2001年1月大学英语六级真题及答案下载

2001年1月大学英语六级真题及答案下载

Part I Listening Comprehension (20 minutes)

Section A

1.A) The woman never travels by plane.

B) Both speakers feel nervous when flying.

C) The man thinks travelling by air is quite safe.

D) The speakers feel sad about the serious loss of life.

2. A) In an office.

B) In a restaurant.

C) At a railway station.

D) At the information desk.

3. A) Fix the shelf.

B) Paint the shelf.

C) Write the letter.

D) Look for the pen.

4. A) It is run by Mrs. Winter’s husband.

B) It hires Mrs. Winter as an adviser.

C) It gives a 30% discount to all customers.

D) It encourages husbands to shop on their own.

5. A) Too tight a hat.

B) Lack of sleep.

C) Long working hours.

D) Long exposure to the sun.

6. A) He doesn’t like the way Americans speak.

B) He speaks English as if he were a native speaker.

C) His English is still poor after ten years in America.

D) He doesn’t mind speaking English with an accent.

7. A) An electrician.

B) A carpenter.

C) An auto mechanic.

D) A telephone repairman.

8. A) They both enjoyed watching the game.

B) They both felt good about the results of the game.

C) People were surprised at their winning the game.

D) The man thought the results were beyond their expectations.

9. A) Salesman and customer.

B) Manager and employee.

C) Professor and student.

D) Guide and tourist.

10. A) Tom will keep the surprise party a secret.

B) Tom didn’t make any promise to Lucy.

C) Tom has arranged a surprise party for Lucy.

D) Tom and Lucy have no secrets from each other.

Section B

Compound Dictatio

The human body is a remarkable food processor. As an adult, you may consumer (S1) ___________ a ton of food per year and still not gain or lose a pound of body weight. You are (S2) ______________ harnessing and consuming energy through the intricate (S3) ______________ of your body in order to remain in energy balance. to (S4) ________________ a given body weight, your energy input must balance your energy output. However, sometimes the (S5) _____________ energy balance is upset, and your (S6) ___________________ body weight will either fall or (S7) ______________. The term body image refers to the mental image we have of our won physical appearance, and (S8) _______________________________________________________

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Research has revealed that about 40 percent of adult men and 55 percent of adult women are dissatisfied with their current body weight (S9) _______________________________

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At the college level, a study found that 85 percent of both male and female first-year students desired to change their body weight. (S10) ______________________________

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Thinness is currently an attribute that females desire highly. Males generally desire muscularity. The vast majority of individuals who want to change their body weight do it for the sake of appearance; most want to lose excess body fat while a smaller percentage of individuals actually want to gain weight.

Part II Reading Comprehension (35 minutes)

Direction: There are 4 passages in this part. Each passage is followed 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 corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.

Passage One

Questions 11 to 15 are based on the following passage:

Birds that are literally half-asleep—with one brain hemisphere alert and the other sleeping—control which side of the brain remains awake, according to a new study of sleeping ducks.

Earlier studies have documented half-brain sleep in a wide range of birds. The brain hemispheres take turns sinking into the sleep stage characterized by slow brain waves. The eye controlled by the sleeping hemisphere keeps shut, while the wakeful hemisphere’s eye stays open and alert. Birds also can sleep with both hemispheres resting at once. Earlier studies have documented half-brain sleep in a wide range of birds. The brain hemispheres take turns sinking into the sleep stage characterized by slow brain waves. The eye controlled by the sleeping hemisphere keeps shut, while the wakeful hemisphere’s eye stays open and alert. Birds also can sleep with both hemispheres resting at once. Decades of studies of bird flocks led researchers to predict extra alertness in the more vulnerable, end-of-the-row sleepers, Sure enough, the end birds tended to watch carefully on the side away from their companions. Ducks in the inner spots showed no preference for gaze direction.

Also, birds dozing（打盹）at the end of the line resorted to single-hemisphere sleep, rather than total relaxation, more often than inner ducks did. Rotating 16 birds through the positions in a four-duck row, the researchers found outer birds half-asleep during some 32 percent of dozing time versus about 12 percent for birds in internal spots. “We believe this is the first evidence for an animal behaviorally controlling sleep and wakefulness simultaneously in different regions of the br …… 此处隐藏：18851字，全部文档内容请下载后查看。喜欢就下载吧 ……