1、1994年1月六级听力原文18 / 181994年1月大学英语六级(CET-6)真题试卷Part I Listening Comprehension (20 minutes)Section ADirections:In this section you will hear 10 short conversations. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the question will be spoken only o
2、nce. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four suggested answers 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)
3、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 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
4、 a single line through the centre.Sample Answer A B C D1.A) At home.B) In a phone box.C) In her office.D) In a friends house.（D）2.A) On the west side of a square.B) At the end of a street.C) To the east of the traffic light.D) On the east side of a square.（D）3.A) She has to change the time for the t
5、rip.B) She hasnt decided where to go next month.C) She cant afford the time for the trip.D) She will manage to leave this month.（A）4.A) The apartment is better furnished.B) She prefers to live in a quiet place.C) Its less expensive to live in an apartment.D) She finds her roommates difficult to get
6、along with.（B）5.A) In a hospital.B) In a library.C) In a travel agency.D) In a restaurant.（C）6.A) Customer and salesperson.B) Teacher and student.C) Boss and secretary.D) Guest and waitress.（C）7.A) He didnt buy anything.B) He got some medicine for his foot.C) He was sick and couldnt go shopping.D) H
7、e bought everything except the football.（A）8.A) Teachers like Professor Janson are rare.B) Professor Janson has won a million dollars.C) Professor Janson is lucky to be teaching at that school.D) There are many teachers as good as Professor Janson.（A）9.A) She didnt know her daughter could sing so we
8、ll.B) She sings better than her daughter.C) She doesnt like her daughter.D) She herself doesnt have a good voice.（D）10.A) He finds history books difficult to understand.B) He has to read a lot of history books.C) He doesnt like the history course.D) He has lost his history book.（B）Section BPassage O
9、neQuestions 11 to 14 are based on the passage you have just heard.11.A) At night.B) At noon.C) In the morning.D) In the afternoon.（C）12.A) About Germans on strike.B) About a new-type airplane.C) About an air crash.D) About rescue workers in UK Motors.（C）13.A) They wanted higher pay.B) They wanted fe
10、wer working hours.C) They wanted better working conditions.D) They wanted an annual three-week holiday.（B）14.A) Rainy.B) Warm.C) Cold.D) Changeable.（D）Passage TwoQuestions 15 to 17 are based on the passage you have just heard.15.A) He has always lived in America.B) He has been in America for three y
11、ears.C) He visited America three years ago.D) He has come to America to do research on advertising.（B）16.A) There were far more advertisements there than he had expected.B) The advertisements there were well designed.C) The advertisements there were creative and necessary.D) He found the advertiseme
12、nts there difficult to understand.（A）17.A) Be more careful about what they advertise.B) Spend less money on advertising.C) Advertise more for their products.D) Use new advertising techniques.（A）Passage ThreeQuestions 18 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard.18.A) He is always in a hurry
13、.B) He is quick in making decisions.C) He is always the first to arrive at the airport.D) He usually doesnt get the reward he deserves.（D）19.A) He misses his flight.B) He can find a good seat.C) He leaves the airport first at the end of the trip.D) His luggage comes out last.（C）20.A) He was told to
14、board the wrong plane.B) He was not allowed to board the plane.C) He arrived at the airport without a ticket.D) He found it difficult to explain why he arrived so early.（A）Part II Reading Comprehension (35 minutes)Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage.There are desert plants which su
15、rvive the dry season in the form of inactive seeds. There are also desert insects which survive as inactive larvae (幼虫). In addition, difficult as it is to believe, there are desert fish which can survive through years of drought (干旱) in the form of inactive eggs. These are the shrimps (小虾) that liv
16、e in the Mojave Desert, an intensely dry region in the south-west of the United States where shade temperatures of over 50C are often recorded.The eggs of the Mojave shrimps are the size and have the appearance of grains of sand. When sufficient spring rain falls to form a lake, once every two to fi
17、ve years, these eggs hatch (孵化). Then the water is soon filled with millions of tiny shrimps about a millimetre long which feed on tiny plant and animal organisms which also grow in the temporary desert lake. Within a week, the shrimps grow from their original 1 millimetre to a length of about 1.5 c
18、entimetres.Throughout the time that the shrimps are rapidly maturing, the water in the lake equally rapidly evaporates. Therefore, for the shrimps it is a race against time. By the twelfth day, however, when they are about 3 centimetre long, hundreds of tiny eggs form on the underbodies of the femal
19、es. Usually by this time, all that remains of the lake is a large, muddy patch of wet soil. On the thirteenth day and the next, during the final hours of their brief lives, the shrimps lay their eggs in the mud. Then, having ensured that their species will survive, the shrimps die as the last of the
20、 water evaporates.If sufficient rain falls the next year to form another lake, the eggs hatch, and once again the shrimps pass rapidly through their cycle of growth, adulthood, egg-laying, and death. Some years there is insufficient rain to form a lake: in this case, the eggs will remain dormant for
21、 another years, or even longer if necessary. Very, very occasionally, perhaps twice in a hundred years, sufficient rain falls to form a deep lake that lasts a month or more. In this case, the species passes through two cycles of growth, egg-laying, and death. Thus, on such occasions, the species mul
22、tiplies considerably, which further ensures its survival.21.Which of the following is the MOST distinctive feature of Mojave shrimps?A) Their lives are brief.B) They feed on plant and animal organisms.C) Their eggs can survive years of drought.D) They lay their eggs in the mud.（C）22.By saying “for t
23、he shrimps it is a race against time” (Para. 3, line 2) the author means _.A) they have to swim fast to avoid danger in the rapidly evaporating lakeB) they have to swim fast to catch the animal organisms on which they surviveC) they have to multiply as many as possible within thirteen daysD) they ha
24、ve to complete their life cycle within a short span of time permitted by the environment（D）23.The passage mainly deals with _.A) the life span of the Mojave shrimpsB) the survival of desert shrimpsC) the importance of water to lifeD) life in the Mojave Desert（B）24.The word “dormant” (Para. 4, Line 3
25、) most probably means _.A) inactiveB) strongC) alertD) soft（A）25.It may be inferred from the passage that _.A) appearance and size are most important for life to survive in the desertB) a species must be able to multiply quickly in order to surviveC) for some species one life cycle in a year is enou
26、gh to survive the desert droughtD) some species develop a unique life pattern to survive in extremely harsh conditions（D）Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage.Opportunities for rewarding work become fewer for both men and women as they grow older. After age 40, job hunting becomes ev
27、en more difficult. Many workers stay at jobs they are too old for rather than face possible rejection. Our youth-oriented, throw-away culture sees little value in older people. In writer Lilian Hellmans words, they have “the wisdom that comes with age that we cant make use of. “Unemployment and econ
28、omic need for work is higher among older women, especially minorities, than among younger white women. A national council reports these findings: though unemployed longer when seeking work, older women job-hunt harder, hold a job longer with less absenteeism (缺勤), perform as well or better, are more
29、 reliable, and are more willing to learn than men or younger women. Yet many older women earn poor pay and face a future of poverty in their retirement years. When “sexism meets ageism, poverty is no longer on the doorstep it moves in,” according to Tish Sommers, director of a special study on older
30、 women for the National Organization for Women.Yet a 1981 report on the White House Conference on Aging shows that as a group, older Americans are the “wealthiest, best fed, best housed, healthiest, most self-reliant older population in our history. “This statement is small comfort to those living b
31、elow the poverty line, but it does explode some of the old traditional beliefs and fears. Opportunities for moving in and up in a large company may shrink but many older people begin successful small businesses, volunteer in satisfying activities, and stay active for many years. They have few role m
32、odels because in previous generations the life span was much shorter and expectations of life were fewer. They are ploughing new ground.Employers are beginning to recognize that the mature person can bring a great deal of stability and responsibility to a position. One doesnt lose ability and experi
33、ence on the eve of ones 65th or 70th birthday any more than one grows up instantly at age 21.26.After the age of 40, _.A) most workers are tired of their present jobsB) many workers tend to stick their present jobsC) people find their jobs more rewarding than beforeD) people still wish to hunt for m
34、ore suitable jobs（B）27.From Heilmans remark, we can see that _.A) full use has been made of the wisdom of older peopleB) the wisdom of older people is not valued by American societyC) older people are no less intelligent than young peopleD) the wisdom of older people is of great value to American so
35、ciety（C）28.Tish Sommers argues that _.A) older women find it hard to escape povertyB) older women usually perform better in their jobsC) the major cause of the poverty of older women is sexismD) more people have come to believe in sexism and ageism（A）29.According to the third paragraph, it can be se
36、en that older Americans _.A) have more job opportunities than young peopleB) live below the poverty lineC) have new opportunities to remain active in societyD) no longer believe in the promise of a happy life upon retirement（C）30.It can be concluded from the passage that the writer _.A) calls attent
37、ion to the living conditions of older AmericansB) believes that value of older people is gaining increasing recognitionC) attempts to justify the youth-oriented, throw-away culture of the United StatesD) argues people should not retire at the age of 65 or 70（B）Questions 31 to 35 are based on the fol
38、lowing passage.The most exciting kind of education is also the most personal. Nothing can exceed the joy of discovering for yourself something that is important to you! It may be an idea or a bit of information you come across accidentallyor a sudden insight, fitting together pieces of information o
39、r working through a problem. Such personal encounters are the “payoff” in education. A teacher may direct you to learning and even encourage you in itbut no teacher can make the excitement or the joy happen. Thats up to you.A research paper, assigned in a course and perhaps checked at various stages
40、 by an instructor, leads you beyond classroom, beyond the texts for classes and into a process where the joy of discovery and learning can come to you many times. Preparing the research paper is an active and individual process, and ideal learning process. It provides a structure within which you ca
41、n make exciting discoveries, of knowledge and of self, that are basic to education. But the research paper also gives you a chance to individualize a school assignment, to suit a piece of work to your own interests and abilities, to show others what you can do. Writing a research paper is more than
42、just a classroom exercise. It is an experience in searching out, understanding and synthesizing, which forms the basis of many skills applicable to both academic and nonacademic tasks. It is, in the fullest sense, a discovering, an education. So, to produce a good research paper is both a useful and
43、 a thoroughly satisfying experience!To some, the thought of having to write an assigned number of pages, often more than ever produced before, is disconcerting. To others, the very idea of having to work independently is threatening. But there is no need to approach the research paper assignment wit
44、h anxiety, and nobody should view the research paper as an obstacle to overcome. Instead, consider it a goal to accomplish, a goal within reach if you use the help this book can give you.31.According to the writer, personal discoveries _.A) will give one encouragement and directionB) are helpful in
45、finding the right informationC) are the most valuable part of ones personal educationD) will help one to successfully complete school assignments（C）32.It can be inferred from the passage that writing a research paper gives one chances _.A) to fully develop ones personal abilitiesB) to use the skills
46、 learnt in the classroomC) to prove that one is a productive writerD) to demonstrate how well one can accomplish school assignment（A）33.From the context, the word “disconcerting” (Para. 3, Line 2) most probably means _.A) misleadingB) embarrassingC) stimulatingD) upsetting（B）34.The writer argues in
47、the passage that _.A) one should explore new areas in researchB) one should trust ones own ability to meet course requirementsC) one should consider research paper writing a pleasure, not a burdenD) one should use all ones knowledge and skills when doing research（C）35.What will probably follow this
48、passage?A) How to write a research paper.B) The importance of research in education.C) How to make new discoveries for oneself.D) The skill of putting pieces of information together.（A）Questions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage.In our culture, the sources of what we call a sense of “mastery”feeling important and worth-while-and the sources