六级听力真题

Section C Compound Dictation
Most people don't wake up in the morning, comb their hair, and walk out the front door and onto the world stage. But Britain's Prince William does, though he's trying his best to act like an (36) ______ person.
In many ways, Prince's William's graduation from Sandhurst Military Academy earlier this month (37) _____ his battle for normality. "I really want to be in control of my own life," William said in an (38) _____ afterwards. "I'd want to go where my men went and I'd want to do what they did. I would not want to be kept back for being (39) _____ ."
Yet he has accepted that it would be unfair to put his men at risk by his (40) _____ on the front line. He (41) _____ took it better than his brother Harry, who told officers: "If I am not allowed to join my unit in a war zone, I will hand in my (42) _____ ."
The differences in the princes' characters are (43) _____ : William is the sensitive one, Harry the royal playboy. (44) ________________________________________________ .
The family have kept a close eye on William. But since he left St Andrews, (45) ________________________________________________________________________________ .
A celebrity PR adviser recently said that Prince William's relationship with the press would be crucial in terms of the future of the monarchy. (46) ____________________________________________________________________ . If he is influenced by his father then it could be the end," he said.

答案解析

答案解析：
36. 答案：ordinary
解析：此形容词意思与后文中的normality一致。注意字母组合or，元音字母i和a。
37. 答案：highlighted
解析：此处需要动词过去式作谓语。highlight“使显著，突出”。
38. 答案：interview
解析：此处需要一个元音开头的可数名词单数形式，interview在此意为“采访”。
39. 答案：precious
解析：形容词作表语，precious此处可理解为“尊贵的，宝贝的，被宠爱的”。
40. 答案：presence
解析：根据前面的所有格形式，此处需要一个名词。presence“出席，到场，存在”。
41. 答案：apparently
解析：此处需要一个副词。apparently不可受appear的影响而多写一个字母e。
42. 答案：uniform
解析：此处需要一个名词。uni(only)+form=uniform（形式唯一的；制服）。
43. 答案：obvious
解析：此处需要一个形容词。根据冒号后面的对比也可预测出意思是“明显的”，即obvious。
44. 标准答案：Those who have met William remember two things about him: his shyness and his efforts to be normal
听音关键：William, two things, shyness, efforts to be normal
答案重构：Whoever have met William remember two things about him: his shyness and his efforts to be normal
画龙点睛：第2个特点是文章中一再提及的信息，注意准确捕捉。
45. 标准答案：no official agreement has existed to protect his privacy, and he was heard to say at his graduation ceremony: "I'm going out into the big wide world"
听音关键：no official agreement, protect his privacy, say, graduation ceremony, big wide world
答案重构：there's no official agreement to protect his privacy, and people heard him say at his graduation ceremony: "I'm going out into the big wide world"
画龙点睛：直接引语最好不改动。
46. 标准答案："If he is his mother's son, then his instincts and understanding could be the making of the royals
听音关键：mother, instincts and understanding, making of the royals
答案重构：If he is like his mother, then his instincts and understanding could be qualities of the royals
画龙点睛：根据下文的father，此处应该提及mother, If he is his mother's son其实就是If he is like his mother的意思，making此处指“素质”，可以替换成qualities。