大學英語六級考試試題
試卷一
Part I Listening Comprehension (20 minutes
Section A
Directions: In this section, you will hear 10 short conversations. At the end of each conversa-
tion, 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.
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 are talking about some work they will start at 9 o''clock 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 centre.
Sample Answer [A] [B] [C] [D]
1. A) All the passengers were killed. C) No more survivors have been found.
B) The plane crashed in the night. D) It''s too late to search for survivors.
2. A) Its results were just as expected.
B) It wasn''t very well designed.
C) It fully reflected the students'' ability.
D) Its results fell short of her expectations.
3. A) He believes dancing is enjoyable. C) He admires those who dance.
B) He definitely does not like dancing. D) He won''t dance until he has done his work.
4. A) His computer doesn''t work well. C) He didn''t register for a proper course.
B) He isn''t getting along with his staff. D) He can''t apply the theory to his program.
5. A) Reading on the campus lawn. C) Applying for financial aid.
B) Depositing money in the bank. D) Reviewing a student''s application.
6. A) A new shuttle bus. C) An airplane flight.
B) A scheduled space flight. D) The first space flight.
7. A) The deadline is drawing near. C) She turned in the proposals today.
B) She can''t meet the deadline. D) They are two days ahead of time.
8. A) By going on a diet. C) By doing physical exercise.
B) By having fewer meals. D) By eating fruit and vegetables.
9. A) He enjoyed it as a whole. C) He didn''t like it at all.
B) He didn''t think much of it. D) He liked some parts of it.
10. A) It looks quite new. C) It looks old, but it runs well.
B) It needs to be repaired. D) Its engine needs to be painted.
Section B
Directions: In this section, you 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) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.
Passage One
Questions 11 to 13 are based on the passage you have just heard.
11. A) Experience in negotiating. C) The time they spend on preparation.
B) A high level of intelligence. D) The amount of pay they receive.
12. A) Study the case carefully beforehand. C) Appear friendly to the other party.
B) Stick to a set target. D) Try to be flexible about their terms.
13. A) Make sure there is no misunderstanding.
B) Try to persuade by giving various reasons.
C) Repeat the same reasons.
D) Listen carefully and patiently to the other party.
Passage Two
Questions 14 to 16 are based on the passage you have just heard.
14. A) They eat huge amounts of food. C) They usually eat to their hearts'' content.
B) They usually eat twice a day. D) They eat much less than people assume.
15. A) When it is breeding.
B) When it feels threatened by humans in its territory.
C) When its offspring is threatened.
D) When it is suffering from illness.
16. A) They are not as dangerous as people think.
B) They can be as friendly to humans as dogs.
C) They attack human beings by nature.
D) They are really tame sea animals.
Passage Three
Questions 17 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard.
17. A) Because people might have to migrate there someday.
B) Because it is very much like the earth.
C) Because it is easier to explore than other planets.
D) Because its atmosphere is different from that of the earth.
18. A) Its chemical elements must be studied. C) Big spaceships must be built.
B) Its temperatur e must be lowered. D) Its atmosphere must be changed.
19. A) It influences the surface temperature of Mars.
B) It protects living beings from harmful rays.
C) It keeps a planet from overheating.
D) It is the main component of the air people breathe.
20. A) Man will probably be able to live there in 200 years.
B) Scientists are rather pessimistic about it.
C) Man will probably be able to live there in 100,000 years'' time.
D) Scientists are optimistic about overcoming the difficulties soon.
Part II Reading Comprehension (35 minutes)
Directions: There are 4 passages in this part. Each passage is followed 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 centre.
Passage One
Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage.
Navigation computers, now sold by most car-makers, cost $2,000 and up. No surprise, then,
that they are most often found in luxury cars, like Lexus, BMW and Audi. But it is a developing
technology－meaning prices should eventually drop-and the market does seem to be growing.
Even at current prices, a navigation computer is impressive. It can guide you from point to point in most major cities with precise turn-by-turn directions-spoken by a clear uman-sounding voice, and written on a screen in front of the driver.
The computer works with an antenna ( 天線 ) that takes signals from no fewer than three of
the 24 global positioning system (GPS) satellites. By measuring the time required for a signal to
travel between the satellites and the antenna, the car''s location can be pinned down within 100
meters.
The satellite signals, along with inputs on speed from a wheel-speed sensor and direction froma meter, determine the car''s position even as it moves. This information is combined with a map database. Streets, landmarks and points of interest are included.
Most systems are basically identical. The differences come in hardware-the way the computer accepts the driver''s request for directions and the way it presents the driving most systems, a driver enters a desired address, motorway junction or point of interest via a touch screen or disc. But the Lexus screen goes a step further: you can point to any spot on the map screen and get directions to it.
BMW''s system offers a set of cross hairs ( 瞄準器上的十字紋 ) that can be moved across themap (you have several choices of map scale) to pick a point you''d like to get to. Audi''s screen can be switched to TV reception.
Even the voices that recite the directions can differ, with better systems like BMW''s and
Lexus''s having a wider vocabulary. The instructions are available in French, German, Spanish,
Dutch and Italian, as well as English. The driver can also choose parameters for determining the
route: fastest, shortest or no freeways ( 高速公路 ), for example.
21. We learn from the passage that navigation computers________.
A) will greatly promote sales of automobiles
B) may help solve potential traffic problems
C) are likely to be accepted by more drivers
D) will soon be viewed as a symbol of luxury
22. With a navigation computer, a driver will easily find the best route to his destination________.
A) by inputting the exact address C) by checking his computer database
B) by indicating the location of his car D) by giving vocal orders to the computer
23. Despite their varied designs, navigation computers used in cars
A) are more or less the same price
B) provide directions in much the same way
C) work on more or less the same principles
D) receive instructions from the same satellites
24. The navigation computer functions________.
A) by means of a direction finder and a speed detector
B) basically on satellite signals and a map database
C) mainly through the reception of turn-by-turn directions
D) by using a screen to display satellite signals
25. The navigation systems in cars like Lexus, BMW and Audi are mentioned to show
A) the immaturity of the new technology
B) the superiority of the global positioning system
C) the cause of price fluctuations in car equipment
D) the different ways of providing guidance to the driver
Passage Two
Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage.
"The world''s environment is surprisingly healthy. Discuss." If that were an examination topic, most students would tear it apart, offering a long list of complaints: from local smog ( 煙霧 ) to global clim
ate change, from the felling ( 砍伐 ) of forests to the e xtinction of species. The list would largely be accurate, the concern legitimate. Yet the students who should be given the highest marks would actually be those who agreed with the statement. The surprise is how good things are, not how bad.
After all, the world''s population has more than tripled during this century, and world output
has risen hugely, so you would expect the earth itself to have been affected. Indeed, if people lived, consumed and produced things in the same way as they did in 1900 (or 1950, or indeed 1980), the world by now would be a pretty disgusting place: smelly, dirty, toxic and dangerous.
But they don''t. The reasons why they don''t, and why the environment has not been mined,
have to do with prices, technological innovation, social change and government regulation in re-
sponse to popular pressure. That is why, today''s environmental problems in the poor countries
ought, in principle, to be solvable.
Raw materials have not run out, and show no sign of doing so. Logically, one day they must: the planet is a finite place. Yet it is also very big, and man is very ingenious. What has happened is that every time a material seems to be running short, the price has risen and, in response, people have looked for new sources of supply, tried to find ways to use less of the material, or looked for a new substitute. For this reason prices for energy and for minerals have fallen in real terms during the century. The same is true for food. Prices fluctuate, in response to harvests, natural disasters and political instability; and when they rise, it takes some time before new sources of supply become available. But they always do, assisted by new farming and crop technology. The long term trend has been downwards.
It is where prices and markets do not operate properly that this benign ( 良性的 ) trend begins to stumble, and the genuine problems arise. Markets cannot always keep the environment healthy. If no one owns the resource concerned, no one has an interest in conserving it or fostering it: fish is the best example of this.
26. According to the author, most students________.
A) believe the world''s environment is in an undesirable condition
B) agree that the environment of the world is not as bad as it is thought to be
C) get high marks for their good knowledge of the world''s environment
D) appear somewhat unconcerned about the state of the world''s environment
27. The huge increase in world production and population ________.
A) has made the world a worse place to live in
B) has had a positive influence on the environment
C) has not significantly affected the environment
D) has made the world a dangerous place to live in
28. One of the reasons why the long-term trend of prices has been downwards is that________.
A) technological innovation can promote social stability
B) political instability will cause consumption to drop
C) new farming and crop technology can lead to overproduction
D) new sources are always becoming available
29. Fish resources are diminishing because________.
A) no new substitutes can be found in large quantities
B) they are not owned by any particular entity
C) improper methods of fishing have mined the fishing grounds
D) water pollution is extremely serious
30. The primary solution to environmental problems is________.
A) to allow market forces to operate properly
B) to curb consumption of natural resources
C) to limit the growth of the world population
D) to avoid fluctuations in prices
Passage Three
Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage.
About the time that schools and others quite reasonably became interested in seeing to it that all children, whatever their background, were fairly treated, intelligence testing became unpopular.
Some thought it was unfair to minority children. Through the past few decades such testing
has gone out of fashion and many communities have indeed forbidden it.
However, paradoxically, just recently a group of black parents filed a lawsuit (訴訟) in California claiming that the state''s ban on IQ testing discriminates against their children by denying them the opportunity to take the test. (They believed, correctly, that IQ tests are a valid method of evaluating children for special education classes.) The judge, therefore, reversed, at least partially,his original decision.
And so the argument goes on and on. Does it benefit or harm children from minority groups to have their intelligence tested? We have always been on the side of permitting, even facilitating,
such testing. If a child of any color or group is doing poorly in school it seems to us very important to know whether it is because he or she is of low intelligence, or whether some other factor is the cause.
What school and family can do to improve poor performance is influenced by its cause. It is
not discriminative to evaluate either a child''s physical condition or his intellectual level.
Unfortunately, intellectual level seems to be a sensitive subject, and what the law allows us to do varies from time to time. The same fluctuation back and forth occurs in areas other than intelligence. Thirty years or so ago, for instance, white families were encouraged to adopt black children. It was considered discriminative not to do so.
And then the style changed and this cross-racial adopting became generally unpopular, and
social agencies felt that black children should go to black families only. It is hard to say what are the best procedures. But surely good will on the part of all of us is needed.
As to intelligence, in our opinion, the more we know about any child''s intellectual level, the better for the child in question.
31. Why did the intelligence test become unpopular in the past few decades?
A) Its validity was challenged by many communities.
B) It was considered discriminative against minority children.
C) It met with strong opposition from the majority of black parents.
D) It deprived the black children of their rights to a good education.
32. The recent legal action taken by some black parents in California aimed to________.
A) draw public attention to IQ testing C) remove the state''s ban on intelligence tests
B) put an end to special education D) have their children enter white schools
33. The author believes that intelligence testing ________.
A) may ease racial confrontation in the United States
B) can encourage black children to keep up with white children
C) may seriously aggravate racial discrimination in the United States
D) can help black parents make decisions about their children''s education
34. The author''s opinion of child adoption seems to be that________.
A) no rules whatsoever can be prescribed
B) white families should adopt black children
C) adoption should be based on IQ test results
D) cross-racial adoption is to be advocated
35. Child adoption is mentioned in the passage to show that _______.
A) good will may sometimes complicate racial problems
B) social surroundings are vital to the healthy growth of children
C) intelligence testing also applies to non-academic areas
D) American opinion can shift when it comes to sensitive issues
Passage Four
Questions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage.
Not too many decades ago it seemed "obvious" both to the general public and to sociologists that modern society has changed people''s natural relations, loosened their responsibilities to kin (親戚) and neighbors, and substituted in their place superficial relationships with passing acquaintances. However, in recent years a growing body of research has revealed that the "obvious" is not true. It seems that if you are a city resident, you typically know a smaller proportion of your neighbors than you do if you are a resident of a smaller community. But, for the most part, this fact has few significant consequences. It does not necessarily follow that if you know few of your neighbors you will know no one else.
Even in very large cities, people maintain close social ties within small, private social ed, the number and quality of meaningful relationships do not differ between more and less urban people. Small-town residents are more involved with kin than are big-city residents. Yet city dwellers compensate by developing friendships with people who share similar interests and activities. Urbanism may produce a different style of life, but the quality of life does not differ between town and city. Nor are residents of large communities any likelier to display psychological symptoms of stress or alienation, a feeling of not belonging, than are residents of smaller communities. However, city dwellers do worry more about crime, and this leads them to a distrust of strangers.
These findings do not imply that urbanism makes little or no difference. If neighbors are strangers to one another, they are less likely to sweep the sidewalk of an elderly couple living next door or keep an eye out for young trouble makers. Moreover, as Wirth suggested, there may be a link between a community''s population size and its social heterogeneity ( 多樣性 ). For instance, sociologists have found much evidence that the size of a community is associated with bad behavior including gambling, drugs, etc. Large-city urbanites are also more likely than their small-town counterparts to have a cosmopolitan (見多識廣者的 ) outlook, to display less responsibility to traditio
nal kinship roles, to vote for leftist pol itical candidates, and to be tolerant of nontraditional religious groups, unpopular political groups, and so-called undesirables. Everything considered, heterogeneity and unusual behavior seem to be outcomes of large population size.
36. Which of the following statements best describes the organization of the first paragraph?
A) Two contrasting views are presented.
B) An argument is examined and possible solutions given.
C) Research results concerning the quality of urban life are presented in order of time.
D) A detailed description of the difference between urban and small-town life is given.
37. According to the passage, it was once a common belief that urban residents______.
A) did not have the same interests as their neighbors
B) could not develop long-standing relationships
C) tended to be associated with bad behavior
D) usually had more friends
38. One of the consequences of urban life is that impersonal relationships among neighbors_____.
A) disrupt people''s natural relations
B) make them worry about crime
C) cause them not to show concern for one another
D) cause them to be suspicious of each other
39. It can be inferred from the passage that the bigger a community is,______.
A) the better its quality of life
B) the more similar its interests
C) the more tolerant and open-minded it is
D) the likelier it is to display psychological symptoms of stress
40. What is the passage mainly about?
A) Similarities in the interpersonal relationships between urbanites and small-towndwellers.
B) Advantages of living in big cities as compared with living in small towns.
C) The positive role that urbanism plays in modern life.
D) The strong feeling of alienation of city inhabitants.
Part III Vocabulary (20 minutes)
Directions: There are 30 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four
choices marked A), B), C) and D). Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.
41. The lady in this strange tale very obviously suffers from a serious mental illness. Her plot
against a completely innocent old man is a clear sign of________.
A) impulse C) inspiration
B) insanity D) disposition
42. The Prime Minister was followed by five or six _______ when he got off the plane.
A) laymen C) directors
B) servants D) attendants
43. There is no doubt that the ________ of these goods to the others is easy to see.
A) prestige C) priority
B) superiority D) publicity
44. All the guests were invited to attend the wedding ________ and had a very good time.
A) feast C) festival
B) congratulations D) recreation
45. The price of the coal will vary according to how far it has to be transported and how expensive the freight _______ are.
A) payments C) funds
B) charges D) prices
46. The manager gave her his ________ that her complaint would be investigated.
A) assurance C) sanction
B) assumption D) insurance
47. Although the model looks good on the surface, it will not bear close________.
A) temperament C) scrutiny
B) contamination D) symmetry
48. We are doing this work in the _________ of reforms in the economic, social and cultural spheres.
A) context C) pretext
B) contest D) texture
49. While a full understanding of what causes the disease may be several years away, ________ leading to a successful treatment could come much sooner.
A) a distinction C) an identification
B) a breakthrough D) an interpretation
50. Doctors are often caught in a _________ because they have to decide whether they hould tell their patients the truth or not.
A) puzzle C) dilemma
B) perplexity D) bewilderment
51. To ________ important dates in history, countries create special holidays.
A) commend C) propagate
B) memorize D) commemorate
52. His successful negotiations with the Americans helped him to _________ his position in he government.
A) contrive C) heave
B) consolidate D) intensify
53. Please do not be ________ by his offensive remarks since he is merely trying to attract attention.
A) distracted C) irritated
B) disregarded D) intervened
54. Once you get to know your mistakes, you should __________ them as soon as possible.
A) rectify C) refrain
B) reclaim D) reckon
55. He wouldn''t answer the reporters'' questions, nor would he __________ for a photograph.
A) summon C) pose
B) highlight D) marshal
56. The club will ________ new members the first week in September.
A) enroll C) absorb
B) subscribe D) register
57. If you don''t ________ the children properly, Mr. Chiver, they''ll just run riot.
A) mobilize C) manipulate
B) warrant D) supervise
58. Already the class is ________ about who our new teacher will be.
A) foreseeing C) fabricating
B) speculating D) contemplating
59. We should ________ our energy and youth to the development of our country.
A) dedicate C) ascribe
B) cater D) cling
60. Just because I''m ________ to him, my boss thinks he can order me around without showing
me any respect.
A) redundant C) versatile
B) trivial D) subordinate
61. Many scientists remain ________ about the value of this research program.
A) sceptical C) spacious
B) stationary D) specific
62. Depression is often caused by the ________ effects of stress and overwork..
A) total C) terrific
B) increased D) cumulative
63. A human''s eyesight is not as ________ as that of an eagle.
A) eccentric C) sensible
B) acute D) sensitive
64. It is ________ that women should be paid less than men for doing the same kind of work.
A) abrupt C) adverse
B) absurd D) addictive
65. Shoes of this kind are ________ to slip on wet ground.
A) feasible C) apt
B) appropriate D) fitting
66. We''ll be very careful and keep what you''ve told us strictly________.
A) rigorous C) private
B) confidential D) mysterious
67. The members of Parliament were ________ that the government had not consulted them.
A) impatient C) crude
B) tolerant D) indignant
68. Some American colleges are state-supported, others are privately _______ , and still others
are supported by religious organizations.
A) ensured C) authorized
B) attributed D) endowed
69. The prison guards were armed and ready to shoot if _______ in any way.
A) intervened C) provoked
B) incurred D) poked
70. Many pure metals have little use because they are too soft, rust too easily, or have some other _______.
A) drawbacks C) bruises
B) handicaps D) blunders
試卷二
Part IV Error Correction (15 minutes)
Directions: This part consists of a short passage. In this passage, there are altogether 10 mis-
takes, one in each numbered line. You may have to change a word, add a word or a word. Mark out the mistakes and put the corrections in the blanks provided If you change a word, cross it out and write the correct word in the corresponding blank. If you add a word, put an ion mark ( ∧ ) in the right place and write the missing word in the blank, lf you a word, cross it out and put a slash (/) in the blank.
Example:
Television is rapidly becoming the literature of our periods. Many 1. time/times/period
of the arguments having used for the study of literature as a school 2. /
subject are valid for∧ study of television. 3. the
Sporting activities are essentially modified forms of
hunting behavior. Viewing biologically, the modern S1.________
footballer is revealed as a member of a disguised hunting
pack. His killing weapon has turned into a harmless football
and his prey into a goal-mouth. If his aim is inaccurate and he S2.________
scores a goal, enjoys the hunter''s triumph of killing his prey. S3._________
To understand how this transformation has taken place we
must briefly look up at our ancient ancestors. They spent over a S4.________
million year evolving as co-operative hunters. Their very survival S5.________
depended on success in the hunting-field. Under this pressure
their whole way of life, even if their bodies, became radically S6.________
changed. They became chasers, runners, jumpers, aimers,
throwers and prey-killers. They co-operate as skillful male-group S7.________
attackers.
Then, about ten thousand years ago, when this immensely S8.________
long formative period of hunting for food, they became farmers.
Their improved intelligence, so vital to their old hunting life,
were put to a new use-that of penning ( 把 …… 關在圈中 ), S9.________
controlling and domesticating their prey. The food was there on
the farms, awaiting their needs. The risks and uncertainties of farming
were no longer essential for survival. S10.________
Part V Writing (30 minutes)
Directions:For this part, you are allowed thirty minutes to write a composition on the topic:
A Letter to the Unitversity President about the Canteen Service on Campus
You should write at least 120 words, and base your composition on the outline given in Chinese below:
假設你是李明，請你就本校食堂的狀況給校長寫一封信，內容應涉及食堂的飯菜質量、價格、環境、服務等，可以是表揚，可以是批評建議，也可以兼而有之。
January 12th, 2002
Dear Mr. President,
2002年1月大學英語六級考試答案及聽力原文
Part I Listening comprehension
1.[C] 從they haven''t found anybody else來看，可能找到部分倖存者，只是這幾個小時沒有找到更多的，説明C為正確答案。
2.[D]從quite disappointing來看，考試結果出乎意料，令人失望，所以答案為D。
3.[B]the last thing one wants to do一般用來表示"最不願意做某事"，由此可以判斷答案為B。
4.[D] make it work in our program就是apply the theory to the program，所以答案為D。
5.[C] apply for a loan（申請貸款）也就是申請經濟方面的援助，所以答案為C。
6.[B]從space shuttle可以判斷是太空飛行，由此可以排除A，C，從another routine mission可以排除D。
7.[A]due也就意味着是deadline，既然只有兩天的時間，説明the deadline is drawing near。
8.[C]run regularly就是運動的 一種方式，所以答案為C。
9.[A]like it overall表明説話者enjoy it as a whole。
10.[C]it needs a new paint job説明車看上去很舊，結合it seems to run well可以判斷答案為C。
11.[C]there is no difference in the time the two groups spent on planning their strategy説明他們在準備時間上是相同的。
12.[A]good negotiators can make a lot of suggestions and consider twice the number of the alternatives説明他們能夠提前仔細研究，答案為A。
13.[B] 本題為信息再現。文章中提到the average negotiators tried to persuade by giving a lot reasons, 與B 相同。
14.[D]文中提到sharks sometime starve，説明C不對，sharks don''t eat as much as people think説明他們吃的比人們想象得要少，即D。
15.[B]文章最後提到if you go into a shark''s territory and threaten it, it might try to bite you説明答案為B，即鯊魚在感到威脅時才會向人類進攻。
16.[A] 文章的主題要看文章主要內容以及敍述方式。文章提到了狗，但不是作為朋友提到，B可以排除。從文章所敍述的鯊魚在什麼情況下才向人進攻來看，鯊魚攻擊人類並非出於本性，C不對。文章開始提到人們一般都認為鯊魚很危險，而正文又介紹鯊魚在很多情況下對人並無威脅，所以答案為A，即本篇文章試圖説明鯊魚並不是如人們所想象的那麼可怕。
17.[A]從humans going to live on the Mars 和it might solve the problem of overcrowding on the earth可以判斷科學家們對火星感興趣的原因是人們有可能要移民到火星。
18.[D]If the atmosphere were like that of the earth, this might be possible説明如果人們要在火星上居住，其大氣就應該改變。
19.[D]既然nitrogen is four fifths of the air we breathe（佔我們呼吸的空氣的5分之4），那就説明氮是我們所呼吸的空氣的主要成分。
20.[B]本題為細節再現題，this will take one hundred thousand years與C相同。
Part II Reading comprehension
21．[B] 文章第二段中提到，導航計算機能夠給司機提供精確的運行提示，既然能如此，也就能夠幫助解決大城市中所存在的交通問題。由此可以推斷，答案應該是B。
22．[A] 本題考查的是司機運用導航計算機的方式。文章第5段提到On most systems, a driver enters a desired address, 説明司機要想找到最佳的駛車路線，只需輸入目的地即可，答案為A。
23．[C] 文章的後半部介紹了幾種車型所用導航計算機的不同之處，一是the driver''s request for a directions, 一是the way it presents the driving instructions，由此可以判斷選項B，D不對。從Most systems are basically identical可以判斷，無論什麼樣的導航計算機，其工作原理大體相同，即C。
24．[B] 文章第三段介紹了導航計算機的工作原理，一是通過天線接收衞星上發送的信息，文章第四段又介紹了這種信息要與計算機內所儲存的地圖結合（combined with a map database）。由此可以判斷答案為B。本題回答的是導航計算機的工作原理，而沒有區分什麼類型的導航計算機，這就説明，導航計算機的工作原理是相同的，因此，由本題可以推斷23題答案為C。
25．[B] 各導航系統通過不同的方式給司機提供指示，D與你相同，現象不是目的，所以不對。導航計算機藉助global positioning system的幫助能夠以這麼多種方式為司機提供幫助，也正説明了其優越性，所以答案 B。
26．[A] 文章第一段通過假設的方式，展示了作者心目中學生可能有的看法，從most students would tear it apart, offering a long list of complaints …可以判斷學生認為世界環境狀況不容樂觀，所以答案為A。
27[ C] 文章第一段最後一句The surprise is how good things are, not how bad似乎是説"人口的急劇增長與生產的擴大對環境帶來了正面影響，但是，從下文的敍述方式來看，作者所欲説明的應該是"對世界環境的影響不大"。文章只是説the environment has not been ruined, raw materials have not run out, environmental problems ought to be solvable。從否定形式的使用可以判斷，作者所強調的顯然不是正面影響。
28．[D] 文章倒數第二段people have looked for new sources of supply, …. For this reason prices for energy and for minerals have fallen in real terms 説明從長遠來看，價格處於下降趨勢的原因之一應該是總能找到新的能源，即D。
29．[B] 本題考查的是具體事例與要説明觀點之間的關係。文章最後一句If no one owns the resource concerned, no one has an interest in conserving it or fostering it, fish is the best example of this.説明，魚源變少的原因應該是它們不為任何實體所擁有，即B。
30．[A] 文章最後一段第一句It is where prices and markets do not operate properly that this benign trend begins to stumble, and the genuine problems arise説明要解決環境問題，首要的'是要使市場運作正常，即A。
31．[B] 本題為同義轉述題。文章第二段some thought it was unfair to minority children，説明有人認為智商測試對少數民族孩子不公平，也就使對少數民族學生的歧視，即B。
32．[C] 訴訟中提到"政府禁止IQ測試是對他們（黑人兒童）的歧視，這樣以來他們的子女就不可能進入特殊班級受教育"。指責其不公，自然是要取消之，所以答案為C。
33．[A] 從常識來判斷，美國白人一般都認為黑人等少數民族的孩子愚鈍不可教，因此不能進入特殊教育班級。智商的測試可以讓人們清楚兒童在學校成績不好到底是智力的問題還使其它原因（to know whether it is because he or she is of low intelligence, or whether some other factor is the cause），這樣就有可能排除智力上的因素，所以對緩和種族衝突會有好處，能表達此意思的是選項A。
34．[D] 作者在提到兒童收養問題後指出su rely good will on the part of all of us is needed，顯然是在説cross-racial adoption is to be advocated。
35．[D] 對於具體事例的作用，一般可以看事例前面總括性的陳述。本篇文章作者在介紹兒童收養問題前提到Unfortunately, intellectual level seems to be a sensitive subject，and what the law allows us to do varies from time to time. 然後説這種情況在其他場合也出現，如兒童收養。顯然兒童收養問題所要説明的也是對於一些敏感的問題，法律所允許我們所多的不同的時期也不同。開始白人家庭黑人兒童是受鼓勵的，到後來又變得generally unpopular，説明人們的觀點會發生變化，即D。
36．[A] 根據文章第一般寫作技法第一段不會結論，因此B不對，段中however的使用説明第一段所展示的使兩種觀點，答案為A。
37．[B]文章第一段所展示的第一種觀點substituted in their place superficial relationships with passing acquaintances.説明人們以往是認為城市居民不可能發展長久的友誼。
38．[C] 文章第三段提到If neighbors are strangers to one another, they are less likely to sweep the sidewalk of an elderly couple living next door or keep an eye out for young trouble makers. 説明鄰里之間很可能出現彼此都不關心的狀況，即C。
39．[C]文章最後提到，大城市裏居民比小城鎮居民更見多識廣，to be tolerant of nontraditional religious groups，説明社區越大，人們越容易變得包容，思想也越開朗，所以答案為C。
40．[A] 本篇文章對比了大城市與小城鎮種人際關係，但並沒有強調在大城市中居住的優越，B不對；文中提到了很多城市居住的負面影響，顯然C也不對；文章第二段中提到nor are residents of large communities any likelier to display psychological symptoms of stress or alienation,説明D也不對。由此可以判斷答案為A。
Part III. Vocabulary
41. [A] 本題為上下義詞復現。題幹第一句提到suffer from a serious mental illness，指患一種嚴重的精神疾病，那麼後面説介紹的反應自然也應該是這種疾病的反應。Inspiration為"靈感"， insanity 表示"瘋狂，愚昧"，disposition為"氣質，性情"，都不是疾病的表現，答案為A，impulse（衝動）。
42. [D] 本題為詞彙同現題，與首相同行的應該是隨從，四個選項中能表示"隨從"的是attendants。其它laymen表示"門外漢", directors表示"主任，主管，董事", servants為"僕人"，都與話題不符。
43. [B] 本題為搭配題，superiority to表示"比……優越"。
44. [A] 本題為話題同現題，表示婚禮宴會應該擁wedding feast。
45．[B] 表示"貨運費用"應該用freight charges，payments表示"付款，報應"，funds為"資金"，prices為"價格"，都與freight不同現。
46．[A] 從句內容顯然是經理對"她"所做的保證，所以答案為assurance。其它sanction表示"批准，認可"，assumption表示"假設"，insurance表示"保險"，都與題意不合。
47．[C] 本題題意為"儘管該模型表面上看上去很不錯，但是經不起細察"。temperament為"性情，氣質"，contamination為"玷污，污染"， symmetry為"對稱，勻稱"， scrutiny表示"詳細審查"，所以答案為C。
48．[A] 本題為搭配題，in the context of表示在"……的情況下"，pretext為"藉口，託辭" 一般與介詞under 或on連用，contest為"競爭，競賽"， texture表示"質地"，都與下文of短語所表示的情景不符。
49. [D] 本題為信息復現題。與a full understanding相對的顯然也是一種"理解"，四個選項中能表示"理解"的單詞為interpretation。其它distinction表示"區別，差別"， identification表示"辨認，鑑定"，breakthrough表示"突破"，都與題意不符。
50．[C] 本題為上下義詞復現。"不得不在是否告訴父母真情中選擇"表明就是處於一種左右為難的景遇，能表示此含義的單詞是dilemma，其它選項puzzle表示"難題，迷"， perplexity表示"困惑，混亂"， bewilderment表示"迷亂，慌張，左右為難"，都與與下文不構成復現關係。
51.[D] 特別節日的建立一般都是為了紀念歷史上比較重要的事件，四個選項中能表示該含義的是commemorate，其它commend為"命令"， propagate為"繁植，傳播，宣傳"， memorize表示"記憶"，都與話題不符。
52．[B] contrive為"發明，設計，圖謀"， heave為"舉起"， consolidate 表示"鞏固"，intensify 為"加強，強化"。本題表示"他與美國成功的談判有助於鞏固其在政府中的地位"，所以答案為B。
53．[C] 既然對方只是試圖引其人們的注意，就不應該對對方的行為憤慨，所以答案為C，irritate表示"氣憤"與offensive remarks構成同現關係。
54．[A] 本題為詞彙同現題。與mistakes同現的應該是"改正"，即rectify, 其它各詞refrain, reclaim, reckon分別表示"節制，避免"，"收回，要求歸還"，"估計，猜想"，與mistakes不構成搭配關係。
55．[C] 本題表示"擺姿勢拍照"，應該用動詞pose，summon表示"召集，召喚"，highlight表示"突出，使顯著"，marshal表示"整頓，配置，彙集"，都與照相話題不符。
56．[C] 本題表示"吸收新會員"，表示吸收的為absorb，其他enroll表示"註冊"， subscribe表示"訂購，訂閲"， register表示"登記註冊"，與題意不符。
57．[D] 本題為因果同現題。要想孩子不騷亂，就要適當"監控"，答案為supervise ，其他mobilize表示"動員"， manipulate表示"操作，操縱，巧妙處理"， warrant表示"保證，擔保，批准"。
58．[B] 本題為搭配題，to speculate about 表示"推測，思索"，其他選項沒有此搭配功能。
59．[A] 本題為搭配題，dedicate …to表示"獻身於……"。其他cater表示"備辦食物"， ascribe表示"歸因與"， cling表示"堅持，附着"。
60．[D] 本題為同現題，自己與老闆顯然是從屬的關係，所以答案為subordinate，其他redundant表示"多餘的"，versatile表示"多才多藝的"， trivial表示"瑣細的，微不足道的"，都與話題不符。
61．[A] 本題為搭配題， be skeptical about表示"對……持懷疑態度"。其他stationary為"靜止的"，
spacious為"寬敞的"，specific為"具體的"，都不與about構成搭配關係。
62．[D] 本題表示"一個人的壓抑是由於長時間的緊張和過度工作所致"，答案為cumulative，表示"累積"，而total為"總計"， terrific 為"令人恐怖的"，increased表示"增加了的"，都不能表示"日益積累的效果"。
63．[B] 本題為修飾同現題，eccentric表示"古怪的"， sensible表示"有感覺的，明智的"， acute表示"敏鋭的：， sensitive表示"敏感的"。本題表示人的視力應該像鷹的眼睛一樣敏鋭，所以答案為B。
64．[B] 本題為評註性形容詞的考查。Abrupt表示"突然的，陡峭的"， adverse 表示"不利的，相反的"，absurd表示"荒謬的，可笑的"， addictive表示"上癮的"。根據本題意思，可以判斷答案B，即幹同樣的活，女人得到得待遇卻比男人的低，這的確很荒謬。另外，從結構上來講，absurd後從句中一般應該用should + 原形動詞。
65．[C] 本題為句法搭配題。be apt to do something 表示"易於作某事"，即穿這種鞋在潮濕的地板上很容易滑倒。其他feasible表示"可行的"，appropriate表示&qu ot;合適的，得體的"，fitting表示"適合的，相稱的",結構與意思都不合。
66．[B] 從we''ll be very careful來看，説話人會把他們彼此之間所説的話保密的，而能表達此含義的選項是confidential
。其他單詞rigorous表示"嚴格的，嚴厲的"， private表示"私人的，私有的"， mysterious表示"神祕的"。
67．[D] 本題中impatient表示"不耐煩", crude表示"粗魯的"， tolerant表示"寬容的"， indignant表示"氣憤的"。從本句意思來看，既然政府沒有徵求他們的意見，國會會員應該是比較氣憤，所以答案 D。
68．[D] 本題為信息復現題，所填單詞表達的是support的含義，四個選項ensure表示"打包，保證"， attribute表示"歸結與"， authorize表示"批准"， endow表示"捐贈，賦予"。四個選項中與support意思相近的為endow，即大學由私人出資。
69．[C] intervene表示"干預，介入"， incur表示"招致"， provoke表示"激怒，煽動"，poke表示"戳，捅"。本題表示如果不惹鬧他們，獄卒是不會射擊的。由此可以判斷答案為provoke。
70.[ A] 本題為上下義詞復現。所填單詞是對they are too soft, rust too easily得概括，答案為A drawbacks，其他bruise意為擦傷，撞傷"，handicap意為"障礙，阻礙"，blunder意為"大錯，大誤"，與they are too soft, rust too easily沒有上下義關係。
Part IV Error Correction
S1 Viewing在句中作狀語，與句子主語modern footballer之間是動賓關係，應該用過去分詞，所以Viewing應改為Viewed。
S2 根據概念同現原理，目標準確才有可能得分高，所以從scores high來判斷，inaccurate是錯誤的，應改為accurate。
S3. 句子缺少主語，根據主從句的意思來看，主語應該是he，所以在enjoys前加主語he。
S4 look up at為短語重疊，look up表示"敬仰，查尋"與本句意思不符，應該用look at，表示如果想了解這種轉變如何發生，我們就必須看一看我們的祖先是如何作的。
S5 year為可數名詞，這裏應該用複數形式，應改為years。
S6 用以加強語氣，表示"甚至"，應該用even，而不是even if，所以if應該去掉。
S7 chasers, runner, jumpers, aimers, throwers 與pre-killers之間應該是選擇並列關係，所以and應改為or。
S8 when用於引導狀語從句，但是this immensely long formative period of hunting for food為名詞短語，when使用不當，根據句子的意思應該改為after。
S9 主語為their improved intelligence為單數形式，所以謂語動詞也應該用單數形式，were應該改為 was。
S10 根據話題原則，farming 應該改為hunting。
2002年1月12日六級考試聽力原文
1.W: Is the rescue crew still looking for survivors of the plane crash?
M: Yes, they have been searching the area for hours, but they haven''t found anybody else. They will keep searching until night falls.
Q: What do we learn from the conversation?
2.M: How many students passed the final physics exam in your class?
W: Forty, but still as many as 20 percent of the class failed, quite disappointing, isn''t it?
Q: What does the woman think of the exam?
3.W: Lots of people enjoy dancing, do you?
M: Believe it or not, that is the last thing I want to do.
Q: What does the man mean?
4.W: Jane, I am having difficulty with all the theoretic stuff we are getting in our computer course.
M: Oh, that part I understand. What I can''t figure out is how to make it work in our program.
Q: What is the man''s problem?
5.W: Did you see Mary somewhere around?
M: Yes, she is in the campus bank, applying for the student''s loan.
Q: What was Mary doing?
6.W: The space shuttle is taking off tomorrow.
M: I know, this is another routine mission. It is first flight with four years ago.
Q: What are they talking about?
7.M: When are we supposed to submit our project proposals, Jane?
W: They are due by the end of the week. We''ve only two days left. We''ll just have to hurry.
Q: What does the woman mean?
8.W: When I go on a diet, I eat only fruit, and that takes off weight quickly.
M: I prefer to eat whatever I want, and then run regularly to lose weight.
Q: How does the man control his weight?
9.W: John, can you tell me what in the book interested you most?
M: No, well, nothing specific, but I like it overall.
Q; What did the man think of the book?
10.W: How do you like the car I just bought?
M: Well, it seems to run well, but I think it needs a new paint job.
Q: What does the man think of the car?
Passage 1
Nilrikman and others of the halfway research group have done some research into the differences between average and good negotiators. They found negotiators with the good trait record and studied them in action. They compared them with another group of average negotiators and found that there was no difference in the time that the two groups spent on planning their strategy. However, there were some significant differences on other points. The average negotiators thought in terms of the present, but the good negotiators took a long-time review. They made lots of suggestions and considered twice the number of the alternatives. The average negotiators set their objectives as single points. We hope to get two dollars, for example. The good negotiators set their objectives in terms of range, which they might formulate as "We hope to get two dollars, but if we get one dollar and fifty, it will be all right.". The average negotiators tried to persuade by giving lots of reasons. They use a lot of different arguments. The good negotiators didn''t give many reasons. They just repeated the same ones. They also did more summarizing and reviewing, checking they were understood correctly.
do good negotiators and average negotiators have in common?
rding to the speaker, what would good negotiators do?
rding to the speaker, what does the average negotiator usually do?
Passage 2
To most of us sharks are the most dangerous fish in the sea and they attack humans. However, according to Doctor Clark, who has studied the behavior of sharks for twelve years, humans are not normally on the shark''s menu. What do sharks feed on, mainly fish and other sea animals? Doctor Clark also found that sharks don''t eat as much food as people think. For instance, a nine-year-old shark only needs two pound of food a day to keep healthy. But she says, sharks sometimes starve and at other times they fill themselves with what they have killed. Around the world, there are only about one hundred shark attacks on humans each year, ten of which proved fatal. But consider this, in the US alone, about three million people are bitten by dogs each year. Of these, thirty people die. If sharks bite you, says Doctor Clark, the reason is usually because of the mistake you ****natural food. For example, say you went underwater-fishing and saw a shark, you could be in trouble. The shark might go for the injured fish you had attacked and take a bite of you at the same time. If you go into a shark''s territory and threaten it, it might try to bite you. That''s because sharks are territorial and tend to guard their territory. Like dogs, they protect the area they think is their own.
does the passage say about the eating behavior of sharks?
might a shark attach humans?
do we learn from the passage about sharks?
Passage 3
Science fiction writers have often imagined humans going to live on the Mars. But these days, scientists are taking the idea seriously. It has a great deal to recommend it, since it might solve the problem of overcrowding on the earth. But obviously, it would not be worth making the effort unless people could live there naturally. If the atmosphere were like that of the earth, this might be possible. But in fact it is mostly carbonoxidite. Apart from that, there are other problems to be overcome. For example, the temperature would have to be raised from 6 degrees below zero to 15 degrees above it. Scientists who study Mars have laid down the program that they can follow. To begin with, they will have to find out whether life has ever existed on the planet of Mars in the past. Secondly they will have to make a reliable map of its surface. And finally, they will have to make a list of the gases. Above all, they will have to discover how much nitrogen it possesses. Since nitrogen is four fifths of the air we breathe, they are surprising optimistic about raising the temperature on Mars and believe it could be down in hundred years. It will take a bit longer, though, to transform the atmosphere so that human beings could live there. Scientists estimate this will take one hundred thousand years.
are scientists interested in Mars?
is the one of the things that must be done if a man can live on Mars?
do scientist want to find out whether there is sufficient nitrogen on Mars?
is the prospect of people living on Mars?
