2000年6月 CET6真题

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Part I                                ListeningComprehension                      (20minutes)Section A

Directions: In this section, you willhear 10 short conversations. At the end of each conversation, a question willbe asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the question will bespoken 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 isthe best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with asingle 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) Buy some traveller’s checks.

      B) Borrow some money from a friend.

      C) Check the brakes and tires.

      D) Spend some time travelling.

2.   A) He is very forgiving and tolerant.

      B) He probably has a poor memory.

      C) He is well liked by his customers.

      D) He has been introduced to the staff.

3.   A) He thinks the book should include more information.

      B) He doesn’t think it necessary toprovide the answers.

      C) The answers will be added in a lateredition.

      D) The book does include the answers.

4.   A) Announce appeals for public service.

      B) Hold a charity concert to raise money.

      C) Ask the school radio station for help.

      D) Pool money to fund the radio station.

5.   A) She talked with the consultant about thenew program until two.

      B) She wouldn’t talk to the consultantbefore two.

      C) She would talk to the consultant duringlunch.

      D) She couldn’t contact the consultant’ssecretary.

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 theposters.

7.   A) At a book store.

      B) At an art museum.

      C) At a newspaper office.

      D) At a gymnasium.

8.   A) The woman received a phone call from Markyesterday.

      B) The man injured Mark in a trafficaccident yesterday.

      C) The man met a friend by chance.

      D) The woman contracted Mark on business.

9.   A) The man should stay up and watch theprogram.

      B) The man should read something excitinginstead.

      C) The man should go to bed at eleven.

      D) The man should give up watching themovie.

10.  A) Students with a library card can check anybook out.

      B) Reference books are not allowed to bechecked out.

      C) Only students with a library card cancheck out reference books.

      D) The number of books a student can checkout is unlimited.

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) To find out whether they take music lessonsin their space time.

      B) To find out whether they can name fourdifferent musical instruments.

      C) To find out whether they enjoy playingmusical instruments in school.

      D) To find out whether they differ intheir preference for musical instruments.

12.  A) They find them too hard to play.

      B) They think it silly to play them.

      C) They find it not challenging enough toplay them.

      D) They consider it important to bedifferent from girls.

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.

Passage Two

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

14.  A) Because there weren’t any professionalteams in the U.S.then.

      B) Because Pele hadn’t retired from theBrazilian National Team yet.

      C) Because this fast-moving sport wasn’tfamiliar to many Americans.

      D) Because good professional playersreceived low salaries.

15.  A) When it has a large number of fans.

      B) When it plays at home.

      C) When it has many international starsplaying for it.

      D) When the fans cheer enthusiasticallyfor it.

16.  A) It wasn’t among the top four teams.

      B) It didn’t play as well as expected.

      C) It won the World Cup.

      D) It placed fourth.

Passage Three

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

17.  A) Students from America.

      B) Students from England.

      C) Students from Australia.

      D) Students from Japan.

18.  A) Those who know how to program computers.

      B) Those who get special aid from theirteachers.

      C) Those who are very hardworking.

      D) Those who have well-educated parents.

19.  A) Japanese students study much harder thanColumbian students.

      B) Columbian students score higher thanJapanese students in maths.

      C) Columbian students are more optimisticabout their maths skills.

      D) Japanese students have betterconditions for study.

20.  A) Physics.

      B) Mathematics.

      C) Environmental science.

      D) Life science.

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 1920s demand for American farmproducts fell, as European countries began to recover from World War I andinstituted austerity（紧缩）programs to reduce theirimports. The result was a sharp drop in farm prices. This period was moredisastrous for farmers than earlier times had been, because farmers were nolonger self-sufficient. They were paying for machinery, seed, and fertilizer,and they were also buying consumer goods. The prices of the items farmersbought remained constant, while prices they received for their products fell.These developments were made worse by the Great Depression, which began in 1929and extended throughout the 1930s

      In 1929, under President Herbert Hoover,the Federal Farm Board was organized. It established the principle of directinterference with supply and demand, and it represented the first nationalcommitment to provide greater economic stability for farmers.

      President Hoover’s successor attached evenmore importance to this problem. One of the first measures proposed byPresident Franklin D. Roosevelt when he took office in 1933 was theAgricultural Adjustment Act, which was subsequently passed by Congress. Thislaw was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court on the grounds thatgeneral taxes were being collected to pay one special group of people. However,new laws were passed immediately that achieved the same result of resting soiland providing flood-control measures, but which were based on the principle ofsoil conservation. The Roosevelt Administration believed that rebuilding thenation’s soil was in the national interest and was not simply a plan to helpfarmers at the expense of other citizens. Later the government guaranteed loansto farmers so that they could buy farm machinery, hybrid（杂交）grain, and fertilizers.

21.   Whatbrought 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 increased exports of European countries.

22.   The chief concern of theAmerican government in the area of agriculture in the 1920s was____________________.

       A)to increase farm production

       B)to establish agricultural laws

       C)to prevent farmers from going bankrupt

       D)to promote the mechanization of agriculture

23.   TheAgricultural Adjustment Act encouraged American farmers to __________.

       A)reduce their scale of production

       B)make full use of their land

       C)adjust the prices of their farm products

       D)be self-sufficient in agricultural production

24.   The Supreme Courtrejected the Agricultural Adjustment Act because it believed that the Act______________.

       A)might cause greater scarcity of farm products

       B)didn’t give the Secretary of Agriculture enough power

       C)would benefit neither the government nor the farmers

       D)benefited one group of citizens at the expense of others

25.   It was claimed that thenew laws passed during the Roosevelt Administration were aimed at_______________.

       A)reducing the cost of farming

       B)conserving soil in the long-term interest of the nation

       C)lowering the burden of farmers

       D)helping farmers without shifting the burden onto other taxpayers

Passage Two

Questions 26 to 30 are based on thefollowing passage:

      In the 1950s, the pioneers of artificialintelligence (AI) predicted that, by the end of this century, computers wouldbe conversing with us at work and robots would be performing our housework. Butas useful as computers are, they’re nowhere close to achieving anything remotelyresembling these early aspirations for humanlike behavior. Never mind somethingas complex as conversation: the most powerful computers struggle to reliablyrecognize the shape of an object, the most elementary of tasks for aten-month-old kid.

      A growing group of AI researchers thinkthey know where the field went wrong. The problem, the scientists say, is thatAI has been trying to separate the highest, most abstract levels of thought,like language and mathematics, and to duplicate them with logical, step-by-stepprograms. A new movement in AI, on the other hand, takes a closer look at themore roundabout way in which nature came up with intelligence. Many of theseresearchers study evolution and natural adaptation instead of formal logic andconventional computer programs. Rather than digital computers and transistors,some want to work with brain cells and proteins. The results of these earlyefforts are as promising as they are peculiar, and the new nature-based AImovement is slowly but surely moving to the forefront of the field.

      Imitating the brain’s neural（神经的）network is a huge step in theright direction, says computer scientist and biophysicist Michael Conrad, butit still misses an important aspect of natural intelligence. “People tend to treatthe brain as if it were made up of color-coded transistors,” he explains, “butit’s not simply a clever network of switches. There are lots of importantthings going on inside the brain cells themselves.” Specifically, Conradbelieves that many of the brain’s capabilities stem from thepattern-recognition proficiency of the individual molecules that make up eachbrain cell. The best way to build an artificially intelligent device, heclaims, would be to build it around the same sort of molecular skills.

      Right now, the notion that conventionalcomputers and software are fundamentally incapable of matching the processesthat take place in the brain remains controversial. But if it proves true, thenthe efforts of Conrad and his fellow AI rebels could turn out to be the onlygame in town.

26.   Theauthor says that the powerful computers of today _______________.

       A)are capable of reliably recognizing the shape of an object

       B)are close to exhibiting humanlike behavior

       C)are not very different in their performance from those of the 50’s

       D)still cannot communicate with people in a human language

27.   Thenew trend in artificial intelligence research stems from ____________.

       A)the shift of the focus of study on to the recognition of the shapes of objects

B) the beliefthat human intelligence cannot be duplicated with logical, step-by-stepprograms

       C)the aspirations of scientists to duplicate the intelligence of a ten-month-oldchild

D) the effortsmade by scientists in the study of the similarities between transistors andbrain cells

28.   Conradand his group of AI researchers have been making enormous efforts to _______.

       A)find a roundabout way to design powerful computers

       B)build a computer using a clever network of switches

       C)find out how intelligence developed in nature

       D)separate the highest and most abstract levels of thought

29.   What’sthe author’s opinion about the new AI movement?

A) It hascreated a sensation among artificial intelligence researchers but will soon dieout.

       B)It’s breakthrough in duplicating human thought processes.

       C)It’s more like a peculiar game rather than a real scientific effort.

       D)It may prove to be in the right direction though nobody is sure of its futureprospects.

30.   Which of the following isclosest in meaning to the phrase “the only game in town” (Line 3, Para.4)?

       A)The only approach to building an artificially intelligent computer.

       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.

Passage Three

Questions 31 to 35 are based on thefollowing passage:

      Cars account for half the oil consumed inthe U.S., about half the urban pollution and one fourth the greenhouse（温室）gases. They take a similar tollof（损耗）resourcesin other industrial nations and in the cities of the developing world. Asvehicle use continues to increase in the coming decade, the U.S. and othercountries will have to deal with these issues or else face unacceptableeconomic, health-related and political costs. It is unlikely that oil priceswill remain at their current low level or that other nations will accept alarge and growing U.S.contribution to global climatic change.

      Policymakers and industry have fouroptions: reduce vehicle use, increase the efficiency and reduce the emissionsof conventional gasoline-powered vehicles, switch to less harmful fuels, orfind less polluting driving systems. The last of these-in particular theintroduction of vehicles powered by electricity—is ultimately the onlysustainable option. The other alternatives are attractive in theory but inpractice are either impractical or offer only marginal improvements. Forexample, reduced vehicle use could solve traffic problems and a host of socialand environmental problems, but evidence from around the world suggests that itis very difficult to make people give up their cars to any significant extent.In the U.S., mass-transit tidership and carpooling（合伙用车）have declined since World WarII. Even in western Europe, with fuel prices averaging more than $1 a liter (about $4 a gallon) and with easily accessible mass transitand dense populations, cars still account for 80 percent of all passengertravel.

      Improved energy efficiency is alsoappealing, but automotive fuel economy has barely made any progress in 10years. Alternative fuels such as natural gas, burned in internal-combustionengines, could be introduced at relatively low cost, but they would lead toonly marginal reductions in pollution and greenhouse emissions (especiallybecause oil companies are already spending billions of dollars every year todevelop less polluting types of gasoline).

31.   Fromthe passage we know that the increased use of cars will ______________.

       A)consume half of the oil produced in the world

       B)have serious consequences for the well-being of all nations

       C)widen the gap between the developed and developing countries

       D)impose an intolerable economic burden on residents of large cities

32.   TheU.S.has to deal with the problems arising from vehicle use because __________.

       A)most Americans are reluctant to switch to public transportation systems

       B)the present level of oil prices is considered unacceptable

       C)other countries will protest its increasing greenhouse emissions

       D)it should take a lead in conserving natural resources

33.   Whichof the following 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.

34.   Which of the following ispractical but only makes a marginal contribution to solving the problem ofgreenhouse 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.

35.   Whichof the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?

       A)The decline of public transportation accounts for increased car use in westernEurope.

       B)Car are popular in western Europe even though fuel prices are fairly high.

C) The reductionof vehicle use is the only sustainable option in densely populated westernEurope.

D) Western Europeanoil companies cannot sustain the cost of developing new-type fuels.

Passage Four

Questions 36 to 40 are based on thefollowing passage:

      Reebok executives do not like to heartheir stylish athletic shoes called “footwear for yuppies（雅皮士，少壮高薪职业人士）”. They contend that Reebok shoes appeal to diverse market segments,especially now that the company offers basketball and children’s shoes for theunder-18 set and walking shoes for older customers not interested in aerobics（健身操）or running. The executives also point out that through recentacquisitions they have added hiking boots, dress and casual shoes, andhigh-performance athletic footwear to their product lines, all of which shouldattract new and varied groups of customers.

      Still, despite its emphasis on newmarkets, Reehok plans few changes in the upmakeret（高档消费人群的）retailing network thathelped push sales to $1 billion annually, ahead of all other sports shoemarketers. Reebok shoes, which are priced form $27 to $85, will continue to besold only in better specialty, sporting goods, and department stores, inaccordance with the company’s view that consumers judge the quality of thebrand by the quality of its distribution.

      In the past few years, theMassachusetts-based company has imposed limits on the number of itsdistributors (and the number of shoes supplied to stores), partly out ofnecessity. At times the unexpected demand for Reebok’s exceeded supply, and thecompany could barely keep up with orders from the dealers it already had. Thesefulfillment problems seem to be under control now, but the company is stillselective about its distributors. At present, Reebok shoes are available inabout five thousand retail stores in the United States.

      Reebok has already anticipated thatwalking shoes will be the next fitness-related craze, replacing aerobics shoesthe same way its brightly colored, soft leather exercise footwear replacedconventional running shoes. Through product diversification and careful marketresearch, Reebok hopes to avoid the distribution problems Nike came acrossseveral years ago, when Nike misjudged the strength of the aerobics shoe crazeand was forced to unload huge inventories of running shoes through discountstores.

36.   One reason why Reebok’smanagerial personnel don’t like their shoes to be called “footwear for yuppies”is that _____________.

       A)they believe that their shoes are popular with people of different age groups

       B)new production lines have been added to produce inexpensive shoes

       C)“yuppies” usually evokes a negative image

       D)the term makes people think of prohibitive prices

37.   Reekbok’s view that“consumers judge the quality of the brand by the quality of its distribution”(Line 5, Para.2) implies that ____________.

       A)the quality of a brand is measured by the service quality of the store sellingit

       B)the quality of a product determines the quality of its distributors

       C)the popularity of a brand is determined by the stores that sell it

       D)consumers believe that first-rate products are only sold by high-quality stores

38.   Reebokonce had to limit the number of its distributors because ____________.

       A)its supply of products fell short of demand

       B)too many distributors would cut into its profits

       C)the reduction of distributors could increase its share of the market

       D)it wanted to enhance consumer confidence in its products

39.   Althoughthe Reebok Company has solved the problem of fulfilling its orders, it ______.

       A)does not want to further expand its retailing network

       B)still limits the number of shoes supplied to stores

       C)is still particular about who sells its products

       D)still carefully chooses the manufacturers of its products

40.   Whatlesson has Reebok learned from Nike’s distribution problems?

       A)A company should not sell its high quality shoes in discount stores.

       B)A company should not limit its distribution network.

       C)A company should do follow-up surveys of its products.

       D)A company should correctly evaluate the impact of a new craze on the market.

Part III                             Vocabularyand Structure                      (20 minutes)

Directions:  There are 30 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence thereare four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Choose the ONE that best completesthe sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with asingle line through the center.

41.  For many patients, institutional care is themost __________ and beneficial form of care.

      A) pertinent                                              B) appropriate

      C) acute                                                   D)persistent

42.  Amongall the changes resulting from the ___________ entry of women into the workforce, the transformation that has occurred in the women themselves is not theleast important.

      A) massive                                               B)quantitative

      C) surplus                                                 D)formidable

43.  Mr.Smith became very __________ when it was suggested that he had made a mistake.

      A) ingenious                                             B) empirical

      C) objective                                              D) indignant

44.  Rumoursare everywhere, spreading fear, damaging reputations, and turning calmsituations into _____________ ones.

      A) turbulent                                              B) tragic

      C) vulnerable                                            D) suspicious

45.  The______________ cycle of life and death is a subject of interest to scientistsand philosophers alike.

      A) incompatible                                        B) exceeding

      C) instantaneous                                        D) eternal

46.  She remains confident and ____________untroubled by our present problems.

      A) indefinitely                                          B) infinitely

      C) optimistically                                       D) seemingly

47.  Fiber-optic cables can carry hundreds oftelephone conversations ___________.

      A) simultaneously                                     B) spontaneously

      C) homogeneously                                     D) contemporarily

48.  The police were alerted that the escapedcriminal might be in the _____________.

      A) vain                                                    B)vicinity

      C) court                                                   D)jail

49.  Whetheryou live to eat or eat to live, food is a major ________ in every family’sbudget.

      A) nutrition                                              B) expenditure

      C) routine                                                 D)provision

50.  Nowa paper in Science argues that organic chemicals in the rock come mostly from_______ on earth rather than bacteria on Mars.

      A) configuration                                       B) constitution

      C) condemnation                                       D) contamination

51.  Thereis much I enjoy about the changing seasons, but my favorite time is the_________ from fall to winter.

      A) transmission                                         B) transformation

      C) transition                                             D) transfer

52.  I thinkwe need to see an investment __________ before we make an expensive mistake.

      A) guide                                                   B)entrepreneur

      C) consultant                                            D) assessor

53.  The ____________ on this apartment expires ina year’s time.

      A) treaty                                                  B)lease

      C) engagement                                          D) subsidy

54.  The elderly Russians find it hard to live ontheir state ___________.

      A) pensions                                              B) earnings

      C) salaries                                                D) donations

55.  There is supposed to be a safety _______ whichmakes it impossible for trains to collide.

      A) appliance                                             B) accessory

      C) machine                                               D)mechanism

56.  After four years in the same job hisenthusiasm finally _____________.

      A) deteriorated                                          B) dispersed

      C) dissipated                                             D) drained

57.  No one can function properly if they are___________ of adequate sleep.

      A) deprived                                              B) ripped

      C) stripped                                               D) contrived

58.  Foryears now, the people of industrialism, education has been ____________ towardsproducing workers.

      A) depressed                                             B) immersed

      C) oppressed                                             D) cursed

59.  Eversince the rise of industrialism, education has been ______________ towardsproducing workers.

      A) harnessed                                             B) hatched

      C) motivated                                             D) geared

60.  The prospect of increased prices has already______________ worries.

      A) provoked                                             B) irritated

      C) inspired                                               D) hoisted

61.  The suspect ________ that he had not been inthe neighborhood at the time of the crime.

      A) advocated                                            B) alleged

      C) addressed                                             D) announced

62.  Althoughthe colonists ____________ to some extent with the native Americans, theIndians’ influence on American culture and language was not extensive.

      A) migrated                                              B) matched

      C) mingled                                               D)melted

63.  E-mailis a convenient, highly democratic informal medium for conveying messages that______________ well to human needs.

      A) adheres                                                B)reflects

      C) conforms                                             D) satisfies

64.  The wings of the bird still _____________after it had been shot down.

      A) slapped                                                B)scratched

      C) flapped                                                D)fluctuated

65.  Thedisagreement over trade restrictions could seriously _________ relationsbetween the two countries.

      A) tumble                                                 B)jeopardize

      C) manipulate                                           D) intimidate

66.  When you put up wallpaper, should you ______the edges or put them next to each other?

      A) coincide                                               B) extend

      C) overlap                                                D)collide

67.  Underthe present system, state enterprises must _________ all profits to thegovernment.

      A) turn down                                            B) turn up

      C) turn out                                               D) turn in

68.  Oilcompanies in the U.S.are already beginning to feel the pressure. Refinery workers andpetroleum-equipment-manufacturing employees are being __________.

      A) laid out                                                B) laid off

      C) laid down                                             D) laid aside

69.  We’ll ____________ you for any damage done toyour house while we are in it.

      A) compensate                                          B) remedy

      C) supplement                                           D) retrieve

70.  She cut her hair short and tried to_____________ herself as a man.

      A) decorate                                               B) disguise

      C) fabricate                                              D) fake

Part IV                             ErrorCorrection                                     (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___________

  

    

        When  you start talking about good and bad manners you

      

      

  

    

immediately start meeting difficulties. Many people just cannot

      

      

  

    

agree what they mean. We asked a lady, who replied that she

      

      

  

    

thought you could tell a well-manned person on the way they

      

      

71. __________

  

    

occupied the space around them—for example, when such a

      

      

  

    

person walks down a street he or she is constantly unaware of

      

      

72. __________

  

    

others. Such people never bump into other  people.

      

      

  

    

       However, a second  person thought that this was more a

      

      

  

    

question of civilized behavior as good manners. Instead, this

      

      

73. __________

  

    

other person told us a story, it he said was quite well known,

      

      

74. __________

  

    

about an American who had been invited to an Arab meal at

      

      

75. __________

  

    

one of the countries of the Middle East.  The American hasn’t

      

      

76. __________

  

    

been told very much about the kind of food he might expect. If

      

      

  

    

he had known about American food, he might have behaved

      

      

77. __________

  

    

better.

      

      

  

    

       Immediately before him  was a very flat piece of bread that

      

      

  

    

looked, to him, very much as a napkin（餐巾）. Picking it

      

      

78. __________

  

    

up, he put it into his collar, so that it falls across his shirt.

      

      

79. __________

  

    

His Arab host, who had been watching, said of nothing, but

      

      

80. __________

  

    

immediately copied the action of his  guest.

      

      

  

    

       And that, said this  second person, was a fine example of

      

      

  

    

good manners.

      

      

  

Part V                               Writing                                                     (30minutes)

Directions:    Forthis part, you are allowed thirty minutes to write a composition on the topic Isa Test of Spoken English Necessary? The first sentence has already beenwritten for you. You should write at least 120 words, and bas your compositionon the outline given in Chinese below:

1. 很多认为有必要举行英语口语考试，理由是……

2. 也有人持不同意见，……

3. 我的看法和打算

Isa Test of Spoken English Necessary?

       Atest of spoken English will be included as an optional component of the CollegeEnglish Test (CET).

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