1、2001 年 1 月大学英语六级考试试题 Part Listening Comprehension (20 minutes) Section A 1. A) The man thinks traveling by air is quite safe. B ) The woman never travels by plane. C) Both speakers feel nervous when flying. D) The speakers feel sad about the serious loss of life. 2. A) At the information desk. B) In
2、 an office. C) In a restaurant. D) At a railway station. 3. A) Write the letter. B) Paint the shelf. C) Fix the shelf. D) Look for the pen. 4. A) It gives a 30% .discount to all customers. B) It is run by Mrs. Winters husband. C) It hires Mrs. Winter as an adviser. D) It encourages husbands to shop
3、on their own. 5. A) Long exposure to the sun. B) Lack of sleep. C) Too tight a hat. D) Long working hours. 6. A) His English is still poor after ten years in America. B) He doesnt mind speaking English with an accent. C) He doesnt like the way Americans speak. D) He speaks English as if he were a na
4、tive speaker. 7. A) An auto mechanic. B) An electrician. C) A carpenter. D) A telephone repairman. 8. A) They both enjoyed watching the game. B) The man thought the results were beyond their expectations. C) They both felt good about the results of the game. D) Professor and student. 9. A) Manager a
5、nd employee. B) Salesman and customer. C) Guide and tourist. D) Professor and student. 10. A) Tom has arranged a surprise party for Lucy. B) Tom will keep the surprise party a secret. C) Tom and Lucy have no secrets from each other. D) Tom didnt make any promise to Lucy. Section B Compound Dictation
6、 The human body is a remarkable food processor. As an adult, you may consume (S1) _ a ton of food per year and still not gain or lose a pound of body weight You are (S2) _ harnessing and consuming energy through the intricate ( S3 ) _ of your body in order to remain in energy balance. To (S4) _ a gi
7、ven body weight, your energy input must balance your energy output However, sometimes the (S5) _ energy balance is upset, and your (S6) _ body weight will either fall or (S7) _. The term body image refers to the mental image we have of our own physical appearance, and ( S8 ) _.Research has revealed
8、that about 40 percent of adult men and 55 percent of adult women are dissatisfied with their current body weight. (S9)_.At the college level, a study found that 85 percent of both male and female first-year students desired to change their body weight. (SI0)_. Thinness is currently an attribute that
9、 females desire highly Males generally desire muscularity. The vast majority of individuals who want to change their body weight do it for the sake of appearance; most want to lose excess body fat, while a smaller percentage of individuals actually want to gain weight. Part Reading Comprehension (35
10、 minutes) Passage One Questions 11 to 15 are based on the following passage: Birds that are literally half-asleep - with one brain hemisphere alert and the other sleeping - control which side of the brain remains awake, according to a new study of sleeping ducks. Earlier studies have documented half
11、-brain sleep in a wide range of birds. The brain hemispheres take turns sinking into the sleep stage characterized by slow brain waves. The eye controlled by the sleeping hemisphere keeps shut, while the wakeful hemispheres eye stays open and alert. Birds also can sleep with both hemispheres resting
12、 at once. Decades of studies of bird flocks led researchers to predict extra alertness in the more vulnerable, end-of-the row sleepers. Sure enough, the end birds tended to watch carefully on the side away from their companions. Ducks in the inner spots showed no preference for gaze direction. Also,
13、 birds dozing (打盹 ) at the end of the line resorted to single-hemisphere sleep, rather than total relaxation, more often than inner ducks did. Rotating 16 birds through the positions in a four-duck row, the researchers found outer birds haft-asleep during some 32 percent of dozing time versus about
14、12 percent for birds in internal spots. “We believe this is the first evidence for an animal behaviorally controlling sleep and wakefulness simultaneously in different regions of the brain,“ the researchers say. The results provide the best evidence for a long-standing supposition that single-hemisp
15、here sleep evolved as creatures scanned for enemies. The preference for opening an eye on the lookout side could be widespread, he predicts, Hes seen it in a pair of birds dozing side-by-side in the zoo and in a single pet bird sleeping by a mirror. The mirror-side eye closed as if the reflection we
16、re a companion and the other eye stayed open. Useful as half-sleeping might be, its only been found in birds and such water mammals (哺乳动物 ) as dolphins, whales, and seals. Perhaps keeping one side of the brain awake allows a sleeping animal to surface occasionally to avoid drowning. Studies of birds
17、 may offer unique insights into sleep. Jerome M. Siegel of the UCLA says he wonders if birds haft-brain sleep “is just the tip of the iceberg (冰山 ).“ He speculates that more examples may turn up when we take a closer look at other species. 11. A new study on birds sleep has revealed that _. A) haft-
18、brain sleep is found in a wide variety of birds B) haft-brain sleep is characterized by slow brain waves C) birds can control their haft-brain sleep consciously D) birds seldom sleep with the whole of their brain at rest 12. According to the passage, birds often half sleep because _. A) they have to
19、 watch out for possible attacks B) their brain hemispheres take turns to rest C) the two halves of their brain are differently structured D) they have to constantly keep an eye on their companions 13. The example of a bird sleeping in front of a mirror indicates that _. A) the phenomenon of birds do
20、zing in pairs is widespread B) birds prefer to sleep in pairs for the sake of security C) even an imagined companion gives the bird a sense of security D) a single pet bird enjoys seeing its own reflection in the mirror 14. While sleeping, some water mammals tend to keep haft awake in order to _. A)
21、 alert themselves to the approaching enemy B) emerge from water now and then to breathe C) be sensitive to the ever-changing environment D) avoid being swept away by rapid currents 15. By “just the tip of the iceberg“ ( Line 2, Para. 8), Siegel suggests that _. A) half-brain sleep has something to d
22、o with icy weather B) the mystery of half-brain sleep is close to being solved C) most birds living in cold regions tend to be half sleepers D) half-brain sleep is a phenomenon that could exist among other species Passage Two Questions 16 to 20 are based on the following passage: A nine-year-old sch
23、oolgirl single-handedly cooks up a science-fair experiment that ends up debunking (揭穿 .的真相 ) a widely practiced medical treatment. Emily Rosas target was a practice known as therapeutic (治疗的 ) touch (TI for short), whose advocates manipulate patients “energy field“ to make them feel better and even,
24、 say some, to cure them of various ills. Yet Emilys test shows that these energy fields cant be detected, even by trained TI practitioners (行医者 ). Obviously mindful of the publicity value of the situation, Journal editor George Lundberg appeared on TV to declare, “Age doesnt matter. Its good science
25、 that matters, and this is good science.“ Emilys mother Linda Rosa, a registered nurse, has been campaigning against TT for nearly a decade. Linda first thought about TI in the late 80s, when she learned it was on the approved list for continuing nursing education in Colorado. Its 100,000 trained pr
26、actitioners (48,000 in the U. S. ) dont even touch their patients. Instead, they waved their hands a few inches from the patients body, pushing energy fields around until they, re in “balance.“ TI advocates say these manipulations can help heal wounds, relieve pain and reduce fever. The claims are t
27、aken seriously enough that TI therapists are frequently hired by leading hospitals, at up to $ 70 an hour, to smooth patients energy, sometimes during surgery. Yet Rosa could not find any evidence that it works. To provide such proof, TI therapists would have to sit down for independent testing - so
28、mething they havent been eager to do, even though James Randi has offered more than $ I million to anyone who can demonstrate the existence of a human energy field. (Hes had one taker so far. She failed. ) A skeptic might conclude that TI practitioners are afraid to lay their beliefs on the line. Bu
29、t who could turn down an innocent fourth-grader? Says Emily:“I think they didnt take me very seriously because I ma kid.“ The experiment was straightforward: 21 TV therapists stuck their hands, palms up, through a screen. Emily held her own hand over one of theirs - left or right - and the practitio
30、ners had to say which hand it was. When the results were recorded, theyd done no better than they would have by simply guessing. If there was an energy field, they couldnt feel it. 16. Which of the following is evidence that TV is widely practiced? A) TI has been in existence for decades. B) Many pa
31、tients were cured by therapeutic touch. C) TV therapists are often employed by leading hospitals. D) More than 100,000 people are undergoing TV treatment. 17. Very few TV practitioners responded to the $1 million offer because _. A) they didnt take the offer seriously B) they didnt want to risk thei
32、r career C) they were unwilling to reveal their secret D) they thought it was not in line with their practice 18. The purpose of Emily Rosas experiment was _. A) to see why TI could work the way it did B) to find out how TV cured patients illnesses C) to test whether she could sense the human energy
33、 field D) to test whether a human energy field really existed 19. Why did some TT practitioners agree to be the subjects of Emilys experiment? A) It involved nothing more than mere guessing. B) They thought it was going, to be a lot of fun. C) It was more straightforward than other experiments. D) T
34、hey sensed no harm ina little girls experiment. 20. What can we learn from the passage? A) Some widely accepted beliefs can be deceiving. B) Solid evidence weighs more than pure theories. C) Little children can be as clever as trained TI practitioners. D) The principle of TI is too profound to under
35、stand. Passage Three Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage: What might driving on an automated highway be like? The answer depends on what kind of system is ultimately adopted. Two distinct types are on the drawing board. The first is a special-purpose lane system, in which certain l
36、anes are reserved for automated vehicles. The second is a mixed traffic system: fully automated vehicles would share the road with partially automated or manual driven cars. A special-purpose lane system would require more extensive physical modifications to existing highways, but it promises the gr
37、eatest gains in freeway (高速公路 ) capacity. Under either scheme, the driver would specify the desired destination, furnishing this information to a computer in the car at the beginning of the trip or perhaps just before reaching the automated highway. If a mixed traffic system was in place, automated
38、driving could begin whenever the driver was on suitably equipped roads. If special-purpose lanes were available, the car could enter them and join existing traffic in two different ways. One method would use a special onramp (入口引道 ). As the driver approached the point of entry for the highway, devic
39、es installed on the roadside would electronically check the vehicle to determine its destination and to ascertain that it had the proper automation equipment in good working order. Assuming it passed such tests, the driver would then be guided through a gate and toward an automated lane. In this cas
40、e, the transition from manual to automated control would take place on the entrance ramp. An alternative technique could employ conventional lanes, which would be shared by automated and regular vehic les. The driver would steer onto the highway and move in normal fashion to a “transition“ lane. The
41、 vehicle would then shift under computer control onto a lane reserved for automated traffic. (The limitation of these lanes to automated traffic would, presumably, be well respected, because all trespassers (非法进入者 ) could be swiftly identified by authorities. ) Either approach to joining a lane of a
42、utomated traffic would harmonize the movement of newly entering vehicles with those already traveling. Automatic control here should allow for smooth merging, without the usual uncertainties and potential for accidents. And once a vehicle had settled into automated travel, the driver would be free t
43、o release the wheel, open the morning paper or just relax. 21. We learn from the first paragraph that two systems of automated highways_. A) are being planned B) are being modified C) are now in wide use D) are under construction 22. A special-purpose lane system is probably advantageous in that _.
44、A) it would require only minor changes to existing highways B) it would achieve the greatest highway traffic efficiency C) it has a lane for both automated and partially automated vehicles D) it offers more lanes for automated vehicles 23. Which of the following is true about driving on an automated
45、 highway? A) Vehicles traveling on it are assigned different lanes according to their destinations. B) A car can join existing traffic any time in a mixed lane system. C) The driver should inform his car computer of his destination before driving onto it. D) The driver should share the automated lan
46、e with those of regular vehicles. 24. We know from the passage that a car can enter a special-purpose lane _. A) by smoothly merging with cars on the conventional lane B) by way of a ramp with electronic control devices C) through a Specially guarded gate D) after all trespassers are identified and
47、removed 25. When driving in an automated lane, the driver_. A) should harmonize with newly entering cars B) doesnt have to rely on his computer system C) should watch out for potential accidents D) doesnt have to hold on to the steering wheel Passage Four Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage: Taking charge of yourself involves putting to rest some very prevalent myths. At the top of the list is the notion that intelligence is measured by your ability to solve complex problems; to read, write and compute at certain levels; and to resolve abstract equations quickly. This
