2002年06月大学英语六级真题
历年六级作文题目汇总
历年六级作文题目汇总1995年1月全国大学英语六级作文题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My view on the Negative Effects of Some Advertisements1995年6月全国大学英语六级作文题1. 有人认为放鞭炮是好事,为什么?2. 有人认为放鞭炮是坏事,为什么?3. 我的看法.1996年1月全国大学英语六级作文题1. 有人认为没有必要参加大学英语六级考试(简称CET-6)。
2. 我参加CET-6考试的理由。
Why I Take the College English Test Band 6 1996年6月全国大学英语六级作文题1. 以下图为依据描述发展中国家的期望寿命(life expectancy)和婴儿死亡率(infant mortality)的变化情况。
2. 说明引起变化的各种原因。
Health Gains in Developing Countries1997年1月全国大学英语六级作文题1. 为什么说“欲速则不达”2. 试举例说明Haste Makes Waste1997年6月全国大学英语六级作文题1.有些人喜欢始终从事一种工作,因为 ...2.有些人喜欢经常更换工作,因为...3.我的看法1998年1月全国大学英语六级作文题1. 假冒伪劣商品的危害。
2. 怎样杜绝假冒伪劣商品。
My View on Fake Commodities1998年6月全国大学英语六级作文题1. 有些人认为某些数字会带来好运。
2. 我认为数字和运气无关，......Do “Lucky Numbers” Really Bring Good Luck?1999年1月全国大学英语六级作文题1. 别人请求帮助时，在什么情况下我们说”不”2. 为什么有些人在该说”不”的时候不说”不”3. 该说”不”时不说”不”的坏处Don’t Hesitate to Say “No”1999年6月全国大学英语六级作文题1. 有人认为读书要有选择2. 有人认为应当博览群书3. 我的看法Reading Selectively Or Extensively?2000年1月全国大学英语六级作文题1. 上大学的费用(tuition and fees)可以通过多种途径解决2. 哪种途径适合于我(说明理由)How I Finance My College Education2000年6月全国大学英语六级作文题1. 很多认为有必要举行英语口语考试，理由是......2. 也有人持不同意见，......3. 我的看法和打算2001年1月全国大学英语六级作文题1. 面试在求职过程中的作用2. 取得面试成功的因素：仪表、举止谈吐、能力、专业知识、自信、实事求是......How to Succeed in a Job Interview?2001年6月全国大学英语六级作文题1. 表示欢迎2. 提出对度假安排的建议3. 提醒应注意的事项A letter to a Schoolmate2002年1月全国大学英语六级作文题假设你是李明，请你就本校食堂的状况给校长写一封信，内容应涉及食堂的饭菜质量、价格、环境、服务等，可以是表扬，可以是批评建议，也可以兼而有之。
2002年6月大学英语四级考试试题答案与详解讲解
2002年6月大学英语四级考试试题答案与详解41. In fact, Peter rather have left for San Francisco than ____ in New York.A) to stay B) staying C) stayed D) having stayedC)。
【译文】事实上，皮特宁愿当时我去了旧金山，而不是留在纽约。
【解析】惯用法题。
Would rather do sth. Than do sth.表示“宁愿做…，而不是…”，在此结构中，than是并列连词，其后的动词形式与rather 后的动词形式应一致。
本句中，rather后的动词用了have done的形式，表示过去的事情，所以than后面的动词也应该用have stayed，此处省略了have。
42. He didn’t have time to read the report word for word: he just ____ it.A) observed B) overlooked C) glanced D) skimmedD)。
【译文】他没时间逐字逐句地读这篇报告，只是浏览了一下。
【解析】近义词辨析题。
Skim指“略读，浏览”，既可作及物动词，又可与over或through搭配使用，本句中，word for word意思是“逐字逐句地”，与之相对应的应该就是skim的略读了。
Observe指“注意到，观察”；overlook意为“漏看，忽略”：glance作“浏览”讲时，常用作不及物动词，后跟over或through。
43. There has been a great increase in retail sales, ____?A) does there B) hasn’t there C) isn’t it D) isn’t thereB)。
【译文】零售额有了大幅的增长，是吗？【解析】反意疑问句题。
2022年06月大学英语六级真题作文附答案
题目：Directions:For this part,you are allowed30minutes to write an essay that begins with thesentence.“Nowadays more and more people choose to live an environmentally friendly lifestyle."You can make comments,cite examples,or use your personal experiences to develop your essay.You should write at least150words but no more than 200words.参考范文：Live an Environmentally Friendly LifestyleNowadays more and more people choose to live an environmentally friendly lifestyle. According to a recent survey by CCTV,the number of people who pay attention to environmental protection is at a record high.Multiple factors need to be considered for this considerable progress.First and foremost,with the rapid development of our society,increasingly growing enterprises and factories around our city as well as the ways that people travel have led to serious environment pollution,which,as a wake-up call,has arisen people's awareness of protecting the environment.Furthermore,the low-carbon lifestyle has been in vogue recently，especially among young people.For all these reasons,people have proactively taken a series of effective actions to live an eco-friendly life.First of all,the wide popularity of new energy vehicles is an outstanding example,which has contributed a lot to the reduction of carbon emission.Besides,many people prefer to use some recyclable products in their daily life.To sum up,it is our responsibility to live an environmentally-friendly life,driving a more harmonious relationship between nature and ourselves.Such an excellent lifestyle will endow us as well as the earth with numerous benefits.题目：Directions:For this part,you are allowed30minutes to write an essay that begins with the sentence.“Nowadays more and more people keep learning new skills to adapt to a fast-changing world."You can make comments,cite examples,or use your personal experiences to develop your esscy.You should write at least150words but no more than 200words.参考范文：Keep Learning,Keep ProgressNowadays more and more people keep learning new skills to adapt to a fast-changing world.Only by learning new skills constantly can we avoid obsolescence in such a society where knowledge and technology upgrade in a rapid way.With regard to college students,what matters most is the development of new knowledge and skills.Only by constant learning can they keep pace with the changing world and build up the foundation for earning a place in the work after graduation.In addition,it is of vital importance for employees to engage in lifelong learning,for fast-changing economic technology lowers the demand for workers and creates new jobs with higher demands,forcing people without required skills into unemployment.Meanwhile, old people should continue to learn new skills as well to meet their needs in daily life. Take electronic products for example.It is necessary for old people to learn how to use smartphones in contacting someone and scanning QR Code outside.In a nutshell,lifelong learning has been a hot word for a long time,and it's never too late to learn.So,are you ready to learn new skills?题目：Directions:For this part,you are allowed30minutes to write an essay that begins with the sentence.“Nowadays more and more people take delight in offering help to the needy."You can make comments,cite examples,or use your personal experiences to develop your essay.You should write at least150words but no more than200words.参考范文：Roses Given,Fragrance in HandNowadays more and more people take delight in offering help to the needy.Helping others in need is one of the traditional virtues of the Chinese nation.Thus it deserves more attention and applause.In the first place,people who give a helping hand to others are more likely to gain a sense of accomplishment and happiness.Besides,the most remarkable significance of helping the needy is that people who have received warmness and kindness are more likely to pass on this love to st but not least,this sort of exemplary behavior plays a vital role incultivating children's awareness of caring for others,which makes a lot of sense in creating a more civilized and harmonious society.As the old saying goes,roses given,fragrance in hand.I really believe that a brighter future is awaiting us as long as everyone is ready for giving a hand to other people at any time.。
大学英语六级真题2002年06月
大学英语六级真题2002年06月(总分：95.00，做题时间：90分钟)一、{{B}}Part Ⅰ Listening Comprehension{{/B}}(总题数：2，分数：10.00){{B}}Section A{{/B}}{{B}}Section A{{/B}}（分数：5.00）A.Registering for courses. √B.Buying a new computer.C.Getting directions.D.Studying sociology.解析：[听力原文] W: The deadline for the sociology and computer courses is the day after tomorrow. M: But I haven't decided which courses to take yet. Q: What are the man and the woman talking about?A.The man will probably have to find a roommate.B.The man is unlikely to live in the suburbs.C.The man will probably have to buy a ear.D.The man is unlikely to find exactly what he desires. √解析：[听力原文] M: I'm looking for an apartment with a monthly rent to around 200 dollars in this neighborhood. Can you give me some advice on that? W: Well, it's rather hard to find anything for less than 300 dollars around here. Rents are lower in the suburbs, but you'll need transportation if you choose to live there. Q: What do we learn from the conversation?A.Painting a picture.B.Hosting a program. √C.Designing a studio.D.Faking a photograph.解析：[听力原文] W: Well, tonight we have Professor Brown in the studio to talk about his recent book- Fashion Images. Good evening, professor. M: Good evening, and thank you for inviting me here this evening. Q: What is the woman doing?A.The woman doesn't think it a problem to get her passport renewed.B.The woman has difficulty renewing her passport.C.The woman hasn't renewed her passport yet. √D.The woman's passport is still valid.解析：[听力原文] M: Have you run up against any problems in getting your passport renewed? W: I haven't started applying yet. Q: What do we know from the conversation?A.A prediction of the future of mankind.B.A new drug that may benefit mankind. √C.An opportunity for a good job.D.An unsuccessful experiment.解析：[听力原文] M: I must point out that trials of new medicine are expensive, and you can never guarantee success. W: But there is a very good chance in this case. I do hope you will go ahead in view of the potential benefit to mankind. Q: What are the two speakers talking about? （分数：5.00）A.A lesson requires students' active involvement. √B.Students usually take an active part in a lecture.C.More knowledge is covered in a lecture.D.There is a larger group of people interested in lessons.解析：[听力原文] W: What's the difference between a lesson and a lecture? M: Well, they are both ways of imparting knowledge, but the main difference is that you participate in a lesson whereasyou just listen to a lecture. A lecture is generally given to a much larger group. Q: What does the man mean?A.Neither of their watches keeps good time.B.The woman's watch stopped 3 hours ago. √C.The man's watch goes too fast.D.It's too dark for the woman to read her watch.解析：[听力原文] W: It's awfully dark for 4 o'clock. Do you think it's going to rain? M: You'd better do something about that watch of yours. It must have stopped hours ago. Mine says 7. Q: What conclusion can we draw from this conversation?A.She's proud of being able to do many things at the same time.B.She is sure to finish all the things in a few hours.C.She dreams of becoming a millionaire someday.D.She's been kept extremely busy. √解析：[听力原文] M: You are looking a little overwhelmed. W: Exactly. You know I got a million things to do and all of them have to be finished within 3 hours. Q: What does the woman mean?A.He wants his students to be on time for class.B.He doesn't allow his students to tell jokes in class.C.He is always punctual for his class. √D.He rarely notices which students are late.解析：[听力原文] M: Ah —ah, looks like I'm going to be a little late for class. I hope Professor Clark doesn't start on time today. W: Are you kidding? You can set your watch by the time he starts his class. Q: What can be inferred about Professor Clark?A.He is nervous about the exam.B.He is looking for a job. √C.He doesn't dare to tell lies.D.He doesn't know how to answer the questions.解析：[听力原文] M: I'm both excited and nervous about the job interview this afternoon. W: Take it easy. Just wear tidy and clean clothes and respond truthfully to inquiries. Remember, honesty is the best policy. Q: What do we learn about the man?二、{{B}}Section B{{/B}}(总题数：1，分数：4.00){{B}}Passage One Questions 11 to 14 are based on the passage you have just heard.{{/B}} {{B}}Passage One Questions 11 to 14 are based on the passage you have just heard.{{/B}}（分数：4.00）A.She was bored with her idle life at home.B.She was offered a good job by her neighbor.C.She wanted to help with the family's finances. √D.Her family would like to see her more involved in social life.解析：[听力原文11-14] Jane Brown has been married for 12 years. She has three children and lives in the suburb outside Columbus, Ohio. When her youngest child reached school age, Jane decided to go back to work. She found that she should contribute to the household finances. Her salary .could make a difference between a financial struggle and a secure financial situation for her family. Jane was also felt bored and frustrated in her role as a homemaker and wanted to be more involved in life outside her home. Jane was worried about her children's adjustment to this new situation, but she arranged for them to go stay with a woman nearby after school each afternoon. They seemed to be happy with the arrangement. The problem seemed to be between Jane and her husband Bill. When Jane was at home all day, she was able to clean the house, go grocery shopping, wash the clothes, take care of the children and cook two or three meals each day. She was very busy, of course, but she succeeded in getting every- thing done. Now the same things need to be done, but Jane has only evenings and early mornings to do them. Both Jane and Billare tired when they arrived home at 6 p.m, Bill's accustomed to sitting down and reading the paper or watching TV until dinner's ready. This is exactly what Jane feels like doing, but someone has to fix dinner, and Bill expects it to be Jane. Jane is be- coming very angry at Bill's attitude. She feels that they should share the household jobs, but Bill feels that everything should be the same as it was before Jane went back to work. 11.Why did Jane want to go back to work?A.Doing housework. √B.Looking after her neighbor's children.C.Reading papers and watching TV.D.Taking good care of her husband.解析：[听力原文] How did Jane spend her days before she went back to work?A.Jane got angry at Bill's idle life.B.Bill failed to adapt to the new situation. √C.Bill blamed Jane for neglecting the family.D.The children were not taken good care of.解析：[听力原文] What problem arose when Jane went back to work?A.Neighbors should help each other.B.Women should have their own careers.C.Man and wife should share household duties. √D.Parents should take good care of their children.解析：[听力原文] What does the story try to tell us?三、{{B}}Passage Two (总题数：1，分数：3.00)（分数：3.00）A.To predict natural disasters that can cause vast destruction.B.To limit the destruction that natural disasters may cause. √C.To gain financial support from the United Nations.D.To propose measures to hold back natural disasters.解析：[听力原文15-17] The decade for natural disaster reduction is a program designed to reduce the impact of natural disasters throughout the world. With support from the United Nations, countries will be encouraged to share information about disaster reduction, for instance, information about how to plan for and cope with hurricanes, earthquakes and other natural disasters. One of the most important things the program plans to do is to remind us of what we can do to protect ourselves, for example, we can pack a suitcase with flashlights, a radio, food, drinking water and some tools. This safety kit may help us survive a disaster until help arrives. Besides, the program will encourage governments to establish building standards, emergency response plans and training programs. These measures can help to limit the destruction by natural disasters. The comparatively mild effects of the Northern California Earthquake in. 1989 are good evidence that we do have the technology to prevent vast destruction. The recent disasters, on the other hand, prove that people will suffer if we don't use that technology. When a highway collapsed in northern California, people were killed in their cars. The highway was not built according to today's strict standards to resist earthquakes. Individuals and governments have to be farsighted. We should take extra time and spend extra money to build disaster safety into our lives. Although such a program can't hold back the winds or stop earthquakes, they can save people's lives and homes. 15.What is the purpose of the program mentioned in this passage?A.There is still a long way to go before man can control natural disasters.B.International cooperation can minimize the destructive force of natural disasters.C.Technology can help reduce the damage natural disasters may cause. √D.Scientists can successfully predict earthquakes.解析：[听力原文] What can we learn from the Northern California Earthquake in 1989?A.There were fatal mistakes in its design.B.The builder didn't observe the building codes of the time.C.The traffic load went beyond its capacity.D.It was built according to less strict earthquake-resistance standards. √解析：[听力原文] Why did the highway in northern California collapse?四、{{B}}Passage Three (总题数：1，分数：3.00)（分数：3.00）A.By judging to what extent they can eliminate the risks.B.By estimating the possible loss of lives and property.C.By estimating the frequency of volcanic eruptions.D.By judging the possible risks against the likely benefits. √解析：[听力原文18-20] Living at the foot of one of the world's most active volcanoes might not appeal to you at all. But believe it or not, the area surrounding Mount Etna in Italy is packed with people. In fact, it is the most densely populated region on the whole Island of Sicily. The reason is that rich volcanic soil makes the land fantastic for farming. By growing and selling a variety of crops, local people earn a good living. For them, the economic benefit they reap surpasses the risk of dying or losing property in one of the volcano's frequent eruptions. People everywhere make decisions about risky situations this way, that is, by comparing the risks and the benefits. According to the experts, the size of the risk depends on both its probability and seriousness. Let's take Mount Etna for example: it does erupt frequently, but those eruptions are usually minor, so the overall risk for people living nearby is relatively small. But suppose Mount Etna erupts every day, or imagine that each eruption there killed thousands of people. If that were the ease, the risk would be much larger. In- deed, the risk would be too large for many people to live with, and they would have to move away. 18.How would people make decisions about risky situations?A.One of Etna's recent eruptions made many people move away.B.Etna's frequent eruptions have ruined most of the local farmland.C.Etna's eruptions are frequent but usually mild. √D.There are signs that Etna will erupt again in the near future.解析：[听力原文] What do we know about Mount Etna from the passage?A.They will remain where they are. √B.They will leave this area for ever.C.They will turn to experts for advice.D.They will seek shelter in nearby regions.解析：[听力原文] What will people living near Mount Etna do in the face of its eruptions?五、{{B}}Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension{{/B}}(总题数：5，分数：10.00)1.Fanning emerged as a survival strategy because man had been obliged __________.（分数：2.00）A.to give up his former way of life √B.to leave the coastal areasC.to follow the ever-shifting vegetationD.to abandon his original settlement解析：辨认事实题。
2002年6月英语六级真题(含答案)
2002年6月英语六级真题Part I Listening Comprehension (20 minutes) Section ADirections:In this section, you will hear 10 short conversations. At the end of each conversation, aquestion will be asked about what was said. Both theconversation and the question will be spoken only once.After each question there will be a pause. During thepause, you must read the four choices marked A), B),C) and D), and decide which is the best answer. Thenmark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet witha single line through the center.Example: You will hear:You will read:A) 2 hours.B) 3 hours.C) 4 hours.D) 5 hours.From the conversation we know that the two were talking about some work they will start at 9 o’clock in the morning and haveto finish at 2 in the afte rnoon. Therefore, D) “5 hours” is the correct answer. You should choose [D] on the Answer Sheet and mark it with a single line through the center.1. A) Registering for courses.B) Buying a new computer.C) Getting directions.D) Studying sociology.2. A) The man will probably have to find a roommate.B) The man is unlikely to live in the suburbs.C) The man will probably have to buy a car.D) The man in unlikely to find exactly what he desires.3. A) Painting a picture.B) Hosting a program.C) Designing a studio.D) Taking a photograph.4. A) The woman doesn’t think it a problem to get her passport renewed.B) The woman has difficulty renewing her passport.C) The woman hasn’t renewed her passport yet.D) The woman’s passport is still valid.5. A) A prediction of the future of mankind.B) A new drug that may benefit mankindC) An opportunity for a good job.D) an unsuccessful experiment.6. A) A lesson requires students’ active involvement.B) Students usually take an active part in a lecture.C) More knowledge is covered in a lecture.D) There is a larger group of people interested in lessons.7. A) Neither of their watches keeps good time.B) The woman’s watch stopped 3 hours ago.C) The man’s watch goes too fast.D) It’s too dark for the woman to read her watch.8. A) She’s proud of being able to do many things at the same time.B) She is sure to finish all the things in a few hours.C) She dreams of becoming a millionaire someday.D) She’s been kept extremely busy.9. A) He wants his students to be on time for class.B) He doesn’t allow his students to tell jokes in class.C) He is always punctual for his class.D) He rarely notices which students are late.10. A) He is nervous about the exam.B) He is looking for a job.C) He doesn’t dare to tell lies.D) He doesn’t know how to answer the questions.Section BDirections:In this section, you will hear 3 short passages.At the end of each passage, you will hear somequestions. Both the passage and the questions will bespoken only once. After you hear a question, you mustchoose the best answer from the four choices markedA), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letteron the Answer Sheet with a single line through thecenter.Passage oneQuestion 11 to 14 are based on the passage you have just heard.11. A) She was bored with her idle life at home.B) She was offered a good job by her neighbour.C) She wanted to help with the family’s finances.D) Her family would like to see her more involved in social life.12. A) Doing housework.B) Looking after her neighbour’s children.C) Reading papers and watching TV.D) Taking good care of her husband.13. A) Jane got angry at Bill’s idle life.B) Bill failed to adapt to the new situation.C) Bill blamed Jane for neglecting the family.D) The children were not taken good care of.14. A) Neighbours should help each other.B) Women should have their own careers.C) Man and wife should share household duties.D) Parents should take good care of their children.Passage TwoQuestions 15 to 17 are based on the passage you have just heard.15. A) To predict natural disasters that can cause vast destruction.B) To limit the destruction that natural disasters may cause.C) To gain financial support from the United Nations.D) To propose measures to hold back natural disasters.16. A) There is still a long way to go before man can control natural disasters.B) International cooperation can minimize the destructive force of natural disasters.C) Technology can help reduce the damage natural disasters may cause.D) Scientists can successfully predict earthquakes.17. A) There were fatal mistakes in its design.B) The builder didn’t observe the building codes of the time.C) The traffic load went beyond its capacity.D) It was build according to less strict earthquake-resistance standards.Passage ThreeQuestions 18 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard.18. A) By judging to what extent they can eliminate the risks.B) By estimating the possible loss of lives and property.C) By estimating the frequency of volcanic eruptions.D) By judging the possible risks against the likely benefits.19. A) One of Etna’s recent eruptions made many people move away.B) Etna’s frequent eruptions have ruined most of the localfarmland.C) Etna’s eruptions are frequent but usually mild.D) There are signs that Etna will erupt again in the near future.20. A) They will remain where they are.B) They will leave this area for ever.C) They will turn to experts for advice.D) They will seek shelter in nearby regions.Part II Reading Comprehension (35 minutes) Direction:There are 4 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements.For each of them there are four choices marked A), B)C) and D). You should decide on the best choice andmark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet witha single line through the center.Passage OneQuestions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage:When global warming finally came, it stuck with a vengeance (异乎寻常地). In some regions, temperatures rose severaldegrees in less than a century. Sea levels shot up nearly 400 feet, flooding coastal settlements and forcing people to migrate inland. Deserts spread throughout the world as vegetation shifted drastically in North America, Europe and Asia. After driving many of the animals around them to near extinction, people were forced to abandon their old way of life for a radically new survival strategy that resulted in widespread starvation and disease. The adaptation was farming: the global-warming crisis hat gave rise to it happened more than 10,000 years ago.As environmentalists convene in Rio de Janeiro this week to ponder the global climate of the future, earth scientists are in the midst of a revolution in understanding how climate has changed in the past — and how those changes have transformed human existence. Researchers have begun to piece together an illuminating picture of the powerful geological and astronomical forces that have combined to change the planet’s environment from hot to cold, wet to dry and back again over a time period stretching back hundreds of millions of years.Most important, scientists are beginning to realize that the climatic changes have had a major impact on the evolution of the human species. New research now suggests that climateshifts have played a key role in nearly every significant turning point in human evolution: from the dawn of primates (灵长目动物) some 65 million years ago to human ancestors rising up to walk on two legs, from the huge expansion of the human brain to the rise of agriculture. Indeed, the human history has not been merely touched by global climate change, some scientists argue, it has in some instances been driven by it.The new research has profound implications for the environmental summit in Rio. Among other things, the findings demonstrate that dramatic climate change is nothing new for planet Earth. The benign (宜人的) global environment that has existed over the past 10,000 years —during which agriculture, writing, cities and most other features of civilization appeared — is a mere bright spot in a much larger pattern of widely varying climate over the ages. In fact, the pattern of climate change in the past reveals that Earth’s climate will almost certainly go through dramatic changes in the future —even without the influence of human activity.21. Farming emerged as a survival strategy because man had been obliged ______.A) to give up his former way of lifeB) to leave the coastal areasC) to follow the ever-shifting vegetationD) to abandon his original settlement22. Earth scientists have come to understand that climate ______.A) is going through a fundamental changeB) has been getting warmer for 10,000 yearsC) will eventually change from hot to coldD) has gone through periodical changes23. Scientists believe that human evolution ______.A) has seldom been accompanied by climatic changesB) has exerted little influence on climatic changesC) has largely been effected by climatic changesD) has had a major impact on climatic changes24. Evidence of past climatic changes indicates that ______.A) human activities have accelerated changes of Earth’s environmentB) Earth’s environment will remain mild despite human interferenceC) Earth’s climate is bound to change significantly in the futureD) Earth’s climate is unlikely to undergo substantialchanges in the future25. The message the author wishes to convey in the passage is that ______.A) human civilization remains glorious though it is affected by climatic changesB) mankind is virtually helpless in the face of the dramatic changes of climateC) man has to limit his activities to slow down the global warming processD) human civilization will continue to develop in spite of the changes of naturePassage TwoQuestions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage:No woman can be too rich or too thin. This saying often attributed to the late Duchess (公爵夫人) of Windsor embodies much of the odd spirit of our times. Being thin is deemed as such a virtue.The problem with such a view is that some people actually attempt to live by it. I myself have fantasies of slipping into narrow designer clothes. Consequently, I have been on a dietfor the better — or worse — part of my life. Being rich wouldn’t be bad either, but that won’t happen unless an unknown relative dies suddenly in some distant land, leaving me millions of dollars.Where did we go off the track? When did eating butter become a sin, and a little bit of extra flesh unappealing, if not repellent? All religions have certain days when people refrain from eating and excessive eating is one of Christianity’s seven deadly sins. However, until quite recently, most people had a problem getting enough to eat. In some religious groups, wealth was a symbol of probable salvation and high morals, and fatness a sign of wealth and well-being.Today the opposite is true. We have shifted to thinness as our new mark of virtue. The result is that being fat —or even only somewhat overweight — is bad because it implies a lack of moral strength.Our obsession (迷恋) with thinness is also fueled by health concerns. It is true that in this country we have more overweight people than ever before, and that, in many cases, being over-weight correlates with an increased risk of heart and blood vessel disease. These diseases, however, many have as much to do with our way of life and our high-fat diets aswith excess weight. And the associated risk of cancer in the digestive system may be more of a dietary problem — too much fat and a lack of fiber — than a weight problem.The real concern, then, is not that we weigh too much, but that we neither exercise enough nor eat well. Exercise is necessary for strong bones and both heart and lung health. A balanced diet without a lot of fat can also help the body avoid many diseases. We should surely stop paying so much attention to weight. Simply being thin is not enough. It is actually hazardous if those who get (or already are) thin think they are automatically healthy and thus free form paying attention to their overall life-style. Thinness can be pure vainglory (虚荣).26. In the eyes of the author, an odd phenomenon nowadays is that ______.A) the Duchess of Windsor is regarded as a woman of virtue.B) looking slim is a symbol of having a large fortuneC) being thin is viewed as a much desired qualityD) religious people are not necessarily virtuous27. Swept by the prevailing trend, the author ______.A) had to go on a diet for the greater part of her lifeB) could still prevent herself from going off the trackC) had to seek help from rich distant relativesD) had to wear highly fashionable clothes28. In human history, people’s views on body weight ______.A) were closely related to their religious beliefsB) changed from time to timeC) varied between the poor and the richD) led to different oral standards29. The author criticizes women’s obsession with thinness ______.A) from an economic and educational perspectiveB) from sociological and medical points of viewC) from a historical and religious standpointD) in the light of moral principles30. What’s the author’s advice to women who are absorbed in the idea of thinness?A) They should be more concerned with their overall lifestyle.B) They should be more watchful for fatal diseases.C) They should gain weight to look healthy.D) They should rid themselves of fantasies about designer clothes.Passage ThreeQuestions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage:War may be a natural expression of biological instincts and drives toward aggression in the human species. Natural impulses of anger, hostility, and territoriality (守卫地盘的天性) are expressed through acts of violence. Theses are all qualities that humans share with animals. Aggression is a kind of innate (天生的) survival mechanism, an instinct for self-preservation, that allows animals to defend themselves from threats to their existence. But, on the other hand, human violence shows evidence of being a learned behavior. In the case of human aggression, violence cannot be simply reduced to an instinct. The many expressions of human violence are always conditioned by social conventions that give shape to aggressive behavior. In human societies violence has a social function: It is a strategy for creating or destroying forms of social order. Religious traditions have taken a leading role in directing the powers of violence. We will look at the ritual and ethical (道德上的) patterns within which human violence has been directed.The violence within a society is controlled throughinstitutions of law. The more developed a legal system becomes, the more society takes responsibility for the discovery, control, and punishment of violent acts. In most tribal societies the only means to deal with an act of violence is revenge. Each family group may have the responsibility for personally carrying out judgment and punishment upon the person who committed the offense. But in legal systems, the responsibility for revenge becomes depersonalized and diffused. The society assumes the responsibility for protecting individuals from violence. In cases where they cannot be protected, the society is responsible for imposing punishment. In a sate controlled legal system, individuals are removed from the cycle of revenge motivated by acts of violence, and the state assumes responsibility for their protection.The other side of a state legal apparatus is a state military apparatus. While the one protects the individual from violence, the other sacrifices the individual to violence in the interests of the state. In war the state affirms its supreme power over the individuals within its own borders. War is not simply a trial by combat to settle disputes between states; it is the moment when the state makes its most powerful demands upon its people for their recommitment, allegiance, and supremesacrifice. Times of war test a community’s deepest religious and ethical commitments.31. Human violence shows evidence of being a learned behavior in that ______.A) it threatens the existing social systemsB) it is influenced by societyC) it has roots in religious conflictsD) it is directed against institutions of law32. The function of legal systems, according to the passage, is ______.A) to control violence within a societyB) to protect the world from chaosC) to free society from the idea of revengeD) to give the government absolute power33. What does the author mean by saying “…in legal systems,the responsibility for revenge becomes depersonalized an diffused” (Lines 5-6, Para. 2)A) Legal systems greatly reduce the possibilities of physical violence.B) Offenses against individuals are no longer judged on a personal basis.C) Victims of violence find it more difficult to take revenge.D) Punishment is not carried out directly by the individuals involved.34. The word “allegiance” (Line 5, Para. 3) is closest in meaning to ______.A) loyaltyB) objectiveC) survivalD) motive35. What can we learn from the last paragraph?A) Governments tend to abuse their supreme power in times of war.B) In times of war governments may extend their power across national borders.C) In times of war governments impose high religious andethical standards on their people.D) Governments may sacrifice individuals in the interests of the state in times of war.Passage FourQuestions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage:Researchers who are unfamiliar with the cultural and ethnic groups they are studying must take extra precautions to shed any biases they bring with them from their own culture. For example, they must make sure they construct measures that are meaningful for each of the cultural or ethnic minority groups being studied.In conducting research on cultural and ethnic minority issues, investigators distinguish between the emic approach and the etic approach. In the emic approach, the goal is to describe behavior in one culture or ethnic group in terms that are meaningful and important to the people in that culture or ethnic group, without regard to other cultures or ethnic groups. In the etic approach, the goal is to describe behavior so that generalizations can be made across cultures. If researchers construct a questionnaire in an emic fashion, their concern is only that the questions are meaningful to the particular culture or ethnic group being studied. If, however, the researchers construct a questionnaire in an etic fashion, they want to include questions that reflect concepts familiar to all cultures involved.How might the emic and etic approaches be reflected in thestudy of family processes? In the emic approach, the researchers might choose to focus only on middle-class White families, without regard for whether the information obtained in the study can be generalized or is appropriate for ethnic minority groups. In a subsequent study, the researchers may decide to adopt an etic approach by studying not only middle-class White families, but also lower-income White families, Black American families, Spanish American families, and Asian American families. In studying ethnic minority families, the researchers would likely discover that the extended family is more frequently a support system in ethnic minority families than in White American families. If so, the emic approach would reveal a different pattern of family interaction than would the etic approach, documenting that research with middle-class White families cannot always be generalized to all ethnic groups.36. According to the first paragraph, researchers unfamiliarwith the target cultures are inclined to ______.A) be overcautious in constructing meaningful measuresB) view them from their own cultural perspectiveC) guard against interference from their own cultureD) accept readily what is alien to their own culture37.What does the author say about the emic approach and the eticapproach?A) They have different research focuses in the study of ethnic issues.B) The former is biased while the latter is objective.C) The former concentrates on the study of culture while the latter on family issues.D) They are both heavily dependent on questionnaires in conducting surveys.38. Compared with the etic approach, the emic approach is apparently more ______.A) culturally interactiveB) culture-orientedC) culturally biasedD) culture-specific39. The etic approach is concerned with ______.A) the general characteristics of minority familiesB) culture-related concepts of individual ethnic groupsC) features shared by various cultures or ethnic groupsD) the economic conditions of different types of families40. Which of the following is true of the ethnic minorityfamilies in the U.S. according to the passage?A) Their cultural patterns are usually more adaptable.B) Their cultural concepts are difficult to comprehend.C) They don’t interact with each other so much as White families.D) They have closer family ties than White families.Part III Vocabulary and Structure (20 minutes) Directions:There are 3.0. incomplete sentences in this part.For each sentence there are four choices marked A), B),C) and D). Choose the ONE that best completes thesentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on theAnswer Sheet with a single line through the center.41. It was ______ that the restaurant discriminated against black customers.A) addicted B) allegedC) assaulted D) ascribed42. The medicine ______ his pain but did not cure his illness.A) activated B) alleviatedC) medicated D) deteriorated43. He is the only people who can______ in this case, because the other witnesses were killed mysteriously.A) testify B) chargeC) accuse D) rectify44. Professor Hawking is ______ as one of the world’s greatest living physicists.A) dignified B) clarifiedC) acknowledged D) illustrated45 The financial problem of this company is further ______ by the rise in interest rates.A) increased B) strengthenedC) reinforced D) aggravated46. We shall probably never be able to ______ the exact nature of these sub-atomic particles.A) assert B) impartC) ascertain D) notify47. All the people in the stadiumcheered up when they saw hundreds of colourful balloons ______ slowly into the sky.A) ascending B) elevatingC) escalating D) lingering48. Many years had ______ before they returned to their original urban areas.A) floated B) elapsedC) skipped D) proceeded49. What you say now is not ______ with what you said last week.A) consistent B) persistentC) permanent D) insistent50. Military orders are ______ and cannot be disobeyed.A) defective B) conservativeC) alternative D) imperative51. Some educators try to putstudents of similar abilities into the same class because they believe this kind of ______ grouping is advisable.A) homogeneous B) instantaneousC) spontaneous D) anonymous52. Even sensible men do ______ things sometimes.A) abrupt B) absurdC) acute D) apt53. The commission would finditself ______ at every turn if its members couldn’t’reach an agreement.A) collided B) savagedC) crumbled D) hampered54. Grain production in the world is ______, but still millions go hungry.A) staggering B) shrinkingC) soaring D) suspending55. He developed a ______ attitude after years of frustration in his career.A) sneaking B) disgustedC) drastic D) cynical56. They believed that this wasnot the ______ of their campaign for equality but merely the beginning.A) climax B) summitC) pitch D) maximum57. Several guests were waiting in the ______ for the front door to open.A) porch B) ventC) inlet D) entry58. As the mountains were coveredwith a ______ of cloud, we couldn’t see their tops.A) coating B) filmC) veil D) shade59. We couldn’t really afford tobuy a house so we got it on hire purchase and paid monthly ______.A) investments B) requirementsC) arrangements D) installments60. The magician made us think he cut the girl into pieces but it was merely an ______.A) illusion B) impressionC) image D) illumination61. A good education is an ______ you can fall back on for the rest of your life.A) asset B) ethicC) inventory D) obligation62. Giving a gift can convey awealth of meaning about your appreciation of their ______ and the importance you place upon the relationship.A) solidarity B) priorityC) superiority D) hospitality63. The designer has applied for a______ for his new invention.A) tariff B) discountC) version D) patent64. The toy maker produces a ______ copy of the spaced station, exact in every detail.A) minimal B) minimumC) miniature D) minor65. An energy tax would curbordinary air pollution, limit oil imports and cut the budget ______.A) disposition B) discrepancyC) defect D) deficit66. They have decided to ______ physical punishment in all local schools.A) put away B) break away fromC) do away with D) pass away67. Astronauts are ______ all kinds of tests before they are actually sent up in a spacecraft.A) inclined to B) subjected toC) prone to D) bound to68. Individual sports are run byover 370 independent governing bodies whose functionsusually include ______ rules, holding events, selecting national teams and promoting international links.A) drawing on B) drawing inC) drawing up D) drawing down69. Up until that time, hisinterest had focused almost ______ on fully mastering the skills and techniques of his craft.A) restrictively B) radicallyC) inclusively D) exclusively70. All the ceremonies at the 2000Olympic Games had a unique Australian flavor, ______ of their multicultural communities.A) noticeable B) indicativeC) conspicuous D) implicitPart IV Error Correction (15 minutes) Directions:This part consists of a short passage. In this passage, there are altogether 10 mistakes, one ineach numbered line. You may have to change a word,add a word or delete a word. Mark out the mistakesand put the corrections in the blanks provided. Ifyou change a word, cross it out and write the correctword in the corresponding blank. If you add a word,put an insertion mark (∧) in the right place andwrite the missing word in the blank. If you deletea word, cross it out and put a slash (／) in the blank. Example:Television is rapidly becoming the l i t e r a t u r e s o f o u r p e r i o d s.1.time/times/periodMany of the arguments having used for thes t u d y o f l i t e r a t u r e.2. ／___________As a school subject are valid for ∧study of television.3. the___________A great many cities are experiencingd i f f i c u l t ie s w h i c hare nothing new in the history of cities,e x c e p t i n t h e i r s c a l e.Some cities have lost their originalp u r p o s e a n d h a v e n o t f o u n dnew one. And any large or rich city is g o i n g t o a t t r a c t p o o r S1.__________immigrants, who flood in, filling with h o p e s o f p r o s p e r i t y S2.__________。
2002年6月英语六级真题及答案
2002年6月英语六级真题Part I Listening Comprehension (20 minutes)Section ADirections:In this section, you will hear 10 short conversations. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. Both the conversationand the question will be spoken only once. After each question there will be apause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A), B), C) and D),and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on theAnswer Sheet with a single line through the center.Example:You will hear:You will read:A) 2 hours.B) 3 hours.C) 4 hours.D) 5 hours.From the conversation we know that the two were talking about some work they will start at 9 o’clock in the morning and have to finish at 2 in the afternoon. Therefore, D) “5 hours” is the correct answer. You should choose [D] on the Answer Sheet and mark it with a single line through the center.1. A) Registering for courses.B) Buying a new computer.C) Getting directions.D) Studying sociology.2. A) The man will probably have to find a roommate.B) The man is unlikely to live in the suburbs.C) The man will probably have to buy a car.D) The man in unlikely to find exactly what he desires.3. A) Painting a picture.B) Hosting a program.C) Designing a studio.D) Taking a photograph.4. A) The woman doesn’t think it a problem to get her passport renewed.B) The woman has difficulty renewing her passport.C) The woman hasn’t renewed her passport yet.D) The woman’s passport is still valid.5. A) A prediction of the future of mankind.B) A new drug that may benefit mankindC) An opportunity for a good job.D) an unsuccessful experiment.6. A) A lesson requires students’ active involvement.B) Students usually take an active part in a lecture.C) More knowledge is covered in a lecture.D) There is a larger group of people interested in lessons.7. A) Neither of their watches keeps good time.B) The woman’s watch stopped 3 hours ago.C) The man’s watch goes too fast.D) It’s too dark for the woman to read her watch.8. A) She’s proud of being able to do many things at the same time.B) She is sure to finish all the things in a few hours.C) She dreams of becoming a millionaire someday.D) She’s been kept extremely busy.9. A) He wants his students to be on time for class.B) He doesn’t allow his students to tell jokes in class.C) He is always punctual for his class.D) He rarely notices which students are late.10. A) He is nervous about the exam.B) He is looking for a job.C) He doesn’t dare to tell lies.D) He doesn’t know how to answer the questions.Section BDirections:In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once.After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choicesmarked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheetwith a single line through the center.Passage oneQuestion 11 to 14 are based on the passage you have just heard.11. A) She was bored with her idle life at home.B) She was offered a good job by her neighbour.C) She wanted to help with the family’s finances.D) Her family would like to see her more involved in social life.12. A) Doing housework.B) Looking after her neighbour’s children.C) Reading papers and watching TV.D) Taking good care of her husband.13. A) Jane got angry at Bill’s idle life.B) Bill failed to adapt to the new situation.C) Bill blamed Jane for neglecting the family.D) The children were not taken good care of.14. A) Neighbours should help each other.B) Women should have their own careers.C) Man and wife should share household duties.D) Parents should take good care of their children.Passage TwoQuestions 15 to 17 are based on the passage you have just heard.15. A) To predict natural disasters that can cause vast destruction.B) To limit the destruction that natural disasters may cause.C) To gain financial support from the United Nations.D) To propose measures to hold back natural disasters.16. A) There is still a long way to go before man can control natural disasters.B) International cooperation can minimize the destructive force of natural disasters.C) Technology can help reduce the damage natural disasters may cause.D) Scientists can successfully predict earthquakes.17. A) There were fatal mistakes in its design.B) The builder didn’t observe the building codes of the time.C) The traffic load went beyond its capacity.D) It was build according to less strict earthquake-resistance standards.Passage ThreeQuestions 18 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard.18. A) By judging to what extent they can eliminate the risks.B) By estimating the possible loss of lives and property.C) By estimating the frequency of volcanic eruptions.D) By judging the possible risks against the likely benefits.19. A) One of Etna’s recent eruptions made many people move away.B) Etna’s frequent eruptions have ruined most of the local farmland.C) Etna’s eruptions are frequent but usually mild.D) There are signs that Etna will erupt again in the near future.20. A) They will remain where they are.B) They will leave this area for ever.C) They will turn to experts for advice.D) They will seek shelter in nearby regions.Part II Reading Comprehension (35 minutes)Direction:There are 4 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B) C)and D). You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter onthe Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.Passage OneQuestions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage:When global warming finally came, it stuck with a vengeance (异乎寻常地). In some regions, temperatures rose several degrees in less than a century. Sea levels shot up nearly 400 feet, flooding coastal settlements and forcing people to migrate inland. Deserts spread throughout the world as vegetation shifted drastically in North America, Europe and Asia. After driving many of the animals around them to near extinction, people were forced to abandon their old way of life for a radically new survival strategy that resulted in widespread starvation and disease. The adaptation was farming: the global-warming crisis hat gave rise to it happened more than 10,000 years ago.As environmentalists convene in Rio de Janeiro this week to ponder the global climate of the future, earth scientists are in the midst of a revolution in understanding how climate has changed in the past — and how those changes have transformed human existence. Researchers have begun to piece together an illuminating picture of the powerful geological and astronomical forces that have combined to change the planet’s environment from hot to cold, wet to dry and back again over a time period stretching back hundreds of millions of years.Most important, scientists are beginning to realize that the climatic changes have had a major impact on the evolution of the human species. New research now suggests that climate shifts have played a key role in nearly every significant turning point in human evolution: from the dawn of primates (灵长目动物) some 65 million years ago to human ancestors rising up to walk on two legs, from the huge expansion of the human brain to the rise of agriculture. Indeed, the human history has not been merely touched by global climate change, some scientists argue, it has in some instances been driven by it.The new research has profound implications for the environmental summit in Rio. Among other things, the findings demonstrate that dramatic climate change is nothing new for planet Earth. The benign (宜人的) global environment that has existed over the past 10,000 years —during which agriculture, writing, cities and most other features of civilization appeared — is a mere bright spot in a much larger pattern of widely varying climate over the ages. In fact, the pattern of climate change in the past reveals that Earth’s climate will almost certainly go through dramatic changes in the future — even without the influence of human activity.21. Farming emerged as a survival strategy because man had been obliged ______.A) to give up his former way of lifeB) to leave the coastal areasC) to follow the ever-shifting vegetationD) to abandon his original settlement22. Earth scientists have come to understand that climate ______.A) is going through a fundamental changeB) has been getting warmer for 10,000 yearsC) will eventually change from hot to coldD) has gone through periodical changes23. Scientists believe that human evolution ______.A) has seldom been accompanied by climatic changesB) has exerted little influence on climatic changesC) has largely been effected by climatic changesD) has had a major impact on climatic changes24. Evidence of past climatic changes indicates that ______.A) human activities have accelerated changes of Earth’s environmentB) Earth’s environment will remain mild despite human interferenceC) Earth’s climate is bound to change significantly in the futureD) Earth’s climate is unlikely to undergo substantial changes in the future25. The message the author wishes to convey in the passage is that ______.A) human civilization remains glorious though it is affected by climatic changesB) mankind is virtually helpless in the face of the dramatic changes of climateC) man has to limit his activities to slow down the global warming processD) human civilization will continue to develop in spite of the changes of naturePassage TwoQuestions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage:No woman can be too rich or too thin. This saying often attributed to the late Duchess (公爵夫人) of Windsor embodies much of the odd spirit of our times. Being thin is deemed as such a virtue.The problem with such a view is that some people actually attempt to live by it. I myself have fantasies of slipping into narrow designer clothes. Consequently, I have been on a diet for the better — or worse — part of my life. Being rich wouldn’t be bad either, but that won’t happen unless an unknown relative dies suddenly in some distant land, leaving me millions of dollars.Where did we go off the track? When did eating butter become a sin, and a little bit of extra flesh unappealing, if not repellent? All religions have certain days when people refrain from eating and excessive eating is one of Christianity’s seven deadly sins. However, until quite recently, most people had a problem getting enough to eat. In some religious groups, wealth was a symbol of probable salvation and high morals, and fatness a sign of wealth and well-being.Today the opposite is true. We have shifted to thinness as our new mark of virtue. The result is that being fat — or even only somewhat overweight — is bad because it implies a lack of moral strength.Our obsession (迷恋) with thinness is also fueled by health concerns. It is true that in this country we have more overweight people than ever before, and that, in many cases, being over-weight correlates with an increased risk of heart and blood vessel disease. These diseases, however, many have as much to do with our way of life and our high-fat diets as with excess weight. And the associated risk of cancer in the digestive system may be more of a dietary problem — too much fat and a lack of fiber — than a weight problem.The real concern, then, is not that we weigh too much, but that we neither exercise enough nor eat well. Exercise is necessary for strong bones and both heart and lung health. A balanced diet without a lot of fat can also help the body avoid many diseases. We should surely stop paying so much attention to weight. Simply being thin is not enough. It is actually hazardous if those who get (or already are) thin think they are automatically healthy and thus free form paying attention to their overall life-style. Thinness can be pure vainglory (虚荣).26. In the eyes of the author, an odd phenomenon nowadays is that ______.A) the Duchess of Windsor is regarded as a woman of virtue.B) looking slim is a symbol of having a large fortuneC) being thin is viewed as a much desired qualityD) religious people are not necessarily virtuous27. Swept by the prevailing trend, the author ______.A) had to go on a diet for the greater part of her lifeB) could still prevent herself from going off the trackC) had to seek help from rich distant relativesD) had to wear highly fashionable clothes28. In human history, people’s views on body weight ______.A) were closely related to their religious beliefsB) changed from time to timeC) varied between the poor and the richD) led to different oral standards29. The author criticizes women’s obsession with thinness ______.A) from an economic and educational perspectiveB) from sociological and medical points of viewC) from a historical and religious standpointD) in the light of moral principles30. What’s the author’s advice to women who are absorbed in the idea of thinness?A) They should be more concerned with their overall lifestyle.B) They should be more watchful for fatal diseases.C) They should gain weight to look healthy.D) They should rid themselves of fantasies about designer clothes.Passage ThreeQuestions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage:War may be a natural expression of biological instincts and drives toward aggression in the human species. Natural impulses of anger, hostility, and territoriality (守卫地盘的天性) are expressed through acts of violence. Theses are all qualities that humans share with animals. Aggression is a kind of innate (天生的) survival mechanism, an instinct for self-preservation, that allows animals to defend themselves from threats to their existence. But, on the other hand, human violence shows evidence of being a learned behavior. In the case of human aggression, violence cannot be simply reduced to an instinct. The many expressions of human violence are always conditioned by social conventions that give shape to aggressive behavior. In human societies violence has a social function: It is a strategy for creating or destroying forms of social order. Religious traditions have taken a leading role in directing the powers of violence. We will look at the ritual and ethical (道德上的) patterns within which human violence has been directed.The violence within a society is controlled through institutions of law. The more developed a legal system becomes, the more society takes responsibility for the discovery, control, and punishment of violent acts. In most tribal societies the only means to deal with an act of violence is revenge. Each family group may have the responsibility for personally carrying out judgment and punishment upon the person who committed the offense. But in legal systems, the responsibility for revenge becomes depersonalized and diffused. The society assumes theresponsibility for protecting individuals from violence. In cases where they cannot be protected, the society is responsible for imposing punishment. In a sate controlled legal system, individuals are removed from the cycle of revenge motivated by acts of violence, and the state assumes responsibility for their protection.The other side of a state legal apparatus is a state military apparatus. While the one protects the individual from violence, the other sacrifices the individual to violence in the interests of the state. In war the state affirms its supreme power over the individuals within its own borders. War is not simply a trial by combat to settle disputes between states; it is the moment when the state makes its most powerful demands upon its people for their recommitment, allegiance, and supreme sacrifice. Times of war test a community’s deepest religious and ethical commitments.31. Human violence shows evidence of being a learned behavior in that ______.A) it threatens the existing social systemsB) it is influenced by societyC) it has roots in religious conflictsD) it is directed against institutions of law32. The function of legal systems, according to the passage, is ______.A) to control violence within a societyB) to protect the world from chaosC) to free society from the idea of revengeD) to give the government absolute power33. What does the author mean by saying “…in legal systems, the responsibility for revengebecomes depersonalized an diffused” (Lines 5-6, Para. 2)A) Legal systems greatly reduce the possibilities of physical violence.B) Offenses against individuals are no longer judged on a personal basis.C) Victims of violence find it more difficult to take revenge.D) Punishment is not carried out directly by the individuals involved.34. The word “allegiance” (Line 5, Para. 3) is closest in meaning to ______.A) loyaltyB) objectiveC) survivalD) motive35. What can we learn from the last paragraph?A) Governments tend to abuse their supreme power in times of war.B) In times of war governments may extend their power across national borders.C) In times of war governments impose high religious and ethical standards on their people.D) Governments may sacrifice individuals in the interests of the state in times of war.Passage FourQuestions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage:Researchers who are unfamiliar with the cultural and ethnic groups they are studying must take extra precautions to shed any biases they bring with them from their own culture. For example, they must make sure they construct measures that are meaningful for each of the culturalor ethnic minority groups being studied.In conducting research on cultural and ethnic minority issues, investigators distinguish between the emic approach and the etic approach. In the emic approach, the goal is to describe behavior in one culture or ethnic group in terms that are meaningful and important to the people in that culture or ethnic group, without regard to other cultures or ethnic groups. In the etic approach, the goal is to describe behavior so that generalizations can be made across cultures. If researchers construct a questionnaire in an emic fashion, their concern is only that the questions are meaningful to the particular culture or ethnic group being studied. If, however, the researchers construct a questionnaire in an etic fashion, they want to include questions that reflect concepts familiar to all cultures involved.How might the emic and etic approaches be reflected in the study of family processes? In the emic approach, the researchers might choose to focus only on middle-class White families, without regard for whether the information obtained in the study can be generalized or is appropriate for ethnic minority groups. In a subsequent study, the researchers may decide to adopt an etic approach by studying not only middle-class White families, but also lower-income White families, Black American families, Spanish American families, and Asian American families. In studying ethnic minority families, the researchers would likely discover that the extended family is more frequently a support system in ethnic minority families than in White American families. If so, the emic approach would reveal a different pattern of family interaction than would the etic approach, documenting that research with middle-class White families cannot always be generalized to all ethnic groups.36. According to the first paragraph, researchers unfamiliar with the target cultures are inclined to______.A) be overcautious in constructing meaningful measuresB) view them from their own cultural perspectiveC) guard against interference from their own cultureD) accept readily what is alien to their own culture37.What does the author say about the emic approach and the etic approach?A) They have different research focuses in the study of ethnic issues.B) The former is biased while the latter is objective.C) The former concentrates on the study of culture while the latter on family issues.D) They are both heavily dependent on questionnaires in conducting surveys.38. Compared with the etic approach, the emic approach is apparently more ______.A) culturally interactiveB) culture-orientedC) culturally biasedD) culture-specific39. The etic approach is concerned with ______.A) the general characteristics of minority familiesB) culture-related concepts of individual ethnic groupsC) features shared by various cultures or ethnic groupsD) the economic conditions of different types of families40. Which of the following is true of the ethnic minority families in the U.S. according to thepassage?A) Their cultural patterns are usually more adaptable.B) Their cultural concepts are difficult to comprehend.C) They don’t interact with each other so much as White families.D) They have closer family ties than White families.Part III Vocabulary and Structure (20 minutes)Directions:There are 3.0. incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Choose the ONE that best completes the sentence.Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line throughthe center.41. It was ______ that the restaurant discriminated against black customers.A) addicted B) allegedC) assaulted D) ascribed42. The medicine ______ his pain but did not cure his illness.A) activated B) alleviatedC) medicated D) deteriorated43. He is the only people who can ______ in this case, because the other witnesses were killedmysteriously.A) testify B) chargeC) accuse D) rectify44. Professor Hawking is ______ as one of the world’s greatest living physicists.A) dignified B) clarifiedC) acknowledged D) illustrated45 The financial problem of this company is further ______ by the rise in interest rates.A) increased B) strengthenedC) reinforced D) aggravated46. We shall probably never be able to ______ the exact nature of these sub-atomic particles.A) assert B) impartC) ascertain D) notify47. All the people in the stadium cheered up when they saw hundreds of colourful balloons______ slowly into the sky.A) ascending B) elevatingC) escalating D) lingering48. Many years had ______ before they returned to their original urban areas.A) floated B) elapsedC) skipped D) proceeded49. What you say now is not ______ with what you said last week.A) consistent B) persistentC) permanent D) insistent50. Military orders are ______ and cannot be disobeyed.A) defective B) conservativeC) alternative D) imperative51. Some educators try to put students of similar abilities into the same class because they believethis kind of ______ grouping is advisable.A) homogeneous B) instantaneousC) spontaneous D) anonymous52. Even sensible men do ______ things sometimes.A) abrupt B) absurdC) acute D) apt53. The commission would find itself ______ at every turn if its members couldn’t’reach anagreement.A) collided B) savagedC) crumbled D) hampered54. Grain production in the world is ______, but still millions go hungry.A) staggering B) shrinkingC) soaring D) suspending55. He developed a ______ attitude after years of frustration in his career.A) sneaking B) disgustedC) drastic D) cynical56. They believed that this was not the ______ of their campaign for equality but merely thebeginning.A) climax B) summitC) pitch D) maximum57. Several guests were waiting in the ______ for the front door to open.A) porch B) ventC) inlet D) entry58. As the mountains were covered with a ______ of cloud, we couldn’t see their tops.A) coating B) filmC) veil D) shade59. We couldn’t really afford to buy a house so we got it on hire purchase and paid monthly______.A) investments B) requirementsC) arrangements D) installments60. The magician made us think he cut the girl into pieces but it was merely an ______.A) illusion B) impressionC) image D) illumination61. A good education is an ______ you can fall back on for the rest of your life.A) asset B) ethicC) inventory D) obligation62. Giving a gift can convey a wealth of meaning about your appreciation of their ______ and theimportance you place upon the relationship.A) solidarity B) priorityC) superiority D) hospitality63. The designer has applied for a ______ for his new invention.A) tariff B) discountC) version D) patent64. The toy maker produces a ______ copy of the spaced station, exact in every detail.A) minimal B) minimumC) miniature D) minor65. An energy tax would curb ordinary air pollution, limit oil imports and cut the budget ______.A) disposition B) discrepancyC) defect D) deficit66. They have decided to ______ physical punishment in all local schools.A) put away B) break away fromC) do away with D) pass away67. Astronauts are ______ all kinds of tests before they are actually sent up in a spacecraft.A) inclined to B) subjected toC) prone to D) bound to68. Individual sports are run by over 370 independent governing bodies whose functions usuallyinclude ______ rules, holding events, selecting national teams and promoting international links.A) drawing on B) drawing inC) drawing up D) drawing down69. Up until that time, his interest had focused almost ______ on fully mastering the skills andtechniques of his craft.A) restrictively B) radicallyC) inclusively D) exclusively70. All the ceremonies at the 2000 Olympic Games had a unique Australian flavor, ______ oftheir multicultural communities.A) noticeable B) indicativeC) conspicuous D) implicitPart 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 aword. Mark out the mistakes and put the corrections in the blanks provided. If youchange a word, cross it out and write the correct word in the corresponding blank. Ifyou add a word, put an insertion mark (∧) in the right place and write the missingword in the blank. If you delete a word, cross it out and put a slash (／) in the blank. Example:Television is rapidly becoming the literatures of our periods. 1. time/times/period Many of the arguments having used for the study of literature. 2. ／___________As a school subject are valid for ∧study of television. 3. the___________A great many cities are experiencing difficulties whichare nothing new in the history of cities, except in their scale.Some cities have lost their original purpose and have not foundnew one. And any large or rich city is going to attract poor S1. __________immigrants, who flood in, filling with hopes of prosperityS2. __________ which are then often disappointing. There are backward townson the edge of Bombay or Brasilia, just as though there wereS3. __________ on the edge of seventeenth-century London or early nine-teenth-century Paris. This is new is the scale. DescriptionsS4. __________ written by eighteenth-century travelers of the poor of MexicoCity, and the enormous contrasts that was to be found there,S5. __________ are very dissimilar to descriptions of Mexico City today —theS6. __________ poor can still be numbered in millions.The whole monstrous growth rests on economic prosper-ity, but behind it lies two myths: the myth of the city as aS7. __________ promised land, that attracts immigrants from rural povertyS8. __________ and brings it flooding into city centers, and the myth of theS9. __________ country as a Garden of Eden, which, a few generations late,S10. __________ sends them flooding out again to the suburbs.Part VWriting (30 minutes) Directions: For this part, you are allowed thirty minutes to write a composition on the topic:Student Use of Computers. You should write at least 150 words, and base yourcomposition on the outline given in Chinese below:1. 上图所示为1990年、1995年、2002年某校大学生使用计算机的情况，请描述其变化；2. 请说明发生这些变化的原因（可从计算机的用途、价格或社会发展等方面加以说明）；3. 你认为目前大学生在计算机使用中有什么困难或问题。
2022年6月大学英语六级真题试卷及参考答案
Part Writing (30 minutes)Ⅰno more than 200 words.<!--[endif]-->The Three-Year SolutionHartwick College, a small liberal-arts school in upstate New York, makes New York, makes this offer to well prepared students: earn your undergraduate degree in three years instead of four, and save about 543,000—the amount of one year’s tuition and fees. A number of innovativeBut many colleges and universities are stuck in the past. For instance, the idea of thefall-to-spring“schoolyear”hasn’t changed much since before the American Revolution, when we were a summer stretch no longer makes sense. Former George Washington University president Stephen Trachtenberg estimates that a typical college uses its facilities for academic purposes a little more than half the calendar year.“While college facilities sit idle, they continue to generate maintenance expenses that contribute to the high cost of running a college,” he has written.Congress has tried to help students with college costs through Pell Grants and other forms of tuition support. But some of their fixes have made the problem worse. The stack of congressional regulations governing federal student grants and loans now stands twice as tall as I do. Filling out these forms consumes 7% of every tuition dollar.For all of these reasons, some colleges like Hartwick are rethinking the old way of doing things and questioning decades-old assumptions about what a college degree means. For instance, why does it have to take four years to earn a diploma? This fall, 16 first-year students and four second-year students at Hartwick enrolled in the school’s new three year degree program.According to the college, the plan is designed for high-ability, highly motivated student who wish to save money or to move along more rapidly toward advanced degrees.By eliminating that extra year, there year degree students save 25% in costs. Instead of taking 30 credits a year, these students take 40. During January, Hartwick runs a four week course during which students may earn three to four credits on or off campus, including a number ofinternational sites. Summer courses are not required, but a student may enroll in them—and payextra. Three year students get first crack at course registration. There are no changes in the number of courses professors teach or in their pay.The three-year degree isn’t a new idea. Geniuses have always breezed through. JudsonCollege, a 350-student institution in Alabama, has offered students a three-year option for40 years. Students attend “short terms” in May and June to earn the credits required for graduation. Bates College in Maine and Ball State University in Indiana are among othercolleges offering three-year options.Advanced Placement (AP) credits amounting to a semester or more of college level work.Many universities, including large schools like the University of Texas, make it easy for these AP students to graduate faster.professor’s class. Iowa’s Waldorf College has graduated several hundred students in its three-year degree program, but it now phasing out the option. Most Waldorf students wanted the fullfour-year experience—academically, socially, and athletically. And faculty members will bewary of any change that threatens the core curriculum in the name of moving students into the workforce.Expanding the three-year option may be difficult, but it may be less difficult than asking bright, motivated students. These sorts of innovations can help American universities avoid the perils of success.注意：此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。
2002年6月六级答案
2002年6月六级答案【篇一：2006年6月大学英语六级考试真题及答案】txt>part i listening comprehension (20 minutes)section adirections: in this section, you will hear 10 short conversations. at the end of eachconversation, a question will be asked about what was said. both the conversationand the question will be spoken only once. after each question there will be a pause.during the pause, you must read the four choices marked a), b), c) and d), anddecide which is the best answer. then mark the corresponding letter on the answersheet with a single line through the center.example: you will hear:you will read:a) 2 hours.b) 3 hours.d) 5 hours.from the conversation we know that the two were talking about some work they will start at 9 o?clock in the morning and have to finish at 2 in the afternoon. therefore, d) “5 hours” is the correct answer. you should choose [d] on the answer sheet and mark it with a single line through the center.sample answer [a] [b] [c] [d]1. a) she met with thomas just a few days ago.b) she can help with the orientation program.c) she is not sure she can pass on the message.d) she will certainly try to contact thomas.2. a) set the dinner table.b) change the light bulbc) clean the dining room.d) hold the ladder for him.3. a) he?d like a piece of pie.b) he?d like some coffeec) he?d rather stay in the warm room.d) he?s just had dinner with his friends.4. a) he has managed to sell a number of cars.b) he is contented with his current position.c) he might get fired.d) he has lost his job.5. a) tony?s secretary.b) paul?s girlfriend.c) paul’s colleague.d) tony’s wife.6. a) he was fined for running a red light.b) he was caught speeding on a fast lane.c) he had to run quickly to get the ticket.d) he made a wrong turn at the intersection.7. a) he has learned a lot from his own mistakes.b) he is quite experienced in taming wild dogs.c) he finds reward more effective than punishment.d) he thinks it important to master basic training skills.8. a) at a bookstore.b) at the dentist?s.c) in a restaurant.d) in the library.9. a) he doesn?t want jenny to get into trouble.b) he doesn?t agree with the woman?s remark.c) he thinks jenny?s workload too heavy at college.d) he believes most college students are running wild.10. a) it was applaudable.b) it was just terrible.c) the actors were enthusiastic.d) the plot was funny enough.section bdirections: in this section, you will hear 3 short passages. at the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once.after you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choicesmarked a), b), c) and d). then mark the corresponding letter on the answer sheetwith a single line through the centre.passage onequestions 11 to 13 are based on the passage you have just heard.11. a) social work.b) medical carec) applied physicsd) special education.12. a) the timely advice from her friends and relatives.b) the two-year professional training she received.c) her determination to fulfill her dream.d) her parents? consistent moral support.13. a) to get the funding for the hospitals.b) to help the disabled children there.c) to train therapists for the children there.d) to set up an institution for the handicapped.passage twoquestions 14 to 17 are based on the passage you have just heard.14. a) at a country school in mexico.b) in a mountain valley of spain.c) at a small american college.d) in a small village in chile.15. a) by expanding their minds and horizons.b) by financing their elementary education.c) by setting up a small primary school.d) by setting them an inspiring example.16. a) she wrote poetry that broke through national barriers.b) she was a talented designer of original school curriculums.c) she proved herself to be an active and capable stateswoman.d) she made outstanding contributions to children?s education.17. a) she won the 1945 nobel prize in literature.b) she was the first woman to win a nobel prize.c) she translated her books into many languages.d) she advised many statesmen on international affairs.passage threequestion 18 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard.18. a) how animals survive harsh conditions in the wild.b) how animals alter colors to match their surroundings.c) how animals protect themselves against predators.d) how animals learn to disguise themselves effectively.19. a) its enormous size.b) its plant-like appearance.c) its instantaneous response.d) its offensive smell.20. a) it helps improve their safety.b) it allows them to swim faster.c) it helps them fight their predators.d) it allows them to avoid twists and turns.part ii reading comprehension (35 minutes)directions: there are 4 passages in this part. each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. for each of them there are four choices marked a),b),c) andd). you should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on theanswer sheet with a single line through the centre.passage onequestions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage.there are good reasons to be troubled by the violence that spreads throughout the media. movies. television and video games are full of gunplay and bloodshed, and one might reasonably ask what?s wrong with a society that presents videos of domestic violence as entertainment. most researchers agree that the causes of real-world violence are complex. a 1993 study by the u.s. national academy of sciences listed “biological, individual, family, peer, school, and community factors” as all playing their pa rts.viewing abnormally large amounts of violent television and video games may well contribute to violent behavior in certain individuals.the trouble comes when researchers downplay uncertainties in their studies or overstate the case for causality (因果关系). skeptics were dismayed several years ago when a group of societies including theamerican medical association tried to end the debate by issuing a joint statement: “at this time, well over 1,000 studies… point overwhelmingly to a causal connectio n between media violence and aggressive behavior in some children.”freedom-of-speech advocates accused the societies of catering to politicians, and evendisputed the number of studies (most were review articles and essays, they said). when jonathan freedman, a social psychologist at the university of toronto, reviewed the literature, he found only 200 or so studies of television-watching and aggression. and when he weeded out “the most doubtful measures of aggression”, only 28% supported a connection.the critical point here is causality. the alarmists say they have proved that violent media cause aggression. but the assumptions behind their observations need to be examined. when labeling games as violent or non-violent, should a hero eating a ghost really be counted as aviolent event? and when experimenters record the time ittakes game players to read ?aggressive? or ?non-aggressive? words from a list, can we be sure what they are actually measuring? the intent of the new harvard center on media and child health to collect and standardize studies of media violence in order to compare their methodologies, assumptions and conclusions is an important step in the right direction.another appropriate ster would be to tone down the criticism until we know more. several researchers write, speak and testify quite a lot on the threat posed by violence in the media. that is,of course, their privilege. but when doing so, they often come out with statements that the matter has now been settled, drawing criticism from colleagues. in response, the alarmists accuse critics and news reporters of being deceived by the entertainment industry. such clashes help neither science nor society.21. why is there so much violence shown in movies, tv and video games?a) there is a lot of violence in the real world today.b) something has gone wrong with today?s society.c) many people are fond of gunplay and bloodshed.d) showing violence is thought to be entertaining.22. what is the skeptics (line 3. para.3) view of media violence?a) violence on television is a fairly accurate reflection of real-world life.b) most studies exaggerate the effect of media violence on the viewers.c) a causal relationship exists between media and real-world violence.d) the influence of media violence on children has been underestimated.23. the author uses the term “alarmists” (line 1. para.5) to refer to those who ______.a) use standardized measurements in the studies of media violenceb) initiated the debate over the influence of violent media on realityc) assert a direct link between violent media and aggressive behaviord) use appropriate methodology in examining aggressive behavior24. in refuting the alarmists, the author advances his argument by first challenging____.a) the source and amount of their datab) the targets of their observationc) their system of measurementd) their definition of violence25. what does the author think of the debate concerning the relationship between the media and violence?a) more studies should be conducted before conclusions are drawn.b) it should come to an end since the matter has now been settled.c) the past studies in this field have proved to be misleading.d) he more than agrees with the views held by the alarmists.passage twoquestions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage.you’re in trouble if you have to buy your own brand-name prescription drugs. over the past decade, prices leaped by more than double the inflation rate. treatments for chronic conditions can easily top ＄2,000 a month-no wonder that one in four americans can’s afford to fill their prescriptions. the solution? a hearty choru s of “o canada.” north of the border, where price controls reign, those same brand-name drugs cost 50% to 80% less.the canadian option is fast becoming a political wake-up call, “if our neighbors can buy drugs at reasonable prices, why can?t we?” even to whisper that thought provokes anger.“un-american!” and-the propagandists’ trump card (王牌)—“wreck our brilliant health-care system.” super-size drug prices, they claim, fund the research that sparks the next generation of wonder drugs. no sky-high drug price today, no cure for cancer tomorrow. so shut up and pay up. common sense tells you that?s a false alternative. the reward for finding. say, a cancer cure is so huge that no one?s going to hang it up. nevertheless, if canada-level pricing came to the united states, the industry?s profit margins would drop and the pace of new-drug development would slow. here lies the american dilemma. who is all this splendid medicine for? should ourhealth-care system continue its drive toward the best of the best, even though rising numbers of patients can?t afford it? or should we direct our wealth toward letting everyone in on today?s level of care? measured by saved lives, the latter is almost certainly the better course.to defend their profits, the drug companies have warned canadian wholesalers andpharmacies(药房) not to sell to americans by mail, and are cutting back supplies to those who【篇二：2004年6月英语六级真题(含答案)】xt>part isection adirections: listening comprehension (20 minutes) in this section, you will hear 10 short conversations. at the end of eachconversation, a question will be asked about what was said. both the conversation and the question will be spoken only once. after each question there will be a pause. during the pause, you must read the four choices marked a), b), c) and d), and decide which is the best answer. then mark the corresponding letter on the answer sheet with a single line through the center.example: you will hear:you will read:a) 2 hours.b) 3 hours.c) 4 hours.d) 5 hours.from the conversation we know that the two were talking about some work they will start at 9 o’clock in the morning and have to finish at 2 in the afternoon. therefore, d) “5 hours” is the correct answer. you should choose [d] on the answer sheet and mark it with a single line through the center.1.2.3.4.5.6.a) dicks trousers dont match his jacket. b) dick looks funny in that yellow jacket. c) the color of dicks jacket is too dark. d) dick has bad taste in clothes. a) call the police station. c) show the man her family pictures. b) get the wallet for the man. d) ask to see the mans drivers license. a) the temperature is not as high as the man claims. b) the room will get cool if the man opens the windows. c) she is following instructions not to use the air-conditioning. d) she is afraid the new epidemic sars will soon spread all over town. a) she lost a lot of weight in two years. b) she stopped exercising two years ago. c) she had a unique way of staying healthy. d) she was never persistent in anything she did. a) the man is not suitable for the position. b) the job has been given to someone else. c) she had received only one application letter. d) the application arrived a week earlier than expected. a) hes unwilling to fetch the laundry. b) he has already picked up the laundry. c) he will go before the laundry is closed.d) he thinks his mother should get the clothes back.7. a) at a shopping center. c) at an international trade fair.b) at an electronics company. d) at a dvd counter in a music store.8. a) the woman hated the man talking throughout the movie.b) the woman saw a comedy instead of a horror movie.c) the woman prefers light movies before sleep.d) the woman regrets going to the movie.9. a) he is the fight man to get the job done.b) he is a man with professional expertise.c) he is not easy to get along with.d) he is not likely to get the job.10. a) it is being forced out of the entertainment industry.b) it should change its concept of operation.c) it should revolutionize its technology.d) it is a very good place to relax.section bdirections: in this section, you will hear 3 short passages. at the end of each passage, you willhear some questions. both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once.after you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choicesmarked a), b), c) and d). then mark the corresponding letter on the answer sheetwith a single line through the centre.passage onequestions 11 to 13 are based on the passage you have just heard.11. a) he set up the first university in america.b) he was one of the earliest settlers in america.c) he can best represent the spirit of early america.d) he was the most distinguished diplomat in american history.12. a) he provided washington with a lot of money.b) he persuaded france to support washington.c) he served as a general in washingtons army.d) he represented washington in negotiations with britain.13. a) as one of the greatest american scholars.b) as one of americas most ingenious inventors.c) as one of the founding fathers of the united states.d) as one of the most famous activists for human rights.passage twoquestions 14 to 17 are based on the passage you have just heard.14. a) because we might be offered a dish of insects.b) because nothing but freshly cooked insects are servedc) because some yuppies like to horrify guests with insects as food.d) because we might meet many successful executives in the media industry.15. a) from yuppie clubs. c) in the supermarket.b) in the seafood market. d) on the internet.16. a) its easy to prepare. c) its exotic in appearance.b) its tasty and healthful. d) its safe to eat.17. a) it will be consumed by more and more young people.b) it will become the first course at dinner parties.c) it will have to be changed to suit local tastes.d) it is unlikely to be enjoyed by most people.passage threequestions 18 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard.18. a) their business hours are limited.b) their safety measures are inadequate.c) their banking procedures are complicated.d) they dont have enough service windows.19. a) people who are in the habit of switching from one bank to another.b) young people who are fond of modern technology.c) young people who are wealthy and well-educated.d) people who have computers at home.20. a) to compete for customers.b) to reduce the size of their staff.c) to provide services for distant clients.d) to expand their operations at a lower cost.part ii reading comprehension (35 minutes)directions: there are 4 passages in this part. each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. for each of them there are four choices marked a), b), c) and d). you should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the answer sheet with a single line through the centre. passage onequestions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage.it was the worst tragedy in maritime (航海的) history, six times more deadly than the titanic. when the german cruise ship wilhelm gustloff was hit by torpedoes (鱼雷) fired from a russian submarine in the final winter of world war ii, more than 10,000 people - mostly women, children and old people fleeing the final red army push into nazi germany - were packedaboard. an ice storm had turned the decks into frozen sheets that sent hundreds of families sliding into the sea as the ship tilted and began to go down. others desperately tried to put lifeboats down. some who succeeded fought off those in the water who had the strength to try to claw their way aboard. most people froze immediately. tll never forget the screams, says christa ntitzmann, 87, one of the 1,200 survivors. she recalls watching the ship, brightly lit, slipping into its dark grave - and into seeming nothingness, rarely mentioned for more than half a century.now germanys nobel prize-winning author gtinter grass has revived the memory of the 9,000 dead, including more than4,000 children - with his latest novel crab walk, publishedlast month. the book, which will be out in english next year, doesnt dwell on the sinking; its heroine is a pregnant young woman who survives the catastrophe only to say later: nobody wanted to hear about it, not here in the west (of germany) and not at all in the east. the reason was obvious. as grass put it in a recent interview with the weekly die woche: because the crimes we germans are responsible for were and are so dominant, we didnt have the energy left to tell of our own sufferings.the long silence about the sinking of the wilhelm gustloff was probably unavoidable - and necessary. by ueservedly owning up to their countrys monstrous crimes in the second world war, germans have managed to win acceptance abroad, marginalize (使...不得势) the neo- nazis at home and make peace with their neighbors. todays unified germany is more prosperous and stable than at any time in its long, troubled history. for that, a half century of willful forgetting about painful memories likethe german titanic was perhaps a reasonable price to pay. but even the most politically correct germans believe that they ye now earned the right to discuss the full historical record. not to equate german suffering with that of its victims, but simply to acknowledge a terrible tragedy.21. why does the author say the sinking of the wilhelm gustloff was the worst tragedy inmaritime history?a) it was attacked by russian torpedoes.b) most of its passengers were frozen to death.c) its victims were mostly women and children.d) it caused the largest number of casualties.22. hundreds of families dropped into the sea whena) a strong ice storm tilted the shipb) the cruise ship sank all of a suddenc) the badly damaged ship leaned toward one sided) the frightened passengers fought desperately for lifeboats23. the wilhelm gustloff tragedy was little talked about formore than half a century becausegermansa) were eager to win international acceptanceb) felt guilty for their crimes in world war iic) ad been pressured to keep silent about itd) were afraid of offending their neighbors24. how does gunter grass revive the memory of the wilhelm gustloff tragedy?a) by presenting the horrible scene of the torpedo attack.b) by describing the ships sinking in great detail.c) by giving an interview to the weekly die woche.d) by depicting the survival of a young pregnant woman.25. it can be learned from the passage that germans no longer think thata) they will be misunderstood if they talk about the wilhelm gustloff tragedyb) the wilhelm gustloff tragedy is a reasonable price to pay for the nations past misdeedsc) germany is responsible for the horrible crimes it committed in world war iid) it is wrong to equate their sufferings with those of other countriespassage twoquestions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage.given the lack of fit between gifted students and their schools, it is not surprising that such students often have little good to say about their school experience. in one study of 400 adulwho had achieved distinction in all areas of life, researchers found that three-fifths of these individuals either did badly in school or were unhappy in school. few macarthur prize fellows, winners of the macarthur award for creative accomplishment, had good things to say about their precollegiate schooling ifthey had not been placed in advanced programs. anecdotal (名人轶事) reports support this. pablo picasso, charles darwin, mark twain, oliver goldsmith, and william butler yeats all disliked school. so did winston churchill, who almost failed out of harrow, an elite british school. about oliver goldsmith, one of his teachers remarked, never was so dull a boy. often these children realize that they know more than their teachers, and their teachers often feel that these children are arrogant, inattentive, or unmotivated.some of these gifted people may have done poorly in school because their, gifts were not scholastic. maybe we can account for picasso in this way. but most fared poorly in school not because they lacked ability but because they found school unchallenging and consequently lost interest. yeats described the lack of fit between his mind and school: because i had found it difficult to attend to anything less interesting than my own thoughts, i was difficult to teach. as noted earlier, gifted children of all kinds tend to be strong-willed nonconformists. nonconformity and stubbornness (and yeatss level of arrogance and self-absorption) are likely to lead to conflicts with teachers.when highly gifted students in any domain talk about what was important to the development of their abilities, they are far more likely to mention their families than their schools or teachers. a writing prodigy (神童) studied by david feldman and lynn goldsmith was taught far more about writing by his journalist father than his english teacher. high-iq children, in australia studied by miraca gross had much more positive feelings about their families than their schools. about half of the mathematicians studied by benjamin bloom had little good to say about school. they all did well in school and took honors classes when available, and some skipped grades.26. the main point the author is making about schools is thata) they should satisfy the needs of students from different family backgroundsb) they are often incapable of catering to the needs of talented studentsc) they should organize their classes according to the students abilityd) they should eoll as many gifted students as possible27. the author quotes the remarks of one of oliver goldsmiths teachersa) to provide support for his argumentb) to illustrate the strong will of some gifted childrenc) to explain how dull students can also be successfuld) to show how poor olivers performance was at school28. pablo picasso is listed among the many gifted children whoa) paid no attention to their teachers in classb) contradicted their teachers much too oftenc) could not cope with their studies at school successfully【篇三：2002年6月英语六级真题听力原文】ss=txt>section a1. w: the deadline for the sociology and computer courses is the day after tomorrow.m: but i haven’t decided which courses to take yet.q: what are the man and woman talking about？（a）2. m: i’m looking for an apartment with a monthly rent to around 200 dollars in this neighborhood. can you give me some advice on that? w: well, it’s rather hard to find anything for less than 300 dollars around here. rents are lower in the suburbs, but you’ll needtransportation if you choose to live there.q: what do we learn from the conversation?（d）3. w: well, tonight we have professor brown in the studio to talk about his recent book fashion images. good evening, professor.m: good evening, and thank you for inviting me here this evening. q: what is the woman doing?（b）4. m: have you run up against any problems in getting your passport renewed? w: i haven’t started applying yet.q: what do we know from the conversation?（c）5. m: i must point out that trials of new medicine are expensive and you can never guarantee success.w: but there’s a very good chance in this case. i do hope you’ll go ahead in the view of the potential benefit to mankind.q: what are the two speakers talking about?（b）6. w: what’s the difference between a lesson and a lecture?m: well, they are both ways of imparting knowledge. but the main difference is that you participate in a lesson whereas you just listen to a lecture.a lecture is generally given to a much larger group.q: what does the man mean?（a）7. w: it’s awfully dark for 4 o’clock. do you think it’s going to rain? m: you’d better do something about that watch of yours. it must have stopped hours ago. mine says 7.q: what conclusion can we draw from this conversation?（b）8. m: you’re looking a little overwhe lmed.w: exactly. you know i got a million things to do and all ofthem haveto be finished within 3 hours.q: what does the woman mean?（d）9. m: ah-ah. looks like i’m going to be a little late for class. i hope professor clark doesn’t start on time t oday.w: are you kidding? you count such a watch by the time he starts his class. q: what can be inferred about professor clark?（c）10. m: i’m both excited and nervous about the job interview this afternoon. w: take it easy. just wear tidy and clean clothes and response truthfully to inquiries. remember, honesty is the best policy.q: what do we learn about the wan?（b）section bpassage 1jean brown has been married for 12 years. she has 3 children, and lives in the suburb outside columbus, ohio. when her youngest child reached school age, jean decided to go back to work. she felt that she should contribute to the householdfinancies. her salary can make a difference between the financial struggle and secure financial situation for her family. jean also felt bored and frustrated in her role as a homemaker and wanted to be more involved in life outside her home. jean was worried about her ch ildren’s adjustment to this new situation. but she arranged for them to go stay with the woman nearby after school each afternoon. they seem to be happywith the arrangement. the problem seem to be between jeanand her husband, bill. when jean was at home all day, she was able to clean the house, go grocery shopping, wash the clothes, take care of the children and cook 2 or 3 meals each day. she was very busy of course. but she succeeded ingetting everything done. now the same things need to be done, but jean has only evenings and early mornings to do them.both jean and bill are tired when they arrive home at 6 p.m. bill is accustomed to sitting down and reading the paper or watching tv until dinner is ready. this is exactly what jean feels like doing. but some one has to fix the dinner and bill expectsit to be jean. jean has become very angry at bill’s attitude. she feels that they should share the household jobs. but bill feels that everything should be the same as it was before jean went back to work.11. why did jean want to go back to work?12. how did jean spend her days before she went back to work? （c）13. what problem arose when jean went back to work? （a）14. what does the story try to tell us？（b）passage 2the decade for natural disaster reduction is a program designed to reduce the impact of natural disasters throughout the world. with support fromthe united nations, countries will be encouraged to share information about disaster reduction. for instance, information about how to plan for and cope with hurricanes, earthquakes and other natural disasters. one of the most important things the program plans to do is to remind us of what we can do to protect ourselves. for example, we can pack a suitcase with flashlights, a radio, food, drinking water and some tools. this safety may help us survive a disaster until help arrives. besides, the program will encourage governments to establish。
2022年6月大学英语六级作文真题及范文(3套)
2022年6月大学英语六级作文真题及范文（3套）作文1WritingNowadays more and more people keep learning new skills to adapt to a fast-changing world.you can make comments,use examples,or use your personal experiences to develop your essay.【参考范文】It is a truth universally acknowledged that we are living in a constantly changing world. What seemed absolutely right yesterday may prove wrong today. Therefore, it is essential for everyone to keep learning new skills, so they can keep up with the pace of modern world.This mentality counts in almost every stage of our life.First, when a student keeps learning new skills, he/she always asks for more and desires to explore the unknown world. Therefore, there is an excellent chance that he/she stands out in peer groups. Second, in the workplace,office workers with such attitude generally finish his/her tasks in a higher quality, and they are more likely to climb up the ladder more quickly than their colleagues who content themselves with the skills they already have.Besides, in our daily life, people who keep learning new skills are more positive, and everyone around them must be fond of making friends with them.In all, we must keep learning new skills so as to adapt to the fast-changing world. On the one hand, we should make friends more with people who have such attitude,and let their positive energy influence us.On the other, we should bear in mind that what remains unchanged is change itself, so we should never stop learning new skills.作文2WritingTo write an essay that begins with the sentence"nowadays more and more people choose to live an environmentally friendly lifestyle."【参考范文】Nowadays more and more people choose to live an environ-mentally friendly lifestyle. They tend to produce less rubbish in their daily life and try to recycle anything that can be reused. Some even become enthusiasts and encourage more people around them to change their lifestyles into the more environ-mentally friendly ones.Simon, one of my best friends, is a typical youngster who lives an environmentally friendly lifestyle. He tries not to buy prod-ucts during the manufacture of which much pollution may be caused. After using up the goods he bought, he would always reuse the packages of the goods for other purposes. He also tries to reduce the pollution from human-made machines. No matter in very hot summer or in freezing cold winter, he never uses air conditioners. He believes that it does us good to stay in a natural environment and reducing the use of air condition-ers can save more electricity as well.As people's awareness of protecting and guarding the earth becomes stronger,an increasingnumber of people from differ-ent fields will join to live sustainably and eventually make the world a more worthy place to live.作文3Writingmore and more people take the delight to helping the needy【参考范文】Currently in our society, it is quite prevalent for citizens to give a hand to those who are in need of help.Apart from this trend, what encourages people is that people in growing numbers find it delighted to help the needy. The reasons, from my per-spective, can be listed as follows.The first motivation behind this trend lies in the growing abili-ty of average people to helpothers. Unlike those in the early 21st century, people in current society are equipped with knowledge,skills, and even economic strength to provide more assistance to help the needy. What is more, this trend is largely associated with the sense of satisfaction of the public. When offering help on time, those who lend a hand realize their own value and thus part of the meaning of their life, which further strengthens similar behaviors in their daily life. The last factor is about positive energy in the mass media.In China,a country with traditional virtues of helping the disadvantaged, matters of the help among common people are great ingredients for the publicity of both tradition virtues and modern values.For me, it is much delighted to see that the public are more likely to lend a hand to others voluntarily.With people's growing ability, the sense of satisfaction, and the spread of good deeds in the mass media, this trend will inevitably become a norm in our society.。
2002年6月大学英语六级(CET-6)真题试卷
2002年6月大学英语六级(CET-6)真题试卷试卷一Part I Listening Comprehension (20 minutes)Section ADirections: In this section, you will hear 10 short conversations. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. Both theconversation and the question will be spoken only once. After eachquestion there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the fourchoices marked A), B), C) and D), and decide which is the best answer.Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single linethrough the centre.Example:You will hear:You will read:A) 2 hours.B) 3 hours.C) 4 hours.D) 5 hours.From the conversation we know that the two are talking about some work they will start at 9 o’clock in the morning and have to finish at 2 in the afternoon. Therefore, D)“5 hours” is the correct answer. You should choose [D] on the Answer Sheet and mark it with a single line through the centre.Sample Answer [A] [B] [C] [D]1. A) Registering for courses.B) Getting directions.C) Buying a new computer.D) Studying sociology.2. A) The man will probably have to find a roommate.B) The man is unlikely to live in the suburbs.C) The man will probably have to buy a car.D) The man is unlikely to find exactly what he desires.3. A) Painting a picture.B) Hosting a program.C) Designing a studio.D) Taking a photograph.4. A) The woman doesn’t think it a problem to get her passport renewed.B) The woman has difficulty renewing her passport.C) The woman hasn’t renewed her passport yet.D) The woman’s passport is still valid.5. A) A prediction of the future of mankind.B) A new drug that may benefit mankind.C) An opportunity for a good job.D) An unsuccessful experiment.6. A) A lesson requires students’ active involvement.B) Students usually take an active part in a lecture.C) More knowledge is covered in a lecture.D) There is a larger group of people interested in lessons.7. A) Neither of their watches keeps good time.B) The woman’s watch stopped 3 hours ago.C) The man’s watch goes too fast.D) It’s too dark for the woman to read her watch.8. A) She’s proud of being able to do many things at the same time.B) She is sure to finish all the things in a few hours.C) She dreams of becoming a millionaire someday.D) She’s been kept extremely busy.9. A) He wants his students to be on time for class.B) He doesn’t allow his students to tell jokes in class.C) He is always punctual for his class.D) He rarely notices which students are late.10. A) He is nervous about the exam.B) He is looking for a job.C) He doesn’t dare to tell lies.D) He doesn’t know how to answer the questions.Section BDirections: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will bespoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the bestanswer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark thecorresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through thecentre.Passage OneQuestions 11 to 14 are based on the passage you have just heard11. A) Because she was bored with her idle life at home.B) Because she was offered a good job by her neighbour.C) Because she wanted to help with the family’s finances.D) Because her family would like to see her more involved in social life.12. A) Doing housework.B) Looking after her neighbour’s children.C) Reading papers and watching TV.D) Taking good care of her husband.13. A) Jane got angry at Bill’s idle life.B) Bill failed to adapt to the new situation.C) Bill blamed Jane for neglecting the family.D) The children were not taken good care of.14. A) Neighbours should help each other.B) Women should have their own careers.C) Man and wife should share household duties.D) Parents should take good care of their children.Passage TwoQuestions 15 to 17 are based on the passage you have just heard.15. A) To predict natural disasters that can cause vast destruction.B) To limit the destruction that natural disasters may cause.C) To gain financial support from the United Nations.D) To propose measures to hold back natural disasters.16. A) There is still a long way to go before man can control natural disasters.B) International cooperation can minimize the destructive force of natural disasters.C) Technology can help reduce the damage natural disasters may cause.D) Scientists can successfully predict earthquakes.17. A) Because there were fatal mistakes in its design.B) Because the builder didn’t observe the building codes of the time.C) Because the traffic load went beyond its capacity.D) Because it was built according to less strict earthquake-resistance standards.Passage ThreeQuestions 18 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard.18. A) By judging to what extent they can eliminate the risks.B) By estimating the possible loss of lives and property.C) By estimating the frequency of volcanic eruptions.D) By judging the possible risks against the likely benefits.19. A) Once of Etna’s recent eruptions made many people move away.B) Etna’s frequent eruptions have ruined most of the local farmland.C) Etna’s eruptions are frequent but usually mild.D) There are signs that Etna will erupt again in the near future.20. A) They will remain where they are.B) They will leave this area for ever.C) They will wait and see.D) They will seek shelter in nearby regions.Part II Reading Comprehension (35 minutes)Directions: There are 4 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choicesmarked A), B), C) and D). You should decide on the best choice and markthe corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through thecentre.Passage OneQuestions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage.When global warming finally came, it stuck with a vengeance(异乎寻常地). In some regions, temperatures rose several degrees in less than a century. Sea levels shot up nearly 400 feet, flooding coastal settlements and forcing people to migrate inland.Deserts spread throughout the world as vegetation shifted drastically in North America, Europe and Asia. After driving many of the animals around them to near extinction, people were forced to abandon their old way of life for a radically new survival strategy that resulted in widespread starvation and disease. The adaptation was farming: the global-warming crisis that gave rise to it happened more than 10,000 years ago.As environmentalists convene in Rio de Janeiro this week to ponder the global climate of the future, earth scientists are in the midst of a revolution in understanding how climate has changed in the past—and how those changes have transformed human existence. Researchers have begun to piece together an illuminating picture of the powerful geological and astronomical forces that have combined to change the planet’s environment from hot to cold, wet to dry and back again over a time period stretching back hundreds of millions of years.Most importantly, scientists are beginning to realize that the climatic changes have had a major impact on the evolution of the human species. New research now suggests that climate shifts have played a key role in nearly every significant turning point in human evolution: from the dawn of primates (灵长目动物) some 65 million years ago to human ancestors rising up to walk on two legs, from the huge expansion of the human brain to the rise of agriculture. Indeed, the human history has not been merely touched by global climate change, some scientists argue, it has in some instances been driven by it.The new research has profound implications for the environmental summit in Rio. Among other things, the findings demonstrate that dramatic climate change is nothing new for planet Earth. The benign (宜人的) global environment that has existed over the past 10,000 years—during which agriculture, writing, cities and most other features of civilization appeared—is a mere bright spot in a much larger pattern of widely varying climate over the ages. In fact, the pattern of climate change in the past reveals that Earth’s climate will almost certainly go through dramatic changes in the future—even without the influence of human activity.21. Farming emerged as a survival strategy because man had been obliged ________.A) to give up his former way of lifeB) to leave the coastal areasC) to follow the ever-shifting vegetationD) to abandon his original settlement22. Earth scientists have come to understand that climate ________.A) is going through a fundamental changeB) has been getting warmer for 10,000 yearsC) will eventually change from hot to coldD) has gone through periodical changes23. Scientists believe that human evolution ________.A) has seldom been accompanied by climatic changesB) has exerted little influence on climatic changesC) has largely been effected by climatic changesD) has had a major impact on climatic changes24. Evidence of past climatic changes indicates that ________.A) human activities have accelerated changes of Earth’s environmentB) Earth’s environment will remain mild despite human interferenceC) Earth’s climate is bound to change significantly in the futureD) Earth’s climate is unlikely to undergo substantial changes in the future25. The message the author wishes to convey in the passage is that ________.A) human civilization remains glorious though it is affected by climatic changesB) mankind is virtually helpless in the face of the dramatic changes of climateC) man has to limit his activities to slow down the global warming processD) human civilization will continue to develop in spite of the changes of naturePassage TwoQuestions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage.Now woman can be too rich or too thin. This saying often attributed to the late Duchess(公爵夫人) of Windsor embodies much of the odd spirit of our times. Being thin is deemed as such a virtue.The problem with such a view is that some people actually attempt to live by it. I myself have fantasies of slipping into narrow designer clothes. Consequently, I have been on a diet for the better—or worse—part of my life. Being rich wouldn’t be bad either, but that won’t happen unless an unknown relative dies suddenly in some distant land, leaving me millions of dollars.Where did we go off the track? When did eating butter become a sin, and a little bit of extra flesh unappealing, if not repellent? All religions have certain days when people refrain from eating, and excessive eating is one of Christianity’s seven deadly sins. However, until quite recently, most people had a problem getting enough to eat. In some religious groups, wealth was a symbol of probable salvation and high morals, and fatness a sign of wealth and well-being.Today the opposite is true. We have shifted to thinness as our new mark of virtue. The result is that being fat—or even only somewhat overweight—is bad because it implies a lack of moral strength.Our obsession (迷恋) with thinness is also fueled by health concerns. It is true that in this country we have more overweight people than ever before, and that, in many cases, being overweight correlates with an increased risk of heart and blood vessel disease. These diseases, however, may have as much to do with our way of life and our high-fatdiets as with excess weight. And the associated risk of cancer in the digestive system may be more of a dietary problem—too much fat and a lack of fiber—than a weight problem.The real concern, then, is not that we weigh too much, but that we neither exercise enough nor eat well. Exercise is necessary for strong bones and both heart and lung health. A balanced diet without a lot of fat can also help the body avoid many diseases. We should surely stop paying so much attention to weight. Simply being thin is not enough. It is actually hazardous if those who get (or already are) thin think they are automatically healthy and thus free from paying attention to their overall life-style. Thinness can be pure vainglory (虚荣).26. In the eyes of the author, an odd phenomenon nowadays is that ________.A) the Duchess of Windsor is regarded as a woman of virtueB) looking slim is a symbol of having a large fortuneC) being thin is viewed as a much desired qualityD) religious people are not necessarily virtuous27. Swept by the prevailing trend, the author ________.A) had to go on a diet for the greater part of her lifeB) could still prevent herself from going off the trackC) had to seek help from rich distant relativesD) had to wear highly fashionable clothes28. In human history, people’s views on body weight ________.A) were closely related to their religious beliefsB) changed from time to timeC) varied between the poor and the richD) led to different moral standards29. The author criticizes women’s obsession with thinness ________.A) from an economic and educational perspectiveB) from sociological and medical points of viewC) from a historical and religious standpointD) in the light of moral principles30. What’s the author’s advice to women who are absorbed in the idea of thinness?A) They should be more concerned with their overall lifestyle.B) They should be more watchful for fatal diseases.C) They should gain weight to look healthy.D) They should rid themselves of fantasies about designer clothes.Passage ThreeQuestions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage.War may be a natural expression of biological instincts and drives toward aggression in the human species. Natural impulses of anger, hostility, and territoriality (守卫地盘的天性) are expressed through acts of violence. These are all qualities that humans share with animals. Aggression is a kind of innate (天生的) survival mechanism, an instinct for self-preservation that allows animals to defend themselves from threats to their existences of human violence are always conditioned by social conventions that give shape to aggressive behavior. In human societies violence has a social function. It is a strategy for creating or destroying forms of social order. Religious traditions have taken a leading role in directing the powers of violence. We will look at the ritual and ethical (道德上的) patterns within which human violence has been directed.The violence within a society is controlled through institutions of law. The more developed a legal system becomes, the more society takes responsibility for the discovery, control, and punishment of violent acts. In most tribal societies the only means to deal with an act of violence is revenge. Each family group may have the responsibility for personally carrying out judgment and punishment upon the person who committed the offense. But in legal systems, the responsibility for revenge becomes depersonalized and diffused. The society assumes the responsibility for protecting individuals from violence. In cases where they cannot be protected, the society is responsible for imposing punishment. In a state controlled legal system, individuals are removed from the cycle of revenge motivated by acts of violence, and the state assumes responsibility for their protection.The other side of a state legal apparatus is a state military apparatus. While the one protects the individual from violence, the other sacrifices the individual to violence in the interests of the state. In war the state affirms its supreme power over the individuals within its own borders. War is not simply a trial by combating to settle disputes between states; it is the moment when the state makes its most powerful demands upon its people for their commitment allegiance, and supreme sacrifice. Times of war test a community’s deepest religious and ethical commitments.31. Human violence shows evidence of being a learned behavior in that ________.A) it threatens the existing social systemsB) it is influenced by societyC) it has roots in religious conflictsD) it is directed against institutions of law32. The function of legal systems, according to the passage, is ________.A) to control violence within a societyB) to protect the world from chaosC) to free society from the idea of revengeD) to give the government absolute power33. What does t he author mean by saying “... in legal systems, the responsibility forrevenge becomes depersonalized and diffused” (Lines 4-5, Para. 2)?A) Legal systems greatly reduce the possibilities of physical violence.B) Offenses against individuals are no longer judged on a personal basis.C) Victims of violence find it more difficult to take revenge.D) Punishment is not carried out directly by the individuals involved.34. The word “allegiance” (Line 4, Para. 3) is closest in meaning to ________.A) loyaltyB) objectiveC) survivalD) motive35. What can we learn from the last paragraph?A) Governments tend to abuse their supreme power in times of war.B) In times of war governments may extend their power across national borders.C) In times of war governments impose high religious and ethical standards on theirpeople.D) Governments may sacrifice individuals in the interests of the state in times ofwar.Passage FourQuestions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage.Researchers who are unfamiliar with the cultural and ethnic groups they are studying must take extra precautions to shed any biases they bring with them from their own culture. For example, they must make sure they construct measures that are meaningful for each of the cultural or ethnic minority groups being studied.In conducting research on cultural and ethnic minority issues, investigators distinguish between the emic approach and the etic approach. In the emic approach, the goal is to describe behavior in one culture or ethnic group in terms that are meaningful and important to the people in that culture or ethnic group, without regard to other cultures or ethnic groups. In the etic approach, the goal is to describe behavior so that generalizations can be made across cultures. If researchers construct a questionnaire in anemic fashion, the concern is only that the questions are meaningful to the particular culture or ethnic group being studied. If, however, the researchers construct a questionnaire in an etic fashion, they want to include questions that reflect conceptsfamiliar to all cultures involved.How might the emic and etic approaches be reflected in the study of family processes? In the emic approach, the researchers might choose to focus only on middle-class White families, without regard for whether the information obtained in the study can be generalized or is appropriate for ethnic minority groups. In a subsequent study, the researchers may decide to adopt an etic approach by studying not only middle-class White families, but also lower-income White families, Black American families, Spanish American families, and Asian American families. In studying ethnic minority families, the researchers would likely discover that the extended family is more frequently a support system in ethnic minority families than in White American families. If so, the emic approach would reveal a different pattern of family interaction than would the etic approach, documenting that research with middle-class White families cannot always be generalized to all ethnic groups.36. According to the first paragraph, researchers unfamiliar with the target cultures areinclined to ________.A) be overcautious in constructing meaningful measuresB) view them from their own cultural perspectiveC) guard against interference from their own cultureD) accept readily what is alien to their own culture37. What does the author say about the emic approach and the etic approach?A) They have different research focuses in the study of ethnic issues.B) The former is biased while the latter is objective.C) The former concentrates on the study of culture while the latter on family issues.D) They are both heavily dependent on questionnaires in conducting surveys.38. Compared with the etic approach, the emic approach is apparently more ________.A) culturally interactiveB) culturally biasedC) culture-orientedD) culture-specific39. The etic approach is concerned with ________.A) the general characteristics of minority familiesB) culture-related concepts of individual ethnic groupsC) features shared by various cultures or ethnic groupsD) the economic conditions of different types of families40. Which of the following is true of the ethnic minority families in the ________ U.S.according to the passage?A) Their cultural patterns are usually more adaptable.B) Their cultural concepts are difficult to comprehend.C) They don’t interact with each other so much as White families.D) They have closer family ties than White families.Part III Vocabulary (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 bestcompletes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the AnswerSheet with a single line through the centre.41. It was ________ that the restaurant discriminated against black customers.A) addictedB) allegedC) assaultedD) ascribed42. The medicine ________ his pain but did not cure his illness.A) activatedB) alleviatedC) mediatedD) deteriorated43. He is the only person who can ________ in this case, because the other witnesseswere killed mysteriously.A) testifyB) chargeC) accuseD) rectify44. Professor Hawking is ________ as one of the world’s greatest living physicists.A) dignifiedB) clarifiedC) acknowledgedD) illustrated45. The financial problem of this company is further ________ by the rise in interestrates.A) increasedB) strengthenedC) reinforcedD) aggravated46. We shall probably never be able to ________ the exact nature of these sub-atomicparticles.A) assertB) impartC) ascertainD) notify47. All the people in the stadium cheered up when they saw hundreds of colourfulballoons ________ slowly into the sky.A) ascendingB) elevatingC) escalatingD) lingering48. Many years had ________ before they returned to their original urban areas.A) floatedB) elapsedC) skippedD) proceeded49. What you say now is not ________ with what you said last week.A) consistentB) persistentC) permanentD) insistent50. Military orders are ________ and cannot be disobeyed.A) defectiveB) conservativeC) alternativeD) imperative51. Some educators try to put students of familiar abilities into the same class becausethey believe this kind of ________ grouping is advisable.A) homogeneousB) instantaneousC) spontaneousD) anonymous52. Even sensible men do ________ things sometimes.A) abruptB) absurdC) acuteD) apt53. The commission would find itself ________ at every turn if its members couldn’treach an agreement.A) collidedB) savagedC) crumbledD) hampered54. Grain production in the world is ________,but still millions go hungry.A) staggeringB) shrinkingC) soaringD) suspending55. He developed a ________ attitude after years of frustration in his career.A) sneakingB) disgustedC) drasticD) cynical56. They believed that this was not the ________ of their campaign for equality butmerely the beginning.A) climaxB) summitC) pitchD) maximum57. Several guests were waiting in the ________ for the front door to open.A) porchB) ventC) inletD) entry58. As the mountains were covered with a ________ of cloud, we couldn’t see theirtops.A) coatingB) filmC) veilD) shade59. We couldn’t really afford to buy a house so we got it on hire purchase and paidmonthly ________.A) investmentsB) requirementsC) arrangementsD) installments60. The magician made us think he cut the girl into pieces but it was merely an________.A) illusionB) impressionC) imageD) illumination61. A good education is an ________ you can fall back on for the rest of your life.A) assetB) ethicC) inventoryD) obligation62. Giving a gift can convey a wealth of meaning about your appreciation of their________ and the importance you place upon the relationship.A) solidarityB) priorityC) superiorityD) hospitality63. The designer has applied for a ________ for his new invention.A) tariffB) discountC) versionD) patent64. The toy maker produces a ________ copy of the space station, exact in every detail.A) minimalB) minimumC) miniatureD) minor65. An energy tax would curb ordinary air pollution, limit oil imports and cut the budget________.A) dispositionB) discrepancyC) defectD) deficit66. They have decided to ________ physical punishment in all local schools.A) put awayB) break away fromC) do away withD) pass away67. Astronauts are ________ all kinds of tests before they are actually sent up in aspacecraft.A) inclined toB) subjected toC) prone toD) bound to68. Individual sports are run by over 370 independent governing bodies whosefunctions usually include ________ rules, holding events, selecting national teams and promoting international links.A) drawing onB) drawing inC) drawing upD) drawing down69. Up until that time, his interest had focused almost ________ on fully mastering theskills and techniques of his craft.A) restrictivelyB) radicallyC) inclusivelyD) exclusively70. All the ceremonies at the 2000 Olympic Games had a unique Australian flavor,________ of their multicultural communities.A) noticeableB) indicativeC) conspicuousD) implicit试卷二Part 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:╱. 1. time/times/period Television is rapidly becoming the literature of our periods╱used for the study of literature as 2. _______\_______ Many of the arguments havinga school subject are valid for ∧study of television. 3. ______the______A great many cities are experiencing difficulties which are nothing new in the history of cities, except in their scale.Some cities have lost their original purpose and have not found new one. And any large or rich city is going to attract poor (S1) immigrants, who flood in, filling with hopes of prosperity (S2) which are then often disappointing. There are backward towns on the edge of Bombay or Brasilia, just as though there were (S3) on the edge of seventeenth-century London or early nineteenth century Paris. This is new is in the scale. Descriptions (S4) written by eighteenth-century travelers of the poor of Mexico City, and the enormous contrasts that was to be found there, (S5) are very dissimilar to descriptions of Mexico City today—the (S6) poor can still be numbered in millions.The whole monstrous growth rests on economic prosperity, but behind it lies two。
英语六级作文真题：2002年6月英语六级作文真题及范文
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2002年6月英语六级作文真题及范文Directions: For this part, you are allowed thirty minutes to write a composition on the topic: Student Use of Computers. You should write at least 150 words, and base your composition on the outline given in Chinese below:1. 上图所示为某校大学生平均每周使用计算机的时间: 1990年(2 hours)、1995年(4 hours)、2002年(14 hours)，请描述其变化;2. 请说明发生这些变化的原因(可从计算机的用途、价格或社会发展等方面加以说明);3. 你认为目前大学生在计算机使用中有什么困难或问题。
Student Use of ComputersStudents tend to use computers more and more nowadays. Reading this chart, we can find that the average number of hours a student spends on the computer per week has increased sharply. In 1990, it was less than 2 hours; and in 1995, it increased to almost 4 hours; while in 2000, the number soared to 20 hours.Obviously computers are becoming more and more popular. There are several reasons for this. First, computers facilitate us in more aspects of life. Also, the fast development of the Internet enlarges our demands for using computers. We can easily contact with friends in remote places through the Internet.Besides, the prices of computers are getting lower and lower, which enables more students to purchase them.Along with the time spent on computers, there arise some problems. The most serious one is that many students are spending so much time playing PC games so that they ignore their studies. It is urgent to let the students use computers in a proper way.参考翻译现在，使用电脑的学生越来越多。
2002年6月全国大学英语四级考试真题和答案
2002年6月全国大学英语四级考试真题和答案Part I Listening Comprehension (20 minutes)Section ADirections: In this section, you will hear 10 short conversations. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the question will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A), B), C) and D), and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.Example:You will hear:You will read:A) At the office.B) In the waiting room.C) At the airport.D) In a restaurant.From the conversation we know that the two were talking about some work they had to finish in the evening. This is most likely to have taken place at the office. Therefore, A) “At the office” is the best answer. You should choose [A] on the Answer Sheet and mark it with a single line through the center.Sample Answer [A] [B] [C] [D]1. A) His father.B) His mother.C) His brother.D) His sister.2. A) A job opportunity.B) A position as general manager.C) A big travel agency.D) An inexperienced salesman.3. A) Having a break.B) Continuing the meeting.C) Moving on to the next item.D) Waiting a little longer.4. A) The weather forecast says it will be fine.B) The weather doesn’t count in their plan.C) They will not do as planned in case of rain.D) They will postpone their program if it rains.5. A) He wishes to have more courses like it.B) He finds it hard to follow the teacher.C) He wishes the teacher would talk more.D) He doesn’t like the teacher’s accent.6. A) Go on with the game.B) Draw pictures on the computer.C) Review his lessons.D) Have a good rest.7. A) She does not agree with Jack.B) Jack’s pe rformance is disappointing.C) Most people will find basketball boring.D) She shares Jack’s opinion.8. A) The man went to a wrong check-in counter.B) The man has just missed his flight.C) The plane will leave at 9:14.D) The plane’s departure time rema ins unknown.9. A) At a newsstand.B) At a car dealer’s.C) At a publishing house.D) At a newspaper office.10. A) He wants to get a new position.B) He is asking the woman for help.C) He has left the woman a good impression.D) He enjoys letter writing.Section BDirections: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.Passage oneQuestions 11 to 13 are based on the passage you have just heard.11. A) They are interested in other kinds of reading.B) They are active in voluntary services.C) They tend to be low in education and in income.D) They live in isolated areas.12. A) The reasons why –people don’t read newspapers are more complicated than assumed.B) There are more uneducated people among the wealthy than originally expected.C) The number of newspaper readers is steadily increasing.D) There are more nonreaders among young people nowadays.13. A) Lowering the prices of their newspapers.B) Shortening their news stories.C) Adding variety to their newspaper content.D) Including more advertisements in their newspapers.Passage TwoQuestions 14 to 17 are based on the passage you have just heard.14. A) A basket.B) A cup.C) A egg.D) An oven.15. A) To let in the sunshine.B) To serve as its door.C) To keep the nest cool.D) For the bird to lay eggs.16. A) Branches.B) Grasses.C) Mud.D) Straw.17. A) Some are built underground.B) Some can be eaten.C) Most are sewed with grasses.D) Most are dried by the sun.Passage ThreeQuestions 18 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard.18. A) To examine the chemical elements in the Ice Age.B) To look into the pattern of solar wind activity.C) To analyze the composition of different trees.D) To find out the origin of carbon-14 on Earth.19. A) The lifecycle of trees.B) The number of trees.C) The intensity of solar burning.D) The quality of air.20. A) It affects the growth of trees.B) It has been increasing since the Ice Age.C) It is determined by the chemicals in the air.D) It follows a certain cycle.Part II Reading Comprehension (35 minutes)Directions: There are 4 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.Passage OneQuestions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage.In the 1960s, medical researchers Thomas Holmes and Richard Rahe developed a checklist of stressful events. They appreciated the tricky point that any major change can be stressful. Negative events like “serious illness of a family member” were high on the list, but so were some positive life-changing events, like marriage. When you take the Holmes-Rahe testyou must remember that the score does not reflect how you deal with stress—it only shows how much you have to deal with. And we now know that the way you handle these events dramatically affects your chances of staying healthy.By the early 1970s, hundreds of similar studies had followed Holmes and Rahe. And millions of Americans who work and live under stress worried over the reports. Somehow, the research got boiled down to a memorable message. Women’s magazines ran headlines like “Stress causes illness!” If you want to stay physically and mentally healthy, the articles said, avoid stressful events.But such simplistic advice is impossible to follow. Even if stressful events are dangerous, many—like the death of a loved one—are impossible to avoid. Moreover, any warning to avoid all stressful events is a prescription (处方) for staying away from opportunities as well as trouble. Since any change can be stressful, a person who wanted to be completely free of stress would never marry, have a child, take a new job or move. The notion that all stress makes you sick also ignores a lot of what we know about people. It assumes we’re all vulnerable (脆弱的) and passive in the face of adversity (逆境). But what about human initiative and creativity? Many come through periods of stress with more physical and mental vigor than they had before. We also know that a long time without change or challenge can lead to boredom, and physical and metal strain.21. The result of Holmes-Rah e’s medical research tells us ________.A) the way you handle major events may cause stressB) what should be done to avoid stressC) what kind of event would cause stressD) how to cope with sudden changes in life22. The studies on stress in the early 1970’s led to ________.A) widespread concern over its harmful effectsB) great panic over the mental disorder it could causeC) an intensive research into stress-related illnessesD) popular avoidance of stressful jobs23. The score of the Holmes-Rahe test shows ________.A) how much pressure you are underB) how positive events can change your lifeC) how stressful a major event can beD) how you can deal with life-changing events24. Why is “such simplistic advice” (Line 1, Para. 3) impossible to follow?A) No one can stay on the same job for long.B) No prescription is effective in relieving stress.C) People have to get married someday.D) You could be missing opportunities as well.25. According to the passage people who have experienced ups and downsmay become ________.A) nervous when faced with difficultiesB) physically and mentally strainedC) more capable of coping with adversityD) indifferent toward what happens to themPassage TwoQuestions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage.Most episodes of absent-mindedness—forgetting where you left something or wondering why you just entered a room—are caused by a simple lack of attention, says Schacter. “You’re supposed to remember something, but you haven’t encoded it deeply.”Encoding, Schacter explains, is a special way of paying attention to an event that has a major impact on recalling it later. Failure to encode properly can create annoying situations. If you put your mobile phone in a pocket, for example, and don’t pay attention to what you di d because you’re involved in a conversation, you’ll probably forget that the phone is in the jacket now hanging in you wardrobe (衣柜). “Your memory itself isn’t failing you,” says Schacter. “Rather, you didn’t give your memory system the information it need ed.”Lack of interest can also lead to absent-mindedness. “A man who can recite sports statistics from 30 years ago,” says Zelinski, “may not remember to drop a letter in the mailbox.” Women have slightly better memories than men, possibly because they pay more attention to their environment, and memory relies on just that.Visual cues can help prevent absent-mindedness, says Schacter. “But be sure the cue is clear and available,” he cautions. If you want to remember to take a medication (药物) with lunch, put the pill bottle on the kitchen table—don’t leave it in the medicine chest and write yourself a note that you keep in a pocket.Another common episode of absent-mindedness: walking into a room and wondering why you’re there. Most likely, you were thinking about something else. “Everyone does this from time to time,” says Zelinski. The best thing to do is to return to where you were before entering the room, and you’ll likely remember.26. Why does the author think that encoding properly is very important?A) It helps us understand our memory system better.B) It enables us to recall something form our memory.C) It expands our memory capacity considerably.D) It slows down the process of losing our memory.27. One possible reason why women have better memories than men is that ________.A) they have a wider range of interestsB) they are more reliant on the environmentC) they have an unusual power of focusing their attentionD) they are more interested in what’s happening around them28. A note in the pocket can hardly serve as a reminder because ________.A) it will easily get lostB) it’s not clear enough for you to readC) it’s out of your sightD) it might get mixed up with other things29. What do we learn from the last paragraph?A) If we focus our attention on one thing, we might forget another.B) Memory depends to a certain extent on the environment.C) Repetition helps improve our memory.D) If we keep forgetting things, we’d better return to where we were.30. What is the passage mainly about?A) The process of gradual memory loss.B) The causes of absent-mindedness.C) The impact of the environment on memory.D) A way if encoding and recalling.Passage ThreeQuestions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage.It is hard to track the blue whale, the ocean’s largest creature, which has almost been killed off by commercial whaling and is now listed as an endangered species. Attaching radio devices to it is difficult, and visual sightings are too unreliable to give real insight into its behavior. So biologists were delighted early this year when, with the help of the Navy, they were able to track a particular blue whale for 43 days, monitoring its sounds. This was possible because of the Navy’s formerly top-secret system of underwater listening devices spanning the oceans. Tracking whales is but one example of an exciting new world just opening to civilian scientists after the cold war as the Navy starts to share and partly uncover its global network of underwater listening system built over the decades to track the ships of potential enemies.Earth scientists announced at a news conference recently that they had used the system for closely monitoring a deep-sea volcanic eruption (爆发) for the first time and that they plan similar studies.Other scientists have proposed to use the network for tracking ocean currents and measuring changes in ocean and global temperatures.The speed of sound in water is roughly one mile a second—slower than through land but faster than through air. What is most important, different layers of ocean water can act as channels for sounds, focusing them in the same way a stethoscope (听诊器) does when it carries faint noises from a patient’s chest to a doctor’s ear. This focusing is the main reason that even relatively weak sounds in the ocean, especially low-frequency ones, can often travel thousands of miles.31. The passage is chiefly about ________.A) an effort to protect an endangered marine speciesB) the civilian use of a military detection systemC) the exposure of a U.S. Navy top-secret weaponD) a new way to look into the behavior of blue whales32. The underwater listening system was originally designed ________.A) to trace and locate enemy vesselsB) to monitor deep-sea volcanic eruptionsC) to study the movement of ocean currentsD) to replace the global radio communications network33. The deep-sea listening system makes use of ________.A) the sophisticated technology of focusing sounds under waterB) the capability of sound to travel at high speedC) the unique property of layers of ocean water in transmitting soundD) low-frequency sounds traveling across different layers of water34. It can be inferred from the passage that ________.A) new radio devices should be developed for tracking the endangered blue whalesB) blue whales are no longer endangered with the use of the new listening systemC) opinions differ as to whether civilian scientists should be allowed to use military technologyD) military technology has great potential in civilian use35. Which of the following is true about the U.S. Navy underwater listening network?A) It is now partly accessible to civilian scientists.B) It has been replaced by a more advanced system.C) It became useless to the military after the cold war.D) It is indispensable in protecting endangered species.Passage FourQuestions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage.The fitness movement that began in the late 1960s and early 1970s centered around aerobic exercise (有氧操). Millions of individuals became engaged in a variety of aerobic activities, and literally thousands of health spas developed around the country to capitalize (获利) on this emerging interest in fitness, particularly aerobic dancing for females. A number of fitness spas existed prior to this aerobic fitness movement, even a national chain with spas in most major cities. However, their focus was not on aerobics, but rather on weight-training programs designed to develop muscular mass, strength, and endurance in their primarily male enthusiasts. These fitness spas did not seem to benefit financially form the aerobic fitness movement to better health, since medical opinion suggested that weight-training programs offered few, if any, health benefits. In recent years, however, weight training has again become increasingly popular for males and for females. Many current programs focus not only on developing muscular strength and endurance but onaerobic fitness as well.Historically, most physical-fitness tests have usually included measures of muscular strength and endurance, not for health-related reasons, but primarily because such fitness components have been related to performance in athletics. However, in recent years, evidence has shown that training programs designed primarily to improve muscular strength and endurance might also offer some health benefits as well. The American College of Sports Medicine now recommends that weight training be part of a total fitness program for healthy Americans. Increased participation in such training is one of the specific physical activity and fitness objectives of Healthy People 2000: National Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Objectives.36. The word “spas” (Line 3, Para. 1) most probably refers to ________.A) sports activitiesB) places for physical exerciseC) recreation centersD) athletic training programs37. Early fitness spas were intended mainly for ________.A) the promotion of aerobic exerciseB) endurance and muscular developmentC) the improvement of women’s figuresD) better performance in aerobic dancing38. What was the attitude of doctors towards weight training in health improvement?A) Positive.B) Indifferent.C) Negative.D) Cautious.39. People were given physical fitness tests in order to find out ________.A) how ell they could do in athleticsB) what their health condition was likeC) what kind of fitness center was suitable for themD) whether they were fit for aerobic exercise40. Recent studies have suggested that weight training ________.A) has become an essential part of people’s lifeB) may well affect the health of the traineesC) will attract more people in the days to comeD) contributes to health improvement as wellPart III Vocabulary and Structure (20 minutes)Directions: There are 3.0. incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Choose the ONE that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.41. You would be ________ a risk to let your child go to school by himself.A) omittingB) attachingC) affordingD) running42. He is always here; it’s ________ you’ve never met him.A) uniqueB) strangeC) rareD) peculiar43. There has been a great increase in retail sales, ________?A) does thereB) isn’t thereC) hasn’t thereD) isn’t it44. We’d like to ________ a table for five for dinner this evening.A) preserveB) retainC) reserveD) sustain45. Although a teenager, Fred could resist ________ what to do and what not to do.A) being toldB) tellingC) to be toldD) to tell46. The European Union countries were once worried that they would not have ________ supplies of petroleum.A) proficientB) efficientC) potentialD) sufficient47. In fact, Peter would rather have left for San Francisco than ________ in New York.A) to stayB) stayedC) stayingD) having stayed48. He soon received promotion, for his superiors realized that he wasa man of considerable ________.A) abilityB) futureC) possibilityD) opportunity49. Britain ahs the highest ________ of road traffic in the world—over60 cars for every mile of road.A) popularityB) densityC) intensityD) prosperity50. How is it ________ your roommate’s request and yours are identical?A) ifB) soC) whatD) that51. In my opinion, he’s ________ the most imag inative of all the contemporary poets.A) in allB) at bestC) for allD) by far52. He didn’t have time to read the report word for word: he just ________ it.A) skimmedB) observedC) overlookedD) glanced53. The leader of the expedition ________ everyone to follow his example.A) promotedB) reinforcedC) sparkedD) inspired54. What a lovely party! It’s worth ________ all my life.A) rememberingB) to rememberC) to be rememberedD) being remembered55. Who would you rather ________ with you, George or me?A) goingB) to goC) have goneD) went56. The ________ goal of the book is to help bridge the gap between research and teaching, particularly between researchers and teachers.A) intensiveB) conciseC) jointD) overall57. The owner and editor of the newspaper ________ the conference.A) were attendingB) were to attendC) is to attendD) are to attend58. We left the meeting, there obviously ________ no point in staying.A) wereB) beingC) to beD) having59. Their products are frequently overpriced and ________ in quality.A) influentialB) inferiorC) superiorD) subordinate60. The neighborhood boys like to play basketball on that ________ lot.A) validB) vacantC) vainD) vague61. These people once had fame and fortune; now ________ is left to them is utter poverty.A) all thatB) all whatC) all whichD) that all62. To our ________, Geoffrey’s illness proved not to be as serious as we had feared.A) anxietyB) reliefC) viewD) judgment63. Many people like white color as it is a ________ of purity.A) symbolB) signC) signalD) symptom64. The residents, ________ had been damaged by the fire, were given help by the Red Cross.A) all of their homesB) all their homesC) whose all homesD) all of whose homes65. This research has attracted wide ________ coverage and has featured on BBC television’s Tomorrow’s World.A) messageB) informationC) mediaD) data66. I would never have ________ a court of law if I hadn’t been so desperate.A) sought forB) accounted forC) turned upD) resorted to67. Investigators agreed that passengers on the airliner ________ at the very moment of the crash.A) should have diedB) must be dyingC) must have diedD) ought to die68. The energy ________ by the chain reaction is transformed into heat.A) transferredB) releasedC) deliveredD) conveyed69. ________ their work will give us a much better feel for the wide differences between the two schools of thought.A) To have reviewedB) Having reviewedC) ReviewingD) Being reviewed70. During the process, great care has to be taken to protect the ________ silk from damage.A) sensitiveB) tenderC) delicateD) sensiblePart IV Short Answer Questions (15 minutes)Directions: In this part there is a short passage-with five questions or incomplete statements. Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words (not exceeding 10 words).As researchers learn more about how children’s intelligence develops, they are increasingly surprised by the power of parents. The power of the school has been replaced by the home. To begin with, all the factors which are part of intelligence—the child’s understanding of language, learning patterns, curiosity—are established well before the child enters school at the age of six. Study after study has shown that evenafter school begins, children’s achievements have been far more influenced by parents than by teachers. This is particularly true about learning that is language-related. The school rather than the home is given credit for variations in achievement in subjects such as science. In view of their power, it’s sad to see so many parents not making the most of their child’s intelligence. Until recently parents had been warned by educators who asked them not to educate their children. Many teachers now realize that children cannot be educated only at school and parents are being asked to contribute both before and after the child enters school.Parents have been particularly afraid to teach reading at home. Of course, children s houldn’t be pushed to read by their parents, but educators have discovered that reading is best taught individually—and the easiest place to do this is at home. Many four-and five-year-olds who have been shown a few letters and taught their sounds will compose single words of their own with them even before they have been taught to read. Questions: (注意：答题尽量简短，超过10个词要扣分。
2002年6月六级真题解析（阅读部分）-六级阅读
Part II Reading Comprehension (35 minutes)Directions: There are 4 passages in this Part. Each passage is followed by some questions or Unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.Passage OneQuestions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage.（这是⼀篇报道性的科普⽂章，⽂章的主题是⽓候变化对⼈类⽣存的影响。
阅读难度较⼤。
）When global warming finally came, it stuck with a vengeance (异乎寻常地). In some regions, temperatures rose several degrees in less than a century. Sea levels shot up nearly 400 feet, flooding coastal settlements and forcing people to migrate inland. Deserts spread throughout the world as vegetation shifted drastically in North America, Europe and Asia. After driving many of the animals around them to near extinction, people were forced to abandon their old way of life for a radically new survival strategy that resulted in widespread starvation and disease. The adaptation was farming: the global-warming crisis that gave rise to it happened more than l0,000 years ago.As environmentalists convene in rio de Janeiro this week to ponder the global climate of the future, earth scientists are in the midst of a revolution in understanding how climate has changed in the past --and how those changes have transformed human existence. Researchers have begun to piece together an illuminating picture of the powerful geo1ogical and astronomical forces that have combined to change the planet's environment from hot to cold, wet to dry and back again over a time Period stretching back hundreds of millions of years.Most important, scientists are beginning to realize that the climatic changes have had a major impact on the evolution of the human species. New research now suggests that climate shifts have played a key role in nearly every significant turning point in human evolution: from the dawn of Primates (灵长类动物) some 65 million years ago to human ancestors rising up to walk on two legs, from the huge expansion of the human brain to the rise of agriculture. Indeed, the human history has not been merely touched by global climate change, some scientists argue, it has in some instances been driven by it.The new research has profound implications for the environmental summit in Rio. Among other things, the findings demonstrate that dramatic climate change is nothing new for planet Earth. The benign (宜⼈的) global environment that has existed over the past l0,000years - during which agriculture, writing, cities and most other features of civilization appeared --is a mere bright spot in a much large pattern of widely varying climate over the ages. In fact the pattern of climate change in the past reveals that Earth's climate will almost certainly go through dramatic changes in the future -- even without the influence of human activity2l. Farming emerged as a survival strategy because man had been obliged____________ .A) to give up his former way of lifeB) to leave the coastal areas.C) to follow the ever-shifting vegetationD) to abandon his original settlement.答案为 A)?事实细节题。
2024年06月六级考试真题答案速查(第1套)
2024年06月六级考试真题答案速查（第1套）Part I Writing参考范文：There is a growing awareness of the importance of digital literacy and skills in today’s world. In today’s rapidly evolving digital wor ld, I fully agree that digital literacy and skills are very important to everyone.For one thing, it is obvious that digital literacy is crucial for students. There are a large number of learning resources available online, such as great theses and excellent courses from prestigious universities. Students can draw on these rich resources to learn more knowledge and expand their horizons. For another, there is no denying that digital skills play an essential role in the workplace. We need to be proficient in using search engines to get more information and enhance our productivity with application software. Moreover, we cannot live a better life without digital literacy and skills. They can help a lot when it comes to getting around, shopping, socializing, and so on.To sum up, digital literacy and skills are of great importance to our study, work, and daily life. We should try our best to improve our digital literacy and skills to navigate the digital world.Part Ⅳ Translation参考译文：Traditional wedding customs in China have a long history, and since the Zhou Dynasty a complete set of wedding rituals has gradually developed, some of which are still in use today. Nowadays, Chinese wedding customs have changed a lot, but the ceremony is still very grand. The wedding venue is carefully decorated, with the main color of red, a symbol of jubilance, and many objects are placed to wish the couple happiness. At the wedding, the couple will bow to Heaven and Earth, to their parents and to each other, and then hold a banquet to entertain the guests and toast the guests to express their gratitude. Today, many young people still prefer the traditional Chinese wedding, to experience the unique and beautiful Chinese romance.。
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2002年06月大学英语六级真题
一、Writing （本大题1小题．每题15.0分，共15.0分。
For this part, you are allowed thirty minutes to write a composition . You should write at least 100 words, and base your composition on the outline (given in Chinese) below: ）
第1题
1．上图标为1990年、1995年、2000年某校大学生使用计算机的情况，请描述其变化；
2．请说明发生这些变化的原因（可从计算机用途、价格或社会发展等方面加以说明）；
3．你认为目前大学生在计算机使用中有什么困难或问题。
Student Use of Computers
【正确答案】：
参考范文
Student Use of Computers
The chart above tells us the weekly hours a college student spends on computers in the last decade of the 20th century. In 1990, less than two hours were spent on computers. The number doubled in 1995. And in 2000, the average hours increased dramatically to almost 20 hours.
Several reasons account for the rapid change. In the early or even mid-90s; computers were not so popular and people didn't fully realize their importance. Now computers have found their way into companies, schools and even homes and have become an essential part of our modern society. Computers enable us to handle our affairs effectively; reliable
computer applications are crucial to business. Once computers are connected to the Internet, people all over the world can easily communicate with one another; the Internet has become a major source of in- formation. The drop of prices also contributes to the change. With the development of technology, computers become much cheaper now than ten years ago. More students can afford them, and therefore can use them freely.
But some problems also arise. Some students spend much time playing computer games and they pay no attention to their studies; some students would rather chat with others than explore information on the Internet. This will do harm to them.
In a word, computers become very popular among students now, and how to make full use of them has caused much discussion among people.
二、Listening Comprehension（Section A）（共10小题,共10.0分）In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the end of each conversation, one or more questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked [A], [B], [C] and [D], and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.
第1题
A Registering for courses.
B Buying a new computer.
C Getting directions.
D Studying sociology.
【正确答案】：A
【本题分数】：1.0分
【答案解析】
[听力原文]
W: The deadline for the sociology and computer courses is the day after tomorrow.
M: But I haven't decided which courses to take yet.
Q: What are the man and the woman talking about?
第2题
A The man will probably have to find a roommate.。