大学英语六级真题试卷-1998年1月/下

 

Part IV Short Answer Questions (15 minutes)

Directions: In this part there is a short passage with five questions or incomplete statements. Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words (not exceeding 10 words).

One summer my wife Chris and I were invited by friends to row down the Colorado River in a boat. Our expedition included many highly successful people the kind who have staffs to take care of life’s daily work. But in the wilder rapids, all of us naturally set aside any pretenses (矫饰) and put out backs into every stroke to keep the boat from tumbling over. At each night’s encampment, we all hauled supplies and cleaned dishes. After only two days in the river, people accustomed to being spoiled and indulged had become a team, working together to cope with the unpredictable twists and turns of the river.

I believe that in life as well as on boat trips teamwork will make all our journeys successful ones. The rhythms of teamwork have been the rhythms of my life. I played basketball alongside famous players, and the team I now coach, the New York Knicks, has recovered from years of adversity to become a major contender in the 1990s.

I’m persuaded that teamwork is the key to making dreams come true. We all play on a number of teams in our lives-as part of a family, as a citizen, as a member of an agreement, written or unwritten. It contains the values and goals for every team member.

For example, in the late 1970s a General Motors plant in Fremont, Calif, was the scene of constant warfare between labor and management. Distrust ran so high that the labor contract was hundreds of pages of tricky legal terms. GM spent millions trying to keep the facility up to date, but productivity and quality were continually poor. Absenteeism (旷工) was so out of control that the production line couldn’t even start up on some mornings. Finally in the early 1980s, GM shut down the plant.

GM became convinced that it had to create new production systems based on teamwork. In the mid 1980s it reopened the Fremont plant with Toyota, starting from scratch (从零开始) with a much simpler and shorter labor contract. It promised that executive salaries would be reduced and jobs performed by outside sellers would be given to employees before any layoffs were considered. Over a hundred job classifications were cut to just two. Instead of doing one boring job over and over, workers agreed to be part of small teams, spending equal time on various tasks.

Questions: (注意: 答题尽量简短，超过10个词要扣分。每条横线限写一个 英语单词，标点符号不占格。)

S1.  What comment did the author make about the highly successful people travelling with him?

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S2.  Why was it easy for boats to tumble over in the Colorado?

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S3.  What happened to the New York Knicks in the 1980s?

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S4.  What caused the sharp conflict in the GM plant in the late 1970s?

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S5.  What spirit was encouraged in the reopened GM plant?

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Part V Writing (30 minutes)

Directions: For this part, you are allowed thirty minutes to write a composition on the topic My View on Fake Commodities. You should write at least 120 words and you should base your composition on the outline (given in Chinese) below:

1.    假冒伪劣商品的危害

2.    怎样杜绝假冒伪劣商品

 

参考答案

Part I Listening Comprehension

1.    B     2.    B     3.    A     4.    B     5.    B

6.    C     7.    A     8.    D     9.    D     10.   A

11.   D     12.   A     13.   C     14.   C     15.   A

16.   B     17.   D     18.   D     19.   B     20.   C

 

Part II Reading Comprehension

21.   B     22.   D     23.   B     24.   C     25.   A

26.   C     27.   D     28.   A     29.   B     30.   C

31.   C     32.   D     33.   D     34.   B     35.   A

36.   B     37.   A     38.   D     39.   A     40.   C

 

Part III Vocabulary Structure

41.   C     42.   D     43.   C     44.   A     45.   A

46.   B     47.   B     48.   C     49.   D     50.   A

51.   B     52.   D     53.   C     54.   C     55.   A

56.   B     57.   D     58.   C     59.   D     60.   C

61.   D     62.   B     63.   A     64.   A     65.   B

66.   D     67.   B     68.   A     69.   C     70.   D

 

Part IV Short Answer Questions

S1.  They were used to being spoiled and indulged.

S2.  Because the river is full of twists and turns.

S3.  It was in adversity.

S4.  Distrust and lack of teamwork.

S5.  The spirit of teamwork.

 

Part V Writing (略)

 

听力原文

1.    W: I haven’t had much exercise lately. My only recreation has been watching TV or going to the movies. What do you do for recreation?

M: In summer I like playing tennis instead of swimming and boating, and my favorite sport in the winter is skating.

Q: What is the man’s favorite sport in summer?

2.    M: Why don’t you come to our house for dinner some time next week?

W: I’d like to, but we have visitors from Finland, perhaps next week.

Q: Why can’t the woman accept the man’s invitation?

3.    W: I’m out of coins for the slot machine. Do you have any?

M: I don’t have any either. But I’ll get some from the cafe.

Q: What does the man offer to do?

4.    M: I just got a statement from the bank. It says I’ve drawn $ 300 more than I have in my account.

W: Well, we did spend a lot on our vocation. In fact, we didn’t know exactly how much was in our bank.

Q: What are they talking about?

5.    W: Take a seat, Mr. Brown. Could you tell me which position you think most appeals to you?

M: Well, as for me, I prefer to take the post of sales manager if you think I’m qualified.

Q: What’s the man’s purpose in meeting the woman?

6.    W: Billy, have you heard the latest news? It appears that we won’t be laid off after all.

M: Oh, somewhat I’m tired of working here anyway.

Q: What’s the man’s reaction to the news the woman told him?

7.    W: Your room is a mess. When is the last time you tidied your room?

M: It was when Linda came over. She is been so helpful that I simply can’t do without her.

Q: What does the man mean?

8.    M: I’m terribly sorry, Anna, I lost the magazine you lent me the other day.

W: It doesn’t matter. It was a back number any way.

Q: Why doesn’t the woman care about the lost magazine?

9.    M: I’m sorry to have kept you waiting for such a long time. I didn’t think the meeting would be so long.

W: That’s all right, Dr. Green. I’ve got the data you required and a few reference books which I think may be useful to your representation at the conference.

Q: What’s purpose of the woman’s visit to the man?

10.   W: Excuse me, Sir. I’ve been waiting here for nearly 20 minutes long just to pay my telephone bill.

M: I’m sorry about that. But the computer is down, and everybody has had to wait this afternoon.

Q: What’s the woman complaining about?

 

Passage One

A community theatre is an important part of almost every city or town in the United States. There are over 2,000 community theatres in the United States today, about 4.5 million people work of perform in these theatres for an audience of more than 50 million people annually. These theatres are amateur organizations and are different from professional theatre companies. A community theatre may have its own building or perform in a school or church hall. The actors and actresses do not receive money for their work in the community theatre. They have other jobs to support themselves instead. Small communities can’t support a full time theatre. They cannot pay actors directors or stage workers, so the theatre participants work for free. One purpose of community theatre is to provide an opportunity for creative work. Many people join in community theatres because they want to perform or to be creative. Several people in a community theatre group were asked why they join. Each one said he or she needed to be creative, to do something original. One man said “I loved to act, it’s the only time I feel a life”. Another said, “I have a very boring job. In the play, I can create something.” One woman said “My whole life is occupied by husband and family. I need something more than that.” Another purpose of community theatre is to educate and improve the community. Theatre is an art that also introduces new ideas to the audience.

Questions 11 to 13 are based on the passage you have just heard.

11.   How many people participate in the work of community theatres in the United States?

12.   How are community theatres different from professional theatre companies?

13.   What opportunity does the community theatre provide to the people in a community?

 

Passage Two

According to a new study done at the Medical School of University of California at Los Anglos, left handed people may be more likely to have accidents than the right handed. One reason maybe: left hander tend to make minor mental mistakes. In the study of 2000 sailors, those who had more mental errors also had more accidents, and left hander were reported to have more mental errors and more accidents than right hander. The author of the study Jim Watson said “Minor mental mistakes are mistakes that any adults would make when were tired or careless and they could lead to accidents because we lose track of what we are doing “. Paul White, chief of the study program said that he found the study interesting and exciting. But he warned that the conclusions should not be accepted without further investigation. He said the study had limitations, and limitations could have influenced the results. Jim Watson, who is right handed himself, stressed that the study was not an official project and said that the findings cannot be applied to every left hander. He said minor mental mistakes can be regarded as evidence of lack of concentration. But in the past, it was believed that left hander tended to have more accidents largely because most equipment was designed for right hander.

Questions 14 to 16 are based on the passage you have just heard.

14.   What is said about left hander in the study?

15.   What was said about the study program?

16.   What was the traditional explanation of left hander having more accidents?

 

Passage Three

On 15th, Feb, 1989 an instant survey was carried out among 18 overseas postgraduate students. 11 students were male and 7 were female, the purpose of the survey was to discover the views of the students on a number of matter so f personal concern. The survey was conducted by means of a questionnaire given to the students to complete. There were five questions. The first question concerned favorite color and the second favorite number. The next 3 questions were all concerned with aspects of marriage. No.3 looked at the ideal age to get married, No.4 examined the qualities looked for in a partner and No.5 asked about the ideal number of children. The main findings were as follows: Blue was the most popular color. This was followed by Green and Purple. There was no real significance in the choice of lucky number. About one third of the students said that they had none. Sixty-one percent of the students selected the age group 26 to 30 years as ideal for marriage, followed by 21 to 25 years. In looking at the most important qualities in an ideal partner, someone hoped the person to be Intelligent, others chose Natural, still others indicated Attractive and Honest. The ideal number of children was 2, followed by 3. It is not easy to reach any definite conclusions based upon such a small sample of students from such widely different backgrounds. However, it is clear that majority favorite of 26 to 30 is the ideal age to get married with an intelligent partner, and producing 2 children.

Questions 17 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard.

17.   Who were involved in this instant survey?

18.   What do the 5 questions to be answered focus on?

19.   What color was chosen as the most popular in the survey?

20.   Why is it difficult to reach any definite conclusions from the survey?