【正文】 ooling of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage? A) The decline of public transportation accounts for increased car use in western Europe. B) Cars are popular in western Europe even though fuel prices are fairly high. C) The reduction of vehicle use is the only sustainable option in densely populated western Europe. D) Western European oil panies cannot sustain the cost of developing newtype fuels. Passage Four Questions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage: Reebok executives do not like to hear their stylish athletic shoes called “ footwear for yuppies ( 雅皮士，少壯高薪職業(yè)人士 )”. They contend that Reebok shoes appeal to diverse market segments, especially now that the pany offers basketball and children39。s D) still cannot municate with people in a human language new trend in artificial intelligence research stems from ______. A) the shift of the focus of study on to the recognition of the shapes of objects B) the belief that human intelligence cannot be duplicated with logical, stepbystep programs C) the aspirations of scientists to duplicate the intelligence of a tenmonthold child D) the efforts made by scientists in the study of the similarities between transistors and brain cells and his group of AI researchers have been making enormous efforts to ______. A) find a roundabout way to design powerful puters B) build a puter using a clever work of switches C) find out how intelligence developed in nature D) separate the highest and most abstract levels of thought 39。re nowhere close to achieving anything remotely resembling these early aspirations f or humanlike behavior. Never mind something as plex as conversation: the most powerful puters struggle to reliably recognize the shape of an object, the most elementary of tasks for a tenmonthold kid. A growing group of AI researchers think they know where the field went wrong . The problem, the scientists say, is that AI has been trying to separate the highest, most abstract levels of thought, like language and mathematics, and to duplicate them with logical, stepbystep programs. A new movement in AI, on the other hand, takes a closer look at the more roundabout way in which nature came up with intelligence. Many of these researchers study evolution and natural adaptation instead of formal logic and conventional puter programs. Rather than digital puters and transistors, some want to work with brain cells and proteins . The results of these early efforts are as promising as they are peculiar, and the new naturebased AI movement is slowly but surely moving to the forefront of the field. Imitating the brain39。t play as well as expected. C) It won the World Cup. D) It placed fourth Passage Three Questions 17 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard. ) Students from America. B) Students from England. C) Students from Australia. D) Students from Japan. ) Those who know how to program puters. B) Those who get special aid from their teachers. C) Those who are very hardworking. D) Those who have welleducated parents. ) Japanese students study much harder than Columbian students. B) Columbian students score higher than Japanese students in maths. C) Columbian students are more optimistic about their maths skills. D) Japanese students have better conditions for study. ) Physics. B) Mathematics. C) Environmental science. D) Life science. Part II Reading Comprehension (35 minutes) Directions: There are 4 reading 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 centre. Passage One Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage: In the 1920s demand for American farm products fell, as European countries began to recover from World War I and instituted austerity (緊縮 ) programs to reduce their imports. The result was a sharp drop in farm prices. This period was more disastrous for farmers than earlier times had been, because farmers were no longer selfsufficient. They were paying for machinery, seed, and fertilizer, and they were also buying consumer goods. The prices of the items farmers bought remained constant, while prices they received for their products fell. These developments were made worse by the Great Depression, which began in 1929 and extended throughout the 1939s. In 1929, under President Herbert Hoover, the Federal Farm Board was anized. It established the principle of direct interference with supply and demand, and it represented the first national mitment to provide greater economic stability for farmers. President Hoover39。t any professional teams in the U. S. then. B) Because Pele hadn39。t think it necessary to proveide the answers. C) The answers will be added in a later edition. D) The book does include the answers. 4. A) Announce appeals for public service. B) Hold a charity concert to raise money. C) Ask the school radio station for help. D) Pool money to fund the radio station. 5. A) She talked with the consultant about the new program until two. B) She couldn39。 2020年 6月大學英語六級考試試題及參考答案 Part I Listening Comprehension (20 minutes) Section A Directions:In this section, you will hear 10 short conversations. At the end o f 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 centr