2003年6月全国大学英语六级考试真题及答案
Part I Listening Comprehension（20 minutes）
Section A
Directions：In this section，you will hear 10 short conversations．At the end of each conversation，a question will be asked about what was said．Both the conversation and the question will be spoken only once．After each question there will be a pause．During the pause，you must read the four choices marked A），B），C） and D），and decide which is the best answer． Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre．
1．A）Because he wants to meet the woman's cousin．
B）Because he thought he was not informed．
C）Because the woman does not want him to join her．
D）Because the woman goes to her cousin's place too often．
2.A）The train has just started off．
B）Once it starts raining，it'll rain a lot．
C）They're ready to catch the train．
D）It has been raining for some time．
3．A）The typist．
B）The man．
C）The woman．
D）A friend．
4．A）To her，math is even more difficult than biology．
B）To her，biology is difficult，but math is not．
C）She spends half of her time on biology．
D）She is going to give up biology．
5．A）There was a fire．
B）There was a shower．
C）There was a car accident．
D）There was a heavy snow．
6．A）They are not worth the trouble．
B）They are inexpensive．
C）They are too easy．
D）They are very rewarding．
7．A）Today．
B）Next week．
C）Tomorrow．
D）In two days'time．
8．A）Mary will come at 7：00．
B）Mary won't come．
C）Mary will be late．
D）Mary doesn't want to come．
9．A）Go to a theater．
B）Go to a dance．
C）Go to the Student Center．
D）Go to a lecture．
10．A）He regrets not seeing the movie．
B）It is not a good movie．
C）He wants to see the movie again．
D）It is an excellent movie．
Section B
Directions：In this section，you will hear 3 short passages．At the end of each passage，you will hear some questions．Both the passage and the question will be spoken only once．After you hear a question，you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A），B），C） and D）．Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre．
Passage One
Questions 11to 13are based on the passage you have just heard．
11．A）White．
B）Yellow．
C）Blue．
D）None ofthe above．
12．A）Because airplanes are driven by air．
B）Because they need air to see things far ahead．
C）Because they need air to lift their wings．
D）Because the drivers can't breathe without air．
13．A）We'll see airplanes flying in the sky．
B）There will be no air．
C）There will be a lot of air around us．
D）We'll become light enough to fly．
Passage Two
Questions 14to 16are based on the passage you have just heard．
14．A）It's amazing that anyone could move so fast．
B）Televisions mark the beginning of modern life．
C）Modern life is changing very fast．
D）It's hard to remember the past．
15．A）Because change happened so quickly．
B）Because people were not interested in it．
C）Because people were too busy with their work．
D）Because change happened so slowly．
16．A）She felt like being interested in it．
B）She was not happy about it．
C）She felt disappointed．
D）She was really amazed．
Passage Three
Questions 17to 20are based on the passage you have just heard．
17．A）Gas．
B）Water．
C）Vapor．
D）Chemicals．
18．A）By heating dry ice．
B）By passing steam over dry ice．
C）By mixing dry ice with ordinary ice．
D）By turning ordinary ice into steam．
19．A）It is lighter to carry．
B）It is not so cold as ordinary ice．
C）It takes a long time to melt．
D）It is cleaner to use than ordinary ice．
20．A）In the 1950's．
C）In the 1920's．
B）In the 1940's．
D）In the 1930's．
Part II Reading Comprehension（35 minutes）
Directions：There are four passages in this part．Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements．For each of them there are four choices marked A），B），C）and D）． You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center．
Questions 21to 25are based on the following passage：
More attention was paid to the quality of production in France at the time of Rene Coty．Charles Deschanel was then the financial minister．He stressed that workmanship and quality were more important than quantity for industrial production．It would be necessary to produce quality goods for the international market to compete with those produced in other countries．The French economy needed a larger share of the international market to balance its import and export trade．
French industrial and agricultural production was still inadequate to meet the immediate needs of the people，let alone long-ranged developments．Essential imports had stretched the national credit to the breaking point．Rents were tightly controlled，but the extreme inflation affected general population most severely through the cost of food．Food costs took as much as 80 percent of the workers'income．Wages，it is true，had risen．Extensive family allowances and benefits were paid by the state，and there was full-time and overtime employment．Taken together，these factors enabled the working class to exist but allowed them no sense of security．In this precarious（不稳定的）and discouraging situation，workmen were willing to work overseas for higher wages．
The government was reluctant to let workers leave the country．It was feared this immigration of workers would deplete the labor force．The lack of qualified workers might hinder the improvement in the quality of industrial products produced．Qualified workers employed abroad would only increase the quantity of quality goods produced in foreign countries．Also the quantity of quality goods produced in France would not be able to increase as part of its qualified labor force moved to other countries．
21．According to the passage，the French workers were ________ ．
？？A）better paid than the workers in any other European countries
？？B）able to save more money with the increase in their wages
？？C）anxious to work abroad
？？D）often unable to find work in France
22．Rene Coty and Charles Deschanel were both interested in ________．
？？A）better quality in production
？？B）increasing quantity in production
？？C）having the government raise tariffs on foreign imports
？？D）eliminating unions in France
23．The French government was reluctant to let the workers leave the country because ________ ．
？？A）it would enlarge the working force
？？B）it would hinder the improvement of quality in industrial production
？？C）it would hinder the increase in quantity of exports
？？D）it would damage the imports