PartⅠ Listening Comprehension (20 minutes) www.test99.com
Section A www.test99.com
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 (he 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. www.test99.com
Example: You will hear: www.test99.com
You will read: A) 2 hours. B) 3 hours. www.test99.com
C) 4 hours. D) 5 hours. www.test99.com
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 with a single line trough the centre. www.test99.com
Sample Answer ［A］［B］［C］［D］ www.test99.com
1. A) To cancel his trip. B) To go to bed early. www.test99.com
C) To catch a later flight. D) To ask for a wake - up call. www.test99.com
2. A) They have different opinions as to what to do next. www.test99.com
B) They have to pay for the house by installments. www.test99.com
C) They will fix a telephone in the bathroom. www.test99.com
D) The mans attitude is more sensible than the womans. www.test99.com
3. A) She will save the stamps for the mans sister. www.test99.com
B) She will no longer get letters from Canada. www.test99.com
C) She cant give the stamps to the mans sister. www.test99.com
D) She has given the stamps to the mans roommates. www.test99.com
4. A) Visiting the Brownings. B) Writing a postcard. www.test99.com
C) Looking for a postcard. D) Filling in a form. www.test99.com
5. A) The man should work with somebody else. www.test99.com
B) The man should meet his partners needs. www.test99.com
C) They should come to a compromise. www.test99.com
D) They should find a better lab for the project. www.test99.com
6. A) She cant finish her assignment, either. www.test99.com
B) She cant afford a computer right now. www.test99.com
C) The man can use her computer. www.test99.com
D) The man should buy a computer right away. www.test99.com
7. A) The visiting economist has given several lectures. www.test99.com
B) The guest lecturers opinion is different from Dr. Johnsons. www.test99.com
C) Dr. Johnson and the guest speaker were schoolmates. www.test99.com
D) Dr. Johnson invited the economist to visit their college. www.test99.com
8. A) Shes never watched a better game. www.test99.com
B) Football is - her favorite pastime. www.test99.com
C) The game has been canceled. www.test99.com
D) Their team played very badly. www.test99.com
9. A) The man should stick to what hes doing. www.test99.com
B) The man should take up a new hobby. www.test99.com
C) The man should stop playing tennis. www.test99.com
D) The man should find the cause for his failure. www.test99.com
10. A) An invented story. B) A real life experience. www.test99.com
C) An imaginary situation. D) A terrible nightmare. www.test99.com
Section B www.test99.com
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. www.test99.com
Passage 1 www.test99.com
Questions 11 to 13 are based on the passage you have just heard. www.test99.com
11.A) The name of a German town; B) A resident of Frankfurt. www.test99.com
C) A kind of German sausage. D) A kind of German bread. www.test99.com
12.A) He sold fast food. B) He raised dogs. www.test99.com
C) He was A cook. D) He was a Cartoonist. www.test99.com
13.A) Because the Americans found they were from Germany. www.test99.com
B) Because people thought they contained dog meat. www.test99.com
C) Because people had to get used to their taste. www.test99.com
D) Because it was too hot to eat right away. www.test99.com
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Questions 14 to 16 are based on the passage you have just heard. www.test99.com
14.A) They give out faint cries. B) They make noises to drive away insects. www.test99.com
C) They extend their water pipes D) They become elastic like rubber bands. www.test99.com
15.A) Quiet plants. B) Well - watered plants. www.test99.com
C) Healthy plants. D) Thirsty plants. www.test99.com
16.A) They could drive the insects away. www.test99.com
B) They could keep the plants well - watered. www.test99.com
C) They could make the plants grow faster. www.test99.com
D) They could build devices to trap insects. www.test99.com
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Questions 17 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard. www.test99.com
17.A) To look for a different lifestyle. B) To enjoy themselves. www.test99.com
C) For adventure. D) For education. www.test99.com
18.A) There are 200 vehicles for every kilometer of roadway. www.test99.com
B) It has a dense population. www.test99.com
C) There are many museums and palaces. www.test99.com
D) It has many towering buildings. www.test99.com
19.A) It is a city of contrasts. www.test99.com
B) It possesses many historical sites. www.test99.com
C) It is an important industrial center. www.test99.com
D) It has many big and beautiful parks. www.test99.com
20.A) It helps develop our personalities. www.test99.com
B) It enables us to acquire first - hand knowledge. www.test99.com
C) It makes our life more interesting. www.test99.com
D) It brings about changes in our lifestyle. www.test99.com
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PartⅡ Reading Comprehension (35 minutes) www.test99.com
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 the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line trough the centre. Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage: www.test99.com
In the world of entertainment, TV talk shows have undoubtedly flooded every inch of space on daytime television. And anyone who watches them regularly knows that each one varies in style and format. But no two shows are more profoundly opposite in content, while at the same time standing out above the rest, than the Jerry Springer and the Oprah Winfrey shows. www.test99.com
Jerry Springer could easily be considered the king of trash talk(废话). The topics on his show are as shocking as shocking can be. For example, the show takes the ever - common talk show themes of love, sex, cheating, guilt, hate, conflict and morality to a different level. Clearly, the Jerry Springer show is a display and exploitation of societys moral catastrophes (灾难),yet people are willing to eat up the intriguing predicaments(困境) of other peoples lives. www.test99.com
Like Jerry Springer, Oprah Winfrey takes TV talk show to its extreme, but Oprah goes in the opposite direction. The show focuses on the improvement of society and an individuals quality of life. Topics range from teaching your children responsibility, managing your work week, to getting to know your neighbors. www.test99.com
Compared to Oprah, the Jerry Springer show looks like poisonous waste being dumped on society. Jerry ends every show with a “final word”. He makes a small speech that sums up the entire moral of the show. Hopefully, this is the part where most people will learn something very valuable. www.test99.com
Clean as it is, the Oprah show is not for everyone. The shows main target audience are middle - class Americans. Most of these people have the time. money, and stability to deal with lifes tougher problems. Jerry Springer, on the other hand, has more of an association with the young adults of society. These are 18 - to 21 - year - olds whose main troubles in life involve love, relationship, sex, money and peers. They are the ones who see some value and lessons to be learned underneath the shows exploitation. www.test99.com
While the two shows are as different as night and day. both have ruled the talk show circuit for many years now. Each one caters to a different audience while both have a strong following from large groups of fans. Ironically, both could also be considered pioneers in the talk show world. www.test99.com
21.Compared with other TV talk shows, both the Jerry Springer and the Oprah www.test99.com
Winfrey are______. www.test99.com
A) more family - oriented B) unusually popular www.test99.com
C) more profound D) relatively formal www.test99.com
22.Though the social problems Jerry Springer talks about appear distasteful, the www.test99.com
audience______. www.test99.com
A) remain fascinated by them B) are ready to face up to them www.test99.com
C) remain indifferent to them D) are willing to get involved in them www.test99.com
23.Which of the following is likely to be a topic of the Oprah Winfrey show? www.test99.com
A) A new type of robot. B) Racist hatred. www.test99.com
C) Family budget planning. D) Street violence. www.test99.com
24.Despite their different approaches, the two talk shows are both________. www.test99.com
A) ironical B) sensitive www.test99.com
C) instructive D) cynical www.test99.com
25.We can learn from the passage that the two talk shows_______. www.test99.com
A) have monopolized the talk show circuit www.test99.com
B) exploit the weaknesses in human nature www.test99.com
C) appear at different times of the day www.test99.com
D) are targeted at different audiences www.test99.com
Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage: www.test99.com
To understand the marketing concept, it is only necessary to understand the difference between marketing and selling. Not too many years ago, most industries concentrated primarily on the efficient production of goods, and then relied on persuasive salesmanship to move as much of these goods as possible. Such production and selling focuses on the needs of the seller to produce goods and then convert them into money. www.test99.com
Marketing, on the other hand, focuses on the wants of consumers. It begins with first analyzing the preferences and demands of consumers and then producing goods that will satisfy them. This eye - on - the - consumer approach is known as the marketing concept, which simply means that instead of trying to sell whatever is easiest to produce or buy for resale, the makers and dealers first endeavor to find out what the consumer wants to buy and then go about making it available for purchase. www.test99.com
This concept does not imply that business is benevolent(慈善的)or that consumer satisfaction is given priority over profit in a company. There are always two sides to every business transaction - the firm and the customer -and each must be satisfied before trade occurs. Successful merchants and producers, however, recognize that the surest route to profit is through understanding and catering to customers. A striking example of the importance of catering to the consumer presented itself in mid - 1985, when Coca Cola changed the flavor of its drink. The non - acceptance of the new flavor by a significant portion of the public brought about a prompt restoration of the Classic Coke, which was then marketed alongside the new. King Customer ruled! www.test99.com
26.The marketing concept discussed in the passage is, in essence,_______. www.test99.com
A) the practice of turning goods into money www.test99.com
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D) a form of persuasive salesmanship www.test99.com
27.What was the main concern of industrialists before the marketing concept was www.test99.com
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A) The needs of the market. B) The efficiency of production. www.test99.com
C) The satisfaction of the user. D) The preferences of the dealer. 28.According to the passage, “to move as much of these goods as possible” (Lines www.test99.com
3 -4 ), Para. I) means “_______”. www.test99.com
A) to sell the largest possible amount of goods www.test99.com
B) to transport goods as efficiently as possible www.test99.com
C) to dispose of these goods in large quantities www.test99.com
D) to redesign these goods for large - scale production www.test99.com
29.What does the restoration of the Classic Coke best illustrate? www.test99.com
A) Traditional goods have a stronger appeal to the majority of people. www.test99.com
B) It takes time for a new product to be accepted by the public. www.test99.com
C) Consumers with conservative tastes are often difficult to please. www.test99.com
D) Products must be designed to suit the taste of the consumer. www.test99.com
30.In discussing the marketing concept, the author focuses on_______. www.test99.com
A) its main characteristic B) its social impact www.test99.com
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Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage: www.test99.com
Conventional wisdom about conflict seems pretty much cut and dried. Too little conflict breeds apathy (冷漠) and stagnation (呆滞). Too much conflict leads to divisiveness (分裂) and hostility. Moderate levels of conflict, however, can spark creativity and motivate people in a healthy and competitive way. www.test99.com
Recent research by Professor Charles R. Schwenk, however, suggests that the optimal level of conflict may be more complex to determine than these simple generalizations. He studied perceptions of conflict among a sample of executives. Some of the executives worked for profit-seeking organizations and others for not - for - profit organizations. www.test99.com
Somewhat surprisingly, Schwenk found that opinions about conflict varied systematically as a function of the type of organization. Specifically, managers in not - for - profit organizations strongly believed that conflict was beneficial to their organizations and that it promoted higher quality decision making than might be achieved in the absence of conflict. www.test99.com
Managers of for - profit organizations saw a different picture. They believed that conflict generally was damaging and usually led to poor - quality decision making in their organizations. Schwenk interpreted these results in terms of the criteria for effective decision making suggested by the executives. In the profit - seeking organizations, decision - making effectiveness was most often assessed in financial terms. The executives believed that consensus rather than conflict enhanced financial indicators. www.test99.com
In the not - for - profit organizations, decision - making effectiveness was defined from the perspective of satisfying constituents. Given the complexities and ambiguities associated with satisfying many diverse constituents executives perceived that conflict led to more considered and acceptable decisions. www.test99.com
31.In the eyes of the author, conventional opinion on conflict is________. www.test99.com
A) wrong B) oversimplified www.test99.com
C) misleading D) unclear www.test99.com
32.Professor Charles R. Schwenks research shows________. www.test99.com
A) the advantages and disadvantages of conflict www.test99.com
B) the real value of conflict www.test99.com
C) the difficulty in determining the optimal level of conflict www.test99.com
D) the complexity of defining the roles of conflict www.test99.com
33.We can learn from Schwenks research that________. www.test99.com
A) a person1s view of conflict is influenced by the purpose of his organization www.test99.com
B) conflict is necessary for managers of for - profit organizations www.test99.com
C) different people resolve conflicts in different ways www.test99.com
D) it is impossible for people to avoid conflict www.test99.com
34.The passage suggests that in for - profit organizations_______. www.test99.com
A) there is no end of conflict www.test99.com
B) expression of different opinions is encouraged www.test99.com
C) decisions must be justifiable www.test99.com
D) success lies in general agreement www.test99.com
35.People working in a not - for - profit organization________. www.test99.com
A) seem to be difficult to satisfy www.test99.com
B) are free to express diverse opinions www.test99.com
C) are less effective in making decisions www.test99.com
D) find it easier to reach agreement www.test99.com
Questions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage: www.test99.com
Imagine eating everything delicious you want - with none of the fat. That would be great, wouldnt it? www.test99.com
New “fake fat” products appeared on store shelves in the United States recently, but not everyone is happy about it. Makers of the products, which contain a compound called olestra, say food manufacturers can now eliminate fat from certain foods. Critics, however, say the new compound can rob the body of essential vitamins and nutrients (营养物) and can also cause unpleasant side effects in some people. So its up to decide whether the new fat-free products taste good enough to keep eating. www.test99.com
Chemists discovered olestra in the late 1960s, when they were searching for a fat that could be digested by infants more easily. Instead of finding the desired fat, the researchers created a fat that cant be digested at all. www.test99.com
Normally, special chemicals in the intestines (肠)“grab” molecules of regular fat and break them down so they can be used by the body. A molecule of regular fat is made up of three molecule of substances called fatty acids. www.test99.com
The fatty acids are absorbed by the intestines and bring with them the essential vitamins A, D, E, and K. When fat molecules are present in the intestines with any of those vitamins, the vitamins attach to the molecules and are carried into the bloodstream. www.test99.com
Olestra, which is made from six to eight molecules of fatty acids, is too large for the intestines to absorb. It just slides through the intestines without being broken down. Manufacturers say its that ability to slide unchanged through the intestines that makes olestra so valuable as a fat substitute. It provides consumers with the taste of regular fat without any bad effects on the body. But critics say olestra can prevent vitamins A, D, E, and K from being absorbed. It can also prevent the absorption of carotenoids (类胡萝卜素), compounds that may reduce the risk of cancer, heart disease, etc. www.test99.com
Manufacturers are adding vitamins A, D, E, and K as well as carotenoids to their products now. Even so, some nutritionists are still concerned that people might eat unlimited amounts of food made with the fat substitute without worrying about how many calories they are consuming. www.test99.com
36. We learn from the passage that olestra is a substance that_______. www.test99.com
A) contains plenty of nutrients www.test99.com
B) renders foods calorie - free while retaining their vitamins www.test99.com
C) makes foods easily digestible www.test99.com
D) makes foods fat - free while keeping them delicious www.test99.com
37.The result of the search for an easily digestible fat turned out to be_______. www.test99.com
A) commercially useless B) just as anticipated www.test99.com
C) somewhat controversial D) quite unexpected www.test99.com
38.Olestra is different from ordinary fats in that_______. www.test99.com
A) it passes through the intestines without being absorbed www.test99.com
B) it facilitates the absorption of vitamins by the body www.test99.com
C) it helps reduce the incidence of heart disease www.test99.com
D) it prevents excessive intake of vitamins www.test99.com
39.What is a possible negative effect of olesira according to some critics? www.test99.com
A) It may impair the digestive system. www.test99.com
B) It may affect the overall fat intake. www.test99.com
C) It may increase the risk of cancer. www.test99.com
D) It may spoil the consumers appetite. www.test99.com
40.Why are nutritionists concerned about adding vitamins to olesira? www.test99.com
A) It may lead to the over - consumption of vitamins. www.test99.com
B) People may be induced to eat more than is necessary. www.test99.com
C) The function of the intestines may be weakened. www.test99.com
D) It may trigger a new wave of fake food production. www.test99.com
PartⅢ Vocabulary （20 minutes） www.test99.com
Directions: There are 30 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence th ere are four choices marked A), D), C) and D). Choose the ONE that best complete s the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a si ngle line through the centre. www.test99.com
41.The doctors dont _______ that he will live much longer. www.test99.com
A) articulate B) anticipate C) manifest D) monitor www.test99.com
42.I suggest we put the scheme into effect, for it is quite_______. www.test99.com
A) eligible B) sustainable C) probable D) feasible www.test99.com
43.The old gentleman was a very ________ looking person, with grey hair and gold www.test99.com
spectacles. www.test99.com
A) respectful B) respected C) respective D) respectable www.test99.com
44.This book is expected to _______ the best - seller lists. www.test99.com
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45.That part of the city has long been ________ for its street violence. www.test99.com
A) notorious B) responsible C) historical D) illegal www.test99.com
46.Under the guidance of their teacher, the pupils are building a model boat_______ www.test99.com
by steam. www.test99.com
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47.Having finished their morning work, the clerks stood up behind their desks, www.test99.com
________themselves. www.test99.com
A) expanding B) stretching C) prolonging D) extending www.test99.com
48.Englands team, who are now superbly fit, will be doing their best next week www.test99.com
to ________ themselves for last years defeat. www.test99.com
A) revive B) retort C) revenge D) remedy www.test99.com
49.If you want to get into that tunnel, you first have to _______ away all the www.test99.com
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50.It took us only a few hours to _______the paper off all four walls. www.test99.com
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51.The famous scientist _______his success to hard work. www.test99.com
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52.It is difficult to _______of a plan to end poverty. www.test99.com
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53.Now the cheers and applause _______in a single sustained roar. www.test99.com
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54.Improved consumer confidence is ________ to an economic recovery. www.test99.com
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55.Although the body is made up of many different tissues, these tissues are www.test99.com
arranged in an _______ and orderly fashion. www.test99.com
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56.If you work under a car when repairing it, you often get very_______. www.test99.com
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57.The damage to his car was_______; therefore, he could repair it himself. www.test99.com
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58.My sister is quite _______ and plans to get an M. A. degree within one year. www.test99.com
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59.The manager tried to wave aside these issues as _______ details that would be www.test99.com
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60.His_______was telling him that something was wrong. www.test99.com
A) intuition B) hypothesis C) inspiration D) sentiment www.test99.com
61.This book is about how these basic beliefs and values affect important _______ www.test99.com
of American life. www.test99.com
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62.Parents often faced the _______ between doing what they felt was good for the www.test99.com
development of the child and what they could stand by way of undisciplined www.test99.com
noise and destructiveness. www.test99.com
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63.Clark felt that his _______ in one of the most dramatic medical experiments of www.test99.com
all time was worth the suffering he underwent. www.test99.com
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64.As one of the youngest professors in the university, Miss King is certainly on www.test99.com
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65.The_______lawyer made a great impression on the jury. www.test99.com
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66.Very few people understood his lecture, the subject of which was very_______. www.test99.com
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67.This movie is not ________ for children to see: it contains too much violence www.test99.com
and too many love scenes. www.test99.com
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68.The wood was so rotten that, when we pulled, it _______ into fragments. www.test99.com
A) broke off B) broke away C) broke through D) broke up www.test99.com
69.The detective and his assistant have begun to _______ the mysterious murder. www.test99.com
A) come through B) look into C) make over D) see to www.test99.com
70.Sadly, the Giant Panda is one of the many species now in danger of_______. www.test99.com
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PartIV Error Correction (15 minutes) www.test99.com
Until the very latest moment of his existence, man has www.test99.com
been bound to the planet on which he originated and www.test99.com
developed. Now he had the capability to leave that planet 71.________ www.test99.com
and move out into the universe to those worlds which he has www.test99.com
known previously only directly. Men have explored parts of 72.________ www.test99.com
the moon, put spaceships in orbit around another planet and www.test99.com
possibly within the decade will land into another planet and 73.________ www.test99.com
explore it. Can we be too bold as to suggest that we may be 74.________ www.test99.com
able to colonize other planet within the not - too - distant 75.________ www.test99.com
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moon. But we must keep in head the billions of dollars we 76.________ www.test99.com
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Why are we spending so little money on space 77.________ www.test99.com
exploration ? Consider the great need for improving many 78.________ www.test99.com
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his concern for the money and resources that they are poured 79.________ www.test99.com
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PartV Writing （30 minutes） www.test99.com
Directions: WT For this part, you are allowed thirty minutes to write a composition on the topic How I Finance my College Education. You should write at least 120 words, and base your composition on the outline (given in Chinese) below: www.test99.com
1.上大学的费用（tuition and fees ）可以通过多种途径解决。 www.test99.com
2.那种途径适合我（说明理由） www.test99.com
How I Finance My College Education www.test99.com
附：2000年1月大学英语六级考试听力材料及参考答案 www.test99.com
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1. M: I hope I wont oversleep. Ive simply got to catch the first flight to New York. www.test99.com
W: If I were you, Id request the wake-up call from the hotel reception. www.test99.com
Q: What does the woman advise the man to do? www.test99.com
2. M: Next, shouldnt we get a telephone installed in the hall? www.test99.com
W: Fixing the shower pipe is far more important. www.test99.com
Q: What do we learn from the conversation? www.test99.com
3. M: Ive noticed that you get letters form Canada from time to time. Would you mind saving www.test99.com
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W: My roommate already asked for them. www.test99.com
Q: What does the woman imply? www.test99.com
4. M: Whats the matter? Youve been sitting there for ages, just staring into space. www.test99.com
W: I told the Brownings Id send them a postcard. Now I dont know what to say. www.test99.com
Q: Whats the woman doing? www.test99.com
5. M: My chemistry project is in trouble. My partner and I have totally different ideas about www.test99.com
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W: You should try to meet each other halfway. www.test99.com
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8. M: Im sorry I missed the football game, but I had a terrible cold. www.test99.com
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9. M: I think Im going to give up playing tennis. I lost again today. www.test99.com
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10.M: Jane, what would you do if you were on vacation overseas and lost all your money and www.test99.com
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Section B www.test99.com
Passage 1 www.test99.com
Most people know what a hot dog is. Its a sausage in a roll. But do you know why its called a hot dog? Well, the long red sausage which goes into a hotdog is called a Frankfurter. It got its name from the German town Frankfurt. The sausages were very popular, but hot frankfurters were difficult to sell in crowds One man, Harry Stevens, had the job of feeding the crowds in baseball games. He had an idea. Why not put the frankfurters in long, hot bread rolls? This made them easy to sell. The “red hot had a hot and attractive taste and became very popular. But in 1903, an American cartoonist drew a long German sausage dog in place of the frankfurter so a frankfurter in a roll soon became known as a “hot dog. It was a joke, but some people really thought the sausages contained dog meat. For a while, sales of hotdogs failed, but not for long. www.test99.com
11. What is a frankfurter? www.test99.com
12. What was Harry Stevens job? www.test99.com
13. Why did sales of hot dogs decrease for some time? www.test99.com
Passage 2 www.test99.com
We all scream for water when thirsty, but do you know in very hot, dry weather, plants also make faint sounds — as if they are crying out for help? www.test99.com
You see, in a plants stem there are hundreds of “water pipes that bring water and minerals from the soil all the way up to the leaves. As the ground turns dry, it becomes harder and harder for the plants to do this. www.test99.com
In severe droughts, plants have to fight to pull out any water available. Scientist Robert winter has found out that when it is really bad their water pipes snap from the tension like rubber bands. When that happens, the whole plant vibrates a little. The snapping pipes make noises ten thousand times more quiet than a whisper. www.test99.com
Robert knows that healthy, well-watered plants are quiet. He also knows that many insects prefer attacking dry plants rather than healthy plants. How do the insects know which are healthy plants and which are not? Robert thinks that the insects may listen for the plants that cry and then they may buzz in to kill. www.test99.com
To test his theory, Robert is using a device that can imitate plant cries. He attaches it to a quiet, healthy plant so the plant sounds thirsty. Then he watches insects to see if they attack more often than usual. www.test99.com
If he is right, scientists could use the insects ability against them. They could build traps that imitate crying plants. So when the insects buzz in to eat, they wont buzz out. www.test99.com
14. What do plants do when they are thirsty? www.test99.com
15. What plants do many insects tend to attack? www.test99.com
16. What could scientists do if Roberts theory proves to be true? www.test99.com
Passage 3 www.test99.com
People enjoy taking trips, but what are the reasons they leave home? One reason is for education. People travel because they want to broaden their horizons to learn about other people and other places. They are curious about other cultures. When people are tourists, they get a quick look at different ways of living. Even a short look at another kind of lifestyle is an important lesson. www.test99.com
On a trip, a person can learn directly — by visiting museums and historic spots. What does a tourist learn who sees the art museums, visits the historical palaces and other scenic spots in Paris, and shops along the River Seine? he gets a vivid picture— a real-life—one of the French people. He learns about their attitudes, how they feel about business, beauty and history. www.test99.com
What about the tourist who goes to Hongkong? Does he get the same information that he could get from a book? he might read that Hongkong is crowded, that there is less than 200 square meters of space for each person, but seeing and feeling the lack of space will impress him much more. He might read that there are nearly 200 vehicles for every kilometer of roadway, but the sight of so many vehicles parked along the roadside will be a much more vivid lesson. the tourist to Hongkong will never forget the contrasts — the straight vertical lines of the tall modern buildings and the moving lines of boats that people live in. www.test99.com
17. Why do people leave home to travel according to the passage? www.test99.com
18. What do we learn from the passage about Paris? www.test99.com
19. What impression will a tourist get of Hongkong? www.test99.com
20. What does the passage tell us about travelling? www.test99.com
2000年1月大学英语六级考试答案 www.test99.com
Part I Listening Comprehension www.test99.com
1. D 2. A 3. C 4. B 5. C 6. B 7. B 8. D 9. A 10. C11. C 12. C 13. B 14. A 15. D 16. D 17. D 18. C 19. A 20. B www.test99.com
Part II Reading Comprehension www.test99.com
21. B 22. A 23. C 24. C 25. D 26. C 27. B 28. A 29. D 30. A 31. B 32. C 33. A 34. D 35. B 36. D 37. D 38. A 39. C 40. B www.test99.com
Part III Vocabulary www.test99.com
41. B 42. D 43. D 44. C 45. A 46. D 47. B 48. C 49. A 50. B 51. C 52. B 53. A 54. A 55. B 56. D 57. C 58. D 59. B 60. A 61. C 62. C 63. D 64. A 65. C 66. B 67. C 68. D 69. B 70. A www.test99.com
Part IV Error Correction www.test99.com
71. had----->has 72. directly----->indirectly 73. into----->onto/on www.test99.com
74. too----->so 75. planet---->planets 76. head----->mind www.test99.com
77. little----->much 78. consider----->considering 79. they删 www.test99.com
80. arriving----->arriving at (或 reaching) www.test99.com
Part V Writing www.test99.com
How I Finance My College Education www.test99.com
With the rapid development of higher education in China, and more high school graduates admitted, universities can no longer be financed exclusively by the government and students must pay at least partly for their schooling. www.test99.com
There are various ways for a student to pay his tuition and fees. To begin with, if the student is quite excellent in his studies, he can apply for scholarship. Secondly, especially in China, he can always depend on his parents for all kinds of expenditure, including living allowances. Then, he can choose to turn to the bank for a loan to pay his way through university, which he can repay after graduation. If he finds all the above not desirable, he still had another road to take-to do a part-time job and work his way through. www.test99.com
In my case, I am fortunate enough to be born into a well-to-do family and have no difficulty having my parents pay for all my fees. But as a college student, I dislike a totally dependent existence, so I am working part-time as a newspaper-boy to help support myself. And I am also studying hard, hoping to win some scholarship or awards one day so that I can be wholly self-reliant and independent. www.test99.com
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