六级听力真题

Section C Compound Dictation
Improving the balance between the working part of the day and the rest of it is a goal of a growing number of workers in rich Western countries. Some are turning away from the (36) ______ of their parents, for whom work always comes first; others with (37) ______ skills are demanding more because they know they can get it. Employers, (38) ______ between a falling population of workers and tight controls on (39) ______ , are eager to identify extra payment that will (40) ______ more "talent" their way. Just now they are focusing on benefits that offer employees more than just pay. Some companies saw the change of mood some time ago. IBM has more than 50 different programs (41) ______ work-life balance and Bank of America over 30. But plenty of other firms remain (42) ______ and many lack the capacity to cater to such ideas even if they wanted to. Helen Murlis, with Hay Group, a human-resources (43) ______ , sees a widening gap between firms "at the creative end of employment" and those that are not. (44) ____________________________________________________________________ . This allows people to escape rigid nine-to-five schedules and work away from a formal office. (45) ________________________________________________________________ . Companies have had to offer extended periods of leave for them to look after dependants (young and old), and flexible working in between. Ernst & Young, (46) ___________________________________________________________ in Houston, Texas.

答案解析

Section C Compound Dictation
36. 答案：ideals
解析：空格前的介词from和空格后的of表明此处需填入名词。ideals用在这里，表示“理想”。
37. 答案：scarce
解析：此处需要形容词，修饰skills。scarce意为“不足的”。
38. 答案：caught
解析：此处需要分词。caught为catch的过去分词。
39. 答案：immigration
解析：此处需要名词。immigration意为“移民”。
40. 答案：lure
解析：空格前的will表明此处需填入动词原形，作谓语。lure“引诱”。
41. 答案：promoting
解析：promoting work-life balance意为“促进工作生活平衡”。
42. 答案：unconvinced
解析：remain表明此处需填入形容词或分词。unconvinced意为“不信服的”。
43. 答案：consultancy
解析：a表明此处需填入名词单数形式。consultancy指“顾问（工作）”。
44. 标准答案：The chief component of almost all schemes to promote work-life balance is flexible working
听音关键：The chief component of almost all schemes to promote work-life balance is flexible working.
答案重构：The chief element of almost all schemes to promote work-life balance is flexible working.
画龙点睛：component的拼写较为复杂，可以用element改写。almost不要写成all most。
45. 标准答案：The spread of flexible working has come about at least partly as a result of initiatives to keep women workers
听音关键：The spread of flexible working, come about, result of initiatives, keep women workers
答案重构：The spread of flexible working has come about partly because of initiatives to keep women workers
画龙点睛：as a result of可以用because of改写。
46. 标准答案：keen to show that part-time workers can also become partners, recently made the first such appointment
听音关键：keen, show, part-time, partners, recently, appointment
答案重构：keen to show that part-timers can also become partners, recently made the first such appointment
画龙点睛：part-time workers可以合并为一个词：part-timers。