2008年6月英语六级听力真题及答案
2008.06--2012..12六级听力答案
听力答案2008年12月听力11. A) He is quite easy to recognize.12. C) Continue her dancing class.13. D) The woman may not have followed the doctor’s instructions.14. C) They no longer suit his eyesight.15. D) He rushed out of the bath to answer the phone.16. D) Assembling the bookcase.17. A) Urge Jenny to spend more time on study.18. C) The local people feel insecure about the dam.19. B) Its production and sales reached record levels.20. A) They cost less.21. C) It is bound to revive.22. A) Organising protests.23. C) Anti-nuclear campaigns.24. A) By harassing them.25. D) Supportive.26. B) The air pressure is low.27. C) People knew long ago how to predict the weather.28. B) People can predict the weather by their senses.29. D) They feel burdened with numerous tasks every day.30. B) Draw a detailed to-do list.31. A) They have accomplished little.32. A) Their performance may improve.33. B) Increased susceptibility to disease.34. D) Pay more attention to bodily sensations.35. C) The relationship between stress and illness.36．appearance37．symbol38．decades39．exported40．apparent41．percentage42．combination43．convenient44．Our air quality now suffers from the effects of pollutants emitted directly from our cars. 45．The problems caused by motorized vehicles in the West are often magnified in developing nations.46．Movement in some cities comes to a virtual standstill as motorized traffic competes with bicycles and pedestrians.2009年6月听力短对话11. D) Fred may have borrowed a sleeping bag from someone else.12. B) It will cool down over the weekend.13. C) Hosting a TV program.14. D) The plants should be put in a shady spot.15. C) Go to bed early.16. B) She has learned to appreciate modern sculptures.17. A)They seem satisfied with what they have done18. A)The man shouldn't hesitate to take the course长对话19 B）Domestic issues of general social concern.20 D）Based on public expectation21 D) Professional qualification22 A）Their average life span was less than 5023 C）learn to use now technology.24 D)When all people become wealthier25 C）Control environment短文听力26. B) to alert young people road manners through videotapes27 A) road accidents28. C) it has accomplished its objective29 B) customers may be misled by the smells30B）critical31A）the flower scent stimulated people’s desire to buy32C）a passenger trains collided with a goods train33D) the exact casualty figures are not yet available34 A) there was a bomb scare35D）drive with special care复合式听写36. tongue 37. official 38. administration 39 commerce40 spread 41 disadvantaged 42 confidence 43 investigate44. come to understand how it is used as a symbol of both individual identity and social connection45. infants born into English-speaking communities acquire their language before they learn to use folks and knives46. You are encourage to develop your own individual responses to various practical and theoretical issues2009.1211. A) They prefer to carry cash when traveling abroad。
听力试题2008.6 CET6
Part III Listening Comprehension (35minutes)Section ADirections: 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.11. A) The man might be able to play in the World Cup.B) The man’s football career seems to be at an end.C) The man was operated on a few weeks ago.D) The man is a fan of world-famous football players.12. A) Work out a plan to tighten his budgetB) Find out the opening hours of the cafeteria.C) Apply for a senior position in the restaurant.D) Solve his problem by doing a part-time job.13. A) A financial burden. C) A real nuisance.B) A good companion D) A well-trained pet.14. A) The errors will be corrected soon. C) The computing system is too complex.B) The woman was mistaken herself. D) He has called the woman several times.15. A) He needs help to retrieve his files. C) He needs some time to polish his paper.B) He has to type his paper once more. D) He will be away for a two-week conference.16. A) They might have to change their plan.B) He has got everything set for their trip.C) He has a heavier workload than the woman.D) They could stay in the mountains until June 8.17. A) They have wait a month to apply for a student loan.B) They can find the application forms in the brochure.C) They are not eligible for a student loan.D) They are not late for a loan application.18. A) New laws are yet to be made to reduce pollutant release.B) Pollution has attracted little attention from the public.C) The quality of air will surely change for the better.D) It’ll take years to bring air pollution under control.Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard.19. A) Enormous size of its stores. C) Its appealing surroundings.B) Numerous varieties of food. D) Its rich and colorful history.20. A) An ancient building. C) An Egyptian museum.B) A world of antiques. D) An Egyptian Memorial.21. A) Its power bill reaches $9 million a year.B) It sells thousands of light bulbs a day.C) It supplies power to a nearby town.D) It generates 70% of the electricity it uses.22. A) 11,500 C) 250,000B) 30,000 D) 300,000Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.23. A) Transferring to another department. C) Thinking about doing a different job.B) Studying accounting at a university D) Making preparation for her wedding.24. A) She has finally got a promotion and a pay raise.B) She has got a satisfactory job in another company.C) She could at last leave the accounting department.D) She managed to keep her position in the company.25. A) He and Andrea have proved to be a perfect match.B) He changed his mind about marriage unexpectedly.C) He declared that he would remain single all his life.D) He would marry Andrea even without meeting her.Section BDirections: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some question. Both the passage and the question 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 Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.Passage OneQuestions 26 to 29 are based on the passage you have just heard.26.A) They are motorcycles designated for water sports.B) They are speedy boats restricted in narrow waterways.C) They are becoming an efficient form of water transportation.D) They are getting more popular as a means or water recreation.27.A) Waterscooter operators’ lack of experience.B) Vacationers’ disregard of water safety rules.C) Overloading of small boats and other craft.D) Carelessness of people boating along the shore.28.A) They scare whales to death. C) They discharge toxic emissions.B)They produce too much noise. D) They endanger lots of water life.29.A) Expand operating areas. C) Limit the use of waterscooters.B) Restrict operating hours. D) Enforce necessary regulations.Passage TwoQuestions 30 to 32 are based on the passage you have just heard.30.A) They are stable. C) They are strained.C) They are close. D) They are changing.31.A) They are fully occupied with their own business.B) Not many of them stay in the same place for long.C) Not many of them can win trust from their neighbors.D) They attach less importance to interpersonal relations.32.A) Count on each other for help. C) Keep a friendly distance.B) Give each other a cold shoulder. D) Build a fence between them.Passage ThreeQuestions 33 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.33.A) It may produce an increasing number of idle youngsters.B) It may affect the quality of higher education in America.C) It may cause many schools to go out of operation.D) It may lead to a lack of properly educated workers.34．A）It is less serious in cities than in rural areas.B)It affects both junior and senior high schools.C)It results from a worsening economic climate.D)It is a new challenge facing American educators.35. A)Allowing them to choose their favorite teachers.B)Creating a more relaxed learning environment.C)Rewarding excellent academic performance.D)Helping them to develop better study habits.Section CDirections: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blank numbered from 36 to 43 with the exact words you have just heard. For blanks numbered from 44 to 46 you are requiredto fill in the missing information. For these blanks, you can either use the exact words you have just heard or write downthe main points in your own word. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written. Compound DictationI'm interested in the criminal justice system of our country. It seems to me that something has to be done if we are to36_______ as a country. I certainly don't know what the answers to our problems are. Things certainly get 37______ in a hurry when you get into them. But I wonder if something couldn't be done to deal with some of these problems.One thing I'm concerned about is our practice of putting 38______ in jail who haven't harmed anyone. Why not work out some system 39_______ they can pay back the debts they owe society instead of 40______ another debt by going to prison, and of course, coming under the 41______ of hardened criminals? I'm also concerned about the short prison sentences people are 42______ for serious crimes. Of course, one alternative to this is to 43_______ capital punishment, but I'm not sure I would be for that. I'm not sure it's right to take an eye for eye.44__________________________________________________________________________________I also think we must do something about the insanity plea. In my opinion, anyone who takes another person's life intentionally is insane. However, 45_____________________________________________________________________________________.It's said, of course, that the person may have to spend the rest of his life or46_____________________________________________________________________________.Scripts and KeysPart ⅢListening ComprehensionSection A11. M: Good news! I am not going to have surgery after all. The doctor says I can start working out again soon and maybe play football like before in a few weeks.W: That’s terrific. It will be great if you could get back in shape in time for the World’s Cup.Q: What do we learn from the conversation?A)。
2008年6月英语六级真题及答案解析(标准完整版)
2008年6月英语六级真题及答案Part I Writing (30 minutes)Directions:For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay entitled Will E-books Replace Traditional Books? You should write at least 150 words following the outline given below.1.随着信息技术的发展，电子图书越来越多2.有人认为电子图书会取代传统图书，理由是……3.我的看法Will E-books Replace Traditional Books?Part II Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning) (15 minutes)Directions:In this part, you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage quickly and answer the questions on Answer Sheet 1. For questions 1-7, choose the best answer from the four choices marked [A], [B], [C] and [D]. For questions 8-10, complete the sentences with the information given in the passage.What will the world be like in fifty years?This week some top scientists, including Nobel Prize winners, gave their vision of howthe world will look in 2056,fron gas-powered cars to extraordinary health advances, John Ingham reports on what the world’s finest minds believe our futures will be.For those of us lucky enough to live that long,2056 will be a world of almost perpetual youth, where obesity is a remote memory and robots become our companions.We will be rubbing shoulders with aliens and colonizing outer space. Better still, our descendants might at last live in a world at peace with itself.The prediction is that we will have found a source of inexbaustible, safe, green energy,and that science will have killed off religion. If they are right we will have removed twoof the main causes of war-our dependence on oil and religious prejudice.Will we really, as today’s scientists claim, be able to live for ever or at least cheatthe ageing process so that the average person lives to 150?Of course, all these predictions come with a scientific health warning. Harvard professor Steven Pinker says: “This is an invitation to look foolish, as with the predictions of domed cities and nuclear-powered vacuum cleaners th at were made 50 year ago.”Living longerAnthony Atala, director of the Wake Forest Institute in North Carolina, belives failing organs will be repaired by injecting cells into the body. They will naturally to straightto the injury and help heal it. A system of injections without needles could also slow the ageing process by using the same process to “tune” cells.Bruce Lahn, professor of human genetics at the University of Chicago, anticipates theability to produce“unlimited supplies” of transpla ntable human organs without the needed a new organ, such as kidney, the surgeon would contact a commercial organ producer, give him the patient’s immuno-logical profile and would then be sent a kidney with the correct tissue type.These organs would be entirely composed of human cells, grown by introducing them into animal hosts, and alloweing them to deveoop into and organ in place of the animal’s own. But Prof. Lahn believes that farmed brains would be “off limits”.He says: “Very few people would want to have their brains replaced by someone else’s and we probably don’t want to put a human brain ing an animal body.”Richard Miller, a professor at the University of Michigan, thinks scientist could develop“an thentic anti-ageing drugs” by working out how cells in larger animals such as whales and human resist many forms of injuries. He says:“It’s is now routine, in laboratory mammals, to extend lifespan by about 40%. Turning on the same protective systems in people should, by 2056, create the first class of 100-year-olds who are as vigorous and productive as today’s people in their 60s”AliensConlin Pillinger ,professor of planerary sciences at the Open University,says:”I fancy that at least we will be able to show that life didi start to evolve on Mars well as Earth.”Within 50years he hopes scientists will prove that alien life came here in Martian meteorites(陨石).Chris McKay,a planetary scientist at NASA’s Ames Research Center.believes that in 50 years we may find evidence of alien life in ancient permanent forst of Mars or on other planers.He adds:”There is even a chance we will find alien life forms here on Earth.It mightbe as different as English is to Chinese.Priceton professor Freeman Dyson thinks it “likely” that life form outer space will be discovered defore 2056 because the tools for finding it, such as optical and radio detection and data processing,are improving.He ays:”As soon as the first evidence is found,we will know what to look for and additional discoveries are likely to follow quickly.Such discoveries are likely to have revolutionary consequences for biology, astronomy and philosophy. They may change the way we look at ourselves and our place in the universe.Colonies in spaceRichard Gottprofessor of astrophysics at Princeton,hopes man will set up a self-sufficient colony on Mars,which would be a “life insurance policy against whatever catastrophes,natural or otherwise,might occur on Earth.“The real space race is whether we will colonise off Earth on to other worlds before money for the space programme runs out.”Spinal injuriesEllen Heber-Katz,a professor at the Wistar Institude in Philadelphia,foresees cures for inijuries causing paralysis such as the one that afflicated Superman star Christopher Reeve.She says:”I believe that the day is not far off when we will be able to profescribe drugs that cause severes(断裂的) spinal cords to heal,hearts to regenerate and lost limbs to regrow.“People will come to expect that injured or diseased organs are meant to be repaired from within,inmuch the same way that we fix an appliance or automobile:by replancing thedamaged part with a manufacturer-certified new part.”She predict that within 5 to 10 years fingers and toes will be regrown and limbs will start to be regrown a few years later. Reparies to the nervous system will start with optic nerves and,in time,the spinal cord.”Within 50years whole body replacement will be routine,”Prof.Heber-Katz adds.ObesitySydney Brenner,senior distinguished fellow of the Crick-Jacobs Center in California,won the 2002 Noblel Prize for Medicine and says that if there is a global disaster some humans will survive-and evolition will favour small people with bodies large enough to support the required amount of brain power.”Obesity,”he says.”will have been solved.”RobotsRodney Brooks,professor of robotice at MIT,says the problems of developing artificial intelligence for robots will be at least partly overcome.As a result,”the possibilities for robots working with people wil l open up immensely”EnergyBill Joy,green technology expert in Califomia,says:”The most significant breakthrought would be to have an inexhaustible source of safe,green energy that is substantially cheaper than any existing energy source.”Ideally,such a source would be safe in that it could not be made into weapons and would not make hazardous or toxic waste or carbon dioxide,the main greenhouse gas blamed for global warming.SocietyGeoffrey Miller,evolutionary psychologist at the Universi ty of New Mexico,says:”The US will follow the UKin realizing that religion is nor a prerequisite (前提)for ordinary human decency.“This,science will kill religion-not by reason challenging faith but by offering a more practical,uniwersal and rewarding m oral frameworkfor human interaction.”He also predicts that “ahsurdly wasteful”displays of wealth will become umfashionable while the importance of close-knit communities and families will become clearer.These there changer,he says,will help make us all”brighe\ter,wiser,happier and kinder”.注意：此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。
2008年6月英语六级答案（A卷）
.D) 2.B) 3.A) 4.C) 5.C) 6.A ) 7.D) 8.artificial intelligence 9.weapons 10.religion 听⼒听写 I am interested in criminal justice system of our country. It seems to me that something has to be done if we are to survive as a country. I certainly don't know what the answers to our problems are. Things certainly get complicated in a hurry when you get into them. But I wonder something could be done to deal with some of these problems. One thing I am concerned about is our practice of putting offenders in jail who haven't harmed anyone. Why not work out some system whereby they can pay back the debts they owe society instead of incuring another debt by going to prison and of course coming under the influence of hardened criminals. I am also concerned about the short prison sentences people are serving for serious crimes. of course one alternative to this is to restore capital punishment. but I am not sure I would be for that. I am not sure it's right to take an eye for an eye. The alternative to capital punishment is longer sentences. But they would certainly cost the tax payers much money. I also think we must do something about the insanity plea. In my opinion, anyone who takes another person's life intentionally is insane. However, that does not mean that person isn't guilty of the crime, or that he shouldn't pay society the debt he owes. It's said of course that the person may have to spend the rest of his life or a large part of it in prison for acts that he committed while not in full control of his mind. 听⼒听写答案 36. survive 37. complicated 38. offenders 39. whereby 40. incurring 41. influence 42. serving 43. restore 44. The alternative to capital punishment is longer sentences. But they would certainly cost the tax payers much money. 45. that does not mean that person isn't guilty of the crime, or that he shouldn't pay society the debt he owes. 46. a large part of it in prison for acts that he committed while not in full control of his mind. 简答 47. causing a reaction 48. an emotional debate 49. the approval of every victim’s family 50. exploiting a national tragedy 51. raise awareness 快速阅读1. D）2. B）3. A）4. C)5. C)6. A )7. D)8. artificial intelligence9. weapons 10. religion 仔细阅读 47. causing a reaction 48. an emotional debate 49. the approval of every victim’s family 50. exploiting a national tragedy 51. raise awareness 52. B) 53. C) 54. D) 55. C) 56. A) 57. D They care more about which college their children go to than the children themselves 58. A They want to increase their children’s chances of entering a prestigious college 59. C Kids’ actual abilities are more important than their college backgrounds 60. B Degrees of prestigious universities do not guarantee entry to graduate programs. 61. C they experience more job dissatisfactions in job applications 翻译 1.We can say a lot of things about those who are devoted to poems in their whole lives (毕⽣致⼒于诗歌的⼈). They are passionate, impulsive and unique. 2.Mary couldn’t have received my letter, or she should have made a reply/replied it last week. (否则她上周就该回信了). 3.Nancy is supposed to have finished (conducting) her chemistry experiment(做完化学实验) at least two weeks ago. 4.Never once have the old couple quarreled with each other (⽼两⼝相互争吵)since they were married 40 years ago. 5.The prosperity of a nation/country depends largely on (⼀个国家未来的繁荣在很⼤程度上有赖于) the quality of education. 六级作⽂ 电⼦书是否能够取代传统的书？ 1、随着信息技术的发展，电⼦图书越来越多 2、有⼈认为电⼦图书会取代传统图书，理由是-- 3、我的看法 With the development of the information technology, electric books (e-books) have attracted the attention from all our society. Wherever we go, we can see them, such as in the libraries, in the classroom as well as on the Internet. Just some experts predicted in a rectent TV interview, e-books would possibly dominate the reading the next few decades. Some people claim that the e-books will substitute the traditional ones. For one thing, the e-books can not only bring them great amount of convenience, but also free them from going to the bookstores to selecting traditional books. For another, e-books save them lots of space as well as money. They can just put them in computers and take them whiletraveling. However, traditional books are too heavy and bulk for us to carry. From my perspective, I firmly believe the e-books can not replace the traditional books totally. They will unquestionably co-exist for a long period. Although the e-books offer us lots of favorable consequences, the traditional books can provide us opportunities to take note on them and to be easy for collection. Therefore, the e-books and the traditional books are preferable to different people, and both of them can bring us benefits.。
历年6级听力原题和答案(2008开始)
2008.12Section A11. A)He is quite easy to recognizeB)he is an outstanding speakerC)he looks like a movie starD)he looks young for his age12. A)consult her dancing teacherB)take a more interesting classC)continue her dancing classD)improve her dancing skills13. A)the man did not believe what the woman saidB)the man accompanied the woman to the hospitalC)the woman may be suffering from repetitive strain injuryD)the woman may not followed the doctor’s instructions14. A)they are not in style any moreB)they have cost him far too muchC)they no longer suit his eyesightD)they should be cleaned regularly15. A)he spilled his drink onto the floorB)he has just finished wiping the floorC)he was caught in a shower on his way homeD)he rushed out of the bath to answer the phone16. A)fixing some furnitureB)repairing the toy trainC)reading the instructionsD)assembling the bookcase17. A)urge Jenny to spend more time on studyB)help Jenny to prepare for the coming examsC)act towards Jenny in a more sensible wayD)send Jenny to a volleyball training center18. A)The building of the dam needs a large budgetB)the proposed site is near the residential areaC)the local people fel insecure about the damD)the dam poses a threat to the local environmentQuestions 19-21 are based on the conversation you have just heard.19A. It saw the end of its booming years worldwideB. Its production and sales reached record levels.C. It became popular in some foreign countriesD. Its domestic market started to shrink rapidly.20. A. They cost less.B. They tasted better.C. They were in fashion.D. They were widely advertised.21. A. It is sure to fluctuate .B. It is bound to revive.C. It will remain basically stable.D. It will see no more monopolyQuestions 22 to 25 are based on the conversations you have just heard. 22A. Organising protestsB. Recruiting membersC. Acting as its spokesman.D. Saving endangered animals.23. A. Anti-animal-abuse demonstrationsB. Anti-nuclear campaignsC. Surveying the Atlantic Ocean floorD. Removing industrial waste.24. A. By harassing them.B. By appealing to the publicC. By taking legal action.D. By resorting to force.25. A. DoubtfulB. ReservedC. Indifferent .D. SupportiveSection BPassage OneQuestions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard.26.A. The air becomes still.B. The air pressure is low.C. The clouds block the sun.D. The sky appears brighter27.A. Ancient people were better at foretelling the weather.B. Sailors’saying about the weather are unreliable.C. People knew long ago how to predict the weather.D. It was easiter to forecast the weather in the old days28A. Weather forecast is getting more accurate today.B. People can predict the weather by their sensesC. Who are the real esperts in weather forecast .D. Weather changes affect people’s life remarkablyPassage TwoQuestions 29 to 31 are based on the passage you have just heard.29.A. They often feel insecure about their jobs.B. They are unable to decide what to do first .C. They are feel burdened with numerous tasks every day.D they feel burdened with numerous tasks every day30A. Analyze them rationally.B. Draw a detailed to-do list .C. Turn to others for help.D. Handle them one by one .31.A. They have accomplished little .B. They feel utterly exhausted .C. They have worked out a way to relax.D. They no longer feel any sense of guilt.Passage ThreeQuestions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.32.A. Their performance may improve.B. Their immune system may be reinforcedC. Their blood pressure may rise all of a sudden.D. Their physical development may be enhanced.33.A. Improved mental functioningB. Increased susceptibility to diseaseC. Speeding up of blood circulationD. Reduction of stress-related hormones34.A. Pretend to be in better shape.B. Have more physical exercise .C. Turn more often to friends for helpD. Pay more attention to bodily sensations.35.A. Different approaches to coping with stress.B. Various causes for serious health problems.C. The relationship between stress and illness.D. New finding of medical research on stress.2009年6月Part III Listening Comprehension (35 minutes)Section A注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。
2008年6月21日大学英语六级真题及答案
2008年6月21日大学英语六级真题及答案PartⅠWriting (30 minutes)Will E-books Replace Traditional Books1.随着信息技术的发展，电子图书越来越多2.有人认为电子图书会取代传统图书，理由是……3.我的看法注意：此部分试题在答题卡1上Part ⅡReading Comprehension(Skimming and Scanning)(15 minutes)Directions In this part, you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage quickly and answer the questions onAnswer Sheet 1 For questions 1-7,choose the best answer from the four choices marked A),B),C)and D. Forquestions 8-10,complete the sentences with the information given in the passage.What will the world be like in fifty yearsThis week some top scientists, including Nobel Prize winners, gave their vision of how the world will lookin 2056,fron gas-powered cars to extraordinary health advances, John Ingham reports on what the world’sfinest minds believe our futures will be.For those of us lucky enough to live that long,2056 will be a world of almost perpetual youth, where obesityis a remote memory and robots become our companions.We will be rubbing shoulders with aliens and colonizing outer space. Better still, our descendants might atlast live in a world at peace with itself.The prediction is that we will have found a source of inexbaustible, safe, green energy, and that science willhave killed off religion. If they are right we will have removed two of the main causes of war-ourdependence on oil and religious prejudice.Will we really, as today’s scientists claim, be able to live for ever or at least cheat the ageing process so thatthe average person lives to 150Of course, all these predictions come with a scientific health warning. Harvard professor Steven Pinker says“This is an invitation to look foolish, as with the predictions of domed cities and nuclear-powered vacuumcleaners that were made 50 year ago.”Living longerAnthony Atala, director of the Wake Forest Institute in North Carolina, belives failing organs will berepaired by injecting cells into the body. They will naturally to straight to the injury and help heal it. Asystem of injections without needles could also slow the ageing process by using the same process to “tune”cells.Bruce Lahn, professor of human genetics at the University of Chicago, anticipates the ability toproduce“unlimited supplies” of transplantable human organs without the needed a new organ, such askidney, the surgeon would contact a commercial organ producer, give him the patient’s immuno-logicalpro would then be sent a kidney with the correct tissue type.These organs would be entirely composed of human cells, grown by introducing them into animal hosts, andalloweing them to deveoop into and organ in place of the animal’s own. But Prof. Lahn believes thatfarmed brains would be “off limits”.He says “Very few people would want to have their brains replacedby someone else’s and we probably don’t want to put a human brain ing an animal body.”Richard Miller, a professor at the University of Michigan, thinks scientist could develop“an thentic anti-ageing drugs” by working out how cells in larger animals such as whales and human resist many forms ofinjuries. He says“It’s is now routine, in laboratory mammals, to extend lifespan by about 40%. Turningon the same protective systems in people should, by 2056, create the first class of 100-year-olds who are asvigorous and productive as today’s people in their 60s”AliensConlin Pillinger ,professor of planerary sciences at the Open University,says”I fancy that at least we will beable to show that life didi start to evolve on Mars well as Earth.”Within 50years he hopes scientists willprove that alien life came here in Martian meteorites(陨石).Chris McKay,a planetary scientist at NASA’s Ames Research Center.believes that in 50 years we may findevidence of alien life in ancient permanent forst of Mars or on other planers.He adds”There is even a chance we will find alien life forms here on Earth.It mightbe as different as Englishis to Chinese.Priceton professor Freeman Dyson thinks it “likely” that life form outer space will be discovered defore2056 because the tools for finding it, such as optical and radio detection and data processing,are improving.He ays”As soon as the first evidence is found,we will know what to look for and additional discoveries arelikely to follow quickly.Such discoveries are likely to have revolutionary consequences for biology,astronomy and philosophy. They may change the way we look at ourselves and our place in the universe.Colonies in spaceRichard Gottprofessor of astrophysics at Princeton,hopes man will set up a self-sufficient colony onMars,which would be a “life insurance policy against whatever catastrophes,natural or otherwise,mightoccur on Earth.“The real space race is whether we will colonise off Earth on to other worlds before money for the spaceprogramme runs out.”Spinal injuriesEllen Heber-Katz,a professor at the Wistar Institude in Philadelphia,foresees cures for inijuries causingparalysis such as the one that afflicated Superman star Christopher Reeve.She says”I believe that the day is not far off when we will be able to profescribe drugs that cause severes(断裂的) spinal cords to heal,hearts to regenerate and lost limbs to regrow.“People will come to expect that injured or diseased organs are meant to be repaired from within,inmuchthe same way that we fix an appliance or automobileby replancing the damaged part with a manufacturer-certified new part.”She predict that within 5 to 10 years fingers and toes will be regrown and limbs willstart to be regrown a few years later. Reparies to the nervous system will start with optic nerves and,intime,the spinal cord.”Within 50years whole body replacement will be routine,”Prof.Heber-Katz adds.ObesitySydney Brenner,senior distinguished fellow of the Crick-Jacobs Center in California,won the 2002 NoblelPrize for Medicine and says that if there is a global disaster some humans will survive-and evolition willfavour small people with bodies large enough to support the required amount of brainpower.”Obesity,”he says.”will have been solved.”RobotsRodney Brooks,professor of robotice at MIT,says the problems of developing artificial intelligence for robotswill be at least partly overcome.As a result,”the possibilities for robots working with people will open upimmensely”EnergyBill Joy,green technology expert in Califomia,says”The most significant breakthrought would be to have aninexhaustible source of safe,green energy that is substantially cheaper than any existing energy source.”Ideally,such a source would be safe in that it could not be made into weapons and would not makehazardous or toxic waste or carbon dioxide,the main greenhouse gas blamed for global warming.SocietyGeoffrey Miller,evolutionary psychologist at the University of New Mexico,says”The US will follow theUKin realizing that religion is nor a prerequisite (前提)for ordinary human decency.“This,science will kill religion-not by reason challenging faith but by offering a more practical,uniwersaland rewarding moral frameworkfor human interaction.”He also predicts that “ahsurdly wasteful”displays of wealth will become umfashionable while theimportance of close-knit communities and families will become clearer.These there changer,he says,will help make us all”brigheter,wiser,happier and kinder”.注意：此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。
2008年6月大学英语六级考试真题与答案
2008年6月大学英语六级考试A卷（真题+答案）7［1］Passage TwoQuestions 57 to 61 are based on the following passage.In the college—admissions wars，we parents are the true fights. We are pushing our kids to get good grades，take SAT preparatory courses and build resumes so they can get into the college of our first choice. I’ve twice been to the wars, and as I survey th e battlefield，something different is happening。
We see our kids’college background as e prize demonstrating how well we’ve raised them。
But we can’t acknowledge that our obsession(痴迷）is more about us than them. So we've contrived various justifications that turn out to be half—truths，prejudices or myths。
It actually doesn’t matter much whether Aaron and Nicole go to Stanford。
We have a full-blown prestige panic；we worry that there won't be enough prizes to go around。
2008年6月大学英语六级真题及答案详解
2008年6月21日大学英语六级真题及答案PartⅠWriting (30 minutes)Will E-books Replace Traditional Books1.随着信息技术的发展，电子图书越来越多2.有人认为电子图书会取代传统图书，理由是……3.我的看法注意：此部分试题在答题卡1上Part ⅡReading Comprehension(Skimming and Scanning)(15 minutes)Directions: In this part, you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage quickly and answer the questions on Answer Sheet 1 For questions 1-7,choose the best answer from the four choices marked A),B),C)and D. For questions 8-10,complete the sentences with the information given in the passage.What will the world be like in fifty yearsThis week some top scientists, including Nobel Prize winners, gave their vision of how the world will look in 2056,fron gas-powered cars to extraordinary health advances, John Ingham reports on what the world’s finest minds believe our futures will be.For those of us lucky enough to live that long,2056 will be a world of almost perpetual youth, where obesity is a remote memory and robots become our companions.We will be rubbing shoulders with aliens and colonizing outer space. Better still, our descendants might at last live in a world at peace with itself.The prediction is that we will have found a source of inexbaustible, safe, green energy, and that science will have killed off religion. If they are right we will have removed two of the main causes of war-our dependence on oil and religious prejudice.Will we really, as today’s scientists claim, be able to live for ever or at least cheat the ageing process so that the average person lives to 150Of course, all these predictions come with a scientific health warning. Harvard professor Steven Pinker says: “This is an invitation to look foolish, as with the predictions of domed cities and nuclear-powered vacuum cleaners that were made 50 year ago.”Living longerAnthony Atala, director of the Wake Forest Institute in North Carolina, belives failing organs will be repaired by injecting cells into the body. They will naturally to straight to the injury and help heal it. A system of injections without needles could also slow the ageing process by using the same process to “tune” cells.Bruce Lahn, professor of human genetics at the University of Chicago, anticipates the ability to produce“unlimited supplies” of transplantable human organs without the needed a new organ, such as kidney, the surgeon would contact a commercial organ producer, give him the patient’s immuno-logical profile and would then be sent a kidney with the correct tissue type.These organs would be entirely composed of human cells, grown by introducing them into animal hosts, and alloweing them to deveoop into and organ in place of the animal’s own. But Prof. Lahn believes that farmed brains would be “off limits”.He says: “Very few people would want to have their brains replaced by someone els e’s and we probably don’t want to put a human brain ing an animal body.”Richard Miller, a professor at the University of Michigan, thinks scientist could develop“an thentic anti-ageing drugs” by working out how cells in larger animals such as whales and h uman resist many forms of injuries. Hesays:“It’s is now routine, in laboratory mammals, to extend lifespan by about 40%. Turning on the same protective systems in people should, by 2056, create the first class of 100-year-olds who are as vigorous and prod uctive as today’s people in their 60s”AliensConlin Pillinger ,professor of planerary sciences at the Open University,says:”I fancy that at least we will be able to show that life didi start to evolve on Mars well as Earth.”Within 50years he hopes scienti sts will prove that alien life came here in Martian meteorites(陨石).Chris McKay,a planetary scientist at NASA’s Ames Research Center.believes that in 50 years we may find evidence of alien life in ancient permanent forst of Mars or on other planers.He add s:”There is even a chance we will find alien life forms here on Earth.It mightbe as different as English is to Chinese.Priceton professor Freeman Dyson thinks it “likely” that life form outer space will be discovered defore 2056 because the tools for finding it, such as optical and radio detection and data processing,are improving.He ays:”As soon as the first evidence is found,we will know what to look for and additional discoveries are likely to follow quickly.Such discoveries are likely to have revolutionary consequences for biology, astronomy and philosophy. They may change the way we look at ourselves and our place in the universe.Colonies in spaceRichard Gottprofessor of astrophysics at Princeton,hopes man will set up a self-sufficient colony on Mars,which would be a “life insurance policy against whatever catastrophes,natural or otherwise,might occur on Earth.“The real space race is whether we will colonise off Earth on to other worlds before money for the space programme runs out.”Spinal injuriesEllen Heber-Katz,a professor at the Wistar Institude in Philadelphia,foresees cures for inijuries causing paralysis such as the one that afflicated Superman star Christopher Reeve.She says:”I believe that the day is not far off when we will be able t o profescribe drugs that cause severes(断裂的) spinal cords to heal,hearts to regenerate and lost limbs to regrow.“People will come to expect that injured or diseased organs are meant to be repaired from within,inmuch the same way that we fix an appliance or automobile:by replancing the damaged part with a manufacturer-certified new part.”She predict that within 5 to 10 years fingers and toes will be regrown and limbs will start to be regrown a few years later. Reparies to the nervous system will start with optic nerves and,in time,the spinal cord.”Within 50years whole body replacement will be routine,”Prof.Heber-Katz adds.ObesitySydney Brenner,senior distinguished fellow of the Crick-Jacobs Center in California,won the 2002 Noblel Prize for Medicine and says that if there is a global disaster some humans will survive-and evolition will favour small people with bodies large enough to support the required amount of brain power.”Obesity,”he says.”will have been solved.”RobotsRodney Brooks,professor of robotice at MIT,says the problems of developing artificial intelligence for robots will be at least partly overcome.As a result,”the possibilities for robots working with people will open up immensely”EnergyBill Joy,green technology expert in Califomia,s ays:”The most significant breakthrought would be to have an inexhaustible source of safe,green energy that is substantially cheaper than any existing energy source.”Ideally,such a source would be safe in that it could not be made into weapons and would not make hazardous ortoxic waste or carbon dioxide,the main greenhouse gas blamed for global warming.SocietyGeoffrey Miller,evolutionary psychologist at the University of New Mexico,says:”The US will follow the UKin realizing that religion is nor a prerequisite (前提)for ordinary human decency.“This,science will kill religion-not by reason challenging faith but by offering a more practical,uniwersal and rewarding moral frameworkfor human interaction.”He also predicts that “ahsurdly wasteful”displa ys of wealth will become umfashionable while the importance of close-knit communities and families will become clearer.These there changer,he says,will help make us all”brighe\ter,wiser,happier and kinder”.注意：此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。
cet6语历年六级真题06.12-08.12(有答案和听力原文)
cet6语历年六级真题06.12-08.12（有答案和听力原文）06.121.W: Do you know why Mary has such a long face today?M: I don’t have the foggiest idea! She should be happy especially since she got a promotion yesterday.Q: What did the speakers mean?2.M: Hi, Johanna! Are you interested in going to an Art Exhibition on Sunday? A friend of mine is showing some of her paintings there. It’s the opening night. Free drinks and food!W: Well, actually, I don’t have anything planned. It sounds kind of fun!Q: What did the man invite the woman to do on Sunday?3.M: You did an excellent job in school! You were indeed a great student! Where did your drive come from?W: Academic achievements were important to my parents as immigrants. Education is where it all begins. My mother in particular tries to get me interested in school.Q: what do we learn about the woman from the conversation?4.M: I hear the Sunflower Health Club on Third Street is good!W: Not right now! I used to go there. I thought it was great because it was real cheap. But the problem was it was always crowded. Sometimes, I had to wait to use the machines.Q: What does the woman say about the Sunflower health club?5.W: Tom is very excited! Just yesterday he received his doctoral degree and in a few min utes he’ll be putting the ring on Sarah‘s finger.M: He’s really such a luck dog! Sarah is a lovely bride and tonight they are going to Hawaii on their honeymoon!Q: What do we learn from the conversation?6.W: Your chemistry examination is over, isn’t it? Why do you still look so worried?M: I don’t know. It wasn’t that the questions were too hard, or they were too many of them. But I’m still feeling uneasy because the exam didn’t seem to have much to do with the course material.Q: What does the man mean?7.W: Your wife told me that you eat out four or five times a week,I really envy you!M: Don’t envy me! It’s for business. In fact, I’m sick and tired of restaurant food! Sometimes, I just prefer a home-cooked meal.Q: Why does the man say he often eats out?8.W: I was amazed when I heard Tony played piano so expertly! From the way he talked, I thought he was just starting his lessons.M: Oh, no! That’s the way he always talks!Q: What can we infer about Tony from the conversation?9.M: What do you think of people suing McDonalds for making them fat?W: Well. Its food doesn’t make you fat. But eating too much of it does! How about chocolate and ice cream? Are they all responsible? It’s silly!Q: What does the woman think of the lawsuit against McDonalds?10.M: I’m terribly sorry ma’am, but your flight has been cancelled.I won’t be able to put you on another one until tomorrow morning.W: Well, I certainly hope the airline’s going to put me up somewhere tonight.Q: What did the woman request the airline do?Passage oneYou have probably heard of the DuPont company, which was founded by a family of the same name. But do you know about the museum that one of the family members began? Henry Francis Du Pont was an heir to D elaware’s DuPont Company fortune. He was one of the first serious collectors ofAmerican decorative art objects: furniture, textiles, paintings and other objects made in United States between 1640 and 1840. American furniture and household objects had been considered inferior to those from Europe. But Du Pont helped develope a new appreciation for American decorative arts. He created a legendary show plays for these objects on his family estate just outside Wilmington, Delaware. In 1951, it was open to the public as the Henry Francis Du Pont Winterthur Museum. The museum assembled objects from Du Pont’s collection into 175 period rooms, each with examples of American antiques and decorative arts that followed a certain theme of period in early American history. For example, the Du Pont dining room has furniture dating from the late 18th and early 19th centuries. And because this was the time when the United States became a new nation, there’s a patriotic theme in the room. Another example is the Chinese parlo r, which has furnishings that would reflect American’s fascination with Asian culture during the 18th century. In these period rooms, Du Pont believed he could tell the story of the early United States through furniture and other decorative arts.11. What is Henry Francis Du Pont noted for?12. What was the purpose of Du Pont’s efforts?13. How were the objects on display arranged?Passage twoAccording to David Grattle, a British language expert, the idea that English will become the world language is outdated. And people are more likely to switch between two or more languages for routine communication in the future. The share of the world’s population that speaks English as a native language is falling. Instead, English will play a growing role as a second language. A population speaking more than one language is already the case in much of the world and is becoming more common in the United States. Indeed, the census bureau reported last year that nearly one American in five speaks a language other than English at home, with Spanish taking the lead, followed by Chinese. Grattle works for British consulting and publishing business. He anticipates a world with the share of people who are native English speakers slips from 9% in the mid 1990s to 5% in 2050. Grattle says, “Up until 1995, English was the second most common native tongue in the world, trailing only Chinese. By 2050, Chinese will continue its predominance with Hindi Woodoo of India and Arabic climbing past English and Spanish nearly equa l to it.” In contrast, an American language expert, David Harrison noted that the global share of English is much larger if you count second language speakers, and will continue to rise even as the proportion of native speakers declines.Harrison disputed listing Arabic in top three languages because varieties of Arabic spoken in such countries as Egypt and Morocco are mutually incomprehensible.14. What does David Grattle say about the use of languages for daily communication in the future?15. Why doe sn’t David Harrison include Arabic as one of the top three languages?16. What can we infer from the passage?Passage threeThere are about 1 million blind people in the United States. The largest and most influential organization of blind people in this country is the National Federation of the Blind. Its officials say the nation doesn’t have any colleges or universities that serve only blind students. They say the reason for this is that blind people must learn to live among people who can see. American colleges and universities do accept blind and visually impaired students, and they provide services to help these students succeed. For example, colleges find people who write down what the professor say in class and they provide technology that can help blind students with their work. However, experts say colleges can best help blind students by making it clear that the students should learn to help themselves. One blind American student named T recently made news because he graduated from medical school from the University of Wisconsin. He said technology was one of the reasons he succeeded. He used a computer that read into his earphone what he was typing. He also used a small printer that permitted him to write notes about his patients in the hospital. He did his undergraduate work at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana. National Federation of the Blind officials say blind students from other nations do come to the United States to attend college. Some can even get financial aid. The Federation awards about 30 scholarships each year that have no citizenship requirement.17. According to officials of the National Federation of the Blind, why are there no special colleges for blind students only?18. According to experts how can colleges best help blind students?19. What is one of the reasons given by T as a blind student for his success?20. What can blind students from overseas do to study in America according to the National Federation of the Blind?07.611、 W: Jim, you are on the net again! We are going to get off. It s time for the talk show!M: Just a minute dear! I m looking at a new jewelry site. I want to make sure I get the right gift for mom s birthday.Q: What is the man doing right now?12．W: I ve never seen you have such confidence before in the exam!M: It s more than confidence! Right now I felt that if I got less than an A, it will be the fault of the exam itself.Q: What does the man mean?13．W: Just look at this newspaper! Nothing but murder, death and war! Do you still believe people are basically good?M: Of course I do! But newspapers hardly ever report stories about peace and generosity. They are not news!Q: What do we learn from the conversation?14．M: Tom must be joking when he said he plans to sell his shop and go to medical school.W: You are quite right! He s just kidding! He s also told me time and time again he wished to study for some profession instead of going into business.Q: What will Tom probably do according to the conversation?15．W: I hear your boss has a real good impression of you, and he is thinking about giving you two more days off each month.M: I hope not. I d rather get more work hours I can get enough bucks to help out my two kids at college.Q: What does the man truly want?16．M: I heard you took a trip to Mexico last month. How did you like it?W: Oh, I got sick and tired of the hotel and hotel food! So now I understand the thing: East, west, home s best!Q: What does the woman mean?17．W: I m worried about Anna. She s really been depressed lately. All she does is staying in her room all day.M: That sounds serious! She d better see a psychiatrist at the counseling centre.Q: What does the man suggest Anna do?18．M: I could hardly recognize Sam after we got that new job! He s always in a suit and tie now.W: Yeah. He was never liked that in college. Back then, he went around in old T-shirts and jeans.Q: What does the speaker say about Sam?Conversation 1M: Hi, Anna! Welcome back! How’s your trip to the States?W: Very busy. I had a lot of meetings, so, of course, I didn’t have much time to see New York.M: What a pity! Actually, I have a trip there myself next week.W: Do you? Then take my advice, do the well-being in the air program. It really works.M: Oh, I read about that in a magazine. You say it works?W: Yes, I did the program on the flight to the States, and when I arrived at New York, I didn’t have any problem, no jet lag at all. On the way back, I didn’t do it, and I felt terrible.M: You’re jok ing!W: Not at all, it really meant a lot of difference.M: En. So what did you do?W: Well, I didn’t drink an alcohol or coffee, and I didn’t eat any meat or rich food. I drink a lot of water, and fresh juice, and I ate the noodles on the well-being me nu. They’re lighter. They have fish, vegetables, and noodles, for example, and I did some of the exercises of the program. M: Exercises? On a plane?W: Yes. I didn’t do many, of course, there isn’t much space on a plane. M: How many passengers do the exercises?W: Not many.M: Then how much champagne did they drink?W: A lot! It was more popular than mineral water.M: So, basically, it’s a choice. Mineral water and exercises, or champagne and jet lag.W: That’s right! It’s a difficult choice.Quest ions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you’ve just heard.19. Why did the woman go to New York?20. What does the woman say about the well-being in the air program?21. What did the woman do to follow the well-being menu?22. What did the woman say about other passengers?Conversation Two:W: Morning. Can I help you?M: Well, I’m not rally sure. I’m just looking.W: I see. Well, there’s plenty to look at it again this year. I’m sure you have to walk miles to see each stand.M: That’s true.W: Er…, would you like a coffee? Come and sit down for a minute, no obligation.M: Well, that’s very kind of you, but…W: Now, please. Is this the first year you’ve been to the fair, Mr…. M: Yes, Johnson, James Johnson.W: My name’s Susan Carter. Are you looking for anything in particular, or are you interested in computers in general?M: Well, actually, I have some specific jobs in mind. I owe a small company, we’ve grown quite dramatically over the past 12 months, and we really need some technological help to enable us to keep on top of everything. W: What’s your line of business, Mr. Johnson?M: We’re a training consultancy.W: I see. And what do you mean “to keep on top”?M: The first thing is correspondence. We have a lot of standard letters and forms. So I suppose we need some kind of word processor.W: Right. Well, that’s no problem. But it may be possible for you to get a system that does a lot of other things in addition to word processing. What might suit you is the MR5000. That’s it over there! It’s IBM compatible.M: What about the price?W: Well, the MR5000 costs 1,050 pounds. Software comes free with the hardware.M: Well, I’ll think about it. Thank you.W: Here’s my card. Please feel free to contact me.Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you’ve just heard:23. Where did the conversation take place?24. What are the speakers talking about?25. What is the man’s line of business?PassageP1The new year always brings with the cultural tradition of new possibilities. We see it as a chance for renewal. We begin to dream of new possible selves. We design our ideal self or an image that is quite different from what we are now. For some of us, we roll at dreamy film in our heads just because it’s the beginning of a new year. But we aren’t serious about making changes. We just make some half-hearted resolution and it evaporates after a week or two. The experience makes us feel less successful and leads us to discount our ability to change in the future. It’ not the change i s impossible but that it would lose(?) unless our resolutions are supported with plans for implementation. We have to make our intentions manageable by detailing the specific steps that will carry us to our goal. Say your goal is to lose weight by dieting and cutting off sweets. But one night you just have to have a cookie. And you know there’s a bag of your favorites in the cupboard. You want one, you eat two, you check the bag and find out you’ve just shot 132 calories. You say to yourself, “What the hell!” and polish off the whole bag. Then you begin to draw all kinds of unpleasant conclusions about yourself. To protect your sense of self, you begin to discount the goal. You may think –“Well, dieting wasn’t that important to me and I won’t make it anyhow.” So you abandon the goal and return to your bad habits.26 What do people usually wish to do at the beginning of a new year?27 How can people turn their new year’s resolutions into reality?28 Why does the speaker mention the example of sweets and cookies?P225 years ago, Ray Anderson, a single parent with a one-year-old son witnessed a terrible accident which took place when the driver of a truck ran a red light and collided with the car of Sandra D. The impact of the collision killed Sandra instantly. But her three-month-old daughter was left trapped in the burning car. While others looked on in horror, Andersen jumped out of his vehicle and crawled into the car through the shadowed rear window to try to free the infant. Seconds later, the car was enclosed in flames. But to everyone’s amazement, Andersen was able to pull the baby to safety. While the baby was all right, Andersen was seriously injured. Two days later he died. But his heroic act was published widely in the media. His son was soon adopted by relatives. The most remarkable part of the story unfolded only last week. Karen and her boyfriend Michaelwere looking through some old boxes when they came across some old newspaper clippings. “This is me when I was a new born baby. I was rescued from a burning car. But my mother died in the accident,” explained Karen. Although Michael knew Karen’s mother had died years earlier, he never fully understood the circumstances until he skimmed over the newspaper article. To Karen’s surprise, Michael was absorbed in the details of the accident. And he began to cry uncontrollably. Then he revealed that the man that pulled Karen from the flames was the father he never knew. The two embraced and shed many tears, recounting stories told to them about their parents.29 What happened twenty-five years ago?30 What does the speaker say about Michael’s father?31 Why did Michael cry uncontrollably when he skimmed over the newspaper article?P3Americans suffer from an overdose of work. Regardless of who they are or what they do. Americans spend more time at work than that any time since World War II. In 1950, the US had fewer working hours than any other industrialized country. Today, it exceeds every country but Japan where industrialized employees load 2155 hours a year compared with 1951 in the US and 1603 in the former West Germany. Between 1969 and 1989, employed Americans add an average of 138 hours to their yearly work schedules. The workweek has remained above 40 hours. But people are working more weeks each year. Specifically pay time off holidays, vacations, sick leave shrink by 50% in the 1980s. As corporations have experienced stiff competitions and slow in growth of productivity, they have pressed employees to work longer. Cost-cutting lay-offs in the 1980s reduce the professional and managerial runs, leaving fewer people to get the job done. In lower paid occupations where wages have been reduced, workers have added hours in overtime or extra jobs to preserve their living standards. The government estimates that more than 7 million people hold a second job. For the first time, large numbers of people say they want to cut back on working hours even it means earning less money. But most employers are unwilling to let them do so. The government which has stepped back from its traditional role as a regulator of work time should take steps to make shorter hours possible.Question 32-35 are based on the passage you’ve just heard32. In which country do industrial employees work the longest hours?33. How do employed Americans manage to work more hours?34. Why do corporations press their employees to work longer hours according to the speaker?35. What does the speaker say many Americans prefer to do?Compound dictationNursing, as a typically female profession, must deal constantly with the false impression that nurses are there to wait on the physician. As nurses, we are licensed to provide nursing care only. We do not have any legal or moral obligation to any physician. We provide health teaching, assess physical as well as emotional problems, coordinate patient related services, and make all our nursing decision based upon what is best or suitable for the patient. If in any circumstance we feel that a physician’s order is inappropriate or unsafe, we have a legal responsibility to question that order, or refuse to carry it out. Nursing is not a nine-to-five job with every weekend off. All nurses are aware of that before they enter the profession. The emotional and physical stress, however, that occurs due to odd working hours is a prime reason for a large of the career dissatisfaction. It is sometimes required that we work overtime, and that we change shifts four or five times a month. That disturbs our personal lives, destruct our sleeping and eating habits, and isolates us from everything except job related friends and activities. The quality of nursing care is being affected dramatically by these situations. Most hospitals are now staffed by new graduates, as experienced nurses finally give up trying to change the system. Consumers of medically related services have evidently not been affected enough yet to demand changes in our medical system. But if trends continue as predicted, they will find that most critical hospital care will be provided by new, inexperienced, and sometimes inadequately trained nurses.07.12Section A11. M: The biological project is now in trouble, you know, my colleague and I have completely different ideas about how to proceed.W: Why don’t you comprom ise (让步，妥协)？Try to make it a win-win situation (双赢) for you both.Q: What does the woman suggest the man do?12. M: How does Nancy like the new dress she bought in Rome?W: She said she would never have bought an Italian style dress if she had known Mary Had already got such a dress.Q: What do we learn from the conversation?13. M: You are not going to do all those dishes before we leave, are you? If we don’t pick up(开车接) George and Martha in 25 minutes, we’ll never get to the theater on time.W: Oh, didn’t I tell you Martha called to say her daughter was ill and they could not got tonight?Q: What is the woman probably going to do first?14. M: You’ve been hanging on to the phone (打电话不挂断) for quite a while. Who were you talking with?W: Oh, it was Sally. You know, she always has the latest news in town and can’t wait to talk it over with me.Q: What to we learn about Sally from the conversation?15. W: It’s always been hard to get this car into first gear (挂一挡)，and now the clutch seems to be slipping.M: If you leave the car with me, I will fix it for you this afternoon.Q: Who is the woman probably speaking to?16. M: Kate, why does the downtown area look deserted now?W: Well, there used to be some really good stores, but lots of them moved out to the mall.’Q: What do we learn from the conversation?17. W: I find the lounge such a cozy place to study in. I really like the feeling of sitting on the sofa and doing the reading.M: Well, for me the hardest part about studying here is staying awake .Q: What does the man mean?18. W: There mosquito bites are killing me. I can’t help scratching.M: Next time you go camping, take some precaution, say, wearing long sleeves .Q: Why does the man suggest the woman wear long sleeves?Conversation OneM: Hello, and welcome to our program, “Working Abroad”. Our guest this evening is a Londoner, who lives and works in Italy, Her name’s Susan Hill. Susan, welcome to the program (19). You live in Florence, how long have you been living there?W: Since 1982. But when I went there in 1982, I planned to stay for only 6 months(20).M: Why did you change your mind?W: Well, I’m a designer, I design leather goods, mainly shoes and handbags, Soon after I arrived in Florence, I got a jo b with one of Italy’s top fashion houses, Ferregamo. So, I decided to stay.M: How lucky! Do you still work for Ferregamo?W: No, I’ve been a freelance designer for quite a long time now, since 1988, in fact. (21)M: So does that mean you design for several different companies now?W: Yes, that’s right. I’ve designed many fashion items for a number of Italian companies, and in the last four years, I’ve also been designing for the British company, Burberrys. (21)M: What have you been designing for them?W: Mostly handbags and small leather goods.M: How’s the fashion industry in Italy changed since 1982?W: oh, yes. It’s become a lot more competitive (22). Because the quality of products from other countries has improved a lot. But Italian quality and design is still world-famous.M: And do you ever think of returning to live in England?W: No, not really. Working in Italy is more interesting. I also love the Mediterranean sun and the Italian life style.M: Well, thank you for talking to us, Susan.W: It was a pleasure.Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard.19. Where does this talk most probably take place?20. What was the woman’ s original plan when she went to Florence?21. What has the woman been doing for a living since 1988?22. What do we learn about the change in Italy’s fashion industry?Conversation TwoM: So, Claire, you’re into drama?W: Yes, I have a master’s degree in Drama and Theatre. At the moment, I’m hoping to get onto a Ph.D. Program.M: What excites you about drama?W: Well, I find it’s a communicative way to study people and you learn how to read people in drama. So usually I can understand what people are saying, even though they might be lying. (23)M: That would be useful.W: Yeah, it’s very useful for me as well. I’m an English lecturer, so use a lot for drama in my classes, such as role plays. And I ask my students to create mini-dramas. They really respond well. (24) At the moment, I’m hoping to get onto a Ph. D. course. I would like to concentrate on Asian drama and try to bring Asian theatre to the world’s attention. I don’t know how successful I would be, but, here’s hoping.M: Oh, I’m sure you’ll be successful. Now, Claire , what do you do for stage fright?W: Ah, stage fright! Well, many actors have that problem. Get stage fright every time I’m going to teach a new class. The night before, I usually can’t sleep.M: What? For teaching?W: Yes. I get really bad stage fright. But the minute I step into the classroom or get onto the stage, it just all falls into place. Then I just feel like: Yeah, this is what I mean to do. And I’m fine (25).M: Wow, that’s cool!Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.23. Why does the woman find study in drama and theatre useful?24. How di d the woman’s students respond to her way of teaching Englsih?25. What does the woman say about her stage fright?Section BPassage OneIn January 1989, the Community of European Railways presented their proposal for a high speed pan-European train network, extending from Sweden to Sicily, and from Portugal to Poland by the year 2020. (26) If their proposal becomes a reality, it will revolutionize train travel in Europe. Journeys between major cities will take half the time they take today. (27) Brussels will be only one and a half hours from Paris. The quickest way to get from Paris to Frankfurt, from Barcelona to Madrid will be by train, not plane. When the network is compete, it will integrate three types of railway line: totally new high-speed lines with trains operating at speeds of 300 kilometers per hour, upgraded lines which allow for speeds up to 200 to 225 kilometers per hour, and existing lines for local connections and distribution of freight. If business people can choose between a 3-hour train journey from city-center to city-center and 1-hour flight, they’ll choose the train (28), says an executive travel consultant. They won’t go by plane any more. If you calculate flight time, check-in and travel to-and-from the airport, you’ll find almost no difference. And if your plane arrives late due to bad weather or air traffic jams or strikes, then the train passengers will arrive at their destination first. (28) Since France introduced the first 260-kilometer per hour high speed train service between Paris and Lyon in 1981 (29), the trains have achieved higher and higher speeds. On many routes, airlines have lost up to 90% of their passengers to high speed trains. If people accept the Community of European Railways’ Railways’ Plan, the 21st century will be new age of the trains.Question 26 to 29 are based on the passage you have just heard.26. What is the proposal presented by the Community of European Railways?27. What will happen when the proposal becomes a reality?28. Why will business people prefer a 3-hour train journey to a 1-hour flight?29. When did France introduce the first high speed train service?。
CET-6 2008年6月大学英语6级试题(含听力原文+试题答案)
Part ⅠWritingDirections:For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay entitled Will E-books Replace Traditional Books? You should at least write 150 words following the outline given below.1.随着信息技术的发展，电子图书越来越多；2.有人认为电子图书将会取代传统图书，理由是……3.我的看法。
Part ⅡReading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning)Directions: In this part, you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage quickly and answer the questions on Answer Sheet 1 For questions 1-7,choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). For questions 8-10,complete the sentences with the information given in the passage.What will the world be like in fifty years?This week some top scientists, including Nobel Prize winners, gave their vision of how the world will look in 2056,fron gas-powered cars to extraordinary health advances, John Ingham reports on what the world‟s finest minds believe our futures will be.For those of us lucky enough to live that long,2056 will be a world of almost perpetual youth, where obesity is a remote memory and robots become our companions.We will be rubbing shoulders with aliens and colonizing outer space. Better still, our descendants might at last live in a world at peace with itself.The prediction is that we will have found a source of inexhaustible, safe, green energy, and that science will have killed off religion. If they are right we will have removed two of the main causes of war-our dependence on oil and religious prejudice.Will we really, as today‟s scientists claim, be able to live for ever or at least cheat the ageing process so that the average person lives to 150?Of course, all these predictions come with a scientific health warning. Harvard professor Steven Pinker says: “This is an invitatio n to look foolish, as with the predictions of domed cities and nuclear-powered vacuum cleaners that were made 50 year ago.”Living longerAnthony Atala, director of the Wake Forest Institute in North Carolina, believes failing organs will be repaired by injecting cells into the body. They will naturally to straight to the injury and help heal it. A system of injections without needles could also slow the ageing process by using the same process to “tune” cells.Bruce Lahn, professor of human genetics at the University of Chicago, anticipates the ability to produce “unlimited supplies” of transplantable human organs without the needed a new organ, such as kidney, the surgeon would contact a commercial organ producer, give him the patient‟s immunologic al profile and would then be sent a kidney with the correct tissue type.These organs would be entirely composed of human cells, grown by introducing them into animal hosts, and allowing them to devel op into and organ in place of the animal‟s own. But Prof. Lahn believes that farmed brains would be “off limits”.He says: “Very few people would want to have their brains replaced by someone else‟s and we probably don‟t want to put a human brain ing an animal body.”Richard Miller, a professor at the University of Michigan, thinks scientist could develop “a uthentic anti-ageing drugs” by working out how cells in larger animals such as whales and human resist many forms of injuries. He says: “It‟s is now routine, in laboratory mammals, to extend lifespan by about 40%. Turning on the same protective systems in people should, by 2056, create the first class of 100-year-olds who are as vigorous and productive as today‟s people in their 60s”AliensConlin Pillinger, professor of planetary sciences at the Open University, says: ”I fancy that at least we will be able to show that life did start to evolve on Mars well as Earth. ”Within 50years he hopes scientists will prove that alien life came here in Martian meteorites (陨石).Chris McKay, a planetary scien tist at NASA‟s Ames Research Center, believes that in 50 years we may find evidence of alien life in ancient permanent frost of Mars or on other planers.He adds: ”There is even a chance we will find alien life forms here on Earth. It might be as different as English is to Chinese.Priceton professor Freeman Dyson thinks it “likely” that life form outer space will be discovered before 2056 because the tools for finding it, such as optical and radio detection and data processing, are improving.He says: ”As soon as the first evidence is found,we will know what to look for and additional discoveries are likely to follow quickly. Such discoveries are likely to have revolutionary consequences for biology, astronomy and philosophy. They may change the way we look at ourselves and our place in the universe.Colonies in spaceRichard Gott, professor of astrophysics at Princeton, hopes man will set up a self-sufficient colony on Mars, which would be a “life insurance policy against whatever catastrophes, natural or otherwise, might occur on Earth.“The real space race is whether we will colonise off Earth on to other worlds before money for the space programme runs out.”Spinal injuriesEllen Heber-Katz, a professor at the Wistar Institute in Philadelphia, foresees cures for injuries causing paralysis such as the one that afflicted Superman star Christopher Reeve. She says: ”I believe that the day is not far off when we will be able to prescribe drugs that cause severed (断裂的) spinal cords to heal, hearts to regenerate and lost limbs to regrow.“People will come to expect that injured or diseased organs are meant to be repaired from within, in much the same way that we fix an appliance or automobile: by replacing the damaged part with a manufacturer-certified new part.” She predicts that within 5 to 10 years fingers and toes will be regrown and limbs will start to be regrown a few years later. Repairs to the nervous system will start with optic nerves and, in time, the spinal cord. “Within 50years whole body replacement will be routine,” Prof. Heber-Katz adds.ObesitySydney Brenner, senior distinguished fellow of the Crick-Jacobs Center in California, won the 2002 Nobel Prize for Medicine and says that if there is a global disaster some humans will survive-and evolution will favour small people with bodies large enough to support the required amount of brain power. “Obesity,” he says, “will have been solved.”RobotsRodney Brooks, professor of robotics at MIT, says the problems of developing artificial intelligence for robots will be at least partly overcome. As a result, ”the possibilities for robots working with people will open up immensely”EnergyBill Joy, green technology expert in California, says: ”The most s ignificant breakthrough would be to have an inexhaustible source of safe, green energy that is substantially cheaper than any existing energy source.”Ideally, such a source would be safe in that it could not be made into weapons and would not make hazardous or toxic waste or carbon dioxide, the main greenhouse gas blamed for global warming.SocietyGeoffrey Miller, evolutionary psychologist at the University of New Mexico, says: “The US will follow the UK in realizing that religion is nor a prerequisite (前提) for ordinary human decency.“This,science will kill religion-not by reason challenging faith but by offering a more practical, universal and rewarding moral framework for human interaction.”He also predicts that “a b surdly wasteful” displays of wealth will become unfashionable while the importance of close-knit communities and families will become clearer.These there changer, he says, will help make us all ”brighter, wiser, happier and kinder”.1. What is john lngham‟s report about?A) A solution to the global energy crisisB) Extraordinary advances in technology.C) The latest developments of medical scienceD) Scientists‟ vision of the world in half a century2. According to Harvard professor Steven Pinker, predictions about the future_____.A) may invite troubleB) may not come trueC) will fool the publicD) do more harm than good3. Professor Bruce Lahn of the University of Chicago predicts that____.A) humans won‟t have to donate organs for transplantationB) more people will donate their organs for transplantationC) animal organs could be transplanted into human bodiesD) organ transplantation won‟t be as scary as it is today4. According to professor Richard Miller of the University of Michigan, people will____.A) life for as long as they wishB) be relieved from all sufferingsC) life to 100 and more with vitalityD) be able to live longer than whales5. Princeton professor Freeman Dyson thinks that____.A) scientists will find alien life similar to oursB) humans will be able to settle on MarsC) alien life will likely be discoveredD) life will start to evolve on Mars6. According to Princeton professor Richard Gott, by setting up a self-sufficient colony on Mars, Humans_____.A) might survive all catastrophes on earthB) might acquire ample natural resourcesC) will be able to travel to Mars freelyD) will move there to live a better life7. Ellen Heber-Katz, professor at the Wistar Institute in Philadelphia, predicts that_____.A) human organs can be manufactured like appliancesB) people will be as strong and dynamic as supermenC) human nerves can be replaced by optic fibersD) lost fingers and limbs will be able to regrow8. Rodney Brooks says that it will be possible for robots to work with humans as a result or the development of___________________.9. The most significant breakthrough predicted by Bill joy will be an inexhaustible green energy source that can‟t be used to make_____________________________.10. According to Geoffrey Miller, science will offer a more practical, universal and rewarding moral framework in place of _________________.Part III Listening ComprehensionSection ADirections: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.11. A) The man might be able to play in the World Cup.B) The man‟s football career seems to be at an end.C) The man was operated on a few weeks ago.D) The man is a fan of world-famous football players.12. A) Work out a plan to tighten his budgetB) Find out the opening hours of the cafeteria.C) Apply for a senior position in the restaurant.D) Solve his problem by doing a part-time job.13. A) A financial burden.C) A real nuisance.B) A good companion D) A well-trained pet.14. A) The errors will be corrected soon.C) The computing system is too complex.B) The woman was mistaken herself.D) He has called the woman several times.15. A) He needs help to retrieve his files.C) He needs some time to polish his paper.B) He has to type his paper once more.D) He will be away for a two-week conference.16. A) They might have to change their plan.B) He has got everything set for their trip.C) He has a heavier workload than the woman.D) They could stay in the mountains until June 8.17. A) They have wait a month to apply for a student loan.B) They can find the application forms in the brochure.C) They are not eligible for a student loan.D) They are not late for a loan application.18. A) New laws are yet to be made to reduce pollutant release.B) Pollution has attracted little attention from the public.C) The quality of air will surely change for the better.D) It‟ll take years to bring air pollution under control.Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard.19. A) Enormous size of its stores.C) Its appealing surroundings.B) Numerous varieties of food.D) Its rich and colorful history.20. A) An ancient building.C) An Egyptian museum.B) A world of antiques.D) An Egyptian Memorial.21. A) Its power bill reaches $9 million a year.B) It sells thousands of light bulbs a day.C) It supplies power to a nearby town.D) It generates 70% of the electricity it uses.22. A) 11,500C) 250,000B) 30,000D) 300,000Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.23. A) Transferring to another department.C) Thinking about doing a different job.B) Studying accounting at a university D) Making preparation for her wedding.24. A) She has finally got a promotion and a pay raise.B) She has got a satisfactory job in another company.C) She could at last leave the accounting department.D) She managed to keep her position in the company.25. A) He and Andrea have proved to be a perfect match.B) He changed his mind about marriage unexpectedly.C) He declared that he would remain single all his life.D) He would marry Andrea even without meeting her.Section BDirections: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some question. Both the passage and the question 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 Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.Passage OneQuestions 26 to 29 are based on the passage you have just heard.26.A) They are motorcycles designated for water sports.B) They are speedy boats restricted in narrow waterways.C) They are becoming an efficient form of water transportation.D) They are getting more popular as a means or water recreation.27.A)Water scooter operators‟ lack of experience.B)Vacatio ners‟ disregard of water safety rules.C)Overloading of small boats and other craft.D)Carelessness of people boating along the shore.28.A) They scare whales to death.C) They discharge toxic emissions.B)They produce too much noise.D) They endanger lots of water life.29.A) Expand operating areas.C) Limit the use of waterscooters.B) Restrict operating hours.D) Enforce necessary regulations.Passage TwoQuestions 30 to 32 are based on the passage you have just heard.30. A) They are stable.C) They are strained.C) They are close.D) They are changing.31.A) They are fully occupied with their own business.B) Not many of them stay in the same place for long.C) Not many of them can win trust from their neighbors.D) They attach less importance to interpersonal relations.32.A) Count on each other for help.C) Keep a friendly distance.B) Give each other a cold shoulder.D) Build a fence between them.Passage ThreeQuestions 33 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.33. A) It may produce an increasing number of idle youngsters.B) It may affect the quality of higher education in America.C) It may cause many schools to go out of operation.D) It may lead to a lack of properly educated workers.34. A) It is less serious in cities than in rural areas.B) It affects both junior and senior high schools.C) It results from a worsening economic climate.D) It is a new challenge facing American educators.35. A) Allowing them to choose their favorite teachers.B) Creating a more relaxed learning environment.C) Rewarding excellent academic performance.D) Helping them to develop better study habits.Section CDirections: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blank numbered from 36 to 43 with the exact words you have just heard. For blanks numbered from 44 to 46 you are required to fill in the missing information. For these blanks, you can either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the main points in your own word. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written.I'm interested in the criminal justice system of our country. It seems to me that something has to be done if we are to (36)______ as a country. I certainly don't know what the answers to our problems are. Things certainly get (37)______ in a hurry when you get into them. But I wonder if something couldn't be done to deal with some of these problems.One thing I'm concerned about is our practice of putting (38)______ in jail who haven't harmed anyone. Why not work out some system (39)_____ they can pay back the debts they owe society instead of (40)______ another debt by going to prison, and of course, coming under the (41)______ of hardened criminals? I'm also concerned about the short prison sentences people are (42)______ for serious crimes. Of course, one alternative to this is to (43)______ capital punishment, but I'm not sure I would be for that. I'm not sure it's right to take an eye for eye. (44)__________________________________. I also think we must do something about the insanity plea. In my opinion, anyone who takes another person‟s lifeintentionally is insane: however, (45)________________________________. It‟s sad, of course, that a person may have to spend the rest of his life, or (46)_______________________________________.Part IV Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth)Section ADirections: In this section, there is a short passage with 5 questions or incomplete statements. Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words. Please write our answers on Answer Sheet 2.Questions 47 to 51 are based on the following passage.If movie trailers (预告片) are supposed to cause a reaction, the preview for "United 93" more than succeeds. Featuring no famous actors, it begins with images of a beautiful morning and passengers boarding an airplane. It takes you a minute to realize what the movie's even about. That‟s when a plane hits the World Trade Center. the effect is visceral (震撼心灵的). When the trailer played before "Inside Man" last week at a Hollywood theater, audience members began calling out, "Too soon!" In New York City, the response was even more dramatic. The Loews theater in Manhattan took the rare step of pulling the trailer from its screens after several complaints."United 93" is the first feature film to deal explicitly with the events of September 11, 2001, and is certain to ignite an emotional debate. Is it too soon? Should the film have been made at all? More to the point, will anyone want to see it? Other 9/11 projects are on the way as the fifth anniversary of the attacks approaches, most notably Oliver Stone's " World Trade Center." but as the forerunner, "United 93"will take most of the heat, whether it deserves it or not.The real United 93 crashed in a Pennsylvania field after 40 passengers and crew fought back against the terrorists. Writer-director Paul Greengrass has gone to great lengths to berespectful in his depiction of what occurred, proceeding with the film only after securing the approval of every victim's family. "Was I surprised at the agreement? Yes. Very. Usually there‟re one or two families who're more reluctant," Greengrass writes in an e-mail. "I was surprised at the extraordinary way the United 93 families have welcomed us into their lives and shared their experiences with us." Carole O'Hare, a family member, says, "They were very open and honest with us, and they made us a part of this whole project." Universal, which is releasing the film, plans to donate 10% of its opening weekend gross to the Flight 93 National Memorial Fund. That hasn't stopped criticism that the studio is exploiting a national tragedy. O'Hare thinks that's unfair. "This story has to be told to honor the passengers and crew for what they did," she says. "But more than that, it raises awareness. Our ports aren't secure. Our borders aren't secure. Our airlines still aren't secure, and this is what happens when you're not secure. That‟s the message I want people to hear."47. The trailer for "United 93" succeeded in __________________ when it played in the theaters in Hollywood and New York City.48. The movie "United 93" is sure to give rise to ______________.49. What did writer-director Paul Greengrass obtain before he proceeded with the movie?50. Universal, which is releasing "United 93", has been criticized for _________________.51. Carole O‟Hare thinks that besides honoring the passengers and crew for what they did, the purpose of telling the story is to ___________________ about security.Section BDirections:There are 2 passages in this section. 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 Answer Sheet 2 with a single line thought the centre.Passage OneQuestions 52 to 56 are based on the following passage.Imagine waking up and finding the value of your assets has been halved. No, you‟re not an investor in one of those hedge funds that failed completely. With the dollar slumping to a 26-year low against the pound, already-expensive London has become quite unaffordable. A coffee at Starbucks, just as unavoidable in England as it is in the United States, runs about $8.The once all-powerful dollar isn‟t doing a Titanic against just the pound. It is sitting at a record low against the euro and at a 30-year low against the Canadian dollar. Even the Argentine peso and Brazilian real are thriving against the dollar.The weak dollar is a source of humiliation, for a nation‟s self-esteem rests in part on the strength of its currency. It‟s also a potential economic problem, since a declining dollar makes imported food more expensive and exerts upward pressure on interest rates. And yet there are substantial sectors of the vast U.S. economy-from giant companies like Coca-Cola to mom-and-pop restaurant operators in Miami-for which the weak dollar is most excellent news.Many Europeans may view the U.S. as an arrogant superpower that has become hostile to foreigners. But nothing makes people think more warmly of the U.S. than a weak dollar. Through April, the total number of visitors from abroad was up 6.8 percent from last year. Should the trend continue, the number of tourists this year will finally top the 2000 peak? Many Europeans now apparently view the U.S. the way many Americans view Mexico-as a cheap place to vacation, shop and party, all while ignoring the fact that the poorer locals can‟t afford to join the merrymaking.The money tourists spend helps decrease our chronic trade deficit. So do exports, which thanks in part to the weak dollar, soared 11 percent between May 2006 and May 2007. For first five months of 2007, the trade deficit actually fell 7 percent from 2006.If you own shares in large American corporations, you‟re a winner in the weak-dollar gamble. Last week Coca-Cola‟s stick bubbled to a five-year high after it reported a fantastic quarter. Foreign sales accounted for 65 percent of C oke‟s beverage business. Other American companies profiting from this trend include McDonald‟s and IBM.American tourists, however, shouldn‟t expect any relief soon. The dollar lost strength the way many marriages break up- slowly, and then all at once. And currencies don‟t turn on a dime. So if you want to avoid the pain inflicted by the increasingly pathetic dollar, cancel that summer vacation to England and look to New England. There, the dollar is still treated with a little respect.52. Why do Americans feel humiliated?A) Their economy is plunging B) They can‟t afford trips to EuropeC) Their currency has slumped D) They have lost half of their assets.53.How does the current dollar affect the life of ordinary Americans?A) They have to cancel their vacations in New England.B) They find it unaffordable to dine in mom-and-pop restaurants.C) They have to spend more money when buying imported goods.C) They might lose their jobs due to potential economic problems.54 How do many Europeans feel about the U.S with the devalued dollar?A) They feel contemptuous of itB) They are sympathetic with it.C) They regard it as a superpower on the decline.D) They think of it as a good tourist destination.55 what is the author‟s advice to A mericans?A) They treat the dollar with a little respectB) They try to win in the weak-dollar gambleC) They vacation at home rather than abroadD) They treasure their marriages all the more.56 What does the author imply by saying “currencies don‟t turn on a dime” (Line 2,Para7)?A) The dollar‟s value will not increase in the short term.B) The value of a dollar will not be reduced to a dimeC) The dollar‟s value will drop, but within a small margin.D) Few Americans will change dollars into other currencies.Passage TwoQuestions 57 to 61 are based on the following passage.In the college-admissions wars, we parents are the true fights. We are pushing our kids to get good grades, take SAT preparatory courses and build resumes so they can get into the college of our first choice. I‟ve twice been to the wars, and as I survey the battlefield, something different is happening. We see our kids‟ college background as e prize demonstrating how well we‟ve raised them. But we can‟t acknowledge that our obses sion(痴迷) is more about us than them. So we‟ve contrived various justifications that turn out to be half-truths, prejudices or myths. It actually doesn‟t matter much whether Aaron and Nicole go to Stanford.We have a full-blown prestige panic; we worry that there won‟t be enough prizes to go around. Fearful parents urge their children to apply to more schools than ever. Underlying the hysteria (歇斯底里) is the belief that scarce elite degrees must be highly valuable. Their graduates must enjoy more success because they get a better education and develop better contacts. All that is plausible——and mostly wrong. We haven‟t found any convincing evidence that selectivity or prestige matters. Selective schools don‟t systematically employ better instructional approaches than less selective schools. On two measures——professors‟ feedback and the number of essay exams——selective schools do slightly worse.By some studies, selective schools do enhance their graduates‟ lifetime earnings. The gain is reckoned at 2-4% for every 100-poinnt increase in a school‟s average SAT scores. But even this advantage is probably a statistical fluke(偶然). A well-known study examined students who got into highly selective schools and then went elsewhere. They earned just as much as graduates from higher-status schools.Kids count more than their colleges. Getting into Yale may signify intellgence, talent and a mbition. But it‟s not the only indicator and, paradoxically, its significance is declining. The reason: so many similar people go elsewhere. Getting into college is not life only competiton. Old-boy networks are breaking down. Princeton economist Alan Krueger studied admissions to one top Ph.D. program. High scores on the GRE helped explain who got in; degrees of prestigious un iversities didn‟t.So, parents, lighten up. The stakes have been vastly exaggerated. Up to a point, we can rationalize our pushiness. America is a competitive society; our kids need to adjust to that. But too much pushiness can be destructive. The very ambition we impose on our children may get some into Harvard but may also set them up for disappointment.one study found that, other things being equal, graduates of highly selective schools experienced more job dissatisfaction. They may have been so conditioned to being on top that anything less disappoints.57. Why dose the author say that parents are the true fighters in the college-admissions wars?A) They have the final say in which university their children are to attend.B) They know best which universities are most suitable for their children.C) They have to carry out intensive surveys of colleges before children make an application.D) They care more about which college their children go to than the children themselves.58. Why do parents urge their children to apply to more school than ever?。
2008年6月大学英语六级A卷真题_听力翻译
Passage Three
Questions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.
32. A) Covering major events of the day in the city.
23. A) Smuggling drugs intoHong Kong.
B) Having committed armed robbery.
C) Stealing a fellow passenger's bag.
D) Bringing a handgun intoHong Kong.
24. A) He said not a single word during the entire flight.
B) Its an opportunity for relieving their tension.
C) it’s a rare chance for them to see the boss lose face.
D) They have seen this many times in old films.
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11. A) She will give him the receipt later.
B) The man should make his own copies.
C) She has not got the man's copies ready.
D) The man forgot to make the copies for her.
2008年6月英语六级真题及答案
2008年6月21日大学英语六级真题及答案PartⅠWriting (30 minutes)Will E-books Replace Traditional Books?1.随着信息技术的发展，电子图书越来越多2.有人认为电子图书会取代传统图书，理由是……3.我的看法注意：此部分试题在答题卡1上Part ⅡReading Comprehension(Skimming and Scanning)(15 minutes)Directions: In this part, you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage quickly and answer the questions on Answer Sheet 1 For questions 1-7,choose the best answer from the four choices marked A),B),C)and D. For questions 8-10,complete the sentences with the information given in the passage.What will the world be like in fifty years?This week some top scientists, including Nobel Prize winners, gave their vision of how the world will look in 2056,fron gas-powered cars to extraordinary health advances, John Ingham reports on wh at the world‟s finest minds believe our futures will be.For those of us lucky enough to live that long,2056 will be a world of almost perpetual youth, where obesity is a remote memory and robots become our companions.We will be rubbing shoulders with aliens and colonizing outer space. Better still, our descendants might at last live in a world at peace with itself.The prediction is that we will have found a source of inexbaustible, safe, green energy, and that science will have killed off religion. If they are right we will have removed two of the main causes of war-our dependence on oil and religious prejudice.Will we really, as today‟s scientists claim, be able to live for ever or at least cheat the ageing process so that the average person lives to 150?Of course, all these predictions come with a scientific health warning. Harvard professor Steven Pinker says: “This is an invitation to look foolish, as with the predictions of domed cities and nuclear-powered vacuum cleaners that were made 50 year ago.”Living longerAnthony Atala, director of the Wake Forest Institute in North Carolina, belives failing organs will be repaired byinjecting cells into the body. They will naturally to straight to the injury and help heal it. A system of injections without needles could also slow the ageing process by using the same process to “tune” cells.Bruce Lahn, professor of human genetics at the University of Chicago, anticipates the ability to produce“unlimited supplies” of transplantable human organs witho ut the needed a new organ, such as kidney, the surgeon would contact a commercial organ producer, give him the patient‟s immuno-logical profile and would then be sent a kidney with the correct tissue type.These organs would be entirely composed of human cells, grown by introducing them into animal hosts, and alloweing them to deveoop into and organ in place of the animal‟s own. But Prof. Lahn believes that farmed brains would be “off limits”.He says: “Very few people would want to have their brains replac ed by someone else‟s and we probably don‟t want to put a human brain ing an animal body.”Richard Miller, a professor at the University of Michigan, thinks scientist could develop“an thentic anti-ageing drugs” by working out how cells in larger animals su ch as whales and human resist many forms of injuries. He says:“It‟s is now routine, in laboratory mammals, to extend lifespan by about 40%. Turning on the same protective systems in people should, by 2056, create the first class of 100-year-olds who are as vigorous and productive as today‟s people in their 60s”AliensConlin Pillinger ,professor of planerary sciences at the Open University,says:”I fancy that at least we will be able to show that life didi start to evolve on Mars well as Earth.”Within 50ye ars he hopes scientists will prove that alien life came here in Martian meteorites(陨石).Chris McKay,a planetary scientist at NASA‟s Ames Research Center.believes that in 50 years we may find evidence of alien life in ancient permanent forst of Mars or on other planers.He adds:”There is even a chance we will find alien life forms here on Earth.It mightbe as different as English is to Chinese.Priceton professor Freeman Dyson thinks it “likely” that life form outer space will be discovered defore 2056 because the tools for finding it, such as optical and radio detection and data processing,are improving.He ays:”As soon as the first evidence is found,we will know what to look for and additional discoveries are likely to follow quickly.Such discoveries are likely to have revolutionary consequences for biology, astronomy and philosophy. They may change the way we look at ourselves and our place in the universe.Colonies in spaceRichard Gottprofessor of astrophysics at Princeton,hopes man will set up a self-sufficient colony on Mars,which would be a “life insurance policy against whateve r catastrophes,natural or otherwise,might occur on Earth.“The real space race is whether we will colonise off Earth on to other worlds before money for the spaceprogramme runs out.”Spinal injuriesEllen Heber-Katz,a professor at the Wistar Institude in Philadelphia,foresees cures for inijuries causing paralysis such as the one that afflicated Superman star Christopher Reeve.She says:”I believe that the day is not far off when we will be able to profescribe drugs that cause severes(断裂的) spinal cords to heal,hearts to regenerate and lost limbs to regrow.“People will come to expect that injured or diseased organs are meant to be repaired from within,inmuch the same way that we fix an appliance or automobile:by replancing the damaged part with a manufacturer-certified new part.”She predict that within 5 to 10 years fingers and toes will be regrown and limbs will start to be regrown a few years later. Reparies to the nervous system will start with optic nerves and,in time,the spinal cord.”Within 50years whole body replacement will be routine,”Prof.Heber-Katz adds.ObesitySydney Brenner,senior distinguished fellow of the Crick-Jacobs Center in California,won the 2002 Noblel Prize for Medicine and says that if there is a global disaster some humans will survive-and evolition will favour small people with bodies large enough to support the required amount of brain power.”Obesity,”he says.”will have been solved.”RobotsRodney Brooks,professor of robotice at MIT,says the problems of developing artificial intelligence for robots will be at least partly overcome.As a result,”the possibilities for robots working with people will open up immensely”EnergyBill Joy,green technology expert in Califomia,says:”The most significant breakthrought would be to have an inexhaustible source of safe,green energy that is substantially cheaper than any existing energy source.”Ideally,such a source would be safe in that it could not be made into weapons and would not make hazardous or toxic waste or carbon dioxide,the main greenhouse gas blamed for global warming.SocietyGeoffrey Miller,evolutionary psychologist at the University of New Mexico,says:”The US will follow the UKin realizing that religion is nor a prerequisite (前提)for ordinary human decency.“This,s cience will kill religion-not by reason challenging faith but by offering a more practical,uniwersal and rewarding moral frameworkfor human interaction.”He also predicts that “ahsurdly wasteful”displays of wealth will become umfashionable while the imp ortance of close-knit communities and families will become clearer.These there changer,he says,will help make us all”brighe\ter,wiser,happier and kinder”.注意：此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。
2008年6月英语六级听力原文
2008年6⽉Section 111. M: Good news, I'm not going to have surgery after all. The doctor says I can start working out again soon and maybe play football like before in a few weeks.W: That's terrific. It would be great if you could get back in shape in time for the world cup.Q：What do we learn from the conversation?12. M: I really need to make some extra money. You know I've practically spent my entire budget for this semester.W: Why not check out the new cafeteria at Market Street? I think there are still a few openings suitable for seniors like you. Q: What does the woman suggest the man do?13. M: I hear John left his cat in your care while he's on vacation abroad. How were you getting along with it?W: Well, it never comes when I call it. It spills its food and sheds all over the place. I can't wait till John gets back.Q: How does the woman find the cat?14. W: Hello, Professor White, I got my grade in the mail this morning, but I think there might be a mistake in my mark.M: Yeah, I've got several calls just like yours. There must be a problem with the computing system. It should be straightened out in a couple of hours.Q: What does the man mean?15. M: Professor Johnson, last night when I was putting the finishing touches on my paper, a computer failure completely wiped out my files, do you think I can have another day to retype it?W: I'm sorry, Rod. I'm leaving for a conference tomorrow and I'll be away two weeks. I suppose you can send me an E-copy. Q: Why does the man say he can't submit his assignment on time?16. W: I just called the travel agency, it's all set. On 1st June, we are heading for the mountains and will be camping there fora whole week.M：Have you checked the academic calendar？My classes aren't over until the 8th.Q: What does the man imply?17. W: I thought there was still time for me to apply for a student loan, but someone just told me that the closing date was last Tuesday.M: Are you sure? I thought we still had another month. Wait, I've got a brochure right here. Last Tuesday was the opening date.Q: What does the man imply?18. W: Look at the all the pollutants going into the air from those factories. Do you think they'll ever get that under control? M: Now with the new laws in effect and social awareness increasing, we are sure to turn things around.Q: What does the man mean?Conversation OneW: Tell me, Peter, what makes Harrods so famous?M: Well, it's the biggest department store in the UK. And its food hall and Egyptian hall are very famous. People come to Harrods just to see them.W: What is special about the Food Hall?M: It sells many different kinds of food. For example, it has 250 kinds of cheese from all over the world and more than 180kinds of bread. Customers also love all the different kinds of chocolate. They buy 100 tons every year.W: That's amazing! And why is the Egyptian Hall so famous?M: Well, when people see it, they feel they are in another world. It looks like Egyptian building from 4, 000 years ago and it sells beautiful objects. They are not 4,000 years old, of course.W: Is it true that Harrods produces its own electricity?M: Yes, it does. 70%. Enough for a small town. To light the outside of the building, we use 11,500 light bulbs.W: Really? Tell me, how many customers do you have on an average day? And how much do they spend?M: About 30,000 people come on an average day, but during the sales the number increases to 300,000 customers a day. How much do they spend? Well, on average, customers spend about 1.5 million pounds a day. The record for one day is 9 million pounds.W: 9 million pounds in one day?M: Yes! On the first day of the January sales.W: Harrods says it sells everything to everybody everywhere. Is that really true?M: Oh yes, of course! Absolutely everything.Q19. What is the Food Hall of Harrods noted for?Q20. What does the Egyptian hall seem like to the customers?Q21. What make customers find surprising about Harrods?Q22. About how many customers come to Harrods on an average day?Conversation TwoW: Hi Kevin!M: Hi Laura, long time no see! What have you been up to lately?W: Not much, I can assure you, and you?M: Much the same except I do have some big news.W: Come on. This suspense is killing me.M: No, really, what have you been doing these past few weeks? The last time I saw you, you were looking for a new job. W: Well, that's not exactly true. I was thinking about changing jobs. Luckily, they offered me a new position in the accounting department.M: A step up in the big business world.W: I wouldn't exaggerate, but I am pleased. I had been hoping to get a promotion for a while. So when it finally came through, I was relieved. Actually, that's why I was looking for a new job. I just didn't want to work there anymore if they weren't going to recognize my efforts.M: Right, sometimes you can do your best and it seems like the others don't know you exist. I hope the money's better.W: I got an reasonable raise, now enough about me, I'm dying to hear your news.M: I get married.W: No, you said you'd never get married.M: That was then and this is now. You've got to meet Andrea , she's great!W: This is all news to me. I didn't even know you were dating.M: We weren't, we've just been dating for two weeks now.W: And you get married?M: I know, I can't help it. I just know she's the one.W: Well, congratulations! That's fantastic!M: Thanks, I'm glad to hear you feel that way.Q23. What was the woman doing when the man last saw her?Q24 Why does the woman say she was relived?Q25 Why is the woman surprised at the man's news?Passage 1Water scooters are water vehicles that look very much like motorcycles. Nowadays, speedy, colorful water scooters are gaining in popularity. They can travel anywhere a small boat can and particularly popular with young people. The rising popularity of the craft has raised the question of water scooter regulation. In this case, the argument for strict regulation is compelling. Water scooters are a particularly deadly form of water recreation. For example, two women were vacationing in Longboat Key while they were floating on the rubber boat along the shore, a water scooter crashed into them and kill them. Also water scooter operators have been killed or seriously injured in collisions with other water craft. Others have been stranded at the sea when their scooters either failed or sank far from shore. Many water scooter operators are inexperienced and ignorant of navigational rules, which increases the potential for accidents. The increasing popularity of the scooter has aggravated the problem, providing more water vehicles to compete for the same space. Crowded water waves are simply an open invitation to disaster.In addition to the inherent operational hazards of water scooters, they are proving to be an environmental nuisance. Beach residents complain of the noise of the scooters. The Pacific Whale Foundation on the west coast expressed concern that the scooters are frightening away an endangered species of whale that migrates to Hawaii for breeding. Regulations such as minimum operating age, restricted operating areas and compulsory classes in water safety are essential. Without such regulations, tragedies involving water scooters are sure to multiply, which makes many beaches unsafe for recreation.26. What does the speaker say about water scooters?27. What was mentioned as one of the causes of water accident?28. In what way are water scooters said to be an environmental nuisance?29. What does the speaker propose to ensure the safety of beaches for recreation?Passage 2It seems to me that neighbors are going out of style in America. The friend next door from whom you borrowed for eggs or a ladder has moved and people in there now are strangers. Some of the traditional stories of neighborliness are impractical or silly and maybe just as well that our relations with our neighbors are changing.The saying in the Bible "Love thy neighbor" was probably a poor translation, of what must have originally been, "respect thy neighbor". Love can be called up on order. Fewer than half of the people in U.S. live in the same house they lived in five years ago. So there is no reason to love the people who live next door to you, just because they happen to wander into a real estate office that listed the place next door to yours.The only thing neighbors have in common, to begin with, is proximity and unless something more develops that isn't reason enough to be best friends. It sometimes happens naturally, but the chances are very small that your neighbors will be your choice friends or that you will be theirs either.The best relationship with neighbors is one of friendly distance. You say "hello", use small talk if you see them in the yard, you discuss problems as they arise and you help each other in an emergency. The drive way or the fence between you is not really a cold shoulder but a clear boundary. We all like clearly-defined boundaries for ourselves.30. What does the speaker say about the relations among neighbors nowadays?31. Why does the speaker say it may be difficult for people to love their neighbors?32. What should neighbors do in the speaker's opinion?Passage 3Articles in magazines and newspapers and special reports on radio and television reflect the concern of many Americans about the increasing drop-out rate in o u r j u n i o r a n d s e n i o r h i g h s c h o o l s . C o u p l e d w i t h t h i s f a c t i s t h e w a r n i n g t h a t s o o n w e w i l l n o l o n g e r h a v e a w o r k f o r c e t o f i l l t h e m a n y j o b s t h a t r e q u i r e p r o p e r l y e d u c a t e d p e r s o n n e l . / p > p b d s f i d = " 1 6 9 " > / p > p b d s f i d = " 1 7 0 " > T h e h i g h s t u d e n t d r o p - o u t r a t e i s n o t a r e c e n t d e v e l o p m e n t . T e n y e a r s a g o , m a n y u r b a n s c h o o l s w e r e r e p o r t i n g d r o p - o u t r a t e s b e t w e e n 3 5 a n d 5 0 p e r c e n t . S o m e a d m i n i s t r a t o r s m a i n t a i n t h a t d r o p - o u t s r e m a i n t h e s i n g l e g r e a t e s t p r o b l e m i n t h e i r s c h o o l s . C o n s e q u e n t l y , m u c h e f f o r t h a s b e e n s p e n t o n i d e n t i f y i n g s t u d e n t s w i t h p r o b l e m s i n o r d e r t o g i v e t h e m m o r e a t t e n t i o n b e f o r e t h e y b e c o m e f a i l u r e s . S i n c e t h e d r o p - o u t p r o b l e m d o e s n ' t s t a r t i n s e n i o r h i g h s c h o o l , s p e c i a l p r o g r a m s i n j u n i o r h i g h s c h o o l f o c u s o n s t u d e n t s w h o s h o w p r o m i s e b u t h a v e a r e c o r d o f t r u a n c y , t h a t i s s t a y i n g a w a y f r o m s c h o o l w i t h o u t p e r m i s s i o n . / p > p b d s f i d = " 1 7 1 " > / p > p b d s f i d = " 1 7 2 " > U n d e r t h e g u i d a n c e o f c o u n s e l o r s , t h e s e s t u d e n t s a r e p l a c e d i n c l a s s e s w i t h t e a c h e r s w h o h a v e h a d s u c c e s s i n w o r k i n g w i t h s i m i l a r y o u n g p e o p l e . S t r a t e g i e s t o m o t i v a t e s t u d e n t s i n a h i g h s c h o o l i n c l u d e r e w a r d i n g a c a d e m i c e x c e l l e n c e b y d e s i g n a t i n g s c h o l a r s o f t h e m o n t h , o r b y i s s u i n g a r t i c l e s o f c l o t h i n g , s u c h a s s c h o o l l e t t e r j a c k e t s f o r m e r l y g i v e n o n l y t o a t h l e t e s . N o o n e w o r k i n g w i t h t h e s e s t u d e n t s c l a i m s t o k n o w h o w t o k e e p a l l s t u d e n t s i n s c h o o l s . C o u n s e l o r s , t e a c h e r s a n d a d m i n i s t r a t o r s a r e i n t h e f r o n t l i n e s o f w h a t s e e m s a t t i m e s t o b e a l o s i n g b a t t l e . A c t u a l l y , t h i s p r o b l e m s h o u l d b e e v e r y o n e s c o n c e r n s i n c e u n e d u c a t e d , u n e m p l o y e d c i t i z e n s a f f e c t u s a l l . / p > p b d s f i d = " 1 7 3 " > 3 3 . W h y a r e m a n y A m e r i c a n s c o n c e r n e d w i t h t h e i n c r e a s i n g d r o p - o u t r a t e i n s c h o o l ? / p > p b d s f i d = " 1 7 4 " > 3 4 . W h a t d o w e l e a r n a b o u t t h e s t u d e n t d r o p - o u t p r o b l e m i n A m e r i c a ? / p > p b d s f i d = " 1 7 5 " > 3 5 . W h a t i s m e n t i o n e d a s o n e o f t h e s t r a t e g i e s u s e d t o m o t i v a t e s t u d e n t s ? / p > p b d s f i d = " 1 7 6 " > C o m p o u n d D i c t a t i o n / p > p b d s f i d = " 1 7 7 " > I ' m i n t e r e s t e d i n t h e c r i m i n a l j u s t i c e s y s t e m o f o u r c o u n t r y . I t s e e m s t o m e t h a t s o m e t h i n g h a s t o b e d o n e i f w e a r e t o s u r v i v e a s a c o u n t r y . I c e r t a i n l y d o n ' t k n o w w h a t t h e a n s w e r s t o o u r p r o b l e m s a r e . T h i n g s c e r t a i n l y g e t c o m p l i c a t e d i n a h u r r y w h e n y o u g e t i n t o t h e m . B u t I w o n d e r i f s o m e t h i n g c o u l d n ' t b e d o n e t o d e a l w i t h s o m e o f t h e s e p r o b l e m s . / p > p b d s f i d = " 1 7 8 " > / p > p b d s f i d = " 1 7 9 " > O n e t h i n g I ' m c o n c e r n e d a b o u t i s o u r p r a c t i c e o f p u t t i n g o f f e n d e r s i n j a i l w h o h a v e n ' t h a r m e d a n y o n e . W h y n o t w o r k o u t s o m e s y s t e m w h e r e b y t h e y c a n p a y b a c k t h e d e b t s t h e y o w e s o c i e t y i n s t e a d o f i n c u r r i n g a n o t h e r d e b t b y g o i n g t o p r i s o n , a n d o f c o u r s e , c o m i n g u n d e r t h e i n f l u e n c e o f h a r d e n e d c r i m i n a l s ? I ' m a l s o c o n c e r n e d a b o u t t h e s h o r t p r i s o n s e n t e n c e s p e o p l e a r e s e r v i n g f o r s e r i o u s c r i m e s . O f c o u r s e , o n e a l t e r n a t i v e t o t h i s i s t o r e s t o r e c a p i t a l p u n i s h m e n t , b u t I ' m n o t s u r e I w o u l d b e f o r t h a t . I ' m n o t s u r e i t ' s r i g h t t o t a k e a n e y e f o r e y e . T h e a l t e r n a t i v e t o c a p i t a l p u n i s h m e n t i s l o n g e r s e n t e n c e s , b u t t h e y w o u l d c e r t a i n l y c o s t t h e t a x p a y e r s m u c h m o n e y . / p > p b d s f i d = " 1 8 0 " > / p > p b d s f i d = " 1 8 1 " > I a l s o t h i n k w e m u s t d o s o m e t h i n g a b o u t t h e i n s a n i t y p l e a . I n m y o p i n i o n , a n y o n e w h o t a k e s a n o t h e r p e r s o n ' s l i f e i n t e n t i o n a l l y i s i n s a n e . H o w e v e r , t h a t d o e s n o t m e a n t h a t t h e p e r s o n i s n ' t g u i l t y o f t h e c r i m e , o r t h a t h e s h o u l d n ' t p a y s o c i e t y t h e d e b t h e o w e s . I t ' s s a d , o f c o u r s e , t h a t a p e r s o n m a y h a v e t o s p e n d t h e r e s t o f h i s l i f e , o r a l a r g e p a r t o f i t , i n p r i s o n f o r a c t s t h a t h e c o m m i t t e d w h i l e n o t i n f u l l c o n t r o l o f h i s m i n d . b r b d s f i d = " 1 8 2 " > / p > / d i v > d i v i d = " f l o a t _ b t n " c l a s s = " " b d s f i d = " 1 8 3 " > b u t t o n c l a s s = " f l o a t _ b t n l e f t _ b t n " i d = "c o p y _ b u t t o n "d a t a - c l i p b o a r d - a c t i o n = " c o p y " d a t a - c l i p b o a r d - t a r ge t = " # c o n t e n t - t x t " o n c l i c k = " d o _ c o p y ( ) ; " b d sf i d = " 1 8 4 " > e m c l a s s = " i c o n " b d s f i d = " 1 8 5 " >。
2008年6月英语六级真题及答案 cet6 word版
2008年6月21日大学英语六级真题PartⅠWriting (30 minutes)Will E-books Replace Traditional Books?1.随着信息技术的发展，电子图书越来越多2.有人认为电子图书会取代传统图书，理由是……3.我的看法注意：此部分试题在答题卡1上Part ⅡReading Comprehension(Skimming and Scanning)(15 minutes)Directions: In this part, you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage quickly and answer the questions on Answer Sheet 1 For questions 1-7,choose the best answer from the four choices marked A),B),C)and D. For questions 8-10,complete the sentences with the information given in the passage.What will the world be like in fifty years?This week some top scientists, including Nobel Prize winners, gave their vision of how the world will look in 2056,fron gas-powered cars to extraordinary health advances, John Ingham reports on what the world‟s finest minds believe our futures will be.For those of us lucky enough to live that long,2056 will be a world of almost perpetual youth, where obesity is a remote memory and robots become our companions.We will be rubbing shoulders with aliens and colonizing outer space. Better still, our descendants might at last live in a world at peace with itself.The prediction is that we will have found a source of inexbaustible, safe, green energy, and that science will have killed off religion. If they are right we will have removed two of the main causes of war-our dependence on oil and religious prejudice.Will we really, as today‟s scientists claim, be able to live for ever or at least cheat the ageing process so that the average person lives to 150?Of course, all these predictions come with a scientific health warning. Harvard professor Steven Pinker says: “This is an invitation to look foolish, as with the predictions of domed cities and nuclear-powered vacuum cleaners that were made 50 year ag o.”Living longerAnthony Atala, director of the Wake Forest Institute in North Carolina, belives failing organs will be repaired byinjecting cells into the body. They will naturally to straight to the injury and help heal it. A system of injections wit hout needles could also slow the ageing process by using the same process to “tune” cells.Bruce Lahn, professor of human genetics at the University of Chicago, anticipates the ability to produce“unlimited supplies” of transplantable human organs without the needed a new organ, such as kidney, the surgeon would contact a commercial organ producer, give him the patient‟s immuno-logical profile and would then be sent a kidney with the correct tissue type.These organs would be entirely composed of human cells, grown by introducing them into animal hosts, and alloweing them to deveoop into and organ in place of the animal‟s own. But Prof. Lahn believes that farmed brains would be “off limits”.He says: “V ery few people would want to have their brains replaced by someone else‟s and we probably don‟t want to put a human brain ing an animal body.”Richard Miller, a professor at the University of Michigan, thinks scientist could develop“an thentic anti-ageing drugs” by working out how cells in larger animals such as whales and human resist many forms of injuries. He says:“It‟s is now routine, in laboratory mammals, to extend lifespan by about 40%. Turning on the same protective systems in people should, by 2056, create the first class of 100-year-olds who are as vigorous and productive as today‟s people in their 60s”AliensConlin Pillinger ,professor of planerary sciences at the Open University,says:”I fancy that at least we will be able to show that life didi start to evolve on Mars well as Earth.”Within 50years he hopes scientists will prove that alien life came here in Martian meteorites(陨石).Chris McKay,a planetary scientist at NASA‟s Ames Research Center.believes that in 50 years we may find evidence of alien life in ancient permanent forst of Mars or on other planers.He adds:”There is even a chance we will find alien life forms here on Earth.It mightbe as different as English is to Chinese.Priceton professor Freeman Dyson thinks it “likely” that life form outer space will be discovered defore 2056 because the tools for finding it, such as optical and radio detection and data processing,are improving.He ays:”As soon as the first evidence is found,we will know what to look for and additional discoveries are likely to follow quickly.Such discoveries are likely to have revolutionary consequences for biology, astronomy and philosophy. They may change the way we look at ourselves and our place in the universe.Colonies in spaceRichard Gottprofessor of astrophysics at Princeton,hopes man will set up a self-sufficient colony on Mars,which would be a “life insurance policy against whateve r catastrophes,natural or otherwise,might occur on Earth.“The real space race is whether we will colonise off Earth on to other worlds before money for the spaceprogramme runs out.”Spinal injuriesEllen Heber-Katz,a professor at the Wistar Institude in Philadelphia,foresees cures for inijuries causing paralysis such as the one that afflicated Superman star Christopher Reeve.She says:”I believe that the day is not far off when we will be able to profescribe drugs that cause severes(断裂的) spinal cords to heal,hearts to regenerate and lost limbs to regrow.“People will come to expect that injured or diseased organs are meant to be repaired from within,inmuch the same way that we fix an appliance or automobile:by replancing the damaged part with a manufacturer-certified new part.”She predict that within 5 to 10 years fingers and toes will be regrown and limbs will start to be regrown a few years later. Reparies to the nervous system will start with optic nerves and,in time,the spinal cord.”Within 50years whole body replacement will be routine,”Prof.Heber-Katz adds.ObesitySydney Brenner,senior distinguished fellow of the Crick-Jacobs Center in California,won the 2002 Noblel Prize for Medicine and says that if there is a global disaster some humans will survive-and evolition will favour small people with bodies large enough to support the required amount of brain power.”Obesity,”he says.”will have been solved.”RobotsRodney Brooks,professor of robotice at MIT,says the problems of developing artificial intelligence for robots will be at least partly overcome.As a result,”the possibilities for robots working with people will open up immensely”EnergyBill Joy,green technology expert in Califomia,says:”The most significant breakthrought would be to have an inexhaustible source of safe,green energy that is substantially cheaper than any existing energy source.”Ideally,such a source would be safe in that it could not be made into weapons and would not make hazardous or toxic waste or carbon dioxide,the main greenhouse gas blamed for global warming.SocietyGeoffrey Miller,evolutionary psychologist at the University of New Mexico,says:”The US will follow the UKin realizing that religion is nor a prerequisite (前提)for ordinary human decency.“This,s cience will kill religion-not by reason challenging faith but by offering a more practical,uniwersal and rewarding moral frameworkfor human interaction.”He also predicts that “ahsurdly wasteful”displays of wealth will become umfashionable while the imp ortance of close-knit communities and families will become clearer.These there changer,he says,will help make us all”brighe\ter,wiser,happier and kinder”.注意：此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。
Cet-6 2008年6月听力原文、答案与详解
2008年6月Cet-6听力原文、答案与详解Listening ComprehensionSECTION A8 short conversations11. A) The man might be able to play in the World Cup.B) The man’s football career seems to be at an end.C) The man was operated on a few weeks ago.D) The man is a fan of world-famous football players.答案：DM: Good news, I’m not going to have surgery after all. The doctor says I can start working out again soon and maybe play football like before in a few weeks.W: That’s terrific. It would be great if you could get back in shape（恢复健康）in time for the World Cup.Q: What do we learn from the conversation?12. A) Work out a plan to tighten his budgetB) Find out the opening hours of the cafeteria.C) Apply for a senior position in the restaurant.D) Solve his problem by doing a part-time job.答案：DM: I really need to make some extra money. You know I’ve practically spent my entire budget for this semester.W: Why not check out the new cafeteria at Market Street? I think there are still a few opening s（n.空缺的职位）suitable for seniors like you.Q: What does the woman suggest the man do?13. A) A financial burden.B) A good companionC) A real nuisance（n.讨厌的东西（人，行为）麻烦事; 非法妨害，损害; 麻烦事）.D) A well-trained pet.答案：CM: I hear John left his cat in your care while he’s on vacation abroad. How are you getting along with it?W: Well, it never comes when I call it. It spills its food and shed s（n.脱毛，蜕皮）all over the place. I can’t wait till John gets back.Q: How does the woman find the cat?14. A) The errors will be corrected soon.B) The woman was mistaken herself.C) The computing system is too complex.D) He has called the woman several times.答案：AW: Hello, Professor White, I got my grade in the mail this morning, but I think there might be a mistake in my mark.M: Yeah, I’ve got several calls just like yours. There must be a problem with the computing system. It should be straighten ed out（v.改正，清理，澄清;（使）变直; 帮人（或自行）解决问题;（使某人）重回正轨; 解决问题（或困难））ina couple of hours.Q: What does the man mean?15. A) He needs help to retrieve（vt. 取回;恢复;重新得到）his files.B) He has to type his paper once more.C) He needs some time to polish his paper.D) He will be away for a two-week conference.答案：BM: Professor Johnson, last night when I was putting the finishing touches on my paper, a computer failure completely wiped out my files, do you think I can have another day to retype it?W: I’m sorry, Rod. I’m leaving for a conference tomorrow and I’ll be a way two weeks. I suppose you could send me an E-copy.Q: Why does the man say he can’t submit his assignment on time?16. A) They might have to change their plan.B) He has got everything set for their trip.C) He has a heavier workload than the woman.D) They could stay in the mountains until June 8.答案：AW: I just called the travel agency, it’s all set. On June l st, we are heading for the mountains and will be camping there for a whole week.M: Have you checked the academic calendar? My classes aren’t over until the 8th. Q: What does the man imply?17. A) They have wait a month to apply for a student loan.B) They can find the application forms in the brochure.C) They are not eligible for a student loan.D) They are not late for a loan application.答案：DW: I thought there was still time for me to apply for a student loan. But someone just told me that the closing date was last Tuesday.M: Are you sure? I thought we still had another month. Wait, I’ve got a brochure right here. Last Tuesday was the opening date.Q: What does the man imply?18. A) New laws are yet to be made to reduce pollutant（n.污染物）release.B) Pollution has attracted little attention from the public.C) The quality of air will surely change for the better.D) It’ll take years to bring air pollution under control.答案：CW: Look at all the pollutants going into the air from those factories. Do you think they’ll ever get that under control?M: Now with the new laws in effect and social awareness increasing, we are sure to turn things around.Q: What does the man mean?2 long conversationsConversation 1W: Tell me, Peter, what makes Harrods(哈洛德百货，世界最负盛名的百货公司，贩售奢华的商品,位于伦敦) so famous?M: Well, it’s the biggest department store in the UK. And its food hall and the Egyptian hall are very famous. People come to Harrods just to see them.W: What is special about the food hall?M: It sells many different kinds of food. For example, it has 250 kinds of cheese from all over the world and more than 180 kinds of bread. Customers also love all the different kinds of chocolate. They buy a hundred tons every year.W: That’s amazing! And why is the Egyptian（adj.埃及的，埃及人的）hall so famous?M: Well, when people see it, they feel they are in another world. It looks like in Egyptian building from 4,000 years ago. And it sells beautiful objects. They are not 4,000 years old, of course.W: Is it true that Harrods produces its own electricity?M: Yes, it does.70%, enough for a small town. To light the outside of the building, we use 11,500 light bulbs.W: Really? Tell me, how many customers do you have on an average day? And how much do they spend?M: About 30,000 people come on an average day. But during the sales, the number increases to 300,000 customers a day. How much do they spent? Well, on average, customers spend about 1.5 million pounds a day. The record for one day is nine million pounds.W: Nine million pounds in one day?M: Yes, on the first day of the January sales.W: Harrods says it sells everything to everybody, everywhere. Is that really true? M: Oh, yes. of course! Absolutely everything!19. What is the food hall of Harrods noted for?A) Enormous size of its stores.B) Numerous varieties of food.C) Its appealing surroundings.D) Its rich and colorful history.答案：B20. What does the Egyptian hall seem like to the customers?A) An ancient building.B) A world of antique s（n.古玩，古董; 古风，古希腊和古罗马艺术风格）.C) An Egyptian museum.D) An Egyptian Memorial（n.纪念碑）.答案：B21. What may customers find surprising about Harrods?A) Its power bill reaches $9 million a year.B) It sells thousands of light bulbs a day.C) It supplies power to a nearby town.D) It generates 70% of the electricity it uses.答案：D22. About how many customers come to Harrods on an average day?A) 11,500B) 30,000C) 250,000D) 300,000答案：BConversation 2W: Hi Kevin!M: Hi Laura, long time no see! What have you been up to lately?W: Not much. I can assure you. And you?M: Much the same except I do have some big news.W: Come on. This suspense(n.悬念; 悬而未决，含糊不定; 焦虑，挂念) is killing me.M: No, really, what have you been doing these past few weeks? The last time I saw you, you were looking for a new job.W: Well, that’s not exactly true. I was thinking about changing jobs. Luckily, they offered me a new position in the accounting（n.会计）department.M: A step up in the big business world.W: I wouldn’t exaggerate（vt.夸张）, but I am pleased. I had been hoping to get a promotion for a while. So when it finally came through, I was relieve d（vt.缓解）.Actually, that’s why I was looking for a new job. I just didn’t want to work there anymore if they weren’t going to recognize my efforts.M: Right, sometimes you ca n do your best and it seems like the others don’t know you exist. I hope the money’s better.W: I got a reasonable raise, now enough about me. I’m dying to hear your news.M: I am getting married.W: No, you said you’d never get married.M: That was then and this is now. You’ve got to meet Andrea, she’s great!W: This is all news to me. I didn’t even know you were dating.M: We weren’t. We’ve just been dating for two weeks now.W: And you getting married?M: I know. I can’t help it. I just know she’s the o ne.W: Well, congratulations! That’s fantastic!M: Thanks, I’m glad to hear you feel way.23. What was the woman doing when the man last saw her?A) Transferring to another department.B) Studying accounting at a universityC) Thinking about doing a different job.D) Making preparation for her wedding.答案：C24. Why does the woman say she was relieved?A) She has finally got a promotion and a pay raise.B) She has got a satisfactory job in another company.C) She could at last leave the accounting department.D) She managed to keep her position in the company.答案：A25. Why is the woman surprised at the man’s news?A) He and Andrea have proved to be a perfect match.B) He changed his mind about marriage unexpectedly.C) He declared that he would remain single all his life.D) He would marry Andrea even without meeting her.答案：BSECTION BpassagesPassage oneWater scooter s（水上摩托）are water vehicles that look very much like motorcycles. Nowadays, speedy（adj. 快的，迅速的; 敏捷的）, colorful water scooters are gaining in popularity. They can travel anywhere a small boat can and particularly popular with young people. The rising popularity of the craft（n. 船; 飞行器）has raised the question of water scooter regulation（n.规则; 管理; 控制; 规章）. In this case, the argument for strict regulation is compelling（adj.非常强烈的; 不可抗拒的）. Water scooters are a particularly deadly（adj.致命的，致死的；极端的，非常的）form of water recreation. For example, two women were vacationing in Longboat Key（长船礁; 佛罗里达州朗博特岛; 龙布凯）while they were floating on the rubber boat along the shore, a water scooter crashed into them and kill them. Also water scooter operators have been killed or seriously injured in collisions with other water craft（水运，水运工具；船只；船舶）. Others have been strand ed （vt.使滞留，使搁浅; 使陷于困境; vi.搁浅; 陷入困境）at the sea when their scooters either failed or sank far from shore. Many water scooter operators areinexperienced and ignorant of navigational（adj.航行的，航海的）rules, which increase the potential for accidents. The increasing popularity of the scooter has aggravate d（vt.激怒; 加重，使恶化; 使恼火）the problem, providing more water vehicles to compete for the same space. Crowded water waves are simply an open invitation to disaster. In addition to the inherent（adj.天生; 固有的，内在的）operational hazards of water scooters, they are proving to be an environmental nuisance. Beach residents complain of the noise of the scooters. The Pacific Whale Foundation on the west coast expressed concern that the scooters are frightening away an endangered species（濒危物种）of whale that migrate s（vi.移动; 迁移，移往; 随季节而移居; vt.使移居; 使移植;）to Hawaii for breeding. Regulations such as minimum operating age, restricted operating areas and compulsory classes in water safety are essential. Without such regulations, tragedies involving water scooters are sure to multiply（vt.（使）增加）, which makes many beaches unsafe for recreation.26. What does the speaker say about water scooters?A) They are motorcycles designated for water sports.B) They are speedy boats restricted in narrow waterways.C) They are becoming an efficient form of water transportation.D) They are getting more popular as a means or water recreation.答案：D27. What is mentioned as one of the causes of water accidents?A) Waterscooter operators’ lack of experience.B) Vacationers’ disregard of water safety rules.C) Overloading of small boats and other craft.D) Carelessness of people boating along the shore.答案：A28. In what way are water scooters said to be an environmental nuisance?A) They scare whales to death.B) They produce too much noise.C) They discharge（vt.放出; 流出; 开枪; 发射）toxic（adj.有毒的; 中毒的）emission s（n.排放，辐射; 排放物，散发物（尤指气体））.D) They endanger lots of water life.答案：B29. What does the speaker propose to ensure the safety of beaches for recreation?A) Expand operating areas.B) Restrict operating hours.C) Limit the use of waterscooters.D) Enforce necessary regulations.答案：DPassage twoIt seems to me that neighbors are go ing out of style（过时）in America. The friend next door from whom you borrowed for eggs or a ladder has moved and the people in there now are strangers. Some of the traditional stories of neighborliness（n.亲切，友善）are impractical or silly and maybe just as well that our relations with our neighbors are changing. The saying in the Bible “Love thy（pron.（旧式用法）你的(thou的所有格)）neighbor” was probably a poor translation of what must have originally been, “respect thy neighbor”. Love can be called up on order. Fewer than half the people in the United States live in the same house they lived in five years ago. So there is no reason to love the people who live next door to you, just because they happen to wander into a real estate（n.房地产; 不动产，土地; 物业不动产; 房地契）office that listed the place next door to yours. The only thing neighbors have in common, to begin with, is proximity（n.亲近; 接近，邻近; 接近度，距离）and u nless something more develops that isn’t reason enough to be best friends. It sometimes happens naturally, but the chances are very small that your neighbors will be your choices friends or that you will be theirs, either. The best relationship with neighb ors is one of friendly distance. You say “hello”, use small talk if you see them in the yard, you discuss problems as they arise and you help each other in an emergency. The drive way or the fence between you is not really a cold shoulder（n. <俗>冷淡，轻视; 碰一鼻子灰）but a clear boundary（n. 分界线; 范围;（球场）边线）. We all like clearly-defined boundaries for ourselves.30. What does the speaker say about the relations among neighbors nowadays?A) They are stable.B) They are close.C) They are strain ed（vt.拉紧，拽紧或扯紧; 尽量使力; 扭伤; 歪曲）.D) They are changing.答案：D31. Why does speaker say it may be difficult for people to love their neighbors?A) They are fully occupied with their own business.B) Not many of them stay in the same place for long.C) Not many of them can win trust from their neighbors.D) They attach less importance to interpersonal relations.答案：B32. What should neighbors do in the speaker’s opinion?A) Count on each other for help.B) Give each other a cold shoulder.C) Keep a friendly distance.D) Build a fence between them.答案：CPassage ThreeArticles in magazines and newspapers and special reports on radio and televisionreflect the concern of many Americans about the increasing drop-out rate（辍学率drop-out n.中途退学的人，退学者；逃避现实社会的人，中途退出者，落后者）in our junior and senior high schools. Coupled with（加上，外加）this fact is the warning that soon we will no longer have a work force to fill the many jobs that require properly educated personnel. The high student drop-out rate is not a recent development. Ten years ago, many urban schools were reporting drop-out rates between 35 and 50 percent. Some administrators maintain that drop-outs remain the single greatest problem in their schools. Consequently, much effort has been spent on identifying students with problems in order to give them more attention before they become failures. Since the drop-out problem doesn’t start in senior high school, special programs in junior high school focus on students who show promise but have a record of truancy（n.逃学; 旷课; 玩忽职守; 逃避责任）—that is staying away from school without permission. Under the guidance of counselors, these students are placed in classes with teachers who have had success in working with similar young people. Strategies to motivate students in a high school include rewarding academic excellence (Academic Excellence Award成绩优异奖; 学术卓越奖) by designating （designate v.指派）scholars of the month, or by issuing articles of clothing, such as school letter jackets formerly given only to athletes. No one working with these students claims to know how to keep all students in school. Counselors, teachers and administrators are in the frontlines of what seems at times to be a losing battle. Actually, this problem should be everyone’s concern since uneducated, unemployed citizens affect us all.33. Why are many Americans concerned with the increasing drop-out rate in school?A) It may produce an increasing number of idle (adj.空闲的; 无意义的; 懒惰的;无根据的)youngster s (n.少年; 年轻人; 小孩子).B) It may affect the quality of higher education in America.C) It may cause many schools to go out of operation.D) It may lead to a lack of properly educated workers.答案：D34. What do we learn about the student drop-out problem in America?A) It is less serious in cities than in rural areas.B) It affects both junior and senior high schools.C) It results from a worsening economic climate.D) It is a new challenge facing American educators.答案：B35. What is mentioned as one of the strategies used to motivate students?A) Allowing them to choose their favorite teachers.B) Creating a more relaxed learning environment.C) Rewarding excellent academic performance.D) Helping them to develop better study habits.答案：CSECTION C短文听写36. survive 37. complicated 38. offenders 39. whereby 40. incurring 41. influence 42. serving 43. restore44. The alternative to capital punishment is longer sentences, but they would certainly cost the tax payers much money.45. that does not mean that person isn’t guilty of the crime, or that he shouldn’t pay society the debt he owes.46. a large part of it in prison for acts that he committed while not in full control of his mind.。
200806六级听力真题及答案
Section A11.M: Good news! I’m not going to have surgery after all. The doctor says I can start working out again soon, and maybe play football like before in a few weeks.W: That’s terrific! It will be great if you can get back in shape in time for the World Cup.Q: What do we learn from the conversation?12.M: I really need to make some extra money. You know, I’ve practically spent my entire budget for the semester.W: Why not check out the new cafeteria at the Market Street. I think there’s still a few opening suitable for seniors like you.Q: What does the woman suggest the man do?13.M: I hear John left his cat in your care while he’s on vacation abroad. How are you getting along with it?W: Well, it never comes when I call it. It spills its food and sheds all over the place. I can’t wait till John gets back.Q: How does the woman find the cat?14.W: Hello, Professor White, I got my grade in the mail this morning, but I think there might be a mistake in my mark.M: Yeah. I’ve got several calls just like yours. There must be a problem with a computing system. It should be straightened out in a couple of hours.Q: What does the man mean?15.M: Professor Johnson, last night when I was putting the finishing touches on my paper a computer failure completely wiped up my files. Do you think I could have another day to retype it?W: I’m sorry, Rod. I’m leaving for a conference tomorrow, and I’ll be away two weeks. I suppose you could send me an e-copy.Q: Why does the man say he can’t submit his assignment on time?16.W: I just called the travel agency. It’s all set. On June 1s we are heading for the mountains and will be camping there for a whole week.M: Have you checked the academic calendar? My classes aren’t over until the 8th.Q: What does the man imply?17.W: I thought there was still time for me to apply for a student loan. But someone just told me that the closing date was last Tuesday.M: Are you sure? I thought we still had another month. Wait, I’ve got a brochure right here. Last Tuesday was the opening date.Q: What does the man imply?18.W: Look at all the pollutants going into the air from those factories. Do you think they’ll ever get that under control?M: Now with the new laws in effect, and social awareness increasing, we are sure to turn things around.Q: What does the man mean?Conversation oneW: T ell me, Peter, what makes Harrods so famous?M: Well, it’s the biggest department store in the UK. And its food hall and the Egyptian hall are very famous. People come to Harrods just to see them.W: What is special about the food hall?M: It sells many different kinds of food. For example, it has 250 kinds of cheese from all over the world and more than 180 kinds of bread. Customers also love all the different kinds of chocolate. They buy 100 tons every year.W: That’s amazing! And why is the Egyptian hall so famous?M: Well, when people see it, they feel they are in another world. It looks like an Egyptian building from 4000 years ago. And it sells beautiful objects. They are not4000 years old, of course.W: Is it true that Harrods produces its own electricity?M: Yes, it does. 70%, enough for a small town. To light the outside of the building, we use 11500 light bulbs.W: Really? Tell me, how many customers do you have on an average day? And how much do they spend?M: About 30000 people come on an average day. But during the sales, the number increases to 300000 customers a day. How much do they spend? Well, on average, customers spend about 1.5 million pounds a day. The record for one day is 9 million pounds,W: 9 million pounds in one day?M: Yes, on the first day of the January sales.W: Harrods says it sells everything to everybody, everywhere. Is that really true?M: Oh, yes, of course! Absolutely everything!19. What is the food hall of Harrods noted for?20. What does the Egyptian hall seem like to the customers?21. What may customers find surprising about Harrods?22. About how many customers come to Harrods on an average day? Conversation twoW: Hi, Kevin.M: Hi, Laura. Long time no see. What’ve you been up to lately?W: Not much, I can assure you. And you?M: Much the same, except I do have some big news.W: Come on! This suspense is killing me.M: No, really. What’ve you been doing these past few weeks? The last time I saw you, you were looking for a new job.W: Well, That’s not exactly true. I was thinking about changing jobs. Luckily, they offered me a new position in the accounting department.M: A step up in the big business world.W: I wouldn’t exaggerate, but I’m pleased. I had been hoping to get a promotion for a while. So when it finally came through I was relieved. Actually that’s why I was looking for a new job. I just didn’t want to work there any more. They weren’t going to recognize my efforts.M: Right. Sometimes you can do your best and it seems like the others don’t know you exist. I hope the money is better?W: I got a reasonable raise. Now, enough about me. I’m dying to hear your news.M: I’m getting married.W: No! You said you never get married.M: That was then, and this is now. You’ve got to meet Andria. She’s great! W: This is all news to me. I didn’t even know you were dating.M: We weren’t. We’ve just been dating for two weeks now.W: And you’re getting married?M: I know I can’t help it. I just know she’s the one.W: Well, congratulations! That’s fantastic!M: Thanks. I’m glad to hear you feel that way.23. What was the woman doing when the man last saw her?24. Why does the woman say she was relieved?25. Why is the woman surprised at the man’s news?Section BPassage 1Water scooters are water vehicles that look very much like motor cycles. Nowadays speedy, colorful water scooters are gaining in popularity. They can travel anywhere a small boat can and typically popular with young people. The rising popularity of the craft has raised the question of water scooter regulation. In this case, the argument for strict regulation is compelling. Water scooters are a particularly deadly form of water recreation. For example, two women were vacationing in Long Boat Key. While they were floating on a rubber boat along the shore, a water scooter crashed into them and killed them. Also, water scooter operators have been killed or seriously injured in collisions with other water craft. Others have been straddled at the sea when the scooters either failed or sank far from shore. Many water scooter operators are inexperienced and ignorant of navigational rules which increases the potential for accidents. The increasingpopularity of the scooter has aggravated the problem providing more water vehicles to compete for the same space. Crowded water ways are simply an open invitation to disaster. In addition to the inherent operational hazards of water scooters, they’re proving to be an environmental nonsense. Beach residents complained of the noise of the scooters. The pacific whale foundation on the west coast expressed concern that the scooters are frightening away and endanger species of whale that migrates to Hawaii for breeding. Regulations such as minimum operating age, restricted operating areas and compulsory classes in water safety are essential. Without such regulations, tragedies involve water scooters are sure to multiply which makes many beaches unsafe for recreation.26 What does the speaker say about water scooters?27 What is mentioned as one of the causes of water accidents?28 In what way are water scooters said to be an environmental nonsense?29 What does the speaker propose to ensure the safety of beaches for recreation?Passage 2It seems to me that neighbors are going out of style in America. The friend next door from whom you borrowed four eggs or a ladder has moved and the people in there now are strangers. Some of the traditional stories of neighborliness are impractical or silly. And it may be just as well that our relations with our neighbors are changing. The saying in the Bible “Love Thy Neighbor” was probably a poor translation of what must have originally been – Respect Thy Neighbor. Love cant’be called up on order. Fewer than half the people in the United States live in the same house they lived in five years ago. So there’s no reason to love the people who live next door to you just because they happen to wander into a real estate office that listed the place next door to yours. The only thing neighbors have in common, to begin with, is proximity. And unless something more develops, that isn’t reason enough to be best friends. It sometimes happens naturally, but the chances are very small that your neighbors will be your choice of friends or that you’ll be theirs, either. The best relationship with neighbors is one of friendly distance. You say hello, you small talk if you see them in the yard. You discuss problems as they arise. And you help each other in an emergency. The driveway, or the fence between you, is not really a cold shoulder but a clear boundary - we all like clearly defined boundaries for ourselves.30 What does the speaker say about the relations among neighbors nowadays?31 Why does the speaker say it may be difficult for people to love their neighbors?32 What should neighbors do in the speaker’s opinion?Passage ThreeArticles in magazines and newspapers and special reports on radio, and television reflect the concern of many Americans about the increasing drop-out rate in our junior and senior high schools. Coupled with this fact is the warning that soon we will no longer have a work force to fill the many jobs that require properly educated personnel. The high student dropout rate is not a recent development. Ten years ago, many urban schools were reporting dropout rates between 35% and 50%. Some administrators maintain that dropouts remain the single greatest problem in their schools. Consequently, much effort has been spent on identifying students with problems in order to give them more attention before become failures. Since the dropout problem doesn’t start in senior high school, special programs in junior high school focus on students who show promise, but have a record of truancy. That’s staying away from school without permission. Under the guidance of counselors, these students are placed in classes with teachers whohave had success in working with similar young people. Strategies to motivate students in high school, include rewarding academic excellence by designating scholars of the month, or by issuing articles of clothing such as school letter jackets formally given only to athletes.. No one working with these students claims to know how to keep all students in school. Counselors, teachers and administrators are in the frontlines of what seems at times to be a losing battle. Actually, this problem should be everyone’s concern since uneducated, unemployed citizens affect us all33 Why are Americans concerned about the increasing drop-out rate in school?34 What do we learn about the student drop-out problem in America?35 What is mentioned as one of the strategies used to motivate students?Section CI’m interested in the criminal justice system of our country. It seems to me that something has to be done if we are to survive as a country. I certainly don’t know what the answers to our problems are. Things certainly get complicated in a hurry when you get into them. But I wonder if something couldn’t be done to deal with some of these problems. One thing I’m concerned about is our practice of puttingoffenders in jail who haven’t harmed anyone. Why not work out some system whereby they can pay back the debts they owe society instead of incurring another debt by going to prison and of course coming out the influence of hardened criminals. I’m also concerned about the short prison sentences people are serving for serious crimes. Of course one alternative to this is to restore capital punishment. But I’m not sure I would be for that. I’m not sure it’s right to take an eye for an eye. The alternative to capital punishment is longer sentences but they would certainly cost the tax-payers much money.I also think we must do something about the insanity plea. In my opinion, anyone who takes another person’s life intentionally is insane. However that does not mean that the person isn’t guilty of the crime or that he shouldn’t pay society the debt he owes. It said of course that a person may have to spend the rest of his life or a large part of it in prison for acts that he committed while not in full control of his mind.。
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Section A11. M: Good news, I’m not going to have surgery after all. The doctor says I can start working out again soon and maybe play football like before in a few weeks.W: That’s terrific. It would be great if you could get back in shape in time for the World Cup.Q: What do we learn from the conversation?12. M: I really need to make some extra money. You know I’ve practically spent my entire budget for this semester.W: Why not check out the new cafeteria at Market Street? I think there are still a few openings suitable for seniors like you.Q: What does the woman suggest the man do?13. M: I hear John left his cat in your care while he’s on vacation abroad. How are you getting along with it?W: Well, it never comes when I call it. It spills its food and sheds all over the place.I can’t wait till John gets back.Q: How does the woman find the cat?14. W: Hello, Professor White, I got my grade in the mail this morning, but I think there might be a mistake in my mark.M: Yeah, I’ve g ot several calls just like yours. There must be a problem with the computing system. It should be straightened out in a couple of hours.Q: What does the man mean?15. M: Professor Johnson, last night when I was putting the finishing touches on my paper, a computer failure completely wiped out my files, do you think I can have another day to retype it?W: I’m sorry, Rod. I’m leaving for a conference tomorrow and I’ll be away two weeks. I suppose you could send me an E-copy.Q: Why does the man say he can’t submit his assignment on time?16. W: I just called the travel agency, it’s all set. On June l st, we are heading for the mountains and will be camping there for a whole week.M: Have you checked the academic calendar? My classes aren’t over un til the 8th. Q: What does the man imply?17. W: I thought there was still time for me to apply for a student loan. But someone just told me that the closing date was last Tuesday.M: Are you sure? I thought we still had another month. Wait, I’ve got a brochure right here. Last Tuesday was the opening date.Q: What does the man imply?18. W: Look at all the pollutants going into the air from those factories. Do you think they’ll ever get that under control?M: Now with the new laws in effect and social awareness increasing, we are sure to turn things around.Q: What does the man mean?Conversation OneW: Tell me, Peter, what makes Harrods so famous?M: Well, it’s the biggest department store in the UK. And its food hall and the Egyptian hall are very famous. People come to Harrods just to see them.W: What is special about the food hall?M: It sells many different kinds of food. For example, it has 250 kinds of cheese from all over the world and more than 180 kinds of bread. Customers also love all the different kinds of chocolate. They buy a hundred tons every year.W: That’s amazing! And why is the Egyptian hall so famous?M: Well, when people see it, they feel they are in another world. It looks like in Egyptian building from 4,000 years ago. And it sells beautiful objects. They are not 4,000 years old, of course.W: Is it true that Harrods produces its own electricity?M: Yes, it does.70%, enough for a small town. To light the outside of the building, we use 11,500 light bulbs.W: Really? Tell me, how many customers do you have on an average day? And how much do they spend?M: About 30,000 people come on an average day. But during the sales, the number increases to 300,000 customers a day. How much do they spent? Well, on average, customers spend about 1.5 million pounds a day. The record for one day is nine million pounds.W: Nine million pounds in one day?M: Yes, on the first day of the January sales.W: Harrods says it sells everything to everybody, everywhere. Is that really true? M: Oh, yes. of course! Absolutely everything!19. What is the food hall of Harrods noted for?20. What does the Egyptian hall seem like to the customers?21. What may customers find surprising about Harrods?22. About how many customers come to Harrods on an average day? Conversation TwoW: Hi Kevin!M: Hi Laura, long time no see! What have you been up to lately?W: Not much. I can assure you. And you?M: Much the same except I do have some big news.W: Come on. This suspense is killing me.M: No, really, what have you been doing these past few weeks? The last time I saw you, you were looking for a new job.W: Well, that’s not exactly true. I was thinking about changing jobs. Luckily, they offered me a new position in the accounting department.M: A step up in the big business world.W: I wouldn’t exaggerate, but I am pleased. I had been hoping to get a promotion for a while. So when it finally came through, I was relieved. Actually, that’s why I was looking for a new job. I just didn’t want to work there anymore if they weren’t going to recognize my efforts.M: Right, sometimes you can do your best and it seems like the others don’t know you exist. I hope the money’s better.W: I got a reasonable raise, now enough about me. I’m dying to hear your news.M: I am getting married.W: No, you said you’d never get married.M: That was then and this is now. You’ve got to meet Andrea, she’s great!W: This is all news to me. I didn’t even know you were dating.M: We weren’t. We’ve just been dating for two weeks now.W: And you getting married?M: I know. I can’t help it. I just know she’s the one.W: Well, congratulations! That’s fantastic!M: Thanks, I’m glad to hear you feel way.23. What was the woman doing when the man last saw her?24. Why does the woman say she was relieved?25. Why is the woman surprised at the man’s news?Section BPassage OneWater scooters are water vehicles that look very much like motorcycles. Nowadays, speedy, colorful water scooters are gaining in popularity. They can travel anywhere a small boat can and particularly popular with young people. The rising popularity of the craft has raised the question of water scooter regulation. In this case, the argument for strict regulation is compelling. Water scooters are a particularly deadly form of water recreation. For example, two women were vacationing in Longboat Key while they were floating on the rubber boat along the shore, a water scooter crashed into them and kill them. Also water scooter operators have been killed or seriously injured in collisions with other water craft. Others have been stranded at the sea when their scooters either failed or sank far from shore. Many water scooter operators are inexperienced and ignorant of navigational rules, which increase the potential for accidents. The increasing popularity of the scooter has aggravated the problem, providing more water vehicles to compete for the same space. Crowded water wavesare simply an open invitation to disaster. In addition to the inherent operational hazards of water scooters, they are proving to be an environmental nuisance. Beach residents complain of the noise of the scooters. The Pacific Whale Foundation on the west coast expressed concern that the scooters are frightening away an endangered species of whale that migrates to Hawaii for breeding. Regulations such as minimum operating age, restricted operating areas and compulsory classes in water safety are essential. Without such regulations, tragedies involving water scooters are sure to multiply, which makes many beaches unsafe for recreation.26. What does the speaker say about water scooters?27. What is mentioned as one of the causes of water accidents?28. In what way are water scooters said to be an environmental nuisance?29. What does the speaker propose to ensure the safety of beaches for recreation? Passage TwoIt seems to me that neighbors are going out of style in America. The friend nest door from whom you borrowed for eggs or a ladder has moved and the people in there now are strangers. Some of the traditional stories of neighborliness are impractical or silly and maybe just as well that our relations with our neighbors are changing. The saying in the Bible “Love thy neighbor” was probably a poor translation of what must have originally been, “respect thy neighbor”. L ove can be called up on order. Fewer than half the people in the United States live in the same house they lived in five years ago. So there is no reason to love the people who live next door to you, just because they happen to wander into a real estate office that listed the place next door to yours. The only thing neighbors have in common, to begin with, is proximity and unless something more develops that isn’t reason enough to be best friends. It sometimes happens naturally, but the chances are very small that your neighbors will be your choices friends or that you will be theirs, either. The best relationship with neighbors is one of friendly distance. You say “hello”, use small talk if you see them in the yard, you discuss problems as they arise and you help each other in an emergency. The drive way or the fence between you is not really a cold shoulder but a clear boundary. We all like clearly-defined boundaries for ourselves.30. What does the speaker say about the relations among neighbors nowadays?31. Why does speaker say it may be difficult for people to love their neighbors?32. What should neighbors do in the speaker’s opinion?Passage ThreeArticles in magazines and newspapers and special reports on radio and television reflect the concern of many Americans about the increasing drop-out rate in our junior and senior high schools. Coupled with this fact is the warning that soon we will no longer have a work force to fill the many jobs that require properly educated personnel. The high student drop-out rate is not a recent development. Ten years ago, many urban schools were reporting drop-out rates between 35 and 50 percent. Some administrators maintain that drop-outs remain the single greatest problem in their schools. Consequently, much effort has been spent on identifying students with problems in order to give them more attention before they become failures. Since the drop-out problem doesn’t start in senior high school, special programs in junior high school focus on students who show promise but have a record of truancy—that is staying away from school without permission. Under the guidance of counselors, these students are placed in classes with teachers who have had success in working with similar young people. Strategies to motivate students in a high school include rewarding academic excellence by designating scholars of the month, or by issuing articles of clothing, such as school letter jackets formerly given only to athletes. No one working with these students claims to know how to keep all students in school. Counselors, teachers and administrators are in the frontlines of what seems at times to be a losing battle. Actually, this problem should be everyone’s concern since uneducated, unemployed citizens affect us all.33. Why are many Americans concerned with the increasing drop-out rate in school?34. What do we learn about the student drop-out problem in America?35. What is mentioned as one of the strategies used to motivate students?Section CI’m interested in the criminal justice syst em of our country. It seems to me that something has to be done, if we’re to survive as a country. I certainly don’t know what the answers to our problems are. Things certainly get complicated in a hurry when you get into them, but I wonder if something co uldn’t be done to deal with some of these problems. One thing I’m concerned about is our practice of putting offenders in jail who haven’t harmed anyone. Why not work out some system whereby they can pay back the debts they owe society instead of incurring another debt by going to prison and, of course, coming under the influence of course, coming under the influence of hardened criminals. I’m also concerned about he short prison sentences people are serving for serious crimes. Of course one alternative to this is to restore capital pu8nishment, but I’m not sure I would be for that. I’m not sure it’s right to take an eye . The alternative to capital punishment is longer sentences but they would certainly cost the tax-payers much money. I also think we must do something about the insanity plea. In my opinion, anyone who takes another person’s life intentionally is insane; however, that does not mean that the person isn’t guilty of the crime or that he shouldn’t pay society the debt he owes. It’s sad, of course, that aperson may have to spend the rest of his life, or a large part of it in prison for acts that he committed while not in full control of his mind.。
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08年06月Part III Listening Comprehension (35minutes)Section A11. A) The man might be able to play in the World Cup. B) The man’s football career seems to be at an end.C) The man was operated on a few weeks ago. D) The man is a fan of world-famous football players.12. A) Work out a plan to tighten his budget B) Find out the opening hours of the cafeteria.C) Apply for a senior position in the restaurant. D) Solve his problem by doing a part-time job.13. A) A financial burden. B) A good companion C) A real nuisance.D) A well-trained pet.14. A) The errors will be corrected soon. B) The woman was mistaken herself.C) The computing system is too complex. D) He has called the woman several times.15. A) He needs help to retrieve his files. B) He has to type his paper once more.C) He needs some time to polish his paper. D) He will be away fora two-week conference.16. A) They might have to change their plan. B) He has got everything set for their trip.C) He has a heavier workload than the woman. D) They could stay in the mountains until June 8.17. A) They have to wait a month to apply for a student loan. B) They can find the application forms in the brochure.C) They are not eligible for a student loan. D) They are not late for a loan application.18. A) New laws are yet to be made to reduce pollutant release. B) Pollution has attracted little attention from the public.C) The quality of air will surely change for the better. D) It’ll take years to bring air pollution under control.Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard.19. A) Enormous size of its stores. B) Numerous varieties of food.C) Its appealing surroundings. D) Its rich and colorful history.20. A) An ancient building. B) A world of antiques.C) An Egyptian museum. D) An Egyptian Memorial.21. A) Its power bill reaches £9 million a year. B) It sells thousands of light bulbs a day.C) It supplies power to a nearby town. D) It generates 70% of the electricity it uses.22. A) 11,500 B) 30,000 C) 250,000 D) 300,000Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.23. A) Transferring to another department. B) Studying accounting at a universityC) Thinking about doing a different job. D) Making preparations for her wedding.24. A) She has finally got a promotion and a pay raise. B) She has got a satisfactory job in another company.C) She could at last leave the accounting department. D) She managed to keep her position in the company.25. A) He and Andrea have proved to be a perfect match. B) He changed his mind about marriage unexpectedly.C) He declared that he would remain single all his life. D) He would marry Andrea even without meeting her.Section BPassage OneQuestions 26 to 29 are based on the passage you have just heard.26.A) They are motorcycles designated for water sports.B) They are speedy boats restricted in narrow waterways.C) They are becoming an efficient form of water transportation.D) They are getting more popular as a means or water recreation.27.A) Water scooter operators’ lack of experience. B) Vacationers’ disregard of water safety rules.C) Overloading of small boats and other craft. D) Carelessness of people boating along the shore.28.A) They scare whales to death. B) They produce too much noise.C) They discharge toxic emissions. D) They endanger lots of water life.29.A)Expand operating areas. B) Restrict operating hours.C) Limit the use of water scooters. D) Enforce necessary regulations.Passage TwoQuestions 30 to 32 are based on the passage you have just heard.30.A) They are stable. B) They are close. C) They are strained.D) They are changing.31.A) They are fully occupied with their own business. B) Not many of them stay in the same place for long.C) Not many of them can win trust from their neighbors. D) They attach less importance to interpersonal relations.32.A) Count on each other for help. B) Give each other a cold shoulder.C) Keep a friendly distance. D) Build a fence between them.Passage ThreeQuestions 33 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.33.A) It may produce an increasing number of idle youngsters.B) It may affect the quality of higher education in America.C) It may cause many schools to go out of operation.D) It may lead to a lack of properly educated workers.34. A）It is less serious in cities than in rural areas. B) It affects both junior and senior high schools.C) It results from a worsening economic climate. D) It is a new challenge facing American educators.35. A) Allowing them to choose their favorite teachers. B) Creating a more relaxed learning environment.C) Rewarding excellent academic performance. D) Helping them to develop better study habits.Section CI'm interested in the criminal justice system of our country. It seems to me that something has to be done if we’re to (36) __ ____________as a country. I certainly don't know what the answers to our problems are. Things certainly get (37) ________________in a hurry when you get into them. But I wonder if something couldn't be done to deal with some of these problems. One thing I'm concerned about is our practice of putting (38) ____________ _____ in jail who haven't harmed anyone. Why not work out some system (39) _________________ they can pay back the debts they owe society instead of (40) ___ ____________another debt by going to prison, and of course, coming under the (41) ________________of hardened criminals? I'm also concerned about the short prison sentences people are (42) ____________ ______ for serious crimes. Of course, one alternative to this is to (43) __________________ capital punishment, but I'm not sure I would be for that. I'm not sure it's right to take an eye for eye. (44) _________________. I also think we must do something about the insanity plea. In my opinion, anyone who takes another person’s life intentionally is insane; however, (45) _________________________________________________________________. It’s sad, of course, that a person may have to spend the rest of his life, or (46) __________________________________.2008年6月大学英语六级A卷参考答案Part 3 Listening ComprehensionSection A11. D) The man is a fan of world-famous football players.12. D) Solve his problem by doing a part-time job.13. C) A real nuisance.14. A) The errors will be corrected soon.15. B) He has to type his paper once more.16. A) They might have to change their plan.17. D) They are not late for a loan application.18. C) The quality of air will surely change for the better.19. B) Numerous varieties of food.20. B) A world of antiques.21. D) It generates 70% of the electricity it uses.22. B) 30,00023. C) Thinking about doing a different job.24. A) She has finally got a promotion and a pay raise.25. B) He changed his mind about marriage unexpectedly.Section BPassage 126. D) They are getting more popular as a means of water recreation.27. A) Water scooter operators lack of experience.28. B) They produce too much noise.29. D) Enforce necessary regulations.Passage 230. D) They are changing.31. B) Not many of them stay in the same place for long.32. C) Keep a friendly distance.Passage 333. D) It may lead to a lack of properly educated workers.34. B) It affects both junior and senior high schools.35. C) Rewarding excellent academic performance.Section C36. survive 37. Complicated 38. Offenders 39. Whereby 40. incurring 41. influence 42. Serving 43. restore44. The alternative to capital punishment is longer sentences. But they would certainly cost the tax payers much money.45. that does not mean that person isn't guilty of the crime, or that he shouldn't pay society the debt he owes.46. a large part of it in prison for acts that he committed while not in full control of his mind.。