大学英语六级cet6全真试题附答案 新.docx

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大学英语六级cet6全真试题附答案新

2006年12月CET6真题（新）

PartI Writing （30minutes）

TheImportanceofReadingClassics

1．阅读经典书籍对人的成长至关重要

2．现在愿意鱼肚经典的人却越来越少，原因是……

3．我们大学生应该怎么做

PartIIReadingComprehension（SkimmingandScanning）（15minutes）

                                SpaceTourism

  Makeyourreservationsnow.Thespacetourismindustryisofficiallyopenforbusiness,andticketsaregoingforamere$20millionforaone-weekstayinspace.DespitereluctancefromNationalAirandSpaceAdministration（NASA）,RussiamadeAmericanbusinessmanDennisTitotheworld’sfirstspacetourist.TitoflewintospaceaboardaRussianSoyuzrocketthatarrivedattheInternationalSpaceStation（ISS）onApril30,2001.Thesecondspacetourist,SouthAfricanbusinessmanMarkShuttleworth,tookoffaboardtheRussianSoyuzonApril25,2002,alsoboundfortheISS.

  LanceBassof’NSyncwassupposedtobethethirdtomakethe$20milliontrip,buthedidnotjointhethree-mancrewastheyblastedoffonOctober30,2002,duetolackofpayment.ProbablythemostincredibleaspectofthisproposedspacetourwasthatNASAapprovedofit.

  Thesetripsarethebeginningofwhatcouldbeaprofitable21stcenturyindustry.Therearealreadyseveralspacetourismcompaniesplanningtobuildsuborbitalvehiclesandorbitalcitieswithinthenexttwodecades.Thesecompanieshaveinvestedmillions,believingthatthespacetourismindustryisonthevergeoftakingoff.

  In1997,NASApublishedareportconcludingthatsellingtripsintospacetoprivatecitizenscouldbeworthbillionsofdollars.AJapanesereportsupportsthesefindings,andprojectsthatspacetourismcouldbea$10billionperyearindustrywithinthenexttwodecades.Theonlyobstaclestoopeningupspacetotouristsarethespaceagencies,whoareconcernedwithsafetyandthedevelopmentofareliable,reusablelaunchvehicle.

SpaceAccommodations

  Russia’sMirspacestationwassupposedtobethefirstdestinationforspacetourists.ButinMarch2001,theRussianAgencybroughtMirdownintothePacificOcean.Asitturnedout,bringingdownMironlytemporarilydelayedthefirsttouristtripintospace.

  TheMircrashdidcancelplansforanewreality-basedgameshowfromNBC,whichwasgoingtobecalledDestinationMir.Thesurvivor-likeTVshowwasscheduledtoairinfall2001.ParticipantsontheshowweretogothroughtrainingatRussia’scosmonaut（宇航员）trainingcenter,StarCity.Eachweek,oneoftheparticipantswouldbeeliminatedfromtheshow,withthewinnerreceivingatriptotheMirspacestation.TheMircrashhasruledoutNBC’sspaceplantsfornow.NASAisagainstbeginningspacetourismuntiltheInternationalSpaceStationiscompletedin2006.

  Russiainnotaloneinitsinterestinspacetourism.Thereareseveralprojectsunderwaytocommercializespacetravel.Hereareafewofthegroupsthatmighttaketouriststospace:

SpaceIslandGroupisgoingtobuildaring-shaped,rotating“commercialspaceinfrastructure（基础结构）.”SpaceIslandsaysitwillbuilditsspacecityoutofofemptyNASAspace-shuttlefueltanks（tostart,itshouldtakearound12orso）,andplaceitabout400milesaboveEarth.Thespacecitywillrotateonceperminutetocreateagravitationalpullone-thirdasstrongasEarth’s.

     Accordingtotheirvisionstatement,SpaceAdventuresplantsto“flytentsofthousandsofpeopleinspaceoverthenext10-15yearsandbeyond,aroundthemoon,andback,fromspaceportsbothonEarthandinspace,toandformprivatespacestations,andaboarddozensofdifferentvehicles…”

     EvenHiltonHotelshasshowninterestinthespacetourismindustryandthepossibilityofbuildingorco-fundingaspacehotel.However,thecompanydidsaythatitbelievessuchaspacehotelis15to20yearsaway.

   Initially,Spacetourismwilloffersimpleaccommodationsatbest.Forinstance,ifthe

InternationalSpaceStationisusedasatouristattraction,guestswon’tfindtheLuxurioussurroundings

ofahotelroomonEarth.Ithasbeendesignedforconductingresearch,notentertainment.However,

thefirstgenerationofspacehotelsshouldoffertouristsamuchmorecomfortableexperience.

  InregardtoaconceptforaspacehotelinitiallyplannedbySpaceIsland,suchahotelcouldoffer

guestseveryconveniencetheymightfindatahotelonEarth,andsometheymightnot.Thesmall

gravitationalpullcreatedbytherotatingspacecitywouldallowspace-touristsandresidentstowalk

aroundandfunctionnormallywithinthestructure.Everythingfromrunningwatertoarecyclingplant

tomedicalfacilitieswouldbepossible.Additionally,spacetouristswouldevenbeabletotakespace

walks.

  Manyofthesecompaniesbelievethattheyhavetoofferanextremelyenjoyableexperiencein

orderforpassengerstopaythousands,ifnotmillions,ofdollarstorideintospace.Sowillspacecreate

anotherseparationbetweenthehavesandhave-nots?

TheMostExpensiveVacation

  Willspacebeanexoticretreatreservedforonlythewealthy?

Orwillmiddle-classfolkshaveachancetotaketheirfamiliestospace?

Makenomistakeaboutit,goingtospacewillbethemostexpensivevacationyouevertake.Pricesrightnowareinthetensofmillionsofdollars.Currently,theonlyvehiclesthatcantakeyouintospacearethespaceshuttleandtheRussianSoyuz,bothofwhichareterriblyinefficient.Eachspacecraftrequiresmillionsofpoundsoffueltotakeoffintospace,whichmakesthemexpensivetolaunch.Onepoundofpayload（有效栽载重）costsabout$10,000toputintoEarth’sorbit.

  NASAandLockheedMartinarecurrentlydevelopingasingle-stage-to-orbitlaunchspaceplane,calledtheVentureStar,thatcouldbelaunchedforaboutatenthofwhatthespaceshuttlecoststolaunch.IftheVentureStartakesoff,thenumberofpeoplewhocouldaffordtotakeatripintospacewouldmoveintothemillions.

In1998,ajointreportfromNASAandtheSpaceTransportationAssociationstatedthatimprovementsintechnologycouldpushfaresforspacetravelaslowas$50,000,andpossiblydownto$20,000or$10,000adecadelater.Thereportconcludedthatataticketpriceof$50,000,therecouldbe500,000passengersflyingintospaceeachyear.Whilestillleavingoutmanypeople,thesepriceswouldopenupspacetoatremendousamountoftraffic.

Sincethebeginningofthespacerace,thegeneralpublichassaid,“Isn’tthatgreat-whendoIgettogo?

”Well,ourchancemightbecloserthanever.Withinthenext20Years,spaceplanescouldbetakingofffortheMoonatthesamefrequencyasairplanesflyingbetweenNewYorkandLosAngeles.

1．LanceBasswasn’tabletogoonatourofspacebecauseofhealthproblems.

2．Severaltourismcompaniesbelievespacetravelisgoingtobeanewprofitableindustry.

3．Thespaceagenciesarereluctanttoopenupspacetotourists.

4．TwoAustralianbillionaireshavebeenplacedonthewaitinglistforenteringspaceasprivatepassengers.

5． Theprizeforthewinnerinthefall2001NBCTVgameshowwouldhavebeen________.

6．HiltonHotelsbelievesitwon’tbelongbeforeitispossibletobuilda______________.

7．Inorderforspacetouriststowalkaroundandfunctionnormally,itisnecessaryforthespacecitytocreatea________________.

8．Whatmakesgoingtospacethemostexpensivevacationistheenormouscostinvolvedin______.

9．Eachyear500,000spacetouristscouldbeflyingintospaceifticketpricescouldbeloweredto_________.

10.Withinthenexttwodecades,__________couldbeascommonasintercityairtravel.

PartIIIListeningComprehension （35minutes）

11.A）Dr.Smith’swaitingroomisn’ttidy.

  B）Dr.Smithenjoysreadingmagazines.

 C）Dr.Smithhasleftagoodimpressiononher.

D）Dr.Smithmaynotbeagoodchoice.

12.A）Themanwillrenttheapartmentwhenitisavailable.

 B）Themanmadeabargainwiththelandladyovertherent.

  C）Themaninsistsonhavingalookattheapartmentfirst.

  D）Themanisnotfullysatisfiedwiththeapartment.

13.A）Packinguptogoabroad.

B）BrushinguponherEnglish.

  C）DrawingupaplanforherEnglishcourse.

D）ApplyingforavisatotheUnitedStates.

14.A）Heisanxioustofindacureforhishighbloodpressure.

  B）Hedoesn’tthinkhighbloodpressureisaproblemforhim.

  C）Hewasnotawareofhisillnessuntildiagnosedwithit.

  D）Hedidnottakethesymptomsofhisillnessseriously.

15.A）ToinvestigatethecausesofAIDS.

B）ToraisemoneyforAIDSpatients.

  C）TorallysupportforAIDSvictimsinAfrica.

D）TodrawattentiontothespreadofAIDSinAsia.

16.A）Ithasaverylonghistory.

B）Itisaprivateinstitution.

  C）ItwasfoundedbyThomasJefferson.

D）Itstressesthecomprehensivestudyofnature.

17.A）Theycan’tfitintothemachine.

B）Theyhavenotbeendeliveredyet.

  C）Theyweresenttothewrongaddress.

D）Theywerefoundtobeofthewrongtype.

18.A）Thefoodservedinthecafeteriausuallylacksvariety.

  B）Thecafeteriasometimesprovidesrarefoodforthestudents.

  C）Thestudentsfindtheserviceinthecafeteriasatisfactory.

  D）Thecafeteriatrieshardtocatertothestudents’needs.

Questions19to22arebasedontheconversationyouhavejustheard.

19.A）Hepickedupsomeapplesinhisyard.

   B）Hecutsomebranchesofftheappletree.

  C）Hequarreledwithhisneighboroverthefence.

   D）Hecleanedupallthegarbageinthewoman’syard.

20.A）Trimtheappletreesinheryard.

   B）Pickuptheapplesthatfellinheryard.

  C）Takethegarbagetothecurbforher.

   D）Removethebranchesfromheryard.

21.A）Filealawsuitagainsttheman.

   B）Askthemanforcompensation.

  C）Havetheman’sapple