2004年6月大学英语六级考试(CET6)试题与参考答案

Passage Four
Questions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage.
It's hardly news that the immigration system is a mess. Foreign nationals have long been slipping across the border with fake papers, and visitors who arrive in the U.S. legitimately often overstay their legal welcome without being punished. But since Sept. 11, it's become clear that terrorists have been shrewdly factoring the weaknesses of our system into their plans. In addition to the their mastery of forging passports, at least three of the 19 Sept. 11 hijackers (劫机者) were here on expired visas. That's been a safe bet until now. The Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) ( 移民归化局 ) lacks the resources, and apparently the inclination, to keep track of the estimated 2 million foreigners who have intentionally overstayed their welcome.
But this laxness (马虎) toward immigration fraud may be about to change. Congress has already taken some modest steps. The U.S.A. Patriot Act, passed in the wake of the Sept. 11 tragedy, requires the FBI, the Justice Department, the State Department and the INS to share more data, which will make it easier to stop watch-listed terrorists at the border.
But what's really needed, critics say, is even tougher laws and more resources aimed at tightening up border security. Reformers are calling for a rollback of rules that hinder law enforcement. They also want the INS to hire hundreds more border patrol agents and investigators to keep illegal immigrants out and to track them down once they're here. Reformers also want to see the INS set up a database to monitor whether visa holders actually leave the country when they are required to.
All these proposed changes were part of a new border-security bill that passed the House of Representatives but died in the Senate last week. Before Sept. 11, legislation of this kind had been blocked by two powerful lobbies: universities, which rely on tuition from foreign students who could be kept out by the new law, and business, which relies on foreigners for cheap lab or. Since the attacks, they've backed off. The bill would have passed this time but for congressional maneuverings and is expected to be reintroduced and to pass next year.
Also on the agenda for next year: a proposal, backed by some influential law-makers, to split the INS into two agencies - a good cop that would tend to service functions like processing citizenship papers and a bad cop that would concentrate on border inspections, deportation and other functions. One reason for the division, supporters say, is that the INS has in recent years become too focused on serving tourists and immigrants. After the Sept. l 1 tragedy, the INS should pay more attention to serving the millions of ordinary Americans who rely on the nation's border security to protect them from terrorist attacks.
36. Terrorists have obviously taken advantage of ____.
A) the legal privileges granted to foreigners
B) the excessive hospitality of the American people
C) the irresponsibility of the officials at border checkpoints
D) the low efficiency of the Immigration and Naturalization Service
37. We learn from the passage that coordinated efforts will be made by various U.S. government agencies to ____.
A) refuse the renewing of expired visas
B) ward off terrorist suspects at the border
C) prevent the forgery of immigration papers
D). limit the number of immigrants to the U.S.
38. It can be inferred from the passage that before Sept. 11, aliens with expired visas ____.
A) might have them extended without trouble
B) would be closely watched by FBI agents
C) might stay on for as long as they wished
D) would live in constant fear of deportation
39. It is believed by many that all these years the INS ____.
A) has been serving two contradictory functions
B) has been too liberal in granting visas to tourists and immigrants indiscriminately
C) has over-emphasized its service functions at the expense of the nation's security
D) has ignored the pleas of the two powerful lobbies
40. Before Sept. 11, the U.S. Congress had been unable to pass stricter immigration laws because ____.
A) they might have kept away foreign students and cheap lab or
B) it was difficult to coordinate the efforts of the congressmen
C) education and business circles cared little about nation
D) resources were not available for their enforcement

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 best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.
41. It is generally known that New York is a city for ___and a center for odd bits of information.
A) veterans C) pedestrians
B) victims D) eccentrics
42. High grades are supposed to ___academic ability, but John's actual performance did not confirm this.
A) certify C) classify
B) clarify D) notify
43. In spite of the ___, it seemed that many of the invited guests would still show up.
A) deviation C) controversy
B) distinction D) comparison
44. The relatives of those killed in the crash got together to seek ___.
A) premium C) repayment
B) compensation D) refund
45. At first everything went well with the project but recently we have had a number of ___with the machinery.
A) disturbances C) outputs
B) setbacks D) distortions
46. He tried to hide his ___patch by sweeping his hair over to one side.
A) barren C) bald
B) bare D) bleak
47. The old couple now still ___for their beloved son, 30 years after his death.
A) cherish C) immerse
B) groan D) mourn
48. Coffee is the ___of this district and brings local farmers a lot of money.
A) majority C) spice
B) staple D) elite
49. Before we move, we should ___some of the old furniture, so that we can have more room in the new house.
A) discard C) cancel
B) dissipate D) conceal
50. You cannot imagine how ___I feel with my duties sometimes.
A) overflowed C) overwhelmed
B) overthrown D) overturned
51. Anyone not paying the registration fee by the end of this month will be ___to have withdrawn from the program.
A) contemplated C) acknowledged
B) deemed D) anticipated
52. Although he was on a diet, the delicious food ___him enormously.
A) distracted C) inspired
B) stimulated D) tempted t
53. The police are trying to ___what really happened.
A) ascertain C) avert
B) assert D) ascribe
54. He said that ending the agreement would ___the future of small or family-run shops, lead to fewer books being published and increase prices of all but a few bestsellers.
A) venture C) jeopardize
B) expose D) legalize
55. As we know, computers are used to store and ___information efficiently.
A) reclaim C) reassure
B) reconcile D) retrieve
56. His illness first ___itself as severe stomach pains and headaches.
A) expressed C) reflected
B) manifested D) displayed
57. The ___they felt for each other was obvious to everyone who saw them.
A) affection C) sensibility
B) adherence D) sensitivity
58. When construction can begin depends on how soon the ___of the route is completed.
A) conviction C) orientation
B) identity D) survey
59. The government ___a heavy tax on tobacco, which aroused opposition from the tobacco industry.
A) pronounced C) complied
B) imposed D) prescribed
60. Years after the accident he was still ___by images of death and destruction.
A) twisted C) haunted
B) dipped D) submerged
61. The boxer ___and almost fell when his opponent hit him.
A) staggered C) scattered
B) shattered D) stamped
62. In mountainous regions, much of the snow that falls is ___into ice.
A) dispersed C) compiled
B) embodied D) compacted
63. These continual ___in temperature make it impossible to decide what to wear.
A) transitions C) exchanges
B) transformations D) fluctuations
64. The post-World War II baby ___resulted in a 43 percent increase in the number of teenagers in the 1960s and 1970s.
A) boost C) production
B) boom D) prosperity
65. Elisabeth did not enter the museum at once, but ___in the courtyard.
A) resided C) lingered
B) dwelled D) delayed
66. Henry went through the documents again carefully for fear of ___any important data.
A) relaying C) deleting
B) overlooking D) revealing
67. The bank is offering a ___to anyone who can give information about the robbery.
A) reward C) prize
B) bonus D) compliment
68. It is a(n) ___that the French eat so much rich food and yet have a relatively low rate of heart disease.
A) analogy C) correlation
B) paradox D) illusion
69. For many years the Japanese have ___the car market.
A) presided C) operated
B) occupied D) dominated
70. The subject of safety must be placed at the top of the ___.
A) agenda C) routine
B) bulletin D) timetable

Part IV Error Correction (15 minutes)

Culture refers to the social heritage of a people - the learned
patterns for thinking, feeling and acting that characterize a
population or society, include the expression of these patters in S1.____
material things. Culture is compose of nonmaterial culture - S2. ____
abstract creations like values, beliefs, customs and institutional
arrangements - and material culture - physical object like S3. ____
cooking pots, computers and bathtubs. In sum, culture reflects
both the ideas we share or everything we make. In ordinary S4. ____
speech, a person of culture is the individual can speak another S5. ____
language - the person who is unfamiliar with the arts, music, S6. ____
literature, philosophy, or history. But to sociologists, to be
human is to be cultured, because of culture is the common world S7. ____
of experience we share with other members of our group.
Culture is essentially to our humanness. It provides a kind S8. ____
of map for relating to others. Consider how you feel your way
about social life. How do you know how to act in a classroom,
or a department store, or toward a person who smiles or laugh S9. ____
at you? Your culture supplies you by broad, standardized, S10. ____
ready-made answers for dealing with each of these situations.
Therefore, if we know a person's culture, we can understand
and even predict a good deal of his behavior.

Part V Writing (30 minutes)
For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a letter to the editor of a newspaper complaining about the poor service of a bookstore. You should write at least 150 words according to the guidelines given below in Chinese.
设想你买了一本英文词典，发现有这样那样的质量问题，书店的服务态度又不好，因此给报社编辑写信。信中必须包括以下内容：
1、事情的起因
2、与书店交涉的经过
3、呼吁服务行业必须提高服务质量
A Letter to the Editor of a Newspaper

2004年6月英语六级试题答案

听力：
1-5. A B C A B
6-10 . A C D D B
11-15. C B C A D
16-20. B D A C A

阅读：
21-25 DCBDA
26-30 BACAC
31-35 DDABC
36-40 DBCCA

词汇：
41-50 DACBB CDBAC
51-60 BDACD BADBC
61-70 ADDBC BABDA

改错：
1、Include-including
2、Compose-composed
3、Object-objects
4、or--and
5、individual后加who
6、unfamiliar-familiar
7、because 后面的of 去掉
8、essentially 改 essential
9、laugh-laughs
10、 by 改 with