2005年6月18日大学英语六级(CET-6)真题试卷(4)Part IV Cloze (15 minutes)Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D) on the right side of the paper. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre. Although there are many skillful Braille readers, thousands of other blind people find it difficult to learn that system. They are thereby shut __61__ from the world of books and newspapers, having to __62__ on friends to read aloud to them. A young scientist named Raymond Kurzweil has now designed a computer which is a major __63__ in providing aid to the __64__. His machine, Cyclops, has a camera that __65__ any page, interprets the print into sounds, and then delivers them orally in a robot-like __66__ through a speaker. By pressing the appropriate buttons __67__ Cyclops’s keyboard, a blind person can “read” any __68__ document in the English language. This remarkable invention represents a tremendous __69__ forward in the education of the handicapped. At present, Cyclops costs $50,000. __70__, Mr. Kurzweil and his associates are preparing a smaller __71__ improved version that will sell __72__ less than half that price. Within a few years, Kurzweil __73__ the price range will be low enough for every school and library to __74__ one. Michael Hingson, Director of the National Federation for the Blind, hopes that __75__ will be able to buy home __76__ of Cyclops for the price of a good television set. Mr. Hingson’s organization purchased five
machines and is now testing them in “This is the first time that blind people have ever done individual studies __79__ a product was put on the market, Hingson said. “Most manufacturers believed that having the blind help the blind was like telling disabled people to teach other disabled people. In that __80__, the manufacturers have been the blind ones.” 61. A) up B) down C) in D) off 62. A) dwell B) rely C) press D) urge 63. A) execution B) distinction C) breakthrough D) process 64. A) paralyzed B) uneducated C) invisible D) sightless 65. A) scans B) enlarges C) sketches D) projects 66. A) behavior B) expression C) movement D) voice 67. A) on B) at C) in D) from 68. A) visual B) printed C) virtual D) spoken 69. A) stride B) trail C) haul D) footprint 70. A) Likewise B) Moreover C) However D) Though 71. A) but B) than C) or D) then 72. A) on B) for C) through D) to 73. A) estimates B) considers C) counts D) determines 74. A) settle B) own C) invest D) retain 75. A) schools B) children C) families D) companies 76. A) models B) modes C) cases D) collections 77. A) producing B) researching C) ascertaining D) assisting 78. A) true B) valuable C) authentic D) pleasant 79. A) after B) when C) before D) as 80. A) occasion B) moment C) sense D) event Part V Writing (30 minutes)
Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay entitled Say No to Pirated Products. 1. 目前盗版的现象比较严重 2. 造成这种现象的原因及危害 3. 我们应该怎么做? 盗版 piracy (n.) 盗版产品 pirated products 知识产权 intellectual property rights 侵犯版权 infringe sb’s copyright; copyright infringement Say No to Pirated Products |
