2003年6月六级真题及答案

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2003年6月Part I Listening Comprehension (20 minutes)

SectionA

Directions: In this section, you will hear 10 short conversations. At the end ofeach conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. Both theconversation and the question will be spoken only once. After each questionthere will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices markedA), B), C) and D), and decide which is the best answer. Then mark thecorresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.

Example: You will hear:

You will read:

A) 2 hours.

B) 3 hours.

C) 4 hours.

D) 5 hours.

From the conversation we know that 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 the center.

Sample Answer [A] [B] [C] [D]

1. A) Riding a horse.

B) Shooting a movie.

C) Playing a game.

D) Taking a photo.

2. A) She’ll type the letter for the man.

B) She’ll teach the man to operate thecomputer.

C) She doesn’t think his sister is a goodtypist.

D) She thinks the man should buy acomputer.

3. A) John can share the magazine with her.

B) She wants to borrow John’s card.

C) She’ll let John use the journal first.

D) John should find another copy forhimself.

4. A) She promised to help the man.

B) She came a long way to meet the man.

C) She took the man to where he wanted togo.

D) She suggested a way out of thedifficulty for the man.

5. A) The train seldom arrives on time.

B) The schedule has been misprinted.

C) The speakers arrived at the stationlate.

D) The company has trouble printing aschedule.

6. A) To find a better science journal in thelibrary.

B) Not to miss any chance to collectuseful information.

C) To buy the latest issue of themagazine.

D) Not to subscribe to the journal.

7. A) She wants to borrow the man’s student IDcard.

B) The tickets are less expensive than sheexpected.

C) She won’t be able to get any discountfor the ticket.

D) The performance turned out to bedisappointing.

8. A) Do the assignments towards the end of thesemester.

B) Quit the history course and chooseanother one instead.

C) Drop one course and do it nextsemester.

D) Take courses with a lighter workload.

9. A) The organization of a conference.

B) The cost of renting a conference room.

C) The decoration of the conference room.

D) The job of cleaning up the dining-room.

10. A) Meet his client.

B) Prepare the dinner.

C) Work at his office.

D) Fix his car

Section B

Directions: 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 center.

Passage one

Question 11 to 13 are based on the passage you havejust heard.

11. A) One of the bridges between North and South London collapsed.

B) The heart of London was flooded.

C) An emergency exercise was conducted.

D) 100 people in the suburbs were drowned.

12. A) 50 underground stations were madewaterproof.

B) A flood wall was built.

C) An alarm system was set up.

D) Rescue teams were formed.

13. A) Most Londoners were frightened.

B) Most Londoners became rather confused.

C) Most Londoners took Exercise Floodcallcalmly.

D) Most Londoners complained about thetrouble caused by Exercise Floodcall.

Passage Two

Questions 14 to 16 are based on the passage you havejust heard.

14. A) It limited their supply of food.

B) It made their eggshells too fragile.

C) It destroyed many of their nests.

D) It killed many baby bald eagles.

15. A) They found ways to speed up thereproduction of bald eagles.

B) They developed new types of feed forbaby bald eagles.

C) They explored new ways to hatch babybald eagles.

D) They brought in bald eagles from Canada.

16. A) Pollution of the environment.

B) A new generation of pest killers.

C) Over-killing by hunters.

D) Destruction of their natural homes.

Passage Three

Questions 17 to 20 are based on the passage you havejust heard.

17. A) Whether it can be detected and checked.

B) Whether it will lead to widespread foodshortage.

C) Whether global warming will speed up inthe future.

D) Whether it will affect their own lives.

18. A) Many species have moved further north.

B) Many new species have come intoexistence.

C) Many species have developed a habit ofmigration.

D) Many species have become less sensitiveto climate.

19. A) Storms and floods.

B) Disease and fire.

C) Less space for their growth.

D) Rapid increase of the animalpopulation.

20. A) They will gradually die out.

B) They will be able to survive in thepreserves.

C) They will have to migrate to find newhomes.

D) They will face extinction withoutartificial reproduction.

Part II Reading Comprehension (35 minutes)

Direction: 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 center.

Passage One

Questions 21 to 25 are based on thefollowing passage:

In the villages of the English countrysidethere are still people who remember the good old days when no one bothered tolock their doors. There simply wasn’t any crime to worry about.

Amazingly, these happy times appear stillto be with us in the world’s biggest community. A new study by Dan Farmer, agifted programmer, using an automated investigative program of his own calledSATAN, shows that the owners of well over half of all World Wide Web sites haveset up home without fitting locks to their doors.

SATAN can try out a variety of well-known hacking(黑客的) tricks onan Internet site without actually breaking in. Farmer has made the programpublicly available, amid much criticism. A person with evil intent could use itto hunt down sites that are easy to burgle (闯入…行窃).

But Farmer is very concerned about theneed to alert the public to poor security and, so far, events have proved himright. SATAN has done more to alert people to the risks than cause newdisorder.

So is the Net becoming more secure? Far fromit. In the early days, when you visited a Web site your browser simply lookedat the content. Now the Web is full of tiny programs that automaticallydownload when you look at a Web page, and run on your own machine. Theseprograms could, if their authors wished, do all kinds of nasty things to your computer.

At the same time, the Net is increasinglypopulated with spiders, worms, agents and other types of automated beastsdesigned to penetrate the sites and seek out and classify information. Allthese make wonderful tools for antisocial people who want to invade weak sitesand cause damage.

But let’s look on the bright side. Giventhe lack of locks, the Internet is surely the world’s biggest (almost) crime-freesociety. Maybe that is because hackers are fundamentally honest. Or that therecurrently isn’t much to steal. Or because vandalism (恶意破坏) isn’t much fun unless you havea peculiar dislike for someone.

Whatever the reason, let’s enjoy it whilewe can. But expect it all to change, and security to become the number oneissue, when the most influential inhabitants of the Net are selling services theywant to be paid for.

21. By saying “…owners ofwell over half of all World Wide Web sites have set up home without fittinglocks to their doors” (Line 3-4, Para.2), the author means that ______.

A)those happy times appear still to be with us

B)there simply wasn’t any crime to worry about

C)many sites are not well-protected

D)hackers try out tricks on an Internet site without actually breaking in

22. SATAN,a program designed by Dan Farmer, can be used ______.

A)to investigate the security of Internet sites

B)to improve the security of the Internet system

C)to prevent hackers from breaking into websites

D)to download useful programs and information

23. Farmer’sprogram has been criticized by the public because ______.

A)it causes damage to Net browsers

B)it can break into Internet sites

C)it can be used to cause disorder on all sites

D)it can be used by people with evil intent

24. Theauthor’s attitude toward SATAN is ______.

A)enthusiastic

B)critical

C)positive

D)indifferent

25. Theauthor suggests in the last paragraph that ______.

A)we should make full use of the Internet before security measures arestrengthened

B)we should alert the most influential businessmen to the importance of security

C)influential businessmen should give priority to the improvement of Net security

D)net inhabitants should not let security measures affect their joy of surfingthe Internet

Passage Two

Questions 26 to 30 are based on thefollowing passage:

I came away from my years of teaching ontile college and university level with a conviction that enactment (扮演角色), performance, dramatizationare the most successful forms of teaching. Students must be incorporated, made,so far as possible, an integral part of the learning process. The notion thatlearning should have in it an element of inspired play would seem to the greaterpart of the academic establishment merely silly, but that is nonetheless thecase. Of Ezekiel Cheever, the most famous schoolmaster of the Massachusetts BayColony, his onetime student Cotton Mather wrote that he so planned his lessonsthat his pupils “came to work as though they came to play,” and Alfred NorthWhitehead, almost three hundred years later, noted that a teacher should makehis/her students “glad they were there.”

Since, we are told, 80 to 90 percent ofall instruction in the typical university is by the lecture method, we shouldgive close attention to this form of education. There is, I think, much truthin Patricia Nelson Limerick’s observation that “lecturing is an unnatural act,an act for which God did not design humans. It is perfectly all right, now andthen, for a human to be possessed by the urge to speak, and to speak whileothers remain silent. But to do this regularly, one hour and 15 minutes at atime… for one person to drag on while others sit in silence? ... I do notbelieve that this is what the Creator ... designed humans to do.”

The strange, almost incomprehensible factis that many professors, just as they feel obliged to write dully, believe thatthey should lecture dully. To show enthusiasm is to risk appearingunscientific, unobjective; it is to appeal to the students’ emotions ratherthan their intellect. Thus the ideal lecture is one filled with facts and readin an unchanged monotone.

The cult (推崇) of lecturing dully, like thecult of writing dully, goes back, of course, some years. Edward Shils,professor of sociology, recalls the professors he encountered at the Universityof Pennsylvania in his youth. They seemed “a priesthood, rather uneven in theirmerits but uniform in their bearing; they never referred to anything personal.Some read from old lecture notes and then haltingly explained the thumb-wornlast lines. Others lectured from cards that had served for years, to judge bythe worn edges ....The teachers began on time, ended on time, and left the roomwithout saying a word more to their students, very seldom being detained byquestioners .... The classes were not large, yet there was no discussion. Noquestions were raised in class, and there were no office hours.”

26. Theauthor believes that a successful teacher should be able to ______.

A)make dramatization an important aspect of students’ learning

B)make inspired play an integral part of the learning process

C)improve students’ learning performance

D)make study just as easy as play

27. The majority ofuniversity professors prefer the traditional way of lecturing in the beliefthat ______.

A)it draws the close attention of the students

B)it conforms in a way to the design of the Creator

C)it presents course content in a scientific and objective manner

D)it helps students to comprehend abstract theories more easily

28. Whatthe author recommends in this passage is that ______.

A)college education should be improved through radical measures

B)more freedom of choice should be given to students in their studies

C)traditional college lectures should be replaced by dramatized performances

D)interaction should be encouraged in the process of teaching

29. By saying “They seemed ‘apriesthood, rather uneven in their merits but uniform in their bearing…’”(Lines 3-4, Para.4), the author means that ______.

A) professorsare a group of professionals that differ in their academic ability but behavein the same way

B) professorsare like priests wearing the same kind of black gown but having different rolesto play

C) there is nofundamental difference between professors and priests though they differ intheir merits

D) professors atthe University of Pennsylvania used to wear black suits which made them looklike priests

30. Whoseteaching method is particularly commended by the author?

A)Ezekiel Cheever’s.

B)Alfred North Whitehead’s.

C)Cotton Mather’s.

D)Patricia Nelson Limerick’s.

Passage Three

Questions 31 to 35 are based on thefollowing passage:

Take the case of public education alone.The principal difficulty faced by the schools has been the tremendous increasein the number of pupils. This has been caused by the advance of the legal agefor going into industry and the impossibility of finding a job even when thelegal age has been reached. In view of the technological improvements in thelast few years, business will require in the future proportionately fewerworkers than ever before. The result will be still further raising of the legalage for going into employment, and still further difficulty in findingemployment when that age has been attained. If we cannot put our children towork, we must put them in school.

We may also be quite confident that thepresent trend toward a shorter day and a shorter week will be maintained. Wehave developed and shall continue to have a new leisure class. Already the publicagencies for adult education are swamped by the tide that has swept over themsince the depression began. They will be little better off when it is over.Their support must come from the taxpayer.

It is surely too much to hope that theseincreases in the cost of public education can be borne by the localcommunities. They cannot care for the present restricted and inadequate system.The local communities have failed in their efforts to cope with unemployment.They cannot expect to cope with public education on the scale on which we mustattempt it. The answer to the problem of unemployment has been Federal relief.The answer to the problem of public education may have to be much the same, andproperly so. If there is one thing in which the citizens of all parts of the countryhave an interest, it is in the decent education of the citizens of all parts ofthe country. Our income tax now goes in part to keep our neighbors alive. Itmay have to go in part as well to make our neighbors intelligent. We are nowattempting to preserve the present generation through Federal relief of thedestitute (贫民). Only a people determined to ruin the next generation will refuse suchFederal funds as public education may require.

31. Whatis the passage mainly about?

A)How to persuade local communities to provide more funds.

B)How to cope with the shortage of funds for public education.

C)How to improve the public education system.

D)How to solve the rising unemployment problem.

32. Whatis the reason for the increase in the number of students?

A)The requirement of educated workers by business.

B)Raising of the legal age forgoing to work.

C)The trend toward a shorter workday.

D)People’s concern for the future of the next generation.

33. Thepublic agencies for adult education will be little better off because ______.

A)the unemployed are too poor to continue their education

B)a new leisure class has developed

C)they are still suffering from the depression

D)an increase in taxes could be a problem

34. According to the author,the answer to the problem of public education is that the Federal government_______.

A)should allocate Federal funds for public education

B)should demand that local communities provide support

C)should raise taxes to meet the needs of public education

D)should first of all solve the problem of unemployment

35. Why does the author say“Only a people determined to ruin the next generation will refuse such Federalfunds as public education may require” (Lines 10-11, Para. 3)?

A) Only byappropriating adequate Federal funds for education can the next generation havea bright future.

B) Citizens ofall parts of the country agree that the best way to support education is to useFederal funds.

C) People allover the country should make contributions to education in the interest of thenext generation.

D)Educated people are determined to use part of the Federal funds to help thepoor.

Passage Four

Questions 36 to 40 are based on thefollowing passage:

A new high-performance contact lens underdevelopment at the department for applied physics at the University of Heidelbergwill not only correct ordinary vision defects but will enhance normal nightvision as much as five times, making people’s vision sharper than that of cats.

Bille and his team work with an opticalinstrument called an active mirror — a device used in astronomical telescopesto spot newly emerging stars and far distant galaxies. Connected to awave-front sensor that tracks and measures the course of a laser beam into theeye and back, the aluminum mirror detects the deficiencies of the cornea, thetransparent protective layer covering the lens of the human eye. They highlyprecise data from the two instruments — which, Bille hopes, will one day befound at the opticians (眼镜商) all over the world — serve as a basis for the production ofcompletely individualized contact lenses that correct and enhance the wearer’svision.

By day, Bille’s contact lenses will focusrays of light so accurately on the retina (视网膜) that the image of a small leafor the outline of a far distant tree will be formed with a sharpness thatsurpasses that of conventional vision aids by almost half a diopter (屈光度). At night, the lenses have aneven greater potential. “Because the new lens — in contrast to the alreadyexisting ones — also works when it’s dark and the pupil is wide open,” saysBille, “lens wearers will be able to identify a face at distance of 100 meters —80 meters farther than they would normally be able to see. In his experimentsnight vision was enhanced by an even greater factor: in semi-darkness, testsubjects could see up to 15 times better than without the lenses.

Bille’s lenses are expectedto reach the market in the year 2000, and one tentative plan is to use theInternet to transmit information on patients’ visual defects from the opticianto the manufacturer, who will then produce and mail the contact lenses within acouple of days. The physicist expects the lenses to cost about a dollar a pair,about the same as conventional one-day disposable lenses.

36. Thenew contact lens is meant for ______.

A)astronomical observations

B)the night blind

C)those with vision defects

D)optical experiments

37. Whatdo the two instruments mentioned in the second paragraph (Line 5) refer to?

A)The astronomical telescope and the wave-front sensor.

B)The aluminum mirror and the laser beam.

C)The active mirror and the contact lens.

D)The aluminum mirror and the wave-front sensor.

38. Individualizedcontact lenses (Line 7, Para.2) are lenses designed ______.

A)to work like an astronomical telescope

B)to suit the wearer’s specific needs

C)to process extremely accurate data

D)to test the wearer’s eyesight

39. Accordingto Bille, with the new lenses the wearer’s vision ______.

A)will be far better at night than in the daytime

B)may be broadened about 15 times than without them

C)can be better improved in the daytime than at night

D)will be sharper by a much greater degree at night than in the daytime

40. Whichof the following is true about Bille’s lenses?

A)Their production process is complicated.

B)They will be sold at a very low price.

C)They have to be replaced every day.

D)Purchase orders can be made through the Internet.

Part III Vocabulary and Structure (20 minutes)

Directions: There are 3.0. incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentencethere are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Choose the ONE that bestcompletes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheetwith a single line through the center.

41. InNovember 1987 the government _______ a public debate on the future direction ofthe official sports policy.

A) initiated B) designated

C) induced D)promoted

42. I found it difficult to _______ my careerambitions with the need to bring up my children.

A) consolidate B) amend

C) reconcile D) intensify

43. Weall enjoy our freedom of choice and do not like to see it _______ when it iswithin the legal and moral boundaries of society.

A) compacted B) restricted

C) dispersed D) delayed

44. Itis fortunate for the old couple that their son’s career goals and their wishesfor him _______.

A) coincide D) collaborate

B) comply C)conform

45. Allen will soon find out that real life is seldomas simple as it is ______ in commercials.

A) permeated B) alleged

C) depicted D) drafted

46. Europe’s earlier industrial growth was _______ by theavailability of key resources, abundant and cheap labor, coal, iron ore, etc.

A) constrained B) detained

C) remained D) sustained

47. As the trial went on, the story behind themurder slowly _______ itself.

A) convicted B) released

C) haunted D)unfolded

48. We’ve just installed a fan to _______ cookingsmells from the kitchen.

A) eject B)exclude

C) expel D)exile

49. Retirementis obviously a very complex ______ period; and the earlier you start planningfor it, the better.

A) transformation B) transmission

C) transaction D) transition

50. Mutualrespect for territorial _______ is one of the bases upon which our twocountries develop relationships.

A) unity B)integrity

C) entirety D) reliability

51. Asone of the youngest professors in the university, Mr. Brown is certainly on the______ of a brilliant career.

A) porch B)edge

C) course D)threshold

52. Wework to make money, but it’s a _______ that people who work hard and long oftendo not make the most money.

A) paradox B)prejudice

C) dilemma D)conflict

53. Thedesign of this auditorium shows a great deal of _______. We have never seensuch a building before.

A) invention B) illusion

C) originality D) orientation

54. The damage to my car was _______ in theaccident, but I have a lingering fear even today.

A) insufficient B) ignorant

C) ambiguous D) negligible

55. Veryfew people could understand the lecture the professor delivered because itssubject was very _______.

A) obscure B)indefinite

C) dubious D)intriguing

56. Diamonds have little ______ value and theirprice depends almost entirely on their scarcity.

A) intrinsic B) eternal

C) subtle D)inherent

57. Doctorsare interested in using lasers as a surgical tool in operations on people whoare ______ to heart attack.

A) infectious B) disposed

C) accessible D) prone

58. Manycountries have adopted systems of _______ education in order to promote theaverage level of education.

A) compulsory B) cardinal

C) constrained D) conventional

59. Ihad eaten Chinese food often, but I could not have imagined how _______ andextravagant a real Chinese banquet could be.

A) prominent B) fabulous

C) handsome D) gracious

60. Theyare ______ investors who always make thorough investigations both on local andinternational markets before making an investment.

A) implicit B) conscious

C) cautious D) indecisive

61. Inaddition to the rising birthrate and immigration, the _______ death ratecontributed to the population growth.

A) inclining B) increasing

C) declining D) descending

62. Because of the _______ noise of traffic Icouldn’t get to sleep last night.

A) prevalent B) perpetual

C) provocative D) progressive

63. Don’tlet such a _______ matter as this come between us so that we can concentrate onthe major issue.

A) trivial B)partial

C) slight D)minimal

64. Ifyou go to the park every day in the morning, you will _______ find him doingphysical exercise there.

A) ordinarily B) invariably

C) logically D) persistently

65. Although she’s a(n) _______ talented dancer,she still practices several hours every day.

A) traditionally B) additionally

C) exceptionally D) rationally

66. The cut in her hand has healed completely,without leaving a _______.

A) defect B)sign

C) wound D)scar

67. Theidea is to _______ the frequent incidents of collision to test the strength ofthe windshields.

A) assemble B) simulate

C) accumulate D) forge

68. Mostpeople in the modern world ______ freedom and independence more than anythingelse.

A) embody B)cherish

C) fascinate D) illuminate

69. I told him that I would _______ him to act forme while I was away from office.

A) authorize B) justify

C) rationalize D) identify

70. Overthe past ten years, natural gas production has remained steady, but _______ hasrisen steadily.

A) dissipation B) disposal

C) consumption D) expenditure

Part IV Error Correction (15 minutes)

Directions: This partconsists of a short passage. In this passage, there are altogether 10 mistakes,one in each numbered line. You may have to change a word, add a word or deletea word. Mark out the mistakes and put the corrections in the blanks provided.If you change a word, cross it out and write the correct word in thecorresponding blank. If you add a word, put an insertion mark (∧) in the right place and writethe missing word in the blank. If you delete a word, cross it out and put aslash (／) inthe blank.

Example:

Television is rapidly becoming the literatures of our periods.

1. time/times/period

Many of the arguments having used for the study of literature.

2. ／___________

As a school subject are valid for ∧ study of television.

3. the___________

The Seattle Times Company is one newspaper firm that

has recognized the need for change and done something about

it. In the newspaper industry, papers must reflect the diversity

of the communities to which they provide information.

It must reflect that diversity with their news coverage or risk

S1. _________

losing their readers’ interest and their advertisers’ support.

Operating within Seattle, which has 20 percents racial

S2. _________

minorities, the paper has put into place policies and

procedures for hiring and maintain a diverse workforce. The

S3. _________

underlying reason for the change is that for information to be

fair, appropriate, and subjective, it should be reported by the

S4. _________

same kind of population that reads it.

A diversity committee composed of reporters, editors, and

photographers meets regularly to value the Seattle Times’

S5. _________

content and to educate the rest of the newsroom staff about

diversity issues. In an addition, the paper instituted a content

S6. _________

audit (审查) that evaluates the frequency and manner of

representation of woman and people of color in photographs.

S7. _________

Early audits showed that minorities were pictured far too

infrequently and were pictured with a disproportionate

number of negative articles. The audit results from

S8. _________

improvement in the frequency of majority representation and

S9. _________

their portrayal in neutral or positive situations. And, with a

S10. _________

result, the Seattle Times has improved as a newspaper.

The diversity training and content audits helped the

Seattle Times Company to win the Personal Journal

Optimas Award for excellence in managing change.

Part V Writing (30 minutes)

Directions: For this part, you are allowed thirtyminutes to write a composition on the topic Changes in the Ownership ofHouses. You should write at least 150 words, and base your composition onthe chart and the outline given below:

Ownership of Houses in a Big City in China

1. 根据上图描述该市住房产权的变化

2. 分析产生这些变化的原因

3. 说明这些变化对个人和社会产生的影响

Changes in the Ownership of Houses

2003.6

1. D 2. B 3. A 4.C 5. A 6. D 7. C 8. C 9.B 10. A

11. C 12. B 13. C 14.B 15. D 16. D 17. D 18. A 19.B 20. C

21. C 22. A 23. D 24.C 25. C 26. B 27. C 28. D 29.A 30. A

31. B 32. B 33. B 34.A 35. C 36. C 37. D 38. B 39.D 40. B

41. A 42. C 43. B 44.A 45. C 46. D 47. D 48. C 49.D 50. B

51. D 52. A 53. C 54.D 55. A 56. A 57. D 58. A 59.C 60. C