1995年6月英語六級真題及答案

1、1995年6月英語六級真題及答案Part I Listening Comprehension (20 minutes)Section A1.A) Enjoyable.B) Inspiring.C) Moving.D) Dull.（D）2.A) It will take about one month to repair the watch.B) The woman should have saved more money.C) It is a good idea to keep the old watch.D) The watch is no longer worth repairing.（D

2、）3.A) Arguing.B) Protesting.C) Complaining.D) Bargaining.（C）4.A) Families with cars.B) Americans heavy dependence on cars.C) Roads and highways.D) Traffic problems in America.（B）5.A) The apples and pears might not be so good.B) The apples are not as good as the pears.C) The apples and pears are very

3、 good.D) The apples and pears are as good as they look.（A）6.A) Her teaching assistant would grade the exam papers.B) She would collect the exam papers herself.C) She would mark the exam papers herself.D) She would not give her students an exam.（C）7.A) She could help him with the problems.B) He shoul

4、d go out for while.C) She could go out together with him.D) He should do the problems himself.（A）8.A) Customer and salesman.B) Colleagues.C) Employee and boss.D) Classmates.（B）9.A) The first house they saw is too expensive.B) They may save some money for the time being.C) She is happy with the price

5、 set by the seller.D) Less money will be spent in maintaining the house.（D）10.A) It was probably Mr. Browns phone number that the woman wrote down.B) It was just an hour ago that the man met Mr. Brown.C) The woman forgot to write down the phone number.D) The woman needed a sheet of paper to put down

6、 the number.（A）Section BPassage OneQuestions 11 to 13 are based on the passage you have just heard.11.A) Because they were driven by steam power.B) Because they did the work that animals used to do.C) Because they pulled cars full of coal.D) Because they were made of iron.（B）12.A) He wanted the rail

7、road to be successful.B) He wanted to have a more powerful steam engine.C) He wanted to own the land near the railroad.D) He wanted to build his own railroads.（A）13.A) Because the train could not run as fast as the horse.B) Because the engine failed to build up steam.C) Because the engine broke down

8、 and the train stopped.D) Because the engine broke into several parts.（C）Passage TwoQuestions 14 to 16 are based on the passage you have just heard.14.A) Love.B) Conflict.C) Violence.D) Mystery.（B）15.A) The main character remains the same.B) The main character dies in the end.C) The main character g

9、ains his ends.D) The main character undergoes a change.（D）16.A) We can learn how bad persons can improve themselves.B) We can learn how to deal with people.C) We can understand life a little better.D) We can find better ways to cope with conflicts.（C）Passage ThreeQuestions 17 to 24 are based on the

10、following passage.17.A) Because both have a limited supply of air, water, and other resources.B) Because the Earth moves around the sun as fast as spaceship.C) Because we can travel to outer space.D) Because the Earth never stops moving.（A）18.A) About 80 miles per second.B) About 70 miles per second

11、.C) About 18 miles per second.D) About 17 miles per second.（C）19.A) Because the Earth is heavily polluted.B) Because nature cannot recycle its resources.C) Because there are more and more people living on the Earth.D) Because no more new resources can be added.（D）20.A) Nature has changed our environ

12、ment over the years.B) We must avoid wasting resources and polluting our environment.C) Our resources are nearly used up.D) Trips to other planets will help eliminate pollution.（B）Part II Reading Comprehension (35 minutes)Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage.A new era is upon us. Ca

13、ll it what you will: the service economy, the information age, the knowledge society. It all translates to a fundamental change in the way we work. Already were partly there. The percentage of people who earn their living by making things has fallen dramatically in the Western World. Today the major

14、ity of jobs in America, Europe and Japan (two thirds or more in many of these countries) are in the service industry, and the number is on the rise. More women are in the work force than ever before. There are more part-time jobs. More people are self-employed. But the breadth of the economic transf

15、ormation cant be measured by numbers alone, because it also is giving rise to a radical new way of thinking about the nature of work itself. Long-held notions about jobs and careers, the skills needed to succeed, even the relation between individuals and employersall these are being challenged.We ha

16、ve only to look behind us to get some sense of what may lie ahead. No one looking ahead 20 years possibly could have foreseen the ways in which a single invention, the chip (集成塊), would transform our world thanks to its applications in personal computers, digital communications and factory robots. T

17、omorrows achievements in biotechnology, artificial intelligence or even some still unimagined technology could produce a similar wave of dramatic changes. But one thing is certain: information and knowledge will become even more vital, and the people who possess it, whether they work in manufacturin

18、g or services, will have the advantage and produce the wealth. Computer knowledge will become as basic a requirement as the ability to read and write. The ability to solve problems by applying information instead of performing routine tasks will be valued above all else. If you cast your mind ahead

19、10 years, information services will be predominant. It will be the way you do your job.21.A characteristic of the information age is that _.A) the service industry is relying more and more on the female work forceB) manufacturing industries are steadily increasingC) people find it harder and harder

20、to earn a living by working in factoriesD) most of the job opportunities can now be found in the service industry（D）22.One of the great changes brought about by the knowledge society is that _.A) the difference between the employee and the employer has become insignificantB) peoples traditional conc

21、epts about work no longer hold trueC) most people have to take part-time jobsD) people have to change their jobs from time to time（B）23.By referring to computers and other inventions, the author means to say that _.A) people should be able to respond quickly to the advancement of technologyB) future

22、 achievements in technology will bring about inconceivable dramatic changesC) the importance of high technology has been overlookedD) computer science will play a leading role in the future information services（B）24.The future will probably belong to those who _.A) possess and know how to make use o

23、f informationB) give full play to their brain potentialC) involve themselves in service industriesD) cast their minds ahead instead of looking back（A）25.Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?A) Computers and the Knowledge SocietyB) Service Industries in Modern SocietyC) Feat

24、ures and Implications of the New EraD) Rapid Advancement of Information Technology（C）Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage.Beauty has always been regarded as something praiseworthy. Almost everyone thinks attractive people are happier and healthier, have better marriages and have mor

25、e respectable occupations. Personal consultants give them better advice for finding jobs. Even judges are softer on attractive defendants (被告). But in the executive circle, beauty can become a liability.While attractiveness is a positive factor for a man on his way up the executive ladder, it is har

26、mful to a woman.Handsome male executives were perceived as having more integrity than plainer men; effort and ability were thought to account for their success.Attractive female executives were considered to have less integrity than unattractive ones; their success was attributed not to ability but

27、to factors such as luck.All unattractive women executives were thought to have more integrity and to be more capable than the attractive female executives. Interestingly, though, the rise of the unattractive overnight successes was attributed more to personal relationships and less to ability than w

28、as that of attractive overnight successes.Why are attractive women not thought to be able? An attractive woman is perceived to be more feminine (女性的) and an attractive man more masculine (男性的) than the less attractive ones. Thus, an attractive woman has an advantage in traditionally female jobs, but

29、 an attractive woman in a traditionally masculine position appears to lack the “masculine” qualities required.This is true even in politics. “When the only clue is how he or she looks, people treat men and women differently,” says Ann Bowman, who recently published a study on the effects of attracti

30、veness on political candidates. She asked 125 undergraduates to rank two groups of photographs, one of men and one of women, in order of attractiveness. The students were told the photographs were of candidates for political offices. They were asked to rank them again, in the order they would vote f

31、or them.The results showed that attractive males utterly defeated unattractive men, but the women who had been ranked most attractive invariably received the fewest votes.26.The word “l(fā)iability” (Para. 1. Line 4) most probably means “_”.A) misfortuneB) instabilityC) disadvantageD) burden（C）27.In tra

32、ditionally female jobs, attractiveness _.A) reinforces the feminine qualities requiredB) makes women look more honest and capableC) is of primary importance to womenD) often enables women to succeed quickly（A）28.Bowmans experiment reveals that when it comes to politics, attractiveness _.A) turns out

33、 to be an obstacleB) affects men and women alikeC) has as little effect on men as on womenD) is more of an obstacle than a benefit to women（D）29.It can be inferred from the passage that peoples views on beauty are often _.A) practicalB) prejudicedC) old-fashionedD) radical（B）30.The author writes thi

34、s passage to _.A) discuss the negative aspects of being attractiveB) give advice to job-seekers who are attractiveC) demand equal rights for womenD) emphasize the importance of appearance（A）Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage.The importance and focus of the interview in the work of

35、 the print and broadcast journalist is reflected in several books that have been written on the topic. Most of these books, as well as several chapters, mainly in, but not limited to, journalism and broadcasting handbooks and reporting texts, stress the “how to” aspects of journalistic interviewing

36、rather than the conceptual aspects of the interview, its context, and implications. Much of the “how to” material is based on personal experiences and general impressions. As we know, in journalism as in other fields, much can be learned from the systematic study of professional practice. Such study

37、 brings together evidence from which broad generalized principles can be developed.There is, as has been suggested, a growing body of research literature in journalism and broadcasting, but very little significant attention has been devoted to the study of the interview itself. On the other hand, ma

38、ny general texts as well as numerous research articles on interviewing in fields other than journalism have been written. Many of these books and articles present the theoretical and empirical (經(jīng)驗的) aspects of the interview as well as the training of the interviewers. Unhappily, this plentiful gener

39、al literature about interviewing pays little attention to the journalistic interview. The fact that the general literature on interviewing does not deal with the journalistic interview seems to be surprising for two reasons. First, it seems likely that most people in modern Western societies are mor

40、e familiar, at least in a positive manner, with journalistic interviewing than with any other form of interviewing. Most of us are probably somewhat familiar with the clinical interview, such as that conducted by physicians and psychologists. In these situations the professional person or interviewe

41、r is interested in getting information necessary for the diagnosis (診斷) and treatment of the person seeking help. Another familiar situation is the job interview. However, very few of us have actually been interviewed personally by the mass media, particularly by television. And yet, we have a vivid

42、 acquaintance with the journalistic interview by virtue of our roles as readers, listeners, and viewers. Even so, true understanding of the journalistic interview, especially television interviews, requires thoughtful analyses and even study, as this book indicates.31.The main idea of the first para

43、graph is that _.A) generalized principles for journalistic interviews are the chief concern for writers on journalismB) importance should be attached to the systematic study of journalistic interviewingC) concepts and contextual implications are of secondary importance to journalistic interviewingD)

44、 personal experience and general impression should be excluded from journalistic interviews（B）32.Much research has been done on interviews in general _.A) so the training of journalistic interviewers has likewise been strengthenedB) though the study of the interviewing techniques hasnt received much

45、 attentionC) but journalistic interviewing as a specific field has unfortunately been neglectedD) and there has also been a dramatic growth in the study of journalistic interviewing（C）33.Westerners are familiar with the journalistic interview, _.A) but most of them wish to stay away from itB) and ma

46、ny of them hope to be interviewed some dayC) and many of them would like to acquire a true understanding of itD) but most of them may not have been interviewed in person（D）34.Who is the interviewee in a clinical interview?A) The patient.B) The physician.C) The journalist.D) The psychologist.（A）35.Th

47、e text is most likely a part of a _.A) news articleB) journalistic interviewC) research reportD) preface（D）Questions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage.The relationship between the home and market economies has gone through two distinct stages. Early industrialization began the process of t

48、ransferring some production processes (e.g. clothmaking, sewing and canning foods) from the home to the marketplace. Although the home economy could still produce these goods, the processes were laborious (費力的) and the market economy was usually more efficient. Soon, the more important second stage

49、was evident-the marketplace began producing goods and services that had never been produced by the home economy, and the home economy was unable to produce them (e.g. Electricity and electrical appliances, the automobile, advanced education, sophisticated medical care). In the second stage, the ques

50、tion of whether the home economy was less efficient in producing these new goods and services was irrelevant; if the family were to enjoy these fruits of industrialization, they would have to be obtained in the marketplace. The traditional ways of taking care of these needs in the home, such as in n

51、ursing the sick, became socially unacceptable (and, in most serious cases, probably less successful).Just as the appearance of the automobile made the use of the horse-drawn carriage illegal and then impractical, and the appearance of television changed the radio from a source of entertainment to a

52、source of background music, so most of the fruits of economic growth did not increase the options available to the home economy to either produce the goods or services or purchase them in the market. Growth brought with it increased variety in consumer goods, but not increased flexibility for the ho

53、me economy in obtaining these goods and services. Instead, economic growth brought with it increased consumer reliance on the marketplace. In order to consume these new goods and services, the family had to enter the marketplace as wage earners and consumers. The neoclassical (新古典主義的) model that vie

54、ws the family as deciding whether to produce goods and services directly or to purchase them in the marketplace is basically a model of the first stage. It cannot accurately be applied to the second (and current) stage.36.The reason why many production processes were taken over by the marketplace wa

55、s that _.A) it was a necessary step in the process of industrializationB) they depended on electricity available only to the market economyC) it was troublesome to produce such goods in the homeD) the marketplace was more efficient with respect to these processes（D）37.It can be seen from the passage

56、 that in the second stage _.A) some traditional goods and services were not successful when provided by the home economyB) the market economy provided new goods and services never produced by the home economyC) producing traditional goods at home became socially unacceptableD) whether new goods and

57、services were produced by the home economy became irrelevant（B）38.During the second stage, if the family wanted to consume new goods and services, they had to enter the marketplace _.A) as wage earnersB) both as manufactures and consumersC) both as workers and purchasersD) as customers（C）39.Economic growth did not make it more flexible for the home economy to obtain the new goods and services because _.A) the family was not efficient in productionB) it was illegal for the home economy to produce themC)