2007年12月大学英语六级试题及答案_第5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.

In 1915 Einstein made a trip to Göttingen to give some lectures at the invitation of the mathematical physicist David Hilbert. He was particularly eager － too eager, it would turn  62 － to explain all the intricacies of relativity to him. The visit was a triumph, and he said to a friend excitedly, “I was able to  63  Hilbert of the general theory of relativity.”
64  all of Einstein’s personal turmoil(焦躁) at the time, a new scientific anxiety was about to 65 . He was struggling to find the right equations that would  66  his new concept of gravity,  67  that would define how objects move  68  space and how space is curved by objects. By the end of the summer, he  69  the mathematical approach he had been  70  for almost three years was flawed. And now there was a  71  pressure. Einstein discovered to his  72  that Hilbert had taken what he had learned from Einstein’s lectures and was racing to come up  73  the correct equations first.
It was an enormously complex task. Although Einstein was the better physicist, Hilbert was the better mathematician. So in October 1915 Einstein  74  himself into a month-long frantic endeavor in  75  he returned to an earlier mathematical strategy and wrestled with equations, proofs, corrections and updates that he  76  to give as lectures to Berlin’s Prussian Academy of Sciences on four  77  Thursdays.
His first lecture was delivered on Nov. 4. 1915, and it explained his new approach,  78  he admitted he did not yet have the precise mathematical formulation of it. Einstein also took time off from  79  revising his equations to engage in an awkward fandango (方丹戈双人舞) with his competitor Hilbert. Worried  80  being scooped(抢先)，he sent Hilbert a copy of his Nov. 4 lecture. “I am  81  to know whether you will take kindly to this new solution.” Einstein noted with a touch of defensiveness. 62. [A]up       [B]over
[C]out       [D]off
63.[A]convince    [B]counsel
[C]persuade    [D] preach
64. [A]Above    [B]Around
[C]Amid     [D]Along
65. [A] emit      [B] emerge
[C] submit    [D] submerge
66. [A] imitate    [B] ignite
[C] describe   [D] ascribe
67. [A] ones      [B] those
[C] all        [D] none
68. [A] into       [B] beyond
[C] among     [D] through
69. [A] resolved   [B] realized
[C] accepted   [D] assured
70. [A] pursuing   [B] protecting
[C] contesting  [D] contending
71. [A] complex   [B] compatible
[C] comparative [D] competitive
72. [A] humor     [B] horror
[C] excitement  [D] extinction
73. [A] to         [B] for
[C] with       [D] against
74. [A] threw      [B] thrust
[C] huddled    [D] hopped
75. [A] how       [B] that
[C] what       [D] which
76. [A] dashed     [B] darted
            [C] rushed     [D] reeled
77. [A] successive  [B] progressive
[C] extensive   [D] repetitive
78. [A] so         [B] since
[C] though     [D] because
79. [A] casually    [B] coarsely
[C] violently    [D] furiously
80. [A] after       [B] about
[C] on         [D] in
81. [A] curious     [B] conscious
[C] ambitious   [D] ambiguous

Part Ⅵ               Translation                 (5 minutes)
Directions: Complete the sentences by translating into English the Chinese given in brackets.
82. But for mobile phones, ___________________(我们的通信就不可能如此迅速和方便).
83. In handling an embarrassing situation_____________________(没有什么比幽默感更有帮助的了).
84. The Foreign Minister said he was resigning, _________________(但他拒绝进一步解释这样做的原因).
85. Human behavior is mostly a product of learning, ______________(而动物的行为主要依靠本能).
86. The witness was told that under no circumstances _______________(他都不应该对法庭说谎).