2013年12月六級(jí)聽力卷1.doc

2013年12月6級(jí)聽力真題Section A1What has caused the delay of the shipment?A:Weather conditions.B:Labor problems.C:An error in the order.D:Misplacing of goods.答案:B2What does the man mean?A:What the woman says makes a lot of sense.B:The rich are opposed to social welfare.C:He agrees with Mr.Johnsos views.D:He is sympathetic with poor people.答案:C3Why does the man say he cant pick up the kids?A:He has work to finish in time.B:He will be practicing soccer.C:He has a tough problem to solve.D:He will be attending a meeting.答案:D4What does the man imply?A:Mary will not be able to keep a dog in the building.B:Mary should get rid of her pet as soon as possible.C:Mary might as well send her dog to her relative.D:Mary is not happy with the ban on pet animals.答案:A5What does the man mean?A:He does not believe they are twin sisters.B:The woman seems a bit hard of hearing.C:Lisa and Gale are not very much alike.D:The twins voices are quite different.答案:C6What are the speakers talking about?A:The serious economic crisis in Britain.B:A message from their business accociates.C:A package deal to be signed in November.D:Their ability to deal with financial problems.答案:B7What does the woman mean?A:Cleaning the pants will take longer than usual.B:The man will be charged extra for the service.C:The man has to go to the main cleaning facility.D:It is impossible to remove the stain completely.答案:A8What are the speakers talking about?A:European markets.B:Imported products.C:Luxury goods.D:A protest rally.答案:D9What did the man do before he came to see the woman?A:He talked to her on the phone.B:He had a quarrel with Marsha.C:He made a business trip.D:He resolved a budget problem.答案:A10What does the man say about Marsha?A:She has developed some serious mental problem.B:She may have to be fired for poor performance.C:She supervises a number of important projects.D:She is in charge of the firms budget planning.答案:B11How did Marsha explain why she didnt show up for the Danver Trip?A:Something unexpected happened at her home.B:David promised to go on the trip in her place.C:She failed to arrive at the airport on time.D:She was not feeling herself on that day.答案:C12What does the man say about David?A:He often fails to follow through on his projects.B:He has been trying hard to cover for Marsha.C:He is always finding fault with Marsha.D:He frequently gets things mixed up.答案:B13What does the woman say about the girls in her school?A:They are better sheltered from all the outside temptations.B:They take an active part in more extracurricular activities.C:They are usually more motivated to compete with their peers.D:They have more opportunities to develop their leader ship skills.答案:D14What do we learn about the woman school?A:Its students aim at managerial posts.B:Its students are role models of women.C:Its chief positions are held by women.D:Its teaching staff consists of women only.答案:C15What does the woman say about the girls social life?A:They have ample opportunities to meet the opposite sex.B:They are more or less isolated from the outside worldC:It is traditional but colourful.D:It is under adequate control.答案:ASection B16How can he speaker make himself more persuasive when delivering a speech?A:By speaking with the local accent.B:By speaking in a deep , loud voice.C:By making gestures at strategic points.D:By invading the personal space of listeners.答案:D17For what purpose was Larry going to make as speech?A:To promote sportsmanship among business owners.B:To raise money for a forthcoming local sports event.C:To encourage people to support local sports groups.D:To show his familys contribution to the community.答案:C18Why did Larry purchase an expensive navy suit and golden tie?A:They would certainly appeal to his audience.B:They are known to be the style ofthe sports world.C:They are believed to communicate power and influence.D:They represent the latest fashion in the business circles.答案:C19Why did Larry dim the lights and turn up the sound system before people entered the hall?A:To create a warm personal atmosphere.B:To cover up his own nervousness.C:To allow the audience to better enjoy his slides.D:To enhance the effect of background music.答案:A20What does the speaker say about Phyllis Wheatley?A:She was the first African-American slave to publish a book.B:She was born about the time df the war of independence.C:She was the greatest female poet in colonial Americe.D:She was the first educated slave ofjohn wheatleys答案:A21What was Wheatley forced to do to get her book published?A:Turn to the colonial governor for help.B:Go through a scholarly examination.C:Obtain consent from her owner.D:Revise it a number of times.答案:B22What did professor Henry Louis Gates uncover in the process of his research?A:Religious scripts popular among slaves in America.B:Literary works calling for the abolition of slavery.C:A rich stock of manuscripts left by historical figures.D:Lots of lost works written by African-American women.答案:D23How do people today view humour according to the speaker?A:It is a trait of generous character.B:It is a reflection of self-esteem.C:It is a sign of happiness and confidence.D:It is an indicator of high intelligence.答案:C24What did ancient Greeks think of humour?A:It was the essence of comedy.B:It was something admirable.C:It was self-defeating.D:It was aggressive.答案:D25What has psychologist Rod Martin found about humour?A:It is a feature of a given culture.B:It is a double-edged sword.C:It is a result of both nature and nurture.D:It is a unique gift of human beings.答案:BSection CIt is important that we be mindful of the earth, the planet out of which we are born and by which we are nourished, guided, healed-the planet, however, which we have (26)_to a considerable degree in these past two centuries of (27)_exploitation.This exploitation has reached such(28)_that presently it appears that some hundreds of thousands of species will be(29)_before the end of the century.In our times, human shrewdness has mastered the deep (30)_of the earth at a level far beyond the capacities of earlier peoples.We can break the mountains apart; we can drain the rivers and flood the valleys. We can turn the most luxuriant forests into throwaway paper products.We can(31)_the great grass cover of the western plainsand pour(32)_chemicals into the soil until the soil is dead and blows away in the wind.We can pollute the air with acids, the river with sewage(污水),the seas with oil.We can invent computers (33)_processing ten million calculations per second.And why?To increase the volume and the speed with which we move natrual resources through the consumer economy to the junk pile or the waste heap.Our managerial skills are measured by the competence (34)_in accelerating this process.If in these activities the physical features of the planet are damaged, if the environment is made inhospitable for (35)_living species, then so be it.We are ,supposedly, creating a technological wonder world.26:abused27:industrial28:extremes29:extinguished30:mysteries31:tear apart32:toxic33:capable of34:manifested35:a multitude of2013年12月6級(jí)聽力原文Section A1:W:Has my order arrived yet?I had been expecting it since last week.M:I called the company this morning.They had some labor problems, so your order will be shipped late. It should be here by the end of the week.2:W:I dont agree with Mr. Johnsons views on social welfare. He seems to suggest the poor are robbing the rich.M:He might have used better words to express his idea. But I think what he said makes a lot of sense.3:M:Liz, I just found out that I gave a meeting and cant pick up the kids after their soccer practice. Will you be able to pick them up in time?W:Yes, that wont be a problem. I think I can finish early today.4:W:Mary is going to get a little dog from one of her relatives.M:Really? But I hear her apartment building is about to place a ban on pet animals.5:W:I can never tell whether its Lisa or Gale on the phone.Their voices sound incredibly similar.M :Thats about the only thing they have in common for twins,believe it or not.6:W:Jay,what does the fox from our associates in Britain say?M:They want to know if the economic crisis would affect our ability to carry out the deal we signed last November.7:M:Do you think youll be able to bet this ink stain off my pants?W:It won t be a problem. But I need to send them over to our cleaning facility. Thats an extra days time.8:W:That looks like a protest rally. I wonder what theyre protesting against.M :That sign says they are against importing luxury goods from Europe. They seem to be getting so worked up about that.9:W:What is it, Bob?You sounded pretty serious on the phone.Have we still got a budget problem?M:I dont know. I hope not. The meetings on Friday. But thats not what I want to talk to you about. Er. Close the door, will you? Its Marsha.W:Marsha? What about her?M:I am worried.I dont know what to do.She is just not performing. We may have to let her go.W:Fire her? Shes been with us for a long time,Bob. If she leaves, it will be a big loss to us.Shes done really excellent work.M:Yes, but lately, the last month or so in fact, there have been a lot of problems. Shes changed.M:Not only did she have a tendency to be moody all the time, but she misses appointments, doesnt follow through on projects and doesnt seem to plan anything till the last minute.W:Em.Did she ever explain why she didnt show up for the Danver Trin?M:No, she said she was sorry and that wouldnt happen again. Something about her mixed up on the arrangement to get to the airport.M:Now whenever anybody mentions the subject to her, she just goes silent. I dont know. Thank goodness, David pulled her out as a whole on that one.W:Yes, he did a really fine job, filling in for Marsha like that at the last minute.M:I dont think it was the first time he has to do that. If we knew all the facts, If we knew all the facts, I think wed found that he has been covering for Marsha on quite a few projects.10:11:12:13:M:You are the headmistress of the Oxford high school for girls. How many girls do you have here?W:We have 650 girls.M:In your experience, do girls do better academically and later professionally in single sex schools?W:Yes, I think they do better academically. And you can measure that very crudely from the examination results.M:I wonder if you could say then in a few words what the advantages are for a girl in the single sex school.W:Well, I think within the classroom, she is going to have full opportunity to express her own opinions. She isnt going to be shouted down by overconfident young gentlemen.M:Are teenagers in particular do you think shouted too much from the contact with the opposite sex? Does this cause difficulties when they find themselves in mixed groups?W:Well, I would like to find the parents who could shelter girls from the opposite sex if they live in Oxford. They encounter boys all the time socially out of school and through debating societies and thrings like that, some school activities as well.M:So, no disadvantages at all?W:I dont think there are any disadvantages. I think that it is grossly overstated that one needs to have contact with the opposite sex right through the whole of life in the classroom and outside the classroom at their all ages.M:So, no disadvantages at all?W:I dont think there are any disadvantages. I think that it is grossly overstated that one needs to have contact with the opposite sex right through the whole of life in the classroom and outside the classroom at their all ages.14:15:Section B16:Larry arrived early for his speaking engagement.He positioned the table so to the audience at strategic that he could move close points in a speech.He had read that speakers can be more persuasive if they invade the personal space of listeners encouraging an emotional response.For the same reason, he placed the chairs close to each other, and raised the temperature to a slightly uncomfortable level.The purpose of the speech was to encourage the audience of corporate executives and local business owners to support local sports groups.To enhance his credibility with the audience, Larry had brought some slides of his family attending sports events.One photo showed him at an award ceremony where he had been honored for his financial contribution to a local baseball team.Realizing that this particular audience would find his regional accent unattractive, Lany planned to speak with an accent that would be more acceptable to his audience.After reading a book on how to dress for success, he had purchased an expensive dark navy suit and golden tie.He chose colors and styles known to communicate power and influence.Just before people bagan entering the hall,Larry dimmed the lights and turned up the sound system, which was playing soft music, hoping to creat a warm personal atmosphere for the speech.He hoped that these added effects would encourage his audience to support local sports teams.He had also planned the content of his speech to focus on the teams with the best records, the ones that had won the most games in the last season.17:18:19:20:Phyllis Wheatley was a young Afican-Amarican slaves,who belonged to landowner John Wheatley in Colonial America.She was also a poet and the first Afican-Amarican ever to publish a book.Her poems printed on various subjects, religious and moral, were printed in Boston in 1773, three years before the signing of the Declaration of Independence.Early slaves were generally denied education, but Wheatley was allowed by her owner to study poetry, Latin and the Bible.And by the time she reached her late teens, she had written enough poetry to put together a slender book of verse.Even so, publication was difficult.The publisher, fearful of being cheated, forced her to submit to a scholarly examination by a board of educated men,including the colonial governor.The board of judges questioned Wheatley extensively and ruled that she was educated enough to have written the book.Only then was publication permitted.Wheatley may have been the first but she was not the only slave to write a book during the growing days of the Republic.Unfortunately, most of the early popular African- American writers have been all but forgotten in modem times until now.A Cornell professor Henry Louis Gates recently studied a research project looking into 19th-century African-American fiction and poetry.In the process, he uncovered numerous lost works, almost half of which were written by African-American women.In varied litterary styles, the newly resurfacedl manuscripts offered a rich stock of African-American culture, recreating among other things the early days of slavery and the importance of religion to the slaves.21:22:23:In todays personality stakes，nothing is more highly valued than a sense of humour.We seek it out in others and proud to claim it in ourselves, perhaps even more than good looks or intelligence.If someone has a great sense of humor,we reson, it means that they are happy, socially confident and have a healthy perspective on life.This attitude would have surprised the ancient Greeks, who believed humour to be essentially aggressive.And in fact, our admiration for the comically gifted is relatively new, and not very well-founded, says Rod Martin, a psychologist at the University of Weatern Ontario.Being funny isnt necessarily an indicator of good social skills and well-being, his research has shown it may just as likely be a sign of personality flaws.He has found that humour is a double edged sword. It can forge better relationships and help you cope with life, or it can be corrosive, eating away at self-esteem and irritating others.Its a form of communicanon, like speech, and we all use it differently, says Martin.We use bonding humour to enhance our social connections一but we also may imply it as a way of excluding or rejecting an outsider.Though humour is essentially social, how you use it says a lot about your sense of s