1996年1月大学英语六级(CET-6)真题试卷.doc

1、考试吧(E)-第一个极力推崇人性化服务的专业考试培训网站！提供历年试题，模拟试题，模拟盘，教程，专业课试题下载，考试培训等。每日更新!声明：本资料由 考试吧（E） 收集整理，转载请注明出自 http:/ 服务：面向较高学历人群，提供计算机类，外语类，学历类，资格类，会计类，工程类，医学类等七大类考试的全套考试信息服务及考前培训.1996年1月大学英语六级(CET-6)真题试卷Part I Listening comprehension (20 minutes)Section ADirections:In this section, you will hear 10 short conversa

2、tions. 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 pause, you must read the four choices marked A), B), C) and D), and decide which is the best an

3、swer. 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 the conversation we know that the two were talking about some work they will start at 9 oclock in the morning and ha

4、ve 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 center.Sample Answer A B C D1.A) The flight has been canceled.B) The plane is late.C) The plane is on time.D) The tickets for this fli

5、ght have been sold out.（B）2.A) He is not to blame.B) It was his fault.C) He will accept all responsibility.D) He will be more careful next time.（A）3.A) The man is a forgetful person.B) The typewriter is not new.C) The man can have the typewriter later.D) The man misunderstood her.（A）4.A) There will

6、be heavy fog in all areas.B) There will be heavy rain by midnight.C) There will be heavy fog in the east.D) There will be fog in all areas by midnight.（D）5.A) Shes scornful.B) Shes angry.C) Shes sympathetic.D) Shes worried.（C）6.A) He likes the job of a dish-washer because it pays well.B) He thinks i

7、ts important to have a good job from the beginning.C) He hates to be a dish-washer because its boring.D) He would work as a dish-washer in summer if he has to.（D）7.A) She must learn to understand Johns humor better.B) She enjoys Johns humor a great deal.C) She doesnt appreciate Johns humor.D) She th

8、inks John is not funny enough.（C）8.A) Joan may have taken a wrong train.B) Joan will miss the next conference.C) Joan wont come to the conference.D) Joan may be late for the opening speech.（D）9.A) She has been dismissed for her poor performance.B) She has been fired by the company.C) She has been gr

9、anted leave for one month.D) She has been offered a new job.（B）10.A) It will last for two weeks.B) It has come to a halt.C) It will end before long.D) It will probably continue.（D）Section BDirections:In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of passage, you will hear some questions

10、. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear 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 the centre.Passage oneQuestion 11 to 13 are based

11、on the passage you have just heard.11.A) She was an office worker.B) She was a physician.C) She was a cleaner.D) She was a social worker.（C）12.A) Because she could not sleep well at night.B) Because she hoped to earn more money.C) Because she could not find a daytime job.D) Because she needed a chan

12、ge and a lighter job.（D）13.A) She works six nights every fortnight.B) She does not take part in social activities in her working days.C) She has been a night nurse in a hospital for about 25 years.D) She is not satisfied with her present job.（B）Passage TwoQuestions 14 to 17 are based on the passage

13、you have just heard.14.A) A small town in Britain.B) A new type of jail.C) A labour camp.D) A big gymnasium in Scotland.（B）15.A) Women criminals in Scotland.B) Criminals who are given long sentences.C) Criminals who are given short sentences.D) Criminals in Scotland.（A）16.A) The reward the prisoners

14、 get for their work.B) The comfortable accommodation.C) The way the prisoners are treated.D) The officers sympathy for the prisoners.（C）17.A) To give the prisoners more freedom.B) To help the prisoners keep their self-respect.C) To help the prisoners develop the sense of independence.D) To turn the

15、prisoners into skilled workers.（B）Passage ThreeQuestions 18 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard.18.A) On an airplane.B) Near the terminal building.C) In a coach to the city.D) In the waiting room.（A）19.A) Near the airport hotel.B) At the travelers information desk.C) Outside the Custo

16、ms Hall.D) In the center of the city.（C）20.A) The departure tax they have to pay on their next international flight.B) The distance they have to travel from the airport to the city center.C) The prices the major hotels charge.D) The place where taxis are waiting to be hired.（A）Part II Reading Compre

17、hension (35 minutes)Directions:There are 4 reading passages in this part. Each passage is following 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 and mark the corresponding letter on the

18、Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage:Material culture refers to the touchable, material “things”physical objects that can be seen, held, felt, usedthat a culture produces. Examining a cultures tools and technology can tell us about

19、the groups history and way of life. Similarly, research into the material culture of music can help us to understand the music-culture. The most vivid body of “things” in it, of course, are musical instruments. We cannot hear for ourselves the actual sound of any musical performance before the 1870s

20、 when the phonograph was invented, so we rely on instruments for important information about music-cultures it the remote past and their development. Here we have two kinds of evidence: instruments well preserved and instruments pictures in art. Through the study of instruments, as well preserved Pa

21、intings, written documents, and so on, we can explore the movement of music from the Neat East to China over a thousand years ago, or we can outline the spread of Near eastern influence to Europe that results in the development of most of the instruments on the symphony orchestra.Sheet music or prin

22、ted music, too is material culture. Scholars once defined folk music-cultures as those in with people learn and sing music by ear rather than from print, but research show mutual influence among oral and written sources during the past few centuries in Europe, Britain, and America, printed versions

23、limit variety because they tend to standardize any song, yet they stimulate people to create new and different songs. Besides, the ability to read music notation has a far-reaching effect on musicians and, when it becomes widespread, on the music-culture as a whole.One more important part of musics

24、material culture should be singled out the influence of the electronic media-radio, record player, tape recorder, television, and videocassette, with the future promising talking and singing computers and other developments. This all part of the “information revolution,” a twentieth century phenomen

25、on as important as the industrial revolution was in the nineteenth. These electronic media are not just limited to modem nations; they have affected music-cultures all over the globe.21.Research into the material culture of a nations of great importance _.A) it helps produce new cultural tools and t

26、echnologyB) it can reflect the development of the nationC) it helps understand the nations Fast and presentD) it can demonstrate the nations civilization（C）22.It can be learned from this passage that _.A) the existence of the symphony was attributed to the spread of Near Eastern and Chinese musicB)

27、Near Eastern music had influence on the of the instruments in the symphony orchestraC) the development of the symphony shows the mutual influence of Eastern and Western musicD) the musical instruments in the symphony basis of Near Eastern music（B）23.According to the author, music notation is importa

28、nt because _.A) it has a great effect on the music-culture as more and more people are able to read itB) it tends to standard folk sings when it is used by folk musiciansC) it is the printed version of standardized folk musicD) it encourages people to popularize printed versions of songs（A）24.It can

29、 be concluded from the passage that the introduction of electronic media into the world of music _.A) has brought about an information revolutionB) has speeded up the arrival of a new generation of computersC) has given rise to new forms of music cultureD) has given to the transformation of traditio

30、nal musical instruments（C）25.Which of the following best summarized the main idea of the passage?A) Musical instruments developed through the years will sooner later be replaced by computers.B) Music cannot be passed on to future generation unless it is recorded.C) Folk songs cannot spread far unles

31、s they are printed on music sheets.D) The development of music culture is highly dependent or its material aspect.（D）Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage.The question of whether war is inevitable is one which has concerned many of the worlds great writers. Before considering this qu

32、estion, it will useful to introduce some related concepts. Conflict, defined as opposition among social entities directed against one another is distinguished from competition, defined as opposition among social entities independently striving for some thing which is in inadequate supply. Competitor

33、s may not be aware of one another, while the parties to a conflict are. Conflict and vice of one another.Opposition is thus contrasted with cooperation, the process by which social entities function in the service of one another. These definitions are necessary because it is important to emphasize t

34、hat competition between individuals or groups is inevitable in a world of limited resources, but conflict is not. Conflict, nevertheless, is very likely to occur, and is probably an essential and desirable element of human societies.Many authors have argued for the inevitability of war from the prem

35、ise that in the struggle for existence among animal species, only the fittest survive. In general, however this struggle in natures competition, not conflict. Social animals, such as monkeys and cattle, fight to win or maintain leadership of the group. The struggle for existence occurs not in such f

36、ights but in the competition for limited feeding areas and for the occupancy of areas free from meet-eating animals. Those who fail in competition starve to death or become victims to other species. This struggle for existence does not resemble human war, but rather the competition of individuals fo

37、r jobs, markets, and materials. The essence of the struggle is the competition for the necessities of life that are insufficient to satisfy all.Among nations there is competition in developing resources trades, skills, and a satisfactory way of life. The successful nations grow and prosper; the unsu

38、ccessful decline. While it is true that this competition may induce efforts to expand territory at the expense of others, and thus lead to conflict, it cannot be said that war-like conflict among nations is inevitable, although competition is.26.In the first paragraph, the author gives the definitio

39、ns of some term in order to _.A) argue for the similarities between and human societiesB) smooth out the conflicts in human societiesC) distinguish between two kinds of oppositionD) summarize the that characteristic features of opposition and cooperation（C）27.According to the author, competition dif

40、fers from conflict in that _.A) it results in war in most casesB) it induces efforts to expand territoryC) it is kind of opposition among aria entitiesD) it is essentially a struggle for existence（D）28.The phrase “function in the disservice of one another” (Para. 1) most probably means “_”.A) betray

41、 each otherB) harm one anotherC) help to collaborate with each otherD) benefit on another（B）29.The author indicates in the passage that conflict _.A) is an inevitable struggle resulting from competitionB) reflects the struggle among social animalsC) is an opposition among individual social animalsD)

42、 can be avoided（D）30.The passage is probably intended to answer the question “_”.A) Is war inevitable?B) Why is there conflict and competition?C) Is conflict desirable?D) Can competition lead to conflict?（A）Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage.As Dr. Samuel Johnson said in a differe

43、nt era about ladies preaching, the surprising thing about computer is not that they think less well than a man, but that they think at all. The early electronic computer did not have much going for it except a marvelous memory and some good math skills. But today the best models can be wired up to l

44、earn by experience, follow an argument, ask proper questions and write poetry and write poetry and music. They can also carry on somewhat puzzling conversations.Computers imitate life. As computer get more complex, the imitation gets better. Finally, the line between the original and the copy become

45、s unclear. In another 15 years or so, we will the computer as a new form of life.The opinion seems ridiculous because, for one thing, computers lack the drives and emotions of living creatures. But drives car can be programmed into the computers brain just as nature programmed them into our human br

46、ains as a part of the equipment for survival.Computers match people in some roles, and when fast decisions are needed in a crisis, they often surpass them. Having evolved when the pace of life was slower, the human brain has an inherent defect that prevents it from absorbing several streams of infor

47、mation simultaneously and acting on them quickly. Throw too many things at the brain one time and it freezes up.We are still control, but the capabilities of computer are increasing at a fantastic rate, while raw human intelligence is changing slowly, if as all. Computer power has increased ten time

48、s every eight years since 1946. In the 1990s, when the sixth generation appears, the reasoning power of an intelligence built out of silicon will begin to match that of the human brain.That does not mean the evolution of intelligence has ended on the earth. Judging by the he past, we can expect that a new species will arise out of man, surpassing his achievemen