1994年1月英语六级真题及答案

1994年1月英语六级真题及答案 Part I Listening Comprehension (20 minutes) Section A Directions: In this section you will hear 10 short conversations. At the end of each c onversation, aq w b a uestion a w w s ill B e sked the c onversation a t q wnd b s he o uestion o A e ill e p qu esti o n t here w il l be a pa use. Dur i ng the p au se, yo u m ust rea d t he four s uggested a m nswers A ，B)，C), a D ndarked a d) w nd ) i ecide t h e b e s t a n s w e r. T h e n m a r k t h e c o r r e s p o n d i n g l e t t e r o n t h e A n s w e r Sheet with a single line through the centre. Example: You will hear: You will read: A) 2 hours. B) 3 hours. C) 4 hours. D) 5 hours. From t c he onversation w k t t t a et now a s hat w the wo re w i l l s t a r t a t 9 o ’ c l o c k i n t h e m o r n i n g a n d h a v e t o fi n i s h a t 2 i n t h e a f t e r n o T h e r e f o rDe), “ 5 h o u r s ” i s t h e c o r r e c t a n s w e r . Y o u s h o u l d c h o o s e [ D ] o Answer Sheet and mark it with a single line through the centre. Sample Answer [A] [B] [C] [D] 1. A) At home. B) In a phone box. C) In her office. D) In a friend’s house. 2. A) On the west side of a square. B) At the end of a street. C) To the east of the traffic light. D) On the east side of a square. 3. A) She has to change the time for the trip. B) She hasn’t decided where to go next month. C) She can’t afford the time for the trip. D) She will manage to leave this month. 4. A) The apartment is better furnished. B) She prefers to live in a quiet place. C) It’s less expensive to live in an apartment. D) She finds her roommates difficult to get along with. 5. A) In a hospital. B) In a library. C) In a travel agency. D) In a restaurant. 6. A) Customer and salesperson. B) Teacher and student. C) Boss and secretary. D) Guest and waitress. 7. A) He didn’t buy anything. B) He got some medicine for his foot. C) He was sick and couldn’t go shopping. D) He bought everything except the football. 8. A) Teachers like Professor Janson are rare. B) Professor Janson has won a million dollars. C) Professor Janson is lucky to be teaching at that school. D) There are many teachers as good as Professor Janson. 9. A) She didn’t know her daughter could sing so well. B) She sings better than her daughter. C) She doesn’t like her daughter. D) She herself doesn’t have a good voice. 10. A) He finds history books difficult to understand. B) He has to read a lot of history books. C) He doesn’t like the history course. D) He has lost his history book. Section B Passage One Questions 11 to 14 are based on the passage you have just heard. 11. A) At night. B) At noon. C) In the morning. D) In the afternoon. 12. A) About Germans on strike. B) About a new-type airplane. C) About an air crash. D) About rescue workers in UK Motors. 13. A) They wanted higher pay. B) They wanted fewer working hours. C) They wanted better working conditions. D) They wanted an annual three-week holiday. 14. A) Rainy. B) Warm. C) Cold. D) Changeable. Passage Two Questions 15 to 17 are based on the passage you have just heard. 15. A) He has always lived in America. B) He has been in America for three years. C) He visited America three years ago. D) He has come to America to do research on advertising. 16. A) There were far more advertisements there than he had expected. B) The advertisements there were well designed. C) The advertisements there were creative and necessary. D) He found the advertisements there difficult to understand. 17. A) Be more careful about what they advertise. B) Spend less money on advertising. C) Advertise more for their products. D) Use new advertising techniques. Passage Three Questions 18 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard. 18. A) He is always in a hurry. B) He is quick in making decisions. C) He is always the first to arrive at the airport. D) He usually doesn’t get the reward he deserves. 19. A) He misses his flight. B) He can find a good seat. C) He leaves the airport first at the end of the trip. D) His luggage comes out last. 20. A) He was told to board the wrong plane. B) He was not allowed to board the plane. C) He arrived at the airport without a ticket. D) He found it difficult to explain why he arrived so early. Part II Reading Comprehension (35 minutes) Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage. There are desert plants which survive the dry season in the form of inactive s e e d s . T h e r e a r e a l s o d e s e r t i n s e c t s w h i c h s u r v i v e alsa ri v na e c(t幼 i v虫 e ). In a d d i t i o n , d i ffi c u l t a s i t i s t o b e l i e v e , t h e r e a r e d e s e r t fi s h w h i c h t h r o u g h y e a r sd roofu g h( t干 旱 ) i n t h e f o r m o f i n a c t i v e e g g s . T h e s e a r e t h e shrimps (小虾) that l i ive t M n D he aojave i d esert, r i t s n ntensely west of the United States where shade temperatures of over 50 recorded. The eggs of the Mojave shrimps are the size and have the appearance grains of sand. When sufficient spring rain falls to form a lake, once every two to five years, these eggs hatch (孵化). Then the water is soon filled with millions of tiny shrimps about a millimetre long which feed on tiny p organisms which also grow in the temporary desert lake. Within a w shrimps grow from their original 1 millimetre to a length of about 1.5 centimetres. Throughout the time that the shrimps are rapidly maturing, the water in the l a ke e q u a ll y r a p i d l y e v a p o ra t e s . T h e re f ore , fo r th e s h ri m p s i t i s a ra c e a g time. By the twelfth day, however, when they are about 3 cent hundreds of tiny eggs form on the underbodies of the females. Usually by th t i me, al l t hat remains o f the l ake i s a l arge, muddy pat ch o f w et so i l. O thirteenth d a t ay n d nd t he fi h ext,o t b uringl t he s nal ours lay t heir e i t ggs m T n h he e ud. t then, s aving w s t nsured shrimps die as the last of the water evaporates. If sufficient rain falls the next year to form another lake, the eggs hatch, and once again the shrimps pass rapidly through their cycle of growth, adult egg-laying, and death. Some years there is insufficient rain to form a lake: in this case, t e he w r ggs d ill f emain a y oormant e l i nor nother e Very, very occasionally, perhaps twice in a hundred years, sufficient rain falls to f o rm a d e e p l a ke t h a t l a s t s a mo n t h o r m o re . I n t h i s c a s e , t h e s p e c i e s p as s through t c woo g ycles e f a rowth, d T o gg-laying, s o t nd eat species multiplies considerably, which further ensures its survival. 21. Which of the following is the MOST distinctive feature of Mojave shrimps? A) Their lives are brief. B) They feed on plant and animal organisms. C) Their eggs can survive years of drought. D) They lay their eggs in the mud. 22. B y s a y i n g “ f o r t h e s h r i m p s i t i s a r a c e a g a i n s t t i m e ” ( P a r a . 3 , l i n e author means ________. A) they have to swim fast to avoid danger in the rapidly evaporating lake B ) th e y h a v e t o s w i m f a s t t o c a t c h t h e a n i m a l o r g a n i s m s o n w h i c h survive C) they have to multiply as many as possible within thirteen days D) they h tave c ot by the environment omplete l c w a heir s s ife o t ycle p 23. The passage mainly deals with ________. A) the life span of the Mojave shrimps B) the survival of desert shrimps C) the importance of water to life D) life in the Mojave Desert 24. The word “dormant” (Para. 4, Line 3) most probably means ________. A) inactive B) strong C) alert ithin