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听力短对话
11.
W: What's wrong with your phone, Gary? Itriedto call you all night yesterday.
M: I'm sorry. No one's able to getthroughyesterday. My telephone was disconnected by the phone company.
Q: What does the woman ask the man about?
12.
W: I finally found a really nice apartmentthat's within my price range.
M: Congratulations! Affordable housing israre in this city. I've been looking for a suitableplace since I got here sixmonths ago.
Q: What does the man mean?
13.
M: I got this in my mailbox today, but Idon't know what it is. Do you have any idea?
W: Oh, that's your number for the newphotocopier. It acquires an access code. Everyonegot one.
Q: What do we learn from the conversation?
14.
W: Jane told me that you'll be leaving atsoon. Is it true?
M: Yeah, my wife's maternity leave is closeto an end. And since she wants to go back towork, I've decided to take a yearoff to raise the baby.
Q: What does the man mean?
15
M: We'll never find a parking space here.What about dropping you at thesouth gate and I'llfind parking somewhere else.
W: Well, OK. It looks like everyone in towncame to the mall today.
Q: What does the woman mean?
16
W: When will the computers be back online?
M: Probably not until tomorrow. The problemis more complicated than I thought.
Q: What does the man mean?
17
M: Did you catch Professor Smith on TV lastnight?
W: I almost missed it, but my mother justhappened to be watching at home and gave me acall.
Q: What does the woman imply?
18
M: May I get this prescription refilled?
W: I'm sorry, sir, but we can't give you arefill on that. You'll have to get a newprescription.
Q:What can we infer from the conversation?
听力长对话原文1
Conversation One
W: Well, it’s the South Theater Company.Theywant to know if we’d be interested in sponsoring atour they want to maketo East Asia.
M: East Asia? uhh… and how much are theyhoping to get from us?
W: Well, the letter mentions 20,000 pounds,but I don’t know if they might settle for us.
M: Do they say what they would cover? Havethey anything specific in mind?
W: No, I think they are just asking all thefirms in tongue for as much money as they thinkthey’ll give.
M: And we are worth 20, 000 pounds, right?
W: It seems so.
M: Very flattering. But I am not awfullyhappy with the idea. What we get out of it?
W: Oh, good publicity I suppose. So what Isuggest is not that we just give them a sum ofmoney, but that we offer to payfor something specific like travel or something, and that inreturn, we ask forour name to be printed prominently in the program, and that they give usfreeadvertising space in it.
M: But the travel bill would be enormous,and we could never manage that.
W: I know. But why don’t we offer to payfor the printing of the programs ourselves oncondition that on the front coverthere's something like This program is presented with thecompliments ofNorland Electronics, and free advertising of course.
M: Good idea. Well, let’s get back to themand ask what the program they want will cost.Then we can see if we areinterested or not.
Questions 19-21 are based on theconversation you have just heard.
19. What do we learn about the SouthTheater Company?
20. What benefit does the woman say theirfirm can get by sponsoring the TheaterCompany?
21.What does the woman suggest they do instead of paying the South TheaterCompany’stravel expenses?
听力长对话原文2
Conversation Two
W: Rock stars now face a new hazard ---voice abuse. After last week's announcementthat Phil Collins might give uptouring because live concerts are ruining his voice, doctors arecounselingstars about the dos and don'ts of voice care. Here in the studio today, we haveMr.Paul Phillips, an expert from the High Field Hospital. Paul, what advicewould you give to singersfacing voice problems?
M: If pop singers have got voice problems,they really need to be more selective aboutwhere they work. They shouldn'twork in smoky atmospheres. They also need to think aboutresting their voicesafter a show. Something else they need to be careful about ismedicines.Aspirin, for example, singers should avoid aspirin. It thins the blood. And ifa singercoughs, this can result in the bruising of the vocal cords.
W: And is it true that some singers usedrugs before concerts to boost their voices whenthey have voice problems?
M: Yes, this does happen on occasion. Theyare easily-available on the continent and theyare useful if a singer hasproblems with his vocal cords and has to sing that night. But if theyare takenregularly, they cause a thinning of the voice muscle. Most pop singers sufferfrom threethings: lack of training, overuse and abuse of the voice, especiallywhen they are young. Theyhave difficult lives. When they go on tour, they do avast number of concerts, singing in smokyplaces.
W: So, what would you advise the singers todo?
M: Warm you voice up before a show and warmit down after.
Questions 22-25 are based on theconversation you have just heard.
22. What does last week's announcement sayabout rock star, Phil Collins?
23. What does Paul Philips say aboutaspirin?
24. What does Paul Philips say about youngpop singers?
25.What are the speakers mainly talking about?
听力短文原文
Passage 1
Would you trust a robot to park your car?Thequestion will confront New Yorkers in February asthe city's first roboticparking opens in Chinatown.
The technology has been successfullyapplied overseas, but the only other public roboticgarage in the United Stateshas been troublesome, dropping vehicles and trapping cars becauseof technicalproblems.
Nonetheless, the developers of theChinatown garage are confident with the technologyand are counting on it tosqueeze 67 cars in an apartment-building basement that wouldotherwise fit only24, accomplished by removing a maneuver space normally required.
A human-shaped robot won't be stepping intoyour car to drive it. Rather, the garage itselfdoes the parking. The driverstops the car on a flat platform and gets out. The platform islowered into thegarage, and it is then transported to a vacant parking space by acomputer-controlled device similar to an elevator that also runs sideways.
There is no human supervision, but anattendant will be on hand to accept cash and explainthe system to newly users.Parking rates will be attracted about $400 monthly or $25 per day,according toAri Milstein, the director of planning for Automation Parking Systems, which istheU.S. subsidiary of a German company. This company has built automatedgarages in severalcountries overseas and in the United States for residents ofa Washington, D.C. apartmentbuilding.
Questions 26 to 29 are based on the passageyou have just heard.
26. What do we learn about the robotparking in the U.S. so far?
27. What advantage does robotic parkinghave according to the developers?
28. What does the attendant do in theautomated garage?
29.What does the company say about the parking rate?
Passage 2
A recent study shows that meat consumptionis one of the main ways that human candamage the environment, second only tothe use of motor vehicles. So how can eating meathave a negative effect on theenvironment? For a start, all animals, such as cows, pigs andsheep, always gaslimed methane, which is the second most common green house gas aftercarbondioxide. Many environmental experts now believe that methane is moreresponsible forglobal warming than carbon dioxide. It is estimated that 25% ofall methane that released intothe atmosphere coming from farm animals. Anotherway in which meat production affects theenvironment is through the use ofwater and land. 2,500 gallons of water are needed toproduce one pound of beef.While 20 gallons of water are need to produce one pound ofwheat. One acre offarmland use to for raising cows can produce 250 pounds of beef. One acreoffarmland use to for crop production can produce 1,500 pounds of tomatoes. Manypeoplenow say the benefits of switching to vegetarian diet which excludes meatand fish. Not just forhealth reasons, but also because it plays a vital rolein protecting the environment. However,some nutritionists advise againstswitching to a totally strict vegetarian diet. They believe such adiet whichincludes no products from animal sources can be deficient in many of thenecessaryvitamins and minerals our bodies need. Today many people have come torealize that help theenvironment and for the human race to survive, more of uswill need to become vegetarian.
Questions 30 to 32 are based on the passageyou've just heard.
30. What does the recent study show?
31. What do some nutritionists say aboutthe strict vegetarian diet?
32. What does the speaker think more peopleneed to do?
Passage 3
Alcoholism is a serious disease. Nearlynine million Americans alone suffer from the illness.Many scientists disagreeabout what the differences are between the alcohol addict and socialdrinker.The difference occurs when someone needs to drink. And this need gets in theway ofhis health or behavior. Alcohol causes a loss of judgment and alertness.After a long period,alcoholism can deteriorate the liver, the brain and otherparts of the body. The illness isdangerous, because it is involved in half ofall automobile accidents. Another problem is that thevictim often denies beingan alcohol addict and won’t get help. Solutions do exist. Manyhospitals andcenters help patients cope. Without the assistance, the victim can destroy hislife.He would detach himself from the routines of life. He may lose hisemployment, home or lovedones.
All the causes of the sickness are notdiscovered yet. There is no standard for a person withalcoholism. Victimsrange in age, race, sex and background. Some groups of people aremorevulnerable to the illness. People from broken homes and North American Indiansare twoexamples. People from broken homes often lack stable lives. Indianslikewise had the traditionallife taken from them by white settlers who oftenencourage them to consume alcohol toprevent them from fighting back. The problemhas now been passed on. Alcoholism is clearlypresent in society today. Peoplehave started to get help and information. With properassistance, victims canput their lives together one day.
Question 33 to 35 are based on the passageyou have just heard.
Q33. What is the problem of the victimsabout alcoholism according to the speaker?
Q34. Why did white settlers introducealcohol to Indians?
Q35.What does the speaker seem to believe about those affected by alcoholism?
听力填空
Self-image is the picture you have ofyourself, thesort of person you believe you are. Included in yourself-imageare the categories in which you placeyourself, the roles you play and othersimilardescriptors you use to identify yourself. If you tellan acquaintanceyou are a grandfather who recently lost his wife and who does volunteer workonweekends, several elements of your self-image are bought to light — the rolesofgrandparent, widower and conscientious citizen.
But self-image is more than how you pictureyourself; it also involves how others see you.Three types of feedback fromothers are indicative of how they see us: conformation, rejection,anddisconfirmation. Conformation occurs when others treat you in a mannerconsistent withwho you believe you are.You believe you have leadershipabilities and your boss put you incharge of a new work team. On the otherhand, rejection occurs when others treat you in amanner that is inconsistentwith yourself definition. Pierre Salinger was appointed senator fromCaliforniabut subsequently lost his first election. He thought he was a good publicofficial, butthe voters obviously thought otherwise— Their vote wasinconsistent with his self-concept. Thethird type of feedback isdisconfirmation, which occurs when others fail to respond to yournotion ofself by responding neutrally. A student writes what he thinks is anexcellentcomposition, but the teacher writes no encouraging remarks. Rather than relyingonhow others classify you, consider how you identify yourself. The way inwhich you identifyyourself is the best refection of yourself-image.
11-15 BCDAA
16-20 BDCBA
21-25 CDDBC
26-30 ABABD
31-35 BCDAB
36. Included
37. categories
38. similar
39. acquaintance
40. recently
41. volunteer
42. citizen
43. indicative
44. You believe you have leadershipabilities and your boss put you in charge of a new workteam
45. He thought he was a good publicofficial, but the voters obviously thought otherwise
46.A student writes what he thinks is an excellent composition, but the teacherwrites noencouraging remarks
听力听写部分点评 短文谈论了self-image的定义和内涵,它包括两方面的内容,一方面是一个人对自我的描绘,一方面是别人对这个人的看法。文中conscientious 一词难度较大但不影响做题;单词听写中categories、acquaintance和volunteer的拼写需要注意;句子听写均为支持论点的例 子,结合上下文不难听出。
【听力听写部分解析】
36.
【答案】Included
【解析】空格所在的句子要表达的是“被包含在自我形象内的是……”,因此用被动;
37.
【答案】categories
【解析】categories表示“类别”,注意用复数;
38.
【答案】similar
【解析】此空难度较低,similar表示“相似的”;
39.
【答案】acquaintance
【解析】acquaintance含义为“相识的人”,拼写需注意;
40.
【答案】recently
【解析】recently表示“最近”,为时间状语;
41.
【答案】volunteer
【解析】volunteer work含义为“志愿者工作”,拼写需注意;
42.
【答案】citizen
【解析】citizen表示“市民”,空格前的conscientious表示“认真的,尽责的”;
43.
【答案】indicative
【解析】be indicative of为固定搭配,表示“暗示……,表明……”
44.
【答案】You believe you have leadership abilities and your boss put you incharge of a newwork team
【解析】本句关键词为leadership abilities和in charge of,in charge of含义为“负责,主管”,根据上下文不难听出整个句子。
45.
【答案】He thought he was a good public official, but the voters obviouslythought otherwise
【解析】本句关键词为otherwise,think otherwise表示“不这样认为”。
46.
【答案】A student writes what he thinks is an excellent composition, but theteacher writesno encouraging remarks
【解析】本句关键词为excellent composition和encouraging remarks,句间为转折关系,encouraging含义为“令人鼓舞的,使有信心的”。
【听力真题综合分析】
最新一次的大学英语六级考试已经结束,从目前得到的资料分析,上海考区的听力部分难度与往年相比,没有明显的起伏。更多的体现出六级听力考试一贯的风格:内容广泛,贴近生活。
听力仍然是一个美音,一个英音,相互对话。具体来说:
在短对话中涉及到了;打电话、租房、找停车位以及看病拿药等日常生活环境中经常出现的对话内容。短对话第14题当中出现了"maternity leave"这个表述。虽然对于很多同学来说,这个词非常陌生,但是接着听下面的内容"since she (my wife) wants to go back to work and I decided totake ayear off to raisethe baby",就可以知道,"maternityleave"是指因为生小孩而进行的请假,也就是产假。所以像这样的生词不会影响对整个对话的理解。