1999年6月大学英语六级考试真题

Listening Comprehension (20 minutes)
Section A
1. A) She wants to return the skirt her husband bought.
B) She wants to buy another skirt.
C) She wants to change the blue skirt for a yellow one.
D) She wants to change the yellow skirt for a blue one.
2. A) It’s too expensive.
B) It isn’t needed.
C) It should be built.
D) A college would be better.
3. A) Jack’s car was stolen.
B) Jack sold his car.
C) Jack bought a new car.
D) Jack had a car accident.
4. A) Some people pretend to know what they really don’t.
B) What the woman said is true.
C) What the woman said is wrong.
D) He knows more than the woman does.
5. A) The woman’s job is a librarian.
B) Women’s rights in society.
C) An important election.
D) Career planning.
6. A) She thinks it is easier said than done.
B) She totally agrees with him.
C) She feels that what he says is simply nonsense.
D) She thinks that he is rather impolite person.
7. A) To clean the yard.
B) To weed the garden.
C) To hire a gardener.
D) To work in the flower beds.
8. A) On the 6th of June.
B) On the 8th of June.
C) On the 9th of June.
D) On the 19th of June.
9. A) The man thinks the woman is wasting her time.
B) The man thinks the woman should make full use of her time.
C) The man is eager to know the woman’s answer.
D) The man can wait and there is no need for her to hurry.
10. A) To run into each other.
B) To get bargains.
C) To avoid the crowds.
D) To join the crowds.

Section B
Passage One
Questions 11 to 13 are based on the passage you have just heard.
11. A) Because of their love for hobbies and pastimes.
B) Because of their enthusiasm for sports.
C) Because of their fear of heart attacks.
D) Because of their strong desire for good health.
12. A) It was decreasing.
B) It was increasing.
C) It remained almost unchanged.
D) It was going up slowly.
13. A) Those who have heart attacks.
B) Those who have the desire to be physically fit.
C) Those who have spare time.
D) Those who have inactive jobs.
Passage Two
Questions 14 to 16 are based on the passage you have just heard.
14. A) In the white pages.
B) In the blue pages.
C) In the yellow pages.
D) In a special section.
15. A) On the first page of the telephone book.
B) At the end of the telephone book.
C) In the front of the white pages.
D) Right after the white pages.
16. A) Check your number and call again.
B) Tell the operator what has happened.
C) Ask the operator to put you through.
D) Ask the operator what has happened.
Passage Three
Questions 17 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard.
17. A) Its specialization in transporting small packages.
B) The low cost of its service.
C) Being the first airline to send urgent letters.
D) Its modern sorting facilities.
18. A) 10,000.
B) 35.
C) 130.
D) 30.
19. A) Because of its good airport facilities.
B) Because of its location in the country.
C) Because of its size.
D) Because of its round-the-clock service.
20. A) Its full-time staff.
B) The postmen who work in Memphis.
C) Students who work in their spare time.
D) The staff members of the International Airport.

Reading Comprehension (35 minutes)
Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage.
It is natural for young people to be critical of their parents at times and to blame them for most of the misunderstandings between them. They have always complained, more or less justly, that their parents are out of touch with modern ways; that they are possessive and dominant that they do not trust their children to deal with crises; that they talk too much about certain problems and that they have no sense of humour, at least in parent-child relationships.
I think it is true that parents often underestimate their teenage children and also forget how they themselves felt when young.
Young people often irritate their parents with their choices in clothes and hairstyles, in entertainers and music. This is not their motive. They feel cut off from the adult world into which they have not yet been accepted. So they create a culture and society of their own. Then, if it turns out that their music or entertainers or vocabulary or clothes or hairstyles irritate their parents, this gives them additional enjoyment. They fee