1、2006 年 12 月 23 日大学英语六级(CET-6) 真题试卷(B 卷) 1 / 127考试吧，原创精品中心！ http:/ 更多精品持续发布中！2006 年 12 月 23 日大学英语六级(CET-6)真题试卷(B 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 wha
2、t 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) or D), and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single
3、line through the centre.1. A) The foggy weather has affected Marys mood.B) They are puzzled about Marys low spirits.C) Mary is dissatisfied with her promotion.D) Mary cares too much about her looks.2. A) Go to an art exhibition.B) Attend the opening night of a play.C) Dine out with an old friend.D)
4、See his paintings on display.3. A) Her mother was quite outstanding in academic word.B) She was not particularly interested in going to school.C) Her parents laid great emphasis on academic excellence.D) She helped upgrade the educational level of immigrants.4. A) The machines there were ill maintai
5、ned.B) Tickets for its members were cheaper.C) It was filled with people all the time.D) It had a reputation for good service.5. A) Both Sarah and Tom have been awarded doctoral degrees.B) Tom has arranged to meet his bride Sarah in Hawaii.C) Tom was more excited than Sarah at the wedding.D) A doubl
6、e blessing has descended upon Tom.6. A) There were too many questions in the examination.2006 年 12 月 23 日大学英语六级(CET-6) 真题试卷(B 卷) 2 / 127考试吧，原创精品中心！ http:/ 更多精品持续发布中！B) The examination was well beyond the course content.C) The examination questions were somewhat too difficult.D) The course prepared h
7、im adequately for the examination.7. A) Its less time consuming.B) His wife is tired of cooking.C) Its part of his job.D) He is sick of home-cooked meals.8. A) He has just started to teach piano lessons.B) He seldom takes things seriously.C) He is very proud of his piano skills.D) He usually underst
8、ates his achievements.9. A) Its tedious.B) Its absurd.C) Its justifiable.D) Its understandable.10. A) Arrange accommodation for her.B) Explain the cause of the cancellation.C) Compensate her for the inconvenience.D) Allow her to take another flight that night.Section BDirections: In this section, yo
9、u will hear 3 short passages. At the 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) or D). Then mark the corresponding letter on the Ans
10、wer Sheet with a single line through the centre.Passage OneQuestions 11 to 13 are based on the passage you have just heard.11. A) Producing legendary painting.B) Making a fortune from decorative arts.C) Manufacturing quality furniture.2006 年 12 月 23 日大学英语六级(CET-6) 真题试卷(B 卷) 3 / 127考试吧，原创精品中心！ http:/
11、 更多精品持续发布中！D) Setting up a special museum.12. A) To show his fascination with Asian culture.B) To tell the story of the American Revolution.C) To promote interest in American decorative arts.D) To increase the popularity of the DuPont Company.13. A) By theme of period.B) By style of design.C) By man
12、ufacturer of origin.D) By function of purpose.Passage TwoQuestions 14 to 16 are based on the passage you have just heard.14. A) People may use two or more languages.B) People will choose Chinese rather than English.C) The percentage of native speakers of English will increase.D) The number of people
13、 relying on their mother tongue will drop.15. A) The number of Spanish speakers is far greater than that of Arabic speakers.B) Arabic spoken in one Arab country may not be understood in another.C) Arabic spoken in Egypt differs from Arabic spoken in Morocco in origin.D) The number of Arabic speakers
14、 is declining because of the invasion of English.16. A) It is impossible for Arab countries to standardize their language.B) Most people in the world will learn to speak Chinese in the future.C) It is uncertain whether English will be the world language in the future.D) Spanish is very likely to bec
15、ome the top language of the world by 2050.Passage ThreeQuestions 17 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard.17. A) Because they believe blind students prefer to mix with students who can see.B) Because it would cost lots of money to build such special colleges.C) Because it would constitu
16、te discrimination against blind students.D) Because they think blind people should learn to live among sighted people.2006 年 12 月 23 日大学英语六级(CET-6) 真题试卷(B 卷) 4 / 127考试吧，原创精品中心！ http:/ 更多精品持续发布中！18. A) By encouraging the to be more self-reliant.B) By showing them proper care and respect.C) By offerin
17、g them more financial assistance.D) By providing them with free medical service.19. A) Financial aid from the American government.B) Modern technology.C) Professional support.D) Help from the National Federation of the Blind.20. A) Ask American professors to write recommendations on their behalf.B)
18、Obtain American citizenship before they reach the age of 30.C) Turn to special institutions in their own country for assistance.D) Apply to the national federation of the Blind for scholarships.Part II Reading Comprehension (35 minutes)Directions: There are 4 passages in this part. Each passage is f
19、ollowed 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 Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.Passage OneQuestions 21 to 25 are based on the following pas
20、sage.Each summer, no matter how pressing my work schedule, I take off one day exclusively for my son. We call it dad-son day. This year our third stop was the amusement park, where be discovered that he was tall enough to ride one of the fastest roller coasters (过山车) in the world. We blasted through
21、 face-stretching turns and loops for ninety seconds. Then, as we stepped off the ride, be shrugged and, in a distressingly calm voice, remarked that it was not as exciting as other rides hed been on. As I listened, I began to sense something seriously out of balance.Throughout the season, I noticed
22、similar events all around me. Parents seemed hard pressed to find new thrills for indifferent kids. Surrounded by ever-greater stimulation, their young faces were looking disappointed and bored.Facing their childrens complaints of “nothing to do“, parents were shelling out large numbers of dollars f
23、or various forms of entertainment. In many cases the money seemed to do little more than buy transient relief from the terrible moans of their bored children. This set me pondering the obvious question:“ How can it be so hard for kids to find something to do when theres never been such a range of st
24、imulating entertainment available to them?”2006 年 12 月 23 日大学英语六级(CET-6) 真题试卷(B 卷) 5 / 127考试吧，原创精品中心！ http:/ 更多精品持续发布中！What really worries me is the intensity of the stimulation. I watch my little daughters face as she absorbs the powerful onslaught (冲击) of arousing visuals and bloody special effect
25、s in movies.Why do children immersed in this much excitement seem starved for more? That was, I realized, the point. I discovered during my own reckless adolescence that what creates excitement is not going fast, but going faster. Thrills have less to do with speed than changes in speed.Im concerned
26、 about the cumulative effect of years at these levels of feverish activity. It is no mystery to me why many teenagers appear apathetic (麻木的) and burned out, with a “been there, done that” air of indifference toward much of life. As increasing numbers of friends children are prescribed medications-st
27、imulants to deal with inattentiveness at school or anti-depressants to help with the loss of interest and joy in their lives-I question the role of kids boredom in some of the diagnoses.My own work is focused on the chemical imbalances and biological factors related to behavioral and emotional disor
28、ders. These are complex problems. Yet Ive been reflecting more and more on how the pace of life and the intensity of stimulation may be contributing to the rising rates of psychiatric problems among children and adolescents in our society.21. The author tell surprised in the amusement park at fact t
29、hat _.A) his son was not as thrilled by the roller coasters ride as expectedB) his son blasted through the turns and loops with his face stretchedC) his son appeared distressed but calm while riding the roller coastersD) his son could keep his balance so well on the fast moving roller coasters22. Ac
30、cording to the author, children are bored _.A) unless their parents can find new thrills for themB) when they dont have any access to stimulating fun gamesC) when they are left alone at weekends by their working parentsD) even if they are exposed to more and more kinds of entertainment23. From his o
31、wn experience, the author came to the conclusion that children seem to expect _.A) a much wider variety of sports facilitiesB) activities that require sophisticated skillsC) ever-changing thrilling forms of recreationD) physical exercises that are more challenging24. In Para 6 the author expresses h
32、is doubt about the effectiveness of trying to change childrens indifference toward much of life by _.2006 年 12 月 23 日大学英语六级(CET-6) 真题试卷(B 卷) 6 / 127考试吧，原创精品中心！ http:/ 更多精品持续发布中！A) diverting their interest from electronic visual gamesB) prescribing medications for their temporary reliefC) creating mo
33、re stimulating activities for themD) spending more money on their entertainment25. In order to alleviate childrens boredom, the author would probably suggest _.A) adjusting the pace of life and intensity of stimulationB) promoting the practice of dad-son daysC) consulting a specialist in child psych
34、ologyD) balancing school work with extracurricular activitiesPassage TwoQuestions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage.It used to be that people were proud to work for the same company for the whole of their working lives. Theyd get a gold watch at the end of their productive years and a dinn
35、er featuring speeches by their bosses praising their loyalty. But todays rich capitalists have regressed (倒退) to the “survival of the fittest” ideas and their loyalty extends not to their workers or even to their stockholders but only to themselves. Instead of giving out gold watches worth a hundred
36、 or so dollars for forty or so years of word, they grab tens and even hundreds of millions of dollars as they sell for their own profit the company they may have been with for only a few years.The new rich selfishly act on their own to unfairly grab the wealth that the country as a whole has produce
37、d. The top 1 percent of the population now has wealth equal to the whole bottom 95 percent and they want more. Their selfishness is most shamelessly expressed in downsizing and outsourcing (将产品包给分公司做) because these business maneuvers dont act to created new jobs as the founder of new industries used
38、 to do, but only out jobs while keeping the money value of what those jobs produced for themselves.To keep the money machine working smoothly the rich have bought all the politicians from the top down. The president himself is constantly leaving Washington and the business at the nation because he i
39、s summoned to “fundraising dinners” where fat cats pay a thousand or so dollars a plate to worm their way into government not through service but through donations of vast amounts of money. Once on the inside they have both political parties busily tearing up all the regulations that protect the res
40、t of us from the greed of the rich.The middle class used to be loyal to the free enterprise system. In the past, the people of the middle class mostly thought theyd be rich themselves someday or have a good shot at becoming rich. But nowadays income is being distributed more and more unevenly and co
41、rporate loyalty is a thing of the past. The middle class may also wake up to forget its loyalty to the so-called free enterprise system altogether and the government 2006 年 12 月 23 日大学英语六级(CET-6) 真题试卷(B 卷) 7 / 127考试吧，原创精品中心！ http:/ 更多精品持续发布中！which governs only the rest of us while letting the corpor
42、ations do what they please with our jobs. As things stand, if somebody doesnt wake up, the middle class is on a path to being downsized all the way to the bottom of society.26. It can be inferred from the first paragraph that people used to place a high value on _.A) job securityB) bosses praiseC) c
43、orporate loyaltyD) retirement benefits27. The author is strongly critical of todays rich capitalists for _.A) not giving necessary assistance to laid-off workersB) maximizing their profits at the expense of workersC) not setting up long-term goals for their companiesD) rewarding only those who are c
44、onsidered the fittest28. The immediate consequence of the new capitalists practice is _.A) loss of corporate reputationB) lower pay for the employeesC) a higher rate of unemploymentD) a decline in business transactions29. The rich try to sway the policy of the government by _.A) occupying important
45、positions in both political partiesB) making monetary contributions to decision-makersC) pleasing the public with generous donationsD) constantly hosting fundraising dinners30. What is the authors purpose in writing this passage?A) to call on the middle class to remain loyal to the free enterprise s
46、ystemB) to warn the government of the shrinking of the American middle classC) to persuade the government to change its current economic policiesD) to urge the middle class to wake up and protect their own interestsPassage ThreeQuestions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage.Intel chairman And
47、y Grove has decided to cut the Gordian knot of controversy 2006 年 12 月 23 日大学英语六级(CET-6) 真题试卷(B 卷) 8 / 127考试吧，原创精品中心！ http:/ 更多精品持续发布中！surrounding stem cell research by simply writing a check.The check, which he pledged last week, could be for as much as 55 million, depending on how many donors make
48、 gifts of between 550,000 and 5,500,000, which he has promised to match. It will be made out to the University of California-San Francisco (UCSF).Thanks in part to such private donations, university research into uses for human stem cellsthe cells at the earliest stages of development that can form
49、any body partwill continue in California. With private financial support, the state will be less likely to lose talented scientists who would be tempted to leave the field or even leave the country as research dependent on federal money slows to glacial (极其缓慢的) pace.Hindered by limits President Bush placed on stem cell research a year age, scientists are turning to laboratories that can carry
