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大學(xué)英語六級考試真題及答案

Part

ISiting00

minutes)

注意：此部分試題在答題卡1上

PartIIReadingComprehension(5kinmingandScanning(15

minutes)

Directions:Inthispart,youwi11have15minutestogooverthe

passagequicklyandanswerthequestionsonAnswerSheet1For

questions1—7,choosethebestanswerfranthefourchoicesmarked

目,8,0andDForquestions8—10,caipletethesentenceswiththe

informationgiveninthepassage.

Wiatwi11theworldbe1ikeinfiftyyear以

Thisweeksemetopscientists,includingNobelPrizewinners,gave

theirvisionofhowtheworldwi11lookin2056,frongas-^)ov\eredcars

toextraordinaryhealthadvances,JohnInghamreportsonwhatthe

worldsfinestmindsbelieveourfutureswi11be.

Forthoseofusluckyenoughto1ivethatlong2056wi11beaworld

ofalmostperpetualyouth,Wiereobesityisaremotememoryandrobots

beccmeourccnpanions.

Wfewi11berubbingshoulderswithaliensandcolonizingouterspace.

Betterstill,ourdescendantsmightatlast1iveinaworldatpeace

withitself.

Thepredictionisthatwewi11havefoundasourceofinexhaustible,

safe,greenenergy,andthatsciencewi11haveki1ledoffreligion

Iftheyarerightwewi11haveremovedtwoofthemaincausesofwar—our

dependenceonoi1andreligiousprejudice.

Wi11wereally,astodaysscientistsclairqbeableto1ivefor

everoratleastcheattheageingprocesssothattheaverageperson

1ivesto150,

Ofcourse,al1thesepredictionsconewithascientifichealth

warningHarvardprofessorStevenPinkersays:"Thisisaninvitation

tolookfoolish,aswiththepredictionsofdcmedcitiesand

nuclear-coweredvacuumcleanersthatweremade50yearago/'

Living1onger

AnthonyAtala,directoroftheWkeForestInstituteinNorth

Carolina,belivesfai1ingorganswi11berepairedbyinjectingcelIs

intothebody.Theywi11naturallytostraighttotheinjuryandhelp

healit.Asystemofinjectionswithoutneedlescouldalsoslowthe

ageingprocessbyusingthesameprocessto"tung'cells.

BruceLahn,professorofhumangeneticsatthelhiversityofChicago

anticipatestheabilitytoproduceKuniimitedsuppliedof

transplantablehumanorganswithouttheneededaneworgan,suchas

kidney,thesurgeonwouldcontactacarmercialorganproducer,give

himthepatient'simnuno—logicalprofileandwouldthenbesenta

kidneywiththecorrecttissuetype.

Theseorganswouldbeentirelyccnposedofhumancells,grownby

introducingthemintoanimalhosts,andalloweingthemtodeveoopinto

andorganinplaceoftheanimal'sown.ButProf.Lahnbelievesthat

fannedbrainswouldbeaoff1imits，.Hesays:aVeryfewpeoplewould

wanttohavetheirbrainsreplacedbyscmeoneelsesandweprobably

dontwanttoputahumanbrainingananimalbody.”

RichardMi1ler,aprofessorattheLhiversityofMichigan,thinks

scientistcoulddeve1op"anthenticanti—ageingdrug/byworkingout

howcellsinlargeranimalssuchas砒alesandhumanresistmanyforms

ofinjuries.Hesays:"It'sisnewroutine,inlaboratorymarrmals,

toextend1ifespanbyabout4叱Turningonthesameprotectivesystems

inpeopleshould,by2056,createthefirstclassof100-^ear—oldswho

areasvigorousandproductiveastodayspeopleintheir60s"

Aliens

ConiinPi11inger,professorofplanerarysciencesattheOpen

Uiiversity,says:"Ifancythatatleastwewi11beabletoshewthat

1ifedidistarttoevolveonMirswel1asEarth"Within5Oyearshe

hopesscientistswi11provethatalien1ifecamshereinNhrtian

meteorites隕石）.

ChrisMzKay,aplanetaryscientistatN\SAsAresResearch

Center,believesthatin50years怔mayfindevidenceofalien1ife

inancientpermanentforstof岫rsoronotherplaners.

Hsadds:"Thereisevenachancewewi11findalien1ifeformshere

onEarth.ItmightbeasdifferentasEnglishistoChinese

PricetonprofessorFreemanEysonthinksit"1ikelythat1ife

formouterspacewi11bediscovereddefore2056becausethetoolsfor

findingit,suchasopticalandradiodetectionanddataprocessingare

inproving

Hsays:"Assoonasthefirstevidenceisfound,wewi11know汕at

tolookforandadditionaldiscoveriesare1ikelytofollow

quickly.Suchdiscoveriesare1ikelytohaverevolutionary

consequencesforbiology,astronanyandphilosophy.Theymaychange

theway怔lookatourselvesandourplaceintheuniverse.

Coloniesinspace

RichardGottprofessorofastrophysicsatPrinceton,hopesmanwi11

setupaseif—sufficientcolonyonNhrs,v^iichwouldbea1ife

insurancepolicyagainstMatevercatastrophes,naturalor

otherwise,mightoccuronEarth.

“Therealspaceraceis汕etherwewillcoloniseoffEarthonto

otherworldsbeforemoneyforthespaceprogrammerunsout.”

Spinalinjuries

Ellenftber-4Catz,aprofessorattheWistarInstitudein

Phi1ade1phia,foreseescuresforinijuriescausingparalysissuchas

theonethataff1icatedSupermanstarChristopherReeve.

Shesays:"Ibelievethatthedayisnotfaroffwhenwewi11be

abletoprofescribedrugsthatcauseseveres斷裂的）spinalcordsto

heal,heartstoregenerateandlost1imbstoregrow

Peoplewi11canetoexpectthatinjuredordiseasedorgansare

meanttoberepairedfranwithin,inmuchthesamewaythatwefixan

app1ianceorautcmobilebyreplancingthedamagedpartwitha

manufacturer-certifiednewpart."Shepredictthatwithin5to10

yearsfingersandtoeswi11beregrownand1irrbswi11starttobe

regrownafewyearslater.Repariestothenervoussystemwi11start

withopticnervesand,intime,thespinalcord"Within50yearswhole

bodyreplacementwi11beroutine,"Prof.Ifeber-4Catzadds.

Obesity

SydneyBrenner,seniordistinguishedfellowoftheCride^Jacobs

CenterinCalifornia,wonthe2002NoblelPrizeforNfedicineandsays

thatifthereisaglobaldisastersemehumanswi11survive—and

evolitionwi11favoursmal1peoplewithbodieslargeenoughtosupport

therequiredamountofbrainpower."Obesity,“hesays."wi11have

beensolved”

Robots

RodneyBrooks,professorofroboticeatMI]saystheproblemsof

developingartificialintel1igenceforrobotswillbeatleastpartly

overccme.Asaresult,"thepossibi1itiesforrobotsworkingwith

peoplewi11openupirnrensely

Energy

Bi11Joy,greentechnologyexpertinCalifemia,says:"Themost

significantbreaktbroughtwouldbetohaveaninexhaustiblesourceof

safe,greenenergythatissubstantiallycheaperthananyexisting

energysource.

Ideally,suchasourcewouldbesafeinthatitcouldnotbemade

intoweaponsandwouldnotmakehazardousortoxicwasteorcarbon

dioxide,themaingreenhousegasblamedforglobalwanning

Society

GeoffreyMi1ler,evolutionarypsychologistattheUiiversityof

NewNbxico,says:^TheLBwi11followtheLKinrealizingthatreligion

isnoraprerequisite前提）forordinaryhumandecency.

""This,sciencewi11ki11religion-^iotbyreasonchailenging

faithbutbyofferingamorepractical,uniwsrsalandrewardingmoral

frameworkforhumaninteraction.w

Hsalsopredictsthat“ahsurdlywasteful"displaysofwealth

wi11beccmeunfashionable-vdiiletheinportanceofclose-^cnit

ccnmunitiesandfami1ieswi11beccrneclearer.

Thesetherechanger,hesays,wi11helpmakeus

alTbrighe\ter,wiser,happierandkinder".

注意：此部分試題請在答題卡1上作答。

1.WiatisjohnInghamsreportabout?

4Asolutiontotheglobalenergycrisis

6Extraordinaryadvancesintechnology.

0Thelatestdevelopmentsofmedicalscience

DScientists'visionoftheworldinhalfacentury

2AccordingtoHarvardprofessorStevenPinker,predictions

aboutthefuture

Amayinvitetrouble

Smaynotcametrue

0wi11foolthepublic

Ddomoreharmthangood

3.ProfessorBruceLahnoftheLhiversityofChicagopredicts

that

4humanswonthavetodonateorgansfortransplantation

Smorepeoplewi11donatetheirorgansfortransplantation

Qanimalorganscouldbetransplantedintohumanbodies

Dorgantransplantationwontbeasscaryasitistoday

4AccordingtoprofessorRichardMi1leroftheUiiversityof

Michigarr,proplewi11

&lifeforaslongastheywish

6berelievedfremal1sufferings

0lifeto100andmorewithvitality

Dbeableto1ive1ongerthanwhales

5.PricetonprofessorFreemanSysonthinksthat

Ascientistswi11findalien1ifesimilartoours

Bhumanswi11beabletosettleonIVhrs

0alien1ifewill1ikelybediscovered

D1ifewi11starttoevolveonNhrs

6.AccordingtoPrincetonprofessorRichardGott,bysettingupa

seiP-sufficientcolonyon岫rs,

Humans

MightsurviealIcatastrophesonearth

Mightacquireanplenaturalresources

AM11beabletotrave1toNfersfreely

Wi11m5\yethereto1iveabetter1ife

7.EllenHeber-^Catz,professorattheWistarInstituein

Philadelpia,predictsthat

Ahumanorganscanbumanufactured1ikeappliances

6peoplewi11beasstronganddymamicassupermen

0humannervescanbereplancedbyopticfibers

Dlostfingersand1irrbswi11beabletoregrow

8.rodneyBrookssaysthatitwillbepossibleforrobotstowork

withhumansasaresultorthedevelopmentofartificaial

intel1igenceforrobots

9.ThemostsignificantbreakthroughpredictedbyBi11joywi11be

aninexhaustiblegreenenergysourcethatcantbeusedto

makepollutions

10AccordingtoGeoffreyMi1ler,sciencewi11offeramorepractical,

universalandrewardingmoralframeworkinplaceof

re1igion________

PartIIIListening

Ccnprehension05minutes)

SectionA

Directions:Inthissection,youwi11hear8shortconversations

and2longconversations.Attheendofeachconversation,oneormore

questionswi11beaskedaboutv^iatwassaidBoththeconversationand

thequestionswi11bespokenonlyonce.Aftereachquestiontherewi11

beapause.Duringthepause,youmustreadthefourchoicesmarked4,

B,0,angH),anddecide汕ichisthebestanswer.Thenmarkthe

correspondingletteronAnswsrsheet2withasingle1inethroughthe

centre.

注意：此部分試題請在答題卡2上作答

11.4BiemanmightbeabletoplayintheW)rldCup

6Themansfootbal1careerseemstobeatanend

QThemanwasoperatedonafewweeksagci

DThemanisafanofworld-famousfootbal1players.

12.aW)rkoutaplantotightenhisbudget

BFindouttheopeninghoursofthecafeteria

0Applyforaseniorpositionintherestaurant.

DSolvehisproblembydoingapart-timejob.

13.AAfinancialburden0A

realnuisance

BAgoodcaipanionDA

wel1—trainedpet.

14.@Theerrorswi11becorrectedsoon0The

ccnputingsystemistoocarplex.

6"Ihewcmanwasmistakenherself,Dffehascalled

thewcmanseveraltimes.

15.冷Ffeneedshelptoretrievehisfiles.QFfeneeds

semetimetopolishhispaper.

6Efehastotypehispaperoncemore,DIfewi11be

awayforatwo-^weekconference.

16.@Theymighthavetochangetheirplan

BHehasgoteverythingsetfortheirtrip.

QIfehasaheavierwDrkloadthanthewcman.

DTheycouldstayinthemountainsunti1June8.

17.ATheyhavewaitamonthtoapplyforastudentloan

BTheycanfindtheapplicationformsinthebrochure.

0Theyarenoteligibleforastudentloan

DTheyarenotlateforaloanapplication

18.魚Newlawsareyettobemadetoreducepollutantrelease.

BPollutionhasattracted1ittleattentionfremthepublic.

0Thequalityofairwillsurelychangeforthebetter.

DIt'11takeyearstobringairpollutionundercontrol.

Questions19to22arebasedontheconversationyouhavejustheard

19.@Enormoussizeofitsstores.0Its

appealingsurroundings.

BNumerousvarietiesoffoodDIts

richandcolorfulhistory.

20.AAnancientbuiIdingQ

AnEgyptianmuseum

6Aworldofantiques.D

AnEgyptianIVfemorial.

21.兔Itspowsrbillreaches￥9millionayear.

BItsellsthousandsof1ightbulbsaday.

QItsuppliespowertoanearbytown.

DItgenerates70%oftheelectricityituses.

22.A

11,500Q

250,000

6

30,000D

300,000

Questions23to25arebasedontheconversationyouhavejustheard

23.氐Transferringtoanotherdepartrrent.0Thinking

aboutdoingadifferentjob.

BStudyingaccountingatauniversityDNhking

preparationforherwedding

24.4Shehasfinallygotapranotionandapayraise

BShehasgotasatisfactoryjobinanotherccnpany.

0Shecouldatlastleavetheaccountingdepartment.

DShemanagedtokeepherpositionintheccnpany.

25.4ffeandAndreahaveprovedtobeaperfectmatch.

BEfechangedhismindaboutmarriageunexpectedly.

QLfedeclaredthathewouldremainsingleal1his1ife.

DHewouldmarryAndreaevenwithoutmeetingher.

SectionB

Directions:Inthissection,youwi11hear3shortpassages.Atthe

endofeachpassage,youwi11hearsemequestionBoththepassageand

thequestionwi11bespokenonlyonce..Afteryouhearaquestion,you

mustchoosethebestanswerfremthefourchoicesmarkedA,B,0

andTienmarkthecorrespondingletteronAnswsrSheet2witha

single1inethroughthecentre.

注意：此部分試題請在答題卡2上作答。

PassageOne

Questions26to29arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard

26.ATheyaremotorcyclesdesignatedforwatersports.

BTheyarespeedyboatsrestrictedinnarrowwaterways.

0Theyarebeccminganefficientformofwater

transportation

DTTheyaregettingmorepopularasameansorwater

recreation.

27.4V^terscooteroperators'lackofexperience

BVacationers，disregardofwatersafetyrules.

0Overloadingofsmal1boatsandothercraft.

DCarelessnessofpeopleboatingalongtheshore.

28.ATheyscare汕alestodeath.QTheydischargetoxic

anissions.

STheyproducetoomuchnoiseDTheyendangerlotsof

water1ife.

29.AExpandoperatingareas.0Limittheuseof

waterscooters.

6Restrictoperatinghours.DEnforce

necessaryregulations.

PassageT^vo

Questions30to32arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard

30.ATheyarestable.QTheyare

strained

0Theyareclose.D"They

arechanging

31.我Theyarefullyoccupiedwiththeirownbusiness.

BNotmanyofthemstayinthesameplaceforlong

0Nbtmanyofthemcanwintrustfremtheirneighbors.

DTheyattachlessinportancetointerpersonalrelations.

32.ACountoneachotherforhelp.0Keepafriendly

distance

BGiveeachotheracoldshoulder.DBuiIdafence

bet腕enthem

PassageThree

Questions33to35arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard

33.aItmayproduceanincreasingnumberofidleyoungsters.

BItmayaffeetthequalityofhighereducationinAnerica.

0Itmaycausemanyschoolstogooutofoperation.

DItmayleadtoalackofproperlyeducatedworkers.

34.冷Itislessseriousincitiesthaninruralareas.

BItaffectsbothjuniorandseniorhighschools.

0Itresultsfremaworseningeconcmicc1imate.

DItisanewchailengefacingAnericaneducators.

35.aAllowingthemtochoosetheirfavoriteteachers.

SCreatingamorerelaxedlearningenvironment.

0Rewardingexcellentacademicperformance

DHelpingthemtodeve1opbetterstudyhabits.

SectionC

Directions:Inthissection,youwi11hearapassagethreetimes.

Wienthepassageisreadforthefirsttime,youshould1istencarefully

foritsgeneralidea.Wienthepassageisreadforthesecondtime,

youarerequiredtofillintheblanknumberedfrcm36to43withthe

exactwordsyouhavejustheardForblanksnumberedfrcm44to46you

arerequiredtofillinthemissinginformationFortheseblanks,you

caneitherusetheexactwordsyouhavejustheardorwritedownthe

mainpointsinyourownwordFinally,汕enthepassageisreadfor

thethirdtime,youshouldcheckwhatyouhavewritten

注意：此部分試題請在答題卡2上作答。

CcrrpoundDictation

I7minterestedinthecriminaljusticesystonofourcountry.Itseems

tomethatsemethinghastobedoneifwearetosurviveasacountry.

Icertainlydontknowwhattheanswerstoourproblansare.Things

certainlygetcomplicatedinahurry汕enyougetintothemButI

wonderifsanethingcouldntbedonetodealwithsetreofthese

problems.

Onethingfmconcernedaboutisourpracticeofputtingoffendersin

jai1whohaventharmedanyone.Wiynotworkoutsanesystemv^iereby

theycanpaybackthedebtstheyowesocietyinsteadofincurring

anotherdebtbygoingtoprison,andofcourse,caningunderthe

influenceofhardenedcriminals?I'malsoconcernedabouttheshort

prisonsentencespeopleareservingforseriouscrimes.Ofcourse,one

alternativetothisistorestorecapitalpunishment,butIzmnotsure

Iwouldbeforthat.Izmnotsureit'srighttotakeaneyeforeye.

PartIVReadingCcnprehensionReadinginDepth)(25minutes)

SectionA

Directions:Inthissection,thereisashortpassagewith5

questionsorinccnpletestatonents.Readthepassagecarefully.Then

answerthequestionsorccnpletethestatanentsinthefewestpossible

words.PleasewriteouranswersonAnswerSheet2

Questions47to51arebasedonthefollowingpassage.

ifmovietrailers預(yù)告片)aresupposedtocauseareaction,the

previewfor"United93"morethansucceeds.Featuringnofamousactors,

itbeginswithimagesofabeautifulmorningandpassengersboarding

anairplaneIttakesyouaminutetorealize皿atthemovie'seven

about.That'swhenaplanehitstheW)rldTradeCenter,theeffect

isvisceral震撼心靈的).Wienthetrailerplayedbefore"InsideJVhn"

lastweekataHollywoodtheater,audiencemembersbegancal1ingout,

"Toosoon!"InNewYorkCity,theresponsewasevenmoredramaticThe

LoewstheaterinNknhattantooktherarestepofpullingthetrailer

fremitsscreensafterseveralccnplaints.

"Uiited93"isthefirstfeaturefiImtodealexplicitlywiththe

eventsofSeptember11,2001,andiscertaintoigniteanemotional

debate.Isittoosoori?ShouldthefiImhavebeenmadeatal1?Nbre

tothepoint,wi11anyonewanttoseeit?Otherprojectsareon

thewayasthefifthanniversaryoftheattacksapproaches,most

notably01iverStone7s"W)rldTradeCenter."butastheforerunner,

"United93"wi11takemostoftheheat,汕etheritdeservesitornot.

TierealLhited93crashedinaPennsylvaniafieldafter40

passengersandcrewfoughtbackagainsttheterrorists.

Writer—directorPaulGreengrasshasgonetogreatlengthstobe

respectfulinhisdepictionofv^atoccurred,proceedingwiththefilm

onlyaftersecuringtheapprovalofeveryvictimsfamily.'WsI

surprisedattheagreement?Yes.Very.Usuallytherereoneortwo

fami1ies皿o'remorereluctant,11Greengrasswritesinane-^nai1."I

wassurprisedattheextraordinarywaythelhited93fami1ieshave

眥leanedusintotheir1ivesandsharedtheirexperienceswithus.11

Carole0Hare,afamilymeni)er,says,"Theywsreveryopenandhonest

withus,andtheymadeusapartofthisv^ioleproject.11Lhiversal,

汕ichisreleasingthefiIrqplanstodonate10%ofitsopeningwsekend

grosstotheFlight93NationalNfemorialFundThathasntstopped

criticismthatthestudioisexploitinganationaltragedy.0Hare

thinksthat'sunfair."Thisstoryhastobetoldtohonorthepassengers

andcrewforwhattheydid,11shesays."Butmorethanthat,itraises

awareness.Ourportsarentsecure.OurbordersarentsecureOur

airlinesstillarentsecure,andthisiswhathappenswhenyourenot

secure.That'stheiressageIwantpeopletohear."

注意：此部分試題請在答題卡2上作答

47.Thetrailerfor"thited93"succeededincausingareaction皿en

itplayedinthetheatersinHollywoodandNewYorkCity.

48.Themovie"thited93"issuretogiverisetoanemotional

debate

49.Wiatdidwriter—directorPaulGreengrassobtainbeforehe

proceededwiththemovi^

theapprovalofeveryvictimsfamily

50.Universal,皿ichisreleasing"thited93",hasbeencriticized

forexploitinganationaltragedy.

51.Carole0Harethinksthatbesideshonoringthepassengersandcrew

for汕attheydid,thepurposeoftellingthestoryistoraisethe

awarenessaboutsecurity.

SectionB

Directions:Thereare2passagesinthissection.Eachpassageis

follov^edbysemequestionsorunfinishedstatements.Foreachofthem

therearefourchoicesmarked4,B,0andD.Youshoulddecideon

thebestchoiceandmarkthecorrespondingletteronAns皿rSheet2

withasingle1inethoughtthecentre.

PassageOne

Questions52to56arebasedonthefollowingpassage.

Imaginewakingupand