虻科2005年1月大学英语六级考试试题及参考答案

2021年1月22日发(作者：餐料)
2005
年
1
月大学英语六级考试试题及参考答案





Part I istening Comprehension(20 minutes)



Section A



Directions:
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
spoken
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:



A) 2 hours.



B) 3 hours.



C) 4 hours.



D) 5 hours.



From the conversation we know that the two are talking
about
some
work
they
will
start
at
9
o'clock
in
the morning
and
have
to
finish
by
2
in
the
afternoon.
Therefore,
D)

hours
is
the
correct
answer.
You
should
choose
[D]
on
the
Answer
Sheet
and
mark
it
with
a
single
line
through
the
centre.



Sample answer [A] [B] [C] [D]



1. A) Furnished apartments will cost more.



B) The apartment can be furnished easily.



C) The apartment is just what the man is looking for.



D) She can provide the man with the apartment he needs.



2. A) Mr. Johnson's ideas are nonsense.



B) He quite agrees with Mr. Johnson's views.



C) Mr. Johnson is good at expressing his ideas.



D) He shares the woman's views on social welfare.



3. A) Study in a quiet place.



B) Improve her grades gradually.



C) Change the conditions of her dorm.



D) Avoid distractions while studying in her dorm.



4. A) It has been put off.



B) It has been cancelled.



C) It will be held in a different place,



D) It will be rescheduled to attract more participants.



5.
A)
Janet
loves
the
beautiful
landscape
of
Australia
very much.



B) Janet is very much interested in architecture.



C) Janet admires the Sydney Opera House very much.



D)
Janet
thinks
it's
a
shame
for
anyone
not
to
visit
Australia.



6. A) It is based on a lot of research.



B) It can be finished in a few weeks' time.



C) It has drawn criticism from lots of people.



D) It falls short of her supervisor's expectations.



7.A) Karen is very forgetful.



B) He knows Karen better now.



C) Karen is sure to pass the interview.



D) The woman should have reminded Karen earlier.



8. A) Ask Joe to apologize to the professor for her.



B) Skip the class to prepare for the exam.



C) Tell the professor she's lost her voice.



D) Attend the lecture with the man.



9.
A)
The
man
will
go
in
for
business
fight
after
high
school.



B) The woman is not happy with the man's decision.



C) The man wants to be a business manager.



D) The woman is working in a kindergarten.



10. A) They stay closed until summer comes.



B) They cater chiefly to tourists.



C) They are busy all the year round.



D) They provide quality service to their customers.



Section
B
Directions:
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
D). Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet
with a single line through the centre.



Passage One



Questions
11
to
14
are
based
on
the
passage
you
have
just heard.



11. A) Classmates. C) Boss and secretary.



B) Colleagues. D) PR representative and client.



12. A) He felt his assignment was tougher than Sue's.



B) His clients complained about his service.



C) He thought the boss was unfair to him.



D) His boss was always finding fault with his work.



13. A) She is unwilling to undertake them.



B) She complains about her bad luck.



C) She always accepts them cheerfully.



D) She takes them on, though reluctantly.



14.
A)
Sue
got
promoted.
C)
Both
John
and
Sue
got
a
raise.



B) John had to quit his job. D) Sue failed to complete her
project.



Passage Two



Questions
15
to
17
are
based
on
the
passage
you
have
just heard.



15. A) By greeting each other very politely.



B) By exchanging their views on public affairs.



C) By displaying their feelings and emotions.



D) By asking each other some personal questions.



16.
A)
Refrain
from
showing
his
feelings.
C)
Argue
fiercely.



B) Express his opinion frankly. D) Yell loudly.



17.
A)
Getting
rich
quickly.
C)
Respecting
individual
rights.



B)
Distinguishing
oneself.
D)
Doing
credit
to
one's
community.



Passage Three



Questions
18
to
20
are
based
on
the
passage
you
have
just heard.



18. A) If they don't involve any risks.



B) If they produce predictable side effects.



C) When the urgent need for them arises.



D) When tests show that they are relatively safe.



19. A) Because they are not accustomed to it.



B) Because they are not psychologically prepared for it.



C) Because their genes differ from those who have been
tested for it.



D)
Because
they
are less
sensitive
to
it
than
those
who
have been tested for it.



20. A) They will have to take ever larger doses.



B) They will become physically impaired.



C) They will suffer from minor discomfort.



D) They will experience a very painful process.



Part II Reading Comprehension(35 minutes)



Directions:
There
are
4
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
the
corresponding
letter
on
the
Answer
Sheet
with
a
single line through the centre.



Passage One



Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage.



I
had
an
experience
some
years
ago
which
taught
me
something
about
the
ways
in
which
people
make
a
bad
situation worse by blaming themselves. One January, I had to
officiate
at
two
funerals
on
successive
days
for
two
elderly
women
in
my
community.
Both
had
died

of
years,
as
the Bible would say; both yielded to the normal wearing out
of the body after a long and full life. Their homes happened to
be near each other, so I paid condolence (
吊唁
) calls on the
two families on the same afternoon.



At
the
first
home,
the
son
of
the
deceased
(
已故的
)
woman said to me,
and gotten her out of this cold and snow, she would be alive
today.
It's
my
fault
that
she
died.
At
the
second
home,
the
son
of
the
other
deceased
woman
said,

only
I
hadn't
insisted on my mother's going to Florida, she would be alive
today. That long airplane ride, the abrupt change of climate,
was more than she could take. It's my fault that she's dead.



When things don't turn out as we would like them to, it is
very tempting to assume that had we done things differently,
the story would have had a happier ending. Priests know that
any
time
there
is
a
death,
the
survivors
will
feel
guilty.
Because the course of action they took turned out badly, they
believe
that
the
opposite
course
-
keeping
Mother
at
home,
postponing
the
operation
–

would
have
turned
out
better.
After all, how could it have turned out any worse?



There seem to be two elements involved in our readiness
to feel guilt. The first is our pressing need to believe that the
world makes sense, that there is a cause for every effect and a
reason
for
everything
that
happens.
That
leads
us
to
find
patterns
and
connections
both
where
they
really
exist
and
where they exist only in our minds.



The second element is the notion that we are the cause of
what happens, especially the bad things that happen. It seems
to be a short step from believing that every event has a cause
to believing that every disaster is our fault. The roots of this
feeling may lie in our childhood. Psychologists speak of the
infantile myth of omnipotence (
万能
). A baby comes to think
that
the
world
exists
to
meet
his
needs,
and
that
he
makes
everything
happen
in
it.
He
wakes
up
in
the
morning
and
summons
the
rest
of
the
world
to
its
tasks.
He
cries,
and
someone comes to attend to him. When he is hungry, people
feed him, and when he is wet, people change him. Very often,
we
do
not
completely
outgrow
that
infantile
notion
that
our
wishes cause things to happen.






21. What is said about the two deceased elderly women?


A) They lived out a natural life.


B) They died of exhaustion after the long plane ride.


C) They weren't accustomed to the change in weather.


D) They died due to lack of care by family members.



22. The author had to conduct the two women's funerals
probably because ________


A) he wanted to console the two families


B) he was an official from the community


C) he had great sympathy for the deceased


D) he was priest of the local church



23. People feel guilty for the deaths of their loved ones
because ________


A) they couldn't find a better way to express their grief


B) they believe that they were responsible


C) they had neglected the natural course of events


D) they didn't know things often turn out in the opposite
direction



24.
In
the
context
of
the
passage,

the
world
makes
sense


A) everything in the world is predetermined


B) the world can be interpreted in different ways


C) there's an explanation for everything in the world


D)
we
have
to
be
sensible
in
order
to
understand
the
world



25. People have been made to believe since infancy that
________.


A) everybody is at their command


B) life and death is an unsolved mystery


C) every story should have a happy ending


D) their wishes are the cause of everything that happens



Passage Two



Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage.



Frustrated with delays in Sacramento, Bay Area officials
said
Thursday
they
planned
to
take
matters
into
their
own
hands to regulate the region's growing pile of electronic trash.



A
San
Jose
councilwoman
and
a
San
Francisco
supervisor said they would propose local initiatives aimed at
controlling
electronic
waste
if
the
California
law-making
body fails to act on two bills stalled in the Assembly~ They
are among a growing number of California cities and counties
that have expressed the same intention.



Environmentalists
and
local
governments
are
increasingly
concerned
about
the
toxic
hazard
posed
by
old
electronic
devices
and
the
cost
of
safely
recycling
those
products.
An
estimated
6
million
televisions
and
computers
are
stocked
in
California
homes,
and
an
additional
6,000
to
7,000
computers
become
outdated
every
day.
The
machines
contain
high
levels
of
lead
and
other
hazardous
substances,
and
are
already
banned
from
California
landfills
(
垃圾填埋
场
).



Legislation
by
Senator
Byron
Sher
would
require
consumers to pay a recycling fee of up to $$30 on every new
machine containing a cathode (
阴极
) ray tube. Used in almost
all video monitors and televisions, those devices contain four
to
eight
pounds
of
lead
each.
The
fees
would
go
toward
setting up recycling programs, providing grants to non-profit
agencies
that
reuse
the
tubes
and
rewarding
manufacturers
that encourage recycling.



A
separate
bill
by
Los
Angeles-area
Senator
Gloria
Romero
would
require
high-tech
manufacturers
to
develop
programs to recycle so-called e-waste.



If
passed,
the
measures
would
put
California
at
the
forefront
of
national
efforts
to
manage
the
refuse
of
the
electronic age.



But
high-tech
groups,
including
the
Silicon
Valley
Manufacturing
Group
and
the
American
Electronics
Association, oppose the measures, arguing that fees of up to
$$30 will drive consumers to online, out-of-state retailers.




consumers
are
unaware
they're
not
supposed
to
throw
computers in the trash,
of government relations for the electronics association.



Computer recycling should be a local effort and part of
residential waste collection programs, she added.



Recycling
electronic
waste
is
a
dangerous
and
specialized
matter,
and
environmentalists
maintain
the
state
must
support
recycling
efforts
and
ensure
that
the
job
isn't
contracted to unscrupulous (
毫无顾忌的

) junk dealers who
send the toxic parts overseas.




in rural China,
Toxics Coalition. His group is pushing for an amendment to
Sher's bill that would prevent the export of e-waste.



26.
What
step
were
Bay
Area
officials
going
to
take
regarding e-waste disposal.'?



A) Exert pressure on manufacturers of electronic devices.



B) Lay down relevant local regulations themselves.



C) Lobby the lawmakers of the California Assembly.



D) Rally support to pass the stalled bills.



27. The two bills stalled in the California Assembly both
concern ________.



A)
regulations
on
dumping
hazardous
substances
into
landfills



B)
the
sale
of
used
electronic
devices
to
foreign
countries



C)
the
funding
of
local
initiatives
to
reuse
electronic
trash



D)
the
reprocessing
of
the
huge
amounts
of
electronic
waste in the state



28.
Consumers
are
not
supposed
to
throw
used
computers in the trash because __.



A) they contain large amounts of harmful substances



B) this is banned by the California government



C) some parts may be recycled for use elsewhere



D) unscrupulous dealers will retrieve them for profit



29.
High-tech
groups
believe
that
if
an
extra
$$30
is
charged
on
every
TV
or
computer
purchased
in
California,
consumers will _______.



A) abandon online shopping



B) buy them from other states



C) strongly protest against such a charge



D) hesitate to upgrade their computers



30. We learn from the passage that much of California's
electronic waste has been _



A) collected by non-profit agencies



B) dumped into local landfills



C) exported to foreign countries



D) recycled by computer manufacturers



Passage Three



Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage.



Throughout
the
nation's
more
than
15,000
school
districts, widely differing approaches to teaching science and
math have emerged. Though there can be strength in diversity,
a new international analysis suggests that this variability has
instead contributed to lackluster (
平淡的
) achievement scores
by
U.S.
children
relative
to
their
peers
in
other
developed
countries.



Indeed,
concludes
William
H.
Schmidt
of
Michigan
State
University,
who
led
the
new
analysis,

single
intellectually
coherent
vision
dominates
U.S.
educational
practice in math or science.'' The reason, he said,
the system is deeply and fundamentally flawed.



The
new
analysis,
released
this
week
by
the
National
Science
Foundation
in
Arlington,
Va.,
is
based
on
data
collected
from
about
50
nations
as
part
of
the
Third
International Mathematics and Science Study.



Not
only
do
approaches
to
teaching
science
and
math
vary among individual U.S. communities, the report finds, but
there
appears
to
be
little
strategic
focus
within
a
school
district’s
curricula,
its
textbooks,
or
its
teachers'
activities.
This contrasts sharply with the coordinated national programs
of most other countries.



On
average,
U.S.
students
study
more
topics
within
science
and
math
than
their
international
counterparts
do.
This creates an educational environment that
and an inch deep,



For
instance,
eighth
graders
in
the
United
States
cover
about
33
topics
in
math
versus
just
19
in
Japan.
Among
science
courses,
the
international
gap
is
even
wider.
U.S.
curricula for this age level resemble those of a small group of
countries including Australia, Thailand, Iceland, and Bulgaria.
Schmidt
asks
whether
the
United
States
wants
to
be
classed
with
these
nations,
whose
educational
systems

our
pattern of splintered (
支离破碎的
) visions
economic leaders.



The
new
report

come
at
a
better
time,
says
Gerald
Wheeler,
executive
director
of
the
National
Science
Teachers
Association
in
Arlington.

new
National
Science
Education
Standards
provide
that
focused
vision,
including the call



Implementing the new science standards and their math
counterparts
will
be
the
challenge,
he
and
Schmidt
agree,
because
the
decentralized
responsibility
for
education
in
the
United
States
requires
that
any
reforms
be
tailored
and
instituted one community at a time.



In fact, Schmidt argues, reforms such as these proposed
national
standards

an
almost
impossible
task,
because
even
though
they
are
intellectually
coherent,
each
becomes
only one more voice in the babble (
嘈杂声
).



31. According to the passage, the teaching of science and
math in America is



A) focused on tapping students' potential



B) characterized by its diversity



C) losing its vitality gradually



D) going downhill in recent years



32. The fundamental flaw of American school education
is that ________.



A) it lacks a coordinated national program



B) it sets a very low academic standard for students



C) it relies heavily on the initiative of individual teachers



D) it attaches too much importance to intensive study of
school subjects



33.
By
saying
that
the
U.S.
educational
environment
is

means U.S. educational practice ________.



A) lays stress on quality at the expense of quantity



B) offers an environment for comprehensive education



C) encourages learning both in depth and in scope



D) scratches the surface of a wide range of topics



34.
The
new
National
Science
Education
Standards
are
good news in that they will



A) provide depth to school science education



B) solve most of the problems in school teaching



C) be able to meet the demands of the community



D) quickly dominate U.S. educational practice



35.
Putting
the
new
science
and
math
standards
into
practice will prove difficult because ________.



A) there is always controversy in educational circles



B) not enough educators have realized the necessity for
doing so



C) school districts are responsible for making their own
decisions



D)
many
schoolteachers
challenge
the
acceptability
of
these standards.



Passage Four



Questions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage.




never
met
a
human
worth
cloning,
says
cloning
expert
Mark
Westhusin
from
his
lab
at
Texas
A&M
University.

a
stupid
endeavor.
That's
an
interesting
choice
of
adjective,
coming
from
a
man
who
has
spent
millions
of
dollars
trying
to
clone
a
13-year-old
dog
named
Missy.
So
far,
he
and
his
team
have
not
succeeded,
though
they
have
cloned
two
cows
and
expect
to
clone
a
cat
soon.
They
just
might
succeed
in
cloning
Missy
this
spring
-
or
perhaps
not
for
another
5
years.
It
seems
the
reproductive
system of man's best friend is one of the mysteries of modern
science.



Westhusin's experience with cloning animals leaves him
upset by all this talk of human cloning. In three years of work
on the Missy project, using hundreds upon hundreds of dog's
eggs,
the
A&M
team
has
produced
only
a
dozen
or
so
embryos
(
胚胎
)
carrying Missy's
DNA.
None have survived
the
transfer
to
a
surrogate
(
代孕的
)
mother.
The
wastage
of
eggs and the many spontaneously aborted fetuses (
胎
) may be
acceptable when you're dealing with cats or bulls, he argues,
but
not
with
humans.

is
incredibly
inefficient,
and
also dangerous,



Even so, dog cloning is a commercial opportunity, with a
nice research payoff. Ever since Dolly the sheep was cloned
in
1997,
Westhusin's
phone
has
been
ringing
with
people
calling in hopes of duplicating their cats and dogs, cattle and
horses.
price is right,
mysterious billionaire owner; he's put up $$3.7 million so far
to fund A&M's research.



Contrary to some media reports, Missy is not dead. The
owner wants a twin to carry on Missy's fine qualities after she
does
die.
The
prototype
is,
by
all
accounts,
athletic,
good-natured and supersmart. Missy's master does not expect
an exact copy of her. He knows her clone may not have her
temperament.
In
a
statement
of
purpose,
Missy's
owner
and
the
A&M
team
say
they
are

looking
forward
to
studying the ways that her clones differ from Missy.



Besides cloning a great dog, the project may contribute
insight
into
the
old
question
of
nature
vs.
nurture.
It
could
also
lead
to
the
cloning
of
special
rescue
dogs
and
many
endangered animals.



However,
Westhusin
is
cautious
about
his
work.
He
knows
that
even
if
he
gets
a
dog
pregnant,
the
offspring,
should they survive, will face the problems shown at birth by
other cloned animals: abnormalities like immature lungs and
heart
and
weight
problems~

would
you
ever
want
to
clone humans,
to getting it worked out in animals yet?



36.
By

endeavor
(Line
2,
Para.
1),
Westhusin
means to say that ________.



A) animal cloning is not worth the effort at all



B) animal cloning is absolutely impractical



C) human cloning should be done selectively



D) human cloning is a foolish undertaking



37.
What
does
the
first
paragraph
tell
us
about
Westhusin's dog cloning project?



A) Its success is already in sight.



B) Its outcome remains uncertain.



C) It is doomed to utter failure.



D) It is progressing smoothly.