41. A 42. C 43. B 44. A 45. C 46. D 47. D 48. C 49. D 50. B
51. D 52. A 53. C 54. D 55. A 56. A 57. D 58. A 59. C 60. C
61. C 62. B 63. A 64. B 65. C 66. D 67. B 68. B 69. A 70. C
Part IV Error Correction
S1. it->they
S2. percents->percent
S3. maintain->maintaining
S4. subjective->objective
S5. meets-> meet
S6. 去掉an___
S7. woman->women
S8. from-> in
S9. majority->minority
S10. with->as
Part V. 参考例文
Ownership of Houses in a Big City in China
As can be seen from the chart, ownership of houses in Beijing has
significantly changed in the 1990s. In 1990, 75 percent of the houses were
state-owned. Five years later, the ratio of state-owned houses to private ones
was 60 to 40. But from then on, the ownership changed dramatically and by the
end of the century, 80 percent of houses were private.
There might have been two main reasons. One of the reasons was the policy
of the government. In the 1990s, China carried on with its reform policy and the
government called for privatization of the sate-owned estate. But it took time
for the reform to come into effect. But from 1995 on when people have recognized
its significance, the reformation took bigger steps. Another reason was that the
people were getting better off and they could afford buying their own
houses.
Such changes have had great impact on individuals as well as the society.
On one hand, the individuals must save money to buy an apartment or to pay the
mortgage. On the other hand, a heaven burden has been taken off the government
so that it can take more effective measures to improve people’s life.
2003年6月21日英语六级听力原文及译文
Section A
Question 1
W: Raise your head a little bit and hold the saddle and smile a little. You
look wonderful posing like that. Shall I crack the shutter? Shall I press the
shutter?
M: Wait a minute. Let me put on a cowboy hat.
[Q] What are the speakers doing?
W：头在抬起来一点，拿着那个鞍，笑一笑。
你摆的姿势太棒了。我可以照了吗？（按快门了吗？）
M：等等，让我戴上这顶牛仔帽。
Q：谈话者在干什么？
Question 2
M: I'm still waiting for my sister to come back and type the application
letter for me.
W: Why bother her. I'll show you how to use the computer. It's quite
easy.
[Q] What does the woman mean?
M：我在等我姐姐（妹妹）回来帮我打印求职信。
W：干嘛麻烦她？我示范给你看怎么使用电脑。非常简单。
Q：女士的话什么意思？
Question 3
M: Hey, where did you find the journal? I need it, too.
W: Right here on the shelf. Don't worry, John. I'll take it out on my card
for both of us.
[Q] What does the woman mean?
M：你在哪找到那本杂志的？我也需要。
W：我用我的（借书）卡借出来
Q：女士的话什么意思？
Question 4
M: Thank you for your helpful assistance. Otherwise, I'd surely have missed
it. The place is so out of the way.
W: It was a pleasure meeting you. Good bye!
[Q] Why did the man thank the woman?
M：谢谢你的帮助，不然我真迷路了，这地方太偏了。
W：很高兴遇见你。再见！
Q：男士为什么感谢女士？
Question 5
W: We are informed that the eleven thirty train is late again.
M: Why did the railway company even bother to print a schedule?
[Q] What do we learn from the conversation?
W：有人告诉我们1130号列车会再次晚点。
M：本对话的大意是：车又晚了！铁路公司还费神搞什么时刻表啊？搞出来又不准。就跟没有一样。
Q：从对话中我们可以了解什么？
Question 6
M：Maybe I ought to subscribe to the Engineering Quarterly. It contains a
lot of useful information.
W： Why not read it in the library and save some money?
M: I've been waiting all week for this concert. The performance is said to
be excellent and with a student's discount, the tickets will be really cheap.
Student discount
W: Ah-huh. I'm afraid I left my Student ID card in the dorm.
[Q] What does the woman imply?
M：我整个星期都在等待这场音乐会。据说表演精彩，而且学生还可以享受折扣，票价会非常便宜。
W：啊，恐怕我把学生证放宿舍里了。
Q：女士什么意思？
Question 8
M: Mr. Smith, our history professor, announced we would be doing two papers
and three exams this semester. I wonder how I'm going to pull through when two
other courses have similar requirements.
W: Well, can't you drop one course and pick it up next semester?
W: Renting a Conference Room at the hotel will cost us too much. We are
already running in the red
M: How about using our dining room for the meeting?
[Q] What's worrying the woman?
W：在这个宾馆里租会议室的费用太高。公司现在财政困难。
M：哪就用我们的餐厅开会行了？
Q：女士担心什么？
Question 10
W: Jerry, can you pick me up after work today? I left my car at the
garage.
M: I'm afraid I can't. I have scheduled an appointment with a client at
dinner time.
[Q] What is the man going to do?
W：杰瑞，能不能今天来接我？我的车还在修理厂。
M：恐怕够呛，我和一个客户约好了晚饭时见。
Q：男士会做什么？
Section B
Passage One
A few months ago, millions of people in London heard alarms all over the
town. The Emergency Emergency services, the Fire Departments, the Police,
hospitals, and ambulances stood by, ready to go into action. In railway
underground stations, people read notices and maps which told them where to go
and what to do in the emergency. This was Exercise Flood Call, to prepare people
for a flood emergency. London wasn't flooded yet, but it is possible that it
would be. In 1236 and in 1663, London was badly flooded. In 1928, people living
in Westminster, the heart of London, drowned in floods. And in 1953, one hundred
people, living on the eastern edge of the London suburbs were killed, again, in
the floods. At last, Greater London Council took actions to prevent this
disaster from happening again. Though a flood wall was built in the 1960s,
Londoners still must be prepared for the possible disaster. If it happens, 50
underground stations will be under water. Electricity, gas and phone services
will be out of action. Roads will be drowned. It will be impossible to cross any
of the bridges between north and south London. Imagine: London will look like
the famous Italian city, Venice. But this Exercise Flood Call didn't cause panic
among Londoners. Most people knew it was just a warning. One lady said, "It's a
flood warning, isn't it? The water doesn't look high to me."
Question 11: What happened in London a few months ago?
Question 12: What measure was taken against floods in London in the
1960s?
Question 13: What can we learnt from the lady's comment?
Passage Two
America's national symbol, the bald eagle, almost went extinct twenty years
ago, but it has made a comeback. In fact, the U.S. Fish and Wild Life Service is
considering the possibility of taking it off the Endangered Species List. Once,
more than fifty hundred pairs of bald eagles nested across the country, but by
1960 that number had fallen below four hundred. The chief killer was the widely
used DDT. Fish, soaked up DDT, died, and were washed up on shores, where bald
eagles feasted on them.DDT prevented eagle egg shells from thickening. The
shells became so thin that they shattered before the babies hatched.
Fortunately, in 1972, a law was passed to ban DDT, which saved the bald eagle
from total wipeout. And since then wild life biologists had reintroduced bald
eagles from Canada to America. The result was that last year U.S. bird watchers
counted eleven thousand six hundred and ten bald eagles in the country.If it
were dropped from the Endangered Species List, the bald eagle would still be a
threatened species. That means the bird would continue to get the same
protection. No hunting allowed, and no disturbing of nests. But bald eagles
still face tough times. The destruction of their natural homes could be the next
DDT causing eagle numbers to drop quickly.
Question 14: What was the main harmful effect of the pests killer DDT on
bald eagles?
Question 15: What measure did the wild life biologist take to increase the
number of bald eagles?
Question 16: According to the speaker, what is the possible danger facing
bald eagles?
Passage Three
If the earth gets hotter in the new century, what will happen to animals
and the plants which animals depend on for survival? The question offers another
way of looking at the "Greenhouse Effect".People have talked about the general
problem of "Global Warming" for some time. But they were usually worried about
things like whether to buy a home on the coast. Biologists and other scientists
turn their attention to plants and animals at an important meeting that took
place last October. They were reviewed evidence that plants and animals are
sensitive to climate. Since the Ice Age ended ten thousand years ago and warmer
temperatures returned to the northern latitudes, many species have migrated
north. If the predictions about the Greenhouse are correct, temperatures will
rise by the same amount in the next one hundred years as they did in the past
ten thousand. Will animals and plants be able to adapt that quickly to change in
the environment? Many won't. Certain species will probably become very rare.
Experts say plants under climate stress will be very open to disease and fire.
Forest fires may become more common. That, in turn, man harm animals that depend
on the trees for food will for shelter. Any preserves we set up to protect
endangered species may become useless as the species are forced to migrate along
with their natural homes. Change is a part of life, but rapid change, says
scientist George Woodwell, is the enemy of life.
Question 17: What is the concern of ordinary people about the "Greenhouse
Effect"?
Question 18: What has happened since the end of the ICE AGE?
Question 19: What will be a possible threat to plants in the future?
Question 20: According to the passage, what will probably happen to the
endangered species?
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