2008年6月英语六级真题及答案（含听力原文）.pdf
1/282008 年年 6 月大学英语六级月大学英语六级(CET-6)真题试卷真题试卷Part Writing(30 minutes)注意：此部分试题在答题卡注意：此部分试题在答题卡 1 上。上。Directions:For this part,you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay entitled Will E-booksReplace Traditional Books?You should write at least 150 words following the outlinegiven below.1.随着信息技术的发展，电子图书越来越多2.有人认为电子图书会取代传统图书，理由是3.我的看法Will E-books Replace Traditional Books?Part IIReadingComprehension(Skimming and Scanning)(15minutes)Directions:Directions:In this part,you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage quickly and answer thequestions on Answer Sheet 1.For questions 1-7,choose the best answer from thefour choices marked A,B,C and D.For questions 8-10,complete thesentences with the information given in the passage.What will the world be like in fifty years?This week some top scientists,including Nobel Prize winners,gave their vision of howthe world will look in 2056,fron gas-powered cars to extraordinary health advances,JohnIngham reports on what the worlds finest minds believe our futures will be.For those of us lucky enough to live that long,2056 will be a world of almost perpetualyouth,where obesity is a remote memory and robots become our companions.We will be rubbing shoulders with aliens and colonizing outer space.Better still,ourdescendants might at last live in a world at peace with itself.The prediction is that we will have found a source of inexbaustible,safe,green energy,and that science will have killed off religion.If they are right we will have removed two of the第 1 页 共 28 页2/28main causes of war-our dependence on oil and religious prejudice.Will we really,as todays scientists claim,be able to live for ever or at least cheat theageing process so that the average person lives to 150?Of course,all these predictions come with a scientific health warning.Harvard professorSteven Pinker says:“This is an invitation to look foolish,as with the predictions of domedcities and nuclear-powered vacuum cleaners that were made 50 year ago.”Living longerAnthony Atala,director of the Wake Forest Institute in North Carolina,belives failingorgans will be repaired by injecting cells into the body.They will naturally to straight to theinjury and help heal it.A system of injections without needles could also slow the ageingprocess by using the same process to“tune”cells.Bruce Lahn,professor of human genetics at the University of Chicago,anticipates theability to produce“unlimited supplies”of transplantable human organs without the needed anew organ,such as kidney,the surgeon would contact a commercial organ producer,give himthe patients immuno-logical profile and would then be sent a kidney with the correct tissuetype.These organs would be entirely composed of human cells,grown by introducing theminto animal hosts,and alloweing them to deveoop into and organ in place of the animals own.But Prof.Lahn believes that farmed brains would be“off limits”.He says:“Very few peoplewould want to have their brains replaced by someone elses and we probably dont want to puta human brain ing an animal body.”Richard Miller,a professor at the University of Michigan,thinks scientist coulddevelop“an thentic anti-ageing drugs”by working out how cells in larger animals such aswhales and human resist many forms of injuries.He says:“Its is now routine,in laboratorymammals,to extend lifespan by about 40%.Turning on the same protective systems in peopleshould,by 2056,create the first class of 100-year-olds who are as vigorous and productive astodays people in their 60s”AliensConlin Pillinger,professor of planerary sciences at the Open University,says:”I fancy thatat least we will be able to show that life didi start to evolve on Mars well as Earth.”Within50years he hopes scientists will prove that alien life came here in Martian meteorites(陨石).Chris McKay,a planetary scientist at NASAs Ames Research Center.believes that in 50years we may find evidence of alien life in ancient permanent forst of Mars or on otherplaners.He adds:”There is even a chance we will find alien life forms here on Earth.It mightbe asdifferent as English is to Chinese.Priceton professor Freeman Dyson thinks it“likely”that life form outer space will bediscovered defore 2056 because the tools for finding it,such as optical and radio detection anddata processing,are improving.He ays:”As soon as the first evidence is found,we will know what to look for andadditional discoveries are likely to follow quickly.Such discoveries are likely to haverevolutionary consequences for biology,astronomy and philosophy.They may change the waywe look at ourselves and our place in the universe.Colonies in space第 2 页 共 28 页3/28Richard Gottprofessor of astrophysics at Princeton,hopes man will set up a self-sufficientcolony on Mars,which would be a“life insurance policy against whatever catastrophes,naturalor otherwise,might occur on Earth.“The real space race is whether we will colonise off Earth on to other worlds beforemoney for the space programme runs out.”Spinal injuriesEllen Heber-Katz,a professor at the Wistar Institude in Philadelphia,foresees cures forinijuries causing paralysis such as the one that afflicated Superman star Christopher Reeve.She says:”I believe that the day is not far off when we will be able to profescribe drugsthat cause severes(断裂的)spinal cords to heal,hearts to regenerate and lost limbs to regrow.“People will come to expect that injured or diseased organs are meant to be repaired fromwithin,inmuch the same way that we fix an appliance or automobile:by replancing thedamaged part with a manufacturer-certified new part.”She predict that within 5 to 10 yearsfingers and toes will be regrown and limbs will start to be regrown a few years later.Repariesto the nervous system will start with optic nerves and,in time,the spinal cord.”Within 50yearswhole body replacement will be routine,”Prof.Heber-Katz adds.ObesitySydney Brenner,senior distinguished fellow of the Crick-Jacobs Center in California,wonthe 2002 Noblel Prize for Medicine and says that if there is a global disaster some humans willsurvive-and evolition will favour small people with bodies large enough to support therequired amount of brain power.”Obesity,”he says.”will have been solved.”RobotsRodney Brooks,professor of robotice at MIT,says the problems of developing artificialintelligence for robots will be at least partly overcome.As a result,”the possibilities for robotsworking with people will open up immensely”EnergyBill Joy,green technology expert in Califomia,says:”The most significant breakthroughtwould be to have an inexhaustible source of safe,green energy that is substantially cheaperthan any existing energy source.”Ideally,such a source would be safe in that it could not be made into weapons and wouldnot make hazardous or toxic waste or carbon dioxide,the main greenhouse gas blamed forglobal warming.SocietyGeoffrey Miller,evolutionary psychologist at the University of New Mexico,says:”TheUS will follow the UKin realizing that religion is nor a prerequisite(前提)for ordinary humandecency.“This,science will kill religion-not by reason challenging faith but by offering a morepractical,uniwersal and rewarding moral frameworkfor human interaction.”He also predicts that“ahsurdly wasteful”displays of wealth will become umfashionablewhile the importance of close-knit communities and families will become clearer.These there changer,he says,will help make us all”brigheter,wiser,happier and kinder”.注意：此部分试题请在答题卡 1 上作答。1.What is john lnghams report about?A)Asolution to the global energy crisis第 3 页 共 28 页4/28B)Extraordinary advances in technology.C)The latest developments of medical scienceD)Scientistsvision of the world in halfa century2.According to Harvard professor Steven Pinker,predictions about the future_.A)may invite troubleB)may not come trueC)will fool the publicD)do more harm than good3.Professor Bruce Lahn of the University of Chicago predicts that_.A)humans wont have to donate organs for transplantationB)more people will donate their organs for transplantationC)animal organs could be transplanted into human bodiesD)organ transplantation wont be as scary as it is today4.According to professor Richard Miller of the University of Michigarr,prople will_.A)life for as long as they wishB)be relieved from all sufferingsC)life to 100 and more with vitalityD)be able to live longer than whales5.Priceton professor Freeman Syson thinks that_.A)scientists will find alien life similar to oursB)humans will be able to settle on MarsC)alien life will likely be discoveredD)life will start to evolve on Mars6.According to Princeton professor Richard Gott,by setting up a self-sufficient colony onMars,Humans_.A)Might survie allcatastrophes on earthB)Might acquire ample natural resourcesC)Will be able to travel to Mars freelyD)Will move there to live a better life7.Ellen Heber-Katz,professor at the Wistar Institue in Philadelpia,predicts that_.A)human organs can bu manufactured like appliancesB)people will be as strong and dymamic as supermenC)human nerves can be replanced by optic fibersD)lost fingers and limbs will be able to regrow8.rodney Brooks says that it will be possible for robots to work with humans as a result or thedevelopment of_artificaial intelligence for robots_9.The most significant breakthrough predicted by Bill joy will be an inexhaustible green第 4 页 共 28 页5/28energy source that cant be used to make_pollutions_10.According to Geoffrey Miller,science will offer a more practical,universal and rewardingmoral framework in place of _religion_Part IIIListening Comprehension(35 minutes)SectionADirections:In this section,you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations.At the endof each conversation,one or more questions will be asked about what was said.Boththe conversation and the questions will be spoken only once.After each question therewill 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 onAnswer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.注意注意:此部分试题请在答题卡此部分试题请在答题卡 2 上作答上作答11.A)The man might be able to play in the World Cup.B)The mans football career seems to be at an end.C)The man was operated on a few weeks ago.D)The man is a fan of world-famous football players.12.A)Work out a plan to tighten his budgetB)Find out the opening hours of the cafeteria.C)Apply for a senior position in the restaurant.D)Solve his problem by doing a part-time job.13.A)Afinancial burden.C)Areal nuisance.B)Agood companionD)Awell-trained pet.14.A)The errors will be corrected soon.C)The computing system is too complex.B)The woman was mistaken herself.D)He has called the woman several times.15.A)He needs help to retrieve his files.C)He needs some time to polish his paper.B)He has to type his paper once more.D)He will be away for a two-weekconference.16.A)They might have to change their plan.B)He has got everything set for their trip.C)He has a heavier workload than the woman.D)They could stay in the mountains until June 8.17.A)They have wait a month to apply for a student loan.第 5 页 共 28 页6/28B)They can find the application forms in the brochure.C)They are not eligible for a student loan.D)They are not late for a loan application.18.A)New laws are yet to be made to reduce pollutant release.B)Pollution has attracted little attention from the public.C)The quality of air will surely change for the better.D)Itll take years to bring air pollution under control.Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard.19.A)Enormous size of its stores.C)Its appealing surroundings.B)Numerous varieties of food.D)Its rich and colorful history.20.A)An ancient building.C)An Egyptian museum.B)Aworld of antiques.D)An Egyptian Memorial.21.A)Its power bill reaches$9 million a year.B)It sells thousands of light bulbs a day.C)It supplies power to a nearby town.D)It generates 70%of the electricity it uses.22.A)11,500C)250,000B)30,000D)300,000Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.23.A)Transferring to another department.C)Thinking about doing a different job.B)Studying accounting at a universityD)Making preparation for her wedding.24.A)She has finally got a promotion and a pay raise.B)She has got a satisfactory job in another company.C)She could at last leave the accounting department.D)She managed to keep her position in the company.25.A)He andAndrea have proved to be a perfect match.B)He changed his mind about marriage unexpectedly.C)He declared that he would remain single all his life.D)He would marryAndrea even without meeting her.Section BDirections:In this section,you will hear 3 short passages.At the end of each passage,you will hearsome questions.Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once.After you hear aquestion,you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A),B),C)and D).Thenmark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.Passage One第 6 页 共 28 页7/28Questions 26 to 29 are based on the passage you have just heard.26.A)They are motorcycles designated for water sports.B)They are speedy boats restricted in narrow waterways.C)They are becoming an efficient form of water transportation.D)They are getting more popular as a means or water recreation.27.A)Waterscooter operatorslackof experience.B)Vacationersdisregard of water safety rules.C)Overloading of small boats and other craft.D)Carelessness of people boating along the shore.28.A)They scare whales to death.C)They discharge toxic emissions.B)They produce too much noise.D)They endanger lots of water life.29.A)Expand operating areas.C)Limit the use of waterscooters.B)Restrict operating hours.D)Enforce necessary regulations.Passage TwoQuestions 30 to 32 are based on the passage you have just heard.30.A)They are stable.C)They are strained.C)They are close.D)They are changing.31.A)They are fully occupied with their own business.B)Not many of them stay in the same place for long.C)Not many of them can win trust from their neighbors.D)They attach less importance to interpersonal relations.32.A)Count on each other for help.C)Keep a friendly distance.B)Give each other a cold shoulder.D)Build a fence between them.Passage ThreeQuestions 33 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.33.A)It may produce an increasing number of idle youngsters.B)It may affect the quality of higher education inAmerica.C)It may cause many schools to go out of operation.D)It may lead to a lack of properly educated workers.34A）It is less serious in cities than in rural areas.B)It affects both junior and senior high schools.C)It results from a worsening economic climate.D)It is a new challenge facingAmerican educators.35.A)Allowing them to choose their favorite teachers.第 7 页 共 28 页8/28B)Creating a more relaxed learning environment.C)Rewarding excellent academic performance.D)Helping them to develop better study habits.Section CDirections:In this section,you will hear a passage three times.When
