【六级真题专项训练】——听力 填空2008.12-2012.12

Section C

Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from 36 to 43 with the exact words you have just heard. For blanks numbered from 44 to 46 you are required to fill in the missing information. For these blanks, you can either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the main points in your own words. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written.

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People with disabilities comprise a large but diverse segment of the population. It is (36)

______ that over 35 million Americans have physical, mental, or other disabilities. (37) ______ half of these disabilities are ―developmental,‖ i.e., they occur prior to the individual’s

twenty-second birthday, often from (38) ______ conditions, and are severe enough to affect three or more areas of development, such as (39) ______, communication and employment. Most other disabilities are considered (40) ______, i.e., caused by outside forces.

Before the 20th century, only a small (41) ______ of people with disabilities survived for long. Medical treatment for such conditions as stroke or spinal cord (42) ______ was unavailable. People whose disabilities should not have inherently affected their life span were often so mistreated that they (43) ______. Advancements in medicine and social services have created a climate in which (44) . Unfortunately, these basics are often all that is available. Civil liberties such as the right to vote, marry, get an education, and gain employment have historically been denied on the basis of disability.

(45) _______________________________________________________________________. Disabled people formed grassroots coalitions to advocate their rights to integration and meaningful equality of opportunity. (46) . In the mid-1970s, critical legislation mandated（规定）access to education, public transportation, and public facilities, and prohibited employment discrimination by federal agencies or employers receiving federal funds. 2012.6

About 700,000 children in Mexico dropped out of school last year as recession-stricken families pushed kids to work, and a weak economic recovery will allow only a

(36)_________improvement in the drop-out rate in 2010, a top education (37) _________said.

Mexico’s economy suffered more than any other in Latin America last year, (38)

_________an estimated 7 percent due to a (39) _________in U.S. demand for Mexican exports such as cars.

The (40) _________led to a 4 percent increase in the number of kids who left (41)

_________or middle school in 2009, said Juan de Dios Castro, who (42) _________the nation’s adult education program and keeps a close watch on drop-out rates.

―(43) _________rose and that is a factor that makes our job more difficult.‖ Castro told Reuters in an interview earlier this month.

(44)___________________________________________________________________________ ________________________.As a result, drop-out rates will not improve much, Castro said.

―There will be some improvement, but not significant,‖ Castro said.

(45)___________________________________________________________________________