六级听力真题

Section C
Compound Dictation
New technology links the world as never before. Our planet has (36) ______ . It's now a "global village" where countries are only seconds away by fax or phone or (37) ______ link. And, of course, our ability to benefit from this high-tech communications equipment is greatly (38) ______ by foreign language skills.
Deeply involved with this new technology is a (39) ______ of modern business people who have a growing respect for the economic value of doing business abroad. In modern markets, success overseas often helps support (40) ______ business efforts.
Overseas assignments are becoming (41) ______ important to advancement within executive ranks. The executive (42) ______ in another country no longer needs to fear being "out of sight and out of mind." He or she can be sure that the overseas effort is (43) ______ to the company's plan for success, and that promotions often follow or accompany an assignment abroad. If an employee can (44) _____________________________________________________________________________________ where cross-cultural and foreign language issues are becoming more and more prevalent.
Thanks to a variety of relatively inexpensive communications devices with business applications, (45) ___________________________________________________________________ .
English is still the international language of business. (46) ____________________________________________________ . A second language isn't generally required to get a job in business, but having language skills gives a candidate the edge when other qualifications appear to be equal.

答案解析

Section C
Compound Dictation
36. shrunk
解析：根据文章开头几句，知道新技术将我们的距离拉近了，换言之就是我们的地球“缩水了”，所以这里不难听出答案。由于空格前有has，这里应用过去分词形式，shrunk是shrink的过去分词。
37. satellite
解析：从by后面的并列结构可知这里的“link”也是其中的一个并列成分，空格处应为修饰link的词，可能是形容词或名词。satellite意为“人造卫星”，注意中间的I要双写。
38. enhanced
解析：由空格前的be动词以及后面的by引导的状语，知道这里是被动语态，应填入动词过去分词。enhance意为“加强，增进”。
39. breed
解析：此空所在的句子是个倒装句，正常的语序应该是A breed of modern business people who... is deeply involved with this new technolony。breed的意思是“种类，类型”，注意双写e。
40. domestic
解析：根据这一段的大意以及其中所提及的“abroad”和“overseas”，不难知道这里应是与之相对的范畴，即“国内（贸易/市场）”这一概念，domestic意为“国内的”。
41. increasingly
解析：此空位于系动词和形容词之间，推测应该是修饰后面形容词的副词。
42. stationed
解析：从这个句子的结构看来，主谓宾都不缺，显然空格处的这个短语部分应该是对主语起修饰作用；这里直接用了一个过去分词stationed，相当于“which is stationed”，意为“驻扎在另一个国家的”。
43. central
解析：空格在is之后，后面又有一个to引导的介词短语，推测这里应填形容词或过去分词；central在这里表示overseas effort总是针对公司的发展计划而展开。
44. 标准答案：succeed in a difficult assignment overseas, superiors will have greater confidence in his or her ability to cope back in the United States
听音关键：succeed, difficult assignment overseas, greater confidence, cope back
答案重构：do a good job with a difficult overseas assignment, he or she will be more confident to come back to work in the United States
画龙点睛：这里前半句是表条件的分句，看到can，知道用动词原型，而后面的分句一般会用将来时。有些关键词如“overseas assignment”在前文出现过，根据上文意思，不难写出答案。
45. 标准答案：even small businesses in the United States are able to get into international markets
听音关键：samll businesses, get into, international markets
答案重构：even small businesses in the United States can enter international markets
画龙点睛：此句结构简单，用词普通，仔细聆听，便可得出答案。注意business用了复数。
46. 标准答案：But there is an ever-growing need for people who can speak another language
听音关键：ever-growing need, another language
答案重构：But we are going to need more and more bilingual people
画龙点睛：前一句是说英语是国际商务通用的语言，听音时出现了转折词but，再加上空格后面说到第二语言的重要性，可推知这里可能是关于第二种语言的信息。此处用词简单，仔细倾听，不难作答。