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标题: 2003年1月六级真题及答案
Part I Listening Comprehension (20 minutes)SectionA
Directions: In this section, you willhear 10 short conversations. At the end of each conversation, a question willbe asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the question will bespoken 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 isthe best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with asingle line through the center.
Example: You will hear:
You will read:
A) 2 hours.
B) 3 hours.
C) 4 hours.
D) 5 hours.
From the conversation we know that thetwo were talking about some work they will start at 9 o’clock in the morningand have to finish at 2 in theafternoon. Therefore, D) “5 hours” is the correct answer. You should choose [D] on the Answer Sheet and mark it with a single line through thecenter.
Sample Answer [A] [B] [C] [D]
1. A) It has nothing to do with the Internet.
B) She needs another week to get it ready.
C) It contains some valuable ideas.
D) It’s far from being ready yet.
2. A) The woman is strict with her employees.
B) The man always has excuses for beinglate.
C) The woman is a kind-hearted boss.
D) The man’s alarm clock didn’t work thatmorning.
3. A) The woman should try her luck in the banknearby.
B) The bank around the corner is not opentoday.
C) The woman should use dollars instead ofpounds.
D) The bank near the railway stationcloses late.
4. A) Make an appointment with Dr. Chen.
B) Wait for about three minutes.
C) Call again some times later.
D) Try dialing the number again.
5. A) He is sure they will succeed in the nexttest.
B) He did no better than the woman in thetest.
C) He believes she will pass the test thistime.
D) He felt upset because of her failure.
6. A) The woman has to attend a summer course tograduate.
B) The man thinks the woman can earn thecredits.
C) The woman is begging the man to let herpass the exam.
D) The woman is going to graduate fromsummer school.
7. A) Fred is planning a trip to Canada.
B) Fred usually flies to Canada with Jane.
C) Fred persuaded Jane to change her mind.
D) Fred likes the beautiful scenery alongthe way to Canada.
8. A) Hang some pictures for decoration.
B) Find room for the paintings.
C) Put more coats of paint on the wall.
D) Paint the walls to match the furniture.
9. A) He’ll give a lecture on drawing.
B) He doesn’t mind if the woman goes tothe lecture.
C) He’d rather not go to the lecture.
D) He’s going to attend the lecture.
10. A) Selecting the best candidate.
B) Choosing a campaign manager.
C) Trying to persuade the woman to votefor him.
D) Running for chairman of the studentunion.
Section BDirections: In this section, you will hear 3 shortpassages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both thepassage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question,you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D).Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single linethrough the centre.
PassageOne
Questions11 to 14 are based on the passage you have just heard.
11. A) To study the problems of local industries.
B) To find ways to treat human wastes.
C) To investigate the annual catch of fishin the Biramichi River.
D) To conduct a study on fishing in the Biramichi River.
12. A) Lack of oxygen. C) Low water level.
B) Overgrowth of water plants. D) Serious pollutionupstream.
13. A) They’ll be closed down.
B) They’re going to dismiss some of theiremployees.
C) They’ll be moved to other places.
D) They have no money to build chemicaltreatment plants.
14. A) There were fewer fish in the river.
B) Over-fishing was prohibited.
C) The local Chamber of Commerce tried topreserve fishes.
D) The local fishing cooperative decidedto reduce its catch.
PassageTwo
Questions15 to 17 are based on the passage you have just heard.
15. A) Oral instructions recorded on a tape.
B) A brief letter sealed in an envelope.
C) A written document of several pages.
D) A short note to their lawyer.
16. A) Refrain from going out with men for fiveyears.
B) Stop wearing any kind of fashionableclothes.
C) Bury the dentist with his favorite car.
D) Visit his grave regularly for fiveyears.
17. A) He was angry with his selfish relatives.
B) He was just being humorous.
C) He was not a wealthy man.
D) He wanted to leave his body for medicalpurposes.
PassageThree
Questions18 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard.
18. A) They thought it quite acceptable.
B) They believed it to be a luxury.
C) They took it to be a trend.
D) They considered it avoidable.
19. A) Critical. C)Sceptical.
B) Serious. D) Casual.
20. A) When people consider marriage an importantpart of their lives.
B) When the costs of getting a divorcebecome unaffordable.
C) When the current marriage law ismodified.
D) When husband and wife understand eachother better.
Part II Reading Comprehension (35 minutes)Directions: There are 4 passages in this part. Eachpassage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each ofthem there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should decide on thebest choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a singleline through the centre.
Passage One
Questions 21 to25 are based on the following passage.
Bill Gates, the billionaire Microsoftchairman without a single earned university degree, is by his success raisingnew doubts about the worth of the business world’s favorite academic title: theMBA (Master of Business Administration).
The MBA, a 20th-century product, alwayshas borne the mark of lowly commerce and greed (贪婪) on the tree-lined campuses ruledby purer disciplines such as philosophy and literature.
But even with the recession apparentlycutting into the hiring of business school graduates, about 79,000 people areexpected to receive MBAs in 1993. This is nearly 16 times the number of businessgraduates in 1960, a testimony to the widespread assumption that the MBA isvital for young men and women who want to run companies some day.
“If you are going into the corporate worldit is still a disadvantage not to have one,” said Donald Morrison, professor ofmarketing and management science. “But in the last five years or so, whensomeone says, ‘Should I attempt to get an MBA,’ the answer a lot more is: Itdepends.”
The success of Bill Gates and othernon-MBAs, such as the late Sam Walton of Wal-Mart Stores Inc., has helpedinspire self-conscious debates on business school campuses over the worth of abusiness degree and whether management skills can be taught.
The Harvard Business Review printed alively, fictional exchange of letters to dramatize complaints about businessdegree holders.
The article called MBA hires “extremelydisappointing” and said “MBAs want to move up too fast, they don’t understandpolitics and people, and they aren’t able to function as part of a team untiltheir third year. But by then, they’re out looking for other jobs.”
The problem, most participants in thedebate acknowledge, is that the MBA has acquired an aura (光环) of future riches and power farbeyond its actual importance and usefulness.
Enrollment in business schools exploded inthe 1970s and 1980s and created the assumption that no one who pursued abusiness career could do without one. The growth was fueled by a backlash(反冲) againstthe anti-business values of the 1960s and by the women’s movement.
Business people who have hired or workedwith MBAs say those with the degrees often know how to analyze systems but arenot so skillful at motivating people. “They don’t get a lot of grounding in thepeople side of the business,” said James Shaffer, vice-president and principalof the Towers Perrin management consulting firm.
21. Accordingto Paragraph 2, what is the general attitude towards business on campusesdominated by purer disciplines?
A) Scornful C) Envious.
B) Appreciative. D) Realistic.
22. Itseems that the controversy over the value of MBA degrees has been fueled mainlyby ______.
A) the complaints from various employers
B) the success of many non-MBAs
C) the criticism from the scientists ofpurer disciplines
D) the poor performance of MBAs at work
23. Whatis the major weakness of MBA holders according to The Harvard Business Review?
A) They are usually serf-centered.
B) They are aggressive and greedy.
C) They keep complaining about theirjobs.
D) They are not good at dealing withpeople.
24. From the passage we know that most MBAs_______.
A) can climb the corporate ladder fairlyquickly
B) quit their jobs once they are familiarwith their workmates
C) receive salaries that do not matchtheir professional training
D) cherish unrealistic expectations abouttheir future
25. What is the passage mainly about?
A) Why there is an increased enrollmentin MBA programs.
B) The necessity of reforming MBAprograms in business schools.
C) Doubts about the worth of holding anMBA degree.
D) A debate held recently on universitycampuses.
PassageTwo
Questions26 to 30 are based on the following passage.
When school officials in Kalkaska,Michigan, closed classes last week, the media flocked to the story, portraying thetown’s 2,305 students as victims of stingy (吝啬的) taxpayers. There is some truthto that; the property-tax rate here is one-third lower than the state average.But shutting their schools also allowed Kalkaska’s educators and the state’slargest teachers’ union, the Michigan Education Association, to make apolitical point. Their aim was to spur passage of legislation Michigan lawmakers are debating to increasethe state’s share of school funding.
It was no coincidence that Kalkaska shutits schools two weeks after residents rejected a 28 percent property-taxincrease. The school board argued that without the increase it lacked the $1.5 millionneeded to keep schools open.
But the school system had not done all itcould to keep the schools open. Officials declined to borrow against next year’sstate aid, they refused to trim extracurricular activities and they did not considerseeking a smaller—perhaps more acceptable—tax increase. In fact, closing earlyis costing Kalkaska a significant amount, including $600,000 in unemployment payments toteachers and staff and $250,000 inlost state aid. In February, the school system promised teachers and staff twomonths of retirement payments in case schools closed early, a deal that willcost the district $275,000 more.
Other signs suggest school authorities wereat least as eager to make a political statement as to keep schools open. TheMichigan Education Association hired a public relations firm to stage a rallymarking the school closings, which attracted 14 local and national televisionstations and networks. The president of the National Education Association, theMEA’s parent organization, flew from Washington, D. C., for the event. And theunion tutored school officials in the art of television interviews. Schoolsupervisor Doyle Disbrow acknowledges the district could have kept schools openby cutting programs but denies the moves were politically motivated.
Michiganlawmakers have reacted angrily to the closings. The state Senate has alreadyvoted to put the system into receivership (破产管理) and reopen schoolsimmediately; the Michigan House plans to consider the bill this week.
26. We learn from the passage that schools in Kalkaska, Michigan,are funded ______.
A) by both the local and stategovernments
B) exclusively by the local government
C) mainly by the state government
D) by the National Education Association
27. One of the purposes for which schoolofficials closed classes was _______.
A) to avoid paying retirement benefits toteachers and staff
B) to draw the attention of localtaxpayers to political issues
C) to make the financial difficulties oftheir teachers and staff known to the public
D) to pressure Michigan lawmakers into increasing statefunds for local schools
28. The author seems to disapprove of _______.
A) the Michigan lawmakers’ endless debating
B) the shutting of schools in Kalkaska
C) the involvement of the mass media
D) delaying the passage of the schoolfunding legislation
29. Welearn from the passage that school authorities in Kalkaska are more concernedabout _______.
A) a raise in the property-tax rate in Michigan
B) reopening the schools thereimmediately
C) the attitude of the MEA’s parentorganization
D) making a political issue of theclosing of the schools
30. Accordingto the passage, the closing of the schools developed into a crisis because of______.
A) the complexity of the problem
B) the political motives on the part ofthe educators
C) the weak response of the stateofficials
D) the strong protest on the part of thestudents’ parents
PassageThree
Questions31 to 35 are based on the following passage.
German Chancellor (首相) Otto Von Bismarck may be mostfamous for his military and diplomatic talent, but his legacy (遗产) includes many of today’s socialinsurance programs. During the middle of the 19th century, Germany, alongwith other European nations, experienced an unprecedented rash of workplacedeaths and accidents as a result of growing industrialization. Motivated inpart by Christian compassion (怜悯) for the helpless as well as a practical political impulse toundercut the support of the socialist labor movement, Chancellor Bismarckcreated the world’s first workers’ compensation law in 1884.
By 1908, the United States was the onlyindustrial nation in the world that lacked workers’ compensation insurance. America’sinjured workers could sue for damages in a court of law, but they still faced anumber of tough legal barriers. For example, employees had to prove that their injuriesdirectly resulted from employer negligence and that they themselves wereignorant about potential hazards in the workplace. The first state workers’compensation law in this country passed in 1911, and the program soon spreadthroughout the nation.
After World War II, benefit payments toAmerican workers did not keep up with the cost of living. In fact, real benefitlevels were lower in the 1970s than they were in the 1940s, and in most statesthe maximum benefit was below the poverty level for a family of four. In 1970,President Richard Nixon set up a national commission to study the problems ofworkers’ compensation. Two years later, the commission issued 19 keyrecommendations, including one that called for increasing compensation benefitlevels to 100 percent of the states’ average weekly wages.
In fact, the average compensation benefitin Americahas climbed from 55 percent of the states’ average weekly wages in 1972 to 97percent today. But, as most studies show, every 10 percent increase incompensation benefits results in a 5 percent increase in the numbers of workerswho file for claims. And with so much more money floating in the workers’compensation system, it’s not surprising that doctors and lawyers have helpedthemselves to a large slice of the growing pie.
31. The world’s first workers’ compensation law wasintroduced by Bismarck_______.
A) to make industrial production safer
B) to speed up the pace ofindustrialization
C) out of religious and politicalconsiderations
D) for fear of losing the support of thesocialist labor movement
32. We learn from the passage that the process ofindustrialization in Europe _______.
A) was accompanied by an increased numberof workshop accidents
B) resulted in the development of popularsocial insurance programs
C) required workers to be aware of thepotential dangers at the workplace
D) met growing resistance from laborersworking at machines
33. Oneof the problems the American injured workers faced in getting compensation inthe early 19th century was that ______.
A) they had to have the courage to suefor damages in a court of law
B) different sums in the U.S. hadtotally different compensation programs
C) America’s average compensation benefitwas much lower than the cost of living
D) they had to produce evidence that their employers wereresponsible for the accident
34. After1972 workers’ compensation insurance in the U.S. became more favorable toworkers so that _______.
A) the poverty level for a family of fourwent up drastically
B) there were fewer legal barriers whenthey filed for claims
C) the number of workers suing fordamages increased
D) more money was allocated to theircompensation system
35. The author ends the passage with theimplication that ______.
A) compensation benefits in America aresoaring to new heights
B) the workers are not the only ones tobenefit from the compensation system
C) people from all walks of life canbenefit from the compensation system
D) money floating in the compensationsystem is a huge drain on the U.S.economy
PassageFour
Questions36 to 40 are based on the following passage.
Early in the age of affluence (富裕) that followed World War II, anAmerican retailing analyst named Victor Lebow proclaimed, “Our enormouslyproductive economy ... demands that we make consumption our way of life, thatwe convert the buying and use of goods into rituals, that we seek our spiritualsatisfaction, our ego satisfaction, in consumption. ... We need thingsconsumed, burned up, worn out, replaced and discarded at an ever increasingrate.”
Americans have responded to Lebow’s call,and much of the world has followed.
Consumption has become a central pillarof life in industrial lands and is even embedded in social values. Opinionsurveys in the world’s two largest economies—Japan and the United Sates—showconsumerist definitions of success becoming ever more prevalent.
Overconsumption by the world’s fortunateis an environmental problem unmatched in severity by anything but perhapspopulation growth. Their surging exploitation of resources threatens to exhaustor unalterably spoil forests, soils, water, air and climate.
Ironically, high consumption may be amixed blessing in human terms, too. The time-honored values of integrity ofcharacter, good work, friendship, family and community have often beensacrificed in the rush to riches.
Thus many in the industrial lands have asense that their world of plenty is somehow hollow—that, misled by aconsumerist culture, they have been fruitlessly attempting to satisfy what areessentially social, psychological and spiritual needs with material things.
Of course, the opposite ofoverconsumption—poverty—is no solution to either environmental or humanproblems. It is infinitely worse for people and bad for the natural world too. Dispossessed(被剥夺得一无所有的)peasants slash-and-burn their way into the rain forests of Latin America, and hungrynomads (游牧民族) turntheir herds out onto fragile African grassland, reducing it to desert.
If environmental destruction results whenpeople have either too little or too much, we are left to wonder how much isenough. What level of consumption can the earth support? When does having morecease to add noticeably to human satisfaction?
36. The emergence of the affluent society afterWorld War II ________.
A) gave birth to a new generation ofupper class consumers
B) gave rise to the dominance of the newegoism
C) led to the reform of the retailingsystem
D) resulted in the worship of consumerism
37. Apartfrom enormous productivity, another important impetus to high consumption is_______.
A) the conversion of the sale of goodsinto rituals
B) the people’s desire for a rise intheir living standards
C) the imbalance that has existed betweenproduction and consumption
D) the concept that one’s success is measuredby how much they consume
38. Why does the author say high consumption is amixed blessing?
A) Because poverty still exists in anaffluent society.
B) Because moral values are sacrificed inpursuit of material satisfaction.
C) Because overconsumption won’t lastlong due to unrestricted population growth.
D) Because traditional rituals are oftenneglected in the process of modernization.
39. According to the passage, consumerist culture________.
A) cannot thrive on a fragile economy
B) will not aggravate environmentalproblems
C) cannot satisfy human spiritual needs
D) will not alleviate poverty in wealthycountries
40. It can be inferred from the passage that_______.
A) human spiritual needs should matchmaterial affluence
B) there is never an end to satisfyingpeople’s material needs
C) whether high consumption should beencouraged is still an issue
D) how to keep consumption at areasonable level remains a problem
Part III Vocabulary and Structure (20 minutes)Directions: There are 30 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence thereare four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Choose the ONE that best completesthe sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with asingle line through the center.
41. I have had my eyes tested and the report saysthat my _______ is perfect.
A) outlook C)horizon
B) vision D)perspective
42 Hewas looking admiringly at the photograph published by Collins in _______ withthe Imperial Museum.
A) collection C) collaboration
B) connection D) combination
43. Inthose days, executives expected to spend most of their lives in the same firmand, unless they were dismissed for _______, to retire at the age of 65.
A) integrity C) incompetence
B) denial D)deduction
44. Othersviewed the findings with _______, noting that a cause-and-effect relationshipbetween passive smoking and cancer remains to be shown.
A) optimism C) caution
B) passion D)deliberation
45. The1986 Challenger space-shuttle _______ was caused by unusually low temperaturesimmediately before the launch.
A) expedition C) dismay
B) controversy D) disaster
46. When supply exceeds demand for any product,prices are _______ to fall.
A) timely C)subject
B) simultaneous D) liable
47. The music aroused an _______ feeling ofhomesickness in him.
A) intentional C) intense
B) intermittent D) intrinsic
48. I bought an alarm clock with a(n) _______dial, which can be seen clearly in the dark.
A) supersonic C) audible
B) luminous D) amplified
49. The results are hardly _______; he cannotbelieve they are accurate.
A) credible C) critical
B) contrary D) crucial
50. This new laser printer is _______ with allleading software.
A) comparable C) compatible
B) competitive D) cooperative
51. The ball _______ two or three times beforerolling down the slope.
A) swayed C)hopped
B) bounced D)darted
52. Heraised his eyebrows and stuck his head forward and _______ it in a single nod,a gesture boys used then for O.K. when they were pleased.
A) shrugged C) jerked
B) tugged D)twisted
53. Many types of rock are _______ from volcanoesas solid, fragmentary material.
A) flung C)ejected
B) propelled D) injected
54. With prices _______ so much, it is difficultfor the school to plan a budget.
A) vibrating C) fluttering
B) fluctuating D) swinging
55. Theperson who _______ this type of approach for doing research deserves ourpraise.
A) originated C) generated
B) speculated D) manufactured
56. _______that the demand for power continues to rise at the current rate, it will not belong before traditional sources become inadequate.
A) Concerning C) Assuming
B) Ascertaining D) Regarding
57. Herjewelry _______ under the spotlights and she became the dominant figure at theball.
A) glared C)blazed
B) glittered D) dazzled
58. Connie was told that if she worked too hard,her health would _______.
A) deteriorate C) descend
B) degrade D)decay
59. We find that some birds _______ twice a yearbetween hot and cold countries.
A) transfer C) migrate
B) commute D)emigrate
60. As visitingscholars, they willingly _______ to the customs of the country they live in.
A) submit C)subject
B) conform D)commit
61. Morethan 85 percent of French Canada’s population speaks French as a mother tongueand _______ to the Roman Catholic faith.
A) caters C)ascribes
B) adheres D)subscribes
62. Theprofessor found himself constantly _______ the question: “How could anyone dothese things?”
A) presiding C) pondering
B) poring D)presuming
63. Weeks _______ before anyone was arrested inconnection with the bank robbery.
A) terminated C) overlapped
B) elapsed D)expired
64. Inorder to prevent stress from being set up in the metal, expansion joints arefitted which _______ the stress by allowing the pipe to expand or contractfreely.
A) relieve C)reclaim
B) reconcile D) rectify
65. How much of your country’s electrical supplyis _______ from water power?
A) deduced C)derived
B) detached D) declined
66. Shehad recently left a job and had helped herself to copies of the company’sclient data, which she intended to _______ in starting her own business.
A) dwell on C) base on
B) come upon D) draw upon
67. The glass vessels should be handled mostcarefully since they are _______.
A) intricate C) subtle
B) fragile D) crisp
68. Hillslopes are cleared of forests to make way for crops, but this only _______ thecrisis.
A) accelerates C) ascends
B) prevails D) precedes
69. He blew out the candle and _______ his way tothe door.
A) converged C) strove
B) groped D)wrenched
70. Oftensuch arguments have the effect of _______ rather than clarifying the issuesinvolved.
A) obscuring C) tackling
B) prejudicing D) blocking
Part IV Cloze (15minutes)Directions: There are 20 blanks in thefollowing passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A), B), C) andD) on the right side of the paper. You should choose the ONE that best fitsinto the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with asingle line through the centre.
When women dobecome managers, do they ring a different style and different skills to thejob? Are they better, or worse, managers than men? Are women more highlymotivated and __71__ than male managers?
Some research __72__the idea that women bring different attitudes and skills to management jobs,such as greater __73__, an emphasis on affiliation and attachment, and a __74__to bring emotional factors to bear __75__ making workplace decisions. Thesedifferences are __76_ to carry advantages for companies, __77__ they expand therange of techniques that can be used to __78__ the company manage its workforce__79__.
A studycommissioned by the International Women’s Forum __80__ a management style usedby some women managers (and also by some men) that __81__ from the command-and-controlstyle __82__ used by male managers. Using this “interactive leadership”approach, “women __83__ participation, share power and information, __84__other people’s self-worth, and get others excited about their work. All these __85__reflect their belief that allowing __86__ to contribute and to feel __87__ andimportant is a win-win __88__—good for the employees and the organization.” Thestudy’s director __89__ that “interactive leadership may emerge __90__ themanagement style of choice for many organizations.”
71.A) confronted B) commanded C) confined D) committed
72.A) supports B) argues C) opposes D) despises
73.A) combination B) cooperativeness C) coherence D) correlation
74.A) willingness B) loyalty C) sensitivity D) virtue
75.A) by B) in C) at D) with
76.A) disclosed B) watched C) revised D) seen
77.A) therefore B) whereas C) because D) nonetheless
78.A) help B) enable C) support D) direct
79.A) evidently B) precisely C) aggressively D) effectively
80.A) developed B) invented C) discovered D) located
81.A) derives B) differs C) descends D) detaches
82.A) inherently B) traditionally C) conditionally D) occasionally
83.A) encourage B) dismiss C) disapprove D) engage
84.A) enhance B) enlarge C) ignore D) degrade
85.A) themes B) subjects C) researches D) things
86.A) managers B) women C) employees D) males
87.A) faithful B) powerful C) skillful D) thoughtful
88.A) situation B) status C) circumstance D) position
89.A) predicted B) proclaimed C) defied D) diagnosed
90.A) into B) from C) as D) for
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1. D 2. B 3. A 4.C 5. B 6. C 7. C 8. A 9.D 10. D
11. D 12. A 13. D 14.A 15. C 16. A 17. A 18. B 19.D 20. A
21. A 22. B 23. D 24.D 25. C 26. A 27. D 28. B 29.D 30. B
31. C 32. A 33. D 34.C 35. B 36. D 37. D 38. B 39.C 40. D
41. B 42. C 43. C 44.C 45. D 46. D 47. C 48. B 49.A 50. C
51. B 52. C 53. C 54.B 55. A 56. C 57. B 58. A 59.C 60. B
61. B 62. C 63. B 64.A 65. C 66. D 67. B 68. A 69.B 70. A
71. D 72. A 73. B 74.A 75. B 76. D 77. C 78. A 79.D 80. C
81. B 82. B 83. A 84.A 85. D 86. C 87. B 88. A 89.A 90. C
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