2000年1月大学英语六级考试试题及参考答案

1. A) To cancel his trip. B) To go to bed early.
C) To catch a later flight. D) To ask for a wake - up call.
2. A) They have different opinions as to what to do next.
B) They have to pay for the house by installments¹.
C) They will fix a telephone in the bathroom.
D) The man's attitude is more sensible than the woman's.
3. A) She will save the stamps for the man's sister.
B) She will no longer get letters from Canada.
C) She can't give the stamps to the man's sister.
D) She has given the stamps to the man's roommates.
4. A) Visiting the Brownings. B) Writing a postcard.
C) Looking for a postcard. D) Filling in a form.
5. A) The man should work with somebody else.
B) The man should meet his partner's needs.
C) They should come to a compromise.
D) They should find a better lab for the project.
6. A) She can't finish her assignment, either.
B) She can't afford a computer right now.
C) The man can use her computer.
D) The man should buy a computer right away.
7. A) The visiting economist² has given several lectures.
B) The guest lecturer's opinion is different from Dr. Johnson's.
C) Dr. Johnson and the guest speaker were schoolmates.
D) Dr. Johnson invited the economist to visit their college.
8. A) She's never watched a better game.
B) Football is - her favorite pastime³.
C) The game has been canceled.
D) Their team played very badly.
9. A) The man should stick to what he's doing.
B) The man should take up a new hobby.
C) The man should stop playing tennis.
D) The man should find the cause for his failure.
10. A) An invented story. B) A real life experience.
C) An imaginary situation. D) A terrible nightmare⁴.
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 1
Questions 11 to 13 are based on the passage you have just heard.
11.A) The name of a German town; B) A resident of Frankfurt.
C) A kind of German sausage. D) A kind of German bread.
12.A) He sold fast food. B) He raised dogs.
C) He was A cook. D) He was a Cartoonist.
13.A) Because the Americans found they were from Germany.
B) Because people thought they contained dog meat.
C) Because people had to get used to their taste.
D) Because it was too hot to eat right away.
Passage 2
Questions 14 to 16 are based on the passage you have just heard.
14.A) They give out faint cries. B) They make noises to drive away insects.
C) They extend their water pipes D) They become elastic⁵ like rubber bands.
15.A) Quiet plants. B) Well - watered plants.
C) Healthy plants. D) Thirsty plants.
16.A) They could drive the insects away.
B) They could keep the plants well - watered.
C) They could make the plants grow faster.
D) They could build devices to trap insects.
Passage 3
Questions 17 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard.
17.A) To look for a different lifestyle. B) To enjoy themselves.
C) For adventure. D) For education.
18.A) There are 200 vehicles for every kilometer of roadway.
B) It has a dense⁶ population.
C) There are many museums and palaces.
D) It has many towering buildings.
19.A) It is a city of contrasts.
B) It possesses many historical sites.
C) It is an important industrial center.
D) It has many big and beautiful parks.
20.A) It helps develop our personalities⁸.
B) It enables us to acquire first - hand knowledge.
C) It makes our life more interesting.
D) It brings about changes in our lifestyle.



2000年1月大学英语六级考试答案?
Part I Listening Comprehension
1. D 2. A 3. C 4. B 5. C 6. B 7. B 8. D 9. A 10. C?

11. C 12. C 13. B 14. A 15. D 16. D 17. D 18. C 19. A 20. B?




附：2000年1月大学英语六级考试听力材料及参考答案

Section A?

1. M: I hope I won't oversleep. I've simply got to catch the first flight to New York.
W: If I were you, I'd request the wake-up call from the hotel reception.
Q: What does the woman advise the man to do?
2. M: Next, shouldn't we get a telephone installed in the hall?
W: Fixing the shower pipe is far more important.?
Q: What do we learn from the conversation??
3. M: I've noticed that you get letters form Canada from time to time. Would you mind saving
the stamps for me? My sister collects them.?
W: My roommate already asked for them.?
Q: What does the woman imply??
4. M: What's the matter? You've been sitting there for ages, just staring into space.
W: I told the Brownings I'd send them a postcard. Now I don't know what to say.
Q: What's the woman doing??
5. M: My chemistry project is in trouble. My partner and I have totally different ideas about
how to proceed.?
W: You should try to meet each other halfway⁹.?
Q: What does the woman suggest??
6. M: I'm frustated. We're supposed to do our assignment on the computer, but I have difficulty
getting access to the computers in the library.?
W: I understand the way you feel. I'm looking forward to the day when I can afford to get my
own.?
Q: What does the woman mean??
7. M: The visiting economist is speaking tonight, but Dr. Johnson doesn't seem to think much of
him.?
W: That's because Dr. Johnson comes from an entirely¹⁰ different school of thought.
?Q: What do we learn from the woman's remark??
8. M: I'm sorry I missed the football game, but I had a terrible cold.?
W: You didn't miss anything. We couldn't have played worse.?
Q: What does the woman imply??
9. M: I think I'm going to give up playing tennis. I lost again today.?
W: Just because you lost? It that the reason to quit??
Q: What does the woman imply??
10.M: Jane, what would you do if you were on vacation overseas and lost all your money and
credit cards??
W: Well, I guess I'd probably sell my watch and camera... Or I might get a job as a waitress
somewhere till I made enough money to buy a plance ticket to return home.
Q: What are they talking about??
Section B?
Passage 1?
Most people know what a hot dog is. It's a sausage in a roll. But do you know why it's called a hot dog? Well, the long red sausage which goes into a hotdog is called a Frankfurter?. It got its name from the German town Frankfurt. The sausages were very popular, but hot frankfurters were difficult to sell in crowds One man, Harry¹¹ Stevens, had the job of feeding the crowds in baseball games. He had an idea. Why not put the frankfurters in long, hot bread rolls? This made them easy to sell. The “red hot" had a hot and attractive taste and became very popular. But in 1903, an American cartoonist drew a long German sausage dog in place of the frankfurter so a frankfurter in a roll soon became known as a “hot dog". It was a joke, but some people really thought the sausages contained dog meat. For a while, sales of hotdogs failed, but not for long.?
11. What is a frankfurter??
12. What was Harry Stevens' job??
13. Why did sales of hot dogs decrease for some time??
Passage 2?
We all scream for water when thirsty, but do you know in very hot, dry weather, plants also make faint sounds — as if they are crying out for help?
You see, in a plant's stem¹² there are hundreds of “water pipes" that bring water and minerals from the soil all the way up to the leaves. As the ground turns dry, it becomes harder and harder for the plants to do this.?
In severe droughts, plants have to fight to pull out any water available. Scientist Robert winter has found out that when it is really bad their water pipes snap¹³ from the tension like rubber bands. When that happens, the whole plant vibrates a little. The snapping¹⁴ pipes make noises ten thousand times more quiet than a whisper.?
Robert knows that healthy, well-watered plants are quiet. He also knows that many insects prefer attacking dry plants rather than healthy plants. How do the insects know which are healthy plants and which are not? Robert thinks that the insects may listen for the plants that cry and then they may buzz¹⁵ in to kill.?
To test his theory, Robert is using a device that can imitate plant cries. He attaches it to a quiet, healthy plant so the plant sounds thirsty. Then he watches insects to see if they attack more often than usual.?
If he is right, scientists could use the insects' ability against them. They could build traps that imitate crying plants. So when the insects buzz in to eat, they won't buzz out.
14. What do plants do when they are thirsty??
15. What plants do many insects tend to attack??
16. What could scientists do if Robert's theory proves to be true??
Passage 3?
People enjoy taking trips, but what are the reasons they leave home? One reason is for education. People travel because they want to broaden¹⁶ their horizons to learn about other people and other places. They are curious about other cultures. When people are tourists, they get a quick look at different ways of living. Even a short look at another kind of lifestyle is an important lesson.
On a trip, a person can learn directly — by visiting museums and historic⁷ spots. What does a tourist learn who sees the art museums, visits the historical palaces and other scenic¹⁷ spots in Paris, and shops along the River Seine? he gets a vivid picture— a real-life—one of the French people. He learns about their attitudes, how they feel about business, beauty and history.?
What about the tourist who goes to Hongkong? Does he get the same information that he could get from a book? he might read that Hongkong is crowded, that there is less than 200 square meters of space for each person, but seeing and feeling the lack of space will impress him much more. He might read that there are nearly 200 vehicles for every kilometer of roadway, but the sight of so many vehicles parked along the roadside will be a much more vivid lesson. the tourist to Hongkong will never forget the contrasts — the straight vertical¹⁸ lines of the tall modern buildings and the moving lines of boats that people live in.?
17. Why do people leave home to travel according to the passage??
18. What do we learn from the passage about Paris??
19. What impression will a tourist get of Hongkong??
20. What does the passage tell us about travelling??

1 installments   

部分( installment的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The first two installments were pretty close together in 1980. 第一次和节二次提款隔得很近，都是在1980年提的。
• You have an installments sales contract. 你已经订立了一份分期付款的买卖契约了。

2 economist   

n.经济学家，经济专家，节俭的人

参考例句：

• He cast a professional economist's eyes on the problem.他以经济学行家的眼光审视这个问题。
• He's an economist who thinks he knows all the answers.他是个经济学家，自以为什么都懂。

3 pastime   

n.消遣，娱乐

参考例句：

• Playing chess is his favourite pastime.下棋是他最喜爱的消遣。
• Baseball is the national pastime.棒球是全民性的休闲运动。

4 nightmare   

n.恶梦，可怕的事物，无法摆脱的恐惧

参考例句：

• I was glad to awake from such a nightmare.我庆幸终于从噩梦中醒来了。
• I had a nightmare last nightand,lost sleep.昨夜我作了个恶梦，失眠了。

5 elastic   

n.橡皮圈，松紧带；adj.有弹性的；灵活的

参考例句：

• Rubber is an elastic material.橡胶是一种弹性材料。
• These regulations are elastic.这些规定是有弹性的。

6 dense   

a.密集的，稠密的，浓密的；密度大的

参考例句：

• The general ambushed his troops in the dense woods. 将军把部队埋伏在浓密的树林里。
• The path was completely covered by the dense foliage. 小路被树叶厚厚地盖了一层。

7 historic   

adj.历史上著名的，具有历史意义的

参考例句：

• This is a historic occasion.这是具有重大历史意义的时刻。
• We are living in a great historic era.我们正处在一个伟大的历史时代。

8 personalities   

n. 诽谤，（对某人容貌、性格等所进行的）人身攻击； 人身攻击；人格, 个性, 名人( personality的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• There seemed to be a degree of personalities in her remarks.她话里有些人身攻击的成分。
• Personalities are not in good taste in general conversation.在一般的谈话中诽谤他人是不高尚的。

9 halfway   

adj.中途的，不彻底的，部分的；adv.半路地，在中途，在半途

参考例句：

• We had got only halfway when it began to get dark.走到半路，天就黑了。
• In study the worst danger is give up halfway.在学习上，最忌讳的是有始无终。

10 entirely   

ad.全部地，完整地；完全地，彻底地

参考例句：

• The fire was entirely caused by their neglect of duty. 那场火灾完全是由于他们失职而引起的。
• His life was entirely given up to the educational work. 他的一生统统献给了教育工作。

11 harry   

vt.掠夺，蹂躏，使苦恼

参考例句：

• Today,people feel more hurried and harried.今天，人们感到更加忙碌和苦恼。
• Obama harried business by Healthcare Reform plan.奥巴马用医改掠夺了商界。

12 stem   

n.茎，干，船首，词干，血统；vt.堵住，阻止，抽去梗；vi.起源于，发生

参考例句：

• Cut the stem cleanly,just beneath a leaf joint.把茎切整齐点，正好切在叶根下。
• The ship was in a blaze from stem to stern.整艘船从头到尾都着火了。

13 snap   

n.啪地移动，突然断掉；v.猛咬，咬断，谩骂，砰然关上

参考例句：

• He broke off the twig with a snap.他啪地一声把那根树枝折断了。
• These earrings snap on with special fasteners.这副耳环是用特制的按扣扣上去的。

14 snapping   

adv.显著地，强烈地，非常地v.猛地咬住( snap的现在分词 )；（使某物）发出尖厉声音地突然断裂[打开，关闭]；厉声地说；拍照

参考例句：

• The sharp sound of a twig snapping scared the badger away. 细枝突然折断的刺耳声把獾惊跑了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The fire is snapping. 火劈劈啪啪地响。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

15 buzz   

v.充满了激动或活动的声音，发出低沉的声音

参考例句：

• My brain was in buzz.我的脑袋嗡嗡响。
• A buzz went through the crowded courtroom.拥挤的法庭里响起了一片乱哄哄的说话声。

16 broaden   

v.放宽，变宽，扩大

参考例句：

• We broaden in experiences by traveling.旅行增长我们的经验。
• Let's broaden out the discussion to talk about education as a whole.我们来扩大一下讨论范围，全面谈谈教育问题。

17 scenic   

adj.自然景色的，景色优美的

参考例句：

• The scenic beauty of the place entranced the visitors.这里的美丽风光把游客们迷住了。
• The scenic spot is on northwestern outskirts of Beijing.这个风景区位于北京的西北远郊。

18 vertical   

adj.垂直的，顶点的，纵向的；n.垂直物，垂直的位置

参考例句：

• The northern side of the mountain is almost vertical.这座山的北坡几乎是垂直的。
• Vertical air motions are not measured by this system.垂直气流的运动不用这种系统来测量。