六级听力真题

Section C Compound Dictation
Most volcanoes are quiet. They rest (36) ______ for hundreds of years. No one pays much attention to them. Mount St. Helens was one of these volcanoes. Until 1980, it was a beautiful (37) ______ area. Its last eruption had been 123 years ago. No one was worried about another one. In March 1980, Mount St. Helens began to make noises. At first, there were some shaking movements. Then, small eruptions occurred. Some (38) ______ left immediately. Others felt there was no danger. But on the morning of May 18, 1980, the mountain (39) ______ its top. With the power of twenty-five (40) ______ bombs, Mount St. Helens exploded. Clouds of dust and ash rose more than twelve miles into the sky. Rocks and mud (41) ______ down on the slopes. Unfortunately, many people were still living, (42) ______ or working in the area. Over forty people lost their lives. Others were (43) ______ . Robert Baker was fishing with his family when the explosion happened. He reported that the morning of May 18 was strange. No birds were singing. The air was still. Then, he saw a large black cloud coming down towards them. In minutes, day turned into night. (44) _______________________________________________________________ . All the time, hot ash was raining on them. But other people were not so lucky. David Johnston, (45) _______________________________________________ . At 8:31 a.m., he radioed "This is it!" He was never heard again. Mount St. Helens is peaceful now. But its slopes are empty. (46) _________________________________________________________ .

答案解析

Section C Compound Dictation
36. 答案：peacefully
解析：此处需要修饰动词rest的副词。根据首句quiet可推知此处副词的词义应表“安静地，平静地”之义。
37. 答案：recreation
解析：recreation area为常用搭配，意为“旅游胜地”。
38. 答案：residents
解析：分析句子结构，句子缺少主语，空白处应为名词或名词性短语。resident意为“居民”，注意该词为可数名词且空格前有some，故要用复数形式。
39. 答案：blew
解析：此处应为谓语动词，根据上下文时态可知空白处应为动词的过去式。注意，blow与blew的发音非常接近，千万不要写错，更不可误写为blue。
40. 答案：atomic
解析：automic bomb为常用搭配，意为“原子弹”。
41. 答案：crashed
解析：动词crash，表示“（发出猛烈的声音）坠落”。注意，该词中-ed发/t/，与down相邻时，不完全爆破，即/t/不用发出声音。但根据上下文使用的时态判断，这里应该使用动词的过去式形式。另外，也不要误写为crush。
42. 答案：camping
解析：根据or前后的living和working以及were可判断，空格内应填入一个与living和working结构相同的动词的现在分词形式。camping为“野营”之义。
43. 答案：rescued
解析：根据句意和空格前的动词were判断，此处应使用及物动词的被动态形式。根据前句“40多人丧生”，填入的词可能有“获救”之义。
44. 标准答案：He called his family to their van and they started on the slow dark ride away from the mountain
听音关键：called, family, van, started, slow, dark, ride, away, mountain
答案重构：He called his family into the car and drove slowly away from the mountain in the darkness
画龙点睛：名词ride前有两个形容词，在改写时，可以将其拆开，改为两个状语。
45. 标准答案：a volcano expert, was standing near the summit of the mountain
听音关键：volcano expert, standing, near, summit
答案重构：a volcano expert, was near the top of the mountain when it exploded
画龙点睛：在不改变原文意思的前提下，为了简洁起见，可将standing省略。对于不熟悉的单词summit，则可用熟悉的top代替。
46. 标准答案：It will be many years before fish, plants and trees will again live on the mountain
听音关键：manny years, before, fish, plants, trees, again, live on the mountain
答案重构：Perhaps after many years, plants and animals will live on the mountain again
画龙点睛：“it+be+some time+before”的结构可以改写为“after+some time”的形式。