1、2000年6月大學(xué)英語(yǔ)六級(jí)(CET-6)真題試卷17 / 322000年6月大學(xué)英語(yǔ)六級(jí)(CET-6)真題試卷Part I Listening Comprehension (20 minutes)Section ADirections:In this section, you will hear 10 short conversations. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the question will be s

2、poken 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 the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.Example:You will hear:You will read

3、: A) 2 hours.B) 3 hours.C) 4 hoursD) 5 hours.From the conversation we know that the two are talking about some work they will start at 9 oclock in the morning and have to finish at 2 in the afternoon. Therefore, D) “5 hours” is the correct answer. You should choose D on the Answer Sheet and mark it

4、with a single a single line through the centre.Sample Answer A B C D1.A) Buy some travellers checks.B) Borrow some money from a friend.C) Check the brakes and tires.D) Spend some time travelling.（D）2.A) He is very forgiving and tolerant.B) He probably has a poor memory.C) He is well liked by his cus

5、tomers.D) He has been introduced to the staff.（B）3.A) He thinks the book should include more information.B) He doesnt think it necessary to provide the answers.C) The answers will be added in a later edition.D) The book does include the answers.（D）4.A) Announce appeals for public service.B) Hold a c

6、harity concert to raise money.C) Ask the school radio station for help.D) Pool money to fund the radio station.（C）5.A) She talked with the consultant about the new program until two.B) She couldnt talk to the consultant before two.C) She would talk to the consultant during lunch.D) She couldnt conta

7、ct the consultants secretary.（B）6.A) They are equally competent for the job.B) They both graduated from art schools.C) They majored in different areas of art.D) They are both willing to draw the posters.（A）7.A) At a book store.B) At an art museum.C) At a newspaper office.D) At a gymnasium.（C）8.A) Th

8、e woman received a phone call from Mark yesterday.B) The man injured Mark in a traffic accident yesterday.C) The man met a friend by chance.D) The woman contacted Mark on business.（C）9.A) The man should stay up and watch the program.B) The man should read something exciting instead.C) The man should

9、 go to bed at eleven.D) The man should give up watching the movie.（D）10.A) Students with a library card can check any book out.B) Reference books are not allowed to be checked out.C) Only students with a library card can check out reference books.D) The number of books a student can check out is unl

10、imited.（B）Section BDirections:In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage 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

11、 D). Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.Passage OneQuestions 11 to 13 are based on the passage you have just heard.11.A) To find out whether they take music lessons in their spare time.B) To find out whether they can name four different music

12、al instruments.C) To find out whether they enjoy playing musical instruments in school.D) To find out whether they differ in their preference for musical instruments.（D）12.A) They find them too hard to play.B) They think it silly to play them.C) They find it not challenging enough to play them.D) Th

13、ey consider it important to be different from girls.（A）13.A) Children who have private music tutors.B) Children who are 8 or older.C) Children who are between 5 and 7.D) Children who are well-educated.（B）Passage TwoQuestions 14 to 16 are based on the passage you have just heard.14.A) Because there w

14、erent any professional teams in the U.S. then.B) Because Pele hadnt retired from the Brazilian National Team yet.C) Because this fast-moving sport wasnt familiar to many Americans.D) Because good professional players received low salaries.（C）15.A) When it has a large number of fans.B) When it plays

15、at home.C) When it has many international stars playing for it.D) When the fans cheer enthusiastically for it.（B）16.A) It wasnt among the top four teams.B) It didnt play as well as expected.C) It won the World Cup.D) It placed fourth.（A）Passage ThreeQuestions 17 to 20 are based on the passage you ha

16、ve just heard.17.A) Students from America.B) Students from England.C) Students from Australia.D) Students from Japan.（A）18.A) Those who know how to program computers.B) Those who get special aid from their teachers.C) Those who are very hardworking.D) Those who have well-educated parents.（D）19.A) Ja

17、panese students study much harder than Columbian students.B) Columbian students score higher than Japanese students in maths.C) Columbian students are more optimistic about their maths skills.D) Japanese students have better conditions for study.（C）20.A) Physics.B) Mathematics.C) Environmental scien

18、ce.D) Life science.（A）Part II Reading Comprehension (35 minutes)Directions:There are 4 reading passages in this part. 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 t

19、he corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.Passage OneQuestions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage.In the 1920s demand for American farm products fell, as European countries began to recover from World War I and instituted austerity (緊縮) programs to re

20、duce their imports. The result was a sharp drop in farm prices. This period was more disastrous for farmers than earlier times had been, because farmers were no longer self-sufficient. They were paying for machinery, seed, and fertilizer, and they were also buying consumer goods. The prices of the i

21、tems farmers bought remained constant, while prices they received for their products fell. These developments were made worse by the Great Depression, which began in 1929 and extended throughout the 1939s.In 1929, under President Herbert Hoover, the Federal Farm Board was organized. It established t

22、he principle of direct interference with supply and demand, and it represented the first national commitment to provide greater economic stability for farmers.President Hoovers successor attached even more importance to this problem. One of the first measures proposed by President Franklin D. Roosev

23、elt when he took office in 1933 was the Agricultural Adjustment Act, which was subsequently passed by Congress. This law gave the Secretary of Agriculture the power to reduce production through voluntary agreements with farmers who were paid to take their land out of use. A deliberate scarcity of fa

24、rm products was planned in an effort to raise prices. This law was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court on the grounds that general taxes were being collected to pay one special group of people. However, new laws were passed immediately that achieved the same result of resting soil and pro

25、viding flood-control measures, but which were based on the principle of soil conservation. The Roosevelt Administration believed that rebuilding the nations soil was in the national interest and was not simply a plan to help farmers at the expense of other citizens. Later the government guaranteed l

26、oans to farmers so that they could buy farm machinery, hybrid (雜交) grain, and fertilizers.21.What brought about the decline in the demand for American farm products?A) The impact of the Great Depression.B) The shrinking of overseas markets.C) The destruction caused by the First World War.D) The incr

27、eased exports of European countries.（B）22.The chief concern of the American government in the area of agriculture in the 1920s was _.A) to increase farm productionB) to establish agricultural lawsC) to prevent farmers from going bankruptD) to promote the mechanization of agriculture（C）23.The Agricul

28、tural Adjustment Act encouraged American farmers to _.A) reduce their scale of productionB) make full use of their landC) adjust the prices of their farm productsD) be self-sufficient in agricultural production（D）24.The Supreme Court rejected the Agricultural Adjustment Act because it believed that

29、the Act _.A) might cause greater scarcity of farm productsB) didnt give the Secretary of Agriculture enough powerC) would benefit neither the government nor the farmersD) benefited one group of citizens at the expense of others（D）25.It was claimed that the new laws passed during the Roosevelt Admini

30、stration were aimed at _.A) reducing the cost of farmingB) conserving soil in the long-term interest of the nationC) lowering the burden of farmersD) helping farmers without shifting the burden onto other taxpayers（D）Passage TwoQuestions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage.In the 1950s, the

31、pioneers of artificial intelligence (AI) predicted that, by the end of this century, computers would be conversing with us at work and robots would be performing our housework. But as useful as computers are, theyre nowhere close to achieving anything remotely resembling these early aspirations for

32、humanlike behavior. Never mind something as complex as conversation: the most powerful computers struggle to reliably recognize the shape of an object, the most elementary of tasks for a ten-month-old kid.A growing group of AI researchers think they know where the field went wrong. The problem, the

33、scientists say, is that AI has been trying to separate the highest, most abstract levels of thought, like language and mathematics, and to duplicate them with logical, step-by-step programs. A new movement in AI, on the other hand, takes a closer look at the more roundabout way in which nature came

34、up with intelligence. Many of these researchers study evolution and natural adaptation instead of formal logic and conventional computer programs. Rather than digital computers and transistors, some want to work with brain cells and proteins. The results of these early efforts are as promising as th

35、ey are peculiar, and the new nature-based AI movement is slowly but surely moving to the forefront of the field.Imitating the brains neural (神經(jīng)的) network is a huge step in the right direction, says computer scientist and biophysicist Michael Conrad, but it still misses an important aspect of natural

36、 intelligence. “People tend to treat the brain as if it were made up of color-coded transistors”, he explains, “but its not simply a clever network of switches. There are lots of important things going on inside the brain cells themselves.” Specifically, Conrad believes that many of the brains capab

37、ilities stem from the pattern recognition proficiency of the individual molecules that make up each brain cell. The best way to build and artificially intelligent device, he claims, would be to build it around the same sort of molecular skills.Right now, the option that conventional computers and so

38、ftware are fundamentally incapable of matching the processes that take place in the brain remains controversial. But if it proves true, then the efforts of Conrad and his fellow AI rebels could turn out to be the only game in town.26.The author says that the powerful computers of today _.A) are capa

39、ble of reliably recognizing the shape of an objectB) are close to exhibiting humanlike behaviorC) are not very different in their performance from those of the 50sD) still cannot communicate with people in a human language（D）27.The new trend in artificial intelligence research stems from _.A) the sh

40、ift of the focus of study on to the recognition of the shapes of objectsB) the belief that human intelligence cannot be duplicated with logical, step-by-step programsC) the aspirations of scientists to duplicate the intelligence of a ten-month-old childD) the efforts made by scientists in the study

41、of the similarities between transistors and brain cells（B）28.Conrad and his group of AI researchers have been making enormous efforts to _.A) find a roundabout way to design powerful computersB) build a computer using a clever network of switchesC) find out how intelligence developed in natureD) sep

42、arate the highest and most abstract levels of thought（C）29.Whats the authors opinion about the new AI movement?A) It has created a sensation among artificial intelligence researchers but will soon die out.B) Its a breakthrough in duplicating human thought processes.C) Its more like a peculiar game r

43、ather than a real scientific effort.D) It may prove to be in the right direction though nobody is sure of its future prospects.（B）30.Which of the following is closest in meaning to the phrase “the only game in town” (Line 3, Para. 4)?A) The only approach to building an artificially intelligent compu

44、ter.B) The only way for them to win a prize in artificial intelligence research.C) The only area worth studying in computer science.D) The only game they would like to play in town.（D）Passage ThreeQuestions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage:Cars account for half the oil consumed in the U.S

45、., about half the urban pollution and one fourth the greenhouse (溫室) gases. They take a similar toll of (損耗) resources in other industrial nations and in the cities of the developing world. As vehicle use continues to increase in the coming decade, the U.S. and other countries will have to deal with

46、 these issues or else face unacceptable economic, health-related and political costs. It is unlikely that oil prices will remain at their current low level or that other nations will accept a large and growing U.S. contribution to global climatic change.Policymakers and industry have four options: r

47、educe vehicle use, increase the efficiency and reduce the emissions of conventional gasoline-powered vehicles, switch to less harmful fuels, or find less polluting driving systems. The last of thesein particular the introduction of vehicles powered by electricityis ultimately the only sustainable op

48、tion. The other alternatives are attractive in theory but in practice are either impractical or offer only marginal improvements. For example, reduced vehicle use could solve traffic problems and a host of social and environmental problems, but evidence from around the world suggests that it is very

49、 difficult to make people give up their cars to any significant extent. In the U.S., mass-transit ridership and carpooling (合伙用車) have declined since World War II. Even in Western Europe, with fuel prices averaging more than $1 a liter (about $4 a gallon) and with easily accessible mass transit and

50、dense populations, cars still account for 80 percent of all passenger travel.Improved energy efficiency is also appealing, but automotive fuel economy has barely made any progress in 10 years. Alternative fuels such as natural gas, burned in internal-combustion engines, could be introduced at relati

51、vely low cost, but they would lead to only marginal reductions in pollution and greenhouse emissions (especially because oil companies are already spending billions of dollars every year to develop less polluting types of gasoline).31.From the passage we know that the increased use of cars will _.A)

52、 consume half of the oil produced in the worldB) have serious consequences for the well-being of all nationsC) widen the gap between the developed and developing countriesD) impose an intolerable economic burden on residents of large cities（B）32.The U.S. has to deal with the problems arising from ve

53、hicle use because _.A) most Americans are reluctant to switch to public transportation systemsB) the present level of oil prices is considered unacceptableC) other countries will protest its increasing greenhouse emissionsD) it should take a lead in conserving natural resources（C）33.Which of the fol

54、lowing is the best solution to the problems mentioned in the passage?A) The designing of highly efficient car engines.B) A reduction of vehicle use in cities.C) The development of electric cars.D) The use of less polluting fuels.（C）34.Which of the following is practical but only makes a marginal con

55、tribution to solving the problem of greenhouse emissions?A) The use of fuels other than gasoline.B) Improved energy efficiency.C) The introduction of less polluting driving systems.D) Reducing car use by carpooling.（B）35.Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?A) The decli

56、ne of public transportation accounts for increased car use in Western Europe.B) Cars are popular in Western Europe even though fuel prices are fairly high.C) The reduction of vehicle use is the only sustainable option in densely populated Western Europe.D) Western European oil companies cannot susta

57、in the cost of developing new-type fuels.（B）Passage FourQuestions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage.Reebok executives do not like to hear their stylish athletic shoes called “footwear for yuppies (雅皮士,少壯高薪職業(yè)人士)”. They contend that Reebok shoes appeal to diverse market segments, especially

58、now that the company offers basketball and childrens shoes for the under-18 set and walking shoes for older customers not interested in aerobics (健身操) or running. The executives also point out that through recent acquisitions they have added hiking boots, dress and casual shoes, and high-performance athletic footwear to their product lines, all of which should attract new and varied groups o