今年1月8日大学英语六级考试A卷_CET真题

       d) avoid distractions while studying in her dorm.     

 11. a) classmates.                          c) boss and secretary.    
b) colleagues.                           d) pr representative and client.    

   b) they will become physically impaired.    
   c) they will suffer from minor discomfort.    
   d) they will experience a very painful process.    

  21. what is said about the two deceased elderly women?    
          a) they lived out a natural life.    
       b) they died of exhaustion after the long plane ride.    
          c) they weren’t accustomed to the change in weather.    
          d) they died due to lack of care by family members.    

legislation by senator byron sher would require consumers to pay a recycling fee of up to $30 on every new machine containing a cathode ( 阴极 ) ray tube. used in almost all video monitors and televisions, those devices contain four to eight pounds of lead each. the fees would go toward setting up recycling programs, providing grants to non-profit agencies that reuse the tubes and rewarding manufacturers that encourage recycling.    
a separate bill by los angeles-area senator gloria romero would require high-tech manufacturers to develop programs to recycle so-called e-waste.    
    if passed, the measures would put california at the forefront of national efforts to manage the refuse of the electronic age.    
    but high-tech groups, including the silicon valley manufacturing group and the american electronics association, oppose the measures, arguing that fees of up to $30 will drive consumers to online, out-of-state retailers.    
    "what really needs to occur is consumer education. most consumers are unaware they’re not supposed to throw computers in the trash," said roxanne gould, vice president of government relations for the electronics association.    
    computer recycling should be a local effort and part of residential waste collection programs, she added.    
    recycling electronic waste is a dangerous and specialized matter, and environmentalists maintain the state must support recycling efforts and ensure that the job isn’t contracted to unscrupulous ( 毫无顾忌的 ) junk dealers who send the toxic parts overseas.    
"the graveyard of the high-tech revolution is ending up in rural china," said ted smith, director of the silicon valley toxics coalition. his group is pushing for an amendment to sher’s bill that would prevent the export of e-waste.     
26. what step were bay area officials going to take regarding e-waste disposal.’?    
       a) exert pressure on manufacturers of electronic devices.    
       b) lay down relevant local regulations themselves.    
       c) lobby the lawmakers of the california assembly.    
d) rally support to pass the stalled bills.     

d) unscrupulous dealers will retrieve them for profit     

   implementing the new science standards and their math counterparts will be the challenge, he and schmidt agree, because the decentralized responsibility for education in the united states requires that any reforms be tailored and instituted one community at a time.    
   in fact, schmidt argues, reforms such as these proposed national standards "face an almost impossible task, because even though they are intellectually coherent, each becomes only one more voice in the babble ( 嘈杂声)."    
31. according to the

   

passage, the teaching of science and math in america is    
       a) focused on tapping students’ potential    
       b) characterized by its diversity    
       c) losing its vitality gradually    
d) going downhill in recent years     

westhusin’s experience with cloning animals leaves him upset by all this talk of human cloning. in three years of work on the missy project, using hundreds upon hundreds of dog’s eggs, the a&m team has produced only a dozen or so embryos (胚胎) carrying missy’s dna. none have survived the transfer to a surrogate (代孕的) mother. the wastage of eggs and the many spontaneously aborted fetuses (胎) may be acceptable when you’re dealing with cats or bulls, he argues, but not with humans. "cloning is incredibly inefficient, and also dangerous," he says.    
even so, dog cloning is a commercial opportunity, with a nice research payoff. ever since dolly the sheep was cloned in 1997, westhusin’s phone has been ringing with people calling in hopes of duplicating their cats and dogs, cattle and horses. "a lot of people want to clone pets, especially if the price is right," says westhusin. cost is no obstacle for missy’s mysterious billionaire owner; he’s put up $3.7 million so far to fund a&m’s research.    
contrary to some media reports, missy is not dead. the owner wants a twin to carry on missy’s fine qualities after she does die. the prototype is, by all accounts, athletic, good-natured and supersmart. missy’s master does not expect an exact copy of her. he knows her clone may not have her temperament. in a statement of purpose, missy’s owner and the a&m team say they are "both looking forward to studying the ways that her clones differ from missy."    
besides cloning a great dog, the project may contribute insight into the old question of nature vs. nurture. it could also lead to the cloning of special rescue dogs and many endangered animals.    
however, westhusin is cautious about his work. he knows that even if he gets a dog pregnant, the offspring, should they survive, will face the problems shown at birth by other cloned animals: abnormalities like immature lungs and heart and weight problems~ "why would you ever want to clone humans," westhusin asks, "when we’re not even close to getting it worked out in animals yet?"     

  a) a bad temper                      c) defective organs    
  b) immune deficiency                 d) an abnormal shape     

        b) ejected                          d) subjected     

        a) convicted                           c) retorted    
        b) conformed                         d) testified     
50. nothing helen says is ever ________. she always thinks carefully before she speaks.    
        a) simultaneous                     c) spontaneous    
        b) homogenous                       d) rigorous     

          b) extended     &nb, sp;                   d) magnified    

65. ________ efforts are needed in order to finish important but unpleasant tasks.    
       &nb

     

sp; a) consecutive                       c) perpetual    
         b) condensed                        d) persistent     

          b) quota                               d) portion     

modern treatment will cure leprosy in 6 to 12 months,     
depend on the form of the disease. the treatment combines      s8.     
several drugs taken daily or once a month. the who has     
given multi-drug therapy to patients freely for the last five          s9.     
years. the members of the alliance against leprosy plan to     
target the countries which still threatened by leprosy. among      s10    
the estimated 600,000 victims around the world, the who     
believes about 70% are in india. the disease also remains a     
problem in africa and south america.