4.2008年6月六级听力长对话原文汇总
2008年6月大学英语六级真题听力mp3和文本4
passage3Articles in magazines and newspapers and special reports on radio and television reflect the concern of many Americans about the increasing dropout rate in our junior and senior high schools. Coupled with this fact is the warning that soon we will no longer have workforceto fill the many jobs that require properly-educated personnel. The highest student dropout rate is not a recent development. Ten years ago, many urban schools were reporting dropoutrates between 35 and 50 percent. Some administrators maintain that dropouts remain the single greatest problem in their schools. Consequently, much effort has been spent on identifying students with problems in order to give them more attention before they become failures. Since the dropout problem doesn't start in senior high school, special programs in junior high school focus on students who show promise but have a record of truancy, that is, staying away from school without permission. Under the guidanceof counselors, these students are placed in classes with teachers who have had success in working with similar young people. Strategies to motivate students in high school include rewarding academic excellenceby designating scholars of the month, or by issuing articles of clothing such as school letter jackets formally given only to athletes. No one working with these students claims to know how to keep all students in school. Counselors, teachers, and administrators are in the frontlinesof what seems at times to be a losing battle. Actually, this problem should be everyone's concern, since uneducated, unemployed citizens affect us all.Questions 33 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.Question 33: Why are many Americans concerned with the increasing dropout rate in school?Question 34: What do we learn about the student dropout problem in America?Question 35: What is mentioned as one of the strategies used to motivate students?I’m interested in the criminal justicesystem of our country. It seems to me that something has to be done if we are to survive as a country. I certainly don’t know what the answers to our problems are. Things certainly get complicatedin a hurry when you get into them. But I wonder if something couldn’t be done to deal with some of these problems. One thing I’m concerned about is our practice of putting offenders in jail who haven’t harmed anyone. Why not work out some system wherebythey can pay back the debts they owe society instead of incurring another debt by going to prison and of course coming out at the influence of hardened criminals? I’m also concerned about the short prison sentences people are serving for serious crimes. Of course one alternativeto this is to restore capital punishment, but I’m not sure I would be for that—I’m not sure it’s right to take an eye for an eye. The alternative to capital punishment is longer sentences. But they would certainly cost the taxpayers much money. I also think we must do something about the insanity plea. In my opinion, anyone who takes another person’s life intentionallyis insane. However, that does not mean that the person isn’t guilty of the crime or that he shouldn’t pay society the debt he owes. It’s sad of course that a person may have to spend the rest of his life or a large part of it in prison for acts that he committedwhile not in full control of his mind。
大学英语六级真题听力原文(2006-2008)
2006年6月英语六级真题听力原文Section A1. M: Mary, could you please tell Thomas to contact me? I was hoping he would be able to help me out with the freshmen orientation program next week.W: I would certainly tell him if I saw him, but I haven't seen him around for quite a few days.Q: What does the woman mean?2. M: Susan, I am going to change the light bulb above the dining room table. Will you hold the ladder for me?W: No problem. But be careful while you're up there.Q: What does the man want the woman to do?3. W: It's freezing cold. Let me make some coffee to warm us up. Do you want a piece of pie as well?M: Coffee sounds great. But I'm going to have dinner with some friends in a while, so I'd better skip the pie.Q: What does the man mean?4. W: How come Jim lost his job?M: I didn't say he had lost it. All I said was if he didn't get out and start selling a few cars instead of idling around all day, he might find himself looking for a new job.Q: What does the man say about Jim?5. M: Hello, Mary. This is Paul at the bank. Is Tony home?W: Not yet. Paul. I don't think you can reach him at the office now, either. He phoned me five minutes ago to say he was stopping for a hair-cut on his way home.Q: Who do you think the woman probably is?6. W: Oh! Boy! I don't understand how you got a ticket today. I always thought you were slow even driving on the less crowded fast lane.M: I'm usually careful. But this time I thought I could get through the intersection before the light turned.Q: What do we learn about the man?7. W: Your dog certainly seems to know you are his master. Did you have to punish him very often when you trained him?M: I found it's much better to praise him when he obeys and not to be so fussy when he makes mistakes.Q: What does the man say about training dogs?8. M: I am afraid there won't be time to do another tooth today. Make sure you don't eat anything like stakes for the next few hours, and we'll fill the other cavity tomorrow.W: All right. Actually, I must hurry to the library to return some books.Q: Where does the conversation most probably take place?9. W: I am worried about Jenny going to college. College students are so wild nowadays.M: Actually, only a few are like that. Most students are too busy studying to have time to cause trouble.Q: What does the man imply?10. W: You didn't seem to be terribly enthusiastic about the performance.M: You must be kidding. I couldn't have clapped any harder. My hands are still hurting.Q: What does the man think of the performance?Section BPassage 1Born and raised in central Ohio, I'm a country girl through and through. I'm currently studying to become a physical therapist, a career path that marks a great achievement for me. At Ohio State University, admission into the physical therapy program is intensely competitive. I made it pass the first cut the first year I applied, but was turned down for admission. I was crushed, because for years I have been determined to become a physical therapist. I received advice from friends and relatives about changing my major and finding another course for my life. I just couldn't do it. I knew I could not be as happy in another profession. So I stilled myself, began to work seriously for another year and reapplied. Happily I received notice of my admission. Later, I found out that less than 15% of the applicant had been offered positions that year. Now in the first two years of professional training, I couldn't be happier with my decision not to give up on my dream. My father told me that if I wanted it badly enough, I would get in. Well, Daddy, I wanted it. So there. After graduation, I would like to travel to another country, possibly a Latin American country and work in a children's hospital for a year or two. So many of the children there are physically handicapped but most hospitals don't have the funding to hire trained staff to care for them properly. I would like to change that somehow.11. What is the speaker's field of study?12. According to the speaker, what contributed to her admission to Ohio State University?13. Why does the speaker want to go to a Latin American country?Passage 2Gabriela Mistral was once an ordinary teacher in a small village school in Northern Chile. Towering mountains separate her village from the world outside. Gabriela Mistral was only fifteen when she began teaching, but she was a good teacher. She helped the minds of her students' scale the mountain walls and reached out to the world beyond. For eighteen years, Gabriela devoted her life to the poor farm children of Chile's Northern valleys. During part of this time, she was director of schools in all of Chile. Before long, many countries recognized her as a great friend of children and the leader in education. In 1922, she was invited to Mexico to help organize the rural school system. Two years later, Gabriela Mistral came to the United States where she served as a visiting professor in several colleges. In New York City, a group of teachers helped to finance the publication of her first book of poetry. Some of her books have been translated into six different languages. She gave the income from some of her books to help poor and neglected children. Beginning in the 1920's, her interests reached out to broader fields. Statesmen asked her advice on international problems. She tried to break through the national barriers that hindered the exchange of ideas among the Spanish speaking peoples of South America. She tried to develop a better understanding between the United States and countries of Latin America. In 1945, she gained worldwide recognition by winning the Nobel Prize in literature, the first Southern American to win the prize.14. Where did Gabriela Mistral start her teaching career?15. How did Gabriela Mistral help the poor children of her hometown?16. Why did many countries think highly of Gabriela Mistral?17. How did Gabriela Mistral become famous all over the world?Passage 3Over time animals have developed many ways to stay away from predators. A predator is an animal that hunts and eats other animals. Hiding is one of the best ways to stay alive. Some animals hide by looking like the places where they live. To see how this works, let's look at the sea dragon. It is a master of disguise. The sea dragon is covered with skin that looks like leaves. The skin helps the dragon look like a piece of seaweed. A hungry meat eater would stay away from anything that looks like seaweed. Other animals stay safe by showing their colors. They want other animals to see them. Scientists call these bright colors--warning colors. You have probably seen animals that have warning colors. Some grasshoppers show off their own bright colors. Those colors don't just look attractive; they tell their enemies to stay away. Of course, hungry predators sometimes ignore the warning. They still go after the grasshopper. If that happens, the grasshopper has a backup defense. It makes lots of foam. The foam tastes so bad that the predator won't do it again. Color doesn't offerenough protection for some other animals. They have different defenses that help them survive in the wild. Many fish live in groups or schools. That's because there is safety in numbers. At the first sign of trouble, schooling fish swim as close together as they can get. Then the school of fish makes lots of twists and turns. All that movement makes it hard for predators to see individuals in a large group.18. What is the speaker mainly talking about?19. What protects the sea dragon from the meat eater's attack?20. According to the passage, why do many fish stay in groups?2006年12月英语六级真题听力原文1.W: Do you know why Mary has such a long face today?M: I don‘t have t he foggiest idea! She should be happy especially since she got a promotion yesterday.Q: What did the speakers mean?2.M: Hi, Johanna! Are you interested in going to an Art Exhibition on Sunday? A friend of mine is showing some of her paintings there. It‘s the opening night. Free drinks and food!W: Well, actually, I don‘t have anything planned. It sounds kind of fun!Q: What did the man invite the woman to do on Sunday?3.M: You did an excellent job in school! You were indeed a great student! Where did your drive come from?W: Academic achievements were important to my parents as immigrants. Education is where it all begins. My mother in particular tries to get me interested in school.Q: what do we learn about the woman from the conversation?4.M: I hear the Sunflower Health Club on Third Street is good!W: Not right now! I used to go there. I thought it was great because it was real cheap. But the problem was it was always crowded. Sometimes, I had to wait to use the machines.Q: What does the woman say about the Sunflower health club?5.W: Tom is very excited! Just yesterday he received his doctoral degree and in a few minutes he‘ll be putting the ring on Sarah‗s finger.M: He‘s really such a luck dog! Sarah is a lovely bride and t onight they are going to Hawaii on their honeymoon!Q: What do we learn from the conversation?6.W: Your chemistry examination is over, isn‘t it? Why do you still look so worried?M: I don‘t know. It wasn‘t that the questions were too hard, or they w ere too many of them. But I‘m still feeling uneasy because the exam didn‘t seem to have much to do with the course material.Q: What does the man mean?7.W: Your wife told me that you eat out four or five times a week, I really envy you!M: Don‘t envy me! It‘s for business. In fact, I‘m sick and tired of restaurant food! Sometimes, I just prefer a home-cooked meal.Q: Why does the man say he often eats out?8.W: I was amazed when I heard Tony played piano so expertly! From the way he talked, I thought he was just starting his lessons.M: Oh, no! That‘s the way he always talks!Q: What can we infer about Tony from the conversation?9.M: What do you think of people suing McDonalds for making them fat?W: Well. Its food doesn‘t make you fat. But eating too much of it does! How about chocolate and ice cream? Are they all responsible? It‘s silly!Q: What does the woman think of the lawsuit against McDonalds?10.M: I‘m terribly sorry ma‘am, but your flight has been cancelled. I won‘t be able to put you on another one until tomorrow morning.W: Well, I certainly hope the airline‘s going to put me up somewhere tonight.Q: What did the woman request the airline do?Passage oneYou have probably heard of the DuPont company, which was founded by a family of the same name. But do you know about the museum that one of the family members began? Henry Francis Du Pont was an heir to Delaware‘s DuPont Company fortune. He was one of the first serious collectors of American decorative art objects: furniture, textiles, paintings and other objects made in United States between 1640 and 1840. American furniture and household objects had beenconsidered inferior to those from Europe. But Du Pont helped develope a new appreciation for American decorative arts. He created a legendary show plays for these objects on his family estate just outside Wilmington, Delaware. In 1951, it was open to the public as the Henry Francis Du Pont Winterthur Museum. The museum assembled objects from Du Pont‘s collection int o 175 period rooms, each with examples of American antiques and decorative arts that followed a certain theme of period in early American history. For example, the Du Pont dining room has furniture dating from the late 18th and early 19th centuries. And because this was the time when the United States became a new nation, there‘s a patriotic theme in the room. Another example is the Chinese parlor, which has furnishings that would reflect American‘s fascination with Asian culture during the 18th century. In these period rooms, Du Pont believed he could tell the story of the early United States through furniture and other decorative arts.11. What is Henry Francis Du Pont noted for?12. What was the purpose of Du Pont‘s efforts?13. How were the objects on display arranged?Passage twoAccording to David Grattle, a British language expert, the idea that English will become the world language is outdated. And people are more likely to switch between two or more languages for routine communication in the future. The share of the world‘s population that speaks English as a native language is falling. Instead, English will play a growing role as a second language. A population speaking more than one language is already the case in much of the world and is becoming more common in the United States. Indeed, the census bureau reported last year that nearly one American in five speaks a language other than English at home, with Spanish taking the lead, followed by Chinese. Grattle works for British consulting and publishing business. He anticipates a world with the share of people who are native English speakers slips from 9% in the mid 1990s to 5% in 2050. Grattle says, ―Up until 1995, English was the second most common native tongue in the world, trailing only Chinese. By 2050, Chinese will continue its predominance with Hindi Woodoo of India and Arabic climbing past English and Spanish ne arly equal to it.‖ In contrast, an American language expert, David Harrison noted that the global share of English is much larger if you count second language speakers, and will continue to rise even as the proportion of native speakers declines. Harrison disputed listing Arabic in top three languages because varieties of Arabic spoken in such countries as Egypt and Morocco are mutually incomprehensible.14. What does David Grattle say about the use of languages for daily communication in the future?15. Why doesn‘t David Harrison include Arabic as one of the top three languages?16. What can we infer from the passage?Passage threeThere are about 1 million blind people in the United States. The largest and most influential organization of blind people in this country is the National Federation of the Blind. Its officials say the nation doesn‘t have any colleges or universities that serve only bl ind students. They say the reason for this is that blind people must learn to live among people who can see. American colleges and universities do accept blind and visually impaired students, and they provide services to help these students succeed. For example, colleges find people who write down what the professor say in class and they provide technology that can help blind students with their work. However, experts say colleges can best help blind students by making it clear that the students should learn to help themselves. One blind American student named T recently made news because he graduated from medical school from the University of Wisconsin. He said technology was one of the reasons he succeeded. He used a computer that read into his earphone what he was typing. He also used a small printer that permitted him to write notes about his patients in the hospital. He did his undergraduate work at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana. National Federation of the Blind officials say blind students from other nations do come to the United States to attend college. Some can even get financial aid. The Federation awards about 30 scholarships each year that have no citizenship requirement.17. According to officials of the National Federation of the Blind, why are there no special colleges for blind students only?18. According to experts how can colleges best help blind students?19. What is one of the reasons given by T as a blind student for his success?20. What can blind students from overseas do to study in America according to the National Federation of the Blind?2007年6月英语六级真题听力原文11、W: Jim, you are on the net again! We are going to get off. It s time for the talk show!M: Just a minute dear! I m looking at a new jewelry site. I want to make sure I get the right gift for mom s birthday.Q: What is the man doing right now?12．W: I ve never seen you have such confidence before in the exam!M: It s more than confidence! Right now I felt that if I got less than an A, it will be the fault of the exam itself.Q: What does the man mean?13．W: Just look at this newspaper! Nothing but murder, death and war! Do you still believe people are basically good?M: Of course I do! But newspapers hardly ever report stories about peace and generosity. They are not news!Q: What do we learn from the conversation?14．M: Tom must be joking when he said he plans to sell his shop and go to medical school.W: You are quite right! He s just kidding! He s also told me time and time again he wished to study for some profession instead of going into business.Q: What will Tom probably do according to the conversation?15．W: I hear your boss has a real good impression of you, and he is thinking about giving you two more days off each month.M: I hope not. I d rather get more work hours I can get enough bucks to help out my two kids at college.Q: What does the man truly want?16．M: I heard you took a trip to Mexico last month. How did you like it?W: Oh, I got sick and tired of the hotel and hotel food! So now I understand the thing: East, west, home s best!Q: What does the woman mean?17．W: I m worried about Anna. She s really been depressed lately. All she does is staying in her room all day.M: That sounds serious! She d better see a psychiatrist at the counseling centre.Q: What does the man suggest Anna do?18．M: I could hardly recognize Sam after we got that new job! He s always in a suit and tie now. W: Yeah. He was never liked that in college. Back then, he went around in old T-shirts and jeans. Q: What does the speaker say about Sam?Conversation 1M: Hi, Anna! Welcome back! How‘s your trip to the States?W: Very busy. I had a lot of meetings, so, of course, I didn‘t have muc h time to see New York. M: What a pity! Actually, I have a trip there myself next week.W: Do you? Then take my advice, do the well-being in the air program. It really works.M: Oh, I read about that in a magazine. You say it works?W: Yes, I did the p rogram on the flight to the States, and when I arrived at New York, I didn‘t have any problem, no jet lag at all. On the way back, I didn‘t do it, and I felt terrible.M: You‘re joking!W: Not at all, it really meant a lot of difference.M: En. So what did you do?W: Well, I didn‘t drink an alcohol or coffee, and I didn‘t eat any meat or rich food. I drink a lot of water, and fresh juice, and I ate the noodles on the well-being menu. They‘re lighter. They have fish, vegetables, and noodles, for example, and I did some of the exercises of the program.M: Exercises? On a plane?W: Yes. I didn‘t do many, of course, there isn‘t much space on a plane.M: How many passengers do the exercises?W: Not many.M: Then how much champagne did they drink?W: A lot! It was more popular than mineral water.M: So, basically, it‘s a choice. Mineral water and exercises, or champagne and jet lag.W: That‘s right! It‘s a difficult choice.Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you‘ve just heard.19. Why did the woman go to New York?20. What does the woman say about the well-being in the air program?21. What did the woman do to follow the well-being menu?22. What did the woman say about other passengers?Conversation Two:W: Morning. Can I help you?M: Well, I‘m not rally sure. I‘m just looking.W: I see. Well, there‘s plenty to look at it again this year. I‘m sure you have to walk miles to see each stand.M: That‘s true.W: Er…, would you like a coffee? Come and sit down for a minute, no obligati on.M: Well, that‘s very kind of you, but…W: Now, please. Is this the first year you‘ve been to the fair, Mr….M: Yes, Johnson, James Johnson.W: My name‘s Susan Carter. Are you looking for anything in particular, or are you interested in computers in general?M: Well, actually, I have some specific jobs in mind. I owe a small company, we‘ve grown quite dramatically over the past 12 months, and we really need some technological help to enable us to keep on top of everything.W: What‘s your line of bu siness, Mr. Johnson?M: We‘re a training consultancy.W: I see. And what do you mean ―to keep on top‖?M: The first thing is correspondence. We have a lot of standard letters and forms. So I suppose we need some kind of word processor.W: Right. Well, that‘s no problem. But it may be possible for you to get a system that does a lot of other things in addition to word processing. What might suit you is the MR5000. That‘s it over there! It‘s IBM compatible.M: What about the price?W: Well, the MR5000 costs 1,050 pounds. Software comes free with the hardware.M: Well, I‘ll think about it. Thank you.W: Here‘s my card. Please feel free to contact me.Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you‘ve just heard:23. Where did the conversation take place?24. What are the speakers talking about?25. What is the man‘s line of business?PassageP1The new year always brings with the cultural tradition of new possibilities. We see it as a chance for renewal. We begin to dream of new possible selves. We design our ideal self or an image that is quite different from what we are now. For some of us, we roll at dreamy film in our heads just because it‘s the beginning of a new year. But we aren‘t serious about making changes. We just make some half-hearted resolution and it evaporates after a week or two. The experience makes us feel less successful and leads us to discount our ability to change in the future. It‘ not the change is impossible but that it would lose(?) unless our resolutions are supported with plans for implementation. We have to make our intentions manageable by detailing the specific steps that will carry us to our goal. Say your goal is to lose weight by dieting and cutting off sweets. But one night you just have to have a cookie. And you know there‘s a bag of your favorites in the cupboard. You want one, you eat two, you check the bag and find out you‘ve just shot 132 calories. You say to yourself, ―What the hell!‖ and polish off the whole bag. Then you begin to draw all kinds of unpleasant conclusions about yourself. To protect your sense of self, you begin to discount the goal. You may think –―Well, dieting wasn‘t that important to me and I won‘t make it anyhow.‖ So you abandon the goal and return to your bad habits.26 What do people usually wish to do at the beginning of a new year?27 How can people turn their new year‘s resolutions into reality?28 Why does the speaker mention the example of sweets and cookies?P225 years ago, Ray Anderson, a single parent with a one-year-old son witnessed a terrible accident which took place when the driver of a truck ran a red light and collided with the car of Sandra D. The impact of the collision killed Sandra instantly. But her three-month-old daughter was left trapped in the burning car. While others looked on in horror, Andersen jumped out of his vehicle and crawled into the car through the shadowed rear window to try to free the infant. Seconds later, the car was enclosed in flames. But to everyone‘s amazement, Andersen was able to pul l the baby to safety. While the baby was all right, Andersen was seriously injured. Two days later he died. But his heroic act was published widely in the media. His son was soon adopted by relatives. The most remarkable part of the story unfolded only last week. Karen and her boyfriend Michael were looking through some old boxes when they came across some old newspaper clippings. ―This is me when I was a new born baby. I was rescued from a burning car. But my mother died in the accident,‖ explained Karen. Although Michael knew Karen‘s mother had died years earlier, he never fully understood the circumstances until he skimmed over the newspaper article. To Karen‘ssurprise, Michael was absorbed in the details of the accident. And he began to cry uncontrollably. Then he revealed that the man that pulled Karen from the flames was the father he never knew. The two embraced and shed many tears, recounting stories told to them about their parents.29 What happened twenty-five years ago?30 What does the speaker say about Michael‘s father?31 Why did Michael cry uncontrollably when he skimmed over the newspaper article?P3Americans suffer from an overdose of work. Regardless of who they are or what they do. Americans spend more time at work than that any time since World War II. In 1950, the US had fewer working hours than any other industrialized country. Today, it exceeds every country but Japan where industrialized employees load 2155 hours a year compared with 1951 in the US and 1603 in the former West Germany. Between 1969 and 1989, employed Americans add an average of 138 hours to their yearly work schedules. The workweek has remained above 40 hours. But people are working more weeks each year. Specifically pay time off holidays, vacations, sick leave shrink by 50% in the 1980s. As corporations have experienced stiff competitions and slow in growth of productivity, they have pressed employees to work longer. Cost-cutting lay-offs in the 1980s reduce the professional and managerial runs, leaving fewer people to get the job done. In lower paid occupations where wages have been reduced, workers have added hours in overtime or extra jobs to preserve their living standards. The government estimates that more than 7 million people hold a second job. For the first time, large numbers of people say they want to cut back on working hours even it means earning less money. But most employers are unwilling to let them do so. The government which has stepped back from its traditional role as a regulator of work time should take steps to make shorter hours possible.Question 32-35 are based on the passage you‘ve just heard32. In which country do industrial employees work the longest hours?33. How do employed Americans manage to work more hours?34. Why do corporations press their employees to work longer hours according to the speaker?35. What does the speaker say many Americans prefer to do?Compound dictationNursing, as a typically female profession, must deal constantly with the false impression that nurses are there to wait on the physician. As nurses, we are licensed to provide nursing care only. We do not have any legal or moral obligation to any physician. We provide health teaching, assess physical as well as emotional problems, coordinate patient related services, and make all our nursing decision based upon what is best or suitable for the patient. If in any circumstance we feel that a physician‘s order is inappropriate or unsafe, we have a legal responsibility to question that order, or refuse to carry it out. Nursing is not a nine-to-five job with every weekend off. All nurses are aware of that before they enter the profession. The emotional and physical stress, however, that occurs due to odd working hours is a prime reason for a large of the career dissatisfaction. It is sometimes required that we work overtime, and that we change shifts four or five times a month. That disturbs our personal lives, destruct our sleeping and eating habits, and isolates us from everything except job related friends and activities. The quality of nursing care is being affected dramatically by these situations. Most hospitals are now staffed by new graduates, as experienced nurses finally give up trying to change the system. Consumers of medically related services have evidently not been。
4.2008年6月六级听力passge原文
四、2008年6月六级听力passgePassage OneWater scooters are water vehicles that look very much like motorcycles. Nowadays, speedy, colorful water scooters are gaining in popularity. They can travel anywhere a small boat can and particularly popular with young people. The rising popularity of the craft has raised the question of water scooter regulation. In this case, the argument for strict regulation is compelling. Water scooters are a particularly deadly form of water recreation. For example, two women were vacationing in Longboat Key while they were floating on the rubber boat along the shore, a water scooter crashed into them and kill them. Also water scooter operators have been killed or seriously injured in collisions with other water craft. Others have been stranded at the sea when their scooters either failed or sank far from shore. Many water scooter operators are inexperienced and ignorant of navigational rules, which increase the potential for accidents. The increasing popularity of the scooter has aggravated the problem, providing more water vehicles to compete for the same space. Crowded water waves are simply an open invitation to disaster. In addition to the inherent operational hazards of water scooters, they are proving to be an environmental nuisance. Beach residents complain of the noise of the scooters. The Pacific Whale Foundation on the west coast expressed concern that the scooters are frightening away an endangered species of whale that migrates to Hawaii for breeding. Regulations such as minimum operating age, restricted operating areas and compulsory classes in water safety are essential. Without such regulations, tragedies involving water scooters are sure to multiply, which makes many beaches unsafe for recreation.26. What does the speaker say about water scooters?27. What is mentioned as one of the causes of water accidents?28. In what way are water scooters said to be an environmental nuisance?29. What does the speaker propose to ensure the safety of beaches for recreation?Passage TwoIt seems to me that neighbors are going out of style in America. The friend nest door from whom you borrowed for eggs or a ladder has moved and the people in there now are strangers. Some of the traditional stories of neighborliness are impractical or silly and maybe just as well that our relations with our neighbors are changing. The saying in the Bible “Love thy neighbor” was probably a poor translation of what must haveoriginally been, “respect thy neighbor”. Love can be called up on order. Fewer than half the people in the United States live in the same house they lived in five years ago. So there is no reason to love the people who live next door to you, just because they happen to wander into a real estate office that listed the place next door to yours. The only thing neighbors have in common, to begin with, is proximity and unless something more develops that isn’t reason enough to be best friends. It sometimes happens naturally, but the chances are very small that your neighbors will be your choices friends or that you will be theirs, either. The best relationship with neighbors is one of friendly distance. You say “hello”, use small talk if you see them in the yard, you discuss problems as they arise and you help each other in an emergency. The drive way or the fence between you is not really a cold shoulder but a clear boundary. We all like clearly-defined boundaries for ourselves.30. What does the speaker say about the relations among neighbors nowadays?31. Why does speaker say it may be difficult for people to love their neighbors?32. What should neighbors do in the speaker’s opinion?Passage ThreeArticles in magazines and newspapers and special reports on radio and television reflect the concern of many Americans about the increasing drop-out rate in our junior and senior high schools. Coupled with this fact is the warning that soon we will no longer have a work force to fill the many jobs that require properly educated personnel. The high student drop-out rate is not a recent development. Ten years ago, many urban schools were reporting drop-out rates between 35 and 50 percent. Some administrators maintain that drop-outs remain the single greatest problem in their schools. Consequently, much effort has been spent on identifying students with problems in order to give them more attention before they become failures. Since the drop-out problem doesn’t start in senior high school, special programs in junior high school focus on students who show promise but have a record of truancy—that is staying away from school without permission. Under the guidance of counselors, these students are placed in classes with teachers who have had success in working with similar young people. Strategies to motivate students in a high school include rewarding academic excellence by designating scholars of the month, or by issuing articles of clothing, such as school letter jackets formerly given only to athletes. No one working with these students claims to know how to keep all students in school. Counselors, teachers and administrators are in the frontlines of what seems at times to be a losing battle. Actually, this problem should be everyone’s concern since uneducated, unemployed citizens affect us all.33. Why are many Americans concerned with the increasing drop-out rate in school?34. What do we learn about the student drop-out problem in America?35. What is mentioned as one of the strategies used to motivate students?。
听力试题2008.6 CET6
Part III Listening Comprehension (35minutes)Section ADirections: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the end of each conversation, one or more questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A), B), C), and D), and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.11. A) The man might be able to play in the World Cup.B) The man’s football career seems to be at an end.C) The man was operated on a few weeks ago.D) The man is a fan of world-famous football players.12. A) Work out a plan to tighten his budgetB) Find out the opening hours of the cafeteria.C) Apply for a senior position in the restaurant.D) Solve his problem by doing a part-time job.13. A) A financial burden. C) A real nuisance.B) A good companion D) A well-trained pet.14. A) The errors will be corrected soon. C) The computing system is too complex.B) The woman was mistaken herself. D) He has called the woman several times.15. A) He needs help to retrieve his files. C) He needs some time to polish his paper.B) He has to type his paper once more. D) He will be away for a two-week conference.16. A) They might have to change their plan.B) He has got everything set for their trip.C) He has a heavier workload than the woman.D) They could stay in the mountains until June 8.17. A) They have wait a month to apply for a student loan.B) They can find the application forms in the brochure.C) They are not eligible for a student loan.D) They are not late for a loan application.18. A) New laws are yet to be made to reduce pollutant release.B) Pollution has attracted little attention from the public.C) The quality of air will surely change for the better.D) It’ll take years to bring air pollution under control.Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard.19. A) Enormous size of its stores. C) Its appealing surroundings.B) Numerous varieties of food. D) Its rich and colorful history.20. A) An ancient building. C) An Egyptian museum.B) A world of antiques. D) An Egyptian Memorial.21. A) Its power bill reaches $9 million a year.B) It sells thousands of light bulbs a day.C) It supplies power to a nearby town.D) It generates 70% of the electricity it uses.22. A) 11,500 C) 250,000B) 30,000 D) 300,000Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.23. A) Transferring to another department. C) Thinking about doing a different job.B) Studying accounting at a university D) Making preparation for her wedding.24. A) She has finally got a promotion and a pay raise.B) She has got a satisfactory job in another company.C) She could at last leave the accounting department.D) She managed to keep her position in the company.25. A) He and Andrea have proved to be a perfect match.B) He changed his mind about marriage unexpectedly.C) He declared that he would remain single all his life.D) He would marry Andrea even without meeting her.Section BDirections: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some question. Both the passage and the question 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 2 with a single line through the centre.Passage OneQuestions 26 to 29 are based on the passage you have just heard.26.A) They are motorcycles designated for water sports.B) They are speedy boats restricted in narrow waterways.C) They are becoming an efficient form of water transportation.D) They are getting more popular as a means or water recreation.27.A) Waterscooter operators’ lack of experience.B) Vacationers’ disregard of water safety rules.C) Overloading of small boats and other craft.D) Carelessness of people boating along the shore.28.A) They scare whales to death. C) They discharge toxic emissions.B)They produce too much noise. D) They endanger lots of water life.29.A) Expand operating areas. C) Limit the use of waterscooters.B) Restrict operating hours. D) Enforce necessary regulations.Passage TwoQuestions 30 to 32 are based on the passage you have just heard.30.A) They are stable. C) They are strained.C) They are close. D) They are changing.31.A) They are fully occupied with their own business.B) Not many of them stay in the same place for long.C) Not many of them can win trust from their neighbors.D) They attach less importance to interpersonal relations.32.A) Count on each other for help. C) Keep a friendly distance.B) Give each other a cold shoulder. D) Build a fence between them.Passage ThreeQuestions 33 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.33.A) It may produce an increasing number of idle youngsters.B) It may affect the quality of higher education in America.C) It may cause many schools to go out of operation.D) It may lead to a lack of properly educated workers.34．A）It is less serious in cities than in rural areas.B)It affects both junior and senior high schools.C)It results from a worsening economic climate.D)It is a new challenge facing American educators.35. A)Allowing them to choose their favorite teachers.B)Creating a more relaxed learning environment.C)Rewarding excellent academic performance.D)Helping them to develop better study habits.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 blank numbered from 36 to 43 with the exact words you have just heard. For blanks numbered from 44 to 46 you are requiredto fill in the missing information. For these blanks, you can either use the exact words you have just heard or write downthe main points in your own word. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written. Compound DictationI'm interested in the criminal justice system of our country. It seems to me that something has to be done if we are to36_______ as a country. I certainly don't know what the answers to our problems are. Things certainly get 37______ in a hurry when you get into them. But I wonder if something couldn't be done to deal with some of these problems.One thing I'm concerned about is our practice of putting 38______ in jail who haven't harmed anyone. Why not work out some system 39_______ they can pay back the debts they owe society instead of 40______ another debt by going to prison, and of course, coming under the 41______ of hardened criminals? I'm also concerned about the short prison sentences people are 42______ for serious crimes. Of course, one alternative to this is to 43_______ capital punishment, but I'm not sure I would be for that. I'm not sure it's right to take an eye for eye.44__________________________________________________________________________________I also think we must do something about the insanity plea. In my opinion, anyone who takes another person's life intentionally is insane. However, 45_____________________________________________________________________________________.It's said, of course, that the person may have to spend the rest of his life or46_____________________________________________________________________________.Scripts and KeysPart ⅢListening ComprehensionSection A11. M: Good news! I am not going to have surgery after all. The doctor says I can start working out again soon and maybe play football like before in a few weeks.W: That’s terrific. It will be great if you could get back in shape in time for the World’s Cup.Q: What do we learn from the conversation?A)。
2008年6月全国大学英语六级考试真题
2008年6月全国大学英语六级考试真题Part ⅠWriting (30 minutes)注意：此部分试题在答题卡1上Part ⅡReading Comprehension(Skimming and Scanning)(15 minutes)Directions: In this part, you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage quickly and answer the questions on Answer Sheet 1 For questions 1-7,choose the best answer from the four choices marked A),B),C)and D. For questions 8-10,complete the sentences with the information given in the passage.What will the world be like in fifty years?This week some top scientists, including Nobel Prize winners, gave their vision of how the world will look in 2056,fron gas-powered cars to extraordinary health advances, John Ingham reports on what the world’s finest minds believ e our futures will be.For those of us lucky enough to live that long,2056 will be a world of almost perpetual youth, where obesity is a remote memory and robots become our companions.We will be rubbing shoulders with aliens and colonizing outer space. Better still, our descendants might at last live in a world at peace with itself.The prediction is that we will have found a source of inexbaustible, safe, green energy, and that science will have killed off religion. If they are right we will have removed two of the main causes of war-our dependence on oil and religious prejudice.Will we really, as today’s scientists claim, be able to live for ever or at least cheat the ageing process so that the average person lives to 150?Of course, all these predictions come with a scientific health warning. Harvard professor Steven Pinker says: “This is an invitation to look foolish, as with the predictions of domed cities and nuclear-powered vacuum cleaners that were made 50 year ago.”Living longerAnthony Atala, director of the Wake Forest Institute in North Carolina, belives failing organs will be repaired by injecting cells into the body. They will naturally to straight to the injury and help heal it. A system of injections without needles could also slow the ageing process by using the same process to “tune” cells.Bruce Lahn, professor of human genetics at the University of Chicago, anticipates the ability to produce“unlimited supplies” of transplantable human organs without the needed a new organ, such as kidney, the surgeon would contact a commercial organ producer, give him the patient’s immuno-logical profile and would then be sent a kidney with the correct tissue type.These organs would be entirely composed of human cells, grown by introducing them into animal hosts, and alloweing them to deveoop into and organ in place of the animal’s own. But Prof. Lahn believes that farmed brains would be “off limits”.He says: “Very few people would want to have their brains replaced by someone else’s and we probably don’t want to put a human brain ing an animal body.”Richard Miller, a professor at the University of Michigan, thinks scientist could develop“an thentic anti-ageing drugs” by working out how cells in larger animals such as whales and human resist many forms of injuries. He says:“It’s is now routine, in laboratory mammals, to extend lifespan by about 40%. Turning on the same protective systems in people should, by 2056, create the firstclass of 100-year-olds who are as vigorous and productive as today’s people in their 60s”AliensConlin Pillinger ,professor of planerary sciences at the Open University,says:”I fancy that at least we will be able to show that life didi start to evolve on Mars well as Earth.”Within 50years he hopes scientists will prove that alien life came here in Martian meteorites(陨石).Chris McKay,a planetary scientist at NASA’s Ames Research Center.believes that in 50 years we may find evidence of alien life in ancient permanent forst of Mars or on other planers.He adds:”There is even a chance we will find alien life forms here on Earth.It mightbe as different as English is to Chinese.Priceton professor Freeman Dyson thinks it “likely” that life form outer space will be discovered defore 2056 because the tools for finding it, such as optical and radio detection and data processing,are improving.He ays:”As soon as the first evidence is found,we will know what to look for and additional discoveries are likely to follow quickly.Such discoveries are likely to have revolutionary consequences for biology, astronomy and philosophy. They may change the way we look at ourselves and our place in the universe.Colonies in spaceRichard Gottprofessor of astrophysics at Princeton,hopes man will set up a self-sufficient colony on Mars,which would be a “life insurance policy against whatever catastrophes,natural or otherwise,might occur on Earth.“The real space race is whether we will colonise off Earth on to other worlds before money for the space programme runs out.”Spinal injuriesEllen Heber-Katz,a professor at the Wistar Institude in Philadelphia,foresees cures for inijuries causing paralysis such as the one that afflicated Superman star Christopher Reeve.She says:”I believe that the day is not far off when we will be able to profescribe drugs that cause severes(断裂的) spinal cords to heal,hearts to regenerate and lost limbs to regrow.“People will come to expect that injured or diseased organs are meant to be repaired from within,inmuch the same way that we fix an appliance or automobile:by replancing the damaged part with a manufacturer-certified new part.”She predict that within 5 to 10 years fingers and toes will be regrown and limbs will start to be regrown a few years later. Reparies to the nervous system will start with optic nerves and,in time,the s pinal cord.”Within 50years whole body replacement will be routine,”Prof.Heber-Katz adds.ObesitySydney Brenner,senior distinguished fellow of the Crick-Jacobs Center in California,won the 2002 Noblel Prize for Medicine and says that if there is a global disaster some humans will survive-and evolition will favour small people with bodies large enough to support the required amount of brain power.”Obesity,”he says.”will have been solved.”RobotsRodney Brooks,professor of robotice at MIT,says the problems of developing artificial intelligence for robots will be at least partly overcome.As a result,”the possibilities for robots working with people will open up immensely”EnergyBill Joy,green technology expert in Califomia,says:”The most significant breakthro ught would beto have an inexhaustible source of safe,green energy that is substantially cheaper than any existing energy source.”Ideally,such a source would be safe in that it could not be made into weapons and would not make hazardous or toxic waste or carbon dioxide,the main greenhouse gas blamed for global warming.SocietyGeoffrey Miller,evolutionary psychologist at the University of New Mexico,says:”The US will follow the UKin realizing that religion is nor a prerequisite (前提)for ordinary human decency. “This,science will kill religion-not by reason challenging faith but by offering a more practical,uniwersal and rewarding moral frameworkfor human interaction.”He also predicts that “ahsurdly wasteful”displays of wealth will become umfashionable whil e the importance of close-knit communities and families will become clearer.These there changer,he says,will help make us all”brighe\ter,wiser,happier and kinder”.注意：此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。
六级听力材料原文
在六级听力考试中，考生需要听取一段对话或讲座，然后回答有关这段材料的问题。
以下是原文及续写：原文：Woman: Hi, Tom. How was your vacation?Man: It was great! I went to Europe and visited my relatives.Woman: Yeah? What countries did you visit?Man: I went to France, Italy, and Germany.Woman: What did you do in each country?Man: In France, I visited the Eiffel Tower and the Louvre Museum. In Italy, I toured the Colosseum and the Vatican City. And in Germany, I visited the Berlin Wall and the Oktoberfest.Woman: Sounds like you had a great time no matter where you went.Man: Absolutely! I really enjoyed myself no matter what I did.问题：1. Where did the man go on vacation?2. What did he do in each country he visited?3. What is the man's overall impression of his vacation?答案：1. The man went to Europe to visit his relatives on vacation.2. In France, he visited the Eiffel Tower and the Louvre Museum. In Italy, he toured the Colosseum and the Vatican City. And in Germany, he visited the Berlin Wall and the Oktoberfest.3. The man had a great time on his vacation, no matter where he went or what he did.。
2008年6月大学英语六级考试试题及参考答案
2008年6月大学英语六级考试试题及参考答案Part Ⅰ(30 minutes)注意：此部分试题在答题卡1上Part ⅡReading Comprehension(Skimming and Scanning)(15 minutes) Directions: In this part, you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage quickly and answer the questions on Answer Sheet 1 For questions 1-7,choose the best answer from the four choices marked A),B),C)and D. For questions 8-10,complete the sentences with the information given in the passage.What will the world be like in fifty years?This week some top scientists, including Nobel Prize winners, gave their vision of how the world will look in 2056,fron gas-powered cars to extraordinary health advances, John Ingham reports on what the world‟s finest minds believe our futures will be.For those of us lucky enough to live that long,2056 will be a world of almost perpetual youth, where obesity is a remote memory and robots become our companions.We will be rubbing shoulders with aliens and colonizing outer space. Better still, our descendants might at last live in a world at peace with itself.The prediction is that we will have found a source of inexbaustible, safe, green energy, and that science will have killed off religion. If they are right we will have removed two of the main causes of war-our dependence on oil and religious prejudice.Will we really, as today‟s scientists claim, be able to live for ever or at least cheat the ageing process so that the average person lives to 150?Of course, all these predictions come with a scientific health warning. Harvard professor Steven Pinker sa ys: “This is an invitation to look foolish, as with the predictions of domed cities and nuclear-powered vacuum cleaners that were made 50 year ago.”Living longerAnthony Atala, director of the Wake Forest Institute in North Carolina, belives failing organs will be repaired by injecting cells into the body. They will naturally to straight to the injury and help heal it. A system of injections without needles could also slow the ageing process by using the same process to “tune” cells.Bruce Lahn, professor of human genetics at the University of Chicago, anticipates the ability to produce“unlimited supplies” of transplantable human organs without the needed a new organ, such as kidney, the surgeon would contact a commercial organ producer, give him the patien t‟s immuno-logical profile and would then be sent a kidney with the correct tissue type.These organs would be entirely composed of human cells, grown by introducing them into animal hosts, and alloweing them to deveoop into and organ in place of the anima l‟s own. But Prof. Lahn believes that farmed brains would be “off limits”.He says: “Very few people would want to have their brains replaced by someone else‟s and we probably don‟t want to put a human brain ing an animal body.”Richard Miller, a professor at the University of Michigan, thinks scientist could develop“an thentic anti-ageing drugs” by working out how cells in larger animals such as whales and human resist many forms of injuries. He says:“It‟s is now routine, in laboratory mammals, to extend lifespan by about 40%. Turning on the same protective systems in people should, by 2056, create the first class of 100-year-olds who are as vigorous and productive as today‟s people in their 60s”AliensConlin Pillinger ,professor of planerary sciences at th e Open University,says:”I fancy that at least we will be able to show that life didi start to evolve on Mars well as Earth.”Within50years he hopes scientists will prove that alien life came here in Martian meteorites(陨石). Chris McKay,a planetary scientist at NASA‟s Ames Research Center.believes that in 50 years we may find evidence of alien life in ancient permanent forst of Mars or on other planers. He adds:”There is even a chance we will find alien life forms here on Earth.It mightbe as different as English is to Chinese.Priceton professor Freeman Dyson thinks it “likely” that life form outer space will be discovered defore 2056 because the tools for finding it, such as optical and radio detection and data processing,are improving.He ays:”As soon as the first evidence is found,we will know what to look for and additional discoveries are likely to follow quickly.Such discoveries are likely to have revolutionary consequences for biology, astronomy and philosophy. They may change the way we look at ourselves and our place in the universe.Colonies in spaceRichard Gottprofessor of astrophysics at Princeton,hopes man will set up a self-sufficient colony on Mars,which would be a “life insurance policy against whatever catastrophes,natural or otherwise,might occur on Earth.“The real space race is whether we will colonise off Earth on to other worlds before money for the space programme runs out.”Spinal injuriesEllen Heber-Katz,a professor at the Wistar Institude in Philadelphia,foresees cures for inijuries causing paralysis such as the one that afflicated Superman star Christopher Reeve. She says:”I believe that the day is not far off when we will be able to profescribe drugs that cause severes(断裂的) spinal cords to heal,hearts to regenerate and lost limbs to regrow.“People will come to expect that injured or diseased organs are meant to be repaired from within,inmuch the same way that we fix an appliance or automobile:by replancing the damaged part with a manufacturer-certified new part.”She predict that withi n 5 to 10 years fingers and toes will be regrown and limbs will start to be regrown a few years later. Reparies to the nervous system will start with optic nerves and,in time,the spinal cord.”Within 50years whole body replacement will be routine,”Prof.Hebe r-Katz adds.ObesitySydney Brenner,senior distinguished fellow of the Crick-Jacobs Center in California,won the 2002 Noblel Prize for Medicine and says that if there is a global disaster some humans will survive-and evolition will favour small people with bodies large enough to support the required amount of brain power.”Obesity,”he says.”will have been solved.”RobotsRodney Brooks,professor of robotice at MIT,says the problems of developing artificial intelligence for robots will be at least partly overc ome.As a result,”the possibilities for robots working with people will open up immensely”EnergyBill Joy,green technology expert in Califomia,says:”The most significant breakthrought would be to have an inexhaustible source of safe,green energy that is substantially cheaper than any existing energy source.”Ideally,such a source would be safe in that it could not be made into weapons and would not make hazardous or toxic waste or carbon dioxide,the main greenhouse gas blamed for global warming.SocietyGe offrey Miller,evolutionary psychologist at the University of New Mexico,says:”The US will follow the UKin realizing that religion is nor a prerequisite (前提)for ordinary human decency. “This,science will kill religion-not by reason challenging faith but by offering a more practical,uniwersal and rewarding moral frameworkfor human interaction.”He also predicts that “ahsurdly wasteful”displays of wealth will become umfashionable while the importance of close-knit communities and families will become clearer.These there changer,he says,will help make us all”brighe\ter,wiser,happier and kinder”.注意：此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。
英语六级长对话听力真题原文
英语六级长对话听力真题原文英语六级长对话听力真题原文长对话也是六级听力的必考题型，而且长对话较之短对话更加难以把握，因此考生一定要做好练习，掌握一些英语六级长对话的听力技巧。
下面是店铺为大家准备的英语六级长对话听力真题原文，希望对大家有用。
题目：9. What does the woman intend to do9. A. Persuade the man to join her company.B. Employ the most up-to-date technology.C. Export bikes to foreign markets.D. Expand their domestic business.答案： C) Export bikes to foreign markets (理解原文)10. Why does the man think it’s safe to focus on the home market?10. A. The state subsidizes small and medium enterprises.B. The government has control over bicycle imports.C. They can compete with the best domestic manufactures.D. They have a cost advantage and can charge higher prices.答案：B) The government has control over bicycle imports(视听一致)11. What is the man’s concern about selling bikes abroad?11. A. Extra costs might eat up their profits abroad.B. More workers will be needed to do packaging.C. They might lose to foreign bike manufacturers.D. It is very difficult to find suitable local agents.答案：A) Extra costs might eat up their profits abroad(理解原文)12. What do the speakers agree to do?12. A. Report to the management.B. Attract foreign investments.C. Conduct a feasibility study.D. Consult financial experts.答案：C) Conduct a feasibility study(视听一致)W: Jack, sit down and listen. This is important. we’ll have to tackle the problems of the exporting step by step. And the first move is to get an up-to-date picture of where we stand now。
2008.6英语四级听力真题及详解(附原文)
2008.6Section A11. A) Give his ankle a good rest.B) Treat his injury immediately.C) Continue his regular activities.D) Be careful when climbing steps.12. A) on a train.B) On a plane.C) In a theater.D) In a restaurant.13. A) A tragic accident.B) A fad occasionC) Smith's unusual life story.D) Smith's sleeping problem.14. A) Review the details of all her lessons.B) Compare notes with his classmates.C) Talk with her about his learning problems.D) Focus on the main points of her lectures.15. A) the man blamed the woman for being careless.B) The man misunderstood the woman's apology.C) The woman offered to pay for the man's coffee.D) The woman spilt coffee on the man's jacket.16. A) extremely tedious.B) Hard to understand.C) Lacking a good plot.D) Not worth seeing twice.17. A) attending every lecture.B) Doing lots of homework.C) Reading very extensively.D) Using test-taking strategies.18. A) the digital TV system will offer different programs.B) He is eager to see what the new system is like.C) He thinks it unrealistic to have 500 channels.D) The new TV system may not provide anything better.Questions 19 to 22 are based on the passage you have just heard.19. A) a notice by the electricity board.b) Ads promoting electric appliances.C) The description of a thief in disguise.D) A new policy on pensioners’ welfare.20. A) speaking with a proper accent.b) Wearing an official uniform.c) Making friends with themd) Showing them his ID.21. A) to be on the alert when being followed.b) Not to leave senior citizens alone at home.c) Not to let anyone in without an appointment.d) To watch out for those from the electricity board.22. A) she was robbed near the parking lot.b) All her money in the bank disappeared.c) The pension she had just drawn was stolen.d) She was knocked down in the post office.Question 23 to 25 is based on the passage you have just heard.23. A) marketing consultancy.b) Professional accountancy.c) Luxury hotel management.D) Business conference organization24. A) having a good knowledge of its customs.b) Knowing some key people in tourism.c) Having been to the country before.d) Being able to speak Japanese.25. A) it will bring her potential into full play.b) It will involve lots of train travel.c) It will enable her to improve her Chinese.d) It will give her more chances to visit Japan.Section BPassage OneQuestion 26 to 28 is based on the passage you have just heard.26. A) the lack of timeb) The quality of life.c) The frustrations at work.d) The pressure on working families.27. A) They were just as busy as people of today.b) They saw the importance of collective efforts.c) They didn't complain as much as modern man.D) They lived a hard life by hunting and gathering.28. A) to look for creative ideas of awarding employees.b) To explore strategies for lowering production costs.c) To seek new approaches to dealing with complaints.d) To find effective ways to give employees flexibility.Passage TwoQuestion 29 to 31 is based on the passage you have just heard.29. A) family violence.b) His children's efforts.c) Her father's disloyalty.D) His second wife's positive influence.30. A) his advanced age.b) His children's efforts.c) His improved financial condition.D) His second wife's positive influence.31. A) love is blind.B) Love breeds love.c) Divorce often has disastrous consequences.d) Happiness is hard to find in blended families.Passage ThreeQuestion 32 to 35 is based on the passage you have just heard.32. A) it was located in a parkb) Its owner died of a heart attackc) It went bankrupt all of sudden.d) Its potted plants were for lease only.33. A) planting some trees in the greenhouseb) Writing a want ad to a local newspaperc) Putting up a going out of business signd) Helping a customer select some purchases34. A) opening an office in the new office parkb) Keeping better relations with her companyc) Developing fresh business opportunitiesD) Building a big greenhouse of his own35. A) owning the greenhouse one dayb) Securing a job at the office parkc) Cultivating more potted plants.d) Finding customers out of townKey：Section A11. A) M: Today’s a bad day for me. I fell off a step and twisted my ankles.W: Don't worry. Usually ankle injuries heal quickly if you stop regular activities for a while.Q: What does the woman suggest the man do?请求建议题。
2008年6月大学英语六级A卷听力真题与答案
2008年6月大学英语六级A卷真题Part III Listening Comprehension (35minutes)Section A11. A) The man might be able to play in the World Cup. B) The man’s football career seems to be at an end.C) The man was operated on a few weeks ago. D) The man is a fan of world-famous football players.12. A) Work out a plan to tighten his budget B) Find out the opening hours of the cafeteria.C) Apply for a senior position in the restaurant. D) Solve his problem by doing a part-time job.13. A) A financial burden. B) A good companion C) A real nuisance. D) A well-trained pet.14. A) The errors will be corrected soon. B) The woman was mistaken herself.C) The computing system is too complex. D) He has called the woman several times.15. A) He needs help to retrieve his files. B) He has to type his paper once more.C) He needs some time to polish his paper. D) He will be away for a two-week conference.16. A) They might have to change their plan. B) He has got everything set for their trip.C) He has a heavier workload than the woman. D) They could stay in the mountains until June 8.17. A) They have to wait a month to apply for a student loan. B) They can find the application forms in the brochure.C) They are not eligible for a student loan. D) They are not late for a loan application.18. A) New laws are yet to be made to reduce pollutant release. B) Pollution has attracted little attention from the public.C) The quality of air will surely change for the better. D) It’ll take years to bring air pollution under control. Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard.19. A) Enormous size of its stores. B) Numerous varieties of food.C) Its appealing surroundings. D) Its rich and colorful history.20. A) An ancient building. B) A world of antiques.C) An Egyptian museum. D) An Egyptian Memorial.21. A) Its power bill reaches £9 million a year. B) It sells thousands of light bulbs a day.C) It supplies power to a nearby town. D) It generates 70% of the electricity it uses.22. A) 11,500 B) 30,000 C) 250,000 D) 300,000Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.23. A) Transferring to another department. B) Studying accounting at a universityC) Thinking about doing a different job. D) Making preparations for her wedding.24. A) She has finally got a promotion and a pay raise. B) She has got a satisfactory job in another company.C) She could at last leave the accounting department. D) She managed to keep her position in the company.25. A) He and Andrea have proved to be a perfect match. B) He changed his mind about marriage unexpectedly.C) He declared that he would remain single all his life. D) He would marry Andrea even without meeting her. Section BPassage OneQuestions 26 to 29 are based on the passage you have just heard.26.A) They are motorcycles designated for water sports.B) They are speedy boats restricted in narrow waterways.C) They are becoming an efficient form of water transportation.D) They are getting more popular as a means or water recreation.27.A) Water scooter operators’ lack of experience. B) Vacationers’ disregard of water safety rules.C) Overloading of small boats and other craft. D) Carelessness of people boating along the shore.28.A) They scare whales to death. B) They produce too much noise.C) They discharge toxic emissions. D) They endanger lots of water life.29.A)Expand operating areas. B) Restrict operating hours.C) Limit the use of water scooters. D) Enforce necessary regulations.Passage TwoQuestions 30 to 32 are based on the passage you have just heard.30.A) They are stable. B) They are close. C) They are strained. D) They are changing.31.A) They are fully occupied with their own business. B) Not many of them stay in the same place for long.C) Not many of them can win trust from their neighbors. D) They attach less importance to interpersonal relations.32.A) Count on each other for help. B) Give each other a cold shoulder.C) Keep a friendly distance. D) Build a fence between them.Passage ThreeQuestions 33 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.33.A) It may produce an increasing number of idle youngsters.B) It may affect the quality of higher education in America.C) It may cause many schools to go out of operation.D) It may lead to a lack of properly educated workers.34. A）It is less serious in cities than in rural areas. B) It affects both junior and senior high schools.C) It results from a worsening economic climate. D) It is a new challenge facing American educators.35. A) Allowing them to choose their favorite teachers. B) Creating a more relaxed learning environment.C) Rewarding excellent academic performance. D) Helping them to develop better study habits. Section CI'm interested in the criminal justice system of our cou ntry. It seems to me that something has to be done if we’re to (36) __ ____________as a country. I certainly don't know what the answers to our problems are. Things certainly get (37) ________________in a hurry when you get into them. But I wonder if something couldn't be done to deal with some of these problems. One thing I'm concerned about is our practice of putting (38) ____________ _____ in jail who haven't harmed anyone. Why not work out some system (39) _________________ they can pay back the debts they owe society instead of (40) ___ ____________another debt by going to prison, and of course, coming under the (41) ________________of hardened criminals? I'm also concerned about the short prison sentences people are (42) ____________ ______ for serious crimes. Of course, one alternative to this is to (43) __________________ capital punishment, but I'm not sure I would be for that. I'm not sure it's right to take an eye for eye. (44) _________________. I also think we must do something about the insanity plea. In my opinion, anyone who takes another person’s life intentionally is insane; however, (45) _________________________________________________________________. It’s sad, of course, that a person may have to spend the rest of his life, or (46) __________________________________.2008年6月大学英语六级A卷参考答案Part 3 Listening ComprehensionSection A11. D) The man is a fan of world-famous football players.12. D) Solve his problem by doing a part-time job.13. C) A real nuisance.14. A) The errors will be corrected soon.15. B) He has to type his paper once more.16. A) They might have to change their plan.17. D) They are not late for a loan application.18. C) The quality of air will surely change for the better.19. B) Numerous varieties of food.20. B) A world of antiques.21. D) It generates 70% of the electricity it uses.22. B) 30,00023. C) Thinking about doing a different job.24. A) She has finally got a promotion and a pay raise.25. B) He changed his mind about marriage unexpectedly.Section BPassage 126. D) They are getting more popular as a means of water recreation.27. A) Water scooter operators lack of experience.28. B) They produce too much noise.29. D) Enforce necessary regulations.Passage 230. D) They are changing.31. B) Not many of them stay in the same place for long.32. C) Keep a friendly distance.Passage 333. D) It may lead to a lack of properly educated workers.34. B) It affects both junior and senior high schools.35. C) Rewarding excellent academic performance.Section C36. survive37. complicated38. offenders39. whereby40. incurring41. influence42. serving43. restore44. The alternative to capital punishment is longer sentences. But they would certainly cost the tax payers much money.45. that does not mean that person isn't guilty of the crime, or that he shouldn't pay society the debt he owes.46. a large part of it in prison for acts that he committed while not in full control of his mind.。
6月大学英语六级听力原文文字版
6月大学英语六级听力原文文字版Section A短对话1W: Can you come to the concert with me this weekend? Or do you have to prepare for exams?M: I still have a lot to do, but maybe a break would do me good.Q: What will the man probably do?2W: What does the paper say about the horrible incident that happened this morning on flight 870 to Hongkong?M: It ended with the arrest of the 3 hijackers. They have forced the plane to fly to Japan, but all the passengers and crew members landed safely.Q: What do we learn from the conversation?3M: Hello, this is the most fascinating article I've ever come across. I think you should spare some time to read it.W: Oh, really? I thought that anything about the election will be tedious.Q: What are the speakers talking about?4W: I'm not going to trust the restaurant credit from that magazine again. The food here doesn't taste anything like what we had in Chinatown.M: It definitely wasn't worth the wait.Q: What do we learn from the conversation?5W: Do you know what's wrong with Mark? He's been acting very strange lately.M: Come on. With his mother hospitalized right after he's taken on a new job. He's just gone a lot on his mind.Q: What do we learn from the conversation about Mark?6W: There were only 20 students at last night's meeting, so nothing could be loaded on.M: That's too bad. They'll have to turn up in great numbers if they want a voice on campus issues.Q: What does the man mean?7M: I try to watch TV as little as possible, but it's so hard.W: I didn't watch TV at all before I retired, but now I can hardly tear myself away from it.Q: What do we learn from the conversation?8W: I'm having a problem registering for the classes I want.M: That's too bad, but I'm pretty sure you'll be able to work everything out before this semester starts.Q: What does the man mean?长对话Conversation 1W: Jack, sit down and listen. This is important. we’ ll have to tackle the problems of the exporting step by step. And the first move is to get an up-to-date picture of where we stand now.M: Why don’t we just concentrate on expending here at home?W: Of course, we should hold on to our position here. But you must admit the market here is limited.M: Yes, but i t’s safe. The government keeps out foreigners with import controls. So I must admit I feel sure we could hold our own against foreign bikes.W: I agree. That’s why I am suggesting exporting. Because I feel we can compete with the best of them.M: What you are really saying is that we’d make more profit by selling bikes abroad, where we have a cost advantage and can charge high prices.W: Exactly.M: But, wait a minute. Packaging, shipping, financing, etc. will push up our cost and we could no better off, maybe worse off.W: OK. Now there are extra cost involved. But if we do it right, they can be built into the price of the bike and we can still be competitive.M: How sure are you about our chances of success in the foreign market?W: Well, that’s the sticky one. It’s going to need a lot of research. I’m hoping to get your help. Well, come on, Jack. Is it worth it, or not?M: There will be a lot of problems.W: Nothing we can’t handle.M: Um… I’m not that hopeful. But, yes, I think we should go ahead with the feasibility study.W: Marvelous, Jack. I was hoping you be on my side.9. What does the woman intend to do?10. Why does the man think it’s safe to focus on the home market?11. What is the man’s concern about selling bikes abroad?12. What do the speakers agree to do?Conversation 2W: What does the term “alternative energy source” mean?M: When we think of energy or fuel for our homes and cars, we think of petroleum, a fossil fuel processed from oil removed from the ground, of which there was a limited supply. But alternative fuels can be many things. Wind, sun and water can all be used to create fuel.W: Is it a threat of running out of petroleum real?M: It has taken thousands of years to create the natural stores of petroleum we have now. we are using what is available at a much faster rate that it is being produced over time. The real controversy surrounding the mass petroleum we have is how much we need to keep in reserve for future use. Most experts agree that by around 2025, the petroleum we use will reach a peak. Then production and availability will begin to seriously decline. This is not to say there will be no petroleum at this point. But it’ll become very difficult and therefore expensive to extract.。
英语六级听力真题长对话
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英语六级听力真题长对话篇1Conversation OneM: So how long have you been a Market Research Consultant?W: Well, I started straight after finishing university.M: Did you study market research?W: Yeah, and it really helped me to get into the industry, but I have to say that it's more important to get experience in different types of market research to find out exactly what you're interested in.M: So what are you interested in?W: Well, at the moment, I specialize in quantitative advertising research, which means that I do two types of projects. Trackers, which are ongoing projects that look at trends or customer satisfaction over a long period of time. The only problem with trackers is that it takes up a lot of your time. But you do build up a good relationship with the client. I also do a couple of ad-hoc jobs which are much shorter projects.M: What exactly do you mean by ad-hoc jobs?W: It's basically when companies need quick answers to their questions about their consumers' habits. They just ask for one questionnaire to be sent out for example, so the time you spend on an ad-hoc project tends to be fairly short.M: Which do you prefer, trackers or ad-hoc?W: I like doing both and in fact I need to do both at the sametime to keep me from going crazy. I need the variety.M: Can you just explain what process you go through with a new client?W: Well, together we decide on the methodology and the objectives of the research. I then design a questionnaire. Once the interviewers have been briefed, I send the client a schedule and then they get back to me with deadlines. Once the final charts and tables are ready, I have to check them and organize a presentation.M: Hmm, one last question, what do you like and dislike about your job?W: As I said, variety is important and as for what I don't like, it has to be the checking of charts and tables.Questions 1 to 4 are based on the conversation you have just heard.Q1: What position does the woman hold in the company?Q2: What does the woman specialize in at the moment?Q3: What does the woman say about trackers?Q4: What does the woman dislike about her job?Conversation TwoW: Hello, I'm here with Frederick. Now Fred, you went to university in Canada?M: Yeah, that's right.W: OK, and you have very strong views about universities in Canada. Could you please explain?M: Well, we don't have private universities in Canada. They’re all public. All the universities are owned by the government, so there is the Ministry of Education in charge of creating the curriculum for the universities and so there is not much room for flexibility. Since it's a government operatedinstitution, things don't move very fast. If you want something to be done, then their staff do not have so much incentive to help you because he's a worker for the government. So I don't think it's very efficient. However, there are certain advantages of public universities, such as the fees being free. You don't have to pay for your education. But the system isn't efficient, and it does not work that well.W: Yeah, I can see your point, but in the United States we have many private universities, and I think they are large bureaucracies also. Maybe people don't act that much differently, because it’s the same thing working for a private university. They get paid for their job. I don’t know if they're that much more motivated to help people. Also, we have a problem in the United States that usually only wealthy kids go to the best schools and it's kind of a problem actually.M: I agree with you. I think it's a problem because you're not giving equal access to education to everybody. It’s no t easy, but having only public universities also might not be the best solution. Perhaps we can learn from Japan where they have a system of private and public universities. Now, in Japan, public universities are considered to be the best.W: Right. It's the exact opposite in the United States.M: So, as you see, it's very hard to say which one is better.W: Right, a good point.Questions 5 to 8 are based on the conversation you have just heard.Q5: What does the woman want Frederick to talk about?Q6: What does the man say about the curriculum in Canadian universities?Q7: On what point do the speakers agree?Q8: What point does the man make at the end of the conversation?英语六级听力真题长对话篇2Lecture 1The negative impacts of natural disasters can be seen everywhere. In just the past few weeks, the world has witnessed the destructive powers of earthquakes in Indonesia, typhoons in the Philippines, and the destructive sea waves that struck Samoa and neighboring islands.A study by the Center for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters finds that, between 1980 and 2007, nearly 8,400 natural disasters killed more than two-million people. These catastrophic events caused more than $1.5 trillion in economic losses.U.N. weather expert Geoffrey Love says that is the bad news. "Over the last 50 years, economic losses have increased by a factor of 50. That sounds pretty terrible, but the loss of life has decreased by a factor of 10 simply because we are getting better at warning people. We are making a difference. Extreme events, however, will continue to occur. But, the message is that they may not be disasters."Love, who is director of Weather and Disaster Risk Reduction at the World Meteorological Organization, says most of the deaths and economic losses were caused by weather, climate, or water-related extremes. These include droughts, floods, windstorms, strong tropical winds and wildfires.He says extreme events will continue. But, he says extreme events become disasters only when people fail to prepare for them."Many of the remedies are well-known. From a planning perspective, it is pretty simple. Build better buildings. Don’tbuild where the hazards will destroy them. From an early-warning perspective, make sure the warnings go right down to the community level. Build community action plans. ”The World Meteorological Organization points to Cuba and Bangladesh as examples of countries that have successfully reduced the loss of life caused by natural disasters by taking preventive action.It says tropical cyclones formerly claimed dozens, if not hundreds of lives, each year, in Cuba. But, the development of an early-warning system has reversed that trend. In 2008, Cuba was hit by five successive hurricanes, but only seven people were killed.Bangladesh also has achieved substantial results. Major storm surges in 1970 and 1991 caused the deaths of about 440,000 people. Through careful preparation, the death toll from a super tropical storm in November 2007 was less than 3,500.Q16. What is the talk mainly about?Q17. How can we stop extreme events from turning into events?Q18. What does the example of Cuba serve to show?Lecture 2As U.S. banks recovered with the help of American government and the American taxpayers, president Obama held meetings with top bank execut ives, telling them it’s time to return the favor. “The way I see it are banks now having a greater obligation to the goal of a wide recovery,” he said. But the president may be giving the financial sector too much credit. “It was in a free fall, and it was a very scary period.” Economist Martin Neil Baily said. After the failure of Lehman Brothers, many of the world’s largest banks feared the worst as the collapse ofthe housing bubble exposed in investments in risky loans.Although he says the worst is just over, Bailey says the banking crisis is not. More than 130 US banks failed in 2009. He predicts high failure rates for smaller, regional banks in 2010 as commercial real estate loans come due."So there may actually be a worsening of credit availability to small and medium sized businesses in the next year or so."Analysts say the biggest problem is high unemployment, which weakens demand and makes banks reluctant to lend. But US Bankcorp chief Richard Davis sees the situation differently."We're probably more optimistic than the experts might be.With that in mind, we're putting everything we can, lending is the coal to our engine, so we want to make more loans. We have to find a way to qualify more people and not put ourselves at risk."While some economists predict continued recovery in the future, Baily says the only certainty is that banks are unlikely to make the same mistakes - twice. "You know, forecasting's become a very hazardous business so I don't want to commit myself too much. I don't think we know exactly what's going to happen but it's certainly possible that we could get very slow growth over the next year or two.”If the economy starts to shrink again, Baily says it would make a strong case for a second stimulus -- something the Obama administration hopes will not be necessary.Q19. What dose president Obama hope the banks will do?Q20. What is Martin Neil Baily’s prediction about the financial situation in the future?Q21. What does U.S. Bankcorp chief Richard Davis say about its future operation?Q22. What does Martin Neil Baily think of a second stimulus to the economy?英语六级听力真题长对话篇3Section ADirections: In this section, you will hear two long conversations. At the end of eachconversation, you will hear four questions. Both the conversation and the questions will bespoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer. from the fourchoices marked A), B),C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with asingle line through the centre.注意：此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。
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2008年6月英语六级真题及答案解析(标准完整版)
2008年6月英语六级考试真题Part I Writing （30 minutes) Directions:For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay entitled Will E—books Replace Traditional Books? You should write at least 150 words following the outline given below。
1.随着信息技术的发展，电子图书越来越多2.有人认为电子图书会取代传统图书，理由是……3.我的看法Will E-books Replace Traditional Books？Part II Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning）(15 minutes)Directions:In this part，you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage quickly and answer the questions on Answer Sheet 1. For questions 1—7，choose the best answer from the four choices marked ［A]，[B］, ［C] and [D]。
For questions 8-10, complete the sentences with the information given in the passage。
What will the world be like in fifty years?This week some top scientists, including Nobel Prize winners，gave their vision of how the worldwill look in 2056,fron gas—powered cars to extraordinary health advances, John Ingham reports on whatthe world's finest minds believe our futures will be。
大学英语六级听力长对话原文练习
大学英语六级听力长对话原文练习勤学如春起之苗，不见其增，日有所长;辍学如磨刀之石，不见其损日有所减。
以下是店铺为大家搜索整理的大学英语六级听力长对话原文练习，希望能给大家带来帮助!M: I see your new resume that you worked as a manager of store called Computer Country, could you tell me a little more about your responsibilities there?W: Sure. I was responsible for overseeing about 30 employees. I did all of the orderings for the store and I kept track of the inventory.M: What was the most difficult part of your job?W: Prob ably handling angry customers. We didn’t have them very often, but when we did, I need to make sure they were well taken good care of. After all, the customer is always right.M: That’s how we feel here, too. How long did you work there?W: I was there for three and a half years. I left the company last month.M: And why did you leave?W: My husband has been transferred to Boston and I understand that your company has an opening there, too.M: Yes, that’s right. We do. But the position won’t start until early next month. Would that be a problem for you?W: No, not at all. My husband’s new job doesn’t begin for a few weeks, so we thought we would spend some time driving to Boston and stop to see my parents.M: That sounds nice. So, tell me, why are you interested in this particular position?W: I know that your company has a great reputation andwonderful product. I’ve thought many times that I would like to be a part of it. When I heard about the opening in Boston, I jumped to the opportunity.M: Well, I’m gl ad you did.Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard.Q19: What was the woman’s previous job?Q20: What does the woman say with the most difficult part of her job?Q21: Why is the woman looking for a job in Boston?Q22: When can the woman start to work if she gets the job?11:17Long Conversation 2W: Today, in this studio, we have Alberto Cuties, the well-known Brazilian advocator of the anti-global movement. He’s here to talk about the recent report stating that by 2050, Brazil will be one of the world’s wealthiest and most successful countries. Alberto, what do you say about this report?M: You know this isn’t the first time that people are saying Brazil will be a great economic power. The same thing was said over 100 years ago, but it didn’t happen.W: Yes, but you must admit the world’s a very different place now.M: Of course. In fact, I believe that there may be some truths in the predictions this time around. First of all, though, we must remember the problems facing Brazil at the moment.W: Such as?M: There’s an enormous gap between the rich and the poor in this country. In San Paulo, you can see shopping malls full of designer goods right next door to the slum areas without properwater or electricity supplies. A lot of work needs to be done to help people in those areas improve their lives.W: What needs to be done?M: Education, for example. For Brazil, to be successful, we need to offer education to all Brazilians. Successful countries, like South Korea and Singapore have excellent education systems. Brazil needs to learn from these countries.W: So you’re hopeful for the future?W: As I said earlier, I’m hopeful. This isn’t an easy job. We need to make sure that these important opportunities for Brazil aren’t wasted as they were in the past.Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.Q23: What does the recent report say about Brazil?Q24: What problem does Alberto say Brazil faces now?Q25: What does Alberto say about economically successful countries?。
大学英语六级听力考试原文（完整版）
⼤学英语六级听⼒考试原⽂(完整版) ⼤学英语四六级考试如何备考是每个考⽣都会关注的⼀个问题,以下是店铺为⼤家搜索整理的⼤学英语六级听⼒考试原⽂(完整版)，希望能给⼤家带来帮助! Section A Directions: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and2 long conversations. At the end of each conversation, one or more questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A), B), C) and D), and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. 11. M: I don’t know what to do. I have to drive to Chicago next Friday for my cousin’s wedding, but I have got a Psychology test to prepare for. W: Why don’t you record your notes so you can study on the way? Q: What does the woman suggest the man do? 12. M: Professor Wright, you may have to find another student to play this role, the lines are so long and I simply can’t remember them all. W: Look, Tony. It is still a long time before the first show. I don’t expect you to know all the lines yet. Just keep practicing. Q: What do we learn from the conversation? 13. M: Hello, this is Dr. Martin from the Emergency Department. I have a male patient with a fractured ankle. W: Oh, we have one bed available in ward 3, send him here and I will take care of him. Q: What are the speakers talking about? 14. W: Since Simon will graduate this May, the school paper needs a new editor. So if you are interested, I will be happy to nominate you. M: Thanks for considering me. But the baseball team is starting up a new season. And I’m afraid I have a lot on my hands. Q: What does the man mean? 15. W: Have you heard the news that Jame Smeil has resigned his post as prime minister? M: Well, I got it from the headlines this morning. It’s reported that he made public at this decision at the last cabinet meeting. Q: what do we learn about Jame Smeil? 16. W: The morning paper says the space shuttle is taking off at 10 a.m. tomorrow. M: Yeah, it’s just another one of this year’s routine missions. The first mission was undertaken a decade ago and broadcast live then worldwide. Q: what can we infer from this conversation? 17. M: We do a lot of camping in the mountains. What would you recommend for two people? W: You’d probably be better off with the four real drive vehicle. We have several off-road trucks in stock, both new and used. Q: Where does the conversation most probably take place? 18. W: I hear you did some serious shopping this past weekend. M: Yeah, the speakers of my old stereo finally gave out and there was no way to repair them. Q: What did the man do over the weekend? Conversation One W: Now, could you tell me where the idea for the business first came from? M: Well, the original shop was opened by a retired printer by the name of Gruby. Mr Gruby being left-handed himself, thought of the idea to try to promote a few products for left-handers. W: And how did he then go about actually setting up the business? M: Well, he looked for any left-handed products that might already be on the market which were very few. And then contacted the manufactures with the idea of having products produced for him, mainly in the scissors range to start with. W: Right. So you do commission some part of your stock. M: Yes, very much so. About 75 percent of our stock is specially made for us. W: And the rest of it? M: Hmm, the rest of it now, some 25, 30 years after Mr. Gruby’s initial efforts, there are more left-handed product actually on the market. Manufactures are now beginning to see that there is a market for left-handed products. W: And what’s the range of your stock? M: The range consists of a variety of scissors from children scissors to scissors for tailors, hairdressers etc. We also have a large range of kitchen ware. W: What’s the competition like? Do you have quite a lot of competition? M: There are other people in the business now in specialists, but only as mail-order outlets. But we have a shop here in central London plus a mail-order outlet. And we are without any doubt the largest supplier of the left-handed items. Q19: What kind of business does the man engaged in? Q20: What does the man say about his stock of products? Q21: What does the man say about other people in his line of business? Conversation Two M: Can we make you an offer? We would like to run the campaign for four extra weeks. W: well, can we summarize the problem from my point of view? First of all, the campaign was late. It missed two important trade affairs. The ads also did not appear into key magazines. As a result, the campaign failed. Do you accept that summary of what happened? M: well, the delay wasn’t entirely our fault. You did in fact make late changes to the specifications of the advertisements. W: Uh, actually, you were late with the initial proposals so you have very little time and in fact, we only asked for small changes. M: Well whatever, can we repeat our offer to run the campaign for 4 extra weeks? W: That’s not really the point. The campaign missed two key trade affairs. Because of this, we are asking you either to repeat the campaign next year for free, or we only pay 50% of the fee for this year. M: Could we suggest a 20% reduction to the fee together with the four week sustention to the campaign. W: We are not happy. We lost business. M: I think we both made mistakes. The responsibility is on both sides. W: Ok, let’s suggest a new solution. How about a 40% cut in fee, or a free repeat campaign? M: Well, let’s take a break, we’re not getting very far. Perhaps we should think about this. 22: What do we learn about the man’s company? 23: Why was the campaign delayed according to the man? 24: What does the woman propose as a solution to the problem? 25: What does the man suggest they do at the end of the conversation? Section B Passage One The University of Tennessee’s Walters Life Sciences building, is a model animal facility, spotlessly clean, careful in obtaining prior approval for experiments from an animal care committee. Of the 15,000 mice house there in a typical year, most give their lives for humanity. These are good mice and as such won the protection of the animal care committee. At any given time however some mice escape and run free. These mice are pests. They can disrupt experiments with the bacteria organisms they carry. They are bad mice and must be captured and destroyed. Usually, this is accomplished by means of sticky traps, a kind of fly paper on which they become increasingly stuck. But the real point of the cautionary tale, says animal behaviorist Herzau, is that the labels we put on things can affect our moral responses to them. Using stick traps or the more deadly snap traps would be deemed unacceptable for good mice. Yet the killing of bad mice requires no prior approval. Once the research animal hits the floor and becomes an escapee, says Herza, its moral standard is instantly diminished. In Herzau’s own home, there was more ironic example when his young son’s pet mouse Willy died recently, it was accorded a tearful ceremonial burial in garden. Yet even as they mourned Willy, says Herzau, he and his wife were setting snap traps to kill the pest mice in their kitchen with the bare change in labels from pet to pest, the kitchen mice obtained totally different moral standards Questions: 26, What does the passage say about most of the mice used for experiments? 27, Why did the so-called bad mice have to be captured and destroyed? 28, When are mice killed without prior approval? 29, Why does the speaker say what the Herzau’s did at home is ironical? Passage Two There are roughly three New Yorks. There is, first, the New York of the man or woman who was born here, who takes the city for granted and accepts its size and its turbulence as natural and inevitable. Second, there is the New York of the commuter — the city that is swallowed up by locusts each day and spat out each night. Third, there is the New York of the person who was born somewhere else and came to New York in quest of something. Of these three trembling cities the greatest is the last, the city of final destination, the city that has a goal. It is this third city that accounts for New York's high-strung disposition, its poetical deportment, its dedication to the arts, and its incomparable achievements. Commuters give the city its tidal restlessness; natives give it solidity and continuity; but the settlers give it passion. And whether it is a farmer arriving from Italy to set up a small grocery store in a slum, or a young girl arriving from a small town in Mississippi to escape the indignity of being observed by her neighbors, or a boy arriving from the Corn Belt with a manuscript in his suitcase and a pain in his heart, it makes no difference: each embraces New York with the intense excitement of first love, each absorbs New York with the fresh eyes of an adventurer, each generates heat and light to dwarf the Consolidated Edison Company. Questions 30 to 32 are based on the passage you have just heard. 30. What does the speaker say about the natives of New York? 31. What does the speaker say commuters give to New York? 32. What do we learn about the settlers of New York? Passage Three “If you asked me television is unhealthy”, I said to my roommate Walter, as I walked into the living room.“While you are sitting passively in front of the TV set, your muscles are turning to fat, your complexion is fading, and your eyesight is being ruined.” “Shh~”Walter put his finger to his lips, “This is an intriguing murder mystery.” “Really?” I replied. “But you know, the brain is destroyed by TV viewing. Creativity is killed by that box. And people are kept from communicating with one another. From my point of view, TV is the cause of the declining interest in school and the failure of our entire educational system.” “Ah ha, I can’t see your point.” Walter said softly. “But see? The woman on the witness stand in this story is being questioned about the murder that was committed one hundred years ago.” Ignoring his enthusiastic description of the plot, I went on with my argument. “As I see it,” I explained, “not only are most TV programs badly written and produced, but viewers are also manipulated by the mass media. As far as I am concerned, TV watchers are cut off from reality from nature, from the other people, from life itself! I was confident in my ability to persuade. After a short silence, my roommate said, “Anyway, I’ve been planning to watch the football game. I am going to change the channel.” “Don’t touch that dial!” I shouted, “I wanted to find out how the mystery turns out!” I am not sure I got my point to cross. Questions 33- 35 are based on the passage you have just heard. 33. As the speaker walked into the living room, what was being shown on TV? 34. What does the speaker say about watching television? 35. What can we say about the speaker? Section C Compound Dictation In the past, one of the biggest disadvantages of machines has been their inability to work on a micro scale. For example, doctors did not have devices allowing them to go inside the human body to detect health problems or to perform delicate surgery. Repair crews did not have a way of identifying broken pipes located deep within a high-rise apartment building. However, that’s about to change. Advances in computers and biophysics have started a micro miniature revolution that allows scientists to envision and in some cases actually build microscopic machines. These devices promise to dramatically change the way we live and work. Micromachines already are making an impact. At Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, research scientists have designed a 4-inch silicon chip that holds 700 tiny primitive motors. At Lucas Nova Sensor in Fremont, California, scientists have perfected the world’s first microscopic blood-pressure sensor. Threaded through a person’s blood vessels, the sensor can provide blood pressure readings at the valve of the heart itself. Although simple versions of miniature devices have had an impact, advanced versions are still several years away. Auto manufacturers, for example, are trying to use tiny devices that can sense when to release an airbag and how to keep engines and breaks operating efficiently. Some futurists envision nanotechnology also being used to explore the deep sea in small submarine, or even to launch finger-sized rockets packed with micro miniature instruments. “There is an explosion of new ideas and applications,” So, when scientists now think about future machines doing large and complex tasks, they’re thinking smaller than ever before.【⼤学英语六级听⼒考试原⽂(完整版)】。
英语六级08年6月试题及答案
2008年6月大学英语六级考试A卷（真题+答案）2008年06月21日19:55 昂立英语第1 页感激昂立英语友情支持Part ⅠWriting (30 minutes)注意：此部份试题在答题卡1上Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension(Skimming and Scanning)(15 minutes)Directions: In this part, you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage q uickly and answer the questions on Answer Sheet 1 For questions 1-7,choose the best answer from the four choices marked A),B),C)and D. For questions 8-10,co mplete the sentences with the information given in the passage.What will the world be like in fifty years?This week some top scientists, including Nobel Prize winners, gave their visi on of how the world will look in 2056,fron gas-powered cars to extraordinary he alth advances, John Ingham reports on what the world’s finest minds believe o u r futures will be.For those of us lucky enough to live that long,2056 will be a world of alm ost perpetual youth, where obesity is a remote memory and robots become our c ompanions.We will be rubbing shoulders with aliens and colonizing outer space. Better still, our descendants might at last live in a world at peace with itself.The prediction is that we will have found a source of inexbaustible, safe, gr een energy, and that science will have killed off religion. If they are right we wil l have removed two of the main causes of war-our dependence on oil and religi ous prejudice.Will we really, as today’s scientists claim, be able to live for ever or at lea st cheat the ageing process so that the average person lives to 150?Of course, all these predictions come with a scientific health warning. Harva rd professor Steven Pinker says: “This is an invitation to look foolish, as with t he predictions of domed cities and nuclear-powered vacuum cleaners that were m ade 50 year ago.”Living longerAnthony Atala, director of the Wake Forest Institute in North Carolina, beli ves failing organs will be repaired by injecting cells into the body. They will natu rally to straight to the injury and help heal it. A system of injections without needles could also slow the ageing process by using the same process to “tune” cells.Bruce Lahn, professor of human genetics at the University of Chicago, antici pates the ability to produce“unlimited supplies”of transplantable human organs without the needed a new organ, such as kidney, the surgeon would contact a c ommercial organ producer, give him the patient’s immuno-logical profile and wo uld then be sent a kidney with the correct tissue type.These organs would be entirely composed of human cells, grown by introdu cing them into animal hosts, and alloweing them to deveoop into and organ in place of the animal’s own. But Prof. Lahn believes that farmed brains would be “off limits”.He says: “Very few people would want to have their brains repl aced by someone else’s and we probably don’t wa nt to put a human brain in g an animal body.”Richard Miller, a professor at the University of Michigan, thinks scientist co uld develop“an thentic anti-ageing drugs” by working out how cells in larger a nimals such as whales and human resist many forms of injuries. He says:“It’s i s now routine, in laboratory mammals, to extend lifespan by about 40%. Turning on the same protective systems in people should, by 2056, create the first class of 100-year-olds who are as vigorous and productive as today’s people in their 60s”AliensConlin Pillinger ,professor of planerary sciences at the Open University,says:”I fancy that at least we will be able to show that life didi start to evolve on M ars well as Earth.”Within 50years he hopes scientists will prove that alien li fe ca me here in Martian meteorites(陨石).Chris McKay,a planetary scientist at NASA’s Ames Research that in 50 ye ars we may find evidence of alien life in ancient permanent forst of Mars or on other planers.He adds:”There is even a chance we will find alie n life forms here on mi ghtbe as different as English is to Chinese.Priceton professor Freeman Dyson thinks it “likely” that life form outer s pace will be discovered defore 2056 because the tools for finding it, such as opti cal and radio detection and data processing,are improving.He ays:”As soon as the first evidence is found,we will know what to look for and additional discoveries are likely to follow discoveries are likely to have r evolutionary consequences for biology, astronomy and philosophy. They may chan ge the way we look at ourselves and our place in the universe.Colonies in spaceRichard Gottprofessor of astrophysics at Princeton,hopes man will set up a self-sufficient colony on Mars,which would be a “life insurance policy against wh atever catastrophes,natural or otherwise,might occur on Earth.“The real space race is whether we will colonise off Earth on to other wo rlds before money for the space programme runs out.”Spinal injuriesEllen Heber-Katz,a professor at the Wistar Institude in Philadelphia,foresees cures for inijuries causing paralysis such as the one that afflicated Superman star Christopher Reeve.She says:”I believe that the day is not far off when we will be able to pro fescribe drugs that cause severes(断裂的) spinal cords to heal,hearts to regenerate and lost limbs to regrow.“People will come to expect that injured or diseased organs are meant to be repaired from within,inmuch the same way that we fix an appliance or autom obile:by replancing the damaged part with a manufacturer-certified new part.”She predict that within 5 to 10 years fingers and toes will be regrown and limbs will start to be regrown a few years later. Reparies to the nervous system will start with optic nerves and,in time,the spinal cord.”Within 50years whole body replace ment will be routine,” adds.ObesitySydney Brenner,senior distinguished fellow of the Crick-Jacobs Center in Cali fornia,won the 2002 Noblel Prize for Medicine and says that if there is a global disaster some humans will survive-and evolition will favour small people with bod ies large enough to support the required amount of brain power.”Obesity,”he s ays.”will have been solved.”RobotsRodney Brooks,professor of robotice at MIT,says the problems of developing artificial intelligence for robots will be at least partly a result,”the possibilities for robots working with people will open up immensely”EnergyBill Joy,green technology expert in Califomia,says:”The most significant break throught would be to have an inexhaustible source of safe,green energy that is s ubstantially cheaper than any existing energy source.”Ideally,such a source would be safe in that it could not be made into weap ons and would not make hazardous or toxic waste or carbon dioxide,the main gr eenhouse gas blamed for global warming.SocietyGeoffrey Miller,evolutionary psychologist at the University of New Mexico, says:”The US will follow the UKin realizing that religion is nor a prerequisite (前提)for ordinary human decency.“This,science will kill religion-not by reason challenging faith but by offer ing a more practical,uniwersal and rewarding moral frameworkfor human interactio n.”He also predicts that “ahsurdly wasteful”displays of wealth will become umfashionable while the importance of close-knit communities and families will b ecome clearer.These there changer,he says,will help make us all”brighe\ter,wiser,happier and kinder”.注意：此部份试题请在答题卡1上作答。
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四、 2008年 6月六级听长对话原文
Conversation One
W: Tell me, Peter, what makes Harrods so famous?
M: Well, it’s the biggest department store in the UK. And its food hall and the Egyptian hall are very famous. People come to Harrods just to see them.
W: What is special about the food hall?
M: It sells many different kinds of food. For example, it has 250 kinds of cheese from all over the world and more than 180 kinds of bread. Customers also love all the different kinds of chocolate. They buy a hundred tons every year.
W: That’s amazing! And why is the Egyptian hall so famous?
M: Well, when people see it, they feel they are in another world. It looks like in Egyptian building from 4,000 years ago. And it sells beautiful objects. They are not 4,000 years old, of course.
W: Is it true that Harrods produces its own electricity?
M: Yes, it does.70%, enough for a small town. To light the outside of the building, we use 11,500 light bulbs.
W: Really? Tell me, how many customers do you have on an average day? And how much do they spend?
M: About 30,000 people come on an average day. But during the sales, the number increases to 300,000 customers a day. How much do they spent? Well, on average, customers spend about 1.5 million pounds a day. The record for one day is nine million pounds.
W: Nine million pounds in one day?
M: Yes, on the first day of the January sales.
W: Harrods says it sells everything to everybody, everywhere. Is that really true? M: Oh, yes. of course! Absolutely everything!
19. What is the food hall of Harrods noted for?
20. What does the Egyptian hall seem like to the customers?
21. What may customers find surprising about Harrods?
22. About how many customers come to Harrods on an average day? Conversation Two
W: Hi Kevin!
M: Hi Laura, long time no see! What have you been up to lately?
W: Not much. I can assure you. And you?
M: Much the same except I do have some big news.
W: Come on. This suspense is killing me.
M: No, really, what have you been doing these past few weeks? The last time I saw you, you were looking for a new job.
W: Well, that’s not exactly true. I was thinking about changing jobs. Luckily, they offered me a new position in the accounting department.
M: A step up in the big business world.
W: I wouldn’t exaggerate, but I am pleased. I had been h oping to get a promotion for a while. So when it finally came through, I was relieved. Actually, that’s why I was looking for a new job. I just didn’t want to work there anymore if they weren’t going to recognize my efforts.
M: Right, sometimes you can do your best and it seems like the others don’t know you exist. I hope the money’s better.
W: I got a reasonable raise, now enough about me. I’m dying to hear your news. M: I am getting married.
W: No, you said you’d never get married.
M: That was then and th is is now. You’ve got to meet Andrea, she’s great!
W: This is all news to me. I didn’t even know you were dating.
M: We weren’t. We’ve just been dating for two weeks now.
W: And you getting married?
M: I know. I can’t help it. I just know she’s the one.
W: Well, congratulations! That’s fantastic!
M: Thanks, I’m glad to hear you feel way.
23. What was the woman doing when the man last saw her? 24. Why does the woman say she was relieved?
25. Why is the woman surprised at the man’s news?。