1998年大学英语六级.docx

1、1998年大学英语六级1998年1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. Aft

2、er each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four suggested answers 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

3、.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 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 singl

4、e line through the centre.Sample Answer A B C D1. A) Swimming.B) Playing tennis.C) Boating.D) Playing table tennis.（B）2. A) She is going to Finland.B) She has visitors next week.C) She has guests at her home.D) She has just visited him this week.（B）3. A) Get some coins at the cafe.B) Buy her a cup o

5、f coffee at the cafe.C) Get some coffee from the machine.D) Try to fix the machine.（A）4. A) They spent three hundred dollars on their vacation.B) They drew money than they should have from the bank.C) They lost their bankbook.D) They had only three hundred dollars in the bank.（B）5. A) To find out he

6、r position in the company.B) To apply for a job.C) To offer her a position in the company.D) To make an appointment with the sales manager.（B）6. A) He is surprised.B) He feels very happy.C) He is indifferent.D) He feels very angry.（C）7. A) He hasnt cleaned his room since Linda visited him.B) Linda i

7、s the only person who ever comes to see him.C) Hes been too busy to clean his room.D) Cleaning is the last thing he wants to do.（A）8. A) She is a generous woman by nature.B) It doesnt have a back cover.C) She feels the mans apology is enough.D) It is no longer of any use to her.（D）9. A) To remind hi

8、m of the data he should take to the conference.B) To see if he is ready for the coming conference.C) To tell him something about the conference.D) To help him prepare for the conference.（D）10. A) The long wait.B) The broken down computer.C) The mistakes in her telephone bill.D) The bad telephone ser

9、vice.（A）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

10、D). Then mark the corresponding 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) About 45 million.B) About 50 million.C) About 5.4 million.D) About 4.5 million.（D）12. A) The actors and actresses are not

11、 paid for their performance.B) The actors and actresses only perform in their own communities.C) They exist only in small communities.D) They only put on shows that are educational.（A）13. A) It provides them with the opportunity to watch performances for free.B) It provides them with the opportunity

12、 to make friends.C) It gives them the chance to do something creative.D) It gives them a chance to enjoy modern art.（C）Passage TwoQuestions 14 to 16 are based on the passage you have just heard.14. A) They are usually more clever.B) They get tired easily.C) They are more likely to make minor mental

13、errors.D) They are more skillful in handling equipment.（C）15. A) It had its limitations.B) Its results were regarded as final.C) It was supported by the government.D) It was not sound theoretically.（A）16. A) Their lack of concentration resulting from mental stress.B) The lack of consideration for th

14、em in equipment design.C) The probability of their getting excited easily.D) Their slowness in responding.（B）Passage ThreeQuestions 17 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard.17. A) 18 American undergraduates.B) 18 American postgraduates.C) 18 overseas undergraduates.D) 18 overseas postgr

15、aduates.（D）18. A) Family relations.B) social problemsC) Family planning.D) Personal matters.（D）19. A) Red.B) Blue.C) Green.D) Purple.（B）20. A) The five questions were not well designed.B) Not all the questionnaires were returned.C) Only a small number of students were surveyed.D) Some of the answers

16、 to the questionnaire were not valid.（C）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 the re are four choices marked A)，B)，C), and D). you should decide on the bes

17、t choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage.A few common misconceptions. Beauty is only skin deep. Ones physical assets and liabilities dont count all that much in a managerial career. A wo

18、man should always try to look her best.Over the last 30 years, social scientists have conducted more than 1,000 studies of how we react to beautiful and not so beautiful people. The virtually unanimous conclusion: Looks do matter, more than most of us realize. The data suggest, for example, that phy

19、sically attractive individuals are more likely to be treated well by their parents, sought out as friends, and pursued romantically. With the possible exception of women seeking managerial jobs, they are also more likely to be hired, paid well, and promoted.Un American, you say, unfair and extremely

20、 unbelievable? Once again, the scientists have caught us mouthing pieties (虔诚) while acting just the contrary. Their typical experiment works something like this. They give each member of a group-college students, or teachers or corporate personnel mangers-a piece of paper relating an individuals ac

21、complishments. Attached to the paper is a photograph. While the papers all say exactly the same thing the pictures are different. Some show a strikingly attractive person, some an average looking character, and some an unusually unattractive human being. Group members are asked to rate the individua

22、l on certain attributes, anything from personal warmth to the likelihood that he or she will be promoted.Almost invariably, the better looking the person in the picture, the higher the person is rated. In the phrase, borrowed from Sappho, that the social scientists use to sum up the common perceptio

23、n, what is beautiful is good.In business, however, good looks cut both ways for women, and deeper than for men. A Utah State University professor, who is an authority on the subject, explains: In terms of their careers, the impact of physical attractiveness on males is only modest. But its potential

24、 impact on females can be tremendous, making it easier, for example, for the more attractive to get jobs where they are in the public eye. On another note, though, there is enough literature now for us to conclude that attractive women who aspire (追求) to managerial positions do not get on as well as

25、 women who may be less attractive.21. According to the passage, people often wrongly believe that in pursuing a career as a manager _.A) a persons property or debts do not matter muchB) a persons outward appearance is not a critical qualificationC) women should always dress fashionablyD) women shoul

26、d not only be attractive but also high minded（B）22. The result of research carried out by social scientists show that _.A) people do not realize the importance of looking ones bestB) women in pursuit of managerial jobs are not likely to be paid wellC) good looking women aspire to managerial position

27、sD) attractive people generally have an advantage over those who are not（D）23. Experiments by scientists have shown that when people evaluate individuals on certain attributes _.A) they observe the principle that beauty is only skin deepB) they do not usually act according to the views they supportC

28、) they give ordinary looking persons the lowest ratingsD) they tend to base their judgment on the individuals accomplishments（B）24. “Good looks cut both ways for women” (Line 1, Para. 5) means that _.A) attractive women have tremendous potential impact on public jobsB) good looking women always get

29、the best of everythingC) being attractive is not always an advantage for womenD) attractive women do not do as well as unattractive women in managerial positions（C）25. It can be inferred from the passage that in the business world _.A) handsome men are not affected as much by their looks as attracti

30、ve women areB) physically attractive women who are in the public eye usually do quite wellC) physically attractive men and women who are in the public eye usually get along quite wellD) good looks are important for women as they are for men（A）Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage:Not

31、 content with its doubtful claim to produce cheap food for our own population, the factory farming industry also argues that “hungry nations are benefiting from advances made by the poultry (家禽) industry”. In fact, rather than helping the fight against malnutrition (营养不良) in “hungry nations,” the sp

32、read of factory farming has, inevitably aggravated the problem.Large scale intensive meat and poultry production is a waste of food resources.This is because more protein has to be fed to animals in the form of vegetable matter than can ever be recovered in the form of meat. Much of the food value is lost in the animals process of digestion and cell replacement. Nei