinewithher. B) Shewants to borrow John’s card. C)She’ll let Johnuse thejournal first. D)John should find another copy for himself. 549淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 4. A)Shepromisedtohelptheman. B) Shecame alongway tomeet theman. C)Shetookthe man to where hewanted to go. D)Shesuggested away outof thedifficultyfor theman. 5. A)Thetrainseldomarrivesontime. B)Theschedule has been misprinted. C)Thespeakers arrived at thestation late. D)The company has troubleprinting aschedule. 6. A)Tofindabettersciencejournalinthelibrary. B) Not tomiss any chance to collect useful information. C)Tobuythelatest issueof themagazine. D)Not tosubscribe to thejournal. 7. A)Shewantstoborrowtheman’sstudentIDcard. B)Thetickets are less expensivethan sheexpected. C)Shewon’t be ableto get any discountfor theticket. D)The performance turned outto be disappointing. 8. A)Dotheassignmentstowardstheendofthesemester. B) Quitthe historycourse and chooseanother one instead. C)Drop one course and doit nextsemester. D)Takecourses with alighter workload. 9. A)Theorganizationofaconference. B)Thecost ofrenting aconference room. C)Thedecoration of theconference room. D)The job ofcleaning upthedining-room. 10. A)Meethisclient. B) Prepare thedinner. C)Workat his office. D)Fix hiscar. Section B Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best 550淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre. PassageOne Questions11to13arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard. 11. A)OneofthebridgesbetweenNorthandSouthLondoncollapsed. B)Theheart of Londonwas flooded. C)An emergency exercise was conducted. D)100people in thesuburbs were drowned. 12. A)50undergroundstationsweremadewaterproof. B)Aflood wall was built. C)An alarm system was set up. D)Rescue teams were formed. 13. A)MostLondonerswerefrightened. B) MostLondoners becamerather confused. C)MostLondoners took Exercise Floodcall calmly. D)Most Londoners complained about the troublecaused byExercise Floodcall. PassageTwo Questions14to16arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard. 14. A)Itlimitedtheirsupplyoffood. B) It madetheir eggshells too fragile. C)It destroyed many oftheirnests. D)It killed many baby baldeagles. 15. A)Theyfoundwaystospeedupthereproductionofbaldeagles. B)They developed newtypes offeed for babybald eagles. C)They explored new ways tohatch baby bald eagles. D)They brought inbald eagles from Canada. 16. A)Pollutionoftheenvironment. B)Anewgeneration ofpest killers. C)Over-killingbyhunters. 551淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 D)Destruction oftheirnatural homes. PassageThree Questions17to20arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard. 17. A)Whetheritcanbedetectedandchecked. B)Whetherit willlead towidespread food shortage. C)Whetherglobal warming will speed upin thefuture. D)Whether itwill affect theirown lives. 18. A)Manyspecieshavemovedfurthernorth. B) Manynew species have come intoexistence. C)Manyspecies have developed ahabit ofmigration. D)Many species have become less sensitiveto climate. 19. A)Stormsandfloods. B) Disease and fire. C)Less space for theirgrowth. D)Rapid increase oftheanimal population. 20. A)Theywillgraduallydieout. B)They will beable tosurvivein thepreserves. C)They will have tomigrate to find new homes. D)They will face extinction without artificial reproduction. Part IIReading Comprehension(35 minutes) Directions: There are 4 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre. PassageOne Questions21to25arebasedonthefollowingpassage. In the villages of the English countryside there are still people who remember the good old dayswhen no one bothered tolock their doors.Theresimply wasn’t anycrime toworryabout. Amazingly, these happy times appear still to be with us in the world’s biggest community. A new study by Dan Farmer, a gifted programmer, using an automated 552淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 investigative program of his own called SATAN, shows that the owners of well over half ofallWorldWideWebsiteshavesetuphomewithoutfittinglockstotheirdoors. SATAN can try out a variety of well-known hacking (黑客的) tricks on an Internet site without actually breaking in. Farmer has made the program publicly available, amid much criticism.A person with evil intent could use it to huntdown sitesthatare easyto burgle(闯入…...行窃). But Farmer is very concerned about the need to alert the public to poor security and, so far, events have proved him right. SATAN has done more to alert people to the risks than cause new disorder. So is the Net becoming more secure? Far from it. In the earlydays, when youvisited a Website yourbrowser simplylookedat the content.Now the Web is full of tiny programs that automatically download when you look at a Web page, and run on your own machine. These programs could, if their authors wished, do allkindsofnastythingstoyourcomputer. At the same time, the Net is increasingly populated with spiders, worms, agents and other types of automated beasts designed to penetrate the sites and seek out and classify information. All these make wonderful tools for antisocial people who want to invadeweaksitesandcausedamage. But let’s look on the bright side. Given the lack of locks, the Internet is surely the world’s biggest (almost) crime-free society. Maybe that is because hackers are fundamentallyhonest.Or thatthere currentlyisn’t much to steal.Or because vandalism ( 恶意破坏)isn’tmuchfununlessyouhaveapeculiardislikeforsomeone. Whatever the reason, let’s enjoy it while we can. But expect it all to change, and security to become the number one issue, when the most influential inhabitants of the Netaresellingservicestheywanttobepaidfor. 21. By saying “... owners of well over half of all World Wide Web sites have set up home without fitting locks to their doors” (Lines 3-4, Para. 2), the author means that________. A)thosehappy timesappear stillto bewith us B) there simply wasn’t any crime to worry about C)many sites are not well-protected D)hackers try out tricks onan Internet sitewithout actually breaking in 22. SATAN,aprogramdesignedbyDanFannercanbeused________. A)toinvestigate thesecurity ofInternet sites B) toimprove thesecurity oftheInternet system C)toprevent hackers from breaking intowebsites D)todownload useful programs and information 23. Fanner’sprogramhasbeencriticizedbythepublicbecause. A)it causes damage toNet browsers 553淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 B) itcan break into Internet sites C)itcan beused to cause disorderonall sites D)it can beused bypeople with evil intent 24. Theauthor’sattitudetowardSATANis________. A)enthusiastic B) critical C)positive D)indifferent 25. Theauthorsuggestsinthelastparagraphthat________. A) we should make full use of the Internet before security measures are strengthened B) weshouldalert themostinfluential businessmen tothe importanceofsecurity C)influential businessmen should give priority tothe improvement ofNet security D) net inhabitants should not let security measures affect their joy of surfing the Internet PassageTwo Questions26to30arebasedonthefollowingpassage. I came away from my years of teaching on the college and university level with a conviction that enactment (扮演 角色 ), performance, dramatization are the most successful forms of teaching. Students must be incorporated, made, so far as possible, an integral part of the learning process. The notion that learning should have in it an element of inspired play would seem to the greater part of the academic establishment merely silly, but that is nonetheless the case. Of Ezekiel Cheever, the most famous schoolmaster of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, his onetime student Cotton Mather wrotethat he so planned hislessonsthat hispupils “came to work as though theycame to play,” and Alfred North Whitehead, almost three hundred years later, noted that a teachershouldmakehis/herstudents“gladtheywerethere.” Since, we are told, 80 to 90 percent of all instruction in the typical university is by the lecture method, we should give close attention to this form of education. There is, I think, much truth in Patricia Nelson Limerick’s observation that “lecturing is an unnatural act, an act for which God did not design humans. It is perfectly all right, now and then, for a human to be possessed by the urge to speak, and to speak while others remain silent. But to do this regularly, one hour and 15 minutes at a time... for one person to drag on while others sit in silence?... I do not believe that this is what the Creator...designedhumanstodo.” The strange, almost incomprehensible fact is that manyprofessors, just as they feel obliged to write dully, believe that they should lecture dully. To show enthusiasm is to 554淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 risk appearing unscientific, unobjective; it is to appeal to the students’ emotions rather than their intellect. Thus the ideal lecture is one filled with facts and read in an unchangedmonotone. The cult (推崇) of lecturing dully,likethe cult of writing dully,goes back, of course, some years. Edward Shils, professor of sociology, recalls the professors he encountered at the University of Pennsylvania in his youth. They seemed “a priesthood, rather uneven in their merits but uniform in their bearing; they never referred to anything personal. Some read from old lecture notes and then haltingly explained the thumb-worn last lines. Otherslectured from cardsthat hadserved for years, to judge by the worn edges... The teachers began on time, ended on time, and left the room without saying a word more to their students, very seldom being detained by questioners... The classes were not large, yet there was no discussion. No questions wereraisedinclass,andtherewerenoofficehours.” 26. Theauthorbelievesthatasuccessfulteachershouldbeableto________. A)make dramatization an important aspect ofstudents’learning B) makeinspired play an integral part ofthelearning process C)improvestudents’learning performance D)make study justas easy as play 27. The majority of university professors prefer the traditional way of lecturing in the beliefthat________. A)it draws thecloseattention ofthestudents B) itconforms in away to thedesign oftheCreator C)itpresents course content in ascientific and objective manner D)it helps students tocomprehend abstract theories more easily 28. Whattheauthorrecommendsinthispassageisthat________. A)college education should beimproved through radical measures B) morefreedom of choiceshould be given to students intheirstudies C)traditional college lectures should be replaced bydramatized performances D)interaction should beencouraged inthe process ofteaching 29. Bysaying “Theyseemed ‘a priesthood,rather uneven intheir meritsbutuniformin theirbearing...’”(Lines3-4,Para.4),theauthormeansthat________. A) professors are a group of professionals that differ in their academic ability but behave in thesameway B) professors are like priests wearing the same kind of black gown but having different roles to play C) there is no fundamental difference between professors and priests though they 555淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 differintheirmerits D) professors at the University of Pennsylvania used to wear black suits which madethem look likepriests 30. Whoseteachingmethodisparticularlycommendedbytheauthor? A)Ezekiel Cheever’s. B) CottonMather’s. C)Alfred NorthWhitehead’s. D)Patricia Nelson Limerick’s. PassageThree Questions31to35arebasedonthefollowingpassage. Takethecaseofpubliceducationalone.Theprincipaldifficultyfacedbytheschools hasbeenthetremendous increase inthe number ofpupils. Thishasbeencausedbythe advance of the legal age for going into industry and the impossibility of finding a job even when the legal age has been reached. In view of the technological improvements in the last few years, business will require in the future proportionately fewer workers than ever before. The result will be still further raising of he legal age for going into employment, and still further difficulty in finding employment when hat age has been attained.Ifwecannotputourchildrentowork,wemustputtheminschool. We may also be quite confident that the present trend toward a shorter day and a shorter week will be maintained. We have developed and shall continue to have a new leisure class. Already the public agencies for adult education are swamped by the tide thathassweptoverthem since depressionbegan.Theywill belittle betteroffwhen itis over.Theirsupportmustcomefromthetaxpayer. It is surely too much to hope that these increases in the cost of public education can be borne by the local communities. They cannot care for the present restricted and inadequate system. The local communities have failed in their efforts to cope with unemployment. They cannot expect to cope with public education on the scale on which we must attempt it. The answer to the problem of unemployment has been Federal relief. The answer to the problem of public education may have to be much the same, and properly so. If there is one thing in which the citizens of all parts of the country have an interest, it is in the decent education of the citizens of all parts of the country.Our income tax now goes in part to keep our neighbors alive. It mayhave to go inpartaswelltomakeourneighborsintelligent.Wearenowattemptingtopreservethe present generation through Federal relief of the destitute ( 贫 民 ). Only a people determined to ruin the next generation will refuse such Federal funds as public educationmayrequire. 31. Whatisthepassagemainlyabout? A)How topersuade local communities to providemorefunds. 556淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 B) Howto cope with theshortage offunds for publiceducation. C)Howto solvetherising unemployment problem. D)How toimprove thepubliceducation system. 32. Whatisthereasonfortheincreaseinthenumberofstudents? A)The requirement ofeducated workers bybusiness. B) Raisingof thelegal age forgoing to work. C)Thetrend toward ashorter workday. D)People’s concern forthe futureof thenextgeneration. 33. Thepublicagenciesforadulteducationwillbelittlebetteroffbecause________. A)theunemployed are too poortocontinuetheireducation B) anew leisureclass has developed C)they are stillsuffering from the depression D)an increase in taxescould be aproblem 34. According to the author, the answer to the problem of public education is that the Federalgovernment________. A)should allocate Federal funds for publiceducation B) should demand that local communities provide support C)should raisetaxes tomeet theneeds of publiceducation D)should first ofall solvethe problem ofunemployment 35. Why does the author say “Only a people determined to ruin the next generation will refuse such Federal funds as public education may require” (Lines 10-11, Para. 3)? A) Only by appropriating adequate Federal funds for education can the next generation havea bright future. B) Citizens of all parts of the country agree that the best way to support education is touse Federal funds. C) People all over the country should make contributions to education in the interest ofthenextgeneration. D)Educated people are determined to usepart ofthe Federal funds tohelp thepoor. PassageFour Questions36to40arebasedonthefollowingpassage. A new high-performance contact lens under development at the department for applied physics at the University of Heidelberg will not only correct ordinary vision defects but will enhance normal night vision as much as five times, making people’s 557淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 visionsharperthanthatofcats. Bille and his team work with an optical instrument called an active mirror—a device used in astronomical telescopes to spot newly emerging stars and far distant galaxies. Connected to a wave-front sensor that tracks and measures the course of a laser beam into the eye and back, the aluminum mirror detects the deficiencies of the cornea, the transparent protective layer covering the lens of the human eye. The highly precise datafrom thetwoinstruments—which, Bille hopes, will one daybe foundat the opticians (眼镜商) all over the world—serve as a basis for the production of completely individualizedcontactlensesthatcorrectandenhancethewearer’svision. Byday,Bille’scontactlenseswillfocusraysoflightsoaccuratelyontheretina （视 网膜）that the image of a small leaf or the outline of a far distant tree will be formed with a sharpness that surpasses that of conventional vision aids by almost half a diopter ( 屈光度). At night, the lenses have an even greater potential. “Because the new lens—incontrasttothealreadyexistingones—also workswhenit’sdarkandthepupilis wide open,” says Bille, “lens wearers will be able to identify a face at a distance of 100 meters”—80metersfartherthantheywouldnormallybeabletosee.Inhisexperiments night vision was enhanced by an even greater factor: in semi-darkness, test subjects couldseeupto15timesbetterthanwithoutthelenses. Bille’s lenses are expected to reach the market in the year 2000, and one tentative plan is to use the Internet to transmit information on patients’ visual defects from the optician to the manufacturer, who will then produce and mail the contact lenses within a coupleofdays.Thephysicist expectsthelensestocostabouta dollar a pair,about the sameasconventionalone-daydisposablelenses. 36. Thenewcontactlensismeantfor________. A)astronomical observations B) thenight blind C)thosewith visiondefects D)optical experiments 37. Whatdothetwoinstrumentsmentionedinthesecondparagraph(Line5)referto? A)The astronomical telescope and thewave-front sensor. B)Thealuminum mirror and thelaser beam. C)Theactive mirrorand thecontact lens. D)The aluminum mirrorand the wave-front sensor. 38. Individualizedcontactlenses(Line7,Para.2)arelensesdesigned________. A)towork likeanastronomical telescope B) tosuit thewearer’s specificneeds C)toprocess extremely accurate data D)totest thewearer’s eyesight 558淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 39. AccordingtoBille,withthenewlensesthewearer’svision________. A)will befar better at night than in thedaytime B) may bebroadened about 15times than withoutthem C)can bebetterimproved in thedaytime thanat night D)will besharper byamuch greater degree at night than inthedaytime 40. WhichofthefollowingistrueaboutBille’slenses? A)Their production process is complicated. B)They will besold at a very lowprice. C)They have to be replaced every day. D)Purchase orders can bemade through theInternet. PartIIIVocabulary (20 minutes) Directions: There are 30 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with asinglelinethrough thecentre. 41. In November 1987 the government ________ a public debate on the future directionoftheofficialsportspolicy. A)initiated B) designated C)induced D)promoted 42. I found it difficult to ________ my career ambitions with the need to bring up my children. A)consolidate B) amend C)reconcile D)Intensify 43. We all enjoy our freedom of choice and do not like to see it ________ when it is withinthelegalandmoralboundariesofsociety. A)compacted B) restricted C)dispersed D)delayed 559淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 44. It is fortunate for the old couple that their son’s career goals and their wishes for him________. A)coincide B) comply C)conform D)collaborate 45. Allen will soon find out that real life is seldom as simple as it is ________ in commercials. A)permeated B) alleged C)depicted D)drafted 46. Europe’searlierindustrialgrowthwas________bytheavailabilityofkeyresources, abundantandcheaplabor,coal,ironore,etc. A)constrained B) detained C)remained D)sustained 47. Asthetrialwenton,thestorybehindthemurderslowly________itself. A)convicted B) released C)haunted D)unfolded 48. We’vejustinstalledafanto________cookingsmellsfromthekitchen. A)eject B) expel C)exclude D)exile 49. Retirement is obviously a very complex ________ period; and the earlier you start planningforit,thebetter. A)transformation B) transmission C)transaction 560淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 D)transition 50. Mutual respect for territorial ________ is one of the bases upon which our two countriesdeveloprelationships. A)unity B) integrity C)entirety D)reliability 51. As one of the youngest professors in the university, Mr. Brown is certainly on the ________ofabrilliantcareer. A)porch B) edge C)course D)threshold 52. We work to make money, but it’s a ________ that people who work hard and long oftendonotmakethemostmoney. A)paradox B) prejudice C)dilemma D)conflict 53. The design of thisauditorium shows a great deal of ________. Wehavenever seen suchabuildingbefore. A)invention B) illusion C)originality D)orientation 54. The damage to my car was ________. in the accident, but I have a lingering fear eventoday. A)insufficient B) ignorant C)ambiguous D)negligible 55. Very few people could understand the lecture the professor delivered because its subjectwasvery________. 561淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 A)obscure B) indefinite C)dubious D)intriguing 56. Diamonds have little ________ value and their price depends almost entirely on theirscarcity. A)intrinsic B) eternal C)subtle D)inherent 57. Doctorsareinterestedinusing lasersasa surgicaltool inoperationsonpeoplewho are________toheartattack. A)infectious B) disposed C)accessible D)prone 58. Many countries have adopted systems of ________ education in order to promote theaveragelevelofeducation. A)compulsory B) cardinal C)constrained D)conventional 59. I had eaten Chinese food often, but I could not have imagined how ________ and extravagantarealChinesebanquetcouldbe, A)prominent B) fabulous C)handsome D)gracious 60. They are ________ investors who always make thorough investigations both on localandinternationalmarketsbeforemakinganinvestment. A)implicit B) conscious C)cautious D)indecisive 562淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 61. In addition to the rising birthrate and immigration, the ________ death rate contributedtothepopulationgrowth. A)inclining B) increasing C)declining D)descending 62. Becauseofthe________noiseoftrafficIcouldn’tgettosleeplastnight. A)prevalent B) perpetual C)provocative D)progressive 63. Don’t let such a ________ matter as this come between us so that we can concentrateonthemajorissue. A)trivial B) slight C)partial D)minimal 64. If you go to the park every day in the morning, you will ________ find him doing physicalexercisethere. A)ordinarily B) variably C)logically D)persistently 65. Although she’s a(n) ________ talented dancer, she still practices several hours everyday. A)traditionally B) additionally C)exceptionally D)rationally 66. Thecutinherhandhashealedcompletely,withoutleavinga________. A)defect B) sign C)wound 563淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 D)scar 67. The idea is to ________ the frequent incidents of collision to test the strength of thewind-shields. A)assemble B) simulate C)accumulate D)forge 68. Mostpeopleinthemodemworld________freedom andindependencemorethan anythingelse. A)embody B) cherish C)fascinate D)illuminate 69. ItoldhimthatIwould________himtoactformewhileIwasawayfromoffice. A)authorize B) justify C)rationalize D)identify 70. Overthe past tenyears, natural gasproduction has remained steady, but ________ hasrisensteadily. A)dissipation B) disposal C)consumption D)expenditure Part IVErrorCorrection (15 minutes) Directions: This part consists of a short passage. In this passage, there are altogether 10 mistakes, one in each numbered line. You may have to change a word, add a word or delete a word. Mark out the mistakes and put the corrections in the blanks provided. If you change a word, cross it out and write the correct word in the corresponding blank. If you add a word, put an insertion mark () in the right place and write the missing word in the blank. If youdelete aword, crossit out andputaslash (/)in theblank. TheSeattleTimesCompanyisonenewspaperfirmthathasrecognizedtheneedfor changeanddonesomethingaboutit.Inthenewspaperindustry,papersmustreflectthe 564淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 diversityofthecommunitiestowhichtheyprovideinformation. It must reflect that diversity with their news coverage or risk (S1) losing their readers’interestandtheiradvertisers’support. Operating within Seattle, which has 20 percents racial (S2) minorities, the paper has put into place policies and procedures for hiring and maintain a diverse workforce. The (S3) underlying reason for the change is that for information to be fair, appropriate, andsubjective,itshouldbereportedbythe(S4)samekindofpopulationthatreadsit. A diversity committee composed of reporters, editors, and photographers meets regularly to value the Seattle Times’ (S5) content and to educate the rest of the newsroomstaffaboutdiversityissues.Inanaddition, thepaper instituteda content(S6) audit (审查) that evaluates the frequency and manner of representation of woman and peopleofcolorinphotographs.(S7) Early audits showed that minorities were pictured far too infrequently and were picturedwithadisproportionatenumberofnegativearticles.Theauditresultsfrom(S8) improvement in the frequency of majority representation and (S9) their portrayal in neutralorpositivesituations.And,witha (S10)result,theSeattleTimeshasimprovedas anewspaper. The diversity training and content audits helped the Seattle Times Company to win thePersonnelJournalOptimalAwardforexcellenceinmanagingchange. PartVWriting(30 minutes) Directions: For this part, you are allowed thirty minutes to write a composition on the topic Changes in the Ownership of Houses. You should write at least 150 words,andbase your composition onthechart andthe outlinegiven below. 1. 根据上图描述该市住房产权的变化 2. 分析产生这些变化的原因 3. 说明这些变化对个人和社会产生的影响 ChangesintheOwnershipofHouses 565淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 2003年6月21日六级参考答案 Part I 1. D 2. B 3. A 4. C 5. A 6. D 7. C 8. C 9. B 10. A 11. C 12. B 13. C 14. B 15. D 16. D 17. D 18. A 19. B 20. C PartII 21. C 22. A 23. D 24. C 25. A 26. B 27. C 28. D 29. A 30. A 31. B 32. B 33. D 34. A 35. A 36. C 37. D 38. B 39. D 40. D Part III 41. A 42. B 43. B 44. A 45. B 46. D 47. D 48. C 49. D 50. B 51. D 52. A 53. C 54. D 55. A 56. A 57. B 58. A 59. B 60. C 61. C 62. B 63. A 64. B 65. C 66. D 67. C 68. B 69. A 70. C 71. it→they 72. percents→percent 73. maintain→maintaining 74. subjective→objective 75. meets→meet 76. 去掉 an 566淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 77. woman→women 78. from→in 79. majority→minority 80. with→as 567淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 2003年6月听力原文 SectionA Question1 W: Raise your head a little bit and hold the saddle and smile a little. You look wonderful posinglikethat. Shall Icrack the shutter?Shall Ipress theshutter? M:Waitaminute. Let me putona cowboy hat. Q:What are thespeakers doing? W：头在抬起来一点，拿着那个鞍，笑一笑。你摆的姿势太棒了。我可以照了 吗?（按快门了吗?） M：等等，让我戴上这顶牛仔帽。 Q：谈话者在干什么? Question2 M: I’m still waiting for my sister to come back and type the application letter for me. W:Whybotherher.I’ll showyou howto usethecomputer.It’s quiteeasy. Q:What does thewoman mean? M：我在等我姐姐（妹妹）回来帮我打印求职信。 W：干嘛麻烦她?我示范给你看怎么使用电脑。非常简单。 Q：女士的话什么意思? Question3 M: Hey,where did you find thejournal? Ineed it,too. W: Right here on the shelf. Don’t worry, John. I’ll take it out on my card for both of us. Q:What does thewoman mean? M：你在哪找到那本杂志的?我也需要。 W：我用我的（借书）卡借出来 Q：女士的话什么意思? Question4 M: Thank you for your helpful assistance. Otherwise, I’d surely have missed it. The place isso out ofthe way. W:It was apleasure meeting you. Good bye! Q:Whydid theman thank thewoman? M：谢谢你的帮助，不然我真迷路了，这地方太偏了。 W：很高兴遇见你。再见！ Q：男士为什么感谢女士? Question5 568淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 W:Weare informed that theeleven thirtytrain islate again. M:Why did therailway company even bother toprint a schedule? Q:What dowelearn from theconversation? W：有人告诉我们1130号列车会再次晚点。 M：本对话的大意是：车又晚了！铁路公司还费神搞什么时刻表啊?搞出来又不 准。就跟没有一样。 Q：从对话中我们可以了解什么? Question6 M：Maybe I ought to subscribe to the Engineering Quarterly. It contains a lot of useful information. W： Whynot read itin thelibrary andsave somemoney? Q:What isthewoman’s advicetotheman? M：我可能会订阅 Engineering Quarterly（一种季刊杂志），因为这种杂志里有 很多有用的信息。 W：干嘛不在图书馆里看这杂志?还可以省点钱? Q：女士给男士什么建议? Question7 M: I’ve been waiting all week for this concert. The performance is said to be excellent and with a student’s discount, the tickets will be really cheap. Student discount W:Ah-huh. I’mafraid Ileft my Student ID cardin thedorm. Q:What does thewoman imply? M：我整个星期都在等待这场音乐会。据说表演精彩，而且学生还可以享受折 扣，票价会非常便宜。 W：啊，恐怕我把学生证放宿舍里了。 Q：女士什么意思? Question8 M: Mr. Smith, our history professor, announced we would be doing two papers and three exams this semester. I wonder how I’m going to pull through when two other courses havesimilarrequirements. W:Well, can’t you drop onecourse and pick it upnextsemester? Q:What does thewoman suggest theman do? M：我们的历史学教授，史密斯先生，宣布我们这学期要写两篇论文，还要通 过三次考试。其他两门课也有同样的要求，我都不知道我怎么活了。 W：为什么不放弃一门课，明年再学? Q：女士建议男士做什么? Question9 569淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 W: Renting a Conference Room at the hotel will cost us too much. We are already running in thered M: Howabout using ourdining room forthemeeting? Q:What’s worrying thewoman? W：在这个宾馆里租会议室的费用太高。公司现在财政困难。 M：哪就用我们的餐厅开会行了? Q：女士担心什么? Question10 W:Jerry,can you pick me upafter work today? Ileft mycar at thegarage. M: I’m afraid Ican’t. I havescheduled an appointment witha client at dinnertime. Q:What istheman going to do? W：杰瑞，能不能今天来接我?我的车还在修理厂。 M：恐怕够呛，我和一个客户约好了晚饭时见。 Q：男士会做什么? Section B PassageOne A few months ago, millions of people in London heard alarms all over the town. The Emergency services, the Fire Departments, the Police, hospitals, and ambulances stood by, ready to go into action. In railway underground stations, people read notices and maps which told them where to go and what to do in the emergency. This was ExerciseFloodCall,topreparepeopleforafloodemergency.Londonwasn’tfloodedyet, but it is possible that it would be. In 1236 and in 1663, London was badly flooded. In 1928,peoplelivinginWestminster,theheartofLondon,drownedinfloods.Andin1953, one hundred people, living on the eastern edge of the London suburbs were killed, again, in the floods. Atlast, Greater London Council took actionsto preventthis disaster from happening again. Though a flood wall was built in the 1960s, Londoners still must be prepared for the possible disaster. If it happens, 50 underground stations will be under water. Electricity, gas and phone services will be out of action. Roads will be drowned. It will be impossible to cross any of the bridges between north and south London. Imagine: London will look like the famous Italian city, Venice. But this Exercise FloodCalldidn’tcausepanicamongLondoners.Mostpeopleknewitwasjustawarning. Oneladysaid,“It’safloodwarning,isn’tit?Thewaterdoesn’tlookhightome.” Question11:WhathappenedinLondonafewmonthsago? Question12:WhatmeasurewastakenagainstfloodsinLondoninthe1960s? Question13:Whatcanwelearntfromthelady’scomment? PassageTwo America’s national symbol, the bald eagle, almost went extinct twenty years ago, 570淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 butithasmadeacomeback.Infact,theU.S.FishandWildLifeServiceisconsideringthe possibility of taking it off the Endangered Species List. Once, more than fifty hundred pairs of bald eagles nested across the country, but by 1960 that number had fallen belowfourhundred.Thechiefkiller wasthewidelyusedDDT.Fish,soakedupDDT,died, and were washed up on shores, where bald eagles feasted on them. DDT prevented eagle egg shells from thickening. The shells became so thin that they shattered before the babies hatched. Fortunately, in 1972, a law waspassed to ban DDT, which saved the bald eagle from total wipeout. And since then wild life biologists had reintroduced bald eaglesfrom Canada to America. The result was that last year U.S. birdwatcherscounted eleventhousand sixhundred andten bald eaglesin the country.If it weredroppedfrom the Endangered Species List, the bald eagle would still be a threatened species. That means the bird would continue to get the same protection. No hunting allowed, and no disturbing of nests. But bald eagles still face tough times. The destruction of their naturalhomescouldbethenextDDTcausingeaglenumberstodropquickly. Question 14: What was the main harmful effect of the pests killer DDT on bald eagles? Question 15: What measure did the wild life biologist take to increase the number ofbaldeagles? Question 16: According to the speaker, what is the possible danger facing bald eagles? PassageThree If the earth gets hotter in the new century, what will happen to animals and the plantswhichanimalsdependonforsurvival?Thequestionoffersanotherwayoflooking at the “Greenhouse Effect”. People have talked about the general problem of “Global Warming” for some time. But they were usually worried about things like whether to buy a home on the coast. Biologists and other scientists turn their attention to plants and animals at an important meeting that took place last October. They were reviewed evidence that plants and animals are sensitive to climate. Since the Ice Age ended ten thousand years ago and warmer temperatures returned to the northern latitudes, many species have migrated north. If the predictions about the Greenhouse are correct, temperatures will rise by the same amount in the next one hundred years as they did in thepasttenthousand.Willanimalsandplantsbeabletoadaptthatquicklytochangein the environment? Many won’t. Certain species will probably become very rare. Experts say plants under climate stress will be very open to disease and fire. Forest fires may become more common. That, in turn, man harm animals that depend on the trees for food will for shelter. Any preserves we set up to protect endangered species may become useless as the species are forced to migrate along with their natural homes. Change is a part of life, but rapid change, says scientist George Woodwell, is the enemy oflife. Question 17: What is the concern of ordinary people about the “Greenhouse Effect”? Question18:WhathashappenedsincetheendoftheICEAGE? 571淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 Question19:Whatwillbeapossiblethreattoplantsinthefuture? Question 20: According to the passage, what will probably happen to the endangeredspecies? 572淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 2003年9月大学英语六级(CET-6)真题试卷 Part I Listening Comprehension(20 minutes) SectionA Directions: In this section, you will hear 10 short conversations. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the question will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A), B), C) and D), and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre. Example: Youwillhear: Youwillread: A)2hours. B) 3hours. C)4hours. D)5hours. From the conversation, we know that the two were talking about some work they will start at 9’ o’clock in the morning andhave to finish at 2 in the afternoon. Therefore, D)“5hours”isthecorrectanswer.Youshouldchoose[D]ontheAnswerSheetandmark itwithasinglelinethroughthecentre. SampleAnswer[A][B][C][D] 1. A)ThelecturefornextMondayiscancelled. B)Thelecture wasn’t as successful as expected. C)Thewoman doesn’t want toattend thelecture. D)The woman may attend nextMonday’s lecture. 2. A)Thewomanhasaverytightbudget. B) Hedoes notthink thefur coat is worth buying. C)He’s willingto lend the woman money for thefurcoat. D)The woman is not careful enough inplanning her spending. 3. A)Cleanthekitchen. B)Ask someone to fix thesink. C)Findabigger apartment for thelady. D)Check thework done bythemaintenance man. 573淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 4. A)Thelens. B)Theprice. C)Theflash. D)The leather case. 5. A)Sheneedsanotherhaircutsoon. B) Shethinksit worthwhiletotry Sadermale’s. C)Sheknows aless expensiveplace fora haircut. D)Shewould liketomake an appointment fortheman. 6. A)Thewomandoesn’twanttocookameal. B)Thewoman wants to havea picnic. C)Thewoman has apoor memory. D)The woman likes Mexican food. 7. A)EveryoneenjoyedhimselfatJohn’spanics. B)Thewoman didn’t enjoy John’sparties at all. C)It willbe thefirst timefortheman toattend John’sparty. D)The woman is glad to be invited to John’shouse-warming party. 8. A)Shelacksconfidenceinherself. B) Sheis notinterested in computerprogramming. C)Shehas never signed upfor any competition before. D)Sheis sure towin the programming contest. 9. A)Themanhasanenormousamountofworktodo. B)Theman has madeplans forhis vacation. C)Theman will take work with him onhisvacation. D)Work stacked upduring theman’s last vacation. 10. A)Shelikesthejoboffeedingfish. B) Shefinds hernew job interesting. C)Shefeels unfitfor her newjob. D)She’s not ingood health. Section B Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best 574淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre. PassageOne Questions11to13arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard. 11. A)Rallysupportfortheirmovement. B) Liberate women from tedioushousework. C)Claimtheirrights toequal jobopportunities. D)Express theiranger against sex discrimination. 12. A)Itwillbringalotoftroubletothelocalpeople. B) It isa popularform ofart. C)It willspoil thenatural beauty oftheir surroundings. D)It is popular among rockstars. 13. A)Toshowthatmindlessgraffiticanprovokeviolence. B)Toshowthat Londoners have aspecial likingfor graffiti. C)Toshowthat graffiti, in somecases, can constitutea crime. D)Toshow that graffiti canmake theenvironment more colorful. PassageTwo Questions14to16arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard. 14. A)TheAsianelephantiseasiertotame. B)TheAsian elephant’s skinis morevaluable. C)TheAsian elephant is less popularwith tourists. D)TheAsian elephant produces ivoryof abetter quality. 15. A)Fromthecapturedortamedelephants. B) From theBritish wildlifeprotection group. C)From elephant hunters inThailand and Burma. D)From tourists visiting theThai-Burmese border. 16. A)Theirtamingforcircusesandzoos. B)Thedestruction oftheirnatural homes. C)Man’s lack of knowledge about their behavior. 575淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 D)The greater vulnerabilityto extinction than other species. PassageThree Questions17to20arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard. 17. A)TheyhadlosttheirjobsasaresultoftheIndustrialRevolution. B)They had been suffering from political and religious oppression. C)They wanted to flee from thewidespread famine inNorthern Europe. D)They wanted tomake a fortunethere bystarting theirown businesses. 18. A) They might lose control of their members because of the increase in immigration. B)Their members might findit difficultto get alongwith thenewcomers. C)Theworking condition oftheirmembers might deteriorate. D)Their members might losetheirjobs to thenewcomers. 19. A)Toimposerestrictionsonfurtherimmigration. B)Toimprovetheworking conditionsof immigrants. C)Toset aminimum wagelevel fornew immigrants. D)Toput requirements onlanguages for newcomers. 20. A)TheywerelookeddownuponbyEuropeanimmigrants. B)They had ahard timeseeking equal jobopportunities. C)They worked very hard to earn adecent living. D)They strongly opposed continued immigration. Part IIReading Comprehension(35 minutes) Directions: There are four passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre. PassageOne Questions21to25arebasedonthefollowingpassage. In 1985 when a Japan Air Lines (JAL) jet crashed, its president, Yasumoto Takagi, called each victim’s family to apologize, and then promptly resigned. And in 1987, when asubsidiaryofToshiba solesensitivemilitary technologytotheformerSovietUnion,the chairmanofToshibagaveuphispost. 576淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 These executive actions, which Toshiba calls “the highest form of apology,” may seem bizarre to US managers. No one at Boeing resigned after the JAL crash, which may havebeencausedbyafaultyBoeingrepair. The difference between the two business cultures centers around different definitionsofdelegation. While US executives give both responsibility and authority to their employees, Japanese executives delegate only authority—the responsibility is still theirs. Although thesubsidiarythatsoldthesensitivetechnologytotheSovietshaditsownmanagement, the Toshiba top executives said they “must take personal responsibility for not creating anatmospherethroughouttheToshibagroupthatwouldmakesuchactivityunthinkable, eveninanindependentlyrunsubsidiary.” Such acceptance of community responsibility is not unique to businesses in Japan. School principals in Japan have resigned when their students committed major crimes afterschoolhours. Even if they do not quit, Japanese executives will often accept primary responsibility in other ways, such as taking the first pay cut when a company gets into financial trouble. Such personal sacrifices, even if they are largely symbolic, help to create the sense of community and employee loyalty that is crucial to the Japanese way ofdoingbusiness. Harvard Business School professor George Lodge calls the ritual acceptance of blame“almostafeudal(封建的)wayofpurging(清除)thecommunityofdishonor,”and to some in the United States, such resignations look cowardly. However, in an era in which both business and governmental leaders seem particularly good at evading responsibility, many US managers would probably welcome an infusion (灌输) of the Japanese sense of responsibility. If, for instance, US automobile company executives offered to reduce their own salaries before they asked their workers to take pay cuts, negotiationswouldprobablytakeonaverydifferentcharacter. 21. WhydidthechairmanofToshibaresignhispositionin1987? A)Because in Japan, theleakage of astatesecret toRussians isa grave crime. B) Because hehad been under attack forshifting responsibilityto his subordinates. C) Because in Japan, the chief executive of a corporation is held responsible for the mistakemadebyits subsidiaries. D) Because he had been accused of being cowardly towards crises that were taking place inhis corporation. 22. According to the passage if you want to be a good manager in Japan, you have to ________. A)apologizepromptly foryour subordinates’mistakes B) beskillfulin accepting blames from customers C)makesymbolic sacrifices whenever necessary 577淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 D)create astrong sense ofcompany loyalty 23. What’s Professor George Lodge’s attitude towards the resignations of Japanese corporateleaders? A)Sympathetic. B) Biased. C)Critical. D)Approving. 24. WhichofthefollowingstatementsisTRUE? A)Boeing had nothingto dowith theJALair crash in 1985. B)American executives consider authority and responsibilityinseparable. C)Schoolprincipals bear legal responsibility forstudents’crimes. D)Persuading employees to take pay cuts doesn’t help solvecorporatecrises. 25. Thepassageismainlyabout________. A)resignation as an effective way ofdealing withbusiness crises B) theimportance ofdelegating responsibilityto employees C)ways of evading responsibility intimes ofcrises D)thedifference between two business cultures PassageTwo Questions26to30arebasedonthefollowingpassage. As machines go, the car is not terribly noisy, nor terribly polluting, nor terribly dangerous; and on all those dimensions it has become better as the century has grown older. The main problem is its prevalence, and the social costs that ensue from the use by everyone of something that would be fairly harmless if,say,only the rich wereto use it.Itisapricewepayforequality. Before becoming too gloomy, it is worth recalling why the car has been arguably the most successful and popular product of the whole of the past 100 years—and remains so. The story begins with the environmental improvement it brought in the 1900s. In New York city in 1900, according to the Car Culture, a 1975 book by J. Flink, a historian, horses deposited 2.5 million pounds of manure (粪) and 60,000 gallons of urine (尿)every day.Everyyear, the cityauthoritieshadto remove anaverage of15,000 deadhorsesfromthestreets,itmadecarssmellofroses. Cars were also wonderfully flexible. The main earlier solution to horse pollution and traffic jams was the electric trolley bus (电车). But that required fixed overhead wires, and rails and platforms, which were expensive, ugly, and inflexible. The car could go from any A to any B, and allowed towns to develop in all directions with low-density housing, rather than just being concentrated along the trolley or rail lines. Rural areas 578淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 benefitedtoo,fortheybecamelessremote. However, since pollution became a concern in the 1950s, experts have predicted—wrongly—that the car boom was about to end. In his book Mr. Flink argued that by 1973 the American market had become saturated, at one car for every 2.25 people, and so had the markets of Japan and Western Europe (because of land shortages). Environmental worries and diminishing oil reserves would prohibit mass car useanywhereelse. He was wrong. Between 1970 and 1990, whereas America’s population grew by 23%, the number of cars on its roads grew by 60%. There is now one car for every 1.7 peoplethere,onefor every 2.1 inJapan, onefor every 5.3in Britain. Around550million carsare already on the roads, not to mention all the trucks and mocorcyeles, and about 50 million new ones are made each year worldwide. Will it go on? Undoubtedly, becausepeoplewantitto. 26. As is given in the first paragraph, the reason why the car has become a problem is that________. A)poor peoplecan’t afford it B) itis too expensivetomaintain C)toomany peopleare using it D)it causes too many road accidents 27. Accordingtothepassage,thecarstartedtogainpopularitybecause________. A)it didn’t break down as easily as a horse B) ithad acomparatively pleasant odor C)itcaused less pollution than horses D)it brightened upthe gloomy streets 28. Whatimpactdidtheuseofcarshaveonsociety? A)Peoplewere compelled to leave downtown areas. B) Peoplewere able toliveinless crowded suburban areas. C)Business along trolley andrail lines slackened. D)Citystreets were free of ugly overhead wires. 29. Mr. Flink argued in his book that cars would not be widely used in other countries because________. A)theonce booming car market has become saturated B) trafficjams in thosecountries are gettingmore and more serious C)expensivemotorways are not available inless developed countries D)people worry about pollutionandthediminishing oil resources 579淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 30. What’swrongwithMr.Flink’sprediction? A)The useofautomobiles haskept increasing worldwide. B) New generations ofcars are virtually pollution free. C)Thepopulation ofAmerica has notincreased as fast. D)People’s environmental concerns are constantly increasing. PassageThree Questions31to35arebasedonthefollowingpassage. Crying is hardly an activity encouraged by society. Tears, be they of sorrow, anger, or joy, typically make Americans feel uncomfortable and embarrassed. The shedder of tears is likely to apologize, even when a devastating (毁灭性的) tragedy was the provocation. The observer of tears is likely to do everything possible to put an end to the emotional outpouring. But judging from recent studies of crying behavior, links betweenillnessand crying and the chemical composition of tears, both those responses totearsareofteninappropriateandmayevenbecounterproductive. Humans are the only animals definitely known to shed emotional tears. Since evolutionhasgiven rise tofew,if any,purposelessphysiological responses, itis logical to assumethatcryinghasoneormorefunctionsthatenhancesurvival. Although some observers have suggested that crying is a way to elicit assistance from others (as a crying baby might from its mother), the shedding of tears is hardly necessary to get help. Vocal cries would have been quite enough, more likely than tears to gain attention. So, it appears, there must be something special about tears themselves. Indeed, the new studies suggest that emotional tears may play a direct role in alleviating stress. University of Minnesota researchers who are studying the chemical composition of tears have recently isolated two important chemicals from emotional tears.Bothchemicalsarefoundonlyintearsthatareshedinresponsetoemotion.Tears shedbecauseofexposuretocutonionwouldcontainnosuchsubstance. Researchersat several other institutions are investigating the usefulness of tearsas ameansofdiagnosinghumanillsandmonitoringdrugs. At Tulane University’s Teat Analysis Laboratory Dr. Peter Kastl and his colleagues report that they can use tearsto detect drug abuse and exposure to medication (药物), to determine whether a contact lens fits properly of why it may be uncomfortable, to study the causes of “dry eye” syndrome and the effects of eye surgery, and perhaps eventomeasureexposuretoenvironmentalpollutants. At Columbia University Dr. Liasy Faris and colleagues are studying tears for clues to the diagnosis of diseases away from the eyes. Tears can be obtained painlessly without invadingthebodyandonlytinyamountsareneededtoperformhighlyrefinedanalyses. 31. Itisknownfromthefirstparagraphthat________. A)shedding tears gives unpleasant feelings toAmerican 580淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 B) crying may often imitatepeople oreven result in tragedy C)crying usually wins sympathy from other people D)one who sheds tears in publicwillbeblamed 32. Whatdoes“boththoseresponsestotears”(Line5,Para,1)referto? A)Crying out ofsorrow and shedding tears for happiness. B)Theembarrassment andunpleasant sensation oftheobservers. C)Thetear shedder’s apology and theobserver’s effort to stopthecrying. D)Linking illnesswith crying and finding thechemical composition oftears. 33. “Counterproductive”(Lines5,Para,1)veryprobablymeans“________”. A)having noeffect at all B) leading to tension C)producing disastrous impact D)harmful to health 34. Whatdoestheauthorsayaboutcrying? A)It is apointless physiological response to theenvironment. B) It musthave arole to play in man’ssurvival. C)It ismeant to get attention and assistance. D)It usually produces thedesired effect. 35. Whatcanbeinferredfromthenewstudiesoftears? A)Emotional tears have thefunction ofreducing stress. B) Exposureto excessivemedication may increaseemotional tears. C)Emotionaltears can give riseto“dry eye”syndromein somecases. D)Environmental pollutants can inducethe sheddingof emotional tears. PassageFour Questions36to40arebasedonthefollowingpassage. It is no secret among athletes that in order to improve performance you’ve got to workhard. However, hard training breaks you down and makes you weaker, it is rest that makesyoustronger. Improvement only occurs during the rest period following hard training. This adaptation is accomplished by improving efficiency of the heart and certain systems withinthemusclecells. During recovery periods these systems build to greater levels to compensate for 581淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 the stress that you have applied. The result is that you are now at a higher level of performance. If sufficient rest is not included in a training program, imbalance between excess training and inadequate rest will occur, and performance will decline. The “overtraining syndrome (综合症)” is the name given to the collection of emotional, behavioral, and physical symptoms due to overtraining that has persisted for weeks to months. It is markedbycumulativeexhaustionthatpersistsevenafterrecoveryperiods. Themostcommonsymptomisfatigue.Thismaylimitworkoutsandmaybepresent at rest. The athletes may also become moody, easily imitated, have altered sleep patterns, become depressed, or lose the competitive desire and enthusiasm for the sport. Some will report decreased appetite and weight loss. Physical symptoms include persistent muscular soreness, increased frequency of viral (病毒性的) illnesses, and increasedincidenceofinjuries. The treatment for the overtraining syndrome is rest. The longer the overtraining has occurred, the more rest required, therefore, early detection is very important. If the overtraining has only occurred for a short period of time (e.g. 3-4 weeks) then interrupting training for 3-5 daysis usually sufficient rest. It is important that the factors that lead to overtraining be identified and corrected. Otherwise, the overtraining syndrome is likely to recur. The overtraining syndrome should be considered in any athlete who manifests symptoms of prolonged fatigue and whose performance has leveled off or decreased. It is important to exclude any underlying illness that may be responsibleforthefatigue. 36. Thefirstparagraphofthepassagetellsusthat________. A)theharder an athlete trains, thebetter hisperformance will be B) rest after vigorous training improves an athlete’s performance C)strict systematic training is essential to an athlete’s top performance D)improvement of an athlete’s performance occurs inthecourse oftraining 37. By“overtraining”theauthormeans________. A)a series of physical symptoms that occur after training B) undueemphasis ontheimportance of physical exertion C)training that isnot adequately compensated for byrest D)training that has exceeded an athlete’s emotional limits 38. Whatdoesthepassagetellusaboutthe“overtraining”syndrome? A)It occurs when athletes loseinterest insports. B) It appears right after ahard training session. C)Thefatigue it results inis unavoidable in theathlete’s training process. D)It manifests itselfinfatigue which lingers even after a recovery period. 582淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 39. Whatdoesthephrase“leveloff”(Line5,Para.4)mostprobablymean? A)Slowdown. B) Becomedull. C)Stopimproving. D)Be onthe decline. 40. Theauthoradvisesattheendofthepassagethat________. A)overtraining syndromeshould be treated as aserious illness B) overtrainingsyndrome should beprevented before itoccurs C)an athlete withovertraining syndrome shouldtake alengthy rest D)illness causing fatigue should notbe mistaken forovertraining syndrome PartIIIVocabulary (20 minutes) Directions: There are 30 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Choose the ONE that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with asinglelinethrough thecentre. 41. Thesewerestubbornmen,noteasily________tochangetheirmind. A)tilted B) converted C)persuaded D)suppressed 42. The circus has always been very popular because it ________ both the old and the young. A)facilitates B) fascinates C)immerses D)indulges 43. By patient questioning the lawyer managed to ________ enough information from thewitnesses. A)evacuate B) withdraw C)impart D)elicit 44. Georgeenjoystalkingaboutpeople’sprivateaffairs.Heisa________. 583淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 A)solicitor B) coward C)gossip D)rebel 45. The newsecretary haswritten a remarkably________ report within a fewhundred wordsbutwithalltheimportantdetailsincluded. A)concise B) brisk C)precise D)elaborate 46. Hisface________ashecameinafterrunningallthewayfromschool. A)flared B) fluctuated C)fluttered D)flushed 47. Steelisnotas________ascastiron;itdoesnotbreakaseasily. A)elastic B) brittle C)adaptable D)flexible 48. A big problem in learning English as a foreign language is lack of opportunities for ________interactionwithproficientspeakersofEnglish. A)instantaneous B) provocative C)verbal D)dual 49. Withintenyearstheyhavetamedthe________hillintogreenwoods. A)vacant B) barren C)weird D)wasteful 50. The________ofourtriptoLondonwasthevisittoBuckinghamPalace. 584淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 A)summit B) height C)peak D)highlight 51. Harold claimed that he wasa serious and well-known artist, but in fact he was a(n) ________. A)alien B) client C)counterpart D)fraud 52. We don’t ________ any difficulties in completing the project so long as we keep withinourbudget. A)foresee B) fabricate C)infer D)inhibit 53. He is looking for a job that will give him greater ________ for his career development. A)insight B) scope C)momentum D)phase 54. Thehighschoolmydaughterstudiesinis________ouruniversity. A)linked by B) relevant to C)mingled with D)affiliated with 55. TheBrownslivedina________andcomfortablyfurnishedhouseinthesuburbs. A)spacious B) sufficient C)wide D)wretched 56. A membership card ________ the holder to use the club’s facilities for a period of 585淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 twelvemonths. A)approves B) authorizes C)rectifies D)endows 57. Theyhavedoneawaywith________LatinforuniversityentranceatHarvard. A)influential B) indispensable C)compulsory D)essential 58. It is no ________ that a large number of violent crimes are committed under the influenceofalcohol. A)coincidence B) correspondence C)inspiration D)intuition 59. One’s university days often appear happier in ________ than they actually were at thetime. A)retention B) retrospect C)return D)revere 60. She________throughthepagesofamagazine,notreallyconcentratingonthem. A)tumbled B) tossed C)switched D)flipped 61. Scientistsarepushingknowntechnologiestotheirlimitsin anattemptto________ moreenergyfromtheearth. A)extract B) inject C)discharge D)drain 586淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 62. The Chinese Red Cross ________ a generous sum to the relief of the victims of the earthquakeinTurkey. A)administered B) elevated C)assessed D)contributed 63. The first sentence in this paragraph is ________; it can be interpreted in many ways. A)intricate B) ambiguous C)duplicated D)confused 64. Theyusedtoquarrelalot,butnowtheyarecompletely________witheachother. A)reconciled B) negotiated C)associated D)accommodated 65. The local business was not much ________ by the sudden outbreak of the epidemic. A)intervened B) insulated C)hampered D)hoisted 66. Themostimportant________forassessmentinthiscontestisoriginalityofdesign. A)threshold B) partition C)warrant D)criterion 67. The woman was worried about the side effects of taking aspirins, but her doctor ________herthatitisabsolutelyharmless. A)retrieved B) released C)reassured 587淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 D)revived 68. We can’t help being ________ of Bob who bought a luxurious sports car just after themoneywasstolenfromtheoffice. A)skeptical B) appreciative C)suspicious D)tolerant 69. He greatly resented the publication of this book, which he saw as an embarrassing invasionofhis________. A)privacy B) morality C)dignity D)secrecy 70. In fact as he approached this famous statue, he only barely resisted the ________ toreachintohisbagforhiscamera. A)impatience B) impulse C)incentive D)initiative Part IVErrorCorrection (15 minutes) Directions: This part consists of a short passage. In this passage, there are altogether 10 mistakes, one in each numbered line. You may have to change a word, add a word or delete a word. Mark out the mistakes and put the corrections in the blanks provided. If you change a word, cross it out and write the correct word in the corresponding blank. If you add a word, put an insertion mark (∧) in the right place and write the missing word in the blank. If you delete aword, crossit andput aslash(/) in theblank. Example: Televisionisrapidlybecomingtheliteratureofourperiods╱. 1. time/times/period Manyoftheargumentshaving╱ usedforthestudyofliteratureas 2. _______\_______ aschoolsubjectarevalidfor ∧ studyoftelevision. 3.______the______ “Home, sweet home” is a phrase that expresses an essential attitude in the United States. Whether the reality of life in the family house is sweet or no sweet. The (S1) cherishedidealofhomehasgreatimportanceformanypeople. 588淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 This ideal is a vital part of the American dream. This dream, dramatized in the history of nineteenth century European settlers of the American West, was in find a piece of place, build a house for one’s family, and (S2) started a farm. These small households were portraits of (S3) independence: the entire family—mother, father, children,even grandparents—livein a small house andworking (S4) together to support each other. Anyone understood the life (S5) and death, importance of family cooperationandhardwork. Although most people in the United States no longer live on farms, but the ideal of home ownership is just as (S6) strong in the twentieth century as it was in the nineteenth. When U.S. soldiers came home before World War II. for (S7) example, they dreamed of buying houses and starting families. But there was a tremendous boom in home(S8)building.Thenewhouses, typicallyitthesuburbs,wereoftensmall andmore orlessidentical,butitsatisfied(S9)adeepneed.Manyregardedthesingle-familyhouse thebasisoftheirwayoflife.(S10) PartVWriting(30 minutes) 图表作文，关于一个美国大学图书馆的图书流动量(pop fiction, general nonfiction,science,art 等)，给出他们的流动比例对比，说明原因，并说明你自己喜 欢阅读什么样的书。 589淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 2003年9月六级参考答案 Part IListeningComprehension 1. D 2. D 3. B 4. B 5. C 6. A 7. B 8. A 9. A 10. C 11. D 12. B 13. C 14. A 15. A 16. B 17. A 18. D 19. A 20. C Part II Reading Comprehension 21. C 22. A 23. C 24. B 25. D 26. B 27. C 28. B 29. D 30. A 31. A 32. C 33. D 34. B 35. A 36. B 37. C 38. D 39. C 40. D Part IIIVocabulary 41. C 42. B 43. D 44. C 45. D 46. D 47. B 48. C 49. B 50. A 51. D 52. A 53. B 54. D 55. A 56. B 57. C 58. A 59. B 60. D 61. A 62. D 63. B 64. A 65. C 66. D 67. C 68. C 69. A 70. B PartIVErrorCorrection 1. no→not 2. place→land 3. started→start 4. working→work 5. anyone→everyone 590淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 6. but → \(去掉) 7. before→after 8. But→And 9. it→they 10. 在house 后增加as 591淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 2003年9月六级答案详解 SectionA 1. D。这是一个推断题。对话中女士遗憾没能出席上周一的演讲，并且还了解到 那是一个精彩的演讲。男士就说你可以弥补(youcanmakeitup)。而且还补充道 “Another presentation on the same topic is scheduled for the same time next Monday”。从而可以推断出答案D. 2. D。这是一个虚拟语气的推理题。女士说她想买她在商店里看见的毛皮大衣， 但却没有足够的钱。男士就说要是你过去对钱更好地进行计划的话，现在就肯 定可以买得起了；言下之意显然是指该女士以前对花销没进行计划，就是答案 D. 3. B。这也是一个推断题。女士说她新公寓的洗涤槽漏水。男士说那是小事一桩， “I’llhaveamaintenancemancomeoverandfixitrightaway”。显然答案为B. 4. B。这是一个细节理解题。男士谈到 XMO这款相机镜头好、闪光灯也不错，但 “don’t you think the price is a little steep?”。下文也提到“The price includes the leathercase,youknow”，可得出答案B. 5. C。这是一个理解题。男士对女士说你相信在 Sadermale这个地方一次剪发要花 30美元吗。女士就建议他试试她常去的地方，只要15 美元，不过要预约罢了。 显然 C是正确答案。 6. A。这是一个语意推理题。女士说自己太累了，建议出去吃，还说好久没在外 面就餐了。男士赞同。根据女士的话可以推断出她不想做饭。 7. B。这也是一个语意推理题。男士问周末是否去参加约翰的家庭联谊会。女士 对男士说你知道约翰家的聚会什么样子吗，你以为我会再去吗，言下之意显然 是不想再去了。 8. A。这也是一个语意推理题。男士说大学里要举行一个有趣的计算机编程比赛， 他的好多朋友都报了名，并问女士是否参加。女士说自己参加又能赢得什么好 处呢。显然是对自己缺乏信心。故答案为A.不过B 也有一定迷惑性。 9. A。这还是一个语意推理题。女士对男士说你工作太辛苦了，应该休息休息。 男士幽默地说你把这话对我桌子上那对文件说吧，言下之意就是工作太多，身 不由己。故答案 A. 10. C。这是一个语意理解题。“afishoutofwater”意为“英雄无用武之地”。文中 男士问女士工作得怎样，女士用这一短语回答，就是答案C所表达的意思。 Section B 592淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 PassageOne 【短文大意】本文主要介绍粗糙雕刻或墙上乱画(Graffiti)这样一种艺术形式以 及不同时期不同地方不同的人们和它的联系、对它的看法以及它带来的危害等。 11. D。这是一个细节理解题。文中提到“Writingonwallsisawaytocommentonthe worldwe live in”，并举例说明(Women’s liberation groups in Britain, for example, have used graffiti to show their anger at the sex discrimination of many advertisements where women’s bodies are used to sell goods)，就是答案 D 的意 思。 12. B。这也是一个细节理解题。文中提到“Graffitiisalsoapopularartform”，也举 例说明(In New York, graffiti pictures have been sold for hundreds of thousands of dollars)，所以B 是正确答案。 13. C。这还是一个细节理解题。文章提到“Butgraffiticanbringustrouble”，同样举 例说明(The London underground authority has spent about 2 million pounds a yearonremovinggraffitifortrainsandstations)，就是C表达的内容。 PassageTwo 【短文大意】本文讲述的是有关亚洲象的情况。亚洲象和非洲象一样，同属世 界珍稀动物，但是它悲惨的生存环境不如非洲象那样被引起重视。接着还谈到了两 种象的差异、我们了解亚洲象的渠道以及亚洲象减少的原因等。 14. A。这是一个细节题。文中虽然谈到人们对他们生存环境了解的差异，但涉及 到两种象之间的差异，作者还是说到了“Asianelephantsareeasiertotamethan Africanelephants”这样一个细节。所以答案为A. 15. A。这也是一个细节题。文中谈到我们对亚洲象了解的渠道时说“Infact,weknow very little about the Asian elephant. They live in the remote forests of southern Asia and it is therefore very difficult to study them”。但是接着谈到“Most knowledge of Asian elephants is from those that have been captured, or tamed”。 这就是 A表达的内容。 16. B。这还是一个细节理解题。谈到亚洲象减少的主要原因，作者说“The major reasonfor the decline ofAsian elephantsis theharmto their forests”，而“forests” 是他们自然生存的家。所以 B是正确答案。 PassageThree 【短文大意】本文介绍的是有关美国移民增长的原因及移民增长带来的问题、 对移民增长问题的对策以及亚裔移民主要状况等。 17. A。这是一个细节题。在描述美国早期移民情况时，作者谈到“Thisbroughtto America flocks of people from northern Europe who lost employment in the 593淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 IndustrialRevolution”，这就是早期北欧人移民美国定居的原因。即答案A 所描 述的内容。 18. D。这也是一个细节题。随着大量移民的涌入，而且他们一向趋于贫困，所以“they were willing to work for very low wages” 。 因 此 “This made other workers, especially those in labor unions, afraid that the immigrants with the lower wage levelwouldtakejobsawayfromthem”。故答案D正确。 19. A。这还是一个细节题。上文提到大量移民的涌入，引起国内一些人(比如工会) 的担忧甚至反对，接下来只要听出这个句子“This opposition finally led to the postingofimmigrationlawinthe1920’s,whichrestrictedfurtherimmigration”，就 可以得出答案 A. 20. C。这同样是一个细节题。只要听出文章最后两句话“Asians, like Koreans and Vietnamese, soon began to arrive. Many of these newcomers have worked very hardtoestablishthemselvesintheirnewland”，就可以得出答案C 了。 Part II Reading Comprehension PassageOne 【短文大意】本文谈到日美商业文化的差异：美国的企业管理者会把责任和职 权都交给员工，而日本的企业管理者会把职权交给员工，责任自己负。日本的这种 做法有助于增强集体感以及员工对公司的忠诚。 PassageTwo 【短文大意】本文谈到了汽车的发展：汽车产生之前，主要交通工具是马车。 但马产生的排泄物造成很大污染、交通堵塞。电车的出现解决了马车的污染问题和 交通堵塞。尽管使用起来很麻烦、昂贵，汽车还是发展起来了，而且在全球飞速发 展。 PassageThree 【短文大意】研究表明，眼泪对健康是有好处的：感情宣泄时流的眼泪中有两 种独特的化学物质可以间接减轻压力；而且还可以通过眼泪诊断病情、追踪药物反 映等。 PassageFour 【短文大意】体育训练中劳逸结合是很重要的，休息可以改善身体机能、缓解 压力。如果运动员超负荷训练、休息不好，会引起“超负荷训练综合症”，症状表 现为疲惫、情绪化、易怒、沮丧、失去斗志、食欲不振、体重下降等。最好的治疗 方法是休息，而且要尽早发现病情。 Part IIIVocabulary 594淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 PartIVErrorCorrection 【短文大意】文中谈到美国人的家庭梦想，希望拥有自己的房子，和家人团聚 在一起。 S1. no → not 修饰形容词用not(副词)，修饰名词才用 no(形容词)。 S2. placeland → land 作土地，田地，地皮解释时，是不可数名词。place 而是可 数名词。 S3. started → start 为了与 前面的find,build 结构一致，故去掉-ed. S4. working → work 为了与live 并列，一般现在时。 S5. anyone → everyone 根据语义应该用 everyone 表示每个人，而 anyone 表示泛 指，任何一个人。 S6. but(去掉)Although 后面不能跟but. S7. before → after 根据上下文判断应该是二战以后。 S8. But → And 应该是递进关系而不是转折关系。 S9. it → they 指代的是houses,应该用复数。 S10. 在house 后增加asregard...as 把…视为/认为… PartVWriting It can be discerned that the American students prefer to read the popular novels rather than any other kind of books, such as the unpopular fictions, technical books, poems and so on. The percentage of the popular novel is about 68.2% currently. Comparatively,otherkindofnovelsisabout16.8%,8.3%,and5.2%. It is not difficult to understand why the popular novels can attract so many students. The popular novel is interesting, and not so abstract as books that are full of the mathematic formulas. However, as university students, study is the primary task for us to do. So it’s advisable that we should pay more attention to the books in our major. Fictions may makeour life rich and colorful, but it cannot become the major part of our life. As far as I am concerned, I would like to spend my spare time on reading academic collection of dissertations, periodicals in my major, such as technology digests, computer newspapers and so forth, because I want to do a good job in my subjects. Fortunately,mydreamscometrue.Meanwhile, Ihavegainedotherthings, i.e.I’velaid a solidfoundation in specializedfield, which makesme feel easyto contrive the electronic circuitsthathavetobedoneduringourbacheloryears.Thankstothosebooks! 595淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 2003年9月六级听力原文 Part IListeningComprehension SectionA 1. W: I’m sorry I wasn’t able to attend the lecture last Monday.I’ve heardit wasquite asuccess. M: Well, you can make it up. Another presentation on the same topic is scheduled forthe sametimenextMonday. Q:What dowelearn from this conversation? 2. W: I certainly would like to buy the fur coat I saw in the department store, but I don’thaveenoughmoney. M:Well, ifyou had budgeted your moneybetter,you would be ableto buyitnow. Q:What does theman imply? 3. W:Mr.Dahli,I’vejustcheckedmynewapartment.Thekitchensinkisleaking. M: Okay Donna. It’s no big deal. I’ll have a maintenance man come over and fix it right away. Q:What willtheman do? 4. M:IsawyouradvertisementinthemorningpaperconcerningtheXMOmodel.The lens seems to be excellent and the flash is not bad, but don’t you think the price is alittlesteep? W:I thinkit’s agood buy.The price includes theleather case, you know. Q:Whydid theman dislikeabout thecamera? 5. M:CanyoubelieveIhadtopay$30forahaircutatSadermale. W: You should try the place where I go. It’s only 15, but it takes a while to get an appointment. Q:What does thewoman mean? 6. W: I am completely exhausted. Why don’t we dine out tonight? I don’t remember thelasttimeyoutookmeouttodinner. M: That’s not a bad idea. There’s a new Mexican restaurant around the corner. They sayit’s good. Q:What canbeinferred from the conversation? 7. M:ShallwegotoJohn’shouse-warmingpartythisweekend?Everyoneisinvited. W:Well, you knowwhat John’s parties are like. Do you thinkI willgo a gain? 596淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 Q:What canbeinferred from the conversation? 8. M: The University is going to hold an interesting competition on computer programming.Manyofmyfriendshavesignedupforit.Howaboutyou? W:Do you think Icould ever win anything if Itook part in it? Q:What dowelearn from theconversation about thewoman? 9. W:You’vebeenworkinglikeahorse.Youshouldtakeavacation. M:Tell that to thestack ofpapers onmy desk. Q:What canbeinferred from the conversation? 10. M:Hi,Mary.Ihaven’tseenyouinages.Howareyoudoingwithyournewjob? W:Not so well. Ifeel likea fish out ofwater doingthat job. Q:What does thewoman mean? Section B PassageOne Graffiti is drawing or writing often found in a wall in public places. These drawings and writings are usually rude, humorous, or political. The words Graffiti” comes from an Italianwordmeaningaddress.Graffitiprovidesarecordofthepastbecausepeoplehave written on walls for centuries. Cave drawings are the earliest examples we have of the artofgraffiti. Writing on walls is a way to comment on the world we live in. Women’s liberation groups in Britain, for example, have used graffiti to show their anger at the sex discriminationofmanyadvertisementswherewomen’sbodiesareusedtosellgoods. Yesterday’s graffiti can be today’s foreign attraction. When the Berlin wall ca me down in 1989, people found that it was covered with graffiti from all over the world. Graves of famous people, like rock-star Jim Morrison, are covered with written messagesfromfans. Graffiti is also a popular art form. Graffiti pictures have gained respect in artistic circles. Today, graffiti is likely to be found hanging inside modern, New York apartments as well as in the downtown streets. In New York, graffiti pictures have been sold for hundreds of thousands of dollars. Graffiti artists have been paid to use their art to brightenupdullenvironments. But graffiti can bring us trouble.Scenes of natural beauty and importantlandmarks have been spoiled by mindless graffiti. The London underground authority has spent about 2 million pounds a year on removing graffiti for trains and stations. If you are caught doing it, you can be sent to person. In Britain, the maxim um sentence for this typeofcrimeistenyears. Whetheryouthinkgraffitiismindlessviolenceagainstproperty,oralivingartform, 597淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 itspopularitysuggeststhatitisheretostay. 11. Whatdowomen’sliberationgroupsinBritaindowithgraffiti? 12. WhatdosomeNewYorkersthinkofgraffiti? 13. WhydoesthespeakercitetheexampleofgraffitiintheLondonunderground? PassageTwo The Asian elephant is one of the world’s rarest animal. Unfortunately, its sad conditionhasnotbeenaswellpublicizedasthatoftheAfricanelephant.Thisisbecause Asian elephant’s ivory supplies only a small percentage of the world ivory trade. In fact, we know very little about the Asian elephant. They live in the remote forests of southern Asia and it is therefore very difficult to study them. Most knowledge of Asian elephants is from those that have been captured, or tamed. Asian elephants are easier to tame than African elephants. The elephants you see in the circuses and zoos are nearlyalwaysAsian. The major reason for the decline of Asian elephants is the harm to their forests. The huge increase in the human population has caused the destruction of the Asian forestforhumanpopulation.Asa result,theAsian elephantsare compelledtoscatterin differentareas. Originally they lived all over the continent, but now there are only small isolated populations left. These isolated elephant populations are vulnerable to extinction. While Asian elephants are threatened by illegal capture and detaining, they are also killed for ivory and skin. In July 1990, a British wildlife group uncovered a black market for elephant skin. Elephants are shot in the forest along the border between Thailand and Burma, and their skin was sold to factories in Bangkok. T heir skin is made intoshoes,belts,suitcases,wallets,etc,toselltotourists. 14. What’sthedifferencebetweentheAsianelephantandtheAfricanelephant? 15. WheredoesmostknowledgeofAsianelephantscomefrom? 16. What’sthemajorcauseinthedeclineofAsianelephants? PassageThree After the early period of settlements, the first sharp increase in immigration took place in the 1830’s and 1840’s. This brought to America flocks of people from northern Europe who lost employment in the Industrial Revolution, and then a great number of Irish people who fledfrom famine. Germanpolitical refugeesarrivedshortly after.Many immigrantsfromnorthern andwesternEurope settled onfarmsin the Middle-west.The Irishbecameconstructionlaborersonroads,bridges,andrailroads. In the 1880’s, a tremendous flood of immigrants began coming in, this time largely 598淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 from southern and eastern Europe. To most Americans, these newcomers seemed far more strange than the early settlers. Their languages, customs, and ways of life were very different from those of Americans. The newcomers moved into the poorest neighborhood of the large cities. They tended to stay together and cling to their old ways.Astheywereaccustomedtopoverty,theywerewillingtoworkforverylowwages. This made other workers, especially those in labor unions, afraid that the immigrants with the lower wage level would take jobs away from them. Indeed, organized labor becameoneofthekeyopponentsofcontinuedimmigration. This opposition finally lead to the posting of immigration law in the 1920’s, which restricted further immigration. In 1965, these unfair laws were replaced by a new immigration act, which granted equal opportunities to foreigners, regardless of their place of origin. Asians, like Koreans and Vietnamese, soon began to arrive. Many of thesenewcomershaveworkedveryhardtoestablishthemselvesintheirnewland. 17. WhydidnorthernEuropeanpeoplecometosettledownintheUnitedStates? 18. Whatdidthelaborunionsworryabout? 19. Whatwasthepurposeoftheimmigrationlawpassedinthe1920’s? 20. WhatdoweknowfromthepassageaboutAsianimmigrants? 599淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 2003年12月大学英语六级(CET-6)真题试卷 试卷一 Part I Listening Comprehension(20 minutes) SectionA Directions: In this section, you will hear 10 short conversations. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the question will be spoken only once. After each quest ion there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A), B), C) and D), and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre. Example: Youwillhear: Youwillread: A)2hours. B) 3hours. C)4hours. D)5hours. From the conversation, we know that the two were talking about some work they will start at 9 o’clock in the morning and have to finish at 2 in the afternoon. Therefore, D)“5hours”isthecorrectanswer.Youshouldchoose[D]ontheAnswerSheetandmark itwithasinglelinethroughthecentre. SampleAnswer[A][B][C][D] 1. A)SheknowswhereMarthahasgone. B) Martha willgo to theconcert byherself. C)It isquitepossiblefor theman to find Martha. D)The man is going tomeet Martha at theconcert. 2. A)Theairpollutioniscausedbythedevelopmentofindustry. B)Thecity was poorbecause therewasn’t much industry then. C)Thewoman’s exaggerating theseriousness ofthepollution. D)He might moveto another city very soon. 3. A)Themanshouldworkhardertoimprovehisgrades. B)Theman will benefit from theeffort he’s put in. 600淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 C)It serves theman right to get apoor grade. D)It was unfair oftheteacher togive theman aC. 4. A)Shecanmakeareservationattherestaurant. B)Theman should decide where to eat. C)Shealready has plans for Saturday night. D)The man shouldask his brother forsuggestions. 5. A)Themandeservedtheaward. B)Thewoman helped theman succeed. C)Theman is thankful tothewoman for herassistance. D)The woman worked hard and was givenan award. 6. A)Voluntaryworkcanhelpthemanestablishconnectionswiththecommunity. B)Theman’s voluntary work has lefthim little roomin his schedule. C)Voluntary work with theenvironment council requires atimecommitment. D)Alotofpeople have signed upforvoluntary work with theenvironment council. 7. A)Thepatientmustreceivetreatmentregularly. B)Thepatient can’t leave thehospitaluntil thebleeding stops. C)Thepatient’s husband can attend to thebusinessin her place. D)The patient musttake a good rest and forget about herbusiness. 8. A)Alicedoesnotknowmuchaboutelectronics. B)Alice isunlikely tofind ajob anywhere. C)Alice isnot interested in anything but electronics. D)Aliceis likely to find ajob in an electronics company. 9. A)Jimmyisgoingtosetouttonight. B) Jimmyhas not decided onhis journey. C)There is noneed to haveafarewell dinner. D)They may have adinner when Jimmy’s back. 10. A)Thewomanhadbeenplanningfortheconference. B)Thewoman called theman but thelinewas busy. C)Thewoman didn’t comeback until midnight. D)The woman had guests allevening. Section B 601淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre. PassageOne Questions11to13arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard. 11. A)Theyaredelightedbecausetheycanenjoythescenerywhiledriving. B)They are frightened because trafficaccidents are frequent. C)They are irritated becausethe bridge is jammed with cars. D)They are pleased because it saves them much time. 12. A)Theydon’thavetheirowncarstodrivetowork. B) Manyofthem are romantic bytemperament. C)Mostof them enjoy thedrinks ontheboat. D)They tend to bemore friendly toeach other. 13. A)Manywelcometheideaofhavingmorebarsonboard. B) Manyprefer theferry to maintain itspresent speed. C)Somesuggest improving thedesign of thedeck. D)Someobject to using largerluxury boats. PassageTwo Questions14to16arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard. 14. A)CocaCola. B) Sausage. C)Milk. D)Fried chicken. 15. A)Hehashadthirteendecayedteeth. B) Hedoesn’t have asingle decayed tooth. C)Hehas fewer decayed teeth than other peopleof hisage. D)He never hada single toothpulled out before he was fifty. 16. A)Brushyourteethrightbeforeyougotobedintheevening. 602淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 B) Have as few ofyour teeth pulled outas possible. C)Have your teeth X-rayed at regular intervals. D)Clean your teeth shortly after eating. PassageThree Questions17to20arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard. 17. A)Avisittoaprison. B)Theinfluence of hisfather. C)Atalk with somemiserableslaves. D)His experience in thewar between France andAustria. 18. A)Hesentsurgeonstoserveinthearmy. B) Heprovided soldiers with medical supplies. C)Herecruited volunteers to carefor thewounded. D)He helped to free theprisoners of war. 19. A)Allmenarecreatedequal. B)Thewounded and dying should betreated for free. C)Awounded soldier shouldsurrender before hereceives any medical treatment. D) A suffering person is entitled to help regardless of race, religion or political beliefs. 20. A)TohonorSwissheroeswhodiedinthewar. B)ToshowSwitzerland was neutral. C)Topay tributeto Switzerland. D)Toshow gratitudeto theSwissgovernment for itsfinancial support. Part IIReading Comprehension(35 minutes) Directions: There are four passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre. PassageOne Questions21to25arebasedonthefollowingpassage. For years, doctors advised their patients that the only thing taking multivitamins 603淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 does is give them extensive urine (尿). After all, true vitamin deficiencies are practically unheard of in industrialized countries. Now it seems those doctors may have been wrong. The results of a growing number of studies suggest that even a modest vitamin shortfall can be harmful to your health. Although proof of the benefits of multivitamins is still far from certain, the few dollars you spend on them is probably a good investment. Oratleastthat’stheargumentputforwardintheNewEnglandJournalofMedicine. Ideally, say Dr. Walter Willett and Dr. Meir Stampfer of Harvard, all vitamin supplements wouldbeevaluatedinscientificallyrigorousclinicaltrials. But those studies can take a long time and often raise more questions than they answer. At some point, while researchers work on figuring out where the truth lies, it justmakessensetosaythepotentialbenefitoutweighsthecost. The best evidence to date concerns folate, one of the B vitamins. It’s been proved to limit the number of defects in embryos (胚胎), and a recent trial found that folate in combination with vitamin B 12 and a form of B6 also decreases the re-blockage of arteriesaftersurgicalrepair. The news on vitamin E has been more mixed. Healthy folks who take 400 international units daily for at least two years appear somewhat less likely to develop heart disease. But when doctors give vitamin E to patients who already have he art disease, the vitamin doesn’t seem to help. It may turn out that vitamin E plays a role in preventionbutcannotundoseriousdamage. Despite vitamin C’s great popularity, consuming large amounts of it still has not been positively linked to any great benefit. The body quickly becomes saturated with C andsimplyexcretes(排泄)anyexcess. The multivitamins question boils down to this: Do you need to wait until all the evidence is in before you take them, or are you willing to accept that there’s enough evidencethattheydon’thurtandcouldhelp? Ifthelatter,there’snoneedtogotoextremesandbuythebiggesthorsepillsorthe most expensive bottles. Large doses can cause trouble, including excessive bleeding and nervoussystemproblems. Multivitaminsarenosubstituteforexerciseandabalanceddiet,ofcourse. As long as you understand that any potential benefit is modest and subject to furtherrefinement,takingadailymultivitaminmakesalotofsense. 21. At one time doctors discouraged taking multivitamins because they believed that multivitamins________. A)could not easily be absorbed bythehumanbody B) were potentially harmful to people’s health C)were too expensivefordaily consumption D)could not provide any cure for vitamindeficiencies 604淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 22. Accordingtotheauthor,clinicaltrialsofvitaminsupplements________. A)often result in misleading conclusions B) taketimeandwill not produce conclusive results C)should beconducted byscientistsona larger scale D)appear to beasheer waste oftimeand resources 23. IthasbeenfoundthatvitaminE________. A)should betaken bypatients regularly and persistently B) can effectively reduce therecurrence ofheart disease C)has apreventive butnot curativeeffect onheart disease D)should begiven topatients with heart disease as early as possible 24. Itcanbeseenthatlargedosesofmultivitamins________. A)may bring about serious sideeffects B) may help prevent excessivebleeding C)are likely toinduce theblockage ofarteries D)are advisable for thosewith vitamin deficiencies 25. Theauthorconcludesthepassagewiththeadvicethat________. A) the benefit of daily multivitamin intake outweighs that of exercise and a balanced diet B) it’s risky to takemultivitamins withoutknowing their specific function C)thepotential benefit ofmultivitaminscan never be overestimated D)it’sreasonable totake arational doseof multivitaminsdaily PassageTwo Questions26to30arebasedonthefollowingpassage. Some futurologists have assumed that the vast upsurge (剧增) of women in the workforce may portend a rejection of marriage. Many women, according to this hypothesis, would rather work than marry. The converse (反面) of this concern is that the prospects of becoming a multi-paycheck household could encourage marriages. In the past, only the earnings and financial prospects of the man counted in the marriage decision.Now,however, the earning abilityof a woman canmakeher moreattractive as a marriage partner. Data show that economic downturns tend to postpone marriage because the parties cannot afford to establish a family or are concerned about rainy daysahead.Astheeconomyrebounds,thenumberofmarriagesalsorises. Coincidentwiththeincreasein womenworkingoutsidethehomeistheincreasein divorce rates. Yet, it may be wrong to jump to any simple cause-and-effect conclusions. The impact of a wife’s work on divorce is no less cloudy than its impact on marriage 605淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 decisions.Therealizationthatshecanbea goodprovidermayincrease thechancesthat a working wife will choose divorce over an unsatisfactory marriage. But the reverse is equally plausible. Tensions grounded in financial problems often play a key role in ending a marriage. Given high unemployment, inflationary problems, and slow growth in real earnings, a working wife can increase household income and relieve some of these pressing financial burdens. By raising a family’s standard of living, a working wife maystrengthenherfamily’sfinancialandemotionalstability. Psychological factorsalso shouldbe considered.Forexample, a wifeblockedfrom a career outside the home may feel caged in the house. She may view her only choice as seekingadivorce. Ontheotherhand,ifshecanfindfulfillmentthroughworkoutsidethehome,work andmarriagecangotogethertocreateastrongerandmorestableunion. Also, a major part of women’s inequality in marriage has been due to the fact that, inmostcases,menhaveremainedthemainbreadwinners.Withhigherearningcapacity and status occupations outside of the home comes the capacity to exercise power within the family. A working wife may rob a husband of being the master of the house. Depending upon how the couple reacts to these new conditions, it could create a strongerequalpartnershiporitcouldcreatenewinsecurities. 26. Theword“portend”(Line2,Para.1)isclosestinmeaningto“________”. A)defy B) signal C)sufferfrom D)result from 27. Itissaidinthepassagethatwhentheeconomyslides,________. A)men would choose working women as their marriage partners B) morewomen would get married toseek financial security C)even working women would worry about theirmarriages D)more peoplewould prefer to remain single for thetimebeing 28. Ifwomenfindfulfillmentthroughworkoutsidethehome,________. A)they are morelikely todominatetheir marriage partners B) theirhusbands are expected to domore housework C)theirmarriage ties can bestrengthened D)they tend toput theircareer before marriage 29. Onereasonwhywomenwithnocareermayseekadivorceisthat________. A)they feel that they havebeen robbed oftheirfreedom B) they are afraid ofbeing bossed around bytheir husbands 606淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 C)they feel that theirpartners fail toliveupto theirexpectations D)they tend tosuspect theirhusbands’loyalty to theirmarriage 30. Which of the following statements can best summarize the author’s view in the passage? A) The stability of marriage and the divorce rate may reflect the economic situation ofthecountry. B) Even when economically independent, most women have to struggle for real equality in marriage. C) In order to secure their marriage women should work outside the home and remain independent. D) The impact of the growing female workforce on marriage varies from case to case. PassageThree Questions31to35arebasedonthefollowingpassage. For most thinkers since the Greek philosophers, it was self-evident that the re is something called human nature, something that constitutes the essence of man. There were various views about what constitutes it, but there was agreement that such an essence exists—that is to say, that there is something by virtue of which man is man. Thus man was defined as a rational being, as a social animal, an animal that can make tools,orasymbol-makinganimal. More recently, this traditional view has begun to be questioned. One reason for this change was the increasing emphasis given to the historical approach to man. An examination of the history of humanity suggested that man in our epoch is so different from man in previous times that it seemed unrealistic to assume that men in every age have had in common something that can be called “human nature.” The historical approach was reinforced, particularly in the United States, by studies in the field of cultural anthropology (人类学). The study of primitive peoples has discovered such a diversityof customs, values, feelings, and thoughts that manyanthropologists arrived at the concept that man is born as a blank sheet of paper on which each culture writes its text. Another factor contributing to the tendency to deny the assumption of a fixed human nature was that the concept has so often been abused as a shield behind which the most inhuman acts are committed. In the name of human nature, for example, Aristotle and most thinkers up to the eighteenth century defended slavery. Or in order to prove the rationality and necessity of the capitalist form of society, scholars have tried to make a case for acquisitiveness, competitiveness, and selfishness as innate (天 生的) human traits. Popularly, one refers cynically to “human nature” in accepting the inevitabilityofsuchundesirablehumanbehaviorasgreed,murder,cheatingandlying. Another reason for skepticism about the concept of human nature probably lies in the influence of evolutionary thinking. Once man came to be seen as developing in the process of evolution, the idea of a substance which is contained in his essence seemed 607淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 untenable. Yet I believe it is precisely from an evolutionary standpoint that we can expectnewinsightintotheproblemofthenatureofman. 31. Thetraditionalviewof“humannature”wasstronglychallengedby________. A)theemergence oftheevolutionary theory B) thehistorical approach toman C)newinsight intohuman behavior D)thephilosophical analysis of slavery 32. Accordingtothepassage,anthropologistsbelievethathumanbeings________. A)have sometraits incommon B) are born with diverse cultures C)are born without afixednature D)change their characters as they grow up 33. TheauthormentionedAristotle,agreatancientthinker,inorderto________. A)emphasizethat he contributed a lotto defining theconcept of “human nature” B) showthat theconcept of“human nature”was used to justify social evils C)provethat he had aprofound influence ontheconcept of“human nature” D)support theidea that somehuman traits are acquired 34. The word “untenable” (Line 3) in the last paragraph of the passage most probably means________. A)invaluable B) imaginable C)changeable D)indefensible 35. Mostphilosophersbelievedthathumannature________. A)is thequality distinguishing man from other animals B) consists ofcompetitiveness andselfishness C)is somethingpartly innate and partly acquired D)consists ofrationality and undesirable behavior PassageFour Questions36to40arebasedonthefollowingpassage. Richard Satava, program manager for advanced medical technologies, has been a driving force in bringing virtual reality to medicine, where computers create a “virtual” 608淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 orsimulatedenvironmentforsurgeonsandothermedicalpractitioners(从业者). “With virtual reality we’ll be able to put a surgeon in every trench,” said Satava.He envisaged a time when soldiers who are wounded fighting overseas are put in mobile surgicalunitsequippedwithcomputers. The computers would transmit images of the soldiers to surgeons back in the U.S. The surgeons would look at the soldier through virtual reality helmets (头盔) that contain a small screen displaying the image of the wound. The doctors would guide roboticinstrumentsinthebattlefieldmobilesurgicalunitthatoperateonthesoldier. Although Satava’s vision may be years away from standard operating procedure, scientists are progressing toward virtual reality surgery. Engineers at an international organization in California are developing a tele-operating device. As surgeons watch a three-dimensional image of the surgery, they move instruments that are connected to a computer, which passes their movements to robotic instruments that perform the surgery.Thecomputerprovidesfeedbacktothesurgeononforce,textures,andsound. These technological wonders may not yet be part of the community hospital setting but increasingly some of the machinery is finding its way into civilian medicine. At Wayne State University Medical School, surgeon Lucia Zamorano takes images of the brain from computerized scans and uses a computer program to produce a 3-D image. She can then maneuver the 3-D image on the computer screen to map the shortest, least invasive surgical path to the tumor (肿瘤). Zamorano is also using technology that attaches a probe to surgical instruments so that she can track their positions. While cutting awaya tumordeepin the brain, shewatchesthemovement ofhersurgical tools inacomputergraphicsimageofthepatient’sbraintakenbeforesurgery. During these procedures—operations that are done through small cuts in the body in which a miniature camera and surgical tools are maneuvered—surgeons are wearing 3-D glasses for a better view. And they are commanding robot surgeons to cut away tissuemoreaccuratelythanhumansurgeonscan. Satava says, “We are in the midst of a fundamental change in the field of medicine.” 36. According to Richard Satava, the application of virtual reality to medicine ________. A)will enable surgeons tobephysically present onevery battlefield B) can raisethe spiritsofsoldiers wounded onthebattlefield C)willgreatly improvemedical conditions onthebattlefield D)can shorten the timefor operations onsoldierswounded onthebattlefield 37. RichardSatavahasvisionsof________. A)using aremote-control technique to treat wounded soldiers fighting overseas B) wounded soldiers being saved by doctors wearing virtual reality helmets on the battlefield 609淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 C)wounded soldiers being operated onbyspecially trained surgeons D)setting upmobilesurgical unitsoverseas 38. Howisvirtualrealitysurgeryperformed? A)It is performed byacomputer-designed high precisiondevice. B) Surgeons wear virtual reality helmets to receive feedback provided by a computer. C)Surgeons moveroboticinstruments bymeans ofacomputer linked to them. D)A3-Dimage records themovements ofthesurgeons during theoperation. 39. During virtual reality operations, the surgeon can have a better view of the cuts in thebodybecause________. A)he islooking at thecuts ona computer screen B) thecuts can beexamined from different angles C)thecuts have been highly magnified D)he iswearing 3-D glasses 40. Virtual reality operations are an improvement on conventional surgery in that they ________. A)cause less pain tothe wounded B) allowthepatient to recover morequickly C)willmake human surgeons’work less tedious D)are done byrobot surgeons withgreater precision PartIIIVocabulary (20 minutes) Directions: There are 30 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Choose the ONE that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with asinglelinethrough thecentre. 41. Hesuggestedthatweputtheschemeintoeffect,foritisquite________. A)probable B) sustainable C)feasible D)eligible 42. Thisbook is about how these basic beliefsand valuesaffect important ________ of Americanlife. A)facets 610淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 B) formats C)formulas D)fashions 43. It is one thing to locate oil, but it is quite another to ________ and transport it to theindustrialcenters. A)permeate B) extract C)distinguish D)concentrate 44. Studentsareexpectedtobequietand________inanAsianclassroom. A)obedient B) overwhelming C)skeptical D)subsidiary 45. Our reporterhasjustcalledto saythatrescueteams will ________ tobring outthe trappedminers. A)effect B) affect C)conceive D)endeavour 46. The Spanish team, who are not in superb form, will be doing their best next week to________themselvesontheGermanteamforlastyear’sdefeat. A)remedy B) reproach C)revive D)revenge 47. Creatingso muchconfusion,Masonrealizedhehadbettermake________whathe wastryingtotelltheaudience. A)exclusive B) explicit C)objective D)obscure 48. One of the examination questions ________ me completely and I couldn’t answer 611淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 it. . A)baffled B) mingled C)provoked D)diverted 49. The vision of thatbig blackcar hitting the sidewalk a fewfeet from us will never be ________frommymemory. A)ejected B) escaped C)erased D)omitted 50. At present, it is not possible to confirm or to refute the suggestion that there is a causal relationship between the amount of fat we eat and the ________ of heart attacks. A)incidence B) impetus C)rupture D)emergence 51. There are many who believe that the use of force ________ political ends can neverbejustified. A)insearch of B) inpursuit of C)inview of D)inlight of 52. Sometimesthebankmanagerhimselfisaskedto________chequesifhisclerksare notsureaboutthem. A)credit B) assure C)certify D)access 53. It is believed that the authorities are thinking of ________ new taxes to raise extra revenue. A)impairing 612淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 B) imposing C)invading D)integrating 54. When she heard the bad news, her eyes ________ with tears as she struggled to controlheremotions. A)sparkled B) twinkled C)radiated D)glittered 55. There are occasions when giving a gift ________ spoken communication, since the messageitofferscancutthroughbarriersoflanguageandculturaldiversity. A)overtakes B) nourishes C)surpasses D)enforces 56. In order to keep the line moving, customers with lengthy________ are required to dotheirbankinginside. A)transit B) transactions C)turnover D)tempos 57. President Wilson attempted to ________ between the powers to end the war, but neithersidewaspreparedtogivein. A)segregate B) whirl C)compromise D)mediate 58. The police have installed cameras at dangerous road ________ to film those who drivethroughredtrafficlights. A)trenches B) utilities C)pavements D)junctions 613淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 59. Itisreportedthatthirtypeoplewerekilledina________ontherailwayyesterday. A)collision B) collaboration C)corrosion D)confrontation 60. Since a circle has no beginning or end, the wedding ring is accepted as a symbol of ________love. A)successive B) consecutive C)eternal D)insistent 61. Executives of the company enjoyed an ________ lifestyle of free gifts, fine wines andhighsalaries. A)exquisite B) extravagant C)exotic D)eccentric 62. Ifyouwanttogetintothattunnel,youfirsthaveto________awayalltherocks. A)haul B) repel C)dispose D)snatch 63. Somecropsarerelativelyhighyieldersandcouldbeplantedinpreferencetoothers to________thefoodsupply. A)enhance B) curb C)disrupt D)heighten 64. Astronomers at the University of California discovered one of the most distant ________. A)paradoxes B) paradises C)galaxies 614淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 D)shuttles 65. Manygreatscientists________theirsuccesstohardwork. A)portray B) ascribe C)impart D)acknowledge 66. Thesignsetupbytheroad________driverstoasharpturn. A)alerts B) refreshes C)pleads D)diverts 67. Thedoctorsdon’t________thatthepatientwilllivemuchlonger. A)monitor B) manifest C)articulate D)anticipate 68. Callyourdoctorforadviceifthe________persistformorethanafewdays. A)responses B) signals C)symptoms D)reflections 69. Wefinditimpossibleto________withthelatestsafetyregulations. A)accord B) unify C)obey D)comply 70. Professor Smith and Professor Brown will ________ in presenting the series of lecturesonAmericanliterature. A)alter B) alternate C)substitute D)exchange 615淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 试卷二 Part IVErrorCorrection (15 minutes) Directions: This part consists of a short passage. In this passage, there are altogether 10 mistakes, one in each numbered line. You may have to change a word, add a word or delete a word. Mark out the mistakes and put the corrections in the blanks provided. If you change a word, cross it out and write the correct word in the corresponding blank. If you add a word, put an insertion mark (∧) in the right place and write the missing word in the blank. If you delete aword, crossit andput aslash(/) in theblank. Example: Televisionisrapidlybecomingtheliteratureofourperiods╱. 1. time/times/period Manyoftheargumentshaving╱ usedforthestudyofliteratureas 2. _______\_______ aschoolsubjectarevalidfor ∧ studyoftelevision. 3.______the______ Thomas Malthus published his “Essay on the Principle of Population” almost 200 years ago. Ever since then, forecasters have being warning that worldwide famine was (S1) just around the next corner. The fast-growing population’s demand for food, they warned, would soon exceed their (S2) supply, leading to widespread food shortagesand starvation. But in reality, the world’s total grain harvest has risen steadily over the years. Except for relative isolated trouble (S3) spots like present-day Somalia, and occasional years of good harvests, the world’s food crisis has remained just (S4) around the corner. Most experts believe this can continue even as if the population doubles by the mid-21st century, (S5) although feeding 10 billion people will not be easy for politics, economic and environmental reasons. Optimists (S6) point to concrete examples of continued improvements in yield. In Africa, by instance, improved seed, more (S7) fertilizer and advanced growing practices have more than double corn and wheat yields in an experiment. Elsewhere, (S8) rice experts in the Philippines are producing a plant with few (S9) stems and more seeds. There is no guarantee that plant breeders can continuetodevelopnew,higher-yieldingcrop,butmostresearcherssee their successto dateasreason(S10)forhope. PartVWriting(30 minutes) Directions: In this section you are required to write a composition on the topic Reduce Waste on Campus. You should write at least 150 words and base your composition ontheoutlinegiven in Chinesebelow: 1. 目前有些校园内浪费现象严重； 2. 浪费的危害； 616淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 3. 从我做起，杜绝浪费。 ReduceWasteonCampus 617淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 2003年12月六级参考答案 Part I Listening Comprehension(20 minutes) 1. C 2. A 3. B 4. B 5. D 6. C 7. B 8. A 9. C 10. D 11. C 12. D 13. B 14. A 15. B 16. D 17. A 18. C 19. D 20. C Part IIReading Comprehension(35 minutes) 21. A 22. B 23. C 24. A 25. D 26. B 27. D 28. C 29. A 30. D 31. A 32. C 33. D 34. D 35. A 36. D 37. A 38. C 39. B 40. D PartIIIVocabulary (20 minutes) 41. C 42. A 43. B 44. A 45. D 46. D 47. B 48. A 49. C 50. A 51. B 52. C 53. B 54. A 55. C 56. B 57. D 58. D 59. A 60. C 61. B 62. A 63. A 64. C 65. B 66. A 67. D 68. C 69. D 70. B Part IVErrorCorrection (15 minutes) 1. being → been 2. their → its 3. relative → relatively 4. good → bad 5. as → 去掉 618淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 6. politics → political 7. by → for 8. double → doubled 9. more → fewer 10. reason → thereason 619淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 2003年12月六级答案详解 Part IListeningComprehension SectionA 1. C。这是一个理解题。男士问女士刚才是否看见玛莎，并且提到他今晚将和玛 莎一起去音乐会，女士回答说玛莎就在附近，他应该可以找到她(Youmightstill beabletocatchher.)显然答案为C. 2. A。这是一个推理题。女士抱怨说自己再也无法忍受城市越来越糟糕的空气污 染，男士说正是如此，以前从没有过这么多的工厂。他间接地表达了工业的发 展导致了空气污染加重的事实。所以A对。 3. B。这是一个理解题。男士说想想他在试卷上写了那么多才得了 C, 言下之意好 象得不偿失。女士说她认为分数并不重要，重要的是在努力过程中所学会的东 西才对将来工作有帮助，也就是B所表达的意思。 4. B。这是一个理解题。男士说自己的哥哥或弟弟周末要来，问女士三个人一起 到外面就餐如何?女士说由男士决定，自己对附近的餐馆不了解。从对话谈论 的内容就可以知道女士是让男士自己就这一问题拿主意，即答案为B. 5. D。这是一个推理题。女士对男士表示谢意说没有他的帮助自己不可能得奖。 男士说她一直努力，理所应当。答案为D.其实本题也可用排除法，即区分谁得 了奖，同样就可以得出答案 D. 6. C。这是一个理解题。男士说他想报名参加一些环境委员会组织的义务工作， 他听别人说这是一个了解社区的好途径。女士说确实如此，但得投入许多时间， 所以她建议男士在时间安排中留出些时间。题干问的是女士的话语意思，所以 选C. 7. B。这是一个理解题。女士问男士自己什么时候可以离开，她有一些重要的事 务要处理。男士说那要取决于治疗情况，血一止住就可以走，不过他认为要化 好几天时间。显然，男士(即医生)的意思是B 的内容。 8. A。这是一个理解题。男士说自己得知艾丽斯要到一家电子公司求职。女士说 就自己所知，艾丽斯对电子一窍不通。本题主要考对“anythingbut”的听力理解。 所以女士的意思是 A. 9. C。这是一个推理题。男士说吉米明天要去旅行了，今晚要举行告别宴会吗?女 士说有必要吗?吉米只离开几天啊!言下之意就是C的内容。 10. D。这是一个有关虚拟语气的推理题。男士说，关于语言教学研讨会的计划， 他以为女士昨晚会给他打电话(当然，结果没打)。女士说，本来该打的，很抱 620淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 歉(结果没打)；因为汤姆和简顺便来访且一直呆到深夜。所以选 D. Section B PassageOne 【短文大意】金门桥把美丽的旧金山市和郊区和北部连接起来。每天有近十万 辆载人的汽车来回穿梭在大桥上。其中有一半多的人是在早晚交通高峰期时过桥 的，因此旅程苦不堪言。 然而现在有一群快乐的通勤者，他们从桥下而不是从桥上通过，他们很高兴坐 半小时的船上班，其中一些人甚至对未来渡口决定采用 15 分钟的快船并不那么欢 迎。 11. C。题目问的是，在作者看来，乘车通过金门桥的人感受如何?根据其中一句 “More than half of them cross the bridge during the morning and evening rush hours when traffic is so heavy the trip is not pleasant.”可知答案为 C.即使这一句 不太清楚，下面一句转折的话也可以帮助推测“Nowhoweverthereisatleastone groupofhappycommuters.” 12. D。题目问作者如何描述选择坐船的通勤者?本题可采用排除法，排除A 和B, 文 中没有提及。再根据其中一句“Bestofall, beingonaboatseemstomakepeople morefriendlytowardeachother.”可得出D. 13. B。题目问坐船的通勤者对渡口未来的计划如何反应?根据短文最后两句话“But not everyone is happy about that. A lot of people feel that half an hour is just enoughtimetorelax.”显然答案为B. PassageTwo 【短文大意】福斯梯克医生进行了一个为期两年的实验来调查怎样预防或减少 蛀虫。有946个学生参加了实验。其中有523 位学生在可能的情况下餐后十分钟用 牙刷刷牙，不可能的时候就彻底地用水洗了口。剩余的423位学生只在早晚用牙刷 刷牙。一年后后者患虫牙的机率比前者高三倍。两年后前者蛀牙率比后者少53%。 福斯梯克医生十三年来一直坚持在每餐饭后刷牙，因此没有一颗蛀牙。他指出糖是 牙齿腐烂的一个主要因素。而预防的一个主要途径就是用水洗口。 14. A。题目问的是：根据短文，哪一种食物最可能导致牙齿的衰退?福斯梯克医生 已经指出糖是牙齿衰退的一个主要因素，“Particularlythesugarinsweets,cakes, andsoftdrinks.”。 15. B。题目问的是：文章告诉了我们什么关于福斯梯克医生牙齿的情况?根据文中 句子“Dr. Faustick has cleaned his teeth after meal for thirteen years and has not had a single decayed tooth.”和“7 of out 10 people loose at least half of their teeth by the time they are fifty.”以及“Many have a complete set of false teeth by that time.”，可以推而得知。 621淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 16. D。题目问的是：福斯梯克医生提出了什么建议来预防牙齿衰退?根据短文中的 句子“Ideally you should keep a tooth brush in your pocket and use it immediately after you have finished eating.”和上文中的实验以及福斯梯克医生的亲身经历 “Dr. Faustick has cleaned his teeth after meal for thirteen years and has not had a singledecayedtooth.”，可以得出答案D. PassageThree 【短文大意】本文讲的是国际红十字会组织的诞生。文中提到 1838 年，十岁 的邓伦特被他的父亲带到一所监狱看见了一群用铁链锁住的囚犯在院子中沿着道 路粉碎石头，使他萌发了要为失去自由的囚犯和倍受压迫的奴隶做点工作的念头。 又提到 1859 年6 月 24 日他在从日内瓦到法国的途中目击了法国和奥地利军队之 间战争的残酷，决定组织志愿服务者。他聚集了许多妇女来照顾不同国籍的伤兵和 帮助外科医生进行救治。他认为：遭受痛苦的人不受种族、宗教和政治信仰的限制 都应该得到救治。后来他的建议得到许多欧洲国家支持，并且在1864 年8 月22 日 签署了第一个日内瓦协议。为了纪念瑞士的贡献，又以颠倒的瑞士国旗为会旗。 17. A。题目问的是：什么最初使得邓伦特想到要帮助受压迫者?文中提到1838年， 十岁的邓伦特被他的父亲带到一所监狱看见了一群用铁链锁住的囚犯在院子 中沿着道路粉碎石头，使他萌发了要为失去自由的囚犯和倍受压迫的奴隶做点 工作的念头。所以选 A. 18. C。题目问的是：法国和奥地利战争期间邓伦特做了什么?文中提到他在从日内 瓦到法国的途中目击了法国和奥地利军队之间战争的残酷，决定组织自愿服 务。他聚集了许多妇女来照顾不同国籍的伤兵和帮助外科医生进行救治。因此 选C. 19. D。题目问的是：邓伦特在创建国际红十字会组织的时候有什么信念?文中提到 他认为：遭受痛苦的人不受种族、宗教和政治信仰的限制都应该只因为他自身 而得到救治。故 D对。 20. C。题目问的是：为什么国际红十字会组织的标志设计为白底红十字?为了纪念 瑞士的贡献，又以颠倒的瑞士国旗为会旗。所以选C. Part II Reading Comprehension PassageOne 【短文大意】 本文介绍了维生素的作用。越来越多研究表明即使少量的维生 素缺乏也会有损身体健康。尽管关于维生素好处的证据还不是很充分，但花钱买维 生素是很划算的。健康人至少连续两年每天吃400单位维生素 E 就不大可能患心脏 病。但心脏病患者再吃维生素E 却于事无补。维生素E 的作用主要是预防而不是治 疗疾病。但过量服用维生素也会引起麻烦。 21. A。本题为事实推断题。依据首段第一句话就可推断出以前的医生对服用复合 622淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 维生素不以为然，因为他们认为维生素不能被人体吸收—从小便中排出体外。 所以 A为正确选项。 22. B。细节推断题。其答题依据为第二段第二句话。有关维生素的实验研究往往 费时而且引起更多的疑问，言外之意此实验研究的结果没有定论。故B为正确 答案。 23. C。事实判断题。其答题依据为第四段，尤其是该段最后一句。维生素 E 有预 防心脏病的功效但不能治好心脏病。故C 正确。B 为干扰项，服用维生素E 只 是不太可能患心脏病，并不是有效减少心脏病的复发率，所以B不对。 24. A。细节判断题。答题依据为第七段第二句话。大剂量服用维生素会引起大出 血、神经系统的毛病及其它副作用。故A为正确答案。 25. D。作者观点推断题。答题依据为最后一段。维生素不能代替运动和均衡的饮 食。只要人们对维生素的好处不盲从，那每天适量服用它就很有益处。故D 为 正确答案。 PassageTwo 【短文大意】本文介绍了关于职业女性与婚姻的两种观点。有些未来学家认为 随着女性劳动力人数的急剧增长，许多女性会选择不结婚。与此相反，另一种观点 认为职业女性的增加会使结婚的人数也增加。作者显然赞成后一种观点。职业女性 能提高家庭的收入和生活标准，因此有助于家庭情感的稳固。从心理因素考虑，职 业女性在工作上的成就感也有利于家庭关系的稳定。女性成为家庭经济收入的主力 军能提高她们在家里的地位，并有里利于婚姻中男女的平等。 26. B。词汇猜意考查题。portendv. 预示，预兆;根据第一段第一句的句意可推断 正确答案为 B. 27. D。细节判断题。答题依据为第一段倒数底二句话。数据表明在经济衰退时， 许多人因为无法负担组建家庭或因为对未来的困难没有把握而不结婚。故D为 正确答案。 28. C。事实判断题。答题依据为第三段最后一句话。女性在工作上的成就感有利 于婚姻关系的稳定。故 C为正确答案。 29. A。细节推断题。答题依据为第三段第二句话。女性没有工作会有被囚禁在家 的感受，她会选择离婚作为解救自己的唯一出路。故A为正确答案。 30. D。文章主旨判断题。整段文章的主旨可从最后一句话看出。故D为正确答案。 PassageThree 【短文大意】本文介绍了对普遍人性观点的三种挑战。大多数哲学家认为人性 623淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 将人与动物区分开来，人性使人成为理性的存在。但近来由于三种新的观点，这种 传统观点受到质疑。第一种新视角就是历史研究方法。该方法认为远古人与现代人 相去甚远。美国人类学家的研究也赞成历史研究方法，人类学家认为人类生下来就 像一张白纸等待文化的涂写。第二种新视角认为所谓“人性”的说法不过是为人类 非人道的行为做掩护，如亚里士多德利用“人性”为奴隶制作辩护。第三种挑战来 自于进化论。一旦人被视为处于不断进化的过程当中，普遍人性的观点自然就站不 住脚。 31. B。纵观全文得出对普遍人性这一看法的挑战主要来自历史研究观点。而题干 是问对“人性”的挑战主要来自何种观点。故B为正确答案。 32. C。细节判断题。答题依据为第二段第四句。对远古民族的研究揭示了人类风 俗、价值观、感情和思想的多样性，因此许多考古学家认为人类出生时像一张 白纸，真正起决定作用的是文化。言外之意没有固定不变的人性。故C 为正确 答案。 33. B。事实判断题。答题依据为第二段第五句。作者以亚里士多德为例说明有些 哲学家用“人性”的名义作为掩护人类罪恶的幌子。故B为正确答案。 34. D。词汇猜意考查题。untenableadj. 站不住脚的，无法辩护的。根据本句上下 文可知正确答案为 D. 35. A。细节题。答案可从第一段看出。 PassageFour 【短文大意】本文是篇介绍“虚拟现实外科手术”的科普说明文。RichardSatava —高级医疗技术的程序经理，他是推动虚拟现实外科手术发展的主力。虚拟外科手 术利用计算机为外科医生创造虚拟的手术环境。这种技术可以让美国海外作战的伤 员在当地移动医疗中心接受手术。 36. C。细节判断题。答题依据为第一段和二段。将虚拟技术运用到外科手术中能 每个战壕都有一个外科医生，即海外战场的医疗条件能大大提高。故C为正确 答案。 37. A。细节推断题。答案依据第三段。故A 为正确答案。 38. C。细节推断题。答题依据为第四段最后两句话。虚拟手术的过程外科医生通 过观察伤口的三维画面，他们操作与电脑联网的仪器，电脑将他们的动作传递 给机器人医生来操刀外科手术。故C为正确答案。 39. D。细节推断题。答题依据为倒数第二段第一句话。为了将伤口看得更清，外 科医生都戴上三维眼镜。故 D为正确答案。 40. D。事实判断题。答题依据为倒数第二段最后一句话。外科医生指挥机器人外 624淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 科医生切除坏的组织，机器人比真人外科医生更精确地操刀动手术。故D为正 确答案。 Part IIIVocabulary 41. C。形容词辨析题。因为计划很可行他建议我们实行该计划。probableadj.可能 的；sustainableadj. 可持续的；feasibleadj. 可行的；eligibleadj.合格的。根据 句意 feasible切题故选C. 42. A。名词辨析题。这本书讲述的是这些基本的信仰和价值观是如何影响美国生 活中的重要层面的。 facetn. 方面；formatn. 格式；formulan. 化学式，配方； fashionn.时尚。 43. B。动词辨析题。找到石油是回事，但提取石油并将其运送到工业地带是另一 回事。permeatev. 渗透；extractvt. 提取；distinguishvt. 辨别；concentratevt. 集中注意力。根据句意 extract切题故选B. 44. A。形容词辨析题。在亚洲的课堂里，学生要服从老师并保持安静。obedientadj. 服从的听话的；overwhelming adj. 压倒性的，极度的；skeptical adj.怀疑的； subsidiaryadj.次要的，附属的。根据句意obedient切题故选A. 45. D。本题考查固定搭配的掌握。我社记者刚打电话来说援救小组会努力救出被 围困的矿工。endeavourto 试图，努力；effectn. 效果；affectvt. 影响；conceive (of) 想出，构思。根据句意endeavour切题故选D. 46. D。此题考查动词固定搭配的掌握。西班牙队去年输给德国队，下周它会尽最 大努力报仇雪耻。revengeoneselfonsb. 是固定搭配，“向某人报仇”的意思， 故选 D.remedyv. 补救，治疗；reproachv. 责备；revivev.复活，复兴。 47. B。形容词辨析题 。Mason的话引起许多困惑，他意识到他最好向观众明确表 达自己的意思。exclusiveadj. 独家的，独有的；explicitadj.明确的；objectiveadj. 客观的；obscureadj. 模糊的。根据句意explicit 切题故选B. 48. A。动词辨析题 。有一道考题难倒我了，我做不出来。bafflevt. 难倒，难住； minglev. 混合；provokev. 激怒，招惹；divertv.转向，改道。根据句意 baffle 切题故选 A. 49. C。动词辨析题 。那辆大黑卡车撞上人行道离我们仅几英尺，这一幕情景永远 无法从我记忆中抹去。ejectv.; 喷出，射出；escapevi. 逃跑；erasevt. 擦掉， 抹掉；omitvt. 省略。 50. A。名词辨析题 。脂肪的摄入量和心脏病的发病率有关联，目前对这种说法既 不能肯定也不能反驳。incidencen.发病率；impetusn.推动力；rupturen. 破裂， 绝交；emergencen. 紧急情况。根据句意incidence切题故选A. 625淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 51. B。短语辨析题 。许多人认为不能将武力作为寻求政治目的的手段。insearchof 寻找；inpursuitof 追求；inviewof 鉴于，由于； inlightof 根据。 根据句意 inpursuitof 切题故选B. 52. C。动词辨析题。如果银行员工对支票不敢确定时，银行经理就要亲自确认支 票。creditvt. 信赖；assurevt. 确保；certifyvt. 确认；accessn. 接触的机会或 方法。根据句意 certify切题故选C. 53. B。固定搭配考查题。人们人认为当局正在考虑征收新的税以增加收入。impair v.损害；impose vt. 强加；invade vt. 侵略；integrate v. 使成一体。根据句意 integrate切题故选B. 54. C。动词近义词辨析题。当她听到这个不好的消息时眼里泪光闪闪，但她强撑 着克制自己的感情。sparkle,twinkle,glitter 都可指(因高兴而)发光，而 radiate 可指释放某种痛苦的情感。 55. C。动词辨析题 。有些场合赠送礼品胜过言语交谈，因为礼品传达的内涵能跨 越语言和文化的障碍。overtakev.追上；nourishv. 滋养 surpassvt.胜过；enforce vt.实施，加强。 56. B。名词辨析题。为了使队列流通，有冗长交易的顾客要在营业部里面进行交 易。transit n. 运送； transaction n. 交易，比如：The stockbroker deals with transact ions in stocks and shares for his clients everyday, turnover n.营业额； tempon.进度，速度。根据句意，transaction切题，故选B. 57. D。动词辨析题。威尔森总统企图斡旋这些权力部门来结束战争，但哪一方也 不肯让步。 segregatev. 隔离； whirlv. 旋转；compromisev. 组成；mediatev. 斡旋。mediate 一般搭配 between,比如： The manager mediated between the employerandemployee. 58. D。名词辨析题。警察在危险的岔路口装了摄像机来拍下闯红灯的司机。trench n. 壕沟；utilityn. 用处，实效；pavementn. 人行道；junctionn. 道路交叉点。 根据句意，junction切题，故选D. 59. A。据报导昨天有三十人在天铁路撞车事故中丧生。collision n. 撞车； collaborationn. 合作；corrosionn.腐蚀；confrontationn. 面临。 60. C。形容词辨析题。圆圈既没有起点也没有终点，所以结婚戒指是永恒爱情的 象征。successiveadj. 连续的；consecutiveadj. 连续不断的；eternaladj.永恒的； insistentadj.迫切的，紧急的。 61. B。形容词辨析题。公司的总裁们生活奢侈，他们享受着免费礼品、美酒和高 薪。exquisite adj.精致的；extravagant adj. 奢侈的；exotic adj. 异国情调的； eccentricadj.古怪的。 626淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 62. A。动词辨析题。如果你想钻进隧道的话你首先得清除所有的石头。haulv.拖； repelv. 拒绝；disposev. 处理，清理；snatchv. 抓，攫取。 63. A。动词辨析题。有些粮作物相对产量较高可以优先种植来提高粮食供给量。 enhance v. 提 高 ， 促 进 ； enhance the supply, enhance the value/price/attractions/power;curbv. 控制；disruptv. 分裂；heightenv. 变高； 加强。比如：Herangerwasheightenedatthesightofthedisguisedbeggar. 64. C。名词辨析题 。加利福利亚大学的天文学家发现了最遥远的星系之一。paradox n. 矛盾；paradisen. 天堂； galaxyn.星系；shuttlen. 梭。根据句意 galaxy 切 题故选 C 65. B。固定搭配考查题。许多伟大的科学家把他们的成功归因于勤奋工作。portray v.描写；ascribe to 归因于；impartv. 传授； acknowledgev. 承认。根据句意 ascribe切题故选B 66. A。词义辨析题。标志树立在路边是为了提醒司机有一个急转弯。refresh 使清 新，使提神；plead恳求，以…为借口； divert转移，转向。 根据句意 A 对， 例如：alertsb,tothefactthat...提醒某人注意…的事实。 67. D。动词辨析题。医生没指望这个病人会活很长时间。monitorn. 班长，监测 器；manifestvt. 体现，显现；articulatevi. 清楚地说，明确地说；anticipatevt. 期待。据上下文，anticipate切题，故选D. 68. C。名词辨析题 。如果症状持续好几天就去看医生征求他的意见。responsen. 反应；signaln. 信号； symptomn. 症状；reflectionn. 映像，思考。根据句意 symptom切题,故选C. 69. D。固定搭配考查题。我们发现不可能遵守最新的安全规则。 accordv.符合； unifyv.团结；obeyvt. 服从；comply(with) 遵守。根据句意 comply 切题,故选 D. 70. B。动词辨析题。 Smith教授与 Brown 教授俩人将轮流开一系列美国文学的讲 座。alterv. 改变；alternatev. 轮流，交替；substitutev. 替换；exchangev. 交 换。根据句意 alternate切题,故选B. PartIVErrorCorrection 71. being → been现在完成时的进行时态为havebeen+ 现在分词。 72. their → its此处代词代名词 population为单数，所以代词应是its而非their. 73. relative → relatively 修饰形容词 isolated 应为副词 relatively 而非形容词 relative. 627淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 74. good → poor/bad句首用了Exceptfor,显然是指不好的事情，故这里应将 good 改为 bad或poor. 75. evenasif → evenif 此处考查固定短语evenif,即使。asif 仿佛。根据上下文应 为即使世界人口到 21世纪中叶增长两倍。 76. politics → political 此处 and 连接三个并列的形容词 economic, environmental, 和politic.politics 是名词，political 才是形容词政治的。 77. by → for此处考查固定短语。forinstance 例如,没有forinstance. 78. double → doubled 此处应为现在完成时态，have more than doubled corn and wheatyields,意为在试验中，进口种子、肥料和先进的种植技术使玉米和小麦的 产量增长了两倍多。 79. few → fewer此处and 连接两个并列的形容词比较级，所以把few改为fewer. 80. crop → cropscrop 指“庄稼”时，常用复数形式 crops；作单数时，意为“产 量”。 PartVWriting ReduceWasteonCampus Nowadays, waste is quite prevalent and serious on campus. Food is thrown away simply because it doesn’t taste good. Newspapers and magazines are discarded, because they have been read. What is worse, students seem to be quite accustomed to suchwasteanddon’thaveafeelingofguilt. Waste can do much harm. Our country has the largest population in the world and suffers from a shortage of natural resources. It is crucial for us to make full use of what we have, or else, the resources will soon run out, and we will have nothing left for the nextgenerations.Wasteiscertainlymakingmattersworse. Second, waste may contribute to a habit of extravagance, which is not good at all. We Chinese people have the good tradition of being economic, and are indignant about wasteofanykind. Therefore, all of usshould reduce waste. Wecan try to eat up a meal.Wemaygive ourold booksto thosewho need them,instead ofthrowing themaway.Also, weshould form the notion that waste is quite shameful. As long as all of us take action, waste will surelybereduced. 628淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 2003年12月听力原文 SectionA 1. M: Did you see Martha just now? I want to ask her to go with us to the concert tonight. W:Shemust bearound somewhere.You might stillbeable to catch her. Q:What does thewoman mean? 2. M:Ican’tbaretheairpollutioninthiscityanymore.Itisgettingworseandworse. W:You said it.We’venever had somany factories before. Q:What does theman mean? 3. M:JustthinkIwentthroughsomuchworkonmypaperonlytogetaC. W: Well, I don’t think grades are everything. What you have learned in the process willprove useful in your future work. Q:What does thewoman imply? 4. M: My brother is coming this weekend, and I was thinking the three of us could go outtodinnerSaturdaynight.Anysuggestions? W:It’s upto you. Idon’tknow therestaurant here that well. Q:What does thewoman mean? 5. M:Icouldn’thavewontheawardwithoutyourassistance.Thankyouverymuch. M:Youhave been working so hard.You deserve thehonor. Q:What dowelearned from theconversation? 6. M: I’d like to sign up for some voluntary work with the environment council. I hear itisagreatwaytoconnectwiththecommunity. W: It sure is. But you’ll have to put in a lot of hours. So you must leave some room inscheduling your time. Q:What does thewoman imply? 7. M: Can you tell me when I can leave here, doctor? I have some important business toattendto. M: That depends on how your condition reacts to our treatment. You may leave as soon as thebleeding stops. Ithink that willtake a coupleofdays. Q:What does thedoctormean? 8. M:I’mtoldAliceistryingtofindajobinanelectronicscompany. 629淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 W:As far as Iknow,sheis good at anything but electronics. Q:What does thewoman mean? 9. M:Jimmyisgoingonajourneytomorrow.Shallwehaveafarewelldinnertonight? W:Do you think it’snecessary?You knowhewill beaway just afew days. Q:What does thewoman mean? 10. M: I thought you were going to call me last night about the plans for the conferenceonlanguageteaching. W:Sorry,Ishould have, butTomand Janestopped byandstayed untilmidnight. Q:What dowelearn from theconversation? Section B PassageOne TheGoldenGateBridgejoinsthebeautifulcityofSanFranciscowiththesuburbsto the north. Each day about one hundred thousand automobiles cross the bridge taking peopletoandfromthecity.Morethanhalfofthemcrossthebridgeduringthemorning and evening rush hours. When traffic is so heavy the trip is not pleasant. Now, however, there is at least one group of happy commuters. These are the people who travel under the bridge instead of on it. They go to work by boat and enjoy it so much that most of them say they will never go by car again. The ferry they take is spacious, quiet and comfortable. Commuters can enjoy the sun on deck. In the morning they can have breakfast in the coffee shop. And in the evening they can order a drink in the bar while looking at the beautiful scenery. The trip takes only 30 minutes and is not very costly. Best of all, being on a boat seems to make people more friendly toward each other. There has already been a marriage of two commuters who met on the ferry. Because the ferry has been so successful, there are plans to use other still larger boats. The re is also a proposal for a high speed boat that will make the trip in only 15 minutes. But not everyone is happy about that. A lot of people feel that half an hour is just enough time torelax. 11. According to the speaker how do commuters feel about crossing the Golden Gate Bridgebycar? 12. Whatdoesthespeakersayaboutferrycommuters? 13. Howdocommutersrespondtoplansforthefutureoftheferry? PassageTwo Howmanyteeth haveyou hadfilledin thepast twoyears? Ifyou followtheadvice of Dr. Faustick, you may be able to reduce the number of your visits to a dentist. Dr. 630淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 Faustickconductedatwo-yearsurveytofindouthowtopreventorreducedentaldecay. 946 students took part in an experiment. 523 students cleaned their teeth within ten minutes of eating: when possible they used a toothbrush, when this was impossible they washed their mouth thoroughly with water. The remaining 423 students merely cleanedtheirteethwhentheywenttobedandwhentheygotupinthemorning.Allthe students had their teeth X-rayed at the end of the first and second years. At the end of the first year, the night and morning group had three times as many decayed teeth as the clean after each meal group. At the end of the second year the latter group had 53 percent fewer decayed teeth than the former group. Dr. Faustick has cleaned his teeth after meal for thirteen years and has not had a single decayed tooth. He pointed out that sugar is a major agent in dental decay. Particularly the sugar in sweets, cakes, and soft drinks. Ideally you should keep a tooth brush in your pocket and use it immediately after you have finished eating. When this is impractical you can at least make sure that youhaveadrinkofwaterandletthewaterthroughyourteethtoforceoutanyparticles of food. 7 out of 10 people loose at least ha lf of their teeth by the time they are fifty. Manyhave a complete set of false teeth by that time.In anycase neither toothache nor a visit to a dentist is very pleasant. So it is worthwhilemaking an effortto keep you own teethaslongaspossible.Themainpreventativeagentissimplywater. 14. Accordingtothepassagewhatkindoffoodismostlikelytocausedentaldecay? 15. WhatdoesthepassagetellusabouttheconditionofDr.Faustick’steeth? 16. WhatdoesDr.Fausticksuggesttopreventdentaldecay? PassageThree TheworldwideOrganizationoftheRedCrossstemsfromtheidealofHenriDunant, a Swiss Banker. In 1838, at the age of ten, Dunant was taken by his father to visit a prison, there he saw prisoners chained together exercising in the yard and breaking stones along the road. This experience left a deep impression on him and made him determinedtodo somethingforconvictsandslavesandforall whowereoppressedand deprived of their liberty. On 24th June 1859 while on his way from Geneva to France, Dunantwitnessed the battle between the French andAustrian armies. It was one of the fiercest battles of the 19th century. Shocked by the lack of medical supplies and attention given to the wounded, Dunant decided that a volunteer service had to be organized. He gathered together a number of women who attended to the hundreds of wounded soldiers of all nationalities and helped the surgeons as best they could. From that battle Dunant determined to form a body of people who would rally together in times of war and attend to the needs of wounded and dying. Dunant held that a suffering human being should be helped for his own sake only and without regard to race, religion, or political beliefs. Many European states supported him and on 22nd August 1864 the first Geneva Convention was signed. This lays down that once a soldier is wounded he and everyone else who comes to his help ceases to be an enemy. A symbol by which the relief workers could be recognized was devised. As a tribute to 631淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 Switzerland, the symbol was the Swiss flag reversed. That is a red cross on a white ground.SotheRedCrosswasborn. 17. WhatfirstledHenriDunanttothinkofhelpingtheoppressed? 18. What did Henri Dunant do during the battle between the French and Austrian armies? 19. WhatwasHenriDunant’sbeliefwhenhefoundedtheRedCross? 20. WhywasthesymboloftheRedCrossdesignedwitharedcrossonawhiteground? 632淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 2004年6月大学英语六级(CET-6)真题试卷B卷 Part I Listening Comprehension(20 minutes) SectionA Directions: In this section, you will hear 10 short conversations. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the question will be spoken only once. After each question the re will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A), B), C) and D), and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre. Example: Youwillhear: Youwillread: A)2hours. B) 3hours. C)4hours. D)5hours. Fromtheconversationweknowthatthetwoaretalkingaboutsomeworktheywill start at 9 o’clock in the morning and have to finish by 2 in the afternoon. Therefore, D) “5 hours” is the correct answer.You should choose [D] on the Answer Sheet and mark it withasinglelinethroughthecentre. SampleAnswer[A][B][C][D] 1. A)Dickhasbadtasteinclothes. B)Thecolor ofDick’sjacket is too dark. C)Dick’s trousers don’t match his jacket. D)Dick looksfunny inthat yellow jacket. 2. A)Getthewalletfortheman. B) Callthe policestation. C)Showthe man her family pictures. D)Ask to seethe man’s driver’s license. 3. A)SheisafraidthenewepidemicSARSwillsoonspreadallovertown. B)Thetemperature isnot as high as theman claims. C)Theroom willget cool iftheman opens thewindows. D)Sheis following instructionsnot tousethe air-conditioning. 633淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 4. A)Shewasneverpersistentinanythingshedid. B) Shehad a uniqueway of staying healthy. C)Shestopped exercising two years ago. D)Shelost alot ofweight intwo years. 5. A)Theapplicationarrivedaweekearlierthanexpected. B)Thejob has beengiven tosomeone else. C)Theman is not suitablefor theposition, D)Shehad received only oneapplication letter. 6. A)Hethinkshismothershouldgettheclothesback. B) Hewill go before the laundry is closed. C)He’s unwillingto fetch thelaundry. D)He has already picked upthelaundry. 7. A)Ataninternationaltradefair. B)At an electronics company. C)At a DVDcounter inamusicstore. D)At ashopping center. 8. A)Thewomanregretsgoingtothemovie. B)Thewoman prefers light moviesbefore sleep. C)Thewoman sawa comedy instead of ahorror movie. D)The woman hated theman talking throughout themovie. 9. A)Heisamanwithprofessionalexpertise. B) Heis not likely toget thejob. C)Heis not easy toget along with. D)He is thefight man to get thejob done. 10. A)Itisaverygoodplacetorelax. B) It shouldrevolutionizeits technology. C)It shouldchange itsconcept of operation. D)It is being forced outof theentertainment industry. Section B Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best 634淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 answer from the four choice marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre. PassageOne Questions11to13arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard. 11. A)HewasthemostdistinguisheddiplomatinAmericanhistory. B) Heset upthe first university inAmerica. C)Hewas oneof theearliest settlers inAmerica. D)He can best represent thespirit ofearlyAmerica. 12. A)HerepresentedWashingtoninnegotiationswithBritain. B) HeprovidedWashington with alot ofmoney. C)Hepersuaded France to supportWashington. D)He served as ageneral inWashington’s army. 13. A)AsoneofthefoundingfathersoftheUnitedStates. B)As one ofthegreatestAmerican scholars. C)As one ofAmerica’smost ingenious inventors. D)As oneof themostfamous activistsfor human rights. PassageTwo Questions14to17arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard. 14. A)Becausewemightmeetmanysuccessfulexecutivesinthemediaindustry. B) Because we might beoffered adish ofinsects. C)Because nothingbut freshly cooked insects are served. D)Because some yuppies liketohorrify guests with insects as food. 15. A)OntheInternet. B) In thesupermarket. C)In theseafood market. D)From yuppie clubs. 16. A)It’ssafetoeat. B) It’seasy toprepare. C)It’sexotic in appearance. 635淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 D)It’s tasty and healthful. 17. A)ItisunlikelytobeenjoyedbymostPeople. B) It willhave tobechanged tosuit local tastes. C)It willbecome the first course at dinnerparties. D)It will beconsumed bymoreand moreyoung people. PassageThree Questions18to20arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard. 18. A)Theydon’thaveenoughservicewindows. B)Their businesshours are limited.,, C)Their safety measures are inadequate. D)Their banking procedures are complicated. 19. A)Peoplewhohavecomputersathome. B)Youngpeople who are fond of modern technology. C)Youngpeople who are wealthy and well-educated. D)Peoplewho are in thehabit ofswitching from onebank to another. 20. A)Toprovideservicesfordistantclients. B)Tocompete forcustomers. C)Toreduce thesizeof theirstaff. D)Toexpand their operations at a lowercost. Part IIReading Comprehension(35 minutes) Directions: There tire 4 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the, Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre. PassageOne Questions21to25arebasedonthefollowingpassage. Given the lack of fit between gifted students and their schools, it is not surprising that such students often have little good to say ‘about their school experience. In one study of 400 adults who had achieved distinction in all areas of life, researchers found that three-fifths of these individuals either did badly in school or were unhappy in school. Few MacArthur Prize fellows, winners of the MacArthur Award for creative 636淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 accomplishment, had good things to say about their precollegiate schooling if they had not been placed in advanced programs. Anecdotal (名人轶事) reports support this. Pablo Picasso, Charles Darwin, Mark Twain, Oliver Goldsmith, and William Butler Yeats all disliked school. So did Winston Churchill, who almost failed out of Harrow, an elite Britishschool.AboutOliver Goldsmith, oneofhisteachersremarked,“Never wassodull a boy.” Often these children realize that they know more than their teachers, and their teachersoftenfeelthatthesechildrenarearrogant,inattentive,orunmotivated. Some of these gifted people may have done poorly in school because their gifts were not scholastic. Maybe we can account for Picasso in this way. But most fared poorly in school not because they lacked ability but because they found school unchallenging and consequently lost interest.Yeats described the lack of fit between his mind and school: “Because I had found it difficult to attend to anything less interesting than my own thoughts, I was difficult to teach.” As noted earlier, gifted children of all kinds tend to be strong-willed nonconformists. Nonconformity and stubbornness (and Yeats’s level of arrogance and self-absorption) are likely to lead to Conflicts with teachers. When highly gifted students in any domain talk about what was important to the development of their abilities, they are far more likely to mention their families than their schools or teachers. A writing prodigy (神童) studied by David Feldman and Lynn Goldsmith was taught far more about writing by his journalist father than his English teacher. High-IQ children, in Australia studied by Miraca Gross had much more positive feelings about their families than their schools. About half of the mathematicians studied by Benjamin Bloom had little good to say about school. They all did well in schoolandtookhonorsclasseswhenavailable,andsomeskippedgrades. 21. Themainpointtheauthorismakingaboutschoolsisthat________. A)they should enroll as manygifted students as possible B) they should organizetheirclasses according to thestudents’ability C)they are often incapableof catering to theneeds of talented students D)they should satisfy theneeds ofstudents from different family backgrounds 22. TheauthorquotestheremarksofoneofOliverGoldsmith’steachers________. A)toshowhowpoor Oliver’sperformance was at school B) toillustratethe strong willofsome gifted children C)toexplain howdull studentscan also be successful D)toprovide support forhis argument 23. PabloPicassoislistedamongthemanygiftedchildrenwho________. A)could not cope with theirstudies at school successfully B) paid noattention to theirteachers inclass C)contradicted theirteachers much too often 637淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 D)behavedarrogantly and stubbornly inthe presenceof theirteachers 24. Manygiftedpeopleattributedtheirsuccess________. A)less totheirsystematiceducation than to theirtalent B) mainlyto parental help and theireducation at home C)bothto school instruction and totheir parents’coaching D)more to theirparents’encouragement than toschool training 25. The root cause of many gifted students having bad memories of their school years isthat________. A)they were seldom praised bytheirteachers B) school courses failed to inspireor motivatethem C)theirnonconformity brought them a lotof trouble D)teachers were usually far stricter than theirparents PassageTwo Questions26to30arebasedonthefollowingpassage. It’s hardly news that the immigration system is a mess. Foreign nationals have long been slipping across the border with fake papers, and visitors who arrive in the U.S. legitimately often overstay their legal welcome without being punished. But since Sept. 11, it’s become clearthat terrorists havebeen shrewdlyfactoring the weaknessesof our system into their plans. In addition to their mastery of forging passports, at least three of the 19 Sept. 11 hijackers (劫机者) were here on expired visas. That’s been a safe bet until now. The Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) (移民归化局) lacks the resources, and apparently the inclination, to keep track of the estimated 2 million foreignerswhohaveintentionallyoverstayedtheirwelcome. But this laxness ( 马 虎 ) toward immigration fraud may be about to change. Congress has already taken some modest steps. The U.S.A. Patriot Act, passed in the wake of the Sept. 11 tragedy, requires the FBI, the Justice Department, the State Department and the INS to share more data, which will make it easier to stop watch-listedterroristsattheborder. But what’s really needed, critics say, is even tougher laws and more resources aimed at tightening up border security. Reformers are calling for a rollback of rules that hinder law enforcement. They also want the INS to hire hundreds more border patrol agents and investigators to keep illegal immigrants out and to track them down once they’re here. Reformers also want to see the INS set up a database to monitor whether visaholdersactuallyleavethecountrywhentheyarerequiredto. All these proposed changes were part of a new border-security bill that passed the House of Representatives but died in the Senate last week. Before Sept. 11, legislation of this kind had been blocked by two powerful lobbies: universities, which rely on tuition from foreign students who could be kept out by the new law, and business, 638淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 which relies on foreigners for cheap labor. Since the attacks, they’ve backed off. The bill would have passed this time but for congressional maneuverings and is expected to be reintroducedandtopassnextyear. Also on the agenda for next year: a proposal, backed by some influential law-makers, to split the INS into two agencies-a good cop that would tend to service functions like processing citizenship papers and a bad cop that would concentrate on border inspections, deportation and other functions. One reason for the division, supporters say, is that the INS has in recent years become too focused on serving tourists and immigrants. After the Sept, 11 tragedy, the INS should pay more attention toserving themillionsof ordinaryAmericanswho relyon the nation’sborder securityto protectthemfromterroristattacks. 26. Terroristshaveobviouslytakenadvantageof________. A)theirresponsibility oftheofficials at bordercheckpoints B) thelegal privileges granted toforeigners C)theexcessivehospitalityof theAmerican people D)thelowefficiency of theImmigration and Naturalization Service 27. We learn from the passage that coordinated efforts will be made by various U.S. governmentagenciesto________. A)limitthenumber Ofimmigrants to theU.S. B) prevent theforgery ofimmigration papers C)ward offterrorist suspects at theborder D)refuse therenewing ofexpired visas 28. It can be inferred from the passage that before Sept. 11, aliens with expired visas ________. A)might stay onforas longas [heywished B) would beclosely watched byFBI agents C)would liveinconstant fear of deportation D)might havethem extended without trouble 29. ItisbelievedbymanythatalltheseyearstheINS________. A)has been serving two contradictory functions B) has ignored thepleas of thetwo powerful lobbies C)has over-emphasized its service functions at theexpenseof thenation’s security D)has been too liberal ingranting visas to touristsandimmigrants indiscriminately 30. Before Sept. 11, the U.S. Congress had been unable to pass stricter immigration lawsbecause________. 639淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 A)education andbusiness circles cared littleabout national security B) resources were not availablefor theirenforcement C)itwas difficultto coordinate theefforts of thecongressmen D)they might have kept away foreign studentsand cheap labor PassageThree Questions31to35arebasedonthefollowingpassage. It was the worst tragedy in maritime (航海的) history, six times more deadly than the Titanic. When the German cruise ship Wilhelm Gustloff was hit by torpedoes (鱼雷) fired from a Russian submarine in the final winter of World War II, more than 10,000 people-mostly women, children and old people fleeing the final Red Army push into Nazi Germany-were packed aboard. An ice storm had turned the decks into frozen sheets that sent hundreds of families sliding into the sea as the ship tilted and began to go down. Others desperately tried to put lifeboats down. Some who succeeded fought off those in the water who had the strength to try to claw their way aboard. Most people froze immediately.I’ll never forget the screams,” says Christa Ntitzmann, 87, one of the 1,200 survivors. She recalls watching the ship, brightly lit, slipping into its dark grave-andintoseemingnothingness,rarelymentionedformorethanhalfacentury. Now Germany’s Nobel Prize-winning author Gtinter Grass has revived the memory of the 9,000 dead, including more than 4,000 children-with his latest novel Crab Walk, published last month. The book, which will be out in English next year, doesn’t dwell on thesinking;itsheroineisapregnantyoungwomanwhosurvivesthecatastropheonlyto say later: “Nobody wanted to hear about it, not here in the West (of Germany) and not at all in the East.” The reason wasobvious. As Grass put it in a recent interview with the weekly Die Woche: “Because the crimes we Germans are responsible for were and are sodominant,wedidn’thavetheenergylefttotellofourownsufferings.” The long silence about the sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloff was probably unavoidable-and necessary. By unreservedly owning up to their country’s monstrous crimes in the Second World War, Germans have managed to win acceptance abroad, marginalize (使…不得势) the neo-Nazisat home andmakepeace with their neighbors. Today’s unified Germany is more prosperous and stable than at any time in its long, troubledhistory.Forthat, a halfcenturyofwillfulforgetting aboutpainfulmemorieslike the German Titanic was perhaps a reasonable price to pay.But even the most politically correct Germans believe that they’ ye now earned the right to discuss the full historical record. Not to equate German suffering with that of its victims, but simply to acknowledgeaterribletragedy. 31. Whydoestheauthorsaythesinking of the Wilhelm Gustloffwasthe worsttragedy inmaritimehistory? A)It was attacked byRussian torpedoes. B) It caused thelargest numberof casualties. 640淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 C)Mostof itspassengers were frozen to death. D)Its victims were mostlywomen and children. 32. Hundredsoffamiliesdroppedintotheseawhen________. A)thebadly damaged ship leaned toward oneside B) astrong ice stormtilted theship C)thecruise shipsank all ofasudden D)thefrightened passengers fought desperately for lifeboats 33. The Wilhelm Gustloff tragedy was little talked about for more than half a century becauseGermans________. A)were eager to win international acceptance B) had been pressured to keep silent about it C)were afraid ofoffending their neighbors D)felt guilty fortheir crimes inWorldWarII 34. HowdoesGunterGrassrevivethememoryoftheWilhelmGustlofftragedy? A)By describing theship’s sinking ingreat detail. B) By giving an interview to theweekly DieWoche. C)By presenting thehorrible scene ofthetorpedo attack. D)By depicting thesurvival of ayoung pregnant woman. 35. ItcanbelearnedfromthepassagethatGermansnolongerthinkthat________. A) the Wilhelm Gustloff tragedy is a reasonable price to pay for the nation’s past misdeeds B) Germany is responsiblefor thehorriblecrimes it committed inWorldWarII C)they willbe misunderstood ifthey talk about theWilhelmGustlofftragedy D)it-is wrong to equate theirsufferings withthoseof othercountries PassageFour Questions36to40arebasedonthefollowingpassage. When we worry about who might be spying on our private lives, we usually think about the Federal agents. But the private sector outdoes the government every time. It’s Linda Tripp, not the FBI, who is facing charges under Maryland’s laws against secret telephone taping. It’s our banks, not the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), that pass our privatefinancialdatatotelemarketingfirms. Consumer activists are pressing Congress for better privacy laws without much resultsofar.Thelegislatorsleantowardlettingbusinesspeopletrackourfinancialhabits virtuallyatwill. 641淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 As an example of what’s going on, consider U.S. Bancorp, which was recently sued for deceptive practices by the state of Minnesota. According to the lawsuit, the bank supplied a telemarketer called Member Works with sensitive customer data such as names, phone numbers, bank-account and credit-card numbers, Social Security numbers,accountbalancesandcreditlimits. With these customer lists in hand, Member Works started dialing for dollars-selling dental plans, videogames, computer software and other products and services. Customers who accepted a “free trial offer” had 30 days to cancel. If the deadline passed,theywerechargedautomaticallythroughtheirbankorcredit-cardaccounts.U.S. Bancorpcollectedashareoftherevenues. Customers were doubly deceived, the lawsuit claims. They, didn’t know that the bank was giving account numbers to MemberWorks. And if customers asked, they were ledtothinktheanswerwasno. ThestatesuedMemberWorksseparatelyfordeceptiveselling.Thecompanydenies that it did anything wrong. For its part, U.S. Bancorp settled without admitting any mistakes. But it agreed to stop exposing its customers to nonfinancial products sold by outside firms. A few top banks decided to do the same. Many other banks will still do businesswithMemberWorksandsimilarfirms. And banks will still be mining data from your account in order to sell you financial products, including things of little value, such as credit insurance and credit-card protectionplans. Youhavealmostno protectionfrom businessesthat use your personalaccountsfor profit. For example, no federal law shields “transaction and experience” information-mainly the details of your bank and credit-card accounts. Social Security numbersare for sale by private firms. They’ve generally agreed not to sell to the public. But to businesses, the numbers are an open book. Self-regulation doesn’t work. A firm mightpublishaprivacy-protectionpolicy,butwhoenforcesit? Take U.S. Bancorp again. Customers were told, in writing, that “all personal information you supply to us will be considered confidential.” Then it sold your data to MemberWorks. The bank even claims that it doesn’t “sell” your data at all. It merely “shares”itandreapsaprofit.Nowyouknow. 36. Contrary to popular belief, the author finds that spying on people’s privacy ________. A)is practiced exclusively bytheFBI B) is moreprevalent in business circles C)has been intensified with thehelp of theIRS D)is mainly carried out bymeans of secret taping 37. Weknowfromthepassagethat________. A) the state of Minnesota is considering drawing up laws to protect private information 642淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 B) moststates are turning a blindeye to thedeceptivepractices ofprivatebusinesses C)legislators are acting to pass a lawto providebetter privacy protection D) lawmakers are inclined to give a free hand to businesses to inquire into customers’buying habits 38. When the “free trial” deadline is over, you’ll be charged without notice for a productorserviceif________. A)you happen to reveal your credit card number B) you fail to cancel it withinthe specified period C)you fail to applyfor extension ofthedeadline D)you find the product orservice unsatisfactory 39. Businessesdonotregardinformation concerning personal bankaccountsasprivate because________. A)it isconsidered “transaction andexperience”information unprotected bylaw B) ithas always been considered an open secret bythegeneral public C)itssale canbe brought under control through self-regulation D)its revelation willdonoharm toconsumers under thecurrent protection policy 40. Wecaninferfromthepassagethat________. A)banks willhave to change theirways of doing business B) “free trial” practicewill eventually be banned C)privacy protection laws will soonbeenforced D)consumers’privacy willcontinue tobe invaded PartIIIVocabulary (20 minutes) Directions: There are 30 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with asinglelinethrough thecentre. 41. FormanyyearstheJapanesehave________thecarmarket. A)operated B) occupied C)presided D)dominated 42. The bank is offering a ________ to anyone who can give information about the robbery. 643淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 A)prize B) reward C)bonus D)compliment 43. Hisillnessfirst________itselfasseverestomachpainsandheadaches. A)manifested B) displayed C)expressed D)reflected 44. These continual ________ in temperature make it impossible to decide what to wear. A)fluctuations B) transformations C)transitions D)exchanges 45. Before we move, we should ________ some of the old furniture, so that we can havemoreroominthenewhouse. A)cancel B) conceal C)discard D)dissipate 46. Asweknow,computersareusedtostoreand________informationefficiently. A)reclaim B) reassure C)reconcile D)retrieve 47. It is a(n) ________ that the French eat so much rich food and yet have a relatively lowrateofheartdisease. A)paradox B) correlation C)analogy D)illusion 48. Thepolicearetryingto________whatreallyhappened. 644淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 A)assert B) avert C)ascertain D)ascribe 49. The________theyfeltforeachotherwasobvioustoeveryonewhosawthem. A)adherence B) affection C)sensitivity D)sensibility 50. Therelativesofthosekilledinthecrashgottogethertoseek________. A)compensation B) refund C)premium D)repayment 51. Hetriedtohidehispatchbysweepinghis________hairovertooneside. A)bleak B) barren C)bald D)bare 52. Yearsaftertheaccidenthewasstill________byimagesofdeathanddestruction. A)submerged B) dipped C)twisted D)haunted 53. Inspiteofthe________,itseemedthatmanyoftheinvitedguestswouldstillshow up. A)comparison B) controversy C)distinction D)deviation 54. The government ________ a heavy tax on tobacco, which aroused opposition from thetobaccoindustry. 645淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 A)imposed B) complied C)prescribed D)pronounced 55. Thesubjectofsafetymustbeplacedatthetopofthe________. A)routine B) bulletin C)agenda D)timetable 56. Theoldcouplenowstill________fortheirbelovedson,30yearsafterhisdeath. A)mourn B) groan C)cherish D)immerse 57. The post-World War II baby resulted in a 43 percent increase in the number of teenagers________inthe1960sand1970s. A)production B) boost C)prosperity D)boom 58. High grades are supposed to ________ academic ability, but John’s actual performancedidnotconfirmthis. A)clarify B) classify C)certify D)notify 59. YoucannotimaginehowIfeel________withmydutiessometimes. A)overthrown B) overwhelmed C)overflowed D)overturned 60. Coffeeisthe________ofthisdistrictandbringslocalfarmersalotofmoney. 646淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 A)elite B) majority C)spice D)staple 61. Althoughhewasonadiet,thedeliciousfood________himenormously. A)distracted B) stimulated C)tempted D)inspired 62. When construction can begin depends on how soon the ________ of the route is completed. A)survey B) identity C)orientation D)conviction 63. He said that ending the agreement would ________ the future of small or family-runshops,leadtofewerbooksbeingpublishedandincreasepricesofall but afewbestsellers. A)venture B) jeopardize C)legalize D)expose 64. Theboxer________andalmostfellwhenhisopponenthithim. A)scattered B) shattered C)staggered D)stamped 65. Atfirsteverythingwentwellwiththeprojectbutrecentlywehavehadanumberof ________withthemachinery. A)disturbances B) distortions C)outputs D)setbacks 647淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 66. Anyone not paying the registration fee by the end of this month will be ________ tohavewithdrawnfromtheprogram. A)deemed B) anticipated C)contemplated D)acknowledged 67. It is generally known that New York is a city for ________ and a center for odd bits ofinformation. A)veterans B) eccentrics C)victims D)pedestrians 68. Inmountainousregions,muchofthesnowthatfallsis________intoice. A)compiled B) dispersed C)embodied D)compacted 69. Henry went through the documents again carefully for fear of ________ any importantdata. A)relaying B) revealing C)overlooking D)deleting 70. Elisabethdidnotenterthemuseumatonce,but________inthecourtyard. A)dwelled B) lingered C)resided D)delayed Part IVErrorCorrection (15 minutes) Directions: This part consists of a short passage. In this passage, there are altogether 10 mistakes, one in each numbered line. You may have to change a word, add a word or delete a word. Mark out the mistakes and put the corrections in the blanks provided. If you change a word, cross it out and write the correct word in the corresponding blank. If you add a word, put an 648淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 insertion mark (∧) in the right place and write the missing word in the blank. If you delete aword, crossit andput aslash(/) in theblank. Example: Culture refersto the social heritage of a people—the learned patterns for thinking, feeling and acting that characterize a population or society, include the expression of these patters in (S1) material things. Culture is compose of nonmaterial culture—(S2) abstract creations like values, beliefs, customs and institutional arrangements—and materialculture—physicalobjectlike(S3)cookingpots,computersandbathtubs.Insum, culturereflects boththe ideaswe shareor everything we make.In ordinary (S4) speech, apersonofcultureistheindividualcanspeakanother(S5)language—thepersonwhois unfamiliar with the arts, music, (S6) literature, philosophy, or history. But to sociologists, to be human is to be cultured, because of culture is the common world (S7) of experiencewesharewithothermembersofourgroup. Culture is essentially to our humanness. It provides a kind (S8) of map for relating to others. Consider how you feel your way about social life. How do you know how to act in a classroom, or a department store, or toward a person who smiles or laugh (S9) at you? Your culture supplies you by broad, standardized, (S10) ready-made answers for dealingwitheachofthesesituations. Therefore, if we know a person’s culture, we can understand and even predict a gooddealofhisbehavior. PartVWriting(30 minutes) For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a letter to the editor of a newspapercomplaining about the poor service of a bookstore.You should write at least 150wordsaccordingtotheguidelinesgivenbelowinChinese. 设想你买了一本英文词典，发现有这样那样的质量问题，书店的服务态度又不 好，因此给报社编辑写信。信中必须包括以下内容： 1. 事情的起因 2. 与书店交涉的经过 3. 呼吁服务行业必须提高服务质量 649淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 2004年6月六级参考答案 Part I 1. C 2. A 3. D 4. D 5. B 6. C 7. A 8. A 9. B 10. C 11. D 12. C 13. A 14. B 15. A 16. D 17. A 18. B 19. C 20. B PartII 21. C 22. D 23. A 24. B 25. B 26. D 27. C 28. A 29. C 30. D 31. B 32. A 33. D 34. D 35. C 36. B 37. D 38. B 39. A 40. D Part III 41. D 42. B 43. A 44. A 45. C 46. D 47. A 48. C 49. B 50. A 51. C 52. D 53. B 54. A 55. C 56. A 57. D 58. C 59. B 60. D 61. C 62. A 63. B 64. C 65. D 66. A 67. B 68. D 69. C 70. B Part IV 1. include→including 2. compose→composed 3. object→objects 4. or→and 5. individual 后+who 650淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 6. unfamiliar→familiar 7. of去掉 8. essentially→essential 9. laugh→laughs 10. by→with PartVWriting [参考范文] June19,2004 DearEditor, I am writing this letter to reflect some problems I came across recently and, appeal totheimprovementoftheserviceindustry. This weekend I bought an English-Chinese dictionary in a bookstore near my home sinceitscoveriselaboratelydesigned.But whenIwenthomeandreadcarefully,Ifound thattheseveralpagesofthedictionaryhavebeencrackedandbefouled.Whatis worse, the misprints spread everywhere in the dictionary and seriously affect my comprehension. Since there was such damage and misprint to the dictionary, I went to the bookstore to require for a replace. But to my surprise, the staff of the bookstore turndownmyrequestrudelyandevendeniedthepoorqualityofthedictionary. It goes without saying that today’s face-paced and market-oriented economy calls for much higher standard for service industry. However, to my regret, many of the commercials fail to achieve this standard and the quality of the staff needs to be improved. It’s self-evident that the poor quality of practitioners in the service industry will not only deeply disappoint customers but also hamper the development of our country’s economy. As a result, I expect your newspaper to appeal to the service industrytoattachmoreimportancetotheserviceimprovement. Thankyouforyourattention! Sincerelyyours, Sam 651淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 2005年1月8日大学英语六级(CET-6)真题试卷(B卷) Part I Listening Comprehension(20 minutes) SectionA Directions: In this section, you will hear 10 short conversations. At the end of each Conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the question will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A), B), C) and D), and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre. Example: Youwillhear: Youwillread: A)2hours. B) 3hours. C)4hours. D)5hours. Fromtheconversationweknowthatthetwoaretalkingaboutsomeworktheywill start at 9 o’clock in the morning and have to finish by 2 in the afternoon. Therefore, D) “5 hours” is the correct answer.You should choose [D] on the Answer Sheet and mark it withasinglelinethroughthecentre. SampleAnswer[A][B][C][D] 1. A)Furnishedapartmentswillcostmore. B)Theapartment can befurnished easily. C)Shecan providethemanwith theapartment heneeds. D)The apartment isjust what the man islooking for. 2. A)HequiteagreeswithMr.Johnson’sviews. B) Mr.Johnson’s ideas are nonsense. C)Mr.Johnsonis good at expressing hisideas. D)He shares thewoman’s views onsocial welfare. 3. A)Avoiddistractionswhilestudyinginherdorm. B) Improve hergrades gradually. C)Changetheconditions ofher dorm. D)Study in aquiet place. 652淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 4. A)Itwillbeheldinadifferentplace, B) It has been put off. C)It has been cancelled. D)It will berescheduled to attract moreparticipants. 5. A)Janetisverymuchinterestedinarchitecture. B) Janet admires theSydney Opera House very much. C)Janet thinks it’s ashame foranyone not tovisitAustralia. D)Janet loves thebeautiful landscape ofAustraliavery much. 6. A)Itfallsshortofhersupervisor’sexpectations. B) It has drawn criticism from lots ofpeople. C)It can befinished in afew weeks’time. D)It is based onalot ofresearch. 7. A)Karenissuretopasstheinterview. B) Heknows Karen better now. C)Karen is veryforgetful. D)The woman should have reminded Karen earlier. 8. A)Skiptheclasstopreparefortheexam. B)Telltheprofessor she’s lost hervoice. C)Attend the lecture withtheman. D)Ask Joeto apologizetothe professor for her. 9. A)Thewomanisworkinginakindergarten. B)Theman will go in forbusiness fight after high school. C)Thewoman is nothappy with theman’sdecision. D)The man wants tobe abusiness manager. 10. A)Theyarebusyalltheyearround. B)They stay closed untilsummercomes. C)They cater chiefly totourists. D)They provide qualityservice totheircustomers. Section B Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best 653淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre. PassageOne Questions11to14arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard. 11. A)Bossandsecretary. B) PRrepresentative and client. C)Classmates. D)Colleagues. 12. A)Hethoughtthebosswasunfairtohim. B) His clients complained about his service. C)Hefelt hisassignment was tougher than Sue’s. D)His boss was always finding fault with his work. 13. A)Shecomplainsaboutherbadluck. B) Shealways accepts them cheerfully. C)Sheis unwillingtoundertake them. D)Shetakes them on,thoughreluctantly. 14. A)Johnhadtoquithisjob. B) Both Johnand Suegot a raise. C)Suefailed to complete her project. D)Suegot promoted. PassageTwo Questions15to17arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard. 15. A)Bydisplayingtheirfeelingsandemotions. B) By exchanging their views onpublicaffairs. C)By askingeach othersomepersonal questions. D)By greeting each othervery politely. 16. A)Yellloudly. B)Argue fiercely. C)Expresshis opinion frankly. 654淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 D)Refrain from showinghis feelings. 17. A)Doingcredittoone’scommunity. B) Distinguishing oneself. C)Getting rich quickly. D)Respecting individual rights. PassageThree Questions18to20arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard. 18. A)Whentestsshowthattheyarerelativelysafe. B) If they don’t involveany risks. C)When theurgent need for them arises. D)If they produce predictablesideeffects. 19. A)Becausetheyarelesssensitivetoitthanthosewhohavebeentestedforit. B) Because they are not accustomed to it. C)Because theirgenes differfrom those who havebeen tested for it. D)Because they arenot psychologically prepared for it. 20. A)Theywillbecomephysicallyimpaired. B)They will sufferfrom minordiscomfort. C)They will have totake ever largerdoses. D)They will experiencea very painful process. Part IIReading Comprehension(35 minutes) Directions: There are 4 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre. PassageOne Questions21to25arebasedonthefollowingpassage. Throughout the nation’s more than 15,000 school districts, widely differing approaches to teaching science and math have emerged. Though there can be strength in diversity, a new international analysis suggests that this variability has instead contributed to lackluster (平淡的) achievement scores by U.S. children relative to their peersinotherdevelopedcountries. 655淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 Indeed, concludes William H. Schmidt of Michigan State University, who led the new analysis, “no single intellectually coherent vision dominates U.S. educational practice in math or science.” The reason, he said, “is because the system is deeply and fundamentallyflawed.” The new analysis, released this week by the National Science Foundation in Arlington, Va., is based on data collected from about 50 nations as part of the Third InternationalMathematicsandScienceStudy. Not only do approaches to teaching science and math vary among individual U.S. communities, the report finds, but there appears to be little strategic focus within a school district’s curricula, its textbooks, or its teachers’ activities. This contrasts sharply withthecoordinatednationalprogramsofmostothercountries. On average, U.S. students study more topics within science and math than their international counterparts do. This creates an educational environment that “is a mile wideandaninchdeep,”Schmidtnotes. For instance, eighth graders in the United States cover about 33 topics in math versus just 19 in Japan. Among science courses, the international gap is even wider.U.S. curricula for this age level resemble those of a small group of countries including Australia, Thailand, Iceland, and Bulgaria.Schmidtasks whether the United Stateswants to be classed with these nations, whose educational systems “share our pattern of splintered(支离破碎的)visions”butwhicharenoteconomicleaders. The new report “couldn’t come at a better time,” says Gerald Wheeler, executive director of the National Science Teachers Association in Arlington. “The new National Science Education Standards provide that focused vision,” including the call “to do less, butingreaterdepth.” Implementing the new science standards and their math counterparts will be the challenge, he and Schmidt agree, because the decentralized responsibility for education in the United Statesrequiresthatanyreformsbe tailored andinstitutedone community atatime. In fact, Schmidt argues, reforms such as these proposed national standards “face an almost impossible task, because even though they are intellectually coherent, each becomesonlyonemorevoiceinthebabble(嘈杂声).” 21. According to the passage, the teaching of science and math in America is ________. A)losing itsvitalitygradually B) characterizedbyits diversity C)going downhill in recent years D)focused ontapping students’potential 22. ThefundamentalflawofAmericanschooleducationisthat________. A)it attaches too muchimportanceto intensive studyof schoolsubjects 656淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 B) itrelies heavily ontheinitiativeofindividualteachers C)itsets a very lowacademic standard forstudents D)it lacks a coordinated national program 23. By saying that the U.S. educational environment is “a mile wide and an inch deep” (Line2,Para.5),theauthormeansU.S.educationalpractice________. A)scratches thesurfaceof awide range oftopics B) lays stress onquality at theexpenseofquantity C)encourages learning both indepth and in scope D)offers an environment forcomprehensiveeducation 24. The new National Science Education Standards are good news in that they will ________. A)solvemost oftheproblems in school teaching B) providedepth to school science education C)quickly dominateU.S. educational practice D)be ableto meet thedemands ofthe community 25. Putting the new science and math standards into practice will prove difficult because________. A)many schoolteachers challenge theacceptability ofthese standards B) there isalways controversy in educational circles C)notenough educators have realized thenecessity fordoingso D)school districts are responsiblefor making theirown decisions PassageTwo Questions26to30arebasedonthefollowingpassage. I had an experience some years ago which taught me something about the ways in which people make a bad situation worse by blaming themselves. One January, I had to officiate at two funerals on successive days for two elderly women in my community. Bothhaddied“fullofyears,”astheBiblewouldsay;bothyieldedtothenormalwearing out of the body after a long and full life. Their homes happened to be near each other, soIpaidcondolence(吊唁)callsonthetwofamiliesonthesameafternoon. At the first home, the son of the deceased (已故的) woman said to me, “If only I had sent my mother to Florida and gotten her out of this cold and snow, she would be alive today. It’s my fault that she died.” At the second home, the son of the other deceased woman said, “If only I hadn’t insisted on my mother’s going to Florida, she would be alive today. That long airplane ride, the abrupt change of climate, was more thanshecouldtake.It’smyfaultthatshe’sdead.” 657淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 Whenthingsdon’t turn out aswe wouldlikethem to,itis verytempting toassume that had we done things differently, the story would have had a happier ending. Priests know that any time there is a death, the survivors will feel guilty. Because the course of action they took turned out badly, they believe that the opposite course-keeping Mother at home, postponing the operation—would have turned out better. After all, howcouldithaveturnedoutanyworse? There seem to be two elements involved in our readiness to feel guilt. The first is our pressing need to believe that the world makes sense, that there is a cause for every effect and a reason for everything that happens. That leads us to find patterns and connectionsbothwheretheyreallyexistandwheretheyexistonlyinourminds. The second element is the notion that we are the cause of what happens, especially the bad things that happen. It seems to be a short step from believing that every event has a cause to believing that every disaster is our fault. The roots of this feeling may lie in our childhood. Psychologists speak of the infantile myth of omnipotence(万能). A babycomestothink thattheworldexists tomeethisneeds, and that he makes everything happen in it. He wakes up in the morning and summons the restoftheworldtoitstasks.He cries, andsomeonecomestoattendtohim.Whenheis hungry,peoplefeedhim,andwhenheiswet,peoplechangehim.Veryoften, wedonot completelyoutgrowthatinfantilenotionthatourwishescausethingstohappen. 26. Whatissaidaboutthetwodeceasedelderlywomen? A)They lived out anatural life. B)They died due tolack ofcare byfamily members. C)They died of exhaustionafter thelong plane ride. D)They weren’taccustomed tothe changein weather. 27. Theauthorhadtoconductthetwowomen’sfuneralsprobablybecause________. A)he had great sympathy for thedeceased B) hewanted to consolethetwo families C)hewas priest ofthelocal church D)he was an official from thecommunity 28. Peoplefeelguiltyforthedeathsoftheirlovedonesbecause________. A)they believe that theywere responsible B) they had neglected thenatural course of events C)they couldn’t find abetter wayto express theirgrief D)they didn’t knowthings often turn outintheopposite direction 29. In the context of the passage, “... the world makessense” (Line 2, Para, 4) probably meansthat________. A)we have tobe sensibleinorder to understand theworld 658淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 B) everything in theworld ispredetermined C)there’s an explanationfor everything intheworld D)theworld can beinterpreted in different ways 30. Peoplehavebeenmadetobelievesinceinfancythat________. A)every story should have ahappy ending B) theirwishes are the cause ofeverything that happens C)lifeand death is an unsolved mystery D)everybody is at their command PassageThree Questions31to35arebasedonthefollowingpassage. “I’ve never met a human worth cloning,” says cloning expert Mark Westhusin from his lab at Texas A&M University. “It’s a stupid endeavor.” That’s an interesting choice of adjective, coming from a man who has spent millions of dollars trying to clone a 13-year-old dog named Missy. So far, he and his team have not succeeded, though they haveclonedtwocowsandexpecttocloneacatsoon.Theyjustmightsucceedincloning Missythis spring—or perhaps not foranother 5 years. It seemsthe reproductive system ofman’sbestfriendisoneofthemysteriesofmodernscience. Westhusin’s experience with cloning animals leaves him upset by all this talk of human cloning. In three years of work on the Missy project, using hundreds upon hundredsofdog’seggs, theA&Mteamhasproducedonlya dozenorsoembryos (胚胎) carrying Missy’s DNA. None have survived the transfer to a surrogate (代孕的) mother. The wastage of eggs and the many spontaneously aborted fetuses ( 胎 ) may be acceptable when you’re dealing with cats or bulls, he argues, but not with humans. “Cloningisincrediblyinefficient,andalsodangerous,”hesays. Even so, dog cloning is a commercial opportunity, with a nice research payoff. Ever since Dolly the sheep was cloned in 1997, Westhusin’s phone has been ringing with people calling in hopes of duplicating their cats and dogs, cattle and horses. “A lot of people want to clone pets, especially if the price is right,” says Westhusin. Cost is no obstacle for Missy’s mysterious billionaire owner; he’s put up $3.7 million so far to fund A&M’sresearch. Contrary to some media reports, Missy is not dead. The owner wants a twin to carry on Missy’s fine qualities after she does die. The prototype is, by all accounts, athletic, good-natured and supersmart. Missy’s master does not expect an exact copy of her. He knows her clone may not have her temperament. In a statement of purpose, Missy’s owner and the A&M team say they are “both looking forward to studying the waysthatherclonesdifferfromMissy.” Besides cloning a great dog, the project may contribute insight into the old question of nature vs, nurture. It could also lead to the cloning of special rescue dogs andmanyendangeredanimals. 659淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 However, Westhusin is cautious about his work. He knows that even if he gets a dog pregnant, the offspring, should they survive, will face the problems shown at birth by other cloned animals: abnormalities like immature lungs and heart and weight problems~ “Why would you ever want to clone humans,Westhusin asks, “when we’re notevenclosetogettingitworkedoutinanimalsyet?” 31. By“stupidendeavor”(Line2,Para.1),Westhusinmeanstosaythat________. A)human cloning is afoolish undertaking B) animal cloning is absolutely impractical C)human cloning should bedoneselectively D)animal cloning is not worth theeffort at all 32. WhatdoesthefirstparagraphtellusaboutWesthusin’sdogcloningproject? A)Its success is already in sight. B) It isdoomed toutter failure. C)It isprogressing smoothly. D)Its outcome remains uncertain. 33. BycloningMissy,MarkWesthusinhopesto________. A)examinethereproductive system ofthe dogspecies B) find out thedifferences between Missy and its clones C)search for ways to modify.its temperament D)study thepossibility ofcloning humans 34. Welearnfromthepassagethatanimalclonesarelikelytohave________. A)an abnormal shape B) abad temper C)defectiveorgans D)immunedeficiency 35. Itcanbeseenthatpresentcloningtechniques________. A)provide insight into thequestion ofnature vs, nurture B) have been widely usedinsaving endangered species C)have proved quiteadequate forthecloning of humans D)stillhave along way to go before reaching maturity PassageFour Questions36to40arebasedonthefollowingpassage. 660淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 Frustratedwith delaysinSacramento,BayArea officialssaid Thursdaytheyplanned to take matters into their own hands to regulate the region’s growing pile of electronic trash. A San Jose councilwoman and a San Francisco supervisor said they would propose local initiatives aimed at controlling electronic waste if the California law-making body fails to act on two bills stalled in the Assembly. They are among a growing number of Californiacitiesandcountiesthathaveexpressedthesameintention. Environmentalists and local governments are increasingly concerned about the toxic hazard posed by old electronic devices and the cost of safely recycling those products. An estimated 6 million televisions and computers are stocked in California homes, and an additional 6,000 to 7,000 computers become outdated every day. The machines contain high levels of lead and other hazardous substances, and are already bannedfromCalifornialandfills(垃圾填埋场). Legislation by Senator Byron Sher would require consumers to pay a recycling fee of up to $30 on every new machine containing a cathode (阴极) ray tube. Used in almost all video monitors and televisions, those devices contain four to eight pounds of lead each. The fees would go toward setting up recycling programs, providing grants to non-profit agencies that reuse the tubes and rewarding manufacturers that encourage recycling. A separate bill by Los Angeles-area Senator Gloria Romero would require high-tech manufacturerstodevelopprogramstorecycleso-callede-waste. If passed, the measures would put California at the forefront of national efforts to managetherefuseoftheelectronicage. But high-tech groups, including the Silicon Valley Manufacturing Group and the American Electronics Association, oppose the measures, arguing that fees of up to $30 willdriveconsumerstoonline,out-of-stateretailers. “What really needs to occur is consumer education. Most consumers are unaware they’re not supposed to throw computers in the trash,” said Roxanne Gould, vice presidentofgovernmentrelationsfortheelectronicsassociation. Computer recycling should be a local effort and part of residential waste collection programs,sheadded. Recycling electronic waste is a dangerous and specialized matter, and environmentalists maintain the state must support recycling efforts and ensure that the jobisn’tcontractedtounscrupulous (毫无顾忌的)junkdealerswhosendthetoxicparts overseas. “The graveyard of the high-tech revolution is ending up in rural China,” said Ted Smith, director of the Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition. His group is pushing for an amendmenttoSher’sbillthatwouldpreventtheexportofe-waste. 36. WhatstepwereBayAreaofficialsgoingtotakeregardinge-wastedisposal? A)Rally support to pass thestalled bills. 661淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 B) Lobby thelawmakers of theCaliforniaAssembly. C)Laydown relevant local regulations themselves. D)Exert pressure onmanufacturers ofelectronic devices. 37. ThetwobillsstalledintheCaliforniaAssemblybothconcern________. A)thereprocessing ofthehuge amounts ofelectronicwaste in thestate B) regulations ondumping hazardous substances intolandfills C)thefunding oflocal initiatives toreuse electronic trash D)thesale ofused electronic devices toforeign countries 38. Consumers are not supposed to throw used computers in the trash because ________. A)this is banned bytheCalifornia government B) someparts may be recycled for useelsewhere C)unscrupulous dealers will retrieve them for profit D)they contain large amounts ofharmful substances 39. High-tech groups believe that if an extra $30 is charged on every TV or computer purchasedinCalifornia,consumerswill________. A)hesitate toupgrade their computers B) abandon onlineshopping C)buythem from other states D)strongly protest against such acharge 40. We learn from the passage that much of California’s electronic waste has been ________. A)dumped into local landfills B) exported toforeign countries C)collected bynon-profit agencies D)recycled bycomputer manufacturers PartIIIVocabulary (20 minutes) Directions: There are 30 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with asinglelinethrough thecentre. 41. Shegave________directionsaboutthewaytherugshouldbecleaned. A)brisk 662淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 B) opaque C)explicit D)transient 42. He had an almost irresistible ________ to talk to the crowd when he entered Hyde Park. A)surge B) impulse C)stimulation D)instinct 43. She expressed her strong determination that nothing could ________ her to give uphercareerasateacher. A)reduce B) deduce C)attract D)induce 44. Byturningthisknobtotherightyoucan________thesoundfromtheradio. A)enlarge B) amplify C)reinforce D)intensify 45. A________officialisonewhoisirresponsibleinhiswork. A)slack B) tedious C)timid D)suspicious 46. One witness ________ that he’d seen the suspect run out of the bank after it had beenrobbed. A)convicted B) retorted C)testified D)conformed 47. Manyecologistsbelievethatlotsofmajorspeciesintheworldareonthe________ ofextinction. 663淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 A)fringe B) margin C)border D)verge 48. A number of students ________ in flats, and others live in the nearby holiday resorts, where there is a reasonable supply of competitively priced accommodation. A)reside B) revive C)gather D)inhabit 49. The doctors ________ the newly approved drug into the patient when he was criticallyill. A)projected B) injected C)ejected D)subjected 50. My grandfather, a retired worker, often ________ the past with a feeling of longing andrespect. A)contrives B) considers C)contacts D)contemplates 51. This is a long ________—roughly 13 miles down a beautiful valley to the little churchbelow. A)terrain B) tumble C)descent D)degeneration 52. The microscope and telescope, with their capacity to enlarge, isolate and probe, demonstratehowdetailscanbe________andseparatedfromthewhole. A)magnified B) radiated C)prolonged 664淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 D)extended 53. Theycouldn’tseea________ofhopethattheywouldbesavedbyapassingship. A)slice B) span C)gleam D)grain 54. Anysalespersonwhosellsmorethantheweekly________willreceiveabonus. A)portion B) quota C)ratio D)allocation 55. ________effortsareneededinordertofinishimportantbutunpleasanttasks. A)Perpetual B) Persistent C)Consecutive D)Condensed 56. Some scientists are dubious of the claim that organisms ________ with age as an inevitableoutcomeofliving. A)degrade B) default C)depress D)deteriorate 57. Ittookalotofimaginationtocomeupwithsucha(n)________plan. A)ingenious B) vigorous C)inherent D)exotic 58. Many manufacturers were accused of concentrating too heavily on cost reduction, oftenatthe________ofthequalityoftheirproducts. A)expansion B) expectation C)expense 665淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 D)exposure 59. He could not ________ ignorance as his excuse; he should have known what was happeninginhisdepartment. A)plead B) resort C)petition D)reproach 60. NothingHelensaysisever________.Shealwaysthinkscarefullybeforeshespeaks. A)simultaneous B) spontaneous C)rigorous D)homogenous 61. Medical students are advised that the wearing of a white coat ________ the acceptanceofaprofessionalcodeofconductexpectedofthemedicalprofession. A)simulates B) supplements C)swears D)signifies 62. He bought his house on the ________ plan, paying a certain amount of money eachmonth. A)premium B) installment C)division D)fluctuation 63. Shewasdeeply________bytheamountofcriticismherplayreceived. A)frustrated B) deported C)involved D)deprived 64. Most mathematicians trust their ________ in solving problems and readily admit theywouldnotbeabletofunctionwithoutit. A)conception B) perception 666淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 C)cognition D)intuition 65. He still ________the memoryof hiscarefreechildhoodspentin thatsmall wooden houseofhisgrandparents’. A)scans B) fancies C)cherishes D)nourishes 66. One of the attractive features of the course was the way the practical work had been________withthetheoreticalaspectsofthesubject. A)integrated B) embedded C)embraced D)synthesized 67. Lighting can be used not only to create an atmosphere, but also to ________ featuresofthehouse,suchasornamentsorpictures. A)activate B) highlight C)upgrade D)underline 61. Apart from philosophical and legal reasons for respecting patients’ wishes, there are several practical reasons why doctors should ________ to involve patients in theirownmedicalcaredecisions. A)enforce B) enhance C)endeavor D)endow 69. Encouraged by their culture to voice their opinions freely, the Canadians are not afraid to go against the group ________, and will argue their viewpoints enthusiastically,thoughrarelyaggressively. A)conscience B) consensus C)consent D)consciousness 667淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 70. The traditional markets retain their ________ for the manyChinese who still prefer freshfoodlikelivefish,ducks,chickensoverpackagedorfrozengoods. A)image B) pledge C)survival D)appeal Part IVErrorCorrection (15 minutes) Directions: This part consists of a short passage. In this passage, there are altogether 10 mistakes, one in each numbered line. You may have to change a word, add a word or delete a word. Mark out the mistakes and put the corrections in the blanks provided. If you change a word, cross it out and write the correct word in the corresponding blank. If you add a word, put an insertion mark (∧) in the right place and write the missing word in the blank. If you delete aword, crossit andput aslash(/) in theblank. Example: Televisionisrapidlybecomingtheliteratureofourperiods╱. 1. time/times/period Manyoftheargumentshaving╱ usedforthestudyofliteratureas 2. _______\_______ aschoolsubjectarevalidfor ∧ studyoftelevision. 3.______the______ The World Health Organization (WHO) says its ten-year campaign to remove leprosy (麻风病) as a world health problem has been successful. Doctor Brundtland, headof the WHO, saysa number of leprosycasesaround theworldhas(S1) beencut of ninety percent during the past ten years. She says (S2) efforts are continuing to completeendthedisease.(S3) Leprosy is caused by bacteria spread through liquid from the nose and mouth. The disease mainly effects the skin and (S4) nerves. However, if leprosy is not treated it can causepermanentdamagefortheskin,nerves,eyes,armsorlegs.(S5) In 1999, an international campaign began to end leprosy. The WHO, governments of countries most affected by the disease, and several other groups are part of the campaign. This alliance guarantees that all leprosy patients, even they (S6) are poor, havearighttothemostmoderntreatment. Doctor Brundtland says leprosy is no longer a disease that requires life-long treatments by medical experts. Instead, patients can take that is called a multi-drug therapy.This (S7) modern treatment will cure leprosy in 6 to 12 months, depend on the form of the disease. The treatment combines (S8) several drugs taken daily or once a month. The WHO has given multi-drug therapy to patients freely for the last five (S9) years. The members of the alliance against leprosy plan to target the countries which still threatened by leprosy. Among (S10) the estimated 600,000 victims around the world, the WHO believes about 70% are in India. The disease also remains a problem in 668淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 AfricaandSouthAmerica. PartVWriting(30 minutes) Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an open letter on behalf of the student union asking people to give help to a student who is seriously ill.Youshould writeatleast 150words following theoutlinegiven below: 1. 对病人的简单介绍：目前的病情和家庭情况 2. 目前的困难：无法继续承担医疗费用，需要护理 3. 希望捐助，联系方式 YourHelpNeeded 669淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 2005年1月8日六级参考答案 Part IListeningComprehension 1. C 2. A 3. D 4. B 5. B 6. A 7. C 8. A 9. D 10. C 11. C 12. A 13. B 14. D 15. C 16. D 17. B 18. A 19. D 20. C Part II Reading Comprehension 21. B 22. D 23. A 24. B 25. D 26. A 27. C 28. A 29. C 30. B 31. A 32. D 33. B 34. C 35. D 36. C 37. A 38. D 39. C 40. B Part IIIVocabulary 41. C 42. B 43. D 44. B 45. A 46. C 47. D 48. A 49. B 50. D 51. C 52. A 53. C 54. B 55. B 56. A 57. A 58. C 59. A 60. B 61. D 62. B 63. A 64. D 65. C 66. A 67. B 68. C 69. B 70. D PartIVErrorCorrection S1. a → the S2. of → by S3. complete → completely S4. effects → affects S5. for → to 670淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 S6. even → evenif/eventhough S7. that → what S8. depend → depending S9. freely → free S10. which → whichare 671淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 2005年6月18日大学英语六级(CET-6)真题试卷 Part I Listening Comprehension(20 minutes) SectionA Directions: In this section, you will hear 10 short conversations. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the question will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A), B), C) and D), and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre. Example: Youwillhear:Youwillread: A)2hours. B) 3hours. C)4hours. D)5hours. Fromtheconversationweknowthatthetwoaretalkingaboutsomeworktheywill start at 9 o’clock in the morning and have to finish by 2 in the afternoon. Therefore, D) “5 hours” is the correct answer.You should choose [D] on the Answer Sheet and mark it withasinglelinethroughthecentre. SampleAnswer[A][B][C][D] 1. A)Itwillreducegovernmentrevenues. B) It willstimulatebusiness activities. C)It willmainly benefit thewealthy. D)It will cut thestockholders’dividends. 2. A)Shewilldoherbestifthejobisworthdoing. B) Sheprefers a lifeofcontinued exploration. C)Shewillstick to thejob ifthepay isgood. D)Shedoesn’t thinkmuch of job-hopping. 3. A)Stopthinkingaboutthematter. B)Talkthedrug userout ofthe habit. C)Be morefriendly to hisschoolmate. D)Keep his distance from drugaddicts. 672淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 4. A)Theson. B)Thefather. C)Themother. D)Aunt Louise. 5. A)Stayawayforacoupleofweeks. B) Check thelocks every two weeks. C)Look after theJohnsons’house. D)Move toanother place. 6. A)Hewouldliketowarmupforthegame. B) Hedidn’twant tobe held up in traffic. C)Hedidn’twant tomiss thegame. D)He wanted tocatch asmany gamebirds as possible. 7. A)Itwasburneddown. B) It was robbed. C)It was blown up. D)It was closed down. 8. A)Sheisn’tgoingtochangehermajor. B) Sheplans to majorin tax law. C)Shestudiesin thesame school as her brother. D)Sheisn’t going to work in her brother’s firm. 9. A)Themanshouldphonethehotelfordirections. B)Theman can askthe department storefor help. C)Shedoesn’thave thehotel’s phonenumber. D)The hotel isjust around thecorner. 10. A)Shedoesn’texpecttofinishallherworkinthirtyminutes. B) Shehas to doalot ofthings withina short time. C)Shehas been overworking for along time. D)Shedoesn’t knowwhy there are somany things todo. Section BCompoundDictation 注意： 听力理解的B 节(SectionB)为复合式听写(CompoundDictation)，题目在 试卷二上，现在请取出试卷二。 Certain phrases one commonly hears among Americans capture their devotion to 673淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 individualism: “Do you own thing.” “I did it my way.” “You’ll have to decided that for yourself.” “You made your bed, now (S1) ________ in it.” “if you don’t look out for yourself,nooneelsewill.”“Lookoutfornumberone.” Closely (S2) ________ with the value they place on individualism is the importance Americans (S3) ________ to privacy. Americans assume that people need some time to themselves or some time alone to think about things or recover their (S4) ________ psychological energy. Americans have great (S5) ________ understanding foreigners whoalwayswanttobewithanotherpersonwhodislikebeingalone. If the parents can (S6) ________ it, each child will have his or her own bedroom, even as an (S7) ________, fixes in a person the notion that (S8) ________. Having one’s own bedroom, her books, her books and so on. These things will be hers and no one else’s. Americans assumer that (S9) ________. Doctors, lawyers, psychologists, and others have rules governing confidentiality that are intended to prevent information about theirclients’personalsituationsformbecomingknowntoothers. American’s attitude about privacy can be hard for foreigners to understand. (10) ________. When those boundaries are crossed, an American’s body will visibly stiffen andhismannerwillbecomecoolandaloof. Part IIReading Comprehension(35 minutes) Directions: There are 4 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center. PassageOne Questions11to15arebasedonthefollowingpassage. Low-level slash-and-burn farming doesn’t harm rainforest. On the contrary, it helps farmersand improves forest soils. This is the unorthodoxview of a German soil scientist who has shown that burnt clearings in the Amazon, dating back more than 1,000 years, helpedcreatepatchesofrich,fertilesoilthatfarmersstillbenefitfromtoday. Most rainforest soils are thin and poor because they lack minerals and because the heat and heavy rainfall destroy most organic matter in the soils within four years of it reaching the forest floor. This means topsoil contains few of the ingredients needed for long-termsuccessfulfarming. But Bruno Glaser, a soil scientist of the University of Bayreuth, has studied unexpected patches of fertile soils in the central Amazon. These soils contain lots of organicmatter. Glaser has shown that most of this fertile organic matter comes from “black carbon”—the organic particles from camp fires and charred (烧成炭的) wood left over 674淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 from thousands of years of slash-and-burn farming. “The soils, known as Terra Preta, containedupto70timesmoreblackcarbonthanthesurroundingsoil,“saysGlaser. Unburnt vegetation rots quickly, but black carbon persists in the soil for many centuries. Radiocarbon dating shows that the charred wood in Terra Preta soils is typicallymorethan1,000yearsold. “Slash-and-burn farming can be good for soils provided it doesn’t completely burn all the vegetation, and leaves behind charred wood,” says Glaser. “It can be better than manure (粪肥).” Burning the forest just once can leave behind enough black carbon to keep the soil fertile for thousands of years. And rainforests easily regrow after small-scale clearing. Contrary to the conventional view that human activities damage the environment, Glaser says: “Black carbon combined with human wastes is responsiblefortherichnessofTerraPretasoils.” TerraPretasoilsturnupinlargepatchesallovertheAmazon,wheretheyarehighly prized by farmers. All the patches fall within 500 square kilometers in the central Amazon. Glaser says the widespread presence of pottery (陶器) confirms the soil’s humanorigins. The findings add weight to the theory that large areas of the Amazon have recovered so well from past periods of agricultural use that the regrowth has been mistakenbygenerationsofbiologistsfor“virgin”forest. Duringthepastdecade,researchershavediscoveredhundredsoflarge earthworks deep in the jungle. They are up to 20 meters high and cover up to a square kilometer. Glaser claimsthatthese earthworks, built between AD400 and 1400, wereat the heart ofurbancivilizations.NowitseemstherichnessoftheTerraPretasoilsmayexplainhow suchcivilizationsmanagedtofeedthemselves. 11. We learn from the passage that the traditional view of slash-and-burn farming is that________. A)it does noharm tothe topsoiloftherainforest B) itdestroys rainforest soils C)ithelps improve rainforest soils D)it diminishes theorganic matterinrainforest soils 12. Mostrainforestsoilsarethinandpoorbecause________. A)thecomposition ofthetopsoil israther unstable B) black carbonis washed away byheavy rains C)organic matteris quickly lost dueto heat and rain D)long-term farming has exhausted the ingredients essential toplant growth 13. Glasermadehisdiscoveryby________. A)studying patches offertile soilsinthecentralAmazon B) examiningpottery left over by ancient civilizations 675淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 C)test-burning patches oftrees inthecentralAmazon D)radiocarbon-dating ingredients contained in forest soils 14. WhatdoesGlasersayabouttheregrowthofrainforests? A)They takecenturies toregrow after being burnt. B)They cannot recover unless thevegetation is burnt completely. C)Their regrowth will behampered byhuman habitation. D)They can recovereasily after slash-and-burn farming. 15. Fromthepassageitcanbeinferredthat________. A)human activities will dograve damage to rainforests B)Amazon rainforest soils usedto betherichest in theworld C)farming is responsiblefor thedestruction oftheAmazonrainforests D)there once existed an urban civilization in theAmazonrainforests PassageTwo Questions16to20arebasedonthefollowingpassage. As a wise man once said, we are all ultimately alone. But an increasing number of Europeans are choosing to be so at an ever earlier age. This isn’t the stuff of gloomy philosophical contemplations, but a fact of Europe’s new economic landscape, embraced by sociologists, real-estate developers and ad executives alike. The shift away from family life to solo lifestyle, observes a French sociologist, is part of the “irresistible momentum of individualism” over the last century. The communications revolution, the shiftfromabusinesscultureofstabilitytooneofmobilityandthemassentryofwomen intotheworkforcehavegreatlywreakedhavocon(扰乱)Europeans’privatelives. Europe’s new economic climate has largely fostered the trend toward independence. The current generation of home-aloners came of age during Europe’s shift from social democracy to the sharper, more individualistic climate of American stylecapitalism.Raisedinan eraofprivatizationandincreasedconsumerchoice,today’s tech-savvy (精通技术的) workers have embraced a free market in love as well as economics. Modern Europeans are rich enough to afford to live alone, and temperamentallyindependentenoughtowanttodoso. Once upon a time, people who lived alone tended to be those on either side of marriage-twenty something professionals or widowed senior citizens. While pensioners, particularlyelderlywomen,makeupalargeproportionofthoselivingalone,thenewest cropofsinglesarehighearnersintheir30sand40swhoincreasinglyviewlivingaloneas a lifestyle choice. Living alone was conceived to be negative-dark and cold, while being together suggested warmth and light. But then came along the idea of singles. They wereyoung,beautiful,strong!Now,youngpeoplewanttolivealone. The booming economy means people are working harder than ever. And that 676淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 doesn’t leave much room for relationships. Pimpi Arroyo, a 35-year-old composer who lives alone in a house in Paris, says he hasn’t got time to get lonely because he has too much work. “I have deadlines which would make life with someone else fairly difficult.” OnlyanIdealWomanwouldmakehimchangehislifestyle,hesays.Kaufmann,authorof a recent book called “The Single Woman and Prince Charming,” thinks this fierce new individualism meansthat people expect moreand more of mates, so relationships don’t last long-if they start at all. Eppendorf, a blond Berliner with a deep tan, teaches grade school in the mornings. In the afternoon she sunbathes or sleeps, resting up for going dancing. Just shy of 50, she says she’d never have wanted to do what her mother did-giveupacareertoraiseafamily.Instead,“I’vealwaysdonewhatIwantedtodo:live aself-determinedlife.” 16. MoreandmoreyoungEuropeansremainsinglebecause________. A)they are driven byan overwhelming sense ofindividualism B) they have entered theworkforce at a much earlier age C)they have embraced a businessculture of stability D)they are pessimisticabout their economicfuture 17. WhatissaidaboutEuropeansocietyinthepassage? A)It has fostered thetrend towards smallfamilies. B) It isgetting closer toAmerican-style capitalism. C)It has limited consumer choice despitea free market. D)It is being threatened byirresistibleprivatization. 18. AccordingtoParagraph3,thenewestgroupofsinglesare________. A)warm and lighthearted B) oneithersideof marriage C)negativeand gloomy D)healthy and wealthy 19. TheauthorquotesEppendorftoshowthat________. A)somemodern women prefer alifeof individualfreedom B) thefamily is nolonger thebasic unitof society inpresent-day Europe C)someprofessional peoplehave toomuch work todoto feel lonely D)most Europeans conceive livinga single lifeas unacceptable 20. Whatistheauthor’spurposeinwritingthepassage? A)Toreview theimpact ofwomen becoming high earners. B)Tocontemplate thephilosophyunderlying individualism. C)Toexaminethetrend of young peopleliving alone. 677淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 D)Tostress therebuilding ofpersonal relationships. PassageThree Questions21to25arebasedonthefollowingpassage. Supporters of the biotech industry have accused an American scientist of misconduct after she testified to the New Zealand government that a genetically modified(GM)bacteriumcouldcauseseriousdamageifreleased. The New Zealand Life Sciences Network, an association of pro-GM scientists and organisations, says the view expressed by Elaine Ingham, a soil biologist at Oregon State University in Corvallis, was exaggerated and irresponsible. It has asked her university to disciplineher. But Ingham stands by her comments and says the complaints are an attempt to silence her. “They’re trying to cause trouble with my university and get me fired,” InghamtoldNewScientist. The controversy began on 1 February, when Ingham testified before New Zealand’s Royal Commission on Genetic Modification, which will determine how to regulate GM organisms. Ingham claimed that a GM version of a common soil bacterium could spread and destroy plants if released into the wild. Other researchers had previously modified the bacterium to produce alcohol from organic waste. But Ingham says that when she putitinsoilwithwheatplants,alloftheplantsdiedwithinaweek. “We would lose terrestrial (陆生的) plants... this is an organism that is potentially deadly to the continued survival of human beings,” she told the commission. She added that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) canceled its approval for field tests usingtheorganismonceshehadtoldthemaboutherresearchin1999. But last week the New Zealand Life Sciences Network accused Ingham of “presenting inaccurate, careless and exaggerated information” and “generating speculative doomsday scenarios ( 世 界 末 日 的 局 面 ) that are not scientifically supportable”.Theysaythatherstudydoesn’tevenshowthatthebacteriawouldsurvive in the wild, much less kill massive numbers of plants. What’s more, the network says that contrary to Ingham’s claims, the EPA was never asked to consider the organism for fieldtrials. The EPA has not commented on the dispute. But an e-mail to the network from JanetAnderson,directoroftheEPA’sbio-pesticides(生物杀虫剂)division, says“thereis norecordofareviewand/orclearancetofieldtest”theorganism. Ingham says EPA officials had told her that the organism was approved for field tests, but says she has few details. It’s also not clear whether the organism, first engineeredbyaGermaninstituteforbiotechnology,isstillinuse. WhetherIngham isrightorwrong, hersupporterssayopponentsaretrying unfairly tosilenceher. “I think her concerns should be taken seriously. She shouldn’t be harassed in this way,” says Ann Clarke, a plant biologist at the University of Guelph in Canada who also 678淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 testifiedbeforethecommission.“It’sanattempttosilencetheopposition.” 21. Thepassagecentersonthecontroversy________. A)betweenAmerican and NewZealand biologists over genetic modification B) as to whether thestudy ofgenetic modification should becontinued C)overthe possibleadverse effect of aGM bacterium onplants D)about whether ElaineIngham should be fired byher university 22. Inghaminsiststhathertestimonyisbasedon________. A)evidence provided bytheEPAof theUnited States B) theresults ofan experimentshe conducted herself C)evidence from hercollaborativeresearch with German biologists D)theresults ofextensive field testsinCorvallis, Oregon 23. AccordingtoJanetAnderson,theEPA________. A)has cancelled itsapproval for field tests ofthe GM organism B) hasn’treviewed thefindings ofIngham’s research C)has approved field tests usingtheGM organism D)hasn’t given permission to field test theGM organism 24. AccordingtoAnnClarke,theNewZealandLifeSciencesNetwork________. A)should gather evidence to discredit Ingham’s claims B) should require that theresearch bytheirbiologists beregulated C)shouldn’t demand that Ingham bedisciplined forvoicing her views D)shouldn’t appease theoppositionin suchaquiet way 25. WhichofthefollowingstatementsaboutInghamisTRUE? A)Her testimony hasn’tbeen supported bytheEPA. B) Her credibility as ascientist hasn’t been undermined. C)Sheis firmlysupported byheruniversity. D)Shehas madegreat contributions tothestudy ofGM bacteria. PassageFour Questions26to30arebasedonthefollowingpassage. Every fall, like clockwork, Linda Krentz of Beaverton, Oregon, felt her brain go on strike.“Ijustcouldn’tgetgoing inthemorning,”she says.“I’d getdepressedandgain10 pounds every winter and lose them again in the spring.” Then she read about seasonal affective disorder, a form of depression that occurs in fall and winter, and she saw the 679淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 light-literally. Every morning now she turns on a specially constructed light box for half an hour and sits in front of it to trick her brain into thinking it’s still enjoying those long summerdays.Itseemstowork. Krentz is not alone. Scientists estimate that 10 million Americans suffer from seasonal depression and 25 million more develop milder versions. But there’s never been definitive proofthat treatment with very bright lights makes a difference.After all, it’s hard to do a double-blind test when the subjects can see for themselves whether or notthelightison.That’swhynobodyhaseverseparatedtherealeffectsoflighttherapy fromplacebo(安慰剂)effects. Until now. In three separate studies published last month, researchers report not only that light therapy works better than a placebo but that treatment is usually more effective in the early morning than in the evening. In two of the groups, the placebo problem was resolved by telling patients they were comparing light boxes to a new anti-depressant device that emits negatively charged ions (离子). The third used the timingoflighttherapyasthecontrol. Why does light therapy work? No one really knows. “Our research suggests it has something to do with shifting the body’s internal clock,” says psychiatrist Dr. Lewey. The body is programmed to start the day with sunrise, he explains, and this gets later as the days get shorter. But why such subtle shifts make some people depressed and not othersisamystery. That hasn’t stopped thousands of winter depressives from trying to heal themselves. Light boxes for that purpose are available without a doctor’s prescription. ThatbotherspsychologistMichaelTermanofColumbiaUniversity.Heisworriedthatthe boxesmaybe tried bypatients who suffer from mental illnessthatcan’t be treated with light. Terman has developed a questionnaire to help determine whether expert care is needed. In any event, you should choose a reputable manufacturer. Whatever product you use should emit only visible light, because ultraviolet light damages the eyes. If you are photosensitive (对光敏感的), you maydevelop a rash.Otherwise, the main drawback is having to sit in front of the light for 30 to 60 minutes in the morning. That’s an inconveniencemanywinterdepressivescanlivewith. 26. WhatistheprobablecauseofKrentz’sproblem? A)An unexpected gain inbodyweight. B) Unexplained impairment ofhernervous system. C)Weakening of hereyesight withthe settingin ofwinter. D)Pooradjustment ofher bodyclock toseasonal changes. 27. By saying that Linda Krentz saw the light” (Line 4, Para. 1), the author means that she________. A)learned howto loseweight B) realizedwhat her problem was 680淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 C)came tosee theimportance of light D)became light-hearted and cheerful 28. What is the CURRENT view concerning the treatment of seasonal depression with brightlights? A)Its effect remains to be seen. B) It serves as akind of placebo. C)It proves to be an effective therapy. D)It hardly produces any effects. 29. WhatispsychologistMichaelTerman’smajorconcern? A)Winter depressives will beaddicted to usinglight boxes. B) No mental patients would bother toconsult psychiatrists. C)Inferiorlight boxes willemit harmful ultravioletlights. D)Light therapy could bemisused bycertain mental patients. 30. WhichofthefollowingstatementsisTRUE? A)Winter depressives prefer light therapy inspiteofits inconvenience. B) Light therapy increases thepatient’s photosensitivity. C)Eye damage is asideeffect oflight therapy. D)Light boxes can beprogrammed to correspond to shifts in thebodyclock. PartIIIVocabulary (20 minutes) Directions: There are 30 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Choose the NOE answer that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with asinglelinethrough thecentre. 31. Susan has ________ the elbows of her son’s jacket with leather patches to make it moredurable. A)reinforced B) sustained C)steadied D)confirmed 32. Although we tried to concentrate on the lecture, we were ________ by the noise formthenextroom. A)distracted B) displaced 681淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 C)dispersed D)discarded 33. The reason why so many children like to eat this new brand of biscuit is that it is particularlysweetand________. A)fragile B) feeble C)brisk D)crisp 34. Don’t trust the speaker any more, since the remarks he made in his lectures are never________withthefacts. A)symmetrical B) comparative C)compatible D)harmonious 35. Theyhadtoeata(n)________meal,ortheywouldbetoolatefortheconcert. A)temporary B) hasty C)immediate D)urgent 36. Having a(n) ________ attitude towards people with different ideas is an indication thatonehasbeenwelleducated. A)analytical B) bearable C)elastic D)tolerant 37. No form of government in the world is ________; each system reflects the history andpresentneedsoftheregionorthenation. A)dominant B) influential C)integral D)drastic 38. In spite of the economic ________ forecast, manufacturing output has risen slightly. 682淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 A)faint B) dizzy C)gloomy D)opaque 39. Too often Dr. Johnson’s lectures ________ how to protect the doctor rather than howtocurethepatient. A)lookto B) dwell on C)permeateinto D)shrug off 40. Located in Washington D. C., the Library of Congress contains an impressive ________ofbooksoneveryconceivablesubject. A)flock B) configuration C)pile D)array 41. Some felt that they were hurrying into an epoch of unprecedented enlightenment, in which better education and beneficial technology would ________ wealth and leisureforall. A)maintain B) ensure C)certify D)console 42. Fiberopticcablescancarryhundredsoftelephoneconversations________. A)homogeneously B) spontaneously C)simultaneously D)ingeniously 43. Excellentfilmsarethosewhich________nationalandculturalbarriers. A)transcend B) traverse C)abolish D)suppress 683淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 44. The law of supply and demand will eventually take care of a shortage or ________ ofdentists. A)surge B) surplus C)flush D)fluctuation 45. One thirdof theChinese in the United Stateslivein California, ________in the San Franciscoarea. A)remarkably B) severely C)drastically D)predominantly 46. Aftertheterribleaccident,Idiscoveredthatmyearwasbecomingless________. A)sensible B) sensitive C)sentimental D)sensational 47. Nowthecheersandapplause________inasinglesustainedroar. A)mingled B) tangled C)baffled D)huddled 48. Among all the public holidays, National Day seems to be the most joyful to the people of the country; on that day the whole country is ________ in a festival atmosphere. A)trapped B) sunk C)soaked D)immersed 49. The wooden cases must be secured by overall metal strapping so that they can be strongenoughtostandroughhandlingduring________. A)transit B) motion C)shift 684淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 D)traffic 50. Nowadays many rural people flock to the city to look for jobs on the assumption thatthestreetsthereare________withgold. A)overwhelmed B) stocked C)paved D)overlapped 51. Itisawellknownfactthatthecatfamily________lionsandtigers. A)enriches B) accommodates C)adopts D)embraces 52. My boss has failed me so manytimes that I no longer place any ________ on what hepromises. A)assurance B) probability C)reliance D)conformity 53. The English language contains a ________ of words which are comparatively seldomusedinordinaryconversation. A)latitude B) multitude C)magnitude D)longitude 54. It was such a(n) ________ when Pat and Mike met each other in Tokyo. Each thoughtthattheotherwasstillinHongKong. A)occurrence B) coincidence C)fancy D)destiny 55. Parents have to learn how to follow a baby’s behavior and adapt the tone of their ________tothebaby’scapabilities. A)perceptions 685淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 B) consultations C)interactions D)interruptions 56. Governments today play an increasingly larger role in the ________ of welfare, economics,andeducation. A)scopes B) ranges C)ranks D)domains 57. If businessmen are taxed too much, they will no longer be ________ to work hard, withtheresultthattaxrevenuesmightactuallyshrink. A)cultivated B) licensed C)motivated D)innovated 58. Jack is not very decisive, and he alwaysfinds himself in a ________ as if he doesn’t knowwhathereallywantstodo. A)fantasy B) dilemma C)contradiction D)conflict 59. He is a promising young man who is now studying at our graduate school. As his supervisor,Iwouldliketo________himtoyournotice. A)commend B) decree C)presume D)articulate 60. Itwasawonderfuloccasionwhichwewill________formanyyearstocome. A)conceive B) clutch C)contrive D)cherish Part IVCloze (15minutes) 686淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 Directions: Thereare 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there arefour choices marked A), B), C) and D) on the right side of the paper. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre. Although there are many skillful Braille readers, thousands of other blind people find it difficult to learn that system. They are thereby shut __61__ from the world of booksandnewspapers,havingto__62__onfriendstoreadaloudtothem. A young scientist named Raymond Kurzweil has now designed a computer which is a major __63__ in providing aid to the __64__. His machine, Cyclops, has a camera that __65__ any page, interprets the print into sounds, and then delivers them orally in a robot-like __66__ through a speaker. By pressing the appropriate buttons __67__ Cyclops’s keyboard, a blind person can “read” any __68__ document in the English language. This remarkable invention represents a tremendous __69__ forward in the education of the handicapped. At present, Cyclops costs $50,000. __70__, Mr. Kurzweil andhisassociatesarepreparing a smaller __71__ improved version thatwill sell __72__ lessthan halfthatprice. Within a fewyears, Kurzweil __73__ the price range will be low enough for every school and library to __74__ one. Michael Hingson, Director of the NationalFederationfortheBlind,hopesthat__75__willbeabletobuyhome__76__of Cyclopsforthepriceofagoodtelevisionset. Mr. Hingson’s organization purchased five machines and is now testing them in Maryland, Colorado, Iowa, California, and New York. Blind people have been __77__ in those tests, making lots of __78__ suggestions to the engineers who helped to produce Cyclops. “This is the first time that blind people have ever done individual studies __79__ a productwasputonthemarket,Hingsonsaid.“Mostmanufacturersbelievedthathaving the blind help the blind was like telling disabled people to teach other disabled people. Inthat__80__,themanufacturershavebeentheblindones.” 61. A)up B) down C)in D)off 62. A)dwell B) rely C)press D)urge 63. A)execution 687淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 B) distinction C)breakthrough D)process 64. A)paralyzed B) uneducated C)invisible D)sightless 65. A)scans B) enlarges C)sketches D)projects 66. A)behavior B) expression C)movement D)voice 67. A)on B) at C)in D)from 68. A)visual B) printed C)virtual D)spoken 69. A)stride B) trail C)haul D)footprint 70. A)Likewise B) Moreover C)However D)Though 688淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 71. A)but B) than C)or D)then 72. A)on B) for C)through D)to 73. A)estimates B) considers C)counts D)determines 74. A)settle B) own C)invest D)retain 75. A)schools B) children C)families D)companies 76. A)models B) modes C)cases D)collections 77. A)producing B) researching C)ascertaining D)assisting 78. A)true B) valuable C)authentic 689淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 D)pleasant 79. A)after B) when C)before D)as 80. A)occasion B) moment C)sense D)event PartVWriting(30 minutes) Directions: For this part, you areallowed 30 minutes to write a short essay entitled Say No toPirated Products. 1. 目前盗版的现象比较严重 2. 造成这种现象的原因及危害 3. 我们应该怎么做? 盗版 piracy(n.) 盗版产品 piratedproducts 知识产权 intellectualpropertyrights 侵犯版权 infringesb’scopyright;copyrightinfringement SayNotoPiratedProducts 690淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 2005年6月18日六级参考答案 Part I 1. C 2. B 3. D 4. C 5. A 6. C 7. B 8. D 9. A 10. B PartII 11. B 12. C 13. A 14. D 15. D 16. A 17. B 18. D 19. A 20. C 21. C 22. B 23. B 24. C 25. A 26. D 27. B 28. C 29. D 30. A Part III 31. A 32. A 33. D 34. C 35. B 36. D 37. A 38. C 39. B 40. D 41. B 42. C 43. A 44. B 45. D 46. B 47. A 48. D 49. A 50. C 51. D 52. C 53. B 54. B 55. A 56. D 57. C 58. B 59. A 60. D Part IV 61. D 62. B 63. C 64. D 65. A 66. D 67. A 68. B 69. A 70. C 71. A 72. B 73. A 74. B 75. C 76. A 77. D 78. B 79. C 80. C S1. lie S2. associated S3. assign 691淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 S4. spent S5. difficulty S6. afford S7. infant S8. she is entitled to a place of her own where she can be by herself, and keep her possessions S9. peoplewillhavetheirprivatethoughtsthatmightneverbesharedwithanyone S10. American’s houses, yards and even offices can seem open and inviting. Yet in the minds of Americans, there are boundaries that other people are simply not supposedtocross. 692淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 2005年12月24日大学英语六级(CET-6)真题试卷(A卷) Part I Listening Comprehension(20 minutes) SectionA 1. A)Thedeanshouldhaveconsultedherontheappointment. B) Dr.Holden should have taken over thepositionearlier. C)Shedoesn’tthink Dr.Holden has made a wisechoice. D)Dr.Holden isthe best person for thechairmanship. 2. A)They’llkeepintouchduringthesummervacation. B)They’llhold a party before thesummer vacation. C)They’lldooddjobs together at theschool library. D)They’ll get back to theirschool once ina while. 3. A)Peachesareinseasonnow. B) Peaches are not at theirbest now. C)Thewoman didn’t knowhowto bargain. D)The woman helped theman choose thefruit. 4. A)Theyjointhephysicsclub. B)They ask foran extensionofthe deadline. C)They work ontheassignment together. D)They choose an easier assignment. 5. A)SheadmiresJean’sstraightforwardness. B) ShethinksDr.Brown deserves thepraise. C)Shewilltalk toJean about what happened. D)Shebelieves Jean was rude to Dr.Brown. 6. A)Helikedwritingwhenhewasachild. B) Heenjoyed reading stories in Reader’s Digest. C)Heused tobe an editor ofReader’s Digest. D)He becamewell known at theage ofsix. 7. A)Heshowsgreatenthusiasmforhisstudies. B) Heis avery versatile person. C)Hehas notalent fortennis. 693淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 D)He does not study hard enough. 8. A)Johnhaslostsomethingattherailwaystation. B)There are several railway stations in thecity. C)It willbe verydifficult forthem tofind John. D)The train that John is taking willarrive soon. 9. A)Itsrapidgrowthisbeneficialtotheworld. B) It can beseen as a modelbythe rest oftheworld. C)Its success can’t beexplained byelementary economics. D)It will continueto surge forward. 10. A)Ittakesonly5minutestoreachthecampusfromtheapartments. B) Moststudents can’t afford to livein thenew apartments. C)Thenew apartments are not available untilnextmonth. D)The newapartments can accommodate500students. Section B 11. A)TheroleofimmigrantsintheconstructionofAmericansociety. B)Theimportance of offering diversecourses inEuropean history. C)Theneed for greater cultural diversity in theschool curriculum. D)The historiclanding ofEuropeans ontheVirginiashore. 12. A)HewaswonderingifthespeakerwasusedtolivinginAmerica. B) Hewas trying to showfriendliness to thespeaker. C)Hewanted tokeep theirconversation going. D)He believed thespeaker was aforeigner. 13. A)TheUSpopulationdoesn’tconsistofwhiteEuropeandescendantsonly. B)Asian tourists can speakEnglish as well as nativespeakers ofthelanguage. C)Colored peopleare not welcome in theUnited States. D)Americans are inneed ofeducation intheir history. 14. A)Bymakinglaws B) By enforcing discipline C)By educating thepublic D)By holdingceremonies 694淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 15. A)Itshouldberaisedbysoldiers. B) It shouldbe raised quickly byhand. C)It shouldbe raised onlybyAmericans. D)It shouldberaised bymechanical means. 16. A)Itshouldbeattachedtothestatus. B) It shouldbe hungfrom thetop of themonument. C)It shouldbe spread over theobject to beunveiled. D)It shouldbecarried high upinthe air. 17. A)Therehasbeenalotofcontroversyovertheuseofflag. B)Thebest athletes can wear uniforms with thedesign oftheflag. C)There are preciseregulations and customs to befollowed. D)Americans can printthe flag ontheir cushions orhandkerchiefs. PassageThree 18. A)Punishmentbyteachers B) Pooracademicperformance C)Truancy D)Illness 19. A)TheBoardofEducation. B) Principals ofcity schools. C)Studentswith good academic records. D)Students withgood attendance records. 20. A)Punishingstudentswhodamageschoolproperty. B) Rewarding schools thathave decreased the destruction. C)Promotingteachers who can prevent thedestruction. D)Cuttingthebudget forrepairs and replacements. Part IIReading Comprehension(35 minutes) Passageone Too many vulnerable child-free adults are being ruthlessly (无情的) manipulated into parent-hood by their parents, who think that happiness among older people depends on having a grand-child to spoil. We need an organization to help beat down the persistent campaigns of grandchildless parents. It’s time to establish Planned 695淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 Grandparenthood,whichwouldhavemanyglobalandlocalbenefits. Partofitsmissionwouldbetopromotetherisksandrealitiesassociatedwithbeing a grandparent. The staff would include depressed grandparents who would explain how grandkids break lamps, bite, scream and kick. Others would detail how an hour of baby-sitting often turns into a crying marathon. More grandparents would testify that theyhadtopayfortheirgrandchild’sexpensivecollegeeducation. Planned grandparenthood’s carefully written literature would detail all the joys of lifegrand-child-freeacalmlivingroom,extramoneyforluxuriesduringthegoldenyears, etc. Potential grandparents would be reminded that, without grandchildren around, it’s possible to have a conversation with your kids, who—incidentally—would have more timefortheirownparents. Meanwhile, most children are vulnerable to the enormous influence exerted by grandchildless parents aiming to persuade their kids to produce children. They will take a call from a persistent parent, even if they’re loaded with works. In addition, some parents make handsome money offers payable upon the grandchild’s birth. Sometimes these gifts not only cover expenses associated with the infant’s birth, but extras, too, like a vacation. In any case, cash gifts can weaken the resolve of even the noblest person. At Planned Grandparenthood, children targeted by their parents to reproduce could obtain non-biased information about the insanity of having their own kids. The catastrophic psychological and economic costs of childbearing would be emphasized. The symptoms of morning sickness would be listed and horrors of childbirth pictured. A monthly newsletter would contain stories about overwhelmed parents and offer guidance on how childless adults can respond to the different lobbying tactics that would-begrandparentsemploy. When I think about all the problems of our overpopulated world and look at our boy grabbing at the lamp by the sofa, I wish I could have turned to Planned Grandparenthoodwhenmyparentswereputtingthegrandchildsqueezeonme. IfIcouldhave,Imightnotbeinthisparenthoodpredicament(窘境).Buthere’sthe crazyirony,Idon’twantmychild-freelifeback.Dylan’stoomuchfun. 21. What’sthepurposeoftheproposedorganizationPlannedGrandparenthood? A)Toencourage childless couples to havechildren. B)Toprovidefacilities and services for grandchildlessparents. C)Tooffer counseling topeople onhowto raise grandchildren. D)Todiscourage peoplefrom insisting onhavinggrandchildren. 22. Planned Grandparenthood would include depressed grandparents on its staff in orderto________. A)showthem the joys of lifegrandparents may have in raising grandchildren B) draw attention tothe troubles and difficultiesgrandchildren may cause 696淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 C)share theirexperience in raising grandchildren in a morescientificway D)help raise funds to cover thehigh expenseof education for grandchildren 23. According to the passage, some couples may eventually choose to have children because________. A)they find ithard to resist thecarrot-and-stick approach oftheir parents B) they have learn from otherparents about the joys of havingchildren C)they feel moreand morelonely ad they growolder D)they have found itirrational to remain childless 24. By saying “... my parents were putting the grandchild squeeze on me” (Line 2-3, Para.6),theauthormeansthat________. A)her parents kept pressuring her to have achild B) herparents liked to have agrandchild intheir arms C)herparents asked her to savefor theexpenses ofraising a child D)her parents kept blaming herfor her child’s bad behavior 25. Whatdoestheauthorreallyoftheideaofhavingchildren? A)It does moreharm thangood. B) It contributes tooverpopulation. C)It istroublesome but rewarding. D)It is apsychological catastrophe. PassageTwo Questions26to30arebasedonthefollowingpassage. Ask most people how they define the American Dream and chances are they’ll say, “Success.” The dream of individual opportunity has been home in American since Europeans discovered a “new world” in the Western Hemisphere. Early immigrants like Hector St. Jean de Crevecoeur praised highly the freedom and opportunity to be found in this new land. His glowing descriptions of a classless society where anyone could attain success through honesty and hard work fired the imaginations of many European readers: in Letters from an American Farmer (1782) he wrote. “We are all excited at the spirit of an industry which is unfettered (无拘无束的) and unrestrained, because each person works for himself ... We have no princes, for whom we toil (干苦力活)，starve, and bleed: we are the most perfect society now existing in the world.” The promise of a land where “the rewards of a man’s industry follow with equal steps the progress of his labor” drew poor immigrants from Europe and fueled national expansion into the westernterritories. Our national mythology (神化) is full of illustration the American success story. There’s Benjamin Franklin, the very model of the self-educated, self-made man, who 697淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 rosefrommodestoriginstobecomeawell-knownscientist,philosopher,andstatesman. In the nineteenth century, Horatio Alger, a writer of fiction for young boys, became American’sbest-selling authorwithrags-to-richestales.Thenotionofsuccesshauntsus: we spend million every year reading about the rich and famous, learning how to “make a fortune in real estate with no money down,” and “dressing for success.” The myth of success has even invaded our personal relationships: today it’s as important to be “successful”inmarriageorparenthoodsasitistocomeoutontopinbusiness. But dreams easily turn into nightmares. Every American who hopes to “make it” also knows the fear of failure, because the myth of success inevitably implies comparison between the haves and the have-nots, the stars and the anonymous crowd. Under pressureof themyth, webecome indulgedinstatussymbols: wetrytolivein the “right” neighborhoods, wear the “right” clothes, eat the “right” foods. These symbols of distinction assure us and others that we believe strongly in the fundamental equality of all,yetstriveashardaswecantoseparateourselvesfromourfellowcitizens. 26. WhatistheessenceoftheAmericanDreamaccordingtoCrevecoeur? A)Peopleare free todevelop theirpower of imagination. B) Peoplewho are honest and work hard can succeed. C)Peopleare free from exploitation and oppression. D)Peoplecan fully enjoy individual freedom. 27. By saying “the rewards of a man’s industry follow with equal steps the progress of hislabor”(Line10,Para.1),theauthormeans________. A)themore diligent one is, thebigger his returns B) laborious work ensures the growth ofan industry C)aman’s business should bedeveloped step bystep D)a company’s success depends onits employees’hard work 28. ThecharactersdescribedinHoratioAlger’snovelsarepeoplewho________. A)succeed in real estateinvestment B) earned enormous fortunes by chances C)becamewealthy after starting lifevery poor D)became famous despitetheir modestorigins 29. Itcanbeinferredfromthelastsentenceofthesecondparagraphthat________. A)business success often contributes to asuccessful marriage B)Americans wish to succeed inevery aspect of life C)good personal relationships lead to business success D)successful business people providegood care fortheir children 698淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 30. WhatistheparadoxofAmericancultureaccordingtotheauthor? A)TheAmerican road tosuccess is full ofnightmares. B) Statussymbols are nota real indicatorofa person’s wealth. C)TheAmerican Dream is nothing butan empty dream. D)WhatAmericans strive after often contradicts theirbeliefs. PassageThree Questions31to35arebasedonthefollowingpassage. Public distrust of scientists stems in part from the blurring of boundaries between science and technology, between discovery and manufacture. Most government, perhapsall governments,justifypublicexpenditureonscientificresearchintermsofthe economic benefits the scientific enterprise ha brought in the past and will bring in the future. Politicians remind their voters of the splendid machines ‘our scientists’ have invented, the new drugs to relieve old ailments (病痛), and the new surgical equipment and techniques by which previously intractable (难治疗的) conditions may now be treated and lives saved. At the same time, the politicians demand of scientists that they tailor their research to ‘economics needs’, that they award a higher priority to research proposals that are ‘near the market’ and can be translated into the greatest return on investmentinthe shortesttime.Dependent, astheyare,on politicians formuchof their funding, scientistshavelittlechoicebuttocomply.Liketherestofus, theyaremembers of a society that rates the creation of wealth as the greatest possible good. Many have reservations, but keep them to themselves in what they perceive as a climate hostile to thepursuitofunderstandingforitsownsakeandtheideaofaninquiring,creativespirit. In such circumstances no one should be too hard on people who are suspicious of conflicts of interest. When we learn that the distinguished professor assuring us of the safety of a particular product holds a consultancy with the company making it, we cannot be blamed for wondering whether his fee might conceivably cloud his professional judgment. Even if the professor holds no consultancy with any firm, some people many still distrust him because of his association with those who do, or at least wonderaboutthesourceofsomehisresearchfunding. This attitude can have damaging effects. It questions the integrity of individuals working in a profession that prizes intellectual honesty as the supreme virtue, and plays into the hands of those who would like to discredit scientists by representing then a venal (可以收买的). This makes it easier to dismiss all scientific pronouncements, but especially those made by the scientists who present themselves as ‘experts’. The scientist most likely to understand the safety of a nuclear reactor, for example, is a nuclear engineer declares that a reactor is unsafe, we believe him, because clearly it is nottohisadvantageto lieaboutit.Ifhe tellsusit issafe,ontheotherhand, wedistrust him,becausehemaywellbeprotectingtheemployerwhopayshissalary. 31. What is the chief concern of most governments when it comes to scientific research? 699淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 A)Support from the votes. B)Thereduction of publicexpenditure. C)Quick economics returns. D)The budget for aresearch project. 32. Scientisthavetoadapttheirresearchto‘economicneeds’inorderto________. A)impress the publicwith their achievements B) pursueknowledge for knowledge’s sake C)obtain funding from thegovernment D)translate knowledge intowealth 33. Why won’t scientists complain about the government’s policy concerning scientific research? A)They think they work in an environment hostiletothefree pursuit ofknowledge. B)They are accustomed to keeping theiropinions tothemselves. C)They know ittakes patience towin support from thepublic. D)They think compliancewith government policy isin theinterests ofthepublic. 34. According to the author, people are suspicious of the professional judgment of scientistsbecause________. A)their pronouncements often turn out to bewrong B) sometimesthey hidethesource oftheir research funding C)someofthem donot give priority to intellectual honesty D)they could beinfluenced by theirassociation withthe project concerned 35. Why does the author say that public distrust of scientists can have damaging effects? A)It makes things difficult forscientists seeking research funds. B) Peoplewould not believescientists even when they tell thetruth. C)It maydampen theenthusiasm ofscientists forindependent research. D)Scientists themselves may doubt thevalue oftheirresearch findings. PassageFour Questions36to40arebasedonthefollowingpassage. In many ways, today’s business environment has changed qualitatively since the late 1980s. The end of the Cold War radically altered the very nature of the world’s politics and economics. In just a few short years, globalization has started a variety of trends with profound consequences: the opening of markets, true global competition, 700淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 widespread deregulation (解除政府对…的控制) of industry, and an abundance of accessible capital. We have experienced both the benefits and risks of a truly global economy, with both Wall Street and Main Street (平民百姓) feeling the pains of economicdisorderhalfaworldaway. At the same time, we have fully entered the Information Age, Starting breakthroughs in information technology have irreversibly altered the ability to conduct business unconstrained by the traditional limitations of time or space. Today, it’s almost impossible to imagine a world without intranets, e-mail, and portable computers. With stunningspeed,theInternetisprofoundlychangingthewaywework,shop,dobusiness, andcommunicate. As a consequence, we have truly entered the Post-Industrial economy. We are rapidly shifting from an economybased on manufacturing and commodities to one that places the greatest value on information, services, support, and distribution. That shift, in turn, place an unprecedented premium on “knowledge workers,” a new class of wealthy, educated, and mobile people who view themselves as free agents in a seller’s market. Beyond the realm of information technology, the accelerated pace of technological change in virtually every industry has created entirely new business, wiped out others, and produced a Pervasive (广泛的) demand for continuous innovation. New product, process, and distribution technologies provide powerful levers for creating competitive value. More companies are learning the importance of destructive technologies—innovations that hold the potential to make a product line, or even an entirebusinesssegment,virtuallyoutdated. Another major trend has been the fragmentation of consumer and business markets. There’s a growing appreciation that superficially similar groups of customers may have very different preferences in terms of what they want to buy and how they want to buy it. Now, new technology makes it easier, faster, and cheaper to identify and serve targeted micro-markets in ways that were physically impossible or prohibitively expensive in the past. Moreover, the trend feeds on itself, a business’s ability to serve sub-marketsfuelscustomers’appetitesformoreandmorespecializedofferings. 36. According to the first paragraph, the chances in the business environment in the pastdecadescanbeattributedto________. A)technological advances B) worldwideeconomic disorder C)thefierce competitionin industry D)theglobalization ofeconomy 37. whatideadoestheauthorwanttoconveyinthesecondparagraph? A) The rapid development of information technology has taken businessmen by surprise. B) Information technology has removed the restrictions of time and space in 701淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 business transactions. C) The Internet, intranets, e-mail, and portable computers have penetrated every cornerofthe world. D) The way we do business today has brought about startling breakthroughs in information technology. 38. IfabusinesswantstothriveinthePost-Industrialeconomy,________. A) it has to invest more capital in the training of free agents to operate in a seller’s market B) it should try its best to satisfy the increasing demands of mobile knowledgeable people C) it should not overlook the importance of information, services, support, and distribution D) it has to provide each of its employees with the latest information about the changing market 39. Intheauthor’sview,destructivetechnologiesareinnovationswhich________. A)can eliminatean entire business segment B) demand a radical change in providingservices C)may destroy thepotential of acompany to make any profit D)call forcontinuous improvement in ways ofdoingbusiness 40. Withthefragmentationofconsumerandbusinessmarkets________. A)an increasing numberof companies have disintegrated B) manufacturers must focus on one special product to remain competitive in the market C) it is physically impossible and prohibitively expensive to do business in the old way D)businesses have to meet individual customers’specific needs in orderto succeed PartIIIVocabulary (20 minutes) 41. It seems somewhat ________ to expect anyone to drive 3 hours just for a 20-minutemeeting. A)eccentric B) impossible C)absurd D)unique 42. This area of the park has been specially ________ for children, but accompanying 702淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 adultsarealsowelcome. A)inaugurated B) designated C)entitled D)delegated 43. The girl’s face ________ with embarrassment during the interview when she couldn’tanswerthetoughquestion. A)beamed B) dazzled C)radiated D)flushed 44. Slavery was________ in Canada in 1833, and Canadian authorities encouraged the slaves,whoescapedfromAmerica,tosettleonitsvastvirginland. A)diluted B) dissipated C)abolished D)resigned 45. Unfortunately,theneweditionofdictionaryis________inallmajorbookshops. A)out ofreach B) outof stock C)outof business D)out ofseason 46. Thehandsonmyalarmclockare________,soIcanseewhattimeitisinthedark. A)exotic B) gorgeous C)luminous D)spectacular 47. Psychologists have done extensive studies on how well patients ________ with doctors’orders. A)comply B) correspond C)interfere D)interact 703淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 48. In today’s class, the students were asked to ________ their mistakes on the exam paperandputintheirpossiblecorrections. A)cancel B) omit C)extinguish D)erase 49. TheGovernment’spolicieswill comeunderclose ________intheweeksbeforethe election. A)appreciation B) specification C)scrutiny D)apprehension 50. Policeandvillagersunanimously________theforestfiretothunderandlightning. A)ascribed B) approached C)confirmed D)confined 51. In some remote places there are still very poor people who can’t afford to live in ________conditions. A)gracious B) decent C)honorable D)positive 52. Since our knowledge is ________ none of us can exclude the possibility of being wrong. A)controlled B) restrained C)finite D)delicate 53. You shouldn’t ________ your father’s instructions. Anyway he is an experienced teacher. A)deduce B) deliberate C)defy 704淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 D)denounce 54. The company management attempted to ________ information that was not favorabletothem,butitwasallinvain. A)suppress B) supplement C)concentrate D)plug 55. It is my hope that everyone in this class should ________ their errors before it is toolate. A)refute B) exclude C)expel D)rectify 56. Theboy’sfoolishquestion________hismotherwhowasbusywithhouseworkand hadnointerestintalking. A)intrigued B) fascinated C)irritated D)stimulated 57. Millions of people around the world have some type of physical, mental, or emotional ________ that severely limits their abilities to manage their daily activities. A)scandal B) misfortune C)deficit D)handicap 58. It is believed that the feeding patterns parents ________ on their children can determinetheiradolescentandadulteatinghabits. A)compel B) impose C)evoke D)necessitate 59. If the value-added tax were done away with, it would act as a ________ to 705淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 consumption. A)progression B) prime C)stability D)stimulus 60. The bride and groom promised to ________ each other through sickness and health. A)nourish B) nominate C)roster D)cherish 61. They’regoingtobuildabigofficeblockonthat________pieceofland. A)void B) vacant C)blank D)shallow 62. Withoutanyhesitation, she took offhershoes, ________up her skirt and splashed acrossthestream. A)tucked B) revolved C)twisted D)curled 63. Very few people could understand his lecture because the subject was very ________. A)faint B) obscure C)gloomy D)indefinite 64. ProfessorSmithexplainedthemovementoflight________thatofwater. A)byanalogy with B) byvirtueof C)inlinewith D)interms of 706淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 65. Tomisbankruptnow.Heisdesperatebecauseallhisefforts________failure. A)tumbled to B) hinged upon C)inflicted on D)culminated in 66. Whilefashionisthoughtof usually________clothing, itisimportanttorealizethat itcoversamuchwiderdomain. A)inrelation to B) inproportion to C)bymeans of D)onbehalf of 67. Themeaningofthesentenceis________;youcaninterpretitinseveralways. A)skeptical B) intelligible C)ambiguous D)exclusive 68. Cancer is a group of diseases in which there is uncontrolled and disordered growth of________cells. A)irrelevant B) inferior C)controversial D)abnormal 69. At that time, the economy was still undergoing a ________, and job offers were hardtoget. A)concession B) supervision C)recession D)deviation 70. I could hear nothing but the roar of the airplane engines which ________ all other sounds. A)overturned B) drowned C)deafened 707淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 D)smoothed Part IVErrorCorrection (15 minutes) Directions: This part consists of a short passage. In this passage, there are altogether 10 mistakes, one in each numbered line. You may have to change a word, add a word or delete a word. Mark out the mistakes and put the corrections in the blanks provided. If you change a word, cross it out and write the correct word in the corresponding blank. If you add a word, put an insertion mark (∧) in the right place and write the missing word in the blank. If you delete aword, crossit andput aslash(/) in theblank. Example: Televisionisrapidlybecomingtheliteratureofourperiods╱. 1. time/times/period Manyoftheargumentshaving╱ usedforthestudyofliteratureas 2. _______\_______ aschoolsubjectarevalidfor ∧ studyoftelevision. 3.______the______ EveryweekhundredsofCVs(简历)landonourdesks.We’veseenitall:CVsprinted onpinkpaper,CVsthatare10pageslongandCVswithsillymistakesinfirstparagraph.A (S1)goodCVisyourpassporttoaninterviewand,ultimate,to(S2)thejobyouwant. Initial impressions are vital, and a badly presented CV could mean acceptance, regardlessofwhat’sinit.(S3) Hereareafewwaystoavoidendupontherejectpile.(S4) Print your CV on good-quality white paper. CVs with flowery backgrounds or pink paperwillstandoutuponallthewrongreasons(S5) Get someone to check for spelling and grammatical errors, because a spell-checker will pick up every (S6) mistake. CVswith errors will be rejected—it shows that you don’t payattentiontodetail. Restrict your self to one or two pages, and listing any publications or referees on a separate sheet. (S7) If you are sending your CV electronically, check the formatting by sendingittoyourselffirst.Keepup(S8)theformatsimple. Do not send a photo unless specifically requested. If you have to send on, make sureitisonetakingina(S9)professionalsetting,ratherthanaholidaysnap. Getting the presentation right is just the first step. What about the content? The Rule here is to keep it factual and truthful-exaggerations usually get find out. And remember(S10)totailoryourCVtoeachdifferentjob. PartVWriting(30 minutes) Direction: Forthispart,youareallowed30minutestowritealettertoacompanydecliningajob offer.Youshouldwriteatleast150wordsfollowingtheoutlinegivenbelow. 708淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 1. 对公司提供职位表示感谢 2. 解释为何不能接受所提供的职位 3. 希望给与谅解，并表达对公司的良好祝愿 ALetterDecliningaJobOffer 709淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 2005年12月24日六级参考答案 Part IListeningComprehension 1. D 2. A 3. B 4. C 5. A 6. A 7. D 8. C 9. A 10. B 11. C 12. D 13. A 14. A 15. B 16. D 17. C 18. C 19. D 20. B Part II Reading Comprehension 21. D 22. B 23. A 24. A 25. C 26. D 27. A 28. C 29. B 30. D 31. B 32. C 33. A 34. D 35. B 36. D 37. B 38. C 39. A 40. D Part IIIVocabulary 41. C 42. B 43. D 44. C 45. B 46. C 47. A 48. D 49. C 50. A 51. B 52. C 53. C 54. A 55. D 56. C 57. D 58. B 59. D 60. D 61. B 62. A 63. B 64. A 65. D 66. A 67. C 68. D 69. C 70. B PartIVErrorCorrection 1. infirstparagraph→inthefirstparagraph 2. ultimate→ultimately 3. acceptance→unacceptance/rejection 4. end→ending 5. upon→for 710淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 6. willpickup→willnotpickup 7. listing→list 8. Keepup→Keep 9. taking→taken 10. find→found 711淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 2006年6月17日大学英语六级(CET-6)真题试卷(A卷) 注意事项 一、将自己的校名、姓名、准考证号写在答题卡上。将本试卷代号(A、B 卷)划 在答题卡上。 二、试卷和答题卡均不得带出考场。考试结束，监考员收卷后考生才可离开。 三、仔细读懂题目的说明。 四、多项选择题的答案一定要划在答题卡上，凡是写在试卷上的答案一律无效。 每题只能选一个答案：如多选。则该题无分，选定答案后，用铅笔在相应字母的中 部划一条横线。正确方法是：A)B)C)D)。使用其他符号答题者不给分，划线要有一 定粗度，浓度要盖过字母底色。 五、如果要改动答案，必须先用橡皮擦净原来选定的答案，然后再按上面的规 定重新答题。 六、试题的第四部分改错(ErrorCorrection)和第五部分作文(Writing)印刷在答题 卡上，请用黑色字迹签字笔在答题卡上作答。 七、在 90分钟内做完试题的第一至第四部分，90 分钟后，监考员收取试卷， 然后考生再做第五部分作文题，答题时间为 30 分钟。全部考试时间为 120 分钟， 不得拖延时间。 八、在考试过程中要注意对自己的答案保密，若被他人抄袭，一经发现，后果 自负。 全国大学英语四、六级考试委员会 Part I Listening Comprehension(20 minutes) SectionA Directions: In this section, you will hear 10 short conversations. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the question will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A), B), C) and D), and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre. 1. A)ShemetwithThomasjustafewdaysago. B) Shecan help withthe orientation program. C)Sheis notsure shecan pass onthemessage. D)Shewill certainly try to contactThomas. 2. A)Setthedinnertable. B) Changethelight bulb. 712淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 C)Clean thedining room. D)Hold theladder for him. 3. A)He’dlikeapieceofpie. B) He’dlikesomecoffee. C)He’drather stay in thewarm room. D)He’s justhad dinner with hisfriends. 4. A)Hehasmanagedtosellanumberofcars. B) Heis contented with hiscurrent position. C)Hemight get fired. D)He has lost hisjob. 5. A)Tony’ssecretary. B) Paul’s girlfriend. C)Paul’s colleague. D)Tony’s wife. 6. A)Hewasfinedforrunningaredlight. B) Hewas caught speeding onafast lane. C)Hehad to run quickly to get theticket. D)He madea wrong turn at theintersection. 7. A)Hehaslearnedalotfromhisownmistakes. B) Heis quiteexperienced in taming wilddogs. C)Hefinds reward more effectivethan punishment. D)He thinksit important to masterbasictraining skills. 8. A)Atabookstore. B)At thedentist’s. C)In arestaurant. D)In thelibrary. 9. A)Hedoesn’twantJennytogetintotrouble. B) Hedoesn’t agreewith thewoman’s remark. C)Hethinks Jenny’s workload tooheavy at college. D)He believes mostcollege studentsare running wild. 10. A)Itwasapplaudable. 713淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 B) It was just terrible. C)Theactors were enthusiastic. D)The plot was funnyenough. Section B Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre. PassageOne Questions11to13arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard. 11. A)Socialwork. B) Medical care. C)Applied physics. D)Special education. 12. A)Thetimelyadvicefromherfriendsandrelatives. B)Thetwo-year professional training shereceived. C)Her determination tofulfillher dream. D)Her parents’consistent moral support. 13. A)Togetthefundingforthehospitals. B)Tohelp thedisabled children there. C)Totrain therapists forthechildren there. D)Toset upaninstitution forthehandicapped. PassageTwo Questions14to17arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard. 14. A)AtacountryschoolinMexico. B) In amountain valley ofSpain. C)At a smallAmerican college. D)In asmall village in Chile. 15. A)Byexpandingtheirmindsandhorizons. 714淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 B) By financing theirelementary education. C)By settingupasmall primary school. D)By setting them aninspiring example. 16. A)Shewrotepoetrythatbrokethroughnationalbarriers. B) Shewas a talented designer oforiginal school curriculums. C)Sheproved herself tobe an active and capable stateswoman. D)Shemade outstandingcontributions to children’seducation. 17. A)Shewonthe1945NobelPrizeinLiterature. B) Shewas thefirst woman to win aNobel Prize. C)Shetranslated her books into manylanguages. D)Sheadvised manystatesmen oninternational affairs. PassageThree Questions18to20arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard. 18. A)Howanimalssurviveharshconditionsinthewild. B) Howanimals alter colors to match theirsurroundings. C)Howanimals protect themselves against predators. D)How animals learn todisguise themselves effectively. 19. A)Itsenormoussize. B) Its plant-likeappearance. C)Its instantaneous response. D)Its offensivesmell. 20. A)Ithelpsimprovetheirsafety. B) It allows them to swimfaster. C)It helps them fight theirpredators. D)It allows them to avoid twists and turns. Part IIReading Comprehension(35 minutes) Directions: There are 4 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre. 715淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 PassageOne Questions21to25arebasedonthefollowingpassage. Thereare goodreasonsto be troubled bytheviolence thatspreadsthroughoutthe media. Movies, Television and video games are full of gunplay and bloodshed, and one might reasonably ask what’s wrong with a society that presents videos of domestic violenceasentertainment. Most researchers agree that the causes of real-world violence are complex. A 1993 studybytheU.S.NationalAcademyofScienceslisted“biological,individual,family,peer, school,andcommunityfactors”asallplayingtheirparts. Viewing abnormally large amounts of violent television and video games may well contribute to violent behavior in certain individuals. The trouble comes when researchers downplay uncertainties in their studies or overstate the case for causality (因果关系). Skeptics were dismayed several years ago when a group of societies including the American Medical Association tried to end the debate by issuing a joint statement: “At this time, well over 1,000 studies... point overwhelmingly to a causal connectionbetweenmediaviolenceandaggressivebehaviorinsomechildren.” Freedom-of-speech advocates accused the societies of catering to politicians, and even disputed the number of studies (most were review articles and essays, they said). When Jonathan Freedman, a social psychologist at the University of Toronto, reviewed the literature, he found only 200 or so studies of television-watching and aggression. And when he weeded out “the most doubtful measures of aggression”, only 28% supportedaconnection. The critical point here is causality. The alarmists say they have proved that violent media cause aggression. But the assumptions behind their observations need to be examined. When labeling games as violent or non-violent, should a hero eating a ghost really be counted as a violent event? And when experimenters record the time it takes game players to read ‘aggressive’ or ‘non-aggressive’ words from a list, can we be sure what they are actually measuring? The intent of the new Harvard Center on Media and Child Health to collect and standardize studies of media violence in order to compare their methodologies, assumptions and conclusions is an important step in the right direction. Anotherappropriatestepwouldbetotone downthecriticismuntilweknowmore. Several researchers write, speak and testify quite a lot on the threat posed by violence in the media. That is, of course, their privilege. But when doing so, they often come out with statements that the matter has now been settled, drawing criticism from colleagues. In response, the alarmists accuse critics and news reporters of being deceivedbytheentertainmentindustry.Suchclasheshelpneithersciencenorsociety. 21. Whyistheresomuchviolenceshowninmovies,TVandvideogames? A)There isa lotof violenceinthereal world today. B) Somethinghas gone wrong with today’s society. 716淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 C)Manypeople are fond ofgunplay and bloodshed. D)Showing violence isthought to beentertaining. 22. Whatistheskeptics(Line3.Para.3)viewofmediaviolence? A)Violence ontelevision is afairly accurate reflection ofreal-world life. B) Moststudies exaggerate theeffect ofmedia violenceontheviewers. C)Acausal relationship exists between mediaand real-world violence. D)The influence ofmedia violenceonchildren has been underestimated. 23. The author uses the term “alarmists” (Line 1. Para. 5) to refer to those who ________. A)use standardized measurements in thestudies ofmediaviolence B) initiatedthe debateover theinfluence of violentmedia onreality C)assert a direct linkbetween violent mediaand aggressive behavior D)use appropriate methodology in examining aggressive behavior 24. In refuting the alarmists, the author advances his argument by first challenging ________. A)thesource and amount oftheirdata B) thetargets oftheirobservation C)theirsystem ofmeasurement D)their definitionof violence 25. Whatdoestheauthor thinkof the debateconcerning therelationship betweenthe mediaandviolence? A)More studies shouldbe conducted before conclusions are drawn. B) It shouldcome to an end sincethematter has nowbeen settled. C)Thepast studiesin this field have proved to be misleading. D)He morethan agrees withthe views held bythealarmists. PassageTwo Questions26to30arebasedonthefollowingpassage. You’re in trouble if you have to buy your own brand-name prescription drugs. Over the past decade, prices leaped by more than double the inflation rate. Treatments for chronicconditions can easilytop $2,000 a month-no wonder thatone in four Americans can’s afford to fill their prescriptions. The solution? A hearty chorus of “O Canada.” Northof the border,where pricecontrolsreign, those same brand-name drugscost50% to80%less. The Canadian option is fast becoming a political wake-up call, “If our neighborscan 717淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 buy drugs at reasonable prices, why can’t we? Even to whisper that thought provokes anger.“Un-American!” And-the propagandists’ trump card (王牌)—“Wreck our brilliant health-caresystem.” Supersizedrug prices, theyclaim, fund the research that sparksthe next generation of wonder drugs. No sky-high drug price today, no cure for cancer tomorrow.Soshutupandpayup. Common sense tells you that’s a false alternative. The reward for finding, say, a cancer cure is so huge that no one’s going to hang it up. Nevertheless, if Canada-level pricingcametotheUnitedStates,theindustry’sprofitmarginswoulddropandthepace of new-drug development would slow. Here lies the American dilemma. Who is all this splendidmedicinefor?Shouldourhealth-caresystem continueitsdrivetowardthebest of the best, even though rising numbers of patients can’t afford it? Or should we direct ourwealthtowardletting everyone in ontoday’slevelof care?Measured bysavedlives, thelatterisalmostcertainlythebettercourse. Todefendtheirprofits,thedrugcompanieshavewarnedCanadianwholesalersand pharmacies (药房) not to sell to Americans by mail, and are cutting back supplies to thosewhodare. Meanwhile, the administration is playing the fear card. Officials from the Food and Drug Administration will argue that Canadian drugs might be fake, mishandled, or even apotentialthreattolife. Do bad drugs fly around the Internet? Sure-and the more we look, the more we’ll find, But I haven’t heard of any raging epidemics among the hundreds of thousands of peoplebuyingcrossborder. Mostusersofprescriptiondrugsdon’tworryaboutcostsalot.They’reshelteredby employee insurance, owing just a $20 co-pay. The financial blows rain, instead, on the uninsured, especiallythechronicallyill who need expensivedrugs tolive, Thisgroup will still include middle-income seniors on Medicare, who’ll have to dig deeply into their pocketsbeforegettingmuchfromthenewdrugbenefitthatstartsin2006. 26. WhatissaidabouttheconsequenceoftherocketingdrugpricesintheU.S.? A)Aquarter ofAmericans can’t afford theirprescription drugs. B) ManyAmericans can’t afford to see adoctor whenthey fall ill. C)ManyAmericans have togo to Canada toget medical treatment. D)The inflation ratehas been morethan doubled overtheyears. 27. It can be inferred that America can follow the Canadian model and curb its soaring drugpricesby________. A)encouraging peopleto buyprescription drugs online B) extendingmedical insurance to all itscitizens C)importinglow-price prescription drugs from Canada D)exercising price control onbrand-name drugs 718淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 28. HowdopropagandistsarguefortheU.S.drugpricingpolicy? A)Low prices will affect thequality ofmedicines inAmerica. B) High prices are essential tofunding research onnewdrugs. C)Lowprices willbring about theanger ofdrug manufacturers. D)High-price drugs are indispensablein curing chronic diseases. 29. What should be the priority of America’s health-care system according to the author? A)Toresolve the dilemmain thehealth-care system. B)TomaintainAmerica’s lead in thedrug industry. C)Toallowthevast majority to enjoy its benefits. D)Toquicken thepace ofnew drugdevelopment. 30. WhatareAmericandrugcompaniesdoingtoprotecttheirhighprofits? A)Labeling drugs bought from Canada as being fakes. B)Threatening to cut back funding fornew drug research. C)Reducing supplies to uncooperativeCanadian pharmacies. D)Attributingtheraging epidemics to theineffectiveness ofCanadian drugs. PassageThree Questions31to35arebasedonthefollowingpassage. Age has its privileges in America. And one of the more prominent of them is the senior citizen discount. Anyone who has reached a certain age—in some cases as low as 55—is automatically entitled to a dazzling array of price reductions at nearly every level of commercial life. Eligibility is determined not by one’s need but by the date on one’s birth certificate. Practically unheard of a generation ago, the discounts have become a routine part of many businesses—as common as color televisions in motel rooms and freecoffeeonairliners. Peoplewithgrayhairoftenaregiventhediscountswithoutevenasking forthem； yet, millions of Americans above age 60 are healthy and solvent (有支付能力的). Businesses that would never dare offer discounts to college students or anyone under 30 freely offer them to older Americans. The practice is acceptable because of the widespread belief that “elderly” and “needy” are synonymous (同义的). Perhaps that once was true, but today elderly Americans as a group have a lower poverty rate than therestofthepopulation.Tobesure, thereiseconomicdiversitywithintheelderly,and manyolderAmericansarepoor,Butmostofthemaren’t. It is impossible to determine the impact of the discounts on individual companies. For many firms, they are a stimulus to revenue. But in other cases the discounts are given at the expense, directly or indirectly, of younger Americans. Moreover, they are a direct irritant in what some politicians and scholars see as a coming conflict between 719淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 thegenerations. Generational tensions are being fueled by continuing debate over Social Security benefits, which mostly involves a transfer of resources from the young to the old. Employmentisanothersorepoint,Buoyed(支持)bylawsandcourtdecisions,moreand more older Americans are declining the retirement dinner in favor of staying on the job-therebylesseningemploymentandpromotionopportunitiesforyoungerworkers. Far from a kind of charity they once were, senior citizen discounts have become a formidable economic privilege to a group with millions of members who don’t need them. It no longer makes sense to treat the elderly as a single group whose economic needs deserve priority over those of others. Senior citizen discounts only enhance the myththatolderpeoplecan’ttakecareofthemselvesandneedspecialtreatment； and they threaten the creation of a new myth, that the elderly are ungrateful and taking for themselvesattheexpenseofchildrenandotheragegroups.Senior citizendiscountsare theessenceoftheverythingolderAmericansarefightingagainst-discriminationbyage. 31. Welearnfromthefirstparagraphthat________. A)offering senior citizensdiscounts has becomeroutine commercialpractice B) seniorcitizen discountshave enabled many oldpeople tolivea decent life C)giving senior citizens discounts has boosted the market for theelderly D)senior citizens have to showtheirbirth certificates to get a discount 32. Whatassumptionliesbehindthepracticeofseniorcitizendiscounts? A) Businesses, having made a lot of profits, should do something for society in return. B) Old people are entitled to special treatment for the contribution they made to society. C)Theelderly,being financially underprivileged, need humane help from society. D) Senior citizen discounts can make up for the inadequacy of the Social Security system. 33. Accordingtosomepoliticiansandscholars,seniorcitizendiscountswill________. A)make old peopleeven moredependent onsociety B) intensify conflicts between the young and theold C)have adverse financial impact onbusiness companies D)bring a marked increasein thecompanies revenues 34. HowdoestheauthorviewtheSocialSecuritysystem? A)It encourages elderly peopletoretire in time. B) It opens upbroad career prospects foryoung people. 720淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 C)It benefits the oldat theexpenseoftheyoung. D)It shouldbereinforced bylaws and court decisions. 35. Whichofthefollowingbestsummarizestheauthor’smainargument? A)Seniorcitizens shouldfight hard against age discrimination. B)Theelderly are selfish and taking seniordiscounts forgranted. C)Priorityshould begiven tothe economicneeds ofseniorcitizens. D)Seniorcitizen discounts maywell be atype ofage discrimination. PassageFour Questions36to40arebasedonthefollowingpassage. In 1854 my great-grandfather, Morris Marable, was sold on an auction block in Georgiafor$500.Forhiswhiteslavemaster,thesale wasjust“businessasusual.”Butto Morris Marable and his heirs, slavery was a crime against our humanity. This pattern of human rights violations against enslaved African-Americans continued under racial segregationfornearlyanothercentury. The fundamental problem of American democracy in the 21st century is the problem of “structural racism” the deep patterns of socio-economic inequality and accumulated disadvantage that are coded by race, and constantly justified in public speeches by both racist stereotypes and white indifference. Do Americans have the capacity and vision to remove these structural barriers that deny democratic rights and opportunitiestomillionsoftheirfellowcitizens? This country has previously witnessed two great struggles to achieve a truly multiculturaldemocracy. The First Reconstruction (1865-1877) ended slavery and briefly gave black men voting rights, but gave no meaningful compensation for two centuries of unpaid labor. Thepromiseof“40acresandamule(骡子)”wasformostblacksadreamdeferred(尚未 实现的). The Second Reconstruction (1954-1968), or the modern civil rights movement, ended legal segregation in public accommodations and gave blacks voting rights. But these successes paradoxically obscure the tremendous human costs of historically accumulateddisadvantagethatremaincentraltoblackAmericans’lives. The disproportionate wealth that most whites enjoy today was first constructed from centuries of unpaid black labor. Many white institutions, including some leading universities,insurance companiesandbanks,profitedfromslavery.Thispatternofwhite privilegeandblackinequalitycontinuestoday. Demanding reparations (赔偿) is not just about compensation for slavery and segregation. It is, more important, an educational campaign to highlight the contemporary reality of “racial deficits” of all kinds, the unequal conditions that impact blacks regardless of class. Structural racism’s barriers include “equity inequity.” the absenceofblackcapitalformationthatisadirectconsequenceofAmerica’shistory.One 721淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 third of all black householdsactually have negative net wealth. In 1998 the typical black family’s net wealth was $16,400, less than one fifth that of white families. Black families aredeniedhomeloansattwicetherateofwhites. Blacks remain the last hired and first fired during recessions. During the 1990-91 recession, African-Americans suffered disproportionately. At Coca-Cola, 42 percent of employees who lost their jobs were blacks. AtSears, 54 percent were black, Blacks have significantly shorter life spans, in part due to racism in the health establishment. Blacks arestatisticallylesslikelythan whitestobereferredforkidneytransplantsor early-stage cancersurgery. 36. To the author, the auction of his great-grandfather is a typical example of ________. A)crime against humanity B) unfair businesstransaction C)racial conflicts in Georgia D)racial segregation inAmerica 37. Thebarriertodemocracyin21stcenturyAmericais________. A)widespread useofracist stereotypes B) prejudice against minority groups C)deep-rooted socio-economicinequality D)denial oflegal rights toordinary blacks 38. WhatproblemremainsunsolvedinthetwoReconstructions? A)Differences between races are deliberately obscured. B)Theblacks are not compensated fortheir unpaidlabor. C)There is noguarantee forblacks to exercise theirrights. D)The interests ofblacks are not protected bylaw. 39. Itisclearthatthewealthenjoyedbymostwhites________. A)has resulted from businesssuccesses overthe years B) has been accompanied byblack capital formation C)has derived from sizableinvestmentsin education D)has been accumulated from generations ofslavery 40. Whatdoestheauthorthinkofthecurrentsituationregardingracialdiscrimination? A)Racism is not amajorobstacle toblacks’employment. B) Inequalityofmany kindsremains virtually untouched. C)Amajorstep has been taken towards reparations. 722淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 D)Little has been doneto ensure blacks’civil rights. PartIIIVocabulary (20 minutes) Directions: There are 30 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with asinglelinethrough thecentre. 41. Because of the ________ of its ideas, the book was in wide circulation both at homeandabroad. A)originality B) subjectivity C)generality D)ambiguity 42. With its own parliament and currency and a common ________ for peace, the EuropeanUniondeclareditself—in11officiallanguages—openforbusiness. A)inspiration B) assimilation C)intuition D)aspiration 43. America has now adopted more ________ European-style inspection systems, and theincidenceoffoodpoisoningisfalling. A)discrete B) solemn C)rigorous D)autonomous 44. Mainstream pro-market economists all agree that competition is an ________ spur toefficiencyandinnovation. A)extravagant B) exquisite C)intermittent D)indispensable 45. Inthelate19th century,JulesVerne, themaster ofscience fiction,foresaw manyof thetechnologicalwondersthatare________today. A)transient 723淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 B) commonplace C)implicit D)elementary 46. Iwasso ________ when Iusedtheautomatic checkoutlane inthesupermarketfor thefirsttime. A)immersed B) assaulted C)thrilled D)dedicated 47. His arm was ________ from the shark’s mouth and reattached, but the boy, who nearlydied,remainedinadelicatecondition. A)retrieved B) retained C)repelled D)restored 48. Bill Gates and Walt Disney are two people America has ________ to be the GreatestAmerican. A)appointed B) appeased C)nicknamed D)dominated 49. The ________ majority of citizens tend to believe that the death penalty will help decreasethecrimerate. A)overflowing B) overwhelming C)prevalent D)premium 50. We will also see a ________ increase in the number of televisions per household, assmallTVdisplaysareaddedtoclocks,coffeemakersandsmokedetectors. A)startling B) surpassing C)suppressing D)stacking 724淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 51. The advance of globalization is challenging some of our most ________ values and ideas,includingourideaofwhatconstitutes“home”. A)enriched B) enlightened C)cherished D)chartered 52. Researchers have discovered that ________ with animals in an active way may loweraperson’sbloodpressure. A)interacting B) integrating C)migrating D)merging 53. The Beatles, the most famous British band of the 1960s, traveled worldwide for manyyears,________culturalbarriers. A)transporting B) transplanting C)transferring D)transcending 54. In his last years, Henry suffered from a disease that slowly ________ him of much ofhissight. A)relieved B) jeopardized C)deprived D)eliminated 55. Weight lifting, or any other sport that builds up your muscles, can make bones becomedenserandless________toinjury. A)attached B) prone C)immune D)reconciled 56. He has ________ to museums hundreds of his paintings as well as his entire personalcollectionofmodernart. A)ascribed B) attributed 725淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 C)designated D)donated 57. Erik’s website contains ________ photographs and hundreds of articles and short videosfromhistriparoundtheglobe. A)prosperous B) gorgeous C)spacious D)simultaneous 58. Optimism is a ________ shown to be associated with good physical health, less depressionandlongerlife. A)trail B) trait C)trace D)track 59. The institution has a highly effective program which helps first-year students make asuccessful________intocollegelife. A)transformation B) transmission C)transition D)transaction 60. Philosophers believe that desire, hatred and envy are “negative emotions” which ________themindandleaditintoapursuitofpowerandpossessions. A)distort B) reinforce C)exert D)scramble 61. The term “glass ceiling” was first used by the Wall Street Journal to describe the apparent barriers that prevent women from reaching the top of the corporate ________. A)seniority B) superiority C)height D)hierarchy 726淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 62. Various efforts have been made over the centuries to predict earthquakes, includingobservinglightsintheskyand________animalbehavior. A)abnormal B) exotic C)absurd D)erroneous 63. Around 80 percent of the ________ characteristics of most white Britons have beenpasseddownfromafewthousandIceAgehunters. A)intelligible B) random C)spontaneous D)genetic 64. Picasso gained popularity in the mid-20th century, which was ________ of a new attitudetowardsmodernart. A)informative B) indicative C)exclusive D)expressive 65. Thecountry wasanisland thatenjoyedcivilizedliving for a thousand yearsor more withlittle________fromtheoutsideworld. A)disturbance B) discrimination C)irritation D)irregularity 66. Fashion designers are rarely concerned with vital things like warmth, comfort and ________. A)stability B) capability C)durability D)availability 67. Back in the days when people traveled by horse and carriage, Karl Benz ________ theworldwithhisextraordinarythree-wheeledmotorvehicle. A)inhibited B) extinguished 727淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 C)quenched D)stunned 68. If we continue to ignorethe issue ofglobal warming, we will almost certainlysuffer the________effectsofclimaticchangesworldwide. A)dubious B) drastic C)trivial D)toxic 69. According to the theory of evolution, all living species are the modified ________ ofearlierspecies. A)descendants B) dependants C)defendants D)developments 70. The panda is an endangered species, which means that it is very likely to become ________withoutadequateprotection. A)intact B) insane C)extinct D)exempt Part IVErrorCorrection (15 minutes) Directions: This part consists of a short passage. In this passage, there are altogether 10 mistakes, one in each numbered line. You may have to change a word, add a word or delete a word. Mark out the mistakes and put the corrections in the blanks provided. If you change a word, cross it out and write the correct word in the corresponding blank. If you add a word, put an insertion make (^) in the right place and write the missing world in the blank. If you delete aword, crossit out andput aslash(/) inthe blank. 注意：题目印刷在答题卡上，请用黑色字迹签字笔在答题卡上作答。 Example: Televisionisrapidlybecomingtheliteratureofourperiods╱. 1. time/times/period Manyoftheargumentshaving╱ usedforthestudyofliteratureas 2. _______\_______ aschoolsubjectarevalidfor ∧ studyoftelevision. 3.______the______ 728淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 Until recently, dyslexia and other reading problems were a mystery to most teachers and parents. As a result, too many kids passed through school without master the printed page. (S1) Some were treated as mentally deficient: many were left functionally illiterate (文盲的)，unable to ever meet their potential. But in the last severalyears,there’sbeenarevolutioninthatwe’velearnedaboutreadinganddyslexia. (S2) Scientistsare using a variety of new imaging techniquesto watch the brain at work. Their experiments have shown that reading disorders are most likely the result of what is, in an effect, (S3) faulty wiring in the brain—not lazy, stupidity or a poor home (S4) environment. There’s also convincing evidence which dyslexia (S5) is largely inherited. It is now considered a chronic problem for some kids, not just a “phase”. Scientists have also discarded another old stereotype that almostall dyslexics areboys.Studiesindicate thatmanygirlsareaffectingaswell(S6)andnotgettinghelp. At same time, educational researchers have come up (S7) with innovative teaching strategies for kids who are having trouble learning to read. New screening tests are identifying children at risk before they get discouraged by year of (S8) frustration and failure. And educators are trying to get the message to parents that they should be on thealertforthefirstsignsofpotentialproblems. It’s an urgent mission. Mass literacy is a relative new (S9) social goal. A hundred years ago people didn’t need to be good readers in order to earn a living. But in the Information Age, no one can get by with knowing how to read well and (S10) understandincreasinglycomplexmaterial. PartVWriting(30 minutes) Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay entitled Traveling Abroad. You should write at least 150 words based on the chart andoutlinegive below: NumberofpeopleinCityXtravelingabroadin1995,2000and2005 近十年来X市有越来越多的人选择出境旅游出现这种现象的原因这种现象可能 产生的影响 TravelingAbroad 729淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 2006年6月17日六级参考答案 Part I 1. C 2. D 3. B 4. C 5. D 6. A 7. C 8. B 9. B 10. A 11. B 12. C 13. B 14. D 15. A 16. D 17. A 18. C 19. B 20. A PartII 21. D 22. B 23. C 24. D 25. A 26. A 27. D 28. B 29. C 30. C 31. A 32. C 33. B 34. C 35. D 36. A 37. C 38. B 39. D 40. B Part III 41. A 42. D 43. C 44. D 45. B 46. C 47. A 48. D 49. B 50. A 51. C 52. A 53. D 54. C 55. B 56. D 57. B 58. B 59. C 60. A 61. D 62. A 63. D 64. B 65. A 66. C 67. D 68. B 69. A 70. C Part IV S1. master → mastering S2. that → what S3. inaneffect → 去掉an S4. lazy → laziness 730淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 S5. which → that S6. affecting → affected S7. atsametime → same 前加the S8. year → years S9. relative → relatively S10. with → without 731淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 2006年12月23日大学英语六级(CET-6)真题试卷(B卷) Part I Listening Comprehension(20 minutes) SectionA Directions: In this section, you will hear 10 short conversations. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the question will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A), B), C) or D), and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre. 1. A)ThefoggyweatherhasaffectedMary’smood. B)They are puzzled about Mary’s lowspirits. C)Mary is dissatisfied with herpromotion. D)Mary cares too much about herlooks. 2. A)Gotoanartexhibition. B)Attend the opening night of aplay. C)Dineout with an old friend. D)See hispaintings ondisplay. 3. A)Hermotherwasquiteoutstandinginacademicword. B) Shewas not particularly interested in going to school. C)Her parents laid great emphasis onacademic excellence. D)Shehelped upgrade theeducational level of immigrants. 4. A)Themachinestherewereillmaintained. B)Tickets forits members were cheaper. C)It was filled with people all thetime. D)It had areputation for good service. 5. A)BothSarahandTomhavebeenawardeddoctoraldegrees. B)Tomhas arranged to meet his brideSarah inHawaii. C)Tomwas more excited than Sarah at thewedding. D)Adoubleblessinghas descended uponTom. 6. A)Thereweretoomanyquestionsintheexamination. 732淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 B)Theexamination was well beyond thecourse content. C)Theexamination questionswere somewhat toodifficult. D)The course prepared himadequately for theexamination. 7. A)It’slesstimeconsuming. B) His wifeis tired of cooking. C)It’spart ofhis job. D)He is sick ofhome-cooked meals. 8. A)Hehasjuststartedtoteachpianolessons. B) Heseldom takes things seriously. C)Heis very proud ofhis piano skills. D)He usually understates hisachievements. 9. A)It’stedious. B) It’sabsurd. C)It’sjustifiable. D)It’s understandable. 10. A)Arrangeaccommodationforher. B) Explain thecause ofthecancellation. C)Compensateher fortheinconvenience. D)Allowherto take another flight that night. Section B Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) or D). Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre. PassageOne Questions11to13arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard. 11. A)Producinglegendarypainting. B) Making afortune from decorative arts. C)Manufacturing quality furniture. D)Setting upaspecial museum. 733淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 12. A)ToshowhisfascinationwithAsianculture. B)Totell thestory oftheAmerican Revolution. C)Topromoteinterest inAmerican decorativearts. D)Toincrease thepopularity of theDuPont Company. 13. A)Bythemeofperiod. B) By styleof design. C)By manufacturer oforigin. D)By function of purpose. PassageTwo Questions14to16arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard. 14. A)Peoplemayusetwoormorelanguages. B) Peoplewillchoose Chineserather than English. C)Thepercentage ofnativespeakers of English will increase. D)The number ofpeoplerelying ontheir mothertongue will drop. 15. A)ThenumberofSpanishspeakersisfargreaterthanthatofArabicspeakers. B)Arabic spoken inoneArab country may not beunderstood inanother. C)Arabic spoken inEgypt differs fromArabic spoken inMorocco in origin. D)The number ofArabic speakers isdeclining because oftheinvasion of English. 16. A)ItisimpossibleforArabcountriestostandardizetheirlanguage. B) Mostpeople in theworld will learn tospeak Chinesein thefuture. C)It isuncertain whether English will betheworld language inthe future. D)Spanish is very likely to become thetoplanguage oftheworld by2050. PassageThree Questions17to20arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard. 17. A)Becausetheybelieveblindstudentsprefertomixwithstudentswhocansee. B) Because itwould cost lotsofmoney tobuild such special colleges. C)Because itwould constitutediscrimination against blind students. D)Because they thinkblind peopleshould learn toliveamong sighted people. 18. A)Byencouragingthetobemoreself-reliant. B) By showingthem proper care and respect. 734淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 C)By offering them morefinancial assistance. D)By providing them with free medical service. 19. A)FinancialaidfromtheAmericangovernment. B) Modern technology. C)Professional support. D)Help from theNational Federation of theBlind. 20. A)AskAmericanprofessorstowriterecommendationsontheirbehalf. B) ObtainAmerican citizenship before they reach theage of30. C)Turn to special institutions in theirown country for assistance. D)Apply tothe national federation oftheBlind for scholarships. Part IIReading Comprehension(35 minutes) Directions: There are 4 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A) B) C) and D).You should decide on the best choice and mark the correspondingletter onAnswer Sheet with asinglelinethrough the centre. PassageOne Questions21to25arebasedonthefollowingpassage. Each summer, no matter how pressing my work schedule, I take off one day exclusively for my son. We call it dad-son day. This year our third stop was the amusementpark, wherebediscoveredthathewastallenoughtorideoneofthefastest roller coasters (过山车) in the world. We blasted through face-stretching turns and loops for ninety seconds. Then, as we stepped off the ride, be shrugged and, in a distressinglycalmvoice,remarkedthatitwasnotasexcitingasotherrideshe’dbeenon. AsIlistened,Ibegantosensesomethingseriouslyoutofbalance. Throughout the season, I noticed similar events all around me. Parents seemed hard pressed to find new thrills for indifferent kids. Surrounded by ever-greater stimulation,theiryoungfaceswerelookingdisappointedandbored. Facing their children’s complaints of “nothing to do“, parents were shelling out large numbers of dollars for various forms of entertainment. In many cases the money seemedtodolittlemorethanbuytransientrelieffromtheterriblemoansoftheirbored children.Thisset me pondering the obviousquestion:“ Howcan it be so hardforkids to find something to do when there’s never been such a range of stimulating entertainmentavailabletothem?” What really worries me is the intensity of the stimulation. I watch my little daughter’s face as she absorbs the powerful onslaught (冲击) of arousing visuals and bloodyspecialeffectsinmovies. 735淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 Why do children immersed in this much excitement seem starved for more? That was, I realized, the point. I discovered during my own reckless adolescence that what creates excitement is not going fast, but going faster. Thrills have less to do with speed thanchangesinspeed. I’m concerned about the cumulative effect of years at these levels of feverish activity. It is no mystery to me why many teenagers appear apathetic (麻木的) and burned out, with a “been there, done that” air of indifference toward much of life. As increasing numbers of friends’ children are prescribed medications-stimulants to deal with inattentiveness at school or anti-depressants to help with the loss of interest and joyintheirlives-Iquestiontheroleofkids’boredominsomeofthediagnoses. My own work is focused on the chemical imbalances and biological factors related to behavioral and emotional disorders. These are complex problems. Yet I’ve been reflecting more and more on how the pace of life and the intensity of stimulation may be contributing to the rising rates of psychiatric problems among children and adolescentsinoursociety. 21. Theauthortellsurprisedintheamusementparkatfactthat________. A)his son was not as thrilled by theroller coasters rideas expected B) his sonblasted through theturns and loops with hisface stretched C)his sonappeared distressed butcalm whileriding therollercoasters D)his son couldkeep his balance sowell onthefast movingroller coasters 22. Accordingtotheauthor,childrenarebored________. A)unless their parents can find new thrillsfor them B) when they don’t have any access to stimulating fun games C)when they are left aloneat weekends bytheirworking parents D)even ifthey are exposed to moreand morekinds ofentertainment 23. From his own experience, the author came to the conclusion that children seem to expect________. A)a much wider variety ofsports facilities B) activities that require sophisticated skills C)ever-changing thrilling forms ofrecreation D)physical exercises that are morechallenging 24. InPara6theauthorexpresseshisdoubtabouttheeffectivenessoftryingtochange children’sindifferencetowardmuchoflifeby________. A)diverting their interest from electronicvisual games B) prescribing medications for theirtemporary relief C)creating morestimulating activities for them 736淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 D)spending more money ontheirentertainment 25. In order to alleviate children’s boredom, the author would probably suggest ________. A)adjusting thepace oflife andintensityof stimulation B) promotingthe practice ofdad-son days C)consultinga specialist in child psychology D)balancing school work withextracurricular activities PassageTwo Questions26to30arebasedonthefollowingpassage. It used to be that people were proud to work for the same company for the whole oftheir working lives.They’d geta goldwatch at theendof their productive yearsanda dinner featuring speeches by their bosses praising their loyalty. But today’s rich capitalists have regressed (倒退) to the “survival of the fittest” ideas and their loyalty extends not to their workers or even to their stockholders but only to themselves. Instead of giving out gold watches worth a hundred or so dollarsfor forty or so years of word, they grab tens and even hundreds of millions of dollars as they sell for their own profitthecompanytheymayhavebeenwithforonlyafewyears. The new rich selfishly act on their own to unfairly grab the wealth that the country as a whole has produced. The top 1 percent of the population now has wealth equal to thewholebottom 95percentandtheywantmore.Their selfishnessismostshamelessly expressed in downsizing and outsourcing (将产品包给分公司做) because these businessmaneuversdon’tacttocreatednewjobsasthefounderofnewindustriesused to do,but only out jobs while keeping the moneyvalue of what those jobs producedfor themselves. To keep the money machine working smoothly the rich have bought all the politicians from the top down. The president himself is constantly leaving Washington and the business at the nation because he is summoned to “fundraising dinners” where fat cats pay a thousand or so dollars a plate to worm their way into government not through service but through donations of vast amounts of money. Once on the inside they have both political parties busily tearing up all the regulations that protect the rest ofusfromthegreedoftherich. The middle class used to be loyal to the free enterprise system. In the past, the people of the middle class mostly thought they’d be rich themselves someday or have a good shot at becoming rich. But nowadays income is being distributed more and more unevenlyand corporateloyalty isa thing of the past. Themiddle class mayalso wakeup to forget its loyalty to the so-called free enterprise system altogether and the government which governs only the rest of us while letting the corporations do what they please with our jobs. As things stand, if somebody doesn’t wake up, the middle classisonapathtobeingdownsizedallthewaytothebottomofsociety. 737淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 26. Itcanbeinferredfromthefirstparagraphthatpeopleusedtoplaceahighvalueon ________. A)jobsecurity B) bosses’praise C)corporateloyalty D)retirement benefits 27. Theauthorisstronglycriticaloftoday’srichcapitalistsfor________. A)not giving necessary assistance to laid-offworkers B) maximizingtheir profits at theexpenseof workers C)notsetting uplong-term goals fortheir companies D)rewarding onlythose who are considered thefittest 28. Theimmediateconsequenceofthenewcapitalists’practiceis________. A)loss ofcorporate reputation B) lowerpay forthe employees C)ahigher rate ofunemployment D)a declinein business transactions 29. Therichtrytoswaythepolicyofthegovernmentby________. A)occupying important positionsin bothpolitical parties B) making monetary contributions todecision-makers C)pleasing thepublicwith generous donations D)constantly hosting fundraising dinners 30. Whatistheauthor’spurposeinwritingthispassage? A)tocall onthe middleclass to remain loyal to thefree enterprise system B) towarn the government ofthe shrinkingof theAmerican middleclass C)topersuade thegovernment tochange itscurrent economic policies D)tourge themiddleclass to wake upand protect theirown interests PassageThree Questions31to35arebasedonthefollowingpassage. Intel chairman Andy Grove has decided to cut the Gordian knot of controversy surroundingstemcellresearchbysimplywritingacheck. The check, which he pledged last week, could be for as much as 55 million, depending on how many donors make gifts of between 550,000 and 5,500,000, which he has promised to match. It will be made out to the University of California-San 738淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 Francisco(UCSF). Thanks in part to such private donations, university research into uses for human stem cells—the cells at the earliest stages of development that can form any body part —willcontinueinCalifornia.Withprivatefinancialsupport,thestatewill belesslikelyto lose talented scientists who would be tempted to leave the field or even leave the countryasresearchdependentonfederalmoneyslowstoglacial(极其缓慢的)pace. Hindered by limits President Bush placed on stem cell research a year age, scientists are turning to laboratories that can carry out work without using federal money. This is awkward for universities, which must spend extra money building separate labs and keeping rigor cots records proving no federal funds were involved. Grove’sdonation,afirststeptowarda$20milliontargetatUCSF,willeasetheburden. The president’s decision a year ago to allow research on already existing stem cell lines was portrayed as a reasonable compromise between scientists’ needs for cells to work with, and concerns that this kind of research could lead to wholesale creation and destructionofhumanembryos(胚胎),clonedinfantsandageneralcontemptforhuman life. But Bush’s effort to please both sides ended up pleasing neither. And it certainly didn’t provide the basis for cutting edge research. Of the 78 existing stem cell lines which Bush said are all that science would ever need, only one is in this country (at the University of Wisconsin) and only five are ready for distribution to researchers. All were grown in conjunction with mouse cells, making future therapeutic ( 治疗的) uses unlikely. The Bush administration seems bent on satisfying the small but vocal group of Americans who oppose stem cell research under any conditions. Fortunately, Grove and others are more interested in advancing scientific research that could benefit the large numberofAmericanswhosufferfrom Parkinson’sdisease,nerveinjuries,heartdiseases andmanyotherproblems. 31. WhenAndyGrovedecidedtocuttheGordianknot,hemeatto________. A)put an end to stemcell research B) end Intel’s relations with Gordian C)settlethedisputeonstem cell research quickly D)expel Gordian from stem cell research for good 32. ForUCSFtocarryonstemcellresearch,newfundshavetocomefrom________. A)interested businesses and individuals B) theUnited States federal government C)afoundation set upbythe Intel Company D)executives of leadingAmerican companies 33. As a result of the limit Bust placed on stem cell research. American universities will 739淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 ________. A)conduct theresearch in laboratories overseas B) abandon theresearch altogether inthe nearfuture C)have tocarry out theresearch secretly D)have to raise moneytobuild separate labs 34. We may infer from the passage that future therapeutic uses of stem cells will be unlikelyunless________. A)human stem cells are used intheresearch B) alot moreprivate donations can be secured C)morefederal money is used for theresearch D)talented scientistsare involved intheresearch 35. Thereasonlying behind PresidentBush’s placing limitson stem cell research is that ________. A)his administration isfinancially pinched B) hedid not want to offend itsopponents C)itamounts to acontempt for human life D)it did notpromise anytherapeuticvalue PassageFour Questions36to40arebasedonthefollowingpassage. This looks like the year that hard-pressed tenants in California will relief-not just in themarketplace,wheretentshaveeased,butfromthestatecapitalSacramento. Two significant tenant reforms stand a good chance of passage. One bill, which will give more time to tenants being evicted (逐出), will soon be heading to the governor’s desk.Theother,protectingsecuritydeposits,facesavoteintheSenateonMonday. Formorethana century,landlordsinCaliforniahavebeenabletoforcetenantsout with only 30 days’ notice. That will now double under SB 1403, which got through the Assembly recently. The new protection will apply only to renters who have been in an apartmentforatleastayear. Even 60 days in a tight housing market won’t be long enough for some families to find an apartment near where their kids go to school. But is will be an improvement in cities like San Jose, where renters rights groups charge that unscrupulous (不择手段的) landlordshavekickedouttenantsonshortnoticetoputuptents. The California Landlords Association argued that landlords shouldn’t have to wait 60 days to get rid of problem tenants. But the bill gained support when a Japanese real estate investor sent out 30-day eviction notices to 550 families renting homes in Sacramento and Santa Rosa. The landlords lobby eventually dropped its opposition and 740淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 insteadturneditsforcesagainstAB2330,regardingsecuritydeposits. Sponsored by Assemblywoman Carole Migden of San Francisco, the bill would establishaprocedureandatimetablefortenantstogetbacksecuritydeposits. Some landlords view security deposits as a free month’s rent, theirs for the taking. In most cases, though, there are honest disputes over damages-what constitutes ordinarywearandtear AB 2330 would give a tenant the right to request a walk-through with the landlord andtomaketherepairsbeforemovingout;reputablelandlordsalreadydothis.Itwould increasethepenaltyforfailingtoreturnadeposit. The original bill would have required the landlord to pay interest on the deposit. The landlords lobby protested that it would involve too much paperwork over too little money-less than $10 a year on a $1,000 deposit, at current rates. On Wednesday, the sponsordroppedtheinterestsectiontoincreasethechanceofpassage. Even in its amended form, AB 2330 is, like SB 1403, vitally important for tenants andshouldbemadestatelaw. 36. WelearnfromthepassagethatSB1403willbenefit________. A)long-term real estateinvestors B) short-term tenants inSacramento C)landlords in theStateofCalifornia D)tenants renting ahouse overa year 37. A 60-day notice before eviction may not be early enough for renters because ________. A)moving houseis somethingdifficult toarrange B) appropriatehousing may not bereadily available C)moretimeis needed for theirkids’school registration D)thefurnishing ofthenew houseoften takes along time 38. Veryoftenlandlordsdon’treturntenants’depositsonthepretextthat________. A)their rent has not been paid in time B) there has been ordinary wear and tear C)tenants have donedamage to thehouse D)the30-day notice formoving out isover 39. WhydidthesponsoroftheAB2330billfinallygiveinontheinterestsection? A)Toput an end to alengthy argument. B)Tourge landlords tolobby forits passage. C)Tocut down theheavy paperwork for itseasy passage. 741淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 D)Tomake it easier for theStateAssembly to pass thebill. 40. Itcanbelearnedfromthepassagethat________. A)bothbillsare likely tobemade statelaws B) neitherbill willpass through theAssembly C)AB 2330stands abetter chance ofpassage D)Sacramento and San Josesupport SB1403 PartIIIVocabulary (20 minutes) Directions: There are 30 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A), B), C) or D). Choose the ONE answer that the best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with asinglelinethrough thecentre. 41. Grey whales have long been ________ in the north Atlantic and hunting was an importantcauseforthat. A)extinct B) extinguished C)detained D)deprived 42. He was given major responsibility for operating the remote manipulator to ________thenewlylaunchedsatellite. A)retreat B) retrieve C)embody D)embrace 43. Foreign students are facing unprecedented delays, as visa applications receive closer________thanever. A)appraisal B) scanning C)retention D)scrutiny 44. If you are late for the appointment, you might ________ the interviewer and lose yourchanceofbeingaccepted. A)irrigate B) intrigue 742淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 C)irritate D)intimidate 45. Children’s idea of a magic kingdom is often dancers in animal ________ as they haveoftenseeninDisneyland. A)cushions B) costumes C)skeletons D)ornaments 46. Ever since the first nuclear power stations were built, doubts have ________ about theirsafety. A)preserved B) survived C)suspended D)lingered 47. This clearly shows that crops and weeds have quite a number of ________ in common. A)traits B) traces C)tracks D)trails 48. From science to Shakespeare, excellent television and video programs are available ________toteacher. A)instock B) instore C)inoperation D)inabundance 49. When the Italian poet Dante was ________ from his home in Florence, he decided towalkfromItalytoParistosearchfortherealmeaningoflife. A)exerted B) expired C)exiled D)exempted 50. Habits acquired in youth-notably smoking and drinking-may increase the risk of 743淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 ________diseasesinaperson’slaterlife. A)consecutive B) chronic C)critical D)cyclical 51. F. W. Woolworth was the first businessman to erect a true skyscraper to ________ himself, and in 1929, A1 Smith, a former governor of New York, sought to outreach him. A)portray B) proclaim C)exaggerate D)commemorate 52. To label their produce as organic, farmers have to obtain a certificate showing that no________chemicalshavebeenusedtokillpestsonthefarmfortwoyears. A)toxic B) tragic C)nominal D)notorious 53. Ancient Greek gymnastics training programs were considered to be an ________ partofthechildren’seducation. A)intact B) integral C)inclusive D)infinite 54. Researchershavefoundthathappiness doesn’t appearto beanyone’s; the capacity forjoyisatalentyoudeveloplargelyforyourself. A)disposal B) domain C)heritage D)hostage 55. We want out children to have more than job skills; we want their lives to be ________andtheirperspectivestobebroadened. A)envisaged B) excelled 744淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 C)exceeded D)enriched 56. Onlineschools, which ________ the needs of differentpeople, haveemerged as an increasinglypopulareducationalternative. A)stirup B) switch on C)cater to D)consent to 57. This kind of songbird sleeps much less during its annual ________,but that doesn’t seemtoaffectitsflying. A)migration B) emigration C)conveyance D)transference 58. The developing nations want rich countries to help shoulder the cost of ________ forests. A)updating B) upgrading C)conserving D)constructing 59. In the study, researchers succeeded in determining how coffee ________ different areasofthebrainin15volunteers. A)integrated B) motivated C)illuminated D)activated 60. They are trying to ________ the risk as much as they can by making a more thoroughinvestigationofthemarket. A)minimize B) harmonize C)summarize D)jeopardize 61. The cycles of the sun and moon are simple, but forces which have shaped human 745淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 livessincethebeginning. A)frantic B) gigantic C)sensational D)maximum 62. Aneffortwaslaunchedrecentlytocreatethefirstcomputer________oftheentire humanbrain. A)repetition B) repression C)saturation D)simulation 63. In the face of the disaster, the world has united to aid millions of ________ people tryingtopiecetheirlivesbacktogether. A)fragile B) primitive C)vulnerable D)susceptible 64. AIDS is a global problem that demands a unified, worldwide solution, which is not onlytheresponsibilityofnationsinwhichAIDSismost________. A)relevant B) prevalent C)vigorous D)rigorous 65. After the earthquake, a world divided by ________ and religious disputes suddenly faceditscommonhumanityinthisshockingdisaster. A)eligible B) engaged C)prone D)prospective 66. Psychologists suggest that children who are shy are more ________ to develop depressionandanxietylaterinlife. A)eligible B) engaged C)prone 746淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 D)prospective 67. Initially, the scientists and engineers seemed ________ by the variety of responses peoplecanmaketoapoem. A)reinforced B) embarrassed C)depressed D)bewildered 68. Isitpossibletostopdrug________inthecountrywithinaveryshorttime? A)adoption B) addiction C)contemplation D)compulsion 69. The parents of Lindsay, 13, an ________ tennis player who spends eight hours a dayonthecourt,admitthataregularschoolisnotanoptionfortheirdaughter. A)exotic B) equivalent C)elite D)esthetic 70. Our research confirmed the ________ that when children have many different caregiversimportantaspectsoftheirdevelopmentareliabletobeoverlooked. A)hypothesis B) hierarchy C)synthesis D)syndrome Part IVErrorCorrection (15 minutes) Directions: This part consists of a short passage. In this passage, there are altogether 10 mistakes, one in each numbered line. You may have to change a word, add a word or delete a word. Mark out the mistakes and put the corrections in the blanks provided. If you change a word, cross it out and write the correct word in the corresponding blank. If you add a word, put an insertion make (^) in the right place and write the missing world in the blank. If you delete aword, crossit out andput aslash(/) inthe blank. 注意：题目印刷在答题卡上，请用黑色字迹签字笔在答题卡上作答。 Example: 747淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 Televisionisrapidlybecomingtheliteratureofourperiods╱. 1. time/times/period Manyoftheargumentshaving╱ usedforthestudyofliteratureas 2. _______\_______ aschoolsubjectarevalidfor ∧ studyoftelevision. 3.______the______ The most important starting point for improving the understanding of silence is undoubtedly an adequate scientific education at school. Public attitudes towards science owe much the way science is taught in these (S1) institutions. Today, school is what most people come into (S2) contact with a formal instruction and explanation of science for the first time, at least in a systematic way. It is at this point which the foundations are laid for an interest in science. (S3) What is taught (and how) in this first encounterwilllargelydetermineanindividual’sviewofthesubjectinadultlife. Understanding the original of the negative attitudes (S4) towards science may help us to modify them. Most education system neglect exploration, understanding and reflection. (S5) Teachersin schools tend to present science as a collection of facts, often by more detail than necessary. As a result, (S6) children memorize processes such as mathematicalformulasortheperiodictable,onlytoforgetitshortlyafterwards.The(S7) task of learning facts and concepts, one at a time, makes learning laborious, boring and efficient. Such a purely (S8) empirical approach, which consists of observation and description, is also, in a sense, unscientific or incomplete. There is therefore a need for resources and methods of teaching that facilitates a deep understanding of science in (S9) an enjoyable way. Science should not only be “fun” in the same way as playing a video game, but ‘hard fun’—deep feeling of connection made possibly only imaginative (S10)engagement. PartVWriting(30 minutes) Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay entitled The Celebration of Western Festivals. You should write at least 150 words followingoutlinegiven below. 1. 现在国内有不少人喜欢过西方的某些节日 2. 产生这种现象的原因 3. 这种现象可能带来的影响 TheCelebrationofWesternFestivals. 748淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 2006年12月23日六级参考答案 Part IListeningComprehension 1. B 2. A 3. C 4. C 5. D 6. B 7. C 8. D 9. B 10. A 11. D 12. C 13. A 14. A 15. B 16. C 17. D 18. A 19. B 20. D Part II Reading Comprehension 21. A 22. D 23. C 24. B 25. A 26. C 27. B 28. C 29. B 30. D 31. C 32. A 33. D 34. A 35. B 36. D 37. B 38. C 39. D 40. A Part IIIVocabulary 41. A 42. B 43. D 44. C 45. B 46. D 47. A 48. D 49. C 50. B 51. D 52. A 53. B 54. C 55. D 56. C 57. A 58. C 59. D 60. A 61. B 62. D 63. C 64. B 65. A 66. C 67. D 68. B 69. C 70. A PartIVErrorCorrection S1. 在much和theway间插入to S2. what → where S3. which → that S4. original → origin S5. system → systems 749淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 S6. by → in S7. it → them S8. efficient → inefficient S9. facilitates → facilitate S10. possibly → possible 750淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 2006年12月24日大学英语六级(CET-6)真题试卷(A卷) Part IWriting(30 minutes) Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay entitled The Importance of Reading Classics. You should write at least 150 words followingthe outlinegiven below. 1. 阅读经典书籍对人的成长至关重要 2. 现在愿意阅读经典的人却越来越少，原因是… 3. 我们大学生应该怎么做 TheImportanceofReadingClassics Part IIReading Comprehension(Skimming and Scanning)(15minutes) Directions: In this part, you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage quickly and answer thequestions on Answer Sheet1. Forquestions1-4,mark Y(forYES) if the statement agrees with the information given in thepassage; N(forNO) if statement contradicts the information given in the passage; NG(forNOTGIVEN) iftheinformationisnotgiveninthepassage. Forquestions5-10,completethesentenceswiththeinformationgiveninthepassage. SpaceTourism Make your reservations now. The space tourism industry is officially open for business, and tickets are going for a mere $20 million for a one-week stay in space. Despite reluctance from National Air and Space Administration (NASA)，Russia made American businessman Dennis Tito the world’s first space tourist. Tito flew into space aboard a Russian Soyuz rocket that arrived at the International Space Station (ISS) on April30,2001.Thesecondspacetourist,SouthAfricanbusinessmanMarkShuttleworth, tookoffaboardtheRussianSoyuzonApril25,2002,alsoboundfortheISS. Lance Bass of ‘N Sync was supposed to be the third to make the $20 million trip, but he did not join the three-man crew as they blasted off on October 30, 2002, due to lack of payment. Probably the most incredible aspect of this proposed space tour was thatNASAapprovedofit. These trips are the beginning of what could be a profitable 21st century industry. There are already several space tourism companies planning to build suborbital vehicles and orbital cities within the next two decades. These companies have invested millions, 751淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 believingthatthespacetourismindustryisonthevergeoftakingoff. In 1997, NASA published a report concluding that selling trips into space to private citizens could be worth billions of dollars. A Japanese report supports these findings, and projects that space tourism could be a $10 billion per year industry within the next two decades. The only obstacles to opening up space to tourists are the space agencies, who are concerned with safety and the development of a reliable, reusable launch vehicle. SpaceAccommodations Russia’s Mir space station was supposed to be the first destination for space tourists. But in March 2001，the Russian Aerospace Agency brought Mir down into the Pacific Ocean. As it turned out, bringing down Mir only temporarily delayed the first touristtripintospace. TheMir crash didcancel plans fora new reality-based game show fromNBC, which wasgoingtobecalledDestinationMir.TheSurvivor-likeTVshowwasscheduledtoairin fall 2001, Participants on the show were to go through training at Russia’s cosmonaut (宇航 员 ) training center, Star City. Each week, one of the participants would be eliminated from the show, with the winner receiving a trip to the Mir space station. The Mir crash has ruled out NBC’s space plans for now. NASA is against beginning space tourismuntiltheInternationalSpaceStationiscompletedin2006. Russia is not alone in its interest in space tourism. There are several projects underway to commercialize space travel. Here are a few of the groups that might take touriststospace:  Space Island Group is going to build a ring-shaped, rotating “commercial space infrastructure (基础结构)” that will resemble the Discovery spacecraft in the movie “2001: A Space Odyssey.” Space Island says it will build itsspace city out of empty NASA space-shuttle fuel tanks(to start, it should takearound 12 or so), and place it about 400 miles above Earth. The space city will rotate once per minute to create a gravitational pullone-thirdasstrongasEarth’s.  According to their vision statement. Space Adventures plans to “fly tens of thousand of people in space over the next 10-15 years and beyond, around the moon, and back, from spaceports both on Earth and in space, to and from private space stations,andboarddozenofdifferentvehicles...”  Even Hilton Hotels has shown interest in the space tourism industry and possibility of building or co-funding a space hotel. However, the company did say that it believessuchaspacehotelis15to20yearsaway. Initially, space tourism will offer simple accommodations at best. For instance, if the International Space Station is used as a tourist attraction, guests won’t find the luxurious surroundings of a hotel room on Earth. It has been designed for conducting research, not entertainment. However, the first generation of space hotels should offer touristsamuchmorecomfortableexperience. In regard to a concept for a space hotel initially planned by Space Island, such a hotel could offer guests every convenience they might find at a hotel on Earth, and 752淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 some they might not. The small gravitational pull created by the rotating space city wouldallowspace-touristsandresidentstowalkaroundandfunctionfacilitieswouldbe possible.Additionally,spacetouristswouldevenbeabletotakespacewalks. Many of these companies believe that they have to offer an extremely enjoyable experience in order for passengers to pay thousands, if not millions, of dollars to ride intospace.Sowillspacecreateanotherseparationbetweenthehavesandhave-nots? TheMostExpensiveVacation Will space be an exotic retreat reserved for only the wealthy? Or will middle-class folks have a chance to take their families to space? Make no mistake about it, going to spacewill bethemostexpensivevacationyouever take.Pricesrightnoware inthetens of millions of dollars. Currently, the only vehicles that can take you into space are the space shuttle and the Russian Soyuz, both of which are terribly inefficient. Each spacecraft requires millions of pounds of fuel to take off into space, which makes them expensive to launch. One pound of payload (有效载重) costs about $10,000 to put into Earth’sorbit. NASA and Lockheed Martin are currently developing a single-stage-to-orbit launch space plane, called the VentureStar, that could be launched for about a tenth of what the space shuttle costs to launch. If the VentureStar takes off, the number of people whocouldaffordtotakeatripintospacewouldmoveintothemillions. In 1998, a joint report from NASA and the Space Transportation Association stated that improvements in technology could push fares for space travel as low as $50,000, and possibly down to $20,000 or $10,000 a decade later. The report concluded that a ticket price of $50,000, there could be 500,000 passengers flying into space each year. While still leaving out many people, these prices would open up space to a tremendous amountoftraffic. Since the beginning of the space race, the general public has said, “Isn’t that great—when do I get to go?” Well, our chance might be closer than ever. Within the next 20 years, space planes could be taking off for the Moon at the same frequency as airplanesflyingbetweenNewYorkandLosAngles. 注意：此部分试题请在答题卡 1上作答。 1. LanceBasswasn’tabletogoonatourofspacebecauseofhealthproblems. 2. Several tourism companies believe space travel is going to be a new profitable industry. 3. Thespaceagenciesarereluctanttoopenupspacetotourists. 4. Two Australian billionaires have been placed on the waiting list for entering space asprivatepassengers. 5. The price for the winner in the fall 2001 NBA TV game show would have been 753淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 ________. 6. HiltonHotelsbelievesitwon’tbelongbeforeitispossibletobuilda________. 7. In order for space tourists to walk around and function normally, it is necessary for thespacecitytocreatea________. 8. What making going to space the most expensive vacation is the enormous cost involvedin________. 9. Each year 500,000 space tourists could be flying into space if ticket prices could be loweredto________. 10. Withinthenexttwodecades,________couldbeasintercityairtravel. PartIII ListeningComprehension(35 minutes) SectionA Directions: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the end of each conversation, one or more questions will be asked about what said. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A) B) C) and D), and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet2with asinglelinethrough thecentre. 注意：此部分试题请在答题卡 2上作答。 11. A)Dr.Smith’swaitingroomisn’ttidy. B) Dr.Smith enjoys reading magazines. C)Dr.Smith has left a good impression onher. D)Dr.Smith may not be agood choice. 12. A)Themanwillrenttheapartmentwhenitisavailable. B)Theman made a bargain withthe landlady over therent. C)Theman insists onhavingalook at the apartment first. D)The man is notfully satisfied withtheapartment. 13. A)Packinguptogoabroad. B) Drawing upaplan for herEnglish course. C)Brushing uponherEnglish. D)Applying for a visatothe United Sates. 754淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 14. A)Heisanxioustofindacureforhishighbloodpressure. B) Hedoesn’t think high blood pressure is a problemfor him. C)Hewas not aware of hisillness untildiagnosed withit. D)He did nottake thesymptoms of hisillness seriously. 15. A)ToinvestigatethecauseofAIDS. B)Toraise moneyforAIDS patients. C)Torally support forAIDS victimsinAfrica. D)Todraw attention to thespread ofAIDS inAsia. 16. A)Ithasaverylonghistory. B) It isa private institution. C)It was founded byThomas Jefferson. D)It stresses thecomprehensive studyof nature. 17. A)Theycan’tfitintothemachine. B)They have not been delivered yet. C)They were sent to thewrong address. D)They were found tobe ofthewrong type. 18. A)Thefoodservedinthecafeteriausuallylacksvariety. B)Thecafeteria sometimes provides rare foodfor thestudents. C)Thestudents find the servicein thecafeteria satisfactory. D)The cafeteria tries hard to cater tothestudents’needs. Questions19to22arebasedontheconversationyouhavejustheard. 19. A)Hepickedupsomeapplesinhisyard. B) Hecut somebranches offtheappletree. C)Hequarreled with hisneighbor over thefence. D)He cleaned upall thegarbage in thewoman’s yard. 20. A)Trimtheappletreesinheryard. B) Pickupthe apples that fell in her yard. C)Takethegarbage tothe curb for her. D)Remove thebranches from her yard. 21. A)Filealawsuitagainsttheman. B)Ask theman forcompensation. 755淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 C)Have theman’s appletree cut down. D)Throw garbage intotheman’s yard. 22. A)Hewasreadytomakeaconcession. B) Hewas not intimidated. C)Hewas not prepared togo to court. D)He was a bitconcerned. Questions23to25arebasedontheconversationyouhavejustheard. 23. A)Badweather. B) Breakdown oftheengines. C)Human error. D)Failure ofthecommunications system. 24. A)Twothousandfeet. B)Twenty thousandfeet. C)Twelvethousand feet. D)Twenty-two thousand feet. 25. A)Accuratecommunicationisofutmostimportance. B) Pilotsshould be abletospeak several foreign languages. C)Aircontrollers should keep aclosewatch onthe weather. D)Cooperation between pilotsand aircontrollers is essential. Section B Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choice marked A) B) C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. 注意：此部分试题请在答题卡 2上作答。 PassageOne Questions26to28arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard. 26. A)Hisfathercaughtaseriousdisease. B) His motherpassed away. 756淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 C)His motherleft him to marry a rich businessman. D)His father took todrinking. 27. A)Hedislikedbeingdisciplined. B) Hecouldn’t pay his gambling debts. C)Hewas expelled bytheuniversity. D)He enjoyed working fora magazine. 28. A)HispoemsareheavilyinfluencedbyFrenchwriters. B) His stories are mainly set inthe StateofVirginia. C)His work difficult toread. D)Hid language is not refined. 29. A)Hegrievedtodeathoverthelossofhiswife. B) Hecommitted suicidefor unknown reasons. C)Hewas shot dead at theageof 40. D)He died ofheavy drinking. PassageTwo Questions30to32arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard. 30. A)Women. B) Manual workers. C)Prisoners. D)School age children. 31. A)Hetaughthisstudentshowtopronouncethelettersfirst. B) Hematched theletters with thesounds familiarto thelearners. C)Heshowed thelearners how tocombine theletters into simplewords. D)He divided theletters into groups according totheway they are written. 32. A)Itcanhelppeopletobecomeliteratewithinashorttime. B) It was originally designed forteaching theEnglish language. C)It enables thelearners to master alanguage within three months. D)It is effective in teaching any alphabetical language to Brazilians. PassageThree Questions33to35arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard. 757淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 33. A)Thecrop’sbloomingperiodisdelayed. B)Theroots of crops are cut off. C)Thetopsoil isseriously damaged. D)The growth ofweeds is accelerated. 34. A)It’sanewwayofapplyingchemicalfertilizer. B) It’san improved method ofharvesting crops. C)It’san creativetechnique for saving labor. D)It’s afarming process limiting theuseof ploughs. 35. A)Inareaswithfewweedsandunwantedplants. B) In areas with a severs shortage ofwater. C)In areas lacking inchemical fertilizer. D)In areas dependent onimported food. 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 numbered from 36 to 43 with the exact words you have just heard. For blanks numbered from 44 to 46 you are required to fill in the missing information. For these blanks, you can either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the main points in your own words. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written. 注意：此部分试题请在答题卡 2上作答。 Adults are getting smarter about how smart babies are. Not long ago, researchers learned that 4-day-olds could understand (36) ________ and subtraction. Now, British research (37) ________ Graham Schafer has discovered that infants can learn words for uncommon things long before they can speak. He found that 9-month-old infants could be taught, through repeated show-and-tell, to (38) ________ the names of objects that were foreign to them, a result that (39) ________ in some ways the received (40) ________ that, apart from learning to (41) ________ things common to their daily lives, children don’t begin to build vocabulary until well into their second year. “It’s no (42) ________ that children learn words, but the words they tend to know are words linked to (43) ________ situations in the home,” explains Schafer. “(44) ________________________________ with an unfamiliar voice giving instructions in an unfamiliarsetting.” Figuring out how humans acquire language may shed light on why some children learn to read and write later than others, Schafer says, and could lead to better treatments for developmental problems. (45) ________________________________. 758淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 “Language is a test case for human cognitive development,” says Schafer. But parents eager to teach their infants should take note (46) ________________________________. “This is not about advancing development,” he says. “It’s just about what children can do at an earlier age than what educators have oftenthought.” Part IVReading Comprehension (Reading inDepth)(25 minutes) SectionA 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 statements in the fewest possible words. Please write your answersonAnswer Sheet 2. Questions47to51arebasedonthefollowingpassage. I’ve heard from and talked to many people who described how Mother Nature simplified their lives for them. They’d lost their home and many or all of their possessionsthroughfires,floods,earthquakes,orsomeotherdisaster.Losingeverything youownundersuchcircumstancescanbedistressing, butthepeopleI’veheardfromall sawtheirloss,ultimatelyasablessing. “The fire saved us the agony of deciding what to keep and what to get rid of,” one woman wrote. And once all those things were no longer there, she and her husband sawhowtheyhadweighedthemdownandcomplicatetheirlives. “There was so much stuff we never used and that was just taking up space. We vowed when we started over, we’d replace only what we needed, and this time we’d do it right. We’ve kept our promise: we don’t have much now, but what we have is exactly whatwewant.” Though we’ve never had a catastrophic loss such as that, Gibbs and I did have a close call shortly before we decided to simplify.Atthat time we lived in a fire zone. One night a firestorm rages through and destroyed over six hundred homes in our community. That tragedy gave us the opportunity to look objectively at the goods we’d accumulated. We saw that there was so much we could get rid of and only never miss, but be better off without. Having almost lost it all, we found it much easier to let go of the thingsweknewwe’dneveruseagain. Obviously, there’s a tremendous difference between getting rid of possessions and losingthemthroughanaturaldisasterwithouthavinga sayinthematter.Andthisisnot tominimizethetragedyandpainsuchalosscangenerate. But you might think about how you would approach the acquisition process if you had it to do all over again. Look around your home and make a list of what you would replace. Make another list of things you wouldn’t acquire again no matter what, and in fact 759淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 wouldbehappytoberidof. When you’re ready to start unloading some of your stuff, that list will be a good placetostart. 注意：此部分试题请在答题卡 2上作答。 47. Many people whose possessions were destroyed in natural disasters eventually consideredtheirloss________. 48. Now that all their possessions were lost in the fire, the woman and her husband feltthattheirliveshadbeen________. 49. Whatdoweknowabouttheauthor’shousefromthesentence“Gibbsanddidhave aclosecall...”(Line1-2,Para.4)? 50. According to the author, getting rid of possessions and losing them through a naturaldisasterarevastly________. 51. Whatdoestheauthorsuggestpeopledowithunnecessarythings? Section B Directions: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C), and D). You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. PassageOne Questions52to56arebasedonthefollowingpassage. In a purely biological sense, fear begins with the body’s system for reacting to things that can harm us—the so-called fight-or-flight response. “An animal that can’t detect danger can’t stay alive,” says Joseph LeDoux. Like animals, humans evolved with an elaborate mechanism for processing information about potential threats. At its core isaclusterofneurons(神经元)deepinthebrainknownastheamygdale(扁桃核). LeDouxstudiesthewayanimalsandhumansrespondtothreatstounderstandhow we form memories of significant events in our lives. The amygdale receives input from many parts of the brain, including regions responsible for retrieving memories. Using this information, the amygdale appraises a situation—I think this charging dog wants to biteme—and triggersa response by radiating nerve signals throughout the body.These signals produce the familiar signs of distress: trembling, perspiration and fast-moving feet,justtonamethree. This fear mechanism is critical to the survival of all animals, but no one can say for sure whether beasts other than humans know they’re afraid. That is, as LeDoux says, “if 760淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 you put that system into a brain that has consciousness, then you get the feeling of fear.” Humans, says Edward M. Hallowell, have the ability to call up images of bad things that happened in the past and to anticipate future events. Combine these higher thought processes with our hardwired danger-detection systems, and you get a near-universalhumanphenomenon:worry. That’snotnecessarilya badthing, saysHallowell.“Whenusedproperly,worryisan incredible device,” he says. After all, a little healthy worrying is okay if it leads to constructiveaction—likehavingadoctorlookatthatweirdspotonyourback. Hallowell insists, though, that there’s a right way to worry. “Never do it alone, get the factsandthen makea plan.” He says. Mostof ushavesurvived a recession, so we’re familiarwiththebelt-tighteningstrategiesneededtosurviveaslump. Unfortunately,fewofushavemuchexperiencedealingwiththethreatofterrorism, so it’s been difficult to get fact about how we should respond. That’s why Hallowell believes it was okay for people to indulge some extreme worries last fall by asking doctorsforCipro(抗炭疽菌的药物)andbuyinggasmasks. 注意：此部分试题请在答题卡 2上作答。 52. The“so-calledfight-or-flightresponse”(Line2,Para.1)refersto“________”. A)thebiological process in which human beings’senseofself-defense evolves B) theinstinctivefear human beings feel when faced with potential danger C)theact of evaluating adangerous situationand making a quick decision D)theelaborate mechanism in thehuman brain forretrieving information 53. FromthestudiesconductedbyLeDouxwelearnthat________. A)reactions of humans and animals to dangerous situationsare often unpredictable B) memories ofsignificant events enable peopleto control fear anddistress C)people’s unpleasant memories are derived from their feeling offear D) the amygdale plays a vital part in human and animal responses to potential danger 54. Fromthepassageweknowthat________. A)a littleworry willdous good ifhandled properly B) alittleworry will enable us to survivearecession C)fearstrengthens thehuman desire to survivedanger D)fear helps peopleto anticipate certain futureevents 55. Which of the following is the best way to deal with your worries according to Hallowell? A)Ask forhelp from thepeople around you. 761淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 B) Usethebelt-tightening strategies forsurvival. C)Seek professional advice andtake action. D)Understand thesituation and be fullyprepared. 56. InHallowell’sview,people’sreactiontotheterroristthreatlastfallwas________. A)ridiculous B) understandable C)over-cautious D)sensible PassageTwo Questions57to61arebasedonthefollowingpassage. Amitai Etzioni is not surprised by the latest headings about scheming corporate crooks (骗子). As a visiting professor at the Harvard Business School in 1989, he ended his work there disgusted with his students’ overwhelming lost for money. “They’re taught that profit is all that matters,” he says. “Many schools don’t even offer ethics (伦 理学)coursesatall.” Etzioni expressed his frustration about the interests of his graduate students. “By and large, I clearly had not found a way to help classes full of MBAs see that there is more to life than money, power, fame and self-interest.” He wrote at the time. Todayhe still takes the blame for not educating these “business-leaders-to-be.” “I really like I failedthem,”hesays.“IfIwasabetterteachermaybeIcouldhavereachedthem.” Etzioni was a respected ethics expert when he arrived at Harvard. He hoped his work at the university would give him insight into how questions of morality could be applied to places where self-interest flourished. What he found wasn’t encouraging. Those would be executives had, says Etzioni, little interest in concepts of ethics and morality in the boardroom—and their professor was met with blank stares when he urgedhisstudentstoseebusinessinnewanddifferentways. Etzioni sees the experience at Harvard as an eye-opening one and says there’s much about business schools that he’d like to change. “A lot of the faculty teaching business are bad news themselves,” Etzioni says. From offering classes that teach students how to legally manipulate contracts, to reinforcing the notion of profit over communityinterests,Etzionihasseenalotthat’slefthimshakinghishead.Andbecause of what he’s seen taught in business schools, he’s not surprised by the latest rash of corporate scandals. “In many ways things have got a lot worse at business schools, I suspect,”saysEtzioni. Etzioni is still teaching the sociology of right and wrong and still calling for ethical business leadership. “People with poor motives will always exist.” He says. “Sometimes environments constrain those people and sometimes environments give those people opportunity.” Etzioni says the booming economy of the last decade enabled those individuals with poor motives to get rich before getting in trouble. His hope now: that 762淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 the cries for reform will provide more fertile soil for his long-standing messages about businessethics. 注意：此部分试题请在答题卡 2上作答。 57. WhatimpressedAmitaiEtzionimostaboutHarvardMBAstudents? A)Their keen interest in business courses. B)Their intensedesire formoney. C)Their tactics for making profits. D)Their potential tobecome businessleaders. 58. WhydidAmitaiEtzionisay“IreallyfeellikeIfailedthem”(Line4,Para.2)? A)He was unable to alert hisstudents to corporatemalpractice. B) Hedidn’tteach hisstudents to seebusiness in newand different ways. C)Hecould notget his students to understand theimportance ofethics in business. D) He didn’t offer courses that would meet the expectations of the business-leaders-to-be. 59. Mostwould-beexecutivesattheHarvardBusinessSchoolbelievedthat________. A)questions ofmorality were ofutmostimportance inbusiness affairs B) self-interest shouldnot be thetop priorityinbusiness dealings C)newand different principles should be taught at business schools D)there was noplace forethics and morality inbusiness dealings 60. In Etzioni’s view, the latest rash of corporate scandals could be attributed to ________. A)thetendency in business schools tostress self-interest over business ethics B) theexecutives’lack of knowledge in legally manipulating contracts C)theincreasingly fierce competition in themodern business world D)themoral corruption ofbusiness schoolgraduates 61. Welearnfromthelastparagraphthat________. A)thecalls forreform willhelp promotebusiness ethics B) businessmen with poormotives willgain theupper hand C)business ethics courses should betaught in all business schools D)reform in business management contributes to economic growth PartVErrorCorrection(15 minutes) Directions: This part consists of a short passage. In this passage, there are altogether 763淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 10 mistakes, one in each numbered line. You may have to change a word, add a word or delete a word. Mark out the mistakes and put the corrections in the blanks provided. If you change a word, cross it out and write the correct word in the corresponding blank. If you add a word, put an insertion mark (∧) in the right place and write the missing word in the blank. If you delete aword, crossit andput aslash(/) in theblank. 注意：此部分试题在答题卡 2 上；请在答题卡 2 上作答。 Example: Televisionisrapidlybecomingtheliteratureofourperiods╱. 1. time/times/period Manyoftheargumentshaving╱ usedforthestudyofliteratureas 2. _______\_______ aschoolsubjectarevalidfor ∧ studyoftelevision. 3.______the______ The National Endowment for the Arts recently released the results of its “Reading atRisk”survey,whichdescribedthemovementoftheAmericanpublicawayfrombooks and literature and toward television and electronic media. According to the survey, “reading is on the decline on every (62) region, within every ethnic group, and at every educationallevel.” The day the NEA report released, the U.S. House, in a tie (63) Vote, upheld the government’s right to obtain bookstore and library recordsunder a provision of the USA Patriot Act. The House proposal would have barred the federal government (64) from demand library records, reading lists, book customer lists and other material in terrorismandintelligenceinvestigations. These two events are completely unrelatedto, yet they (65) echo each other in the message they send about the place of books and reading in American culture. At the heart (66) of the NEA survey is the belief in our democratic System depends on leaders who can think critically, analyze (67) texts and discussing books and literature. At the same time, through a provision of the Patriot Act, the leaders of our country are unconsciously sending the message that reading (68) may be connected to desirable activities that might undermine our system of government rather than helping democracyflourish. Our culture’s decline in reading begin well before the (69) existence of the Patriot Act. During the 1980s’ culture wars, school systems across the country pulled some books from (70) library shelves because its content was deemed by parents and teachers to be inappropriate. Now what started in schools across the country is playing itselfoutonanationstageand(71)ispossiblyhavinganimpactonthereadinghabitsof theAmericanpublic. PartVITranslation(5 minutes) Directions: Complete the sentences by translating into English the Chinese given in brackets. Pleasewriteyour translation onAnswer Sheet 2. 764淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 注意：此部分试题请在答题卡 2上作答，只需写出译文部分。 72. Ifyouhad________(听从了我的忠告，你就不会陷入麻烦). 73. Withtearsonherface,thelady________(看着她受伤的儿子被送进手术室). 74. Aftertheterroristattack,tourists________(被劝告暂时不要去该国旅游). 75. Iprefer to communicatewith mycustomers________ (通过写电子邮件而不是打 电话). 76. ________(直到截止日他才寄出)hisapplicationform. 765淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 2006年12月24日六级参考答案 1. N 2. Y 3. Y 4. NG 5. atriptotheMirSpaceStation 6. aspacehotel 7. smallgravitationpull 8. thefuelofspacecraft 9. $50,000 10. spacetravel 11. D 12. C 13. B 14. C 15. D 16. A 17. B 18. A 19. B 20.D 21. A 22. C 23. B 24.A 25. A Section B 26. B 27. C 28.C 29.D 30. A 31. D 32. A 33. C 34.D 35. B Section C 36. addition 37. psychologist 38. recognize 39. challenges 40. wisdom 41. identify 42. secret 43. specific 44. This is the first demonstration that we can choose what words the children will learn and that they can respond to them 45. What’s more, the study of language acquisition offers direct insight into how humans learn 46. Even without being taught new words, a control group caught up with the other infants within a few moths 47.asablessing 48. simplified 49. theirhouseneedtobesimplified 50. different 766淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 51. makealistoftheunnecessarythingsbeforeunloadingthem 52. Btheinstinctivefearhumanbeingfeelwhenfacedwithpotentialdanger 53. D the amygdale plays a vital part in human and animal responses to potential danger 54. Aalittleworrywilldousgoodifhandledproperly 55. Dunderstandthesituationandbefullyprepared 56. Bunderstandable 57. BTheirintensedesireformoney 58. CHecouldnotgethisstudentstounderstandtheimportanceofethicsinbusiness 59. Dtherewasnoplaceforethicsandmoralityinbusinessdealings 60. Athetendencyinbusinessschooltostressself-interestoverbusinessethics 61. Athecallsforreformwillhelppromotebusinessethics 62. on→in 63. day和the之间插入when 64. demand→demanding 65. 去掉 to 66. in→that 67. writing→write 68. desirable→undesirable 69. begin→began 70. its→their 71. nation→national 72. followedmyadvice,youwouldnotbeintroublenow. 767淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 73. watchedherinjuredsonsentintotheoperationroom. 74. wereadvisednottotraveltothatcountryatthemoment 75. viaE-mailinsteadoftelephone 76. Untilthedeadlinecame,hedidn’tsentout 768淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 2007年6月23日大学英语六级(CET-6)真题试卷(A卷) Part IWriting(30 minutes) Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay entitled Should One Expect a Reward When Doing a Good Deed? You should writeat least 150words following theoutlinegiven below. 1. 有人做好事期望得到回报； 2. 有人认为应该像雷锋那样做好事不图回报； 3. 我的观点。 ShouldOneExpectaRewardWhenDoingaGoodDeed? Part IIReading Comprehension(Skimming and Scanning)(15minutes) Directions: In this part, you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage quickly and answer thequestions on Answer Sheet1. Forquestions1-4,mark Y(forYES) if the statement agrees with the information given in thepassage; N(forNO) if statement contradicts the information given in the passage; NG(forNOTGIVEN) iftheinformationisnotgiveninthepassage. Forquestions5-10,completethesentenceswiththeinformationgiveninthepassage. SevenStepstoaMoreFulfillingJob Many people today find themselves in unfulfilling work situations. In fact, one in four workers is dissatisfied with their current job, according to the recent “Plans for 2004” survey. Their career path may be financially rewarding, but it doesn’t meet their emotional, social or creative needs. They’re stuck, unhappy, and have no idea what to doaboutit,exceptmovetoanotherjob. MaryLynMiller,veterancareerconsultantandfounderoftheLifeandCareerClinic, saysthatwhen mostpeople are unhappyabout their work, their firstthoughtis toget a different job. Instead, Miller suggests looking at the possibility of a different life. Through her book, 8 Myths of Making a Living, as well as workshops, seminars and personal coaching and consulting, she has helped thousands of dissatisfied workers reassesslifeandwork. Likethe wayofZen, which includesunderstanding ofoneself as onereallyis, Miller encouragesjobseekers andthosedissatisfiedwithworkorlifetoexaminetheirbeliefs about work and recognize that “in many cases your beliefs are what brought you to 769淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 where you are today.” You may have been raised to think that women were best at nurturing and caring and, therefore, should be teachers and nurses. So that’s what you did.Or,perhapsyouwerebroughtuptobelievethatyoushoulddowhatyourfatherdid, so you have taken over the family business, or become a dentist “just like dad.” If this soundsfamiliar,it’sprobablytimetolookatthenewpossibilitiesforyourfuture. Miller developed a 7-step process to help potential job seekersassess their current situation and beliefs, identify their real passion, and start on a journey that allows them topursuetheirpassionthroughwork. Step1:Willingnesstodosomethingdifferent. Breaking the cycle of doing what you have always done is one of the most difficult tasks for job seekers. Many find it difficult to steer away from a career path or make a change, even if it doesn’t feel right. Miller urges job seekers to open their minds to otherpossibilitiesbeyondwhattheyarecurrentlydoing. Step 2: Commitment to being who you are, not who or what someone wants you to be. Look at the \gifts and talents you have and make a commitment to pursue those things that you love most. If you love the social aspects of your job, but are stuck inside an office or “chained to your desk” most of the time, vow to follow your instinct and investigate alternative careers and work that allow you more time to interact with others. Dawn worked as a manager for a large retail clothing store for several years. Though she had advanced within the company, she felt frustrated and longed to be involved with nature and the outdoors. She decided to go to school nights and weekends to pursue her true passion by earning her master’s degree in forestry. She nowworksinthebiotechforestrydivisionofamajorpapercompany. Step3:Self-definition Miller suggests that once job seekers know who they are, they need to know how to sell themselves. “In the job market, you are a product. And just like a product, you most know the features and benefits that you have to offer a potential client, or employer.” Examine the skills and knowledge that you have identify how they can apply toyourdesiredoccupation.Yourqualitieswill exhibittoemployerswhytheyshould hire youoverothercandidates. Step4:Attainalevelofself-honoring. Self-honoringorself-love mayseemlikeanoddstepforjobhunters, butbeing able to accept yourself, without judgment, helps eliminate insecurities and will make you more self-assured. By accepting who you are – all your emotions, hopes and dreams, your personality, and your unique way of being – you’ll project more confidence when networking and talking with potential employers. The power of self-honoring can help to break all the falsehoods you were programmed to believe – those that made you feel that you werenot good enough, or strong enough, or intelligentenough to dowhat you trulydesire. Step5:Vision. 770淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 Miller suggests that job seekers develop a vision that embraces the answer to “What do I really want to do?” one should create a solid statement in a dozen or so sentences that describe in detail how they see their life related to work. For instance, the secretary who longs to be an actress describes a life that allows her to express her love of Shakespeare on stage. A real estate agent, attracted to his current job because her loves fixing up old homes, describes buying properties that need a little tender lovingcaretomakethemmoresaleable. Step6:Appropriaterisk. Some philosophers believe that the way to enlightenment comes through facing obstaclesanddifficulties.Oncepeople discovertheir passion,manyaretooscaredto do anything about it. Instead, they do nothing. With this step, job seekers should assess whattheyarewillingtogiveup,orrisk, inpursuitoftheirdream.Foroneworkingmom, that meant taking night classes to learn new computer-aided design skills, while still earning a salary and keeping her day job. For someone else, it may mean quitting his or herjob,takingoutloanandgoingbacktoschoolfulltime.You’llmoveonestepcloserto your ideal work life if you identify how much risk you are willing to take and the sacrificesyouarewillingtomake. Step7:Action. Someteachersofphilosophydescribeactionin thisway,“If onewantstogettothe top of a mountain, just sitting at the foot thinking about it will not bring one there. It is by making the effort of climbing up the mountain, step by step, that eventually the summit is reached.” All too often, it is the lack of action that ultimately holds people backfrom attainingtheir ideals.Creating a planandtaking itone stepat a time canlead to new and different job opportunities. Job-hunting tasks gain added meaning as you sense their importance in your quest for a more meaningful work life. The plan can include researching industries and occupations, talking to people who are in your desiredareaofwork,takingclasses,oracceptingvolunteerworkinyourtargetedfield. Each of these steps will lead you on a journey to a happier and more rewarding worklife.Afterall,itisthejourney,notthedestination,thatismostimportant. 注意：此部分试题请在答题卡 1上作答。 1. According to the recent “Plans for 2004” survey, most people are unhappy with theircurrentjobs. 2. MaryLynMiller’sjobistoadvisepeopleontheirlifeandcareer. 3. MaryLynMillerherselfwasoncequitedissatisfiedwithherownwork. 4. Manypeoplefinditdifficulttomakeuptheirmindswhethertochangetheircareer path. 5. According to Mary Lyn Miller, people considering changing their careers should 771淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 committhemselvestothepursuitof________. 6. Inthejobmarket,jobseekersneedtoknowhowtosellthemselveslike________. 7. During an interview with potential employers, self-honoring or self-love mayhelp a jobseekertoshow________. 8. Mary Lyn Miller suggests that a job seeker develop a vision that answers the question“________” 9. Many people are too scared to pursue their dreams because they are unwilling to ________. 10. Whatultimatelyholdspeoplebackfromattainingtheiridealsis________. PartIII ListeningComprehension(35 minutes) SectionA Directions: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the end of each conversation, one or more questions will be asked about what said. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A) B) C) and D), and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet2with asinglelinethrough thecentre. 注意：此部分试题请在答题卡 2上作答。 11. A)Surfingthenet. B)Watching atalk show. C)Packing abirthday gift. D)Shopping at ajewelry store. 12. A)Heenjoysfindingfaultwithexams. B) Heis sure ofhis success inthe exam. C)Hedoesn’t knowifhe can dowell in theexam. D)He used toget straightA’s in theexams hetook. 13. A)Themanisgenerouswithhisgoodcommentsonpeople. B)Thewoman is unsureifthere willbe peace inthe world. C)Thewoman is doubtfulabout newspaper stories. D)The man is quiteoptimisticabout human nature. 772淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 14. A)Studyforsomeprofession. B)Attend a medical school. C)Stayin business. D)Sell hisshop. 15. A)Moremoney. B) Fair treatment. C)Acollege education. D)Shorter work hours. 16. A)Shewasexhaustedfromhertrip. B) Shemissedthe comforts ofhome. C)Shewas impressed byMexican food. D)Shewill not go toMexico again. 17. A)Cheerherselfupabit. B) Findamore suitablejob. C)Seek professional advice. D)Takea psychology course. 18. A)Hedressesmoreformallynow. B)What hewears does not match his position. C)Hehas ignored his friends sincegraduation. D)He failed todowell at college. Questions19to22arebasedontheconversationyouhavejustheard. 19. A)Togosightseeing. B)Tohave meetings. C)Topromotea newchampagne. D)Tojoin in atraining program. 20. A)Itcanreducethenumberofpassengercomplaints. B) It can makeair travel more entertaining. C)It can cut down theexpenses for airtravel. D)It can lessen thediscomfort caused byairtravel. 21. A)Tookbalancedmealswithchampagne. B)Ate vegetables and fruit only. 773淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 C)Refrained from fish or meat. D)Avoided eating rich food. 22. A)Manyofthemfounditdifficulttoexerciseonaplane. B) Manyofthem were concerned withtheirwell-being. C)Not many ofthem chose to dowhat shedid. D)Not many of them understood theprogram. Questions23to25arebasedontheconversationyouhavejustheard. 23. A)Atafair. B)At a cafeteria. C)In acomputer lab. D)In ashopping mall. 24. A)Thelatestcomputertechnology. B)Theorganizing ofan exhibition. C)Thepurchasing ofsome equipment. D)The dramatic changes in thejob market. 25. A)Datacollection. B)Training consultancy. C)Corporate management. D)Information processing. Section B Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choice marked A) B) C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. 注意：此部分试题请在答题卡 2上作答。 PassageOne Questions26to28arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard. 26. A)Improvethemselves. B) Get rid of emptydreams. 774淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 C)Followthecultural tradition. D)Attemptsomething impossible. 27. A)Byfindingsufficientsupportforimplementation. B) By takinginto account theirownability to change. C)By constantlykeeping in mindtheir ultimategoals. D)By making detailed plans and carrying them out. 28. A)Toshowpeoplehowtogettheirlivesbacktonormal. B)Toshowhowdifficult itis for peopleto loseweight. C)Toremind people to check thecalories onfood bags. D)Toillustratehow easily people abandontheir goals. PassageTwo Questions29to31arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard. 29. A)Michael’sparentsgotdivorced. B) Karen was adopted byRayAnderson. C)Karen’s motherdied in acar accident. D)Atruck driver losthis lifeinacollision. 30. A)Heranaredlightandcollidedwithatruck. B) Hesacrificed his lifetosavea baby girl. C)Hewas killed instantlyin aburning car. D)He got married toKaren’s mother. 31. A)Thereportedheroturnedouttobehisfather. B) Hedid not understand hisfather till too late. C)Such misfortuneshould havefallen onhim. D)It reminded him ofhis miserablechildhood. PassageThree Questions32to35arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard. 32. A)Germany. B) Japan. C)TheU.S. D)The U.K. 775淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 33. A)Bydoingoddjobsatweekends. B) By working longhours every day. C)By puttinginmore hours eachweek. D)By taking shorter vacations each year. 34. A)Tocombatcompetitionandraiseproductivity. B)Toprovidethem with more job opportunities. C)Tohelp them maintain theirliving standard. D)Toprevent them from holdinga second job. 35. A)Changetheirjobs. B) Earn moremoney. C)Reduce theirworking hours. D)Strengthen thegovernment’s role. 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 numbered from 36 to 43 with the exact words you have just heard. For blanks numbered from 44 to 46 you are required to fill in the missing information. For these blanks, you can either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the main points in your own words. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written. 注意：此部分试题请在答题卡 2上作答。 Nursing, as a typically female profession, must deal constantly with the false impression that nurses are there to wait on the physician. As nurses, we are (36) ________toprovidenursingcareonly.Wedonothaveanylegalormoral(37)________ to any physician. We provide health teaching, (38) ________ physical as well as emotionalproblems, (39)________patient-related services, andmakeall ofournursing decisions based upon what is best or suitable for the patient. If, in any (40) ________, we feel that a physician’s order is (41) ________ or unsafe, we have a legal (42) ________toquestionthatorderorrefusetocarryitout. Nursing is not a nine-to-five job with every weekend off. All nurses are aware of that before they enter the profession. The emotional and physical stress. However, that occurs due to odd working hours is a (43) ________ reason for a lot of the career dissatisfaction. (44) ________________________________. That disturbs our personal lives, disrupts our sleeping and eating habits, and isolates us from everything except job-relatedfriendsandactivities. 776淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 The quality of nursing care is being affected dramatically by these situations. (45) ________________________________. Consumers of medically related services have evidentlynotbeenaffectedenoughyettodemandchangesinourmedicalsystem.Butif trendscontinueaspredicted,(46)________________________________. Part IVReading Comprehension (Reading inDepth)(25 minutes) SectionA 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 statements in the fewest possible words. Please write your answersonAnswer Sheet 2. Questions47to51arebasedonthefollowingpassage. Google is a world-famous company, with its headquarters in Mountain View, California. It was set up in a Silicon Valley garage in 1998, and inflated (膨胀) with the Internet bubble. Even when everything around it collapsed the company kept on inflating. Google’s search engine is so widespread across the world that search became Google,andgooglebecameaverb.Theworldfellinlovewiththeeffective,fascinatingly fasttechnology. Google owes much of its success to the brilliance of S. Brin and L. Page, but also to a series of fortunate events. It was Page who, at Stanford in 1996, initiated the academic project that eventually became Google’s search engine. Brin, who had met Page at a student orientation a year earlier, joined the project early on. They were both Ph.D. candidates when they devised the search engine which was better than the rest and,withoutanymarketing,spreadbywordofmouthfromearlyadoptersto,eventually, yourgrandmother. Their breakthrough, simply put, was that when their search engine crawled the Web,itdidmorethanjustlookforwordmatches,italsotallied(统计)andrankedahost of other critical factors like how websites link to one another. That delivered far better results than anything else. Brin and Page meant to name their creation Googol (the mathematical term for the number 1 followed by 100 zeroes), but someone misspelled the word so it stuck as Google. They raised money from prescient (有先见之明的) professors and venture capitalists, and moved off campus to turn Google into business. Perhaps their biggest stroke of luck came early on when they tried to sell their technology to other search engines, but no one met their price, and they built it up on theirown. The next breakthrough came in 2000, when Google figured out how to make money with its invention. It had lots of users, but almost no one was paying. The solution turned out to be advertising, and it’s not an exaggeration to say that Google is now essentially an advertising company, given that that’s the source of nearly all its revenue.Todayitisagiantadvertisingcompany,worth$100billion. 注意：此部分试题请在答题卡 2上作答。 777淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 47. Apart from a series of fortunate events, what is it that has made Google so successful? 48. Google’ssearchengineoriginatedfrom________started byL.Page. 49. HowdidGoogle’ssearchenginespreadallovertheworld? 50. Brin and Page decided to set up their own business because no one would ________. 51. TherevenueoftheGooglecompanyislargelygeneratedfrom________. Section B Directions: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C), and D). You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. PassageOne Questions52to56arebasedonthefollowingpassage. You hear the refrain all the time: the U.S. economy looks good statistically, but it doesn’t feel good. Why doesn’t ever-greater wealth promote ever-greater happiness? It is a question that dates at least to the appearance in 1958 of The Affluent (富裕的) SocietybyJohnKennethGalbraith,whodiedrecentlyat97. The Affluent Society is a modern classic because it helped define a new moment in the human condition. For most of history, “hunger, sickness, and cold” threatened nearly everyone, Galbraith wrote. “Poverty was found everywhere in that world. Obviously it is not of ours.” After World War II, the dread of another Great Depression gavewaytoaneconomicboom.Inthe1930sunemploymenthadaveraged18.2percent; inthe1950sitwas4.5percent. To Galbraith, materialism had gone mad and would breed discontent. Through advertising, companies conditioned consumers to buy things they didn’t really want or need. Because so much spending was artificial, it would be unfulfilling. Meanwhile, governmentspendingthatwouldmakeeveryonebetteroffwasbeingcutdownbecause peopleinstinctively—andwrongly—labeledgovernmentonlyas“anecessaryevil.” It’s often said that only the rich are getting ahead; everyone else is standing still or falling behind. Well, there are many undeserving rich—overpaid chief executives, for instance. But over any meaningful period, most people’s incomes are increasing. From 1995 to 2004, inflation-adjusted average family income rose 14.3 percent, to $43,200. people feel “squeezed” because their rising incomes often don’t satisfy their rising wants—for bigger homes, more health care, more education, faster Internet 778淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 connections. The other great frustration is that it has not eliminated insecurity. People regard job stability as part of their standard of living. As corporate layoffs increased, that part has eroded. More workers fear they’ve become “the disposable American,” as Louis Uchitelleputsitinhisbookbythesamename. Because so much previous suffering and social conflict stemmed from poverty, the arrival of widespread affluence suggested utopian (乌托邦式的) possibilities. Up to a point, affluence succeeds. There is much les physical misery than before. People are betteroff.Unfortunately,affluencealsocreatesnewcomplaintsandcontradictions. Advanced societies need economic growth to satisfy the multiplying wants of their citizens. But the quest for growth lets loose new anxieties and economic conflicts that disturb the social order. Affluence liberates the individual, promising that everyone can choose a unique way to self-fulfillment. But the promise is so extravagant that it predestines manydisappointmentsand sometimes inspires choices that have anti-social consequences, including familybreakdownandobesity (肥胖症).Statistical indicatorsof happinesshavenotrisenwithincomes. Should we be surprised? Not really. We’ve simply reaffirmed an old truth: the pursuitofaffluencedoesnotalwaysendwithhappiness. 注意：此部分试题请在答题卡 2上作答。 52. WhatquestiondoesJohnKennethGalbraithraiseinhisbookTheAffluentSociety? A)Whystatisticsdon’t tellthe truthabout the economy. B)Whyaffluence doesn’t guarantee happiness. C)Howhappiness can be promoted today. D)What lies behind an economic boom. 53. AccordingtoGalbraith,peoplefeeldiscontentedbecause________. A)publicspending hasn’t been cut down as expected B) thegovernment has proved tobe anecessary evil C)they are in fear ofanother Great Depression D)materialism has run wild in modern society 54. Whydopeoplefeelsqueezedwhentheiraverageincomerisesconsiderably? A)Their material pursuits have gone far ahead oftheirearnings. B)Their purchasing power has dropped markedly with inflation. C)Thedistribution ofwealth isuneven between ther5ich and thepoor. D)Health care and educational cost havesomehow gone out ofcontrol. 55. WhatdoesLouisUchitellemeanby“thedisposableAmerican”(Line3,Para.5)? A)Those who see jobstability as part oftheirliving standard. 779淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 B) Peoplefull ofutopian ideas resulting from affluence. C)Peoplewho have littlesay inAmerican politics. D)Workers who nolongerhave secure jobs. 56. WhathasaffluencebroughttoAmericansociety? A)Renewed economic security. B)Asenseof self-fulfillment. C)New conflicts and complaints. D)Misery andanti-social behavior. PassageTwo Questions57to61arebasedonthefollowingpassage. The use of deferential (敬重的) language is symbolic of the Confucian ideal of the woman, which dominates conservative gender norms in Japan. This ideal presents a woman who withdraws quietly to the background, subordinating her life and needs to those of her family and its male head. She is a dutiful daughter, wife, and mother, master of the domestic arts. The typical refined Japanese woman excels in modesty and delicacy; she “treads softly (谨言慎行)in the world,” elevating feminine beauty and gracetoanartform. Nowadays, it is commonly observed that young women are not conforming to the feminine linguistic ( 语 言 的 ) ideal. They are using fewer of the very deferential “women’s” forms, and even using the few strong forms that are know as “men’s.” This, of course, attracts considerable attention and has led to an outcry in the Japanese media against the defeminization of women’s language. Indeed, we didn’t hear about “men’s language” until people began to respond to girls’ appropriation of forms normally reserved for boys and men. There is considerable sentiment about the “corruption” of women’s language—which of course is viewed as part of the loss of feminine ideals and morality—and this sentiment is crystallized by nationwide opinion pollsthatareregularlycarriedoutbythemedia. YoshikoMatsumotohasargued thatyoung women probablynever usedasmanyof the highly deferential forms as older women. This highly polite style is no doubt something that young women have been expected to “grow into”—after all, it is assign not simply of femininity, but of maturity and refinement, and its use could be taken to indicate a change in the nature of one’s social relations as well. One might well imagine little girls using exceedingly polite forms when playing house or imitating older women—in a fashion analogous to little girls’ use of a high-pitched voice to do “teacher talk”or“mothertalk”inroleplay. The fact that young Japanese women are using less deferential language is a sure sign of change—of social change and of linguistic change. But it is most certainly not a sign of the “masculization” of girls. In some instances, it may be a sign that girls are making the same claim to authority as boys and men, but that is very different from 780淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 saying that they are trying to be “masculine.” Katsue Reynolds has argued that girls nowadays are using more assertive language strategies in order to be able to compete with boys in schools and out. Social change also brings not simply differentpositions for women and girls, but different relations to life stages, and adolescent girls are participating in new subcultural forms. Thus what may, to an older speaker, seem like “masculine”speechmayseemtoanadolescentlike“liberated”or“hip”speech. 注意：此部分试题请在答题卡 2上作答。 57. Thefirstparagraphdescribesindetail________. A)thestandards set for contemporary Japanese women B) theConfucian influence ongender norms in Japan C)thestereotyped roleof women in Japanese families D)thenorms for traditional Japanesewomen tofollow 58. Whatchangehasbeenobservedintoday’syoungJapanesewomen? A)They payless attention to theirlinguistic behavior. B)Theuse fewer ofthe deferential linguistic forms. C)They confuse maleandfemale forms of language. D)They employ very strong linguisticexpressions. 59. How do some people react to women’s appropriation of men’s language forms as reportedintheJapanesemedia? A)They call for acampaign to stopthe defeminization. B)Thesee it as an expression ofwomen’s sentiment. C)They accept itas a modern trend. D)They express strong disapproval. 60. According to Yoshiko Matsumoto, the linguistic behavior observed in today’s young women________. A)may lead to changes in social relations B) has been trueof allpast generations C)is viewed as asign oftheirmaturity D)is aresult ofrapid social progress 61. The author believes that the use of assertive language by young Japanese women is________. A)a suresign oftheir defeminizationand maturation B) an indication oftheir defianceagainst social change C)oneoftheir strategies to compete ina male-dominated society 781淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 D)an inevitabletrend oflinguisticdevelopment inJapan today PartVCloze (15 minutes) Directions: Thereare 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there arefour choices marked A), B), C) and D) on the right side of the paper. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. 注意：此部分试题请在答题卡 2上作答。 Historically, humans get serious about avoiding disasters only after one has just struck them. __62__ that logic, 2006 should have been a breakthrough year for rational behavior. With the memory of 9/11 still __63__ in their minds, Americans watched hurricane Katrina, the most expensive disaster in U.S. history, on __64__ TV. Anyone who didn’t know it before should have learned that bad things can happen. And they are made __65__ worse by our willful blindness to risk as much as our __66__ to work togetherbeforeeverythinggoestohell. Granted,some amountofdelusion (错觉)isprobablypartofthe__67__condition. In A.D. 63, Pompeii was seriously damaged by an earthquake, and the locals immediately went to work __68__, in the same spot—until they were buried altogether by a volcano eruption 16 years later. But a __69__ of the past year in disaster history suggests that modern Americans are particularly bad at __70__ themselves from guaranteed threats. We know more than we __71__ did about the dangerswe face. But it turns __72__ that in times of crisis, our greatest enemy is __73__ the storm, the quakeorthe__74__itself.Moreoften,itisourselves. So what has happened in the year that __75__ the disaster on the Gulf Coast? In New Orleans, the Army Corps of Engineers has worked day and night to rebuild the flood walls. They have got the wallsto __76__ they were before Katrina, more or less. That’s not __77__, we can now say with confidence. But it may be all __78__ can be expectedfromoneyearofhustle(忙碌). Meanwhile, New Orleans officials have crafted a plan to use buses and trains to __79__ the sick and the disabled. The city estimates that 15,000 people will need a __80__out.However,stateofficialshavenotyetdeterminedwherethesepeoplewillbe taken.The__81__withneighboringcommunitiesareongoinganddifficult. 62. A)To B) By C)On D)For 63. A)fresh B) obvious 782淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 C)apparent D)evident 64. A)visual B) vivid C)live D)lively 65. A)little B) less C)more D)much 66. A)reluctance B) rejection C)denial D)decline 67. A)natural B) world C)social D)human 68. A)revising B) refining C)rebuilding D)retrieving 69. A)review B) reminder C)concept D)prospect 70. A)preparing B) protesting C)protecting D)prevailing 71. A)never 783淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 B) ever C)then D)before 72. A)up B) down C)over D)out 73. A)merely B) rarely C)incidentally D)accidentally 74. A)surge B) spur C)surf D)splash 75. A)ensued B) traced C)followed D)occurred 76. A)which B) where C)what D)when 77. A)enough B) certain C)conclusive D)final 78. A)but B) as C)that D)those 784淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 79. A)exile B) evacuate C)dismiss D)displace 80. A)ride B) trail C)path D)track 81. A)conventions B) notifications C)communications D)negotiations PartVITranslation(5 minutes) Directions: Complete the sentences by translating into English the Chinese given in brackets. Pleasewriteyour translation onAnswer Sheet 2. 注意：此部分试题请在答题卡 2上作答，只需写出译文部分。 82. The auto manufacturers found themselves ________________________ (正在同 外国公司竞争市场的份额). 83. Onlyinthesmalltown________________________(他才感到安全和放松). 84. It is absolutely unfair that these children ________________________ (被剥夺了 受教育的权利). 85. Ouryearsofhardworkareallinvain,________________________(更别提我们花 费的大量金钱了). 86. The problems of blacks and women ________________________ (最近几十年受 到公众相当大的关注). 785淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 2007年6月23日六级参考答案 PartIWriting (30 minutes) Part II ReadingComprehension(Skimming andScanning)(15 minutes) 1. N 2. Y 3. NG 4. Y 5. thosethingsthattheylovemost 6. products 7. moreconfidence 8. WhatdoIreallywanttodo? 9. giveup,orrisk 10. thelackofaction Part III Listening Comprehension(35minutes) 11. A)Surfingthenet. 12. B)Heissureofhissuccessintheexam. 13. D)Themanisquiteoptimisticabouthumannature. 14. C)Stayinbusiness. 15. A)Moremoney. 16. B)Shemissedthecomfortsofhome. 17. C)Seekprofessionaladvice. 18. A)Hedressesmoreformallynow. 786淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 19. B)Tohavemeetings. 20. D)Itcanlessenthediscomfortcausedbyairtravel. 21. D)Avoidedeatingrichfood. 22. C)Notmanyofthemchosetodowhatshedid 23. A)Atafair. 24. C)Thepurchasingofsomeequipment. 25. B)Trainingconsultancy. 26. A)Improvethemselves. 27. D)Bymakingdetailedplansandcarryingthemout. 28. D)Toillustratehoweasilypeopleabandontheirgoals. 29. B)KarenwasadoptedbyRayAnderson. 30. B)Hesacrificedhislifetosaveababygirl. 31. A)Thereportedheroturnedouttobehisfather. 32. B)Japan. 33. D)Bytakingshortervacationseachyear. 34. A)Tocombatcompetitionandraiseproductivity. 35. C)Reducingtheirworkinghours. 36. licensed 37. obligation 38. assess 39. coordinate 40. circumstance 787淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 41. inappropriate 42. responsibility 43. prime 44. It is sometimes required that we work overtime, and that we change shifts four orfivetimesamonth. 45. Most hospitals are now staffed by new graduates, as experienced nurses finally giveuptryingtochangethesystem. 46. they will find that most critical hospital cares will be provided by new, inexperienced,andsometimesinadequatelytrainednurses. PartIVReading Comprehension(Reading inDepth) (25 minutes) 47. ThebrillianceofS.BrinandL.Page 48. theacademicproject 49. Bywordofmouth 50. meettheirprice 51. advertising 52. B)Whyaffluencedoesn’tguaranteehappiness? 53. D)materialismhasrunwildinmodernsociety 54. A)Theirmaterialpursuitshavegonefaraheadoftheirearnings. 55. D)Workerswhonolongerhavesecurejobs 56. C)Newconflictsandcomplaints 57. B)theConfucianinfluenceongendernormsinJapan 58. B)Theyusefewerofthedeferentiallinguisticform 59. D)Theyexpressstrongdisapproval 60. A)mayleadtochangesinsocialrelations 788淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 61. C)oneoftheirstrategiestocompeteinamale-dominatedsociety PartVCloze (15 minutes) 62. B)By 63. A)fresh 64. C)live 65. D)much 66. A)reluctance 67. D)human 68. C)rebuilding 69. A)review 70. C)protecting 71. B)ever 72. D)out 73. B)rarely 74. A)surge 75. C)followed 76. B)where 77. A)enough 78. C)that 79. B)evacuate 80. A)ride 81. D)negotiations PartVITranslation (5minutes) 789淘宝店铺：行知小课堂 82. competingwithforeignfirmsformarketshare 83. doeshefeelsecureandrelaxed 84. aredeprivedoftherightstoreceiveeducation 85. nottomention/letalonethelargeamountofmoneywehavespent 86. havegained/causedconsiderablepublicconcerninrecentdecades 790