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13 / 151996年6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 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 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 centre.1.A) To change the tennis shoes in the sportswear department.B) To help his friend find the right department.C) To find his lost shoes on the tennis court.D) To buy himself a pair of tennis shoes.（D）2.A) They produce part of their own food.B) They sell their own produce.C) They feed their family on cheap food.D) They buy food from farmers.（A）3.A) Mr. Whites reason for leaving.B) Mr. Whites new appointment.C) A vacant position.D) How to apply for a job.（C）4.A) Be hostile to Nancy.B) Ask Nancy to come out.C) Talk to Nancy herself.D) Write Nancy a letter.（C）5.A) To serve as her tour guide.B) To serve as her bodyguard.C) To serve as her driver.D) To serve as her porter.（A）6.A) He is often asked to go and see exhibits.B) He would like to go and see the exhibit.C) He went to see the exhibit last year.D) He definitely does not want to go.（D）7.A) The environmental problem.B) The health problem.C) The educational problem.D) The international problem.（A）8.A) Bob will see Susan tomorrow evening.B) Bob might be at home late tomorrow evening.C) Bob and Susan have decided to go on a holiday.D) Bob asked the woman to come another time.（B）9.A) They think cinemas are too far away from their homes.B) They are disappointed with the films produced these days.C) They both dislike films about adventure stories.D) They both like the idea of going to the cinema at night.（B）10.见附图1（C）Section BDirections:In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of passage, you will hear some questions. 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 OneQuestions 11 to 14 are based on the passage you have just heard.11.A) Because he was a cook at a country-music club.B) Because he performed for guests while he worked as a cook.C) Because he often sang while cooking.D) Because he liked singing better than cooking.（B）12.A) His brother.B) His manager.C) His father.D) A businesswoman.（D）13.A) At a club.B) On a farm.C) At a construction site.D) In a record company.（A）14.A) His ability to live independently.B) His sense of responsibility in whatever he did.C) His courage in the face of rejections.D) His hard work in his early days.（B）Passage TwoQuestions 15 to 17 are based on the passage you have just heard.15.A) How to handle spiders.B) Spiders in the United States.C) Peoples fear of spiders.D) A special kind of spider.（B）16.A) Most spiders will not bite even when handled.B) Most spiders are poisonous and dangerous.C) Most spiders are likely to attack people.D) Most spiders have sharp eyes.（A）17.A) Because she cannot find a husband for herself.B) Because the female spider is larger than the male one.C) Because the female spider often eats her husband.D) Because she is a black female spider.（C）Passage ThreeQuestions 18 to 20 are be on the passage you have just heard18.A) Instructions.B) Medicine.C) Money.D) The draft of his speech.（C）19.A) Because she had to type Mr. Bascombs speech.B) Because she had a headache.C) Because she had to meet some businessmen.D) Because she had to get her car fixed.（D）20.A) The problem of the city.B) Himself and his problems.C) Things he had planned to say to his audience.D) The plan for his future work as mayor.（B）Part II Reading Comprehension (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 Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage:Three English dictionaries published recently all lay claim to possessing a “new” feature. The BBC English Dictionary contains background information on 1,000 people and places prominent in the news since 1988; the Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary: Encyclopedic Edition is the OALD plus encyclopedic entries; the Longman Dictionary of English Language and Culture is the LME plus cultural information.The key fact is that all three dictionaries can be seen to have a distinctly “cultural” as well as language learning content. That being said, the way in which they approach the cultural element is not identical, making direct comparisons between the three difficult.While there is some common ground between the encyclopedic/cultural entries for the Oxford and Longman dictionaries, there is a clear difference. Oxford lays claim to being encyclopedic on content whereas Longman distinctly concentrates on the language and culture of the English-speaking world. The Oxford dictionary can therefore stand more vigorous scrutiny for cultural bias than the Longman publication because the latter does not hesitate about viewing the rest of the world from the cultural perspectives of the English-speaking world. The cultural objectives of the BBC dictionary are in turn more distinct still. Based on an analysis of over 70 million words recorded from the BBC World Service and National Public Radio of Washington over a period of four years, their 1,000 brief encyclopedic entries are based on people and places that have featured in the news recently. The intended user they have in mind is a regular listener to the World Service who will have a reasonable standard of English and a developed skill in listening comprehension.In reality, though, the BBC dictionary will be purchased by a far wider range of language learners, as will the other two dictionaries. We will be faced with a situation where many of the users of these dictionaries will at the very least have distinct socio-cultural perspectives and may have world views which are totally opposed and even hostile to those of the West. Advanced learners from this kind of background will not only evaluate a dictionary on how user-friendly it is but will also have definite views about the scope and appropriateness of the various socio-cultural entries.21.What feature sets apart the three dictionaries discussed in the passage from traditional ones?A) The combination of two dictionaries into oneB) The new approach to defining wordsC) The inclusion of cultural contentD) The increase in the number of entries（C）22.The Longman dictionary is more likely to be criticized for cultural prejudice _.A) its scope of cultural entries the beyond the culture of the English-speaking worldB) it pays little attention to the cultural content of the non-English-speaking countriesC) it views the world purely from the standpoint of the English-speaking worldD) it fails to distinguish language from culture in its encyclopedic entries（C）23.The BBC dictionary differs from Oxford and Longman in that _.A) it has a wider selection Of encyclopedic entriesB) it is mainly design to meet the needs of radio listenersC) it lays more emphasis co language then on cultureD) it is intended to help listeners develop their listening comprehension skills（D）24.It is implied in the last paragraph that, in approaching socio-cultural content in a dictionary, special thought be given to _.A) the language levels of its usersB) the number of its prospective purchasersC) the different tastes of its usersD) the various cultural backgrounds of its users（D）25.What is the passage mainly about?A) Different ways of treating socio-cultural elements in the three new English dictionaries.B) A comparison of peoples opinions on the cultural content in the three new English dictionaries.C) The advantages of the BBC dictionary over Oxford and Longman.D) The user-friendliness of the three new English dictionaries.（A）Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage.Real policemen hardly recognize any resemblance between their lives and what they see on TV.The first difference is that a policemans real life revolves round criminal law. He has to know exactly what actions are crimes and what evidence can be used to prove them in court. He has to know nearly as much law as a professional lawyer, and what is more, he has to apply it on his feet, in the dark and rain, running down a street after someone he wants to talk to.Little of his time is spent in chatting. He will spend most of his working life typing millions of words on thousands of forms about hundreds of sad, unimportant people who are guilty of stupid, petty crimes.Most television crime drama is about finding the criminal: as soon as hes arrested, the story is over. In real life, finding criminals is seldom much of a problem. Except in very serious cases like murders and terrorist attacks little effort is spent on searching.Having made an arrest, a detective really start to work. He has to prove his case in court and to do that he often has to gather a lot of different evidence.At third big difference between the drama detective and the real one is the unpleasant pressures: first, as members of a police force they always have to behave absolutely in accordance with the law. Secondly, as expensive public servants they have to get results. They can hardly ever do both. Most of the time some of them have to break the rules in small ways.If the detective has to detective the world, the world often deceives him. Hardly anyone he meets tells him the truth. And this separation the detective feels between himself and the rest of the world is deepened by the simples mindedness as he sees it-of citizens, social workers, doctors, law-makers, and judges, who, instead of eliminating crime punish the criminals less severely in the hope that this will make them reform. The result, detectives feel, is that nine-tenths of their work is re-catching people who should have stared behind bars. This makes them rather cynical.26.A policeman has to be trained in criminal law because _.A) he must work hard to help reform criminalsB) he must believe as professional lawyers doC) he must be able to tell when and where a crime is committedD) he must justify the arrests he makes of criminals（D）27.What is the most suitable word that describes the work of a policeman according to the passage?A) DangerousB) DemandingC) DistressingD) Dramatic（C）28.According to the passage, policemen spend most of their time an efforts _.A) patrolling the street, rain or shineB) tracking and arresting criminalsC) collecting and providing evidenceD) consulting the rules of law（C）29.Whats the policemans biggest headache?A) He has to get the most desirable results without breaking the law in any way.B) He has to justify his arrests while unable to provide sufficient evidence in most cases.C) He can hardly find enough time to learn criminal law while burdened with numerous criminal cases.D) He has to provide the best possible public service at the least possible expense.（A）30.Why do policemen feel separated from the rest of the world?A) Because they do not receive due support from society.B) Because they find people insincere with them.C) Because they feel superior to simple-minded people around them.D) Because they are suspicious of the people around them.（B）Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage.To live in the United States today is to gain an appreciation for Dahrendorfs assertion that social change exists everywhere. Technology, the application of knowledge for practical ends, is a major source of social change.Yet we would do well to remind ourselves that technology is a human creation; it docs not exist naturally. A spear or a robot is as much a cultural as a physical object. Until humans use a spear to hunt game or a robot to produce machine parts, neither is much more than a solid mass of matter. For a bird looking for an object on which to rest, a spear or robot serves the purpose equally well. The explosion of the Challenger space shuttle and the Russian nuclear accident at Chernobyl drive home the human quality of technology; they provide cases in which well-planned systems suddenly went haywire and there was no ready hand to set them right. Since technology is a human creation, we are responsible for what is done with it. Pessimists worry that we will use out technology eventually to blow our world and ourselves to pieces. But they have been saying this for decades, and so far we have managed to survive and even flourish. Whether we will continue to do so in the years ahead remains uncertain. Clearly, the impact of technology on our lives deserves a closer examination.Few technological developments have had a greater impact on our lives than the computer revolution. Scientists and engineers have designed specialized machines that can do the tasks that once only people could do. There are those who assert that the switch to an information-based economy is in the same camp as other great historical milestones, particularly the industrial Revolution. Yet when we ask why the industrial Revolution was a revolution, we find that it was not the machines. The primary reason why it was revolutionary is that it led to great social change. It gave rise to mass production and, through mass production, to a society in which wealth was not confined to the few.In somewhat similar fashion, computers promise to revolutionize the structure of American life, particularly as they free the human mind and open new possibilities in knowledge and communication. The industrial Revolution supplemented and replaced the muscles of humans and animals by mechanical methods. The computer extends this development to supplement and replace some aspects of the mind of human beings by electronic methods. It is the capacity of the computer for solving problems and making decisions that represents its greatest potential and that pees the greatest difficulties in predicting the impact on society.31.A spear or a robot has the quality of technology only when it _.A) is used both as a cultural and a physical objectB) serves different purposes equally wellC) is utilized by manD) can be of use to both man and animal（C）32.The examples of the Challenger and Chernobyl cited by the author serve to show that _.A) if not given close examination, technology could be used to destroy our worldB) technology is a human creation, so we are responsible for itC) technology usually goes wrong, if not controlled by manD) being a human creation, technology is liable to error（B）33.According to the author, the introduction of the computer is a revolution mainly because _.A) the computer has revolutionized the workings of the human mindB) the computer can do the tasks that could only be done by people beforeC) it has helped to switch to an information technologyD) it has a great potential impact on society（D）34.By using the phrase “the human quality of technology”, the author refers to, the fact that technology _.A) has a great impact on human lifeB) has some characteristics of human natureC) can replace some aspects of the human mindD) does not exist in the natural world（D）35.The passage is based on the authors _.A) keen insight into the nature of technologyB) prejudiced criticism of the role of the industrial RevolutionC) cautious analysis of the replacement of the human mind by computersD) exaggerated description of the negative consequences of technology（A）Questions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage.Now custom has not been commonly regarded as a subject of any great importance. The inner workings of our own brains we feel to be uniquely worthy of investigation, but custom, we have a way of thinking, is behavior at its most commonplace. As a matter of fact, it is the other way around. Traditional custom, taken the world over, is a mass of detailed behavior more astonishing than what any one person can ever evolve in individual actions. Yet that is a rather trivial aspect of the matter. The fact of first-rate importance is the predominant role that custom plays in experience and in belief and the very great varieties it may manifest.No man ever looks at the world with pristine eyes. He sees it edited by a definite set of customs and institutions and ways of thinking. Even in his philosophical probing he cannot go behind these stereotypes; his very concepts of the true and the false will still have reference to his particular traditional customs. John Dewey has said in all seriousness that the part played by custom in shaping the behavior of the individual as over against any way in which he can affect traditional custom, is as the proportion of the total vocabulary of his mother tongue over against those words of his own baby talk that are taken up into the language of his family. When one seriously studies axial orders that have had the opportunity to develop independently, the becomes no more than an exact and matter-of-fact observation. The life history of the individual is first and foremost an adjustment to the patterns and standards traditionally handed down in his community. From the moment of his birth the customs into which he is born shape his experience and behavior. By the time he can talk, he is the little creature of his culture, and by the time he is grown and able to take part in its activities, its habits are his habits, its beliefs his beliefs, its impossibilities his impossibilities.36.The author thinks the reason why custom has been ignored in the academic world is that _.A) custom reveals only the superficial nature of human behaviorB) the study of social orders can replace the study of customC) people are still not aware of the important role that custom plays in forming our world outlookD) custom has little to do with our ways of thinking（D）37.Which of the following is true according to John Dewey?A) An individual can exercise very little influence on the cultural tradition into which he is born.B) Custom is the direct result of the philosophical probing of a group of people.C) An individual is strongly influenced by the cultural tradition even before he is born.D) Custom represents the collective wisdom which benefits the individual.（C）38.The world “custom” in this passage most probably means _.A) the concept of the true and the false of a societyB) the independently developed social ordersC) the adjustment of the individual to the new social environmentD) the patterns and standards of behavior of a community（C）39.According to the passage a persons life, from his birth to his death, _.A) is constantly shaping the cultural traditions of his peopleB) is predominated by traditional customC) is continually influenced by the habits of other communitiesD) is chiefly influenced by the people around him（A）40.The authors pump in writing this passage is _.A) to urge individuals to follow traditional customsB) to stress the strong influence of customs on an individualC) to examine the interaction of man and axial
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