1996年6月大学英语六级真题 及答案

part i listening comprehension (20 minutes)
section a
directions: in this section, you will hear 10 short conversations. at the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. both the conversation and the question will be spoken only once. after each question there will be a pause. during the pause, you must read the four choices marked a),b),c) and d), and decide which is the best answer. then mark the corresponding letter on the answer sheet with a single line through the centre .

1. a) to change the tennis shoes in the sportswear department.
b) to help his friend find the right department.
c) to find his lost shoes on the tennis court.
d) to buy himself a pair of tennis shoes.
2. a) they produce part of their own food
b) they sell their own produce.
c) they feed their family on cheap food
d) they buy food from farmers.
3. a) mr. white's reason for leaving.
b) mr. white's new appointment.
c) a vacant position.
d) how to apply for a job.
4. a) be hostile to nancy.
b) ask nancy to come out.
c) talk to nancy herself.
d) write nancy a letter.
5. a) to serve as her tour guide.
b) to serve as her bodyguard
c) to serve as her driver.
d) to serve as her porter
6. a) he is often asked to go and see exhibits.
b) he would like to go and see the exhibit.
c) he went to see the exhibit last year
d) he definitely does not want to go.
7. a) the environmental problem.
b) the health problem.
c) the educational problem.
d) the international problem.
8. a) bob will see susan tomorrow evening.
b) bob might be at home late tomorrow evening.
c) bob and susan have decided to go on a holiday.
d) bob asked the woman to come another time.
9. a) they think cinemas are too far away from their homes.
b) they are disappointed with the films produced these days.
c) they both dislike films about adventure stories.
d) they both like the idea of going to the cinema at night.
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section b
directions: in this section, you will hear 3 short passages. at the end of passage , you will hear some questions. both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once . after you hear question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked a), b), c) and d) . then mark the corresponding letter on the answer sheet with a single line through the centre .

passage one
questions 11 to 14 are based on the passage you have just heard.
11 . a) because he was a cook at a country-music club.
b) because he performed for guests while he worked as a cook.
c) because he often sang while cooking.
d) because he liked singing better than cooking.
12. a) his brother. b) his manager.
c) his father. d) a businesswoman.
13. a) at a club. b) on a farm.
c) at a construction site. d) in a record company.
14 . a) his ability to live independently.
b) his sense of responsibility in whatever he did.
c) his courage in the face of rejections.
d) his hard work in his early days.

passage two
question 15 to 17 are based on the passage you have just heard.
15 . a) how to handle spiders. b) spiders in the united states.
c) people' s fear of spiders. d) a special kind of spider.
16 . a) most spiders will not bite even when handled.
b) most spiders are poisonous and dangerous.
c) most spiders are likely to attack people.
d) most spiders have sharp eyes.
17 . a) because she cannot find a husband for herself.
b) because the female spider is larger than the male one.
c) because the female spider often eats her husband.
d) because she is a black female spider.

passage three
question 18 to 20 are be on the passage you have just heard
18. a) instructions. b) medicine.
c) money. d) the draft of his speech.
19. a) because she had to type mr. bascomb's speech.
b) because she had a headache. .
c) because she had to meet some businessmen.
d) because she had to get her car fixed .
20. a) the problem of the city.
b) himself and his problems.
c) things he had planned to say to his audience.
d) the plan for his future work as mayor.

part ii reading comprehension (35 minutes)
direction : there are 4 reading passages in this part. each passage is following by some questions or unfinished statements - for each of them there are four choices marked a ) , b ) , c) and d ) . you should decide on the best choice and mark the and mark the corresponding letter on the answer sheet with a single line through the centre .

question 21 to 25 are based on the following passage:
three english dictionaries published recently all lay claim to possessing a "new" feature. the bbc english dictionary contains background information on l, 000 people and places prominent in the news since 1988; the oxford advanced learner's dictionary: encyclopedic edition is the oald plus encyclopedic entries; the longman dictionary of english language and culture is the lme plus cultural information.
the key fact is that all three dictionaries can be seen to have a distinctly "cultural" as well as language learning content. that being said, the way in which they approach the cultural element is not identical, making direct comparisons between the three difficult.
while there is some common ground between the encyclopedic/cultural entries for the oxford and longman dictionaries, there is a clear difference. oxford lays claim to being encyclopedic on content whereas longman distinctly concentrates on the language and culture of the english-speaking world. the oxford dictionary can therefore stand more vigorous scrutiny for cultural bias than the longman publication because the latter does not hesitate about viewing the rest of the world from the cultural perspectives of the english-speaking world. the cultural objectives of the bbc dictionary are in turn more distinct still. based on an analysis of over 70 million words recorded from the bbc world service and national public radio of washington over a period of four years, their 1,000 brief encyclopedic entries are based on people and places that have featured in the news recently. the intended user they have in mind is a regular listener to the world service who will have a reasonable standard of english and a developed skill in listening comprehension.
in reality, though, the bbc dictionary will be purchased by a far wider range of language learners, as will the other two dictionaries. we will be faced with a situation where many of the users of these dictionaries will at the very least have distinct socio-cultural perspectives and may have world views which are totally opposed and even hostile to those of the west. advanced learners from this kind of background will not only evaluate a dictionary on how user-friendly it is but will also have definite views about the scope and appropriateness of the various socio-cultural entries.

21. what feature sets apart the three dictionaries discussed in the passage from traditional ones?
a) the combination of two dictionaries into one
b) the new approach to defining words
c) the inclusion of cultural content
d) the increase in the number of entries
22. the longman dictionary is more likely to be criticized for cultural prejudice ____________.
a) its scope of cultural entries the beyond the culture of the english-speaking world.
b) it pays little attention to the cultural content d the non-english-speaking countries
c) it views the world purely from the standpoint of the english-speaking world.
d) it fails to distinguish language from culture in its encyclopedic entries.
23. the bbc dictionary differs from oxford and longman in that ____________.
a) it h