2009年6月大学英语六级试题及答案_第6页

Part Ⅴ 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 Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.
    Some historians say that the most important contribution of Dwight Eisenhower's presidency (总统任期) in the 1950s was the U. S. interstate highway system. It was a   (62)   project, easily surpassing the  scale of such previous human   (63)   as the Panama Canal. Eisenhower's interstate highways   (64)   the nation together in new ways and   (65)   major economic growth by making commerce less   (66)  . Today, an information superhighway has been built--an electronic net work that   (67)   libraries, corporations, government agencies and   (68)  . This electronic superhighway is called the Internet,   (69)   it is the backbone (主干) of the World Wide Web.
    The Internet had its   (70)   in a 1969 U.S. Defense Department computer network called ARPAnet, which   (71)   Advanced Research Projects Agency Network. The Pentagon built the network for military contractors and universities doing military research to   (72)   information. In 1983 the National Science Foundation (NSF),   (73)   mission is to promote science, took over.
    This new NSF network   (74)   more and more institutional users, many of   (75)   had their own internal networks. For example, most universities that   (76)   the NSF network had intra-campus computer networks. The NSF network   (77)   became a connector for thousands of other networks.   (78)   a backbone system that interconnects networks, internet was a name that fit.
    So we can see that the Internet is the wired infrastructure(基础设施)on which web   (79)   move. It began as a military communication system, which expanded into a government-funded   (80)   research network.
    Today, the Internet is a user-financed system tying institutions of many sorts together   (81)   an "information superhighway".
  62. A) concise         B) radical
     C) massive        D) trivial
63. A) behaviors       B) endeavors
     C) inventions      D) elements
64. A) packed         B) stuck
     C) suppressed      D) bound
65. A) facilitated      B) modified
     C) mobilized      D) terminated
66. A) competitive     B) comparative
     C) exclusive       D) expensive
67. A) merges         B) connects
     C) relays          D) unifies
68. A) figures         B) personalities
     C) individuals      D) humans
69. A) and            B) yet
     C) or             D) while
70. A) samples        B) sources
     C) origins         D) precedents
71. A) stood by        B) stood for
     C) stood against   D) stood over
72. A) exchange       B) bypass
     C) switch          D) interact
73. A) their          B) that
     C) when           D) whose
74. A) expanded       B) contracted
     C) attracted       D) extended
75. A) what           B) which
     C) these          D) them
76. A) joined          B) attached
     C) participated     D) involved
77. A) moreover       B) however
     C) likewise        D) then
78. A) With         B) By
     C) In             D) As
79. A) contexts       B) signs
     C) messages       D) leaflets
80. A) citizen         B) civilian
     C) amateur        D) resident
81. A) into           B) amid
     C) over           D) toward
Part Ⅵ Translation                 (5 minutes)
Directions: Complete the sentences by translating into English the Chinese given in brackets. Please write your translation on Answer Sheet 2.
82. With the oil prices ever rising, she tried to talk _________________ (说服他不买车).
83. _____________ (保持幽默感有助于) reduce stress and promote creative thinking in today's competitive society.
84. When confronted with the evidence, ___________________ (他不得不坦白自己的罪行).
85. When people say, "I can feel my ears burning," it means they think ______________ (一定有人说他们的坏话).
86. She has decided to go on a diet, but finds _______________ (很难抵制冰淇淋的诱惑).