英语六级考试新题型样卷

Passage Two

Questions 29 to 31 are based on the passage you have just heard.

29. A) It limited their supply of food. C) It destroyed many of their nests.

B) It made their eggshells to fragile. D) It killed man baby bald eagles.

30. A) They found ways to speed up the reproduction of bald eagles.

B) They developed new types of feed for baby bald eagles.

C) They explored new ways to hatch baby bald eagles.

D) They brought in bald eagles from Canada.

31. A) Pollution of the environment. C) Over-killing by hunters.

B) A new generation of pest killers. D) Destruction of their natural homes.



Passage Three

Questions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.

32. A) Why people hold back their tears. C) How to restrain one's tears.

B) Why People cry. D) How tears are produced.

33. A) What chemicals tears are composed of.

B) Whether crying really helps us feel better.

C) Why some people tend to cry more often than others.

D) How tears help people cope with emotional problems.

34. A) Only one out of four girls cries less often than boys.

B) Of four boys, only one cries very often.

C) Girls cry four times as often as boys.

D) Only one out of four babies doesn't cry often.

35. A) Only humans respond to emotions by shedding tears.

B) Only humans shed tears to get rid of imitating stuff in their eyes.

C) Only human tears can resist invading bacteria.

D) Only human tears can discharge certain chemicals.



Section C

He was a funny-looking man with a cheerful face, good-natured and a great talker. He was (36) ________ by his student, the great pltilosopher Plato, as "the best and most just and wisest man." Yet this same man was (37) ________ to death for his beliefs by a jury composed of the leading figures of the time in Athens.

The man was the Greek philosopher Socrates, and he was put to death for not believing in the recognized gods and for (38) ________ young people. The second charge steamed from his (39) ______ with numerous young men who came to Athens from all over the (40) ______ world to study under him.

Socrates method of leaching was to ask questions and by (41) ________ not to know the answers, to (42) ________ his students into thinking for themselves. His teachings had (43) ______ influence on all the great Greek and Roman schools of philosophy. Yet for all his fame and influence. Socrates himself never wrote a word.

Socrates (44) _____________________________________________________________ in Athens. They wanted him silenced. Yet many were probably surprised that he accepted death so readily.

Socrates (45) _____________________________________________________________. But socrates, as a firm believer in law, reasoned that it was proper to submit to the death sentence (46) ____________________________________________.