大学英语六级考试听力试题及答案

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大学英语六级考试听力试题及答案

　　Part I Listening Comprehension(20 minutes)

大学英语六级考试听力试题及答案

　　Section A

　　Directions: In this section, you will hear 10 short conversations. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the question will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A), B), C) and D), and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre. ?

　　Example:

　　you will hear:?

　　You will read:

　　A) 2 hours.

　　B) 3 hours.

　　C) 4 hours.

　　D) 5 hours. ?

　　From the conversation we know that the two are talking about some work they will

　　start at 9 o'clock in the morning and have to finish 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 through the centre.?

　　Sample Answer [A] [B] [C] [D]

　　A) The man thinks travelling by air is quite safe.?

　　B) The woman never travels by plane.?

　　C) Both speakers feel nervous when flying.?

　　D) The speakers feel sad about the serious loss of life. ?

　　A) At the infomp3ation desk.

　　B) In an office.?

　　C) In a restaurant.

　　D) At a railway station.

　　A)Write the letter.

　　B) Paint the shelf.

　　C) Fix the shelf.

　　D) look for the pen.

　　A) It gives a 30% discount to all customers.

　　B) It is run by Mrs. Winter's husband.

　　C) It hires Mrs. Winter as an adviser.

　　D) It encourages husbands to shop on their own.

　　A) Long exposure to the sun.

　　B) Lack of sleep.

　　C) Too tight a hat.

　　D) Long working hours.

　　A) His English is still poor after ten years in America.

　　B) He doesn't mind speaking English with an accent.

　　C) He doesn't like the way Americans speak.

　　D) He speaks English as if he were a native speaker.

　　A) an auto mechanic.

　　B) An electrician

　　C) A carpenter.

　　D) A telephone repaimp3an.

　　A) They both enjoyed watching the game.

　　B) The man thought the results were beyond their expectations.

　　C) They both felt good about the results of the game.

　　D) People were surprised at their winning the game.

　　A) Manager and employee.

　　B) Salesman and customer.

　　C) Guide and tourist.

　　D) Professor and student.

　　10.

　　A) Tom has arranged a surprise party for Lucy.

　　B) Tom will keep the surprise party a secret.

　　C) Tom and Lucy have no secrets from each other.

　　D) Tom didn' t make any promise to Lucy.

　　Section B Compound Dictation?

　　注意：听力理解的B节(Section B)为复合式听写 (Compound Dictation)，题目在试卷二上，现在请取出试卷二。

　　Part II Reading Comprehension(35 minutes)

　　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 through the centre.

　　Passage One

　　Questions 11 to 15 are based on the following passage.

　　Birds that are literally half asleep--with one brain hemisphere alert and the other sleeping--control which side of the brain remains awake, according to a new study of sleeping ducks.

　　Earlier studies have documented half?brain sleep in a wide range of birds. The brain hemispheres take turns sinking into the sleep stage characterized by slow brain waves. The eye controlled by the sleeping hemisphere keeps shut, while the wakeful hemisphere's eye stays open and alert. Birds also can sleep with both hemispheres resting at once.

　　Decades of studies of bird flocks led researchers to predict extra alertness in the more vulnerable, end?of?the?row sleepers. Sure enough, the end birdstended to watch carefully on the side away from their companions. Ducks in the inner spots showed no preference for gaze direction.?

　　Also, birds dozing(打盹) at the end of the line resorted to single?hemisphere sleep, rather than total relaxation, more often than inner ducks did. Rotating 16 birds through the positions in a four duck row, the researchers found outer birds half?asleep during some 32 percent of dozing time versus about 12 percent for birds in internal spots.

　　"We believe this is the first evidence for an animal behaviorally controlling sleep and wakefulness simultaneously in different regions of the brain，"the researchers say.

　　The results provide the best evidence for a long?standing supposition that single?hemisphere sleep evolved as creatures scanned for enemies. The preference for opening an eye on the lookout side could be widespread, he predicts. He's seen it in a pair of birds dozing side?by?side in the zoo and in a single pet bird sleeping by a mirror. The mirror?side eye closed as if the reflection were acompanion and the other eye stayed open.?

　　Useful as half?sleeping might be, it's only been found in birds and such water mammals(哺乳动物) as dolphins, whales, and seals. Perhaps keeping one side of the brain awake allows a sleeping animal to surface occasionally to avoid drowning.?

　　Studies of birds may offer unique insights into sleep. Jerome M. Siegel of the UCLA says he wonders if birds' half?brain sleep "is just the tip of the ?iceberg?(冰山)" He speculates that more examples may turn up when we take a closer look at other species.?

　　11. A new study on birds' sleep has revealed that ________ .

　　A) half?brain sleep is found in a wide variety of birds?

　　B) half?brain sleep is characterized by slow brain waves?

　　C) birds can control their half?brain sleep consciously?

　　D) birds seldom sleep with the whole of their brain at rest ?

　　12. According to the passage, birds often half sleep because ________ .?

　　A) they have to watch out for possible attacks?

　　B) their brain hemispheres take turns to rest?

　　C) the two halves of their brain are differently structured?

　　D) they have to constantly keep an eye on their companions

　　13. The example of a bird sleeping in front of a mirror indicates that ________.?

　　A) the phenomenon of birds dozing in pairs is widespread?

　　B) birds prefer to sleep in pairs for the sake of security?

　　C) even an imagined companion gives the bird a sense of security?

　　D) a single pet bird enjoys seeing its own reflection in the mirror ?

　　14. While sleeping, some water mammals tend to keep half awake in order to ________ .?

　　A) alert themselves to the approaching enemy?

　　B) emerge from water now and then to breathe?

　　C) be sensitive to the ever?changing environment?

　　D) avoid being swept away by rapid currents ?

　　15. By "just the tip of the iceberg"( Line 2, Para. 8), Siegel suggests that________ .

　　A) half?brain sleep has something to do with icy weather?

　　B) the mystery of half?brain sleep is close to being solved?

　　C) most birds living in cold regions tend to be half sleepers?

　　D) half?brain sleep is a phenomenon that could exist among other species

　　Passage Two

　　Questions 16 to 20 are based on the following passage.?

　　A nine year old schoolgirl single?handedly cooks up a science?fair experiment that ends up debunking(揭穿……的真相) a widely practiced medical treatment. Emily Rosa's target was a practice known as therapeutic(治疗的) touch (TT for short), whose advocates manipulate patients' "energy field"to make them feel better and even, say some, to cure them of various ills. Yet Emily's test shows that these energy fields can't be detected, even by trained TT practitioners (行医者). Obviously mindful of the publicity value of the situation, Journal editor George Lundberg appeared on TV to declare, "Age doesn't matter. It's good science that matters, and this is good science."?

　　Emily's mother Linda Rosa, a registered nurse, has been campaigning against TT for nearly a decade. Linda first thought about TT in the late '80s, when she learned it was on the approved list for continuing nursing education in Colorado. Its 100,000 trained practitioners (48,000 in the U. S.) don't even touch their patients. Instead, they waved their hands a few inches from the patient's body, pushing energy fields around until they' re in "balance." TT advocates say these manipulations can help heal wounds, relieve Pain and reduce fever. The claims are taken seriously enough that TT therapists are frequently hired by leading hospitals, at up to $ 70 an hour, to smooth patients' energy, sometimes during surgery.?

　　Yet Rosa could not find any evidence that it works. To provide such proof,TT therapists would have to sit down for independent testing--something they haven't been eager to do, even though James Randi has offered more than $1 million to anyone who can demonstrate the existence of a human energy field. (He's had one taker so far. She failed.) A skeptic might conclude that TT practitioners are afraid to lay their beliefs on the line. But who could turn down an innocentfourth?grader? Says Emily:"I think they didn't take me very seriously because I'm a kid."?

　　The experiment was straight forward: 21 TT therapists stuck their hands, palms up, through a screen. Emily held her own hand over one of theirs?left or right?and the practitioners had to say which hand it was. When the results were recorded, they'd done no better than they would have by simply guessing. If there was an energy field, they couldn't feel it.?

　　16. Which of the following is evidence that TT is widely practiced??

　　A) TT has been in existence for decades.?

　　B) Many patients were cured by therapeutic touch.?

　　C) TT therapists are often employed by leading hospitals.?

　　D) More than 100,000 people are undergoing TT treatment. ?

　　17. Very few TT practitioners responded to the $1 million offer because ________.?

　　A) they didn't take the offer seriously?

　　B) they didn't want to risk their career?

　　C) they were unwilling to reveal their secret?

　　D) they thought it was not in line with their practice ?

　　18. The purpose of Emily Rosa's experiment was ________.?

　　A) to see why TT could work the way it did?

　　B) to find out how TT cured patients' illnesses?

　　C) to test whether she could sense the human energy field?

　　D) to test whether a human energy field really existed ?

　　19. Why did some TT practitioners agree to be the subjects of Emil's experiment??

　　A) It involved nothing more than mere guessing.?

　　B) They thought it was going to be a lot of fun.?

　　C) It was more straightforward than other experiments.?

　　D) They sensed no hamp3 in a little girl's experiment. ?

　　20. What can we learn from the passage??

　　A) Some widely accepted beliefs can be deceiving.?

　　B) Solid evidence weighs more than pure theories.?

　　C) Little children can be as clever as trained TT practitioners.?

　　D) The principle of TT is too profound to understand. ?

　　Passage Three

　　Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage.?

　　What might driving on an automated highway be like? The answer depends on what kind of sys?tem is ultimately adopted. Two distinct types are on the drawing board. The first is a special?purpose lane system, in which certain lanes are reserved for automated vehicles. The second is a mixed traffic system: fully automated vehicles would share the road with partially automated or manual driven cars. A special?purpose lane system would require more extensive physical modifications to existing highways, but it promises the greatest gains in freeway?(高速公路)capacity.?

　　Under either scheme, the driver would specify the desired destination, furnishing this infomp3ation to a computer in the car at the beginning of the trip or perhaps just before reaching the automated highway. If a mixed traffic system way was in place, automated driving could begin whenever the driver was on suitably equipped roads. If special?purpose lanes were available, the car could enter them and join existing traffic in two different ways. One method would use a special onramp?(入口引道).?

　　As the driver approached the point of entry for the highway, devices installed on the roadside would electronically check the vehicle to detemp3ine its destination and to ascertain that it had the proper automation equipment in good working order. Assuming it passed such tests, the driver would then be guided through a gate and toward an automated lane. In this case, the transition from manual to auto mated control would take place on the entrance ramp. An alternative technique could employ conven?tional lanes, which would be shared by automated and regular vehicles. The driver would steer onto the highway and move in nomp3al fashion to a "transition'lane. The vehicle would then shift under computer control onto alane reserved for automated traffic. (The limitation of these lanes to automated traffic would, presumably, be well respected, because all ?trespassers?(非法进入者) could be swiftly identified by authorities.)?

　　Either approach to joining a lane of automated traffic would hamp3onize the movement of newly entering vehicles with those already traveling. Automatic control here should allow for smooth merging without the usual uncertainties and potential for accidents. And once a vehicle had settled into autmated travel, the driverwould be free to release the wheel, open the morning paper or just relax.?

　　21. We learn from the first paragraph that two systems of automated highways ________.

　　A) are being planned

　　B) are being modified?

　　C) are now in wide use

　　D) are under construction ?

　　22. A special?purpose lane system is probably advantageous in that ________.?

　　A) it would require only minor changes to existing highways?

　　B) it would achieve the greatest highway traffic efficiency?

　　C) it has a lane for both automated and partially automated vehicles?

　　D) it offers more lanes for automated vehicles ?

　　23. Which of the following is true about driving on an automated highway?

　　A) Vehicles traveling on it are assigned different lanes according to their

　　destinations.?

　　B) A car can join existing traffic any time in a mixed lane system.?

　　C)The driver should infomp3 his car computer of his destination before driving onto

　　it.

　　D) The driver should share the automated lane with those of regular vehicles.

　　24. We know from the passage that a car can enter a special purpose lane________.

　　A) by smoothly merging with cars on the conventional lane

　　B) by way of a ramp with electronic control devices

　　C) through a specially guarded gate?

　　D) after all trespassers are identified and removed ?

　　25. When driving in an automated lane, the driver ________.?

　　A) should hamp3onize with newly entering cars?

　　B) doesn't have to rely on his computer system?

　　C) should watch out for potential accidents

　　D) doesn't have to hold on to the steering wheel

　　Passage Four

　　Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage.?

　　Taking charge of yourself involves putting to rest some very prevalent myths. At the top of the list is the notion that intelligence is measured by your ability to solve complex problems; to read, write and compute at certain levels;and to resolve abstract equations quickly. This vision of intelligence asserts fomp3al education and bookish excellence as the true measures of self?fulfillment. It encourages a kind of intellectual prejudice that has brought with it some discouraging results. We have come to believe that someone who has more educational merit badges, who is very good at some fomp3 of school discipline is"intelligent." Yet mental hospitals are filled with patients who have all of the properly lettered certificates. A truer indicator of intelligence is an effective, happy life lived each day and each present moment of every day.?

　　If you are happy, if you live each moment for everything it's worth, then you are an intelligent person. Problem solving is a useful help to your happiness, but if you know that given your inability to resolve a particular concern you can still choose happiness for yourself, or at a minimum refuse to choose unhappiness, then you are intelligent. You are intelligent because you have the ultimate weapon against the big N. B. D. --Nervous Break Down.?

　　"Intelligent'people do not have N.B.D.'s because they are in charge of themselves. They know how to choose happiness over depression, because they know how to deal with the problems of their lives.?

　　You can begin to think of yourselfas truly intelligent on the basis of how you choose to feel in the face of trying circumstances. The life struggles are pretty much the same for each of us. Every one who is involved with other humanbeings in any social context has similar difficulties. Disagreements, conflictsand compromises are a part of what it means to be human. Similarly, money, growing old,sickness, deaths, natural disasters and accidents are all events which present problems to virtually all human beings. But some people are able to make it, to avoid immobilizing depression and unhappiness despite such occurrences, while others collapse or have an N. B.D. Those who recognize problems as a human condition and don' t measure happiness by an absence of problems are the most intelligent kind of humans we know; also, the most rare.?

　　26. According to the author, the conventional notion of intelligence measured in temp3s

　　of one' s ability to read, write and compute ________.?

　　A) is a widely held but wrong concept?

　　B) will help eliminate intellectual prejudice?

　　C) is the root of all mental distress?

　　D) will contribute to one's self?fulfillment ?

　　27. It is implied in the passage that holding a university degree ________.

　　A) may result in one's inability to solve complex real?life problems?

　　B) does not indicate one's ability to write properly worded documents?

　　C) may make one mentally sick and physically weak?

　　D) does not mean that one is highly intelligent ?

　　28. The author thinks that an intelligent person knows ________.?

　　A) how to put up with some very prevalent myths?

　　B) how to find the best way to achieve success in tire?

　　C) how to avoid depression and make his life worthwhile?

　　D) how to persuade others to compromise ?

　　29. In the last paragraph, the author tells us that ________.?

　　A) difficulties are but part of everyone's life?

　　B) depression and unhappiness are unavoidable in life?

　　C) everybody should learn to avoid trying circumstances?

　　D) good feelings can contribute to eventual academic excellence ?

　　30. According to the passage, what kind of people are rare??

　　A) Those who don't emphasize bookish excellence in their pursuit of happiness.?

　　B) Those who are aware of difficulties in life but know how to avoid unhappiness.?

　　C) Those who measure happiness by an absence of problems but seldom suffer from N.

　　B. D. ' s.?

　　D) Those who are able to secure happiness though having to struggle against trying

　　circumstances. ?

　　PartIII Vocabulary (20 minute)

　　Directions: There are 30 incomplete sentences in this part.For each sentence there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D) . Choose the ONE that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre. ?

　　31. Starting with the ________ that there is life on the planet Mars, the seientst

　　went on to develop his argument.?

　　A) premise

　　B) pretext

　　C) foundation

　　D) presentation

　　32. After several nuclear disasters, a ________ has raged over the safety of nuclear

　　energy.?

　　A) quarrel

　　B) suspicion

　　C) verdict

　　D) controversy

　　33. Their diplomatic principles complely laid bare their ________ for world conquest.?

　　A) admiration

　　B) ambition

　　C) administration

　　D)orientation

　　34. The director gave me his ________ that he would double my pay if I did my job well.

　　A) warrant

　　B) obligation

　　C) assurance

　　D) certainty

　　35. The Christmas tree was decorated with shining ________ such as colored lights and

　　glass balls.?

　　A) ornaments

　　B) luxuries

　　C) exhibits

　　D) complements

　　36. The two most important ________ in making a cake are flour and sugar .

　　A) elements

　　B) components

　　C) ingredients

　　D) constituents

　　37. Cultural ________ indicates that human beings hand their languages down from one generation to another.

　　A) translation

　　B) transition

　　C) transmission

　　D) transaction

　　38. We must look beyond ________ and assumptions and try to discover what is missing.

　　A) justifications

　　B) illusions

　　C) manifestations

　　D) specifications

　　39. No one imagined that the apparently ________ businessman was really a criminal. A) respective

　　B) respectable

　　C) respectful

　　D) realistic

　　40. If nothing is done to protect the environment, millions of spedes that are alive

　　today will have become ________ .

　　A) deteriorated

　　B) degenerated

　　C) suppressed

　　D) extinct

　　41. The ________ of the scientific attitude is that the human mind can suceeed in

　　understanding the universe.

　　A) essence

　　B) texture

　　C) content

　　D) threshold

　　42. The old lady has developed a ________ cough which cannot be cured completely in a short time.

　　A) perpetual

　　B) pemp3anent

　　C) chronic

　　D) sustained

　　43. What the correspondent sent us is an ________ news report. We can depend on it

　　A) evident

　　B) authentic

　　C) ultimate

　　D) immediate

　　44. Having had her as a professor and adviser, I can tell you that she is an

　　_______ force who pushes her students to excel far beyond their own expectations.

　　A) inspirational

　　B) educational

　　C) excessive

　　D) instantaneous

　　45. Some researchers feel that certain people have nervous systems particularly ______ to hot, dry winds. They are what we call weather sensitive people.

　　A) subjective

　　B) subordinate

　　C) liable

　　D) vulnerable

　　46. Hurricanes are killer winds, and their ________ power lies in the physical damage

　　they can do.

　　A) cumulative

　　B) destructive

　　C) turbulent

　　D) prevalent

　　47. In some countries, students are expected to be quiet and ________ in the classroom.

　　A) skeptical

　　B) faithful

　　C) obedient

　　D) subsidiary

　　48. In spite of the ______economic forecasts, manufacturing output has risen slightly.

　　A) gloomy

　　B) miserable

　　C) shadowy

　　D) obscure

　　49. Body paint or face paint is used mostly by men in pre?literate societies in order

　　to attract good health or to _______ disease.

　　A) set aside

　　B) ward off

　　C) shrug off

　　D) give away

　　50. The international situation has been growing _____difficult for the last few years.

　　A) invariably

　　B) presumably

　　C) increasingly

　　D) dominantly

　　51. The prisoner was ______ of his civil liberty for three years.

　　A) discharged

　　B) derived

　　C) deprived

　　D) dispatched

　　52. Small famp3s and the lack of modern technology have ______ agricultural production.

　　A) blundered

　　B) tangled

　　C) bewildered

　　D) hampered

　　53. The Japanese scientists have found that scents ______ efficiency and reduce stress among office workers.

　　A) enhance

　　B) amplilf

　　C) foster

　　D) magnify

　　54. All the students have to ______to the rules and regulations of the school.

　　A) confimp3

　　B) confront

　　C) confine

　　D) confomp3

　　55. He ______ his head, wondering how to solve the problem

　　A) scrapped

　　B) screwed

　　C) scraped

　　D) scratched

　　56. As soon as the boy was able to earn his own living he ______ his parents' strict

　　rules.

　　A) defied

　　B) refuted

　　C) excluded

　　D) vetoed

　　57. The helicopter a light plane and both pilots were killed.

　　A) coincided with

　　B) stumbled on

　　C) tumbled to

　　D) collided with

　　58. To ______ is to save and protect, to leave what we ourselves enjoy in such good

　　condition that others may also share the enjoyment.

　　A) conserve

　　B) conceive

　　C) convert

　　D) contrive

　　59. Put on dark glasses or the sun will ______ you and you won' t be able to see.

　　A) discern

　　B) distort

　　C) distract

　　D) dazzle

　　60. In ______ times human beings did not travel for pleasure but to find a more

　　favourable climate.

　　A) prime

　　B) primitive

　　C) primary

　　D) preliminary

　　Part IV Cloze ( 15 minutes) ?

　　Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A), B) C) and D) on the right side of the paper. You should choose the ONE with a single line through the centre.

　　In the United States, the first day nursery, was opened in 1854. Nurseries were established in various areas during the 61 half of the 19th century; most

　　of 62 were charitable. Both in Europe and in the U.S., the day?nursery movemen

　　t received great 63 during the First World War, when 64 of manpower caused the

　　industrial employment of ?unprecedented?(前所未有) numbers of women. In some European countries nurseries were established 65 in ?munitions? plants, under direct government sponsorship. 66 the number of nurseries in the U.S. also rose 67 ,

　　this rise was accomplished without government aid of any kind. During the years

　　following the First World War, 68 , federal,State, and local governments gradually began to exercise a measure of control 69 the day nurseries, chiefly by 70 them and by. The 71 of the Second World War was quickly followed by an increase in the number of day nurseries in almost all countries, as women were 72 called up on to replace men in the factories. On this 73 the U.S. government immediately came to the support of the nursery schools, 74 $ 6,000,000 in July, 1942,for a nursery?school program for the children of working mothers. Many States and local communities 75 this Federal aid. By the end of the war, in August, 1945, more than 100,000 children were being cared 76 in daycare centers receiving Federal 77 . Soon afterward, the Federal government 78 cut down its expenditures for this purpose and later 79 them, causing a sharp drop in the number of nursery schools in operation. However, the expectation that most employed mothers would leave their 80 at the end of

　　the war was only partly fulfilled.?

　　61. A) latter C) other B) late D) first ?

　　62. A) those B) them C) whose D) imitation ?

　　63. A) impetus B) input C) imitation D) initiative

　　64. A) sources B) abundance C) shortage D) reduction

　　65. A) hardly B) entirely C) only D) even ?

　　66. A) Because B) As C) Since D) Although ?

　　67. A) unanimously B) sharply C) predominantly D) militantly ?

　　68. A) therefore B) consequently C) however D) moreover

　　69. A) over B) in C) at D) about ?

　　70. A) fomp3ulating B) labeling C) patenting D) licensing

　　71. A) outset B) outbreak C) breakthrough D) breakdown