全国大学生英语六级真题与答案(2000-2005).doc

2001年1月大学英语六级(CET-6)真题试卷31. Starting with the ________ that there is life on the planet Mars, the scientist went on to develop his argument.A) premiseB) pretextC) foundationD) presentation答案为A)。premise意为“前提”。句意为：以火星有生命这一前提开始，那位科学家继续深入他的论证。其他三个选项的意思是：B) pretext借口；C) foundation基础；D) presentation陈述。32. After several nuclear disasters, a ________ has raged over the safety of nuclear energy.A) quarrelB) suspicionC) verdictD) controversy答案为D)。controversy意为“争论”，句意为：几起核灾难之后，关于核能安全的问题引起了激烈的争论。其他三个选项的意思是：A) quarrel争吵，吵架；B) suspicion猜疑，怀疑；C) verdict判决，结论。33. Their diplomatic principles complexly laid bare their ________ for world conquest.A) admirationB) ambitionC) administrationD) orientation答案为B)。ambition意为“野心”，句意为：“他们”的外交原则彻底将他们要征服世界的野心暴露无疑。其他三个名词的意思是：A) admiration赞美；C) administration行政，管理；D) orientation方向，方位。34. The director gave me his ________ that he would double my pay if I did my job well.A) warrantB) obligationC) assuranceD) certainty 答案为C)。assurance意为“保证，担保”，句意为：主任向我保证，如果我把工作做好，他会给我双倍的工资。其他三个名词的意思是：A) warrant作名词意为“证明，凭证”，作动词有“保证，担保”的意思。此处应为名词，意思不适合本句。B) obligation义务，D) certainty肯定。35. The Christmas tree was decorated with shining ________ such as colored lights and glass balls.A) ornamentsB) luxuriesC) exhibitsD) complements答案为A)。 ornaments意为“装饰物”，句意为：圣诞树用彩灯和玻璃球之类的装饰物修饰了起来。B) luxuries奢侈品；C) exhibits展览品；D) complements补充物。36. The two most important ________ in making a cake are flour and sugar.A) elementsB) componentsC) ingredientsD) constituents答案为C)。ingredients意为“(混合物中之)成分”，句意为：做蛋糕的最主要的成分是面粉和糖。其他三个名词的意思是：A) elements元素，要素；B) components (构成整体的)部件，D constituents要素。37. Cultural ________ indicates that human beings hand their languages down from one generation to another.A) translationB) transitionC) transmissionD) transaction 答案为C)。这是四个都含有前缀trans 的名词的辨析。A) translation翻译；B) transition转换；C) transmission传播；D) transaction交易。C)符合题意要求，句意为：文化传播表明人类把他们的语言从上一代传给下一代。38. We must look beyond ________ and assumptions and try to discover what is missing.A) justificationsB) illusionsC