大学英语06
2021年12月大学英语六级长难句翻译
2021年12月大学英语六级长难句翻译【篇一】2021年12月大学英语六级长难句翻译1. The American economic system is organized around a basically private-enterprise, market-oriented economy in which consumers largely determine what shall be produced by spending their money in the marketplace for those goods and services that they want most.[参考译文]美国的经济是以基本的私有企业和市场导向经济为架构的，在这种经济中，消费者很大水准上通过在市场上为那些他们最想要的货品和服务付费来决定什么应该被制造出来。
2. Thus, in the American economic system it is the demand of individual consumers, coupled with the desire of businessmen to maximize profits and the desire of individuals to maximize their incomes that together determine what shall be produced and how resources are used to produce it.[参考译文]所以，在美国的经济体系中，个体消费者的需求与商人试图化其利润的欲望和个人想化其收入效用的欲望相结合，一起决定了什么应该被制造，以及资源如何被用来制造它们。
3. If, on the other hand, producing more of a commodity results in reducing its cost, this will tend to increase the supply offered by seller-producers, which in turn will lower the price and permit more consumers to buy the product.[参考译文]另一方面，如果大量制造某种商品导致其成本下降，那么这就有可能增加卖方和制造商能提供的供给，而这也就会反过来降低价格并允许更多的消费者购买产品。
2003年06月英语六级真题及答案
2003年6月21日大学英语六级(CET-6)真题试卷Part I Listening Comprehension (20 minutes)Section ADirections: 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 theconversation and the question will be spoken only once. After eachquestion there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the fourchoices 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 linethrough the centre.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 are 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. Y ou should choose [D] on the Answer Sheet and mark it with a single line through the centre.Sample Answer [A] [B] [C] [D]1. A) Riding a horse.B) Shooting a movie.C) Playing a game.D) Taking a photo.2. A) She‟ll type the letter for the man.B) She‟ll teach the man to operate the computer.C) She doesn‟t think his sister is a good typist.D) She thinks the man should buy a computer.3. A) John can share the magazine with her.B) She wants to borrow John‟s card.C) She‟ll let John use the journal first.D) John should find another copy for himself.4. A) She promised to help the man.B) She came a long way to meet the man.C) She took the man to where he wanted to go.D) She suggested a way out of the difficulty for the man.5. A) The train seldom arrives on time.B) The schedule has been misprinted.C) The speakers arrived at the station late.D) The company has trouble printing a schedule.6. A) To find a better science journal in the library.B) Not to miss any chance to collect useful information.C) To buy the latest issue of the magazine.D) Not to subscribe to the journal.7. A) She wants to borrow the man‟s student ID card.B) The tickets are less expensive than she expected.C) She won‟t be able to get any discount for the ticket.D) The performance turned out to be disappointing.8. A) Do the assignments towards the end of the semester.B) Quit the history course and choose another one instead.C) Drop one course and do it next semester.D) Take courses with a lighter workload.9. A) The organization of a conference.B) The cost of renting a conference room.C) The decoration of the conference room.D) The job of cleaning up the dining-room.10. A) Meet his client.B) Prepare the dinner.C) Work at his office.D) Fix his car.Section BDirections: 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 bespoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the bestanswer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark thecorresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through thecentre.Passage OneQuestions 11 to 13 are based on the passage you have just heard.11. A) One of the bridges between North and South London collapsed.B) The heart of London was flooded.C) An emergency exercise was conducted.D) 100 people in the suburbs were drowned.12. A) 50 underground stations were made waterproof.B) A flood wall was built.C) An alarm system was set up.D) Rescue teams were formed.13. A) Most Londoners were frightened.B) Most Londoners became rather confused.C) Most Londoners took Exercise Floodcall calmly.D) Most Londoners complained about the trouble caused by Exercise Floodcall.Passage T woQuestions 14 to 16 are based on the passage you have just heard.14. A) It limited their supply of food.B) It made their eggshells too fragile.C) It destroyed many of their nests.D) It killed many baby bald eagles.15. A) They found ways to speed up the reproduction of bald eagles.B) They developed new types of feed for baby bald eagles.C) They explored new ways to hatch baby bald eagles.D) They brought in bald eagles from Canada.16. A) Pollution of the environment.B) A new generation of pest killers.C) Over-killing by hunters.D) Destruction of their natural homes.Passage ThreeQuestions 17 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard.17. A) Whether it can be detected and checked.B) Whether it will lead to widespread food shortage.C) Whether global warming will speed up in the future.D) Whether it will affect their own lives.18. A) Many species have moved further north.B) Many new species have come into existence.C) Many species have developed a habit of migration.D) Many species have become less sensitive to climate.19. A) Storms and floods.B) Disease and fire.C) Less space for their growth.D) Rapid increase of the animal population.20. A) They will gradually die out.B) They will be able to survive in the preserves.C) They will have to migrate to find new homes.D) They will face extinction without artificial reproduction.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 choicesmarked A), B), C) and D). You should decide on the best choice and markthe corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through thecentre.Passage OneQuestions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage.In the villages of the English countryside there are still people who remember the good old days when no one bothered to lock their doors. There simply wasn‟t any crime to worry about.Amazingly, these happy times appear still to be with us in the world‟s biggestcommunity. A new study by Dan Farmer, a gifted programmer, using an automated investigative program of his own called SATAN, shows that the owners o f well over half of all World Wide Web sites have set up home without fitting locks to their doors.SA TAN can try out a variety of well-known hacking (黑客的) tricks on an Internet site without actually breaking in. Farmer has made the program publicly available, amid much criticism. A person with evil intent could use it to hunt down sites that are easy to burgle (闯入…...行窃).But Farmer is very concerned about the need to alert the public to poor security and, so far, events have proved him right. SA TAN has done more to alert people to the risks than cause new disorder. So is the Net becoming more secure? Far from it. In the early days, when you visited a Web site your browser simply looked at the content. Now the Web is full of tiny programs that automatically download when you look at a Web page, and run on your own machine. These programs could, if their authors wished, do all kinds of nasty things to your computer.At the same time, the Net is increasingly populated with spiders, worms, agents and other types of automated beasts designed to penetrate the sites and seek out and classify information. All these make wonderful tools for antisocial people who want to invade weak sites and cause damage.But let‟s look on the bright side. Given the lack of locks, the Internet is surely the world‟s biggest (almost) crime-free society. Maybe that is because hackers are fundamentally honest. Or that there currently isn‟t much to steal. Or because vandalism ( 恶意破坏) isn‟t much fun unless you have a peculiar dislike for someone.Whatever the reason, let‟s enjoy it while we can. But expect it all to change, and security to become the number one issue, when the most influential inhabitants of the Net are selling services they want to be paid for.21. By saying “... owners of well over half of all World Wide Web sites have set uphome without fitting locks to their doors” (Lines 3-4, Para. 2), the author means that ________.A) those happy times appear still to be with usB) there simply wasn‟t any crime to worry aboutC) many sites are not well-protectedD) hackers try out tricks on an Internet site without actually breaking in22. SA TAN, a program designed by Dan Fanner can be used ________.A) to investigate the security of Internet sitesB) to improve the security of the Internet systemC) to prevent hackers from breaking into websitesD) to download useful programs and information23. Fanner‟s program has been criticized by the public because.A) it causes damage to Net browsersB) it can break into Internet sitesC) it can be used to cause disorder on all sitesD) it can be used by people with evil intent24. The author‟s attitude toward SATAN is ________.A) enthusiasticB) criticalC) positiveD) indifferent25. The author suggests in the last paragraph that ________.A) we should make full use of the Internet before security measures arestrengthenedB) we should alert the most influential businessmen to the importance of securityC) influential businessmen should give priority to the improvement of Net securityD) net inhabitants should not let security measures affect their joy of surfing theInternetPassage T woQuestions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage.I came away from my years of teaching on the college and university level with a conviction that enactment(扮演角色), performance, dramatization are the most successful forms of teaching. Students must be incorporated, made, so far as possible, an integral part of the learning process. The notion that learning should have in it an element of inspired play would seem to the greater part of the academic establishment merely silly, but that is nonetheless the case. Of Ezekiel Cheever, the most famous schoolmaster of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, his onetime student Cotton Mather wrote that he so planne d his lessons that his pupils “came to work as though they came to play,” and Alfred North Whitehead, almost three hundred years later, noted that a teacher should make his/her students “glad they were there.”Since, we are told, 80 to 90 percent of all instruction in the typical university is by the lecture method, we should give close attention to this form of education. There is, I think, much truth in Patricia Nelson Limerick‟s observation that “lecturing is an unnatural act, an act for which God did not design humans. It is perfectly all right, now and then, for a human to be possessed by the urge to speak, and to speak while others remain silent. But to do this regularly, one hour and 15 minutes at a time... for one person to drag on while others sit in silence?... I do not believe that this is what the Creator... designed humans to do.”The strange, almost incomprehensible fact is that many professors, just as they feelobliged to write dully, believe that they should lecture dully. To show enthusiasm is to risk appearing unscientific, unobjective; it is to appeal to the students‟emotions rather than their intellect. Thus the ideal lecture is one filled with facts and read in an unchanged monotone.The cult (推崇) of lecturing dully, like the cult of writing dully, goes back, of course, some years. Edward Shils, professor of sociology, recalls the professors he encountered at the University of Pennsylvania in his youth. They seemed “a priesthood, rather uneven in their merits but uniform in their bearing; they never referred to anything personal. Some read from old lecture notes and then haltingly explained the thumb-worn last lines. Others lectured from cards that had served for years, to judge by the worn edges... The teachers began on time, ended on time, and left the room without saying a word more to their students, very seldom being detained by questioners... The classes were not large, yet there was no discussion. No questions were raised in class, and there were no office hours.”26. The author believes that a successful teacher should be able to ________.A) make dramatization an important aspect of students‟ learningB) make inspired play an integral part of the learning processC) improve students‟ learning performanceD) make study just as easy as play27. The majority of university professors prefer the traditional way of lecturing in thebelief that ________.A) it draws the close attention of the studentsB) it conforms in a way to the design of the CreatorC) it presents course content in a scientific and objective mannerD) it helps students to comprehend abstract theories more easily28. What the author recommends in this passage is that ________.A) college education should be improved through radical measuresB) more freedom of choice should be given to students in their studiesC) traditional college lectures should be replaced by dramatized performancesD) interaction should be encouraged in the process of teaching29. By saying “They seemed …a priesthood, rather uneven in their merits but uniform intheir bearing...‟” (Lines 3-4, Para. 4), the author means that ________.A) professors are a group of professionals that differ in their academic ability butbehave in the same wayB) professors are like priests wearing the same kind of black gown but havingdifferent roles to playC) there is no fundamental difference between professors and priests though theydiffer in their meritsD) professors at the University of Pennsylvania used to wear black suits whichmade them look like priests30. Whose teaching method is particularly commended by the author?A) Ezekiel Cheever‟s.B) Cotton Mather‟s.C) Alfred North Whitehead‟s.D) Patricia Nelson Limerick‟s.Passage ThreeQuestions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage.Take the case of public education alone. The principal difficulty faced by the schools has been the tremendous increase in the number of pupils. This has been caused by the advance of the legal age for going into industry and the impossibility of finding a job even when the legal age has been reached. In view of the technological improvements in the last few years, business will require in the future proportionately fewer workers than ever before. The result will be still further raising of he legal age for going into employment, and still further difficulty in finding employment when hat age has been attained. If we cannot put our children to work, we must put them in school.We may also be quite confident that the present trend toward a shorter day and a shorter week will be maintained. We have developed and shall continue to have a new leisure class. Already the public agencies for adult education are swamped by the tide that has swept over them since depression began. They will be little better off when it is over. Their support must come from the taxpayer.It is surely too much to hope that these increases in the cost of public education can be borne by the local communities. They cannot care for the present restricted and inadequate system. The local communities have failed in their efforts to cope with unemployment. They cannot expect to cope with public education on the scale on which we must attempt it. The answer to the problem of unemployment has been Federal relief. The answer to the problem of public education may have to be much the same, and properly so. If there is one thing in which the citizens of all parts of the country have an interest, it is in the decent education of the citizens of all parts of the country. Our income tax now goes in part to keep our neighbors alive. It may have to go in part as well to make our neighbors intelligent. We are now attempting to preserve the present generation through Federal relief of the destitute (贫民). Only a people determined to ruin the next generation will refuse such Federal funds as public education may require.31. What is the passage mainly about?A) How to persuade local communities to provide more funds.B) How to cope with the shortage of funds for public education.C) How to solve the rising unemployment problem.D) How to improve the public education system.32. What is the reason for the increase in the number of students?A) The requirement of educated workers by business.B) Raising of the legal age for going to work.C) The trend toward a shorter workday.D) People‟s concern for the future of the next generation.33. The public agencies for adult education will be little better off because ________.A) the unemployed are too poor to continue their educationB) a new leisure class has developedC) they are still suffering from the depressionD) an increase in taxes could be a problem34. According to the author, the answer to the problem of public education is that theFederal government ________.A) should allocate Federal funds for public educationB) should demand that local communities provide supportC) should raise taxes to meet the needs of public educationD) should first of all solve the problem of unemployment35. Why does the author say “Only a people determined to ruin the next gen eration willrefuse such Federal funds as public education may require” (Lines 10-11, Para. 3)?A) Only by appropriating adequate Federal funds for education can the nextgeneration have a bright future.B) Citizens of all parts of the country agree that the best way to support education isto use Federal funds.C) People all over the country should make contributions to education in the interestof the next generation.D) Educated people are determined to use part of the Federal funds to help the poor.Passage FourQuestions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage.A new high-performance contact lens under development at the department for applied physics at the University of Heidelberg will not only correct ordinary vision defects but will enhance normal night vision as much as five times, making people‟s vision sharper than that of cats.Bille and his team work with an optical instrument called an active mirror—a device used in astronomical telescopes to spot newly emerging stars and far distant galaxies. Connected to a wave-front sensor that tracks and measures the course of a laser beam into the eye and back, the aluminum mirror detects the deficiencies of the cornea, the transparent protective layer covering the lens of the human eye. The highly p recise data from the two instruments—which, Bille hopes, will one day be found at the opticians (眼镜商) all over the world—serve as a basis for the production of completely individualized contact lenses that correct and enhance the wearer‟s vision.By day, Bille‟s contact lenses will focus rays of light so accurately on the retina（视网膜）that the image of a small leaf or the outline of a far distant tree will be formed with a sharpness that surpasses that of conventional vision aids by almost half a diopter ( 屈光度). At night, the lenses have an even greater potential. “Because the new lens—in contrast to the already existing ones—also works when it‟s dark and the pupil is wide open,” says Bille, “lens wearers will be able to identify a face at a distance of 100 m eters”—80 meters farther than they would normally be able to see. In his experiments night vision was enhanced by an even greater factor: in semi-darkness, test subjects could see up to 15 times better than without the lenses.Bille‟s lenses are expected to reach the market in the year 2000, and one tentative plan is to use the Internet to transmit information on patients‟visual defects from the optician to the manufacturer, who will then produce and mail the contact lenses within a couple of days. The physicist expects the lenses to cost about a dollar a pair, about the same as conventional one-day disposable lenses.36. The new contact lens is meant for ________.A) astronomical observationsB) the night blindC) those with vision defectsD) optical experiments37. What do the two instruments mentioned in the second paragraph (Line 5) refer to?A) The astronomical telescope and the wave-front sensor.B) The aluminum mirror and the laser beam.C) The active mirror and the contact lens.D) The aluminum mirror and the wave-front sensor.38. Individualized contact lenses (Line 7, Para. 2) are lenses designed ________.A) to work like an astronomical telescopeB) to suit the wearer‟s specific needsC) to process extremely accurate dataD) to test the wearer‟s eyesight39. According to Bille, with the new lenses the wearer‟s vision ________.A) will be far better at night than in the daytimeB) may be broadened about 15 times than without themC) can be better improved in the daytime than at nightD) will be sharper by a much greater degree at night than in the daytime40. Which of the following is true about Bille‟s lenses?A) Their production process is complicated.B) They will be sold at a very low price.C) They have to be replaced every day.D) Purchase orders can be made through the Internet.Part III Vocabulary (20 minutes)Directions: There are 30 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Choose the ONE answer that bestcompletes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the AnswerSheet with a single line through the centre.41. In November 1987 the government ________ a public debate on the future directionof the official sports policy.A) initiatedB) designatedC) inducedD) promoted42. I found it difficult to ________ my career ambitions with the need to bring up mychildren.A) consolidateB) amendC) reconcileD) Intensify43. We all enjoy our freedom of choice and do not like to see it ________ when it iswithin the legal and moral boundaries of society.A) compactedB) restrictedC) dispersedD) delayed44. It is fortunate for the old couple that their son‟s career goals and their wishes for him________.A) coincideB) complyC) conformD) collaborate45. Allen will soon find out that real life is seldom as simple as it is ________ incommercials.A) permeatedB) allegedC) depictedD) drafted46. Europe‟s earlier industrial growth was ________ by the availability of key resources,abundant and cheap labor, coal, iron ore, etc.A) constrainedB) detainedC) remainedD) sustained47. As the trial went on, the story behind the murder slowly ________ itself.A) convictedB) releasedC) hauntedD) unfolded48. We‟ve just installed a fan to ________ cooking smells from the kitchen.A) ejectB) expelC) excludeD) exile49. Retirement is obviously a very complex ________ period; and the earlier you startplanning for it, the better.A) transformationB) transmissionC) transactionD) transition50. Mutual respect for territorial ________ is one of the bases upon which our twocountries develop relationships.A) unityB) integrityC) entiretyD) reliability51. As one of the youngest professors in the university, Mr. Brown is certainly on the________ of a brilliant career.A) porchB) edgeC) courseD) threshold52. We work to make money, but it‟s a ________ that people who work hard and longoften do not make the most money.A) paradoxB) prejudiceC) dilemmaD) conflict53. The design of this auditorium shows a great deal of ________. We have never seensuch a building before.A) inventionB) illusionC) originalityD) orientation54. The damage to my car was ________. in the accident, but I have a lingering feareven today.A) insufficientB) ignorantC) ambiguousD) negligible55. V ery few people could understand the lecture the professor delivered because itssubject was very ________.A) obscureB) indefiniteC) dubiousD) intriguing56. Diamonds have little ________ value and their price depends almost entirely ontheir scarcity.A) intrinsicB) eternalC) subtleD) inherent57. Doctors are interested in using lasers as a surgical tool in operations on people whoare ________ to heart attack.A) infectiousB) disposedC) accessibleD) prone58. Many countries have adopted systems of ________ education in order to promotethe average level of education.A) compulsoryB) cardinalC) constrainedD) conventional59. I had eaten Chinese food often, but I could not have imagined how ________ andextravagant a real Chinese banquet could be,A) prominentB) fabulousC) handsomeD) gracious60. They are ________ investors who always make thorough investigations both onlocal and international markets before making an investment.A) implicitB) consciousC) cautiousD) indecisive61. In addition to the rising birthrate and immigration, the ________ death ratecontributed to the population growth.A) incliningB) increasingC) decliningD) descending62. Because of the ________ noise of traffic I couldn‟t get to sleep last night.A) prevalentB) perpetualC) provocativeD) progressive63. Don‟t let such a ________ matter as this come between us so that we canconcentrate on the major issue.A) trivialB) slightC) partialD) minimal64. If you go to the park every day in the morning, you will ________ find him doingphysical exercise there.A) ordinarilyB) variablyC) logicallyD) persistently65. Although she‟s a(n) ________ talented dancer, she still practices several hours everyday.A) traditionallyB) additionallyC) exceptionallyD) rationally66. The cut in her hand has healed completely, without leaving a ________.A) defectB) signC) woundD) scar67. The idea is to ________ the frequent incidents of collision to test the strength of thewind-shields.A) assembleB) simulateC) accumulateD) forge68. Most people in the modem world ________ freedom and independence more thananything else.A) embodyB) cherishC) fascinateD) illuminate69. I told him that I would ________ him to act for me while I was away from office.A) authorizeB) justifyC) rationalizeD) identify70. Over the past ten years, natural gas production has remained steady, but ________has risen steadily.A) dissipationB) disposalC) consumptionD) expenditurePart IV Error Correction (15 minute)Directions: This part consists of a short passage. In this passage, there are altogether10 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 correctionsin the blanks provided. If you change a word, cross it out and write thecorrect word in the corresponding blank. If you add a word, put aninsertion mark () in the right place and write the missing word in the blank.If you delete a word, cross it out and put a slash (/) in the blank.The Seattle Times Company is one newspaper firm that has recognized the need for change and done something about it. In the newspaper industry, papers must reflect thediversity of the communities to which they provide information.It must reflect that diversity with their news coverage or risk (S1) losing their readers‟ interest and their advertisers‟ support.Operating within Seattle, which has 20 percents racial (S2) minorities, the paper has put into place policies and procedures for hiring and maintain a diverse workforce. The (S3) underlying reason for the change is that for information to be fair, appropriate, and subjective, it should be reported by the (S4) same kind of population that reads it.A diversity committee composed of reporters, editors, and photographers meets regularly to value the Seattle Times‟ (S5) content and to educate the rest of the newsroom staff about diversity issues. In an addition, the paper instituted a content (S6) audit (审查) that evaluates the frequency and manner of representation of woman and people of color in photographs. (S7)Early audits showed that minorities were pictured far too infrequently and were pictured with a disproportion ate number of negative articles. The audit results from (S8) improvement in the frequency of majority representation and (S9) their portrayal in neutral or positive situations. And, with a (S10) result, the Seattle Times has improved as a newspaper.The diversity training and content audits helped the Seattle Times Company to win the Personnel Journal Optimal Award for excellence in managing change.Part V Writing (30 minutes)Directions: For this part, you are allowed thirty minutes to write a composition on the topic Changes in the Ownership of Houses. You should write at least 150words, and base your composition on the chart and the outline given below.1. 根据上图描述该市住房产权的变化2. 分析产生这些变化的原因3. 说明这些变化对个人和社会产生的影响Changes in the Ownership of Houses。
2000年1月大学英语六级考试试题及参考答案
2000年1月大学英语六级考试试题及参考答案我爱英语网 PartⅠListening Comprehension (20 minutes)Section ADirections: 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 (he 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.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 are 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 trough the centre.Sample Answer ［A］［B］［C］［D］1. A) To cancel his trip. B) To go to bed early.C) To catch a later flight. D) To ask for a wake - up call.2. A) They have different opinions as to what to do next.B) They have to pay for the house by installments.C) They will fix a telephone in the bathroom.D) The man's attitude is more sensible than the woman's.3. A) She will save the stamps for the man's sister.B) She will no longer get letters from Canada.C) She can't give the stamps to the man's sister.D) She has given the stamps to the man's roommates.4. A) Visiting the Brownings. B) Writing a postcard.C) Looking for a postcard. D) Filling in a form.5. A) The man should work with somebody else.B) The man should meet his partner's needs.C) They should come to a compromise.D) They should find a better lab for the project.6. A) She can't finish her assignment, either.B) She can't afford a computer right now.C) The man can use her computer.D) The man should buy a computer right away.7. A) The visiting economist has given several lectures.B) The guest lecturer's opinion is different from Dr. Johnson's.C) Dr. Johnson and the guest speaker were schoolmates.D) Dr. Johnson invited the economist to visit their college.8. A) She's never watched a better game.B) Football is - her favorite pastime.C) The game has been canceled.D) Their team played very badly.9. A) The man should stick to what he's doing.B) The man should take up a new hobby.C) The man should stop playing tennis.D) The man should find the cause for his failure.10. A) An invented story. B) A real life experience.C) An imaginary situation. D) A terrible nightmare.Section BDirections: 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 1Questions 11 to 13 are based on the passage you have just heard.11.A) The name of a German town; B) A resident of Frankfurt.C) A kind of German sausage. D) A kind of German bread.12.A) He sold fast food. B) He raised dogs.C) He was A cook. D) He was a Cartoonist.13.A) Because the Americans found they were from Germany.B) Because people thought they contained dog meat.C) Because people had to get used to their taste.D) Because it was too hot to eat right away.Passage 2Questions 14 to 16 are based on the passage you have just heard.14.A) They give out faint cries. B) They make noises to drive away insects.C) They extend their water pipes D) They become elastic like rubber bands.15.A) Quiet plants. B) Well - watered plants.C) Healthy plants. D) Thirsty plants.16.A) They could drive the insects away.B) They could keep the plants well - watered.C) They could make the plants grow faster.D) They could build devices to trap insects.Passage 3Questions 17 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard.17.A) To look for a different lifestyle. B) To enjoy themselves.C) For adventure. D) For education.18.A) There are 200 vehicles for every kilometer of roadway.B) It has a dense population.C) There are many museums and palaces.D) It has many towering buildings.19.A) It is a city of contrasts.B) It possesses many historical sites.C) It is an important industrial center.D) It has many big and beautiful parks.20.A) It helps develop our personalities.B) It enables us to acquire first - hand knowledge.C) It makes our life more interesting.D) It brings about changes in our lifestyle.PartⅡReading Comprehension (35 minutes)Directions: There are 4 reading 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 trough the centre. Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage:In the world of entertainment, TV talk shows have undoubtedly flooded every inch of space on daytime television. And anyone who watches them regularly knows that each one varies in style and format. But no two shows are more profoundly opposite in content, while at the same time standing out above the rest, than the Jerry Springer and the Oprah Winfrey shows.Jerry Springer could easily be considered the king of "trash talk(废话)". The topics on his show are as shocking as shocking can be. For example, the show takes the ever - common talk show themes of love, sex, cheating, guilt, hate, conflict and morality to a different level. Clearly, the Jerry Springer show is a display and exploitation of society's moral catastrophes (灾难),yet people are willing to eat up the intriguing predicaments(困境) of other people's lives.Like Jerry Springer, Oprah Winfrey takes TV talk show to its extreme, but Oprah goes in the opposite direction. The show focuses on the improvement of society and an individual's quality of life. Topics range from teaching your children responsibility, managing your work week, to getting to know your neighbors.Compared to Oprah, the Jerry Springer show looks like poisonous waste being dumped on society. Jerry ends every show with a “final word”. He makes a small speech that sums up the entire moral of the show. Hopefully, this is the part where most peopl e will learn something very valuable.Clean as it is, the Oprah show is not for everyone. The show's main target audience are middle - class Americans. Most of these people have the time. money, and stability to deal with life's tougher problems. Jerry Springer, on the other hand, has more of an association with the young adults of society. These are 18 - to 21 - year - olds whose main troubles in life involve love, relationship, sex, money and peers. They are the ones who see some value and lessons to be learned underneath the show'sexploitation.While the two shows are as different as night and day. both have ruled the talk show circuit for many years now. Each one caters to a different audience while both have a strong following from large groups of fans. Ironically, both could also be consider ed pioneers in the talk show world.pared with other TV talk shows, both the Jerry Springer and the OprahWinfrey are______.A) more family - oriented B) unusually popularC) more profound D) relatively formal22.Though the social problems Jerry Springer talks about appear distasteful, theaudience______.A) remain fascinated by them B) are ready to face up to themC) remain indifferent to them D) are willing to get involved in them23.Which of the following is likely to be a topic of the Oprah Winfrey show?A) A new type of robot. B) Racist hatred.C) Family budget planning. D) Street violence.24.Despite their different approaches, the two talk shows are both________.A) ironical B) sensitiveC) instructive D) cynical25.We can learn from the passage that the two talk shows_______.A) have monopolized the talk show circuitB) exploit the weaknesses in human natureC) appear at different times of the dayD) are targeted at different audiencesQuestions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage:To understand the marketing concept, it is only necessary to understand the difference between marketing and selling. Not too many years ago, most industries concentrated primarily on the effic ient production of goods, and then relied on "persuasive salesmanship" to move as much of these goods as possible. Such production and selling focuses on the needs of the seller to produce goods and then convert them into money.Marketing, on the other hand, focuses on the wants of consumers. It begins with first analyzing the preferences and demands of consumers and then producing goods that will satisfy them. This eye - on - the - consumer approach is known as the marketing concept, which simply means that instead of trying to sell whatever is easiest to produce or buy for resale, the makers and dealers first endeavor to find out what the consumer wants to buy and then go about making it available for purchase.This concept does not imply that business is benevolent(慈善的)or that consumer satisfaction is given priority over profit in a company. There are always two sides to every business transaction - the firm and the customer -and each must be satisfied before trade occurs. Successful merchants and producers, however, recognize that the surest route to profit is through understanding and catering to customers. A striking example of the importance of catering to the consumer presented itself in mid - 1985, when Coca Cola changed the flavor of its drink. The non - acceptance of the new flavor by a significant portion of the public brought about a prompt restoration of the Classic Coke, which was then marketed alongside the new. King Customer ruled!26.The marketing concept discussed in the passage is, in essence,_______.A) the practice of turning goods into moneyB) making goods available for purchaseC) the customer - centred approachD) a form of persuasive salesmanship27.What was the main concern of industrialists before the marketing concept waswidely accepted?A) The needs of the market. B) The efficiency of production.C) The satisfaction of the user. D) The preferences o f the dealer. 28.According to the passage, “to move as much of these goods as possible” (Lines3 -4 ), Para. I) means “_______”.A) to sell the largest possible amount of goodsB) to transport goods as efficiently as possibleC) to dispose of these goods in large quantitiesD) to redesign these goods for large - scale production29.What does the restoration of the Classic Coke best illustrate?A) Traditional goods have a stronger appeal to the majority of people.B) It takes time for a new product to be accepted by the public.C) Consumers with conservative tastes are often difficult to please.D) Products must be designed to suit the taste of the consumer.30.In discussing the marketing concept, the author focuses on_______.A) its main characteristic B) its social impactC) its possible consequence D) its theoretical basisQuestions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage:Conventional wisdom about conflict seems pretty much cut and dried. Too little conflict breeds apathy (冷漠) and stagnation (呆滞). Too much conflict leads to divisiveness (分裂) and hostility. Moderate levels of conflict, however, can spark creativity and motivate people in a healthy and competitive way.Recent research by Professor Charles R. Schwenk, however, suggests that the optimal level of conflict may be more complex to determine than these simple generalizations. He studied perceptions of conflict among a sample of executives. Some of the executives worked for profit-seeking organizations and others for not - for - profit organizations.Somewhat surprisingly, Schwenk found that opinions about conflict varied systematically as a function of the type of organization. Specifically, managers in not - for - profit organizations strongly believed that conflict was beneficial to their organizations and that it promoted higher quality decision making than might be achieved in the absence of conflict.Managers of for - profit organizations saw a different picture. They believed that conflict generally was damaging and usually led to poor - quality decision making in their organizations. Schwenk interpreted these results in terms of the criteria for effective decision making suggested by the executives. In the profit - seeking organizations, decision - making effectiveness was most often assessed in financial terms. The executives believed that consensus rather than conflict enhanced financial indicators.In the not - for - profit organizations, decision - making effectiveness was defined from the perspective of satisfying constituents. Given the complexities and ambiguities associated with satisfying many diverse constituents executives perceived that conflic t led to more considered and acceptable decisions.31.In the eyes of the author, conventional opinion on conflict is________.A) wrong B) oversimplifiedC) misleading D) unclear32.Professor Charles R. Schwenk's research shows________.A) the advantages and disadvantages of conflictB) the real value of conflictC) the difficulty in determining the optimal level of conflictD) the complexity of defining the roles of conflict33.We can learn from Schwenk's research that________.A) a person1s view of conflict is influenced by the purpose of his organizationB) conflict is necessary for managers of for - profit organizationsC) different people resolve conflicts in different waysD) it is impossible for people to avoid conflict34.The passage suggests that in for - profit organizations_______.A) there is no end of conflictB) expression of different opinions is encouragedC) decisions must be justifiableD) success lies in general agreement35.People working in a not - for - profit organization________.A) seem to be difficult to satisfyB) are free to express diverse opinionsC) are less effective in making decisionsD) find it easier to reach agreementQuestions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage:Imagine eating everything delicious you want - with none of the fat. That would be great, wouldn't it?New “fake fat” products appeared on store shelves in the United States recently, but not everyone is happy about it. Makers of the products, which contain a compound called olestra, say food manufacturers can now eliminate fat from certain foods. Critics, however, say the new compound can rob the body of essential vitamins and nutrients (营养物) and can also cause unpleasant side effects in some people. So it's up to decide whether the new fat-free products taste good enough to keep eating.Chemists discovered olestra in the late 1960s, when they were searching for a fat that could be digested by infants more easily. Instead of finding the desired fat, the researchers created a fat that can't be digested at all.Normally, special chemicals in the intestines (肠)“grab” molecules of regular fa t and break them down so they can be used by the body. A molecule of regular fat is made up of three molecule of substances called fatty acids.The fatty acids are absorbed by the intestines and bring with them the essential vitamins A, D, E, and K. When fat molecules are present in the intestines with any of those vitamins, the vitamins attach to the molecules and are carried into the bloodstream. Olestra, which is made from six to eight molecules of fatty acids, is too large for the intestines to absorb. It just slides through theintestines without being broken down. Manufacturers say it's that ability to slide unchanged through the intestines that makes olestra so valuable as a fat substitute. It provides consumers with the taste of regular fat without any bad effects on the body. But critics say olestra can prevent vitamins A, D, E, and K from being absorbed. It can also prevent the absorption of carotenoids (类胡萝卜素), compounds that may reduce the risk of cancer, heart disease, etc.Manufacturers are adding vitamins A, D, E, and K as well as carotenoids to their products now. Even so, some nutritionists ar e still concerned that people might eat unlimited amounts of food made with the fat substitute without worrying about how many calories they are consuming.36. We learn from the passage that olestra is a substance that_______.A) contains plenty of nutrientsB) renders foods calorie - free while retaining their vitaminsC) makes foods easily digestibleD) makes foods fat - free while keeping them delicious37.The result of the search for an easily digestible fat turned out to be_______.A) commercially useless B) just as anticipatedC) somewhat controversial D) quite unexpected38.Olestra is different from ordinary fats in that_______.A) it passes through the intestines without being absorbedB) it facilitates the absorption of vitamins by the bodyC) it helps reduce the incidence of heart diseaseD) it prevents excessive intake of vitamins39.What is a possible negative effect of olesira according to some critics?A) It may impair the digestive system.B) It may affect the overall fat intake.C) It may increase the risk of cancer.D) It may spoil the consumers' appetite.40.Why are nutritionists concerned about adding vitamins to olesira?A) It may lead to the over - consumption of vitamins.B) People may be induced to eat more than is necessary.C) The function of the intestines may be weakened.D) It may trigger a new wave of fake food production.PartⅢVocabulary （20 minutes）Directions: There are 30 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence th ere are four choices marked A), D), C) and D). Choose the ONE that best complete s the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a si ngle line through the centre.41.The doctors don't _______ that he will live much longer.A) articulate B) antic ipate C) manifest D) monitor42.I suggest we put the scheme into effect, for it is quite_______.A) eligible B) sustainable C) probable D) feasible43.The old gentleman was a very ________ looking person, with grey hair and goldspectacles.A) respectful B) respected C) respective D) respectable44.This book is expected to _______ the best - seller lists.A) promote B) prevail C) dominate D) exemplify45.That part of the city has long been ________ for its street violence.A) notorious B) responsible C) historical D) illegal46.Under the guidance of their teacher, the pupils are building a model boat_______by steam.A) towed B) pressed C) tossed D) propelled47.Having finished their morning work, the clerks stood up behind their desks,________themselves.A) expanding B) stretching C) prolonging D) extending48.England's team, who are now superbly fit, will be doing their best next weekto ________ themselves for last year's defeat.A) revive B) retort C) revenge D) remedy49.If you want to get into that tunnel, you first have to _______ away all therocks.A) haul B) transfer C) repel D) dispose50.It took us only a few hours to _______the paper off all four walls.A) shear B) scrape C) stroke D) chip51.The famous scientist _______his success to hard work.A) imparted B) granted C) ascribed D) acknowledged52.It is difficult to _______of a plan to end poverty.A) speculate B) conceive C) ponder D) reckon53.Now the cheers and applause _______in a single sustained roar.A) mingled B) concentrated C) assembled D) permeated54.Improved consumer confidence is ________ to an economic recovery.A) crucial B) subordinate C) cumulative D) satisfactory55.Although the body is made up of many different tissues, these tissues are arranged in an _______ and orderly fashion.A) incredible B) intricate C) internal D) initial56.If you work under a car when repairing it, you often get very_______.A) waxy B) slippery C) sticky D) greasy57.The damage to his car was_______; therefore, he could repair it himself.A) considerable B) appreciable C) negligible D) invisible58.My sister is quite _______ and plans to get an M. A. degree within one year.A) aggressive B) enthusiastic C) considerate D) ambitious59.The manager tried to wave aside these issues as _______ details that would be settled later.A) versatile B) trivial C) preliminary D) alternate60.His_______was telling him that something was wrong.A) intuition B) hypothesis C) inspiration D) sentiment61.This book is about how these basic beliefs and values affect important _______ of American life.A) fashions B) frontiers C) facets D) formats62.Parents often faced the _______ between doing what they felt was good for the development of the child and what they could stand by way of undisciplined noise and destructiveness.A) paradox B) junction C) dilemma D) premise63.Clark felt that his _______ in one of the most dramatic medical experiments of all time was worth the suffering he underwent.A) apprehension B) appreciation C) presentation D) participation64.As one of the youngest professors in the university, Miss King is certainly on the ________ of a brilliant career.A) threshold B) edge C) porch D) course65.The_______lawyer made a great impression on the jury.A) protecting B) guarding C) defending D) shielding66.Very few people understood his lecture, the subject of which was very_______.A) dim B) obscure C) conspicuous D) intelligible67.This movie is not ________ for children to see: it contains too much violence and too many love scenes.A) profound B) valid C) decent D) upright68.The wood was so rotten that, when we pulled, it _______ into fragments.A) broke off B) broke away C) broke through D) broke up69.The detective and his assistant have begun to _______ the mysterious murder.A) come through B) look into C) make over D) see to70.Sadly, the Giant Panda is one of the many species now in danger of_______.A) extinction B) migration C) destruction D) extraction试卷二PartIV Error Correction (15 minutes)Until the very latest moment of his existence, man hasbeen bound to the planet on which he originated anddeveloped. Now he had the capability to leave that planet 71.________and move out into the universe to those worlds which he hasknown previously only directly. Men have explored parts of 72.________the moon, put spaceships in orbit around another planet andpossibly within the decade will land into another planet and 73.________explore it. Can we be too bold as to suggest that we may be 74.________able to colonize other planet within the not - too - distant 75.________future ? Some have advocated such a procedure as a solutionto the population problem. ship the excess people off to themoon. But we must keep in head the billions of dollars we 76.________might spend in carrying out the project. To maintain theearth's population at its present level. we would have toblast off into space 7,500 people every hour of every day ofthe year.Why are we spending so little money on space 77.________exploration ? Consider the great need for improving many 78.________aspects of the global environment, one is surely justified inhis concern for the money and resources that they are poured 79.________into the space exploration efforts. But perhaps we shouldlook at both sides of the coin before arriving hasty 80.________conclusions.PartV Writing （30 minutes）Directions: WT For this part, you are allowed thirty minutes to write a composition on the topic How I Finance my College Education. You should write at least 120 words, and base your composition on the outline (given in Chinese) below:1.上大学的费用（tuition and fees ）可以通过多种途径解决。
06同等学力英语真题阅读解析
2006年同等学力英语阅读真题解析文章中标①②③④⑤的句子对应题目1、2、3、4、5正确选项。
Passage One本文是一篇科普文章。
作者分析了人们产生恐惧心理的内部和外部因素，指出婴儿与生具有对环境的敏感并能做出不同反应，而幼年的经历、家庭环境以及父母的生活态度决定着人们在成长过程中能否克服悲观恐惧心理，不怕困难，艰苦努力，走向成功。
At all age and at al stages of life, fear presents a problem to almost everyone. “We are largely the playthings of our fears,” wrote the British author Horace Walpole many years ago. “To one, fear of the dark; to another, of physical pain; to a third of public ridicule; to a fourth, of poverty; to loneliness ---- for all of us our particular creature waits in a hidden place.”①Fear is often a useful emotion. When you become frightened, many physical changes occur within your body. Your heartbeat and responses quicken; your pupils expand to admit more light;②a large quantities of energy-producing adrenaline （肾上腺素）are poured into your bloodstream. Confronted with a fire or accident, fear can fuel life-saving flight（逃离）. Similarly, when a danger is psychological rather than physical, fear can force you to take self-protective measures.②b It is only when fear is disproportional to the danger at hand that it becomes a problem.③Some people are simply more vulnerable to fear than others. A visit to the newborn nursery of any large hospital will demonstrate that, from the moment of their births, a few fortunate infants respond calmly to sudden fear-producing situations such as a loudly slammed door. Yet a neighbor in the next bed may cry out with profound fright. From birth, he or she is more prone to learn fearful responses because he or she has inherited a tendency to be more sensitive.④Further, psychologists know that our early experiences and relationships strongly shape and determine our later fears. ⑤A young man named Bill, for example, grew up with a father who regarded each adversity as a temporary obstacle to be overcome with imagination and courage. Using his father as am model ,Bill came to welcome adventure and to trust his own ability to solve problems.Phil’s dad, however, spent most of his time trying to protect himself and his family. Afraid to risk the insecurity of a job change, he remained unhappy in one position. He avoided long vacations because “the car might break down. “ Growing up in such a home, Phil naturally learned to become fearful and tense.注释：①有的人怕黑；而有的人怕痛；1/3的人怕在公众场合被嘲弄，1/4 害怕孤独------ 对于我们所有人来说，我们心里的这种特别之物躲藏在不易被察觉的地方，伺机出动。
2006年全国大学生英语竞赛初赛考场安排(工大赛区).
以上名单，如有姓名、学号错误以及被遗漏的同学请及时与二教410办公室的赵老师联系，所有同学们请准时参加，不要迟到，迟到15分钟后，不得进入考场，遵守考场纪律。
北京工业大学外国语学院2006.3以上名单，如有姓名、学号错误以及被遗漏的同学请及时与二教410办公室的赵老师联系，所有同学们请准时参加，不要迟到，迟到15分钟后，不得进入考场，遵守考场纪律。
北京工业大学外国语学院2006.3以上名单，如有姓名、学号错误以及被遗漏的同学请及时与二教410办公室的赵老师联系，所有同学们请准时参加，不要迟到，迟到15分钟后，不得进入考场，遵守考场纪律。
北京工业大学外国语学院2006.3以上名单，如有姓名、学号错误以及被遗漏的同学请及时与二教410办公室的赵老师联系，所有同学们请准时参加，不要迟到，迟到15分钟后，不得进入考场，遵守考场纪律。
北京工业大学外国语学院2006.3以上名单，如有姓名、学号错误以及被遗漏的同学请及时与二教410办公室的赵老师联系，所有同学们请准时参加，不要迟到，迟到15分钟后，不得进入考场，遵守考场纪律。
北京工业大学外国语学院2006.3以上名单，如有姓名、学号错误以及被遗漏的同学请及时与二教410办公室的赵老师联系，所有同学们请准时参加，不要迟到，迟到15分钟后，不得进入考场，遵守考场纪律。
北京工业大学外国语学院2006.3以上名单，如有姓名、学号错误以及被遗漏的同学请及时与二教410办公室的赵老师联系，所有同学们请准时参加，不要迟到，迟到15分钟后，不得进入考场，遵守考场纪律。
北京工业大学外国语学院2006.3以上名单，如有姓名、学号错误以及被遗漏的同学请及时与二教410办公室的赵老师联系，所有同学们请准时参加，不要迟到，迟到15分钟后，不得进入考场，遵守考场纪律。
北京工业大学外国语学院2006.3以上名单，如有姓名、学号错误以及被遗漏的同学请及时与二教410办公室的赵老师联系，所有同学们请准时参加，不要迟到，迟到15分钟后，不得进入考场，遵守考场纪律。
2000年06月大学英语四级考试听力真题及答案
2000年6月大学英语四级(CET-4)听力真题试卷Section A1. A) She is not interested in the article. B) She has given the man much trouble.C) She would like to have a copy of the article.D) She doesn’t want to take the trouble to read the article.2. A) He saw the big tower he visited on TV. B) He has visited the TV tower twice.C) He has visited the TV tower once. D) He will visit the TV tower in June.3. A) The woman regrets having taken up much of the professor’s time.B) The woman regrets having taken up much of the professor’s time.C) The woman knows the professor has been busy.D) The woman knows the professor has run into trouble.4. A) He doesn’t enjoy business trips as much as he used to.B) He doesn’t think he is capable of doing the job.C) He thinks the pay is too low to support his family.D) He wants to spend more time with his family.5. A) The man thought the essay was easy. B) They both had a hard time writing the essay.C) The woman thought the essay was easy. D) Neither of them has finished the assignment yet.6. A) In the park. B) Between two buildings. C) In his apartment. D) Under a huge tree.7. A) It’s awfully dull.B) It’s really exciting.C) It’s very exhausting.D) It’s quite challenging.8. A) A movie. B) A lecture. C) A play. D) A speech.9. A) The weather is mild compared to the past years.B) They are having the coldest winter ever.C) The weather will soon get warmer.D) The weather may get even colder.10. A) A mystery story. B) The hiring of a shop assistant.C) The search for a reliable witness. D) An unsolved case of robbery.Section B11. A) They want to change the way English is taught.B) They learn English to find well-paid jobs.C) They want to have an up-to-date knowledge of English.D) They know clearly what they want to learn.12. A) Professionals. B) College students. C) Beginners. D) Intermediate learners.13. A) Courses for doctors. B) Courses for businessmen.C) Courses for reporters. D) Courses for lawyers.14. A) Three groups of learners. B) The importance of business English.C) English for Specific Purposes. D) Features of English for different purposes. Passage Two15. A) To show off their wealth. B) To feel good.C) To regain their memory. D) To be different from others.16. A) To help solve their psychological problems. B) To play games with them.C) To send them to the hospital. D) To make them aware of its harmfulness.17. A) They need care and affection. B) They are fond of round-the-world trips.C) They are mostly form broken families. D) They are likely to commit crimes.Passage Three18. A) Because it was too heavy. B) Because it did not bend easily.C) Because it did not shoot far. D) Because its string was short.19. A) It went out of use 300 years ago. B) It was invented after the short bow.C) It was discovered before fire and the wheel. D) It’s still in use today.20. A) They are accurate and easy to pull. B) Their shooting range is 40 yards.C) They are usually used indoors. D) They took 100 years to develop.参考答案1. C2. C3. B4. D5. B6. D7. A8. C9. D 10. D 11. D 12. A 13. B 14. C 15. B 16. A 17. A18. C 19. B 20. A2000年6月大学英语四级听力原文Section A1.M: Would you like a copy of professor Smith's article?W: Thanks, if it's not too much trouble.Q: What does the woman imply?2.W: Did you visit the Television Tower when you had your vacation in Shanghai last summer?M: I couldn't make it last June. But I finally visited it two months later. I plan to visit it again sometime next year.Q: What do we learn about the man?3.M: Prof. Kennedy has been very busy this semester. As far as I know, he works until midnight every day.W: I wouldn't have troubled him so much if I had know he was so busy.Q: What do we learn from the conversation?4.W: If I were you, I would have accepted the job.M: I turned down the offer because it would mean frequent business trips away from my family.Q: Why didn't the man accept the job?5.M: How are you getting on with your essay, Mary? I'm having a real hard time with mine.W: After two sleepless nights, I'm finally through with it.Q: What do we learn from this conversation?6.W: Where did you say you found this bag?M: It was lying under a big tree between the park and the apartment building.Q: Where did the man find the bag?7.M: Wouldn't you get bored with the same routine year teaching the same things to children?W: I don't think it would be as boring as working in an office. Teaching is most stimulating.Q: What does the woman imply about office work?8.M: I was terribly embarrassed when some of the audience got up and left in the middle of the performance.W: Well, some people just can't seem to appreciate real-life drama.Q: What are they talking about?9.W: Oh, it's so cold. We haven't had such a severe winter for so long, have we?M: Y es, the forecast says it's going to get worse before it warms up.Q: What do we learn from the conversation?10.M: Y ou were seen hanging about the store on the night when it was robbed, weren't you?W: Me? Y ou must have made a mistake. I was at home that night.Q: What are they talking about?Section B Passage One：There are three groups of English learners: beginners, intermediate learners, and learners of special English. Beginners need to learn the basics of English. Students who have reached an intermediate level benefit from learning general English skills. But what about student who want to learn specialist English for their work or professional life? Most students, who fit into this third group have a clear idea about what they want to learn. A bank clerk, for example, wants to use this specialist vocabulary and technical terms of finance. But for teachers, deciding how to teach specialist English is not always so easy. For a start, the variety is enormous. Every field from airline pilots to secretaries has its own vocabulary and technical terms.Teachers also need to have an up-to-date knowledge of that specialist language, and not many teachers are exposed to working environments outside the classroom. These issues have influenced the way specialist English is taught in schools. This type of course is usually known as English for Specific Purposes, or ESP and there isn't ESP courses for almost every area of professional and working life. In Britain, for example, there are courses which teach English for doctors, lawyers, reporters travel agents and people working in the hotel industry. By far, the most popular ESP courses are for business English.Questions 11 to 14 are based on the passage you have just heard.11. What is the characteristic of learners of special English?12. Who needs ESP courses most?13. What are the most popular ESP courses in Britain?14. What is the speaker mainly talking about?Passage Two：The first step to stop drug abuse is knowing why people start to use drugs. The reasons people abuse drugs are as different as people are from one to another. But there seems to be one common thread: people seem to take drugs to change the way they feel. They want to feel better or feel happy or to feel nothing. Sometimes, they want to forget or to remember. People often feel better about themselves when they are under the influence of drugs. But the effects don't last long. Drugs don't solve problems. They just postpone them. No matter how far drugs may take you, it's always around trip. After a while, people who miss drugs may feel worse about themselves, and then they may use more drugs. If someone you know is using or abusing drugs, you can help. The most important part you can play is to be there. Y ou can let your friends know that you care. Y ou can listen and try to solve the problem behind your friend's need to use drugs. Two people together can often solve a problem that seems too big for one person alone. Studies of heavy abusers in the United States show that they felt unloved and unwanted. They didn't have close friends to talk to. When you or your friends take the time to care for each other, you're all helping to stop drugs abuse. After all, what is a friend for?Questions 15 to 17 are based on the passage you have just heard.15. Why do some people abuse drugs?16. According to the passage, what is the best way to stop friends from abusing drugs?17. What are the findings of the studies about heavy drug users?Passage Three：Bows and arrows, are one of man's oldest weapons. They gave early man an effective weapon to kill his enemies. The ordinary bow or short bow was used by early all early people. This bow bad limited power and short range. However, man overcame these faults by learning to track his targets at a close range. The long bow was most likely discovered when someone found out that a five-foot piece of wood made a better bow than a three-foot piece. Hundreds of thousands of these bows were made and used for three hundred years. However, not one is known to survive today. We believe that a force of about one hundred pounds was needs to pull the string all the way back on a long bow. For a long time the bow was just a bent stick and string. In fact, more changes have taken place in a bow in the past 25 years than in the last 7 centuries. Today, bow is forceful. It is as exact as a gun. In addition, it requires little strength to draw the string. Modern bows also have precise aiming devices. In indoor contests, perfect scores from 40 yard are common. The invention of the bows itself ranks with discovery of fire and the wheel. It was a great-step-forward for man.Questions 18 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard.18. Why did man have to track his target at a close range when using a short bow?19. What does the passage tell us about the long bow?20. What do we know about modern bows?。
新概念英语第三册-Lesson 06(词汇)
新概念英语第三册-Lesson 06(词汇)Step 1 单词都在文中标出了，大家发挥一下想象和推理水平，猜猜那些生词都是什么意思吧。
阅读中非常需要这种猜测推理水平的哦。
Smash-and grabThe expensive shops in a famous arcade near Piccadilly were just opening. At this time of the morning, the arcadewas almost empty. Mr Taylor, the owner of a jewellery shopwas admiring a new window display. Two of his assistants had been working busily since 8 o'clock and had only just finished. Diamond necklaces and rings had been beautifully arranged on a background of black velvet. After gazing at the display for several minutes, Mr Taylor went back into his shop.The silence was suddenly broken when a large car, withits headlights on and its horn blaring, roared down the arcade. It came to a stop outside the jeweler's. One man stayed at the wheel while two others with black stockingsover their faces jumped out and smashed the window of theshop with iron bars. While this was going on, Mr Taylor was upstairs. He and his staff began throwing furniture out ofthe window. Chairs and tables went flying into the arcade.One of the thieves was struck by a heavy statue, but he wastoo busy helping himself to diamonds to notice any pain. The raid was all over in three minutes, for the men scrambledback into the car and it moved off at a fantastic speed. Just as it was leaving, Mr Taylor rushed out and ran after it throwing ashtrays and vases, but it was impossible to stopthe thieves. They had got away with thousands of pounds worth of diamonds.Step 2词汇的意思都在这里了哦。
2019 年 06 月英语四级阅读真题(第一套)如果有人叫错你的名字
2019 年 06 ⽉真题（第⼀套）如果有⼈叫错你的名字 If Someone Calls You by the Wrong NameIf you were like most children, you probably got upset when your mother called you by a sibling's name.如果你像⼤多数孩⼦⼀样，那当你的妈妈叫你却喊成你兄弟姐妹的名字时，你可能会感到难过。
How could she not know you? Did it mean she loved you less?她怎么可能不知道你是谁？这是不是意味着她没那么爱你？Probably not.或许不是这样的。
According to the first research to tackle this topic head-on, misnaming the most familiar people in our life is a common cognitive error that has to do with how our memories classify and store familiar names.第⼀个正⾯解决这⼀话题的研究表明，喊错我们⽣活中最熟悉⼈的名字是⼀种常⻅的认知错误。
这种认知错误与我们的记忆如何分类以及存储熟悉的名字有关。
The study, published online in April in the journal Memory and Cognition, found that the "wrong" name is not random but is invariably fished out from the same relationship pond: children, siblings, friends.该研究于四⽉发表于《记忆与认知》杂志官⽹上，研究发现“叫错”的名字并不是随机的，⽽总是来⾃于同⼀个关系组：孩⼦、兄弟姐妹、朋友。
1995年06月大学英语四级考试听力真题及答案
1995年6月四级听力真题Part I Listening Comprehension (20 minutes)Section A1. A) Librarian and student. B) Operator and caller.C) Boss and secretary. D) Customer and repairman.2. A) Look for the key. B) Repair the car.C) Fix a shelf. D) Paint a shelf.3. A) To make the woman angry. B) To please the man’s mother.C) David is the man’s good friend. D) David is good at carrying on conversations.4. A) He must meet his teacher. B) He must attend a class.C) He must go out with his girlfriend. D) He must stay at school to finish his homework.5. A) He wants to pay. B) he doesn’t want to eat outC) He wants to eat somewhere else. D) He doesn’t like Japanese food.6. A) He didn’t work as hard as he was supposed to.B) He didn’t pass the physics exam.C) He did better in an earlier exam.D) He found something wrong with the exam.7. A) He is attending his sick mother at home.B) He is on a European tour with his mother.C) He is at home on sick leave.D) He is in Europe to see his mother.6. A) They don’t know how to get to Mike’s home.B) They are discussing when to meet again.C) They went to the same party some time ago.D) They will go to Mike’s birthday party.9. A) Five lessons.B) Three lessons.C) Twelve lessons. D) Fifteen lessons.10. A) Find a larger room.B) Sell the old table.C) Buy two bookshelves. D) Rearrange some furniture.Section BPassage OneQuestions 11 to 13 are based on the passage you have just heard.11. A) Courses in British history.B) Language courses.C) Courses in sports. D) Teacher training courses.12. A) To attract more students. B) To make the courses suitable for students of all levels.C) To let the students have a good rest. D) To make the summer school more likea holiday.13. A) Because they all work very hard.B) Because their teachers are all native speakers of English.C) Because they learn not only in but also out of class.D) Because they are all advanced students.Passage TwoQuestions 14 to 16 are based on the passage you have just heard.14. A) Because it takes too long to process all the applications.B) Because its resources are limited.C) Because it is a library for special purposes.D) Because there is a shortage of staff.15. A) Discard his application from.B) Forbid him to borrow any items.C) Cancel his video card. D) Ask him to apply again.16. A) One month.B) One week.C) Two weeks. D) Two months.Passage ThreeQuestions 14 to 16 are based on the passage you have just heard.17. A) Chemicals. B) Vapor.C) Water. D) Gas.8. A) By passing steam over dry ice. B) By turning ordinary ice into steam.C) By heating dry ice. D) By mixing dry ice with ordinary ice.19. A) It takes a longer tim e to melt. B) It is lighter to carry.C) It is cleaner to use than ordinary ice. D) It is not so cold as ordinary ice.20. A) In the 1920’s. B) In the 1930’s.C) In the 1940’s. D) In the 1950’s.1995年6月四级听力参考答案1995年6月大学英语四级(CET-4)听力原文Section A1.W: How long will it take you to fix my watch?M: I`ll call you when it`s ready. But it shouldn`t take longer than a week.Q: what is the probable relationship between the speakers?2.M: I can`t find the key to my car, I need to go for a drive.W: I`ll look for it later. Right now I want you to help fix the shelf before I paint it.Q: What will they do first?3.W: I really can`t stand the way David controls the conversation all the time. If he`s going to be at the Christmas party, I just won`t come.M: I`m sorry you feel that way. But my mother insists that he come.Q: Why is David being invited to the party?4 W: John, do you want to go swimming with me today?M: Sure, but I can`t leave now. I have an appointment with my professor at 3 o`clock.Q: Why can`t John go swimming now?5. W: I hear there is a good Japanese restaurant nearby. Would you like to go there for lunch?M: Yes, but it`s my treat this time.Q: What does the man mean?6 W: You look upset. Anything wrong?M: I failed in physics exam again in spite of all the efforts I made.Q: What do we know about the man from the conversation?7. W: I wonder what`s happened to Jerry. He hasn`t been around for at least 2 weeks.M: He took a leave to see his mother in Europe.Q: Why is Jerry away?8.M: Hi, Jane. So glad to see you again.W: Likewise. I remember the last time we wet was 5 months ago at Mike`s birthday party. How are you doing?Q: What do we know about the speakers?9. W: Professor Clark said that the mid-term exam would cover the first 15 lessons?M: Really? I thought it only included the first 12 lessons. Then I must spend the weekend to go over the rest of the lessons.Q: How many lessons must the man review over the weekend?10.W: We do need another bookshelf in this room. But the problem is the space for it.M: How about moving the old dining table to the kitchen?Q: What does the man suggest they should do?Section BPassage One：Most summer school courses in Britain last for two to four weeks. During that time students live either with a British family, or at the school, or in a hotel. They have about 15 hours of lessons every Monday to Friday, usually in the mornings. Each school has a lot ofdifferent courses. Some are for beginners and others are for intermediate or advanced students. The lessons are fun; the classes are small and the teachers are all from English-speaking countries. But summer school students don`t just speak English in the classroom. They are in Britain, so they speak and read and hear it outside, too. That`s why they learn so quickly and why a summer school course is really a holiday. Only one third of each course is taught in the classroom. The rest takes place during a busy afternoon and evening timetable of visits, sports and games. These activities help everyone to make new friends, have fun and improve their English.Questions 11 to 13 are based on the passage you have just heard.11. What kind of course do summer schools offer?12. Why do summer schools arrange visits and other activities for the students?13. Why do students in summer schools learn quickly?Passage Two：This library is an English language teaching and learning library. Unfortunately our resources are limited and so not everyone can join. Teachers of English, university students and professionals who are in the medical, engineering and management fields can all join the library. Those from other professions are welcome to apply. But your application will not necessarily be approved. You must fill in a library application form and put it in the box on the libranrian`s desk.Because of the high number of applications we receive each week, you must wait one week. Please bring your student or work cards to pick up your library cards. Library application forms which are not picked up within 2 months will be discarded and you will have to reapply.You may borrow one video at a time. The video must be returned in one week. If you can not return it one time, please call. Otherwise your video library card will be cancelled. You may borrow 3 items at one time. That is 3 books or 3 cassettes. Items must be returned within 1 month. You can telephone the library to renew items for another month.Questions 14 to 16 are based on the passage you have just heard.14. Why can`t the library issue library cards to everyone who applies?15. What will the library do if a reader fails to renew the videos when it is due?16. For how long can a reader keep the book before he renews it?Passage Three：Can you imagine ice that does not melt and is not wet? Have your ever heard of dry ice? Dry ice is made by freezing a gas. It is quite different from ordinary ice which is simply frozen water. Dry ice was first manufactured in 1925. It has since fulfilled the hopes of its inventor. It can be used for making artificial fog in the movies. When steam is passed over dry ice, a very dense vapor rises. It can also be used for destroying insects in grain supplies. It is more practical than ordinary ice because it takes up less space and it is 142 degrees colder. Since it turns into steam, instead of melting into water, it is cleaner to use. For these reasons, it is extremely popular and many people prefer it to ordinary ice. Dry ice is so cold that if you touch it with your hare fingers, it will burn you.Questions 17 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard.17. What is dry ice made of?18. How is an artificial fog made in the movies?19. What is the advantage of dry ice over ordinary ice?20. When was dry ice first made?。
高考英语长难句06 复杂名词性从句或多个名词性从句构成的长难句(通用版)
高考英语长难句典型结构示例与解析(通用版) 06复杂名词性从句或多个名词性从句构成的长难句1.Reading fiction allows me to travel across the high seas and along the SilkRoad, all from the comfort of my own armchair, to experience, though secondhand,exciting experiences that I wouldn’t necessarily be able to have in my lifetime.【句式翻译】阅读小说使得我享受着坐在扶手椅上的舒适就能在深海和丝绸之路进行旅游，这种让人兴奋的体验尽管是间接的却又是我一生所必然体验不到的。
【句式分析】本句包含一个定语从句，that I wouldn’t necessarily…修饰先行词experiences。
【词语点拨】1) comfort n.舒适；安逸；令人感到安慰的人或物vt.安慰Take a small step out of your comfort zone and try to make someone’s day a little brighter.从你的舒适地带迈出一小步，为他人带去一点阳光吧。
A hot cup of milk on a cold night is a real comfort.在寒冷的夜晚喝杯热牛奶真舒服。
The little boy fell down and his mother comforted him.小男孩摔倒了，于是他的妈妈哄了哄他。
2) experience vt.体验；经历，遭受n.「U」经验；「C」经历，体验We learn from the past, experience the present and hope for success in the future.我们从过去中学习，体验现在，展望未来。