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201512月大学英语六级听力真题MP3下载(含文本)(第一套)答案及解析

2015年12月大学英语六级听力真题MP3下载(含文本)(第一套)Section ADirections: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the end of eachconversation, 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 1 with a single line through the centre.注意：此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。

1. A. Prepare for his exams.B. Catch up on his work.C. Attend the concert.D. Go on a vacation.2. A. Three crew members were involved in the incident.B. None of the hijackers carried any deadly weapons.C. The plane had been scheduled to fly to Japan.D. None of the passengers were injured or killed.3. A. An article about the election.B. A tedious job to be done.C. An election campaign.D. A fascinating topic.4. A. The restaurant was not up to the speakers' expectations.B. The restaurant places many ads in popular magazines.C. The critic thought highly of the Chinese restaurant.D. Chinatown has got the best restaurants in the city.5. A. He is going to visit his mother in the hospital.B. He is going to take on a new job next week.C. He has many things to deal with right now.D. He behaves in a way nobody understands.6. A. A large number of students refused to vote last night.B. At least twenty students are needed to vote on an issue.C. Major campus issues had to be discussed at the meeting.D. More students have to appear to make their voice heard.7. A. The woman can hardly tell what she likes.B. The speakers like watching TV very much.C. The speakers have nothing to do but watch TV.D. The man seldom watched TV before retirement.8. A. The woman should have registered earlier.B. He will help the woman solve the problem.C ) He finds it hard to agree with what the woman says.D. The woman will be able to attend the classes she wants.Questions 9 to 12 are based on the conversation you have just heard.9. A. Persuade the man to join her company.B. Employ the most up-to-date technology.C. Export bikes to foreign markets.D. Expand their domestic business.10. A. The state subsidizes small and medium enterprises.B. The government has control over bicycle imports.C. They can compete with the best domestic manufacturers.D. They have a cost advantage and can charge higher prices.11. A. Extra costs might eat up their profits abroad.B. More workers will be needed to do packaging.C. They might lose to foreign bike manufacturers.D. It is very difficult to find suitable local agents.12. A. Report to the management.B. Attract foreign investments.C. Conduct a feasibility studyD. Consult financial experts.Questions 13 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.13. A. Coal burnt daily for the comfort of our homes.B. Anything that can be used to produce power.C. Fuel refined from oil extracted from underground.D. Electricity that keeps all kinds of machines running.14. A. Oil will soon be replaced by alternative energy sources.B. Oil reserves in the world will be exhausted in a decade.C. Oil consumption has given rise to many global problems.D. Oil production will begin to decline worldwide by 2025.15. A. Minimize the use of fossil fuels.B. Start developing alternative fuels.C. Find the real cause for global warming.D. Take steps to reduce the greenhouse effect.Section BDirections: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A ), B ), C. and D ). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 71 with a single line through the centre.Passage OneQuestions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard.16. A. The ability to predict fashion trends.B. A refined taste for artistic works.C. Years of practical experience.D. Strict professional training.17. A. Promoting all kinds of American hand-made specialties.B. Strengthening cooperation with foreign governments.C. Conducting trade in art works with dealers overseas.D. Purchasing handicrafts from all over the world.18. A. She has access to fashionable things.B. She is doing what she enjoys doing.C. She can enjoy life on a modest salary.D. She is free to do whatever she wants.Passage TwoQuestions 19 to 22 are based on the passage you have just heard.19. A. Join in neighborhood patrols.B. Get involved in his community.C. voice his complaints to the city council.D. Make suggestions to the local authorities.20. A. Deterioration in the quality of life.B. Increase of police patrols at night.C. Renovation of the vacant buildings.D. Violation of community regulations.21. A. They may take a long time to solve.B. They need assistance from the city.C. They have to be dealt with one by one.D. They are too big for individual efforts.22. A. He had got some groceries at a big discount.B. He had read a funny poster near his seat.C. He had done a small deed of kindness.D. He had caught the bus just in time.Passage ThreeQuestions 23 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.23. A. Childhood and healthy growth.B. Pressure and heart disease.C. Family life and health.D. Stress and depression.24. A. It experienced a series of misfortunes.B. It was in the process of reorganization.C. His mother died of a sudden heart attack.D. His wife left him because of his bad temper.25. A. They would give him a triple bypass surgery.B. They could remove the block in his artery.C. They could do nothing to help him.D. They would try hard to save his life.Section CDirections: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When thepassage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks with the exact words you have just heard. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written.When most people think of the word "education," they think of a pupil as a sort of animate sausage casing. Into this empty casing, the teachers（26）stuff "education."But genuine education, as Socrates knew more than two thousand years ago, is not （27 ）the stuffings of information into a person, but rather eliciting knowledge from him; it is the 28 of what is in the mind."The most important part of education," once wrote William Ernest Hocking, the （29） Harvard philosopher, "is this instruction of a man in what he has inside of him. And, as Edith Hamilton has reminded us, Socrates never said, "I know, learn from me." He said, rather, "Look into your own selvers and find the （30） of truth that God has put into every heart, and that only you can kindle (点燃) to a（ 31）." In a dialogue, Socrates takes an ignorant slave boy, without a day of （32）, and proves to the amazed observers that the boy really "knows" geometry--because the principles of geometry are already in his mind, waiting to be called out.So many of the discussions and （33） about the content of education are useless and inconclusive because they（34） what should "go into" the student rather than with what should be taken out, and how this can best be done.The college student who once said to me, after a lecture, "I spend so much time studying that I don't have a chance to learn anything," was clearly expressing his （ 35 ） with the sausage-casing view of education.2015年12月大学英语六级听力真题MP3下载(含文本)(第一套)答案Section A 参考答案1. C)【精析】行动计划题。

2006年12月英语六级真题听力原

2006年12月英语六级真题听力原1.W: Do you know why Mary has such a long face today?M: I don’t have the foggiest idea! She should be happy especially since she got a promotion yesterday.Q: What did the speakers mean?2.M: Hi, Johanna! Are you interested in going to an Art Exhibition on Sunday? A friend of mine is showing some of her paintings there. It’s the opening night. Free drinks and food!W: Well, actually, I don’t have anything planned. It sounds kind of fun!Q: What did the man invite the woman to do on Sunday?3.M: You did an excellent job in school! You were indeed a great student! Where did your drive come from?W: Academic achievements were important to my parents as immigrants. Education is where it all begins. My mother in particular tries to get me interested in school.Q: what do we learn about the woman from the conversation?4.M: I hear the Sunflower Health Club on Third Street is good!W: Not right now! I used to go there. I thought it was great because it was real cheap. But the problem was it was always crowded. Sometimes, I had to wait to use the machines.Q: What does the woman say about the Sunflower health club?5.W: Tom is very excited! Just yesterday he received his doctoral degree and in a few minutes he’ll be putting the ring on Sarah‘s finger.M: He’s really such a luck dog! Sarah is a lovely bride and tonight they are going to Hawaii on their honeymoon!Q: What do we learn from the conversation?6.W: Your chemistry examination is over, isn’t it? Why do you still look so worried?M: I don’t know. It wasn’t that the questions were too hard, or they were too many of them. But I’m still feeling uneasy because the exam didn’t seem to have much to do with the course material.Q: What does the man mean?7.W: Your wife told me that you eat out four or five times a week,I really envy you!M: Don’t envy me! It’s for business. In fact, I’m sick and tired of restaurant food! Sometimes, I just prefer a home-cooked meal.Q: Why does the man say he often eats out?8.W: I was amazed when I heard Tony played piano so expertly! From the way he talked, I thought he was just starting his lessons.M: Oh, no! That’s the way he always talks!Q: What can we infer about Tony from the conversation?9.M: What do you think of people suing McDonalds for making them fat?W: Well. Its food doesn’t make you fat. But eating too much of it does! How about chocolate and ice cream? Are they all responsible? It’s silly!Q: What does the woman think of the lawsuit against McDonalds?10.M: I’m terribly sorry ma’am, but your flight has been cancelled.I won’t be able to put you on another one until tomorrow morning.W: Well, I certainly hope the airline’s going to put me up somewhere tonight.Q: What did the woman request the airline do?Passage oneYou have probably heard of the DuPont company, which was founded by a family of the same name. But do you know about the museum that one of the family members began? Henry Francis Du Pont was an heir to Delaware’s DuPont Company fortune. He was one of the first serious collectors of American decorative art objects: furniture, textiles, paintings and other objects made in United States between 1640 and 1840. American furniture and household objects had been considered inferior to those from Europe.But Du Pont helped develope a new appreciation for American decorative arts. He created a legendary show plays for these objects on his family estate just outside Wilmington, Delaware. In 1951, it was open to the public as the Henry Francis Du Pont Winterthur Museum. The museum assembled objects from Du Pont’s collection into 175 period rooms, each with examples of American antiques and decorative arts that followed a certain theme of period in early American history. For example, the Du Pont dining room has furniture dating from the late 18th and early 19th centuries. And because this was the time when the United States became a new nation, there’s a patriotic theme in the room. Another example is the Chinese parlor, which has furnishings that would reflect American’s fascination with Asian culture during the 18th century. In these period rooms, Du Pont believed he could tell the story of the early United States through furniture and other decorative arts.11. What is Henry Francis Du Pont noted for?12. What was the purpose of Du Pont’s efforts?13. How were the objects on display arranged?Passage twoAccording to David Grattle, a British language expert, the idea that English will become the world language is outdated. And people are more likely to switch between two or more languages for routine communication in the future. The share of the world’s population that speaks English as a native language is falling. Instead, English will play a growing role as a second language. A population speaking more than one language is already the case in much of the world and is becoming more common in the United States. Indeed, the census bureau reported last year that nearly one American in five speaks a language other than English at home, with Spanish taking the lead, followed by Chinese. Grattle works for British consulting and publishing business. He anticipates a world with the share of people who are native English speakers slips from 9% in the mid 1990s to 5% in 2050. Grattle says, “Up until 1995, English was the second most common native tongue in the world, trailing only Chinese. By 2050, Chinese will continue its predominance with Hindi Woodoo of India and Arabic climbing past English and Spanish nearly equal to it.” In contrast, an American language expert, David Harrison noted that the global share of English is much larger if you count second language speakers, and will continue to rise even as the proportion of native speakers declines. Harrison disputed listing Arabic in top three languages because varieties of Arabic spoken in such countries as Egypt and Morocco are mutually incomprehensible.14. What does David Grattle say about the use of languages for daily communication in the future?15. Why doesn’t David Harrison include Arabic as one of the top three languages?16. What can we infer from the passage?Passage threeThere are about 1 million blind people in the United States. The largest and most influential organization of blind people in this country is the National Federation of the Blind. Its officials say the nation doesn’t have a ny colleges or universities that serve only blind students. They say the reason for this is that blind people must learn to live among people who can see. American colleges and universities do accept blind and visually impaired students, and they provide services to help these students succeed. For example, colleges find people who write down what the professor say in class and they provide technology that can help blind students with their work. However, experts say colleges can best help blind students by making it clear that the students should learn to help themselves. One blind American student named T recently made news because he graduated from medical school from the University of Wisconsin. He said technology was one of the reasons he succeeded. He used a computer that read into his earphone what he was typing. He also used a small printer that permitted him to write notes about his patients in the hospital. He did his undergraduate work at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana. National Federation of the Blind officials say blind students from other nations do come to the United States to attend college. Some can even get financial aid. The Federation awards about 30 scholarships each year that have no citizenship requirement.17. According to officials of the National Federation of the Blind, why are there no special colleges for blind students only?18. According to experts how can colleges best help blind students?19. What is one of the reasons given by T as a blind student for his success?20. What can blind students from overseas do to study inAmerica according to the National Federation of the Blind?。

2006年12月大学英语四级考试听力真题及答案

2006年12月大学英语四级考试听力真题及答案Part III Listing Comprehension (35 minutes)Section ADirections: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the end of each conversation, one or morequestions will be asked about what was said. Both theconversation and the questions will be spoken only once. Aftereach question there will be a pause. During the pause, you mustread the four choices marked A), B), C) and D), and decide whichis the best answer, then mark the corresponding letter on AnswerSheet 2 with a single line though the centre.注意：此部分答题在答题卡2上作答。

11. A) Plan his budget carefully.B) Give her more information.C) Ask someone else for advice.D) Buy a gift for his girlfriend.12. A) She’ll have some chocolate cake.B) She’ll take a look at the menu.C) She’ll go without dessert.D) She’ll prepare the dinner.13. A) The man can speak a foreign language.B) The woman hopes to improve her English.C) The woman knows many different languages.D) The man wishes to visit many more countries.14. A) Go to the library.B) Meet the woman.C) See Professor Smith.D) Have a drink in the bar.15. A) She isn’t sure when Professor Bloom will be back.B) The man shouldn’t be late for his class.C) The man can come back sometime later.D) She can pass on the message for the man.16. A) He has a strange personality.B) He’s got emotional problems.C) His illness is beyond cure.D) His behavior is hard to explain.17. A) The tickets are more expensive than expected.B) The tickets are sold in advance at half price.C) It’s difficult to buy the tickets on the spot.D) It’s better to buy the tickets beforehand.18. A) He turned suddenly and ran into a tree.B) He was hit by a fallen box from a truck.C) He drove too fast and crashed into a truck.D) He was trying to overtake the truck ahead of him.Questions 19 to 21 are based on the conversation you have just heard.19. A) To go boating on the St. Lawrence River.B) To go sightseeing in Quebec Province.C) To call on a friend in Quebec City.D) To attend a wedding in Montreal.20. A) Study the map of Quebec Province.B) Find more about Quebec Province.C) Brush up on her French.D) Learn more about the local customs.21. A) It’s most beautiful in summer.B) It has many historical buildings.C) It was greatly expanded in the 18th century.D) It’s the only French-speaking city in Canada.Questions 22 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.22. A) It was about a little animal.B) It took her six years to write.C) It was adapted from a fairy tale.D) It was about a little girl and her pet.23. A) She knows how to write best-selling novels.B) She can earn a lot of money by writing for adults.C) She is able to win enough support from publishers.D) She can make a living by doing what she likes.24. A) The characters.B) The readers.C) Her ideas.D) Her life experiences.25. A) She doesn’t really know where they originated.B) She mainly drew on stories of ancient saints.C) They popped out of her childhood dreams.D) They grew out of her long hours of thinking.Section BDirections: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage andthe questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question,you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A),B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on the AnswerSheet 2 with a single line through the centre.Passage One26. A) Monitor students’ sleep patterns.B) Help students concentrate in class.C) Record students’ weekly performance.D) Ask students to complete a sleep report.27. A) Declining health.B) Lack of attention.C) Loss of motivation.D) Improper behavior.28. A) They should make sure their children are always punctual for school.B) They should ensure their children grow up in a healthy environment.C) They should help their children accomplish high-quality work.D) They should see to it that their children have adequate sleep. Passage TwoQuestions 29 to 32 are based on the passage you have just heard.29. A) She stopped being a homemaker.B) She became a famous educator.C) She became a public figure.D) She quit driving altogether.30. A) A motorist’s speeding.B) Her running a stop sign.C) Her lack of driving experience.D) A motorist’s failure to concentrate.31. A) Nervous and unsure of herself.B) Calm and confident of herself.C) Courageous and forceful.D) Distracted and reluctant.32. A) More strict training of women drivers.B) Restrictions on cell phone use while driving.C) Improved traffic conditions in cities.D) New regulations to ensure children’s safety.Passage ThreeQuestions 33 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.33. A) They haven’t devoted as much energy to medicine as to space travel.B) Three are too many kinds of cold viruses for them to identify.C) It is not economical to find a cure for each type of cold.D) They believe people can recover without treatment.34. A) They reveal the seriousness of the problem.B) They indicate how fast the virus spreads.C) They tell us what kind of medicine to take.D) They show our body is fighting the virus.35. A) It actually does more harm than good.B) It causes damage to some organs of our body.C) It works better when combined with other remedies.D) It helps us to recover much sooner.Section CDirections: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for itsgeneral idea. When the passage is read for the second time, youare required to fill in the blanks numbered from 36 to 43 with theexact words you have just heard. For blanks numbered from 44 to46 you are required to fill in the missing information. For theseblanks, you can either use the exact words you have just heard orwrite down the main points in your own words. Finally, when thepassage is read for the third time, you should check what you havewritten.注意：此部分试题在答题卡2上；请在答题卡2上作答。

英语六级听力练习题

英语六级听力练习题[题目一]Directions: In this section, you will hear a short conversation. At the end of the conversation, you will be given a question and four options. Choose the best answer to the question and mark your answer on the answer sheet.1. What is the man's opinion about the new restaurant?A. It is expensive.B. It serves great food.C. It has a limited menu.D. It has slow service.[解析] 这道题是关于男人对新餐馆的观点。

男人说"The food here is fantastic. The prices are reasonable too."这表示男人对这家新餐馆的食物和价格都有好的评价，因此答案选B. It serves great food.2. What does the woman mean?A. She has already seen the movie.B. She plans to watch the movie later.C. She still needs to buy the tickets.D. She would prefer a different movie.[解析] 这道题是关于女人的意思。

女人说"I'm going to see the new movie this weekend."这表示周末她打算去看电影，因此答案选B. She plans to watch the movie later.[题目二]Directions: In this section, you will hear a short talk. After the talk, you will be given six questions. Choose the best answer to each question and mark your answer on the answer sheet.3. What is the talk mainly about?A. The history of jazz music.B. Different types of jazz instruments.C. Famous jazz musicians.D. The impact of jazz in America.[解析] 这道题是关于短篇讲话的主要内容。

2006年6月大学英语六级考试真题及答案

2006年6月英语六级真题Part I Listening Comprehension (20 minutes)Section ADirections: In this section, you will hear 10 short conversations. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. Both the conversationand the question 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), anddecide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the AnswerSheet with a single line through the center.Example: You will hear:You will read:A) 2 hours.B) 3 hours.C) 4 hours.D) 5 hours.From the conversation we know that the two were talking about some work they will start at 9 o’clock in the morning and have to finish at 2 in the afternoon. Therefore, D) “5 hours” is the correct answer. You should choose [D] on the Answer Sheet and mark it with a single line through the center.Sample Answer [A] [B] [C] [D]1. A) She met with Thomas just a few days ago.B) She can help with the orientation program.C) She is not sure she can pass on the message.D) She will certainly try to contact Thomas.2. A) Set the dinner table.B) Change the light bulbC) Clean the dining room.D) Hold the ladder for him.3. A) He’d like a piece of pie.B) He’d like some coffeeC) He’d rather stay in the warm room.D) He’s just had dinner with his friends.4. A) He has managed to sell a number of cars.B) He is contented with his current position.C) He might get fired.D) He has lost his job.5. A) Tony’s secretary.B) Paul’s girlfriend.C) Paul’s colleague.D) Tony’s wife.6. A) He was fined for running a red light.B) He was caught speeding on a fast lane.C) He had to run quickly to get the ticket.D) He made a wrong turn at the intersection.7. A) He has learned a lot from his own mistakes.B) He is quite experienced in taming wild dogs.C) He finds reward more effective than punishment.D) He thinks it important to master basic training skills.8. A) At a bookstore.B) At the dentist’s.C) In a restaurant.D) In the library.9. A) He doesn’t want Jenny to get into trouble.B) He doesn’t agree with the woman’s remark.C) He thinks Jenny’s workload too heavy at college.D) He believes most college students are running wild.10. A) It was applaudable.B) It was just terrible.C) The actors were enthusiastic.D) The plot was funny enough.Section BDirections: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once.After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choicesmarked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheetwith a single line through the centre.Passage OneQuestions 11 to 13 are based on the passage you have just heard.11. A) Social work.B) Medical careC) Applied physicsD) Special education.12. A) The timely advice from her friends and relatives.B) The two-year professional training she received.C) Her determination to fulfill her dream.D) Her parents’ consistent moral support.13. A) To get the funding for the hospitals.B) To help the disabled children there.C) To train therapists for the children there.D) To set up an institution for the handicapped.Passage TwoQuestions 14 to 17 are based on the passage you have just heard.14. A) At a country school in Mexico.B) In a mountain valley of Spain.C) At a small American college.D) In a small village in Chile.15. A) By expanding their minds and horizons.B) By financing their elementary education.C) By setting up a small primary school.D) By setting them an inspiring example.16. A) She wrote poetry that broke through national barriers.B) She was a talented designer of original school curriculums.C) She proved herself to be an active and capable stateswoman.D) She made outstanding contributions to children’s education.17. A) She won the 1945 Nobel Prize in Literature.B) She was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize.C) She translated her books into many languages.D) She advised many statesmen on international affairs.Passage ThreeQuestion 18 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard.18. A) How animals survive harsh conditions in the wild.B) How animals alter colors to match their surroundings.C) How animals protect themselves against predators.D) How animals learn to disguise themselves effectively.19. A) Its enormous size.B) Its plant-like appearance.C) Its instantaneous response.D) Its offensive smell.20. A) It helps improve their safety.B) It allows them to swim faster.C) It helps them fight their predators.D) It allows them to avoid twists and turns.Part II Reading Comprehension (35 minutes)Directions: There are 4 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A),B),C) andD). You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on theAnswer Sheet with a single line through the centre.Passage OneQuestions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage.There are good reasons to be troubled by the violence that spreads throughout the media. Movies. Television and video games are full of gunplay and bloodshed, and one might reasonably ask what’s wrong with a society that presents videos of domestic violence as entertainment. Most researchers agree that the causes of real-world violence are complex. A 1993 study by the U.S. National Academy of Sciences listed “biological, individual, family, peer, school, and community factors” as all playing their parts.Viewing abnormally large amounts of violent television and video games may well contribute to violent behavior in certain individuals.The trouble comes when researchers downplay uncertainties in their studies or overstate the case for causality (因果关系). Skeptics were dismayed several years ago when a group of societies including theAmerican Medical Association tried to end the debate by issuing a joint statement: “At this time, well over 1,000 studies… point overwhelmingly to a causal connection between media violence and aggressive behavior in some children.”Freedom-of-speech advocates accused the societies of catering to politicians, and even disputed the number of studies (most were review articles and essays, they said). When Jonathan Freedman, a social psychologist at the University of Toronto, reviewed the literature, he found only 200 or so studies of television-watching and aggression. And when he weeded out “the most doubtful measures of aggression”, only 28% supported a connection.The critical point here is causality. The alarmists say they have proved that violent media cause aggression. But the assumptions behind their observations need to be examined. When labeling games as violent or non-violent, should a hero eating a ghost really be counted as a violent event? And when experimenters record the time it takes game players to read ‘aggressive’or ‘non-aggressive’ words from a list, can we be sure what they are actually measuring? The intent of the new Harvard Center on Media and Child Health to collect and standardize studies of media violence in order to compare their methodologies, assumptions and conclusions is an important step in the right direction.Another appropriate ster would be to tone down the criticism until we know more. Several researchers write, speak and testify quite a lot on the threat posed by violence in the media. That is, of course, their privilege. But when doing so, they often come out with statements that the matter has now been settled, drawing criticism from colleagues. In response, the alarmists accuse critics and news reporters of being deceived by the entertainment industry. Such clashes help neither science nor society.21. Why is there so much violence shown in movies, TV and video games?A) There is a lot of violence in the real world today.B) Something has gone wrong with today’s society.C) Many people are fond of gunplay and bloodshed.D) Showing violence is thought to be entertaining.22. What is the skeptics (Line 3. Para.3) view of media violence?A) Violence on television is a fairly accurate reflection of real-world life.B) Most studies exaggerate the effect of media violence on the viewers.C) A causal relationship exists between media and real-world violence.D) The influence of media violence on children has been underestimated.23. The author uses the term “alarmists” (Line 1. Para.5) to refer to those who ______.A) use standardized measurements in the studies of media violenceB) initiated the debate over the influence of violent media on realityC) assert a direct link between violent media and aggressive behaviorD) use appropriate methodology in examining aggressive behavior24. In refuting the alarmists, the author advances his argument by first challenging____.A) the source and amount of their dataB) the targets of their observationC) their system of measurementD) their definition of violence25. What does the author think of the debate concerning the relationship between the media and violence?A) More studies should be conducted before conclusions are drawn.B) It should come to an end since the matter has now been settled.C) The past studies in this field have proved to be misleading.D) He more than agrees with the views held by the alarmists.Passage TwoQuestions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage.You’re in trouble if you have to buy your own brand-name prescription drugs. Over the past decade, prices leaped by more than double the inflation rate. Treatments for chronic conditions can easily top ＄2,000 a month-no wonder that one in four Americans can’s afford to fill their prescriptions. The solution? A hearty chorus of “O Canada.” North of the border, where price controls reign, those same brand-name drugs cost 50% to 80% less.The Canadian option is fast becoming a political wake-up call, “If our neighbors can buy drugs at reasonable prices, why can’t we?” Even to whisper that thought provokes anger.“Un-American!” And-the propagandists’ trump card (王牌)—“Wreck our brilliant health-care system.” Super-size drug prices, they claim, fund the research that sparks the next generation of wonder drugs. No sky-high drug price today, no cure for cancer tomorrow. So shut up and pay up. Common sense tells you that’s a false alternative. The reward for finding. Say, a cancer cure is so huge that no one’s going to hang it up. Nevertheless, if Canada-level pricing came to the United States, the industry’s profit margins would drop and the pace of new-drug development would slow. Here lies the American dilemma. Who is all this splendid medicine for? Should ourhealth-care system continue its drive toward the best of the best, even though rising numbers of patients can’t afford it? Or should we direct our wealth toward letting everyone in on today’s level of care? Measured by saved lives, the latter is almost certainly the better course.To defend their profits, the drug companies have warned Canadian wholesalers and pharmacies(药房) not to sell to Americans by mail, and are cutting back supplies to those who dare.Meanwhile, the administration is playing the fear card. Officials from the Food and Drug Administration will argue that Canadian drugs might be fake, mishandled, or even a potential threat to life.Do bad drugs fly around the Internet? Sure-and the more we look, the more we’ll find, But I haven’t heard of any raging epidemics among the hundreds of thousands of people buyingcross-border.Most users of prescription drugs don’s worry about costs a lot.They’re sheltered by employee insurance, owing just a $20 co-pay.The financial blows rain, instead, on the uninsured, especially the chronically ill who need expensive drugs to live, This group will still include middle-income seniors on Medicare, who’ll have to dig deeply into their pockets before getting much from the new drug benefit that starts in 2006.26. What is said about the consequence of the rocketing drug prices in the U.S.?A) A quarter of Americans can’t afford their prescription drugs.B) Many Americans can’t afford to see a doctor when they fall ill.C) Many Americans have to go to Canada to get medical treatment.D) The inflation rate has been more than doubled over the years.27. It can be inferred that America can follow the Canadian model and curb its soaring drug prices by _____.A) encouraging people to buy prescription drugs onlineB) extending medical insurance to all its citizensC) importing low-price prescription drugs from CanadaD) exercising price control on brand-name drugs28. How do propagandists argue for the U.S. drug pricing policy?A) Low prices will affect the quality of medicines in America.B) High prices are essential to funding research on new drugs.C) Low prices will bring about the anger of drug manufacturers.D) High-price drugs are indispensable in curing chronic diseases.29. What should be the priority of America’s health-care system according to the author?A) To resolve the dilemma in the health-care system.B) To maintain America’s lead in the drug industry.C) To allow the vast majority to enjoy its benefits.D) To quicken the pace of new drug development.30. What are American drug companies doing to protect their high profits?A) Labeling drugs bought from Canada as being fakes.B) Threatening to cut back funding for new drug research.C) Reducing supplies to uncooperative Canadian pharmacies.D) Attributing the raging epidemics to the ineffectiveness of Canadian drugs.Passage ThreeQuestions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage.Age has its privileges in America. And one of the more prominent of them is the senior citizen discount. Anyone who has reached a certain age-in some cases as low as 55-is automatically entitled to a dazzling array of price reductions at nearly every level of commercial life. Eligibility is determined not by one’s need but by the date on one’s birth certificate. Practically unheard of a generation ago, the discounts have become a routine part of many businesses-as common as color televisions in motel rooms and free coffee on airliners.People with gray hair often are given the discounts without even asking for them；yet，millions of Americans above age 60 are healthy and solvent (有支付能力的). Businesses that would never dare offer discounts to college students or anyone under 30 freely offer them to older Americans. The practice is acceptable because of the widespread belief that “elderly” and “needy”are synonymous (同义的).Perhaps that once was true, but today elderly Americans as a group have a lower poverty rate than the rest of the population. To be sure, there is economic diversity within the elderly, and many older Americans are poor, But most of them aren’t. It is impossible to determine the impact of the discounts on individual companies. For many firms, they are a stimulus to revenue. But in other cases the discounts are given at the expense.Directly or indirectly, of younger Americans. Moreover, they are a direct irritant in what some politicians and scholars see as a coming conflict between the generations.Generational tensions are being fueled by continuing debate over Social Security benefits，which mostly involves a transfer of resources from the young to the old. Employment is another sore point, Buoyed (支持) by laws and court decisions, more and more older Americans are declining the retirement dinner in favor of staying on the job-thereby lessening employment and promotion opportunities for younger workers.Far from a kind of charity they once were, senior citizen discounts have become a formidable economic privilege to a group with millions of members who don’t need them.It no longer makes sense to treat the elderly as a single group whose economic needs deserve priority over those of others. Senior citizen discounts only enhance the myth that older people can’t take care of themselves and need special treatment； and they threaten the creation of a new myth, that the elderly are ungrateful and taking for themselves at the expense of children and other age groups. Senior citizen discounts are the essence of the very thing older Americans are fighting against-discrimination by age.31. We learn from the first paragraph that____.A) offering senior citizens discounts has become routine commercial practiceB) senior citizen discounts have enabled many old people to live a decent lifeC) giving senior citizens discounts has boosted the market for the elderlyD) senior citizens have to show their birth certificates to get a discount32. What assumption lies behind the practice of senior citizen discounts?A) Businesses, having made a lot of profits, should do something for society in return.B) Old people are entitled to special treatment for the contribution they made to society.C) The elderly, being financially underprivileged，need humane help from society.D) Senior citizen discounts can make up for the inadequacy of the Social Security system.33. According to some politicians and scholars, senior citizen discounts will___.A) make old people even more dependent on societyB) intensify conflicts between the young and the oldC) have adverse financial impact on business companiesD) bring a marked increase in the companies revenues34. How does the author view the Social Security system?A) It encourages elderly people to retire in time.B) It opens up broad career prospects for young people.C) It benefits the old at the expense of the youngD) It should be reinforced by laws and court decisions35. Which of the following best summarizes the author’s main argument?A) Senior citizens should fight hard against age discrimination.B) The elderly are selfish and taking senior discounts for granted.C) Priority should be given to the economic needs of senior citizens.D) Senior citizen discounts may well be a type of age discrimination.Passage FourQuestions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage.In 1854 my great-grandfather, Morris Marable, was sold on an auction block in Georgia for ＄500. For his white slave master, the sale was just “business as usual.” But to Morris Marable and his heirs, slavery was a crime against our humanity. This pattern of human rights violations against enslaved African-Americans continued under racial segregation for nearly another century. The fundamental problem of American democracy in the 21st century is the problem of “structural racism” the deep patterns of socio-economic inequality and accumulated disadvantage that are coded by race, and constantly justified in public speeches by both racist stereotypes and white indifference. Do Americans have the capacity and vision to remove these structural barriers that deny democratic rights and opportunities to millions of their fellowcitizens?This country has previously witnessed two great struggles to achieve a truly multicultural democracy.The First Reconstruction (1865-1877) ended slavery and briefly gave black men voting rights, but gave no meaningful compensation for two centuries of unpaid labor. The promise of “40 acres and a mule (骡子)”was for most blacks a dream deferred (尚未实现的).The Second Reconstruction (1954-1968), or the modern civil rights movement, ended legal segregation in public accommodations and gave blacks voting rights . But these successes paradoxically obscure the tremendous human costs of historically accumulated disadvantage that remain central to black Americans’ lives.The disproportionate wealth that most whites enjoy today was first constructed from centuries of unpaid black labor. Many white institutions, including some leading universities, insurance companies and banks, profited from slavery. This pattern of white privilege and black inequality continues today.Demanding reparations (赔偿) is not just about compensation for slavery and segregation. It is, more important, an educational campaign to highlight the contemporary reality of “racial deficits” of all kinds, the unequal conditions that impact blacks regardless of class. Structural racism’s barriers include “equity inequity.” the absence of black capital formation that is a direct consequence of America’s history. One third of all black households actually have negative net wealth. In 1998 the typical black family’s net wealth was ＄16,400, less than one fifth that of white families.Black families are denied home loans at twice the rate of whites.Blacks remain the last hired and first fired during recessions.During the 1990-91 recession. African-Americans suffered disproportionately. At Coca-Cola, 42 percent of employees who lost their jobs were blacks. At Sears, 54 percent were black, Blacks have significantly shorter life spans, in part due to racism in the health establishment. Blacks are statistically less likely than whites to be referred for kidney transplants or early-stage cancer surgery.36. To the author, the auction of his great-grandfather is a typical example of____.A) crime against humanityB) unfair business transactionC) racial conflicts in GeorgiaD) racial segregation in America37. The barrier to democracy in 21st century America is____.A) widespread use of racist stereotypesB) prejudice against minority groupsC) deep-rooted socio-economic inequalityD) denial of legal rights to ordinary blacks38. What problem remains unsolved in the two Reconstructions?A) Differences between races are deliberately obscured.B) The blacks are not compensated for their unpaid labor.C) There is no guarantee for blacks to exercise their rights.D) The interests of blacks are not protected by law.39. It is clear that the wealth enjoyed by most whites____.A) has resulted from business successes over the yearsB) has been accompanied by black capital formationC) has derived from sizable investments in educationD) has been accumulated from generations of slavery40. What does the author think of the current situation regarding racial discrimination?A) Racism is not a major obstacle to blacks’ employment.B) Inequality of many kinds remains virtually untouchedC) A major step has been taken towards reparations.D) Little has been done to ensure blacks’ civil rights.Part III V ocabulary (20 minutes)Direction: There are 30 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence thereare four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet witha single line through the centre.41. Because of the of its ideas, the book was in wide circulation both at home and abroad.A)originality B) subjectivityC) generality D) ambiguity42. With its own parliament and currency and a common ___ for peace, the European Union declared itself—in 11 official languages—open for business.A) inspiration B) assimilationC) intuition D) aspiration43. America has now adopted more _________ European-style inspection systems, and the incidence of food poisoning is falling.A) discrete B) solemnC) rigorous D) autonomous44. Mainstream pro-market economists all agree that competition is an ___ spur to efficiency and innovation.A) extravagant B) exquisiteC) intermittent D) indispensable45. In the late 19th century, Jules Verne, the master of science fiction, foresaw many of the technological wonders that are ___ today.A) transient B) commonplaceC) implicit D) elementary46. I was so ___ when I used the automatic checkout lane in the supermarket for the first time.A) immersed B) assaultedC) thrilled D) dedicated47. His arm was ___ from the shark’s mouth and reattached, but the boy, who already died, remained in a delicate condition.A)retrieved B) retainedC) repelled D) restored48. Bill Gates and Walt Disney are two people America has ___ to be the Greatest American.A) appointed B) appeasedC) nicknamed D) dominated49. The ___ majority of citizens tend to believe that the death penalty will help decreasethe crime rate.A) overflowing B) overwhelmingC) prevalent D) premium50. We will also see a ___ increase in the number of televisions per household, as smallTV displays are added to clocks, coffee makers and smoke detectors.A) startling B) surpassingC) suppressing D) stacking51. The advance of globalization is challenging some of our most ___ values and ideas, including our idea of what constitutes “home”.A) enriched B) enlightenedC) cherished D) chartered52. Researchers have discovered that ___ with animals in an active way may lower aperson’s blood pressure.A) interacting B) integratingC) migrating D) merging53. The Beatles, the most famous British band of the 196.s, traveled worldwide for many years, _________ cultural barriers.A) transporting B) transplantingC) transferring D) transcending54. In his last years, Henry suffered from a disease that slowly ___ him of much of hissight.A) relieved B) jeopardizedC) deprived D) eliminated55. Weight lifting, or any other sport that builds up your muscles, can make bones become denser and less ___ to injury.A) attached B) proneC) immune D) reconciled56. He has ___ to museums hundreds of his paintings as well as his entire personalcollection of modern art.A) ascribed B) attributedC) designated D) donated57. Erik’s website contains ___ photographs and hundreds of articles and short videosfrom his trip around the globe.A) prosperous B) gorgeousC) spacious D) simultaneous58. Optimism is a ___ shown to be associated with good physical health, less depressionand longer life.A) trail B) traitC) trace D) track59. The institution has a highly effective program which helps first-year students make a successful ___ into college life.A) transformation B) transmissionC) transition D) transaction60. Philosophers believe that desire, hatred and envy are “negative emotions” which ___the mind and lead it into a pursuit of power and possessions.A) distort B) reinforceC) exert D) scramble61. The term “glass ceiling” was first used by the Wall Street Journal to describe the apparent barriers that prevent women from reaching the top of the corporate ___.A) seniority B) superiorityC) height D) hierarchy62. Various efforts have been made over the centuries to predict earthquakes, including observing lights in the sky and ___ animal behavior.A) abnormal B) exoticC) absurd D) erroneous63. Around 80 percent of the ___ characteristics of most white Britons have beenpassed down from a few thousand Ice Age hunters.A) intelligible B) randomC) spontaneous D) genetic64. Picasso gained popularity in the mid-20th century, which was ___ of a new attitude towards modern art.A) informative B) indicativeC) exclusive D) expressive65. The country was an island that enjoyed civilized living for a thousand years or more with little ___ from the outside world.A) disturbance B) discriminationC) irritation D) irregularity66. Fashion designers are rarely concerned with vital things like warmth, comfort and ________ .A) stability B) capability。

2015年12月大学英语六级听力真题MP3下载(含文本)(第一套)答案

2015年12月大学英语六级听力真题MP3下载(含文本)(第一套) Section ADirections: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the end of eachconversation, 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 1 with a single line through the centre.注意：此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。

1. A. Prepare for his exams.B. Catch up on his work.C. Attend the concert.D. Go on a vacation.2. A. Three crew members were involved in the incident.B. None of the hijackers carried any deadly weapons.C. The plane had been scheduled to fly to Japan.D. None of the passengers were injured or killed.3. A. An article about the election.B. A tedious job to be done.C. An election campaign.D. A fascinating topic.4. A. The restaurant was not up to the speakers' expectations.B. The restaurant places many ads in popular magazines.C. The critic thought highly of the Chinese restaurant.D. Chinatown has got the best restaurants in the city.5. A. He is going to visit his mother in the hospital.B. He is going to take on a new job next week.C. He has many things to deal with right now.D. He behaves in a way nobody understands.6. A. A large number of students refused to vote last night.B. At least twenty students are needed to vote on an issue.C. Major campus issues had to be discussed at the meeting.D. More students have to appear to make their voice heard.7. A. The woman can hardly tell what she likes.B. The speakers like watching TV very much.C. The speakers have nothing to do but watch TV.D. The man seldom watched TV before retirement.8. A. The woman should have registered earlier.B. He will help the woman solve the problem.C ) He finds it hard to agree with what the woman says.D. The woman will be able to attend the classes she wants.Questions 9 to 12 are based on the conversation you have just heard.9. A. Persuade the man to join her company.B. Employ the most up-to-date technology.C. Export bikes to foreign markets.D. Expand their domestic business.10. A. The state subsidizes small and medium enterprises.B. The government has control over bicycle imports.C. They can compete with the best domestic manufacturers.D. They have a cost advantage and can charge higher prices.11. A. Extra costs might eat up their profits abroad.B. More workers will be needed to do packaging.C. They might lose to foreign bike manufacturers.D. It is very difficult to find suitable local agents.12. A. Report to the management.B. Attract foreign investments.C. Conduct a feasibility studyD. Consult financial experts.Questions 13 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.13. A. Coal burnt daily for the comfort of our homes.B. Anything that can be used to produce power.C. Fuel refined from oil extracted from underground.D. Electricity that keeps all kinds of machines running.14. A. Oil will soon be replaced by alternative energy sources.B. Oil reserves in the world will be exhausted in a decade.C. Oil consumption has given rise to many global problems.D. Oil production will begin to decline worldwide by 2025.15. A. Minimize the use of fossil fuels.B. Start developing alternative fuels.C. Find the real cause for global warming.D. Take steps to reduce the greenhouse effect.Section BDirections: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A ), B ), C. and D ). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 71 with a single line through the centre.Passage OneQuestions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard.16. A. The ability to predict fashion trends.B. A refined taste for artistic works.C. Years of practical experience.D. Strict professional training.17. A. Promoting all kinds of American hand-made specialties.B. Strengthening cooperation with foreign governments.C. Conducting trade in art works with dealers overseas.D. Purchasing handicrafts from all over the world.18. A. She has access to fashionable things.B. She is doing what she enjoys doing.C. She can enjoy life on a modest salary.D. She is free to do whatever she wants.Passage TwoQuestions 19 to 22 are based on the passage you have just heard.19. A. Join in neighborhood patrols.B. Get involved in his community.C. voice his complaints to the city council.D. Make suggestions to the local authorities.20. A. Deterioration in the quality of life.B. Increase of police patrols at night.C. Renovation of the vacant buildings.D. Violation of community regulations.21. A. They may take a long time to solve.B. They need assistance from the city.C. They have to be dealt with one by one.D. They are too big for individual efforts.22. A. He had got some groceries at a big discount.B. He had read a funny poster near his seat.C. He had done a small deed of kindness.D. He had caught the bus just in time.Passage ThreeQuestions 23 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.23. A. Childhood and healthy growth.B. Pressure and heart disease.C. Family life and health.D. Stress and depression.24. A. It experienced a series of misfortunes.B. It was in the process of reorganization.C. His mother died of a sudden heart attack.D. His wife left him because of his bad temper.25. A. They would give him a triple bypass surgery.B. They could remove the block in his artery.C. They could do nothing to help him.D. They would try hard to save his life.Section CDirections: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read forthe first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks with the exact words you have just heard. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written.When most people think of the word "education," they think of a pupil as a sort of animate sausage casing. Into this empty casing, the teachers（26）stuff "education."But genuine education, as Socrates knew more than two thousand years ago, is not （27 ）the stuffings of information into a person, but rather eliciting knowledge from him; it is the 28 of what is in the mind."The most important part of education," once wrote William Ernest Hocking, the （29）Harvard philosopher, "is this instruction of a man in what he has inside of him. And, as Edith Hamilton has reminded us, Socrates never said, "I know, learn from me." He said, rather, "Look into your own selvers and find the （30）of truth that God has put into every heart, and that only you can kindle (点燃) to a（31）."In a dialogue, Socrates takes an ignorant slave boy, without a day of （32）, and proves to the amazed observers that the boy really "knows" geometry--because the principles of geometry are already in his mind, waiting to be called out.So many of the discussions and （33）about the content of education are useless and inconclusive because they（34）what should "go into" the student rather than with what should be taken out, and how this can best be done.The college student who once said to me, after a lecture, "I spend so much time studying that I don't have a chance to learn anything," was clearly expressing his （35 ）with the sausage-casing view of education.2015年12月大学英语六级听力真题MP3下载(含文本)(第一套)答案Section A 参考答案1. C)【精析】行动计划题。

2006年高考英语听力(全国卷)

2006年高考试题——英语听力（全国卷1）第一部分听力(共两节，满分30分)做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。

录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上答案转涂到答题卡上。

第一节（共5小题;每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）听下面5段对话。

每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。

听完每段对话后，你都有10秒的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。

每段对话仅读一遍。

例：How much is the shirt?A.£19.15.B.£9.15.C.£9.18.答案是B。

1.How much will the man pay for the tickets?A.£7.5.B.£15.C.£50.2.Which is the right gate for the man’s flight?A.Gate 16.B.Gate 22.C.Gate 25.3.How does the man feel about going to school by bike?A.Happy.B.Tired.C.Worried.4.When can the woman get the computers?A.On Tuesday.B.On Wednesday.C.On Thursday.5.What does the woman think of the shirt for the party?A.The size is not large enough.B.The material is not good.C.The color is not suitable.第二节(共15小题;每小题1.5分，满分22.5分)听下面5段对话。

每段对话后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。

听每段对话前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。

英语六级听力真题长对话

英语六级听力真题长对话英语六级听力真题（长对话）（通用8篇）随着时间的推移，一年一度的六级考试马上就要到来了。

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英语六级听力真题长对话篇1Conversation OneM: So how long have you been a Market Research Consultant?W: Well, I started straight after finishing university.M: Did you study market research?W: Yeah, and it really helped me to get into the industry, but I have to say that it's more important to get experience in different types of market research to find out exactly what you're interested in.M: So what are you interested in?W: Well, at the moment, I specialize in quantitative advertising research, which means that I do two types of projects. Trackers, which are ongoing projects that look at trends or customer satisfaction over a long period of time. The only problem with trackers is that it takes up a lot of your time. But you do build up a good relationship with the client. I also do a couple of ad-hoc jobs which are much shorter projects.M: What exactly do you mean by ad-hoc jobs?W: It's basically when companies need quick answers to their questions about their consumers' habits. They just ask for one questionnaire to be sent out for example, so the time you spend on an ad-hoc project tends to be fairly short.M: Which do you prefer, trackers or ad-hoc?W: I like doing both and in fact I need to do both at the sametime to keep me from going crazy. I need the variety.M: Can you just explain what process you go through with a new client?W: Well, together we decide on the methodology and the objectives of the research. I then design a questionnaire. Once the interviewers have been briefed, I send the client a schedule and then they get back to me with deadlines. Once the final charts and tables are ready, I have to check them and organize a presentation.M: Hmm, one last question, what do you like and dislike about your job?W: As I said, variety is important and as for what I don't like, it has to be the checking of charts and tables.Questions 1 to 4 are based on the conversation you have just heard.Q1: What position does the woman hold in the company?Q2: What does the woman specialize in at the moment?Q3: What does the woman say about trackers?Q4: What does the woman dislike about her job?Conversation TwoW: Hello, I'm here with Frederick. Now Fred, you went to university in Canada?M: Yeah, that's right.W: OK, and you have very strong views about universities in Canada. Could you please explain?M: Well, we don't have private universities in Canada. They’re all public. All the universities are owned by the government, so there is the Ministry of Education in charge of creating the curriculum for the universities and so there is not much room for flexibility. Since it's a government operatedinstitution, things don't move very fast. If you want something to be done, then their staff do not have so much incentive to help you because he's a worker for the government. So I don't think it's very efficient. However, there are certain advantages of public universities, such as the fees being free. You don't have to pay for your education. But the system isn't efficient, and it does not work that well.W: Yeah, I can see your point, but in the United States we have many private universities, and I think they are large bureaucracies also. Maybe people don't act that much differently, because it’s the same thing working for a private university. They get paid for their job. I don’t know if they're that much more motivated to help people. Also, we have a problem in the United States that usually only wealthy kids go to the best schools and it's kind of a problem actually.M: I agree with you. I think it's a problem because you're not giving equal access to education to everybody. It’s no t easy, but having only public universities also might not be the best solution. Perhaps we can learn from Japan where they have a system of private and public universities. Now, in Japan, public universities are considered to be the best.W: Right. It's the exact opposite in the United States.M: So, as you see, it's very hard to say which one is better.W: Right, a good point.Questions 5 to 8 are based on the conversation you have just heard.Q5: What does the woman want Frederick to talk about?Q6: What does the man say about the curriculum in Canadian universities?Q7: On what point do the speakers agree?Q8: What point does the man make at the end of the conversation?英语六级听力真题长对话篇2Lecture 1The negative impacts of natural disasters can be seen everywhere. In just the past few weeks, the world has witnessed the destructive powers of earthquakes in Indonesia, typhoons in the Philippines, and the destructive sea waves that struck Samoa and neighboring islands.A study by the Center for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters finds that, between 1980 and 2007, nearly 8,400 natural disasters killed more than two-million people. These catastrophic events caused more than $1.5 trillion in economic losses.U.N. weather expert Geoffrey Love says that is the bad news. "Over the last 50 years, economic losses have increased by a factor of 50. That sounds pretty terrible, but the loss of life has decreased by a factor of 10 simply because we are getting better at warning people. We are making a difference. Extreme events, however, will continue to occur. But, the message is that they may not be disasters."Love, who is director of Weather and Disaster Risk Reduction at the World Meteorological Organization, says most of the deaths and economic losses were caused by weather, climate, or water-related extremes. These include droughts, floods, windstorms, strong tropical winds and wildfires.He says extreme events will continue. But, he says extreme events become disasters only when people fail to prepare for them."Many of the remedies are well-known. From a planning perspective, it is pretty simple. Build better buildings. Don’tbuild where the hazards will destroy them. From an early-warning perspective, make sure the warnings go right down to the community level. Build community action plans. ”The World Meteorological Organization points to Cuba and Bangladesh as examples of countries that have successfully reduced the loss of life caused by natural disasters by taking preventive action.It says tropical cyclones formerly claimed dozens, if not hundreds of lives, each year, in Cuba. But, the development of an early-warning system has reversed that trend. In 2008, Cuba was hit by five successive hurricanes, but only seven people were killed.Bangladesh also has achieved substantial results. Major storm surges in 1970 and 1991 caused the deaths of about 440,000 people. Through careful preparation, the death toll from a super tropical storm in November 2007 was less than 3,500.Q16. What is the talk mainly about?Q17. How can we stop extreme events from turning into events?Q18. What does the example of Cuba serve to show?Lecture 2As U.S. banks recovered with the help of American government and the American taxpayers, president Obama held meetings with top bank execut ives, telling them it’s time to return the favor. “The way I see it are banks now having a greater obligation to the goal of a wide recovery,” he said. But the president may be giving the financial sector too much credit. “It was in a free fall, and it was a very scary period.” Economist Martin Neil Baily said. After the failure of Lehman Brothers, many of the world’s largest banks feared the worst as the collapse ofthe housing bubble exposed in investments in risky loans.Although he says the worst is just over, Bailey says the banking crisis is not. More than 130 US banks failed in 2009. He predicts high failure rates for smaller, regional banks in 2010 as commercial real estate loans come due."So there may actually be a worsening of credit availability to small and medium sized businesses in the next year or so."Analysts say the biggest problem is high unemployment, which weakens demand and makes banks reluctant to lend. But US Bankcorp chief Richard Davis sees the situation differently."We're probably more optimistic than the experts might be.With that in mind, we're putting everything we can, lending is the coal to our engine, so we want to make more loans. We have to find a way to qualify more people and not put ourselves at risk."While some economists predict continued recovery in the future, Baily says the only certainty is that banks are unlikely to make the same mistakes - twice. "You know, forecasting's become a very hazardous business so I don't want to commit myself too much. I don't think we know exactly what's going to happen but it's certainly possible that we could get very slow growth over the next year or two.”If the economy starts to shrink again, Baily says it would make a strong case for a second stimulus -- something the Obama administration hopes will not be necessary.Q19. What dose president Obama hope the banks will do?Q20. What is Martin Neil Baily’s prediction about the financial situation in the future?Q21. What does U.S. Bankcorp chief Richard Davis say about its future operation?Q22. What does Martin Neil Baily think of a second stimulus to the economy?英语六级听力真题长对话篇3Section ADirections: In this section, you will hear two long conversations. At the end of eachconversation, you will hear four questions. Both the conversation and the questions will bespoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer. from the fourchoices marked A), B),C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with asingle line through the centre.注意：此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。

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2015年12月六级听力真题短对话W：Wow，what a variety of salads you’ve got on your menu， could you recommend something special?M： Well， I think you can try this mixed salad。

We make the dressing with fresh berries。

Q： what does the man mean?W：I was talking to Mary the other day，and she mentioned that your new consulting firm is doing really well。

M：Yes，business paced up much faster than we anticipated。

We now have over 200 clients。

Q： What do we learn about the man from the conversation?W： Do you know where we keep flash disks and printing paper?M： They should be in the cabinet if there are any。

That’s where we keep all of our office supplies。

Q： what does the woman mean?W： The printing of this dictionary is so small。

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TEST FOR ENGLISH MAJORS (2006)2006年专业八级听力真题及答案PARTI LISTENING COMPREHESIONSection A Mini-lectureSection B InterviewIn this section you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow. Mark the correct answer to each question on your coloured answer sheet.Questions 1 to 5 are based on an interview. At the end of the interview you will be given 10 seconds to answer each of the following five questions. Now listen to the interview.1. Which of the fo llowing statements is TRUE about Miss Green’s university days?A. She felt bored.B. She felt lonely.C. She cherished them.D. The subject was easy.2. Which of the following is NOT part of her job with the Department of Employment?A. Doing surveys at workplace.B. Analyzing survey results.C. Designing questionnaires.D. Taking a psychology course.3. According to Miss Green, the main difference between the Department of Employment and the advertising agency lies inA. the nature of work.B. office decoration.C. office location.D. work procedures.4. Why did Miss green want to leave the advertising agency?A. She felt unhappy inside the company.B. She felt work there too demanding.C. She was denied promotion in the company.D. She longed for new opportunities.5. How did Miss Green react to a heavier workload in the new job?A. She was willing and ready.B. She sounded mildly eager.C. She a bit surprised.D. She sounded very reluctant.SECTION C NEWS BROADCASTIn this section you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow. Mark the correct answer to each question on your coloured answer sheet. Questions 6 and 7 based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer each of the two questions. Now listen to the news.6. The man stole the aircraft mainly because he wanted toA. destroy the European Central Bank.B. have an interview with a TV station.C. circle skyscrapers in downtown Frankfurt.D. remember the death of a US astronaut.7. Which of the following statements about the man is TRUE?A. He was a 31-year-old student from Frankfurt.B. He was piloting a two-seat helicopter he had stolen.C. He had talked to air traffic controllers by radio.D. He threatened to land on the European Central Bank.Question 8 is based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the question. Now listen to the news.8. The news is mainly about the city government’s plan toA. expand and improve the existing subway system.B. build underground malls and parking lots.C. prevent further land subsidence.D. promote advanced technology.Questions 9 and 10 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer each of the two questions. Now listen to the news.9. According to the news, what makes this credit card different from conventional ones isA. that it can hear the owner’s voice.B. that it can remember a password.C. that it can identify the owner’s voice.D. that it can remember the owner’s PIN.10. The newly developed credit card is said to said to have all the following EXCEPTA. switch.B. battery.C. speaker.D. built-in chip.听力原文Part 1, Listening ComprehensionSECTION A MINI-LECTUREGood morning! In today's lecture we shall discuss what meaning is in literary, works. When we read novels, poems, etc. , we invariably ask ourselves a question—that is, what does the writer mean here? In other words, we are interested in finding out the meaning. But meaning is a difficult issue in literature. How do we know what a work of literature is supposed to mean or what its real meaning is? I'd like to discuss three ways to explain what meaning is. No. 1, meaning is what is intended by the author. ( Q1)No. 2, meaning is created by and contained in the text itself.And No. 3 , meaning is created by the reader.Now, let's take a look at the first approach—that is, meaning is what is intended by the author. Does a work of literature mean what the author intended to mean? And if so, how can we tell? If all the evidence we have is the text itself and nothing else, we can only guess what ideas the author had according to our understanding of literature and world. In order to havea better idea of what one par¬ticular author means in one of his works; I suggest that you do the following:First, go to the library and read other works by the same author. ( Q2)Second get to know something about what sort of meanings seem to be common in literary works in that particular tradition and .at that time. In other words, we need to find out what the literary trends were in those days. ( Q3)And last, get to know what were the cultural values and symbols of the time. I guess you can understand the author's meaning much more clearly after you do the related background research.Now, let's move on to the second approach to meaning—that is, meaning is created by and con¬tained in the text itself. Does the meaning exist in the text? Some scholars argue that the formal prop¬erties of the text like grammar, diction, uses of image and so on and so forth, contain and produce the meaning, ( Q4) so that any educated or competent reader will inevitably come to more or less the same interpretation as any other. As. far as I am concerned, the meaning is not only to be found in the literary traditions and grammatical conventions of meaning but also in the cultural codes which have been handed down from generation to generation. ( Q5) So when we and other readers, inclu¬ding the author as well, are said to come up with similar interpretations. That kind of agreement could be created by common traditions and conventions of usage, practice and interpretation. In other words, we have some kind of shared bases for the same interpretation, but that does not mean that readers agree on the meaning all the time. In different time periods, with different cultural perspec¬tives, including class, belief and world view, readers, I mean competent readers, can arrive at dif¬ferent interpretations of tdxts: ( Q6) So meaning in the text is determined by how readers see it. It is not contained in the text in a fixed way.Now, the third approach to meaning—that is, meaning is created by the reader. ( Q7) Does the meaning then exist in the reader's response? In a sense, this is inescapable. Meaning exists only in so far as it means to someone , and literary works are written in order to evoke sets of responses in the reader. This leads us to consider three essential issues.The first is—meaning is social—( Q8) that is, language and conventions work only a shared meaning and our way of viewing the world can exist only a shared or sharable. Similarly, when we read a text, we are participating in social or cultural meaning, so a response to a piece of literary work is not merely an individual thing but is part of culture and history. Second, meaning is contextual. If you change the context, you often change the meaning. And last, meaning requires reader competency. ( Q9) Texts constructed as literature have their own ways of expressions or sometimes we say styles. And the more we know of them, the more we can understand the text. Consequently, there is in regard to the question of meaning; the matter of reader competency as it is called the experience and knowledge of comprehending literary texts. Your professors might insist that you practice and improve competency in reading and they might also insist that you interpret meaning in the context of the whole work. But you may have to learn other compe¬tencies too. For instance, in reading Mulk Raj Anand's The Untouchables' you might have to learn what the social structure of India was like at that time, what traditions of writing were in practice in India in the early 1930s, what political, cultural and personal influences Mulk Raj Anand cameun¬der when constructing the imaginative world of the short novel. ( Q10) Ok , you may see that this i¬dea that meaning requires competency in reading in fact brings us back to the historically situated un¬derstandings of an author and his works as we mentioned earlier in this lecture, to different conven¬tions and ways of reading and writing and to the point that meaning requires a negotiation between cultural meanings across time, culture, class, etc. As readers, you have in fact acquired a good deal of competency already but you shouldacquire more. The essential point of this lecture is that mean¬ing in literature is a phenomenon that is not easily located, that meaning is historical, social and de¬rived from the traditions of reading and thinking and understanding of the world that you are educated about. Thank you for your attention!SECTION B INTERVIEWInterviewer: Well, I see from your resume , Miss Green, that you studied at the university college. How did you find there?Miss Green: I had a great time. The teaching there was good and I made a lot of friends. The psy¬chology department was a great place to be. ( Q1)Interviewer: How come you chose psychology?Miss Green: Well, at first I didn't have any clear idea of what I wanted to do after university.I guess I've just always been interested in people and the way they act. I wanted to know why people think and act the way they do. It's a fascinating area.Interviewer: And what was the course like? .Miss Green: Good. The teachers were all really nice and they had the special approach to teaching. You know they didn't just give us lectures and tell us to read books like they might do in some more traditional places. The whole course was based on the problem-solvingap¬proach. You know they described a pai-ticular situation to us and we discuss what might happen. And after that we do some reading and see if it confirmed our own ideas. That's what I liked best—the really practical orientation of the course. I learnt very well with that style. So for me, it was just great. ( Q1)Interviewer: I see from your resume that you graduated about four years ago and after that... let me see...Miss Green:I got a job with the Department of Employment. It was only a temporary thing for about five months. I was a researcher in the department. We design a survey, go out to the factories, and ask all the questions to the workers and the management , then go back to the office, analyze all the data and produce a report. ( Q2) It was quite interesting and I guessed the psychology course at college helped me a lot.Interviewer:And after that you worked for three years in an Advertising Agency. That must be a bit of change from the Department of Employment, wasn't it?Miss Green: Well, not really. I supposed the office furnishings were a bit more sophisticated, but the work was quite, similar. I was basically still doing the same thing—designingques¬tionnaires, going out, asking questions and writing reports. The only difference was that this time I wasn't asking people about their work. I was asking them what kind of sham¬poo they bought and if they preferred brand X to brand Y. ( Q3) Then I make up a re¬port and the agency would use the information in the advertising campaigns. I enjoyed my work a lot.Interviewer: So why did you decide to leave?Miss Green :.Three years is a long time to be asking people those sorts of questions about shampoo and drinks. No. Seriously , after two years I was in charge of the research department of the agency and .I had one assistant researcher. I guess after two years of doing that, I sup¬pose I felt, you know, I can do this well. And now I want to do something else that's a little different. And there was nowhere for me to go inside the company. It just wasn't challenging for me any more and because I needed a challenge, I decided to move on. ( Q4) When I heard about the position of senior researcher here, I thought that's exactly what I want—the chance to combine my management skills and my research interests working in a much larger department with more varied work.Interviewer: And you felt that the job description and our advertisement would offer you the kind of challenge you're looking for?Miss Green:Exactly. Yes. As I said, management in a larger organization and research combined. Also to be honest with you, I heard about the job before it was advertised. A friend of mine, who works here, Mark Austen, told me a few weeks ago that you were looking for someone to take over the job. He described the position to me in quite a bit of detail. And I thought, "Well, , that's exactly what I'm looking for. " So really I'd written my let¬ter of application before the job was even advertised.Interviewer: I should tell you that with the present cutbacks, we've only got one full-time administer assistant in the section. How would you feel about doing your own word processing, photo copying, that sort of thing?Miss Green: Oh, I'm used to that. I've done all my own word processing for ages. It's the only way to write really , isn't it? I can type well about 60 words a minute. I did a secretarial course after I left school, so I learnt typing in short hand. Then a few years later, I bought a PC and I learnt how to do word processing, too. ( Q5 )Interviewer: Well , that's handy. Now in the position you've applied for , you'd have five to six assis¬tant researchers responsible to you. That's considerably more responsibility than you've had before. So you're obviously ambitious. And as you said, you like challenge. I was wondering what you see yourself doing in, say, five or ten years on the track.Miss Green:Oh, that is a difficult question. Let me try to answer your question in this way. I'm-par¬ticularly interested in experimental design and also in teaching. I'd like to continue the organization and planning site of research, but do some teaching, too. I know that you have lecturers here who do just that sort of thing—some practical worker and someun¬dergraduate and postgraduate teaching. So that's what I really be aiming for—to be a lec¬turer here as well. ( Q5 )Interviewer: Well, that is certainly a career path that we'd encourage you to follow. But of course it might be necessary to upgrade your present qualifications first. I see from your resume that you've enrolled in an M. A. in experimental psychology. Could you tell me a bit about the courses you're planning to fake?SECTION C NEWS BROADCASTNews Item 1 (for questions 6 and 7)A man stole a small aircraft at gunpoint Sunday and flew it over downtown Frankfurt, circling skyscrapets and threatening tp crash into the European Central Bank. He landed safely after abouttwo hours and was arrested.,The man told a television station he wanted to call attention to Judith Resnik, a U. S. astronautkilled in the 1986 post-launch explosion of the space shuttle Challenger. ( Q6) Military jets chased the stolen , two-seat motorized glider as the man began circling slowly above Frankfurt's banking dis¬trict. Thousands of people were evacuated from the main railway station, two opera houses and sever¬al skyscrapers. Police identified the man as a31-year-old German student from Darmstadt, a city about 25 miles south of Frankfurt. In radio contact with air traffic controllers , the man threatened to crash into the. European Central Bank headquarters unless he was allowed the TV interview as well as a call to Baltimore. ( Q7 ) He later said he wanted to commit suicide by plunging the plane into theMaine River. It was unclear if the man was forced to land or talked down. Air traffic controllers and a police psychologist had been in contact with him.News Item 2 (for question 8)Shanghai plans to build a vast underground network of malls , restaurants and parking lots to make up for a lack of space above ground according to a recent government report. ( Q8 ) The development will cover 600,000 square meters , the equivalent of 120 soccer fields, spread across four underground floors, the city government reported on its website. The city is accepting bids from builders. Shanghai has about 20 million people , plus factories , office towers and high-rise apartments , crowded into a small triangular territory near the mouth of the Yangtze River. The plans called for the project due to be finished by 2006 to expand existing facilities scattered along Shanghai subway system. The project will need advanced technology to supply fresh air and ensure safety.But the biggest concern is the stability off` the soil under the city. Shanghai is sinking by 1.5 centimeters a year. Lands subsidence has been aggravated by over-pumping of underground water and the construction of thousands of high-rise buildings. Shanghai's foundations are built on soft soil. So building multi-storey spaces underground would be like digging holes in the piece of bean curd, the government report says. The difficulties are easy to see.News Item 3 (for questions 9 and 10)A credit card that only works when it hears its owner's voice has been developed by US scien¬tists. Researchers hope that the device, which comes with a built-in voice recognition chip and mi¬crophone will be a weapon in the battle against credit card fraud. ( Q9) Even if thieves know a card's password and personal identification number, they will still have to copy the owner's voice accurate¬ly. The trial card was created by scientists atB Card inCalifornia, US. The first version is 3 times as thick as a normal credit card, but researchers believe smaller chips will allow the card to slim down to a more conventional size. The card is apparently the first to put a voice recognition chip, 'a micro¬phone speaker and battery into a credit card. ( Q10) To use the card, the owner first presses a but¬ton and hears the prompt: say your password. If the password is correct and spoken by the right per¬son, the card emits an identification signal which is processed by a computer connected to the Inter¬net. Researchers hope to get the card to handle ten transactions per day for two years before its non- replaceable battery runs out.参考答案：Section A Mini-lecture1.the author2.other works3.literary trends4.grammar,diction or uses of image5.cultural codes6.cultural7.the reader8.social9.reader competency10. social sructure,traditions of writing or political cultural influences,etc.Section B Interview1-5 CDDDASection C News Broadcast6-10 DCBCA11。

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[A] T om isn’t good at singing.[B] Tom is advised not to talk much.[C] Tom just had a surgery on his throat.[D] Tom is encouraged by his doctor to speak more.17. [A] Cancel the meeting.[B] Meet her in the auditorium.[C] Reserve a large room for the meeting.[D] Schedule the meeting for a different time.18. [A] T o change the shoes for another size.[B] To change the shoes for another style.[C] To return the shoes and get the refund.[D] To change the shoes for a different color.Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard.19. [A] Common causes of anger. [B] Judging people’s behavior.[C] Changing people’s attitudes. [D] The effects of negative behavior.20. [A] When they’re unable to control the person’s behavior.[B] When the causes of the behavior are obvious.[C] When the consequences of the behavior are unpleasant.[D] When the behavior is expected.21. [A] It’s not always clear why people behave in certain ways.[B] People usually blame others for their mistakes.[C] Certain conditions cause drivers to behave strangely.[D] The reason for some behavior is obvious.22. [A] They usually accept responsibility.[B] They blame factors beyond their control.[C] They complain about their personal problems.[D] They compare their behavior to others.Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.23. [A] She can’t find a job.[B] She doesn’t know how to manage a book store.[C] She wants to quit her current job in the IBM office.[D] She has no idea which of the two job offers is better.24. [A] She will earn less. [B] It takes too much time to go there.[C] It has nothing to do with her study. [D] She has no interest in that field.25. [A] Accept the job offer from the book store.[B] Accept the job offer from IBM.[C] In the holiday work in IBM and in the next school year work in the book store.[D] Give up both offers and find another one in the next school year.Section BPassage OneQuestions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard.26. [A] They think exactly the same way.[B] They are not physically separated.[C] They share most of their vital organs.[D] They make decisions by tossing coins.27. [A] Few of them can live long.[B] Most of them live a normal life.[C] Few of them get along well with each other.[D] Most of them differ in their likes and dislikes.28. [A] They have a private tutor. [B] They go to a regular school.[C] They attend a special school. [D] They are taught by their parents.Passage TwoQuestions 29 to 31 are based on the passage you have justheard.29. [A] Eliminating the original vegetation from the building site.[B] Marking the houses in an area similar to one another.[C] Deciding where a house will be built.[D] Surrounding a building with wild flowers and plants.30. [A] They are changed to make the site more interesting.[B] They are expanded to limit the amount of construction.[C] They are integrated into the design of the building.[D] They are removed for construction.31. [A] Many architects studied with Wright.[B] Wright started the practice of “land-scraping”.[C] Wright used elements of envelope building.[D] Most of the houses Wright built were made of stone.Passage ThreeQuestions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.32. [A] A study on twelve young children’s brains.[B] The benefit from musical training for children.[C] New technology to examine children’s brains.[D] The benefit of music lessons for the memory and learning capability.33. [A] Scientists got no valuable results from the earlier studies on the topic.[B] Children musically trained remember things better than those untrained.[C] Older children get more benefit from musical training than younger ones.[D] The study is the first one on the effect of musical training on children’s brains.34. [A] None of them had been musically trained before.[B] Only 6 of them had a knowledge of music before.[C] Not all of them had been taught some music in school.[D] All of them were required to learn some music in school.35. [A] Human brains prefer musical sounds to white noise.[B] Children of different ages respond to sounds at the same speed.[C] All the twelve children like to learn to play the violin very much.[D] The older a child is, the more quickly he/she responds to sounds.Section CThe place of the child in society has varied for thousands of years and has been affected by different cultures and religions. In ancient times unwanted children were occasionally (36) _______, put to death, exploited, or offered for religious sacrifices, and in any event a large percentage of them didn’t (37) _______ their physically hazardous existence to achieve maturity.In Western civilization within the last few hundred years, there have been many changes in attitude toward the young. In agricultural Europe the children of the poor worked long hours for little or no pay, and there was no public concern for their safety or welfare. Punishment could be brutal and severe, and sometimes religious (38) _______ were expressed violently with a view toward saving the child’s soul.By the eighteenth century the harsh and (39) _______ methods began to show some changes. Society slowly (40) _______ children a role of more importance. Books were written expressly for them and (41) _______ laws were passed for their protection.In the past few (42) _______ parents have become moreattentive to the needs of their children. Better health care is available and education is no longer (43) _______ for a limited few.(44)____________________________________________________________________ ______. Some say the pendulum in child rearing has swung so far toward permissiveness that (45) ____________________________________________________________________ ______.The tendency today is for teachers and parents to emphasize individual responsibility and to stress that (46) ____________________________________________________________________ ______.【答案与解析】：Part III Listening ComprehensionSection A。

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大学英语六级历年真题篇一：英语六级 CET6 历年真题大全 37 套(附答案) 目录 I 历年来英语六级真题使用说明 ............................................................................................................................................... 壹 1990 年 1 月大学英语六级(CET-6)真题试卷 ....................................................................................... 1 Part I Listening Comprehension (20 minutes) ................................................................................. 1 Section A ................................................................................................................................. 1 Section B ................................................................................................................................. 2 Part II Reading Comprehension (35 minutes) ................................................................................. 4 Part III Vocabulary and Structure (20 minutes) ............................................................................. 10 Part IV Error Correction (15 minutes) ........................................................................................... 15 Part V Writing (30 minutes) .......................................................................................................... 16 1990 年 1 月六级参考答案 .................................................................................................................. 17 1990 年 1 月六级听力原文 .................................................................................................................. 19 1990 年 6 月大学英语六级(CET-6)真题试卷 ..................................................................................... 23 Part I Listening Comprehension (20 minutes) ............................................................................... 23 23 24 Part II Reading Comprehension (35 minutes) ............................................................................... 26 Part III Vocabulary and Structure (20 minutes) ............................................................................. 32 Part IV Error Correction (15 minutes) ........................................................................................... 37 Part V Writing (30 minutes) .......................................................................................................... 38 1990 年 6 月六级参考答案 .................................................................................................................. 39 1991 年 1 月大学英语六级(CET-6)真题试卷 ..................................................................................... 40 Part I Listening Comprehension (20 minutes) ............................................................................... 40 40 41 Part II Reading Comprehension (35 minutes) ............................................................................... 42 Part III Vocabulary and Structure (20 minutes) ............................................................................. 48 Part IV Error Correction (15 minutes) ........................................................................................... 53 Part V Writing (30 minutes) .......................................................................................................... 54 1991 年 1 月六级参考答案 .................................................................................................................. 55 1991 年 6 月大学英语六级(CET-6)真题试卷 ..................................................................................... 56 Part I Listening Comprehension (20 minutes) ............................................................................... 56 Section A ............................................................................................................................... 56Section B ............................................................................................................................... 57 Part II Reading Comprehension (35 minutes) ............................................................................... 59 Part III Vocabulary and Structure (20 minutes) ............................................................................. 65 Part IV Error Correction (15 minutes) ........................................................................................... 70 Part V Writing (30 minutes) .......................................................................................................... 70 目录 II 1991 年 6 月六级参考答案 .................................................................................................................. 72 1991 年 6 月六级听力原文 .................................................................................................................. 74 1992 年 1 月大学英语六级(CET-6)真题试卷 ..................................................................................... 78 Part I Listening Comprehension (20 minutes) ............................................................................... 78 Section A ............................................................................................................................... 78 Section B ............................................................................................................................... 79 Part II Reading Comprehension (35 minutes) ............................................................................... 81 Part III Vocabulary and Structure (20 minutes) ............................................................................. 86 Part IV Error Correction (15 minutes) ........................................................................................... 91 Part V Writing (30 minutes) .......................................................................................................... 92 1992 年 1 月六级参考答案 .................................................................................................................. 93 1992 年 6 月大学英语六级(CET-6)真题试卷 ..................................................................................... 94 Part I Listening Comprehension (20 minutes) ............................................................................... 94 94 95 Part II Reading Comprehension (35 minutes) ............................................................................... 97 Part III Vocabulary and Structure (20 minutes) ........................................................................... 103 Part IV Error Correction (15 minutes) ......................................................................................... 108 Part V Writing (30 minutes) ........................................................................................................ 108 1992 年 6 月六级参考答案 ................................................................................................................ 110 1993 年 1 月大学英语六级(CET-6) 真题试卷 ................................................................................... 111 Part I Listening Comprehension (20 minutes) ............................................................................. 111 Part II Reading Comprehension (35 minutes) ............................................................................. 114 Part III Vocabulary and Structure (20 minutes) ........................................................................... 119 Part IV Error Correction (15 案 minutes) ......................................................................................... 125 Part V Writing (30 minutes) ........................................................................................................ 125 1993 年 1 月六级参考答 ................................................................................................................ 127 1993 年 1 月六级听力原文 ................................................................................................................ 128 1993 年 6 月大学英语六级(CET-6) 真题试卷 ................................................................................... 132 Part I Listening Comprehension (20 minutes) ............................................................................. 132 Section A ............................................................................................................................. 132 Section B ............................................................................................................................. 133 Part II Reading Comprehension (35 minutes) ............................................................................. 135 Part III Vocabulary andStructure (20 minutes) ........................................................................... 140 Part IV Error Correction (15 minutes) ......................................................................................... 146 Part V Writing (30 minutes) ........................................................................................................ 146 1993 年 6 月六级参考答案 ................................................................................................................ 147 目录 III 1993 年 6 月六级听力原文 ................................................................................................................ 149 1994 年 1 月大学英语六级(CET-6)真题试卷 ................................................................................... 153 Part I Listening Comprehension (20 minutes) ............................................................................. 153 Section A ............................................................................................................................. 153 Section B ............................................................................................................................. 154 Part II Reading Comprehension (35 minutes) ............................................................................. 156 Part III Vocabulary and Structure (35 minutes) ........................................................................... 162 Part IV Error Correction (15 minutes) 案 ......................................................................................... 167 Part V Writing (30 minutes) ........................................................................................................ 168 1994 年 1 月六级参考答 ................................................................................................................ 169 1994 年 1 月六级听力原文 ................................................................................................................ 170 1995 年 1 月大学英语六级(CET-6) 真题试卷 ................................................................................... 174 Part I Listening Comprehension (20 minutes) ............................................................................. 174 Part II Reading Comprehension (35 minutes) ............................................................................. 177 Part III Vocabulary and Structure (20 minutes) ........................................................................... 183 Part IV Error Correction (15 案 minutes) ......................................................................................... 188 Part V Writing (30 minutes) ........................................................................................................ 189 1995 年 1 月六级参考答 ................................................................................................................ 190 1995 年 1 月六级听力原文 ................................................................................................................ 192 1995 年 6 月大学英语六级(CET-6) 真题试卷 ................................................................................... 196 Part I Listening Comprehension (20 minutes) ............................................................................. 196 Part II Reading Comprehension (35 minutes) ............................................................................. 199 Part III Vocabulary and Structure (20 minutes) ........................................................................... 205 Part IV Error Correction (15 案 minutes) ......................................................................................... 210 Part V Writing (30 minutes) ........................................................................................................ 211 1995 年 6 月六级参考答 ................................................................................................................ 212 1995 年 6 月六级听力原文 ................................................................................................................ 214 1996 年 1 月大学英语六级(CET-6) 真题试卷 ................................................................................... 218 Part I Listening comprehension (20 minutes).............................................................................. 218 Section A ............................................................................................................................. 218 Section B ............................................................................................................................. 219 Part II Reading Comprehension (35 minutes) ............................................................................. 221 Part III Vocabulary and Structure (20 minutes) ........................................................................... 228 Part IV Error Correction (15 minutes) ......................................................................................... 233 Part V Writing (30 minutes) ........................................................................................................ 234目录 IV 1996 年 1 月六级参考答案 ................................................................................................................ 235 1996 年 1 月六级听力原文 ................................................................................................................ 237 1996 年 6 月大学英语六级(CET-6)真题试卷 ................................................................................... 240 Part I Listening comprehension (20 minutes).............................................................................. 240 Section A ............................................................................................................................. 240 Section B ............................................................................................................................. 241 Part II Reading Comprehension (35 minutes) ............................................................................. 243 Part III Vocabulary and Structure (20 minutes) ........................................................................... 249 Part IV Error Correction (15 minutes) 案 ......................................................................................... 255 Part V Writing (30 minutes) ........................................................................................................ 255 1996 年 6 月六级参考答 ................................................................................................................ 257 1996 年 6 月六级听力原文 ................................................................................................................ 259 1997 年 1 月大学英语六级(CET-6) 真题试卷 ................................................................................... 262 Part I Listening Comprehension (20 minutes) ............................................................................. 262 Part II Reading Comprehension (35 minutes) ............................................................................. 265 Part III Vocabulary and Structure (20 minutes) ........................................................................... 271 Part IV Short Answer Questions 案 (15 minutes) ............................................................................ 277 Part V Writing (30 minutes) ........................................................................................................ 278 1997 年 1 月六级参考答 ................................................................................................................ 279 1997 年 1 月六级听力原文 ................................................................................................................ 280 1997 年 6 月大学英语六级(CET-6) 真题试卷 ................................................................................... 284 Part I Listening comprehension (20 minutes).............................................................................. 284 Part II Reading Comprehension (35 minutes) ............................................................................. 287 Part III Vocabulary and Structure ................................................................................................ 293 Part IV short Answer Questions 案 (15 minutes) ............................................................................. 299 Part V Writing (30 minutes) ........................................................................................................ 300 1997 年 6 月六级参考答 ................................................................................................................ 301 1997 年 6 月六级听力原文 ................................................................................................................ 302 1998 年 1 月大学英语六级(CET-6) 真题试卷 ................................................................................... 305 Part I Listening Comprehension (20 minutes) ............................................................................. 305 Section A ............................................................................................................................. 305 Section B ............................................................................................................................. 306 Part II Reading Comprehension (35 minutes) ............................................................................. 308 Part III Vocabulary (20 minutes) ................................................................................................. 314 Part IV Short Answer Questions (15 minutes) ............................................................................ 320 目录 V Part V Writing (30 minutes) ........................................................................................................ 321 1998 年 1 月六级参考答案 ................................................................................................................ 322 1998 年 1 月六级听力原文 ................................................................................................................ 324 1998 年 6 月大学英语六级(CET-6)真题试卷 ................................................................................... 328 Part I Listening Comprehension (20 minutes) ............................................................................. 328 Section A ............................................................................................................................. 328 Section B ............................................................................................................................. 329 Part II Reading Comprehension (35 minutes) ............................................................................. 331 Part III Vocabulary (20 minutes) ................................................................................................. 338 Part IV Short Answer Questions (15 minutes) 案 ............................................................................ 343 Part V Writing (30 minutes) ........................................................................................................ 344 1998 年 6 月六级参考答 ................................................................................................................ 345 1998 年 6 月六级听力原文 ................................................................................................................ 346 1999 年 1 月大学英语六级(CET-6) 真题试卷 ................................................................................... 350 Part I Listening Comprehension (20 minutes) ............................................................................. 350 Part II Reading Comprehension (35 minutes) ............................................................................. 353 Part III Vocabulary (20 minutes) ................................................................................................. 360 Part IV Short Answer Questions 案 (15 minutes) ............................................................................ 365 Part V Writing (30 minutes) ........................................................................................................ 366 1999 年 1 月六级参考答 ................................................................................................................ 367 1999 年 1 月六级听力原文 ................................................................................................................ 368 1999 年 6 月大学英语六级(CET-6) 真题试卷 ................................................................................... 372 Part I Listening Comprehension (20 minutes) ............................................................................. 372 ........................................................................................... 373 Part II Reading Comprehension (35 minutes) minutes) minutes) 案 ............................................................................. 374 Part 381 386 III Part Part Vocabulary IV VI Cloze Writing (20 (15 (30 ................................................................................................. ..........................................................................................................minutes) ....................................................................................................... 389 1999 年 6 月六级参考答 ................................................................................................................ 391 1999 年 6 月六级听力原文 ................................................................................................................ 393 2000 年 1 月大学英语六级(CET-6) 真题试卷 ................................................................................... 395 Part I Listening Comprehension (20 minutes) ............................................................................. 395 Section A ............................................................................................................................. 395 Section B ............................................................................................................................. 396 Part II Reading Comprehension (35 minutes) ............................................................................. 398 Part III Vocabulary (20 minutes) ................................................................................................. 404 篇二：2016 年 12 月英语六级(CET6)真题及答案(完整版)) 2016 年 12 月 CET6 大学英语六级考试真题及答案解析【官方完整版】 Part I 写作 Writing(30 minutes) Directions: Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay on innovation. Your essay should include the importance of innovation and measures to be taken to encourage innovation.You are required to write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words.【参考范文】 It is universally acknowledged that innovation refers to being creative, unique and different. In fact, today it is impossibly difficult for us to image a 21st century without innovation. We should place a high value on innovation firstly because innovative spirit can enable an individual to ameliorate himself, so he can be equipped with capacity to see what others cannot see, be qualified for future career promotion, and be ready for meeting the forthcomingchallenges. What’s more, we ought to attach importance to the role played by innovation in economic advancement. Put it another way, in this ever-changing world, innovation to economic growth is what water is to fish. To sum up, if innovation misses our attention in any possible way, we will suffer a great loss beyond imagination. In order to encourage innovation, it is wise for us to take some feasible measures. For example, mass media should greatly publicize the significance of creative spirit and encourage the public to cultivate awareness of innovation. Besides, those who manage to innovate should be awarded generous prize. Though there is a long way ahead to go, I am firmly certain that the shared effortswill be paid off. 【参考译文】众所周知创新意味着有创造力，独一无二和不同。

大学英语三级(A)真题2006年12月

大学英语三级(A)真题2006年12月(总分：100.00，做题时间：90分钟)一、{{B}}Part Ⅰ Listening Comprehension{{/B}}(总题数：1，分数：5.00){{B}}Section A{{/B}} {{B}} Directions: {{/B}}{{I}}This section is to test your ability to understand short dialogues. There are 5 recorded dialogues in it. After each dialogue, there is a recorded question. Both the dialogues and questions will be spoken only once. When you hear a question, you should decide on the correct answer from the 4 choices marked A), B), C) and D) given in your test paper. Then you should mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.{{/I}}{{B}}Section A{{/B}} {{B}} Directions: {{/B}}{{I}}This section is to test your ability to understand short dialogues. There are 5 recorded dialogues in it. After each dialogue, there is a recorded question. Both the dialogues and questions will be spoken only once. When you hear a question, you should decide on the correct answer from the 4 choices marked A), B), C) and D) given in your test paper. Then you should mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.{{/I}}（分数：5.00）A.He does not have a phone.B.The woman can use his phone.C.He will make the call for her. √D.The phone is out of order.解析：A.It was boring. √B.It was interesting.C.It was quite long.D.It was easy to understand.解析：A.It is seriously polluted. √B.There are few cars and factories.C.The air is very clear.D.It remains what it was ten years ago.解析：A.It will be revised.B.It has been canceled.C.It will be approved.D.It is under discussion. √解析：A.Having a race in the snow.B.Visiting a friend in the Northeast. √C.Traveling in the Northeast.D.Booking tickets for the winter holiday.解析：二、{{B}}Section B{{/B}}(总题数：1，分数：2.00){{B}} Conversation 1{{/B}}{{B}} Conversation 1{{/B}}（分数：2.00）A.Its size.B.Its delivery.C.Its price. √D.Its code number.解析：A.The goods were lost.B.The delivery will be delayed. √C.They have been sent.D.They will soon be returned.解析：三、{{B}} Conversation 2{{/B}}(总题数：1，分数：3.00)（分数：3.00）A.Interviewer and interviewee. √B.Manager and secretary.C.Employer and employee.D.Seller and buyer.解析：A.He has got the required knowledge.B.He is satisfied with the salary offered.C.He thought he could be hired by the company.D.He wanted to have better chances for development. √解析：A.Because he has no work experience. √B.Because it's the easiest way to get the job.C.Because he doesn't meet the job requirement.D.Because every newcomer starts with a trainee salary.解析：四、{{B}}Section C{{/B}}(总题数：1，分数：5.00)（分数：5.00）(1).What do the Gardens' Guides do every day at 11 am and 2 pm? They show the tourists around the__________.（分数：1.00）填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：(park/Gardens/garden)）解析：(2).How long does the tour last? It lasts about__________.（分数：1.00）填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：an hour/one hour）解析：(3).What should groups of 8 or more people do if they need a tour guide? They should book one__________.（分数：1.00）填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：in advance）解析：(4).Where can you have meals in the Gardens? You can have your meals in__________.（分数：1.00）填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：the coffee shop）解析：(5).In what season is the Garden concert held? In__________.（分数：1.00）填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：summer）解析：五、{{B}}Part Ⅱ Structure{{/B}}(总题数：10，分数：10.00)1.______his surprise, the manager found nobody in the meeting room.（分数：1.00）A.AtB.For √C.ToD.With解析：2.This company has two branches: one in Paris and ______ in New York.（分数：1.00）A.anotherB.the otherC.one other √D.other解析：3.______to find the proper job, he decided to give up job-hunting in this city.（分数：1.00）A.FailedB.To failC.Being failedD.Having failed √解析：4.The proposal______, we'll have to make another decision about when to start the project. （分数：1.00）A.accepted √B.to acceptC.acceptingD.be accepted解析：5.We don't deny that your products are superior in quality to______ of Japanese make.（分数：1.00）A.the oneB.theseC.thatD.those √解析：6.It is required that anyone applying for a driver's license______ a set of tests.（分数：1.00）A.take √B.tookC.takesD.will take解析：7.There is no evidence______ oil price will come down in the near future.（分数：1.00）A.whichB.where √C.thatD.as解析：8.The policeman saw the thief ______he appeared on the street corner.（分数：1.00）A.not untilB.the momentC.as long as √D.only if解析：9.The policeman kept his eyes ______on the screen of the computer to identity the criminal's footprints.（分数：1.00）A.fixed √B.being fixedC.fixingD.to fix解析：10.Tom______ the party as no one saw him there yesterday evening.（分数：1.00）A.can't attendB.won't have attendedC.mustn't attendD.couldn't have attended √解析：六、{{B}}Section B{{/B}}(总题数：10，分数：10.00)11.The manager was (entire) 1 unaware of the trouble with the heating system in the hotel until this week.（分数：1.00）填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：entirely）解析：12.By the end of next month, we (find) 1a good solution to the technical problem.（分数：1.00）填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：will have found）解析：13.The nurse told the visitors (not speak) 1so loudly as to disturb the patients.（分数：1.00）填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：not to speak）解析：14.I'm afraid there is not much (differ) 1in their points of view.（分数：1.00）填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：difference）解析：15.If he had taken his lawyer's advice, he (save) 1himself a great deal of trouble.（分数：1.00）填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：would have saved）解析：16.(impress) 1by the young man's good qualifications, they offered him a job in their firm. （分数：1.00）填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：Impressed）解析：17.I am sure the secretary who has just been hired will prove to be an efficient (employ) 1. （分数：1.00）填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：employee）解析：18.We all felt excited when China succeeded in (launch) 1its first manned spaceship.（分数：1.00）填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：launching）解析：19.We regret to inform you that we no longer manufacture the product you are (interest) 1in. （分数：1.00）填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：interested）解析：20.The tall building (complete) 1last month is our new classroom building.（分数：1.00）填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：completed）解析：七、{{B}}Part Ⅲ Reading Comprehension{{/B}}(总题数：5，分数：5.00)21.When the astronauts are working, sleeping bags are fastened______.（分数：1.00）A.on the wall √B.to their seatsC.onto the flight deckD.anywhere they like解析：22.Why can all the astronauts sleep at the same time?（分数：1.00）A.They have to follow the same timetable.B.The radio will take care of the aircraft for them.C.There are enough sleeping bags in the spacecraft.D.There is no need for them to watch over the spacecraft. √解析：23.To relax himself before sleep, the writer often______.（分数：1.00）A.makes a bedB.gets into his bagC.listens to music √D.wears a sleep mask解析：24.How long does it take the spacecraft to go round the Earth?（分数：1.00）A.Forty minutes.B.Fifty minutes.C.Ninety minutes. √D.Twenty-four hours.解析：25.The best title for this passage is______.（分数：1.00）A.Traveling in SpaceB.Sleeping in the Spacecraft √C.Equipment Used by AstronautsD.The Earth Seen from Outer Space解析：八、{{B}} Task 2 (总题数：5，分数：5.00)26.What does SAL stand for in this passage?（分数：1.00）A.Shanghai Airport.B.Shanghai Airlines. √C.Shenzhen Airport.D.South Airlines.解析：27.Who can apply for a premium ticket from SAL according to the passage?（分数：1.00）A.A passenger who has traveled several times by plane.B.A passenger who wants to travel on any airlines flight.C.A passenger who has traveled on Shanghai Airlines flights.D.A passenger who has accumulated enough air miles on SAL flights. √解析：28.What's the legal age to join SAL FFP Club according to the passage?（分数：1.00）A.11 and under.B.12 and under.C.12 and over. √D.18 and over.解析：29.Whom should the application form be sent to if you want to apply for SAL FFP Membership? （分数：1.00）A.SAL FFP Club.B.The SAL ticket office.C.The SAL headquarters.D.SAL Customer Service Center. √解析：30.When they check in at an airport, Club members should show______.（分数：1.00）A.their boarding passB.their membership card √C.a photocopy of the ticketD.an application form解析：九、{{B}} Task 3 (总题数：5，分数：5.00)填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：Macmillan Publishers Limited）解析：填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：original intended recipient）解析：填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：statements）解析：填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：viruses）解析：填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：e-mail communication）解析：十、{{B}} Task 4 (总题数：5，分数：5.00)36.( )自动控制系统 ( )法律基础（分数：1.00）填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：M, C）解析：37.( )数字图像处理 ( )电路测量技术（分数：1.00）填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：Q, E）解析：38.( )软件技术基础 ( )信号与线性系统（分数：1.00）填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：O, G）解析：39.( )自动检测技术 ( )大学物理实验（分数：1.00）填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：L, B）解析：40.( )电工实习 ( )微机控制技术（分数：1.00）填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：H, N）解析：十一、{{B}} Sunburst Hotel{{/B}}(总题数：5，分数：10.00)41.Where is the hotel located on the island of Oahu? On 1.（分数：2.00）填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：Waikiki Beach）解析：42.How many rooms are there altogether in the tower building? There are altogether 1 rooms. （分数：2.00）填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：545）解析：43.How is the room service in the hotel? 1.（分数：2.00）填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：Prompt and reasonable）解析：44.How much will you pay for your second child if you take two children along? 1.（分数：2.00）填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：Half price）解析：45.What's the use of the coupon book? With the coupon book, guests can get 1 on dining, shopping, etc. in the hotel.（分数：2.00）填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：discounts）解析：十二、{{B}}Part Ⅳ Translation{{/B}}(总题数：5，分数：20.00)46.A large percentage of e-commerce businesses went bankrupt in 2000, mostly due to inadequate business plans and excessive spending on advertising and marketing.（分数：4.00）A.2000年有大批网络公司倒闭，极可能是因为计划中的资金不足以及过量的广告和营销花费。

2006年12月英语四级真题及答案

2006年12月英语四级真题及答案Part ⅠWriting （30 minutes）Directions:For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay entitled. The Importance of Reading classics. You should write at least 150 words following the outline given below.1、许多人喜欢在除夕夜观看春节晚会2、但有些人提出取消春节晚会3、我的看法Part II Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning) (15 minutes)Directions:In this part, you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage quickly and answer the questions on Answer sheet1.For questions 1-4, markY (for YES) if the statement agrees with the information given in the passage;N (for NO) if the statement contradicts the information given in the passage;NG (for NOT GIVEN) if the information is not given in the passage.For questions 5-10, complete the sentences with the information given in the passage.Six Secrets of High-Energy PeopleThere’s an energy crisis in America, and it has nothing to do with fossil fuels. Millions of us get up each morning already weary over the day holds. “I just can’t get started.” People say. But it’s not physicalenergy that most of us lack. Sure, we could all use extra sleep and a better diet. But in truth, people are healthier today than at any time in history. I can almost guarantee that if you long for more energy, the problem is not with your body.What you’re seeking is not physical energy. It’s emotional energy. Yet, sad to say life sometimes seems designed to exhaust our supply. We work too hard. We have family obligations. We encounter emergencies and personal crises. No wonder so many of us suffer from emotional fatigue, a kind of utter exhaustion of the spirit.And yet we all know people who are filled with joy, despite the unpleasant circumstances of their lives. Even as a child I observed people who were poor or disabled or ill, but who nonetheless faced life with optimism and vigor. Consider Laura Hillenbrand, who despite an extremely weak body wrote the best-sellerSeabiscuit. Hillenbrand barely had enough physical energy to drag herself out of be to write. But she was fueled by having a story she wanted to share. It was emotional energy that helped her succeed.Unlike physical energy, which is finite and diminishes with age, emotional energy is unlimited and has nothing to do with genes or upbringing. So how do you get it? You can’t simply tell yourself to be positive. You must take action. Here are six practical strategies that work.1. Do something new.Very little that’s new occurs in our lives. The impact of this sameness on our emotional energ y is gradual, but huge: It’s like a tire with a slow leak. You don’t it at first, but eventually you’ll get a flat. It’s up to you to plug the leak--even though there are always a dozen reasons to stay stuck in your dull routines of life. That’s where Maur a, 36, a waitress, found herself a year ago.Fortunately, Maura had a lifeline--a group of women friends who meet regularly to discuss their lives. Their lively discussions spurred Maura to make small but nevertheless life altering changes. She joined a gym in the next town. She changed her look with a short haircut and new black T-shirts. Eventually, Maura gathered the courage to quit her job and start her own business.Here’s a challenge: If it’s something you wouldn’t ordinarily do, do it. Try a dish you’ve never eaten. Listen to music you’d ordinarily tune out. You’ll discover these small things add to your emotional energy.2. Reclaim life’s meaning.So many of my patients tell me that their lives used to have meaning, but that somewhere along the line things went state.The first step in solving this meaning shortage is to figure out what you really care about, and then do something about it. A case in point is Ivy, 57, a pioneer in investment banking. "I mistakenly believed that all the money I made would mean something." she says. "But I feel lost, like a 22-year-old wondering what to do with her life." Ivy’s solution? She started a program that shows Wall Streeters how to donate time and money to poor children. In the process, Ivy filled her life with meaning.3. Put yourself in the fun zone.Most of us grown-ups are seriously fun-deprived. High-energy people have the same day-to-day work as the rest of us, but they manage to find something enjoyable in every situation. A real estate broker I know keeps herself amused on the job by mentally redecorating the houses she shows to clients. "I love imagining what even the most run-down house could look like withy a little tender loving care," she says. "It’s a challenge--and the least desirable properties are usually the most fun."We all define fun differently, of course, but I can guarantee this: If you put just a bit of it into your day, you energy will increase quickly.4. Bid farewell to guilt and regret.Everyone’s past is filled with regrets that still cause pain. But from an emotional energy point of view, they are dead weights that keep us from us frommoving forward. While they can’t merely be willed away, I do recommend you remind yourself that whatever happened is in the past, and nothing can change that. Holding on to the memory only allows the damage to continue into the present.5. Make up your mind.Say you’ve been thinking about cutting your hair short. Will it look stylish – or too extreme?You endlessly think it over. Having the decision hanging over your head is a huge energy drain.Every time you can’t decide, you burden yourself with alternatives. Quit thinking that you have to make the right decision; instead, make a choice and don’t look back.6. Give to get.Emotional energy has a kind of magical quality; the more you give, the more you get back.. This is the difference between emotional and physical energy. With the latter. You have to get it to be able to give it. With the former, however, you get it by giving it.Start by asking everyo ne you meet, “How are you?” as if you really want to know, then listen to the reply. Be the one who hears. Most of us also need to smile more often. If you don’t smile at the person you love first thing in the morning, you’re sucking energy out of your rel ationship. Finally, help another person—and make the help real, concrete. Give a massage (按摩) to someone you love, or cook her dinner, Then, expand the circle to work. Try asking yourself what you’d do if your goal were to be helpful rather than efficient.After all, if it’s true that what goes around comes around, why not make sure that what’s circulating around you is the good stuff?注意：此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。

2016年12月大学英语六级考试真题听力原文及参考答案(第1套)

2016年12月大学英语六级考试真题（第1套）参考答案Part IV TranslationWith the improvement of living standards, travelling is occupying an increasingly important position in the lives of Chinese people. In the past, they spent most of their time making a living, with few opportunities to go travelling. This situation, however, has changed in the wave of the rapid development of Chinese tourism industry in recent years. The booming economy and the rising affluent middle class have provoked an unprecedented upsurge in tourism. Apart from domestic travel, outbound travel is becoming more and more popular among Chinese tourist. During China’s National Day holiday in 2016, the total tourism consumption exceeded 400 billion RMN. The WTO estimates that China will become the world’s biggest spender on travel by 2020, with the fastest growing expenditures on outbound travel in the next few years.Part II Listening Comprehension听力原文Section AQuestions 1 to 4 are based on the conversation you have just heard.W: Professor Henderson, could you give us a brief overview of what you do, where you work and your main area of research?M: Well, the center for climate research where I work links science and climate change to issues around economics and policy. Some of our research is to do with the likely impacts of climate change and all of the associated risks.W: And how strong is the evidence that climate change is happening that it’s really something we need to be worried about?M: Well, most of the science of climate change, particularly that to do with global warming, is simply fact. But other aspects of the science are less certain or at least more disputed. And so we're rarely talking about risk. What the economics tells us is that it's probably cheaper to avoid climate change -- to avoid the risk -- than it is to deal with the likely consequences.W: So what are we doing? What can we do about it?M: Well, I would argue that we need to develop the science specifically to understand the likely impacts of climate change in different contexts. As I said, we need to understand the best ways of avoiding climate change. And this will involve a huge transition to low carbon energy systems. And the transition is a tremendous priority. And for this to happen, we may need action on a global scale. From a political perspective, we need to understand the terms on which major countries like China and the USA might sign up to a global agreement, because at the moment we don't have that consensus.W: Right.M: And we also need to plan ahead so that we are in a position to deal with the likely levels of climate change, which are already inevitable. And even more so, too, for the levels that are likely if we don’t get those global agreements.1. What does Professor Henderson say about his main area of research?2. What does Professor Henderson say about climate change?3. What does Professor Henderson say is a top priority in combating climate change?4. What does Professor Henderson advise us to do to better deal with climate change?Questions 5 to 8 are based on the conversation you have just heard.W: I have many business English students. When I teach the classroom, we often end up talking about things like success and what leads to success. And it’s interesting that many of them mentioned the element of luck.M: Right.W: Luck is important to success, but since you have seen that fantastic video on the Ted Talk's website by Richard St. John…he doesn't mention luck at all.M: Well, I'm a firm believer that people can make their own luck. I mean what people regard as luck you can actually create to a degree.W: Sure. I think a lot of why people consider luck is attributed to how you respond to the opportunities that come your way.M: Yes. Very good point.W: Seizing the opportunities. But was there any point in the video that you thought was particularly interesting?M: Yes, actually there was. Something very impressive to me is many people think that luck is important and that natural talent is something you must have in order to be successful. And in the video we saw, the point about getting good at something is not about having some natural talent, it's all about practice, practice, practice.W: Definitely yeah, natural talent helps us in some way, but at the end of the day you really do need to work hard and get really, really good at what you do.M: Sure.W: I thought one interesting thing in the video was the idea of passion being so important, and there're people who really love what they do. Of course, you’re going to want to work harder and put the time and effort into it. And the funny thing is that if you love what you do and are really passionate about it and work really hard, then money kind of comes automatically.5. What are the speakers mainly talking about?6. What is the woman's view of luck?7. What is the chief point the Ted Talk's video makes?8. What does the woman think is the funny thing in the Ted Talk's video?Section BQuestions 9 to 12 are based on the passage you have just heard.Devils Tower, the first national monument in America, could almost be mistaken for the stump of an enormous tree. Its sheer rock sides sweep up from a broad base until they cut off abruptly at the flat summit. Rising more than 1,000 feet in the middle of the gently rolling plains of Wyoming, the massive column of rock looks as though it was dropped down into this location from a different time and place.In a sense, it was. Devils Tower is a relic of the past. When the molten rock of the earth’s core forced its way to the surface to form the throat of a volcano. As the centuries passed, the rock cooled and hardened, shrinking and cracking into long columns, born in fire and fury, Devil’s Tower was then shaped by the slow, gentle work of wind and water. The outer layers of the volcano were worn away, until the hard core stood completely exposed.Small wonder that an Indian legend described Devils Tower as being formed by supernatural powers. The legend says that when seven girls were attacked by bears, they took refuge on top of a small rock, and they appealed to the Rock God for help. The god caused the rock to grow and to lift the girls far above the ground, while its sides were scored by the claws of the angry bears. Even today, says the legend, the girls can be seen above the towering rock. As seven shining stars in the night sky.9. What does the Devils Tower look like?10. What cause the volcano’s outer layers to wear away?11. What does the Indian legend say about the Devils Tower?12. How did the Rock God help the seven girls in the Indian legend?Questions 13 to 15 are based on the passage you have just heard.It’s no accident that most gas stations have convenience stores attached. Few of us can fill up the tank without buying a few snacks, cigarettes，soft drinks or other items we can live without. “I deserve it.” That’s what hard-working men and women say to justify their lavish vacations, big stereo systems or regular restaurant meals. They do deserve such indulgences. However, they also deserve a home of their own--a secure retirement and freedom from worrying about unpaid bills.No one should have to live with what a Texas mother described as constant stress, tension, even fear about money. Sadly, the pleasure that comes from extravagances often disappears long before the bills do. The video camera that one single mother bought for a special occasion, for example, is not much fun now. She’s figured out that it will take her another three years to pay it off at $30 a month. And the New Yorkers who spent a bundle on an outdoor hot tub now admit they rarely use it, “because we can't afford to heat it in winter.” The solution--set priorities, add up the annual cost of each item, then consider what else she could buy with the same money. That will help you decide which items are really worth it. One Chicago woman, for example, discovered that daily lunches with coworkers cost her $2,000 a year; she decided to take lunch to work instead. “I now put $20 a week into my vacation fund, and another 20 into retirement savings,” she says. “Those mean more to me than lunch.”13. What does the speaker say about drivers who stop at gas stations?14. What does the speaker say about extravagances?15. What does a speaker want to show by the example of the Chicago woman?Section CQuestions 16 to 18 are based on the recording you have just heard.Let’s say you start to brain storm a list of all the emotions you’ve ever experienced. Just for fun, try it now.What’s on your list? Chances are, you included things like: happy, sad, excited, angry, afraid, grateful, proud, scared, confused, stressed, relaxed and amazed. Now sort your list into two categories--positive emotions and negative emotions.Feeling both positive and negative emotions is a natural part of being human. We might use the word “negative” to describe more difficult emotions, but it does not mean those emotions are bad or we shouldn’t have them. Still, most people were probably rather feel a positive emotion than a negative one. It’s likely you prefer to feel happy instead of sad or confident instead of insecure.What matters is how our emotions are balanced--how much of each type of the emotion positive or negative we experience.Negative emotions warn us of threats or challenges that we may need to deal with. For example, fear can alert us to possible danger. It’s a signal that we might need to protect ourselves. Angry feelings warn us that someone is stepping on our toes, crossing a boundary, or violating our trust. Anger can be a signal that we might have to act on our own behalf.Negative emotions focus our awareness. They help us to zero in on a problem so we can deal with it. But too many negative emotions can make us feel overwhelmed, anxious, exhausted or stressed out. When negative emotions are out of balance, problems might seem too big to handle.The more we dwell on our negative emotions, the more negative we begin to feel. Focusing on negativity just keeps it going. Positive emotions balance out negative ones, but they have other powerful benefits, too.Instead of narrowing our focus, like negative emotions do, positive emotions affect our brains in ways that increase our awareness, attention and memory. They help us take in more information, hold several ideas in mind at once and understand how different ideas relate to each other. When positive emotions open us up to new possibilities, we are more able to learn and build on our skills. That leads to doing better on tasks and tests.People who have plenty of positive emotions in their everyday lives tend to be happier, healthier, learn better and get along well with others.16. What does the speaker say about negative emotions?17. What happens to people whose negative emotions are out of balance?18. How do positive emotions affect us?Questions 19 to 22 are based on the recording yon have just heard.In the past few months, I've been travelling for weeks at a time with only one suitcase of clothes. One day, I was invited to an important event, and I wanted to wear something special for it. I looked through my suitcase but couldn't find anything to wear. I was lucky to be at the technology conference then, and I had access to 3D printers. So I quickly designed a skirt on my computer, and I loaded the file on the printer. It just printed the pieces overnight. The next morning, I just took all the pieces, assembled them together in my hotel room, and this is actually the skirt that I'm wearing right now.So it wasn't the first time that I printed clothes. For my senior collection at fashion design school, I decided to try and 3D print an entire fashion collection from my home. The problem was that I barely knew anything about 3D printing, and I had only nine months to figure out how to print five fashionable looks.I always felt most creative when I worked from home. I love experimenting with new materials, and I always tried to develop new techniques to make the most unique textiles for my fashion projects.One summer break, I came here to New York for an internship at a fashion house in Chinatown. We worked on two incredible dresses that were 3D printed. They were amazing -- like you can see here. But I had a few problems with them. They were made from hard plastics and that's why they were very breakable. The models couldn't sit in them, and they even got scratched from the plastics under their arms.So now, the main challenge was to find the right material for printing clothes with, I mean the material you feed the printer with. The breakthrough came when I was introduced to Filaflex, which is a new kind of printing material. It's strong, yet very flexible. And with it, I was able toprint the first garment, a red jacket that had the word "freedom" embedded into it. And actually, you can easily download this jacket, and change the word to something else, for example, your name or your sweetheart's name.So I think in the future, materials will evolve, and they will look and feel like fabrics we know today, like cotton or silk.19. What does the speaker say about the skirt she is wearing now?20. When did the speaker start experimenting with 3D printing?21. What was the problem with the material the speaker worked on at a New York fashion house?22. What does the speaker say about Filaflex?Questions 23 to 25 are based on the recording you have just heard.Welcome to the third lecture in our series on the future of small businesses in Europe. The purpose of today's lecture, as you have seen from the title and the abstract, is to examine in more detail the problems facing small and medium-sized enterprises which arise at least in part from having to adapt to rapid advances in technology. And I want to look at these both from a financial and from a personnel point of view and to offer a few hopefully effective solutions.Here we have three of the most important problems facing small businesses that I want to look at today.First, keeping up with the pace of technological change, recruiting high quality staff in a time of skills shortages in IT as a whole and in a highly competitive market, and the issue of retaining staff once they've been recruited and trained. Now all of these problems involve significant costs for all businesses. But they're a particularly challenging issue for small and medium-sized enterprises. And those costs will vary depending on the size and scale of the businesses.So let's come to the first issue on our list which is keeping pace with developments in technology. Now we all know that the technology industry is intensely competitive with new products being launched all year round, as the various companies strive to compete with each other rather than say once a year or every couple of years. And this is a real headache for smaller businesses. So let's imagine we have a small company which is doing OK. It's just about making a profit, and it spends most of its income on overheads. So for a company in this situation, keeping up to date with the latest technology, even if it's only for the benefit of key staff, this can be hugely expensive.So in my view, some creative thinking needs to come in here to find ways to help companies in this situation to stay ahead in the game. But at the same time to remain technologically competitive.Well there's the possibility that small groups of companies with similar requirements, but not directly competing with each other, they could share the cost of upgrading in much the same way as let's say, an Internet operates within larger organizations. In fact, cost sharing could be a very practical solution, especially in times of financial difficulty. If there's downward pressure on costs, because of a need for investment in other areas, I would argue that this is a perfectly feasible solution.23. What does the speaker say about the problems facing small and medium sized enterprises?24. Why does the speaker's say about the technology industry?25. What is a practical solution to the problems of small and medium-sized businesses?。

2006年12月六级听力真题及答案

2006年12月24日大学英语六级(CET-6)真题试卷(A卷)Part III Listening Comprehension (35 minutes)Section ADirections: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the end of each conversation, one or more questions will be asked about what 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.注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。

11. A) Dr. Smith’s waiting room isn’t tidy.B) Dr. Smith enjoys reading magazines.C) Dr. Smith has left a good impression on her.D) Dr. Smith may not be a good choice.12. A) The man will rent the apartment when it is available.B) The man made a bargain with the landlady over the rent.C) The man insists on having a look at the apartment first.D) The man is not fully satisfied with the apartment.13. A) Packing up to go abroad.B) Drawing up a plan for her English course.C) Brushing up on her English.D) Applying for a visa to the United Sates.14. A) He is anxious to find a cure for his high blood pressure.B) He doesn’t think high blood pressure is a problem for him.C) He was not aware of his illness until diagnosed with it.D) He did not take the symptoms of his illness seriously.15. A) To investigate the cause of AIDS.B) To raise money for AIDS patients.C) To rally support for AIDS victims in Africa.D) To draw attention to the spread of AIDS in Asia.16. A) It has a very long history.B) It is a private institution.C) It was founded by Thomas Jefferson.D) It stresses the comprehensive study of nature.17. A) They can’t fit into the machine.B) They have not been delivered yet.C) They were sent to the wrong address.D) They were found to be of the wrong type.18. A) The food served in the cafeteria usually lacks variety.B) The cafeteria sometimes provides rare food for the students.C) The students find the service in the cafeteria satisfactory.D) The cafeteria tries hard to cater to the students’ needs.Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard.19. A) He picked up some apples in his yard.B) He cut some branches off the apple tree.C) He quarreled with his neighbor over the fence.D) He cleaned up all the garbage in the woman’s yard.20. A) Trim the apple trees in her yard.B) Pick up the apples that fell in her yard.C) Take the garbage to the curb for her.D) Remove the branches from her yard.21. A) File a lawsuit against the man.B) Ask the man for compensation.C) Have the man’s apple tree cut down.D) Throw garbage into the man’s yard.22. A) He was ready to make a concession.B) He was not intimidated.C) He was not prepared to go to court.D) He was a bit concerned.Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.23. A) Bad weather.B) Breakdown of the engines.C) Human error.D) Failure of the communications system.24. A) Two thousand feet.B) Twenty thousand feet.C) Twelve thousand feet.D) Twenty-two thousand feet.25. A) Accurate communication is of utmost importance.B) Pilots should be able to speak several foreign languages.C) Air controllers should keep a close watch on the weather.D) Cooperation between pilots and air controllers is essential.Section BDirections: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choice marked A) B) C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。

2006年12月24日英语六级真题及答案

2006年12月24日英语六级真题及答案Part I Writing (30 minutes)Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay entitled The Importance of Reading Classics. You should write at least 150 wordsfollowing the outline given below.1. 阅读经典书籍对人的成长至关重要2. 现在愿意阅读经典的人却越来越少，原因是…3. 我们大学生应该怎么做The Importance of Reading ClassicsPart II Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning) (15 minutes)Directions: In this part, you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage quickly and answer the questions on Answer Sheet 1.For questions 1-4, markY (for YES) if the statement agrees with the information given in thepassage;N (for NO) if statement contradicts the information given in thepassage;NG (for NOT GIVEN) if the information is not given in the passage.For questions 5-10, complete the sentences with the information given in the passage.Space TourismMake your reservations now. The space tourism industry is officially open for business, and tickets are going for a mere $20 million for a one-week stay in space. Despite reluctance from National Air and Space Administration (NASA)，Russia made American businessman Dennis Tito the world’s first space tourist. Tito flew into space aboard a Russian Soyuz rocket that arrived at the International Space Station (ISS) on April 30, 2001. The second space tourist, South African businessman Mark Shuttleworth, took off aboard the Russian Soyuz on April 25, 2002, also bound for the ISS.Lance Bass of ‘N Sync was supposed to be the third to make the $20 million trip, but he did not join the three-man crew as they blasted off on October 30, 2002, due to lack of payment. Probably the most incredible aspect of this proposed space tour was that NASA approved of it.These trips are the beginning of what could be a profitable 21st century industry. There are already several space tourism companies planning to build suborbital vehiclesand orbital cities within the next two decades. These companies have invested millions, believing that the space tourism industry is on the verge of taking off.In 1997, NASA published a report concluding that selling trips into space to private citizens could be worth billions of dollars. A Japanese report supports these findings, and projects that space tourism could be a $10 billion per year industry within the next two decades. The only obstacles to opening up space to tourists are the space agencies, who are concerned with safety and the development of a reliable, reusable launch vehicle.Space AccommodationsRussia’s Mir space station was supposed to be the first destination for space tourists. But in March 2001，the Russian Aerospace Agency brought Mir down into the Pacific Ocean. As it turned out, bringing down Mir only temporarily delayed the first tourist trip into space.The Mir crash did cancel plans for a new reality-based game show from NBC, which was going to be called Destination Mir. The Survivor-like TV show was scheduled to air in fall 2001, Participants on the show were to go through training at Russia’s cosmonaut (宇航员) training center, Star City. Each week, one of the participants would be eliminated from the show, with the winner receiving a trip to the Mir space station. The Mir crash has ruled out NBC’s space plans for now. NASA is against beginning space tourism until the International Space Station is completed in 2006.Russia is not alone in its interest in space tourism. There are several projects underway to commercialize space travel. Here are a few of the groups that might take tourists to space:Space Island Group is going to build a ring-shaped, rotating “commercial space infrastructure (基础结构)” that will resemble the Discovery spacecraft in the movie “2001: A Space Odyssey.”Space Island says it will build its space city out of empty NASA space-shuttle fuel tanks (to start, it should take around 12 or so), and place it about 400 miles above Earth. The space city will rotate once per minute to create a gravitational pull one-third as strong as Earth’s.According to their vision statement. Space Adventures plans to “fly tens of thousand of people in space over the next 10-15 years and beyond, around the moon, and back, from spaceports both on Earth and in space, to and from private space stations, and board dozen of different vehicles...”Even Hilton Hotels has shown interest in the space tourism industry and possibility of building or co-funding a space hotel. However, the company did say that it believes such a space hotel is 15 to 20 years away.Initially, space tourism will offer simple accommodations at best. For instance, if the International Space Station is used as a tourist attraction, guests won’t find the luxurious surroundings of a hotel room on Earth. It has been designed for conducting research, not entertainment. However, the first generation of space hotels should offer tourists a much more comfortable experience.In regard to a concept for a space hotel initially planned by Space Island, sucha hotel could offer guests every convenience they might find at a hotel on Earth, and some they might not. The small gravitational pull created by the rotating space city would allow space-tourists and residents to walk around and function facilities would be possible. Additionally, space tourists would even be able to take space walks.Many of these companies believe that they have to offer an extremely enjoyable experience in order for passengers to pay thousands, if not millions, of dollars to ride into space. So will space create another separation between the haves and have-nots?The Most Expensive VacationWill space be an exotic retreat reserved for only the wealthy? Or will middle-class folks have a chance to take their families to space? Make no mistake about it, going to space will be the most expensive vacation you ever take. Prices right now are in the tens of millions of dollars. Currently, the only vehicles that can take you into space are the space shuttle and the Russian Soyuz, both of which are terribly inefficient. Each spacecraft requires millions of pounds of fuel to take off into space, which makes them expensive to launch. One pound of payload (有效载重) costs about $10,000 to put into Earth’s orbit.NASA and Lockheed Martin are currently developing a single-stage-to-orbit launch space plane, called the VentureStar, that could be launched for about a tenth of what the space shuttle costs to launch. If the VentureStar takes off, the number of people who could afford to take a trip into space would move into the millions.In 1998, a joint report from NASA and the Space Transportation Association stated that improvements in technology could push fares for space travel as low as $50,000, and possibly down to $20,000 or $10,000 a decade later. The report concluded that a ticket price of $50,000, there could be 500,000 passengers flying into space each year. While still leaving out many people, these prices would open up space to a tremendous amount of traffic.Since the beginning of the space race, the general public has said, “Isn’t that great—when do I get to go?” Well, our chance might be closer than ever. Within the next 20 years, space planes could be taking off for the Moon at the same frequency as airplanes flying between New York and Los Angles.注意：此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。

历年英语六级听力材料

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下面是店铺给大家整理的历年英语六级听力，供大家参阅!2014年12月英语六级听力真题第1套Part II Listening Comprehension (30 minutes)Section ADirections:In this section,you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 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 1 with a single line through the centre.注意：此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。

1. A) The man's tennis racket is good enough.B) The man should get a pair of new shoes.C) She can wait for the man for a little while.D) Physical exercise helps her stay in shape.2. A) The woman will skip Dr. Smith's lecture to help the man.B) Kathy is very pleased to attend the lecture by Dr. Smith.C) The woman is good at doing lab demonstrations.D) The man will do all he can do assist the woman.3. A) The woman asked the man to accompany her to the party.B) Steve became rich soon after graduation from college.C) Steve invited his classmates to visit his big cottage.D) The speakers and Steve used to be classmates.4. A) In a bus. B) In a clinic. C) In a boat. D) In a plane.5. A) 10:10. B) 9:50. C) 9:40. D) 9:10.6. A) She does not like John at all.B) John has got many admirers.C) She does not think John is handsome.D) John has just got a bachelor's degree.7. A) He has been bumping along for hours.B) He has got a sharp pain in the neck.C) He is involved in a serious accident.D) He is trapped in a terrible traffic jam.8. A) She is good at repairing things.B) She is a professional mechanic.C) She should improve her physical condition.D) She cannot go without a washing machine.Questions 9 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard.9. A) Some witnesses failed to appear in court.B) The case caused debate among the public.C) The accused was found guilty of stealing.D) The accused refused to plead guilty in court.10. A) He was out of his mind.B) He was unemployed.C) His wife deserted him.D) His children were sick.11. A) He had been in jail before.B) He was unworthy of sympathy.C) He was unlikely to get employed.D) He had committed the same sort of crime.Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.12. A) Irresponsible. B) Unsatisfactory. C) Aggressive. D)Conservative.13. A) Internal communication.B) Distribution of brochures.C) Public relations.D) Product design.14. A) Placing advertisements in the trade press.B) Drawing sketches for advertisements.C) Advertising in the national press.D) Making television commercials.15. A) She has the motivation to do the job.B) She is not so easy to get along with.C) She knows the tricks of advertising.D) She is not suitable for the position.Section BDirections: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, youwill hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. Afteryou hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C)and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through thecentre.注意：此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。