2004年6月10日

篇一：2004年6月英语六级真题(含答案)

2004年6月英语六级真题

Part I

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 center.

Example: You will hear:

You will read:

A) 2 hours.

B) 3 hours.

C) 4 hours.

D) 5 hours.

From the conversation we know that the two were talking about some work they will start at 9 o’clock in the morning and have to finish at 2 in the afternoon. Therefore, D) “5 hours” is the correct answer. You should choose [D] on the Answer Sheet and mark it with a single line through the center.

1. A) Dick's trousers don't match his jacket.

2. B) Dick looks funny in that yellow jacket. C) The color of Dick's jacket is too dark. D) Dick has bad taste in clothes. A) Call the police station. Listening Comprehension (20 minutes) C) Show the man her family pictures.

B) Get the wallet for the man. D) Ask to see the man's driver's license.

3. A) The temperature is not as high as the man claims.

B) The room will get cool if the man opens the windows. C) She is following instructions not to use the air-conditioning. D) She is afraid the new epidemic SARS will soon spread all over town.

4. A) She lost a lot of weight in two years.

B) She stopped exercising two years ago.

C) She had a unique way of staying healthy. D) She was never persistent in anything she did.

5. A) The man is not suitable for the position.

B) The job has been given to someone else.

C) She had received only one application letter.

D) The application arrived a week earlier than expected.

6. A) He's unwilling to fetch the laundry.

B) He has already picked up the laundry. C) He will go before the laundry is closed.

7.

8.

D) He thinks his mother should get the clothes back. A) At a shopping center. C) At an international trade fair. B) At an electronics company. D) At a DVD counter in a music store. A) The woman hated the man talking throughout the movie. B) The woman saw a comedy instead of a horror movie. C) The woman prefers light movies before sleep. D) The woman regrets going to the movie.

9. A) He is the fight man to get the job done.

B) He is a man with professional expertise.

C) He is not easy to get along with.

D) He is not likely to get the job.

10. A) It is being forced out of the entertainment industry.

B) It should change its concept of operation. C) It should revolutionize its technology. D) It is a very good place to relax.

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 One

Questions 11 to 13 are based on the passage you have just heard.

11. A) He set up the first university in America.

B) He was one of the earliest settlers in America. C) He can best represent the spirit of early America.

D) He was the most distinguished diplomat in American history.

12. A) He provided Washington with a lot of money.

B) He persuaded France to support Washington.

C) He served as a general in Washington's army. D) He represented Washington in negotiations with Britain.

13. A) As one of the greatest American scholars.

B) As one of America's most ingenious inventors.

Passage Two

Questions 14 to 17 are based on the passage you have just heard.

14. A) Because we might be offered a dish of insects.

B) Because nothing but freshly cooked insects are served

C) Because some yuppies like to horrify guests with insects as food.

D) Because we might meet many successful executives in the media industry.

15. A) From yuppie clubs. C) In the supermarket.

C) As one of the founding fathers of the United States. D) As one of the most famous activists for human rights.

B) In the seafood market. D) On the Internet.

16. A) It's easy to prepare. C) It's exotic in appearance.

B) It's tasty and healthful. D) It's safe to eat.

17. A) It will be consumed by more and more young people.

B) It will become the first course at dinner parties.

C) It will have to be changed to suit local tastes. D) It is unlikely to be enjoyed by most People.

Passage Three

Questions 18 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard.

18. A) Their business hours are limited.

B) Their safety measures are inadequate.

C) Their banking procedures are complicated. D) They don't have enough service windows.

19. A) People who are in the habit of switching from one bank to another.

B) Young people who are fond of modern technology.

C) Young people who are wealthy and well-educated.

D) People who have computers at home.

20. A) To compete for customers.

B) To reduce the size of their staff. C) To provide services for distant clients. D) To expand their operations at a lower cost.

Part II Reading Comprehension (35 minutes)

Directions: 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 centre.

Passage One

Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage.

It was the worst tragedy in maritime (航海的) history, six times more deadly than the Titanic. When the German cruise ship Wilhelm Gustloff was hit by torpedoes (鱼雷) fired from a Russian submarine in the final winter of World War II, more than 10,000 people - mostly women, children and old people fleeing the final Red Army push into Nazi Germany - were packed aboard. An ice storm had turned the decks into frozen sheets that sent hundreds of families sliding into the sea as the ship tilted and began to go down. Others desperately tried to put lifeboats down. Some who succeeded fought off those in the water who had the strength to try to claw their way aboard. Most people froze immediately. Tll never forget the screams," says Christa Ntitzmann, 87, one of the 1,200 survivors. She recalls watching the ship, brightly lit, slipping into its dark grave - and into seeming nothingness, rarely mentioned for more than half a century.

Now Germany's Nobel Prize-winning author Gtinter Grass has revived the memory of the 9,000 dead, including more than 4,000 children - with his latest novel Crab Walk, published

last month. The book, which will be out in English next year, doesn't dwell on the sinking; its heroine is a pregnant young woman who survives the catastrophe only to say later: "Nobody wanted to hear about it, not here in the West (of Germany) and not at all in the East." The reason was obvious. As Grass put it in a recent interview with the weekly Die Woche: "Because the crimes we Germans are responsible for were and are so dominant, we didn't have the energy left to tell of our own sufferings.''

The long silence about the sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloff was probably unavoidable - and necessary. By unreservedly owning up to their country's monstrous crimes in the Second World War, Germans have managed to win acceptance abroad, marginalize (使...不得势) the neo- Nazis at home and make peace with their neighbors. Today's unified Germany is more prosperous and stable than at any time in its long, troubled history. For that, a half century of willful forgetting about painful memories like the German Titanic was perhaps a reasonable price to pay. But even the most politically correct Germans believe that they' ye now earned the right to discuss the full historical record. Not to equate German suffering with that of its victims, but simply to acknowledge a terrible tragedy.

21. Why does the author say the sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloff was the worst tragedy in

maritime history? A) It was attacked by Russian torpedoes. B) Most of its passengers were frozen to death. C) Its victims were mostly women and children. D) It caused the largest number of casualties.

22. Hundreds of families dropped into the sea when

A) a strong ice storm tilted the ship

B) the cruise ship sank all of a sudden

C) the badly damaged ship leaned toward one side

D) the frightened passengers fought desperately for lifeboats

23. The Wilhelm Gustloff tragedy was little talked about for more than half a century because

Germans A) were eager to win international acceptance B) felt guilty for their crimes in World War II C) ad been pressured to keep silent about it D) were afraid of offending their neighbors

24. How does Gunter Grass revive the memory of the Wilhelm Gustloff tragedy?

A) By presenting the horrible scene of the torpedo attack.

B) By describing the ship's sinking in great detail. C) By giving an interview to the weekly Die Woche. D) By depicting the survival of a young pregnant woman.

25. It can be learned from the passage that Germans no longer think that

A) they will be misunderstood if they talk about the Wilhelm Gustloff tragedy

B) the Wilhelm Gustloff tragedy is a reasonable price to pay for the nation's past misdeeds C) Germany is responsible for the horrible crimes it committed in World War II D) it is wrong to equate their sufferings with those of other countries

Passage Two

Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage.

Given the lack of fit between gifted students and their schools, it is not surprising that such students often have little good to say 'about their school experience. In one study of 400 adul who had achieved distinction in all areas of life, researchers found that three-fifths of these individuals either did badly in school or were unhappy in school. Few MacArthur Prize fellows, winners of the MacArthur Award for creative accomplishment, had good things to say about their precollegiate schooling if they had not been placed in advanced programs. Anecdotal (名人轶事) reports support this. Pablo Picasso, Charles Darwin, Mark Twain, Oliver Goldsmith, and William Butler Yeats all disliked school. So did Winston Churchill, who almost failed out of Harrow, an elite British school. About Oliver Goldsmith, one of his teachers remarked, "Never was so dull a boy." Often these children realize that they know more than their teachers, and their teachers often feel that these children are arrogant, inattentive, or unmotivated.

Some of these gifted people may have done poorly in school because their, gifts were not scholastic. Maybe we can account for Picasso in this way. But most fared poorly in school not because they lacked ability but because they found school unchallenging and consequently lost interest. Yeats described the lack of fit between his mind and school: "Because I had found it difficult to attend to anything less interesting than my own thoughts, I was difficult to teach." As noted earlier, gifted children of all kinds tend to be strong-willed nonconformists. Nonconformity and stubbornness (and Yeats's level of arrogance and self-absorption) are likely to lead to Conflicts with teachers.

When highly gifted students in any domain talk about what was important to the development of their abilities, they are far more likely to mention their families than their schools or teachers. A writing prodigy (神童) studied by David Feldman and Lynn Goldsmith was taught far more about writing by his journalist father than his English teacher. High-IQ children, in Australia studied by Miraca Gross had much more positive feelings about their families than their schools. About half of the mathematicians studied by Benjamin Bloom had little good to say about school. They all did well in school and took honors classes when available, and some skipped grades.

26. The main point the author is making about schools is that

A) they should satisfy the needs of students from different family backgrounds

B) they are often incapable of catering to the needs of talented students C) they should organize their classes according to the students' ability

D) they should enroll as many gifted students as possible

27. The author quotes the remarks of one of Oliver Goldsmith's teachers

A) to provide support for his argument B) to illustrate the strong will of some gifted children C) to explain how dull students can also be successful D) to show how poor Oliver's performance was at school A) paid no attention to their teachers in class B) contradicted their teachers much too often C) could not cope with their studies at school successfully

28. Pablo Picasso is listed among the many gifted children who

篇二：2004年6月四级真题试题及答案详解

2004年6月四级真题试题及答案详解

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 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 line through the center.

Example: You will hear:

You will read:

A) At the office. C) At the airport.

B) In the waiting room. D) In a restaurant.

From the conversation we know that the two were talking about some work they had to finish in the evening. This is most likely to have taken place at the office. Therefore, A) "At the office" is the best answer. You should choose [A] on the Answer Sheet and mark it with a single line through the center.

Sample Answer [A] [B] [C] [D]

1. A) The man saw Mark on the street two months ago.

B) The woman had forgotten Mark?s phone number. C) The woman made a phone call to Mark yesterday.

D) Mark and the woman had not been in touch for some time.

2. A) The man is late for the trip because he is busy.

B) The woman is glad to meet Mr. Brown in person.

C) The man is meeting the woman on behalf of Mr. Brown.

D) The woman feels sorry that Mr. Brown is unable to come.

3. A) At 1030. B) At 1025. C) At 1040. D) At 1045.

4. A) The man no longer smokes.

B) The man is under pressure from his wife.

C) The man usually follows his wife?s advice.

D) The man refuses to listen to his doctor?s advice.

5. A) Move to a big city.

B) Become a teacher.

C) Go back to school.

D) Work in New York.

6. A) Quit delivering flowers.

B) Work at a restaurant. C) Bring her flowers every day. D) Leave his job to work for her. r> B) She can help the man out. 7. A) She can find the right person to help the man.

C) She?s also in need of a textbook.

D) She picked up the book from the bus floor.

8. A) The man was confused about the date of the appointment.

B) The man wants to change the date of the appointment.

C) The man is glad he?s got in touch with the doctor.

D) The man can?t come for the appointment at 415.

9. A) The two speakers are at a loss what to do.

B) The man is worried about his future.

C) The two speakers are seniors at college. D) The woman regrets spending her time idly.

10. A) She has learned a lot from the novel.

B) She also found the plot difficult to follow.

C) She usually has difficulty remembering names.

D) She can recall the names of most characters in the novel.

Section B Compound Dictation

Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. Then listen to the passage again. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from S1 to S7 with the exact words you hare just heard. For blanks numbered S8 to S10 you are required to fill in missing information. You can either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the main points in pour own words. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written.

The Library of Congress is America?s national library. It has millions of books and other objects. It has newspapers, (S1) _______ publications as well as letters of (S2) ______ interest. It also has maps, photographs, art (S3) ________, movies, sound recordings and musical (S4) ______. All together, it has more than 100 million objects.

The Library of Congress is open to the public Monday through Saturday, except for public holidays. Anyone may go there and read anything in the collection. But no one is (S5) ______ to take books out of the building.

The Library of Congress was (S6) _______ in 1800. It started with eleven boxes of books in one room of the Capitol Building. By 1814, the collection had increased to about 3,000 books. They were all (S7) ________ that year when the Capitol was burned down during America?s war with Britain.

To help re-build the library, Congress bought the books of President Thomas Jefferson. Mr. Jefferson?s collection included 7,000 books in seven languages.

(S8) _____________________________. Today, three buildings hold the library?s collection. (S9) ______________________________. It buys some of its books and gets others as gifts. It also gets materials through its copyright office. (S10) ________________________________. This means the Library of Congress receives almost everything that is published in the United States.

Part II Reading Comprehension (35 minutes) Directions: 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 centre.

Passage One

Questions 11 to 15 are based on the following passage.

A is for always getting to work on time. B is for being extremely busy. C is for the conscientious (勤勤恳恳的) way you do your job.

You may be all these things at the office, and more. But when it comes to getting ahead, experts say, the ABCs of business should include a P, for politics, as in office politics.

Dale Carnegie suggested as much more than 50 years ago hard work alone doesn?t ensure career advancement. You have to be able to sell yourself and your ideas, both publicly and behind the scenes. Yet, despite the obvious rewards of engaging in office politics—a better job, a raise, praise—many people are still unable—or unwilling—to play the game.

People assume that office politics involves some manipulative (工于心计的) behavior, says Deborah Comer, an assistant professor of management at Hofstra University. But politics derives from the word “polite”. It can mean lobbying and forming associations. It can mean being kind and helpful, or even trying to please your superior, and then expecting something in return. In fact, today, experts define office politics as proper behavior used to pursue one?s own self-interest in the workplace. In many cases, this involves some form of socializing within the office environment—not just in large companies, but in small workplaces as well.

The first thing people are usually judged on is their ability to perform well on a consistent basis, says Neil P. Lewis, a management psychologist. But if two or three candidates are up for a promotion, each of whom has reasonably similar ability, a manager is going to promote the person he or she likes best. It?s simple human nature.

Yet, psychologists say, many employees and employers have trouble with the concept of politics in the office. Some people, they say, have an idealistic vision of work and what it takes to succeed. Still others associate politics with flattery (奉承), fearful that, if they speak up for themselves, they may appear to be flattering their boss for favors.

Experts suggest altering this negative picture by recognizing the need for some

self-promotion. 11. Office politics (Line 2, Para. 4) is used in the passage to refer to ________.

A) the code of behavior for company staff

B) the political views and beliefs of office workers C) the interpersonal relationships within a company D) the various qualities required for a successful career

12. To get promoted, one must not only be competent but ______.

A) give his boss a good impression

B) honest and loyal to his company C) get along well with his colleagues

D) avoid being too outstanding

13. Why are many people unwilling to “play the game” (Line 4, Para. 5) ?

A) They believe that doing so is impractical. B) They feel that such behavior is unprincipled. C) They are not good at manipulating colleagues. D) They think the effort will get them nowhere. A) unwelcome at the workplace B) bad for interpersonal relationships C) indispensable to the development of company culture 14. The author considers office politics to be ________.

D) an important factor for personal advancement

15. It is the author?s view that __________.

A) speaking up for oneself is part of human nature

B) self-promotion does not necessarily mean flattery

C) hard work contributes very little to one?s promotion

D) many employees fail to recognize the need of flattery

Passage Two

Questions 16 to 20 are based on the following passage.

As soon as it was revealed that a reporter for Progressive magazine had discovered how to make a hydrogen bomb, a group of firearm (火器) fans formed the National Hydrogen Bomb Association, and they are now lobbying against any legislation to stop Americans from owning one.

The Constitution, said the association?s spokesman, gives everyone the right to own arms. It doesn?t spell out what kind of arms. But since anyone can now make a hydrogen bomb, the public should be able to buy it to protect themselves.

Don?t you think it?s dangerous to have one in the house, particularly where there are children around?

The National Hydrogen Bomb Association hopes to educate people in the safe handling of this type of weapon. We are instructing owners to keep the bomb in a locked cabinet and the fuse (导火索) separately in a drawer.

Some people consider the hydrogen bomb a very fatal weapon which could kill somebody. The spokesman said, Hydrogen bombs don?t kill people—people kill people. The bomb is for

self-protection and it also has a deterrent effect. If somebody knows you have a nuclear weapon in your house, they?re going to think twice about breaking in.

But those who want to ban the bomb for American citizens claim that if you have one locked in the cabinet, with the fuse in a drawer, you would never be able to assemble it in time to stop an intruder (侵入者).

Another argument against allowing people to own a bomb is that at the moment it is very expensive to build one. So what your association is backing is a program which would allow the middle and upper classes to acquire a bomb while poor people will be left defenseless with just handguns. 16. According to the passage, some people started a national association so as to ______.

A) block any legislation to ban the private possession of the bomb B) coordinate the mass production of the destructive weapon C) instruct people how to keep the bomb safe at home D) promote the large-scale sale of this newly invented weapon A) the size of the bomb makes it difficult to keep in a drawer B) most people don?t know how to handle the weapon C) people?s lives will be threatened by the weapon D) they may fall into the hands of criminals 17. Some people oppose the ownership of H-bombs by individuals on the grounds that _____.

18. By saying that the bomb also has a deterrent effect the spokesman means that it _____.

A) will frighten away any possible intruders

B) can show the special status of its owners

C) will threaten the safety of the owners as well

D) can kill those entering others? houses by force

19. According to the passage, opponents of the private ownership of H-bombs are very much worried that _____.

A) the influence of the association is too powerful for the less privileged to overcome

B) poorly-educated Americans will find it difficult to make use of the weapon C) the wide use of the weapon will push up living expenses tremendously

D) the cost of the weapon will put citizens on an unequal basis

20. From the tone of the passage we know that the author is _______.

A) doubtful about the necessity of keeping H-bombs at home for safety B) unhappy with those who vote ;against the ownership of H-bombs C) not serious about the private ownership of H-bombs

D) concerned about the spread of nuclear weapons

Passage Three

Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage.

Sign has become a scientific hot button. Only in the past 20 years have specialists in language study realized that signed languages are unique—a speech of the hand. They offer a new way to probe how the brain generates and understands language, and throw new light on an old scientific controversy whether language, complete with grammar, is something that we are born with, or whether it is a learned behavior. The current interest in sign language has roots in the pioneering work of one rebel teacher at Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C., the world?s only liberal arts university for deaf people.

When Bill Stokoe went to Gallaudet to teach English, the school enrolled him in a course in signing. But Stokoe noticed something odd among themselves, students signed differently from his classroom teacher.

Stokoe had been taught a sort of gestural code, each movement of the hands representing a word in English. At the time, American Sign Language (ASL) was thought to be no more than a form of pidgin English (混杂英语). But Stokoe believed the hand talk his students used looked richer. He wondered might deaf people actually have a genuine language and could that language be unlike any other on Earth It was 1955, when even deaf people dismissed their signing as substandard. Stokoe?s idea was academic heresy (异端邪说).

It is 37 years later. Stokoe—now devoting his time to writing and editing books and journals and to producing video materials on ASL and the deaf culture—is having lunch at a café near the Gallaudet campus and explaining how he started a revolution. For decades educators fought his idea that signed languages are natural languages like English, French and Japanese. They assumed language must be based on speech, the modulation (调节) of sound. But sign language is based on the movement of hands, the modulation of space. What I said, Stokoe explains, is that language is not mouth stuff—it?s brain stuff.

21. The study of sign language is thought to be ________.

A) a new way to look at the learning of language B) a challenge to traditional views on the nature of language

C) an approach to simplifying the grammatical structure of a language

D) an attempt to clarify misunderstanding about the origin of language

22. The present growing interest in sign language was stimulated by _______.

篇三：2004年6月英语四级真题 含答案

2004年6月四级试题

2004年6月四级A卷真题原文及答案

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 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 line through the center.

Example: You will hear:

You will read:

A) At the office. C) At the airport.

B) In the waiting room. D) In a restaurant.

From the conversation we know that the two were talking about some work they had to finish in the evening. This is most likely to have taken place at the office. Therefore, A) "At the office" is the best answer. You should choose [A] on the Answer Sheet and mark it with a single line through the center.

Sample Answer [A] [B] [C] [D]

1. A) The man saw Mark on the street two months ago.

B) The woman had forgotten Mark’s phone number.

C) The woman made a phone call to Mark yesterday.

D) Mark and the woman had not been in touch for some time.

2. A) The man is late for the trip because he is busy.

B) The woman is glad to meet Mr. Brown in person.

C) The man is meeting the woman on behalf of Mr. Brown.

D) The woman feels sorry that Mr. Brown is unable to come.

3. A) At 1030. B) At 1025. C) At 1040. D) At 1045.

4. A) The man no longer smokes.

B) The man is under pressure from his wife.

C) The man usually follows his wife’s advice.

D) The man refuses to listen to his doctor’s advice.

5. A) Move to a big city.

B) Become a teacher.

C) Go back to school.

D) Work in New York.

6. A) Quit delivering flowers.

B) Work at a restaurant.

C) Bring her flowers every day.

D) Leave his job to work for her. r>

7. A) She can find the right person to help the man.

B) She can help the man out.

C) She’s also in need of a textbook.

D) She picked up the book from the bus floor.

8. A) The man was confused about the date of the appointment.

B) The man wants to change the date of the appointment.

C) The man is glad he’s got in touch with the doctor.

D) The man can’t come for the appointment at 415.

9. A) The two speakers are at a loss what to do.

B) The man is worried about his future.

C) The two speakers are seniors at college.

D) The woman regrets spending her time idly.

10. A) She has learned a lot from the novel.

B) She also found the plot difficult to follow.

C) She usually has difficulty remembering names.

D) She can recall the names of most characters in the novel.

Section B Compound Dictation

Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. Then listen to the passage again. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from S1 to S7 with the exact words you hare just heard. For blanks numbered S8 to S10 you are required to fill in missing information. You can either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the main points in pour own words. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written.

The Library of Congress is America’s national library. It has millions of books and other objects. It has newspapers, (S1) _______ publications as well as letters of (S2) ______ interest. It also has maps, photographs, art (S3) ________, movies, sound recordings and musical (S4) ______. All together, it has more than 100 million objects.

The Library of Congress is open to the public Monday through Saturday, except for public holidays. Anyone may go there and read anything in the collection. But no one is (S5) ______ to take books out of the building.

The Library of Congress was (S6) _______ in 1800. It started with eleven boxes of books in one room of the Capitol Building. By 1814, the collection had increased to about 3,000 books. They were all (S7) ________ that year when the Capitol was burned down during America’s war with Britain.

To help re-build the library, Congress bought the books of President Thomas Jefferson. Mr. Jefferson’s collection included 7,000 books in seven languages.

(S8) _____________________________. Today, three buildings hold the library’s collection. (S9) ______________________________. It buys some of its books and gets others as gifts. It also gets materials through its copyright office. (S10) ________________________________. This means the Library of Congress receives almost everything that is published in the United States.

Part II Reading Comprehension (35 minutes)

Directions: 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 centre.

Passage One

Questions 11 to 15 are based on the following passage.

A is for always getting to work on time.

B is for being extremely busy.

C is for the conscientious (勤勤恳恳的) way you do your job.

You may be all these things at the office, and more. But when it comes to getting ahead, experts say, the ABCs of business should include a P, for politics, as in office politics.

Dale Carnegie suggested as much more than 50 years ago hard work alone doesn’t ensure career advancement. You have to be able to sell yourself and your ideas, both publicly and behind the scenes. Yet, despite the obvious rewards of engaging in office politics—a better job, a raise, praise—many people are still unable—or unwilling—to play the game.

People assume that office politics involves some manipulative (工于心计的) behavior, says Deborah Comer, an assistant professor of management at Hofstra University. But politics derives from the word “polite”. It can mean lobbying and forming associations. It can mean being kind and helpful, or even trying to please your superior, and then expecting something in return.

In fact, today, experts define office politics as proper behavior used to pursue one’s own self-interest in the workplace. In many cases, this involves some form of socializing within the office environment—not just in large companies, but in small workplaces as well.

The first thing people are usually judged on is their ability to perform well on a consistent basis, says Neil P. Lewis, a management psychologist. But if two or three candidates are up for a promotion, each of whom has reasonably similar ability, a manager is going to promote the person he or she likes best. It’s simple human nature.

Yet, psychologists say, many employees and employers have trouble with the concept of politics in the office. Some people, they say, have an idealistic vision of work and what it takes to succeed. Still others associate politics with flattery (奉承), fearful that, if they speak up for themselves, they may appear to be flattering their boss for favors.

Experts suggest altering this negative picture by recognizing the need for some self-promotion. 11. Office politics (Line 2, Para. 4) is used in the passage to refer to ________.

A) the code of behavior for company staff

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B) the political views and beliefs of office workers

C) the interpersonal relationships within a company

D) the various qualities required for a successful career

12. To get promoted, one must not only be competent but ______.

A) give his boss a good impression

B) honest and loyal to his company

C) get along well with his colleagues

D) avoid being too outstanding

13. Why are many people unwilling to “play the game” (Line 4, Para. 5) ?

A) They believe that doing so is impractical.

B) They feel that such behavior is unprincipled.

C) They are not good at manipulating colleagues.

D) They think the effort will get them nowhere.

14. The author considers office politics to be ________.

A) unwelcome at the workplace

B) bad for interpersonal relationships

C) indispensable to the development of company culture

D) an important factor for personal advancement

15. It is the author’s view that __________.

A) speaking up for oneself is part of human nature

B) self-promotion does not necessarily mean flattery

C) hard work contributes very little to one’s promotion

D) many employees fail to recognize the need of flattery

Passage Two

Questions 16 to 20 are based on the following passage.

As soon as it was revealed that a reporter for Progressive magazine had discovered how to make a hydrogen bomb, a group of firearm (火器) fans formed the National Hydrogen Bomb Association, and they are now lobbying against any legislation to stop Americans from owning one.

The Constitution, said the association’s spokesman, gives everyone the right to own arms. It doesn’t spell out what kind of arms. But since anyone can now make a hydrogen bomb, the public should be able to buy it to protect themselves.

Don’t you think it’s dangerous to have one in the house, particularly where there are children around?

The National Hydrogen Bomb Association hopes to educate people in the safe handling of this type of weapon. We are instructing owners to keep the bomb in a locked cabinet and the fuse (导火索) separately in a drawer.

Some people consider the hydrogen bomb a very fatal weapon which could kill somebody. The spokesman said, Hydrogen bombs don’t kill people—people kill people. The bomb is for self-protection and it also has a deterrent effect. If somebody knows you have a nuclear weapon in your house, they’re going to think twice about breaking in.

But those who want to ban the bomb for American citizens claim that if you have one locked in the cabinet, with the fuse in a drawer, you would never be able to assemble it in time to stop an intruder (侵入者).

Another argument against allowing people to own a bomb is that at the moment it is very expensive to build one. So what your association is backing is a program which would allow the middle and upper classes to acquire a bomb while poor people will be left defenseless with just handguns. 16. According to the passage, some people started a national association so as to ______.

A) block any legislation to ban the private possession of the bomb

B) coordinate the mass production of the destructive weapon

C) instruct people how to keep the bomb safe at home

D) promote the large-scale sale of this newly invented weapon

17. Some people oppose the ownership of H-bombs by individuals on the grounds that _____.

A) the size of the bomb makes it difficult to keep in a drawer

B) most people don’t know how to handle the weapon

C) people’s lives will be threatened by the weapon

D) they may fall into the hands of criminals

18. By saying that the bomb also has a deterrent effect the spokesman means that it _____.

A) will frighten away any possible intruders

B) can show the special status of its owners

C) will threaten the safety of the owners as well

D) can kill those entering others’ houses by force

19. According to the passage, opponents of the private ownership of H-bombs are very much

worried that _____.

A) the influence of the association is too powerful for the less privileged to overcome

B) poorly-educated Americans will find it difficult to make use of the weapon

C) the wide use of the weapon will push up living expenses tremendously

D) the cost of the weapon will put citizens on an unequal basis

20. From the tone of the passage we know that the author is _______.

A) doubtful about the necessity of keeping H-bombs at home for safety

B) unhappy with those who vote ;against the ownership of H-bombs

C) not serious about the private ownership of H-bombs

D) concerned about the spread of nuclear weapons

Passage Three

Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage.

Sign has become a scientific hot button. Only in the past 20 years have specialists in language study realized that signed languages are unique—a speech of the hand. They offer a new way to probe how the brain generates and understands language, and throw new light on an old scientific controversy whether language, complete with grammar, is something that we are born with, or whether it is a learned behavior. The current interest in sign language has roots in the pioneering work of one rebel teacher at Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C., the world’s only liberal arts university for deaf people.

When Bill Stokoe went to Gallaudet to teach English, the school enrolled him in a course in signing. But Stokoe noticed something odd among themselves, students signed differently from his classroom teacher.

Stokoe had been taught a sort of gestural code, each movement of the hands representing a word in English. At the time, American Sign Language (ASL) was thought to be no more than a form of pidgin English (混杂英语). But Stokoe believed the hand talk his students used looked richer. He wondered might deaf people actually have a genuine language and could that language be unlike any other on Earth It was 1955, when even deaf people dismissed their signing as substandard. Stokoe’s idea was academic heresy (异端邪说).

It is 37 years later. Stokoe—now devoting his time to writing and editing books and journals and to producing video materials on ASL and the deaf culture—is having lunch at a café near the Gallaudet campus and explaining how he started a revolution. For decades educators fought his idea that signed languages are natural languages like English, French and Japanese. They assumed language must be based on speech, the modulation (调节) of sound. But sign language is based on the movement of hands, the modulation of space. What I said, Stokoe explains, is that language is not mouth stuff—it’s brain stuff.

21. The study of sign language is thought to be ________.

A) a new way to look at the learning of language

B) a challenge to traditional views on the nature of language

C) an approach to simplifying the grammatical structure of a language

篇四：2004年6月英语六级真题(含答案)

2004年6月英语六级真题

Part I

Section A

Directions: Listening Comprehension (20 minutes) 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 center.

Example: You will hear:

You will read:

A) 2 hours.

B) 3 hours.

C) 4 hours.

D) 5 hours.

From the conversation we know that the two were talking about some work they will start at 9 o’clock in the morning and have to finish at 2 in the afternoon. Therefore, D) “5 hours” is the correct answer. You should choose [D] on the Answer Sheet and mark it with a single line through the center.

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

A) Dick's trousers don't match his jacket. B) Dick looks funny in that yellow jacket. C) The color of Dick's jacket is too dark. D) Dick has bad taste in clothes. A) Call the police station. C) Show the man her family pictures. B) Get the wallet for the man. D) Ask to see the man's driver's license. A) The temperature is not as high as the man claims. B) The room will get cool if the man opens the windows. C) She is following instructions not to use the air-conditioning. D) She is afraid the new epidemic SARS will soon spread all over town. A) She lost a lot of weight in two years. B) She stopped exercising two years ago. C) She had a unique way of staying healthy. D) She was never persistent in anything she did. A) The man is not suitable for the position. B) The job has been given to someone else. C) She had received only one application letter. D) The application arrived a week earlier than expected. A) He's unwilling to fetch the laundry. B) He has already picked up the laundry. C) He will go before the laundry is closed.

D) He thinks his mother should get the clothes back.

7. A) At a shopping center. C) At an international trade fair.

B) At an electronics company. D) At a DVD counter in a music store.

8. A) The woman hated the man talking throughout the movie.

B) The woman saw a comedy instead of a horror movie.

C) The woman prefers light movies before sleep.

D) The woman regrets going to the movie.

9. A) He is the fight man to get the job done.

B) He is a man with professional expertise.

C) He is not easy to get along with.

D) He is not likely to get the job.

10. A) It is being forced out of the entertainment industry.

B) It should change its concept of operation.

C) It should revolutionize its technology.

D) It is a very good place to relax.

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 One

Questions 11 to 13 are based on the passage you have just heard.

11. A) He set up the first university in America.

B) He was one of the earliest settlers in America.

C) He can best represent the spirit of early America.

D) He was the most distinguished diplomat in American history.

12. A) He provided Washington with a lot of money.

B) He persuaded France to support Washington.

C) He served as a general in Washington's army.

D) He represented Washington in negotiations with Britain.

13. A) As one of the greatest American scholars.

B) As one of America's most ingenious inventors.

C) As one of the founding fathers of the United States.

D) As one of the most famous activists for human rights.

Passage Two

Questions 14 to 17 are based on the passage you have just heard.

14. A) Because we might be offered a dish of insects.

B) Because nothing but freshly cooked insects are served

C) Because some yuppies like to horrify guests with insects as food.

D) Because we might meet many successful executives in the media industry.

15. A) From yuppie clubs. C) In the supermarket.

B) In the seafood market. D) On the Internet.

16. A) It's easy to prepare. C) It's exotic in appearance.

B) It's tasty and healthful. D) It's safe to eat.

17. A) It will be consumed by more and more young people.

B) It will become the first course at dinner parties.

C) It will have to be changed to suit local tastes.

D) It is unlikely to be enjoyed by most People.

Passage Three

Questions 18 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard.

18. A) Their business hours are limited.

B) Their safety measures are inadequate.

C) Their banking procedures are complicated.

D) They don't have enough service windows.

19. A) People who are in the habit of switching from one bank to another.

B) Young people who are fond of modern technology.

C) Young people who are wealthy and well-educated.

D) People who have computers at home.

20. A) To compete for customers.

B) To reduce the size of their staff.

C) To provide services for distant clients.

D) To expand their operations at a lower cost.

Part II Reading Comprehension (35 minutes)

Directions: 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 centre.

Passage One

Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage.

It was the worst tragedy in maritime (航海的) history, six times more deadly than the Titanic. When the German cruise ship Wilhelm Gustloff was hit by torpedoes (鱼雷) fired from a Russian submarine in the final winter of World War II, more than 10,000 people - mostly women, children and old people fleeing the final Red Army push into Nazi Germany - were packed aboard. An ice storm had turned the decks into frozen sheets that sent hundreds of families sliding into the sea as the ship tilted and began to go down. Others desperately tried to put lifeboats down. Some who succeeded fought off those in the water who had the strength to try to claw their way aboard. Most people froze immediately. Tll never forget the screams," says Christa Ntitzmann, 87, one of the 1,200 survivors. She recalls watching the ship, brightly lit, slipping into its dark grave - and into seeming nothingness, rarely mentioned for more than half a century.

Now Germany's Nobel Prize-winning author Gtinter Grass has revived the memory of the 9,000 dead, including more than 4,000 children - with his latest novel Crab Walk, published

last month. The book, which will be out in English next year, doesn't dwell on the sinking; its heroine is a pregnant young woman who survives the catastrophe only to say later: "Nobody wanted to hear about it, not here in the West (of Germany) and not at all in the East." The reason was obvious. As Grass put it in a recent interview with the weekly Die Woche: "Because the crimes we Germans are responsible for were and are so dominant, we didn't have the energy left to tell of our own sufferings.''

The long silence about the sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloff was probably unavoidable - and necessary. By unreservedly owning up to their country's monstrous crimes in the Second World War, Germans have managed to win acceptance abroad, marginalize (使...不得势) the neo- Nazis at home and make peace with their neighbors. Today's unified Germany is more prosperous and stable than at any time in its long, troubled history. For that, a half century of willful forgetting about painful memories like the German Titanic was perhaps a reasonable price to pay. But even the most politically correct Germans believe that they' ye now earned the right to discuss the full historical record. Not to equate German suffering with that of its victims, but simply to acknowledge a terrible tragedy.

21. Why does the author say the sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloff was the worst tragedy in

maritime history?

A) It was attacked by Russian torpedoes.

B) Most of its passengers were frozen to death.

C) Its victims were mostly women and children.

D) It caused the largest number of casualties.

22. Hundreds of families dropped into the sea when

A) a strong ice storm tilted the ship

B) the cruise ship sank all of a sudden

C) the badly damaged ship leaned toward one side

D) the frightened passengers fought desperately for lifeboats

23. The Wilhelm Gustloff tragedy was little talked about for more than half a century because

Germans

A) were eager to win international acceptance

B) felt guilty for their crimes in World War II

C) ad been pressured to keep silent about it

D) were afraid of offending their neighbors

24. How does Gunter Grass revive the memory of the Wilhelm Gustloff tragedy?

A) By presenting the horrible scene of the torpedo attack.

B) By describing the ship's sinking in great detail.

C) By giving an interview to the weekly Die Woche.

D) By depicting the survival of a young pregnant woman.

25. It can be learned from the passage that Germans no longer think that

A) they will be misunderstood if they talk about the Wilhelm Gustloff tragedy

B) the Wilhelm Gustloff tragedy is a reasonable price to pay for the nation's past misdeeds

C) Germany is responsible for the horrible crimes it committed in World War II

D) it is wrong to equate their sufferings with those of other countries

Passage Two

Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage.

Given the lack of fit between gifted students and their schools, it is not surprising that such students often have little good to say 'about their school experience. In one study of 400 adul who had achieved distinction in all areas of life, researchers found that three-fifths of these individuals either did badly in school or were unhappy in school. Few MacArthur Prize fellows, winners of the MacArthur Award for creative accomplishment, had good things to say about their precollegiate schooling if they had not been placed in advanced programs. Anecdotal (名人轶事) reports support this. Pablo Picasso, Charles Darwin, Mark Twain, Oliver Goldsmith, and William Butler Yeats all disliked school. So did Winston Churchill, who almost failed out of Harrow, an elite British school. About Oliver Goldsmith, one of his teachers remarked, "Never was so dull a boy." Often these children realize that they know more than their teachers, and their teachers often feel that these children are arrogant, inattentive, or unmotivated.

Some of these gifted people may have done poorly in school because their, gifts were not scholastic. Maybe we can account for Picasso in this way. But most fared poorly in school not because they lacked ability but because they found school unchallenging and consequently lost interest. Yeats described the lack of fit between his mind and school: "Because I had found it difficult to attend to anything less interesting than my own thoughts, I was difficult to teach." As noted earlier, gifted children of all kinds tend to be strong-willed nonconformists. Nonconformity and stubbornness (and Yeats's level of arrogance and self-absorption) are likely to lead to Conflicts with teachers.

When highly gifted students in any domain talk about what was important to the development of their abilities, they are far more likely to mention their families than their schools or teachers. A writing prodigy (神童) studied by David Feldman and Lynn Goldsmith was taught far more about writing by his journalist father than his English teacher. High-IQ children, in Australia studied by Miraca Gross had much more positive feelings about their families than their schools. About half of the mathematicians studied by Benjamin Bloom had little good to say about school. They all did well in school and took honors classes when available, and some skipped grades.

26. The main point the author is making about schools is that

A) they should satisfy the needs of students from different family backgrounds

B) they are often incapable of catering to the needs of talented students

C) they should organize their classes according to the students' ability

D) they should enroll as many gifted students as possible

27. The author quotes the remarks of one of Oliver Goldsmith's teachers

A) to provide support for his argument

B) to illustrate the strong will of some gifted children

C) to explain how dull students can also be successful

D) to show how poor Oliver's performance was at school

28. Pablo Picasso is listed among the many gifted children who

A) paid no attention to their teachers in class

B) contradicted their teachers much too often

C) could not cope with their studies at school successfully

篇五：2004年6月英语六级真题及答案

2004年6月英语六级真题

Passage One Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage.

It was the worst tragedy in maritime (航海的) history, six times more deadly than the Titanic.

When the German cruise ship Wilhelm Gustloff was hit by torpedoes (鱼雷) fired from a Russian submarine in the final winter of World War II, more than 10,000 people - mostly women, children and old people fleeing the final Red Army push into Nazi Germany - were packed aboard. An ice storm had turned the decks into frozen sheets that sent hundreds of families sliding into the sea as the ship tilted and began to go down. Others desperately tried to put lifeboats down. Some who succeeded fought off those in the water who had the strength to try to claw their way aboard. Most people froze immediately. Tll never forget the screams," says Christa Ntitzmann, 87, one of the 1,200 survivors. She recalls watching the ship, brightly lit, slipping into its dark grave - and into seeming nothingness, rarely mentioned for more than half a century.

Now Germany's Nobel Prize-winning author Gtinter Grass has revived the memory of the 9,000 dead, including more than 4,000 children - with his latest novel Crab Walk, published last month. The book, which will be out in English next year, doesn't dwell on the sinking; its heroine is a pregnant young woman who survives the catastrophe only to say later:

"Nobody wanted to hear about it, not here in the West (of Germany) and not at all in the East." The reason was obvious. As Grass put it in a recent interview with the weekly Die Woche: "Because the crimes we Germans are responsible for were and are so dominant, we didn't have the energy left to tell of our own sufferings.''

The long silence about the sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloff was probably unavoidable - and necessary. By unreservedly owning up to their country's monstrous crimes in the Second World War, Germans have managed to win acceptance abroad, marginalize (使...不得势) the neo- Nazis at home and make peace with their neighbors. Today's unified Germany is more prosperous and stable than at any time in its long, troubled history. For that, a half century of willful forgetting about painful memories like the German Titanic was perhaps a reasonable price to pay. But even the most politically correct Germans believe that they' ye now earned the right to discuss the full historical record. Not to equate German suffering with that of its victims, but simply to acknowledge a terrible tragedy.

21. Why does the author say the sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloff was the

worst tragedy in maritime history?

A) It was attacked by Russian torpedoes. B) Most of its passengers were frozen to death. C) Its victims were mostly women and children.

22. Hundreds of families dropped into the sea when

A) a strong ice storm tilted the ship 冰爆轮船倾斜 B) the cruise ship sank all of a sudden C) the badly damaged ship leaned toward one side D) the frightened passengers fought desperately for lifeboats

23. The Wilhelm Gustloff tragedy was little talked about for more than

half a century because Germans

受

B) felt guilty for their crimes in World War II C) ad been pressured to keep silent about it D) were afraid of offending their neighbors

24. How does Gunter Grass revive the memory of the Wilhelm Gustloff tragedy?

A) By presenting the horrible scene of the torpedo attack. B) By describing the ship's sinking in great detail. C) By giving an interview to the weekly Die Woche.

的表述

25. It can be learned from the passage that Germans no longer think that

B) the Wilhelm Gustloff tragedy is a reasonable price to pay for the

nation's past misdeeds

C) Germany is responsible for the horrible crimes it committed in World War II

D) it is wrong to equate their sufferings with those of other countries Passage Two

Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage.

Given the lack of fit between gifted students and their schools, it is not surprising that such students often have little good to say 'about their school experience. In one study of 400 adul who had achieved distinction in all areas of life, researchers found that three-fifths of these individuals either did badly in school or were unhappy in school. Few MacArthur Prize fellows, winners of the MacArthur Award for creative accomplishment, had good things to say about their precollegiate schooling if they had not been placed in advanced programs. Anecdotal (名人轶事) reports support this. Pablo Picasso, Charles Darwin, Mark Twain, Oliver Goldsmith, and William Butler Yeats all disliked school. So did Winston Churchill, who almost failed out of Harrow, an elite British school. About Oliver Goldsmith, one of his teachers remarked, "Never was so dull a boy." Often these children realize that they know

more than their teachers, and their teachers often feel that these children are arrogant, inattentive, or unmotivated.

Some of these gifted people may have done poorly in school because their, gifts were not scholastic. Maybe we can account for Picasso in this way. But most fared poorly in school not because they lacked ability but because they found school un challenging and consequently lost interest. Yeats described the lack of fit between his mind and school: "Because I had found it difficult to attend to anything less interesting than my own thoughts, I was difficult to teach." As noted earlier, gifted children of all kinds tend to be strong-willed nonconformists. Nonconformity and stubbornness (and Yeats's level of arrogance and self-absorption) are likely to lead to Conflicts with teachers.

When highly gifted students in any domain talk about what was important to the development of their abilities, they are far more likely to mention their families than their schools or teachers. A writing prodigy (神童) studied by David Feldman and Lynn Goldsmith was taught far more about writing by his journalist father than his English teacher. High-IQ children, in Australia studied by Miraca Gross had much more positive feelings about their families than their schools. About half of the mathematicians studied by Benjamin Bloom had little good to say about school. They all did well in

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