1996年大学英语六级真题.docx

1、1996年大学英语六级真题1996年1月大学英语六级考试试题及参考答案（含听力音频）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 o

2、nce. 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 center.Example: You will hear: You will read:A) 2 hour

3、s.B) 3 hours.C) 4 hours.D) 5 hours.From the conversation we know that the two were talking about some work they will start at 9 oclock 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 si

4、ngle line through the center.Sample Answer A B C D1. A) The flight has been canceled. B) The plane is late. C) The plane is on time. D) The tickets for this flight have been sold out.2. A) He is not to blame. B) It was his fault. C) He will accept all responsibility. D) He will be more careful next

5、time.3. A) The man is a forgetful person. B) The typewriter is not new. C) The man can have the typewriter later. D) The man misunderstood her.4. A) There will be heavy fog in all areas. B) There will be heavy rain by midnight. C) There will be heavy fog in the east. D) There will be fog in all area

6、s by midnight.5. A) Shes scornful. B) Shes angry. C) Shes sympathetic. D) Shes worried.6. A) He likes the job of a dish-washer because it pays well. B) He thinks its important to have a good job from the beginning. C) He hates to be a dish-washer because its boring. D) He would work as a dish-washer

7、 in summer if he has to.7. A) She must learn to understand Johns humor better. B) She enjoys Johns humor a great deal. C) She doesnt appreciate Johns humor. D) She thinks John is not funny enough.8. A) Joan may have taken a wrong train. B) Joan will miss the next conference. C) Joan wont come to the

8、 conference. D) Joan may be late for the opening speech.9. A) She has been dismissed for her poor performance. B) She has been fired by the company. C) She has been granted leave for one month. D) She has been offered a new job.10. A) It will last for two weeks. B) It has come to a halt. C) It will

9、end before long. D) It will probably continue.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 t

10、he four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.Passage oneQuestion 11 to 13 are based on the passage you have just heard.11. A) She was an office worker. B) She was a physician. C) She was a cleaner. D) She was a

11、 social worker.12. A) Because she could not sleep well at night. B) Because she hoped to earn more money. C) Because she could not find a daytime job. D) Because she needed a change and a lighter job.13. A) She works six nights every fortnight. B) She does not take part in social activities in her w

12、orking days. C) She has been a night nurse in a hospital for about 25 years. D) She is not satisfied with her present job.Passage TwoQuestions 14 to 17 are based on the passage you have just heard.14. A) A small town in Britain. B) A new type of jail. C) A labour camp. D) A big gymnasium in Scotland

13、.15. A) Women criminals in Scotland. B) Criminals who are given long sentences. C) Criminals who are given short sentences. D) Criminals in Scotland.16. A) The reward the prisoners get for their work. B) The comfortable accommodation. C) The way the prisoners are treated. D) The officers sympathy fo

14、r the prisoners.17. A) To give the prisoners more freedom. B) To help the prisoners keep their self-respect. C) To help the prisoners develop the sense of independence. D) To turn the prisoners into skilled workers.Passage ThreeQuestions 18 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard.18. A) O

15、n an airplane. B) Near the terminal building. C) In a coach to the city. D) In the waiting room.19. A) Near the airport hotel. B) At the travelers information desk. C) Outside the Customs Hall. D) In the center of the city.20. A) The departure tax they have to pay on their next international flight.

16、 B) The distance they have to travel from the airport to the city center. C) The prices the major hotels charge. D) The place where taxis are waiting to be hired.Part II Reading Comprehension (35 minutes)Direction: There are 4 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfi

17、nished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B) C) and D). You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.Passage OneQuestions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage: Material culture refe

18、rs to the touchable, material “things”-physical objects that can be seen, held, felt, used-that a culture produces. Examining a cultures tools and technology can tell us about the groups history and way of life. Similarly, research into the material culture of music can help us to understand the mus

19、ic-culture. The most vivid body of “things” in it, of course, are musical instruments. We cannot hear for ourselves the actual sound of any musical performance before the 1870s when the phonograph（留声机）was invented, so we rely on instruments for important information about music-cultures in the remot

20、e past and their development. Here we have two kinds of evidence: instruments well preserved and instruments pictured in art. Through the study of instruments, as well as paintings, written documents, and so on, we can explore the movement of music from the Near East to China over a thousand years a

21、go, or we can outline the spread of Near Eastern influence to Europe that resulted in the development of most of the instruments on the symphony orchestra. Sheet music or printed music, too, is material culture. Scholars once defined folk music-cultures as those in which people learn and sing music

22、by ear rather than from print, but research shows mutual influence among oral and written sources during the past few centuries in Europe, Britain, and America, printed versions limit variety because they tend to standardize any song, yet they stimulate people to create new and different song. Besid

23、es, the ability to read music notation（乐谱）has a far-reaching effect on musicians and, when it becomes widespread, on the music-culture as a whole. One more important part for musics material culture should be singled out: the influence of the electronic media-radio, record player, tape recorder, tel

24、evision, and videocassette, with the future promising talking and singing computers and other developments. This is all part of the “information revolution,” a twentieth-century phenomenon as important as the industrial revolution was in the nineteenth. These electronic media are not just limited to

25、 modern nations; they have affected music-music-cultures all over the globe.21. Research into the material culture of a nation is of great importance because _. A) it helps produce new cultural tools and technology B) it can reflect the development of the nation C) it helps understand the nations pa

26、st and present D) it can demonstrate the nations civilization22. It can be learned from this passage that _.A) the existence of the symphony was attributed to the spread of Near Eastern and Chinese music.B) Near Eastern music had an influence on the development of the instruments in the symphony orc

27、hestraC) the development of the symphony shows the mutual influence of Eastern and Western musicD) the musical instruments in the symphony orchestra were developed on the basis of Near Eastern music23. According to the author, music notation is important because _. A) it has a great effect on the mu

28、sic-culture as more and more people are able to read it B) it tends to standardize folk songs when it is used by folk musicians C) it is the printed version of standardized folk music D) it encourages people to popularize printed versions of songs24. It can be concluded from the passage that the int

29、roduction of electronic media into the world of music _. A) has brought about an information revolution B) has speeded up the arrival of a new generation of computes C) has given rise to new forms of music culture D) has led to the transformation of traditional musical instruments25. Which of the fo

30、llowing best summarizes the main idea of the passage?A) Musical instruments developed through the years will sooner or later be replaced by computers. B) Music cannot be passed on to future generation unless it is recorded. C) Folk songs cannot be spread far unless they are printed on music sheets.

31、D) The development of music culture is highly dependent on its material aspect.Passage TwoQuestions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage: The question of whether war is inevitable is one which has concerned many of the worlds great writers. Before considering this question, it will be useful

32、to introduce some related concepts. Conflict, defined as opposition among social entities directed against one another, is distinguished from competition, defined as opposition among social entities independently striving for something which is in inadequate supply. Competitors may not be aware of one another, while the parties to a conflict are. Conflict and competition are