英语六级真题及答案.docx

1、英语六级真题及答案2004年6月英语六级真题及答案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. After each q

2、uestion the re 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 centre.Example:You will hear:You will read:A) 2 hours.B) 3 hours.C) 4

3、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 by 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 single line through t

4、he centre.Sample Answer A B C D1. A) Dick has bad taste in clothes.B) The color of Dicks jacket is too dark.C) Dicks trousers dont match his jacket.D) Dick looks funny in that yellow jacket.（C）2. A) Get the wallet for the man.B) Call the police station.C) Show the man her family pictures.D) Ask to s

5、ee the mans drivers license.（A）3. A) She is afraid the new epidemic SARS will soon spread all over town.B) The temperature is not as high as the man claims.C) The room will get cool if the man opens the windows.D) She is following instructions not to use the air-conditioning.（D）4. A) She was never p

6、ersistent in anything she did.B) She had a unique way of staying healthy.C) She stopped exercising two years ago.D) She lost a lot of weight in two years.（D）5. A) The application arrived a week earlier than expected.B) The job has been given to someone else.C) The man is not suitable for the positio

7、n,D) She had received only one application letter.（B）6. A) He thinks his mother should get the clothes back.B) He will go before the laundry is closed.C) Hes unwilling to fetch the laundry.D) He has already picked up the laundry.（C）7. A) At an international trade fair.B) At an electronics company.C)

8、 At a DVD counter in a music store.D) At a shopping center.（A）8. A) The woman regrets going to the movie.B) The woman prefers light movies before sleep.C) The woman saw a comedy instead of a horror movie.D) The woman hated the man talking throughout the movie.（A）9. A) He is a man with professional e

9、xpertise.B) He is not likely to get the job.C) He is not easy to get along with.D) He is the fight man to get the job done.（B）10. A) It is a very good place to relax.B) It should revolutionize its technology.C) It should change its concept of operation.D) It is being forced out of the entertainment

10、industry.（C）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 choice marked A), B), C) a

11、nd 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) He was the most distinguished diplomat in American history.B) He set up the first university in America.C) He was one

12、of the earliest settlers in America.D) He can best represent the spirit of early America.（D）12. A) He represented Washington in negotiations with Britain.B) He provided Washington with a lot of money.C) He persuaded France to support Washington.D) He served as a general in Washingtons army.（C）13. A)

13、 As one of the founding fathers of the United States.B) As one of the greatest American scholars.C) As one of Americas most ingenious inventors.D) As one of the most famous activists for human rights.（A）Passage TwoQuestions 14 to 17 are based on the passage you have just heard.14. A) Because we migh

14、t meet many successful executives in the media industry.B) Because we might be offered a dish of insects.C) Because nothing but freshly cooked insects are served.D) Because some yuppies like to horrify guests with insects as food.（B）15. A) On the Internet.B) In the supermarket.C) In the seafood mark

15、et.D) From yuppie clubs.（A）16. A) Its safe to eat.B) Its easy to prepare.C) Its exotic in appearance.D) Its tasty and healthful.（D）17. A) It is unlikely to be enjoyed by most People.B) It will have to be changed to suit local tastes.C) It will become the first course at dinner parties.D) It will be

16、consumed by more and more young people.（A）Passage ThreeQuestions 18 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard.18. A) They dont have enough service windows.B) Their business hours are limited.,C) Their safety measures are inadequate.D) Their banking procedures are complicated.（B）19. A) Peopl

17、e who have computers at home.B) Young people who are fond of modern technology.C) Young people who are wealthy and well-educated.D) People who are in the habit of switching from one bank to another.（C）20. A) To provide services for distant clients.B) To compete for customers.C) To reduce the size of

18、 their staff.D) To expand their operations at a lower cost.（B）Part II Reading Comprehension (35 minutes)Directions: There tire 4 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should de

19、cide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the, Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.Passage OneQuestions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage.Given the lack of fit between gifted students and their schools, it is not surprising that such students often have li

20、ttle good to say about their school experience. In one study of 400 adults who had achieved distinction in all areas of life, researchers found that three-fifths of these individuals either did badly in school or were unhappy in school. Few MacArthur Prize fellows, winners of the MacArthur Award for

21、 creative accomplishment, had good things to say about their precollegiate schooling if they had not been placed in advanced programs. Anecdotal (名人轶事) reports support this. Pablo Picasso, Charles Darwin, Mark Twain, Oliver Goldsmith, and William Butler Yeats all disliked school. So did Winston Chur

22、chill, who almost failed out of Harrow, an elite British school. About Oliver Goldsmith, one of his teachers remarked, “Never was so dull a boy.” Often these children realize that they know more than their teachers, and their teachers often feel that these children are arrogant, inattentive, or unmo

23、tivated.Some of these gifted people may have done poorly in school because their gifts were not scholastic. Maybe we can account for Picasso in this way. But most fared poorly in school not because they lacked ability but because they found school unchallenging and consequently lost interest. Yeats

24、described the lack of fit between his mind and school: “Because I had found it difficult to attend to anything less interesting than my own thoughts, I was difficult to teach.” As noted earlier, gifted children of all kinds tend to be strong-willed nonconformists. Nonconformity and stubbornness (and

25、 Yeatss level of arrogance and self-absorption) are likely to lead to Conflicts with teachers.When highly gifted students in any domain talk about what was important to the development of their abilities, they are far more likely to mention their families than their schools or teachers. A writing pr

26、odigy (神童) studied by David Feldman and Lynn Goldsmith was taught far more about writing by his journalist father than his English teacher. High-IQ children, in Australia studied by Miraca Gross had much more positive feelings about their families than their schools. About half of the mathematicians

27、 studied by Benjamin Bloom had little good to say about school. They all did well in school and took honors classes when available, and some skipped grades.21. The main point the author is making about schools is that _.A) they should enroll as many gifted students as possibleB) they should organize

28、 their classes according to the students abilityC) they are often incapable of catering to the needs of talented studentsD) they should satisfy the needs of students from different family backgrounds（C）22. The author quotes the remarks of one of Oliver Goldsmiths teachers _.A) to show how poor Olive

29、rs performance was at schoolB) to illustrate the strong will of some gifted childrenC) to explain how dull students can also be successfulD) to provide support for his argument（D）23. Pablo Picasso is listed among the many gifted children who _.A) could not cope with their studies at school successfu

30、llyB) paid no attention to their teachers in classC) contradicted their teachers much too oftenD) behaved arrogantly and stubbornly in the presence of their teachers（A）24. Many gifted people attributed their success _.A) less to their systematic education than to their talentB) mainly to parental he

31、lp and their education at homeC) both to school instruction and to their parents coachingD) more to their parents encouragement than to school training（B）25. The root cause of many gifted students having bad memories of their school years is that _.A) they were seldom praised by their teachersB) sch

32、ool courses failed to inspire or motivate themC) their nonconformity brought them a lot of troubleD) teachers were usually far stricter than their parents（B）Passage TwoQuestions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage.Its hardly news that the immigration system is a mess. Foreign nationals have long been slipping across the border with fake papers, and v