2005年6月英语六级真题及答案

2005年6月英语六级真题及答案 Part I Listening Comprehension (20 minutes) Section A Directions: In t his s ection, y w h 1 ou s c ill ear A t 0e ohort onver 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. Dur i ng the p au se, yo u m ust rea d t he 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 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 9 o ’ c l 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 b y 2 i n t h e a f t e r n o o T h e r e f o rDe), “ 5 h o u r s ” i 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 ] Answer Sheet and mark it with a single line through the centre. Sample Answer [A] [B] [C] [D] 1. A) It will reduce government revenues. B) It will stimulate business activities. C) It will mainly benefit the wealthy. D) It will cut the stockholders’ dividends. 2. A) She will do her best if the job is worth doing. B) She prefers a life of continued exploration. C) She will stick to the job if the pay is good. D) She doesn’t think much of job-hopping. 3. A) Stop thinking about the matter. B) Talk the drug user out of the habit. C) Be more friendly to his schoolmate. D) Keep his distance from drug addicts. 4. A) The son. B) The father. C) The mother. D) Aunt Louise. 5. A) Stay away for a couple of weeks. B) Check the locks every two weeks. C) Look after the Johnsons’ house. D) Move to another place. 6. A) He would like to warm up for the game. B) He didn’t want to be held up in traffic. C) He didn’t want to miss the game. D) He wanted to catch as many game birds as possible. 7. A) It was burned down. B) It was robbed. C) It was blown up. D) It was closed down. 8. A) She isn’t going to change her major. B) She plans to major in tax law. C) She studies in the same school as her brother. D) She isn’t going to work in her brother’s firm. 9. A) The man should phone the hotel for directions. B) The man can ask the department store for help. C) She doesn’t have the hotel’s phone number. D) The hotel is just around the corner. 10. A) She doesn’t expect to finish all her work in thirty minutes. B) She has to do a lot of things within a short time. C) She has been overworking for a long time. D) She doesn’t know why there are so many things to do. Section B Compound Dictation 注意： 听 力理解的 B节(SectionSection B 为复合式听写(Section ) Compound D 上，现在请取出试卷二。 ，题目在试卷二 ictation) Certain p ohrases c h ne a ommonly A c ears t d mong m t o i n d i v i d u a l i s m : “D o y o u o w n t h i n g . ” “ I d i d i t m y w a y. ” “ Yo u ’ l l h a v e t o d e c i d e d that for yourself.” “You made your bed, now (SectionS1) ________ in it.” “if you don’t look out for yourself, no one else will.” “Look out for number one.” C l o s e l y (Section S 2 ) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ w i t h t h e v a l u e t h e y p l a c e o n i n d i i m p o r t a n c e A m e r i c a n s (Section S 3 ) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ t o p r i v a c y. A m e r i c a n s a s s u m e t h a t p need some time to themselves or some time alone to think about r e c o v e r t h e i r (Section S 4 ) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ p s y c h o l o g i c a l e n e r g y . A m e r i c a n ________ u nderstanding f w a woreigners t b w a ho p wlways an dislike being alone. I f t h e p a r e n t s c a n (Section S 6 ) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ i t , e a c h c h i l d w i l l h a v e h b e d r o ,o m e v e n a s (Section aS7) n _ _ _ _ __ ,_fi_x e s i n a p e r s o n t h e n (SectionoS8) tion that _ _ _ _ _ _._ H _ aving one’s own bedroom, her books, her books and so on. T things will be hers and no one else’s. A m e r i c a n s a s s u m e r t h a t (Section S 9 ) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ . D o c t o r s , l a w y e r s , p s y c h o l o g i s t s , a n o t h e r s h a v e r u l e s g o v e r n i n g c o n fi d e n t i a l i t y t h a t information about their clients’ personal situations form bec others. American’s attitude about privacy can be hard for foreigners to understand. (Section10) _ _______. W t b hen a hose c a A oundaries b w v re rossed, stiffen and his manner will become cool and aloof. Part II Reading Comprehension (35 minutes) Directions: There are 4 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 center. Passage One Questions 11 to 15 are based on the following passage. Low-level slash-and-burn farming doesn’t harm rainforest. On the contrary, it helps farmers and improves forest soils. This is the unorthodox view of a German soil s cientist w h s ho t b as c howni t A hat d urntb m learings than 1,000 years, helped create patches of rich, fertile soil that f benefit from today. Most rainforest soils are thin and poor because they lack because the heat and heavy rainfall destroy most organic matter in t within f y our o i r ears t ff t fl eaching T m t he c orestf o oor. hi the ingredients needed for long-term successful farming. But Bruno Glaser, a soil scientist of the University of Bayreuth, has studied unexpected patches of fertile soils in the central Amazon. These soils contain lots of organic matter. Glaser has shown that most of this fertile organic matter comes from “black carbon”—the organic particles from camp fires and charred(Section烧成炭的) wood left over from thousands of years of slash-and-burn farming. “The soils, kno Terra P creta, u ontained t 7 m b p c o t 0times t s ore s lack “says Glaser. Unburnt v egetation r q b b ots c p uickly, i t s utf m lack centuries. Radiocarbon dating shows that the charred wood in Terra Preta soils is typically more than 1,000 years old. “Slash-and-burn farming can be good for soils provided it doesn’t completely burn all the vegetation, and leaves behind charred wood,” says Glaser. “It can be better t m han anure(Section粪肥).” B urning t f j heo orest c l b ust e nce arbon an e black carbon to keep the soil fertile for thousands of years. And rainforests easily regrow after small-scale clearing. Contrary to the conventional view that human activities damage the environment, Glaser says: “Black carbon combine human wastes is responsible for the richness of Terra Preta soils.” Terra Preta soils turn up in large patches all over the Amazon, where they are highly prized by farmers. All the patches fall within 500 square kilometers in the central Amazon. Glaser says the widespread presence pottery of (Section陶器) confirms the soil’s human origins. T h e fi n d i n g s a d d w e i g h t t o t h e t h e o r y t h a t l a rg e a re a s o f t h e A m a z o n h a v e recovered s w f op pell orom a astu t eriods t r hf b gricultural mistaken by generations of biologists for “virgin” forest. During the past decade, researchers have discovered hundreds of large earth works d i eep t j nT he a u ungle. t 2 m hhey a c re u t p a s o 0 eters kilometer. Glaser claims that these earth works, built between AD 400 and 1400, w e r e a t t h e h e a r t o f u r b a n c i v i l i z a t i o n s . N o w i t s e e m s t h e r i c h n e s s o f t h e Te r r a Preta soils may explain how such civilizations managed to feed themselves. 11. We l earn f t is that ________. prom t het t assage v o shat A) it does no harm to the topsoil of the rainforest B) it destroys rainforest soils C) it helps improve rainforest soils D) it diminishes the organic matter in rainforest soils 12. Most rainforest soils are thin and poor because ________. A) the composition of the topsoil is rather unstable he f raditional B) black carbon is washed away by heavy rains C) organic matter is quickly lost due to heat and rain D ) lo n g - te rm growth fa rm in g h a s ex h au s te d th e i n g re d ie n ts 13. Glaser made his discovery by ________. A) studying patches of fertile soils in the central Amazon B) examining pottery left over by ancient civilizations C) test-burning patches of trees in the central Amazon D) radiocarbon-dating ingredients contained in forest soils 14. What does Glaser say about the regrowth of rainforests? A) They take centuries to regrow after being burnt. B) They cannot recover unless the vegetation is burnt completely. C) Their regrowth will be hampered by human habitation. D) They can recover easily after slash-and-burn farming. 15. From the passage it can be inferred that ________. A) human activities will do grave damage to rainforests B) Amazon rainforest soils used to be the richest in the world C) farming is responsible for the destruction of the Amazon rainforests D ) t h e rainforests r e o n c e e x i s t e d a n u r b a Passage Two Questions 16 to 20 are based on the following passage. As a wise man once said, we are all ultimately alone. But an in number of Europeans are choosing to be so at an ever earlier age. This isn’t the stuff o g f ploomy c hilosophical b a f o Eontemplations, n e ut landscape, embr aced by socio logists, real-estate developers and ad executi a l i k e . T h e s h i f t a w a y f r o m f a m i l y l i f e t o s o l o l i f e s t y l so ci o l ogi st , is pa rt o f t he “ irre sis ti bl e mo m ent um of ind iv i dua li sm ” o ver t he la st c e n t u r y. T h e c o m m u n i c a t i o n s r e v o l u t i o n , t h e s h i f t f r o m a b u s i n e stability to one of mobility and the mass entry of women into the workforce have greatly wreaked havoc on (Section扰乱) Europeans’ private lives. E u r o p e ’ s n e w e c o n o m i independence. The current Europe’s shift from social democracy to of American style capitalism. c c l i m a t e h a s l a r g e l y f o s t e r e generation of home-aloners cam the sharper, more individualistic climate Raised in an era of privatization an