1990年1月大学英语六级(CET-6)真题试卷及参

1990年1月大学英语六级(CET-6)真题试卷及参 Part I Listening Comprehension (20 minutes)

Section A

1. A) Read four chapters.

B) Write an article. C) Speak before the class. D) Preview two chapters.

2. A) The woman is being interviewed by a reporter.

B) The woman is asking for a promotion. C) The woman is applying for a job. D) The woman is being given an examination. 3. A) His car was hit by another car.

B) He was hurt while playing volleyball. C) He fell down the stairs.

D) While crossing the street, he was hit by a car. 4. A) Took a photo of him.

B) Bought him a picture. C) Held a birthday party.

D) Bought him a frame for his picture.

5. A) No medicine could solve the woman’s problem.

B) The woman should eat less to lose some weight. C) Nothing could help the woman if she ate too little. D) The woman should choose the right foods.

6. A) He meant she should make a phone call if anything went wrong.

B) He meant for her just to wait till help came. C) He was afraid something would go wrong with her car. D)

He

promised

to

give

her

himself.

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7. A) No, he missed it.

B) No, he didn’t. C) Yes, he did.

D) Yes, he probably did. 8. A) He has edited three books.

B) He has bought the wrong book. C) He has lost half of his money.

D) He has found the book that will be used. 9. A) At 7:30

B) At 8:30 C) At 9:00 D) At 9:30 10. A) Six.

B) Seven. C) Eight. D) Nine. Section B

Passage One

Questions 11 to 13 are based on the passage you have just heard. 11. A) They often take place in her major industries.

B) British trade unions are more powerful. C) There are more trade union members in Britain.

D) Britain loses more working days through strikes every year. 12. A) Such strikes are against the British law.

B) Such strikes are unpredictable.

C) Such strikes involve workers from different trades. D)

Such

strikes

occur

frequently

these

days.

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13. A) Trade unions in Britain are becoming more popular.

B) Most strikes in Britain are against the British law. C) Unofficial strikes in Britain are easier to deal with now. D) Employer-worker relations in Britain have become tenser.

Passage Two

Questions 14 to 16 are based on the passage you have just heard. 14. A) The victory over one’s fellow runners.

B) The victory over former winners. C) The victory of will-power over fatigue. D) The victory of one’s physical strength. 15. A) The runner who runs to keep fit.

B) The runner who breaks the record. C) The runner who does not break the rules. D) The runner who covers the whole distance. 16. A) He won the first prize.

B) He fell behind the other runners. C) He died because of fatigue. D) He gave up because he was tired.

Passage Three

Questions 17 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard. 17. A) 17,000.

B) 1,700. C) 24. D) 9,000.

18. A) It’s located in a college town.

B) It’s composed of a group of old buildings. C)

Its

classrooms

are

beautifully

designed.

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D) Its library is often crowed with students. 19. A) Teachers are well paid at Deep Springs.

B) Students are mainly from New York State. C) The length of schooling is two years.

D) Teachers needn’t pay for their rent and meals. 20. A) Take a walk in the desert.

B) Go to a cinema. C) Watch TV programmes. D) Attend a party.

Part II Reading Comprehension (35 minutes)

Questions 21 to 24 are based on the following passage.

Automation refers to the introduction of electronic control and automatic operation of productive machinery. It reduces the human factors, mental and physical, in production, and is designed to make possible the manufacture of more goods with fewer workers. The development of automation in American industry has been called the “Second Industrial Revolution”.

Labour’s concern over automation arises from uncertainty about the effects on employment, and fears of major changes in jobs. In the main, labour has taken the view that resistance to technical change is unfruitful. Eventually, the result of automation may well be an increase in employment, since it is expected that vast industries will grow up around manufacturing, maintaining, and repairing automation equipment. The interest of labour lies in bringing about the transition with a minimum of inconvenience and distress to the workers involved. Also, union spokesmen emphasize that the benefit of the increased production and lower costs made possible by automation should be shared by workers in the form of higher wages, more leisure, and improved living standards.

To protect the interests of their members in the era of automation, unions have adopted a number of new policies. One of these is the promotion of supplementary unemployment benefit plans. It is emphasized that since the employer involved in such a plan has a direct financial interest in preventing unemployment, he will have a strong drive for planning new installations so as to cause the least possible problems in jobs and job assignment. Some unions are working for dismissal pay agreements, requiring that permanently dismissed workers be paid a sum of money based on length of service. Another approach is the idea of

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the “improvement factor”, which calls for wage increases based on increases in productivity. It is possible, however, that labour will rely mainly on reduction in working time.

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21. Though labour worries about the effect of automation, it does not

doubt that ________.

A) automation will eventually prevent unemployment B) automation will help workers acquire new skills

C) automation will eventually benefit the workers no less that the

employers D) automation is a trend which cannot be stopped

22. The idea of the “improvement factor” (Line 6, Para. 3) probably

implies that ________.

A) wages should be paid on the basis of length of service

B) the benefit of increased production and lower costs should be

shared by workers C) supplementary unemployment benefit plans should be promoted D) the transition to automation should be brought about with the

minimum of inconvenience and distress to workers 23. In order to get the full benefits of automation, labour will depend

mostly on ________.

A) additional payment to the permanently dismissed workers

B) the increase of wages in proportion to the increase in

productivity C) shorter working hours and more leisure time D) a strong drive for planning new installations 24. Which of the following can best sum up the passage?

A) Advantages and disadvantages of automation. B) Labour and the effects of automation. C) Unemployment benefit plans and automation. D)

Social

benefits

of

automation.

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Questions 25 to 30 are based on the following passage.

The case for college has been accepted without question for more than a generation. All high school graduates ought to go, says conventional wisdom and statistical evidence, because college will help them earn more money, become “better” people, and learn to be more responsible citizens than those who don’t go.

But college has never been able to work its magic for everyone. And now that close to half our high school graduates are attending, those who don’t fit the pattern are becoming more numerous, and more obvious. College graduates are selling shoes and driving taxis; college students interfere with each other’s experiments and write false letters of recommendation in the intense competition for admission to graduate school. Others find no stimulation in their studies, and drop out-often encouraged by college administrators.

Some observers say the fault! Is with the young people themselves-they are spoiled and they are expecting too much. But that’s a condemnation of the students as a whole, and doesn’t explain all campus unhappiness. Others blame the state of the world, and they are partly right. We’ve been told that young people have to go to college because our economy can’t absorb an army of untrained eighteen-year-olds. But disappointed graduates are learning that it can no longer absorb an army of trained twenty-two-year-olds, either.

Some adventuresome educators and campus watchers have openly begun to suggest that college may not be the best, the proper, the only place for every young person after the completion of high school. We may have been looking at all those surveys and statistics upside down, it seems, and through the rosy glow of our own remembered college experiences. Perhaps college doesn’t make people intelligent, ambitious, happy, liberal, quick-learning people are merely the ones who have been attracted to college in the first place. And perhaps all those successful college graduates would have been successful whether they had gone to college or not. This is heresy (异端邪说) to those of us who have been brought up to believe that if a little schooling is good, more has to be much better. But contrary evidence is beginning to mount up.

25. According to the passage, the author believes that ________.

A) people used to question the value of college education B) people used to have full confidence in higher education C)

all

high

school

graduates

went

to

college

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D) very few high school graduates chose to go to college

26. In the 2nd paragraph, “those who don’t fit the pattern” refers

to ________.

A) high school graduates who aren’t suitable for college education B) college graduates who are selling shoes and driving taxis C) college students who aren’t any better for their higher

education D) high school graduates who failed to be admitted to college 27. The drop-out rate of college students seems to go up because

________.

A) young people are disappointed with the conventional way of

teaching at college B) many young people are required to join the army

C) young people have little motivation in pursuing a higher

education D) young people don’t like the intense competition for admission

to graduate school 28. According to the passage the problems of college education partly

arise from the fact that ________.

A) society cannot provide enough jobs for properly trained college

graduates B) high school graduates do not fit the pattern of college

education C) too many students have to earn their own living D) college administrators encourage students to drop out 29. In this passage the author argues that ________.

A) more and more evidence shows college education may not be the

best thing for high school graduates B) college education is not enough if one wants to be successful C) college education benefits only the intelligent, ambitious, and

quick-learning people

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D) intelligent people may learn quicker if they don’t go to

college 30. The “surveys and statistics” mentioned in the last paragraph

might have shown that ________.

A) college-educated people are more successful than non-college-educated people B) college education was not the first choice of intelligent people C) the less schooling a person has the better it is for him D) most people have sweet memories of college life Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage.

Ours has become a society of employees. A hundred years or so ago only one out of every five Americans at work was employed, i.e., worked for somebody else. Today only one out of five is not employed but working for himself. And when fifty years ago “being employed” meant working as a factory labourer or as a farmhand, the employee of today is increasingly a middle-class person with a substantial formal education, holding a professional or management job requiring intellectual and technical skills. Indeed, two things have characterized American society during these fifty years: middle-class and upper-class employees have been the fastest-growing groups in our working population-growing so fast that the industrial worker, that oldest child of the Industrial Revolution, has been losing in numerical importance despite the expansion of industrial production.

Yet you will find little if anything written on what it is to be an employee. You can find a great deal of very dubious advice on how to get a job or how to get a promotion. You can also find a good deal of work in a chosen field, whether it be the mechanist’s trade or bookkeeping (簿记). Every one of these trades requires different skills, sets different standards, and requires a different preparation. Yet they all have employeeship in common. And increasingly, especially in the large business or in government, employeeship is more important to success than the special professional knowledge or skill. Certainly more people fail because they do not know the requirements of being an employee than because they do not adequately possess the skills of their trade; the higher you climb the ladder, the more you get into administrative or executive work, the greater the emphasis on ability to work within the organization rather than on technical abilities or professional knowledge.

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31. It is implied that fifty years ago ________.

A) eighty per cent of American working people were employed in

factories B) twenty per cent of American intellectuals were employees

C) the percentage of intellectuals in the total work force was

almost the same as that of industrial workers D) the percentage of intellectuals working as employees was not so

large as that of industrial workers 32. According to the passage, with the development of modern industry,

________.

A) factory labourers will overtake intellectual employees in number B) there are as many middle-class employees as factory labourers C) employers have attached great importance to factory labourers D) the proportion of factory labourers in the total employee

population has decreased 33. The word “dubious” (L. 2, Para. 2) most probably means ________.

A) valuable B) useful C) doubtful D) helpful

34. According to the writer, professional knowledge or skill is

________.

A) less importance than awareness of being a good employee B) as important as the ability to deal with public relations C) more important than employer-employee relations

D) more important as the ability to co-operate with others in the

organization 35. From the passage it can be seen that employeeship helps one

________.

A) to be more successful in his career B)

to

be

more

specialized

in

his

field

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C) to solve technical problems D) to develop his professional skill

Questions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage.

We all know that the normal human daily cycle of activity is of some 7-8 hours’ sleep alternation with some 16-17 hours’ wakefulness and that, broadly speaking, the sleep normally coincides with the hours of darkness. Our present concern is with how easily and to what extent this cycle can be modified.

The question is no mere academic one. The ease, for example, with which people can change from working in the day to working at night is a question of growing importance in industry where automation calls for round-the-clock working of machines. It normally takes from five days to one week for a person to adapt to reversed routine of sleep and wakefulness, sleeping during the day and working at night. Unfortunately, it is often the case in industry that shifts are changed every week; a person may work from 12 midnight to 8 a.m. one week, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. the next, and 4 p.m. to 12 midnight the third and so on. This means that no sooner has he got used to one routine than he has to change to another, so that much of his time is spent neither working nor sleeping very efficiently.

The only real solution appears to be to hand over the night shift to a number of permanent night workers. An interesting study of the domestic life and health of night-shift workers was carried out by Brown in 1957. She found a high incidence (发生率) of disturbed sleep and other disorders among those on alternating day and night shifts, but no abnormal occurrence of these phenomena among those on permanent night work.

This latter system then appears to be the best long-term policy, but meanwhile something may be done to relieve the strains of alternate day and night work by selecting those people who can adapt most quickly to the changes of routine. One way of knowing when a person has adapted is by measuring his body temperature. People engaged in normal daytime work will have a high temperature during the hours of wakefulness and a low one at night; when they change to night work the pattern will only gradually go back to match the new routine and the speed with which it does so parallels, broadly speaking, the adaptation of the body as a whole, particularly in terms of performance. Therefore, by taking body temperature at intervals of two hours throughout the period of wakefulness it can be seen how quickly a person can adapt to a reversed routine, and this could be used as a basis for selection. So far, however, such a form of selection does not seem to have been applied in practice.

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36. Why is the question of “how easily people can get used to working

at night” not a mere academic question?

A) Because few people like to reverse the cycle of sleep and

wakefulness. B) Because sleep normally coincides with the hours of darkness. C) Because people are required to work at night in some fields of

industry. D) Because shift work in industry requires people to change their

sleeping habits. 37. The main problem of the round-the-clock working system lies in

________.

A) the inconveniences brought about to the workers by the

introduction of automation B) the disturbance of the daily life cycle of workers who have to

change shifts too frequently C) the fact that people working at night are often less effective D) the fact that it is difficult to find a number of good night

workers 38. The best solution for implementing the 24-hour working system seems

to be ________.

A) to change shifts at longer intervals B) to have longer shifts

C) to arrange for some people to work on night shifts only D) to create better living conditions for night workers

39. It is possible to find out if a person has adapted to the changes

of routine by measuring his body temperature because ________.

A) body temperature changes when the cycle of sleep and wakefulness

alternates B) body temperature changes when he changes to night shift or back C) the temperature reverses when the routine is changed

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D) people have higher temperatures when they are working

efficiently 40. Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE?

A) Body temperature may serve as an indication of a worker’s

performance. B) The selection of a number of permanent night shift workers has

proved to be the best solution to problems of the round-the-clock working system. C) Taking body temperature at regular intervals can show how a

person adapts to the changes of routine. D) Disturbed sleep occurs less frequently among those on permanent

night or day shifts.

Part III Vocabulary and Structure (20 minutes)

41. You should have put the milk in the ice box; I expect it ________

undrinkable by now.

A) became B) had become C) has become D) becomes

42. Codes are a way of writing something in secret; ________, anyone

who doesn’t know the code will not be able to read it.

A) that is B) worse still C) in short

D) on the other hand

43. His long service with the company was ________ with a present.

A) admitted B) acknowledged C) attributed D)

accepted

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44. The atmosphere is as much a part of the earth as ________ its soils

and the water of its lakes, rivers and oceans.

A) are B) is C) do D) has

45. Our house is about a mile from the station and there are not many

houses ________.

A) in between B) among them C) far apart D) from each other

46. The drowning child was saved by Dick’s ________ action.

A) acute B) alert C) profound D) prompt

47. Children and old people do not like having their daily ________

upset.

A) habit B) practice C) routine D) custom

48. The criminal always paid ________ cash so the police could not

track him down.

A) on B) by C) for D)

in

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49. ________ when she started complaining.

A) Not until he arrived B) Hardly had he arrived C) No sooner had he arrived D) Scarcely did he arrive

50. By 1990, production in the area is expected to double ________ of

1980.

A) that B) it C) one D) what

51. Professor smith and Professor Brown will ________ in giving the

class lectures.

A) alter B) change C) alternate D) differ

52. Understanding the cultural habits of another nation, especially

________ containing as many different subcultures as the United States, is a complex task.

A) one B) the one C) that D) such

53. The manager promised to have my complaint ________.

A) looked through B) looked into C) looked over D)

looked

after

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54. You can’t be ________ careful in making the decision as it was

such a critical case.

A) very B) quite C) too D) so

55. Children are ________ to have some accidents as they grow up.

A) obvious B) indispensable C) bound D) doubtless

56. We have done things we ought not to have done and ________ undone

things we ought to have done.

A) leaving B) will leave C) left D) leave

57. The ratio of the work done by the machine ________ the work done on

it is called the efficiency of the machine.

A) against B) with C) to D) for

58. ________ the flood, the ship would have reached its destination on

time.

A) In case of B) In spite of C) Because of D)

But

for

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59. In your first days at the school you’ll be given a test to help

the teachers to ________ you to a class at your level.

A) locate B) assign C) deliver D) place

60. The story that follows ________ two famous characters of the rocky

Mountain gold rush days.

A) concerns B) states C) proclaims D) relates

61. America will never again have as a nation the spirit of adventure

as it ________ before the West was settled.

A) could B) was C) would D) did

62. People who refuse to ________ with the law will be punished.

A) obey B) consent C) conceal D) comply

63. I ________ to him because he phoned me shortly afterwards.

A) ought to have written B) must have written C) couldn’t have written D)

needn’t

have

written

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. These excursions will give you an even deeper ________ into our

language and culture.

A) inquiry B) investigation C) input D) insight

65. There is no electricity again. Has the ________ blown then?

A) fuse B) wire C) plug D) circuit

66. No longer are contributions to computer technology confined to any

one country; ________ is this more true than in Europe.

A) hardly B) little C) seldom D) nowhere

67. The mother didn’t know who ________ for the broken glass.

A) will blame B) to blame C) blamed D) blames

68. Every society has its own peculiar customs and ________ of acting.

A) ways B) attitudes C) behavior D) means

69. If a person talks about his weak points, his listener is expected

to say something in the way of ________.

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A) assurance B) persuasion C) encouragement D) confirmation

70. China started its nuclear power industry only in recent years, and

should ________ no time in catching up.

A) delay B) lose C) lag D) lessen

Part IV Error Correction (15 minutes)

Directions: This part consists of a short passage. In this passage, there are altogether 10 mistakes, one in each numbered line. You may have to change a word, add a word or delete 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 insertion mark (∧) in the right place and write the missing word in the blank. If you delete a word, cross it and put a slash (/) in the blank. Example:

Television is rapidly becoming the literature of our periods╱. time/times/period

Many of the arguments having╱ used for the study of literature as _______\\_______

a school subject are valid for ∧ study of television. 3. ______the______

1. 2.

Changes in the way people live bring about changes in the jobs that they do. More and more people live in towns and cities instead on farms (71) and in villages. Cities and states have to provide services city people want, such like more police protection, more hospitals, and more (72) schools. This means that more policemen, more nurses and technicians, and more teachers must be hired. Advances in technology has also (73)

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changed people’s lives. Dishwashers and washing machines do jobs that were once done by the hand. The widespread use of such electrical appliances (74) means that there is a need for servicemen to keep it running properly (75)

People are earning higher wages and salaries. This leads changes in (76) the way of life. As income goes down, people may not want more food to (77) eat or more clothes to wear. But they may want more and better care from doctors, dentists and hospitals. They are likely to travel more and to want more education. Nevertheless, many more jobs are available in (78) these services.

The government also affects the kind of works people do. The governments (79) of most countries spend huge sums of money for international (80) defense. They hire thousands of engineers, scientists, clerks, typists and secretaries to work on the many different aspects of defence.

Part V Writing (30 minutes)

OUTLINE:

问题：城市交通拥挤 解决方案：(solution): 1. 建造(lay down)更多道路

优点：

(1) 降低街道拥挤程度

(2) 加速车流(flow of traffic) 缺点：占地过多

2. 开辟(open up)更多公共汽车线路

优点：减少自行车与小汽车 缺点：对部分人可能造成不方便 结论：两者结合

How to Solve the Problem of Heavy Traffic

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1990年1月六级参

Part I

1. 6. 11. 16. B A A B 2. 7. 12. 17. C B B C 3. 8. 13. 18. A B D B 4. 9. 14. 19. A D C D 5. 10. 15. 20. D C D A Part II

21. 26. 31. 36. D C D D 22. 27. 32. 37. B C D B 23. 28. 33. 38. C A C C 24. 29. 34. 39. B A A D 25. 30. 35. 40. B A A B Part III

41. 46. 51. 56. 61. 66. C D C C D D 42. 47. 52. 57. 62. 67. A B A C D B 43. 48. 53. 58. 63. 68. B D B D D A 44. 49. 54. 59. . 69. A B C B D C 45. 50. 55. 60. 65. 70. A A C A A B Part IV

71. (instead) → (instead) of 72. like → as to 73. has

→

have

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74. the (hand) → /(hand) 75. it → them

76. (leads) → (leads) to 或 leads → causes 77. down → up

78. Nevertheless → Therefore/So 79. works → work/job/jobs 80. international → national

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