大学英语六级考试真题汇总2009.06~2011

2009年6月大学英语六级考试真题及答案

PartIWriting(30minutes)

注意：此部分试题在答题卡1上

PartIIReadingComprehension(SkimmingandScanning)(15minutes)

Directions:Inthispart,youwillhave15minutestogooverthe

passagequicklyandanswerthequestionsonAnswerSheet1For

questions1-7,choosethebestanswerfromthefourchoicesmarked

A),B),C)andD.Forquestions8-10,completethesentenceswiththe

informationgiveninthepassage.

Whatwilltheworldbelikeinfiftyyears?

Thisweeksometopscientists,includingNobelPrizewinners,gave

theirvisionofhowtheworldwilllookin2056,frongas-poweredcars

toextraordinaryhealthadvances,JohnInghamreportsonwhatthe

world'sfinestmindsbelieveourfutureswillbe.

Forthoseofusluckyenoughtolivethatlong,2056willbeaworld

ofalmostperpetualyouth,whereobesityisaremotememoryandrobots

becomeourcompanions.

Wewillberubbingshoulderswithaliensandcolonizingouterspace.

Betterstill,ourdescendantsmightatlastliveinaworldatpeace

withitself.

Thepredictionisthatwewillhavefoundasourceofinexhaustible,

safe,greenenergy,andthatsciencewillhavekilledoffreligion.

Iftheyarerightwewillhaveremovedtwoofthemaincausesofwar-our

dependenceonoi1andreligiousprejudice.

Willwereally,astodayJsscientistsclaim,beabletolivefor

everoratleastcheattheageingprocesssothattheaverageperson

livesto150?

Ofcourse,al1thesepredictionscomewithascientifichealth

warning.HarvardprofessorStevenPinkersays:"Thisisaninvitation

tolookfoolish,aswiththepredictionsofdomedcitiesand

nuclear-poweredvacuumcleanersthatweremade50yearago.”

Livinglonger

AnthonyAtala,directoroftheWakeForestInstituteinNorth

Carolina,belivesfailingorganswillberepairedbyinjectingcells

intothebody.Theywillnaturallytostraighttotheinjuryandhelp

healit.Asystemofinjectionswithoutneedlescouldalsoslowthe

ageingprocessbyusingthesameprocessto"tune"cells.

BruceLahn,professorofhumangeneticsattheUniversityofChicago,

anticipatestheabilitytoproduce“unlimitedsupplies”of

transplantablehumanorganswithouttheneededaneworgan,suchas

kidney,thesurgeonwouldcontactacommercialorganproducer,give

himthepatient'simmuno-logicalprofileandwou1dthenbesenta

kidneywiththecorrecttissuetype.

Theseorganswouldbeentirelycomposedofhumancells,grownby

introducingthemintoanimalhosts,andalloweingthemtodeveoopinto

andorganinplaceoftheanimal'sown.ButProf.Lahnbelievesthat

farmedbrainswouldbe“offlimits”.Hesays:"Veryfewpeoplewould

wanttohavetheirbrainsreplacedbysomeoneelse'sandweprobably

don'twanttoputahumanbrainingananimalbody.”

RichardMiller,aprofessorattheUniversityofMichigan,thinks

scientistcoulddevelopaanthenticanti-ageingdrugs“byworkingout

howcellsinlargeranimalssuchaswhalesandhumanresistmanyforms

ofinjuries.Hesays:"It'sisnowroutine,inlaboratorymammals,

toextendlifespanbyabout40%.Turningonthesameprotectivesystems

inpeopleshould,by2056,createthefirstclassof100-year-oldswho

areasvigorousandproductiveastoday,speopleintheir60s”

Aliens

ConlinPillinger,professorofplanerarysciencesattheOpen

University,says:vIfancythatatleastwewillbeabletoshowthat

lifedidistarttoevolveonMarswellasEarth."Within50yearshe

hopesscientistswillprovethatalienlifecamehereinMartian

meteorites（陨石）.

ChrisMcKay,aplanetaryscientistatNASA'sAmesResearch

Center,believesthatin50yearswemayfindevidenceofalienlife

inancientpermanentforstofMarsoronotherplaners.

Headds:"Thereisevenachancewewillfindalienlifeformshere

onEarth.ItmightbeasdifferentasEnglishistoChinese.

PricetonprofessorFreemanDysonthinksit“likely“thatlife

formouterspacewillbediscovereddefore2056becausethetoolsfor

findingit,suchasopticalandradiodetectionanddataprocessing,are

improving.

Heays:"Assoonasthefirstevidenceisfound,wewillknowwhat

tolookforandadditionaldiscoveriesarelikelytofollow

quickly.Suchdiscoveriesarelikelytohaverevolutionary

consequencesforbiology,astronomyandphilosophy.Theymaychange

thewaywelookatourselvesandourplaceintheuniverse.

Coloniesinspace

RichardGottprofessorofastrophysicsatPrinceton,hopesmanwill

setupaself-sufficientcolonyonMars,whichwouldbea”life

insurancepolicyagainstwhatevercatastrophes,naturalor

otherwise,mightoccuronEarth.

“TherealspaceraceiswhetherwewillcoloniseoffEarthonto

otherworldsbeforemoneyforthespaceprogrammerunsout.”

Spinalinjuries

EllenHeber-Katz,aprofessorattheWistarInstitudein

Philadelphia,foreseescuresforinijuriescausingparalysissuchas

theonethatafflicatedSupermanstarChristopherReeve.

Shesays:"Ibelievethatthedayisnotfaroffwhenwewillbe

abletoprofescribedrugsthatcauseseveres（断裂的）spinalcordsto

heal,heartstoregenerateandlostlimbstoregrow.

“Peoplewillcometoexpectthatinjuredordiseasedorgansare

meanttoberepairedfromwithin,inmuchthesamewaythatwefixan

applianceorautomobile:byreplancingthedamagedpartwitha

manufacturer-certifiednewpart."Shepredictthatwithin5to10

yearsfingersandtoeswillberegrownand1imbswillstarttobe

regrownafewyearslater.Repariestothenervoussystemwillstart

withopticnervesand,intime,thespinalcord."Within50yearswhole

bodyreplacementwillberoutine,"Prof.Heber-Katzadds.

Obesity

SydneyBrenner,seniordistinguishedfellowoftheCrick-Jacobs

CenterinCalifornia,wonthe2002NoblelPrizeforMedicineandsays

thatifthereisaglobaldisastersomehumanswillsurvive-and

evolitionwillfavoursmallpeoplewithbodieslargeenoughtosupport

therequiredamountofbrainpower."Obesity,“hesays."willhave

beensolved.”

Robots

RodneyBrooks,professorofroboticeatMIT,saystheproblemsof

developingartificialintelligenceforrobotswillbeatleastpartly

overcome.Asaresult,“thepossibilitiesforrobotsworkingwith

peoplewillopenupimmensely”

Energy

BillJoy,greentechnologyexpertinCalifornia,says:Themost

significantbreakthroughtwouldbetohaveaninexhaustiblesourceof

safe,greenenergythatissubstantiallycheaperthananyexisting

energysource.

Ideally,suchasourcewouldbesafeinthatitcouldnotbemade

intoweaponsandwouldnotmakehazardousortoxicwasteorcarbon

dioxide,themaingreenhousegasblamedforglobalwarming.

Society

GeoffreyMiller,evolutionarypsychologistattheUniversityof

NewMexico,says:"TheUSwillfollowtheUKinrealizingthatreligion

isnoraprerequisite（前提）forordinaryhumandecency.

“This,sciencewillkillreligion-notbyreasonchallenging

faithbutbyofferingamorepractical,uniwersalandrewardingmoral

frameworkforhumaninteraction.v

Healsopredictsthatabsurdlywastefulvdisplaysofwealth

willbecomeumfashionablewhiletheimportanceofclose-knit

communitiesandfamilieswillbecomeclearer.

Thesetherechanger,hesays,willhelpmakeus

all“brighe\ter,wiser,happierandkinder”.

注意：此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。

1.WhatisjohnInghamJsreportabout?

A）Asolutiontotheglobalenergycrisis

B)Extraordinaryadvancesintechnology.

C)Thelatestdevelopmentsofmedicalscience

D)Scientists'visionoftheworldinhalfacentury

2.AccordingtoHarvardprofessorStevenPinker,predictionsabout

thefuture.

A)mayinvitetrouble

B)maynotcometrue

C)wi11foolthepublic

D)domoreharmthangood

3.ProfessorBruceLahnoftheUniversityofChicagopredicts

that.

A)humanswon,thavetodonateorgansfortransplantation

B)morepeoplewilldonatetheirorgansfortransplantation

C)animalorganscouldbetransplantedintohumanbodies

D)organtransplantationwon'tbeasscaryasitistoday

4.AccordingtoprofessorRichardMilleroftheUniversityof

Michigarr,proplewill.

A)lifeforaslongastheywish

B)berelievedfromallsufferings

C)lifeto100andmorewithvitality

D)beableto1ivelongerthanwhales

5.PricetonprofessorFreemanSysonthinksthat.

A)scientistswillfindalienlifesimilartoours

B)humanswillbeabletosettleonMars

C)alienlifewilllikelybediscovered

D)lifewillstarttoevolveonMars

6.AccordingtoPrincetonprofessorRichardGott,bysettingupa

self-sufficientcolonyonMars,

Humans.

Mightsurvieallcatastrophesonearth

Mightacquireamplenaturalresources

WillbeabletotraveltoMarsfreely

Willmo\vetheretoliveabetterlife

7.EllenHeber-Katz,professorattheWistarInstituein

Philadelpia,predictsthat.

A)humanorganscanbumanufacturedlikeappliances

B)peoplewillbeasstronganddymamicassupermen

C)humannervescanbereplancedbyopticfibers

D)lostfingersandlimbswillbeabletoregrow

8.rodneyBrookssaysthatitwillbepossibleforrobotstowork

withhumansasaresultorthedevelopmentof_artificaial

intelligenceforrobots

9.ThemostsignificantbreakthroughpredictedbyBilljoywillbe

aninexhaustiblegreenenergysourcethatcan'tbeusedto

make_pollutions

10AccordingtoGeoffreyMiller,sciencewillofferamorepractical,

universalandrewardingmoralframeworkinplaceof

_______religion

PartHIListening

Comprehension(35minutes)

SectionA

Directions:Inthissection,youwillhear8shortconversations

and2longconversations.Attheendofeachconversation,oneormore

questionswillbeaskedaboutwhatwassaid.Boththeconversationand

thequestionswillbespokenonlyonce.Aftereachquestiontherewill

beapause.Duringthepause,youmustreadthefourchoicesmarkedA),

B),C),angD),anddecidewhichisthebestanswer.Thenmarkthe

correspondingletteronAnswersheet2withasingle1inethroughthe

centre.

注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答

11.A)ThemanmightbeabletoplayintheWorldCup.

B)Theman'sfootballcareerseemstobeatanend.

C)Themanwasoperatedonafewweeksago.

D)Themanisafanofworld-famousfootballplayers.

12.A)Workoutaplantotightenhisbudget

B)Findouttheopeninghoursofthecafeteria.

C)Applyforaseniorpositionintherestaurant.

D)Solvehisproblembydoingapart-timejob.

13.A)Afinancialburden.C)Arealnuisance.

B)AgoodcompanionD)Awell-trainedpet.

14.A)Theerrorswillbecorrectedsoon.C)Thecomputing

systemistoocomplex.

B)Thewomanwasmistakenherself.D)Hehascalledthe

womanseveraltimes.

15.A)Heneedshelptoretrievehisfiles.C)Heneedssome

timetopolishhispaper.

B)Hehastotypehispaperoncemore.D)Hewillbeaway

foratwo-weekconference.

16.A)Theymighthavetochangetheirplan.

B)Hehasgoteverythingsetfortheirtrip.

C)Hehasaheavierworkloadthanthewoman.

D)TheycouldstayinthemountainsuntilJune8.

17.A)Theyhavewaitamonthtoapplyforastudentloan.

B)Theycanfindtheapplicationformsinthebrochure.

C)Theyarenoteligibleforastudentloan.

D)Theyarenotlateforaloanapplication.

18.A)Newlawsareyettobemadetoreducepollutantrelease.

B)Pollutionhasattractedlittleattentionfromthepublic.

C)Thequalityofairwillsurelychangeforthebetter.

D)It'11takeyearstobringairpollutionundercontrol.

Questions19to22arebasedontheconversationyouhavejustheard.

19.A)Enormoussizeofitsstores.C)Itsappealing

surroundings.

B)Numerousvarietiesoffood.D)Itsrichand

colorfulhistory.

20.A)Anancientbuilding.C)AnEgyptian

museum.

B)Aworldofantiques.D)AnEgyptian

Memorial.

21.A)Itspowerbillreaches$9millionayear.

B)Itsellsthousandsoflightbulbsaday.

C)Itsuppliespowertoanearbytown.

D)Itgenerates70%oftheelectricityituses.

22.A)11,500C)250,000

B)30,000D)300,000

Questions23to25arebasedontheconversationyouhavejustheard.

23.A)Transferringtoanotherdepartment.C)Thinkingabout

doingadifferentjob.

B)StudyingaccountingatauniversityD)Making

preparationforherwedding.

24.A)Shehasfinallygotapromotionandapayraise.

B)Shehasgotasatisfactoryjobinanothercompany.

C)Shecouldatlastleavetheaccountingdepartment.

D)Shemanagedtokeepherpositioninthecompany.

25.A)HeandAndreahaveprovedtobeaperfectmatch.

B)Hechangedhismindaboutmarriageunexpectedly.

C)Hedeclaredthathewouldremainsingleallhislife.

D)HewouldmarryAndreaevenwithoutmeetingher.

SectionB

Directions:Inthissection,youwillhear3shortpassages.Atthe

endofeachpassage,youwillhearsomequestion.Boththepassageand

thequestionwillbespokenonlyonce..Afteryouhearaquestion,you

mustchoosethebestanswerfromthefourchoicesmarkedA),B),C)

andD).ThenmarkthecorrespondingletteronAnswerSheet2witha

singlelinethroughthecentre.

注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。

PassageOne

Questions26to29arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard.

26.A)Theyaremotorcyclesdesignatedforwatersports.

B)Theyarespeedyboatsrestrictedinnarrowwaterways.

C)Theyarebecominganefficientformofwatertransportation.

D)Theyaregettingmorepopularasameansorwaterrecreation.

27.A)Waterscooteroperators,lackofexperience.

B)VacationersJdisregardofwatersafetyrules.

C)Overloadingofsmallboatsandothercraft.

D)Carelessnessofpeopleboatingalongtheshore.

28.A)Theyscarewhalestodeath.C)Theydischargetoxic

emissions.

B)Theyproducetoomuchnoise.D)Theyendangerlotsofwater

life.

29.A)Expandoperatingareas.C)Limittheuseof

waterscooters.

B)Restrictoperatinghours.D)Enforcenecessary

regulations.

PassageTwo

Questions30to32arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard.

30.A)Theyarestable.C)Theyarestrained.

C)Theyareclose.D)Theyarechanging.

31.A)Theyarefullyoccupiedwiththeirownbusiness.

B)Notmanyofthemstayinthesameplaceforlong.

C)Notmanyofthemcanwintrustfromtheirneighbors.

D)Theyattachlessimportancetointerpersonalrelations.

32.A)Countoneachotherforhelp.C)Keepafriendly

distance.

B)Giveeachotheracoldshoulder.D)Buildafencebetween

them.

PassageThree

Questions33to35arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard.

33.A)Itmayproduceanincreasingnumberofidleyoungsters.

B)ItmayaffectthequalityofhighereducationinAmerica.

C)Itmaycausemanyschoolstogooutofoperation.

D)Itmayleadtoalackofproperlyeducatedworkers.

34.A)Itislessseriousincitiesthaninruralareas.

B)Itaffectsbothjuniorandseniorhighschools.

C)Itresultsfromaworseningeconomicclimate.

D)ItisanewchallengefacingAmericaneducators.

35.A)Allowingthemtochoosetheirfavoriteteachers.

B)Creatingamorerelaxedlearningenvironment.

C)Rewardingexcellentacademicperformance.

D)Helpingthemtodevelopbetterstudyhabits.

SectionC

Directions:Inthissection,youwillhearapassagethreetimes.

Whenthepassageisreadforthefirsttime,youshouldlistencarefully

foritsgeneralidea.Whenthepassageisreadforthesecondtime,

youarerequiredtofillintheblanknumberedfrom36to43withthe

exactwordsyouhavejustheard.Forblanksnumberedfrom44to46you

arerequiredtofillinthemissinginformation.Fortheseblanks,you

caneitherusetheexactwordsyouhavejustheardorwritedownthe

mainpointsinyourownword.Finally,whenthepassageisreadfor

thethirdtime,youshouldcheckwhatyouhavewritten.

注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。

CompoundDictation

I'minterestedinthecriminaljusticesystemofourcountry.Itseemstomethat

somethinghastobedoneifwearetosurviveasacountry.Icertainlydon'tknow

whattheanswerstoourproblemsare.Thingscertainlygetcomplicatedinahurry

whenyougetintothem.ButIwonderifsomethingcouldn'tbedonetodealwith

someoftheseproblems.

OnethingI'mconcernedaboutisourpracticeofputtingoffendersinjailwho

haven'tharmedanyone.Whynotworkoutsomesystemwherebytheycanpay

backthedebtstheyowesocietyinsteadofincurringanotherdebtbygoingto

prison,andofcourse,comingundertheinfluenceofhardenedcriminals?I'malso

concernedabouttheshortprisonsentencespeopleareservingforseriouscrimes.

Ofcourse,onealternativetothisistorestorecapitalpunishment,butI'mnotsure

Iwouldbeforthat.I'mnotsureit'srighttotakeaneyeforeye.

PartIVReadingComprehension(ReadinginDepth)(25minutes)

SectionA

Directions:Inthissection,thereisashortpassagewith5

questionsorincompletestatements.Readthepassagecarefully.Then

answerthequestionsorcompletethestatementsinthefewestpossible

words.PleasewriteouranswersonAnswerSheet2

Questions47to51arebasedonthefollowingpassage.

ifmovietrailers（预告片）aresupposedtocauseareaction,the

previewfor“United93'morethansucceeds.Featuringnofamousactors,

itbeginswithimagesofabeautifulmorningandpassengersboarding

anairplane.Ittakesyouaminutetorealizewhatthemovie'seven

about.That'swhenaplanehitstheWorldTradeCenter,theeffect

isvisceral（震撼心灵的）.Whenthetrailerplayedbefore"InsideMan”

lastweekataHollywoodtheater,audiencemembersbegancallingout,

“Toosoon!”InNewYorkCity,theresponsewasevenmoredramatic.The

LoewstheaterinManhattantooktherarestepofpullingthetrailer

fromitsscreensafterseveralcomplaints.

“United93”isthefirstfeaturefilmtodealexplicitlywiththe

eventsofSeptember11,2001,andiscertaintoigniteanemotional

debate.Isittoosoon?Shouldthefilmhavebeenmadeatall?More

tothepoint,willanyonewanttoseeit?Other9/11projectsareon

thewayasthefifthanniversaryoftheattacksapproaches,most

notablyOliverStone's"WorldTradeCenter./zbutastheforerunner,

“United93'willtakemostoftheheat,whetheritdeservesitornot.

TherealUnited93crashedinaPennsylvaniafieldafter40

passengersandcrewfoughtbackagainsttheterrorists.

Writer-directorPaulGreengrasshasgonetogreatlengthstobe

respectfulinhisdepictionofwhatoccurred,proceedingwiththefilm

onlyaftersecuringtheapprovalofeveryvictim，sfamily."WasI

surprisedattheagreement?Yes.Very.Usuallythere'reoneortwo

familieswho'remorereluctant,“Greengrasswritesinane-mail."I

wassurprisedattheextraordinarywaytheUnited93familieshave

welcomedusintotheirlivesandsharedtheirexperienceswithus.”

CaroleO'Hare,afamilymember,says,“Theywereveryopenandhonest

withus,andtheymadeusapartofthiswholeproject."Universal,

whichisreleasingthefilm,planstodonate10%ofitsopeningweekend

grosstotheFlight93NationalMemorialFund.Thathasn'tstopped

criticismthatthestudioisexploitinganationaltragedy.O'Hare

thinksthat,sunfair."Thisstoryhastobetoldtohonorthepassengers

andcrewforwhattheydid,“shesays."Butmorethanthat,itraises

awareness.Ourportsaren，tsecure.Ourbordersaren'tsecure.Our

airlinesstillaren'tsecure,andthisiswhathappenswhenyou'renot

secure.That'sthemessageIwantpeopletohear.”

注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答

47.Thetrailerfor"United93"succeededincausingareaction

whenitplayedinthetheatersinHollywoodandNewYorkCity.

48.Themovie"United93"issuretogiverisetoanemotional

debate.

49.Whatdidwriter-directorPaulGreengrassobtainbeforehe

proceededwiththemovie?

theapprovalofeveryvictim,sfamily

50.Universal,whichisreleasing"United93",hasbeencriticized

forexploitinganationaltragedy.

51.CaroleO'Harethinksthatbesideshonoringthepassengersandcrew

forwhattheydid,thepurposeoftellingthestoryistoraisethe

awarenessaboutsecurity.

SectionB

Directions:Thereare2passagesinthissection.Eachpassageis

followedbysomequestionsorunfinishedstatements.Foreachofthem

therearefourchoicesmarkedA),B),C)andD).Youshoulddecideon

thebestchoiceandmarkthecorrespondingletteronAnswerSheet2

withasinglelinethoughtthecentre.

PassageOne

Questions52to56arebasedonthefollowingpassage.

Imaginewakingupandfindingthevalueofyourassetshasbeen

halved.No,you'renotaninvestorinoneofthosehedgefundsthat

failedcompletely.Withthedollarslumpingtoa26-yearlowagainst

thepound,already-expensiveLondonhasbecomequiteunaffordable.A

coffeeatStarbucks,justasunavoidableinEnglandasitisinthe

UnitedStates,runsabout$8.

Theonceall-powerfuldollarisn'tdoingaTitanicagainstjust

thepound.Itissittingatarecordlowagainsttheeuroandata

30-yearlowagainsttheCanadiandollar.EventheArgentinepesoand

Brazilianrealarethrivingagainstthedollar.

Theweakdollarisasourceo