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英语六级真题含答案

2001年6月英语六级真题

PartIListeningComprehension（20minutes）

SectionA

Directions：

Inthissection，youwillhear10shortconversations。

Attheendofeachconversation,aquestionwillbeaskedaboutwhatwassaid。

Boththeconversationandthequestionwillbespokenonlyonce.Aftereachquestiontherewillbeapause。

Duringthepause，youmustreadthefourchoicesmarkedA）,B）,C）andD），anddecidewhichisthebestanswer。

ThenmarkthecorrespondingletterontheAnswerSheetwithasinglelinethroughthecenter。

Example：

Youwillhear:

Youwillread:

A）2hours。

B）3hours.

C）4hours。

D）5hours。

Fromtheconversationweknowthatthetwoweretalkingaboutsomeworktheywillstartat9o’clockinthemorningandhavetofinishat2intheafternoon。

Therefore,D）“5hours”isthecorrectanswer。

Youshouldchoose[D]ontheAnswerSheetandmarkitwithasinglelinethroughthecenter。

SampleAnswer[A］［B][C][D]

1。

A）HewilltellMaryhowtooperatethedishwasher.

B）Hewillwashthedisheshimselfinstead。

C）HewillhelpBilltotranslatethemanual.

D）Hehimselfwilloperatethedishwasher。

2。

A）Loseweight。

B）Quitsmoking.

C）Weighhimselffrequently。

D）Haveatalkwiththedoctor.

3.A）Thewomanshouldhavecomplainedtoherneighbor。

B）Thewomanshouldstayoutuntiltheneighborsarequiet。

C）Thewomanshouldhavestayedatthelibrary.

D）Thelabwillbeabetterplaceforreading.

4。

A）Checkthefigureslatertoday。

B）Bringacalculatortomorrow。

C）Bringacalculatortomorrow.

D）Calculatethenumberrightnow.

5.A）Shedoesn’tremembermuchaboutthecity。

B）She’sneverbeentothecity.

C）Shewouldfindsomeoneelsetohelp.

D）Shewouldtalktothemanlater.

6.A）Shethinksthemanshouldhavehelpedearlier。

B）Shedoesn’tneedtheman’shelp。

C）Shedoesn’tknowtheboxesareheavy.

D）Shewantsthemantohelpwiththeboxes。

7.A）Sheletthemanuseherbooksfortheweekend.

B）Shebroughtthebooksthemanaskedfor。

C）Sheborrowedthebooksfromtheman。

D）Sheofferedtohelptheman.

8。

A）She'dliketohavethewindowsopen。

B）Shelikestohavetheairconditioneron。

C）Theairisheavilypolluted.

D）Thewindowsarealreadyopen。

9.A）He’sgoingtovisitaphotostudio。

B）He’sjusthadhispicturetaken。

C）He’sonthewaytothetheater.

D）He’sjustreturnedfromajobinterview。

10.A）Atagasstation。

B）Inapark。

C）Inanemergencyroom。

D）Atagarage。

SectionB

Directions:

Inthissection,youwillhear3shortpassages。

Attheendofeachpassage,youwillhearsomequestions。

Boththepassageandthequestionswillbespokenonlyonce.Afteryouhearaquestion，youmustchoosethebestanswerfromthefourchoicesmarkedA），B），C）andD）.ThenmarkthecorrespondingletterontheAnswerSheetwithasinglelinethroughthecenter.

Passageone

Question11to13arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard。

11。

A）Onesixthofthemareseriouslypolluted.

B）Onethirdofthemareseriouslypolluted.

C）Halfofthemareseriouslypolluted.

D）Mostofthemareseriouslypolluted.

12.A）Therewasnogarbagelefttocleanup。

B）Therewasmoregarbagethanbeforeandtheyhadtoworkharder.

C）Theriverhadbecomesocleanthatalotofwater—birdscameback.

D）Theriverwasmuchcleanerandtheyhadtosearchforgarbage。

13.A）Mostofthemwouldbeindifferentandkeeponthrowinggarbageintotheriver。

B）Theywouldjointhestudentsinchangingthesituation。

C）Theywouldbecomemoreawareofthepollutionproblem。

D）Theywouldthinktwicebeforetheywentswimmingorfishingintheriver。

PassageTwo

Questions14to17arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard.

14。

A）Whypeopleholdbacktheirtears.

B）Whypeoplecry。

C）Howtorestrainone’stears。

D）Howtearsareproduced。

15。

A）Whatchemicalstearsarecomposedof。

B）Whethercryingreallyhelpsusfeelbetter。

C）Whysomepeopletendtocrymoreoftenthanothers。

D）Howtearshelppeoplecopewithemotionalproblems。

16。

A）Onlyoneoutoffourgirlscrieslessoftenthanboys。

B）Offourboys,onlyonecriesveryoften.

C）Girlscryfourtimesasoftenasboys。

D）Onlyoneoutoffourbabiesdoesn'tcryoften.

17。

A）Onlyhumansrespondtoemotionsbysheddingtears。

B）Onlyhumansshedtearstogetridofirritatingstuffintheireyes.

C）Onlyhumantearscanresisttheinvadingbacteria.

D）Onlyhumantearscandischargecertainchemicals.

PassageThree

Questions18to20arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard。

18.A）Theymakedecisionsbytossingcoins。

B）Theyarenotphysicallyseparated。

C）Theythinkexactlythesameway.

D）Theysharemostoftheirvitalorgans。

19。

A）Fewofthemcanlivelong.

B）Fewofthemgetalongwellwitheachother.

C）Mostofthemliveanormallife。

D）Mostofthemdifferintheirlikesanddislikes.

20.A）Theygotoaregularschool。

B）Theyattendaspecialschool.

C）Theyaretaughtbytheirparents。

D）Theyhaveaprivatetutor。

PartIIReadingComprehension（35minutes）

Direction:

Thereare4passagesinthispart.Eachpassageisfollowedbysomequestionsorunfinishedstatements。

ForeachofthemtherearefourchoicesmarkedA）,B）C）andD）.YoushoulddecideonthebestchoiceandmarkthecorrespondingletterontheAnswerSheetwithasinglelinethroughthecenter。

PassageOne

Questions21to25arebasedonthefollowingpassage：

OurculturehascausedmostAmericanstoassumenotonlythatourlanguageisuniversalbutthatthegesturesweuseareunderstoodbyeveryone.Wedonotrealizethatwavinggood-byeisthewaytosummonapersonfromthePhilippinestoone’sside,orthatinItalyandsomeLatin-Americancountries，curlingthefingertooneselfisasignoffarewell。

ThoseprivatecitizenswhosentpackagestoourtroopsoccupyingGermanyafterWorldWarIIandmarkedthemGIFTtoescapedutypaymentsdidnotbothertofindoutthat“Gift”meanspoisoninGerman。

Moreover,weliketothinkofourselvesasfriendly，yetweprefertobeatleast3feetoranarm’slengthawayformothers。

LatinsandMiddleEasternersliketocomecloserandtouch,whichmakesAmericansuncomfortable。

Ourlinguistic（语言上的）andculturalblindnessandthecasualnesswithwhichwetakenoticeofthedevelopedtastes,gestures，customsandlanguagesofothercountries,arelosingusfriends，businessandrespectintheworld.

EvenhereintheUnitedStates，wemakefewconcessionstotheneedsofforeignvisitors.Therearenoinformationsignsinfourlanguagesonourpublicbuildingsormonuments;wedonothavemultilingual（多语的）guidedtours.Veryfewrestaurantmenushavetranslations，andmultilingualwaiters，bankclerksandpolicemenarerare。

OurtransportationsystemshavemapsinEnglishonlyandoftenweourselveshavedifficultyunderstandingthem。

Whenwegoabroad，wetendtoclusterinhotelsandrestaurantswhereEnglishisspoken.Theattitudesandinformationwepickupareconditionedbythosenatives—usuallythericher—whospeakEnglish。

Ourbusinessdealings,aswellasthenation’sdiplomacy,areconductedthroughinterpreters。

Formanyyears,AmericaandAmericanscouldgetbywithculturalblindnessandlinguisticignorance。

Afterall，Americawasthemostpowerfulcountryofthefreeworld,thedistributorofneededfundsandgoods。

Butallthatispast.Americandollarsnolongerbuyallgoodthings,andweareslowlybeginningtorealizethatourproperroleintheworldischanging。

A1979Harrispollreportedthat55percentofAmericanswantthiscountrytoplayamoresignificantroleinworldaffairs；wewanttohaveahandintheimportantdecisionsofthenextcentury，eventhoughitmaynotalwaysbetheupperhand.

21。

ItcanbeinferredthatAmericansbeingapproachedtoocloselybyMiddleEasternerswouldmostprobably______________.

A）standstill

B）jumpaside

C）stepforward

D）drawback

22.TheauthorgivesmanyexamplestocriticizeAmericansfortheir___________。

A）culturalself-centeredness

B）casualmanners

C）indifferencetowardforeignvisitors

D）arrogancetowardsothercultures

23.IncountriesotherthantheirownmostAmericans_______________.

A）areisolatedbythelocalpeople

B）arenotwellinformedduetothelanguagebarrier

C）tendtogetalongwellwiththenatives

D）needinterpretersinhotelsandrestaurants

24.Accordingtotheauthor，Americans'culturalblindnessandlinguisticignorancewill____________.

A）affecttheirimageinthenewera

B）cutthemselvesofffromtheoutsideworld

C）limittheirroleinworldaffairs

D）weakenthepositionoftheUSdollar

25。

Theauthor'sintentioninwritingthisarticleistomakeAmericansrealizethat________.

A）itisdangeroustoignoretheirforeignfriends

B）itisimportanttomaintaintheirleadingroleinworldaffairs

C）itisnecessarytouseseverallanguagesinpublicplaces

D）itistimetogetacquaintedwithothercultures

PassageTwo

Questions26to30arebasedonthefollowingpassage:

Indepartmentstoresandclosetsallovertheworld,theyarewaiting.Theiroutwardappearanceseemsratherappealingbecausetheycomeinavarietyofstyles,textures，andcolors。

Buttheyareultimatelythebiggestdeceptionthatexistsinthefashionindustrytoday。

Whatarethey?

Theyarehighheels—awoman’sworstenemy（whethersheknowsitornot）。

Highheelshoesarethedownfallofmodernsociety。

Fashionmythshaveledwomentobelievethattheyaremorebeautifulorsophisticatedforwearingheels，butinreality，heelssucceedinposingshortaswellaslongtermhardships.Womenshouldfightthehighheelindustrybyrefusingtouseorpurchasetheminordert