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.
注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。
Historically, humans get serious about avoiding disasters only after one has just struck them. __62__ that logic, 2006 should have been a breakthrough year for rational behavior. With the memory of 9/11 still __63__ in their minds, Americans watched hurricane Katrina, the most expensive disaster in U.S. history, on __64__ TV. Anyone who didn’t know it before should have learned that bad things can happen. And they are made __65__ worse by our willful blindness to risk as much as our __66__ to work together before everything goes to hell.
Granted, some amount of delusion (错觉) is probably part of the __67__ condition. In A.D. 63, Pompeii was seriously damaged by an earthquake, and the locals immediately went to work __68__, in the same spot—until they were buried altogether by a volcano eruption 16 years later. But a __69__ of the past year in disaster history suggests that modern Americans are particularly bad at __70__ themselves from guaranteed threats. We know more than we __71__ did about the dangers we face. But it turns __72__ that in times of crisis, our greatest enemy is __73__ the storm, the quake or the __74__ itself. More often, it is ourselves.
So what has happened in the year that __75__ the disaster on the Gulf Coast? In New Orleans, the Army Corps of Engineers has worked day and night to rebuild the flood walls. They have got the walls to __76__ they were before Katrina, more or less. That’s not __77__, we can now say with confidence. But it may be all __78__ can be expected from one year of hustle (忙碌).
Meanwhile, New Orleans officials have crafted a plan to use buses and trains to __79__ the sick and the disabled. The city estimates that 15,000 people will need a __80__ out. However, state officials have not yet determined where these people will be taken. The __81__ with neighboring communities are ongoing and difficult.
62. A) To
B) By
C) On
D) For（B）
63. A) fresh
B) obvious
C) apparent
D) evident（A）
64. A) visual
B) vivid
C) live
D) lively（C）
65. A) little
B) less
C) more
D) much（D）
66. A) reluctance
B) rejection
C) denial
D) decline（A）
67. A) natural
B) world
C) social
D) human（D）
68. A) revising
B) refining
C) rebuilding
D) retrieving（C）
69. A) review
B) reminder
C) concept
D) prospect（A）
70. A) preparing
B) protesting
C) protecting
D) prevailing（C）
71. A) never
B) ever
C) then
D) before（B）
72. A) up
B) down
C) over
D) out（D）
73. A) merely
B) rarely
C) incidentally
D) accidentally（B）
74. A) surge
B) spur
C) surf
D) splash（A）
75. A) ensued
B) traced
C) followed
D) occurred（C）
76. A) which
B) where
C) what
D) when（B）
77. A) enough
B) certain
C) conclusive
D) final（A）
78. A) but
B) as
C) that
D) those（C）
79. A) exile
B) evacuate
C) dismiss
D) displace（B）
80. A) ride
B) trail
C) path
D) track（A）
81. A) conventions
B) notifications
C) communications
D) negotiations（D）
Part VI Translation (5 minutes)
Directions: Complete the sentences by translating into English the Chinese given in brackets. Please write your translation on Answer Sheet 2.
注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答，只需写出译文部分。
82. The auto manufacturers found themselves ________________________ (正在同外国公司竞争市场的份额).
83. Only in the small town ________________________ (他才感到安全和放松).
84. It is absolutely unfair that these children ________________________ (被剥夺了受教育的权利).
85. Our years of hard work are all in vain, ________________________ (更别提我们花费的大量金钱了).
86. The problems of blacks and women ________________________ (最近几十年受到公众相当大的关注).
2007年6月23日六级参考答案
Part I Writing (30 minutes)
Part II Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning) (15 minutes)
1. N
2. Y
3. NG
4. Y
5. those things that they love most
6. products
7. more confidence
8. What do I really want to do?
9. give up, or risk
10. the lack of action
Part III Listening Comprehension (35 minutes)
11. A) Surfing the net.
12. B) He is sure of his success in the exam.
13. D) The man is quite optimistic about human nature.
14. C) Stay in business.
15. A) More money.
16. B) She missed the comforts of home.
17. C) Seek professional advice.
18. A) He dresses more formally now.
19. B) To have meetings.
20. D) It can lessen the discomfort caused by air travel.
21. D) Avoided eating rich food.
22. C) Not many of them chose to do what she did
23. A) At a fair.
24. C) The purchasing of some equipment.
25. B) Training consultancy.
26. A) Improve themselves.
27. D) By making detailed plans and carrying them out.
28. D) To illustrate how easily people abandon their goals.
29. B) Karen was adopted by Ray Anderson.
30. B) He sacrificed his life to save a baby girl.
31. A) The reported hero turned out to be his father.
32. B) Japan.
33. D) By taking shorter vacations each year.
34.&n
