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六级听力真题
Part II Listening Comprehension (30 minutes)
Section A
Directions:In this section,you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations.At the end of each conversation,one or more questions will be asked about what was said.Both the conversation and the questions 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 Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre.
注意：此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。
1.
A) Laborproblems.
B) Weatherconditions.
C) Anerror in the order.
D)Misplacing of goods.
2.
A) Whatthe woman says makes a lot of sense.
B) Therich are opposed to social welfare.
C) He issympathetic with poor people.
D) Heagrees with Mr. Johnson's views.
3.
A) He willbe practicing soccer.
B) He haswork to finish in time
C) He willbe attending a meeting.
D) He hasa tough problem to solve.
4.
A) Maryshould get rid of her pet as soon as possible.
B) Marywill not be able to keep a dog in the building.
C) Mary isnot happy with the ban on pet animals.
D) Marymight as well send her dog to her relative.
5.
A) Thetwins' voices are quite different.
B) Lisaand Gale are not very much alike.
C) He doesnot believe they are twin sisters.
D) Thewoman seems a bit hard of hearing.
6.
A) Theserious economic crisis in Britain.
B) Apackage deal to be signed in November.
C) Amessage from their business associates.
D) Theirability to deal with financial problems.
7.
A) It isimpossible to remove the stain completely.
B) The manwill be charged extra for the service.
C) The manhas to go to the main cleaning facility.
D)Cleaning the pants will take longer than usual.
8.
A)European markets.
B) Aprotest rally.
C) Luxurygoods.
D) Imported products.
Questions 9 to 12 are based on theconversation you have just heard.
9.
A) He madea business trip.
B) He hada quarrel with Marsha.
C) Hetalked to her on the phone.
D) Heresolved a budget problem.
10.
A) She mayhave to be fired for poor performance.
B) She hasdeveloped some serious mental problem.
C) She isin charge of the firm's budget planning.
D) Shesupervises a number of important projects.
11.
A) Shefailed to arrive at the airport on time.
B) Davidpromised to go on the trip in her place.
C)Something unexpected happened at her home.
D) She wasnot feeling herself on that day.
12.
A) Hefrequently gets things mixed up.
B) He isalways finding fault with Marsha.
C) He hasbeen trying hard to cover for Marsha.
D) He often fails to follow through on his projects.
Questions 13 to 15 are based on theconversation you have just heard.
13.
A) Theyare better sheltered from all the outside temptations.
B) Theyare usually more motivated to compete with their peers.
C) Theyhave more opportunities to develop their leadership skills.
D) Theytake an active part in more extracurricular activities.
14.
A) Itschief positions are held by women.
B) Itsteaching staff consists of women only.
C) Itsstudents aim at managerial posts.
D) Itsstudents are role models of women.
15.
A) It isunder adequate control.
B) It istraditional but colourful.
C) Theyare more or less isolated from the outside world.
D) Theyhave ample opportunities to meet the opposite sex.
Section B
Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre.
注意：此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。
Passage One
Questions16 to 19 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
16.
A) Byinvading the personal space of listeners.
B) Bymaking gestures at strategic points.
C) Byspeaking in a deep, loud voice.
D) Byspeaking with the local accent.
17.
A) Topromote sportsmanship among business owners.
B) Toencourage people to support local sports groups.
C) Toraise money for a forthcoming local sports event.
D) To showhis family's contribution to the community.
18.
A) Theyare known to be the style of the sports world.
B) Theywould certainly appeal to his audience.
C) Theyrepresent the latest fashion in the business circles.
D) Theyare believed to communicate power and influence.
19.
A) Tocover up his own nervousness.
B) Tocreate a warm personal atmosphere.
C) Toenhance the effect of background music.
D) Toallow the audience to better enjoy his slides.
Passage Two
Questions 20 to 22 are based on the passage you have just heard.
20.
A) She wasthe first educated slave of John Wheatley's.
B) She wasthe greatest female poet in Colonial America.
C) She wasborn about the time of the War of Independence.
D) She wasthe first African-American slave to publish a book
21.
A) Revisein a number of times.
B) Obtainconsent from her owner.
C) Gothrough a scholarly examination.
D) Turn tothe colonial governor for help.
22.
A)Literary works calling for the abolition of slavery.
B)Religious scripts popular among slaves in America.
C) A richstock of manuscripts left by historical figures.
D) Lots oflost works written by African-American women.
Passage Three
Questions 23 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.
23.
A) It is atrait of generous character.
B) It is areflection of self-esteem.
C) It isan indicator of high intelligence.
D) It is asign of happiness and confidence.
24.
A) It wasself-defeating.
B) It wasaggressive.
C) It wasthe essence of comedy.
D) It wassomething admirable.
25.
A) It is adouble-edged sword.
B) It is afeature of a given culture.
C) It is aunique gift of human beings.
D) It is a result of both nature and nurture.
Section C
Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time，you should listen carefully for its general idea.When the passage is read for the second time，you are required to fill in the blanks with the exact words you have just heard. Finally，when the passage is read for the third time，you should check what you have written.
注意：此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。
It is important that we be mindful of the earth, the planet out of which we are bornand by which we are nourished, guided, healed-the planet, however, which we have (26)______ to a considerable degree in these past two centuries of(27)______ exploitation. This exploitation has reached such (28)______ thatpresently it appears that some hundreds of thousands of species will be(29)______ before the end of the century.
In ourtimes, human shrewdness has mastered the deep (30)______ of the earth at alevel far beyond the capacities of earlier peoples. We can break the mountainsapart; we can drain the rivers and flood the valleys. We can turn the mostluxuriant forests into throwaway paper products. We can (31)______ the greatgrass cover of the western plains and pour (32)______ chemicals into the soiluntil the soil is dead and blows away in the wind. We can pollute the air withacids, the rivers with sewage(污水), the seas with oil. We caninvent computers (33)______ processing ten million calculations per second. Andwhy"? To increase the volume and the speed with which we move naturalresources through the consumer economy to the junk pile or the waste heap. Ourmanagerial skills are measured by the competence (34)______ in acceleratingthis process. If in these activities the physical features of the planet aredamaged, if the environment is made inhospitable for (35)______ living species,then so be it. We are, supposedly, creating a technological wonder world.
六级听力答案
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六级听力原文
听力短对话
1.
W: Hasmy order arrived yet? I have been expecting it last week.
M：I called the company thismorning. They had some labor problems, so your order will be shipped late. Itshould be here by the end of the week.
Q；What has caused the delayof the shipment?
2.
W: Idon’t agree with Mr. Johnson’s views on social welfare. He seems to suggest thepoor are robbing the rich.
M: Hemight have used better words to express his idea, but I think what he saidmakes a lot of sense.
Q：What does the man mean?
3.
M：Liz, I just found out Ihave a meeting and I can’t pick up the kids after their soccer practice. Wouldyou be able to pick them up in time?
W：Yes, that won’t be aproblem. I think I can finish early today.
Q：Why does the man say he can’tpick up the kids?
4.
W: Maryis going to get a little dog from one of her relatives.
M: Really?But I hear her apartment building is about to place a ban on pet animals.
Q：What does the man imply?
5.
W：I can never tell whether it’sLisa or Gale on the phone. Their voices sound incredibly similar.
M: That’sabout the only thing they have in common for twins, believe it or not.
Q：What does the man mean?
6.
W: Jay,what does the fax from our associates in Britain say?
M：They want to know if theeconomic crisis would affect our ability to carry out the deal we signed lastNovember.
Q：What are the speakerstalking about?
7.
M: Doyou think you'll be able to get this ink stain out of my pants?
W: Itwon't be a problem, but I need to send them over to our main cleaning facility.That’s an extra day’s time.
Q：What does the woman mean?
8.
W: Thatlooks like a protest rally. I wonder what they are protesting against.
M: Thatsign says they are against importing luxury goods from Europe. They seemed tobe getting so worked up about that.
Q：What are the speakerstalking about?
听力长对话原文1
Conversation One
W：What isit, Bob? (9)You sounded pretty serious on the phone. Have we still got a budgetproblem?
M：I don’ know. I hope not. Themeeting's on Friday. But that’s not what I want to talk to you about. Er, closethe door, will you? It’s Marsha.
W: Marsha?What about her?
M: I'mworried. I don’t know what to do. (10)She’s just not performing. We may have tolet her go.
W: Fireher? She’s been with us a long time, Bob. If she leaves, it’ll be a big loss tous. She’s done really excellent work.
M：Yes. But lately, the lastmonth or so, in fact, there have been a lot of problems. She’s changed. Notonly does she have a tendency to be moody all the time, but she missesappointments, doesn’t follow through on projects, and doesn't seem to plananything till the last minute.
W: Em, didshe ever explain why she didn’t show up for the Denver trip?
M：No. She said she was sorryand that it wouldn’t happen again. (11) Something about a mix-up onarrangements to get to the airport. Now, whenever anybody mentions the subjectto her, she just goes silent. I don’t know. Thank goodness, David pulled us outof the hole on that one.
W: Yes, hedid a really fine job, filling in for Marsha like that at the last minute.
M：(12)I don’t think it was thefirst time he’s had to do that. If we knew all the facts, I think we’d findthat he's been covering for Marsha on quite a few projects.
9. Whatdid the man do before he came to see the woman?
10. Whatdoes the man say about Marsha?
11. Howdid Marsha explain why she didn't show up for the Denver trip?
12. Whatdoes the man say about David?
听力长对话原文2
Conversation Two
M：You also hire the mistressesof Oxford High School for girls. How many girls do you have here?
W：We have 615 girls.
M: in yourexperience, do girls do better academically and later professionally insingle-sex schools?
W：Yes. I think they do betteracademically and you can measure that very crudely from the examinationresults, (13) I also think they do better academically because they have moreopportunities to take the leading role in discussions and in managerial responsibilities.(14)I think they see the role models of the chief positions in the school beingheld by women.
M：I wonder if you could saythen in a few words what the advantages are for a girl at a single-sex school.Well, I think within the classroom, she’s going to have full opportunity toexpress her own opinions. She isn’t going to be shouted down by over-confidentyoung gentlemen.
W: Areteenagers in particular, do you think, sheltered too much from contact with theopposite sex? Does this cause them difficulties when they find themselves inmixed groups?
M：Well, I would like to findthe parents who could shelter girls from the opposite sex if they live in Oxford.(15)They encounter boys all the time socially out of school, and throughdebating societies and things like that, some school activities as well.
M: So, nodisadvantages at all?
W：I don’t think there are anydisadvantages. I think that it’s grossly overstated that one needs to havecontact with the opposite sex right through the whole of life, in the classroomand outside the classroom and at all ages.
13. Whatdoes the woman say about the girls in her school?
14. Whatdo we learn about the woman's school?
15. What does the woman say about the girls' social life?
听力短文原文
Passage One
Larry arrivedearly for his speaking engagement. He positioned the table so that he couldmove close to the audience that's the strategic point in the speech. (16)He hadread that speakers can be more persuasive if they invade the personal space oflisteners, encouraging an emotional response. For the same reason, he placedthe chairs close to each other and raised the temperature to a slightlyuncomfortable level. (17)The purpose of the speech was to encourage theaudience of corporate executives and local business owners to support localsports groups. To enhance his credibility with the audience, Larry had broughtsome slides of his family attending sports events. One photo showed him at anaward ceremony, where he had been honored for his financial contribution to alocal baseball team. Realizing that this particular audience would find hisregional accent unattractive, Larry planned to speak with an accent that wouldbe more acceptable to his audience. (18)After reading a book on how to addressfor success, he had purchased an expensive dark navy suit and golden tie. Hechose colors and styles known to communicate power and influence. (19)Justbefore people began entering the hall, Larry dimmed the lights and turned upthe sound system, which was playing soft music, hoping to create a warmpersonal atmosphere for the speech. He hoped that these added effects wouldencourage his audience to support local sports teams. He had also planned thecontent of his speech to focus on the teams with the best records, the onesthat had won the most games in the last season.
16.How cana speaker make himself more persuasive when delivering a speech?
17.Forwhat purpose was Larry going to make a speech?
18.Why didLarry purchase an expensive navy suit and golden tie?
19.Why didLarry dim the lights and turn up the sound system before people entered thehall?
Passage Two
PhillisWheatley was a young African-American slave who belonged to landowner JohnWheatley in Colonial America. (20)She was also a poet and the firstAfrican-American ever to publish a book. Her poems on various subjects,religious and moral were printed in Boston in 1773, three years before thesigning of the Declaration of Independence. Early slaves were generally deniededucation, but Wheatley was allowed by her owner to study poetry, Latin and theBible. And by the time she reached her late teens, she had written enoughpoetry to put together a slender book of verse. Even so, publication wasdifficult. (21)The publisher, fearful of being cheated, forced her to submit tohis scholarly examination by a board of educated men, including the colonialgovernor. The board of judges questioned Wheatley extensively and ruled thatshe was educated enough to have written the book. Only then was publicationpermitted. Wheatley may have been the first, but she was not the only slave towrite books during the growing days of the Republic. Unfortunately, most of theearly popular African-American writers have been all but forgotten in moderntimes until now. A chronicle professor, Henry Louis Gates, recently studied aresearch project looking into 19th century African-American fiction and poetry.(22)In the process he uncovered numerous lost works, almost half of which werewritten by African-American women. In very literary styles, the newlyresurfaced manuscripts offered a rich stock of African-American culture,recreating among other things the early days of slavery and the importance ofreligion to the slaves.
20. Whatdoes the speaker say about Phillis Wheatley?
21. Whatwas Wheatley forced to do to get her book published?
22. Whatdid Prof. Henry Louis Gates uncover in the process of his research?
Passage Three
In today'spersonality stakes, nothing is more highly valued than the sense of humor. Weseek it out in others and are proud to claim it in ourselves, perhaps even morethan good looks or intelligence. (23) If someone has a great sense of humor, wereason, it means that they are happy, socially confident and have a healthyperspective on life. (24)This attitude would have surprised the ancient Greeks,who believed humor to be essentially aggressive. And in fact our admiration forthe comically gifted is relatively new and not very well-founded, says RodMartin’s a psychologist at the University of Western Ontario. "Being funnyisn't necessarily an indicator of good social skills and well-being,” hisresearch has shown, "it may just exactly be a sign of personalityflaws." (25)He has found that humor is a double-edged sword. It can forgebetter relationships and help you cope with life, or it can be corrosive eatingaway your self-esteem and irritating others. "It’s a form of communicationlike speech, and we all use it differently*" says Martin. We use bondinghumor to enhance our social connections* but we also may employ it as a way ofexcluding or rejecting an outsider. Though humor is essentially social, how youuse it says a lot about your sense of self. Those who use self-defeating humor,making fun of themselves, of the enjoyment of others, tend to maintain thathostility toward themselves even when alone. Similarly, those who are able toview the world with amused tolerance are often equally forgiving of their ownshortcomings.
23. How dopeople today view humor according to the speaker?
24. Whatdid ancient Greeks think of humor?
25. What has psychologist Rod Martin found about humor?
听力填空
It isimportant that we be mindful of the earth, the planet out of which we are bornand by which we are nourished, guided, healed-the planet, however, which wehave abused to a considerable degree in these past two centuries of industrialexploitation. This exploitation has reached such extremes that presently itappears that some hundreds of thousands of species will be extinguished beforethe end of the century.
In our times, human shrewdness has mastered the deep mysteriesof the earth at a level far beyond the capacities of earlier peoples. We canbreak the mountains apart; we can drain the rivers and flood the valleys. Wecan turn the most luxuriant forests into throwaway paper products. We can tear apartthe great grass cover of the western plains and pour toxic chemicals into thesoil until the soil is dead and blows away in the wind. We can pollute the airwith acids, the rivers with sewage(污水), the seas with oil. We caninvent computers capable of processing ten million calculations per second. Andwhy"? To increase the volume and the speed with which we move naturalresources through the consumer economy to the junk pile or the waste heap. Ourmanagerial skills are measured by the competence manifested in acceleratingthis process. If in these activities the physical features of the planet aredamaged, if the environment is made inhospitable for a multitude of living species,then so be it. We are, supposedly, creating a technological wonder world.
六级听力解析
【听力短对话解析】
1.A)【精析】事实细节题。对话中,女士询问订单是否到 货,男士回答说由于劳工问题,将会延迟发货。由 此可知,造成货运延迟的原因是劳工问题。
2.D) 【精析】观点态度题。对话中，女士表示她不同意Johnson先生就社会福利问题提出的观点，男士则认为Johnson先生的观点很有道理。由此可见,男士同意Johnson先生的观点。
3.C) 【精析】目的原因题。对话中,男士说他刚发现自己 有个会议要参加,所以他无法去接孩子，因此询问 女士是否可以去接孩子。由此可知,男士不能去接 孩子的原因是他要去参加一个会议。
4.B)【精析】弦外之音题。对话中,女士提到Mary将会从亲戚那里得到一条小狗,男士却说听说Mary所住的公寓楼将要禁止养宠物。由此可知，Mary不能在公寓里养狗。
5.B) 【精析】弦外之音题。对话中,女士表示自己在电话里分不出Lisa和Gale的声音,男士则表示声音是这对双胞胎唯一相同之处。言外之意,她们有很多不同点。
6.C) 【精析】综合理解题。对话中,女士询问英国合伙人发来的传真内容,男士回答说合伙人想知道金触危机是否会影响去年11月份所签协议的执行。由此可见,两人谈论的话题是合伙人传真的内容。
7.D) 【精析】语义理解题。对话中,男士询问是否可以洗掉裤子上的污淸,女士表示没有问题,但是需要送到主洗衣设备那里去涨，因此需要额外加一天。由此可见,清洗这条裤子需要比平常多的时间。
8.B)【精析】综合理解题。对话中,女士说人们在抗议集会游行,并向男士询问人们抗议的原因。男士回答说标语上写着他们反对从欧洲进口奢侈品，游行人群似乎很激动。由此可见,两人谈it的话题与抗议集会有关。
【听力长对话解析】
【长对话1解析】
9. Whatdid the man do before he came to see the woman?
C)【精析】细节推断题。对话开始,女士问Bob发生 了什么事，并表示他在电话里的声音听起来很严肃,这表明两人刚才通了电话。
10. Whatdoes the man say about Marsha?
A)【精析】事实细节题。对话中男士表示很担心Marsha,因为她表现很差,公司有可能要解雇她。
11. Howdid Marsha explain why she didn't show up for the Denver trip?
A)【精析】细节推断题。对话中女士询问男士，Marsha是否解释了丹佛之行没有出现的原因，男士回答说是因为她把去机场的（时间）安排弄错 了,也就是说Marsha没有准时到达机场。
12. Whatdoes the man say about David?
C)【精析】细节辨认题。对话进行到后半部分,两人提到了另一位男士David,他就是本选项中的He。David在丹佛之行中补上了Marsha的空缺,而这也不是唯一的一次,他已经在好几个项目中补救 过Marsha的过失了。
【长对话2解析】
13.Whatdoes the woman say about the girls in her school?
C)【精析】事实细节题。女士指出，女生们在学习成绩上更加出色是因为她们有更多的机会在讨论会 和管理责任中担任领导角色,也就是说她们有更多的机会发展领导技能。
14. Whatdo we learn about the woman's school?
A)【精析】细节推断题。对话中女士指出，她认为女学生们视学校里那些担任高级管理人员的女性为镑样,也就是说学校的主要职位是由女性担任的。
15. Whatdoes the woman say about the girls' social life?
D)【精析】细节推断题。对话中女士指出，她们的女学生在校外的社交活动、辩论会以及其他的学校活动中总是能够和男生接触。
【听力短文解析】
【短文1解析】
16.How cana speaker make himself more persuasive when delivering a speech?
A) 【精析】细节辨认题。短文中提到Larry从一本书 中学到,如果演讲者以进入听众的个人空间,就 会使演讲更具有说服力,激发听众情感上的回应。
17.Forwhat purpose was Larry going to make a speech?
B)【精析】目的原因题。短文中提到，演讲的听众是公司管理展和地方的企业家，演讲的目的是鼓励 他们支持地方的运动团体。
18.Why didLarry purchase an expensive navy suit and golden tie?
D)【精析】目的原因题。短文中提到,演讲者购买了昂贵的深蓝色西装和金色领带•是因为这样的照 格和颜色可以传达气势和影响力。
19.Why didLarry dim the lights and turn up the sound system before people entered thehall?
B)【精析】目的原因题。对话中提到，Larry在观众入场之前将灯光调暗,调高轻音乐的音量,是希望能够力演讲创造一种温暖的私人氛围。
【短文2解析】
20. Whatdoes the speaker say about Phillis Wheatley?
D) 【精析】事实细节题。短文中指出,Phillis Wheatley 是一位诗人，并非是第一位出版书籍的非裔美国人。
21. Whatwas Wheatley forced to do to get her book published?
C) 【精析】细节辨认题。短文中提到,Phillis Wheatley 的诗集出版非常困难,出版商由于担心被欺骗,强迫她接受包括殖民忌督在内的一群受过教育的人对她进行学术审查。
22. Whatdid Prof. Henry Louis Gates uncover in the process of his research?
D)【精析】细节辨认题。短文中提到,编年史学教授Henry Louis Gates进行了项研究,研究过程中发现了众多先传的作品,其中半数都为非裔美国女性作家所著
【短文3解析】
23. How dopeople today view humor according to the speaker?
D) 【精析】推理判断题。短文介绍了幽默这一性格 特点,如果一个人拥有极强的幽默感，那么说明这 个人是快乐的,在社交方面充满自信，并且拥有健 康的生活态度。
24. Whatdid ancient Greeks think of humor?
B) 【精析】事实细节题。短文中提到，现代人对幽默的看法可能会吓到古希腊人，因为古希腊人认为幽默在本质上具有挑衅性。
25. Whathas psychologist Rod Martin found about humor?
A) 【精析】细节辨认题。短文中提到,心理学家Rod Martin发现幽默是一把双刃剑。
【听写填空解析】
26. abused
【精析】句意推断题。根据空格前的have和空格 后的to可知，此处应填入动词的过去分词形式。 结合录音填入abused,意为"滥用"。
27.industrial
【精析】句意推断题。空格前为of,空格后为名词exploitation,故空格处应填入一个形容词来修饰 后面的名词。结合录音填入industrial,意为"工业的"。
28.extremes
【精析】句意推断题。在such ...that句型中,such 后面应该填入一个名词。结合录音填入extremes,意为"极端"。
29.extinguished
【精析】句意推断题。根据空格前的will be可知，空格处应填入形容词作表语或填入动词的过去分词形式构成被动语态。结合录音填入extinguished,意为"熄灭,消灭"。
30.mysteries
【精析】句意推断题。空格前为形容词,空格后为 介词of,故空格处应填入一个名词（词组）。结合录音填入mysteries,意为"神秘,谜"。
31. tearapart
【精析】句意推断题。空格前为情态动词cam故 空格处应填入动词（词组）。结合录音填入tear apart,意为"扯开,斯开"。
32. toxic
【精析】修饰关系题。空格前为动词pour,后为名 词chemicals,故空格处应填入一个形容词来修饰 后面的名词。结合录音填入toxic,意为"有毒的"。
33.capable of
【精析】语义推断题。句子主干结构完整，故空格处应填入定语修饰前面的computers,结合录音填入capable of,意为"有能力的"。
34.manifested
【精析】语义推断题。空格前为名词，空格后为介词短语,故空格处应填入一个形容词或动词的分词形式作名词的后置定语。结合录音填入manifested,意为"显示,表明"。
35. amultitude of
【精析】句意推断题。空格前为for,空格后为living species,故空格处应填入形容词、副词或其他性质相同的词组。结合录音填入a multitude of，意为"大量的"。
