大学英语六级考试试题及参考答案.docx

1、大学英语六级考试试题及参考答案2000年6月大学英语六级考试试题及参考答案 Part I Listening Comprehension (20 minutes) Section A Directions:In this section, you will hear 10 short conversations. At the end o f each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the question will be spoken only onc

2、e. 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 centre. Example: You will hear: You will read: A) 2 hou

3、rs. 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 Don the Answer Sheet and mark it with a si

4、ngle a sinle line through the centre. Sample Answer ABCD 1. A) Buy some travellers checks. B) Borrow some money from a friend. C) Check the brakes and tires. D) Spend some time travelling. 2. A) He is very forgiving and tolerant. B) He probably has a poor mem or y. C) He is well liked by his custome

5、rs. D) He has been introduced to the st aff. 3. A) He thinks the book should include more information. B) He doesnt think it necessary to proveide the answers. C) The answers will be added in a later edition. D) The book does include the answers. 4. A) Announce appeals for public service. B) Hold a

6、charity concert to raise money. C) Ask the school radio station for help. D) Pool money to fund the radio station. 5. A) She talked with the consultant about the new program until two. B) She couldnt talk to the consultant before two. C) She would talk to the consultant during lunch. D) She couldnt

7、contact the consultants secretary. 6. A) They are equally competent for the job. B) They both graduated from art schools. C) They majored in different areas of art. D) They are both willing to draw the posters. 7. A) At a book store. B) At an art museum. C) At a newspaper office. D) At a gymnasium.

8、8. A) The woman received a phone call from Mark yesterday. B) The man injured Mark in a traffic accident yesterday. C) The man met a friend by chance. D) The woman contacted Mark on business. 9. A) The man should stay up and watch the program. B) The man should read something exciting instead. C) Th

9、e man should go to bed at eleven. D) The man should give up watching the movie. 10.A) Students with a library card can check any book out. B) Reference books are not allowed to be checked out. C) Only students with a library card can check out reference books. D) The number of books a student can ch

10、eck out is unlimited. Section B Directions: 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

11、A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding lette r on the Answer Sheet with a sinle line through the centre. Passage One Questions 11 to 13 are based on the passage you have just heard. 11.A) To find out whether they take music lessons in their spare time. B) To find out whether they can name fo

12、ur different musical instruments. C) To find out whether they enjoy playing musical instruments in school. D) To find out whether they differ in their preference for musical instruments. 12.A) They find them too hard to play. B) They think it silly to play them. C) They find it not challenging enoug

13、h to play them. D) They consider it important to be different from girls. 13.A) Children who have private music tutors. B) Children who are 8 or older. C) Children who are between 5 and 7. D) Children who are well- educated. Passage Two Questions 14 to 16 are based on the passage you have just heard

14、. 14.A) Because there werent any professional teams in the U. S. then. B) Because Pele hadnt retired from the Brazilian National Team yet. C) Because this fast-moving sport wasnt familiar to many Americans. D) Because good professional players received low salaries. 15.A) When it has a large number

15、of fans. B) When it plays at home. C) When it has many international stars playing for it. D) When the fans cheer enthusiastically for it. 16.A) It wasnt among the top four teams. B) It didnt play as well as expected. C) It won the World Cup. D) It placed fourth Passage Three Questions 17 to 20 are

16、based on the passage you have just heard. 17.A) Students from America. B) Students from England. C) Students from Australia. D) Students from Japan. 18.A) Those who know how to program computers. B) Those who get special aid from their teachers. C) Those who are very hardworking. D) Those who have w

17、ell-educated parents. 19.A) Japanese students study much harder than Columbian students. B) Columbian students score higher than Japanese students in maths. C) Columbian students are more optimistic about their maths skills. D) Japanese students have better conditions for study. 20.A) Physics. B) Ma

18、thematics. C) Environmental science. D) Life science. 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 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 One Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage: In the 1920s demand for American farm products fell, as European countries began to recover from World War I and ins

20、tituted austerity (紧缩) programs to reduce their imports. The result was a sharp drop in farm prices. This period was more disastrous for farmers than earlier times had been, because farmers were no longer self-sufficient. They were paying for machinery, seed, and fertilizer, and they were also buyin

21、g consumer goods. The prices of the items farmers bought remained constant, while prices they received for their products fell. These developments were made worse by the Great Depression, which began in 1929 and extended throughout the 1939s. In 1929, under President Herbert Hoover, the Federal Farm

22、 Board was organized. It established the principle of direct interference with supply and demand, and it represented the first national commitment to provide greater economic stability for farmers. President Hoovers successor attached even more importance to this problem. One of the first measures p

23、roposed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt when he took office in 1933 was the Agricultural Adjustment Act, which was subsequently passed by Congress. This law gave the Secretary of Agriculture the power to reduce production through voluntary agreements with farmers who were paid to take their land

24、out of use. A deliberate scarcity of farm products was planned in an effort to raise prices. This law was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court on the grounds that general taxes were being collected to pay one special group of people. However, new laws were passed immediately that achieved

25、the same result of resting soil and providing flood-control measures, but which were based on the principle of soil conservation. The Roosevelt Administration believed that rebuilding the nations soil was in the national interest and was not simply a plan to help farmers at the expense of other citi

26、zens. Later the government guaranteed loans to farmers so that they could buy farm machinery, hybrid (杂交) grain, and fertilizers. 21.What brought about the decline in the demand for American farm products? A) The impact of the Great Depression. B) The shrinking of overseas markets. C) The destructio

27、n caused by the First World War. D) The increased exports of European countries. 22.The chief concern of the American government in the area of agriculture in the 1920s was _ . A) to increase farm production B) to establish agricultural laws C) to prevent farmers from going bankrupt D) to promote th

28、e mechanization of agriculture 23.The Agricultural Adjustment Act encouraged American farmers to _. A) reduce their scale of production B) make full use of their land C) adjust the prices of their farm products D) be self-sufficient in agricultural production 24.The Supreme Court rejected the Agricu

29、ltural Adjustment Act because it believed that the Act _. A) might cause greater scarcity of farm products B) didnt give the Secretary of Agriculture enough power C) would benefit neither the government nor the farmers D) benefited one group of citizens at the expense of others 25.It was claimed tha

30、t the new laws passed during the Roosevelt Administration were aimed at _. A) reducing the cost of farmin B) conserving soil in the long-term interest of the nation C) lowering the burden of farmers D) helping farmers without shifling the burden onto other taxpayers Passage Two Questions 26 to 30 ar

31、e based on the following passage: In the 1950s, the pioneers of artificial intelligence (AI) predicted that, by the end of this century, computers would be conversing with us at work and robots would be performing our housework. But as useful as computers are, theyre nowhere close to achieving anyth

32、ing remotely resembling these early aspirations f or humanlike behavior. Never mind something as complex as conversation: the most powerful computers struggle to reliably recognize the shape of an object, the most elementary of tasks for a ten-month-old kid. A growing group of AI researchers think they know where the field went wrong . The problem, the scientists say, is that AI has been trying to separate