大学英语六级A卷试题和答案.docx

1、大学英语六级A卷试题和答案2005年12月24日大学英语六级A卷试题和答案 Part I Listening Comprehension (20 minutes) Section A 1.A) The dean should have consulted her on the appointment. B) Dr. Holden should have taken over the position earlier. C) She doesnt think Dr. Holden has made a wise choice. D) Dr. Holden is the best person f

2、or the chairmanship. 2 .A) Theyll keep in touch during the summer vacation B) Theyll hold a party before the summer vacation C) Theyll do odd jobs together at the school library D) Theyll get back to their school once in a while 3. A)Peaches are in season now. B)Peaches are not at their best now. C)

3、The woman didnt know how to bargain. D)The woman helped the man choose the fruit. 4.A)They join the physics club. B)They ask for an extension of the deadline. C)They work on the assignment together. D)They choose an easier assignment. 5.A)She admires Jeans straightforwardness B)She thinks Dr. Brown

4、deserves the praise C)She will talk to Jean about what happened D)She believes Jean was rude to Dr. Brown 6.A)He liked writing when he was a child B)He enjoyed reading stories in Readers Digest C)He used to be an editor of Readers Digest D)He became well known at the age of six 7.A)He shows great en

5、thusiasm for his studies B)He is a very versatile person C)He has no talent for tennis D)He does not study hard enough 8 A) John has lost something at the railway station B) There are several railway stations in the city C) It will be very difficult for them to find John D) The train that John is ta

6、king will arrive soon 9. A)Its rapid growth is beneficial to the world B)It can be seen as a model by the rest of the world C)Its success cant be explained by elementary economics D)It will continue to surge forward 10.A)It takes only 5 minutes to reach the campus from the apartments B)Most students

7、 cant afford to live in the new apartments C)The new apartments are not available until next month D)The new apartments can accommodate 500 students Section B Passage One 11.A)The role of immigrants in the construction of American society B)The importance of offering diverse courses in European hist

8、ory C)The need for greater cultural diversity in the school curriculum D)The historic landing of Europeans on the Virginia shore 12.A)He was wondering if the speaker was used to living in America B)He was trying to show friendliness to the speaker C)He wanted to keep their conversation going D)He be

9、lieved the speaker was a foreigner 13.A)The US population doesnt consist of white European descendants only B)Asian tourists can speak English as well as native speakers of the language C)Colored people are not welcome in the United States D)Americans are in need of education in their history Passag

10、e Two 14.A)By making laws B)By enforcing discipline C)By educating the public D)By holding ceremonies 15.A)It should be raised by soldiers B)It should be raised quickly by hand C)It should be raised only by Americans D)It should be raised by mechanical means 16.A)It should be attached to the status

11、B)It should be hung from the top of the monument C)It should be spread over the object to be unveiled D)It should be carried high up in the air 17.A)There has been a lot of controversy over the use of flag B)The best athletes can wear uniforms with the design of the flag C)There are precise regulati

12、ons and customs to be followed D)Americans can print the flag on their cushions or handkerchiefs Passage Three 18.A)Punishment by teachers B)Poor academic performance C)Truancy D)Illness 19.A)The Board of Education B)Principals of city schools C)Students with good academic records D)Students with go

13、od attendance records 20 . A) Punishing students who damage school property B) Rewarding schools that have decreased the destruction C) Promoting teachers who can prevent the destruction D) Cutting the budget for repairs and replacementsPart II Reading Comprehension (35 minutes) Questions 21 to 25 a

14、re based on the following passage. Passage one Too many vulnerable child-free adults are being ruthlessly(无情的)manipulated into parent-hood by their parents , who think that happiness among older people depends on having a grand-child to spoil. We need an organization to help beat down the persistent

15、 campaigns of grandchildless parents. Its time to establish Planned Grandparenthood, which would have many global and local benefits. Part of its mission would be to promote the risks and realities associated with being a grandparent. The staff would include depressed grandparents who would explain

16、how grandkids break lamps, bite, scream and kick. Others would detail how an hour of baby-sitting often turns into a crying marathon. More grandparents would testify that they had to pay for their grandchilds expensive college education. Planned grandparenthoods carefully written literature would de

17、tail all the joys of life grand-child-free a calm living room, extra money for luxuries during the golden years, etc. Potential grandparents would be reminded that, without grandchildren around, its possible to have a conversation with your kids, who-incidentally-would have more time for their own p

18、arents . Meanwhile, most children are vulnerable to the enormous influence exerted by grandchildless parents aiming to persuade their kids to produce children . They will take a call from a persistent parent, even if theyre loaded with works. In addition, some parents make handsome money offers paya

19、ble upon the grandchilds birth. Sometimes these gifts not only cover expenses associated with the infants birth, but extras, too, like a vacation. In any case, cash gifts can weaken the resolve of even the noblest person. At Planned Grandparenthood, children targeted by their parents to reproduce co

20、uld obtain non-biased information about the insanity of having their own kids. The catastrophic psychological and economic costs of childbearing would be emphasized. The symptoms of morning sickness would be listed and horrors of childbirth pictured. A monthly newsletter would contain stories about

21、overwhelmed parents and offer guidance on how childless adults can respond to the different lobbying tactics that would-be grandparents employ. When I think about all the problems of our overpopulated world and look at our boy grabbing at the lamp by the sofa, I wish I could have turned to Planned G

22、randparenthood when my parents were putting the grandchild squeeze on me. If I could have, I might not be in this parenthood predicament( 窘境) . But heres the crazy irony, I dont want my child-free life back . Dylans too much fun. 21. Whats the purpose of the proposed organization Planned Grandparent

23、hood? A) To encourage childless couples to have children. B) To provide facilities and services for grandchildless parents. C) To offer counseling to people on how to raise grandchildren. D) To discourage people from insisting on having grandchildren. 22. Planned Grandparenthood would include depres

24、sed grandparents on its staff in order to_. A) show them the joys of life grandparents may have in raising grandchildren B) draw attention to the troubles and difficulties grandchildren may cause C) share their experience in raising grandchildren in a more scientific way D) help raise funds to cover

25、 the high expense of education for grandchildren 23. According to the passage, some couples may eventually choose to have children because_. A) they find it hard to resist the carrot-and-stick approach of their parents B) they have learn from other parents about the joys of having children C) they f

26、eel more and more lonely ad they grow older D) they have found it irrational to remain childless 24.By saying “ my parents were putting the grandchild squeeze on me” (Line 2-3,Para. 6), the author means that _. A) her parents kept pressuring her to have a child B) her parents liked to have a grandch

27、ild in their arms C) her parents asked her to save for the expenses of raising a child D) her parents kept blaming her for her childs bad behavior 25.What does the author really of the idea of having children? A) It does more harm than good. B) It contributes to overpopulation. C) It is troublesome

28、but rewarding. D) It is a psychological catastrophe Passage Two Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage. Ask most people how they define the American Dream and chances are theyll say, “Success.” The dream of individual opportunity has been home in American since Europeans discovered a

29、“new world” in the Western Hemisphere. Early immigrants like Hector St. Jean de Crevecoeur praised highly the freedom and opportunity to be found in this new land. His glowing descriptions of a classless society where anyone could attain success through honesty and hard work fired the imaginations o

30、f many European readers: in Letters from an American Farmer (1782) he wrote. “We are all excited at the spirit of an industry which is unfettered (无拘无束的) and unrestrained, because each person works for himself We have no princes, for whom we toil (干苦力活)，starve, and bleed: we are the most perfect soc

31、iety now existing in the world.” The promise of a land where “the rewards of a mans industry follow with equal steps the progress of his labor” drew poor immigrants from Europe and fueled national expansion into the western territories. Our national mythology (神化) is full of illustration the American success story. Theres Benjamin Franklin, the very model of the self-educated, self-made man, who rose from modest origins to become a well-known scientist, philosopher, and statesman. In the nineteenth century, Horatio Alger, a writer of fiction for young boys, became A