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2001年6月英语六级篇一：2001年6月大学英语六级(CET-6)真题试卷及答案

2001年6月大学英语六级(CET-6)真题试卷及答案

Part I Listening Comprehension (20 minutes)

Section A

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:

You will hear:

You will read:

A) 2 hours.

B) 3 hours.

C) 4 hours.

D) 5 hours.

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” is the correct answer. You should choose [D] on the Answer Sheet and mark it with a single line through the centre. 1. A) He will tell Mary how to operate the dishwasher.

B) He will wash the dishes himself instead.

C) He will help Bill to translate the manual.

D) He himself will operate the dishwasher.

2. A) Lose weight.

B) Quit smoking.

C) Weigh himself frequently.

D) Have a talk with the doctor.

3. A) The woman should have complained to her neighbor.

B) The woman should stay out until the neighbors are quiet.

C) The woman should have stayed at the library.

D) The lab will be a better place for reading.

4. A) Check the figures later today.

B) Do the calculations again tomorrow.

C) Bring a calculator tomorrow.

D) Calculate the number right now.

5. A) She doesn’t remember much about the city.

B) She’s never been to the city.

C) She would find someone else to help.

D) She would talk to the man later.

6. A) She thinks the man should have helped earlier.

B) She doesn’t need the man’s help.

C) She doesn’t know the boxes are heavy.

D) She wants the man to help with the boxes.

7. A) She let the man use her books for the weekend.

B) She brought the books the man asked for.

C) She borrowed the books from the man.

D) She offered to help the man.

8. A) She’d like to have the windows open.

B) She likes to have the air conditioner on.

C) The air is heavily polluted.

D) The windows are already open.

9. A) He’s going to visit a photo studio.

B) He’s just had his picture taken.

C) He’s on the way to the theater.

D) He’s just returned from a job interview.

10. A) At a gas station.

B) In a park.

C) In an emergency room.

D) At a garage.

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.

Passage One

Questions 11 to 13 are based on the passage you have just heard.

11. A) One sixth of them are seriously polluted.

B) One third of them are seriously polluted.

C) Half of them are seriously polluted.

D) Most of them are seriously polluted.

12. A) There was no garbage left to clean up.

B) There was more garbage than before and they had to work harder.

C) The river had become so clean that a lot of water-birds came back.

D) The river was much cleaner and they had to search for garbage.

13. A) Most of them would be indifferent and keep on throwing garbage into the river.

B) They would join the students in changing the situation.

C) They would become more aware of the pollution problem.

D) They would think twice before they went swimming or fishing in the river.

Passage Two

Questions 14 to 17 are based on the passage you have just heard.

14. A) Why people hold back their tears.

B) Why people cry.

C) How to restrain one’s tears.

D) How tears are produced.

15. A) What chemicals tears are composed of.

B) Whether crying really helps us feel better.

C) Why some people tend to cry more often than others.

D) How tears help people cope with emotional problems.

16. A) Only one out of four girls cries less often than boys.

B) Of four boys, only one cries very often.

C) Girls cry four times as often as boys.

D) Only one out of four babies doesn’t cry often.

17. A) Only humans respond to emotions by shedding tears.

B) Only humans shed tears to get rid of irritating stuff in their eyes.

C) Only human tears can resist the invading bacteria.

D) Only human tears can discharge certain chemicals.

Passage Three

Questions 18 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard.

18. A) They make decisions by tossing coins.

B) They are not physically separated.

C) They think exactly the same way.

D) They share most of their vital organs.

19. A) Few of them can live long.

B) Few of them get along well with each other.

C) Most of them live a normal life.

D) Most of them differ in their likes and dislikes.

20. A) They go to a regular school.

B) They attend a special school.

C) They are taught by their parents.

D) They have a private tutor.

Part II Reading 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.

Passage One

Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage.

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-bye is the way to summon a person from the Philippines to one’s side, or that in Italy and some Latin-American countries, curling the finger to oneself is a sign of

farewell.

Those private citizens who sent packages to our troops occupying Germany after World War II and marked them GIFT to escape duty payments did not bother to find out 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 take notice of the developed tastes, gestures, customs and languages of other countries, are losing us friends, business and respect in the world.

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 difficulty understanding them.

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’s diplomacy, are conducted through interpreters.

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, even though it may not always he the upper hand.

21. It can be inferred that Americans being approached too closely by Middle

Easterners would most probably ________.

A) stand still

B) jump aside

C) step forward

D) draw back

22. The author gives many examples to criticize Americans for their ________.

A) cultural self-centeredness

B) casual manners

C) indifference towards foreign visitors

D) arrogance towards other cultures

23. In countries other than their own most Americans ________.

A) are isolated by the local people

B) are not well informed due to the language barrier

2001年6月英语六级篇二：2001年6月大学英语六级阅读参考译文

洛基英语，中国在线英语教育领导品牌

Passage One

译文

我们的文化已使多数美国人以为：不但我们的语言通用，我们所用的手势也人人皆知。我们没有认识到挥手告别是菲律宾人把人招唤到身边的手势，也不知道在意大利和某些拉美国家，手指向自己弯曲才是再见的手势。

第二次世界大战后我们军队占领了德国，一些平民百姓给部队寄包裹，为逃避关税就在包裹上写“GIFT(礼品)”，他们没有费心去搞清楚“GIFT”在德语中的意思是毒药。此外，我们喜欢认为自己很友好，不过愿意同他人至少保持3英尺或一臂的距离。拉丁美洲的人和中东人喜欢靠得很近，甚至身体接触，而这使美国人感到不舒服。

我们对语言、文化的无知，以及那种对其他国家形成的品味、手势、风俗和语言的漫不经心的态度，正使我们在世界上失去朋友，错过商机，丧失威信。

即使在美国，我们也几乎不向外国游客的需要让步。我们的公共建筑或纪念碑上没有4种文字的标记，也没有多语种导游。餐馆菜单很少有译文，操多种语言的招待、银行职员和警察也凤毛麟角。我们的交通系统只有英文地图，然而我们自己也常常很难看懂。

在国外，我们往往聚在讲英语的旅馆、饭店里。人家对我们的态度及我们所获的信息都要经讲英语的当地人为我们而作以调整——他们的文化通常比我们丰富。我们的商务及国家外交都要通过翻译才能进行。

多年来，美国和美国人还勉强过得去，尽管文化愚昧，语言无知。美国毕竟是自由世界最强大的国家，是所需资金和商品的提供者。

但这一切都已过去。美元再也买不到所有的好东西，我们已慢慢开始认识到我们在世界上应该扮演的角色正发生变化。1979年的一次哈里斯民意测验报告说：55%的美国人希望国家在国际事务中发挥更积极的作用；尽管不可能总占上风，我们仍想在下个世纪参与重要问题的决策。

Passage Two

译文

在全世界商场和壁柜里，它们正等待着。它们的外表似乎相当吸引人，因为它们款式、质地、颜色繁多。但它们完全是当今时装业最大的骗局。它们是什么？

它们就是高跟鞋——妇女最凶恶的敌人（无论她知道与否）。高跟鞋是现代社会的衰败。时装神话使女性相信，她们穿高跟鞋就更漂亮或成熟，但实际上，高跟鞋成功地给她们造成了短期和长期的痛苦。妇女们应该拒绝穿或买高跟鞋，同高跟鞋制造业作斗争，使世界免遭不必要的生理和心理上的痛苦。

为公平起见，必须注意高跟鞋的积极方面。首先，高跟鞋能很好地使草坪通风。穿高跟鞋在草坪上走过的人都知道我所言不假。只要穿这种娇小的鞋在院子里走一走，就完全没必要请修剪草坪的专家了，因为这会形成大小合适的洞为草坪提供氧气，周围还不会留下那些乱七八糟的脏东西。其次，高跟鞋有抵御敌人进攻的功能，能轻而易举地使进攻者被一双锋利、致命的时装配件吓退。

尽管高跟鞋有这些实用之处，但事实仍然是：穿高跟鞋对身体健康有害。问任何一个足病医生，你就会知道他们大部分业务来自穿高跟鞋的妇女。人们知道，高跟鞋可以引起脚掌畸形和脚趾甲破裂等问题。穿高跟鞋造成的严重背部问题、扭伤或折断踝骨的风险比穿平底鞋的人高3倍。穿高跟鞋有鞋跟夹在人行道裂缝里或阴沟栅中，或者跌倒在地的危险——可能摔破鼻子、背部或脖子。当然，任何妇女都知道，穿了一天高跟鞋，当她试图使肿胀、疼痛的脚舒服一点时，她们能预想到痛苦之夜。

Passage Three

译文

我几乎没有必要引证所有令人沮丧的人们的识字状况。这些来自教育部的数字就够了：2700万美国人完全不能读写，另有3500万人的读写能力低得不能适应社会生存。

但我今天对中产阶级读者读写技能甚至也下降了的担忧——这问题有点要求过分——胜过对基本读写能力这一压倒一切的问题的担忧，担忧他们不愿把安静的地方、难得的家庭生活的机会、时间和注意力用来读书，而典型的读书活动正需要这些。情况表明：没有伴奏噪音（音乐）作背景，没有电视屏幕在能感觉的角落闪烁着，几乎80%有阅读能力、受过教育的美国青少年就再也读不下书。我们对大脑及其如何同时处理互相冲突的输入所知甚少，但常识直觉表明我们会深受干扰。这种对集中精神、安静、独处状态的妨碍同阅读概念直接冲突；这种在娱乐背景下半读书半分散精力的读书新方式不可能专心致志地理解，更不要说任何一个人对真正喜爱的一首诗或一篇散文所能表示的最大赞赏是将其背诵下来。不明白，而是背下来；这种说法很重要。

在这些情况下，关于阅读艺术的未来发展如何便是一个真正的问题。在我们前面有技术、心理和社会的变革，这些变革比德国印刷术的发明者古特伯格带来的变革更剧烈。如我们现在所知，古特伯格革命用了很长的时间；它的影响人们仍在争论。信息革命将触及写作、出版、发行和阅读的每个细小方面。在图书业没有一个人能自信地说我们现在所知的书籍将会发生什么。

Passage Four

译文

几个世纪以来，探险家冒着生命危险到未知世界去探险，在不同的程度上是为了经济和国家的利益。哥伦布到西方是为寻找通往东方的更好的贸易路线，为西班牙增光。当美国购买露易斯安那时，刘易斯和克拉克深入美国荒野是去调查美国获得了什么，在冷战期间，阿波罗号的宇航员乘火箭到月球去是炫耀技术力量。

虽然他们的任务混合了商业、政治和军事的使命，但所有参与这些活动的探险家到达了科学家从未去过的地方，都完成了某种意义重大的科学活动。

现在火星似乎又成为人类探险的下一个目标。由于短期经济回报有疑问、冷战在人们记忆中迅速消失，以及越来越强调在大规模空间探险中的国际合作，很清楚，不是经济利益或国家利益，而是必须履行的使命将迫使人类在那个红色行星的表面留下足迹。是不是长期以来在探险中一直扮演次要角色和科学，最终注定要扮演主角？这个问题自然引出其它一些问题：有些实验人类是否只能在火星上做？那些实验是否能提供对火星的深刻了解，足以证明值得耗巨资送人穿越星间太空？

火星探险的科学赌注比以前都高，人们对此大有争议。由于越来越多的证据表明这个红色行星上曾经有稳定而丰富的液态水，又因人们对落到地球上的火星细菌化石陨石的说法一直有争论，所以火星上是否存在过生命、是否延续至今的问题一直引人注目。关于火星过去、现在有生命的更具结论性的答案可能会给研究者提供宝贵的数据，这些资料同行星在很多条件下能产生导致生命的复杂化学物质有关。如果生命在火星和地球独立形成的说法成立，这个发现将为所有科学中最大的奥秘之一提供第一批具体线索：宇宙中的生命是普遍的。

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2001年6月英语六级篇三：2001年1月大学英语六级(CET-6)真题试卷

2001年1月大学英语六级(CET-6)真题试卷

Part I Listening Comprehension (20 minutes)

Section A

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:

You will hear:

You will read:

A) 2 hours.

B) 3 hours.

C) 4 hours.

D) 5 hours.

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” is the correct answer. You should choose [D] on the Answer Sheet and mark it with a single line through the centre.

Sample Answer [A] [B] [C] [D]

1. A) The man thinks travelling by air is quite safe.

B) The woman never travels by plane.

C) Both speakers feel nervous when flying.

D) The speakers feel sad about the serious loss of life.

2. A) At the information desk.

B) In an office.

C) In a restaurant.

D) At a railway station.

3. A) Write the letter.

B) Paint the shelf.

C) Fix the shelf.

D) Look for the pen.

4. A) It gives a 30% discount to all customers.

B) It is run by Mrs. Winter‟s husband.

C) It hires Mrs. Winter as an adviser.

D) It encourages husbands to shop on their own.

5. A) Long exposure to the sun.

B) Lack of sleep.

C) Too tight a hat.

D) Long working hours.

6. A) His English is still poor after ten years in America.

B) He doesn‟t mind speaking English with an accent.

C) He doesn‟t like the way Americans speak.

D) He speaks English as if he were a native speaker.

7. A) An auto mechanic.

B) An electrician.

C) A carpenter.

D) A telephone repairman.

8. A) They both enjoyed watching the game.

B) The man thought the results were beyond their expectations.

C) They both felt good about the results of the game.

D) People were surprised at their winning the game.

9. A) Manager and employee.

B) Salesman and customer.

C) Guide and tourist.

D) Professor and student.

10. A) Tom has arranged a surprise party for Lucy.

B) Tom will keep the surprise party a secret.

C) Tom and Lucy have no secrets from each other.

D) Tom didn‟t make any promise to Lucy.

Section B Compound Dictation

注意：听力理解的B节(Section B)为复合式听写 (Compound Dictation)，题目在试卷二上，现在请取出试卷二。 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 read for the third time, you should check what you have written. The human body is a remarkable food processor. As an adult, you may consume (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 either fall or (S7) ________.

The term body image refers to the mental image we have of our own physical appearance, and (S8) ________________________________. Research has revealed that about 40 percent of adult men and 55 percent of adult women are dissatisfied 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 an attribute that females desire highly. Males generally desire muscularity. 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 individuals actually want to gain weight. Part II Reading 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 on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.

Passage One

Questions 11 to 15 are based on the following passage.

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 sleeping ducks.

Earlier studies have documented half brain sleep in a wide range of birds. The brain 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 resting at once.

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 preference for gaze direction.

Also, birds dozing (打盹) at the end of the line resorted to single hemisphere sleep, 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 some 32 percent of dozing time versus about 12 percent for birds in internal spots.

“We believe this is the first evidence for an animal behaviorally controlling sleep and wakefulness simultaneously in different regions of the brain,” the researchers say.

The results provide the best evidence for a long standing supposition that single hemisphere sleep evolved as creatures scanned for enemies. The preference for opening 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 brain awake allows a sleeping animal to surface occasionally to avoid drowning.

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 speculates that more examples may turn up when we take a closer look at other species.

11. A new study on birds‟ sleep has revealed that ________.

A) half brain sleep is found in a wide variety of birds

B) half brain sleep is characterized by slow brain waves

C) birds can control their half brain sleep consciously

D) birds seldom sleep with the whole of their brain at rest

12. According to the passage, birds often half sleep because ________.

A) they have to watch out for possible attacks

B) their brain hemispheres take turns to rest

C) the two halves of their brain are differently structured

D) they have to constantly keep an eye on their companions

13. The example of a bird sleeping in front of a mirror indicates that ________.

A) the phenomenon of birds dozing in pairs is widespread

B) birds prefer to sleep in pairs for the sake of security

C) even an imagined companion gives the bird a sense of security

D) a single pet bird enjoys seeing its own reflection in the mirror

14. While sleeping, some water mammals tend to keep half awake in order to ________.

A) alert themselves to the approaching enemy

B) emerge from water now and then to breathe

C) be sensitive to the ever changing environment

D) avoid being swept away by rapid currents

15. By “just the tip of the iceberg” (Line 2, Para. 8), Siegel suggests that ________.

A) half brain sleep has something to do with icy weather

B) the mystery of half brain sleep is close to being solved

C) most birds living in cold regions tend to be half sleepers

D) half brain sleep is a phenomenon that could exist among other species

Passage Two

Questions 16 to 20 are based on the following passage.

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, “Age doesn‟t matter. It‟s good science that matters, and this is good science.”

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, sometimes during surgery.

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 they didn‟t take me very seriously because I‟m a kid.”

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, they couldn‟t feel it.

16. Which of the following is evidence that TT is widely practiced?

A) TT has been in existence for decades.

B) Many patients were cured by therapeutic touch.

C) TT therapists are often employed by leading hospitals.

D) More than 100,000 people are undergoing TT treatment.

17. Very few TT practitioners responded to the $1 million offer because ________.

A) they didn‟t take the offer seriously

B) they didn‟t want to risk their career

C) they were unwilling to reveal their secret

D) they thought it was not in line with their practice

18. The purpose of Emily Rosa‟s experiment was ________.

A) to see why TT could work the way it did

B) to find out how TT cured patients‟ illnesses

C) to test whether she could sense the human energy field

D) to test whether a human energy field really existed

19. Why did some TT practitioners agree to be the subjects of Emil‟s experiment?

A) It involved nothing more than mere guessing.

B) They thought it was going to be a lot of fun.

C) It was more straightforward than other experiments.

D) They sensed no harm in a little girl‟s experiment.

20. What can we learn from the passage?

A) Some widely accepted beliefs can be deceiving.

B) Solid evidence weighs more than pure theories.

C) Little children can be as clever as trained TT practitioners.

D) The principle of TT is too profound to understand

Passage Three

Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage.

What might driving on an automated highway be like? The answer depends on what kind of sys tem is ultimately adopted. Two distinct types are on the drawing board. 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, but it promises the greatest gains in freeway (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 special purpose lanes were available, the car could enter them and join existing traffic in 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 the proper automation equipment in good working order. Assuming it passed such tests, 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 lanes to automated traffic would, presumably, be well respected, because all trespassers (非法进入者) could be swiftly identified by authorities.) 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 free to release the wheel, open the morning paper or just relax.

21. We learn from the first paragraph that two systems of automated highways ________.

A) are being planned

B) are being modified

C) are now in wide use

D) are under construction

22. A special purpose lane system is probably advantageous in that ________.

A) it would require only minor changes to existing highways

B) it would achieve the greatest highway traffic efficiency

C) it has a lane for both automated and partially automated vehicles

D) it offers more lanes for automated vehicles

23. Which of the following is true about driving on an automated highway?

A) Vehicles traveling on it are assigned different lanes according to their destinations.

B) A car can join existing traffic any time in a mixed lane system.

C) The driver should inform his car computer of his destination before driving onto it.

D) The driver should share the automated lane with those of regular vehicles.

24. We know from the passage that a car can enter a special purpose lane ________.

A) by smoothly merging with cars on the conventional lane

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Part I Listening Comprehension (20 minutes)

Section A

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 question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read four

choices marked A), B), C) and D), and decide which is the .

through the centre.

Example:

You will hear:

You will read:

A) 2 hours.

B) 3 hours.

C) 4 hours.

D) 5 hours.

From the conversation they will start at 9 o’the afternoon. Therefore, D) “5 hours” is the correct answer. choose [D] on the Answer Sheet and mark it 1. 2. B) Quit smoking.

C) Weigh himself frequently.

D) Have a talk with the doctor.

3. A) The woman should have complained to her neighbor.

B) The woman should stay out until the neighbors are quiet.

C) The woman should have stayed at the library.

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D) The lab will be a better place for reading.

4. A) Check the figures later today.

B) Do the calculations again tomorrow.

C) Bring a calculator tomorrow.

D) Calculate the number right now.

5. A) She doesn’t remember much about the city.

B) She’s never been to the city.

C) She would find someone else to help.

D) She would talk to the man later.

6. A) She thinks the man should have helped earlier.

B) She doesn’t need the man’s help.

C) She doesn’t know the boxes are heavy.

D) She wants the man to help with the boxes.

7. C) She borrowed the books from the man.

D) She offered to help the man.

8. A) She’9. A) He’’s just returned from a job interview.

10. A) At a gas station.

B) In a park.

C) In an emergency room.

D) At a garage.

Section B

Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage,

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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.

Passage One

Questions 11 to 13 are based on the passage you have just heard.

11. A) One sixth of them are seriously polluted.

B) One third of them are seriously polluted.

C) Half of them are seriously polluted.

D) Most of them are seriously polluted.

12. A) There was no garbage left to clean up.

13.

Passage Two

14. .

’s tears.

15. A) What chemicals tears are composed of.

B) Whether crying really helps us feel better.

C) Why some people tend to cry more often than others.

D) How tears help people cope with emotional problems.

16. A) Only one out of four girls cries less often than boys.

B) Of four boys, only one cries very often.

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C) Girls cry four times as often as boys.

D) Only one out of four babies doesn’t cry often.

17. A) Only humans respond to emotions by shedding tears.

B) Only humans shed tears to get rid of irritating stuff in their eyes.

C) Only human tears can resist the invading bacteria.

D) Only human tears can discharge certain chemicals.

Passage Three

Questions 18 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard.

18. A) They make decisions by tossing coins.

B) They are not physically separated.

C) They think exactly the same way.

D) They share most of their vital organs.

19. A) Few of them can live long.

C) Most of them live a normal life.

20. Part II Reading Comprehension (35 minutes)

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.

Passage One

Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage.

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-bye is the way to summon a person from the Philippines to one’s side, or that in Italy and some Latin-American countries, curling the finger to oneself is a sign of

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Those private citizens who sent packages to our troops occupying Germany after World War II and marked them GIFT to escape duty payments did not bother to find out 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 take notice of the developed tastes, gestures, customs and languages of other countries, are losing us friends, business and respect in the world.

Even here in the United States, we make few concessions to the needs visitors. There are no information signs in four languages on our public or monuments; we do not have multilingual (多语言的) guided tours. Very menus have translations, and multilingual waiters, bank clerks and are rare. Our transportation systems have maps in English only and have difficulty understanding them.

When we go abroad, we tend to cluster in hotels and where English is spoken. Then attitudes and information we pick conditioned by those natives—usually the richer—who speak English. dealings, as well as the nation’s diplomacyFor many years, American dollars no good things, and we are slowly beginning to realize that our proper role the is changing. A 1979 Harris poll , even 21. A) stand still

22.

A) cultural self-centeredness

B) casual manners

C) indifference towards foreign visitors

D) arrogance towards other cultures

23. In countries other than their own most Americans ________.

A) are isolated by the local people

B) are not well informed due to the language barrier

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2001.6

试卷一

Part I Listening Comprehension (20 minutes) Section A

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: You will hear:

You will read:

A) 2 hours.

B) 3 hours.

C) 4 hours.

D) 5 hours.

From the conversation we know that the two are talking about some work they will start at 9 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 with a single line through the centre.

Sample Answer [A] [B [C] [D]

1.A) He will tell Mary how to operate the dishwasher.

B) He will wash the dishes himself instead.

C) He will help Bill to translate the manual.

D) He himself will operate the dishwasher.

2. A) Lose weight C) Weigh himself frequently.

B) Quit smoking. D) Have a talk with the doctor.

3.A) The woman should have complained to her neighbor.

B) The woman should stay out until the neighbors are quiet.

C) The woman should have stayed at the library.

D) The lab will be a better place for reading.

4. A)Check the figures later today. C) Bring a calculator tomorrow.

B) Do the calculations again tomorrow. D) Calculate the number right now.

5.A) She doesn't remember much about the city.

B) She's never been to the city.

C) She would find someone else to help.

D) She would talk to the man later.

6.A) She thinks the man should have helped earlier.

B) She doesn't need the man's help.

C) She doesn't know the boxes are heavy.

D) She wants the man to help with the boxes.

7.A) She let the man use her books for the weekend.

B) She brought the books the man asked for.

C) She borrowed the books from the man.

D) She offered to help the man.

8.A) She'd like to have the windows open. C) The air is heavily polluted.

B) She likes to have the air conditioner on. D) The windows are already open.

9.A) He's going to visit a photo studio. C) He's on the way to the theater.

B) He's just had his picture taken. D) He's just returned from a job interview.

10.A) At a gas station. C) In an emergency room.

B) In a park. D) At a garage.

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. Passage One

Questions 11 to 13 are based on the passage you have just heard.

11. A) One sixth of them are seriously polluted.

B) One third of them are seriously polluted.

C) Half of them are seriously polluted.

D) Most of them are seriously polluted.

12. A) There was no garbage left to clean up.

B) There was more garbage than before and they had to work harder.

C) The river had become so clean that a lot of water-birds came back.

D) The river was much cleaner and they had to search for garbage.

13.A) Most of them would be indifferent and keep on throwing garbage into the river.

B) They would join the students in changing the situation.

C) They would become more aware of the pollution problem.

D) They would think twice before they went swimming or fishing in the river.

Passage Two

Questions 14 to 17 are based on the passage you have just heard.

14. A) Why people hold back their tears. C) How to restrain one's tears.

B) Why people cry. D) How tears are produced.

15. A) What chemicals tears are composed of.

B) Whether crying really helps us feel better.

C) Why some people tend to cry more often than others.

D) How tears help people cope with emotional problems.

16.A) Only one out of four girls cries less often than boys.

B) Of four boys, only one cries very often.

C) Girls cry four times as often as boys.

D) Only one out of four babies doesn't cry often.

17. A) Only humans respond to emotions by shedding tears.

B) Only humans shed tears to get rid of irritating stuff in their eyes.

C) Only human tears can resist the invading bacteria.

D) Only human tears can discharge certain chemicals.

Passage Three

Questions 18 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard.

18. A) They make decisions by tossing coins. C) They think exactly the same way.

B) They are not physically separated. D) They share most of their vital organs.

19. A) Few of them can live long.

B) Few of them get along well with each other.

C) Most of them live a normal life.

D) Most of them differ in their likes and dislikes.

20. A) They go to a regular school. C) They are taught by their parents.

B) They attend a special school. D) They have a private tutor.

Part II Reading 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.

Passage One

Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage.

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-bye is the way to summon a person from the Philippines to one's side, or that in Italy and some Latin-American countries, curling the finger to oneself is a sign of farewell.

Those private citizens who sent packages to our troops occupying Germany after World War II and marked them GIFT to escape duty payments did not bother to find out 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 take notice of the developed tastes, gestures, customs and languages of other countries, are losing us friends, business and respect in the world.

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 difficulty understanding them.

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's diplomacy, are conducted through interpreters.

For many years, America and Americans could get by with cultural blindness and linguistic ignorance. After all, America was the most powerful country of the free world, the distributor of needed funds and goods.

But all that is past. 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, even though it may not always be the upper hand.

21.It can be inferred that Americans being approached too closely by Middle Easterners would most probably ______.

A) stand still C) step forward

B) jump aside D) draw back

22.The author gives many examples to criticize Americans for their ______.

A) cultural self-centeredness C) indifference towards foreign visitors

B) casual manners D) arrogance towards other cultures

23.In countries other than their own most Americans ______.

A) are isolated by the local people

B) are not well informed due to the language barrier

C) tend to get along well with the natives

D) need interpreters in hotels and restaurants

24.According to the author, Americans' cultural blindness and linguistic ignorance will ______.

A) affect their image in the new era

B) cut themselves off from the outside world

C) limit their role in world affairs

D) weaken the position of the US dollar

25.The author's intention in writing this article is to make Americans realize that

______.

A) it is dangerous to ignore their foreign friends

B) it is important to maintain their leading role in world affairs

C) it is necessary to use several languages in public places

D) it is time to get acquainted with other cultures

Passage Two

Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage.

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 them in order to save the world from unnecessary physical and psychological suffering. 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 yard in 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 can easily be scared away by threatening them with a pair of these sharp, deadly fashion accessories.

Regardless of such practical uses for heels, the fact remains that wearing high heels is harmful to one's physical health. Talk to any podiatrist (足病医生)， and you will hear 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 high heel wearer than for a flat shoe wearer. Wearing heels also creates the threat of getting a heel caught in a sidewalk crack 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 look forward to a night of pain as she tries to comfort her swollen, aching feet.

26. What makes women blind to the deceptive nature of high heels?

A) The multi-functional use of high heels.

B) Their attempt to show off their status.

C) The rich variety of high heel styles.

D) Their wish to improve their appearance.

27.The author's presentation of the positive side of high heels is meant ______.

A) to be ironic C)to be fair to the fashion industry

B) to poke fun at women D) to make his point convincing

28.The author uses the expression “those babies” (Line 3, Para. 2) to refer to high heels ______.

A) to show their fragile characteristics C) to show women's affection for them

B) to indicate their feminine features D) to emphasize their small size

29.The author's chief argument against high heels is that ______ .

A) they pose a threat to lawns

B) they are injurious to women's health

C) they don't necessarily make women beautiful

D) they are ineffective as a weapon of defense

30.It can be inferred from the passage that women should ______.

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试卷一

Part I Listening Comprehension (20 minutes)

Section A

Directions: In this section, you will hear 10 short conversations. At the end conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. conversation and the question will be spoken only once. question there will be a pause. During the pause, you four

choices marked A), B), C) and D), and decide which is answer.

through the centre.

Example:

You will hear:

You will read:

A) 2 hours.

B) 3 hours.

C) 4 hours.

D) 5 hours.

they will start at 9 o’“5 hours” is the correct Yshould choose [D] on the Answer Sheet and mark it 1. .

2. A) The man will probably have to find a roommate.

B) The man is unlikely to live in the suburbs.

C) The man will probably have to buy a car.

D) The man is unlikely to find exactly what he desires.

3. A) Painting a picture.

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B) Hosting a program.

C) Designing a studio.

D) Taking a photograph.

4. A) The woman doesn’t think it a problem to get her passport renewed.

B) The woman has difficulty renewing her passport.

C) The woman hasn’t renewed her passport yet.

D) The woman’s passport is still valid.

5. A) A prediction of the future of mankind.

B) A new drug that may benefit mankind.

C) An opportunity for a good job.

D) An unsuccessful experiment.

6. A) A lesson requires students’C) More knowledge is covered in a lecture.

7. B) The woman’C) The man’D) It’8. A) She’.

’.

9. ’t allow his students to tell jokes in class.

C) He is always punctual for his class.

D) He rarely notices which students are late.

10. A) He is nervous about the exam.

B) He is looking for a job.

C) He doesn’t dare to tell lies.

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D) He doesn’t know how to answer the questions.

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.

Passage One

Questions 11 to 14 are based on the passage you have just heard

11. A) Because she was bored with her idle life at home.

C) Because she wanted to help with the family’12. A) Doing housework.

B) Looking after her neighbour’s children.

13. ’14. D) Parents should take good care of their children.

Passage Two

Questions 15 to 17 are based on the passage you have just heard.

15. A) To predict natural disasters that can cause vast destruction.

B) To limit the destruction that natural disasters may cause.

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C) To gain financial support from the United Nations.

D) To propose measures to hold back natural disasters.

16. A) There is still a long way to go before man can control natural disasters.

B) International cooperation can minimize the destructive force of natural disasters.

C) Technology can help reduce the damage natural disasters may cause.

D) Scientists can successfully predict earthquakes.

17. A) Because there were fatal mistakes in its design.

B) Because the builder didn’t observe the building codes of the time.

C) Because the traffic load went beyond its capacity.

Passage Three

18. .

19. A) Once of Etna’.

B) Etna’C) Etna’

20. Part II Reading 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.

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Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage.

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. 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 that resulted in widespread starvation and disease. The adaptation was As environmentalists convene in Rio de Janeiro this week to global climate of the future, earth scientists are in the midst of a revolution in how climate has changed in the past—and how those changes human existence. Researchers have begun to piece together an picture of the powerful geological and astronomical forces that the planet’s environment from hot to cold, wet to dry and back period stretching back hundreds of millions of years.

Most have had a major impact on the evolution of research now suggests that climate shifts have played a key in every significant turning point in human evolution: from the dawn of () some 65 million years ago to human ancestors rising up to from the huge expansion of the human

The new implications for the environmental summit in Rio. Among other things, demonstrate that dramatic climate change is nothing new for planet (宜人的) global environment that has existed over the past 10,000 which agriculture, writing, cities and most other features of —is a mere bright spot in a much larger pattern of widely varying climate In fact, the pattern of climate change in the past reveals that Earth’almost certainly go through dramatic changes in the future—even .

21. Farming emerged as a survival strategy because man had been obliged ________.

A) to give up his former way of life

B) to leave the coastal areas

C) to follow the ever-shifting vegetation

D) to abandon his original settlement

22. Earth scientists have come to understand that climate ________.

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2001年6月大学英语六级(CET-6)真题试卷Part I Listening Comprehension (20 minutes)Section ADirections: 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:　　You will hear:　　You will read:A) 2 hours.B) 3 hours.C) 4 hours.D) 5 hours.　　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” is the correct answer. You should choose [D] on the Answer Sheet and mark it with a single line through the centre.　　Sample Answer [A] [B] [C] [D]1. A) He will tell Mary how to operate the dishwasher.B) He will wash the dishes himself instead.C) He will help Bill to translate the manual.D) He himself will operate the dishwasher.（B）2. A) Lose weight.B) Quit smoking.C) Weigh himself frequently.D) Have a talk with the doctor.（A）3. A) The woman should have complained to her neighbor.B) The woman should stay out until the neighbors are quiet.C) The woman should have stayed at the library.D) The lab will be a better place for reading.（C）4. A) Check the figures later today.B) Do the calculations again tomorrow.C) Bring a calculator tomorrow.D) Calculate the number right now.（B）5. A) She doesn’t remember much about the city.B) She’s never been to the city.C) She would find someone else to help.D) She would talk to the man later.（A）6. A) She thinks the man should have helped earlier.B) She doesn’t need the man’s help.C) She doesn’t know the boxes are heavy.D) She wants the man to help with the boxes.（B）7. A) She let the man use her books for the weekend.B) She brought the books the man asked for.C) She borrowed the books from the man.D) She offered to help the man.（C）8. A) She’d like to have the windows open.B) She likes to have the air conditioner on.C) The air is heavily polluted.D) The windows are already open.（A）9. A) He’s going to visit a photo studio.B) He’s just had his picture taken.C) He’s on the way to the theater.D) He’s just returned from a job interview.（B）10. A) At a gas station.B) In a park.C) In an emergency room.D) At a garage.（D）Section BDirections: 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 co

rresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.Passage OneQuestions 11 to 13 are based on the passage you have just heard.11. A) One sixth of them are seriously polluted.B) One third of them are seriously polluted.C) Half of them are seriously polluted.D) Most of them are seriously polluted.（B）12. A) There was no garbage left to clean up.B) There was more garbage than before and they had to work harder.C) The river had become so clean that a lot of water-birds came back.D) The river was much cleaner and they had to search for garbage.（D）13. A) Most of them would be indifferent and keep on throwing garbage into the river.B) They would join the students in changing the situation.C) They would become more aware of the pollution problem.D) They would think twice before they went swimming or fishing in the river.（C）Passage TwoQuestions 14 to 17 are based on the passage you have just heard.14. A) Why people hold back their tears.B) Why people cry.C) How to restrain one’s tears.D) How tears are produced.（B）15. A) What chemicals tears are composed of.B) Whether crying really helps us feel better.C) Why some people tend to cry more often than others.D) How tears help people cope with emotional problems.（D）16. A) Only one out of four girls cries less often than boys.B) Of four boys, only one cries very often.C) Girls cry four times as often as boys.D) Only one out of four babies doesn’t cry often.（C）17. A) Only humans respond to emotions by shedding tears.B) Only humans shed tears to get rid of irritating stuff in their eyes.C) Only human tears can resist the invading bacteria.D) Only human tears can discharge certain chemicals.（A）Passage ThreeQuestions 18 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard.18. A) They make decisions by tossing coins.B) They are not physically separated.C) They think exactly the same way.D) They share most of their vital organs.（B）19. A) Few of them can live long.B) Few of them get along well with each other.C) Most of them live a normal life.D) Most of them differ in their likes and dislikes.（A）20. A) They go to a regular school.B) They attend a special school.C) They are taught by their parents.D) They have a private tutor.（A）Part II Reading 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.Passage OneQuestions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage.　　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-bye is the way to summon a person

from the Philippines to one’s side, or that in Italy and some Latin-American countries, curling the finger to oneself is a sign of farewell.　　Those private citizens who sent packages to our troops occupying Germany after World War II and marked them GIFT to escape duty payments did not bother to find out 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 take notice of the developed tastes, gestures, customs and languages of other countries, are losing us friends, business and respect in the world.　　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 difficulty understanding them.　　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’s diplomacy, are conducted through interpreters.　　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, even though it may not always he the upper hand.21. It can be inferred that Americans being approached too closely by Middle Easterners would most probably ________.A) stand stillB) jump asideC) step forwardD) draw back（D）22. The author gives many examples to criticize Americans for their ________.A) cultural self-centerednessB) casual mannersC) indifference towards foreign visitorsD) arrogance towards other cultures（A）23. In countries other than their own most Americans ________.A) are isolated by the local peopleB) are not well informed due to the language barrierC) tend to get along well with the nativesD) need interpreters in hotels and restaurants（B）24. According to the author, Americans’ cultural blindness and linguistic ignorance will ________.A) affect their image in the new eraB) cut themselves off from the outside worldC) limit their role in world affairsD) weaken the position of the US dollar（C）25. The author’s intention in writing this article is to make Americans reali

ze that ________.A) it is dangerous to ignore their foreign friendsB) it is important to maintain their leading role in world affairsC) it is necessary to use several languages in public placesD) it is time to get acquainted with other cultures（D）Passage TwoQuestions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage.　　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 them in order to save the world from unnecessary physical and psychological suffering.　　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 yard in 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 can easily be scared away by threatening them with a pair of these sharp, deadly fashion accessories.　　Regardless of such practical uses for heels, the fact remains that wearing high heels is harmful to one’s physical health. Talk to any podiatrist (足病医生)， and you will hear 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 wearer. Wearing heels also creates the threat of getting a heel caught in a sidewalk crack 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 look forward to a night of pain as she tries to comfort her swollen, aching feet.26. What makes women blind to the deceptive nature of high heels?A) The multi-functional use of high heels.B) Their attempt to show off their status.C) The rich variety of high heel styles.D) Their wish to improve their appearance.（D）27. The author’s presentation of the positive side of high heels is meant ________.A) to be ironicB) to poke fun at womenC) to be fair to the fashion industryD) to make his point convincing（B）28. The author uses the expre

ssion “those babies” (Line 3, Para. 2) to refer to high heels ________.A) to show their fragile characteristicsB) to indicate their feminine featuresC) to show women’s affection for themD) to emphasize their small size（D）29. The author’s chief argument against high heels is that ________.A) they pose a threat to lawnsB) they are injurious to women’s healthC) they don’t necessarily make women beautifulD) they are ineffective as a weapon of defense（B）30. It can be inferred from the passage that women should ________.A) see through the very nature of fashion mythsB) boycott the products of the fashion industryC) go to a podiatrist regularly for adviceD) avoid following fashion too closely（D）Passage ThreeQuestions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage.　　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 sufficient to survive in our society.　　but my own worry today is less that of the overwhelming problem of elemental literacy than it is of the slightly more luxurious problem of the decline in the skill even of 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 act of reading. It has been suggested that almost 80 percent of America’s literate, 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. This violation of concentration, silence, solitude (独处的状态) goes to the very 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, by heart; the expression is vital.　　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 transformations probably much more dramatic than those brought about 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 can say with any confidence what will happen to the book as we’ve known it.31. The picture of

2001年6月英语六级篇八：大学英语六级考试2001年6月试题1

大学英语六级考试2001年6月试题(附答案&听力材料)

Part I Listening Comprehension (20 minutes)

Section A

1.A) He will tell Mary how to operate the dishwasher.

B) He will wash the dishes himself instead.

C) He will help Bill to translate the manual.

D) He himself will operate the dishwasher.

2.A) Lose weight

B) Quit smoking.

C) Weigh himself frequently.

D) Have a talk with the doctor.

3.A) The woman should have complained to her neighbor.

B) The woman should stay out until the neighbors are quiet.

C) The woman should have stayed at the library.

D) The lab will be a better place for reading.

4.A)Check the figures later today.

B) Do the calculations again tomorrow.

C) Bring a calculator tomorrow.

D) Calculate the number right now.

5.A) She doesn t remember much about the city.

B) She s never been to the city.

C) She would find someone else to help.

D) She would talk to the man later.

6.A) She thinks the man should have helped earlier.

B) She doesn t need the man s help.

C) She doesn t know the boxes are heavy.

D) She wants the man to help with the boxes.

7.A) She let the man use her books for the weekend.

B) She brought the books the man asked for.

C) She borrowed the books from the man.

D) She offered to help the man.

8.A) She d like to have the windows open.

B) She likes to have the air conditioner on.

C) The air is heavily polluted.

D) The windows are already open.

9. A) He s going to visit a photo studio.

B) He s just had his picture taken.

C) He s on the way to the theater.

D) He s just returned from a job interview.

10.A) At a gas station.

B) In a park.

C) In an emergency room.

D) At a garage.

Section B

Passage One

Questions 11 to 13 are based on the passage you have just heard.

11.A) One sixth of them are seriously polluted.

B) One third of them are seriously polluted.

C) Half of them are seriously polluted. < BR>D) Most of them are seriously polluted.

12.A) There was no garbage left to clean up.

B) There was more garbage than before and they had to work harder.

C) The river had become so clean that a lot of water-birds came back.

D) The river was much cleaner and they had to search for garbage.

13.A) Most of them would be indifferent and keep on throwing garbage into the river.

B) They would join the students in changing the situation.

C) They would become more aware of the pollution problem.

D) They would think twice before they went swimming or fishing in the river.

Passage Two

Questions 14 to 17 are based on the passage you have just heard.

14.A) Why people hold back their tears.

B) Why people cry.

C) How to restrain one s tears.

D) How tears are produced.

15 A) What chemicals tears are composed of.

B) Whether crying really helps us feel better.

C) Why some people tend to cry more often than others.

D) How tears help people cope with emotional problems.

16.A) Only one out of four girls cries less often than boys.

B) Of four boys, only one cries very often.

C) Girls cry four times as often as boys.

D) Only one out of four babies doesn t cry often.

17.A) Only humans respond to emotions by shedding tears.

B) Only humans shed tears to get rid of irritating stuff in their eyes.

C) Only human tears can resist the invading bacteria.

D) Only human tears can discharge certain chemicals.

Passage Three

Questions 18 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard.

18.A) They make decisions by tossing coins.

B) They are not physically separated.

C) They think exactly the same way.

D) They share most of their vital organs.

19.A) Few of them can live long.

B) Few of them get along well with each other.

C) Most of them live a normal life.

D) Most of them differ in their likes and dislikes.

20.A) They go to a regular school. < BR>B) They attend a special school.

C) They are taught by their parents.

D) They have a private tutor.

Part II Reading Comprehension (35 minutes)

Passage One

Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage.

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-bye is the way to summon a person from the Philippines to one s side, or that in Italy and some Latin-American countries, curling the finger to oneself is a sign of farewell. Those private citizens who sent packages to our troops occupying Germany after World War II and marked them GIFT to escape duty payments did not bother to find out 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 take notice of the developed tastes, gestures, customs and languages of other countries, are losing us friends, business and respect in the world. 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 difficulty understanding them. When we go abroad, we tend to cluster in hotels and restaurants where English is spoken. The 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 s diplomacy, are conducted through interpreters. Fo r many years, America and Americans could get by with cultural blindness and linguistic ignorance.After all ,America was the most powerful country of the free world, the distributor of needed funds and goods. But all that is past. 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, even though it may not always be the upper hand.

21.It can be inferred that Americans being approached too closely by Middle Easterners would most probably .

A) stand still C) step forward B) jump aside D) draw back

22.The author gives many examples to criticize Americans for their .

A) cultural self-centeredness

B) casual manners

C) indifference towards foreign visitors

D) arrogance towards other cultures

23.In countries other than their own most Americans .

A) are isolated by the local people

B) are not well informed due to the language barrier

C) tend to get along well with the natives

D) need interpreters in hotels and restaurants

24.According to the author, Americans cultural blindness and linguistic ignorance will .

A) affect their image in the new era

B) cut themselves off from the outside world

C) limit their role in world affairs

D) weaken the position of the US dollar

25.The author s intention in writing this article is to make Americans realize that .

A) it is dangerous to ignore their foreign friends

B) it is important to maintain their leading role in world affairs

C) it is necessary to use several languages in public places

D) it is time to get acquainted with other cultures

Passage Two

Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage.

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 them in order to save the world from unnecessary physical and psychological suffering. 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 yard in 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 can easily be scared away by threatening them with a pair of these sharp, deadly fashion accessories. Regardless of such practical uses for heels, the fact remains that wearing high heels is harmful to one’s physical health. Talk to any podiatrist (足病医生)， and you will hear 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 wearer. Wearing heels also creates the threat of getting a heel caught in a sidewalk crack 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 look forward to a night of pain as she tries to comfort her swollen, aching feet.

26. What makes women blind to the deceptive nature of high heels?

A) The multi-functional use of high heels.

B) Their attempt to show off their status.

C) The rich variety of high heel styles.

D) Their wish to improve their appearance.

27.The author’s presentation of the positive side of high heels is meant .

A) to be ironic

C)to be fair to the fashion industry

B) to poke fun at women

D) to make his point convincing

28.The author uses the expression “those babies” (Line 3, Para. 2) to refer to high heels .

A) to show their fragile characteristics

C) to show women’s affection for them

B) to indicate their feminine features

D) to emphasize their small size

29.The author’s chief argument against high heels is that .

A) they pose a threat to lawns

B) they are injurious to women’s health

C) they don’t necessarily make women beautiful

D) they are ineffective as a weapon of defense

30.It can be inferred from the passage that women should .

A) see through the very nature of fashion myths

B) boycott the products of the fashion industry

C) go to a podiatrist regularly for advice

D) avoid following fashion too closely

Passage Three

Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage.

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 sufficient to survive in our society. But my own worry today is less that of the overwhelming problem of elemental literacy than it is of the slightly more luxurious problem of the decline in the skill even of the middle-class reader, of his unwillingness to afford those spaces of silence, those luxuries of domesticity and time and concentration, that surround t he image of the classic act of reading. It has been suggested that almost 80 percent of America’s literate, 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. This violation of concentration, silence, solitude (独处的状态)goes to the very 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, by heart; the expression is vital. 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

transformations probably much more dramatic than those brought about 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 can say with any confidence what will happen to the book as we’ve known it.

31.The picture of the reading ability of the American people, drawn by the author, is .

A) rather bleak

C) very impressive

B) fairly bright

D) quite encouraging

32.The author’s biggest concern is .

A) elementary school children’s disinterest in reading classics

B) the surprisingly low rate of literacy in the U.S.

C) the musical setting American readers require for reading

D) the reading ability and reading behavior of the middle class

33.A major problem with mo st adolescents who can read is .

A) their fondness of music and TV programs

B) their ignorance of various forms of art and literature

C) their lack of attentiveness and basic understanding

D) their inability to focus on conflicting input

34.The author claims that the best way a reader can show admiration for a piece of poetry or prose is . A) to be able to appreciate it and memorize it

B) to analyze its essential features

2001年6月英语六级篇九：2001年1月英语六级真题(含答案)

2001年1月英语六级真题

Passage One Questions 11 to 15 are based on the following passage:

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 sleeping ducks.

Earlier studies have documented half-brain sleep in a wide range of birds. The brain 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 resting at once.

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 preference for gaze direction.

Also, birds dozing（打盹）at the end of the line resorted to single-hemisphere sleep, 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 some 32 percent of dozing time versus about 12 percent for birds in internal spots.

“We believe this is the first evidence for an animal behaviorally controlling sleep and wakefulness simultaneously in different regions of the brain,” the researchers say. The results provide the best evidence for a long-standing supposition that single-hemisphere sleep evolved as creatures scanned for enemies. The preference for opening 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 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 brain awake allows a sleeping animal to surface occasionally to avoid drowning.

Studies of birds may offer unique insights into sleep. Jerome M. Siegel of the UGLA says he wonders if birds’ half-brain sleep “is just the tip of the iceberg（冰山）”. He speculates that more examples may turn up when we take a closer look at other species.

11. A new study on birds’ sleep has revealed that ____________.

A) birds can control their half-brain sleep consciously

B) birds seldom sleep with the whole of their brain at rest

C) half-brain sleep is found in a wide variety of birds

D) half-brain sleep is characterized by slow brain waves

12. According to the passage, birds often half sleep because ______________.

A) they have to constantly keep an eye on their companions看着同伴

B) the two halves of their brain are differently structured

C) they have to watch out for possible attacks

D) their brain hemisphere take turns to rest

13. The example of a bird sleeping in front of a mirror indicates that _____________.

A) birds prefer to sleep in pairs for the sake of security

B) the phenomenon of birds dozing in pairs is widespread

C) a single pet bird enjoys seeing its own reflection in the mirror 有同伴

D) even an imagined companion gives the bird a sense of security

14. While sleeping, some water mammals tend to keep half awake in order to

__________.

A) avoid being swept away by rapid currents

B) emerge from water now and then to breathe 避免溺死

C) alert themselves to the approaching enemy

D) be sensitive to the ever-changing environment

15. By “just the tip of the iceberg” (Line 2, Para.8), Siegel suggests that ____________.

A) half-brain sleep is a phenomenon that could exist among other species

B) most birds living in cold regions tend to be half sleepers

C) the mystery of half-brain sleep is close to being solved

D) half-brain sleep has something to do with icy weather

Passage Two

Questions 16 to 20 are based on the following passage:

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）touch (TT for short), whose advocates manipulate patients’ “energy field” to 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, “Age doesn’t matter. It’s good science that matters, and this is good science.”

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, the smooth patients’ energy, sometimes during surgery.

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 they didn’t take me very seriously because I’m a kid.”

The experiment was straightforward: 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, they couldn’t feel it.

16. Which of the following is evidence that TT is widely practiced?

A) TT has been in existence for decades.

B) Many patients were cured by therapeutic touch.

C) TT therapists are often employed by leading hospitals.

D) More than 100,000 people are undergoing TT treatment.

17. Very few TT practitioners responded to the $1 million offer because ____________.

A) they didn’t take the offer seriously

B) they didn’t want to risk their career

C) they were unwilling to reveal their secret

D) they thought it was not in line with their practice

18. The purpose of Emily Rosa’s experiment was ____________.

A) to see why TT could work the way it did

B) to find out how TT cured patient’s illness C) to test whether she could sense the human energy field

D) to test whether a human energy field really existed

19. Why did some TT practitioners agree to be the subjects of Emily’s experiment?

A) It involved nothing more than mere guessing.

B) They thought it was going to be a lot of fun. C) It was more straightforward than other experiments.

D) They sensed no harm无害 in a little girl’s experiment. 20. What can we learn from the passage?

A) Some widely accepted beliefs can be deceiving. 欺骗

B) Solid evidence weighs more than pure theories.

C) Little children can be as clever as trained TT practitioners.

D) The principle of TT is too profound to understand.

Passage Three

Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage:

What might driving on an automated highway be like? The answer depends on what kind of system is ultimately adopted. Two distinct types are on the drawing board. 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 manually driven cars. A special-purpose land system would require more extensive physical modifications to existing highways, but it promises the greatest gains in freeway（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 was in place, automated driving could begin whenever the driver was on suitably equipped roads. If special-purpose lanes were available, the car could enter them and join existing traffic in 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 the proper automation equipment in good working order. Assuming it passed such tests, the driver would then be guided through a gate and toward an automated lane. In this case, the transition from manual to automated 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 lanes to automated traffic would, presumably, be well respected, because all trespassers（非法进入者）could be swiftly identified by authorities.)

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 drive would be free to release the wheel, open the morning paper or just relax. 21. We learn from the first paragraph that two systems of automated highways

__________.

A) are being planned

B) are being modified

C) are now in wide use

D) are under construction

22. A special-purpose lane system is probably advantageous in that ________________.

A) it would require only minor changes to existing highways

B) it would achieve the greatest highway traffic efficiency

C) it has a lane for both automated and partially automated vehicles

D) it offers more lanes for automated vehicles

23. Which of the following is true about driving on an automated highway?

A) Vehicles traveling on it are assigned different lanes according to their destinations.

B) A car can join existing traffic any time in a mixed lane system.

C) The driver should inform his car computer of his destination before driving onto it.

D) The driver should share the automated lane with those of regular vehicles.

24. We know form the passage that a car can enter a special-purpose lane

__________.

A) by smoothly merging with cars on the conventional lane

B) by way of a ramp with electronic control devices

C) through a specially guarded gate

D) after all trespassers are identified and removed

25. When driving in an automated lane, the driver ___________.

A) should harmonize with newly entering cars

B) doesn’t have to rely on his computer system

C) should watch out for potential accidents

D) doesn’t have to hold not to the steering wheel 可以放松 休息

Passage Four

Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage:

Taking charge of yourself involves putting to rest some very prevalent myths. At the top of the list is the notion that intelligence is measured by your ability to solve 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 of school discipline is “intelligent.” Yet mental hospitals are filled with patients who have all of the properly lettered certificates. A truer indicator of intelligence is an effective, happy life lived each day and each present moment of every day.

If you are happy, if you live each moment for everything it’s worth, 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—Nervous Break Down.

“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 with the problems of their lives. 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. Everyone 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 of one’s ability to read, write and compute _____________.

2001年6月英语六级篇十：1999年6月大学英语六级(CET-6)真题试卷

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1999年6月大学英语六级(CET-6)真题试卷

Part I Listening Comprehension (20 minutes)

Section A

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. choices marked A), B), C) and D), and decide which is through the centre.

Example:

You will hear:

You will read: A) 2 hours.

B) 3 hours.

C) 4 hours.

D) 5 hours.

start at 9 o‟“5 hours” is the correct answer. You 1. ‟t like it.

‟t attend the concert.

2. B) Listening to music.

C) Studying.

D) Talking on the phone.

3. A) She can‟t receive any calls.

B) She can‟t make any calls.

C) She can do nothing with the phone.

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D) She can‟t repair the phone.

4. A) Tom is very responsible.

B) Tom‟s words aren‟t reliable.

C) What Tom said is true.

D) Tom is not humorous at all.

5. A) How to use a camera.

B) How to use a washer.

C) How to use a keyboard.

D) How to use a tape recorder.

6. A) They should put the meeting to an end.

C) She would like to discuss another item.

D) She wants to discuss the issue again later.

7. B) He doesn‟C) He doesn‟t think the Browns‟8. 9. ‟s lectures.

‟s having difficulty with the heavy reading assignments.

10. A) He never keeps his promises.

B) He is crazy about parties.

C) He has changed his mind.

D) He is not sociable.

Section B Compound Dictation

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注意: 听力理解的B节(Section B)为复合式听写(Compound Dictation)，题目在卷二上。现在请取出试卷二。

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 you have written.

at “the president‟s summit for America‟s future” (volunteer tutors to provide after-school, weekend and help for up to ”.

The program would fund the (S4) ________ 20 thousand reading (S5) explained why the program is important. “‟ and we need it now. of them still can‟VThe president the Philadelphia summit‟s corporate sponsors will Part II Reading Comprehension (35 minutes)

are 4 reading passages in this part. Each passage is followed by

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.

Questions 11 to 15 are based on the following passage.

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

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1999年6月大学英语六级(CET-6)真题试卷 4 / 24 its helpless partner from the shock. Laudenslager found that the immune response was depressed below normal in the helpless rats but not in those that could turn off the electricity. What he has demonstrated, he believes, is that lack of control over an event, not the experience itself, is what weakens the immune system.

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 psychologists‟most harmful factors in depression.

was discovered by chance. In 1975 psychologist Robert Ader at the University of Rochester School of Medicine conditioned (使形成条件反射 saccharin (糖精while suppressing their immune systems caused Associating the saccharin with the stomach pains, the mice quickly the sweetener. In order to extinguish this dislike for the reexposed the animals to received the highest amounts of earlier conditioning died. He 11. Laudenslager‟12. C) behave passively in controllable situations

D) become abnormally suspicious

13. The reason why the mice in Ader‟s experiment avoided saccharin was that

________.

A) they disliked its taste

B) it affected their immune systems

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C) it led 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‟s experiment was that ________.

A) they had been weakened psychologically by the saccharin

B) the sweetener was poisonous to them

C) their immune systems had been altered by the mind

D) they had taken too much sweetener during earlier conditioning

15. It can be concluded from the passage that the immune animals

________.

A) can be weakened by conditioning

B) can be suppressed by drug injections

C) can be affected by frequent doses of saccharin

D) can be altered by electric shocks

The destruction of our natural of our food supply continue occur, largely because of the difficulty in affixing (把…固定) legal abandon (放任). Attempts to prevent economic incentives and friendly —It seems that government decides it can afford tax incentives or production sacrifices any initiative for change. Where is industry‟s and our recognition that mankind‟s great treasure is the single most important to the provide leadership to solve environmental problems, that time is now.

being asked, and, in fact, the public is demanding that we take positive is our responsibility as professionals in environmental health to make the to communicate, stimulate thinking and promote behavioral change. However, it is those of us who are paid to make the decisions to develop, improve and enforce environmental standards, I submit, who must lead the charge.

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

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