CET-6 新题型样卷听写
大学英语六级改革适用(听力)模拟试卷163(题后含答案及解析)
大学英语六级改革适用（听力）模拟试卷163(题后含答案及解析) 题型有： 3.Section CHong Kong has taken over from Tokyo as the world’s most expensive city, according to a lifestyle survey. It also【B1】______the gap between the costliest and cheapest cities is narrowing. Moscow【B2】______at second place in the survey, released by Mercer Human Resource Consulting, with Tokyo third. At the other end of the scale, Johannesburg【B3】______Blan- tyre, Malawi as the cheapest city on the planet. Mercer said the【B4】______between those at the top and the bottom of the pile had narrowed by nearly 15 percent in the 12 months to March 2002. The research took New York as the base city with a【B5】______score of 100 points. Hong Kong scored 124.2: the South African metropolis just 34.4. It measured the【B6】______ cost of over 200 items such as housing, food, clothing and household goods as well as transport and 【B7】______in 144 cities worldwide. St. Petersburg in Russia and London were the two most expensive cities in Europe, while in the U.S., New York was far and away the costliest city, followed by Los Angeles, Chicago and San Francisco. Elsewhere, Buenos Aires had the most dramatic fall. It 【B8】______23rd to 133rd following the economic crisis and devaluation of its【B9】______. New Zealand and Australian cities continued to show they are probably the best bet for cheap but high quality living. Their scores are【B10】______around 50 or below, while at the same time ranking in the top 30 for quality of life in another Mercer survey released in March 2002.1．【B1】正确答案：reveals解析：虽然全文使用的主要时态是一般过去时，但是该句陈述的是一个客观事实，而且根据该句中的“is”判断，也应使用一般现在时，故此处需要及物动词的第三人称单数形式作谓语。
大学英语六级改革适用(短文听写)模拟试卷2(题后含答案及解析)
大学英语六级改革适用（短文听写）模拟试卷2(题后含答案及解析) 题型有： 3.Section CDuring the H1N1 flu pandemic(流行病), schools closed, health officials encouraged hand washing and warned pregnant women to get vaccinated once a vaccine was【B1】______. The World Health Organization says the virus killed more than 16,000 people【B2】______. Last November, Dr. Debra Parsons【B3】______up to 20 kids a day for the H1N1 flu. She says the symptoms are like that of any flu. “H1N1 symptoms generally include【B4】______body aches, chills, fever, wheezing, shortness of breath,” said Dr. Parsons. A new U.S. study led by Dr. Edward Belongia compares the【B5】______of the pandemic flu to the seasonal flu. “We really saw very few differences when we compared the symptoms of illness and【B6】______complications in people that had the pandemic H1N1【B7】______versus those who had seasonal strains of influenza A,”noted Dr. Belongia. Doctors at the Marshfield Clinic in Wisconsin had studied seasonal flu in the town for several years. When the H1N1 pandemic hit, the Centers for Disease Control asked them to begin monitoring it. The study【B8】______patients in Marshfield, Wisconsin. The doctors found that H1N1 did not cause more hospitalizations or serious complications than seasonal flu. Unlike the seasonal flu, those most【B9】______H1N1, a new virus, were children and young adults. Dr. Belongia says it’s【B10】______. “It’s a combination of a new virus and populations that have very little pre-existing immunity to the virus, particularly children and young adults, so their immune systems have not seen this virus and have not seen a similar virus in the past,” added Dr. Belongia.1．【B1】正确答案：available解析：空前的系动词was表明，本空应填一形容词或分词形式的动词。
大学英语六级改革适用(听力)模拟试卷160(题后含答案及解析)
大学英语六级改革适用（听力）模拟试卷160(题后含答案及解析) 题型有： 3.Section CHave you ever made a profit from walking a dog? Do you like working alone or in groups? Have you ever set a world record in anything? Answer those the right way and you could land a job at Google. In its【B1】______search for more engineers and sales representatives for its 【B2】______growing business, Google has created an automated way to【B3】______ the more than 100,000 job application it receives each month. Instead of simply looking for people with straight-A’s, it’s starting to ask applicants to fill out an in-depth online survey that examines their【B4】______, behavior and personality. Questions concern everything from the age the applicant first got excited about computers to whether the person has ever tutored. They also【B5】______non-traditional information. This can include what magazines the applicant【B6】______or what pets that person has. The answers are fed into a series of【B7】______created by Google’s mathematicians that spit out a score from zero to 100. This is meant to predict how well a person will fit into the freewheeling,【B8】______company culture. “Google has doubled its number of employees in each of the last three years. As we get bigger, we find it harder and harder to find enough people,” said Google’s vice-president for people operations. “Interviews are a terrible predictor of【B9】______. With traditional hiring methods, we might 【B10】______some of the best candidates,” he said.1．【B1】正确答案：desperate解析：此处需要一个形容词作定语。
英语六级听力新题型模拟听写训练-第11套长对话(2)
英语六级听力新题型模拟听写训练:第11套长对话(2)Conversation Two对话二W: Hello, Mike. Did you enjoy the weekend in Paris?女：嗨，麦克。
你在巴黎的周末过得开心吗？M: Yes, it was great, mom. Look, I bought you a bottle of wine and a necktie for dad.男：嗯，太棒了，妈妈。
看，我给你买了一瓶葡萄酒，给爸爸买了一条领带。
W: Thank you, dear. That's lovely. But you did not have to do that.女：谢谢，亲爱的。
太贴心了。
不过你不用这样的。
M: Well, I don't often buy you presents, and I don't often go abroad, either.男：嗯，我没怎么给你买过礼物，我也不经常出国。
W: You had been to London, Liverpool and Edinburgh, hadn't you? Anyway, tell me about your trip. What did you do on Friday night?女：你去过伦敦、利物浦和爱丁堡，不是吗？总之，跟我说说你的旅行。
你周五晚上做什么了？M: Well, we had a quite good flight, and we got to the hotel at about seven p.m. We had a super dinner. Then Clive, Tim and I went to a bar.男：嗯，我们的飞行很顺利，大约下午七点到了酒店。
我们吃了顿丰盛的晚餐，然后克莱夫、蒂姆和我去了酒吧。
W: Just you three?女：只有你们三个吗？M: Yes, no one else wanted to come. All the others were too tired. Then on Saturday morning, we did some shopping and of course, we watched the international rugbyfootball match in the afternoon. The match was a draw, but England was lucky, not to lose.男：是的，别人都不想去。
英语六级听力新题型模拟听写训练-第6套长对话(1)
英语六级听力新题型模拟听写训练:第6套长对话(1)Conversation One对话一W: Nigel Lynch is editor of Business Travel Weekly. Nigel, thanks for being on the show. Now, what kind of problems do airline passengers face nowadays?女：奈杰尔·林奇是来自《商旅周刊》的编辑。
奈杰尔，感谢你参加今天的节目。
航空乘客现在面临着哪些问题？M: Well most of the problems are caused by the heavy volume of traffic. And if the weather is bad, you can imagine what the situation is like. Another problem that's very common is overbooking.男：大部分的问题是由繁重的交通量造成的。
而且如果天气情况恶劣，你可以想象出场面将会如何。
另外一个非常常见的问题是超额预订。
W: So, what advice would you give to business travelers?女：那么你对商务旅客有什么样的建议呢？M: I'd say, avoid big airports, if you can. Then, remember not to check your baggage if you can help it. Another thing is: be prepared for delays.男：我想说，如果可能的话，避免去比较大的机场。
然后还要记得，如果行李可以随身携带就不要托运。
还有一件事就是做好飞机延误的准备。
W: Nigel, what kind of mistakes do inexperienced travelers make?女：奈杰尔，一般没有经验的乘客会犯什么样的错？M: The first mistake business travelers makeis to take far too much luggage. Remember, take only carry-on luggage, because in most airports, you can get away with two small bags. Another mistake people make is to think that you have to pay full price for air tickets. You should find out about the different ticket options. And another mistake is to go away for too long. Most people's efficiency and energy start to fall off after two weeks away. So my advice is to keep your trip short, only go for two weeks and never for a longer than three. Another point is, inexperienced travelers often expect everything to go according to plan. The fact is travelers need to learn to expect the unexpected.男：商务旅客最容易犯的错就是带太多行李。
六级听力新题型样题
大学英语六级考试听力样题大学英语六级考试听力样题Part II Listening Comprehension (30 minutes)Section ADirections: In this section, you will hear two long conversations. At the end of each conversation, you will hear some questions. Both the conversation 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 1with a single line through the centre.Conversation OneQuestions 1 to 4 are based on the conversation you have just heard.1. A) He invented the refrigerator. C) He was admitted to a university.B) He patented his first invention. D) He got a degree in Mathematics.2. A) He started to work on refrigeration.B) He became a professor of Mathematics.C) He fell in love with Natasha Willoughby.D) He distinguished himself in low temperature physics.3. A) Discovering the true nature of subatomic particles.B) Their explanation of the laws of cause and effect.C) Their work on very high frequency radio waves.D) Laying the foundations of modern mathematics.4. A) To have a three-week holiday. C) To patent his inventions.B) To spend his remaining years. D) To teach at a university.Conversation TwoQuestions 5 to 8 are based on the conversation you have just heard.5. A) The injury of some students.B) A school bus crash on the way.C) The collapse of a school building.D) A fire that broke out on a school campus.6. A) Teaching. C) Having lunch.B) On vacation. D) Holding a meeting.7. A) A malfunctioning stove. C) Violation of traffic rules.B) Cigarettes butts left by workers. D) Negligence in school maintenance.8. A) Sent a story to the local newspaper.B) Threw a small Thanksgiving party.C) Baked some cookies as a present.D) Wrote a personal letter of thanks.Section BDirections:In this section, you will hear two 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 1 with a single line through the centre.Passage OneQuestions 9 to 11 are based on the passage you have just heard.9. A) It is a trait of a generous character. C) It is an indicator of high intelligence.B) It is a reflection of self-esteem. D) It is a sign of happiness and confidence.10. A) It was self-defeating. C) It was the essence of comedy.B) It was aggressive. D) It was something admirable.11. A) It is a double-edged sword. C) It is a unique gift of human beings.B) It is a feature of a given culture. D) It is a result of both nature and nurture.Passage TwoQuestions 12 to 15 are based on the passage you have just heard.12. A) She is a tourist guide. C) She is a domestic servant.B) She is an interpreter. D) She is from the royal family.13. A) It is situated at the foot of a beautiful mountain.B) It was used by the family to hold dinner parties.C) It was frequently visited by heads of state.D) It is furnished like one in a royal palace.14. A) It is elaborately decorated. C) It is very big, with only six slim legs.B) It has survived some 2,000 years. D) It is shaped like an ancient Spanish boat.15. A) They are interesting to look at.B) They have lost some of their legs.C) They do not match the oval table at all.D) They are uncomfortable to sit in for long.Section CDirections: In this section, you will hear recordings of lectures or talks followed by some questions. The recordings will be played 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 1 with a single line through the centre.Now listen to the following recording and answer questions 16 to 19.16. A) They investigate the retirement homes in America.B) They are on issues facing senior citizens in America.C) They describe the great pleasures of the golden years.D) They are filled with fond memories of his grandparents.17. A) The loss of the ability to take care of himself.B) The feeling of not being important any more.C) Being unable to find a good retirement home.D) Leaving the home he had lived in for 60 years.18. A) The loss of identity and self-worth.B) Fear of being replaced or discarded.C) Freedom from pressure and worldly cares.D) The possession of wealth and high respect.19. A) The urgency of pension reform.B) Medical care for senior citizens.C) Finding meaningful roles for the elderly in society.D) The development of public facilities for senior citizens.Now listen to the following recording and answer questions 20 to 22.20. A) It seriously impacts their physical and mental development.B) It has become a problem affecting global economic growth.C) It is a common problem found in underdeveloped countries.D) It is an issue often overlooked by parents in many countries.21. A) They will live longer. C) They get along well with people.B) They get better pay. D) They develop much higher IQs.22. A) Appropriated funds to promote research of nutrient-rich foods.B) Encouraged breastfeeding for the first six months of a child’s life.C) Recruited volunteers to teach rural people about health and nutrition.D) Targeted hunger-relief programs at pregnant women and young children.Now listen to the following recording and answer questions 23 to 25.23. A) The guaranteed quality of its goods.B) The huge volume of its annual sales.C) The service it provides to its customers.D) The high value-to-weight ratio of its goods.24. A) Those having a taste or smell component.B) Products potentially embarrassing to buy.C) Those that require very careful handling.D) Services involving a personal element.25. A) Those who live in the virtual world.B) Those who have to work long hours.C) Those who are used to online transactions.D) Those who don’t mind paying a little more.Tape Script of Listening ComprehensionSection ADirections: In this section, you will hear two long conversations. At the end of each conversation, you will hear some questions. Both the conversation 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 1with a single line through the centre.Conversation OneW: Hello.M: Hello, is that the reference library?W: Yes. Can I help you?M: I hope so. I rang earlier and asked for some information about Denys Hawtin, the scientist. You asked me to ring back.W: Oh, yes. I have found something.M: Good. I’ve got a pencil and paper. Perhaps you could read out what it says.W: Certainly. Hawtin, Denys. Born: Darlington 1836; died New York 1920.M: Yes. Got that.W: Inventor and physicist. The son of a farm worker, he was admitted to the University of London at the age of fifteen.M: Yes.W: He graduated at seventeen with a first class degree in Physics and Mathematics. All right? M: Yes, all right.W: He made his first notable achievement at the age of eighteen. It was a method of refrigeration which arose from his work in low temperature physics. He became professor of Mathematics at the University of Manchester at twenty-four, where he remained for twelve years. During that time he married one of his students, Natasha Willoughby.M: Yes. Go on.W: Later, working together in London, they laid the foundation of modern Physics by showing that normal laws of cause and effect do not apply at the level of subatomic particles. For this he and his wife received the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1910, and did so again in 1912 for their work on very high frequency radio waves. In his lifetime Hawtin patented 244 inventions. Do you want any more?M: Yes. When did he go to America?W: Let me see. In 1920 he went to teach in New York, and died there suddenly after only three weeks. Still, he was a good age.M: Yes. I suppose so. Well, thanks.Questions 1 to 4 are based on the conversation you have just heard.1. What do we learn about Denys Hawtin when he was 15?2. What did Denys Hawtin do at the age of 24?3. For what were Denys Hawtin and his wife awarded the Nobel Prize a second time?4. Why did Denys Hawtin go to New York?Conversation TwoW: This is Lisa Meyer in the WBZ newsroom, talking with Mike Bassichis, who is the director of the Gifford School, about the cleanup from last week’s fire and what the possible cause of that blaze may have been.M: We’re getting ready for our entire staff to return early from vacation tomorrow whereupon we are going to move into temporary classrooms. And the other buildings that did not burn are being de-smoked. As to the cause of the fire, all we know is that we were having trouble with the pilot lights since we bought the stove in July and it had been serviced three times. Well, as a matter of fact, we think it was a malfunctioning stove that may have caused the fire. Nothing definite yet has been determined.W: Have you heard from other schools or other institutional users of this stove that have had the same problem?M: No. I wouldn’t know anything more about the stove itself. All I know is that this fire went up so quickly that there’s been a suspicion about why it went up so quickly. And it may be that th ere was a gas blast. But, again, this has not been determined officially by anybody.W: I got you. When do kids come back to school?M: Next Monday, and we will be ready for them. Monday January 4. We’re just extremely thrilled that no one was hurt and tha t’s because of the fire fighters that were here, nine of them. They’re wonderful.W: And I’m sure you send your thanks out to them, uh?M: Well, we’re sending out thanks to them in a letter or in any other way we can. I heard a storytoday where one of our kids actually baked some cookies and is taking it to the fire department, to give it to them.Questions 5 to 8 are based on the conversation you have just heard.5. What were the speakers talking about?6. What were the school staff doing at the time of the accident?7. What was supposed to be the cause of the accident?8. What did one of the kids do to show gratitude?Section BDirections:In this section, you will hear two 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 1with a single line through the centre.Passage OneIn today’s personality stakes, nothing is more highly valued than a sense of humor. We seek it out in others and are proud to claim it in ourselves, perhaps even more than good looks or intelligence. If someone has a great sense of humor, we reason, it means that they are happy, socially confident and have a healthy perspective on life.This attitude would have surprised the ancient Greeks, who believed humor to be essentially aggressive. And in fact, our admiration for the comically gifted is relatively new, and not very well-founded, says Rod Martin, a psychologist at the University of Western Ontario. Being funny isn’t necessarily an indicator of good social skills and well-being, his research has shown. It may just as likely be a sign of personality flaws.He has found that humor is a double-edged sword. It can forge better relationships and help you cope with life, or it can be corrosive, eating away at self-esteem and irritating others. “It’s a form of communication, like speech, and we all use it d ifferently,” says Martin. We use bonding humor to enhance our social connections, but we also may employ it as a way of excluding or rejecting an outsider.Though humor is essentially social, how you use it says a lot about your sense of self. Those who use self-defeating humor, making fun of themselves for the enjoyment of others, tend to maintain that hostility toward themselves even when alone. Similarly, those who are able to view the world with amused tolerance are often equally forgiving of their own shortcomings.Questions 9 to 11 are based on the passage you have just heard.9. How do people today view humor according to the speaker?10. What did the ancient Greeks think of humor?11. What has psychologist Rod Martin found about humor?Passage Two (female voice)And now, if you’ll walk this way, ladies and gentlemen, the next room we’re going to see is the room in which the family used to hold their formal dinner parties and even occasionally entertain heads of state and royalty. However, they managed to keep this room friendly and intimate and I think you’ll agree it has a very informal atmosphere, quite unlike some grand houses you visit. The curtains were never drawn, even at night, so guests got a view of the lake and fountains outside, which were lit up at night. A very attractive sight.As you can see, ladies and gentlemen, the guests were seated very informally around this oval table, which would add to the relaxed atmosphere. The table dates from the eighteenth century and is made of Spanish oak. It’s rather remarkable for the fact that although it is extremely big, it’s supported by just six rather slim legs. However, it seems to have survived like that for two hundred years, so it’s probably going to last a bit longer. The chairs which go wi th the table are not a complete set—there were originally six of them. They are interesting for the fact that they are very plain and undecorated for the time, with only one plain central panel at the back and no arm-rests. I myself find them rather uncomfortable to sit in for very long, but people were used to more discomfort in the past.And now, ladies and gentlemen, if you’d like to follow me into the Great Hall …Questions 12 to 15 are based on the passage you have just heard.12. What do we learn about the speaker?13. What does the speaker say about the room they are visiting?14. What is said about the oval table in the room?15. What does the speaker say about the chairs?Section CDirections: In this section, you will hear recordings of lectures or talks followed by some questions. The recordings will be played 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 1 with a single line through the centre.Now listen to the following recording and answer questions 16 to 19.Moderator:Hello Ladies and Gentleman, it gives me great pleasure to introduce our keynote speaker for today’s session, Dr. Howard Miller. Dr. Miller, Professor of Soci ology at Washington University, has written numerous articles and books on the issues facing older Americans in our graying society for the past 15 years. Dr. Miller:Dr. Miller:Thank you for that introduction. Today, I’d like to preface my remarks with a story from my own life which I feel highlights the common concerns that bring us here together. Several years ago when my grandparents were well into their eighties, they were faced with the reality of no longer being able to adequately care for themselves. My grandfather spoke of his greatest fear, that of leaving the only home they had known for the past 60 years. Fighting back the tears, he spokeproudly of the fact that he had built their home from the ground up, and that he had pounded every nail and laid every brick in the process. The prospect of having to sell their home and give up their independence, and move into a retirement home was an extremely painful experience for them. It was, in my grandfather’s own words, like having a limb cut off. He exclaimed in a forceful manner that he felt he wasn’t important anymore.For them and some older Americans, their so-called “golden years” are at times not so pleasant, for this period can mean the decline of not only one’s health but the loss of identity andself-worth. In many societies, this self-identity is closely related with our social status, occupation, material possessions, or independence. Furthermore, we often live in societies that value what is “new” or in fashion, and our own usage of words in the English language is often a sign of bad news for older Americans. I mean how would your family react if you came home tonight exclaiming, “Hey, come to the living room and see the OLD black and white TV I brought!” Unfortunately, the word “old” calls to mind ima ges of the need to replace or discard.Now, many of the lectures given at this conference have focused on the issues of pension reform, medical care, and the development of public facilities for senior citizens. And while these are vital issues that must be addressed, I’d like to focus my comments on an important issue that will affect the overall success of the other programs mentioned. This has to do with changing our perspectives on what it means to be a part of this group, and finding meaningful roles the elderly can play and should play in our societies.First of all, I’d like to talk about . . .16. What does the introduction say about Dr. Howard Miller’s articles and books?17. What is the greatest fear of Dr. Miller’s grandfather?18. What does Dr. Miller say the “golden years” can often mean?19. What is the focus of Dr. Miller’s speech?Now listen to the following recording and answer questions 20 to 22.The 2010 Global Hunger Index report was released today by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). It notes that, in recent years, experts have come to the conclusion that undernourishment between conception and a child’s second birthday can have serious andlong-lasting impacts.Undernourishment during this approximately 1,000-day window can seriously check the growth and development of children and render them more likely to get sick and die than well-fed children. Preventing hunger allows children to develop both physically and mentally.Says IFPRI’s Marie Ruel, “They will be more likely to perform well in school. They will stay in school longer. And then at adulthood, IFPRI has actually demonstrated that children who were better nourished have higher wages, by a pretty large margin, by 46 percent.”Ruel says that means the productivity of a nation’s future generations depends in a large part on the first 1,000 days of life.“This is why we’re all on board in focusing on those thousand days to improve nutrition. Afterth at, the damage is done and is highly irreversible.”The data on nutrition and childhood development has been slowly coming together for decades. But Ruel says scientific consensus alone will not solve the problem.“It’s not enough that nutritionists know you have to intervene then, if we don’t have the politicians on board, and also the...people that implement [programs] in the field.”Ruel says there are encouraging signs that politicians and implementers are beginning to get on board. Many major donors and the United Nations are targeting hunger-relief programs at pregnant women and young children. They focus on improving diets or providing micro-food supplements. They improve access to pre-birth care and encourage exclusive breastfeeding for the first si x months of a child’s life.Ruel says in the 1980s Thailand was able to reduce child undernourishment by recruiting a large number of volunteers to travel the countryside teaching about health and nutrition.“They really did very active promotion of diver sity in the diet and good eating habits. So they were providing more food to people, but also educating people on how to use them, and also educating people on how to feed their young children.”Ruel says countries may take different approaches to reducing child undernutrition. But she says nations will not make progress fighting hunger and poverty until they begin to focus on those critical first thousand days.20. What is the experts’ conclusion regarding children’s undernourishment in their earliest days of life?21. What does IFPRI’s Marie Ruel say about well-fed children in their adult life?22. What did Thailand do to reduce child undernourishment in the 1980s?Now listen to the following recording and answer questions 23 to 25.I’d like to look at a vital aspect of e-commerce, and that is the nature of the product or service. There are certain products and services that are very suitable for selling online, and others that simply don’t work.Suitable products generally have a high value-to-weight ratio. Items such as CDs and DVDs are obvious examples. Books, although heavier and so more expensive to post, still have a high enough value-to-weight ratio, as the success of Amazon, which started off selling only books, shows. Laptop computers are another good product for selling online.Digital products, such as software, films and music, can be sold in a purely virtual environment. The goods are paid for by online transactions, and then downloaded onto the buyer’s computer. There are no postage or delivery costs, so prices can be kept low.Many successful virtual companies provide digital services, such as financial transactions, in the case of Paypal, or means of communication, as Skype does. The key to success here is providing an easy-to-use, reliable service. Do this and you can easily become the market leader, as Skype has proved.Products which are potentially embarrassing to buy also do well in the virtual environment. Some of the most profitable e-commerce companies are those selling sex-related products or services. For a similar reason, online gambling is highly popular.Products which are usually considered unsuitable for selling online include those that have a taste or smell component. Food, especially fresh food, falls into this category, along with perfume. Clothes and other items that need to be tried on such as diamond rings and gold necklaces are generally not suited to virtual retailing, and, of course, items with a low value-to-weight ratio.There are exceptions, though. Online grocery shopping has really taken off, with most major supermarkets offering the service. The inconvenience of not being able to see the food you are buying is outweighed by the time saved and convenience of having the goods delivered. Typical users of online supermarkets include the elderly, people who work long hours and those without their own transport.23 What is important to the success of an online store?24. What products are unsuitable for selling online?25. Who are more likely to buy groceries online?参考答案Part II Listening ComprehensionSection A1. C2. B3. C4. D5. D6. B7. A8. CSection B9. D 10. B 11. A 12. A 13. B14. C 15. DSection C16. B 17. D 18. A 19. C 20. A21. B 22. C 23. D 24. A 25. B。
英语四级听力新题型模拟听写训练-第6套短篇新闻(2)
英语四级听力新题型模拟听写训练:第6套短篇新闻(2)听力文本：Questions 3 and 4 will be based on the following news item.问题3和问题4是关于新闻听力的。
Professor Post is developing a way to grow meat in a labPost 教授正在研发一种在实验室种植肉类的办法，because he believes that livestock farming is not good for the environment, not good for animals nor,因为他认为畜牧对环境和动物都不利，he says, is it going to satisfy the growing demand for meat.而且也无法满足人类日益增长的肉类需求。
His aim is to produce a burger that looks and tastes just like the real thing他的目标是创造出一种样式和口味与真实汉堡相似的人造汉堡。
but from what I saw at his lab, which is still a work in progress.但是根据我从他实验室里看到的，该实验仍处于进展当中。
The flesh, grown from stem cells, is pale white and tasteless,因为人造肉是用干细胞培育而成，无色无味，so food technologists have had to mix in breadcrumbs, caramel and saffron to add flavor and juice to add color.因此食物专家用面包屑，焦糖和藏红花为其加味、用果汁为其上色。
The mixture is then put together to make the burger that will be cooked then eaten by two food writers.所有用料添加完毕后进行烹制，最后制成汉堡由两位美食作家品尝。
英语六级听力新题型模拟听写训练-第6套短文(1)
英语六级听力新题型模拟听写训练:第6套短文(1)Passage One短文一There are three main elements that combine to create either a positive or negative experience for listeners.有三个主要的因素结合在一起决定着听众正面或负面的体验。
They can result in a voice that is pleasing to listen to and can be used effectively.它们联合作用可能让声音听起来悦耳，并起到应有的效果。
Or they can create a voice that doesn't hold attention, or even worse, causes an adverse reaction.但也可能使声音被别人充耳不闻，甚至造成负面的效果。
The three elements are volume, pitch, and pace.这三个要素就是音量、音调和语速。
When evaluating volume, keep in mind that a good speaker will adjust to the size of both the room and the audience.在对音量进行评估时，要记住，一个好的演讲者会根据房间大小和听众人数两个因素来对音量进行调节。
Of course, with an amplifying device like a microphone, the speaker can use a natural tone.当然，如果使用了像麦克风一样的放大工具，说话者可以使用自然音量。
But speakers should not be dependent on microphones; a good speaker can speak loudly without shouting.但是演讲者不应该对麦克风形成依赖，好的演讲者可以不用喊就发出洪亮的声音。
新六级听力样题原稿及答案
Tape Script of Listening ComprehensionSection A1. W: Did you hear that Anna needs to stay in bed for four weeks?M: Yeah. She injured her spine脊椎in a fall. And the doctor told her to lie flat on her back for a month, so it can mend. Q: What can we learn from the conversation?A) The man happened to see Anna fall on her back. B) The serious accident may leave Anna paralyzed.C) The doctor’s therapy has been very successful. D) The injury will confine Anna to bed for quite a while.2. W: We’r e taking up a collection凑钱to buy a gift for Gemma. She’ll have been with the company 25 years next week. M: Well, count me in, but I’m a bit short on cash now. When do you need it?Q: What is the man going to do?A) Give his contribution some time later. B) Borrow some money from the woman.C) Buy an expensive gift for Gemma. D) Take up a collection next week.3. W: Tony’s mother has invited me to dinner. Do you think I should tell her in advance that I’m a vegetarian?M: Of course. I think she’d appreciate it—imagine how you’d both feel if she fixed a turkey dinner or something.Q: What does the man suggest the woman do?A) Add more fruits and vegetables to her diet. B) Ask Tony to convey thanks to his mother.C) Tell Tony’s mother that she eats no meat. D) Decline the invitation as early as possible.4. W: I hope you’re not too put out with me生气for the delay. I had to stop by Fred’s home to pick up a book on my way here.M: Well, that’s not a big deal没什么大不了. But you might at least phone if you know you’re going to keep someone waiting.Q: What do we learn about the woman from the conversation?A) She phoned Fred about the book. B) She was late for the appointment.C) She ran into Fred on her way here. D) She often keeps other people waiting.5. W: I don’t think we have enough information for our presentation. But we have to give it tomorrow. There doesn’t seem to be much we can do about it.M: Yeah. At th is point, we’ll have to make do设法做with what we’ve got.Q: What does the man suggest they do?A) Simply raise the issue in their presentation. B) Find more relevant information for their work.C) Put more effort into preparing for the presentation. D) Just make use of whatever information is available.6. M: This truck looks like what I need, but I’m worried about maintenance. For us, it’ll have to operate for long periods of time in very cold temperatures.W: We have several models that are specially adapted for extreme conditions. Would you like to see them?Q: What do we learn about the man from the conversation?A) He needs a vehicle to be used in harsh极端的weather.B) He has a fairly large collection of quality trucks.C) He has had his truck adapted for cold temperatures.D) He does routine truck maintenance for the woman.7. W: I’d like to exchange this shirt. I’ve learned that the person I bought it for is allergic过敏的to wool.M: Maybe we can find something in cotton or silk. Please come this way.Q: What does the woman want to do?A) Visit a different store for a silk or cotton shirt. B) Get a discount on the shirt she is going to buy.C) Look for a shirt of a more suitable color and size. D) Replace the shirt with one of some other material.8. W: I think your article in the school newspaper is right on target. And your viewpoints have certainly convinced me.M: Thanks. But in view of the general responses, you and I are definitely in the minority.Q: What does the man mean?A) Not many people have read his article. B) He regrets having published the article.C) Most readers do not share his viewpoints. D) The woman is only trying to console him.Conversation OneW: One of the most interesting experiments with dolphins must be one done by Dr Jarvis Bastian. (9)What he tried to do was to teach a male dolphin called Buzz and a female called Doris to communicate with each other across a solid barrier坚固障碍.M: So how did he do it exactly?W: Well, first of all he kept the two dolphins together in the same tank and taught them to press levers操纵杆whenever they saw a light. The levers were fitted to the side of the tank next to each other. (10)If the light flashed on and off several times, the dolphins were supposed to press the left-hand lever followed by the right-hand one. If the light was kept steady, the dolphins were supposed to press the levers in reverse order. Whenever they responded correctly they were rewarded with fish.M: Sounds terr ibly complicated …W: Well, that was the first stage. In the second stage, Dr Bastian separated the dolphins into two tanks. They could still hear one another but they couldn’t actually see each other. (11)The levers and the light were set up in exactly the same way, except that this time it was only Doris who could see the light indicating which lever to press first. But in order to get their fish both dolphins had to press the levers in the correct order. This meant of course that Doris had to tell Buzz whether it was a flashing light or whether it was a steady light.M: So did it work?W: Well – amazingly enough, the dolphins achieved a 100% success rate 成功率…Questions 9 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard.9. What is the purpose of Dr Jarvis Bastian’s experiment?A) To test how responsive dolphins are to various signals.B) To examine how long it takes dolphins to acquire a skill.C) To see if dolphins can learn to communicate with each other.D) To find out if the female dolphin is cleverer than the male one.10. What were the dolphins supposed to do when they saw the steady light?A) Press the right-hand lever first. B) Produce the appropriate sound.C) Raise their heads above the water. D) Swim straight into the same tank.11. How did the second stage of the experiment differ from the first stage?A) Both dolphins were put in the same tank. B) The male dolphin received more rewards.C) The lever was beyond the dolphins’ reach. D) Only one dolphin was able to see the light.Conversation TwoW: There’s an element there about competition, though, isn’t there? Because British Railways are a nationalised industry, there’s only one railway system in the country. (12)If you don’t like a particula r can of baked beans烤豆子, you can go and buy another, but if you don’t like a particular railway, you can’t go and use another.M: Some people who write to me say this. (13)They say that if you didn’t have a monopoly垄断, you wouldn’t be able to do the thing s you do. Well, I don’t think we do anything deliberately to upset our customers. We have particular problems. Since 1946 when the Transport Act came in, we were nationalised.W: Do you think that’s a good thing? Has it been a good thing for the railways, do you think, to be nationalised?M: Oh, I think so, yes. (14)Because in general, modes of transport are all around, let’s face the fact. The car arrived, the car is here to stay. There’s no question about that.W: So what you’re saying then is that if the railways hadn’t been nationalised, they would simply have disappeared.M: Oh, I think they would have. (15)They’re disappearing fast in America. Er, the French railways lose £1 billion a year, the German railways £2 billion a year. But you see, those governments are prepared to pour money into the transport system to keep it going.W: So in a sense you’re caught between two extremes, on the one hand you’re trying not to lose too much money, and on the other hand you’ve got to provide the best service.M: Yes, you’re right.Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.12. What does the woman say about British Railways?A) Good or bad, they are there to stay. B) Believe it or not, they have survived.C) Like it or not, you have to use them. D) Gain or lose, they should be modernised.13. What do some people who write to the man complain about?A) The frequent train delays. B) The monopoly of British Railways.C) The food sold on the trains. D) The high train ticket fares.14. What does the man say threatens the existence of railways?A) Competition from other modes of transport. B) The low efficiency of their operation.C) Constant complaints from passengers. D) The passing of the new transport act.15. What does the man say about railways in other countries?A) They will be de-nationalised. B) They lose a lot of money.C) They are fast disappearing. D) They provide worse service.Section BPassage One(17)(16)Enjoying an iced coffee? Better skip dinner or hit the gym afterwards, with a cancer charity慈善事业warning that some iced coffees contain as many calories as a hot dinner.The World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF) conducted a survey of iced coffees sold by some popular chains in Britain including Starbucks, Caffe Nero and Costa Coffee to gauge the calories as studies increasingly link obesity with cancer. The worst offender — a coffee from Starbucks — had 561 calories. Other iced coffees contained more than 450 calories and the majority had in excess of 200.Health experts advise that the average woman should consume about 2,000 calories a day and a man about 2,500 calories to maintain a healthy weight. Dieters aim for 1,000 to 1,500 calories a day.―The fact that there is an iced coffee on the market with over a quarter of a woman’s daily calories allowance许可is alarming,‖ Dr. Rachel Thompson, science program manager at London-based WCRF, said in a widely-reported statement. ―This is the amount of calories you might expect to have in an evening meal, not in a drink.‖(18)The WCRF has estimated that 19,000 cancers a year in Britain could be prevented if people lost their excess weight, with growing evidence that excess body fat increases the risk of various cancers.―If you are having these types of coffee regularly, then they will increase the chances of you becoming overweight, which in turn increases your risk of developing cancer, as well as other diseases such as heart disease,‖ she added.Questions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard.16. What warning did some health experts give?A) Iced coffees sold by some popular chains are contaminated污染.B) Some iced coffees have as many calories as a hot dinner.C) Some brand-name coffees contain harmful substances.D) Drinking coffee after a meal is more likely to cause obesity.17. What does the speaker suggest people do after they have an iced coffee?A) Have some fresh fruit. B) Take a hot shower.C) Exercise at the gym. D) Eat a hot dinner.18. What could British people expect if they maintained a normal body weight according to the WCRF?A) They could enjoy a happier family life. B) They could greatly improve their work efficiency.C) Many embarrassing situations could be avoided. D) Many cancer cases could be prevented.Passage TwoIn a small laboratory at the Medical University of South Carolina, Dr. Vladimir Mironov has been working for a decade to grow meat.A developmental biologist and tissue engineer, Dr. Mironov is one of only a few scientists worldwide involved in bioengineering ―cultured‖ meat微生物培养的肉.(19)It’s a product he believes could help solve futur e global food crises resulting from shrinking amounts of land available for growing meat the old-fashioned way.Growth of cultured meat is also under way in the Netherlands, Mironov told Reuters in an interview, but in the United States, it is science in search of funding and demand.(20)The new National Institute of Food and Agriculture won’t fund it, the National Institutes of Health won’t fund it, and NASA funded it only briefly, Mironov said.―It’s classic disruptive technology,‖ Mironov said. ―Bring ing any new technology on the market, on average, costs $1 billion. We don’t even have $1 million.‖Director of the Advanced Tissue Biofabrication Center in the Department of Regenerative Medicine and Cell Biology at the medical university, Mironov now primarily conducts research on tissue engineering, or growing, of human organs.―There’s an unpleasant factor when people find out meat is grown in a lab. They don’t like to associate technology with food,‖ said Nicholas Genovese, a visiting scholar in canc er cell biology.(21)―But there’re a lot of products that we eat today that are considered natural that are produced in a similar manner,‖ Genovese said.Questions 19 to 21 are based on the passage you have just heard.19. What does Dr. Mironov think of bioengineering cultured meat?A) It has attracted worldwide attention. B) It will change the concept of food.C) It can help solve global food crises. D) It will become popular gradually.20. What does Dr. Mironov say about the funding for their research?A) It comes regularly from its donors. B) It has been drastically cut by NASA.C) It has been increased over the years. D) It is still far from being sufficient.21. What does Nicholas Genovese say about a lot of products we eat today?A) They are less healthy than we expected. B) They are not as natural as we believed.C) They are not as expensive as before. D) They are more nutritious and delicious.Passage ThreeFlorence Hayes is a journalist for the Greenville Journal, the daily newspaper in town. (22)Specifically, she covers crime in the Greenville area. This responsibility takes her to many different places every week—the police station, the court and the hospital. Most of the crimes that she writes about fall into two groups: violent crimes and crimes against property破坏财产罪.(23)There isn’t much violent crime in a small town like Greenville, or at least not as much as in large urban areas. But assaults袭击often occur on Friday and Saturday nights near the bars downtown. There’re also one or two rapes on campus every semester. Florence is very interested in this type of crime and tries to write a long article about each one. She expects that this will make women more careful when they walk around Greenville alone at night. Fortunately, there’re usually no murders in Greenville.(24)Crimes against property make up most of Ms. Hayes’ reporting. They range from minor cas es of deliberate damaging of things to much more serious offenses, such as car accidents involving drunk drivers, or bank robberies. But Florence has to report all of these violations违法行为, from the thief who took typewriters from every unlocked room in a dormitory to the thief who stole $1 million worth of artwork from the university museum.Ms. Hayes enjoys working for a newspaper, but she sometimes gets unhappy about all the crimes she has to report. (25)She would prefer to start writing about something more interesting and less unpleasant, such as local news or politics. Maybe next year!Questions 22 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.22. What is Florence Hayes’ main responsibility as a journalist?A) Writing articles on family violence. B) Hunting news for the daily headlines.C) Reporting criminal offenses违法in Greenville. D) Covering major events of the day in the city.23. What does the speaker say about security in Greenville?A) It has fewer violent crimes than big cities. B) It is a much safer place than it used to be.C) Assaults often happen on school campuses. D) Rapes rarely occur in the downtown areas.24. What do we learn about crimes against property in the Greenville area?A) They are very destructive. B) There are a wide range of cases.C) There has been a rise in such crimes. D) They have aroused fear among the residents.25. What would Florence Hayes prefer to do?A) Offer help to crime victims. B) Work as a newspaper editor.C) Write about something pleasant. D) Do some research on local politics.Section CGeorge Herbert Mead said that humans are talked into humanity. He meant that we gain personal identity as we communicate with others. In the earliest years of our lives, our parents tell us who we are. ―You’re (26) intelligent.‖―You’re so strong.‖ We first see ourselves through the eyes of others, so their messages form important (27) foundationsof our self-concepts. Later we interact with teachers, friends, (28) romantic partners, and co-workers who communicate their views of us. Thus, how we see ourselves reflects the views of us that others communicate.The (29) profound connection between identity and communication is dramatically evident in children who (30) are deprived of human contact. Case studies of children who were isolated from others reveal that they lack a firm self-concept, and their mental and psychological development is severely hindered by lack of language.Communication with others not only affects our sense of identity but also directly influences our physical and emotional (31) well-being. Consistently, research shows that communicating with others promotes health, whereas social isolation (32) is linked to stress, disease, and early death. People who lack close friends have greater levels of anxiety and depression than people who are close to others. A group of researchers reviewed (33) scores of studies that traced the relationship between health and interaction with others. The conclusion was that social isolation is (34) statistically as dangerous as high blood pressure, smoking and obesity. Many doctors and researchers believe that loneliness harms the immune system, making us more (35) vulnerable to a range of minor and major illnesses.Part II Key to Listening ComprehensionSection A1. D2. A3. C4. B5. D6. A7. D8. C9. C 10. A 11. D 12. C 13. B 14. A 15. B Section B16. B 17. C 18. D 19. C 20. D 21. B 22. C 23. A 24. B 25. CSection C26. intelligent 27. foundations 28. romantic 29. profound 30. are deprived of31. well-being 32. is linked to 33. scores of 34. statistically 35. vulnerable。
英语六级听力新题型模拟听写训练-第6套短文(2)
英语六级听力新题型模拟听写训练:第6套短文(2)Passage Two文章二On the way home from his job at a bakery in Wainscott, New York, one August evening, Craig Schum, 33,一个秋天的晚上，33岁的克雷格·舒姆从纽约温斯科特的面包房下班回家，stopped his car at the East Hampton Airport.途中他把车停在了东汉普顿机场。
A group was protesting airplane noise, and Schum, who had kicked off his shoes, got out of the car.一群人在机场抗议噪音，舒姆没有穿鞋就下了车。
Within seconds, though, Schum saw something astonishing:但是，就在一瞬间，舒姆看到了惊人的一幕：A small plane dived and crashed into the woods about 100 yards from the runway.一架小型飞机俯冲进距离跑道100码的树林中去了。
"I don't remember making the decision that I should go help out," he recalls. "I just started running."他回忆说：“我不记得自己做出要去帮忙的决定，反正我就开始跑向那里。
”Schum sprinted across the street barefoot, scaled a six-foot-high chain-link fence, and dashed about 100 yards toward the woods.舒姆赤足飞快穿过马路，翻过6英尺高的钢丝网围栏，冲进了树林深处100码。
2022年六月大学英语六级考试真题听力
2022年六月大学英语六级考试真题听力The June 2022 College English Test Level 6 (CET-6) listening section was considered by many students to be challenging yet fair. The listening test included a variety of questions, such as multiple-choice, sentence completion, and dialogue comprehension. In this article, we will analyze some of the questions that appeared on the test and provide tips on how to improve your listening skills for future exams.One of the questions on the CET-6 listening test asked students to identify the main idea of a lecture on climate change. This question required students to listen carefully to the speaker's main points and understand the overall message of the lecture. To improve your ability to answer this type of question, it is essential to practice listening to academic lectures on various topics and take notes on the main ideas and key points.Another question on the listening test tested students' ability to understand details from a conversation between two people. In this question, students had to listen for specific information, such as dates, names, and locations mentioned in the dialogue. To excel in this type of question, it is important to focus on key details while listening and train your ears to pick up specific information quickly and accurately.Furthermore, the CET-6 listening test also included questions that required students to make inferences based on the information presented in the audio. These questions tested students' critical thinking and deductive reasoning skills, as they had to draw conclusions from the dialogue or lecture they heard. To improve your ability to answer inference questions, it is crucial to practice listening to a variety of audio materials and actively engage with the content by asking yourself questions and making predictions.Overall, the June 2022 CET-6 listening test challenged students to demonstrate their listening comprehension skills across a range of question types. To improve your performance on future exams, it is essential to practice listening to a variety of English audio materials regularly, such as podcasts, TED talks, and academic lectures. Additionally, focusing on key details, practicing note-taking, and honing your critical thinking skills will help you excel in the listening section of the CET-6 exam. With dedication and persistence, you can improve your listening skills and achieve success on the CET-6 exam and beyond.。
大学英语六级改革样卷听力
大学英语六级改革样卷听力自大学英语六级的听力改革之后，它都有什么基础题型，加了什么题型，你不想知道吗?下面是店铺给大家带来大学英语六级改革样卷听力材料，供大家参阅!大学英语六级改革样卷听力Section CDirections: In this section, you will hear recordings of lectures or talks followed by some questions. The recordings will be played 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 1 with a single line through the centre.Now listen to the following recording and answer questions 16 to 19.16. A) They investigate the retirement homes in America.B) They are on issues facing senior citizens in America.C) They describe the great pleasures of the golden years.D) They are filled with fond memories of his grandparents.17. A) The loss of the ability to take care of himself.B) The feeling of not being important any more.C) Being unable to find a good retirement home.D) Leaving the home he had lived in for 60 years.18. A) The loss of identity and self-worth.B) Fear of being replaced or discarded.C) Freedom from pressure and worldly cares.D) The possession of wealth and high respect.19. A) The urgency of pension reform.B) Medical care for senior citizens.C) Finding meaningful roles for the elderly in society.D) The development of public facilities for senior citizens.Now listen to the following recording and answer questions 20 to 22.20. A) It seriously impacts their physical and mental development.B) It has become a problem affecting global economic growth.C) It is a common problem found in underdeveloped countries.D) It is an issue often overlooked by parents in many countries.21. A) They will live longer.B) They get better pay.C) They get along well with people.D) They develop much higher IQs.22. A) Appropriated funds to promote research of nutrient-rich foods.B) Encouraged breastfeeding for the first six months of a child’s life.C) Recruited volunteers to teach rural people about health and nutrition.D) Targeted hunger-relief programs at pregnant women and young children.Now listen to the following recording and answer questions 23 to 25.23. A) The guaranteed quality of its goods.B) The huge volume of its annual sales.C) The service it provides to its customers.D) The high value-to-weight ratio of its goods.24. A) Those having a taste or smell component.B) Products potentially embarrassing to buy.C) Those that require very careful handling.D) Services involving a personal element.25. A) Those who live in the virtual world.B) Those who have to work long hours.C) Those who are used to online transactions.D) Those who don’t mind paying a little more.大学英语六级改革样卷听力Section BDirections: In this section, you will hear two 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 1 with a single line through the centre.Passage OneQuestions 9 to 11 are based on the passage you have just heard.9. A) It is a trait of a generous character.B) It is a reflection of self-esteem.C) It is an indicator of high intelligence.D) It is a sign of happiness and confidence.10.A) It was self-defeating.B) It was aggressive.C) It was the essence of comedy.D) It was something admirable.11.A) It is a double-edged sword.B) It is a feature of a given culture.C) It is a unique gift of human beings.D) It is a result of both nature and nurture.Passage TwoQuestions 12 to 15 are based on the passage you have justheard.12. A) She is a tourist guide.B) She is an interpreter.C) She is a domestic servant.D) She is from the royal family.13. A) It is situated at the foot of a beautiful mountain.B) It was used by the family to hold dinner parties.C) It was frequently visited by heads of state.D) It is furnished like one in a royal palace.14. A) It is elaborately decorated.B) It has survived some 2,000 years.C) It is very big, with only six slim legs.D) It is shaped like an ancient Spanish boat.15. A) They are interesting to look at.B) They have lost some of their legs.C) They do not match the oval table at all.D) They are uncomfortable to sit in for long.大学英语六级改革样卷听力Section ADirections: In this section, you will hear two long conversations. At the end of each conversation, you will hear some questions. Both the conversation 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 1with a single line through the centre.Conversation OneQuestions 1 to 4 are based on the conversation you have just heard.1. A) He invented the refrigerator.B) He patented his first invention.C) He was admitted to a university.D) He got a degree in Mathematics.2. A) He started to work on refrigeration.B) He became a professor of Mathematics.C) He fell in love with Natasha Willoughby.D) He distinguished himself in low temperature physics.3. A) Discovering the true nature of subatomic particles.B) Their explanation of the laws of cause and effect.C) Their work on very high frequency radio waves.D) Laying the foundations of modern mathematics.4. A) To have a three-week holiday.B) To spend his remaining years.C) To patent his inventions.D) To teach at a universityConversation TwoQuestions 5 to 8 are based on the conversation you have just heard.5. A) The injury of some students.B) A school bus crash on the way.C) The collapse of a school building.D) A fire that broke out on a school campus.6. A) Teaching.B) On vacation.C) Having lunch.D) Holding a meeting.7. A) A malfunctioning stove.B) Cigarettes butts left by workers.C) Violation of traffic rules.D) Negligence in school maintenance.8. A) Sent a story to the local newspaper.B) Threw a small Thanksgiving party.C) Baked some cookies as a present.D) Wrote a personal letter of thanks.。
2023年六月大学英语六级考试真题听力
2023年六月大学英语六级考试真题听力Title: 2023 June CET-6 Listening TestIntroduction:The 2023 June College English Test (CET-6) Listening section is a crucial component of the exam that assesses a candidate's ability to understand and comprehend spoken English. In this article, we will delve into the types of questions that may be encountered in the listening test, as well as provide tips on how to effectively prepare for this section.Types of Questions:1. Multiple Choice: Candidates will be required to choose the correct answer from a set of options based on the information provided in the audio clip.2. Fill in the Blanks: Candidates will need to fill in the missing information in a sentence or passage based on what they hear.3. True/False/Not Given: Candidates will have to determine whether statements provided are true, false, or not given based on the information in the audio clip.4. Matching: Candidates will need to match information provided in the audio clip to corresponding options given.Tips for Preparation:1. Practice regularly: Listening to English podcasts, watching English movies, and practicing with past listening tests can help improve your listening skills.2. Focus on key words: Pay attention to keywords and phrases that can help you understand the main ideas and relevant details in the audio clip.3. Familiarize yourself with different accents: Expose yourself to different English accents to improve your ability to understand various speakers.4. Time management: Practice answering questions within the allocated time to ensure you can complete the listening section in the exam.Conclusion:The 2023 June CET-6 Listening test is an important part of the exam that requires candidates to have a strong grasp of listening skills. By practicing regularly, focusing on key words, familiarizing yourself with different accents, and managing your time effectively, you can improve your performance in this section and increase your chances of success in the exam. Good luck!。
大学英语六级改革适用(听力)模拟试卷100(题后含答案及解析)
大学英语六级改革适用（听力）模拟试卷100(题后含答案及解析)题型有：1. What will the college students do for the high school students?12. What will the speakers probably do next?9．A．A chemistry assignment.B．A study that their chemistry professor did.C．A class that the woman is taking.D．A job possibility.正确答案：D解析：此题是一概括性的考题，考察的不是细节而是对全篇的理解，要求学生大致听懂对话双方交谈的内容并做出选择。
文中的writing a lab report after we finish this experiment并非谈话重点，由此引出的话题是talk to Professor Smith about a job opening，因此应该选(D)。
知识模块：听力10．A．She wants to quit her job in the chemistry lab.B．She wants to get practical experience.C．She’s interested in becoming a psychology major.D．She wants to earn extra money.正确答案：B解析：在对话中男士问了这样的一个问题。
Are you getting paid for this?(这份工作有报酬吗)。
女士对此的回答是Anyway it doesn’t matter to me，I just want to havesome hands—on experience．(这对我来说并不重要，我只是想得到实际经验)，与选项(B)一致。
英语六级听力新题型模拟听写训练-第10套长对话(2)
英语六级听力新题型模拟听写训练:第10套长对话(2)Conversation Two对话二M: Mary, I just got into a small accident with my new car.男：玛丽，我的新车刚刚发生了一个小事故。
W: Are you alright? What happened?女：你没事吧？怎么了？M: I am fine. When I was looking for a parking spot I hit another car. I ran into its back bumper as it was backing out of a parking space. Fortunately, the driver did not get hurt.男：我没事。
我在找停车车位的时候撞上了另外一辆车。
那辆车从车位往外退的时候，我撞到了它的后保险杠。
幸运的是，那个司机没有受伤。
W: Thank God. Well, you do have insurance, right?女：幸好啊。
嗯，你有保险，对吧？M: Yes. I am so thankful that I pay a little extra every month for full coverage.男：是的。
幸好我每个月都多花点钱买了全额保险。
W: What is the difference between full coverage and liability only?女：全额保险和责任保险有什么区别？M: Full coverage costs more, but it will pay more to have your car fixed if you get into an accident. Liability would only take care of damages to someone else's car, but not mine.男：全额保险花费更多，不过如果你的车出了意外，它会给你付更多修车费。
英语六级听力新题型模拟听写训练-第4套长对话(1)
英语六级听力新题型模拟听写训练:第4套长对话(1)Conversation One对话一W: Sir, can I help you?女：先生，有什么需要我帮忙的吗？M: Yes, you see I bought this personal stereo at your shop three days ago. And I'm afraid that it hasn't really matched up to what I was told about it.男：是的。
是这样，三天前我在你们店里买了这部随身听。
但是它用起来似乎和你们当时的描述不同。
W: I see. What exactly is the matter?女：我了解了。
那具体是什么问题呢？M: Well, look, there's a large scratch across the front of it.男：你看，它表面有一个划痕。
W: I see that. But I'm sorry.I think you should have noticed that when you bought it.女：我看到了。
但是很抱歉。
您在购买时应该发现这个问题。
M: I can't because it's in the box and all sealed up.男：我看不到，因为它是装在盒子里而且盒子是密封的。
W: Well, I am sorry, but actually it is your responsibility to check the goods when you buy them.女：很抱歉，但是在购买物品时先检查是您的责任。
M: That's ridiculous. But, anyway, it's not the most important thing. I am really not happy about the other thing.男：这太荒唐了。
6级5套新题型听力强化练习听力原文
听力原文Model Test OneSection AConversation OneM: Hey. Have you ever heard of the Oscars, or Academy Awards?W: Well, I should say I’ve done more than hear of them. I know them quite well. The Academy Awards, or Oscars, are given every year in the United States by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for excellence in the creation and production of motion pictures. First presented in 1929, the Oscars are among the film industry’s most desired prizes.M: That seems very interesting. I wonder whether you know the principal categories for Academy Awards winners.W: They include Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Foreign Language Film, Best Special Effects, Best Sound, Best Musical score, etc.M: Oh, it seems quite inclusive.W: But not many can get one during their lifetime. And for most award categories, a maximum of five contestants are first nominated by the academy members who are in that particular field. That is, actors select actors, directors select directors and so on. From among these nominees, all academy members select the winner by a secret ballot. The winners are publicly announced at a formal ceremony each spring.M: Yeah. That’s really competitive, but what will each winner get? A certain amount of bonus? W: No. Actually, a goldplated bronze human figure created by the American sculptor George Stanley will be awarded to each winner.M: Oh, I see. Thank you for your explanation. How do you know all this?W: Well, last semester I took a course in the history of film.1. Q: How often are the Academy Awards presented?2. Q: How many contestants are first nominated by academy members for most award categories?3. Q: What does the woman say about the selection of Academy Awards winners?4. Q: What does each Academy Awards winner get?Conversation TwoM: Today is International Women’s Day. But, for all the celebrations, the gender gap, it seems, remains. Now we welcome Laura to join our program to discuss it.W: I’m glad to join the discussion.M: Laura, do you think full equality is really achievable?W: I don’t really think it is. I think women, at the end of the day, have got to decide if they’re going to have a full-time career or be stay-at-home mothers.M: How does it work for you? Do you feel you have to make any sacrifices in terms of both career and family life?W: Well. I’m very lucky. I don’t need much sleep. Not many people have this physical advantage. And I have a helper, who is a male nanny, to do all the jobs around the house.M: Many women aren’t earning a decent wage when they have children. How do you handle it? W: I think if the woman has a career that she actually enjoys or she is the highest earner, the husband can be the main caregiver of the children.M: But do you think that women are experiencing male prejudice?W: Oh, absolutely. My husband, for example, I love him to bits, but he is totally and utterly convinced that it is the woman’s role to bring up the kid.M: Is there any way to get rid of prejudice?W: Well, it is now time for men to look at it. The government and companies should allow paternal leave to encourage men to shoulder the responsibility of taking care of children. It would be a huge advantage.M: That’s a fantastic idea. Laura, good to talk to you.5. Q: What is the dilemma for women according to Laura?6. Q: What physical advantage does the woman have?7. Q: What prejudice does Laura’s husband have against women?8. Q: What did Laura suggest the government and companies do at the end of the conversation? Section BPassage OneOne of the most annoying situations you can face is this: because of circumstances beyond your control, your speech comes at the end of a long, tedious meeting when listeners are weary and want to leave. Often the best response is to trim your speech. As the following incident shows, the audience will be grateful.An all-day professional conference was supposed to end at 3:30 p.m. so that participants would have plenty of daylight for driving back to their hometowns. Unfortunately, most of the speakers on the program exceeded their time limit, and the final speaker found himself starting at 3:8. Without commenting on the insensitivity of the other speakers, he started out by saying, “How many of you would like to leave at 3:30?” Every hand went up. “I will end at 3:30,” he promised. Though it meant omitting most of his prepared remarks, the speaker kept his promise. One of the participants said later: “We appreciated his sensitivity to us and his awareness of the time. And he showed class in not lambasting the earlier speakers who stole most of his time. He showed no anger or resentment.”Here’s a technique to consider: When I am invited to speak at meetings where there are several speakers, I prepare two versions of my speech—a full-length one to use if the other speakers respect their time limits and a shorter version if events dictate that I trim my remarks.9. Q: What happened to the last speechmaker in an all-day professional conference?10. Q: How did the audience respond to the last speechmaker?11. Q: What does the speaker suggest speechmakers do when they are to speak at meetings with several speakers?Passage TwoYour boss asks you to conduct a three-hour workshop, scheduled for a Friday afternoon, to explain important procedures to a group of new employees. What do you do? Do you spend the entire three hours talking? No, not unless you want to put the group to sleep.For long presentations, provide a variety of activities to keep your audience awake and attentive. Here are some suggested activities:Invite audience participation. At various intervals, or even throughout the entire presentation, encourage listeners to ask questions or make comments.Use visual aids whenever possible.Visuals provide variety and sparkle, and they can clarify and reinforce key points.Give coffee or “stretch” breaks at various intervals. A good rule of thumb for marathon sessions is to give a 15-minute break after every 45-minute period, even if the audience does not seem tired. In other words, don’t wait until fatigue sets in. If you wait until the audience is nodding, you might lose their interest for the rest of the day.Call on people at random. If your presentation is in the form of a lecture, you can use the teachers’ technique of calling on people at random to answer questions. This makes every listener energetic because he or she is thinking, “I’d better pay attention because my name might be called next, and I don’t want to be caught daydreaming.” Call the person’s name after you ask the question—If you call the name before the question, everyone in the audience except the designated person might breathe a sigh of relief and fail to pay close attention to the question.Encourage listeners to take notes. Taking notes helps the listeners to stay alert and listen intelligently.12. Q: How can a speechmaker invite audience participation?13. Q: What is one advantage of using visual aids?14. Q: What do we learn about giving audience breaks during long speeches?15. Q: What does the speaker suggest you do when calling on people?Section CLecture OneWhen I enrolled at Pepperdine University in 1974, my mother exercised her parental right to express her angst at my departure. I responded with typical teenage indifference and ignorance. “Mom, it’s only an hour away. What’s the big deal?” “You just wait until you have one of your own,” she cried. “Then you’ll know what I’m feeling.” It has been a little more than a month since my daughter Devin moved into her dorm at Occidental College, and life as I know it has come to an end. Or that’s what it feels like. Mom, you were right.The nest’s empty loneliness is almost unbearable. Why does it hurt so bad? Science has an answer: We are social mammals who experience deep attachment to our fellow friends and family, an evolutionary throwback to our Paleolithic (旧石器时代的) hunter-gatherer days of living in small bands. Bonding unified the group, aiding survival in harsh climes and against unforgiving enemies. Attachment between parents and offspring assured that there is no one better equipped to look after the future survival of your genes than yourself.The empty-nest syndrome is real, but there is good news for this and all forms of loss and grief. According to Harvard psychologist Daniel Gilbert, we are not very good at forecasting our unhappiness. Most of us think that we would be miserable for a very long time. Gilbert calls this the durability bias, an emotional misunderstanding.The durability bias and the failure to recognize the power of our emotional immune systems lead us to overestimate how depressed we will feel and for how long, and to underestimate how quickly we will snap out of it and feel better.For me, taking the long view helps. How long? Deep time. Evolutionary time, in which 6,895 days represent a mere 0.000000005% of the 3.5 billion year history of life on Earth.Each of us parents makes one small contribution to the evolutionary imperative of life’s continuity from one generation to the next without a single gap, an unbroken link over the eons (永久).16. Q: What message does the speaker want to express by telling us her experience?17. Q: From the point of science, why do parents give great love to their children?18. Q: What kind of role do parents play in the human history?Lecture TwoNow the typical father spends about seven hours per week in “primary child care”, which doesn’t sound like a lot until you realize it’s more than twice as much as in 1965. Roughly 60% of male high school students told researchers they planned to cut their work hours when they become dads; the recession rushes the trend, as men get laid off at three times the rate of women and the division of labor gets a sudden jolt.But now women show an ambivalence (矛盾心理) about male involvement. They diminish with faint praise; dads still get points for returning children at the end of the day with all their limbs in place. This kind of maternal superiority only really took hold in the modern age, when we turned parenting into a profession with its own implicit peer-review boards and competitive frenzy. Rather than uniting to promote a culture that would make parenting easier for everyone, we have wasted a huge amount of energy and airspace on fighting among ourselves over what constitutes the perfect balance between work and home. “I avoid old friends on Facebook,” reads the post on Truemomconfessions. Com “because when I compare my life to theirs, I am so ashamed of where I am.”But when did you last read about the Daddy Wars? Men compete against one another in every arena except this one, maybe out of indifference, but more often out of humility. Most fathers I know make fun of themselves, and of the mystery of it all, as though content that being a parent is a skill you practice but never master. There is much doubt, but less guilt. Sam Apple calls American Fatherhood “the longest-running identity crisis of all time”, but largely refrains from offering fellow new fathers any advice—though in the course of his journey, he encounters so much nonsense on how to Build Better Children that one develops a dislike to the whole notion of trying to re-engineer them at all.As we create this new domestic economy, the rising generation of mothers may see the value in trading control for collaboration and lighten up a little, both with Dad and one another. You already feel the rising objection against hyper-parenting; I suspect the less possessive we are, the less obsessive we’ll be.19. Q: What influence has the economic downturn exerted?20. Q: What is the current situation concerning child care in a family, according to the passage?21. Q: What does the speaker think of the debate over the constitution of the family-work balance?22. Q: What does the speaker advise mothers to do at the end of the passage?Lecture ThreeListen up, all ye coeds (男女同校的女生): the dress code on campus is about to kick up a notch (更进一步). In the past year, a number of top financial professionals have decided to interchange toxic assets and big acquisitions for academia.Greg Fleming, former president of Merrill Lynch, is probably the highest-ranking Wall Streeter to make the move so far. Earlier this year, after Merrill was acquired by Bank of America, Fleming decided to exit the newly combined firm for Yale Law School. This semester, he is teaching a class that brings financial professionals to New Haven to explain the economic events of the past year—and the class is drawing praise not just from students but other teachers.Fleming is not alone. Frank Yeary, Citigroup’s former head of mergers and acquisitions, left the bank last summer to become a vice chancellor at the University of California, Berkeley. Successful Wall Streeters have long maintained ties to their former universities, especially through large donations. One example: the Weill Cornell Medical College is named after the former Citigroup CEO Sandy Weill. They also regularly serve on university boards and help manage endowments.But relatively few Wall Streeters over the years have decided to give up the fat paychecks and luxury privilege of high finance for the world of education. Those who did often had midlevel jobs on Wall Street or were nearing retirement. That seems to be changing.Today, many Wall Streeters leaving for dormitory life are in their mid-40s and are leaving top jobs at their firms. Even in an industry where early retirement is common, Fleming and other bankers are likely walking away from seven-figure paychecks. Undoubtedly, too, some will return.“You get a tiny office, none of your colleagues talk to you for a while, and you have to figure out what to say to students for 36 hours a semester,” says Roy Smith, who left Goldman 21 years ago to become a professor at New York University. “It’s hard work for little pay. ”Of course, the Wall Street professionals are also leaving behind the most uncertain time in finance in their careers. The credit crunch(信贷紧缩) has effectively shuttered a number of markets and put a halt to most mergers, leaving some on Wall Street with little to do. What’s more, in the past year, financial professionals have gone from masters of the universe to subjects of ridicule. That makes now a good time to switch to a profession that seems more beneficial to society, even to Wall Streeters.23. Q: How do the successful Wall Streeters keep ties with their former universities?24. Q: What change has happened among today’s Wall Streeters leaving for universities?25. Q: What difficulty may the financial professionals leaving for universities meet, according to Roy Smith?Model Test TwoSection AConversation OneW: Today, I’m interviewing Alex about her feelings on how people can help save the environment. So, Alex, how can we save the environment?M: By saving water.W: Well, how can we do that?M: By not using too much water when we wash dishes, take a bath, and when we do other things, like watering the plants outside.W: Oh, I think I can do that. What else?M: When drinking or eating something outside, you should keep the garbage until you find a trashcan to put it in because littering makes our planet dirty. Do you like seeing trash all over the ground?W: No, I don’t. Do you have any final suggestions?M: Yes. We shouldn’t waste paper because trees are being cut down to make the paper. By recycling paper, we save the forests where animals live.W: So, how can children recycle paper, I mean, everyday?M: Well, for example, when I was in kindergarten, I used to save the newspapers so that I could make things out of them, like paper trees, instead of just throwing them away. Now, the children inour neighborhood collect newspapers once a month to take them to a recycling center.W: That’s great. Well, thanks Alex for your ideas.1. Q: According to the man, what is the method to save water?2. Q: Why does the man suggest people save paper?3. Q: What can children do to recycle paper according to the man?4. Q: What do the two speakers mainly talk about?Conversation TwoM: Hayley Levine is a flight attendant for First Choice Airways. What made you want to be a flight attendant?W: I always wanted to travel. I wanted to see the world.M: What kind of training did you have?W: If you pass the interview, you go on to your training which is five weeks: first week’s all about customer service, relations, things like that, and then you go on to all your safety training which is four weeks’ intensive training, and then you’re also quite well trained on immediate care. If something medical happens up in the air, you need to be trained to deal with it quickly, efficiently. M: What kind of person do you think the airlines are looking for? I mean what kind of person makes a good flight attendant?W: I think they’re looking for someone who is, quite competent in what they do, quite confident, just someone who’s a team player really.M: Tell me, what do you think are good and bad sides of the job?W: Good sides, obviously I get to see the world pretty much for free.Bad sides would be sick bags, probably, and obviously it’s really gruelling on your social life, it’s more like a way of living than a job.M: Are there any other downsides?W: Probably the jet lag, that’s quite bad.M: Have you got any tips for dealing with jet lag?W: Tips? I don’t wear a watch. Sometimes that helps. And if you’re going sort of east, just try and stay up, just try and fight the jet lag, that’s the best way.5. Q: What do we learn about the training of a flight attendant?6. Q: What kind of person can make a good flight attendant?7. Q: What does the woman say about the bad side of being a flight attendant?8. Q: What suggestion does the woman give to deal with jet lag?Section BPassage OneTo ensure that no one is excluded, use a sign-language interpreter for deaf listeners and a foreign-language interpreter for non-English-speaking listeners. Here are ways to enhance the quality of the transmission of your message:Even an experienced interpreter can’t be expected to smoothly and accurately render all of your terms and phrases on the spur of the moment. Therefore, you should provide a copy of your outline in advance to help him or her prepare.If possible, ask him or her to rehearse with you several times, and to alert you if any elements in your speech are likely to be misunderstood. In your opening remarks, introduce the interpreter to the audience and express your appreciation for his or her assistance.When using a foreign-language interpreter, you will probably employ the popular continuous interpretation method, in which you and the interpreter take turns. Say only a few sentences at a time, so that neither language group gets weary of waiting its turn. A less-frequent method is simultaneous interpretation, in which your words are rendered into a separate microphone a few seconds later for listeners wearing headphones. At large international meetings, a speech may be rendered into many languages simultaneously.To demonstrate your desire to connect with all listeners, learn a few words and phrases from sign language and/or a foreign language to sprinkle into your presentation.Even if all listeners are using the services of a sign-language interpreter, you should still talk directly to the listeners, not to the interpreter.9. Q: What should you do when you work with interpreters?10. Q: What should you do during the continuous interpretation?11. Q: What behavior is not welcomed when you work with interpreters during a speech? Passage TwoKandy Theis, an employee of the Des Moines Water Works, became ill with cancer a few years ago, and a series of operations forced him to use up all his sick leave. He asked the company to extend the number of sick days that he could take, but management declined, citing soaring health insurance costs.At this point, a group of fellow employees got together to try to find a solution to the problem. After a brainstorming session, the group came up with a clever plan: It would ask the company to allow employees to donate their own sick leave days to Theis.The group approached management, which approved the idea and changed its regulations to allow sick leave transfers. Twenty-five workers signed up immediately to give Theis some of their sick leave.This creative solution to a human problem illustrates the value of small groups. Members of small groups can pool their resources, ideas, and labor; they can catch and correct errors that might slip past an individual. “Group IQ”—a term used by Yale psychologist Robert Sternberg—is often higher than individual IQs.While the superiority of small groups over individuals is obvious, small groups also have advantages over large groups of people: They act with greater quickness, flexibility, and resourcefulness. Large corporations such as Federal Express, Motorola, Xerox, and Wal-Mart have learned that putting employees into small task forces is the most effective way to compete successfully in today’s global economy. When General Motors set up a new car division—Saturn—it gave its teams of workers an extraordinary amount of power to make decisions about production and sales. Saturn soon became GM’s most profitable division.12. Q: What would Theis’ colleagues ask the company to do to solve his problem?13. Q: What does the case of solving Theis’ problem illustrate?14. Q: What advantages do small groups have over large groups?15. Q: What can we learn about Saturn in General Motors?Section CLecture OneEarly parenting choices are never clear-cut, and deciding whether to allow your infant to watch television or DVDs ranks as one of the more perplexing.Thanks to marketing claims for TV shows and DVDs created for babies, many parents believe that watching educational programming will stimulate infants’ brains and actually promote learning. It’s a seductive line of reasoning. Certainly, exposing a baby to brain-engaging DVDs will put him on an early path to becoming, well, a baby Einstein, right? Maybe not. (16)The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends no television time for babies younger than 2, in large part because no studies have yet established that TV exposure improves babies’ learning. Now a new study published in the current issue of Pediatrics confirms that position.Marie Evans Schmidt, a research associate at the Center on Media & Child Health at Children’s Hospital Boston, studied more than 800 youngsters from birth to 3 years, recording the time they spent watching television or DVDs as reported by their mothers, as well as their performance on language and motor-skill tests.In her initial analysis, Schmidt found that babies who spent more time in front of the TV performed worse on language and motor-skill tests at age 3 than those who watched less. But once Schmidt and her team controlled for other factors—the mother’s educational status and household income—the relationship between TV-viewing and cognitive development disappeared. That means that TV-viewing alone did not appear to influence babies’ brain development; a parent’s education and finances mattered more.This study is only the second to track TV-viewing and cognitive development in infants over time. Its results deviate from those of the other longitudinal (纵向的) study, conducted by Dr. Dimitri Christakis at Seattle Children’s Research Institute, which found that DVD-viewing hindered babies’ ability to learn vocabulary.TV exposure in babies younger than 2 doesn’t do any good, Schmidt and Christakis agree. But does that mean a few minutes in front of the TV will sentence a baby to remedial classes for the rest of his life? “What I tell parents is ‘Ask yourself why you’re having your baby watch TV,’ ”says Christakis. “If you absolutely need a break to take a shower or make dinner, then therisks are quite low. But if you are doing it because you think it’s actually good for your child’s brain, then you need to rethink that, because there is no evidence of benefit and certainly a risk of harm at high viewing levels. ”16. Q: Why does the American Academy of Pediatrics recommend no television time for babies younger than 2?17. Q: What did Schmidt find through her first analysis of her research?18. Q: What factors may influence babies’ brain development more according to Schmidt and her team?Lecture TwoMaybe you bought the pizza instead of the salad. Or are sipping soda instead of water. Perhaps you decided once again to delay the beginning of your long-planned exercise routine. Every day there are hundreds of seemingly trivial decisions that individually may not mean a whole lot but in combination can add or deduct a substantial amount of time to or from our lives. As a doctor, I am convinced that most people know the healthier choice; they just need frequent reminders to make it. And that is exactly what some new research has confirmed.According to a study published in the June issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, simple e-mail reminders to eat more healthfully or increase physical activity had a significant effect on the recipients’ behavior. Out of 787 office workers who participated in the study, 351 were randomly selected to receive weekly e-mails and midweek reminders generated by a cost-effective, easily measurable program called ALIVE! (A Lifestyle Intervention via E-mail). E-mail recipients got to choose one of three focus areas: boosting physical activity, increasing fruit and vegetable intake or decreasing sugars and saturated (饱和的) fats. The e-mails were brief and contained one small goal a week, such as going for a walk during a coffee break, ordering a salad with toasted chicken for lunch or avoiding the cupcakes in the conference room.These little suggestions worked. By the end of the 16-week study, which was conducted by Kaiser Permanente and NutritionQuest and funded in part by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, participants who received the physical-activity e-mails increased their exercise lifestyle by an hour a week more than the control group had.Might not seem like much, but the truth is, small changes can make a big difference in your health. Studies show that switching from butter to soft margarine (人造奶油) reduces your bad cholesterol (胆固醇)—and by extension your risk of getting heart disease—10%. So come up with a simple step, like “Eat seven colors of fruits and vegetables tomorrow,” and program it into your electronic calendar as a recurring reminder. This new goal just became part of your job description. Your bonus at the end of the year? A longer, healthier life.19. Q: What does the speaker say when people facing the healthier choice?20. Q: What is the purpose of the program called ALIVE?21. Q: What would be the ideal effect of the physical-activity e-mails as a reminder?22. Q: What will happen if people eat soft margarine instead of butter?Lecture ThreeLosing your job can make you feel awful. Whether you’re fired or laid-off, joining the ranks of the unemployed is not exactly a feel-good event. You don’t need a study to tell you that.But what impact does losing a job have on your health? Could a layoff send a perfectly healthy person into a downward spiral of sickness? It’s possible, says Kate Strully, a sociologist at State University of New York in Albany. In her new study published in the journal Demography, Strully analyzed a variety of job loss situations—including being fired or laid off or losing a job after the entire company shut down—and found that job loss may indeed trigger serious physical and physiological illness.Strully used a nationally representative and continually updated data set known as the U. S. Panel of Study of Income Dynamics (PSID), which surveys people around the country each year on their employment status and their self-reports of health, among other things. Strully used data from 1999, 2001 and 2003 to track people’s job status and the impact on each person’s health 18 months later. Since previous studies on employment and health suffered from a chicken-or-egg puzzle—researchers could never be sure whether the stresses and strains of unemployment led to poorer health, or whether people’s poor health led to missed work days and lower productivity, which contributed to job loss—Strully focused on people who reported having lost their job due to factors out of their control, such as the entire company shutting its doors.。
英语六级听力新题型模拟听写训练-第9套长对话(2)
英语六级听力新题型模拟听写训练:第9套长对话(2)Conversation Two对话二M: So, now, you are out with your latest novel. It's called "Queen of Dreams". Why don't you just talk a little bit about the process you went through? Did you feel a bit like a student, or do you talk to your students about—did you have to do many rewrites? Tell us a little bit about the process.男：现在你的最新一部小说出版了。
名字叫 Queen of Dreams。
给我们讲讲你写它的过程吧。
在写书过程中你有没有感觉自己像个学生？还是你找学生谈过？你中间做过很多修改吗？为我们介绍一下你的写书过程吧。
W: Well, when I was doing "Queen of Dreams", I always do a lot of revisions. I'm one of those addicted, compulsive revisers. And for me, each word just has to be right, or I'll keep worrying the text—I'll keep working with it. And one of the first things that are always important to me in my writing is that I have to have a very strong idea of the protagonist or at least two or three of the major characters before I can start writing.I have to be able to visualize them, I have to understand their inner thinking, and I have to get a sense of their voice, how they speak. And I can't start stories until I have that clearlyin my head.女：啊，在我写 Queen of Dreams的时候，会经常修改。
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CET-6 新题型样卷听写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 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.Now listen to the passage.George Herbert Mead said that humans are talked into humanity.He meant that we gain personal identity as we communicate with others.In the earliest years of our lives, our parents tell us who we are.Youre intelligent.Youre so strong.We first see ourselves through the eyes of others, so their messages form important foundations of our self-concepts.Later we interact with teachers, friends, romantic partners, and co-workers who communicate their views of us.Thus, how we see ourselves reflects the views of us that others communicate. The profound connection between identity and communication is dramatically evident in children who are deprived of human contact.Case studies of children who were isolated from others reveal that they lack a firm self-concept, and their mental and psychological development is severely hindered by lack of language.Communication with others not only affects our sense of identity but also directly influences our physical and emotional well-being.Consistently, research shows that communicating with others promotes health, whereas social isolation is linked to stress, disease, and early death. People who lack close friends have greater levels of anxiety and depression than people who are close to others.A group of researchers reviewed scores of studies that traced the relationship between health and interaction with others.The conclusion was that social isolation is statistically as dangerous as high blood pressure, smoking and obesity.Many doctors and researchers believe that loneliness harms the immune system, making us more vulnerable to a range of minor and major illnesses.Now the passage will be read again.George Herbert Mead said that humans are talked into humanity.He meant that we gain personal identity as we communicate with others.In the earliest years of our lives, our parents tell us who we are."You're intelligent.""You're so strong."We first see ourselves through the eyes of others, so their messages form important foundations of our self-concepts.Later we interact with teachers, friends, romantic partners, and co-workers who communicate their views of us.Thus, how we see ourselves reflects the views of us that others communicate. The profound connection between identity and communication is dramatically evident in children who are deprived of human contact.Case studies of children who were isolated from others reveal that they lack a firm self-concept, and their mental and psychological development is severely hindered by lack of language.Communication with others not only affects our sense of identity but also directly influences our physical and emotional well-being.Consistently, research shows that communicating with others promotes health, whereas social isolation is linked to stress, disease, and early death. People who lack close friends have greater levels of anxiety and depression than people who are close to others.A group of researchers reviewed scores of studies that traced the relationship between health and interaction with others.The conclusion was that social isolation is statistically as dangerous as high blood pressure, smoking and obesity.Many doctors and researchers believe that loneliness harms the immune system, making us more vulnerable to a range of minor and major illnesses.Now the passage will be read for the third time.George Herbert Mead said that humans are talked into humanity.He meant that we gain personal identity as we communicate with others.In the earliest years of our lives, our parents tell us who we are."You're intelligent.""You're so strong."We first see ourselves through the eyes of others, so their messages form important foundations of our self-concepts.Later we interact with teachers, friends, romantic partners, and co-workers who communicate their views of us.Thus, how we see ourselves reflects the views of us that others communicate. The profound connection between identity and communication is dramatically evident in children who are deprived of human contact.Case studies of children who were isolated from others reveal that they lack a firm self-concept, and their mental and psychological development is severely hindered by lack of language.Communication with others not only affects our sense of identity but also directly influences our physical and emotional well-being.Consistently, research shows that communicating with others promotes health, whereas social isolation is linked to stress, disease, and early death. People who lack close friends have greater levels of anxiety and depression than people who are close to others.A group of researchers reviewed scores of studies that traced the relationship between health and interaction with others.The conclusion was that social isolation is statistically as dangerous as high blood pressure, smoking and obesity.Many doctors and researchers believe that loneliness harms the immune system, making us more vulnerable to a range of minor and major illnesses.This is the end of listening conversation.Test 1Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times.When the passage 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.Now listen to the passage.Nature has supplied every animal except man with some covering for his body such as fur, feathers, hair, or a thick hide.But man has nothing but a thin skin, and for thousands of years human beings must have wandered about the world with no other covering—though the earliest men may perhaps have been hairier than modern man.It is only when we begin to think about it a little that we realize that clothes are worn for a great many reasons that have nothing to do with the climate, or with our need for warmth.For instance, we wear clothes to some extent in order to decorate ourselves—to make ourselves, if possible, look more graceful than we are.Even the plainest clothes worn by civilized people have their buttons, collars and so forth arranged in such a way that they form a kind of decoration, and the material itself is of a kind and color that we think suits us, and is cut or arranged in a way that we think looks nice—though ideas about what looks nice change very much from time to time.Besides decorating us our clothes have to link us up with the people amongst whom we live.We feel uncomfortable if they do not “look right” or if they are not similar to those which other people of our age, sex, country and period are wearing. Sometimes, even in civilized countries, people wear some article of clothing, or some jewel of charm.These are because they believe that it will bring them luck or protect them from evil or illness or because it is connected with their religious beliefs.Now the passage will be read again.Nature has supplied every animal except man with some covering for his body suchas fur, feathers, hair, or a thick hide.But man has nothing but a thin skin, and for thousands of years human beings must have wandered about the world with no other covering—though the earliest men may perhaps have been hairier than modern man.It is only when we begin to think about it a little that we realize that clothes are worn for a great many reasons that have nothing to do with the climate, or with our need for warmth.For instance, we wear clothes to some extent in order to decorate ourselves—to make ourselves, if possible, look more graceful than we are.Even the plainest clothes worn by civilized people have their buttons, collars and so forth arranged in such a way that they form a kind of decoration, and the material itself is of a kind and color that we think suits us, and is cut or arranged in a way that we think looks nice—though ideas about what looks nice change very much from time to time.Besides decorating us our clothes have to link us up with the people amongst whom we live.We feel uncomfortable if they do not “look right” or if they are not similar to those which other people of our age, sex, country and period are wearing. Sometimes, even in civilized countries, people wear some article of clothing, or some jewel of charm.These are because they believe that it will bring them luck or protect them from evil or illness or because it is connected with their religious beliefs.Now the passage will be read for the third time.Nature has supplied every animal except man with some covering for his body such as fur, feathers, hair, or a thick hide.But man has nothing but a thin skin, and for thousands of years human beings must have wandered about the world with no other covering—though the earliest men may perhaps have been hairier than modern man.It is only when we begin to think about it a little that we realize that clothes are worn for a great many reasons that have nothing to do with the climate, or with our need for warmth.For instance, we wear clothes to some extent in order to decorate ourselves—to make ourselves, if possible, look more graceful than we are.Even the plainest clothes worn by civilized people have their buttons, collars and so forth arranged in such a way that they form a kind of decoration, and the material itself is of a kind and color that we think suits us, and is cut or arranged in a way that we think looks nice—though ideas about what looks nice change very much from time to time.Besides decorating us our clothes have to link us up with the people amongst whom we live.We feel uncomfortable if they do not “look right” or if they are not similar to those which other people of our age, sex, country and period are wearing. Sometimes, even in civilized countries, people wear some article of clothing, orsome jewel of charm.These are because they believe that it will bring them luck or protect them from evil or illness or because it is connected with their religious beliefs.Test TwoDirections: In this section, you will hear a passage three times.When the passage 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.Now listen to the passage.Not getting enough sleep doesn’t just make you tired.It also makes you fat because of increased food-eating, according to researchers in America.The researchers carried out a study which included eight men and eight women, and found that participants who lacked sleep for a week gained almost two pounds.To establish a standard, participants spent the first three nights sleeping up to nine hours a night, and consumed only as many calories as they burned each day. Their daily amount of food and oxygen, and production of carbon dioxide were measured.Then participants were divided into two groups, with one limited to sleeping five hours a night, while the other continued to be allowed nine hours.After five nights, the groups switched.During this part of the experiment, participants were allowed to eat as much as they wanted.The researchers found that participants burned about 5 percent more calories when their sleep was limited to five hours, but they consumed about 6 percent more calories, compared with when they were allowed nine hours.Although the participants ate less at breakfast when they had five hours of sleep, they ate more over the rest of the day; they especially consumed an increased number of calories after the dinner and finally gained weight.When they shifted to adequate sleep patterns they lose the pounds.Now the passage will be read again.Not getting enough sleep doesn’t just make you tired.It also makes you fat because of increased food-eating, according to researchers in America.The researchers carried out a study which included eight men and eight women, and found that participants who lacked sleep for a week gained almost two pounds.To establish a standard, participants spent the first three nights sleeping up to nine hours a night, and consumed only as many calories as they burned each day. Their daily amount of food and oxygen, and production of carbon dioxide weremeasured.Then participants were divided into two groups, with one limited to sleeping five hours a night, while the other continued to be allowed nine hours.After five nights, the groups switched.During this part of the experiment, participants were allowed to eat as much as they wanted.The researchers found that participants burned about 5 percent more calories when their sleep was limited to five hours, but they consumed about 6 percent more calories, compared with when they were allowed nine hours.Although the participants ate less at breakfast when they had five hours of sleep, they ate more over the rest of the day; they especially consumed an increased number of calories after the dinner and finally gained weight.When they shifted to adequate sleep patterns they lose the pounds.Now the passage will be read for the third time.Not getting enough sleep doesn’t just make you tired.It also makes you fat because of increased food-eating, according to researchers in America.The researchers carried out a study which included eight men and eight women, and found that participants who lacked sleep for a week gained almost two pounds.To establish a standard, participants spent the first three nights sleeping up to nine hours a night, and consumed only as many calories as they burned each day. Their daily amount of food and oxygen, and production of carbon dioxide were measured.Then participants were divided into two groups, with one limited to sleeping five hours a night, while the other continued to be allowed nine hours.After five nights, the groups switched.During this part of the experiment, participants were allowed to eat as much as they wanted.The researchers found that participants burned about 5 percent more calories when their sleep was limited to five hours, but they consumed about 6 percent more calories, compared with when they were allowed nine hours.Although the participants ate less at breakfast when they had five hours of sleep, they ate more over the rest of the day; they especially consumed an increased number of calories after the dinner and finally gained weight.When they shifted to adequate sleep patterns they lose the pounds.。