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1、1六级全真题1995 年 1 月试卷Part I Listening Comprehension (20 minutes)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

2、 there will 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 on the Answer 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

3、) 5 hours.From the conversation we know that the two were talking about some work they will start at 9 oclock in the morning and have to finish at 2 in the afternoon. 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 cen

4、ter.Sample Answer A B C D1. A) She was given a new job.B) She was given a raise.C) She was criticized for being late.D) She was praised for her hard work.2. A) Whether to employ the woman.B) Whether to take up the new job.C) Whether to ask for a raise.D) Whether to buy a new house.3. A) A teacher.B)

5、 A psychologist.C) A librarian.2D) A publisher.4. A) To visit more places in the city.B) To take a lot of pictures of the beautiful city.C) To take some pictures of his friends.D) To spare some time to meet his friends.5. A) In town.B) Out of town.C) In the mans house.D) Outside Anns house.6. A) Bec

6、ause she feels very hot in the room.B) Because she wants to avoid meeting people.C) Because she wants to smoke a cigarette outside.D) Because she doesnt like the smell of smoke inside.7. A) Painters hired by the man and woman.B) Painters hired by Mr. Jones.C) Mr. Jones.D) The man and the woman.8. A)

7、 The woman enjoyed the movie very much.B) The woman saw a horror movie.C) The man asked the woman to be careful at night.D) The man went to the show with the woman.9. A) He doesnt write well enough.B) He is not a professional writer.C) He hasnt got any professional experience.D) He didnt perform wel

8、l in the interview.10. A) He doesnt think it necessary to refuel the car.B) He can manage to get the gasoline they need.C) He hopes the woman will help him select a fuel.D) He thinks it is difficult to get fuel for the car.Section BDirections: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the

9、end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through

10、 the center.Passage one3Question 11 to 13 are based on the passage you have just heard.11. A) Because they cant afford to.B) Because they think small houses are more comfortable to live in.C) Because big houses are usually built in the countryside.D) Because they prefer apartments.12. A) Because man

11、y young people have moved into comfortable apartments.B) Because many old houses in the bad part of the town are not inhabited.C) Because many older people sell their houses after their children leave.D) Because many people have quit their old houses to build new ones.13. A) They have to do their ow

12、n maintenance.B) They have to furnish their own houses.C) They will find it difficult to make the rest of the payment.D) They will find it difficult to dispose of their old-style furniture.Passage TwoQuestions 14 to 16 are based on the passage you have just heard.14. A) They are not active hunters.B

13、) They dont sleep much.C) They are often seen alone.D) They dont eat much.15. A) To catch the birds.B) To look for shade in the heat of the day.C) To catch other animals.D) To look for a kill made by another animal.16. A) They are larger in size.B) They run faster.C) They have to hunt more to feed t

14、he young.D) They are not as lazy as the males.Passage ThreeQuestions 17 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard.17. A) Less than 30 minutes.B) From 30 to 45 minutes.C) At least 45 minutes.D) More than 45 minutes.18. A) He should show respect for the interviewer.B) He should show confidenc

15、e in himself.C) He should talk enthusiastically.4D) He should be dressed properly.19. A) Speaking confidently but not aggressively.B) Talking loudly to give a lasting impression.C) Talking a lot about the job.D) Speaking politely and emotionally.20. A) Professional knowledge is a decisive factor in

16、job interview.B) Finding a job is more difficult than one can imagine.C) A job seeker should create a good image during an interview.D) Self-confidence is most important for a job seeker.Part II Reading Comprehension (35 minutes)Direction: There are 4 passages in this part. Each passage is followed

17、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 OneQuestions 21 to 25 are based on the following passa

18、ge:The process of perceiving other people is rarely translated (to ourselves or others) into cold, objective terms. “She was 5 feet 8 inches tall, had fair hair, and wore a colored skirt.” More often, we try to get inside the other person to pinpoint his or her attitudes, emotions, motivations, abil

19、ities, ideas and characters. Furthermore, we sometimes behave as if we can accomplish this difficult job very quickly-perhaps with a two-second glance.We try to obtain information about others in many ways. Berger suggests several methods for reducing uncertainties about others: watching, without be

20、ing noticed, a person interacting with others, particularly with others who are known to you so you can compare the observed persons behavior with the known others behavior; observing a person in a situation where social behavior is relatively unrestrained or where a wide variety of behavioral respo

21、nses are called for; deliberately structuring the physical or social environment so as to observe the persons responses to specific stimuli; asking people who have had or have frequent contact with the person about him or her; and using various strategies in face-to-face interaction to uncover infor

22、mation about another person-questions, self-disclosures（自我表露）, and so on. Getting to know someone is a never-ending task, largely because people are constantly changing and the methods we use to obtain information are often imprecise. You may have known someone for ten years and still know very litt

23、le about him. If we accept the idea that we wont ever fully know another person, it enables us 5to deal more easily with those things that get in the way of accurate knowledge such as secrets and deceptions. It will also keep us from being too surprised or shocked by seemingly inconsistent behavior.

24、 Ironically（讽刺性地）, those things that keep us from knowing another person too well (e.g., secrets and deceptions) may be just as important to the development of a satisfying relationship as those things that enable us to obtain accurate knowledge about a person (e.g., disclosures and truthful stateme

25、nts).21. The word “pinpoint” (Para.1, Line 3) basically means _.A) appreciateB) obtainC) interpretD) identify22. What do we learn from the first paragraph?A) People are better described in cold, objective terms.B) The difficulty of getting to know a person is usually underestimated.C) One should not

26、 judge people by their appearances.D) One is usually subjective when assessing other peoples personality.23. It can be inferred from Bergers suggestions that _.A) People do not reveal their true self on every occasion.B) in most cases we should avoid contacting the observed person directlyC) the bes

27、t way to know a person is by making comparisons.D) face-to-face interaction is the best strategy to uncover information about a person24. In developing personal relationships, secrets and deceptions, in the authors opinion, are _.A) personal matters that should be seriously dealt withB) barriers tha

28、t should be done away with.C) as significant as disclosures and truthful statementsD) things people should guard against25. The authors purpose in writing the passage is _.A) to give advice on appropriate conduct for social occasionsB) to provide ways of how to obtain information about peopleC) to c

29、all the readers attention to the negative side of peoples charactersD) to discuss the various aspects of getting to know peoplePassage TwoQuestions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage:The competition among producers of personal computers is essentially a race to get the best, most innovative

30、 products to the marketplace. Marketers in this environment frequently 6have to make a judgement as to their competitors role when making marketing strategy decisions. If major competitors are changing their products, then a marketer may want to follow suit to remain competitive. Apple Computer, Inc

31、. has introduced two new, faster personal computers, the Mackintosh II and Mackintosh SE, in anticipation of the introduction of a new PC by IBM, one of Apples major competitors.Apples new computers are much faster and more powerful than its earlier models. The improved Mackintosh is able to run pro

32、grams that previously were impossible to run on an Apple PC, including IBM-compatible（兼容的）programs. This compatibility feature illustrates computer manufacturers new attitude of giving customers the features they want. Making Apple computers capable of running IBM software is Apples effort at making

33、 the Mackintosh compatible with IBM computers and thus more popular in the office, where Apple hopes to increase sales. Users of the new Apple can also add accessories（附件）to make their machines specialize in specific uses, such as engineering and writing.The new computers represent a big improvement

34、 over past models, but they also cost much more. Company officials do not think the higher price will slow down buyers who want to step up to a more powerful computer. Apple wants to stay in the high-price end of the personal computer market to finance research for even faster, more sophisticated co

35、mputers.Even though Apple and IBM are major competitors, both companies realize that their competitors computers have certain features that their own models do not. The Apple line has always been popular for its sophisticated color graphics（图形）, whereas the IBM machines have always been favored in o

36、ffices. In the future, there will probably be more compatibility between the two companies products, which no doubt will require that both Apple and IBM change marketing strategies.26. According to the passage, Apple Computer, Inc, has introduced the Mackintosh II and the Mackintosh SE because _.A)

37、IBM is changing its computer models continuouslyB) it wants to make its machines specialize in specific usesC) it wants to stay ahead of IBM in the competitive computer marketD) it expects its major competitor IBM to follow its example27. Apple hopes to increase Mackintosh sales chiefly by _.A) maki

38、ng its new models capable of running IBM softwareB) improving the color graphics of its new modelsC) copying the marketing strategies of IBMD) giving the customers what they want28. Apple sells its new computer models at a high price because _.A) they have new features and functionsB) they are more

39、sophisticated than other modelsC) they have new accessories attached7D) it wants to accumulate funds for future research29. It can be inferred from the passage that both Apple and IBM try to gain a competitive advantage by _.A) copying each others technologyB) incorporating features that make their

40、products distinctiveC) making their computers more expensiveD) making their computers run much faster30. The best title for the passage would be _.A) Apples Efforts to Stay Ahead of IBMB) Apples New Computer TechnologyC) Apples New personal ComputersD) Apples Research ActivitiesPassage ThreeQuestion

41、s 31 to 35 are based on the following passage:It is a curious paradox that we think of the physical sciences as “hard”, the social sciences as “soft”, and the biological sciences as somewhere in between. This is interpreted to mean that our knowledge of physical systems is more certain than our know

42、ledge of biological systems, and these in turn are more certain than our knowledge of social system. In terms of our capacity to sample the relevant universes, however, and the probability that our images of these universes are at least approximately correct, one suspects that a reverse order is mor

43、e reasonable. We are able to sample earths social systems with some degree of confidence that we have a reasonable sample of the total universe being investigated. Our knowledge of social systems, therefore, while it is in many ways extremely inaccurate, is not likely to be seriously overturned by n

44、ew discoveries. Even the folk knowledge in social systems on which ordinary life is based in earning, spending, organizing, marrying, taking part in political activities, fighting and so on, is not very dissimilar from the more sophisticated images of the social system derived from the social scienc

45、es, even though it is built upon the every imperfect samples of personal experience.In contrast, our image of the astronomical universe, or even of earths geological history, can easily be subject to revolutionary changes as new data comes in and new theories are worked out. If we define the “securi

46、ty” of our image of various parts of the total system as the probability of their suffering significant changes, then we would reverse the order of hardness and see the social sciences as the most secure, the physical sciences as the least secure, and again the biological sciences as somewhere in be

47、tween. Our image of the astronomical universe is the least secure of all simply because we observe such a fantastically small sample of it and its record-keeping is trivial as compared with the rich records of the social system, or 8even the limited records of biological systems. Records of the astr

48、onomical universe, despite the fact that we see distant things as they were long ago, are limited in the extreme.Even in regard to such a close neighbour as the moon, which we have actually visited, theories about its origin and history are extremely different, contradictory, and hard to choose amon

49、g. Our knowledge of physical evolution is incomplete and highly insecure.31. The word “paradox” (Para.1, Line 1) means “_”.A) implicationB) contradictionC) interpretationD) confusion32. According to the author, we should reverse our classification of the physical sciences as “hard” and the social sciences as “soft” because _.A) a reverse ordering will help promote the development of the physical sciencesB) our knowledge of physical systems is more reliable than that of s