一 : 2012年12月六级听力原文及答案

Part III Listening Comprehension

Section A

11.

M: I’d like to go camping with you this weekend, but I don’t have a sleeping bag.

W: No problem. You can count on me to get one for you. My family has tons of camping gear.

Q: What does the woman mean?

答案：She can lend the man a sleeping bag.

【解析】这是一道较为简单的推理题，前提是考生需知道camping gear表示“野餐用具，露营装备”，由此可知，camping gear包括sleeping bag，即女士能借给男士一个睡袋，此题的设置稍微绕了个小弯，为考生解题设置了一定难度。［www.61k.com)go camping：去野餐，去露营；sleeping bag：睡袋。

12.

M: I know I promise to drive you to the airport next Thursday, but I’m afraid something has come up. They’ve called a special meeting at work.

W: No big deal. Karen said she was available as a back-up.

Q: What does the woman mean?

答案: Karen can take her to the airport.

【解析】此题为细节题。从对话中可知，男士下周四临时有事不能送女士去机场了，女士回答说Karen有空。back-up：n. 备用，备份，考生如果知道这个单词的意思，对整个对话的理解会有帮助。

13.

W: Have you saved enough money for a trip to Hawaii?

M: Not even close. My uncle must put the brakes on my travelling plans.

Q: What does the man mean?

答案：He can’t afford to go traveling yet.

【解析】此题为推理题。从男士的回答“我叔叔对我的旅行计划加以限制了。”中可推断出，这位男士还没有足够的钱去旅行。put the brakes on sth.表示“对……加以限制”，即使考生不知道这个短语的引申含义，但听到brake“刹车”应该也能大概判断出来答案。

14.

M: I’m starving. Do we still have any pie left from the dinner yesterday?

W: Oh, Julia invited her friends over in the afternoon and they ate it all.

Q: What do we learn from the conversation?

答案：The man has to find something else to eat.

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【解析】此题为简单的推理题。（www.61k.com）从对话中可知，女士回答说Julie下午邀请了她的朋友，他们把剩的饼都吃光了，由此可推断出这位男士不得不找别的东西吃。starving：adj. 饥饿的。 15.

W: Three letters of recommendation are required to apply to graduate schools. I was wondering if the one professor Smith wrote for me last year could still be used.

M: It’s a bit dated. You’d better submit a recent one.

Q: What does the man suggest the woman do?

答案：Present a new letter of reference.

【解析】此题为细节题。只要考生抓住这位男士回答中的关键词dated和recent，就不难找出正确答案，而且，整个答句也很短，均是简单句，易于考生理解。letter of recommendation和letter of reference意思相似，均可表示“推荐信”。

16.

W: I’ve noticed that you spend a lot of time tending your garden. Would you like to join our gardening club? We meet every other Wednesday.

M: Oh, thanks for the invitation, but this is how I relax. I’d rather not make it something formal and structured.

Q: What can we infer about the man?

答案：He declines to join the gardening club.

【解析】此题为暗示推理题，有一定难度。抓住问题中的关键词“infer”，这位男士暗示了什么？从男士的回答“谢谢邀请，但这是我放松的方式，我宁愿我的花园不那么条条框框”中可推断出，这位男士间接拒绝了参加园艺俱乐部的邀请。

17.

M: I heard the recent sculpture exhibit was kind of disappointing.

W: That’s right. I guess a lot of other people feel the way I do about modern art. Q: What does the woman mean?

答案：Many people do not appreciate modern art.

【解析】此题为简单的推理题。只要考生能理解女士的回答“我猜许多其他人对现代艺术和我的感觉是一样的。”，即可选出答案，而且答句中没有一个生难单词。sculpture exhibit：雕塑展。

18.

M: Bob is running for chairman of the student union. Would you vote for him?

W: Oh, I can’t decide right now because I have to find out more about the other candidates. Q: What does the woman mean?

答案：Bob cannot count on her vote.

【解析】此题为推理题。这位女士回答说她现在还没决定选谁，因为她还要看看其他候选人的资料和表现，由此可推断出，Bob不能依赖这位女士的选票。run for：竞选；chairman of the student union：学生会主席；vote for：投票赞成。

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Conversation One

W: I don’t know what to do. I can’t seem to get anyone in the hospital to listen to my complaints and this outdated equipment is dangerous. Just look at it.

M: Hmm, uh, are you trying to say that it presents a health hazard?

W: Yes, I am. The head technician in the lab tried to persuade the hospital administration to replace it, but they are trying to cut costs.

M: You are pregnant, aren’t you?

W: Yes, I am. I made an effort to get my supervisor to transfer me to another department, but he urged me not to complain too loudly. Because the administration is more likely to replace me than an X-ray equipment, I’m afraid to refuse to work. But I’m more afraid to expose my unborn child to the radiation.

M: I see what you mean. Well, as your union representative, I have to warn you that it would take quite a while to force management to replace the old machines and attempt to get you transferred may or may not be successful.

W: Oh, what am I supposed to do then?

M: Workers have the legal right to refuse certain unsafe work assignments under two federal laws, the Occupation or Safety and Health Act and the National Labor Relations Act. But the requirements of either of the Acts may be difficult to meet.

W: Do you think I have a good case?

M: If you do lose your job, the union will fight to get it back for you along with back pay, your lost income. But you have to be prepared for a long wait, maybe after two years. Q19. What does the woman complain about?

Q20. What has the woman asked her supervisor to do?

Q21. What does the man say about the two federal laws?

Q22. What will the union do if the woman loses her job?

【答案】

19. The health hazard at her work place.

20. Transfer her to another department.

21. Their requirements may be difficult to meet.

22. Try to help her to get it back.

点评：

本篇长对话是关于一名怀孕的员工就工作中的辐射伤害向工会投诉。[www.61k.com）对话一开篇女士先抱怨自己工作的医院无人听她申诉有关机器已过时，会造成身体伤害的问题，因为医院想要降低成本。然后她提到自己有向主管提出转调部门的要求，然而遭到拒绝。主管还告诫她，医院宁愿换掉她，让他人工作，也不会更换机器。于是工会代表告诉她转调部门确实可能不会成功。同时要想利用目前的法案来解决这一问题，也会很难实现。最后指出，除非她真正丢失工作，工会才能拿起法律武器帮她讨薪。

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本对话考生虽然对辐射造成身体伤害的话题并不陌生，但整个对话中部分单词可能还是会造成不少听力困扰。（www.61k.com］比如：health hazard（健康伤害）中的hazard；X-ray equipment（X光仪器）中的X-ray和两大法案的名称虽不难，但也容易混淆大家的视听，而误抓重点。 Conversation Two

W: Mr. Green, is it fair to say that negotiation is an art?

M: Well, I think it’s both an art and science. You can prepare for a negotiation quite scientifically, but the execution of the negotiation has quite a lot to do with one’s artistic quality. The scientific part of a negotiation is in determining your strategy. What do you want out of it? What can you give? Then of course there are tactics. How do you go about it? Do you take an opening position in a negotiation which differs from the eventual goal you are heading for? And then of course there are the behavioral aspects.

W: What do you mean by the behavioral aspects?

M: Well, that’s I think where the art comes in. In your behavior, you can either be an actor. You can pretend that you don’t like things which you are actually quite pleased about. Or you can pretend to like things which you are quite happy to do without. Or you can be the honest type negotiator who’s known to his partners in negotiation and always plays everything straight. But the artistic part of negotiation I think has to do with responding immediately to cues one gets in the process of negotiation. These can be verbal cues or even body language. This is where the artistic quality comes in.

W: So really, you see two types of negotiator then, the actor or the honest one.

M: That’ right. And both can work. I would say the honest negotiator can be quite effective in some circumstances. In other circumstances you need an actor.

Q23. When is a scientific approach best embodied in a negotiation according to the man? Q24. In what way is a negotiator like an actor according to the man?

Q25. What does the man say about the two types of negotiator?

【答案】

23. In the preparatory phase.

24. He behaves in a way contrary to his real intention.

25. Both can succeed depending on the specific situation.

【点评】

本长对话主要是关于谈判的艺术性和科学性。谈判的科学性部分主要体现在谈判策略，而谈判的艺术性则体现在表现上。这里可以归为两类，一是“演技派”，二是“诚实派”。另外，谈判的艺术性还与对谈判过程中获得的口头暗示、肢体语言进行及时反应有关。最后男士指出根据不同场合，无论是“诚实派”，或是“演技派”谈判者都能起到各自的效果。

本对话中的关键词有：negotiation：谈判；strategy：策略；behavioral：行为的。

2012年12月六级听力 2012年12月六级听力原文及答案

Section B

Passage 1

A scientific team is studying the thinking ability of eleven and half month old children. The test is a simple one. The baby watches a sort of show on a small stage. In Act One of the show, a yellow cube is lifted from a blue box, and moved across the stage. Then it is returned to the box. This is repeated 6 times. Act Two is similar except that the yellow cube is smaller. Baby boys do not react at all to the difference and the size of the cube. But girls immediately become excited. The scientists interpret the girls’ excitement as meaning they are trying to understand what they have just seen. They are wondering why Act Two is odd and how it differs from Act One. In other words, the little girls are reasoning. This experiment certainly does not definitely prove that girls start to reason before boys, but it provides a clue that scientists would like to study more carefully. Already it is known that bones, muscles and nerves develop faster in baby girls. Perhaps it is early nerve development that makes some infant girls show more intelligence than infant boys. Scientists have also found that nature seems to give another boost to girls. Baby girls usually talk at an earlier age than boys do. Scientists think that there is a physical reason for this. They believe that the nerve endings in the left side of the brain develop faster in girls than in boys, and it is this side of the brain that strongly influences an individual’s ability to use language and remember things.

Q26. What is the difference between Act One and Act Two in the test?

答案：The size of the objects shown.

Q27. How do the scientists interpret their observation from the experiment?

答案： Girls seem to start reasoning earlier than boys.

Q28. What does the speaker say about the experiment?

答案： It may simulate scientists to make further studies.

Q29. According to scientists, what is another advantage given to girls by nature? 答案： They talk at an early age.

【点评】

本文是一篇关于幼儿思维能力的文章。(www.61k.com)… but it provides a clue that… 一句前都是具体的实验过程，是一个例子，重点在实验为科学研究提供的线索。实验发现可能是早期的神经发育使女婴比男婴更聪明。科学家们还发现，自然可能还给了女孩另一大优势，那就是女孩通常比男孩早开口说话，而这也是因为神经末梢发育快于男孩。

关键词：interpret v. 解释；翻译boost n. 推动，帮助

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Passage 2

A super attendant of the city municipal building, Dillia Adorno, was responsible for presenting its new security plan to the public. City employees, citizens and reporters gathered in the hall to hear her describe the plan. After outlining the main points she would cover, she assured the audience that she would be happy to answer questions at the end of her presentation. Dillia realized the plan was expensive and potentially

controversial. So she was not surprised to see a number of hands go up as soon as she finished speaking. An employ asked, “Would the new system create long lines to get into the building like the line in the airport security checks?” Dillia had anticipated this question and had an answer ready. After repeating the question, she explained that the sufficient number of security guards would be working at peak hours to speed things along. The next question was more confrontational.”Where was the money come from to pay for all of this?”The journalists who ask the question seem hostile. But Dillia was careful not to adopt the defensive tone. She stated that the money would come from the city’s general budget. “I know these are tide times”, she added, “But everyone agrees on the importance of safe guarding our employees and members of the public who come into the building.” Near the end of the 25 minutes she has said, Dillia said she would take two more questions. When those were finished, she concluded the session with a brief restatement of how the new system will improve security and peace of mind in the municipal building.

Question 30 to 32 are based on the passage you have just heard.

30. What is the focus of Dillia Adorno’s presentation?

答案：The new security plan for the municipal building.

31. What question had Dillia Adorno anticipated?

答案： Whether the security checks would create long queues at peak hours.

32. What did the speakers think of the question from the journalist?

答案： Confrontational

【点评】

本文描写一位政府官员介绍了一项新的安保计划，并回答了在场人员的提问，类似于一场新闻发布会。（www.61k.com)计划成本较高，而且可能颇具争议。本文详细阐述了两个提问。第一个问题是Dillia预见到的，但第二个记者的提问是有对抗性的，即使confrontational这个词我们听不懂也没关系，可以从下文的其他词汇中推断，如hostile 有敌意的，而针对这个问题，Dillia让自己尽可能不采取defensive的态度，既然要采取防卫的态度，那记者的提问一定是在政府的对立面的，因此从defensive一词也可以判断出记者的态度。

关键词：attendant n. 随员 confrontational adj. 对抗性的 hostile，defensive

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Passage 3

Despite unemployment and the lost of her home, Andrea Clark considers herself a blessed and happy woman. Why the cheerful attitude? Her troubles have brought her closer to her family. Last year, Andrea’s husband, Rick, a miner in Nevada was laid off. Though Andrea kept her job as a school bus driver, she knew that they couldn’t pay their bill and support their youngest of five children, Zack, age nine, on one income. “At first their church helped out, but you can’t keep that up forever”, Andrea says. Then Michal, their eldest of her four adult children suggested they move in with his family. For almost three months, seven Clarks lived under one roof. Andrea, Rick and Zack stayed in the basement department, sharing laundry and single bathroom with Michal, his wife and their two children.

The change cut their expenditures in half, but the new living arrangement proved too

challenging. When Andrea found a job with a school district closer to her mother’s home in west Jorden, Utah, the family decided to move on. Packing up again with no picnic, Zack had to switch schools for the second time and space is even tighter. Andrea says that the moves themselves are exhausting and Rick is still looking for a job.

The recession has certainly come with more problems than Andrea anticipated, but she remains unfailingly optimistic. She is excited to spend more time with her mother. Another plus, rents are lower in Utah than in Nevada. So Andrea thinks they’ll be able to save up and move out in less than 6 months.

Questions 33-35 are based on the passage you have just heard.

Q33 What do we learn about Andrea’s husband?

答案：He used to work as a miner in Nevada.

Q34 Why did Andrea move to live in her eldest son’s home?

答案：To cut their living expenses.

Q35 What is Andrea’s attitude toward the hardships brought by the economic recession? 答案：Optimistic.

【点评】

本文描写了Andrea一家在经历失业时依然乐观向上的积极状态。(www.61k.com]这从文章的首句Despite unemployment and the lost of her home, Andrea Clark considers herself a blessed and happy woman.和最后一段but she remains unfailingly optimistic.都能得到印证。Andrea的丈夫是内华达的矿工，去年失业，为了维持生计，他们先是和大儿子一家住在一起，后来又搬家到犹他州，她的丈夫还在继续找工作。但是经济衰退，并没有让Andrea消极，她觉得自己和家人的关系更紧密了并且相信自己能够度过难关。

关键词：lay off 解雇；expenditure n. 支出，花费；optimistic adj. 乐观的

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Section C

Mountain climbing is becoming a popular sport, but it is also a potentially dangerous one.

People can fall. They may also become ill. One of the most common dangers to climbers is altitude sickness, which can affect even very experienced climbers. Altitude sickness usually begins when a climber goes above 8,000 to 9,000 feet. The higher one climbs, the less oxygen there is in the air. When people don’t get enough oxygen, they often begin to gasp for air. They may also feel dizzy and light-headed. Besides these symptoms of

altitude sickness, others such as headache and fatigue may also occur. At heights of over 18,000 feet, people may be climbing in a constant daze. Their state of mind can have adverse affect on their judgment. A few precautions can help most climbers avoid altitude sickness. The first is not to go too high, too fast. If you climb to 10,000 feet, stay at that height for a day or two. Your body needs to get used to a high altitude before you climb to a even higher one. Or if you do climb higher sooner, come back down to a lower height when you sleep. Also, drink plenty of liquids and avoid tobacco and alcohol. When you reach your top height, do like activities rather than sleep too much. You breathe less when you sleep, so you get less oxygen. The most important warning is this: if you have severe symptoms, then don’t go away, go down. Don’t risk injury or death because of

over-confidence or lack of knowledge.

36. potentially

37. experienced

38. gasp

39. dizzy

40. fatigue

41. constant

42. adverse

43. precautions

44. Your body needs to get used to a high altitude before you climb to a even higher one.

45. When you reach your top height, do like activities rather than sleep too much.

46. Don’t risk injury or death because of over-confidence or lack of knowledge.

【点评】

本文是有关高原病的，主要讲述了高原病的症状以及预防措施。（www.61k.com）文章本身长难句不多，但出现了较多偏难单词，考验学生的临场心态。

需填单词难度较大，如dizzy，fatigue，adverse，altitude等，对学生的词汇量要求颇高。 空格整体分布较为均匀，填写时间比较充足。所填词语格式比较重要，如-s等是不可漏过的细节。需填写的句子均较短，难度不是特别大。

二 : 2011年12月六级听力原文及答案

2011年12月大学英语六级考试

Section A

Directions: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and2 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 2 with a single line through the centre.

11.

M: I don’t know what to do. I have to drive to Chicago next Friday for my cousin’s wedding, but I have got a Psychology test to prepare for.

W: Why don’t you record your notes so you can study on the way?

Q: What does the woman suggest the man do?

12.

M: Professor Wright, you may have to find another student to play this role, the lines are so long and I simply can’t remember them all.

W: Look, Tony. It is still a long time before the first show. I don’t expect you to know all the lines yet. Just keep practicing.

Q: What do we learn from the conversation?

13.

M: Hello, this is Dr. Martin from the Emergency Department. I have a male patient with a fractured ankle.

W: Oh, we have one bed available in ward 3, send him here and I will take care of him. Q: What are the speakers talking about?

14.

W: Since Simon will graduate this May, the school paper needs a new editor. So if you are interested, I will be happy to nominate you.

M: Thanks for considering me. But the baseball team is starting up a new season. And I’m afraid I have a lot on my hands.

Q: What does the man mean?

15. W: Have you heard the news that Jame Smeil has resigned his post as prime minister?

M: Well, I got it from the headlines this morning. It’s reported that he made public at this decision at the last cabinet meeting.

Q: what do we learn about Jame Smeil?

16. W: The morning paper says the space shuttle is taking off at 10 a.m. tomorrow.

M: Yeah, it’s just another one of this year’s routine missions. The first mission was undertaken a decade ago and broadcast live then worldwide.

Q: what can we infer from this conversation?

17. M: We do a lot of camping in the mountains. What would you recommend for two people? W: You’d probably be better off with the four real drive vehicle. We have several off-road trucks in stock, both new and used.

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Q: Where does the conversation most probably take place?

18. W: I hear you did some serious shopping this past weekend.

M: Yeah, the speakers of my old stereo finally gave out and there was no way to repair them. Q: What did the man do over the weekend?

Conversation One

W: Now, could you tell me where the idea for the business first came from?

M: Well, the original shop was opened by a retired printer by the name of Gruby. Mr Gruby being left-handed himself, thought of the idea to try to promote a few products for left-handers. W: And how did he then go about actually setting up the business?

M: Well, he looked for any left-handed products that might already be on the market which were very few. And then contacted the manufactures with the idea of having products produced for him, mainly in the scissors range to start with.

W: Right. So you do commission some part of your stock.

M: Yes, very much so. About 75 percent of our stock is specially made for us.

W: And the rest of it?

M: Hmm, the rest of it now, some 25, 30 years after Mr. Gruby’s initial efforts, there are more left-handed product actually on the market. Manufactures are now beginning to see that there is a market for left-handed products.

W: And what’s the range of your stock?

M: The range consists of a variety of scissors from children scissors to scissors for tailors, hairdressers etc. We also have a large range of kitchen ware.

W: What’s the competition like? Do you have quite a lot of competition?

M: There are other people in the business now in specialists, but only as mail-order outlets. But we have a shop here in central London plus a mail-order outlet. And we are without any doubt the largest supplier of the left-handed items.

Q19: What kind of business does the man engaged in?

Q20: What does the man say about his stock of products?

Q21: What does the man say about other people in his line of business?

Conversation Two

M: Can we make you an offer? We would like to run the campaign for four extra weeks.

W: well, can we summarize the problem from my point of view? First of all, the campaign was late. It missed two important trade affairs. The ads also did not appear into key magazines. As a result, the campaign failed. Do you accept that summary of what happened?

M: well, the delay wasn’t entirely our fault. You did in fact make late changes to the specifications of the advertisements.

W: Uh, actually, you were late with the initial proposals so you have very little time and in fact, we only asked for small changes.

M: Well whatever, can we repeat our offer to run the campaign for 4 extra weeks?

W: That’s not really the point. The campaign missed two key trade affairs. Because of this, we are asking you either to repeat the campaign next year for free, or we only pay 50% of the fee for this year.

M: Could we suggest a 20% reduction to the fee together with the four week sustention to the campaign.

W: We are not happy. We lost business.

2011年12月六级听力答案 2011年12月六级听力原文及答案

M: I think we both made mistakes. The responsibility is on both sides.

W: Ok, let’s suggest a new solution. How about a 40% cut in fee, or a free repeat campaign? M: Well, let’s take a break, we’re not getting very far. Perhaps we should think about this. 22: What do we learn about the man’s company?

23: Why was the campaign delayed according to the man?

24: What does the woman propose as a solution to the problem?

25: What does the man suggest they do at the end of the conversation?

Section B

Passage One

The University of Tennessee’s Walters Life Sciences building, is a model animal facility, spotlessly clean, careful in obtaining prior approval for experiments from an animal care committee. Of the 15,000 mice house there in a typical year, most give their lives for humanity. These are good mice and as such won the protection of the animal care committee. At any given time however some mice escape and run free. These mice are pests. They can disrupt experiments with the bacteria organisms they carry. They are bad mice and must be captured and destroyed. Usually, this is accomplished by means of sticky traps, a kind of fly paper on which they become increasingly stuck. But the real point of the cautionary tale, says animal behaviorist Herzau, is that the labels we put on things can affect our moral responses to them. Using stick traps or the more deadly snap traps would be deemed unacceptable for good mice. Yet the killing of bad mice requires no prior approval. Once the research animal hits the floor and becomes an escapee, says Herza, its moral standard is instantly diminished. In Herzau’s own home, there was more ironic example when his young son’s pet mouse Willy died recently, it was accorded a tearful ceremonial burial in garden. Yet even as they mourned Willy, says Herzau, he and his wife were setting snap traps to kill the pest mice in their kitchen with the bare change in labels from pet to pest, the kitchen mice obtained totally different moral standards

Questions:

26, What does the passage say about most of the mice used for experiments?

27, Why did the so-called bad mice have to be captured and destroyed?

28, When are mice killed without prior approval?

29, Why does the speaker say what the Herzau’s did at home is ironical?

Passage Two

There are roughly three New Yorks. There is, first, the New York of the man or woman who was born here, who takes the city for granted and accepts its size and its turbulence as natural and inevitable. Second, there is the New York of the commuter — the city that is swallowed up by locusts each day and spat out each night. Third, there is the New York of the person who was born somewhere else and came to New York in quest of something. Of these three trembling cities the greatest is the last, the city of final destination, the city that has a goal. It is this third city that accounts for New York's high-strung disposition, its poetical deportment, its dedication to the arts, and its incomparable achievements. Commuters give the city its tidal restlessness; natives give it solidity and continuity; but the settlers give it passion. And whether it is a farmer arriving from Italy to set up a small grocery store in a slum, or a young girl arriving from a small town in Mississippi to escape the indignity of being observed by her neighbors, or a boy arriving from the

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Corn Belt with a manuscript in his suitcase and a pain in his heart, it makes no difference: each embraces New York with the intense excitement of first love, each absorbs New York with the fresh eyes of an adventurer, each generates heat and light to dwarf the Consolidated Edison Company.

Questions 30 to 32 are based on the passage you have just heard.

30. What does the speaker say about the natives of New York?

31. What does the speaker say commuters give to New York?

32. What do we learn about the settlers of New York?

Passage Three

“If you asked me television is unhealthy”, I said to my roommate Walter, as I walked into the living room.“While you are sitting passively in front of the TV set, your muscles are turning to fat, your complexion is fading, and your eyesight is being ruined.”

“Shh~”Walter put his finger to his lips, “This is an intriguing murder mystery.”

“Really?” I replied.

“But you know, the brain is destroyed by TV viewing. Creativity is killed by that box. And people are kept from communicating with one another. From my point of view, TV is the cause of the declining interest in school and the failure of our entire educational system.”

“Ah ha, I can’t see your point.” Walter said softly. “But see? The woman on the witness stand in this story is being questioned about the murder that was committed one hundred years ago.” Ignoring his enthusiastic description of the plot, I went on with my argument.

“As I see it,” I explained, “not only are most TV programs badly written and produced, but viewers are also manipulated by the mass media. As far as I am concerned, TV watchers are cut off from reality from nature, from the other people, from life itself! I was confident in my ability to persuade.

After a short silence, my roommate said, “Anyway, I’ve been planning to watch the football game. I am going to change the channel.”

“Don’t touch that dial!” I shouted, “I wanted to find out how the mystery turns out!”

I am not sure I got my point to cross.

Questions 33- 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.

33. As the speaker walked into the living room, what was being shown on TV?

34. What does the speaker say about watching television?

35. What can we say about the speaker?

Section C Compound Dictation

In the past, one of the biggest disadvantages of machines has been their inability to work on a micro scale. For example, doctors did not have devices allowing them to go inside the human body to perform surgery. Repair crews did not have a way of broken pipes located deep within a high-rise building. However, that’s about to change. Advances in computers and biophysics have started a micro miniature that allows scientists to envision and in some cases actually build microscopic machines. These devices promise to change the way we live and work.

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Micromachines already are making an impact. At Case Western Reserve

University in Cleveland, Ohio, research scientists have designed a 4-inch silicon chip that holds 700 tiny motors. At Lucas Nova Sensor in Fremont, California, scientists have perfected the world’s first microscopic blood-pressure sensor. Threaded through a person’s blood blood pressure readings at the valve of the heart itself.

. Some futurists envision nanotechnology also being used to explore the deep sea in small submarine, or even to launch finger-sized rockets packed with micro miniature instruments.

“There is an explosion of new ideas and applications,” So,

2011年12月六级听力答案 2011年12月六级听力原文及答案

Listening Comprehension短对话

听力答案

11.

Q: What does the woman suggest the man do?

【答案】A）Listen to the recorded notes while driving.

12.

Q: What do we learn from the conversation?

【答案】C）The man lacks confidence in playing the part.

13.

Q: What are the speakers talking about?

【答案】A）Arranging a bed for a patient.

14.

Q: What does the man mean?

【答案】A）He is too busy to accept more responsibility.

Section A

11.

Q: What does the woman suggest the man do?

【答案】A) Listen to the recorded notes while driving.

12.

Q: What do we learn from the conversation?

【答案】C) The man lacks confidence in playing the part.

13.

Q: What are the speakers talking about?

【答案】A) Arranging a bed for a patient

14.

Q: What does the man mean?

【答案】A) He is too busy to accept more responsibility.

15.

Q: what do we learn about Jame Smeil?

【答案】C) He has left his position in the government.

16.

Q: what can we infer from this conversation?

【答案】D) The man is well informed about the space shuttle missions.

17.

Q: Where does the conversation most probably take place?

【答案】A) At a car renting company

Section B

Passage One

【材料评析】

本篇文章主要是讲述人们对待老鼠不同的道德态度。[www.61k.com）

同是一个实验室里面老鼠，如果是为了人类实验做贡献，就是人们眼中的好老鼠；而一旦老鼠从实验室里面跑出来，携带病菌危害到了人类健康，那么这些逃跑掉的老鼠就成为了人们眼中的坏老鼠。人类会使用那些捕鼠夹子来消灭坏老鼠，但是对待好老鼠的时候态度截然不同，比如作者儿子的宠物老鼠死掉了，他们家甚至给它办了一场葬礼。

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作者的观点就是：如果我们对一样事物贴上了标签，那么在道德层面上，我们内心会根据标签的不同作出不同的反应。［www.61k.com)并不是事物本身有任何好与不好，只是人类自作主张给各个事物贴上了不同的标签。

Questions:

26 What does the passage say about most of the mice used for experiments?

【答案】D）They sacrifice their lives for the benefit of humans.

27 Why did the so-called bad mice have to be captured and destroyed?

【答案】C) They may affect the results of experiments.

28 When are mice killed without prior approval?

【答案】C) When they become escapees.

29 Why does the speaker say what the Herzau’s did at home is ironical?

【答案】A）While holding a burial ceremony for a pet mouse, they were killing pest mice. Passage Two

【材料评析】

这篇文章的主题是城市和文化。属于散文性质。

讲述了不同的人带给纽约不同的气息。第一种，纽约本地人，让纽约完整持续；第二种，纽约上班族，让纽约躁动不安；第三种，来纽约寻梦的人，他们让纽约充满热情。作者在内心觉得纽约正是因为有这样三种人才能如此闪耀光彩，尤其是最后一类人，为纽约做出的贡献最大。

本篇文章中，The Three New Yorks 具有双关含义，既可以指纽约城，也可以指纽约人。有些学生可能看到这里就没看懂。遇到这种情况应该先接着往后看，然后猜这个three New Yorks到底指什么。

Questions 30 to 32 are based on the passage you have just heard.

30. What does the speaker say about the natives of New York?

【答案】D) They take it for granted.

31. What does the speaker say commuters give to New York?

【答案】A) Tidal restlessness.

32. What do we learn about the settlers of New York?

【答案】B) They are adventurers from all over the world.

Passage 3

【材料评析】

这是一篇很有趣的记叙文。讲述了作者和室友的一段关于看电视问题的对话。

作者一直在强调看电视如何如何不好，并且列举出了一大堆的原因：会让身体变胖，面色枯黄，视力下降，并且会让孩子们的创造能力，交际能力下降。但是他的室友一直没有接他的话，一直专心于看自己的电视节目。

文章最幽默的是，最后一个情节，当室友说要换台的时候，作者立刻不愿意了，真是非常地讽刺，原来作者自己也是离不开电视机，受不了电视节目的诱惑的。

这篇文章难度比较低，生词几乎没有，大家只要看懂情节，基本上所有问题也可以回答出来，需要仔细认真，在听听力的时候虚拟场景。

33. As the speaker walked into the living room, what was being shown on TV?

【答案】D） A murder mystery

34. What does the speaker say about watching television?

【答案】C）It is unhealthy for the viewers.

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35. What can we say about the speaker?

【答案】B) He can’t resist the temptation of T.V. either.

Section C Compound Dictation

【答案】

36. detect

37. delicate

38. identifying

39. apartment

40. revolution

41. dramatically

42.primitive

43.vessels

44. Although simple versions of miniature devices have had an impact, advanced versions are still several years away

45.that can sense when to release an airbag and how to keep engines and breaks operating efficiently

46. when scientists now think about future machines doing large and complex tasks, they’re thinking smaller than ever before

本次复合式听写是一篇科技说明文。（www.61k.com）在过去，难以利用机器进行精细的操作（事例：医生、房屋修理人员）。但这一切都将随着机器微小型革命的发展而改变（硅片、血压感应器、安全气囊、刹车、深海探测等）。技术的发展也必然会导致思想与应用的大爆炸。

本次复合式听写难度较大。素材上是大家不太熟悉的科技性文章，填空部分也选择了较为生僻和复杂的单词与句子。细节上，38题的ing形式与43题的复数形式要多加注意。听写的三个句子更是让很多同学泪奔哪。听不懂啊有木有？同学们碰到这种情况要注意了，千万不能放弃。踩到一个点就是分数啊。第一句中，关键词是several years away，可以酌情演绎一下，虽然答案是更为先进的迷你机器给人类带来的美好愿景还是years away的，但同学若演绎为先进技术的实现还有待时日，也是可以酌情给分的。第二句难度较低，听到了airbag和brake自然会联想到汽车，与第一句的auto manufacturer相对应，所以基本可以肯定是有一种devise能够更好的控制airbag和brake咯，然后再paraphrase；第三句，抓住large and complex tasks 与thinking smaller 的对比，也可以猜测出是总结性的一个对比句。

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2011年12月大学英语六级考试

Section A

Directions: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and2 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 2 with a single line through the centre.

11.

M: I don’t know what to do. I have to drive to Chicago next Friday for my cousin’s wedding, but I have got a Psychology test to prepare for.

W: Why don’t you record your notes so you can study on the way?

Q: What does the woman suggest the man do?

12.

M: Professor Wright, you may have to find another student to play this role, the lines are so long and I simply can’t remember them all.

W: Look, Tony. It is still a long time before the first show. I don’t expect you to know all the lines yet. Just keep practicing.

Q: What do we learn from the conversation?

13.

M: Hello, this is Dr. Martin from the Emergency Department. I have a male patient with a fractured ankle.

W: Oh, we have one bed available in ward 3, send him here and I will take care of him. Q: What are the speakers talking about?

14.

W: Since Simon will graduate this May, the school paper needs a new editor. So if you are interested, I will be happy to nominate you.

M: Thanks for considering me. But the baseball team is starting up a new season. And I’m afraid I have a lot on my hands.

Q: What does the man mean?

15. W: Have you heard the news that Jame Smeil has resigned his post as prime minister?

M: Well, I got it from the headlines this morning. It’s reported that he made public at this decision at the last cabinet meeting.

Q: what do we learn about Jame Smeil?

16. W: The morning paper says the space shuttle is taking off at 10 a.m. tomorrow.

M: Yeah, it’s just another one of this year’s routine missions. The first mission was undertaken a decade ago and broadcast live then worldwide.

Q: what can we infer from this conversation?

17. M: We do a lot of camping in the mountains. What would you recommend for two people? W: You’d probably be better off with the four real drive vehicle. We have several off-road trucks in stock, both new and used.

Q: Where does the conversation most probably take place?

18. W: I hear you did some serious shopping this past weekend.

M: Yeah, the speakers of my old stereo finally gave out and there was no way to repair them. Q: What did the man do over the weekend?

Conversation One

W: Now, could you tell me where the idea for the business first came from?

M: Well, the original shop was opened by a retired printer by the name of Gruby. Mr Gruby being left-handed himself, thought of the idea to try to promote a few products for left-handers. W: And how did he then go about actually setting up the business?

M: Well, he looked for any left-handed products that might already be on the market which were very few. And then contacted the manufactures with the idea of having products produced for him, mainly in the scissors range to start with.

W: Right. So you do commission some part of your stock.

M: Yes, very much so. About 75 percent of our stock is specially made for us.

W: And the rest of it?

M: Hmm, the rest of it now, some 25, 30 years after Mr. Gruby’s initial efforts, there are more left-handed product actually on the market. Manufactures are now beginning to see that there is a market for left-handed products.

W: And what’s the range of your stock?

M: The range consists of a variety of scissors from children scissors to scissors for tailors, hairdressers etc. We also have a large range of kitchen ware.

W: What’s the competition like? Do you have quite a lot of competition?

M: There are other people in the business now in specialists, but only as mail-order outlets. But we have a shop here in central London plus a mail-order outlet. And we are without any doubt the largest supplier of the left-handed items.

Q19: What kind of business does the man engaged in?

Q20: What does the man say about his stock of products?

Q21: What does the man say about other people in his line of business?

Conversation Two

M: Can we make you an offer? We would like to run the campaign for four extra weeks.

W: well, can we summarize the problem from my point of view? First of all, the campaign was late. It missed two important trade affairs. The ads also did not appear into key magazines. As a result, the campaign failed. Do you accept that summary of what happened?

M: well, the delay wasn’t entirely our fault. You did in fact make late changes to the specifications of the advertisements.

W: Uh, actually, you were late with the initial proposals so you have very little time and in fact, we only asked for small changes.

M: Well whatever, can we repeat our offer to run the campaign for 4 extra weeks?

W: That’s not really the point. The campaign missed two key trade affairs. Because of this, we are asking you either to repeat the campaign next year for free, or we only pay 50% of the fee for this year.

M: Could we suggest a 20% reduction to the fee together with the four week sustention to the campaign.

W: We are not happy. We lost business.

M: I think we both made mistakes. The responsibility is on both sides.

W: Ok, let’s suggest a new solution. How about a 40% cut in fee, or a free repeat campaign? M: Well, let’s take a break, we’re not getting very far. Perhaps we should think about this. 22: What do we learn about the man’s company?

23: Why was the campaign delayed according to the man?

24: What does the woman propose as a solution to the problem?

25: What does the man suggest they do at the end of the conversation?

Section B

Passage One

The University of Tennessee’s Walters Life Sciences building, is a model animal facility, spotlessly clean, careful in obtaining prior approval for experiments from an animal care committee. Of the 15,000 mice house there in a typical year, most give their lives for humanity. These are good mice and as such won the protection of the animal care committee. At any given time however some mice escape and run free. These mice are pests. They can disrupt experiments with the bacteria organisms they carry. They are bad mice and must be captured and destroyed. Usually, this is accomplished by means of sticky traps, a kind of fly paper on which they become increasingly stuck. But the real point of the cautionary tale, says animal behaviorist Herzau, is that the labels we put on things can affect our moral responses to them. Using stick traps or the more deadly snap traps would be deemed unacceptable for good mice. Yet the killing of bad mice requires no prior approval. Once the research animal hits the floor and becomes an escapee, says Herza, its moral standard is instantly diminished. In Herzau’s own home, there was more ironic example when his young son’s pet mouse Willy died recently, it was accorded a tearful ceremonial burial in garden. Yet even as they mourned Willy, says Herzau, he and his wife were setting snap traps to kill the pest mice in their kitchen with the bare change in labels from pet to pest, the kitchen mice obtained totally different moral standards

Questions:

26, What does the passage say about most of the mice used for experiments?

27, Why did the so-called bad mice have to be captured and destroyed?

28, When are mice killed without prior approval?

29, Why does the speaker say what the Herzau’s did at home is ironical?

Passage Two

There are roughly three New Yorks. There is, first, the New York of the man or woman who was born here, who takes the city for granted and accepts its size and its turbulence as natural and inevitable. Second, there is the New York of the commuter — the city that is swallowed up by locusts each day and spat out each night. Third, there is the New York of the person who was born somewhere else and came to New York in quest of something. Of these three trembling cities the greatest is the last, the city of final destination, the city that has a goal. It is this third city that accounts for New York's high-strung disposition, its poetical deportment, its dedication to the arts, and its incomparable achievements. Commuters give the city its tidal restlessness; natives give it solidity and continuity; but the settlers give it passion. And whether it is a farmer arriving from Italy to set up a small grocery store in a slum, or a young girl arriving from a small town in Mississippi to escape the indignity of being observed by her neighbors, or a boy arriving from the

Corn Belt with a manuscript in his suitcase and a pain in his heart, it makes no difference: each embraces New York with the intense excitement of first love, each absorbs New York with the fresh eyes of an adventurer, each generates heat and light to dwarf the Consolidated Edison Company.

Questions 30 to 32 are based on the passage you have just heard.

30. What does the speaker say about the natives of New York?

31. What does the speaker say commuters give to New York?

32. What do we learn about the settlers of New York?

Passage Three

“If you asked me television is unhealthy”, I said to my roommate Walter, as I walked into the living room.“While you are sitting passively in front of the TV set, your muscles are turning to fat, your complexion is fading, and your eyesight is being ruined.”

“Shh~”Walter put his finger to his lips, “This is an intriguing murder mystery.”

“Really?” I replied.

“But you know, the brain is destroyed by TV viewing. Creativity is killed by that box. And people are kept from communicating with one another. From my point of view, TV is the cause of the declining interest in school and the failure of our entire educational system.”

“Ah ha, I can’t see your point.” Walter said softly. “But see? The woman on the witness stand in this story is being questioned about the murder that was committed one hundred years ago.” Ignoring his enthusiastic description of the plot, I went on with my argument.

“As I see it,” I explained, “not only are most TV programs badly written and produced, but viewers are also manipulated by the mass media. As far as I am concerned, TV watchers are cut off from reality from nature, from the other people, from life itself! I was confident in my ability to persuade.

After a short silence, my roommate said, “Anyway, I’ve been planning to watch the football game. I am going to change the channel.”

“Don’t touch that dial!” I shouted, “I wanted to find out how the mystery turns out!”

I am not sure I got my point to cross.

Questions 33- 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.

33. As the speaker walked into the living room, what was being shown on TV?

34. What does the speaker say about watching television?

35. What can we say about the speaker?

Section C Compound Dictation

In the past, one of the biggest disadvantages of machines has been their inability to work on a micro scale. For example, doctors did not have devices allowing them to go inside the human body to perform surgery. Repair crews did not have a way of broken pipes located deep within a high-rise building. However, that’s about to change. Advances in computers and biophysics have started a micro miniature that allows scientists to envision and in some cases actually build microscopic machines. These devices promise to change the way we live and work.

Micromachines already are making an impact. At Case Western Reserve

University in Cleveland, Ohio, research scientists have designed a 4-inch silicon chip that holds 700 tiny motors. At Lucas Nova Sensor in Fremont, California, scientists have perfected the world’s first microscopic blood-pressure sensor. Threaded through a person’s blood blood pressure readings at the valve of the heart itself.

. Some futurists envision nanotechnology also being used to explore the deep sea in small submarine, or even to launch finger-sized rockets packed with micro miniature instruments.

“There is an explosion of new ideas and applications,” So,

Listening Comprehension短对话

听力答案

11.

Q: What does the woman suggest the man do?

【答案】A）Listen to the recorded notes while driving.

12.

Q: What do we learn from the conversation?

【答案】C）The man lacks confidence in playing the part.

13.

Q: What are the speakers talking about?

【答案】A）Arranging a bed for a patient.

14.

Q: What does the man mean?

【答案】A）He is too busy to accept more responsibility.

Section A

11.

Q: What does the woman suggest the man do?

【答案】A) Listen to the recorded notes while driving.

12.

Q: What do we learn from the conversation?

【答案】C) The man lacks confidence in playing the part.

13.

Q: What are the speakers talking about?

【答案】A) Arranging a bed for a patient

14.

Q: What does the man mean?

【答案】A) He is too busy to accept more responsibility.

15.

Q: what do we learn about Jame Smeil?

【答案】C) He has left his position in the government.

16.

Q: what can we infer from this conversation?

【答案】D) The man is well informed about the space shuttle missions.

17.

Q: Where does the conversation most probably take place?

【答案】A) At a car renting company

Section B

Passage One

【材料评析】

本篇文章主要是讲述人们对待老鼠不同的道德态度。

同是一个实验室里面老鼠，如果是为了人类实验做贡献，就是人们眼中的好老鼠；而一旦老鼠从实验室里面跑出来，携带病菌危害到了人类健康，那么这些逃跑掉的老鼠就成为了人们眼中的坏老鼠。人类会使用那些捕鼠夹子来消灭坏老鼠，但是对待好老鼠的时候态度截然不同，比如作者儿子的宠物老鼠死掉了，他们家甚至给它办了一场葬礼。

作者的观点就是：如果我们对一样事物贴上了标签，那么在道德层面上，我们内心会根据标签的不同作出不同的反应。并不是事物本身有任何好与不好，只是人类自作主张给各个事物贴上了不同的标签。

Questions:

26 What does the passage say about most of the mice used for experiments?

【答案】D）They sacrifice their lives for the benefit of humans.

27 Why did the so-called bad mice have to be captured and destroyed?

【答案】C) They may affect the results of experiments.

28 When are mice killed without prior approval?

【答案】C) When they become escapees.

29 Why does the speaker say what the Herzau’s did at home is ironical?

【答案】A）While holding a burial ceremony for a pet mouse, they were killing pest mice. Passage Two

【材料评析】

这篇文章的主题是城市和文化。属于散文性质。

讲述了不同的人带给纽约不同的气息。第一种，纽约本地人，让纽约完整持续；第二种，纽约上班族，让纽约躁动不安；第三种，来纽约寻梦的人，他们让纽约充满热情。作者在内心觉得纽约正是因为有这样三种人才能如此闪耀光彩，尤其是最后一类人，为纽约做出的贡献最大。

本篇文章中，The Three New Yorks 具有双关含义，既可以指纽约城，也可以指纽约人。有些学生可能看到这里就没看懂。遇到这种情况应该先接着往后看，然后猜这个three New Yorks到底指什么。

Questions 30 to 32 are based on the passage you have just heard.

30. What does the speaker say about the natives of New York?

【答案】D) They take it for granted.

31. What does the speaker say commuters give to New York?

【答案】A) Tidal restlessness.

32. What do we learn about the settlers of New York?

【答案】B) They are adventurers from all over the world.

Passage 3

【材料评析】

这是一篇很有趣的记叙文。讲述了作者和室友的一段关于看电视问题的对话。

作者一直在强调看电视如何如何不好，并且列举出了一大堆的原因：会让身体变胖，面色枯黄，视力下降，并且会让孩子们的创造能力，交际能力下降。但是他的室友一直没有接他的话，一直专心于看自己的电视节目。

文章最幽默的是，最后一个情节，当室友说要换台的时候，作者立刻不愿意了，真是非常地讽刺，原来作者自己也是离不开电视机，受不了电视节目的诱惑的。

这篇文章难度比较低，生词几乎没有，大家只要看懂情节，基本上所有问题也可以回答出来，需要仔细认真，在听听力的时候虚拟场景。

33. As the speaker walked into the living room, what was being shown on TV?

【答案】D） A murder mystery

34. What does the speaker say about watching television?

【答案】C）It is unhealthy for the viewers.

35. What can we say about the speaker?

【答案】B) He can’t resist the temptation of T.V. either.

Section C Compound Dictation

【答案】

36. detect

37. delicate

38. identifying

39. apartment

40. revolution

41. dramatically

42.primitive

43.vessels

44. Although simple versions of miniature devices have had an impact, advanced versions are still several years away

45.that can sense when to release an airbag and how to keep engines and breaks operating efficiently

46. when scientists now think about future machines doing large and complex tasks, they’re thinking smaller than ever before

本次复合式听写是一篇科技说明文。在过去，难以利用机器进行精细的操作（事例：医生、房屋修理人员）。但这一切都将随着机器微小型革命的发展而改变（硅片、血压感应器、安全气囊、刹车、深海探测等）。技术的发展也必然会导致思想与应用的大爆炸。

本次复合式听写难度较大。素材上是大家不太熟悉的科技性文章，填空部分也选择了较为生僻和复杂的单词与句子。细节上，38题的ing形式与43题的复数形式要多加注意。听写的三个句子更是让很多同学泪奔哪。听不懂啊有木有？同学们碰到这种情况要注意了，千万不能放弃。踩到一个点就是分数啊。第一句中，关键词是several years away，可以酌情演绎一下，虽然答案是更为先进的迷你机器给人类带来的美好愿景还是years away的，但同学若演绎为先进技术的实现还有待时日，也是可以酌情给分的。第二句难度较低，听到了airbag和brake自然会联想到汽车，与第一句的auto manufacturer相对应，所以基本可以肯定是有一种devise能够更好的控制airbag和brake咯，然后再paraphrase；第三句，抓住large and complex tasks 与thinking smaller 的对比，也可以猜测出是总结性的一个对比句。

四 : 2012年12月六级听力原文及答案

Part III Listening Comprehension

Section A

11.

M: I’d like to go camping with you this weekend, but I don’t have a sleeping bag.

W: No problem. You can count on me to get one for you. My family has tons of camping gear.

Q: What does the woman mean?

答案：She can lend the man a sleeping bag.

【解析】这是一道较为简单的推理题，前提是考生需知道camping gear表示“野餐用具，露营装备”，由此可知，camping gear包括sleeping bag，即女士能借给男士一个睡袋，此题的设置稍微绕了个小弯，为考生解题设置了一定难度。go camping：去野餐，去露营；sleeping bag：睡袋。

12.

M: I know I promise to drive you to the airport next Thursday, but I’m afraid something has come up. They’ve called a special meeting at work.

W: No big deal. Karen said she was available as a back-up.

Q: What does the woman mean?

答案: Karen can take her to the airport.

【解析】此题为细节题。从对话中可知，男士下周四临时有事不能送女士去机场了，女士回答说Karen有空。back-up：n. 备用，备份，考生如果知道这个单词的意思，对整个对话的理解会有帮助。

13.

W: Have you saved enough money for a trip to Hawaii?

M: Not even close. My uncle must put the brakes on my travelling plans.

Q: What does the man mean?

答案：He can’t afford to go traveling yet.

【解析】此题为推理题。从男士的回答“我叔叔对我的旅行计划加以限制了。”中可推断出，这位男士还没有足够的钱去旅行。put the brakes on sth.表示“对……加以限制”，即使考生不知道这个短语的引申含义，但听到brake“刹车”应该也能大概判断出来答案。

14.

M: I’m starving. Do we still have any pie left from the dinner yesterday?

W: Oh, Julia invited her friends over in the afternoon and they ate it all.

Q: What do we learn from the conversation?

答案：The man has to find something else to eat.

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Part ⅢListening Comprehension

Section A

Short Conversations

11. A) Read the notice on the window.

B) Go and ask the staff.

C) Get a new bus schedule.

D) Board the bus to Cleveland.

原文：

W: This crazy bus schedule has got me completelyconfused. I can’t figure out when my bus to Clevelandleaves?

M: Why don’t you just go to the ticket window andask?

Q: What does the man suggest the woman do?

12. A) He was looking forward to seeing thegiraffes.

B) He enjoyed watching the animalperformance.

C) He got home too late to see the TVspecial.

D) He fell asleep in the middle of the TVprogram.

原文：

W: I really enjoyed the TV special about draftslast night. Did you get home in time to see it?

W: Oh, yes, but I wish I could have stayed awake longenough to see the whole thing.

Q: What does the man mean?

13. A) She wants to take the most direct way.

B) She may be late for the footballgame.

C) She is worried about missing herflight.

D) She is currently caught in a trafficjam.

原文：

W: Airport, please. I’m running a little late. Sojust take the fastest way even if it’s not the mostdirect.

M: Sure, but there is a lot of traffic everywhere todaybecause of the football game.

Q: What do we learn about the woman from theconversation?

14. A) At arestaurant.

B) In a fish shop.

C) At a clinic.

D) On a fishing boat.

原文：

W: May I make a recommendation, sir? Our seafoodwith this special sauce is very good.

M: Thank you, but I don’t eat shellfish. I’m allergic toit.

Q: Where does this conversation most probably takeplace?

15. A) He is an experienced sales manager.

B) He is being interviewed for ajob.

C) He is a close friend of the woman.

D) He is good at answering trickyquestions.

原文：

W: now one more question if you don’t mind, whatposition in the company appeals to you most?

M: Well, I’d like the position of sales manager if thatposition is still vacant.

Q: What do we learn about the man?

16. A) The man should consider his privacyfirst.

B) The man will choose a low-rentapartment.

C) The man is not certain if he can find a quieterplace.

D) The man is unlikely to move out of thedormitory.

原文：

M: I don’t think I want to live in the dormitory next year.I need more privacy.

W: I know what you mean. But check out the cost ifrenting an apartment first. I won’t be surprised if you change yourmind.

Q: What does the woman imply?

17. A) The woman is going to makeher topic more focused.

B) The man and woman are working on a jointproject.

C) One should choose a broad topic for a researchpaper.

D) It took a lot of time to get the man on theright track..

原文：

M: You’re on the right track. I just think you need tonarrow the topic down.

W: Yeah, you’re right. I always start by choosingtwo boarder topics when I’m doing a research paper.

Q: What do we learn from the conversation?

18. A) They went camping this time last year.

B) They didn’t quite enjoy their lastpicnic.

C) They learned to cooperate under harshconditions.

D) They weren’t experienced in organizingpicnics.

原文：

W: This picnic should beat the last one we went to, doesn’tit?

M: Oh, yeah, we had to spend the whole timeinside. Good thing, the weather was cooperative thistime.

Q: What do we learn about the speakers from theconversation?

Long Conversation One

19. A）He likes Sweden better thanEngland.

B）He prefers hot weather to coldweather.

C）He is an English living inSweden.

D）He visits London nearly everywinter.

20. A）The bad weather.

B）The cold houses.

C）The gloomy winter.

D）The long night.

21. A）Delightful.

B）Painful.

C）Depressing.

D）Refreshing.

22. A）They often stay up latereading.

B) They work hard and playhard.

C) They like to go camping in summer.

D) They try to earn more and spendmore.

原文：

M: When I say I live in Sweden, people always want to knowabout the seasons.

W: The seasons?

M: Yeah, you know how cold it is in winter? Whatis it like when the days are so short?

W: So what is it like?

M: Well, it is cold ,very cold in winter.Sometimes it is cold as 26 degrees below centigrade. And of coursewhen you go out, you’ll wrap up warm. But inside in the houses it’salways very warm, much warmer than at home. Swedish people alwayscomplain that when they visit England, the houses are cold even inthe good winter.

W: And what about the darkness?

M: Well, yeah, around Christmas time there’s onlyone hour of daylight, so you really looks forward to the spring. Itis sometimes a bit depressing. But you see the summers are amazing,from May to July in the North of Sweden the sun never sets. It’sstill light in the midnight. You can walk in the mountains and reada newspaper.

W: Oh, yeah, the land of the midnight sun.

M: Yeah, that’s right, but it’s wonderful. Youwon’t stay up all night. And the Swedes makes most of it often theystarted work earlier in summer and then leave at about 2 or 3 inthe afternoon, so that they can really enjoy the long summerevenings. They’d like to work hard, but play hard, too. I thinkLondoners work longer hours, but I’m not sure this is a goodthing.

Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you havejust heard.

19. What do we learn about the man from theconversation?

20. What do Swedish people complain about when they visitEngland in winter?

21. How does the man describe the short hour ofdaylight around Christmas in Sweden?

22. What does the man say about the Swedishpeople?

Long Conversation Two

23. A）Management.

B）French.

C）English literature.

D）Public Administration.

24. A）English teaching.

B）Staff training.

C）Careers guidance.

D）Psychological counseling.

25. A）Its pleasant environment.

B）Its worldwide fame.

C）Its generous scholarship.

D）Its well-designed courses.

原文：

W: What kind of training does one need to go into this typeof job?

M: That’s a very good question. I don’t think there is any,specifically.

W: For example, in your case, what was your educationalbackground?

M: Well, I did a degree in French at Nottingham.After that, I did careers work in secondary schools like thecareers guidance people. Here is in the university. Then I wentinto local government because I found I was more interested in theadministrative side. Then progressed on to universities. So therewasn’t any plan and there was no specific training. There areplenty of training courses in management techniques and committeework which you can attend now.

W: But in the first place, you did a Frenchdegree.

M: In my time, there wasn’t a degree you could dofor administration. I think most of the administrators I’ve comeacross have degrees and all sorts of things.

W: Well, I know in my case, I did an Englishliterature degree and I didn’t really expect to end up doing what Iam doing now.

M: Quite.

W: But you are local to Nottingham, actually? Isthere any reason why you went to Nottingham University?

M: No, no, I come from the north of England, fromwest Yorkshire. Nottingham was one of the universities I put on mylist. And I like the look of it. The campus is justbeautiful.

W: Yes, indeed. Let’s see. Were you from the industrialpart of Yorkshire?

M: Yes, from the Woolen District.

Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you havejust heard.

23. What was the man’s major at university?

24: What was the man’s job in secondary schools?

25. What attracted the man to NottinghamUniversity?

Section B

Passage One

26. A) Characteristics of Japanese artists.

B) Some features of Japanese culture.

C) The art of Japanese brushpainting.

D) The uniqueness of Japanese art.

27. A) To calm themselves down.

B) To enhance concentration.

C) To show their impatience.

D) To signal their lack of interest.

28. A) How listeners in differentcultures show respect.

B) How speakers can win approval from theaudience.

C) How speakers can misunderstand theaudience.

D) How different Western and Eastern art formsare.

原文：

While Gail Obcamp, an American artist was giving aspeech on the art of Japanese brush painting to an audience thatincluded visitors from Japan, she was confused to see that many ofher Japanese listeners have their eyes closed. Were they tuned offbecause an American had the nerve to instruct Japanese in their ownart form or they deliberately tried to signal their rejection ofher? Obcamp later found out that her listeners were not beingdisrespectful. Japanese listeners sometimes closed their eyes toenhance concentration. Her listeners were showing their respect forher by chewing on her words. Some day you may be either a speakeror a listener in a situation involving people from other countriesor members of minority group in North America. Learning howdifferent cultures signal respect can help you avoidmisunderstandings. Here are some examples. In the deaf culture ofNorth America, many listeners show applause not by clapping theirhands but by waving them in the air. In some cultures, bothoverseas and in some minority groups in North America, listenersare considered disrespectful if they look directly at the speaker.Respect is shown by looking in the general direction but avoidingdirect eye contact. In some countries, whistling by listeners is asign of approval while in other courtiers it is a form ofinsult.

Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have justheard.

26. What did Obcamp’s speech focus on?

27. Why do Japanese listeners sometimes close their eyeswhile listening to a speech?

28. What does the speaker try to explain?

Passage Two

29. A) Directing personnel evaluation.

B) Buying and maintainequipment.

C) Drawing up plans for in-servicetraining.

D) Interviewing and recruitingemployees.

30. A) Some of his equipment was damaged in afire.

B) The training program he ran wasfailure.

C) Two of his workers were injured atwork.

D) Two of his employees committedtheft.

31. A) A better relationship with his boss.

B) Advancement to a higherposition.

C) A better-paying job in anothercompany.

D) Improvement in the company’smanagement.

32. A) She has more self-confidence than Chris.

B) She works with Chris in the samedivision.

C) She has more management experience thanChris.

D) She is competing with Chris for the newjob.

原文：

Chris is in charge of purchasing and maintainingequipment in his Division at Taxlong Company. He is soon going tohave an evaluation interview with his supervisor and the personneldirector to discuss the work he has done in the past year. Salary,promotion and plans for the coming year will also be discussed atthe meeting. Chris has made several changes for his Division in thepast year. First, he bought new equipment for one of thedepartments. He has been particularly happy about the new equipmentbecause many of the employees have told him how much it has helpedthem. Along with improving the equipment, Chris began a program totrain employees to use equipment better and do simple maintenancethemselves. The training saved time for the employees and money forthe company. Unfortunately, one serious problem developed duringthe year. Two employees the Chris hired were stealing, and he hadto fire them. Chris knows that a new job for a purchasing andmaintenance manager for the whole company will be open in a fewmonths, and he would like to be promoted to the job. Chris knows,however, that someone else wants that new job, too. Kim is incharge of purchasing and maintenance in another Division of thecompany. She has also made several changes over the year. Chrisknows that his boss likes Kim’s work, and he expects that his workwill be compared with hers.

Questions 29 to 32 are based on the passage you have justheard.

29. What is Chris’s main responsibility at TaxlongCompany?

30. What problem did Chris encounter in hisDivision?

31. What does Chris hope for in the near future?

32. What do we learn about Kim from the passage?

Passage Three

33. A) They help us see theimportant values of a culture.

B) They guide us in handling humanrelationships.

C) They help us express ourselves moreeffectively.

D) They are an infinite source of humanknowledge.

34. A) Their wordings may become different.

B) The values they reflect maychange.

C) Their origins can no longer betraced.

D) They may be misinterpreted.

35. A) Certain values are shared by alarge number of cultures.

B)Some proverbs are assuming more and more importance.

C) Old proverbs are constantly replaced by newones.

D) Certain valueshave always been central to a culture.

原文：

Proverbs, sometimes called sayings, are examplesof folk wisdom. They are little lessons which older people of aculture pass down to the younger people to teach them about life.Many proverbs remind people of the values that are important in theculture. Values teach people how to act, what is right, and what iswrong. Because the values of each culture are different,understanding the values of another culture helps explain howpeople think and act. Understanding your own culture values isimportant too. If you can accept that people from other culturesact according to their values, not yours, getting along with themwill be much easier. Many proverbs are very old. So some of thevalues they teach may not be as important in the culture as theyonce were. For example, Americans today do not pay much attentionto the proverb “Haste makes waste”, because patience is notimportant to them. But if you know about past values, it helps youto understand the present and many of the older values are stillstrong today. Benjamin Franklin, a famous American diplomat, writerand scientist, died in 1790, but his proverb “Time is money” istaken more seriously by Americans of today than ever before. Astudy of proverbs from around the world shows that some values areshared by many cultures. In many cases though, the same idea isexpressed differently.

Questions 33 to 35 are based on the passage you have justheard.

33. Why are proverbs so important?

34. According to the speaker what happens to someproverbs with the passage of time?

35. What do we learn from the study of proverbs from aroundthe world?

Section C

Compound Dictation

Our lives are woven together. As much as I enjoymy own (36) company, I no longer imagine I can getthrough a (37) single day much less all my life (38)completely on my own. Even if I am on(39) vacation in the mountains, I am eatingfood someone else has grown, living in a house someone else has(40) built, wearing clothes someone else hassewn from cloth woven by others, using (41) electricity someone else isdistributing to my house. (42) Evidence of interdependence iseverywhere; we are on this (43) journey together.

(44) As I wasgrowing up, I remember being carefully taught that independence notinterdependence was everything. “Make your ownway”,“Stand on your own two feet” or mymother’s favorite remark when I was face-to-face with consequencesof some action:“Now that you’ve made your bed, lie onit！”Total independence is a dominant thing in ourculture. I imagine that (45) what myparents were trying to teach me was to take responsibilities for myactions and my choices. But the teaching was shapedby our cultural imagines. And instead, I grew up believing that Iwas supposed to be totally independent and consequently became veryreluctant to ask for help.

(46) I woulddo almost anything not to be a burden, and not require any helpfrom anybody.

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