新东方六级模拟题(1)作文听力原文及答案

听力原文及答案Part I WritingWith the development of the society, people now are more likely to assert their own rights. If their interests are harmed, they will get angry and violent. Is it wise to do this? No doubt, it is not. Admittedly, everyone has his right to defend his own interests. However, it is not wise to show your anger when someone does something wrong to you.There are numerous examples to illustrate this point. For instance, dormmates in college are supposed to share the responsibility of cleaning the dormitory. You shouldn’t get angry at your dormmate who occasionally doesn’t do his part in cleaning the dorm. Once or twice, you have to do the cleaning in his place. You may feel angry inside, but it’s wise not to pour your anger to him. It’s more sensible for you to talk it out with him and know reasons why he failed to do his duty. Maybe the reasons are understandable. Then you two can negotiate the best schedule to clean the dorm.All in all, it’s not wise to get mad at someone even if he seemingly harms you in some sense. It’s more desirable for you to know the reasons behind his behavior, and thus maintain a healthy friendship with him.Part II Listening Comprehension 听力原文Section A1. W: Some employers are protesting against being sacked by their employer.M: Yeah, the news is all over the Internet. But I think they deserve it for their inefficiency at work. Q: What does the man mean?2. W: Sue will turn 19 this Friday. It seems that she hasn’t found herself in handling her life in college. M: You said it. She tends to act in an irresponsible way, playing online games nonstop, absent in class meetings, and failing to hand in homework on time.Q: What does the man say about Sue?3. M: Hi, I’m Louis. I come to give back Susan’s school bag. I found it in the library. I take the liberty to find her address in her notebook in her bag.W: That’s very kind of you, Louis. Susan is out, and I’ll give it to her. Thanks again.Q: What do we learn about Susan from the conversation?4. M: Too many ways of learning oral English are proposed by educators. I’m at a loss about which is the best method to perfect my spoken English.W: Forget those theoretical arguments. Just open your mouth and practice as much as possible. You will benefit from this.Q: What do we learn from the conversation?5. M: How many more words should I write for the term paper. The word count says it’s almost 4,000 words.W: The rules for term paper say that 3,500 words will be up to the standards. You’ve written 500 words more than required.Q: What does the woman mean?6. W: Amanda has gone back home now. So I have to stay alone in our dorm tonight.M: I heard her mother was sick, so she went to take care of her. Is it right? She’s a great daughter. Q: What is Amanda going to do back home?7. W: It’s amazing. You’ve done the PowerPoint document for class presentation for our group all by yourself. You shouldn’t have tried so hard. After all, every member of our group wants to do his part. M: Let’s go over it together to see whether any improvement is needed. Later, I’ll seek advice from other group members.Q: What does the man mean?8. W: I don’t know whose class I will attend for this term’s Advanced Physics. There’s a long list of teachers teaching this course in the online registration system.M: When you’re uncertain, just follow others and choose the teacher others have chosen.Q: What does the man mean?Conversation OneW: I always commute to work by subway. It’s fast and convenient. But, some passengers sometimes are really annoying.M: Same here! There’re general rules for people to behave properly while taking subway. But, there’re some unspoken rules for taking the subway. Seems people don’t usually heed those rules.W: Yes, passengers are good when it comes to follow the written and published rules. But, they may violate those unspoken rules, perhaps because they are not so obvious and are very easy to be ignored.M: Say, passengers are not supposed to make noise during the morning rush hour. At that time, we’re tired and are trying hard to get prepared for work psychologically. What we need now is a moment’s peace in the subway. But, …….W: But, some people may try every means to break the peace by listening to loud music on their phone or mp3 player, or shouting on their phone to reschedule their appointments at work.M: Yes, they’re making a show of their rudeness. The result is that everyone around will hate them and plot their death secretly.W: They deserve it. By the way, it’s not proper to hug a pole in the subway on usual occasions. You can imagine, that’ll be a funny picture if one’s doing it in a public place.M: Definitely he will appear to be ridiculous. But, it’s advisable for a sensible man to stand properly, with only one hand on the pole. Of course, it’s better when he chooses to wear a pair of gloves.W: Yes, we don’t know who else has held the pole before. It’s necessary for one to carry hand sanitizer with him or her when taking the public transportation.M: That’s a good tip. Another tip may be that you should be kind to the pregnant, elderly, or disabled riders.W: It’s very sweet of you to mention this. They get up so early in the morning to take so crowded a subway. They must have had something urgent to handle. We should take the initiative to give up ourseats to them.Questions 9 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard.9. How will passengers react to published rules when taking the subway?10. If someone makes noise in the morning rush hour, how will other passengers respond?11. What’s the speaker s’ suggestion for taking the public transportation?Conversation TwoW: I travelled through Europe this summer holiday by train. It was a wonderful experience. If you plan to travel there someday, I suggest you go there by train, rather than by airplane.M: By train! Travelling around Europe by train must be time consuming. But you said it was wonderful.W: In fact, it saves time and money. You know, almost all airports are located out of the main city, it’s all about money and time you will spend to get to the heart of the city from the airport. However, railway stations in Europe are usually located right in the heart of the city or near it.M: Oh, I see. It is time saving. What other benefits of taking the train?W: There’re many benefits. For example, train travelling is more comfortable than travelling by plane. You will get a good leg space. Also, you can get sleeping compartment for a little more addition in the ticket.M: That sounds good. Sitting in a small chair on a plane for hours is a kind of torture.W: Besides, train travelling may bring you to beautiful scenic vista during the trip. It’s the best way of enjoying the beautiful European countryside that you will come across between two destinations.M: Yes, how wonderful it is to see those delicate and quiet places if you’re tired of dwelling in big cities.W: If you have had bought rail pass, you can hop on and hop off the train whenever you decide to visit those places on your way.M: That’ll be great! Besides, it seems, if you travel by train, there’s no need for you to get to the railway station several hours earlier for check-ins and security control, like what you have to do when taking a plane.Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.12. Where are railway stations usually located in Europe?13. Why is it very comfortable to travel by train?14. What’s the use of rail pass?15. What’s said about security control in train stations?Section BPassage OnePositive teacher-student relationships, featured by low conflict, a high degree of closeness andsupport, and little dependency, have been shown to support stude nts’ adjustment to school, contribute to their social skills, and promote academic performance. Teachers who experience close relationships with students reported that their students were less likely to avoid school, appeared more cooperative, and more engaged in learning.Students reported liking school more and experiencing less loneliness if they had a close relationship with their teachers. Students with better teacher-student relationships also showed better performance on measures of academic performance and school readiness. Teachers who use more learner-centered practices produced greater motivation in their students than those who used fewer of such practices. The learner-centered practices adopted include such practices that show sensitivity to individual differences among students, include students in the decision-making, and acknowledge students’ developmental, personal and relational needs.The quality of early teacher-student relationships has a long-lasting impact on students. Specifically, students who had more conflict with their teachers or showed more dependency toward their teachers in kindergarten also had lower academic achievement, as reflected in mathematics and language arts grades. And such students tend to have more behavioral problems, e.g., poorer work habits, more discipline problems.These findings were evident that students’ behavior problems are somehow related to problematic teacher-child relationships. These findings were greater for boys than for girls. Further work finds that children with more closeness and less conflict with teachers developed better social skills as they approached the middle school years.Questions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard.16.How can learner-centered teaching practices help the students?17. What will a child’s dependence toward his teacher in kindergarten lead to years later?18. What resulted in behavior problems in middle school students?Passage TwoDogs and humans have been living side-by-side for about 15,000 years, so you might think we know each other pretty well. Here are some little-known facts about man’s best friend.Humans and dog s aren’t so different after all, at least regarding what makes us sick. About 6 million dogs are diagnosed with cancer each year, and dogs get dog versions of rare human disorders, one of which leads to the inability to walk or control their muscles. While illness is sad for humans and pets alike, sharing diseases benefits both species. Clinical trials are easier to run on pets, like dogs, giving doctors an animal model of human disease, and find a chance for a cure.Dogs are sensitive to human diseases. If you have a severe illness, your dog might be the first to know. Studies have shown that dogs can be trained to detect cancers of the lung, breast, and skin. Researchers suspect the dogs are picking up an extraordinarily faint smell given off by the abnormal cells.Dogs are also being increasingly used as service animals for people with diabetes, whose health can be harmed when their blood sugar peaks or drops. Specially trained dogs can detect the scent of thesefluctuations and alert their owners before they even feel symptoms.Most mysterious of all about dogs are scattered reports that dogs can predict a heart attack 45 minutes before it begins. No one knows why, but theories have it that dogs may know it either by an unknown smell or by observing subtle behavioral changes of the patient.Questions 19 to 21 are based on the passage you have just heard.19. Why are dogs helpful in curing human diseases?20. What makes dogs sensitive to human diseases?21. How can a dog help a heart attack patient?Passage ThreePunctuality is a wonderful trait of a person, one to be admired and respected. Two years back when attending a workshop on business ethics, the instructor explained the meaning of punctuality and I would like to share his words of wisdom with you today. Punctuality displays a person’s respect for people and time. In a scheduled appointment, the late-comer usually gives an impression that he doesn’t value the other person’s time or considers his time more important than that of the other. This is exactly why candidates are never late at a job interview!Punctuality is more important at the workplace because it is here that you get paid for the hours you put in. While it may be appropriate for you to be fashionably late for a social event, it won’t be appreciated by the business where time is considered to be money in today’s growing economy. Many people work from home these days, to them punctuality means being available online during office hours, logging in into meetings punctually, and meeting project deadlines.While most of the companies all over the world do appreciate punctuality, others offer a more flexible working environment for their employees. In these companies, employees are assessed on their professional front like accomplishments and out of the box solutions, while punctuality takes a backseat. However, at the end of the day, punctuality does make a difference and if you want to earn and maintain the respect you wish to have at the workplace you cannot discard this wonderful human virtue.Questions 22 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.22. Why is being punctual of much importance to an individual?23. How do people think of the late-comer at an appointment?24. How can people working from home ensure their punctuality?25. Why do some companies offer a flexible working environment for their employees?Section CSuppose your daughter wants the new Britney Spears CD, or perhaps you’re looking to make a nice Christmas music compilation for playing over the holidays. For many people it is as simple as 26. going online, selecting the tracks, and downloading them. What isn’t so simple about downloading music is the copyright protection laws that people break everyday by downloading some music tracks off the Internet. To make matters 27. even more serious, some music can be lawfully downloaded, and for those that aren’t,laws regarding the sharing and downloading of music on the Internet 28. vary from country to country.In Canada, for example, downloading copyright music from the Internet is legal, but uploading those files is not. 29. Additionally Canada has imposed fees on recording mediums like blank CDs and similar 30. items. These taxes are used to fund musicians and songwriters for 31. revenues lost due to consumer copying. Canada has initially charged this tax on MP3 players, but a recent Supreme Court decision 32. ruled that the law was written in such a way that these players were exempt (免除) from the tax.The U.S. Digital Millennium Copyright Act is much stricter and 33. deems copying of copyrighted music as illegal, with the exception of making a copy for your own use. The U.S. Code protects copyright owners from the unauthorized reproduction, adaptation or 34. distribution of sound recordings, as well as certain 35. digital performances to the public. In more general terms, it is considered legal for you to purchase a music CD and record it to MP3 files for your own use.Part II Listening Comprehension1. B2. A3. B4.C5. A6. D7. B8. C9. A 10. A11. C 12. C 13. B 14. A 15. A 16. A 17. C 18. C 19. C 20. B21. A 22. A 23. A 24. D 25. B26. going online 27. even more serious 28. vary 29. Additionally 30. items31. revenues 32. ruled 33. deems 34. distribution 35. digitalPart III Reading Comprehension36. J 37. C 38. A 39. E 40. H 41. B 42. L 43. D 44. F 45. O46. G 47. M 48. H 49. B 50. I 51. O 52. E 53. F 54. D 55. C56. C 57. D 58. B 59. C 60. A 61. A 62. C 63. D 64. B 65. DPart IV TranslationIn a traditional Chinese wedding ceremony, heaven and earth shall witness a couple’s marriage. The Chinese were mainly Taoists or ancestor worshipers before foreign religions such as Christianity, Muslim or Buddhism entered ancient China. Taoists believed in the power of heaven and earth to witness important events on earth. It was also believed that a parent or family elder must acknowledge a union for it to be official. An official at the wedding would direct the bride and groom to pray to heaven and earth first, then to the groom parents or family elders and lastly to bow to each other. The official would then declared the ceremony completed successfully and asked the wedding guests to escort the couple into the bridal chamber.。