1991年1月CET6真题,原文,参考答案
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下面是店铺给大家整理的大学英语六级听力1991年,供大家参阅! 1991年6月大学英语六级(CET-6)真题试卷Part IListening Comprehension (20 minutes)Section A1. A)She wants to return the skirt her husband bought.B) She wants to buy another skirt.C) She wants to change the blue skirt fora yellow one.D) She wants to change the yellow skirtfor a blue one.2. A)It’s too expensive.B) It isn’t needed.C) It should be built.D) A college would be better.3. A)Jack’s car was stolen.B) Jack sold his car.C) Jack bought a new car.D) Jack had a car accident.4. A)Some people pretend to know what they really don’t.B) What the woman said is true.C) What the woman said is wrong.D) He knows more than the woman does.5. A)The woman’s job is a librarian.B) Women’s rights in society.C) An important election.D) Career planning.6. A)She thinks it is easier said than done.B) She totally agrees with him.C) She feels that what he says is simplynonsense.D) She thinks that he is rather impoliteperson.7. A)To clean the yard.B) To weed the garden.C) To hire a gardener.D) To work in the flower beds.8. A)On the 6th of June.B) On the 8th of June.C) On the 9th of June.D) On the 19th of June.9. A)The man thinks the woman is wasting her time.B) The man thinks the woman should makefull use of her time.C) The man is eager to know the woman’sanswer.D) The man can wait and there is no needfor her to hurry.10. A)To run into each other.B) To get bargains.C) To avoid the crowds.D) To join the crowds.Section BPassage OneQuestions 11 to 13 are based on the passageyou have just heard.11. A)Because of their love for hobbies and pastimes.B) Because of their enthusiasm forsports.C) Because of their fear of heartattacks.D) Because of their strong desire for goodhealth.12. A)It was decreasing.B) It was increasing.C) It remained almost unchanged.D) It was going up slowly.13. A)Those who have heart attacks.B) Those who have the desire to bephysically fit.C) Those who have spare time.D) Those who have inactive jobs.Passage TwoQuestions 14 to 16 are based on the passageyou have just heard.14. A)In the white pages.B) In the blue pages.C) In the yellow pages.D) In a special section.15. A)On the first page of the telephone book.B) At the end of the telephone book.C) In the front of the white pages.D) Right after the white pages.16. A)Check your number and call again.B) Tell the operator what has happened.C) Ask the operator to put you through.D) Ask the operator what has happened.Passage ThreeQuestions 17 to 20 are based on the passageyou have just heard.17. A)Its specialization in transporting small packages.B) The low cost of its service.C) Being the first airline to send urgentletters.D) Its modern sorting facilities.18. A)10,000.B) 35.C) 130.D) 30.19. A)Because of its good airport facilities.B) Because of its location in thecountry.C) Because of its size.D) Because of its round-the-clockservice.20. A)Its full-time staff.B) The postmen who work in Memphis.C) Students who work in their spare time.D) The staff members of the InternationalAirport. 答案:1. D2. C3. A4. A5. B6. A7. D8. B9. D 10. C11. D 12. A 13. D 14. B 15. C16. B 17. A 18. C 19. B 20. C。
Part III Vocabulary and Structure (20 minutes)Directions: There are 30 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet witha single line through the centre.41. It is not difficult to ______ the idea that machines man communicate information to us.A) admitB) receiveC) acceptD) convince42. I have not the least ______ of hurting your feelings.A) conceptB) intentionC) mindD) purpose43. As the shortage of certain metals approaches, others must be found to take their______A) shareB) placeC) roleD) shape44. The new power station is reported ______ within three years.A) to have completedB) to have been completedC) having Been completedD) to complete45. Mary is in bed with a fever and she can't hope to ________ the cold in a few day.A) get overB) get awayC) get offD) get out46. Although the weather was very had, the buses still ran onA) listB) planC) scheduceD) arrangement47. The situation today is obviously quite different from ______ it was only 50 years ago.A) whatB) whichC) whenD) such48. Soon, Americans hope, the rains will return and ease the hardship ______ U.S.farmers.A) facedB) facesC) facingD) to face49. Ever since the family moved to the suburbs last year, they ______ better health.A) could have enjoyedB) have been enjoyingC) had enjoyedD) are enjoying50. It is much easier to talk about social change than to ________A) bring it onB) bring it aboutC) buring it upD) bring it out51. Jane was hit on the head by the robber and was knocked______A) mindlessB) unawareC) brainlessD) unconscious52. He likes doing some reading at home to the cinema.A) than to goB) than goingC) more than goingD) rather than to go53. ______ neglecting our education, my father sent my brother and me to a summer school.A) Accused ofB) Accusing ofC) That he was accused ofD) To be accused of54. I bought a new house last year, but I ______ my old house yet, so at the moment I have two houses.A) did not sellB) do not sellC) had not soldD) have not sold55. She didn't regret paying 200 dollars for the bookcase. As a matter or a fact, she would galdly have paid ______ for it.A) as much twiceB) much as twiceC) as twice muchD) twice as much56. By the time you get to Beijing tomorrow, I__________for Shanghai.A) am leavingB) should have leftC) will leaveD) have already left57. It was essential that all the necessary documents ______ to the president's office being the end of this month.A) be handed inB) must be handed inC) shouldD) had been handed in58. The car is quite ______ of petrol.A) economicB) economicalC) savingD) sparing59. The traffic was very heary; otherwise I _______ here 50 minutes sooner.A) would beB) should beC) had beenD) would have been60. ______ his great wealth, he always remained a man of simple tastes.A) Except forB) With regard toC) DespiteD) Although61. The socks were too small and it was only by ______ them that he managed to get them on.A) spreadingB) extendingC) lengtheningD) stretching62. Language can be defined as a tool by which human beings ______ with one another.A) associateB) connectC) communicateD) correspond63. As a small boy, he was slow ______ learning to read and write.A) onB) withC) inD) about64. Tony was_______a mile of the hotel when he ran out of petrol.A) withinB) insideC) aboutD) off65. It has been rather costly to install the machinery, but it will prove to be worth the money ______A) in the long runB) in conclusionC) at long lastD) at the end66. I don't know why he ______ in the middle of a sentence.A) broke offB) broke outC) broke throughD) broke away67. I'm sorry Andy didn't want to go to the conference, ______ willing to go we would have paid all his expenses.A) BeingB) Was heC) He had beenD) Had he been68. The minister was the person ______A) whom the state dinner was given in honourB) for whom the state dinner was given honourC) whose honour the state dinner was givenD) in whose honour the state dinner was given69. The young driver looked over the engine carfully lest it ______ on the way.A) goes wrongB) would go wrongC) went wrongD) should go wrong70. John had been working hard and ______A) so his brother hadB) so had his brotherC) so was his brotherD) so his brother did。
历年六级写作真题(1990.1-2004.6)2004年6月Directions:For this part, you are allowed thirty minutes to write a letter to the editor of a newspaper complaining about the poor service of a bookstore. You should write atleast 150 words following the outline given below:设想你买了一本英文字典,发现有这样那样的质量问题,书店的服务态度又不好,因此给报社编辑写信。
信中必须包含以下内容:1.事情的起因2.与书店交涉的经过3.呼吁服务行业必须提高服务质量2003年12月Directions:For this part, you are allowed thirty minutes to write a short essay entitled Reduce Waste on Campus. You should write at least 150 words following the outline givenbelow:1.有些大学校园浪费的现象日益严重2.浪费的危害3.杜绝浪费,从我做起2003年9月Directions:For this part, you are allowed thirty minutes to write a short essay entitled Reading Preferences. You should write at least 150 words following the outline given below:Reading preferences of students in an American university in 20021.根据上表,简要叙述美国某大学学生借阅图书的分布情况;2.你对于这些学生阅读偏爱的评论3.你通常喜欢阅读哪一类书籍?说明理由。
(1991年1月)Part III Vocabulary and Structure(20 minutes)B 41. The oil shortage ________ the prices of chemical fertilizers on theworld market.A) drove oilB) drove upC) drove inD) drove offB 42. There are five ________ mistakes in this picture. Can you find themand win a prize?A) intensive(强烈的)B) deliberate(故意的)C) planned(计划的)D) calculated43. These studies will yield valuable(有价值的) lemons ________.A) in which to save lives and protect propertyB) how to save lives and protect propertyC) in how to save lives and protect propertyD) about those to save lives and protect property44. The school offered flexible courses for farmers, ________ more hours ofstudy when farm work was not heavy.A) withB) withoutC) inD) forA 45. Part of the cost of many articles is taken as tax by the government________ the community.A) in place of (代替)B) on account of(由于…)C) in terms ofD) on behalf of (为了…的利益; 代表…)A 46. Soldiers act in ________ to the orders of their officers.A) obligation 责任,义务B) objection 反对C) obedience 服从顺从D) offence 冒犯,攻击A 47. ________ after the Second World War that test pilots first attemptedto break the “Sound barrier.”A) It was shortlyB) Until shortlyC) Shortly was itD) Shortly世界第二次大战不久后试飞员们第一次尝试打破声障(即超音速飞行).——强调的对象是时间,其中shortly是副词,只是做一个状语,表示时间之早D 48. ________ in the Atacama Desert.A) It never virtually rainsB) It virtually never rainsC) Never it rains virtuallyD) Never virtually(几乎) it rains英语中表示否定意义的词如never ,seldom .few 等放在句首后面的动词要用倒装形式表示强调.这句话的意思是强调沙漠里不常下雨,所以要用倒装,再如,Seldom have I taken a dinner with girlfriend after I went to work.(正常语序是A,但是需要倒装)C 49. Society now requires the university to be a part of the community.________, students themselves expect to play a role in the affairs of society.A) Hence(因此,所以)B) HoweverC) Moreover (而且,表示递进)D) OtherwiseB 50. Superconductors lose electrical resistance only ________ subjectedto intense cold.A) throughB) whenC) asD) bySuperconuctors lose electircal resistance only when superconductors are subjected to intense cold.超导材料只有在极度寒冷的温度下才能失去电阻.C 51. Those who lie and cheat will never ________ it.A) get on withB) get back toC) get away withD) get off with选C get away withget away with 意思是逃脱处罚整句意思是那些说谎和欺骗的人永远不可能逃脱处罚.C 52. A foreign language like English is difficult to learn, so you________ work too hard.A) shouldB) mustn’tC) can’tD) ought to考查情态动词:can’t/couldn’t….too….,在…也不为过,其他情态动词没有这个用法,句意:向英语这样的外语很难学,所以你再努力也不为过。
95-08历年年夜学英语六级真题及谜底(完整版)之阿布丰王创作Part I Listening Comprehension (20 minutes)Section A1. A) She was given a new job.B) She was given a raise.C) She was criticized for being late.D) She was praised for her hard work.2. A) Whether to employ the woman.B) Whether to take up the new job.C) Whether to ask for a raise.D) Whether to buy a new house.3. A) A teacher.B) A psychologist.C) A librarian.D) A publisher.4. A) To visit more places in the city.B) To take a lot of pictures of the beautiful city.C) To take some pictures of his friends.D) To spare some time to meet his friends.5. A) In town.B) Out of town.C) In the man’s house.D) Outside Ann’s house.6. A) Because she feels very hot in the room.B) Because she wants to avoid meeting people.C) Because she wants to smoke a cigarette outside.D) Because she doesn’t like the smell of smoke inside.7. A) Painters hired by the man and woman.B) Painters hired by Mr. Jones.C) Mr. Jones.D) The man and the woman.8. A) The woman enjoyed the movie very much.B) The woman saw a horror movie.C) The man asked the woman to be careful at night.D) The man went to the show with the woman.9. A) He doesn’t write well enough.B) He is not a professional writer.C) He hasn’t got any profession al experience.D) He didn’t perform well in the interview.10. A) He doesn’t think it necessary to refuel the car.B) He can manage to get the gasoline they need.C) He hopes the woman will help him select a fuel.D) He thinks it is difficult to get fuel for the car. Section BPassage OneQuestions 11 to 13 are based on the passage you have just heard.11. A) Because they can’t afford to.B) Because they think small houses are more comfortable to live in.C) Because big houses are usually built in the countryside.D) Because they prefer apartments.12. A) Because many young people have moved into comfortable apartments.B) Because many old houses in the bad part of the town are not inhabited.C) Because many older people sell their houses after their children leave.D) Because many people have quit their old house to build new ones.13. A) They have to do their own maintenance.B) They have to furnish their own houses.C) They will find it difficult to make the rest of the payment.D) They will find it difficult to dispose of their old-style furniture.Passage TwoQuestions 14 to 16 are based on the passage you have just heard.14. A) They are not active hunters.B) They don’t sleep much.C) They are often seen alone.D) They don’t eat much.15. A) To catch the birds.B) To look for shade in the heat of the day.C) To catch other animals.D) To look for a kill made by another animal.16. A) They are larger in size.B) They have to hunt more to feed the young.C) They run faster.D) They are not as lazy as the males.Passage ThreeQuestions 17 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard.17. A) Less than 30 minutes.B) From 30 to 45 minutes.C) At least 45 minutes.D) More than 45 minutes.18. A) He should show respect for the interviewer.B) He should show confidence in himself.C) He should talk enthusiastically.D) He should be dressed properly.19. A) Speaking confidently but not aggressively.B) Talking loudly to give a lasting impression.C) Talking a lot about the job.D) Speaking politely and emotionally.20. A) Professional knowledge is a decisive factor in job interview.B) Finding a job is more difficult than one can imagine.C) A job seeker should create a good image during an interview.D) Self-confidence is most important for a job seeker. Part II Reading Comprehension (35 minutes)Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage.The process of perceiving other people is rarely translated (to ourselves or others) into cold, objectiveterms. “She was 5 feet 8 inches tall, had fair hair, and wore a colored skirt.” More often, we try to get inside the other person to pinpoint his or her attitudes, emotions, motivations, abilities, ideas and characters. Furthermore, we sometimes behave as if we can accomplish this difficult job very quickly-perhaps with a two-second glance.We try to obtain information about others in many ways. Berger suggests several methods for reducing uncertainties about others: watching, without being noticed, a person interacting with others, particularly with others who are known to you so you can compare the observed person’s behavior with the known others’ behavior; observing a person in a situation where social behavior is relatively unrestrained or where a wide variety of behavioral responses are called for; deliberately structuring the physical or social environment so as to observe the person’s responses to specific stimuli; asking people who have had or have frequent contact with the person about him or her; and using various strategies in face-to-face interaction to uncover information about another person-questions, self-disclosures (自我流露), and so on. Getting to know someone is a never-ending task, largely because people are constantly changing and the methods we use to obtain information are often imprecise. You may have known someone for ten years and still know very little about him. If we accept the idea that we won’t ever fully know another person, it enables us to deal more easily with those things that get in the way of accurate knowledge such as secrets and deceptions. It will also keep us from being too surprised or shocked by seemingly inconsistent behavior. Ironically (讽刺性地) those things that keep us from knowing another person too well (e.g., secrets and deceptions) may be just as important to the development of satisfying relationship as those things that enable us to obtain accurate knowledge about a person (e.g.,disclosure and truthful statements).21. The word “pinpoint” (Para. 1, Line 3) basically means ________.A) appreciateB) obtainC) interpretD) identify22. What do we learn from the first paragraph?A) People are better described in cold, objective terms.B) The difficulty of getting to know a person is usually underestimated.C) One should not judge people by their appearances.D) One is usually subjective when assessing other people’s personality.23. It can be inferred from Berger’s suggestions that ________.A) people do not reveal their true self on every occasionB) in most cases we should avoid contacting the observed person directlyC) the best way to know a person is by making comparisonsD) face-to-face interaction is the best strategy to uncover information about a person24. In developing personal relationships, secrets and deceptions, in the author’s opinion, are ________.A) personal matters that should be seriously dealt withB) barriers that should be done away withC) as significant as disclosures and truthful statementsD) things people should guard against25. The author’s purpose in writing the passage is ________.A) to give advice on appropriate conduct for social occasionsB) to provide ways of how to obtain information about peopleC) to call the reader’s attention to the negative side of people’s charactersD) to discuss the various aspects of getting to knowpeopleQuestions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage.The competition among producers of personal computers is essentially a race to get the best, most innovative products to the marketplace. Marketers in this environment frequently have to make a judgement as to their competitors’ role when making marketing strategy decisions. If major competitors are changing their products, then a marketer may want to follow suit to remain competitive. Apple Computer, Inc. has introduced two new, faster personal computers, the Mackintosh II and Mackintosh SE, in anticipation of the introduction of a new PC by IBM, one of Apple’s major competitors.Apple’s new computers are much faster and more powerful than its earlier models. The improved Mackintosh is able to run programs that previously were impossible to run on an Apple PC, including IBM-compatible (兼容的) programs. This compatibility feature illustrates computer manufactures’ new attitude of giving customers the features they want. Making Apple computers capable of running I BM software is Apple’s effort at making the Mackintosh compatible with IBM computers and thus more popular in the office, where Apple hopes to increase sales. Users of the new Apple can also add accessories (附件) to make their machines specialize in specific uses, such as engineering and writing.The new computers represent a big improvement over past models, but they also cost much more. Company officials do not think the higher price will slow down buyers who want to step up to a more powerful computer. Apple wants to stay in the high-price end of the personal computer market to finance research for even faster, more sophisticated computers.Even though Apple and IBM are major competitors, both companies realize that their competitor’s computers have certain features that their own models do not. The Apple line has always been popular for its sophisticated colorgraphics (图形), whereas the IBM machines have always been favored in offices. In the future, there will probably be more compatibility between the two companies’ products, which no doubt will require that both Apple and IBM change marketing strategies.26. According to the passage, Apple Computer, Inc, has introduced the Mackintosh II and the Mackintosh SE because ________.A) IBM is changing its computer models continuouslyB) it wants to make its machines specialize in specific usesC) it wants to stay ahead of IBM in the competitive computer marketD) it expects its major competitor IBM to follow its example27. Apple hopes to increase Mackintosh sales chiefly by ________.A) making its new models capable of running IBM softwareB) improving the color graphics of its new modelsC) copying the marketing strategies of IBMD) giving the customers what they want28. Apple sells its new computer models at a high price because ________.A) they have new features and functionsB) they are more sophisticated than other modelsC) they have new accessories attachedD) it wants to accumulate funds for future research29. It can be inferred from the passage that both Apple and IBM try to gain a competitive advantage by ________.A) copying each other’s technologyB) incorporating features that make their products distinctiveC) making their computer more expensiveD) making their computers run much faster30. The best title for the passage would be ________.A) Apple’s Efforts to Stay Ahead of IBMB) Apple’s New Computer TechnologyC) Apple’s New personal ComputersD) Apple’s Research ActivitiesPassage ThreeQuestions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage.It is a curious paradox that we think of the physical sciences as “hard”, the social sciences as “soft”, and the biological sciences as somewhere in between. This is interpreted to mean that our knowledge of physical systems is more certain than our knowledge of biological systems, and these in turn are more certain than our knowledge of social systems. In terms of our capacity to sample the relevant universes, however, and the probability that our images of these universes are at least approximately correct, one suspects that a reverse order is more reasonable. We are able to sample earth’s social systems with some degree of confidence that we have a reasonable sample of the total universe being investigated. Our knowledge of social systems, therefore, while it is in many ways extremely inaccurate, is not likely to be seriously overturned by new discoveries. Even the folk knowledge in social systems on which ordinary life is based in earning, spending, organizing, marrying, taking part in political activities, fighting and so on, is not very dissimilar from the more sophisticated images of the social system derived from the social sciences, even though it is built upon the very imperfect samples of personal experience.In contrast, our image of the astronomical universe, of even of earth’s geological history, can easily be subject to revolutionary changes as new data comes in and new theories are worked out. If we define the “security” our image of various parts of the total system as the probability of their suffering significant changes, then we would reverse the order of hardness and see the social sciences as the most secure, the physical sciences as the least secure, and again the biological sciences as somewhere in between. Our image of theastronomical universe is the least secure of all simply because we observe such a fantastically small sample of it and its record-keeping is trivial as compared with the rich records of the social systems, or even the limited records of biological systems. Records of the astronomical universe, despite the fact that we see distant things as they were long ago, are limited in the extreme.Even in regard to such a close neighbour as the moon, which we have actually visited, theories about its origin and history are extremely different, contradictory, and hard to choose among. Our knowledge of physical evolution is incomplete and highly insecure.31. The word “paradox” (Para. 1, Line 1) means “________”.A) implicationB) contradictionC) interpretationD) confusion32. According to the author, we should reverse our classification of the physical sciences as “hard” and the social sciences as “soft” because ________.A) a reverse ordering will help promote the development of the physical sciencesB) our knowledge of physical systems is more reliable than that of social systemsC) our understanding of the social systems is approximately correctD) we are better able to investigate social phenomena than physical phenomena33. The author believes that our knowledge of social systems is more secure than that of physical systems because ________.A) it is not based on personal experienceB) new discoveries are less likely to occur in social sciencesC) it is based on a fairly representative quantity ofdataD) the records of social systems are more reliable34. The chances of the physical sciences being subject to great changes are the biggest because ________.A) contradictory theories keep emerging all the timeB) new information is constantly coming inC) the direction of their development is difficult to predictD) our knowledge of the physical world is inaccurate35. We know less about the astronomical universe than we do about any social system because ________.A) theories of its origin and history are variedB) our knowledge of it is highly insecureC) only a very small sample of it has been observedD) few scientists are involved in the study of astronomy Questions 36 to 40 are based on the following.In the early days of nuclear power, the United States made money on it. But today opponents have so complicated its development that no nuclear plants have been ordered or built here in 12 years.The greatest fear of nuclear power opponents has always been a reactor “meltdown”(堆内熔化). Today, the chances of a meltdown that would threaten U.S. public health are very little. But to even further reduce the possibility, engineers are testing new reactors that rely not on human judgement to shut them down but on the laws of nature. Now General Electric is already building two advanced reacto rs in Japan. But don’t expect them ever on U.S. shores unless things change in Washington.The procedure for licensing nuclear power plants is a bad dream. Any time during, or even after, construction, an objection by any group or individual can bring everything to a halt while the matter is investigated or taken to court. Meanwhile, the builder must add nice-but-not-necessary improvements, some of which force him to knock down walls and start over. In every case where a plant has been opposed, the Nuclear Regulation Commission hasultimately granted a license to construct or operate. But the victory often costs so much that the utility ends up abandoning the plant anyway.A case in point is the Shoreham plant on New York’s Long Island. Shoreham was a virtual twin to the Millstone plant in Connecticut, both ordered in the mid-’60s. Millstone, completed for $101 million, has been generating electricity for two decades. Shoreham, however, was singled out by anti-nuclear activists who, by sending in endless protests, drove the cost over $5 billion and delayed its use for many years.Shoreham finally won its operation license. But the plant has never produced a watt of power. Governor Mario Cuomo, an opponent of a Shoreham start-up, used his power to force New Yor k’s public-utilities commission to accept the following settlement; the power company could pass the cost of Shoreham along to its consumers only if it agreed not to operate the plant! Today, a perfectly good facility, capable of servicing hundreds of homes, sits rusting.36. What has made the procedure for licensing nuclear power plants a bad dream?A) The inefficiency of the Nuclear Regulation commission.B) The enormous cost of construction and operation.C) The length of time it takes to make investigations.D) The objection of the opponents of nuclear power.37. It can be inferred from Paragraph 2 that ________.A) it is not technical difficulties that prevent the building of nuclear power plants in the U.S.B) there are not enough safety measures in the U.S. for running new nuclear power plantsC) there are already more nuclear power plants than necessary in the U.S.D) the American government will not allow Japanese nuclear reactors to be installed in the U.S.38. Any objection, however trivial it may be, can ________.A) force the power companies to cancel the projectB) delay the construction or operation of a nuclear plantC) cause a serious debate within the Nuclear Regulation CommissionD) take the builders to court39. Governor Mario’s chief inten tion in proposing the settlement was to ________.A) stop the Shoreham plant from going into operationB) help the power company to solve its financial problemsC) urge the power company to further increase its power supplyD) permit the Shoreham plant to operate under certain conditions40. The author’s attitude towards the development of nuclear power is ________.A) negativeB) neutralC) positiveD) questioningPart III Vocabulary and Structure (20 minutes)41. They ________ to enter the building by the back door; however, the front door was locked.A) weren’t supposedB) wouldn’t be supposedC) were supposedD) would be supposed42. ________ human behavior may be caused by eating substances that upset the delicate chemical balance in the brain.A) DeliberateB) ConsistentC) PrimitiveD) Abnormal43. The captured criminals were ________ in chains through the streets.A) exhibitedB) displayedC) paradedD) revealed44. In reading stories we anticipate what is to come ________ on our memory of what has gone before.A) basedB) basingC) to baseD) to be based45. The world’s governments have done ________ nothing to combat the threat of nuclear accidents.A) inherentlyB) vitallyC) virtuallyD) identically46. I guess Jones didn’t have a chance to win the election. Almost all of the people in the city voted for his ________.A) candidateB) opponentC) alternativeD) participant47. The background music in an assembly line is designed ________.A) not being listened toB) not to be listened toC) being not listened toD) to be not listened to48. Teaching students of threshold level is hard work but the effort is very ________.A) preciousB) rewardingC) worthD) challenging49. The boy students in this school are nearly ________ as the girl students to say they intend to get a college degree in business.A) as likely twiceB) likely as twiceC) as twice likelyD) twice as likely50. The explorer lost his way so he climbed to the top of the hill to ________ himself.A) spotB) locateC) placeD) situate51. The city has decided to ________ smoking.A) do away withB) take awayC) get away withD) put away52. Perhaps it wouldn’t be ________ to go and see sucha film.A) worthy you whileB) worth of whileC) worthy of whileD) worth your while53. The old building is in a good state of ________ except for the wooden floors.A) observationB) preservationC) conservationD) compensation54. While some office jobs would seem ________ to many people, there are quite a few jobs that are stimulating, exciting and satisfying.A) hostileB) tediousC) fantasticD) courageous55. ________ she wondered if she had made a mistake.A) Not until long afterwards thatB) It was not until long afterwards thatC) Not long until afterwardsD) It was long afterwards until56. The people who objected to the new approach were told that since work had already started there was no point in ________.A) denyingB) upsettingC) protestingD) competing57. The ceremony will ________ as soon as the minister arrives.A) completeB) commenceC) disperseD) descend58. So confused ________ that he didn’t know how to start his lecture.A) since he becameB) would he becomeC) that he becameD) did he become59. Since the couple could not ________ their differences, they decided to get a divorce.A) reconcileB) complyC) coincideD) resign60. After the collision, he examined the considerable ________ to his car.A) ruinB) destructionC) damageD) injury61. Output is now six times ________ it was before 1990.A) thatB) whatC) for whichD) of that62. The heavily populated area was a breeding place for ________ diseases.A) infectiousB) powerfulC) influentialD) suspicious63. It is unfortunate that, owing to lack of money, these experiments must now be ________ before the objective has been achieved.A) transferredB) testifiedC) terminatedD) transformed64. The synthetic vitamins are identical ________ those naturally present in our food.A) forB) ofC) asD) with65. Just as a book is often judged ________ by the quality and appearance of its cover, a person is judged immediately by his appearance.A) previouslyB) uniquelyC) outwardlyD) initially66. Recycling wastes slows down the rate ________ which we use up the Earth’s finite resources.A) InB) ofC) withD) at67. Gasoline is ________ by the spark plugs in the engine.A) ignitedB) inspiredC) excitedD) illuminated68. He ________ another career but, at the time, he didn’t have enough money to attend graduate school.A) might have chosenB) might chooseC) had to chooseD) must have chosen69. Many visitors praised the magnificent architecture of the Palace, ________.A) known to foreigners for the Forbidden CityB) known for foreigners to be the Forbidden CityC) known to foreigners as the Forbidden CityD) know for foreigners as the Forbidden City70. The travelers ________ their journey after a short break.A) recoveredB) resumedC) renewedD) restoredPart IV Error Correction (15 minutes)Directions: This part consists of a short passage. In this passage, there are altogether 10 mistakes, one in each numbered line. You may have to change a word, add a word or delete a word. Mark out the mistakes and put the corrections in the blanks provided. If you change a word, cross it out and write the correct word in the corresponding blank. If you add a word, put an insertion mark (∧) in the right place and write the missing word in the blank. If you delete a word, cross it and put a slash (/) in the blank.Example:Television is rapidly becoming the literature of our periods╱. 1. time/times/periodMany of the arguments having╱used for the study of literature as 2. _______\_______a school subject are valid for ∧ study of television. 3. ______the______We are all naturally attracted to people with ideas, beliefs and interests like our own. Similarly, we feel comfortable with people with physical qualities similar as ours. (71)You may have noticed about how people who live or work (72) closely together come to behave in a similar way. Unconsciously we copy these we are close to or love or admire. So a sportsman’s (73) individual way of walking with raised shoulders is imitated by an admired (74) fan;a pair of lovers both shake their heads in the same way; an employer finds himself duplicating his boss’s habit of wagging (摆动) (75) a pen between his fingers while thinking.In every case, the influential person may consciously notice the (76) imitation but he will feel comfortably in its presence. And if he does (77) notice the matching of his gestures or movements, he finds it pleasing he is influencing people; they are drawn to them. (78)Sensitive people have been mirroring their friend and acquaintances (79) all their lives, and winning affection and respect in this way without aware of their methods. Now, for people who want to win (80) agreement or trust, affection or sympathy, some psychologists recommend the deliberate use of physical imitation.Part V Writing (30 minutes)Directions: For this part, you are allowed thirty minutes to write a composition on the topic My view on the Negative Effects of Some Advertisements. You should write at least 120 words and you should base your composition on the outline (given in Chinese) below:1. 现在有些不良的商业广告2. 这些广告的副作用和危害性3. 我对这些广告的态度1995年1月六级参考谜底Part I1. C2. B3. C4. D5. A6. D7. D8. B9. C 10. B11. A 12. C 13. A 14. A 15. D16. B 17. B 18. D 19. A 20. CPart II21. D 22. B 23. B 24. C 25. D26. C 27. A 28. D 29. B 30. A31. B 32. D 33. B 34. B 35. C36. D 37. A 38. B 39. A 40. BPart III41. A 42. D 43. C 44. A 45. C46. B 47. C 48. B 49. D 50. B51. A 52. D 53. B 54. B 55. C56. C 57. B 58. D 59. A 60. C61. B 62. A 63. C 64. D 65. C66. D 67. A 68. A 69. C 70. B71. as → to72. about → /73. these → those74. admired → admiring75. employer → employee76. consciously → unconsciously77. comfortably → comfortable78. them → him79. friend → friends80. (without) → (without) being1995年1月六级听力原文Section A1. W: You wanted to see me, Mr. Wright?M: Yes, Miss Gray. You’ll have to start getting to work on time, or your service will no longer be needed here. Q: What happened to Miss Gray?2. M: You know, I’m just not too sure if the new salary will be high enough or even the new position is really what I want. Besides, I like the work that I am doing now.W: It sounds as though you’ve already m ade up your mind about what you are going to do.Q: What is the man thinking about?3. W: I’m looking for textbook for my Psychology course. It’s called “Introduction to Educational Psychology”. Do you have it?M: Yes, we do. You’ll find it in Section 24 o n the top shelf.Q: What’s the man’s occupation?4. W: Oh, this is a beautiful city. I’m really glad I’ve brought my camera.M: Yes, there are lots of things to take pictures of here. But I hope you will not plan to spend all your time taking pictures. I have some friends who would like to meet you.Q: What does the man want the woman to do?5. M: Why are you so sure that Anne didn’t commit the crime?W: She couldn’t have committed that crime because I was with her. And we were out of town on that day.Q: Where was the crime most probably committed?6. M: Isn’t it rather cold outside, Sally?W: It is a bit, but I can’t stand the terrible smoke inside. I’d rather stay here if you don’t mind.Q: Why does the woman want to stay outside?7. W: We’ve lived here i n Thornton for 5 years now andI think its time to have the house painted.M: You’re right. Mr. Johns, our neighbor, just had his house painted. But we cannot afford to do it only if paint it ourselves.Q: Who is going to paint it ourselves.8. W: I still can’t get over the show last Saturday evening. I keep having frightening dreams all night.M: So, next time before you walk into a theatre, make sure what you are going to see.Q: What do we learn from this conversation?9. W: How was the job interview? I think you’ll make a good journalist. I remember you as the best writer of the class.M: Well, in fact, my application was turned down. They。
1990年年1⽉月⼤大学英语六级(CET-6)真题试卷Part I Listening Comprehension(20minutes) Section A1.A)Read four chapters.B)Write an article.C)Speak before the class.D)Preview two chapters.2.A)The woman is being interviewed by a reporter.B)The woman is asking for a promotion.C)The woman is applying for a job.D)The woman is being given an examination.3.A)His car was hit by another car.B)He was hurt while playing volleyball.C)He fell down the stairs.D)While crossing the street,he was hit by a car.4.A)Took a photo of him.B)Bought him a picture.C)Held a birthday party.D)Bought him a frame for his picture.5.A)No medicine could solve the woman’s problem.B)The woman should eat less to lose some weight.C)Nothing could help the woman if she ate too little.D)The woman should choose the right foods.6.A)He meant she should make a phone call if anything went wrong.B)He meant for her just to wait till help came.C)He was afraid something would go wrong with her car.D)He promised to give her himself.7.A)No,he missed it.B)No,he didn’t.C)Y es,he did.D)Y es,he probably did.8.A)He has edited three books.B)He has bought the wrong book.C)He has lost half of his money.D)He has found the book that will be used.9.A)At7:30B)At8:30C)At9:00D)At9:3010.A)Six.B)Seven.C)Eight.D)Nine.Section BPassage OneQuestions11to13are based on the passage you have just heard.11.A)They often take place in her major industries.B)British trade unions are more powerful.C)There are more trade union members in Britain.D)Britain loses more working days through strikes every year.12.A)Such strikes are against the British law.B)Such strikes are unpredictable.C)Such strikes involve workers from different trades.D)Such strikes occur frequently these days.13.A)Trade unions in Britain are becoming more popular.B)Most strikes in Britain are against the British law.C)Unofficial strikes in Britain are easier to deal with now.D)Employer-worker relations in Britain have become tenser.Passage T woQuestions14to16are based on the passage you have just heard.14.A)The victory over one’s fellow runners.B)The victory over former winners.C)The victory of will-power over fatigue.D)The victory of one’s physical strength.15.A)The runner who runs to keep fit.B)The runner who breaks the record.C)The runner who does not break the rules.D)The runner who covers the whole distance.16.A)He won the first prize.B)He fell behind the other runners.C)He died because of fatigue.D)He gave up because he was tired.Passage ThreeQuestions17to20are based on the passage you have just heard.17.A)17,000.B)1,700.C)24.D)9,000.18.A)It’s located in a college town.B)It’s composed of a group of old buildings.C)Its classrooms are beautifully designed.D)Its library is often crowed with students.19.A)Teachers are well paid at Deep Springs.B)Students are mainly from New Y ork State.C)The length of schooling is two years.D)Teachers needn’t pay for their rent and meals.20.A)Take a walk in the desert.B)Go to a cinema.C)Watch TV programmes.D)Attend a party.Part II Reading Comprehension(35minutes)Questions21to24are based on the following passage.Automation refers to the introduction of electronic control and automatic operation of productive machinery.It reduces the human factors,mental and physical,in production,and is designed to make possible the manufacture of more goods with fewer workers.The development of automation in American industry has been called the “Second Industrial Revolution”.Labour’s concern over automation arises from uncertainty about the effects on employment,and fears of major changes in jobs.In the main,labour has taken the view that resistance to technical change is unfruitful.Eventually,the result of automation may well be an increase in employment,since it is expected that vast industries will grow up around manufacturing,maintaining,and repairing automation equipment.The interest of labour lies in bringing about the transition with a minimum of inconvenience and distress to the workers involved.Also,union spokesmen emphasize that the benefit of the increased production and lower costs made possible by automation should be shared by workers in the form of higher wages,more leisure,and improved living standards.To protect the interests of their members in the era of automation,unions have adopted a number of new policies.One of these is the promotion of supplementary unemployment benefit plans.It is emphasized that since the employer involved in such a plan has a direct financial interest in preventing unemployment,he will have a strong drive for planning new installations so as to cause the least possible problems in jobs and job assignment.Some unions are working for dismissal pay agreements,requiring that permanently dismissed workers be paid a sum of money based on length of service. Another approach is the idea of the“improvement factor”,which calls for wage increases based on increases in productivity.It is possible,however,that labour will rely mainly on reduction in working time.21.Though labour worries about the effect of automation,it does not doubt that________.A)automation will eventually prevent unemploymentB)automation will help workers acquire new skillsC)automation will eventually benefit the workers no less that the employersD)automation is a trend which cannot be stopped22.The idea of the“improvement factor”(Line6,Para.3)probably implies that________.A)wages should be paid on the basis of length of serviceB)the benefit of increased production and lower costs should be shared by workersC)supplementary unemployment benefit plans should be promotedD)the transition to automation should be brought about with the minimum ofinconvenience and distress to workers23.In order to get the full benefits of automation,labour will depend mostly on________.A)additional payment to the permanently dismissed workersB)the increase of wages in proportion to the increase in productivityC)shorter working hours and more leisure timeD)a strong drive for planning new installations24.Which of the following can best sum up the passage?A)Advantages and disadvantages of automation.B)Labour and the effects of automation.C)Unemployment benefit plans and automation.D)Social benefits of automation.Questions25to30are based on the following passage.The case for college has been accepted without question for more than a generation. All high school graduates ought to go,says conventional wisdom and statistical evidence, because college will help them earn more money,become“better”people,and learn to be more responsible citizens than those who don’t go.But college has never been able to work its magic for everyone.And now that close to half our high school graduates are attending,those who don’t fit the pattern are becoming more numerous,and more obvious.College graduates are selling shoes and driving taxis;college students interfere with each other’s experiments and write false letters of recommendation in the intense competition for admission to graduate school. Others find no stimulation in their studies,and drop out-often encouraged by college administrators.Some observers say the fault!Is with the young people themselves-they are spoiled and they are expecting too much.But that’s a condemnation of the students as a whole, and doesn’t explain all campus unhappiness.Others blame the state of the world,and they are partly right.We’ve been told that young people have to go to college because our economy can’t absorb an army of untrained eighteen-year-olds.But disappointed graduates are learning that it can no longer absorb an army of trained twenty-two-year-olds,either.Some adventuresome educators and campus watchers have openly begun to suggest that college may not be the best,the proper,the only place for every young person after the completion of high school.We may have been looking at all those surveys and statistics upside down,it seems,and through the rosy glow of our own remembered college experiences.Perhaps college doesn’t make people intelligent,ambitious,happy, liberal,quick-learning people are merely the ones who have been attracted to college in the first place.And perhaps all those successful college graduates would have beensuccessful whether they had gone to college or not.This is heresy(异端邪说)to those of us who have been brought up to believe that if a little schooling is good,more has to be much better.But contrary evidence is beginning to mount up.25.According to the passage,the author believes that________.A)people used to question the value of college educationB)people used to have full confidence in higher educationC)all high school graduates went to collegeD)very few high school graduates chose to go to college26.In the2nd paragraph,“those who don’t fit the pattern”refers to________.A)high school graduates who aren’t suitable for college educationB)college graduates who are selling shoes and driving taxisC)college students who aren’t any better for their higher educationD)high school graduates who failed to be admitted to college27.The drop-out rate of college students seems to go up because________.A)young people are disappointed with the conventional way of teaching at collegeB)many young people are required to join the armyC)young people have little motivation in pursuing a higher educationD)young people don’t like the intense competition for admission to graduate school28.According to the passage the problems of college education partly arise from thefact that________.A)society cannot provide enough jobs for properly trained college graduatesB)high school graduates do not fit the pattern of college educationC)too many students have to earn their own livingD)college administrators encourage students to drop out29.In this passage the author argues that________.A)more and more evidence shows college education may not be the best thing forhigh school graduatesB)college education is not enough if one wants to be successfulC)college education benefits only the intelligent,ambitious,and quick-learningpeopleD)intelligent people may learn quicker if they don’t go to college30.The“surveys and statistics”mentioned in the last paragraph might have shown that________.A)college-educated people are more successful than non-college-educated peopleB)college education was not the first choice of intelligent peopleC)the less schooling a person has the better it is for himD)most people have sweet memories of college lifeQuestions31to35are based on the following passage.Ours has become a society of employees.A hundred years or so ago only one out of every five Americans at work was employed,i.e.,worked for somebody else.Today only one out of five is not employed but working for himself.And when fifty years ago“being employed”meant working as a factory labourer or as a farmhand,the employee of today is increasingly a middle-class person with a substantial formal education,holding a professional or management job requiring intellectual and technical skills.Indeed,two things have characterized American society during these fifty years:middle-class and upper-class employees have been the fastest-growing groups in our working population-growing so fast that the industrial worker,that oldest child of the Industrial Revolution,has been losing in numerical importance despite the expansion of industrial production.Y et you will find little if anything written on what it is to be an employee.Y ou can find a great deal of very dubious advice on how to get a job or how to get a promotion. Y ou can also find a good deal of work in a chosen field,whether it be the mechanist’s trade or bookkeeping(簿记).Every one of these trades requires different skills,sets different standards,and requires a different preparation.Y et they all have employeeship in common.And increasingly,especially in the large business or in government, employeeship is more important to success than the special professional knowledge or skill.Certainly more people fail because they do not know the requirements of being an employee than because they do not adequately possess the skills of their trade;the higher you climb the ladder,the more you get into administrative or executive work,the greater the emphasis on ability to work within the organization rather than on technical abilities or professional knowledge.31.It is implied that fifty years ago________.A)eighty per cent of American working people were employed in factoriesB)twenty per cent of American intellectuals were employeesC)the percentage of intellectuals in the total work force was almost the same as thatof industrial workersD)the percentage of intellectuals working as employees was not so large as that ofindustrial workers32.According to the passage,with the development of modern industry,________.A)factory labourers will overtake intellectual employees in numberB)there are as many middle-class employees as factory labourersC)employers have attached great importance to factory labourersD)the proportion of factory labourers in the total employee population hasdecreased33.The word“dubious”(L.2,Para.2)most probably means________.A)valuableB)usefulC)doubtfulD)helpful34.According to the writer,professional knowledge or skill is________.A)less importance than awareness of being a good employeeB)as important as the ability to deal with public relationsC)more important than employer-employee relationsD)more important as the ability to co-operate with others in the organization35.From the passage it can be seen that employeeship helps one________.A)to be more successful in his careerB)to be more specialized in his fieldC)to solve technical problemsD)to develop his professional skillQuestions36to40are based on the following passage.We all know that the normal human daily cycle of activity is of some7-8hours’sleep alternation with some16-17hours’wakefulness and that,broadly speaking,the sleep normally coincides with the hours of darkness.Our present concern is with how easily and to what extent this cycle can be modified.The question is no mere academic one.The ease,for example,with which people can change from working in the day to working at night is a question of growing importance in industry where automation calls for round-the-clock working of machines. It normally takes from five days to one week for a person to adapt to reversed routine of sleep and wakefulness,sleeping during the day and working at night.Unfortunately,it is often the case in industry that shifts are changed every week;a person may work from12 midnight to8a.m.one week,8a.m.to4p.m.the next,and4p.m.to12midnight the third and so on.This means that no sooner has he got used to one routine than he has to change to another,so that much of his time is spent neither working nor sleeping very efficiently.The only real solution appears to be to hand over the night shift to a number of permanent night workers.An interesting study of the domestic life and health of night-shift workers was carried out by Brown in1957.She found a high incidence(发⽣生率)of disturbed sleep and other disorders among those on alternating day and night shifts, but no abnormal occurrence of these phenomena among those on permanent night work.This latter system then appears to be the best long-term policy,but meanwhilesomething may be done to relieve the strains of alternate day and night work by selecting those people who can adapt most quickly to the changes of routine.One way of knowing when a person has adapted is by measuring his body temperature.People engaged in normal daytime work will have a high temperature during the hours of wakefulness and a low one at night;when they change to night work the pattern will only gradually go back to match the new routine and the speed with which it does so parallels,broadly speaking, the adaptation of the body as a whole,particularly in terms of performance.Therefore,by taking body temperature at intervals of two hours throughout the period of wakefulness it can be seen how quickly a person can adapt to a reversed routine,and this could be used as a basis for selection.So far,however,such a form of selection does not seem to have been applied in practice.36.Why is the question of“how easily people can get used to working at night”not amere academic question?A)Because few people like to reverse the cycle of sleep and wakefulness.B)Because sleep normally coincides with the hours of darkness.C)Because people are required to work at night in some fields of industry.D)Because shift work in industry requires people to change their sleeping habits.37.The main problem of the round-the-clock working system lies in________.A)the inconveniences brought about to the workers by the introduction ofautomationB)the disturbance of the daily life cycle of workers who have to change shifts toofrequentlyC)the fact that people working at night are often less effectiveD)the fact that it is difficult to find a number of good night workers38.The best solution for implementing the24-hour working system seems to be________.A)to change shifts at longer intervalsB)to have longer shiftsC)to arrange for some people to work on night shifts onlyD)to create better living conditions for night workers39.It is possible to find out if a person has adapted to the changes of routine bymeasuring his body temperature because________.A)body temperature changes when the cycle of sleep and wakefulness alternatesB)body temperature changes when he changes to night shift or backC)the temperature reverses when the routine is changedD)people have higher temperatures when they are working efficiently40.Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE?A)Body temperature may serve as an indication of a worker’s performance.B)The selection of a number of permanent night shift workers has proved to be thebest solution to problems of the round-the-clock working system.C)Taking body temperature at regular intervals can show how a person adapts to thechanges of routine.D)Disturbed sleep occurs less frequently among those on permanent night or dayshifts.Part III V ocabulary and Structure(20minutes)41.Y ou should have put the milk in the ice box;I expect it________undrinkable bynow.A)becameB)had becomeC)has becomeD)becomes42.Codes are a way of writing something in secret;________,anyone who doesn’tknow the code will not be able to read it.A)that isB)worse stillC)in shortD)on the other hand43.His long service with the company was________with a present.A)admittedB)acknowledgedC)attributedD)accepted44.The atmosphere is as much a part of the earth as________its soils and the water ofits lakes,rivers and oceans.A)areB)isC)doD)has45.Our house is about a mile from the station and there are not many houses________.A)in betweenB)among themC)far apartD)from each other46.The drowning child was saved by Dick’s________action.A)acuteB)alertC)profoundD)prompt47.Children and old people do not like having their daily________upset.A)habitB)practiceC)routineD)custom48.The criminal always paid________cash so the police could not track him down.A)onB)byC)forD)in49.________when she started complaining.A)Not until he arrivedB)Hardly had he arrivedC)No sooner had he arrivedD)Scarcely did he arrive50.By1990,production in the area is expected to double________of1980.A)thatB)itC)oneD)what51.Professor smith and Professor Brown will________in giving the class lectures.A)alterB)changeC)alternateD)differ52.Understanding the cultural habits of another nation,especially________containingas many different subcultures as the United States,is a complex task.A)oneB)the oneC)thatD)such53.The manager promised to have my complaint________.A)looked throughB)looked intoC)looked overD)looked after54.Y ou can’t be________careful in making the decision as it was such a critical case.A)veryB)quiteC)tooD)so55.Children are________to have some accidents as they grow up.A)obviousB)indispensableC)boundD)doubtless56.We have done things we ought not to have done and________undone things weought to have done.A)leavingB)will leaveC)leftD)leave57.The ratio of the work done by the machine________the work done on it is calledthe efficiency of the machine.A)againstB)withC)toD)for58.________the flood,the ship would have reached its destination on time.A)In case ofB)In spite ofC)Because ofD)But for59.In your first days at the school you’ll be given a test to help the teachers to________you to a class at your level.A)locateB)assignC)deliverD)place60.The story that follows________two famous characters of the rocky Mountain goldrush days.A)concernsB)statesC)proclaimsD)relates61.America will never again have as a nation the spirit of adventure as it________before the West was settled.A)couldB)wasC)wouldD)did62.People who refuse to________with the law will be punished.A)obeyB)consentC)concealD)comply63.I________to him because he phoned me shortly afterwards.A)ought to have writtenB)must have writtenC)couldn’t have writtenD)needn’t have written64.These excursions will give you an even deeper________into our language andculture.A)inquiryB)investigationC)inputD)insight65.There is no electricity again.Has the________blown then?A)fuseB)wireC)plugD)circuit66.No longer are contributions to computer technology confined to any one country;________is this more true than in Europe.A)hardlyB)littleC)seldomD)nowhere67.The mother didn’t know who________for the broken glass.A)will blameB)to blameC)blamedD)blames68.Every society has its own peculiar customs and________of acting.A)waysB)attitudesC)behaviorD)means69.If a person talks about his weak points,his listener is expected to say something inthe way of________.A)assuranceB)persuasionC)encouragementD)confirmation70.China started its nuclear power industry only in recent years,and should________no time in catching up.A)delayB)loseC)lagD)lessenPart IV Error Correction(15minutes)Directions:This part consists of a short passage.In this passage,there are altogether 10mistakes,one in each numbered line.Y ou may have to change a word,add a word or delete a word.Mark out the mistakes and put the correctionsin the blanks provided.If you change a word,cross it out and write thecorrect word in the corresponding blank.If you add a word,put aninsertion mark(∧)in the right place and write the missing word in theblank.If you delete a word,cross it and put a slash(/)in the blank. Example:Television is rapidly becoming the literature of our periods╱. 1.time/times/periodMany of the arguments having╱used for the study of literature as 2._______\_______a school subject are valid for∧study of television. 3.______the______Changes in the way people live bring about changes in the jobs that they do.More and more people live in towns and cities instead on farms(71)and in villages.Cities and states have to provide services city people want,such like more police protection,more hospitals,and more(72)schools.This means that more policemen,more nurses and technicians,and more teachers must be hired.Advances in technology has also(73) changed people’s lives.Dishwashers and washing machines do jobs that were once done by the hand.The widespread use of such electrical appliances(74)means that there is a need for servicemen to keep it running properly(75)People are earning higher wages and salaries.This leads changes in(76)the way of life.As income goes down,people may not want more food to(77)eat or more clothes to wear.But they may want more and better care from doctors,dentists and hospitals.They are likely to travel more and to want more education.Nevertheless,many more jobs are available in(78)these services.The government also affects the kind of works people do.The governments(79)of most countries spend huge sums of money for international(80)defense.They hire thousands of engineers,scientists,clerks,typists and secretaries to work on the many different aspects of defence.Part V Writing(30minutes)OUTLINE:问题:城市交通拥挤解决⽅方案:(solution):1.建造(lay down)更更多道路路优点:(1)降低街道拥挤程度(2)加速⻋车流(flow of traffic)缺点:占地过多2.开辟(open up)更更多公共汽⻋车线路路优点:减少⾃自⾏行行⻋车与⼩小汽⻋车缺点:对部分⼈人可能造成不不⽅方便便结论:两者结合How to Solve the Problem of Heavy Traffic1990年年1⽉月六级参考答案Part I1.B2.C3.A4.A5.D6.A7.B8.B9.D10.C 11.A12.B13.D14.C15.D 16.B17.C18.B19.D20.APart II21.D22.B23.C24.B25.B 26.C27.C28.A29.A30.A 31.D32.D33.C34.A35.A 36.D37.B38.C39.D40.BPart III41.C42.A43.B44.A45.A 46.D47.B48.D49.B50.A 51.C52.A53.B54.C55.C 56.C57.C58.D59.B60.A61.D62.D63.D64.D65.A 66.D67.B68.A69.C70.BPart IV71.(instead)→(instead)of72.like→as to73.has→have74.the(hand)→/(hand)75.it→them76.(leads)→(leads)to或leads→causes77.down→up78.Nevertheless→Therefore/So79.works→work/job/jobs80.international→national1990年年1⽉月六级听⼒力力原⽂文1.W:What is the home assignment from Professor Smith?I missed the class this morning.M:Finish reading Chapter5and6,and write an essay based on chapter3and4.Remember,it’s your turn to give presentation next Monday.Q:What will the woman do in addition to the home assignment for the whole class?2.M:Now,I’m going to start off by asking you a difficult question.Why would you like to get thispost?W:Well,first of all I know that your firm has a very good reputation.Then I’ve heard you offer good opportunities for promotion for the right person.Q:What do we know from this conversation?3.W:Did you hear Mike is in hospital with head injures and a broken arm?M:Y es,apparently he was struck by another vehicle and turned completely over.Q:What happened to Mike?4.M:Could you help me to decide what I should buy for my brother’s birthday?W:Remember,you took a picture of him at his last birthday party?Why not buy him a frame so that he can fix the picture in it.Q:What did the man do last year for his brother’s birthday?5.M:What did your doctor describe for you?W:Well,he said there is no need for me to take any medicine if I eat well-balanced meals.Q:What did the man do last year for his brother’s birthday?6.W:Could you tell me what I should do if my car breaks down?M:Well,I’m sure you won’t have any trouble,Mrs.Smith,but if something should happen,just call this number.They’ll see that you get help.Q:What does the man really mean?7.W:Did you watch the game last night?M:I wouldn’t have missed it for anything!Q:Did the man watch the game last night?8.M:Hey,Louise,I’ve got a used copy of our chemistry textbook for half price.W:I’m afraid you wasted your money,yours is the first edition,but we’re supposed to be using the third edition.Q:What has the man done?9.M:Could you tell me the timetable of the school bus?。
1990年1月大学英语六级(CET-6)真题试卷试卷总分:100答题时间:120分钟Part I Listening Comprehension (20 minutes)Section A1990年1月六级听力原文1 W: What is the home assignment from Professor Smith? I missed the class this morning.M: Finish reading Chapter 5 and 6, and write an essay based on chapter 3 and 4. Remember, it’s your turn to give presentation next Monday.Q: What will the woman do in addition to the home assignment for the whole class?2 M: Now, I’m going to start off by asking you a difficult question. Why would you like to get this post?W: Well, first of all I know that your firm has a very good reputation. Then I’ve heard you offer good opportunities for promotion for the right person.Q: What do we know from this conversation?3 W: Did you hear Mike is in hospital with head injures and a broken arm?M: Yes, apparently he was struck by another vehicle and turned completely over.Q: What happened to Mike?4 M: Could you help me to decide what I should buy for my brother’s birthday?W: Remember, you took a picture of him at his last birthday party? Why not buy him a frame so that he can fix the picture in it.Q: What did the man do last year for his brother’s birthday?5 M: What did your doctor describe for you?W: Well, he said there is no need for me to take any medicine if I eat well-balanced meals.Q: What did the man do last year for his brother’s birthday?6 W: Could you tell me what I should do if my car breaks down?M: Well, I’m sure you won’t have any trouble, Mrs. Smith, but if something should happen, just call this number.They’ll see that you get help.Q: What does the man really mean?7 W: Did you watch the game last night?M: I wouldn’t have missed it for anything!Q: Did the man watch the game last night?8 M: Hey, Louise, I’ve got a used copy of our chemistry textbook for half price.W: I’m afraid you wasted your money, yours is the first edition, but we’re supposed to be using the third edition.Q: What has the man done?9 M: Could you tell me the timetable of the school bus?W: Well, the bus leaves here for the campus every two hours from 7:00 a.m.. But on Saturdays it starts half an hour later.Q: When does the second bus leave on Saturdays?10 W: I had prepared dinner for eight people before Mary called and said that she and her husband could not make it.M: That’s all right. I am just going to tell you I have invited Tom and his girlfriend.Q: How many people are coming to the dinner?Passage OneStrikes are very common in Britain. They are extremely harmful to its industries. In fact, there are other countries in Western Europe that lose more working days through strikes every year than Britain. The trouble with the strikes in Britain is that they occur in essential industries. There are over 495 unions in Britain. Some unions are very small. Over 20 have more than 100,000 members. Unions do not exist only to demand higher wages. They also educate their members. They provide benefits for the sick and try to improve working conditions. Trade unioners say that we must thank the unions forharmful because they would not be predicted. However, these unofficial strikes still occur from time to time and some unions have also refused to cooperate with the law. As a result, the general picture of the relations between workers and employers in Britain has gone from bad to worse.Questions 11 to 13 are based on the passage you have just heard.11 In what way are strikes in Britain different from those in other European countries?12 Why are British employers so afraid of unofficial strikes?13 What conclusion can be drawn from this passage?Passage TwoEverywhere we look we see Americans running. They run for every reason anybody could think of.They run for health, for beauty, to lose weight, to feel fit and because it’s the thing they love to do. Every year, for example, thousands upon thousands of people run in one race, the Boston Marathon, the best known long distance race in the United States. In recent years, there have been nearly 5,000 official competitors and it takes three whole minutes for the crowd of runners just to cross the starting line. You may have heard the story of the Greek runner Pheidippides. He ran from Marathon to Athens to deliver the news of the great victory 2,500 years ago. No one knows how long it took him to run the distance. But the story tells us that he died of the effort. Today no one will die in a Marathon race. But the effort is still enormous. Someone does come in first in this tiring foot race. But at the finish line we see what this race is about: not being first but finishing. The real victory is not over one’s fellow runners but over one’s own body. It’s a victory of will-power over fatigue. In the Boston Marathon each person who crosses that finish line is a winner.Questions 14 to 16 are based on the passage you have just heard.14 What’s the real victory for the thousands of Marathon runners?15 Who is a winner in the competition?16 What happened to the ancient Greek runner Pheidippides?Passage ThreeDeep Springs is an American college. It is an unusual college. It is high in the white mountains in California not in a college town. The campus is a collection of old buildings with no beautiful classrooms. The only college-like thing about Deep Springs is its library. Students can study from the 17,000 books 24 hours a day. The library is never crowded as there are only 24 well-qualified male students at the college. In addition, there are only five full-time professors. These teachers believe in the idea of this college. They need to believe in it. They do not get much money. In fact, their salaries are only about 9,000 dollars a year plus room and meals. The schools gives the young teachers as well as the students something more important than money. “There is no place like Deep Springs,”says a second-year student from New York State, “Most colleges today are much the same but Deep Springs is not afraid to be different.” He says that students at his college are in a situation quite unlike in the other school. Students are there to learn and they cannot run away from problems. Thereis no place to escape to. At most colleges, students can close their book and go to a film. They can go out to restaurants or to parties. Deep Springs students have completely different alternatives. They can talk to each other or to their teachers. Another possible activity is to go to the library to study. They might decide to do some work. The students who doesn’t want to do any of these activities can go for a walk in the desert. Deep Springs is far from the world of restaurants and cinemas. Thereis not even a television set on campus.Questions 17 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard.17 What is the total number of students at Deep Springs College?18 What is true of the campus of Deep Springs College?19 Which of the following is mentioned in the passage?20 What can students at Deep Springs do in their spare time?1.[1分]-----正确答案(B)ARead four chapters.Write an article.BCSpeak before the class.DPreview two chapters.2.[1分]-----正确答案(C)AThe woman is being interviewed by a reporter.The woman is asking for a promotion.BCThe woman is applying for a job.DThe woman is being given an examination.Section BPassage OneQuestions 11 to 13 are based on the passage you have just heard.He was hurt while playing volleyball.BHe fell down the stairs.CWhile crossing the street, he was hit by a car.D[1分]-----正确答案(A)4.Took a photo of him.A Bought him a picture.B Held a birthday party.C Bought him a frame for his picture.D [1分]-----正确答案(D)5.No medicine could solve the woman’s problem.A The woman should eat less to lose some weight.B Nothing could help the woman if she ate too little.C The woman should choose the right foods.D [1分]-----正确答案(A)6.He meant she should make a phone call if anything went wrong.A He meant for her just to wait till help came.B He was afraid something would go wrong with her car.C He promised to give her himself.D [1分]-----正确答案(B)7.No, he missed it.A No, he didn’t.B Yes, he did.C Yes, he probably did.D [1分]-----正确答案(B)8.He has edited three books.A He has bought the wrong book.B He has lost half of his money.C He has found the book that will be used.D [1分]-----正确答案(D)9.At 7:30A At 8:30B At 9:00C At 9:30D [1分]-----正确答案(C)10.Six.A Seven.B Eight.C Nine.D [1分]-----正确答案(A)11.They often take place in her major industries.A British trade unions are more powerful.B There are more trade union members in Britain.C Britain loses more working days through strikes every year.D [1分]-----正确答案(B)12.Such strikes are against the British law.A Such strikes are unpredictable.B Such strikes involve workers from different trades.C Such strikes occur frequently these days.D [1分]-----正确答案(D)13.Trade unions in Britain are becoming more popular.A Most strikes in Britain are against the British law.B Unofficial strikes in Britain are easier to deal with now.C Employer-worker relations in Britain have become tenser.DQuestions 14 to 16 are based on the passage you have just heard.Passage ThreeQuestions 17 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard.Part II Reading Comprehension (35 minutes)Questions 21 to 24 are based on the following passage. Automation refers to the introduction of electronic control and automatic operation of productive machinery. It reduces the human factors, mental and physical, in production, and is designed to make possible the manufacture of more goods with fewer workers. The development of automation in Americanindustry has been called the “Second Industrial Revolution”. Labour’s concern over automation arises from uncertainty about the effects on employment, and fears of major changes in jobs. In the main, labour has taken the view that resistance to technicalchange is unfruitful. Eventually, the result of automation may well be an increase in employment, sinceit is expected that vast industries will grow up around manufacturing, maintaining, and repairing automation equipment. The interest of labour lies in bringing about the transition with a minimum of inconvenience and distress to the workers involved. Also, union spokesmen emphasize that the benefit of the increased production and lower costs made possible by automation should be shared by workers in theform of higher wages, more leisure, and improved living standards. To protect the interests of their members in the era of automation, unions have adopted a number of new policies. One of these is the promotion of supplementary unemployment benefit plans. It is emphasized that since the employer involved in such a plan has a direct financial interest in[1分]-----正确答案(C)14.The victory over one’s fellow runners.A The victory over former winners.B The victory of will-power over fatigue.C The victory of one’s physical strength.D [1分]-----正确答案(D)15.The runner who runs to keep fit.A The runner who breaks the record.B The runner who does not break the rules.C The runner who covers the whole distance.D [1分]-----正确答案(B)16.He won the first prize.A He fell behind the other runners.B He died because of fatigue.C He gave up because he was tired.D [1分]-----正确答案(C)17.17,000.A 1,700.B 24.C 9,000.D [1分]-----正确答案(B)18.It’s located in a college town.A It’s composed of a group of old buildings.B Its classrooms are beautifully designed.C Its library is often crowed with students.D [1分]-----正确答案(D)19.Teachers are well paid at Deep Springs.A Students are mainly from New York State.B The length of schooling is two years.C Teachers needn’t pay for their rent and meals.D [1分]-----正确答案(A)20.Take a walk in the desert.A Go to a cinema.B Watch TV programmes.C Attend a party.Dagreements, requiring that permanently dismissed workers be paid a sum of money based on length of service. Another approach is the idea of the “improvement factor”, which calls for wage increases based on increases in productivity. It is possible, however, that labour will rely mainly on reduction in working time.Questions 25 to 30 are based on the following passage. The case for college has been accepted without question for more than a generation. All high schoolgraduates ought to go, says conventional wisdom and statistical evidence, because college will help them earn more money, become “better” people, and learn to be more responsible citizens than those who don’t go. But college has never been able to work its magic for everyone. And now that close to half our high school graduates are attending, those who don’t fit the pattern are becoming more numerous, and more obvious. College graduates are selling shoes and driving taxis; college students interfere with each other’s experiments and write false letters of recommendation in the intense competition for admission to graduate school. Others find no stimulation in their studies, and drop out-often encouraged by college administrators.Some observers say the fault! Is with the young people themselves-they are spoiled and they are expecting too much. But that’s a condemnation of the students as a whole, and doesn’t explain all campus unhappiness. Others blame the state of the world, and they are partly right. We’ve been told that young people have to go to college because our economy can’t absorb an army of untrainedeighteen-year-olds. But disappointed graduates are learning that it can no longer absorb an army of trained twenty-two-year-olds, either.Some adventuresome educators and campus watchers have openly begun to suggest that college may not be the best, the proper, the only place for every young person after the completion of high school. We may have been looking at all those surveys and statistics upside down, it seems, and through the rosy glow of our own remembered college experiences. Perhaps college doesn’t make people intelligent,ambitious, happy, liberal, quick-learning people are merely the ones who have been attracted to college in the first place. And perhaps all those successful college graduates would have been successfulwhether they had gone to college or not. This is heresy (异端邪说) to those of us who have been brought up to believe that if a little schooling is good, more has to be much better. But contrary evidence is beginning to mount up.Though labour worries about the effect of automation, it does not doubt that ________.[1分]-----正确答案(D)21.automation will eventually prevent unemploymentA automation will help workers acquire new skillsB automation will eventually benefit the workers no less that the employersC automation is a trend which cannot be stoppedD The idea of the “improvement factor” (Line 6, Para. 3) probably implies that ________.[1分]-----正确答案(B)22.wages should be paid on the basis of length of serviceA the benefit of increased production and lower costs should be shared by workersB supplementary unemployment benefit plans should be promotedC the transition to automation should be brought about with the minimum of inconvenience anddistress to workersD In order to get the full benefits of automation, labour will depend mostly on ________.[1分]-----正确答案(C)23.additional payment to the permanently dismissed workersA the increase of wages in proportion to the increase in productivityB shorter working hours and more leisure timeC a strong drive for planning new installationsD Which of the following can best sum up the passage?[1分]-----正确答案(B)24.Advantages and disadvantages of automation.A Labour and the effects of automation.B Unemployment benefit plans and automation.C Social benefits of automation.D According to the passage, the author believes that ________.[1分]-----正确答案(B)25.people used to question the value of college educationAQuestions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage.Ours has become a society of employees. A hundred years or so ago only one out of every five Americans at work was employed, i.e., worked for somebody else. Today only one out of five is not employed but working for himself. And when fifty years ago “being employed” meant working as afactory labourer or as a farmhand, the employee of today is increasingly a middle-class person with a substantial formal education, holding a professional or management job requiring intellectual and technical skills. Indeed, two things have characterized American society during these fifty years:middle-class and upper-class employees have been the fastest-growing groups in our working population-growing so fast that the industrial worker, that oldest child of the Industrial Revolution, has been losing in numerical importance despite the expansion of industrial production. Yet you will find little if anything written on what it is to be an employee. You can find a great deal of very dubious advice on how to get a job or how to get a promotion. You can also find a good deal of work in a chosen field, whether it be the mechanist’s trade or bookkeeping (簿记). Every one of these trades requires different skills, sets different standards, and requires a differentpreparation. Yet they all have employeeship in common. And increasingly, especially in the large business or in government, employeeship is more important to success than the special professional knowledge or skill. Certainly more people fail because they do not know the requirements of being an employee than because they do not adequately possess the skills of their trade; the higher you climb the ladder, the more you get into administrative or executive work, the greater the emphasis on ability to work within the organization rather than on technical abilities or professional knowledge.In the 2nd paragraph, “those who don’t fit the pattern” refers to ________.[1分]-----正确答案(C)26.high school graduates who aren’t suitable for college educationA college graduates who are selling shoes and driving taxisB college students who aren’t any better for their higher educationC high school graduates who failed to be admitted to collegeD The drop-out rate of college students seems to go up because ________.[1分]-----正确答案(C)27.young people are disappointed with the conventional way of teaching at collegeA many young people are required to join the armyB young people have little motivation in pursuing a higher educationC young people don’t like the intense competition for admission to graduate schoolD According to the passage the problems of college education partly arise from the fact that________.[1分]-----正确答案(A)28.society cannot provide enough jobs for properly trained college graduatesA high school graduates do not fit the pattern of college educationB too many students have to earn their own livingC college administrators encourage students to drop outD In this passage the author argues that ________.[1分]-----正确答案(A)29.more and more evidence shows college education may not be the best thing for high schoolgraduatesA college education is not enough if one wants to be successfulB college education benefits only the intelligent, ambitious, and quick-learning peopleC intelligent people may learn quicker if they don’t go to collegeD The “surveys and statistics” mentioned in the last paragraph might have shown that ________.[1分]-----正确答案(A)30.college-educated people are more successful than non-college-educated peopleA college education was not the first choice of intelligent peopleB the less schooling a person has the better it is for himC most people have sweet memories of college lifeD It is implied that fifty years ago ________.[1分]-----正确答案(D)31.eighty per cent of American working people were employed in factoriesA twenty per cent of American intellectuals were employeesB the percentage of intellectuals in the total work force was almost the same as that ofindustrial workersC the percentage of intellectuals working as employees was not so large as that of industrialworkersD According to the passage, with the development of modern industry, ________.[1分]-----正确答案(D)32.Questions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage.We all know that the normal human daily cycle of activity is of some 7-8 hours’ sleep alternation with some 16-17 hours’ wakefulness and that, broadly speaking, the sleep normally coincides with the hours of darkness. Our present concern is with how easily and to what extent this cycle can be modified.The question is no mere academic one. The ease, for example, with which people can change fromworking in the day to working at night is a question of growing importance in industry where automation calls for round-the-clock working of machines. It normally takes from five days to one week for a person to adapt to reversed routine of sleep and wakefulness, sleeping during the day and working at night. Unfortunately, it is often the case in industry that shifts are changed every week; a person may work from 12 midnight to 8 a.m. one week, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. the next, and 4 p.m. to 12 midnight the third and so on. This means that no sooner has he got used to one routine than he has to change to another, so that much of his time is spent neither working nor sleeping very efficiently.The only real solution appears to be to hand over the night shift to a number of permanent night workers. An interesting study of the domestic life and health of night-shift workers was carried out by Brown in 1957. She found a high incidence (发生率) of disturbed sleep and other disorders among those on alternating day and night shifts, but no abnormal occurrence of these phenomena among those on permanent night work.This latter system then appears to be the best long-term policy, but meanwhile something may be done to relieve the strains of alternate day and night work by selecting those people who can adapt most quickly to the changes of routine. One way of knowing when a person has adapted is by measuring his body temperature. People engaged in normal daytime work will have a high temperature during the hours of wakefulness and a low one at night; when they change to night work the pattern will only gradually go back to match the new routine and the speed with which it does so parallels, broadly speaking, the adaptation of the body as a whole, particularly in terms of performance. Therefore, by taking body temperature at intervals of two hours throughout the period of wakefulness it can be seen how quickly a person can adapt to a reversed routine, and this could be used as a basis for selection.So far, however, such a form of selection does not seem to have been applied in practice.employers have attached great importance to factory labourersC the proportion of factory labourers in the total employee population has decreasedD The word “dubious” (L. 2, Para. 2) most probably means ________.[1分]-----正确答案(C)33.valuableA usefulB doubtfulC helpfulD According to the writer, professional knowledge or skill is ________.[1分]-----正确答案(A)34.less importance than awareness of being a good employeeA as important as the ability to deal with public relationsB more important than employer-employee relationsC more important as the ability to co-operate with others in the organizationD From the passage it can be seen that employeeship helps one ________.[1分]-----正确答案(A)35.to be more successful in his careerA to be more specialized in his fieldB to solve technical problemsC to develop his professional skillD Why is the question of “how easily people can get used to working at night” not a mere academicquestion?[1分]-----正确答案(D)36.Because few people like to reverse the cycle of sleep and wakefulness.A Because sleep normally coincides with the hours of darkness.B Because people are required to work at night in some fields of industry.C Because shift work in industry requires people to change their sleeping habits.D The main problem of the round-the-clock working system lies in ________.[1分]-----正确答案(B)37.the inconveniences brought about to the workers by the introduction of automationA the disturbance of the daily life cycle of workers who have to change shifts too frequentlyB the fact that people working at night are often less effectiveC the fact that it is difficult to find a number of good night workersDPart III Vocabulary and Structure (20 minutes)to change shifts at longer intervalsA to have longer shiftsB to arrange for some people to work on night shifts onlyC to create better living conditions for night workersD It is possible to find out if a person has adapted to the changes of routine by measuring his bodytemperature because ________.[1分]-----正确答案(D)39.body temperature changes when the cycle of sleep and wakefulness alternatesA body temperature changes when he changes to night shift or backB the temperature reverses when the routine is changedC people have higher temperatures when they are working efficientlyD Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE?[1分]-----正确答案(B)40.Body temperature may serve as an indication of a worker’s performance.A The selection of a number of permanent night shift workers has proved to be the best solution to problems of the round-the-clock working system.B Taking body temperature at regular intervals can show how a person adapts to the changes of routine.C Disturbed sleep occurs less frequently among those on permanent night or day shifts.D You should have put the milk in the ice box; I expect it ________ undrinkable by now.[1分]-----正确答案(C)41.becameA had becomeB has becomeC becomesD Codes are a way of writing something in secret; ________, anyone who doesn’t know the code willnot be able to read it.[1分]-----正确答案(A)42.that isA worse stillB in shortC on the other handD His long service with the company was ________ with a present.[1分]-----正确答案(B)43.admittedA acknowledgedB attributedC acceptedD The atmosphere is as much a part of the earth as ________ its soils and the water of its lakes,rivers and oceans.[1分]-----正确答案(A)44.areA isB doC hasD Our house is about a mile from the station and there are not many houses ________.[1分]-----正确答案(A)45.in betweenA among themB far apartC from each otherD The drowning child was saved by Dick’s ________ action.[1分]-----正确答案(D)46.acuteA alertB profoundC promptD Children and old people do not like having their daily ________ upset.[1分]-----正确答案(B)47.habitA practiceB routineCAonBbyCforinD49.________ when she started complaining.[1分]-----正确答案(B)Not until he arrivedABHardly had he arrivedCNo sooner had he arrivedScarcely did he arriveD50.By 1990, production in the area is expected to double ________ of 1980.[1分]-----正确答案(A)thatABitConeDwhat51.Professor smith and Professor Brown will ________ in giving the class lectures.[1分]-----正确答案(C)AalterBchangeCalternatedifferD52.Understanding the cultural habits of another nation, especially ________ containing as manydifferent subcultures as the United States, is a complex task.[1分]-----正确答案(A)Aonethe oneBCthatDsuch53.The manager promised to have my complaint ________.[1分]-----正确答案(B)Alooked throughlooked intoBClooked overDlooked after54.You can’t be ________ careful in making the decision as it was such a critical case.[1分]-----正确答案(C)AveryquiteBCtooDso55.Children are ________ to have some accidents as they grow up.[1分]-----正确答案(C)AobviousindispensableBCboundDdoubtless56.We have done things we ought not to have done and ________ undone things we ought to have done.[1分]-----正确答案(C)Aleavingwill leaveBCleftDleave57.The ratio of the work done by the machine ________ the work done on it is called the efficiency of the machine.[1分]-----正确答案(C)AagainstBwithtoCDfor58.________ the flood, the ship would have reached its destination on time.[1分]-----正确答案(D)AIn case ofBIn spite of。
1991年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题Section ⅠUse of EnglishDirections:For each numbered blank in the following passage there are four choices labelled [A], [B],[C]and [D]。
Choose the best one and put your choice in the ANSWER SHEET. (15 points)When television first began to expand,very few of the people who had become famous as radio commentators were able to be equally effective on television。
Some of the difficulties they experienced when they were trying to ___1___ themselves to the new medium were technical。
When working ___2____ radio, for example, they had become ___3___ to seeing on behalf of the listener.This ___4___ of seeing for others means that the commentator has to be very good at talking。
___5___ all, he has to be able to ___6___ a continuous sequence of visual images which ___7___ meaning to the sounds which the listener hears。
1991六级真题答案解析1991年的六级考试是我国高等教育历史上的一个重要节点。
那一年,不仅仅是六级考试,更是我国社会发展的一个重要转折期。
本篇文章将从历史背景、试题解析以及对答案的分析等方面,深入探讨。
一、历史背景首先,我们来了解1991年的历史背景。
这一年,我国正处在改革开放的关键时期,社会经济发展迅猛。
许多领域都经历了巨大的变革,包括教育体制和考试制度。
1991年的六级考试恰逢教育改革的高潮,试题难度和选材方面都有了一些新的变化。
二、试题解析然后,我们来分析1991年六级试题。
根据考试试卷,共分为听力、阅读、写作三个部分。
听力部分主要测试考生的听力理解能力;阅读部分则考察考生的阅读能力和语言运用能力;写作部分则是对考生的写作水平进行综合考察。
对于听力部分,试题主要涉及多个场景和不同语境中的对话和短文,要求考生根据听到的内容进行选择、判断或者填空。
整体难度适中,涵盖了词汇、语法和语音等多个方面的考察。
在阅读部分,试题材料主要分为文章和短文,从不同的主题和领域来选材。
考生需要根据阅读材料进行选择、填空或者判断。
文章内容涵盖了教育、科技、文化等多个领域,对考生的知识广度和理解能力提出了较高的要求。
最后,写作部分要求考生根据所给题目进行作文,主题多样,从社会问题到个人经历都有可能涉及。
这部分要求考生运用英语进行思考和写作,展示他们的语言表达能力和逻辑思维能力。
三、答案分析继续探讨,我们来分析1991年六级试题的答案。
在听力部分,对话和短文的答案主要基于考生对听到内容的理解和推理,一些细节性的问题需要考生仔细辨别信息。
在阅读部分,大多数选择题的答案可以通过理解文章的主旨和关键信息来获得。
填空题则对考生的词汇积累和句子结构的理解提出了一定要求。
判断题则需要考生能够准确把握文章中的信息和观点。
在写作部分,评分主要根据考生的语言表达和逻辑思维能力。
答案的好坏不仅仅取决于是否符合题意,还取决于考生能否组织语言,展示清晰的逻辑关系和连贯的结构。
1989年1月Directions: The Problem of Human Population1990年1月Directions:问题:城市交通拥护解决方案:(solution)1. 建造(lay down)更多道路优点:降低街道拥护程度加速车流(flow of traffic)缺点:占地过多2.开辟(open up)更多公共汽车线路优点:减少自行车与小汽车缺点:对部分人可能造成不方便结论:两者结合1990年6月Directions: Four suggested solutions to this problem are listed below. You are supposed to write in favour of one suggestion(ONE only)and against another(ONE only). You should give your reasons in both cases.四种可能解决住房问题的方案1.多造高层建筑2.向地下发展3.建造卫星城市4. 疏散城市人口1991年1月Directions:1.人类面临的问题(如能源、疾病、污染、人口等)2.悲观的看法(人类将无法生存)3.人类的智慧出路1991年6月Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition based on the graph below.Outline:1.Rise and fall of the rate of car accident as indicated by the graph;2.Possible reason (s) for the decline of car accidents in the city;figures as possible.1992年1月Directions:1.电影观众越来越少2.电视观众越来越多,因为...3.然而,还是有人喜欢看电影,因为...1992年6月Directions:1.新世纪科技发展的前景如何?2.新的科学技术会给社会带来什么好处?3.新的科学技术会给社会带来什么问题?4. 你怎样对待新世纪的挑战?1993年1月Directions:1.近年来中国城市中的摩托车2.摩托车的优点和缺点3.你对我国城市中摩托车发展前景的看法1993年6月Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on topic My View on Opportunity. You must base your composition on the following instructions (given in Chinese):有些人认为机会是极少的,另一些人则认为人人都有某种机会。
1991年1月大学英语六级(CET-6)真题试卷Part I Listening Comprehension (20 minutes) Section A1. A) Excited.B) Pleased.C) Moved.D) Disappointed.2. A) She hasn’t been well lately.B) She wants a technician to repair it.C) She feels unhappy without the TV set.D) She wants him to fix it at once.3. A) He often complains about his job.B) He is not interested in office work.C) He likes his job very much.D) He does mind all the overtime.4. A) Her mother did her hair.B) She inherited it.C) Her mother designed.D) Her hair is modeled.5. A) Allen does twice as much work as the rest.B) Allen will do the assignment in two hours.C) Allen is very careless with his homework.D) Allen works twice as fast as the rest.6. A) The man is looking for a book.B) The woman is a librarian.C) The book was of little help to the man.D) The book was of great help to the man.7. A) 6.B) 15.C) 14.D) 29.8. A) Maybe the invitation was too late.B) The man’s wife didn’t invite Margaret.C) Margaret promised to come, but later she changed her mind.D) Margaret will come any moment.9. A) To go to bed.B) To check her family expenses.C) To stay upstairs.D) To rest for a while.10. A) John is usually late.B) John will not show up.C) John will be there at eight-thirty.D) John is usually on time.Section BPassage One11. A) Some piano pieces.B) Songs sung by African singers.C) A new kind of music.D) Music from different parts of the world.12. A) Tenderness.B) Happiness.C) Love.D) Sadness.13. A) How much people like sad music.B) Why music is an important form of art.C) How music expresses people’s feelings.D) In what way classic music differs from pop music.Passage T wo14. A) The way you pursue it.B) The interest you have.C) The time you can afford.D) The money you spend on it.15. A) Playing tennis.B) Playing cards.C) Collecting coins.D) Collecting stamps.16. A) One can always find time to pursue a hobby.B) A hobby is of particular importance to a political figure.C) The correct choice of a hobby depends on one’s racial position.D) Everyone should learn how to choose a hobby from Winston Churchill.Passage Three17. A) To train students to be successful scholars.B) To teach students to be good citizens.C) To teach students to work hard.D) To train students to be social workers.18. A) To do better in math and science.B) To compete with each other.C) To obey the teacher.D) To help each other.19. A) Relaxing.B) Boring.C) Tense.D) Serious.20. A) Low scores of the students.B) Teachers’ impatience.C) Bad behavior among children.D) Heavy course load.Part II Reading Comprehension (35 minutes)Passage OneMerchant and passenger ships are generally required to have a life preserver for every person aboard and, in many cases, a certain percentage of smaller sizes for children. According to United States Coast Guard requirements, life preservers must be simple in design, reversible, capable of being quickly adjusted to fit the uninitiated individual, and must be so designed as to support the wearer in the water in an upright or slightly backward position.Sufficient buoyancy (浮力) to support the wearer should be retained by the life preserver after 48 hour in the water, and it should be reliable even after long period of storage. Thus it should be made of materials resistant to sunlight, gasoline, and oils, and it should be not easily set on fire.The position in which the life preserver will support a person who jumps or falls into the water is most important, as is its tendency to turn the wearer in the water from a face-down position to an upright or slightly backward position, with his face clear of the water, even when the wearer is exhausted or unconscious.The method of adjustment to the body should be simple, and self-evident to uninitiated persons even in the dark under the confused conditions which follow a disaster. Thus, the life preserver should be reversible, so that it is nearly impossible to set it on wrong. Catches, straps, and ties should be kept to a minimum. In addition, the life preserver must be adjustable to the wide variety of shapes and sizes of wearers, since this greatly affects the position of floating and the self-righting qualities. A suitable life preserver should also be comfortable to wear at all times, in and out of the water, not so heavy as to encourage to take it off on shipboard while the ship is in danger, nor so burdensome that it hinders a person in the water while trying to swim.21. The passage is mainly about ________.A) the uses of life preserversB) the design of life preserversC) the materials for life preserversD) the buoyancy of life preservers22. According to the passage, a life preserver should be first of all, ________.A) adjustableB) comfortableC) self-evidentD) self-righting23. United States Coast Guard does NOT require the life preserver to the made________.A) with as few strings as possibleB) capable of being worn on both sidesC) according to each wearer’s sizeD) comfortable and light to wear24. By “the uninitiated individual” (Para. 1,line 6) the author refers to the person________.A) who has not been instructed how to use a life preserverB) who has a little experience in using a life preserverC) who uses a life preserver without permissionD) who becomes nervous before a disaster25. What would happen if a person were supported by the life preserver in a wrongposition?A) The waves would move him backwards.B) The water would choke him.C) He would immediately sink to the bottom.D) He would be exhausted or unconscious.Passage T woA hundred years ago it was assumed and scientifically “proved” by economists that the laws of society made it necessary to have a vast army of poor and jobless people in order to keep the economy going. Today, hardly anybody would dare to voice this principle. It is generally accepted that nobody should be excluded from the wealth Western industrialized countries, a system of insurance has been introduced which guarantees everyone a minimum of subsistence (生活维持费) in case of unemployment, sickness and old age. I would go one step further and argue that, even if these conditions are not present, everyone has the right to receive the means to subsist (维持生活), in other words, he can claim this subsistence minimum without having to have any “reason”.I would suggest, however, that it should be limited to a definite period of time, let’s say two years, so as to avoid the encouraging of an abnormal attitude which refused any kind of social obligation.This may sound like a fantastic proposal, but so, I think, our insurance system would have sounded to people a hundred years ago. The main objection to such a scheme would be that if each person were entitled to receive minimum support, people would not work. This assumption rests on the fallacy of the inherent laziness in human nature, actually, aside from abnormally lazy people, there would be very few who would not want to earn more than the minimum, and who would prefer to do nothing rather than work.However, the suspicions against a system of guaranteed subsistence minimum are not groundless, from the standpoint of those who want to use ownership of capital for the purpose of forcing others to accept the work conditions they offer. If nobody were forced to accept work in order not to starve, work would have to be sufficiently interesting andattractive to induce one to accept it. Freedom of contract is possible only if both parties are free to accept and reject it; in the present capitalist system this is not the case.But such a system would not only be the beginning of real freedom of contract between employers and employees, its principal advantage would be the improvement o f freedom in inter-personal relationships in every sphere of daily life.26. People used to think that poverty and unemployment were due to ________.A) the slow development of the economyB) the poor and jobless people’s own faultsC) the lack of responsibility on the part of societyD) the large number of people who were not well-educated27. Now it is widely accepted that ________.A) the present system of social insurance should be improvedB) everybody should be granted a minimum of subsistence without any “reason”C) everybody has the right to share in the wealth of the countryD) people have to change their attitude towards the poor28. The writer argues that a system of social insurance should ________.A) provide benefits for the sick, old and unemployedB) encourage people to take on more social obligationsC) guarantee everyone the right to be employedD) provide everyone with the right to a minimum subsistence for a certain period29. The word “fallacy” (Para. 2. L. 6) means ________.A) doubtB) factC) strong argumentD) wrong belief30. According to the writer, a system of guaranteed subsistence minimum ________.A) demands too much from societyB) makes freedom of contract impossibleC) helps people take interest in their workD) helps bring about changes in the relationship among peoplePassage ThreeQuestions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage.The newborn can see the difference between various shapes and patterns from birth. He prefers patterns to dull or bright solid colors and looks longer at stripes and angles than at circular patterns. Within three weeks, however, his preference shifts dramatically to the human face.Why should a baby with so little visual experience attend more to a human face than to any other kind of pattern’? Some scientists think this preference represents a built in advantage for the human species. The object of prime importance to the physically helpless infant is a human being. Babies seem to have a natural tendency to the human face as potentially rewarding. Researchers also point out that the newborn wisely relies more on pattern than on outline, size, or color. Pattern remains stable, while outline changes with point of view; size, with distance from an object; and brightness and color, with lighting.Mothers have always claimed that they could see their newborns looking at them as they held them, despite what they have been told. The experts who thought that perception (知觉) had to await physical development and the consequence of action were wrong for several reasons. Earlier research techniques were less sophisticated than they are today. Physical skills were once used to indicate perception of objects-skills like visual tracking and reaching for an object, both of which the newborn does poorly. Then, too, assumptions that the newborn’s eye and brain were too immature for anything as sophisticated as pattern recognition caused opposing data to be thrown away. Since perception of form was widely believed to follow perception of more “basic” qualities such as color and brightness, the possibility of its presence from birth was rejected.31. What does a newborn baby like to see most’?A) Bright colors.B) Circular patterns.C) Stripes and angles.D) V arious shapes.32. The newborn pays more attention to a human face than any other kind of objectsbecause ________.A) he sees a human face more often than any other kind of patternB) he has an inherent ability to regard a human being as helpfulC) a human face is the most complex pattern he can seeD) a human face is often accompanied by a pleasant voice33. Contrary to what they believe, mothers have been told that newborns ________.A) care little about a human faceB) can’t track their movementsC) can’t see their facesD) can easily perceive brightness34. In earlier researches on the newborn’s perception, scientists ________.A) ignored evidence contrary to their assumptionsB) believed that perception of form comes before perception of color and brightnessC) opposed throwing away effective dataD) proved that physical skills come after visual perception35. The main idea of the passage is that ________.A) research techniques are of vital importance scientific investigationB) the findings of earlier scientific researchers often prove wrongC) newborns can perceive forms from birthD) more often than not the claims of mothers are reliablePassage FourQuestions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage.Albert Einstein recalled his learning problems philosophically: “My intellectual (智力的) development was slow, as a result of which I began to wonder about space and time only when I had already grown up. Naturally, I could go deeper into the problem than a child.” And so, 11 years after dismissal from school, young Albert Einstein published the theory of relativity that changed our understanding of the universe.No one in this century has been more widely recognized as a genius than Einstein. Y et his problems with early intellectual development and his peculiar gifts cast great doubt on all our conventional ideas about genius, intelligence or “I.Q.” (智商). On the one hand, Einstein showed early defects in abilities that our mental tests value; on the other hand, his special intellectual faculties went far beyond most definitions of intelligence. Moreover, their growth appears peculiarly gradual, contradicting the popular conception of intelligence as something inborn and fixed. His resolute persistence and his skills in playing games with ideas were apparently as decisive to his genius as any cutting edge of intellect (智能).These powerful aspects of intelligence that conventional definitions overlook are getting close attention in a new wave of research. This comes after years of earlier studies which exposed the narrowness of our usual measures of mental ability. Intelligence, it turns out, is multifaceted and marvelous; it includes personal characteristics, creativity skills and intellectual capabilities that show up on no test. What is most exciting is that some of these iii-defined abilities are possessed by many people. Just knowing about such neglected skills will help us discover and develop untapped (未开发的) potential-in ourselves and in our children.36. This passage is about ________.A) the development of Einstein’s intellectB) the wide recognition of Einstein as a geniusC) conventional ideas concerning geniusD) an insight to the complexity of human intelligence37. According to the passage, when Einstein was at school, he ________.A) fell behind other pupilsB) was fond of studying philosophical problemsC) was proud of his own diligenceD) thought more deeply about the problems of space and time than his classmates38. Which of the following led to Einstein’s success?A) His good skills in game-playing.B) His diligence and powerful mind.C) His unusual insight into the conception of intelligence.D) His decisiveness in taking actions.39. “Multifaceted” (Para. 3, Line 6) probably means ________.A) having many aspectsB) having many abilitiesC) having many skillsD) having many uses40. According to the passage which of the following statements is TRUE’?A) Conventional intelligence tests are not reliable.B) For ordinary people intelligence is something inborn and fixed.C) Einstein was apparently a genius in playing games as well as in scientificresearch.D) Einstein’s early defects in abilities contributed to his later mental development.Part III Vocabulary and Structure (20 minutes)41. The oil shortage ________ the prices of chemical fertilizers on the world market.A) drove oilB) drove upC) drove inD) drove off42. There are five ________ mistakes in this picture. Can you find them and win aprize?A) intensiveB) deliberateC) plannedD) calculated43. These studies will yield valuable lemons ________.A) in which to save lives and protect propertyB) how to save lives and protect propertyC) in how to save lives and protect propertyD) about those to save lives and protect property44. The school offered flexible courses for farmers, ________ more hours of studywhen farm work was not heavy.A) withB) withoutC) inD) for45. Part of the cost of many articles is taken as tax by the government ________ thecommunity.A) in place ofB) on account ofC) in terms ofD) on behalf of46. Soldiers act in ________ to the orders of their officers.A) obligationB) objectionC) obedienceD) offence47. ________ after the Second World War that test pilots first attempted to break the“Sound barrier.”A) It was shortlyB) Until shortlyC) Shortly was itD) Shortly48. ________ in the Atacama Desert.A) It never virtually rainsB) It virtually never rainsC) Never it rains virtuallyD) Never virtually it rains49. Society now requires the university to be a part of the community. ________,students themselves expect to play a role in the affairs of society.A) HenceB) HoweverC) MoreoverD) Otherwise50. Superconductors lose electrical resistance only ________ subjected to intense cold.A) throughB) whenC) asD) by51. Those who lie and cheat will never ________ it.A) get on withB) get back toC) get away withD) get off with52. A foreign language like English is difficult to learn, so you ________ work too hard.A) shouldB) mustn’tC) can’tD) ought to53. Cultural life in England takes so many forms that a brief summary can only attemptto ________ its variety.A) suggestB) remindC) considerD) propose54. There are ________ periods in an animal’s life when it is capable of learning a greatdeal in a very short time.A) urgentB) violentC) seriousD) critical55. Do employers in your country ________ workers for in juries suffered at theirwork?A) conformB) conflictC) compelD) compensate56. Since they betrayed us, they have no hope of convincing ________ their sincerity.A) withB) forC) inD) of57. They assured us that ________ was waiting for they were there to share it.A) whatB) whateverC) itD) whoever58. ________ exposure to dirty air can cause people suffer from some diseases.A) RaisedB) ProlongedC) ExpandedD) Enlarged59. ________ about one of the most rapidly changing countries in a ceaselesslychanging world is not all easy.A) Being informedB) To be informingC) Have in formedD) Informed60. Though you stay in the sea for weeks, you will not ________ contact with theoutside world.A) loseB) fallC) missD) fail61. Visitors to England sometimes find the lack of public activities in the evenings________.A) depressedB) depressionC) depressingD) depressingly62. Julie is one of those women who always ________ the latest fashions.A) look afterB) keep up withC) run forD) go in for63. This traditional entertainment for children in America has never, ________ I know,become popular in China.A) as far asB) as muchC) to the extent thatD) so long as64. Mr. Smith attends to the ________ of important business himself:A) transmissionB) transformationC) transactionD) transition65. Besides what you have explained, can you think of ________ reason for theirterrible action?A) anyB) elseC) otherD) another66. The chairman threatened ________ if his policies were not adopted.A) to resignB) resigningC) to be resignedD) being resigned67. She was able to give the police a full account of since she had been ________ to it.A) an observerB) an on-lookerC) a watcherD) a witness68. V ery few people understood his lecture, the subject of which was very ________.A) obscureB) upsettingC) distantD) inferior69. Although the national government has introduced some new laws on this subject, itis the ________ state governments which are responsible for pollution control.A) preciselyB) primarilyC) progressivelyD) preliminarily70. He would ________ it that his son took a livelier interest in politics.A) see intoB) see throughC) see aboutD) see toPart IV Error Correction (15 minutes)Directions: This part consists of a short passage. In this passage, there are altogether10 mistakes, one in each numbered line. You may have to change a word,add a word or delete a word. Mark out the mistakes and put the correctionsin the blanks provided. If you change a word, cross it out and write thecorrect word in the corresponding blank. If you add a word, put aninsertion mark (∧) in the right place and write the missing word in theblank. If you delete a word, cross it and put a slash (/) in the blank. Example:Television is rapidly becoming th e literature of our periods╱. 1. time/times/period╱used f or th e stu dy of literatu re as 2. _______\_______ Many of the arguments havinga school subject are valid for ∧study of television. 3. ______the______By the time of the Civil War, there were many differences between the North and the South.For instance, the population of the (71) North was far greater than of the South. (72) Twenty-two million people lived in the North; nine million lived in the South. To the nine million people in the South, more than three million were (73) slaves, many ofThe Southern leaders hoped to gain war supplies from European countries. They planned to buy their crops (78) to England and France in return for guns and ammunition to fight the war. (79)Except its industry, the North also had a larger network of railroads to transport supplies. (80) The South, which had few railroads, depended on its waterways to transport men and supplies.Moreover, the North had an establishing army, navy, and government, while the South had to begin organizing its self military force.Part V Writing (30 minutes)Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition about Man Is to Survive. You should base your writing on the following outline:1. 人类面临的问题(如能源、疾病、污染、人口等)2. 悲观的看法(如人类将无法生存)3. 人类的智慧和出路Y our composition should be no less than 120 words. Be sure to write your composition in readable handwriting.Man Is to Survive1991年1月六级参考答案16 / 38 1991年1月六级参考答案Part I1991年6月大学英语六级(CET-6)真题试卷Part I Listening Comprehension (20 minutes) Section A1. A) She wants to return the skirt her husband bought.B) She wants to buy another skirt.C) She wants to change the blue skirt for a yellow one.D) She wants to change the yellow skirt for a blue one.2. A) It’s too expensive.B) It isn’t needed.C) It should be built.D) A college would be better.3. A) Jack’s car was stolen.B) Jack sold his car.C) Jack bought a new car.D) Jack had a car accident.4. A) Some people pretend to know what they really don’t.B) What the woman said is true.C) What the woman said is wrong.D) He knows more than the woman does.5. A) The woman’s job is a librarian.B) Women’s rights in society.C) An important election.D) Career planning.6. A) She thinks it is easier said than done.B) She totally agrees with him.C) She feels that what he says is simply nonsense.D) She thinks that he is rather impolite person.7. A) To clean the yard.B) To weed the garden.C) To hire a gardener.D) To work in the flower beds.8. A) On the 6th of June.B) On the 8th of June.C) On the 9th of June.D) On the 19th of June.9. A) The man thinks the woman is wasting her time.B) The man thinks the woman should make full use of her time.C) The man is eager to know the woman’s answer.D) The man can wait and there is no need for her to hurry.10. A) To run into each other.B) To get bargains.C) To avoid the crowds.D) To join the crowds.Section BPassage OneQuestions 11 to 13 are based on the passage you have just heard.11. A) Because of their love for hobbies and pastimes.B) Because of their enthusiasm for sports.C) Because of their fear of heart attacks.D) Because of their strong desire for good health.12. A) It was decreasing.B) It was increasing.C) It remained almost unchanged.D) It was going up slowly.13. A) Those who have heart attacks.B) Those who have the desire to be physically fit.C) Those who have spare time.D) Those who have inactive jobs.Passage T woQuestions 14 to 16 are based on the passage you have just heard.14. A) In the white pages.B) In the blue pages.C) In the yellow pages.D) In a special section.15. A) On the first page of the telephone book.B) At the end of the telephone book.C) In the front of the white pages.D) Right after the white pages.16. A) Check your number and call again.B) Tell the operator what has happened.C) Ask the operator to put you through.D) Ask the operator what has happened.Passage ThreeQuestions 17 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard.17. A) Its specialization in transporting small packages.B) The low cost of its service.C) Being the first airline to send urgent letters.D) Its modern sorting facilities.18. A) 10,000.B) 35.C) 130.D) 30.19. A) Because of its good airport facilities.B) Because of its location in the country.C) Because of its size.D) Because of its round-the-clock service.20. A) Its full-time staff.B) The postmen who work in Memphis.C) Students who work in their spare time.D) The staff members of the International Airport.Part II Reading Comprehension (35 minutes)Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage.It is natural for young people to be critical of their parents at times and to blame them for most of the misunderstandings between them. They have always complained, more or less justly, that their parents are out of touch with modern ways; that they are possessive and dominant that they do not trust their children to deal with crises; that they talk too much about certain problems and that they have no sense of humour, at least in parent-child relationships.I think it is true that parents often underestimate their teenage children and also forget how they themselves felt when young.Y oung people often irritate their parents with their choices in clothes and hairstyles, in entertainers and music. This is not their motive. They feel cut off from the adult world into which they have not yet been accepted. So they create a culture and society of their own. Then, if it turns out that their music or entertainers or vocabulary or clothes or hairstyles irritate their parents, this gives them additional enjoyment. They feel they are superior, at least in a small way, and that they are leaders in style and taste.Sometimes you are resistant, and proud because you do not want your parents to approve of what you do. If they did approve, it looks as if you are betraying your own age group. But in that case, you are assuming that you are the underdog: you can’t win but at least you can keep your honour. This is a passive way of looking at things. It is natural enough after long years of childhood, when you were completely under your parents’ control. But it ignores the fact that you are now beginning to be responsible for yourself.If you plan to control your life, co-operation can be part of that plan. Y ou can charm others, especially parents, into doing things the ways you want. Y ou can impress others with your sense of responsibility and initiative, so that they will give you the authority to do what you want to do.21. The author is primarily addressing ________.A) parents of teenagersB) newspaper readersC) those who give advice to teenagersD) teenagers22. The first paragraph is mainly about ________.A) the teenagers’ criticism of their parentsB) misunderstandings between teenagers and their parentsC) the dominance of the parents over their childrenD) the teenagers’ ability to deal with crises。