Part Three答案部分 2003年12月 大学英语六级考试历年全真试卷 参考答案详细解答和录音文字材料 Part I Listening Comprehension Section a M: Did you see Martha just now? I want to ask her to go with us to the concert onight W: She must be around somewhere. You might still be able to catch her. Q: What does the woman mean? M: I cant bare the air pollution in this city anymore. It is getting worse and worse M: You said it. We ve never had so many factories before. Q: What does the man mean? 3. M: Just think I went through so much work on my paper only to get a c W: Well, I don't think grades are everything. What you have learned in the proc ess will prove useful in your future work. Q: What does the woman imply M: My brother is coming this weekend, and I was thinking the three of us could g o out to dinner Saturday night. Any suggestions? W:It's up to you. I don t know the restaurant here that well. Q: What does the woman mean? 5. I couldn t have won the award without your assistance. Thank you very much. M: You have been working so hard. You deserve the honor. Q: What do we learned from the conversation? M: I d like to sign up for voluntary work with the environment council. I hear it is a great way to connect with the community W: It sure is. But you ll have to put in a lot of hours. So you must leave som
Part Three 答案部分 2003 年 12 月 大学英语六级考试历年全真试卷 参考答案 详细解答和录音文字材料 Part Ⅰ Listening Comprehension Section A 1. M: Did you see Martha just now? I want to ask her to go with us to the concert tonight. W: She must be around somewhere. You might still be able to catch her. Q: What does the woman mean? 2. M: I can’t bare the air pollution in this city anymore. It is getting worse and worse. M: You said it. We’ve never had so many factories before. Q: What does the man mean? 3. M: Just think I went through so much work on my paper only to get a C. W: Well, I don’t think grades are everything. What you have learned in the proc ess will prove useful in your future work. Q: What does the woman imply? 4. M: My brother is coming this weekend, and I was thinking the three of us could g o out to dinner Saturday night. Any suggestions? W: It’s up to you. I don’t know the restaurant here that well. Q: What does the woman mean? 5. M: I couldn’t have won the award without your assistance. Thank you very much. M: You have been working so hard. You deserve the honor. Q: What do we learned from the conversation? 6. M: I’d like to sign up for some voluntary work with the environment council. I hear it is a great way to connect with the community. W: It sure is. But you’ll have to put in a lot of hours. So you must leave som
e room in scheduling your time Q: What does the woman imply? M: Can you tell me when I can leave here, doctor? I have some important business to attend to M: That depends on how your condition reacts to our treatment. You may leave a s soon as the bleeding stops. I think that will take a couple of days Q: What does the doctor mean? 8. M: I m told Alice is trying to find a job in an electronics company. W: As far as I know, she is good at anything but electronics Q: What does the woman mean? M: Jimmy is going on a journey tomorrow. Shall we have a farewell dinner tonigh W: Do you think it's necessary? You know he will be away just a few days. Q: What does the woman mean? M: I thought you were going to call me last night about the plans for the confer ence on language teaching W: Sorry, I should have, but Tom and jane stopped by and stayed until midnight. Q: What do we learn from the conversation? Section b Pa The Golden Gate Bridge joins the beautiful city of San Francisco with the suburb s to the north. Each day about one hundred thousand automobiles cross the bridg e taking people to and from the city. More than half of them cross the bridge d uring the morning and evening rush hours. When traffic is so heavy the trip is no t pleasant. Now, however there is at least one group of happy commuters. These are the people who travel under the bridge instead of on it. They go to work by boat and enjoy it so much that most of them say they will never go by car again The ferry they take is spacious, quiet and comfortable. Commuters can en joy t he sun on deck. In the morning they can have breakfast in the coffee shop. And in the evening they can order a drink in the bar while looking at the beautiful scenery. The trip takes only 30 minutes and is not very costly. Best of all being on a boat seems to make people more friendly toward each other There has already been a marriage of two commuters who met on the ferry Because the fer ry has been so successful, there are plans to use other still larger boats. The re is also a proposal for a high speed boat that will make the trip in only 15 m nutes. But not everyone is happy about that. A lot of people feel that half a n hour is just enough time to relax
e room in scheduling your time. Q: What does the woman imply? 7. M: Can you tell me when I can leave here, doctor? I have some important business to attend to. M: That depends on how your condition reacts to our treatment. You may leave a s soon as the bleeding stops. I think that will take a couple of days. Q: What does the doctor mean? 8. M: I’m told Alice is trying to find a job in an electronics company. W: As far as I know, she is good at anything but electronics. Q: What does the woman mean? 9. M: Jimmy is going on a journey tomorrow. Shall we have a farewell dinner tonigh t? W: Do you think it’s necessary? You know he will be away just a few days. Q: What does the woman mean? 10. M: I thought you were going to call me last night about the plans for the confer ence on language teaching. W: Sorry, I should have, but Tom and Jane stopped by and stayed until midnight. Q: What do we learn from the conversation? Section B Passage One The Golden Gate Bridge joins the beautiful city of San Francisco with the suburb s to the north. Each day about one hundred thousand automobiles cross the bridg e taking people to and from the city. More than half of them cross the bridge d uring the morning and evening rush hours. When traffic is so heavy the trip is no t pleasant. Now, however, there is at least one group of happy commuters. These are the people who travel under the bridge instead of on it. They go to work by boat and enjoy it so much that most of them say they will never go by car again . The ferry they take is spacious, quiet and comfortable. Commuters can enjoy t he sun on deck. In the morning they can have breakfast in the coffee shop. And in the evening they can order a drink in the bar while looking at the beautiful scenery. The trip takes only 30 minutes and is not very costly. Best of all, being on a boat seems to make people more friendly toward each other. There has already been a marriage of two commuters who met on the ferry. Because the fer ry has been so successful, there are plans to use other still larger boats. The re is also a proposal for a high speed boat that will make the trip in only 15 m inutes. But not everyone is happy about that. A lot of people feel that half a n hour is just enough time to relax
11. According to the speaker how do commuters feel about crossing the Golden Gate Bridge by car? 12. What does the speaker say about ferry commuters? 13. How do commuters respond to plans for the future of the ferry? Passage Two How many teeth have you had filled in the past two years? If you follow the adv ice of Dr. Faustick, you may be able to reduce the number of your visits to a den tist. Dr. Faustick conducted a two-year survey to find out how to prevent or re duce dental decay. 946 students took part in an experiment. 523 students clean ed their teeth within ten minutes of eating: when possible they used a toothbrush when this was impossible they washed their mouth thoroughly with water. The r emaining 423 students merely cleaned their teeth when they went to bed and when they got up in the morning. All the students had their teeth X-rayed at the end of the first and second years. At the end of the first year, the night and mor ning group had three times as many decayed teeth as the clean after each meal gr oup At the end of the second year the latter group had 53 percent fewer decaye d teeth than the former group Dr. Faustick has cleaned his teeth after meal fo r thirteen years and has not had a single decayed tooth. He pointed out that su gar is a ma jor agent in dental decay. Particularly the sugar in sweets, cakes and soft drinks. Ideally you should keep a tooth brush in your pocket and use i t immediately after you have finished eating. When this is impractical you can at least make sure that you have a drink of water and let the water through your teeth to force out any particles of food. 7 out of 10 people loose at least ha If of their teeth by the time they are fifty. many have a complete set of false teeth by that time In any case neither toothache nor a visit to a dentist is pleasant. So it is worthwhile making an effort to keep you own teeth as lo s possible. The main preventative agent is simply water. 14. According to the passage what kind of food is most likely to cause dental decay? 15. What does the passage tell us about the condition of Dr. Faustick's teeth? What does Faustick suggest to prevent dental decay? assage The worldwide Organization of the Red Cross stems from the ideal of Henri Dunant a Swiss Banker. In 1838, at the age of ten, dunant was taken by his father to visit a prison, there he saw prisoners chained together exercising in the yard a nd breaking stones along the road. This experience left a deep impression on hi m and made him determined to do something for convicts and slaves and for all who were oppressed and deprived of their liberty. On 24th June 1859 while on hi
11. According to the speaker how do commuters feel about crossing the Golden Gate Bridge by car? 12. What does the speaker say about ferry commuters? 13. How do commuters respond to plans for the future of the ferry? Passage Two How many teeth have you had filled in the past two years? If you follow the adv ice of Dr. Faustick, you may be able to reduce the number of your visits to a den tist. Dr. Faustick conducted a two-year survey to find out how to prevent or re duce dental decay. 946 students took part in an experiment. 523 students clean ed their teeth within ten minutes of eating: when possible they used a toothbrush , when this was impossible they washed their mouth thoroughly with water. The r emaining 423 students merely cleaned their teeth when they went to bed and when they got up in the morning. All the students had their teeth X-rayed at the end of the first and second years. At the end of the first year, the night and mor ning group had three times as many decayed teeth as the clean after each meal gr oup. At the end of the second year the latter group had 53 percent fewer decaye d teeth than the former group. Dr. Faustick has cleaned his teeth after meal fo r thirteen years and has not had a single decayed tooth. He pointed out that su gar is a major agent in dental decay. Particularly the sugar in sweets, cakes, and soft drinks. Ideally you should keep a tooth brush in your pocket and use i t immediately after you have finished eating. When this is impractical you can at least make sure that you have a drink of water and let the water through your teeth to force out any particles of food. 7 out of 10 people loose at least ha lf of their teeth by the time they are fifty. Many have a complete set of false teeth by that time. In any case neither toothache nor a visit to a dentist is very pleasant. So it is worthwhile making an effort to keep you own teeth as lo ng as possible. The main preventative agent is simply water. 14. According to the passage what kind of food is most likely to cause dental decay? 15. What does the passage tell us about the condition of Dr. Faustick’s teeth? 16. What does Dr. Faustick suggest to prevent dental decay? Passage Three The worldwide Organization of the Red Cross stems from the ideal of Henri Dunant , a Swiss Banker. In 1838, at the age of ten, Dunant was taken by his father to visit a prison, there he saw prisoners chained together exercising in the yard a nd breaking stones along the road. This experience left a deep impression on hi m and made him determined to do something for convicts and slaves and for all who were oppressed and deprived of their liberty. On 24th June 1859 while on hi
s way from Geneva to france, Dunant witnessed the battle between the french and Austrian armies. It was one of the fiercest battles of the 19th century. Shocke d by the lack of medical supplies and attention given to the wounded, dunant dec ided that a volunteer service had to be organized. He gathered together a number of women who attended to the hundreds of wounded soldiers of all nationalities and he lped the surgeons as best they could. from that battle dunant determined to f orm a body of people who would rally together in times of war and attend to the needs of wounded and dying dunant held that a suffering human being should be helped for his own sake only and without regard to race, religion, or political beliefs. Many European states supported him and on 22nd August 1864 the first Gen eva Convention was signed. This lays down that once a soldier is wounded he and everyone else who comes to his help ceases to be an enemy a symbol by which t he relief workers could be recognized was devised. As a tribute to Switzer land the symbol was the Swiss flag reversed. That is a red cross on a white gro und. So the red cross was born 17. What first led Henri dunant to think of he lping the oppressed? 18. What did Henri dunant do during the battle between the French and austrian a 19. What was Henri dunant's belief when he founded the red cross? 20. Why was the symbol of the red cross designed with a red cross on a white gro Part I Listening Comprehension Section a 1.C 这是一个理解题。男士问女士刚才是否看见玛莎,并且提到他今晚将和玛莎一起去 音乐会,女士回答说玛莎就在附近,他应该可以找到她( You might still be able to cat ch her.)显然答案为 这是一个推理题。女士抱怨说自己再也无法忍受城市越来越糟糕的空气污染,男士 说正是如此,以前从没有过这么多的工厂。他间接地表达了工业的发展导致了空气污染加重 的事实。所以A对 3.B 这是一个理解题。男士说想想他在试卷上写了那么多才得了C,言下之意好象得不 偿失。女士说她认为分数并不重要,重要的是在努力过程中所学会的东西才对将来工作有帮 助,也就是B所表达的意思。 这是一个理解题。男士说自己的哥哥或弟弟周末要来,问女士三个人一起到外面就 餐如何?女士说由男士决定,自己对附近的餐馆不了解。从对话谈论的内容就可以知道女士 是让男士自己就这一问题拿主意,即答案为B。 5.D 这是一个推理题。女士对男士表示谢意说没有他的帮助自己不可能得奖。男士说她
s way from Geneva to France, Dunant witnessed the battle between the French and Austrian armies. It was one of the fiercest battles of the 19th century. Shocke d by the lack of medical supplies and attention given to the wounded, Dunant dec ided that a volunteer service had to be organized. He gathered together a number of women who attended to the hundreds of wounded soldiers of all nationalities and helped the surgeons as best they could. From that battle Dunant determined to f orm a body of people who would rally together in times of war and attend to the needs of wounded and dying. Dunant held that a suffering human being should be helped for his own sake only and without regard to race, religion, or political beliefs. Many European states supported him and on 22nd August 1864 the first Gen eva Convention was signed. This lays down that once a soldier is wounded he and everyone else who comes to his help ceases to be an enemy. A symbol by which t he relief workers could be recognized was devised. As a tribute to Switzerland, the symbol was the Swiss flag reversed. That is a red cross on a white gro und. So the Red Cross was born. 17. What first led Henri Dunant to think of helping the oppressed? 18. What did Henri Dunant do during the battle between the French and Austrian a rmies? 19. What was Henri Dunant’s belief when he founded the Red Cross? 20. Why was the symbol of the Red Cross designed with a red cross on a white gro und? Part Ⅰ Listening Comprehension Section A 1.C 这是一个理解题。男士问女士刚才是否看见玛莎，并且提到他今晚将和玛莎一起去 音乐会，女士回答说玛莎就在附近，他应该可以找到她（You might still be able to cat ch her.）显然答案为 C。 2.A 这是一个推理题。女士抱怨说自己再也无法忍受城市越来越糟糕的空气污染，男士 说正是如此，以前从没有过这么多的工厂。他间接地表达了工业的发展导致了空气污染加重 的事实。所以 A 对。 3.B 这是一个理解题。男士说想想他在试卷上写了那么多才得了 C，言下之意好象得不 偿失。女士说她认为分数并不重要，重要的是在努力过程中所学会的东西才对将来工作有帮 助，也就是 B 所表达的意思。 4.B 这是一个理解题。男士说自己的哥哥或弟弟周末要来，问女士三个人一起到外面就 餐如何？女士说由男士决定，自己对附近的餐馆不了解。从对话谈论的内容就可以知道女士 是让男士自己就这一问题拿主意，即答案为 B。 5.D 这是一个推理题。女士对男士表示谢意说没有他的帮助自己不可能得奖。男士说她
直努力,理所应当。答案为D。其实本题也可用排除法,即区分谁得了奖,同样就可以得 出答案D 这是一个理解题。男士说他想报名参加一些环境委员会组织的义务工作,他听别人 说这是一个了解社区的好途径。女士说确实如此,但得投入许多时间,所以她建议男士在时 间安排中留出些时间。题干问的是女士的话语意思,所以选C 7.B 这是一个理解题。女士问男士自己什么时候可以离开,她有一些重要的事务要处理 。男士说那要取决于治疗情况,血一止住就可以走,不过他认为要化妤几天时间。显然,男 士(即医生)的意思是B的内容。 8.A 这是一个理解题。男士说自己得知艾丽斯要到一家电子公司求职。女士说就自己所 知,艾丽斯对电子一窍不通。本题主要考对“ anything but”的听力理解。所以女士的意思 是A 9.C 这是一个推理题。男士说吉米明天要去旅行了,今晚要举行告别宴会吗?女士说有 必要吗?吉米只离开几天啊!言下之意就是C的内容。 10.D 这是一个有关虚拟语气的推理题。男士说,关于语言教学研讨会的计划,他以为女 士昨晚会给他打电话(当然,结果没打)。女士说,本来该打的,很抱歉(结果没打):因 为汤姆和简顺便来访且一直呆到深夜。所以选D Section b Passage One 【短文大意】金门桥把美丽的旧金山市和郊区和北部连接起来。每天有近十万辆载人的汽车 来回穿梭在大桥上。其中有一半多的人是在早晚交通高峰期时过桥的,因此旅程苦不堪言。 然而现在有一群快乐的通勤者,他们从桥下而不是从桥上通过,他们很高兴坐半小时 的船上班,其中一些人甚至对未来渡口决定采用15分钟的快船并不那么欢迎。 11.C 题目问的是,在作者看来,乘车通过金门桥的人感受如何?根据其中一句“ More t han half of them cross the bridge during the morning and evening rush hours when traffic is so heavy the trip is not pleasant.”可知答案为C。即使这一句不太清楚 ,下面一句转折的话也可以帮助推测“ Now however there is at least one group of hap py commuters. 12.D 题目问作者如何描述选择坐船的通勤者?本题可采用排除法,排除A和B,文中没有 提及。再根据其中一句“ Best of all, being on a boat seems to make people more fri endly toward each other.”可得出D。 13.B 题目问坐船的通勤者对渡口未来的计划如何反应?根据短文最后两句话“ But not everyone is happy about that. A lot of people feel that half an hour is just eno ugh time to relax.”显然答案为B 【短文大意】福斯梯克医生进行了一个为期两年的实验来调查怎样预防或减少蛀虫 有946个学生参加了实验。其中有523位学生在可能的情况下餐后十分钟用牙刷刷牙,不可
一直努力，理所应当。答案为 D。其实本题也可用排除法，即区分谁得了奖，同样就可以得 出答案 D。 6.C 这是一个理解题。男士说他想报名参加一些环境委员会组织的义务工作，他听别人 说这是一个了解社区的好途径。女士说确实如此，但得投入许多时间，所以她建议男士在时 间安排中留出些时间。题干问的是女士的话语意思，所以选 C。 7.B 这是一个理解题。女士问男士自己什么时候可以离开，她有一些重要的事务要处理 。男士说那要取决于治疗情况，血一止住就可以走，不过他认为要化好几天时间。显然，男 士（即医生）的意思是 B 的内容。 8.A 这是一个理解题。男士说自己得知艾丽斯要到一家电子公司求职。女士说就自己所 知，艾丽斯对电子一窍不通。本题主要考对“anything but”的听力理解。所以女士的意思 是 A。 9.C 这是一个推理题。男士说吉米明天要去旅行了，今晚要举行告别宴会吗？女士说有 必要吗？吉米只离开几天啊！言下之意就是 C 的内容。 10.D 这是一个有关虚拟语气的推理题。男士说，关于语言教学研讨会的计划，他以为女 士昨晚会给他打电话（当然，结果没打）。女士说，本来该打的，很抱歉（结果没打）；因 为汤姆和简顺便来访且一直呆到深夜。所以选 D。 Section B Passage One 【短文大意】金门桥把美丽的旧金山市和郊区和北部连接起来。每天有近十万辆载人的汽车 来回穿梭在大桥上。其中有一半多的人是在早晚交通高峰期时过桥的，因此旅程苦不堪言。 然而现在有一群快乐的通勤者，他们从桥下而不是从桥上通过，他们很高兴坐半小时 的船上班，其中一些人甚至对未来渡口决定采用 15 分钟的快船并不那么欢迎。 11.C 题目问的是，在作者看来，乘车通过金门桥的人感受如何？根据其中一句“More t han half of them cross the bridge during the morning and evening rush hours when traffic is so heavy the trip is not pleasant.”可知答案为 C。即使这一句不太清楚 ，下面一句转折的话也可以帮助推测“Now however there is at least one group of hap py commuters.” 12.D 题目问作者如何描述选择坐船的通勤者？本题可采用排除法，排除 A 和 B，文中没有 提及。再根据其中一句“Best of all, being on a boat seems to make people more fri endly toward each other.”可得出 D。 13.B 题目问坐船的通勤者对渡口未来的计划如何反应？根据短文最后两句话“But not everyone is happy about that. A lot of people feel that half an hour is just eno ugh time to relax.”显然答案为 B。 Passage Two 【短文大意】福斯梯克医生进行了一个为期两年的实验来调查怎样预防或减少蛀虫。 有 946 个学生参加了实验。其中有 523 位学生在可能的情况下餐后十分钟用牙刷刷牙，不可