2008年6月大学英语六级考试A卷真题答案与精解(星火英语)30

2008年6月大学英语六级考试听力原文及参考答案Section 111. M: Good news, I'm not going to have surgery after all. The doctor says I can start working out again soon and maybe play football like before in a few weeks.W: That's terrific. It would be great if you could get back in shape in time for the world cup.Q：What do we learn from the conversation?12. M: I really need to make some extra money. You know I've practically spent my entire budget for this semester.W: Why not check out the new cafeteria at Market Street? I think there are still a few openingssuitable for seniors like you.Q: What does the woman suggest the man do?13. M: I hear John left his cat in your care while he's on vacation abroad. How were you getting along with it?W: Well, it never comes when I call it. It spills its food and sheds all over the place. I can't wait till John gets back.Q: How does the woman find the cat?14. W: Hello, Professor White, I got my grade in the mail this morning, but I think there might be a mistake in my mark.M: Yeah, I've got several calls just like yours. There must be a problem with the computing system. It should be straightened out in a couple of hours.Q: What does the man mean?15. M: Professor Johnson, last night when I was putting the finishing touches on my paper, a computer failure completely wiped out my files, do you think I can have another day to retype it?W: I'm sorry, Rod. I'm leaving for a conference tomorrow and I'll be away two weeks.I suppose you can send me an E-copy.Q: Why does the man say he can't submit his assignment on time?16. W: I just called the travel agency, it's all set. On 1st June, we are heading for the mountains and will be camping there for a whole week.M：Have you checked the academic calendar？My classes aren't over until the 8th.Q: What does the man imply?17. W: I thought there was still time for me to apply for a student loan, but someone just told me that the closing date was last Tuesday.M: Are you sure? I thought we still had another month. Wait, I've got a brochure right here. Last Tuesday was the opening date.Q: What does the man imply?18. W: Look at the all the pollutants going into the air from those factories. Do you think they'll ever get that under control?M: Now with the new laws in effect and social awareness increasing, we are sure to turn things around.Q: What does the man mean?Conversation OneW: Tell me, Peter, what makes Harrods so famous?M: Well, it's the biggest department store in the UK. And its food hall and Egyptian hall are very famous. People come to Harrods just to see them.W: What is special about the Food Hall?M: It sells many different kinds of food. For example, it has 250 kinds of cheese from all over the world and more than 180 kinds of bread. Customers also love all the different kinds of chocolate. They buy 100 tons every year.W: That's amazing! And why is the Egyptian Hall so famous?M: Well, when people see it, they feel they are in another world. It looks like Egyptian building from 4, 000 years ago and it sells beautiful objects. They are not 4,000 years old, of course.W: Is it true that Harrods produces its own electricity?M: Yes, it does. 70%. Enough for a small town. To light the outside of the building, we use 11,500 light bulbs.W: Really? Tell me, how many customers do you have on an average day? And how much do they spend?M: About 30,000 people come on an average day, but during the sales the number increases to 300,000 customers a day. How much do they spend? Well, on average, customers spend about 1.5 million pounds a day. The record for one day is 9 million pounds.W: 9 million pounds in one day?M: Yes! On the first day of the January sales.W: Harrods says it sells everything to everybody everywhere. Is that really true?M: Oh yes, of course! Absolutely everything.Q19. What is the Food Hall of Harrods noted for?Q20. What does the Egyptian hall seem like to the customers?Q21. What make customers find surprising about Harrods?Q22. About how many customers come to Harrods on an average day?Conversation TwoW: Hi Kevin!M: Hi Laura, long time no see! What have you been up to lately?W: Not much, I can assure you, and you?M: Much the same except I do have some big news.W: Come on this suspense is killing me.M: No, really, what have you been doing these past few weeks? The last time I saw you, you were looking for a new job.W: Well, that's not exactly true. I was thinking about changing jobs. Luckily, they offered me a new position in the accounting department.M: A step up in the big business world.W: ??? exaggerate, but I am pleased. I had been hoping to get a promotion for a while. So when it finally came through, I was relieved. Actually, that's why I was looking for a new job. I just didn't want to work there anymore if they weren't going to recognize my efforts.M: Right, sometimes you can do your best and it seems like the others don't know you exist. I hope the money's better.W: I got an reasonable raise, now enough about me, I'm dying to hear your news.M: I getting married.W: No, you said you'd never get married.M: That was then and this is now. You've got to meet Andrea , she's great!W: This is all news to me. I didn't even know you were dating.M: We weren't, we've just been dating for two weeks now.W: And you getting married?M: I know, I can't help it. I just know she's the one.W: Well, congratulations! That's fantastic!M: Thanks, I'm glad to hear you feel that way.Q23. What was the woman doing when the man last saw her?Q24 Why does the woman say she was relived?Q25 Why is the woman surprised at the man's news?Passage 1Water scooters are water vehicles that look very much like motorcycles. Nowadays, speedy, colorful water scooters are gaining in popularity. They can travel anywhere a small boat can and particularly popular with young people. The rising popularity of the craft has raised the question of water scooter regulation. In this case, the argument for strict regulation is compelling. Water scooters are a particularly deadly form of water recreation. For example, two women were vacationing in Longboat Key while they were floating on the rubber boat along the shore, a water scooter crashed into them and kill them. Also water scooter operators have been killed or seriously injured in collisions with other water craft. Others have been stranded at the sea when their scooters either failed or sank far from shore. Many water scooter operators are inexperienced and ignorant of navigational rules, which increases the potential for accidents. The increasing popularity of the scooter has aggravated the problem, providing more water vehicles to compete for the same space. Crowded water waves are simply an open invitation to disaster.In addition to the inherent operational hazards of water scooters, they are proving to be an environmental nuisance. Beach residents complain of the noise of the scooters. The Pacific Whale Foundation on the west coast expressed concern that the scooters are frightening away an endangered species of whale that migrates to Hawaii for breeding. Regulations such as minimum operating age, restricted operating areas and compulsory classes in water safety are essential. Without such regulations, tragedies involving water scooters are sure to multiply, which makes many beaches unsafe for recreation.26. What does the speaker say about water scooters?27. What was mentioned as one of the causes of water accident?28. In what way are water scooters said to be an environmental nuisance?29. What does the speaker propose to ensure the safety of beaches for recreation?Passage 2It seems to me that neighbors are going out of style in America. The friend next door from whom you borrowed for eggs or a ladder has moved and people in there now are strangers.Some of the traditional stories of neighborliness are impractical or silly and maybe just as well that our relations with our neighbors are changing. The saying in the Bible "Love thy neighbor" was probably a poor translation, of what must have originally been, "respect thy neighbor". Love can be called up on order. Fewer than half of the people in U.S. live in the same house they lived in five years ago. So there is no reason to love the people who live next door to you, just because they happen to wander into a real estate office that listed the place next door to yours. The only thing neighbors have in common, to begin with, is proximity and unless something more develops that isn't reason enough to be best friends. It sometimes happens naturally, but the chances are very small that your neighbors will be your choice friends or that you will be theirs either. The best relationship with neighbors is one of friendly distance. You say "hello", use small talk if you see them in the yard, you discuss problems as they arise and you help each other in an emergency. The drive way or the fence between you is not really a cold shoulder but a clear boundary. We all like clearly-defined boundaries for ourselves.30. What does the speak say about the relations among neighbors nowadays?31. Why does the speak say it may be difficult for people to love their neighbors?32. What should neighbors do in the speaker's opinion?Passage 3Articles in magazines and newspapers and special reports on radio and television reflect the concern of many Americans about the increasing drop-out rate in our junior and senior high schools. Coupled with this fact is the warning that soon we will no longer have a work force to fill the many jobs that require properly educated personnel. The high student drop-out rate is not a recent development. Ten years ago, many urban schools were reporting drop-out rates between 35 and 50 percent. Some administrators maintain that drop-outs remain the single greatest problem in their schools. Consequently, much effort has been spent on identifying students with problems in order to give them more attention before they become failures. Since the drop-out problem doesn't start in senior high school, special programs in junior high school focus on students who show promise but have a record of truancy, that is staying away from school without permission. Under the guidance of counselors, these students are placed in classes with teachers who have had success in working with similar young people. Strategies to motivate students in a high school include rewarding academic excellence by designating scholars of the month, or by issuing articles of clothing, such as school letter jackets formerly given only to athletes. No one working with these students claims to know how to keep all students in schools. Counselors, teachers and administrators are in the frontlines of what seems at times to be a losing battle. Actually, this problem should be everyone’s concern since uneducated, unemployed citizens affect us all.33. Why are many Americans concerned with the increasing drop-out rate in school?34. What do we learn about the student drop-out problem in America?35. What is mentioned as one of the strategies used to motivate students?Compound DictationI'm interested in the criminal justice system of our country. It seems to me that something has to be done if we are to survive as a country. I certainly don't know whatthe answers to our problems are. Things certainly get complicated in a hurry when you get into them. But I wonder if something couldn't be done to deal with some of these problems.One thing I'm concerned about is our practice of putting offenders in jail who haven't harmed anyone. Why not work out some system whereby they can pay back the debts they owe society instead of incurring another debt by going to prison, and of course, coming under the influence of hardened criminals? I'm also concerned about the short prison sentences people are serving for serious crimes. Of course, one alternative to this is to restore capital punishment, but I'm not sure I would be for that. I'm not sure it's right to take an eye for eye.The alternative to capital punishment is longer sentences, but they would certainly costthe tax payers much money.I also think we must do something about the insanity plea. In my opinion, any one who takes another person's life intentionally is insane. However, that does not mean that the person isn't guilty of the crime, or that he shouldn't pay society the debt he owes.It's sad, of course, that a person may have to spend the rest of his life, or a large part of it, in prison for acts that he committed while not in full control of his mind.听力A卷参考答案北京导航、北京领航李勇全庄延君提供11. A) The man mightbe able to play in the World Cup.12. D) Solve his problem by doing a part-time job.13. C) A real nuisance.14. A) The errors will be corrected soon.15. B) He has to type his paper once more.16. A) They might have to change their plan.17. D) They are not late for a loan application.18. C) The quality of air will surely change for the better.Conversation19. B) Numerous varieties of food.20. A) An ancient building.21. D) It generates 70% of the electricity it uses.22. B) 30,00023. C) Thinking about doing a different job.24. A) She has finally got a promotion and a pay raise.25. B) He changed his mind about marriage unexpectedly.Passage One北京导航、北京领航李勇全庄延君提供26.D) They are getting more popular as a means or water recreation.27.A) Waterscooter operators’ lack of experience.28. B)They produce too much noise.29. D) Enforce necessary regulations.Passage Two北京导航、北京领航提供30.D) They are changing.31.B) Not many of them stay in the same place for long.32. C) Keep a friendly distance.Passage Three33. D) It may lead to a lack of properly educated workers.34． B)It affects both junior and senior high schools.35. C)Rewarding excellent academic performance.Section C37. complicated38. offenders39. whereby40. incurring41. influence42. serving43. restore44. The alternative to capital punishment is longer sentences. But they would certainly cost the tax payers much money.45. that does not mean that person isn't guilty of the crime, or that he shouldn't pay society the debt he owes.46. a large part of it in prison for acts that he committed while not in full control of his mind.。

大学英语四级考试全国统考试卷（2008年6月）1.娱乐活动多种多样2.娱乐活动可能使人们受益，也可能有危害性3.作为大学生，我的看法。

___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________Part II Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning) (15 minutes) 10% Directions: In this part, you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage quickly and answer the questions on Answer sheet 1. For questions 1-7, choose thebest answer from the four choices marked ABCD, for questions 8-10,complete the sentences with the information given in the passage.Media Selection for AdvertisementsAfter determining the target audience for a product or service, advertising agencies must select the appropriate media for the advertisement. We discuss here the major types of media used in advertising. We focus our attention on seven types of advertising: television, newspapers, radio, magazines, out-of-home, Internet, and direct mail.TelevisionTelevision is an attractive medium for advertising because it delivers mass audiences to advertisers. When you consider that nearly three out of four Americans have seen the game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? Y ou can understand the power of television to communicate with a large audience. When advertisers create a brand, for example, they want to impress consumers with the brand and its image. Television provides an ideal vehicle for this type of communication. But television is an expensive medium, and not all advertisers can afford to use it.Television's influence on advertising is fourfold. First, narrowcasting means that television channels are seen by an increasingly narrow segment of the audience. The Golf Channel, for instance, is watched by people who play golf, Home and Garden Television is seen by those interested in household improvement projects. Thus, audiences are smaller and more homogeneous(具有共同特点的) than they have been in the past. Second, there is an increase in the number of television channels available to viewers, and thus advertisers. This has also resulted in an increase in the sheernumber of advertisements to which audiences are exposed. Third, digital recording devices allow audience members more control over which commercials they watch. Fourth, control over programming is being passed from the networks to local cable operators and satellite programmers.NewspapersAfter television, the medium attracting the next largest annual ad revenue is newspapers. The New York Times, which reaches a national audience, accounts for $1 billion in ad revenue annually. It has increased its national circulation(发行量) by 40% and is now available for home delivery in 168 cities. Locally, newspapers are the largest advertising medium.Newspapers are a less expensive advertising medium than television and provide a way for advertisers to communicate a longer, more detailed message to their audience than they can through television. Given new production techniques, advertisements can be printed in newspapers in about 48 hours, meaning newspapers are also a quick way of getting the message out. Newspapers are often the most important form of news for a local community, and they develop a high degree of loyalty from local readers.RadioAdvertising on radio continues to grow. Radio is often used in conjunction with outdoor bill-boards(广告牌) and the Internet to reach even more customers than television. Advertisers are likely to use radio because it is a less expensive medium than television, which means advertisers can afford to repeat their ads often. Internet companies are also turning to radio advertising. Radio provides a way for advertisers to communicate with audience members at all times of the day. Consumers listen to radio on their way to school or work, at work, on the way home, and in the evening hours.Two major changes-satellite and Internet radio-will force radio advertisers to adapt their methods. Both of these radio forms allow listeners to tune in stations that are more distant than the local stations they could receive in the past. As a result, radio will increasingly attract target audiences who live many miles apart.MagazinesNewsweeklies, women's titles, and business magazines have all seen increases in advertising because they attract the high-end market. Magazines are popular with advertisers because of the narrow market that they deliver. A broadcast medium such as network television attracts all types of audience members, but magazine audiences are more homogeneous. If you read Sports Illustrated., for example, you will have much in common with the magazine's other readers. Advertisers see magazines as an efficient way of reaching target audience members.Advertisers using the print media---magazines and newspapers---will need to adapt to two main changes. First, the Internet will bring larger audiences to local newspaper. These audiences will be more diverse and geographically dispersed (分散) than in the past. Second, advertisers will have to understand how to use an increasing number of magazines for their target audiences. Although some magazines will maintain national audiences, a large number of magazines will entertain narrower audiences.Out-of-home advertisingOut-of-home advertising, also called place-based advertising, has become an increasingly effective way of reaching consumers, who are more active than ever before. Many consumers today do not sit at home and watch television. Using billboards, newsstands, and bus shelters for advertising is an effective way of reaching these on-the-go consumers. More consumers travel longer distances to and from work, which also makes out-of-home advertising effective. Technology has changed the nature of the billboard business, making it a more effective medium than in the past. Using digital printing, billboard companies can print a billboard in 2 hours, compared with 6 days previously. This allows advertisers more variety in the types of messages they create because they can change their messages more quickly.InternetAs consumers become more comfortable with online shopping, advertisers will seek to reach this market. As consumers get more of their news and information from the Internet, the ability of television and radio to get the word out to consumers will decrease. The challenge to Internet advertisers is to create ads that audience members remember.Internet advertising will play a more prominent role in organizations' advertising in the near future. Internet audiences tend to be quite homogeneous, but small. Advertisers will have to adjust their methods to reach these audiences and will have to adapt their persuasive strategies to the online medium as well.Direct mailA final advertising medium is direct mail, which uses mailings to consumers to communicate a client's message. Direct mail includes newsletters, postcards and special promotions. Direct mail is an effective way to build relationships with consumers. For many businesses, direct mail is the most effective form of advertising. 注意：此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。

2008六级真题答案解析年六级真题答案解析年的六级考试是众多英语考生备战的重要一年，很多人都翘首期盼着能够在这次考试中取得好成绩。

然而，备考之初，许多考生就遇到了一项艰巨的任务：寻找年六级真题答案。

为了帮助各位考生更好地备考，本文将对年六级真题的答案进行解析，并提供一些备考建议，希望对大家有所帮助。

在解析答案之前，我们首先需要了解年六级考试的整体情况。

年的六级考试分为听力、阅读、写作和翻译四个部分。

听力部分包括长对话、短对话和听力理解，考察考生对于英语听力的理解能力。

阅读部分包括选词填空、仔细阅读和阅读理解，考察考生对于英语文章的阅读和理解能力。

写作部分要求考生根据提供的话题进行写作，考察考生的写作能力。

翻译部分则要求考生将中文翻译成英文，考察考生的翻译能力。

在看待这些题目时，我们要注意到这些题目背后所考察的技能，帮助我们更好地组织复习。

听力部分考察的是我们对于英语口语的理解能力，可以通过多听英语音频、学习英语口语表达习惯等方式来提高。

阅读部分考察的是我们对于英语文章的阅读理解能力，可以通过多读英语文章、学习阅读技巧等方式来提高。

写作部分考察的是我们的写作能力，可以通过多写英文作文、学习写作技巧等方式来提高。

翻译部分考察的是我们的翻译能力，可以通过翻译练习、学习翻译技巧等方式来提高。

接下来，我们来解析具体的年六级真题答案。

在听力部分的长对话中，答案分别是ABD。

在短对话中，答案分别是CBA。

在听力理解中，答案分别是BDDAB。

阅读部分的选词填空的答案分别是CBDAC。

仔细阅读的答案分别是CBACB。

阅读理解的答案分别是AABDC。

写作部分的答案是根据考生的实际写作情况而定，所以无法给出具体的答案。

但是，在备考写作时，我们要注意提高自己的语法和词汇水平，多读英语优秀范文，学习写作技巧。

翻译部分的答案是根据考生的实际翻译情况而定，所以无法给出具体的答案。

但是，在备考翻译时，我们要注意提高自己的词汇量和翻译技巧，多进行翻译练习，积累翻译素材。

.D) 2.B) 3.A) 4.C) 5.C) 6.A ) 7.D) 8.artificial intelligence 9.weapons 10.religion 听⼒听写 I am interested in criminal justice system of our country. It seems to me that something has to be done if we are to survive as a country. I certainly don't know what the answers to our problems are. Things certainly get complicated in a hurry when you get into them. But I wonder something could be done to deal with some of these problems. One thing I am concerned about is our practice of putting offenders in jail who haven't harmed anyone. Why not work out some system whereby they can pay back the debts they owe society instead of incuring another debt by going to prison and of course coming under the influence of hardened criminals. I am also concerned about the short prison sentences people are serving for serious crimes. of course one alternative to this is to restore capital punishment. but I am not sure I would be for that. I am not sure it's right to take an eye for an eye. The alternative to capital punishment is longer sentences. But they would certainly cost the tax payers much money. I also think we must do something about the insanity plea. In my opinion, anyone who takes another person's life intentionally is insane. However, that does not mean that person isn't guilty of the crime, or that he shouldn't pay society the debt he owes. It's said of course that the person may have to spend the rest of his life or a large part of it in prison for acts that he committed while not in full control of his mind. 听⼒听写答案 36. survive 37. complicated 38. offenders 39. whereby 40. incurring 41. influence 42. serving 43. restore 44. The alternative to capital punishment is longer sentences. But they would certainly cost the tax payers much money. 45. that does not mean that person isn't guilty of the crime, or that he shouldn't pay society the debt he owes. 46. a large part of it in prison for acts that he committed while not in full control of his mind. 简答 47. causing a reaction 48. an emotional debate 49. the approval of every victim’s family 50. exploiting a national tragedy 51. raise awareness 快速阅读1. D）2. B）3. A）4. C)5. C)6. A )7. D)8. artificial intelligence9. weapons 10. religion 仔细阅读 47. causing a reaction 48. an emotional debate 49. the approval of every victim’s family 50. exploiting a national tragedy 51. raise awareness 52. B) 53. C) 54. D) 55. C) 56. A) 57. D They care more about which college their children go to than the children themselves 58. A They want to increase their children’s chances of entering a prestigious college 59. C Kids’ actual abilities are more important than their college backgrounds 60. B Degrees of prestigious universities do not guarantee entry to graduate programs. 61. C they experience more job dissatisfactions in job applications 翻译 1.We can say a lot of things about those who are devoted to poems in their whole lives (毕⽣致⼒于诗歌的⼈). They are passionate, impulsive and unique. 2.Mary couldn’t have received my letter, or she should have made a reply/replied it last week. (否则她上周就该回信了). 3.Nancy is supposed to have finished (conducting) her chemistry experiment(做完化学实验) at least two weeks ago. 4.Never once have the old couple quarreled with each other (⽼两⼝相互争吵)since they were married 40 years ago. 5.The prosperity of a nation/country depends largely on (⼀个国家未来的繁荣在很⼤程度上有赖于) the quality of education. 六级作⽂ 电⼦书是否能够取代传统的书？ 1、随着信息技术的发展，电⼦图书越来越多 2、有⼈认为电⼦图书会取代传统图书，理由是-- 3、我的看法 With the development of the information technology, electric books (e-books) have attracted the attention from all our society. Wherever we go, we can see them, such as in the libraries, in the classroom as well as on the Internet. Just some experts predicted in a rectent TV interview, e-books would possibly dominate the reading the next few decades. Some people claim that the e-books will substitute the traditional ones. For one thing, the e-books can not only bring them great amount of convenience, but also free them from going to the bookstores to selecting traditional books. For another, e-books save them lots of space as well as money. They can just put them in computers and take them whiletraveling. However, traditional books are too heavy and bulk for us to carry. From my perspective, I firmly believe the e-books can not replace the traditional books totally. They will unquestionably co-exist for a long period. Although the e-books offer us lots of favorable consequences, the traditional books can provide us opportunities to take note on them and to be easy for collection. Therefore, the e-books and the traditional books are preferable to different people, and both of them can bring us benefits.。

Part ⅡReading Comprehension(Skimming and Scanning)(15 minutes)Directions: In this part, you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage quickly and answer the questions on Answer Sheet 1 For questions 1-7,choose the best answer from the four choices marked A),B),C)and D. For questions 8-10,complete the sentences with the information given in the passage.What will the world be like in fifty years?This week some top scientists, including Nobel Prize winners, gave their vision of how the world will look in 2056,fron gas-powered cars to extraordinary health advances, John Ingham reports on what the world’s finest minds believe our futures will be.For those of us lucky enough to live that long,2056 will be a world of almost perpetual youth, where obesity is a remote memory and robots become our companions.We will be rubbing shoulders with aliens and colonizing outer space. Better still, our descendants might at last live in a world at peace with itself.The prediction is that we will have found a source of inexbaustible, safe, green energy, and that science will have killed off religion. If they are right we will have removed two of the main causes of war-our dependence on oil and religious prejudice.Will we really, as today’s scientists claim, be able to live for ever or at least cheat the ageing process so that the average person lives to 150?Of course, all these predictions come with a scientific health warning. Harvard professor Steven Pinker says: “This is an invitation to look foolish, as with the p redictions of domed cities and nuclear-powered vacuum cleaners that were made 50 year ago.”Living longerAnthony Atala, director of the Wake Forest Institute in North Carolina, belives failing organs will be repaired by injecting cells into the body. They will naturally to straight to the injury and help heal it. A system of injections without needles could also slow the ageing process by using the same process to “tune” cells.Bruce Lahn, professor of human genetics at the University of Chicago, anticipates the ability to produce“unlimited supplies” of transplantable human organs without the needed a new organ, such as kidney, the surgeon would contact a commercial organ producer, give him the patient’s immuno-logical profile and would then be sent a kidney with the correct tissue type.These organs would be entirely composed of human cells, grown by introducing them into animal hosts, and alloweing them to deveoop into and organ in place of the animal’s own. But Prof. Lahn believes that farmed brains woul d be “off limits”.He says: “Very few people would want to have their brains replaced by someone else’s and we probably don’t want to put a human brain ing an animal body.”Richard Miller, a professor at the University of Michigan, thinks scientist could de velop“an thentic anti-ageing drugs” by working out how cells in larger animals such as whales and human resist many forms of injuries. He says:“It’s is now routine, in laboratory mammals, to extend lifespan by about 40%. Turning on the same protective systems in people should, by 2056, create the first class of 100-year-olds who are as vigorous and productive as today’s people in their 60s”AliensConlin Pillinger ,professor of planerary sciences at the Open University,says:”I fancy that at least we will be able to show that life didi start to evolve on Mars well as Earth.”Within 50years he hopes scientists will prove that alien life came here in Martian meteorites(陨石).Chris McKay,a planetary scientist at NASA’s Ames Research Center.believes that in 50 year s we may findevidence of alien life in ancient permanent forst of Mars or on other planers.He adds:”There is even a chance we will find alien life forms here on Earth.It mightbe as different as English is to Chinese.Priceton professor Freeman Dyson thin ks it “likely” that life form outer space will be discovered defore 2056 because the tools for finding it, such as optical and radio detection and data processing,are improving.He ays:”As soon as the first evidence is found,we will know what to look for a nd additional discoveries are likely to follow quickly.Such discoveries are likely to have revolutionary consequences for biology, astronomy and philosophy. They may change the way we look at ourselves and our place in the universe.Colonies in spaceRichard Gottprofessor of astrophysics at Princeton,hopes man will set up a self-sufficient colony on Mars,which would be a “life insurance policy against whatever catastrophes,natural or otherwise,might occur on Earth.“The real space race is whether we will c olonise off Earth on to other worlds before money for the space programme runs out.”Spinal injuriesEllen Heber-Katz,a professor at the Wistar Institude in Philadelphia,foresees cures for inijuries causing paralysis such as the one that afflicated Superman star Christopher Reeve.She says:”I believe that the day is not far off when we will be able to profescribe drugs that cause severes(断裂的) spinal cords to heal,hearts to regenerate and lost limbs to regrow.“People will come to expect that injured or dis eased organs are meant to be repaired from within,inmuch the same way that we fix an appliance or automobile:by replancing the damaged part with a manufacturer-certified new part.”She predict that within 5 to 10 years fingers and toes will be regrown and l imbs will start to be regrown a few years later. Reparies to the nervous system will start with optic nerves and,in time,the spinal cord.”Within 50years whole body replacement will be routine,”Prof.Heber-Katz adds.ObesitySydney Brenner,senior distinguished fellow of the Crick-Jacobs Center in California,won the 2002 Noblel Prize for Medicine and says that if there is a global disaster some humans will survive-and evolition will favour small people with bodies large enough to support the required amount o f brain power.”Obesity,”he says.”will have been solved.”RobotsRodney Brooks,professor of robotice at MIT,says the problems of developing artificial intelligence for robots will be at least partly overcome.As a result,”the possibilities for robots working with people will open up immensely”EnergyBill Joy,green technology expert in Califomia,says:”The most significant breakthrought would be to have an inexhaustible source of safe,green energy that is substantially cheaper than any existing energy source.”Ideally,such a source would be safe in that it could not be made into weapons and would not make hazardous or toxic waste or carbon dioxide,the main greenhouse gas blamed for global warming.SocietyGeoffrey Miller,evolutionary psychologist at the University of New Mexico,says:”The US will follow the UKin realizing that religion is nor a prerequisite (前提)for ordinary human decency.“This,science will kill religion-not by reason challenging faith but by offering a more practical,uniwersal and rewar ding moral frameworkfor human interaction.”He also predicts that “ahsurdly wasteful”displays of wealth will become umfashionable while the importance of close-knit communities and families will become clearer.These there changer,he says,will help mak e us all”brighe\ter,wiser,happier and kinder”.注意：此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。

2008年6月21日大学英语六级真题及答案PartⅠWriting (30 minutes)Will E-books Replace Traditional Books?1.随着信息技术的发展，电子图书越来越多2.有人认为电子图书会取代传统图书，理由是……3.我的看法注意：此部分试题在答题卡1上Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning) (15 minutes)Directions: In this part, you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage quickly and answer the questions on Answer Sheet 1 For questions 1-7,choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). For questions 8-10,complete the sentences with the information given in the passage.What Will the World Be Like in Fifty Years?This week some top scientists, including Nobel Prize winners, gave their vision of how the world will look in 2056, from gas-powered cars to extraordinary health advances. John Ingham reports o n what the world‟s finest minds believe our futures will be.For those of us lucky enough to live that long, 2056 will be a world of almost perpetual youth, where obesity is a remote memory and robots become our companions.We will be rubbing shoulders with aliens and colonizing outer space. Better still, our descendants might at last live in a world at peace with itself.The prediction is that we will have found a source of inexbaustible, safe, green energy, and that science will have killed off religion. If they are right we will have removed two of the main causes of war----our dependence on oil and religious prejudice.Will we really, as today‟s scientists claim, be able to live for ever or at least cheat the ageing process so that the average person lives to 150?Of course, all these predictions come with a scientific health warning. Harvard professor Steven Pinker says: “This is an invitation to look foolish, as with the predictions of domed cities and nuclear-powered vacuum cleaners that were made 50 year ago.”Living longerAnthony Atala, director of the Wake Forest Institute in North Carolina, belives failing organs will be repaired byinjecting cells into the body. They will naturally go straight to the injury and help heal it. A system of injections without needles could also slow the ageing process by using the same process to “tune” cells.Bruce Lahn, professor of human genetics at the University of Chicago, anticipates the ability to produce “unlimited supplies” of transplantable human org ans without the need for human donors. Those organs would be grown in animals such as pigs. When a patient needed a new organ, such as kidney, the surgeon would contact a commercial organ producer, give him the patient‟s immuno logical profile and would then be sent a kidney with the correct tissue type.These organs would be entirely composed of human cells, grown by introducing them into animal hosts, and alloweing them to deveoop into and organ in place of the animal‟s own. But Prof. Lahn believes that f armed brains would be “off limits”.He says: “V ery few people would want to have their brains replaced by someone else‟s and we probably don‟t want to put a human brain in an animal body.”Richard Miller, a professor at the University of Michigan, thinks scientist could develop “an thentic anti-ageing drugs” by working out how cells in larger animals such as whales and human resist many forms of injuries. He says: “It is now routine, in laboratory mammals, to extend lifespan by about 40%. Turning on the same protective systems in people should, by 2056, create the first class of 100-year-olds who are as vigorous and productive as today‟s people in their 60s.”AliensConlin Pillinger ,professor of planerary sciences at the Open University, says: “I fancy that at least we will be able to show that life didi start to evolve on Mars as well as Earth.”Within 50 years he hopes scientists will prove that alien life came here in Martian meteorites (陨石).Chris McKay, a planetary scientist at NASA‟s Ames Research Center, believes that in 50 years we may find evidence of alien life in ancient permanent forst of Mars or on other planets.He adds: “There is even a chance we will find alien life forms here on Earth. It might be as different as English is to Chinese.Priceton professor Freeman Dyson thinks it “likely” that life f rom outer space will be discovered defore 2056 because the tools for finding it, such as optical and radio detection and data processing, are improving.He ays: “As soon as the first evidence is found, we will know what to look for and additional discoveries are likely to follow quickly. Such discoveries are likely to have revolutionary consequences for biology, astronomy and philosophy. They may also change the way we look at ourselves and our place in the universe.Colonies in spaceRichard Gott, professor of astrophysics at Princeton, hopes man will set up a self-sufficient colony on Mars, which would be a “life insurance poli cy against whatever catastrophes, natural or otherwise, might occur on Earth.”“The real space race is whether we will colonise off Earth on to other worlds before money for the space programme runs out.”Spinal injuriesEllen Heber-Katz, a professor at the Wistar Institude in Philadelphia, foresees cures for inijuries causing paralysis such as the one that afflicated Superman star Christopher Reeve.She says: “I believe that the day is not far off when we will be able to prescribe drugs that cause severed (断裂的) spinal cords to heal, hearts to regenerate and lost limbs to regrow.”“People will come to expect that injured or diseased organs are meant to be repaired from within, in much the same way that we fix an appliance or automobile: by replancing the damaged part with a manufacturer-certified new part.” She predicts that within 5 to 10 years fingers and toes will be regrown and limbs will start to be regrown a few years later. Repairs to the nervous system will start with optic nerves and, in time, the spinal cord.. “Within 50 years whole body replacement will be routine,” Prof. Heber-Katz adds.ObesitySydney Brenner, senior distinguished fellow of the Crick-Jacobs Center in California, won the 2002 Noblel Prize for Medicine and says that if there is a global disaster some humans will survive----and evolution will favour small people with bodies large enough to support the required amount of brain power. “Obesity,” he says, “will have been solved.”RobotsRodney Brooks, professor of robotice at MIT, says the problems of developing artificial intelligence for robots will be at least partly overcome. As a result, “the possibilities for robots working with people will open up immensely”.EnergyBill Joy, green technology expert in Califomia, says: “The most significant breakthrough would be to have an inexhaustible source of safe, green energy that is substantially cheaper than any existing energy source..”Ideally, such a source would be safe in that it could not be made into weapons and would not make hazardous or toxic waste or carbon dioxide, the main greenhouse gas blamed for global warming.SocietyGeoffrey Miller, evolutionary psychologist at the University of New Mexico, says: “The US will follow the UK in realizing that religion is not a prerequisite (前提) for ordinary human decency.”“Th us, science will kill religion----not by reason challenging faith but by offering a more practical, uniwersal and rewarding moral framework for human interaction.”He also predicts that “a bsurdly wast eful” displays of wealth will become umfashionable while the importance of close-knit communities and families will become clearer.These there changes, he says, will help make us all “brigh ter, wiser, happier and kinder”.注意：此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。

6⽉21⽇六级考试作⽂题⽬ 题⽬：Will e-books replace traditional books ? 1. 随着信息技术的发展，电⼦图书越来越多。

2. 有⼈认为电⼦图书将会取代传统图书，理由是... 3. 我的看法 点评： 本次六级考试的作⽂题⽬给⼈的第⼀印象就是既意料之外⼜在意料之中。

意料之外是指这次所考的主题虽然也是社会热点，但是依然是信息社会类的话题，与08年1⽉份的作⽂题“信息时代”的⼤⽅向⼀致的。

⽽且电⼦图书与图书馆的使⽤问题对于⼤学⽣来说⼜特别的熟悉，因此难度并不⼤。

为什么说⼜在意料之中呢？因为随着社会和经济的发展，信息化和数字化的程度越来越⾼，因此信息化产品的⽤途越来越⼴泛，占有率的⽐例越来越⾼，对传统的产品构成了⼀种冲击和挑战，因此作为当代的⼤学⽣，应该也必须关注社会经济发展的最新动态，⾛在时代的前列，因此此类选题预⽰着⼀种命题的⽅向，因此⼜在意料之中。

这对于未来的考⽣来说，关注社会热点，紧跟时代步伐是准备六级作⽂的⼀个很重要的⽅向。

从体裁层⾯上看，这次的题⽬是属于混合型，既有传统的单观点类并发表⾃⼰看法的部分，⽽且还有原因分析阐释类段落，难度较低，基本上都是考⽣很熟悉的段落结构，但是考⽣要特别注意两点：第⼀，写作中要包含提纲中所有的要点，尤其是部分考⽣可能会漏掉第⼆点的理由阐释，每⼀段要有topic sentense ，给阅卷⽼师以结构清晰的感觉，会对你的得分有好处。

第⼆，虽然是传统的观点类作⽂体裁，但是尽量不要使⽤模板，以免造成不必要的失分，句式要富有变化，多⼀些闪光词汇和闪光句型，⽐如说很多考⽣会写with thedevelopment of economy , I believe that ...之类的句型，这都属于低分标志，尽量避免使⽤此类句型，你可以⽤evolve(进化，发展)来替换develop，替换的理念⼀定要贯彻下去，不光是对写作，对四六级考试的其他题型，如阅读，听⼒等也有相当⼤的帮助。

2008年6月大学英语六级考试A卷（真题+答案）Part ⅠWriting (30 minutes)注意：此部分试题在答题卡1上Part ⅡReading Comprehension(Skimming and Scanning)(15 minute s)Directions: In this part, you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage quickly and answer the questions on Answer Sheet 1 For quest ions 1-7,choose the best answer from the four choices marked A),B),C) and D. For questions 8-10,complete the sentences with the information given in the passage.What will the world be like in fifty years?This week some top scientists, including Nobel Prize winners, gav e their vision of how the world will look in 2056,fron gas-powered ca rs to extraordinary health advances, John Ingham reports on what the world’s finest minds believe our futures will be.For those of us lucky enough to live that long,2056 will be a wor ld of almost perpetual youth, where obesity is a remote memory and ro bots become our companions.We will be rubbing shoulders with aliens and colonizing outer spa ce. Better still, our descendants might at last live in a world at pe ace with itself.The prediction is that we will have found a source of inexbaustib le, safe, green energy, and that science will have killed off religio n. If they are right we will have removed two of the main causes of w ar-our dependence on oil and religious prejudice.Will we really, as today’s scientists claim, be able to live for ever or at least cheat the ageing process so that the average person lives to 150?Of course, all these predictions come with a scientific health wa rning. Harvard professor Steven Pinker says: “This is an invitation to look foolish, as with the predictions of domed cities and nuclear-powered vacuum cleaners that were made 50 year ago.”Living longerAnthony Atala, director of the Wake Forest Institute in North Car olina, belives failing organs will be repaired by injecting cells int o the body. They will naturally to straight to the injury and help heal it. A system of injections without needles could also slow the age ing process by using the same process to “tune” cells.Bruce Lahn, professor of human genetics at the University of Chic ago, anticipates the ability to produce“unlimited supplies” of tran splantable human organs without the needed a new organ, such as kidne y, the surgeon would contact a commercial organ producer, give him th e patient’s immuno-logical profile and would then be sent a kidney w ith the correct tissue type.These organs would be entirely composed of human cells, grown by introducing them into animal hosts, and alloweing them to deveoop int o and organ in place of the animal’s own. But Prof. Lahn believes th at farmed brains would be “off limits”.He says: “Very few people w ould want to have their brains replaced by someone else’s and we pro bably don’t want to put a human brain ing an animal body.”Richard Miller, a professor at the University of Michigan, thinks scientist could develop“an thentic anti-ageing drugs” by working o ut how cells in larger animals such as whales and human resist many f orms of injuries. He says:“It’s is now routine, in laboratory mam ma ls, to extend lifespan by about 40%. Turning on the same protective s ystems in people should, by 2056, create the first class of 100-year-olds who are as vigorous and productive as today’s people in their 6 0s”AliensConlin Pillinger ,professor of planerary sciences at the Open Uni versity,says:”I fancy that at least we will be able to show that lif e didi start to evolve on Mars well as Earth.”Within 50years he hope s scientists will prove that alien life came here in Martian meteorit es(陨石).Chris McKay,a p lanetary scientist at NASA’s Ames Research Center. believes that in 50 years we may find evidence of alien life in ancie nt permanent forst of Mars or on other planers.He adds:”There is even a chance we will find alien life forms he re on Earth.It mightbe as different as English is to Chinese.Priceton professor Freeman Dyson thinks it “likely” that life f orm outer space will be discovered defore 2056 because the tools for finding it, such as optical and radio detection and data processing,a re improving.He a ys:”As soon as the first evidence is found,we will know what to look for and additional discoveries are likely to follow quickly.S uch discoveries are likely to have revolutionary consequences for bio logy, astronomy and philosophy. They may change the way we look at ou rselves and our place in the universe.Colonies in spaceRichard Gottprofessor of astrophysics at Princeton,hopes man will set up a self-sufficient colony on Mars,which would be a “life insu rance policy against whatever catastrophes,natural or otherwise,might occur on Earth.“The real space race is whether we will colonise off Earth on to other worlds before money for the space programme runs out.”Spinal injuriesEllen Heber-Katz,a professor at the Wistar Institude in Philadelp hia,foresees cures for inijuries causing paralysis such as the one th at afflicated Superman star Christopher Reeve.She says:”I believe that the day is not far off when we will be able to profescribe drugs that cause severes(断裂的) spinal cords to heal,hearts to regenerate and lost limbs to regrow.“People will come to expect that injured or diseased organs are meant to be repaired from within,inmuch the same way that we fix an a ppliance or automobile:by replancing the damaged part with a manufact urer-certified new part.”She predict that within 5 to 10 years finge rs and toes will be regrown and limbs will start to be regrown a few years later. Reparies to the nervous system will start with optic ner ves and,in time,the spinal cord.”Within 50years whole body replaceme nt will be routine,”Prof.Heber-Katz adds.ObesitySydney Brenner,senior distinguished fellow of the Crick-Jacobs Ce nter in California,won the 2002 Noblel Prize for Medicine and says th at if there is a global disaster some humans will survive-and evoliti on will favour small people with bodies large enough to support the r equired amount of brain power.”Obesity,”he says.”will have been so lved.”RobotsRodney Brooks,professor of robotice at MIT,says the problems of d eveloping artificial intelligence for robots will be at least partly overcome.As a result,”the possibilities for robots working with peop le will open up immensely”EnergyBill Joy,green technology expert in Califomia,says:”The most sig nificant breakthrought would be to have an inexhaustible source of sa fe,green energy that is substantially cheaper than any existing energ y source.”Ideally,such a source would be safe in that it could not be made into weapons and would not make hazardous or toxic waste or carbon di oxide,the main greenhouse gas blamed for global warming.SocietyGeoffrey Miller,evolutionary psychologist at the University of New Mexico,says:”The US will follow the UKin realizing that religion is nor a prerequisite (前提)for ordinary human decency.“This,science will kill religion-not by reason challenging fai th but by offering a more practical,uniwersal and rewarding moral fra meworkfor human interaction.”He also predicts that “ahsurdly wasteful”displays of wealth w ill become umfashionable while the importance of close-knit communiti es and families will become clearer.These there changer,he says,will help make us all”brighe\ter,w iser,happier and kinder”.注意：此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。

2008年6月英语六级考试参考答案作文范文：Will E-books Replace Traditional Books?With the development of the information technology, electric books (e-books) have attracted the attention from all our society. Wherever we go, we can see them, such as in the libraries, in the classrooms as well as on the Internet. Just some experts predicted in a recent TV interview, e-books would possibly dominate people’s reading habit the next few decades.Some people claim that e-books will substitute the traditional ones. For one thing, e-books can not only bring them great amount of convenience, but also free them from going to the bookstores to select traditional books. For another, e-books save them lots of space as well as money. People can just put them in computers and take them while traveling. On the contrary, traditional books are too heavy and bulk to carry.From my perspective, I firmly believe that e-books can not replace the traditional books totally. They will unquestionably co-exist for a long period. Although e-books offer us lots of favorable consequences, traditional books can provide us opportunities to take note on them and to be easy for collection. Therefore, e-books and traditional books are preferable to different people, and both of them can bring us benefits.Skimming and scanning1. D) Scientists’ vision of the world in half a century.2. B) may not come true3. A) humans won’t have to donate organs for transplantation4. C) live to 100 and more with vitality5. C) alien life will likely be discovered6. A ) might survive all catastrophes on earth7. D) lost fingers and limbs will be able to regrow8.artificial intelligence9.weapons and greenhouse gas10.religionListening comprehension: Section A11. A）The man might be able to play in the World Cup12. D) Solve his problem by doing a part-time job.13. C) A real nuisance.14. A) The errors will be corrected soon.15. B) He has to type his paper once more.16. A) They might have to change their plan.17. D) They are not late for a loan application.18. C) The quality of air will surely change for the better.19. B) Numerous varieties of food.20. A) An ancient building21. D) It generates 70% of the electricity it uses.22. B) 30,00023. C) Thinking about doing a different job.24. A) She has finally got a promotion and a pay raise.25. B) He changed his mind about marriage unexpectedly.Passage 126. D) They are getting more popular as a means of water recreation.27. A) Water scooter operators lack of experience.28. B) They produce too much noise.29. D) Enforce necessary regulations.Passage 230. D) They are changing.31. B) Not many of them stay in the same place for long.32. C) Keep a friendly distance.Passage 333. D) It may lead to a lack of properly educated workers.34. B) It affects both junior and senior high schools.35. C) Rewarding excellent academic performance.Section C36. survive37. complicated38. offenders39. whereby40. incurring42. serving43. restore44. The alternative to capital punishment is longer sentences. But they would certainly cost the tax payers much money.45. that does not mean that person isn't guilty of the crime, or that he shouldn't pay society the debt he owes.46. a large part of it in prison for acts that he committed while not in full control of his mind.Reading-in-depth47. causing a reaction48. an emotional debate49. The approval of every victim's family.50. exploiting a national tragedy51.raise awareness52. B) Their currency has slumped.53. C) They have to spend more money when buying imported goods.54. D) They think of it as a good tourist destination55. C) They vacation at home rather than abroad.56. A) The dollar's values will not increase in the short term.57. D) They care more about which college their children go to than the children themselves.58. A) They want to increase their children's chances of entering a prestigious college.59. C) Kid's actual abilities are more important than their college backgrounds.60. B) Degrees of prestigious universities do not guarantee entry to graduate programs.61. C) they experienced more job dissatisfaction after graduation.Cloze62. A) soar63. D) route64. B) After65. D) lure66. A) offering67. C) announced68. B) Naturally69 A) quotas70. C) barely71. D) abolished72. C) initiative73. B) but74. D) version75. A) because76. B) automatic77. D) dismissed78. C) about78. C) professionals80. A) prospect81. B) clearlyTranslation82. who devoted their whole lives to poems83. or she should have replied to me last week84. to have finished his chemistry experiment85. has the old couple quarreled with each other86. The future prosperity of a nation largely depends/ is largely dependent upon听力原文Section AQ11.--Good news! I'm not going to have surgery after all. The doctor says I can start working out again soon and maybe play football like before in a few weeks.--That’s terrific! It will be great if you could get back in shape in time for the World Cup.What do we learn from the conversation?Q12.--I really need to make some extra money. You know, I've practically spent my entire budget for the semester.--Why not check out the new cafeteria at Market Street? I think there are still a few openings for seniors like you.What does the woman suggest the man do?Q13.--I hear John left his cat in your care while he's on vacation abroad. How are you getting along with it?--Well, it never comes when I call it. It spills its food and sheds all over the place. I can't wait till John gets back.How does the woman find the cat?Q14.--Hello, Professor White. I got my grade in the mail this morning, but I think there might be a mistake in my mark.--Yeah. I've got several calls just like yours. There must be a problem with the computing system. It should be straightened out in a couple of hours.What does the man mean?Q15.--Professor Johnson, last night when I was putting the finishing touches on my paper, a computer failure completely wiped up my files. Do you think I could have another day to retype it?--I'm sorry, Rod. I'm leaving for a conference tomorrow. And I'll be away two weeks. I suppose you could send me an e-copy.Why does the man say he can't submit his assignment on time?Q16.--I just called the travel agency. It's all set. On June 1st, we’re heading for the mountains and we’ll be camping there for a whole week.--Have you checked the academy calendar? My classes aren't over until the 8th.What does the man imply?Q17.--I thought there was still time for me to apply for a student loan. But someone just told me that the closing day was last Tuesday.--Are you sure? I thought we still had another month. Wait. I got a brochure right here. Last Tuesday was the opening date.What does the man imply?Q18.--Look at all the pollutants going into the air from those factories? Do you think they’ll ever get that under control?--Now with the new loss in effect, and social awareness increasing, we're sure to turn things around. What does the man mean?Now you'll hear the two long conversations.Conversation 1W: Tell me, Peter, what makes Harris so famous?M: Well, it's the biggest department store in UK, and its food hall, and Egyptian hall are very famous. People come to Harris just to see them.W: What is special about the food hall?M: It sells many different kinds of food. For example, it has 250 kinds of cheese from all over the world, and more than 180 kinds of bread. Customers also love all the different kinds of chocolate; they buy a hundred tons every year.W: That's amazing. And, why is the Egyptian hall so famous?M: Well, when people see it, they feel they were in another world. It looks like an Egyptian building from four thousand years ago. And it sells beautiful objects. They're not four thousand years old of course. W: Is it true that Harris produces its own electricity?M: Yes, it does, 70%, enough for a small town. To light the outside of the building, we use 11,500 light bulbs.W: Really? Tell me, how many customers do you have on an average day? And how much do they spend? M: About 30,000 people come on an average day, but during the sales the number increases to 300,000 customers a day. How much do they spend? Well, on average, customers spend about 1.5 million pounds a day; the record for one day is 9 million pounds.W: Nine million pounds in one day?M: Yes, on the first day of the "January sales".W: Harris says it sells everything to everybody everywhere. Is that really true?M: Oh, yes, of course! Absolutely everything.Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard.Question 19: What is the food hall of Harris noted for?Question 20: What does the Egyptian hall seem like to the customers?Question 21: What makes customers find surprising about Harris?Question 22: About how many customers come to Harris on an average day?Conversation 2W: Hi, Kevin.M: Hi, Lora. Long time no see. What have you been up to lately?W: Not much I can assure you, and you?M: Much the same except I do have some big news.W: Come on, the suspense is killing me.M: No, really. What have you been doing these past few weeks? The last time I saw you, you were looking for a new job.W: Well, that's not exactly true. I was thinking about changing jobs. Luckily, they offered me a new position in the accounting department.M: A step-up in the big business world.W: I wouldn't exaggerate, but I'm pleased. I had been hoping to get a promotion for a while. So when it finally came through, I was relieved. Actually, that's why I was looking for a new job. I just didn't want to work there anymore. They weren’t going to recognize my efforts.M: Right, sometimes you could do your best and it seems like the others don't know you exist. I hope the money is better.W: I got a rea sonable raise. Now, enough about me. I’m dying to hear your news.M: I'm getting married.W: No! You say you’d never get married.M: That was then, and this is now. You’ve got to met Angela, she’s great.W: This is all news to me. I didn't even know you were dating.M: We weren’t. We’ve just been dating for 2 weeks now.W: And you're getting married?M: I know. I can't help it. I just know she is the one.W: Well, congratulations! That’s fantastic.M: Thanks. I’m glad to hear you feel that way.Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard. Question23 What was the woman doing when the man last saw her?Question24 Why does the woman say she was relieved?Question25 Why is the woman surprised at the man’s new s?Section BPassage 1Water scooters are water vehicles that look very much like motor cycles. Nowadays speedy, colorful water scooters are gaining in popularity. They can travel anywhere a small boat can and are typically popular with young people. The rising popularity of the craft has raised the question of water scooter regulation. In this case, the argument for strict regulation is compelling. Water scooters are a particularly deadly form of water recreation. For example, two women were vacationing in Long Boat Key. While they were floating on a rubber boat along the shore, a water scooter crashed into them and killed them. Also, water scooter operators have been killed or seriously injured in collisions with other water craft. Others have been straddled at the sea when the scooters either failed or sank far from shore. Many water scooter operators are inexperienced and ignorant of navigational rules which increase the potential for accidents. The increasing popularity of the scooter has aggravated the problem providing more water vehicles to compete for the same space. Crowded water ways are simply an open invitation to disaster. In addition to the inherent operational hazards of water scooters, they’re proving to be an environmentalnuisance. Beach residents complained of the noise of the scooters. The Pacific Whale Foundation on the west coast expressed concern that the scooters are frightening away and endanger species of whale that migrates to Hawaii for breeding. Regulations such as minimal operating age, restricted operating areas and compulsory classes in water safety are essential. Without such regulations, tragedies involve water scooters are sure to multiply which makes many beaches unsafe for recreation.26. What did the speaker say about water scooters?27. What is mentioned as one of the causes of water accidents?28. In what way are water scooters said to be an environmental nuisance?29. What does the speaker propose to ensure the safety of bleach for recreation?Passage2It seems to me that neighbors are going out of style in America. The friend next door from whom you borrowed four eggs or a ladder has moved and the people in there now are strangers.Some of the traditional stories of neighborliness are impractical or silly, and it may be just as well that our relations with our neighbors are changing. The saying in the Bible "Love Thy Neighbor" was probably a poor translation of what must have originally been "Respect Thy Neighbor." Love can’t be called up on order. Fewer than half the people in the United States live in the same house they lived in five years ago, so there's no reason to love the people who live next door to you just because they happened to wander into a real estate office that listed the place next door to yours. The only thing neighbors have in common, to begin with, is proximity, and unless something more develops, that isn't reason enough to be best friends. It sometimes happens naturally, but the chances are very small that your neighbors will be you choice as friends. Or that you will be theirs, either.The best relationship with neighbors is one of friendly distance. You say hello, you small-talk if you see them in the yard, you discuss problems as they arise and you help each other in an emergency. The driveway or the fence between you is not really a cold shoulder, but a clear boundary. We all like clearly-defined boundaries for ourselves.30 What does the speaker say about the relations among neighbors nowadays?31 Why does the speaker say it may be difficult for people to love their neighbors?32 What should neighbors do in the speaker’s opinion?Passage3Articles in magazines and newspapers and special reports on radio and television reflect the concern of many Americans about the increasing dropout rate in our junior and senior high schools. Coupled with this fact is the warning that soon we will no longer have workforce to fill the many jobs that requireproperly-educated personnel. The highest student dropout rate is not a recent development. Ten years ago, many urban schools were reporting dropout rates between 35 and 50 percent. Some administrators maintain that dropouts remain the single greatest problem in their schools. Consequently, much effort has been spent on identifying students with problems in order to give them more attention before they become failures. Since the dropout problem doesn't start in senior high school, special programs in junior high school focus on students who show promise but have a record of truancy, that is, staying away from school without permission. Under the guidance of counselors, these students are placed in classes with teachers who have had success in working with similar young people. Strategies to motivate students in high school include rewarding academic excellence by designating scholars of the month, or by issuing articles of clothing such as school letter jackets formally given only to athletes. No one working with these students claims to know how to keep all students in school. Counselors, teachers, and administrators are in the frontlines of what seems at times to be a losing battle. Actually, this problem should be everyone's concern, since uneducated, unemployed citizens affect us all.Questions 33 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.Question 33: Why are many Americans concerned with the increasing dropout rate in school?Question 34: What do we learn about the student dropout problem in America?Question 35: What is mentioned as one of the strategies used to motivate students?Section C:I’m interested in the criminal justice system of our country. It seems to me that something has to be done if we are to survive as a country. I certainly don’t know what the answers to our problems are. Things certainly get complicated in a hurr y when you get into them. But I wonder if something couldn’t be done to deal with some of these problems. One thing I’m concerned about is our practice of putting offenders in jail who haven’t harmed anyone. Why not work out some system whereby they can pay back the debts they owe society instead of incurring another debt by going to prison and of course coming out at the influence of hardened criminals? I’m also concerned about the short prison sentences people are serving for serious crimes. Of course one alternative to this is to restore capital punishment, but I’m not sure I would be for that—I’m not sure it’s right to take an eye for an eye. The alternative to capital punishment is longer sentences. But they would certainly cost the taxpayers much money. I also think we must do something about the insanity plea. In my opinion, anyone who takes another person’s life intentionally is insane. However, that does not mean that the person isn’t guilty of the crime or that he shouldn’t pay society the debt he owes. It’s sad of course that a person may have to spend the rest of his life or a large part of it in prison for acts that he committed while not in full control of his mind.。