1998年6月英语六级真题及答案

1998年6月英语六级真题及答案 Part I Listening Comprehension (20 minutes) Section A Directions: In this section you will hear 10 short conversations. At the end of each c onversation, aq w b a uestion a w w s ill B e sked the c onversation a t q wnd b s he o uestion o A e ill e p qu esti o n t here w il l be a pa use. ng Dur t he i pa use, y ou m ust r ead the four s uggested a m nswers A ，B)，C), a D ndarked a d) w nd ) i ecide t h e b e s t a n s w e r. T h e n m a r k t h e c o r r e s p o n d i n g l e t t e r o n t h e A n s w e r Sheet with a single line through the center. Example: You will hear: You will read: A) 2 hours. B) 3 hours. C) 4 hours. D) 5 hours. From t c he onversation w k t t t a et now a s hat w the wo re w i l l s t a r t a t ’c 9 lo o c k i n t h e m o r n i n g a n d h a v e t o fi n i s h a t 2 i n t h e a f t e r n o o n . T h e r e f o r e“5 , Dh )o u ”r si s t h e c o r r e c t a n s w e r . Y o u s h o u l d c h o o s e [ D ] o Answer Sheet and mark it with a single line through the center. Sample Answer [A] [B] [C] [D] 1. A) He thinks that there won’t be enough sets for everybody. B) He thinks that the speaker won’t show up. C) He thinks the seminar won’t be open to the public. D) He thinks that there might not be any more tickets available. 2. A) Their father is unable to keep his promise. B) Their father is going on a vacation without her. C) Their father isn’t telling her the truth. D) Their father doesn’t want to travel abroad. 3. A) John didn’t pass, although he had tried his best. B) John did better than he thought he was able to. C) John got an excellent score, which was unexpected. D) John was disappointed at his math score. 4. A) The roof of the woman’s house needs to be repaired. B) The roof of the man’s house has several bad leaks. C) The woman’s bathroom was badly damaged. D) The man works for a roofing company. 5. A) Mr. Smith will be replaced if he makes another mistake. B) Mr. Smith is an admirable chief of the Asian Department. C) Mr. Smith’s department is more successful than all the others. D) Mr. Smith is seldom in his office. 6. A) She don’t have a fax machine. B) She may quit her present job soon. C) She is tired of her present job. D) Her phone number has changed. 7. A) Someone has taken her luggage. B) Her flight is 50 minutes late. C) Her luggage has been delayed. D) She can’t find the man she’s been waiting for. 8. A) To do whatever the committee asks him to. B) To make decisions in agreement with the committee. C) To run the committee his way. D) To make himself the committee chairman. 9. A) The woman found the mail box empty. B) The man is waiting for some important mail. C) The man has just sent out his application. D) The woman will write a postcard to her daughter. 10. A) Read the operation manual. B) Try the buttons one by one. C) Ask the shop assistant for advice. D) Make the machine run slowly. Section B Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage a questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, must choose the best answer from the four ices cho marked A), B), C) and D T ).n m arkt he c he orresponding l o t A S etter w a n he single line through the center. Passage one Questions 11 to 14 are based on the passage you have just heard. 11. A) They were drawing pictures. B) They were watching TV. C) They were making a telephone call. D) They were tidying up the drawing room. 12. A) They locked the couple up in the drawing room. B) They seriously injured the owners of the house. C) They smashed the TV set and the telephone. D) They took away sixteen valuable paintings. 13. A) He accused them of the theft. B) He raised the rents. C) He refused to prolong their land lease. D) He forced them to abandon their traditions. 14. A) They wanted to protect the farmers’ interests. B) They wanted to extend the reservation area for birds. C) They wanted to steal his valuable paintings. D) They wanted to drive him away from the island. Passage Two Questions 15 to 17 are based on the passage you have just heard. 15. A) Through food. B) Through air. C) Through insects. D) Through body fluids. 16. A) They ran a high fever. B) They died from excessive bleeding. C) Their nervous system was damaged. D) They suffered from heart-attack. 17. A) To see what happened to the survivors of the outbreak. B) To study animals that can also get infected with the disease. C) To find out where the virus originates. D) To look for the plants that could cure the disease. Passage Three Questions 18 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard. 18. A) To determine whether the Earth’s temperature is going up. B) To study the behavior of some sea animals. C) To measure the depths of the ocean. D) To measure the movement of waves in the ocean. 19. A) They were frightened and distressed. B) They swam away when the speaker was turned on. C) They swam closer to “examine” the speaker when it was turned off. D) They didn’t seem to be frightened and kept swimming near the speaker. 20. A) To attract more sea animals to the testing site. B) To drive dangerous sea animals away from the testing site. C) To help trace the sea animals being tested. D) To determine how sea animals communicate with each other. Part II Reading Comprehension (35 minutes) Directions: There are 4 reading passages in this part. Each followed b s qy ome o u uestions s F re nfinished o t ta there are four choices marked A)，B), C), and D). You should divide on t h e b e s t c h o i c e a n d m a r k t h e c o r r tees rp oo nn d ti h ne g A l ents w e r Sheet with a single line through the center. Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage. Cyberspace (网络空间)， data s uperhighways, m m t ullet w h edia-for seen the future, the linking of computers, television and telephones will change o u r l i v e s f o r e v e r , Y e t f o r a l l t h e t a l k o f a u t o p i (a乌 托 邦 ) l i t t l e a t t e n t i obne ehna sg i v e n t o t h e i m p l i c a t i o n s o f t h e s d e v e l o p m e n t s f o r t h e p o o r. A s w i t h a l l n e w h i g h t e c h n o l o g y , w h i c o n c e r n s i t s e l f w i t“hh ot h we, ” t h e q u e s t i o n o f “ f o r w h o m ” i s p u t a s i d e o n c again. Economists a o n re r nly t f eow t ealizing w t c he ull xtent r e v o l u t i o n h a s a ff e c t e d t h e w o r l d e c o n o m y. I n f o r m a t i o n t e c h n o l o g y a l extension o t a f grade cross a i eographical b a t nd ndustrial corporations t f a ake o i ull T o dvantage t e a f i t. rerms f ra a nd m oney movements a re more import ant than the pro duction o f goods. Th electronic economy made possible by information technology allows the haves to increase their control on global markets-with destructive impact on the have-nots. F o r t h e m t h e r e s u l t i s i n s t a b i l i t y. D e v e l o p i n g c o u n t r i e s w h i c h production o a s r f o g mall f e ange a m ft f oods l s por i xport r the interna tional econom ic machine. “futures As ”(期货) are tra ded on computer screens, developing countries simply have less and less control of their destinies. S o w h a t a r e t h e o p t i o n s f o r r e g a i n i n g c o n t r o l ? O n developing countries to buy in the latest computers and telecom t h e m s e l v e s - s o - c a l l e d “ d e v e l o p m e n t c o m m u n i c a t i o n s ” m leads t l o ong-term d a p ependency p c nd o d erhaps erman countries’ economies. C ommunica tions technology is genera lly ex po rted fro m the U.S., E urope Japan; the patents, skills and ability to manufacture remain in the hands of a few industrialized countries, It is also expensive, and imported products and services must therefore be bought on credit-credit usually provided by the very countries whose companies stand to gain. Furthermore, w n t hen i i ew echnology t i o t l asl ntroduced o f e x p e r t i s e t o e xi tpfor l o i tn a t i v e d e v e l o p. m Theins t m e a n s t h a t w h i l e l o c a l elites, foreign communities and subsidiaries of transitional benefit, those lives depend on access to the information are denied it. 21. From the passage we know that the development of high technology is in the interests of ________. A) the rich countries B) scientific development C) the elite D) the world economy 22. It can be inferred from the passage that ________. A) international trade should be expanded B ) t h e i n t e r e s t s o f t h e p o o r c o u n t r i e s h a v e n o t