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1、XXXX 年年 1 1 月大学英语六级真题及答案月大学英语六级真题及答案Part II Reading Comprehension (35 minutes) Directions:There are 4 passages in this part Each passage is followedby some questions or finished statements. For each of themthere are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You shoulddecide on the best choice and mark

2、the corresponding letteron the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.Passage One Questions 21 to 25 are based on the followingpassage. Our culture has caused most Americans to assumenot only that our language is universal but that thegestures we use are understood by everyone. We do not

3、realize that waving good-bye is the way to summon a personfrom the Philippines to one#39;s side, or that in Italy andsome Latin-American countries, curling the finger tooneself is a sign of farewell. Those private citizens whosent packages to our troops oupying Germany after World WarII and marked t

4、hem GIFT to escape duty payments did notbother to find out that Gift means poison in German.Moreover, we like to think of ourselves as friendly, yet weprefer to be at least 3 feet or an arm#39;s length awayfrom others. Latins and Middle Easterners like to e closerand touch, which makes Americans unf

5、ortable. Our linguistic(语言上的) and cultural blindness and the casualness withwhich we take notice of the developed tastes, gestures,customs and languages of other countries, are losing usfriends, business and respect in the world. Even here inthe United States , we make few concessions to the needs o

6、fforeign visitors. There are no information signs in fourlanguages on our public buildings or monuments; we do nothave multilingual (多语言的)guided tours. Very fewrestaurant menus have translations, and multilingualwaiters, bank clerks and policemen are rare. Ourtransportation systems have maps in Engl

7、ish only and oftenwe ourselves have difficulty understanding them. When we goabroad, we tend to cluster in hotels and restaurants whereEnglish is spoken. Then attitudes and information we pickup are conditioned by those natives usually the richer who speak English. Our business dealings, as well as

8、thenation#39;s diplomacy, are conducted through interpreters.For many years, America and Americans could get by withcultural blindness and linguistic ignorance. After all,America was the most powerful country of the free world,the distributor of needed funds and goods.But all that is past. American

9、dollars no longer buy allgood things, and we are slowly beginning to realize thatour proper role in the world is changing. A 1979 Harrispoll reported that 55 percent of Americans want thiscountry to play a more significant role in world affairs;we want to have a hand in the important decisions of th

10、enext century, even though it may not always be the upperhand. 21.It can be inferred that Americans being approachedtoo closely by Middle Easterners would most probably . A)stand still C) step forward B) jump aside D) draw back22.The author gives many examples to criticize Americansfor their . A) cu

11、ltural self-centeredness C) indifferencetowards foreign visitors B) casual manners D) arrogancetowards other cultures 23.In countries other than their ownmost Americans . A) are isolated by the local people B) arenot well informed due to the language barrier C) tend toget along well with the natives

12、 D) need interpreters inhotels and restaurants 24.Aording to the author,Americans#39; cultural blindness and linguistic ignorancewill . A) affect their image in the new era B) cutthemselves off from the outside world C) limit their rolein world affairs D) weaken the position of the US dollar25.The a

13、uthor#39;s intention in writing this article is tomake Americans realize that . A) it is dangerous to ignoretheir foreign friends B) it is important to maintain theirleading role in world affairs C) it is necessary to useseveral languages in public places D) it is time to getacquainted with other cu

14、ltures Passage Two Questions 26 to30 are based on the following passage. In department storesand closets all over the world, they are waiting. Theiroutward appearance seems rather appealing because they e ina variety of styles, textures, and colors. But they areultimately the biggest deception that

15、exists in the fashionindustry today. what are they? They are high heels awoman#39;s worst enemy (whether she knows it or not). Highheel shoes are the downfall of modern society. Fashionmyths have led women to believe that they are morebeautiful or sophisticated for wearing heels, but inreality, heel

16、s sueed in posing short as well as long termhardships. Women should fight the high heel industry byrefusing to use or purchase them in order to save the worldfrom unnecessary physical and psychological suffering. Forthe sake of fairness, it must be noted that there is apositive side to high heels. F

17、irst, heels are excellent foraerating (使通气)lawns. Anyone who has ever worn heels ongrass knows what I am talking about. A simple trip aroundthe yard in a pair of those babies eliminates all need tocall for a lawn care specialist, and provides the perfect-sized holes to give any lawn oxygen without a

18、ll those messychunks of dirt lying around. Second, heels are quitefunctional for defense against oning enemies, who caneasily be scared away by threatening them with a pair ofthese sharp, deadly fashion aessories. Regardless of suchpractical uses for heels, the fact remains that wearinghigh heels is

19、 harmful to one#39;s physical health. Talk toany podiatrist (足病医生)， and you will hear that themajority of their business es from high-heel-wearing women.High heels are known to cause problems such as deformedfeet and torn toenails. The risk of severe back problemsand twisted or broken ankles is thre

20、e times higher for ahigh heel wearer than for a flat shoe wearer. Wearing heelsalso creates the threat of getting a heel caught in asidewalk crack or a sewer-grate (阴沟栅) and being thrownto the groundpossibly breaking a nose, back, or neck. Andof course, after wearing heels for a day, any woman knows

21、she can look forward to a night of pain as she tries tofort her swollen, aching feet. 26. What makes women blindto the deceptive nature of high heels? A) The multi-functional use of high heels. B) Their attempt to show offtheir status. C) The rich variety of high heel styles. D)Their wish to improve

22、 their appearance. 27.The author#39;spresentation of the positive side of high heels is meant .A) to be ironic C)to be fair to the fashion industry B) topoke fun at women D) to make his point convincing 28.Theauthor uses the expression “those babies” (Line 3, Para.2) to refer to high heels . A) to s

23、how their fragilecharacteristics C) to show women#39;s affection for them B)to indicate their feminine features D) to emphasize theirsmall size 29.The author#39;s chief argument against highheels is that . A) they pose a threat to lawns B) they areinjurious to women#39;s health C) they don#39;t nece

24、ssarilymake women beautiful D) they are ineffective as a weapon ofdefense 30.It can be inferred from the passage that womenshould . A) see through the very nature of fashion myths B)boycott the products of the fashion industry C) go to apodiatrist regularly for advice D) avoid following fashiontoo c

25、losely Passage Three Questions 31 to 35 are based onthe following passage. It is hardly necessary for me tocite all the evidence of the depressing state of literacy.These figures from the Department of Education aresufficient: 27 million Americans cannot read at all, and afurther 35 million read at

26、a level that is less thansufficient to survive in our society. But my own worrytoday is less that of the overwhelming problem of elementalliteracy than it is of the slightly more luxurious problemof the decline in the skill even of the middle-class reader,of his unwillingness to afford those spaces

27、of silence,those luxuries of domesticity and time and concentration,that surround the image of the classic act of reading. Ithas been suggested that almost 80 percent of America#39;sliterate, educated teenagers can no longer read without anaompanying noise(music)in the background or a televisionscre

28、en flickering (闪烁) at the corner of their field ofperception. We know very little about the brain and how itdeals with simultaneous conflicting input, but every mon-sense intuition suggests we should be profoundly alarmed.This violation of concentration, silence, solitude (独处的状态)goes to the very hea

29、rt of our notion of literacy; thisnew form of part-reading, of part-perception againstbackground distraction, renders impossible certainessential acts of apprehension and concentration, let alonethat most important tribute any human being can pay to apoem or a piece of prose he or she really loves,

30、which isto learn it by heart. Not by brain, by heart; theexpression is vital. Under these circumstances, thequestion of what future there is for the arts of reading isa real one. Ahead of us lie technical, psychic (心理的),and social transformations probably much more dramatic thanthose brought about b

31、y Gutenberg, the German inventor inprinting. The Gutenberg revolution, as we now know it, tooka long time; its effects are still being debated. Theinformation revolution will touch every fact of position,publication, distribution, and reading. No one in the bookindustry can say with any confidence w

32、hat will happen tothe book as we#39;ve known it. 31.The picture of thereading ability of the American people, drawn by the author,is . A) rather bleak C) very impressive B) fairly bright D)quite encouraging 32.The author#39;s biggest concern is . A)elementary school children#39;s disinterest in read

33、ingclassics B) the surprisingly low rate of literacy in theU.S. C) the musical setting American readers require forreading D) the reading ability and reading behavior of themiddle class 33.A major problem with most adolescents whocan read is . A) their fondness of music and TV programs B)their ignor

34、ance of various forms of art and literature C)their lack of attentiveness and basic understanding D)their inability to focus on conflicting input 34.The authorclaims that the best way a reader can show admiration for apiece of poetry or prose is . A) to be able to appreciateit and memorize it B) to

35、analyze its essential features C)to think it over conscientiously D) to make a fairappraisal of its artistic value 35. About the future of thearts of reading the author feels . A) upset C) alarmed B)uncertain D) pessimistic Passage Four Questions 35 to 40are based on the following passage. For centu

36、ries,explorers have risked their lives venturing into theunknown for reasons that were to varying degrees economicand nationalistic. Columbus went west to look for bettertrade routes to the Orient and to promote the greater gloryof Spain , Lewis and Clark journeyed into the Americanwilderness to fin

37、d out what the U.S had acquired when itpurchased Louisinan, and the Appolo astronauts rocketed tothe moon in a dramatic show of technological muscle duringthe cold war.Although their missions blended mercial and political-military imperatives, the explorers involved all aomplishedsome significant sc

38、ience simple by going where noscientists had gone before.Today Mars looms(隐约出现)as humanity#39;s next great terraincognita(未探明之地).And with doubtful prospects for ashort-term financial return, with the cold war a rapidlyfading memory and amid a growing emphasis on internationalcooperation in large spa

39、ce ventures, it is clear thatimperatives other than profits or nationalism will have topel human beings to leave their tracks on the pla#39;sreddish surface. Could it be that science, which has longplayed a minor role in exploration, is at last destined totake a leading role? The question naturally

40、invites acouple of others; Are there experiment that only humancould do on Mars? Could those experiments provide insightsprofound enough to justify the expense of sending peopleacross interplaary space? With Mars the scientific stakesare arguably higher than they have ever been. The issue ofwhether

41、life ever existed on the pla, and whether itpersists to this day, has been highlighted by mountingevidence that the Red Pla once had abundant stable, liquidwater and by the continuing controversy over suggestionsthat bacterial fossils rode to Earth on a meteorite(陨石)from Mars. A more conclusive answ

42、er about life on Mars,past or present, would give researchers invaluable dataabout the range of conditions under which a pla cangenerate the plex chemistry that leads to life. If it couldbe established that life arose independently on Mars andEarth, the finding would provide the first concrete clues

43、in one of the deepest mysteries in all of science: theprevalence of life in the universe. 36.Aording to thepassage, the chief purpose of explorers in going to unknownplaces in the past was. A. to display their country#39;smilitary mightB. to aomplish some significant science C. to find newareas for

44、colonizationD. to pursue mercial and state interests 37.At present, aprobable inducement for countries to initiate large-scalespace ventures is. A. international cooperation B.scientific research C. nationalistic reasons D. long-termprofits 38.What is the main goal of sending human missionsto Mars?

45、A. To find out if life ever existed there. B. Tosee if humans could survive there. C. To prove thefeasibility of large-scale space ventures. D. To show theleading role of science in space exploration. 39.By sayingWith Mars the scientific stakes are arguably higher thanthey have ever been(Line 1, Par

46、a 4).the author means that.A. with Mars the risks involved are much greater than anyprevious space ventures B. in the case of Mars ,the rewardsof scientific exploration can be very high C. in the caseof Mars, much more research funds are needed than everbefore D. with Mars. scientists argue, the fun

47、damentalinterests of science are at issue 40. The passage tells usthat proof of life on Mars would. A. make clear the plexchemistry in the development of life B. confirm thesuggestion that bacterial fossils travelled to Earth on ameteorite C. reveal the kind of conditions under which lifeoriginates

48、D. provide an explanation why life is mon in theuniversePart Vocabulary (20miuntes) Direstions: There are 30inplete sentences in this part .For each sentence there arefour choices marked A),B),C) and D. choose the ONE answerthat best pletes the sentence. Then mark the correspondingletter on the Answ

49、er Sheet with a single line through thecentre. 41.If you want this painkiller, youll have to askthe doctor for a . A)transaction C)settlement B)permitD)prescription 42.The form childhood to adulthood isalways critical time for everybody. A)conversion C)turnoverB)transition D)transformation 43.It is

50、hard to tell whetherwe are going to have a boom in the economy or a .A)concession C)submission B)recession D)transmission 44.Hisuse of color, light and form quickly departed from theconventional style of his as he developed own technique.A)descendants C)suessors B)predecessors D)ancestors45.Failure