A) gloomy B) miserable C) shadowy D) obscure
49. Body paint or face paint is used mostly by men in pre literate societies in order to attract good health or to ____B____ disease. A) set aside B) ward off C) shrug off D) give away
50. The international situation has been growing ________ difficult for the last few years.
A) invariably B) presumably C) increasingly D) dominantly
51. The prisoner was ________ of his civil liberty for three years. A) discharged B) derived C) deprived D) dispatched
52. Small farms and the lack of modern technology have ________ agricultural production. A) blundered B) tangled C) bewildered D) hampered
53. The Japanese scientists have found that scents ________ efficiency and reduce stress among office workers. A) enhance B) amplify C) foster D) magnify
54. All the students have to ________ to the rules and regulations of the school. A) confirm B) confront C) confine D) conform
55. He ________ his head, wondering how to solve the problem. A) scrapped B) screwed C) scraped D) scratched
56. As soon as the boy was able to earn his own living he ________ his parents‘ strict
rules. A) defied B) refuted C) excluded D) vetoed
57. The helicopter a light plane and both pilots were killed. A) coincided with B) stumbled on C) tumbled to D) collided with
58. To ________ is to save and protect, to leave what we ourselves enjoy in such good condition that others may also share the enjoyment. A) conserve B) conceive C) convert D) contrive
59. Put on dark glasses or the sun will ________ you and you won‘t be able to see. A) discern B) distort C) distract D) dazzle
60. In ________ times human beings did not travel for pleasure but to find a more favourable climate. A) prime B) primitive C) primary D) preliminary
Part IV 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 with a single line through the centre.
In the United States, the first day nursery, was opened in 1854. Nurseries were established in various areas during the __61__ half of the 19th century; most of __62__ were charitable. Both in Europe and in the U.S., the day nursery movement received great __63__ during the First World War, when __64__ of manpower caused the industrial employment of unprecedented (前所未有) numbers of women. In some European countries nurseries were established __65__ in munitions (军火) plants, under direct government sponsorship. __66__ the number of nurseries in the U.S. also rose __67__, this rise was accomplished without government aid of any kind. During the years following the First World War, __68__, federal, State, and local governments gradually began to exercise a measure of control __69__ the day nurseries, chiefly by __70__ them and by.
The __71__ of the Second World War was quickly followed by an increase in the number of day nurseries in almost all countries, as women were __72__ called up on
to replace men in the factories. On this __73__ the U.S. government immediately came to the support of the nursery schools, __74__ $6,000,000 in July, 1942, for a nursery school program for the children of working mothers. Many States and local communities __75__ this Federal aid. By the end of the war, in August, 1945, more than 100,000 children were being cared __76__ in daycare centers receiving Federal __77__. Soon afterward, the Federal government __78__ cut down its expenditures for this purpose and later __79__ them, causing a sharp drop in the number of nursery schools in operation. However, the expectation that most employed mothers would leave their __80__ at the end of the war was only partly fulfilled. 61. A) latter B) late C) other D) first
62. A) those B) them C) whose D) imitation 63. A) impetus B) input C) imitation D) initiative 64. A) sources B) abundance C) shortage D) reduction 65. A) hardly B) entirely C) only D) even
66. A) Because B) As C) Since D) Although
67. A) unanimously B) sharply
C) predominantly D) militantly 68. A) therefore B) consequently C) however D) moreover 69. A) over B) in C) at
D) about
70. A) formulating B) labeling C) patenting D) licensing 71. A) outset B) outbreak C) breakthrough D) breakdown 72. A) again B) thus
C) repeatedly D) yet
73. A) circumstance B) occasion C) case D) situation
74. A) regulating B) summoning C) allocating D) transferring 75. A) expanded B) facilitated C) supplemented D) compensated 76. A) by B) after C) of D) for
77. A) pensions B) subsidies C) revenues D) budgets
78. A) prevalently B) furiously C) statistically D) drastically 79. A) abolished B) diminished C) jeopardized D) precluded 80. A) nurseries B) homes C) jobs
D) children
Part V Writing (30 minutes)
Directions: For this part, you are allowed thirty minutes to write a composition on the topic How to Succeed in a Job Interview? You should write at least 100 words, and base your composition on the outline given in Chinese below: 1. 面试在求职过程中的作用
2. 取得面试成功的因素：仪表、举止谈吐、能力、专业知识、自信、实事求是?
2001年1月六级参考答案 Part I Listening Comprehension
1. A 2. C 3. C 4. D 5. A 6. A 7. B 8. C 9. D 10. D
S1. over
S2. constantly S3. mechanism S4. maintain S5. overall S6. normal S7. increase
S8. This can be influenced by a variety of factors, including how much you weigh and how that weight is distributed.
S9. Similarly findings have also been reported at high school level, mainly with female students.
S10. The primary cause of this concern is the value that American society is in general a society to physical appearance. Part II Reading Comprehension
11. C 12. A 13. C 14. B 15. D 16. C 17. C 18. D 19. D 20. A 21. A 22. B 23. C 24. B 25. D 26. A 27. D 28. C 29. A 30. B
Part III Vocabulary
31. A 32. D 33. B 34. C 35. A 36. C 37. C 38. B 39. B 40. D 41. A 42. C 43. B 44. A 45. D 46. B 47. C 48. A 49. B 50. C 51. C 52. D 53. A 54. D 55. D 56. A 57. D 58. A 59. D 60. B
Part IV Cloze