1、大学英语六级密卷（5）中山大学外语学院 陈剑波Part 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 once. After each question there will be a pause. During the
2、 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 center.Example:You will hear: M: When shall we start our work, Jane?W: Tomorrow at 9 oclock. But we must work qu
3、ickly, for we have to finish everything before 2 in the afternoon.Q: For how long can they work?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 oclock in the morning and have to finish at 2 in the a
4、fternoon. 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 center.Sample Answer A BC CD2KG-1*4/5D1. A) Because he reads too many books.B) To learn how to seperate the important from the unimportant.C) To be wellinformed.
5、D) Because he always wastes his time.2. A) The food spoiled.B) The group was shameful.C) The weather was bad.D) The program director wanted to have it on another day.3. A) He wanted Mary to come, but she couldnt.B) He invited Mary to the party.C) He didnt invite Mary to the party.D) He didnt want to
6、 have a party because of business.4. A) No one knows how Mary gets to work.B) She doesnt think the record player works.C) She throws the old record away.D) Its surprising that Mary could repair the record player.5. A) 1215. B) 100.C) 110. D) 1230.6. A) The woman doesnt like orange juice.B) The woman
7、 didnt come to see Everett.C) The man was in a car crash this morning.D) The man broke the container of juice.7. A) $ 39. B) $ 35.C) $ 4. D) $ 5.8. A) Next year.B) Soon.C) When he finishes writing.D) After he visits her.9. A) Air plane. B) Bus.C) Subway. D) Car.10.A) A traffic guard. B) A sociologis
8、t.C) A student. D) A salesperson.Section BDirections: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear one question, you must choose the best answer from the four cho
9、ices marked A, B, C and D. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.Passage OneQuestions 11 to 14 are based on the following passage: 11.A) He thought that he would either find a good job or he would be a thief.B) He said that he would become rich
10、by way of robbing the bank.C) He said that he could rob the rich of their money.D) He might be rich if he worked harder.12.A) Because he had a letter of thanks.B) Because he feared that he might be killed if he refused.C) Because he gave him a demand note.D) Because he showed him a cheque payable at
11、 sight.13.A) The raid had been photographed by hidden cameras.B) Some watchman had seen the raid.C) The bank teller proved that Joe was the robber.D) Some monitors had been installed nearby.14.A) Funny. B) Clever. C) Brave. D) Stupid.Passage TwoQuestions 15 to 17 are based on the following passage:
12、15.A) How John Milton Wrote Paradise Lost.B) How John Milton Became a Poet.C) How John Milton Studied Latin.D) How John Milton Became Famous.16.A) It had a strange accent.B) It was difficult to understand.C) It had a strong Italian accent.D) It was easy to understand.17.A) He was wellknown in the wo
13、rld.B) He was very strange.C) He was clever and hard working.D) He was quick at Latin and poems.Passage ThreeQuestions 18 to 20 are based on the following passage: 18.A) Films provided more melodrama.B) Films provided longer programs.C) Films provided emotional appeal.D) Films provided greater spect
14、acles.19.A) They were silent.B) They didnt tell a complete story.C) They were too expensive.D) They were too short.20.A) The world war .B) The fact that films were less expensive.C) The fact that films were silent.D) The fact that films were shorter. Part Reading Comprehension (20 minutes) Direction
15、s: 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 cente
16、r. Passage OneQuestions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage: African elephants have been slaughtered at alarming rate over the past decade, largely because they are the primary source of the worlds ivory. Their population has been dwindled from 1.3 million in 1979 to just 625,000 today, and
17、the rate of killing has been accelerating in recent years because many of the older, bigger tusked animals have already been destroyed. “The poachers now must kill times as many elephants to get the same quantity of ivory,” explained Curtis Bohlen, Senior vicepresident of the World Wildlife Fund.Tho
18、ugh its record on the environment has been spotty so far,the government last week took the lead in a major conservation issue by imposing a ban on ivory imports into the US.The move came just four days after a consortium of conservation groups,including the World Wildlife Fund and Wildlife Conservat
19、ion International,called for that kind of action, and it made the US the first nation to forbid imports of both raw and finished ivory.The ban,says Bohlen,sends avery clear message to the ivory poachers that the game is over. In the past African nations have resisted an ivory ban, but increasingly t
20、hey realised that the decimation of the elephant herds poses a serious threat to their tourist business. Last month Tanzania and several other African countries called for an amendment to the 102nation Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species that would make the ivory trade illegal wo
21、rldwide. The amendment is expected to be approved at an October meeting in Geneva and to go into effect next January. But between now and then, conversationists contend, poachers may go on a rampage, killing elephants wholesale, so nations should unilaterally forbid imports right away. The US govern
22、ment brought that argument, and by weeks end the twelvenation European Community had followed with its own ban.21.Which of the following is the best title for the passage?A) African Elephants and the Ivory Trade.B) A Bid to Save the Elephant.C) The Poachers.D) Elephants In Danger.22.According to the
23、 passage, “dwindle” means _.A) decreaseB) enlargeC) weakenD) elimilate23.Since many of the older, bigger- tusked animals have already been destroyed, what did the poacher do?A) They gave up poaching.B) They killed more elephants to get the same quantity of ivory.C) To them, game is over.D) They real
24、ized it was illegal to slaughter elephants.24.Why did the African nations welcome an ivory ban?A) The rate of killing has been accelerating.B) The US government forbids imports of both raw and finished ivory.C) They realised that the killing of elephants is a serious threat to their tourist business
25、.D) African people advocated an ivory ban.25.Whats the authors attitude?A) Subjective. B) Neutral.C) Possimistic. D) Active.Passage TwoQuestions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage: In 58 million homes, the VCR has become nearly as much as the family car. But despite the VCRs advantages, vid
26、eo buffs complain about its limits. To duplicate prerecorded movies, for instance, requires two VCRs awkwardly cabled together. No wonder, then, that fans at Chicagos Consumer Electronics Show last week were excited by a new machine that eliminates the drawback. Moreover, its appearance was a triump
27、h over wellwired opposition in Tokyo and Hollywood.The center of the excitement was the first dualdeck videotape recorder available to US consumers, the VCR2, made by the tiny Arizonabased GoVideo company.The VCR2 enables its users to make highquality duplicates of prerecorded tapes easily. It also
28、lets viewers watch a tape while simultaneously recording off the air. GoVideo hopes to have a limited supply of the VCR2 in stores by Christmastime, priced at just under $1,000.But the machines move from freezeframe to fasterforward has not been easy. For starters, GoVideo could find no Japanese com
29、panies, which control manufacture of crucial VCR parts, willing to provide needed components. For another thing, US movie studios opposed the machine. So the company sued 15 Japanese and Korean makers, plus the Hollywood studios, claiming restrain of trade. Several manufactures have now settled with
30、 GoVideo, and Koreas Smsung, is tooling up to produce the VCR2. Meanwhile, Hollywood has modified its opposition because GoVideo agreed to install circuitry that will prevent the VCR2 from copying movies protected by antitheft coding. Still movie makers may see double for a while. Many of the films
31、on store shelves, including hot new rentals like Coming to America and Crocodile Dundee , do not contain the coding.26.VCR has many advantages, but it also has its limits which lie in _.A) its not easy to duplicate prerecorded moviesB) it can not duplicate prerecorded moviesC) it can not be operated
32、 easilyD) it takes too long to duplicate prerecorded movies27.According to the passage, the suitable word which can replace “drawback” is _.A) breakthrough B) advantageC) barrier D) function28.Whats the advantages of VCR2?A) It can make highquality duplicates of prerecorded tapes easily.B) It can le
33、t viewers watch a tape while simultaneously recording off the air.C) It can duplicate prerecorded movies clearly.D) Both A and B.29.Why did GoVideo company sue Japanese makers?A) Because Japanese makers are tooling up to produce the VCR2.B) Because no Japanese companies are willing to sell needed co
34、mponents.C) Because Japanese makers like to cooperate with Korean counterparts.D) Because Japanese makers compete with them.30.Hollywood began to cooperate with GoVideo Company, because _.A) US consumers will have to pay rentals for duplicating moviesB) VCR2 will be installed circuitry to prevent it
35、 from copying movies protected by antitheft codingC) with the help of VCR2, the movies are more popularD) Govideo company can copy movies without the permission of Hollywood studios.Passage ThreeQuestions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage: When Anwar out of the way, will Mahathirs war agai
36、nst foreign speculators actually help turn the economy around? The view of international financial analysts-foreigners-was largely pessimistic. Paul Krugman, from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, has suggested that the kind of financial restriction imposed by the IMF may not always be appr
37、opriateand that it might be necessary for countries like Malaysia to close the doors and pump up production to buy time for reforms. But after Mahathir took that advice, Krgman quickly addressed an open letter to the Malaysian leader, warning that capital controls can work only as a “stopgap measure
38、(权宜之策)”while putting together more fundamental banking and business reforms. Capital control “put more power into the hands of administrators, and people are rightly worried about abuse of powers,” says Simon Flint of Independent Economic Analysis in Singapore. “Intervention just leads to corruption
39、.”Mahathir has heard and rejected such arguments before. Since his days fighting the British colonialists, he has dreamed of creating a Malays-assertive, competitive, hardworking who could stand up and be proud. If nothing else, Mahathir and his business friends have always thought big-developing th
40、e worlds tallest building, the biggest dam, an Asian Silicon Valleyanything to increase the sense of national pride. Two decades of big ideas and affirmative action policies have helped pull Malays up from poverty. Now Mahathir has lives to see the birth of his New Malay Man-and, in small irony, it
41、has turned out to be Anwar. With all his confidence and worldly sophistication, Anwar epitomize (集中体现) the ideal Mahathir has sought all his life. Last week Mahathir moved to destroy his own creation, the rebel son who has stood beside the old nationalist as the answer to his dream.31.Why did Paul K
42、rugman regard capital controls as a stopgap measure?A) Because he was largely pessimistic.B) Because financial restrition is not appropriate.C) Because it benefits foreign speculators.D) Because in the long run, it will lead to abuse of powers.32.Whats the reaction of Mahathir when he heard “Interve
43、ntion just leads to corruption.”A) He has rejected such arguments before.B) He thought it right and accept it.C) He regretted what he had done.D) He moved to destroyed his own creation.33.Mahathir has always thought something big to increase the sense of national pride which lies in _.A) the worlds
44、tallest buildingB) the biggest damC) an Asian silicon valleyD) A, B and C34.How long did it take his big ideas to help pull Malays up from poverty?A) 10 years. B) 20 years.C) 12 years. D) 24 years.35.Why did Mahathir move to destroy Anuar?A) Because Anwar did not embody his ideal.B) Because Anwar tu
45、rned out to be a total failure.C) Because Anwar has stood beside the old nationalist.D) Because his dream become true.Passage FourQuestions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage: The home service industry in Beijing is expected to become more attractive both as a job and as an industry.Sources
46、 at the Beijing Peoples Political Consultative Conference said resistance to home service work is melting away from minds of the citys laidoff workers.The Conference suggested the establishment of municipal centers which supervise property management, household mending and installation, and house ke
47、eping services.Modern city life is creating a need for industrialization home services. This will create job opportunities for laidoff workers, said vice director of the Social Judicial Committee of the Conference.Beijing residents have long desired a home service industry. The demand is expected to
48、 drive new economic growth. There are few high quality home help services in Beijing and customers are always complaining.In the past, few laidoff workers in Beijing desired to work as home helpers, jobs largely taken by young women from the countryside. At the same time, some city residents have no
49、t felt safe trusting rural girls with modern household machines or with their small children. Many people would pay more for reliable house keepers who are more familiar with city life, but they have had no way of getting one, even though the city is home to thousands of laidoff workers.By the end of June this year, there were 3
