1990年6级词汇题【答案+解释】

历年六级真题词汇与结构单选

（1990年1月）Part III Vocabulary and Structure (20 minutes)

41. You should have put the milk in the ice box; I expect it ________

undrinkable by now.

A) became B) had become C) has become D) becomes

42. Codes are a way of writing something in secret; _____, anyone who

doesn’t know the code will not be able to read it.

A) that is(进一步解释) B) worse still C) in short D) on the

other hand

43. His long service with the company was ________ with a present.

A) admitted B) acknowledged（承认，公认） C) attributed（归功于） D)

accepted

翻译：公司赠与他一件礼物以视对他在公司多年工作的认可.

44. The atmosphere is as much a part of the earth as ________ its soils

and the water of its lakes, rivers and oceans.

A) are B) is C) do D) has

as...as...在这里表示同……一样的意思.句子的意思是：大气是地球的一部分,就像土壤,湖里、河里、海洋里的水（是地球的一部分）一样.后面是一个省略句,用哪一个助动词要看还原后的完整句子用哪一个.原句还原为完整的句子为The atmosphere is as much a part of the earth as its soils and the water of its lakes,rivers and oceans are a part of it.我认为后面因为用and连接了soil和water故用复数are

45. Our house is about a mile from the station and there are not many houses

___ _____.

A) in between（在中间）B) among them C) far apart D) from each other D 46. The drowning child was saved by Dick’s ________ action.

A) acute B) alert C) profound D) prompt(v 促进 adj 敏捷的)

47. Children and old people do not like having their daily ________

upset(心烦的，混乱的)

A) habit B) practice C) routine（日常工作） D) custom

48. The criminal always paid ________ cash so the police could not track

him down.

A) on B) by C) for D) in

in cash 用现金

49. _____B___ when she started complaining.

A) Not until he arrived B) Hardly had he arrived

C) No sooner had he arrived D) Scarcely did he arrive

倒装句的一种形式 hardly,in no way,little,scarcely,seldom,never,no more,no longer,not,not only,no sooner,not only … (but also),not until…等具有否定意义的词或词组位于句首,句子用部分倒装.再比如 sooner had I got home than it began to rain.我刚到家就下起了雨. do I go to work by bus.

我很少乘公共汽车上班. 考查句型：hardly … when =" no" sooner … than,一……就,此题考查的是hardly … When,hardly放在句首使用部分倒装.句意：她一到达就开始抱怨.故选B."

A 50. By 1990, production in the area is expected to double ________ of

1980.

A) that B) it C) one D) what

51. Professor smith and Professor Brown will ________ in giving the class

lectures.

A) alter B) change C) alternate（交替，轮流） D) differ

A 52. Understanding the cultural habits of another nation, especially

________ containing as many different subcultures as the United States, is a complex task.

A) one B) the one C) that D) such

53. The manager promised to have my complaint ___B_____.

A) looked through B) looked into（调查） C) looked over D)

looked after

C 54. You can’t be ____ ____ careful in making the decision as it was

such a critical case.（can't be too...表示“再小心也不为过”）

A) very B) quite C) too D) so（后跟that）

55. Children are __C______ to have some accidents as they grow up.

A) obvious B) indispensable C) bound D) doubtless

如果是B的话,应该是物作主语,即some accidents are indispensable to children.【sb is bound to do sth】某人注定要.这个单词是人作主

语的

56. We have done things we ought not to have done and _____C___ undone

things we ought to have done.

A) leaving B) will leave C) left D) leave

57. The ratio of the work done by the machine _____C___ the work done on

it is called the efficiency of the machine.（比）

A) against B) with C) to（ratio to ） D) for

58. ____D____ the flood, the ship would have reached its destination on

time.

A) In case of B) In spite of C) Because of D) But for（如果

没有）

D 59. In your first days at the school you’ll be given a test to help

the teachers to ____D____ you to a class at your level.

A) locate B) assign（分配，指派） C) deliver D) place

选place...to...，一般来说,locate ...to ...是用在版图的地理位置,如北京和天津的位置

60. The story that follows ____A____ two famous characters of the Rocky

Mountain gold rush days.