1999年6月英语六级真题及答案

1999年6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 conversat end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what wa said. B t othc he a onversation t q w b s nd o ohe uestion After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read t f he c ourm hoices A B C a Darked a nddecide which ), i t), s )he nd best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer 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 ’c 9 lo 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 o n . T h e r e f o r e , “5D )h o u ”r si 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 n Answer Sheet and mark it with a single line through the center. Sample Answer [A] [B] [C] [D] 1. A) The man attended the concert, but didn’t like it. B) The man was sorry to miss the football game. C) The man is more interested in football than in classical music. D) The man was sorry that he didn’t attend the concert. 2. A) Singing loudly. B) Listening to music. C) Studying. D) Talking on the phone. 3. A) She can’t receive any calls. B) She can’t make any calls. C) She can do nothing with the phone. D) She can’t repair the phone. 4. A) Tom is very responsible. B) Tom’s words aren’t reliable. C) What Tom said is true. D) Tom is not humorous at all. 5. A) How to use a camera. B) How to use a washer. C) How to use a keyboard. D) How to use a tape recorder. 6. A) They should put the meeting to an end. B) They should hold another meeting to discuss the matter. C) She would like to discuss another item. D) She wants to discuss the issue again later. 7. A) He believes the Browns have done a sensible thing. B) He doesn’t think the Browns should move to another place. C) He doesn’t think the Browns’ investment is a wise move. D) He believes it is better for the Browns to invest later. 8. A) He may convert it and use it as a restaurant. B) He may pull it down and build a new restaurant. C) He may rent it out for use as a restaurant. D) He may sell it to the owner of a restaurant. 9. A) She doesn’t like the way the professor lectures. B) She’s having a hard time following the professor’s lectures. C) She is not interested in course. D) She’s having difficulty with the heavy reading assignments. 10. A) He never keeps his promises. B) He is crazy about parties. C) He has changed his mind. D) He is not sociable. Section B Compound Dictation 注意: 听力理解的B节(SectionSection B 为复合式听写(Section ) Compound D 现在请取出试卷二。 ，题目在卷二上。 ictation) Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage tree times. Whe p a s s a g e i s r e a d f o r t h e fi r s t t i m e , y o u s h o u l d l i s t e n c a r e f u l l y f o r g e ne r a l i d ea . T he n l i s t en t o t h e p a s sa ge a ga i n. W h en t h e p a s sa ge i s r e a d f o r t h e s e c o n d t i m e , y o u a r e r e q u i r e d t o fi l l i numbered f S t Srom w t 1 e ow 7y hith j h he F xact ords b l a n k s n u m b e r e d S 8 t o S 1 0 y o u a r e r e q u i r e d t o information. Y c e ou u t an e wither y h sej h he o xact o w r i t e d o w n t h e m a i n p o i n t s i n y o u r o w n w o r d s . F i n a l l y, w p a s s a g ei s r e a d f o r t h e t h i r d t i m e , y o u s h o u l d c h e c k w h a t y o u h a v e written. President Clinton later today joins _ _(Section_S_1_ )_ _p_ r e s i d e n t s F o r d , C a r t e r a n d Bush at “the president ’s summit for America ’s future” (SectionS 2) ________ at recruiting one m illion v t olunteer t p a utors w o a rovide s r fter-school, h e l p f o r u p t o t h r e e m i l l i o n c h i l d r e n . M r. C l i n t o n w i l l a s k C o n g r e s s t h i s c o w e e k f o r n e a r l y t h r e e (Section S 3 ) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ d o l l a r s t o f u n d a fi v e - y e a r p r o g r a m “America Reads”. The program would fund the (SectionS4) ________ efforts of 20 thousand reading (SectionS5) ________ and it would also give (SectionS6) ________ to help parents help children read by the third grade, or about age eight. During his Saturday radio (SectionS7) ________, the president e wxplained t p i i hy he “We n rogram eed ‘America R s’ a nd mportant. eads w e n e e d i t n o w. S t u d i e s s h o w t h a t i f t h e f o u r t h - g r a d e r s f a i l t o r e a d w e l ________. But, 40 percent of them still can’t read at a basic level.” Vo l u n t e e r t u t o r s , w h o p r o v i d e c o m m u n i t y s e r v i c e i n e x c h a n g e f funding, are being used in literacy and tutoring programs. (SectionS9) ________. The p resident s m o t ays P recruit tutors. (SectionS10) ________. any s ’s f c he orporate shiladelphia w ponsors um Part II Reading Comprehension (35 minutes) Directions: T h e r e a4r e reading passages in this part. Each pas followed b s qy ome o u uestions s F re nfinished o t ta there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should decide on t h e b e s t c h o i c emaanr d k the corresponding letter on the Answ Sheet with a single line through the center. Questions 11 to 15 are based on the following passage. We s o m e t i m e s t h i n k h u m a n s a r e u n i q u e l y v u l n e r a b l e t o a n x i e t y , b u t s t r e s s seems t a ot i ffect d he o mmune l a t efenses I o e f f ower nim example, b ehavioral immunologist (Section免疫学家) M arkL audenslager,a tt U he niversity of Denver, gave mild electric shocks to 24 rats. Half the animals could switch off the current by turning a wheel in their enclosure, while the other half could mot. The rats in the two groups were paired so that each time one rat turne w h e e l i t p r o t e c t e d b o t h i t s e l f a n d i t s h e l p l e s s Laudenslager found t t hat i her mmune w d esponse b n i t as epresse h e l p l e s s r a t s b u t n o t i n t h o s e t h a t c o u l d t u r n o ff t h e e l e c t r i c i t y. W h a d e mo n s t r at e d , h e b e li e v e s , is t h a t la c k of c o n t ro l o v e r experience itself, is what weakens the immune system. Other researchers agree. Jay Weiss, a psychologist at Duke University School of Medicine, has shown that animals who are allowed to contro stimuli don’t develop sleep disturbances or changes in brain chemistry typical of stressed rats. But if the animals are confronted with situations the control over, they later behave passively when faced with experiences they can c o n t ro l . S uc h fi n d i ng s rei nf o rc e p sy ch o’l o s us gi sptisc i o n s t h a t t he ex p er i en c e o r perception of helplessness is one of the most harmful factors in depression. One of the most startling examples of how the mind can alter the immune r e s p o n s e w a s d i s c o v e r e d b y c h a n c e . I n 1 9 7 5 p s y cA hd oe l or gtai st th eR o b e r t University of Rochester School of Medicine conditioned(Section使形成条件反射) mice to avois d a c c h a r(Section i糖n 精 ) b y s i m u l t a n e o u s l y f e e d i n g t h e m t h e s w e e t e n injecting them with a drug that while suppressing their immune systems caused stomach upsets. Associating the saccharin with the stomach pain quickly learned to avoid the sweetener. In order to extinguish this dislike for the sweetener,Ader reexposed he t animals to saccharin, this time without the drug, and w a as stonished t fi t t m o t nd h r hat t hose h a ice hat of sweetener during their earlier conditioning died. He could only speculate that he had so successfully conditioned the rats that saccharin alone now served to weaken their immune systems enough to kill them. 11. Laudenslager’s e xperiments t could turn off the electricity ________. thowed i s hat o t he r w mmune y A) was strengthened B) was not affected C) was altered D) was weakened 12. A c c o r d i n g t o t h e p a s s a g e , t h e e x p e r i e n c e o f h e l p l e s s n e s s c a u ________. A) try to control unpleasant stimuli B) turn off the electricity C) behave passively in controllable situations D) become abnormally suspicious 13. T h e r e a s o n w h y t h e m i c e i n’ sAedxepr e r i m e n t a v o i d e d s a c c h a r i n w a s t h a t ________. A) they disliked its taste B) it affected their immune systems C) it led to stomach pains D) they associated it with stomachaches 14. The passage tells us that the most probable reason for the death of the mice in Ader’s experiment was that ________. A) they had been weakened psychologically by the saccharin B) the sweetener was poisonous to them C) their immune systems had been altered by the mind D) they had taken too much sweetener during earlier conditioning 15. I t c a n b e c o n c l u d e d f ro m t h e p a s s a g e t h a t t h e i m m u n e s y s t e m s o f a n i m a l s ________. A) can be weakened by conditioning B) can be suppressed by drug injections C) can be affected by frequent doses of saccharin D) can be altered by electric shocks Questions 16 to 20 are based on the following passage. The d estruction o o n r f ura c atural o esources o f s c o n t i n u e o c c u r , l a r g e l y b e c a u s e o f t h e e x t r e m e dai ffi ffi x c iunl g t(Sectiony把i… n 固定) nd legal responsibility on those who continue to treat our environment with reckless a b a n d(Section o放n 任 ) . A t t e m p t s t o p r e v e n t p o l l u t i o n b y on l e g i i nc e n t i v ensd af r i e n d l y p e r s u a s i o n h a v e b e e n n e t b y l a w s u i t s , p e i ndust r ia l deni a l a nd l o ng del a ys— no t o nl y i n a cce pti ng respo nsi bil i ty , but m ore importantly, in doing something about it. I t s e e m s t h a t o n l y w h e n g o v e rn m e n t d e c i d e s i t c a n a ff o rd t a x i n c e n t i v e s o r p r o d u c t i o n s a c r i fi c e s i s t h e r e a n y i n d u s t’s r y a n d o u r r e c o g n i t i o n t h a t p r o t e c t i ’s n gg m r eaant k ti rneda s u r e i s t h e single most important responsibility? If ever there will be time for environmental health professionals to come to the frontlines and provide leadership t environmental problems, that time is now. We are being asked, and, in fact, the public is demanding tha positive action. It is our responsibility as professionals in environmental health to m a k e t h e d i ff e r e n c e . Y e s , t h e e c o l o g i s t s , t h e e n v i r o n m e n t a l a c t i v c o n s e r v a t i o n i s t s s e r v e t o c o m m u n i c a t e , s t behavioral change. However, it is those of us who are paid to make the decisions to develop, improve and enforce environmental standards, I submit, who m