1、2002年12月英语六级真题答案真题 120Part Listening Comprehension Section A Directions: In this section, you will hear 10 short conversations. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the question will be spoken only once. After each question there wi
2、ll be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A、B、C and D, and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.第1题：参考答案：D答案解析：M:How well are you prepared for your presentation? Your turn comes next
3、 Wednesday. W:I spent a whole week searching on the net, but came up with nothing valuable. Q:What did the woman say about her presentation?【谜团破解】选D。本题为推断题。男士问女士准备得怎样了，女士说她在网上搜了一周，但没找到什么有价值的东西，由此可以推断她的presentation还没准备好，所以正确答案为D。选项A和C混淆了原文的nothing valuable,选项B原文没有提及。第2题：参考答案：B答案解析：W:Good morning, Jac
4、k. Late again? What is the excuse this time? M:I am awfully sorry. I must have turned the alarm off and gone back to sleep again. Q:What do we learn from the conversation?【谜团破解】选B。本题为推断题。女士说你又迟到了，这次迟到的理由是什么？由此可以推断男士经常迟到，每次都有各种理由，可见正确答案为B。选项A和C在原文看不出来；原文男士说他的闹钟响了，但可能他给关了，然后又睡，可见选项D与原文相反。第3题：参考答案：D答案解
5、析：W:Excuse me. But could you tell me where I can change American dollars into British pounds? M:There is a bank around the corner. But I am afraid its already past its closing time. Why dont you try the one near the railway station? Q:What does the man mean?【谜团破解】选D。本题为推断题。女士问哪里能把美元换成英镑，男士说拐角处的银行可以，
6、但有可能过了营业时间了，建议女士试试地铁附近的那家银行，由此可以推断那家银行关门的时间晚一些，所以答案为Do原文说Why dont you try the one near the railway station?，而选项A混淆了这句话；原文说过了银行营业的时间，并没说今天该银行不营业，所以选项B错误；选项C在原文没有提及。第4题：参考答案：C答案解析：M:Could I speak to Doctor Chen? She told me to call her today. W:She is not available right now. Would you like to try aro
7、und three? Q:What does the woman tell the man to do?【谜团破解】选C。本题为信息明示题。男士要Doctor Chen接电话，女士说她现在不在，可以三点左右再打一次，由此可见她是告诉男士过会再打，所以正确答案为C。选项A在原文没有提及；选项B混淆了原文所提及的时间；选项D不够具体。第5题：参考答案：B答案解析：W:Oh, dear! I am afraid I will fail again in the national test. Its the third time I took it. M:Dont be too upset. I ha
8、ve the same fate. Lets try a fourth time. Q:What does the man mean?【谜团破解】选B。本题为推断题。女士说这次考试又要失败，男士安慰说，不要紧，他自己也是一样，由此可见男士考得不比女士好，所以答案为B。其他三个选项都未提及。第6题：参考答案：C答案解析：W:Prof. Smith, I really need the credits to graduate this summer. M:Here in this school the credits are earned, not given. Q:What do we lear
9、n from the conversation?【谜团破解】选C。本题为推断题。女士对教授说她毕业需要学分，教授回答说学分是挣来的，不是白送的，由此可以推断女士是在请求教授让她通过考试，所以正确答案为C。选项A原文没有提及；选项B误解了教授的话；原文是说女士这个夏天毕业，不是从summer school毕业，所以选项D误解了原文。第7题：参考答案：C答案解析：M:How did you go to Canada, Jane? Did you fly? W:I was planning to. Because its such a long trip by bus or by train. Bu
10、t Fred decided to drive and invited me to join him. It took us two days and a night. Q:What can we infer from the conversation?【谜团破解】选C。本题为推断题。女士说她本来是打算坐飞机去加拿大，但Fred决定开车去，并邀请她一起去，由此可见正确答案为C。选项A是强干扰项，原文女士的叙述是过去时，表明是过去的事情，所以排除A；Fred是邀请女士开车去，并没有提到他经常和女士一起坐飞机去加拿大，所以选项B不正确；选项D原文没有提及。第8题：参考答案：A答案解析：M:How
11、do you like the way I arrange the furniture in my living room? w:Fine. But I think the walls could do with a few paintings. Q:What does the woman suggest the man do?【谜团破解】选A。本题为信息再现题。女士建议男士the walls could do with a few paintings.，即在墙上挂几幅画，选项A正是此义的转述，所以为正确答案。选项C和D误解了paintings的意思painting这里意为“油画”，而非“油漆
12、”；选项B原文没有提及。第9题：参考答案：D答案解析：W:I dont imagine you have any interest in attending that lecture on drawing, do you? M:Oh, yes. I do. Now that you remind me of it. Q:What do we learn about the man from the conversation?【谜团破解】选D。本题为推断题。女士问男士是不是没有兴趣去听讲座，男士说，有兴趣去，既然提醒了，当然要去，所以正确答案为D。原文是说他要去听讲座，而不是做讲座，所以排除选项
13、A；选项B原文没有提及；选项C和原文相反，这里要注意“Oh, yes.”这一对反意疑问句的回答，意思为“不，我有兴趣”。第10题：参考答案：D答案解析：M:You are my campaign manager. What do you think we should do to win the election? I am convinced I am the best candidate for the chairman of the student union. W:We wont be able to win unless we get the majority votes from
14、the women students. Q: What is the man doing?谜团破解选D。本题为信息明示题。男士说I am convinced I am the best candidate for the chairman of the student union,可见他是在竞选学生会主席，所以选项D为正确答案。其他三个选项不合题意。Section B Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questi
15、ons. 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、Cand D. Then mark the corresponding letter on the answer sheet with a single line through the centre.听力原文 There are some serious problems in t
16、he Biramichi River. The local Chamber of Commerce, which represents the industries in the area, hired me as a consultant to do a one-year study on fishing in the Biramichi River and write a report for them. This is my report. One of the major problems in the Biramichi River is that the level of oxyg
17、en in the water is too low. Several chemicals have displaced the oxygen. This chemical pollution has two sources: the factories which dump polluted water directly into the river and the local community which dumps untreated human wastes into the river. The local town government has already spent 2 m
18、illion dollars on waste water treatment project, but it would cost an- other 27 million to complete the projects. It would take at least 15 years for the town to collect enough revenue from taxes to complete these projects. The factories here employ 17 thousand people in an area where there is very
19、little alternative employment. It is not economically practical to close or relocate the factories. Also the factories cannot afford to finance chemical treatment plans by themselves. Another problem is that the members of the Biramichi fishing cooperative are over-fishing. Fishes are caught when th
20、ey are on their way upstream to lay eggs. Consequently, not enough fish are left to reproduce in large numbers. The members of the cooperative say that they have already reduced their annual catch by 50%. However, my studies indicate that they took fewer fish because there were fewer fish to catch,
21、not because they were trying to preserve fishes. 第11题：参考答案：D答案解析：What was the speaker assigned to do in the past year? 本题为细节题。原文第一段第二句说The local Chamber of Commercehired me as consultant to do a one-year study on fishing in the Biramichi river and write a report for them.，由此可见，正确答案为D。选项A与选项C不是研究的主要目
22、标；选项B原文没有提及。第12题：参考答案：A答案解析：What is one of the problems in the Biramichi river? 本题为细节题。文章第二段第一句说One of the major problems in the Biramichi river is that the level of oxygen in the water is too low,可见正确答案为A。选项B和C在原文没有提及；选项D混淆了原文的Fishes are caught when they are on the way upstream to lay eggs。第13题：参考答
23、案：D答案解析：What does the passage tell us about the factories along the river? 本题为推断题。文章第二段中间说The factories here employ 17 thousand people in an area where there is very little alternative employment,可见工厂不可能解雇工人，所以排除选项B；之后文章又说It is not economically practical to close or relocate the factories,可见，关闭工厂和搬迁
24、是不可能的，所以排除选项A和C；只剩下选项D,文章又说the factories can not afford to finance chemical treatment plans by themselves，可见该工厂是没有钱实施化学处理计划，所以选项D为正确答案。第14题：参考答案：A答案解析：Why was the annual catch of fish in the Biramichi River reduced according to the speaker? 本题为信息明示题。文章最后一句说my studies indicate that they took fewer fi
25、sh because there were fewer fish to catch, not because they were trying to preserve fishes，可见作者认为捕鱼量下降不是因为他们爱护鱼，而是因为河里的鱼太少了，所以正确答案为A。其他三个选项都与原文不符。听力原文 Everybody has to die someday, but nobody likes to think about it. Even so, at sometime in their lives most people manage to think about the question
26、of how to make a will. If you have already made yours, its probably just a few pages of writing stating that you wish to leave everything to your family. Thats the kind of will that the majority of people make. However, there are plenty of ways to make your will more interesting if you want to. To b
27、egin with, you dont have to write it on paper. One man wrote his will on an envelope, an- other on a door, and a third on an egg. For some people, the most important part of their will is the part that says how they want to be buried. Mrs. Sandra West a rich widow from Texas, decided that she wanted
28、 to be buried with her favorite car. In 1973, Mr. Green, a dentist from England, left most of his money to the nurse who worked for. him if in 5 years she wouldnt wear any kind of makeup or jewelry or go out with men. Finally lets hope that your will is not like that of Dr. Wagner who lived in Ameri
29、ca 100 years ago. His family who had not been to see him for years suddenly began to visit him when he became ill. What was worse, each person suggested to Dr. Wagner that they would like something to remember him by when he died. Greatly annoyed with them, Dr. Wagner wrote a will that would do this
30、. To each of his four brothers, he left one of his legs or arms. His nephew got his nose and his two nieces each got an ear. His teeth went to his cousins. Then he set aside one thousand dollars to pay for cutting up his body, and the rest of his money, he left to the poor. 第15题：参考答案：C答案解析：What kind
31、 of will do most people leave behind according to the passage? 本题为细节题。文章第三、第四句话说If you have already made yours, it is probably just a few pages of writing, stating that you wish to leave everything to your family. Thats the kind of will that the majority of peopie make.，由此可见，大多数人留的遗嘱是几页书面文件，所以正确答案为选
32、项C。其他三个选项在原文没有提及。第16题：参考答案：A答案解析：What did the nurse have to do before getting the money from the English dentist? 本题为细节题。文章中间说Mr. Green, a dentist from England , left most of his money to the nurse who worked for him if in five years，she wouldnt wear any kind ofmakeup or jewelry, or go out with men，
33、由此可见，这个牙医要求护士在五年之内不准化妆、佩戴首饰，不准和男人外出。四个选项中只有选项A是这几个要求中的一个方面，故是正确答案。原文说不准化妆和佩戴首饰，而选项B混淆成不准穿时髦的衣服；选项C混淆了原文另一个遗嘱的内容。选项D原文没有提及。第17题：参考答案：A答案解析：Why did Doctor Wagner make an unusual will? 本题为推断题。原文后面的部分说His family, who had not been to see him for years, suddenly began to visit him when he became ill.，由此可以
34、推断他的亲属是非常自私的，平时没人看望Doctor Wagner,知道他病了快要死了，都纷纷来看他，还要求他给他们留下点东西，可见他的亲戚是非常自私的；文章后面又说Greatly annoyed with them,由此可以推断Doctor Wagner之所以立这样的遗嘱，是他对他这些自私的亲戚感到气愤，所以正确答案为选项A。选项B推理过度；选项C和D原文没有提及。听力原文 In recent years, there has been an unusually large number of divorces in the United States. In the past, when t
35、wo people married each other, they intended to stay together for life while today many people marry believing that they can always get a divorce if the marriage does not work out. In the past, a large majority of Americans frowned at the idea of divorce. Furthermore, many people believed that gettin
36、g a divorce was a luxury that only the rich could afford. Indeed, getting a divorce was very expensive. However, since so many people have begun to take a more casual view of marriage, it is interesting to know that the costs of getting a divorce are lower. In fact, wherever you go in the United Sta
37、tes today, it is not unusual to see newspaper ads that provide information on how and where to get a cheap divorce. Hollywood has always been known as the divorce capital of the world. The divorce rate among the movie stars is so high that it is difficult to know who is married to whom. Today, many
38、movie stars changed husbands and wives as though they were changing clothes. Until marriage again becomes a serious and important part of peoples lives, we will probably continue to see a high rate of divorce. 第18题：参考答案：B答案解析：What did many Americans think of divorce in the past? 本题为细节题。文章第五句说Further
39、more, many people believed that getting a divorce was a luxury that only the rich could afford.，即过去人们认为离婚是非常奢侈的做法，只有富人才能那样做，所以正确答案为选项B。其他三个选项都不合题意。第19题：参考答案：D答案解析：What is the attitude of many Americans to marriage today? 本题为推断题。文章中陈述了现代人们对婚姻的态度是轻率的，所以导致了这么高的离婚率，并且文章还提到so many people have begun to ta
40、ke a more casual view of marriage,由此可见，正确答案为选项D。第20题：参考答案：A答案解析：In the speakers view, when will the high rate of divorce be brought down? 本题为信息明示题。文章最后一句说Until marriage again becomes a serious and important part of peoples lives , well probably continue to see a high rate of divorce，可见作者认为只有人们把婚姻视为生
41、活的严肃而重要的一部分，离婚率才能有所下降，否则还会不断上升。其他三个选项都不是作者的观点。Part II Reading Comprehension Directions: There are 4 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or un- finished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A、B、C and D. You should decide on the best choice and mark
42、the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.第21题：参考答案：A答案解析：【精析】选A。本题为推断题。文章第二段说The MBA, a 20th-century product, always has home the mark of lowly commerce and greed on the tree-lined campuses ruled by purer disciplines such as philosophy and literature.，即，在充满书
43、卷气的绿树成荫的校园里，MBA的商业气息与贪婪显得不那么浓重了，由此可见作者的态度是不屑一顾的。第22题：参考答案：B答案解析：【精析】选B。本题为推断题。文章的第一段说Bill Gates,is by his success raising new doubts about the worth of the business worlds favorite academic title: the MBA，即Bill Gate的成功使人们对MBA开始质疑；文章第五段又说The success of Bill Gates and other non-MBAs，such as the late S
44、am Walton of Wal-Mart Stores Inc.，has helped inspire self-conscious debates on business school campuses over the worth of a business degree and whether management skills can be taught,即Bill Gates和其他那些没有获得MBA的人士的成功使人们开始讨论MBA。由此可见本题答案为选项B。其他三个选项不是引发争论的主要原因。第23题：参考答案：D答案解析：【精析】选D。本题为信息明示题。文章的倒数第一段和倒数第四
45、段都陈述了同样的问题，即获得MBA的人的缺陷。倒数第一段第一句话说those with the degrees often know how to analyze systems but are not、skillful at motivating people,即这些人善于分析而不善于发动员工的积极性，倒数第四段说MBAs want to move up too fast, they dont understand politics and people, and they arent able to function as part of a team until their third
46、year,即他们不懂得人际关系，不会与人合作。由此可见MBA的主要缺点是不善于处理人际关系。其他三个选项原文没有提及。第24题：参考答案：D答案解析：【精析】选D。本题为推断题。文章倒数第四段说“MBAs want to move up too fast, they dont understand politics and people，and they arent able to function as part of a team until their third year. But by then，theyre out looking for other jobs.”，即他们希望迅速地
47、晋升，不懂得人际关系，不会与人合作，但等他们学会了，他们就跳槽找别的工作了。由此可见，获MBA的人对自己的前途期望值过高，即选项D为正确答案。选项A只是那些MBAs的愿望，而不是事实；原文是说等MBA们学会处理人际关系和与人合作时就会跳槽，并没说一旦与同事熟悉了就跳槽，所以选项B不合题意；选项C原文没有提及。第25题：参考答案：C答案解析：【精析】选C。本题为主旨题。从文章的第一句，作者就点明了本文的主题是讨论MBA的价值，所以正确答案为选项C。选项A是当今的一个现象，不是文章主题；选项B原文没有提及；选项D所述的争论不明确，没讲清到底是关于什么。第26题：参考答案：A答案解析：【精析】选A。
48、本题为推断题。文章第一段提到portraying the towns 2,305 students as victims of stingy（吝啬的）taxpayers. the property-tax rate here is one-third lower than the state average,即学校是由当地的税收来支持，即当地政府资助，该段最后一句说Their aim was to spur passage of legislation Michigan lawmakers are debating to increase the states share of school funding,可见该学校也受州政府的资助，所以正确答案为选项A。第27题：参考答案：D答案解析：【精析】选D。本题为信息明示题。文章第一段最后一句说Their aim was to spur passage of legislation Michigan lawmakers are debating to increase the states share of school funding.，即他们的目的是敦促州
