大学六级英语听力真题(2)
大学六级英语听力真题
2014大学六级英语听力真题
Short Conversation
1.
W: The students have been protesting against the increased tuition.
M: Yeah, I heard about the protest. But I don’t know how much good it will do.
Q: What does the man mean?
2.
W: Jay will turn 21 this week. Does he know the classes are having a surprised party for him?
M: No, he thinks we are giving a party for the retiring dean.
Q: What do we learn from the conversation?
3.
M: Hello, this is Carl’s garage. We found Mr. White’s briefcase and wallet after he left his car here this morning.
W: He has been wondering where he could have left them. I’ll tell him to pick them up this afternoon. Thank you for calling.
Q: What do we learn about Mr. White from the conversation?
4.
W: You know, some TV channels have been rerunning a lot of comedies from the 1960s’. What do you think of those old shows?
M: Not much. But the new ones including those done by famous directors are not so entertaining either.
Q: What does the man mean?
5.
M: How much longer should I boil these vegetables? The recipe says about 10 minutes in total.
W: They look pretty done to me. I doubt you should cook them anymore.
Q: What does the woman mean?
6.
W: Tom, are you going to your parents’ house tonight?
M: Yes, I promise to help them figure out their tax returns. The tax code is really confusing to them.
Q: What is the man going to do for his parents?
7.
W: I was surprised when I heard you’d finished your research project a whole month early.
M: How I manage to do it’s still a mystery to me.
Q: What does the man mean?
8.
W：I was hoping we could be in the same developmental psychology class.
M：Me too, but by the time I went for registration the course was closed.
Q: What does the man mean?
长对话一
M: It's really amazing how many colors there are in these Thai silks?
W: These are our new designs.
M: Oh, I don't think I've seen this combination of colors before.
W: They're really brilliant, aren't they?
M: Quite dazzling! May I have samples of the new color combinations?
W: Yes, of course. But aren't you going to place an order?
M: We order them regularly, you know, but I do want our buyer who handles fabrics to see them.
W: Have you looked at the wood and stone coverings? Did you like them?
M: Oh, they aren't really what I'm looking for.
W: What do you have in mind?
M: That's the trouble. I never know exactly until I see it. I usually have more luck when I get away from the tourist places.
W: Out in the countryside you mean.
M: Yeah, exactly. Markets seem small towns have turned out best for me.
W: You're more interested than in handcrafts that haven't been commercialized.
M: Yes, real folk arts, pots, dishes, basket ware — the kinds of things that people themselves use.
W: I'm sure we can arrange a trip out into the country for you.
M: I was hoping you'd say that.
W: We can drive out of Bangkok and stop whenever you see something that interests you.
M: That would be wonderful! How soon could we leave?
W: I can't get away tomorrow. But I think I can get a car for the day after.
M: And would we have to come back the same day?
W: No, I think I'll be able to keep the car for three or four days.
M: Wonderful! That'll give me time for a real look around.
9. What attracts the man to the Thai silks?
10. What is the man looking for in Thailand?
11. What do we learn about the trip the woman promised to arrange for the man?
长对话2
W: Well, before we decide we're going to live in Enderby, we really ought to have a look at the schools. We want the children to have a good secondary education, so we'd better see what's available.
M: They gave me some information at the district office and I took notes. It appears there are five secondary schools in Enderby -- three state schools and two private.
W: I don't know if we want private schools, do we?
M: I don't think so, but we'll look at them anyway. There're Saint Mary's, that's a catholic school for girls and Carlton Abbey, that's a very old boys' boarding school, founded in 1672.
W: Are all the state schools co-educational?
M: Yes, it seems so.
W: I think little Keith is very good with his hands. We're to send him to a school with good vocational training -- carpentry, electronics, that's sort of thing.
M: In that case, we are best off at Enderby Comprehensive. I gather they have excellent workshops and instructors. But it says here the Donwell also has good facilities. Enderby High has a little, but they are mostly academic. No vocational training at all at Carlton Abbey or Saint Mary's.
W: What are the schools like academically? How many children go on to university every year?
M: Well, Enderby High is very good. And Carlton Abbey even better, 70% percent of their pupils go on to university. Donwell isn't so good. Only 8%. And Enderby Comprehensive in Saint Mary's not much more, about 10%.
W: Well, it seems like there is a broad selection of schools. But we have to find out more than statistics before we can decide.
12. What do they want their children to have?
13. What do the speakers say about little Keith?
14. What school has the highest percentage of pupils who go on to university?
15. What are the speakers going to do next?
短文一
Good morning, ladies and gentlemen! As instructed in our previous meeting, the subcommittee on building development has now drawn up a brief to submit to the firm's architect. In short, the building would consist of two floors. There would be a storage area in the basement to be used by the research center as well as by other departments. We are, as you know, short of storage base, so the availability of a large basement would be a considerable advantage. The ground floor would be occupied by laboratories. Altogether there would be six labs. In addition, there would be six offices for the technicians, plus a general secretarial office and reception area. The first floor would be occupied by the offices of Research and Development staff. There would be a suite of offices for the Research and Development director as well as a general office for secretarial staff. It's proposed to have a staff room with a small kitchen. This would serve both floors. There would also be a library for research documents and reference material. In addition, there would be a resource room in which audio visual equipment and other equipment of that sort could be stored. Finally, there would be a seminar room with closed circuit television. This room could also be used to present displays and demonstrations to visitors to the center. The building would be of brick construction so it's to conform to the general style of construction on the site. There would be a pitched roof. Wall and ceiling spaces would be insulated to conform to new building regulations.
Questions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you've just heard.
16. What is said about the planned basement of the new building?
17. Where would be the Research and Development director's office?
18. Why would the building be of brick construction?
短文二
Huang Yi works for a company that sells financial software to small and medium size businesses. His job is to show customers how to use the new software. He spends two weeks with each client, demonstrating the features and functions of the software. The first few months in the job were difficult. He often left the client feeling that even after two weeks he hadn't been able to show the employees everything they needed to know. It's not that they weren't interested; they obviously appreciated his instruction and showed a desire to learn. Huang couldn't figure it out the software was difficult for them to understand, or if he was not doing a good job of teaching. During the next few months, Huang started to see some patterns. He would get to a new client site and spend the first week going over the software with the employees. He usually did this in ships, with different groups of employees listening to him lecture. Then he would spend the next week in installing the program and helping individuals trouble-shoot. Huang realized that during the week of trouble shooting and answering questions, he ended up addressing the same issues over and over. He was annoyed because most of the individuals with whom he worked seem to have retained very little information from the first week. They asked very basic questions and often needed prompting from beginning to end. At first, he wondered if these people were just a little slow, but then he began to get the distinct feeling that part of the problem might be his style presenting information.
Questions 19 to 22 are based on the passage you've just heard.
19. What does Huang Yi do in his company?
20. What did Huang Yi think of his work?
21. What did Huang Yi do in addition to lecturing?
22. What did Huang Yi realize in the end?
短文三
As we help children get out into the world to do their learning well, we can get more of the world into the schools. Aside from their parents, most children never have any close contact with any adults except their teachers. No wonder they have no idea what adult life or work is like. We need to bring more people who are not full-time teachers into the schools. In New York City, under the teachers' and writers' collaborative, real writers come into the schools, read their work, and talk to the children about the problems of their craft. The children love it. In another school, a practicing attorney comes in every month and talks to several classes about the law. Not the law it is in books, but the law as he sees it and encounters it in his cases. And the children listen with intense interest. Here's something even easier: let children work together, help each other, learn from each other and each other's mistakes. We now know from this experience of many schools that children are often the best teachers of other children. What's more important, we know that when the fifth floor six-grader who is being having trouble with reading, starts helping a first-grader, his own reading sharply improves. A number of schools are beginning to use what some call paired learning. This means that you let children form partnerships with other children. Do their work even including their tests together and share whatever marks or results this work gets. Just like grown-ups in the real world. It seems to work.
Questions 23 to 25 are based on the passage you've just heard.
23: Why does the speaker say most children have no idea what adult life is like?
24: What is happening in New York City schools?
25: What does the experience of many schools show?
复合式听写
Tests may be the most unpopular part of academic life. Students hate them because they produce fear and anxiety about being evaluated, and focus on grades instead of learning for learning's sake. But tests are also valuable. A well-constructed test identifies what you know and what you still need to learn. Tests help you see how your performance compares to that of others. And knowing that you'll be tested on a body of material is certainly likely to motivate you to learn the material more thoroughly. However, there's another reason you might dislike tests. You may assume that tests have the power to define your worth as a person. If you do badly on a test, you may be tempted to believe that you received some fundamental information about yourself from the professor --- information that says you are a failure in some significant way. This is a dangerous and wrong-headed assumption. If you do badly on a test, it doesn't mean you are a bad person or stupid or that you'll never do better again and that your life is ruined. If you don't do well on a test, you're the same person you were before you took the test. No better, no worse. You just did badly on a test. That's it! In short, tests are not a measure of your value as an individual. They're a measure only of how well and how much you studied. Tests are tools. They're indirect and imperfect measures of what we know.
短对话：
1. C. He is doubtful about the effect of the students’ action.
2. D. The class has kept the party a secret from Jay.
3. C. He left his things with his car in the garage.
4. D. TV comedies have not improved much since the 1960s.
5. D. The man should stop boiling the vegetables.
6. A. Sort out their tax returns.
7. A. He didn’t expect to complete his work so soon.
8. B. He has failed to register for the course.
长对话一：
9. B. The new color combinations.
10. C. Local handicrafts.
11. B. It will be out into the countryside.
【点评】
该对话主要讲述了这位男士为泰国丝绸中一些新的颜色组合所吸引，想索要一些样品，同时，女士又推荐了一些别的东西，但男士不是很感兴趣，男士想去小城镇市场看看，并对没有商业化的手工艺品更感兴趣，所以，这位女士答应带这位男士去乡村看看有没有他想要的东西。总体来说，该对话在整体理解和题目难度上均相对较容易，只要抓住了对话中的关键词Thai silks，new color combinations，handicrafts not commercialized，countryside等，即可很好地理解对话大意和题目，同时，考生应多关注对话中的问题，可能它就是题目出现的问题。
长对话二：
12. A. A good secondary education.
13. A. He ought to get good vocational training.
14. C. Carlton Abbey.
15. D. Find out more about the five schools.
短文一：
16. C) It will have a large space for storage.
17. A) On the first floor.
18. B) To match the style of construction on the site.
【点评】
本文为一篇会议演讲，主要介绍了新办公楼的建筑结构。新的办公楼将包含两层和一个地下室。地下室将会有一个很大的储藏区。一楼有6个实验室和6个办公室。二楼为研发人员的办公室、研发经理办公室和办公厅。此外，将会有厨房、图书馆、资料室和含有闭路电视的研讨室。最后，办公楼将采取砖石结构，与周边建筑风格统一。
本篇文章信息点较多，做题时需边听边做笔记。
短文二：
19. C) Train clients to use financial software.
20. A) Unsuccessful.
21. D) He provided individual support.
22. D) The fault might lie in his style of presenting the information.
【点评】
本文主人公为黄毅 (音译)，他的工作是指导一些中小型公司的员工使用新的金融软件。在工作的起初几个月，他分别花2周的时间指导每位客户，但客户们并不能完全掌握软件的使用方法。于是接下来的几个月他采取了另一种方式，每当他去一家新公司时，先花一周时间向所有员工大致介绍软件，然后再花一周时间安装软件，并帮助每个人排除故障。结果，员工们在第一周依旧没有学会使用方法，导致第二周不断重复提一些简单的问题。最后，黄毅终于明白并不是员工学习能力差，而是自己的展示方式有问题。
本片文章的逻辑性较强，需要考生完全听懂事情的来龙去脉。其中含有一个较生僻的词语，troubleshoot(故障诊断)，明白该词含义是做出第3小题的关键。
短文三：
23. C) They have little close contact with adults.
24. B) Writers and lawyers are brought in to talk to students.
25. B) Children are often the best teachers of other children.
【点评】
本篇短文难度适中，主要考查考生对细节的理解和把握。本文的主要观点即：将成人世界的做事方式引入到学校，对孩子们的成长学习都很有益处。作者首先举例说明了纽约的一些学校组织作家们与学生交流其作品，以及组织律师进入学校给学生们讲授真实的法律及案例，这些做法都受到了学生的喜爱。其次，作者指出：其实还有更简单的办法——配对学习。这样做可以锻炼学生像成人一样彼此合作和分享，是很有效的做法。
复合式听写：
短对话：
1. C. He is doubtful about the effect of the students’ action.
2. D. The class has kept the party a secret from Jay.
3. C. He left his things with his car in the garage.
4. D. TV comedies have not improved much since the 1960s.
5. D. The man should stop boiling the vegetables.
6. A. Sort out their tax returns.
7. A. He didn’t expect to complete his work so soon.
8. B. He has failed to register for the course.
长对话一：
9. B. The new color combinations.
10. C. Local handicrafts.
11. B. It will be out into the countryside.
【点评】
该对话主要讲述了这位男士为泰国丝绸中一些新的颜色组合所吸引，想索要一些样品，同时，女士又推荐了一些别的东西，但男士不是很感兴趣，男士想去小城镇市场看看，并对没有商业化的手工艺品更感兴趣，所以，这位女士答应带这位男士去乡村看看有没有他想要的东西。总体来说，该对话在整体理解和题目难度上均相对较容易，只要抓住了对话中的关键词Thai silks，new color combinations，handicrafts not commercialized，countryside等，即可很好地理解对话大意和题目，同时，考生应多关注对话中的问题，可能它就是题目出现的问题。
长对话二：
12. A. A good secondary education.
13. A. He ought to get good vocational training.
14. C. Carlton Abbey.
15. D. Find out more about the five schools.
短文一：
16. C) It will have a large space for storage.
17. A) On the first floor.
18. B) To match the style of construction on the site.
【点评】
本文为一篇会议演讲，主要介绍了新办公楼的建筑结构。新的办公楼将包含两层和一个地下室。地下室将会有一个很大的储藏区。一楼有6个实验室和6个办公室。二楼为研发人员的办公室、研发经理办公室和办公厅。此外，将会有厨房、图书馆、资料室和含有闭路电视的研讨室。最后，办公楼将采取砖石结构，与周边建筑风格统一。
本篇文章信息点较多，做题时需边听边做笔记。
短文二：
19. C) Train clients to use financial software.
20. A) Unsuccessful.
21. D) He provided individual support.
22. D) The fault might lie in his style of presenting the information.
【点评】
本文主人公为黄毅 (音译)，他的工作是指导一些中小型公司的员工使用新的金融软件。在工作的起初几个月，他分别花2周的时间指导每位客户，但客户们并不能完全掌握软件的使用方法。于是接下来的几个月他采取了另一种方式，每当他去一家新公司时，先花一周时间向所有员工大致介绍软件，然后再花一周时间安装软件，并帮助每个人排除故障。结果，员工们在第一周依旧没有学会使用方法，导致第二周不断重复提一些简单的问题。最后，黄毅终于明白并不是员工学习能力差，而是自己的展示方式有问题。
本片文章的逻辑性较强，需要考生完全听懂事情的来龙去脉。其中含有一个较生僻的词语，troubleshoot(故障诊断)，明白该词含义是做出第3小题的关键。
短文三：
23. C) They have little close contact with adults.
24. B) Writers and lawyers are brought in to talk to students.
25. B) Children are often the best teachers of other children.
【点评】
本篇短文难度适中，主要考查考生对细节的理解和把握。本文的主要观点即：将成人世界的做事方式引入到学校，对孩子们的成长学习都很有益处。作者首先举例说明了纽约的一些学校组织作家们与学生交流其作品，以及组织律师进入学校给学生们讲授真实的法律及案例，这些做法都受到了学生的喜爱。其次，作者指出：其实还有更简单的办法——配对学习。这样做可以锻炼学生像成人一样彼此合作和分享，是很有效的做法。
复合式听写：
26) anxiety
27) identifies
28) compares to
29) a body of
30) motivate
31) define
32) fundamental
33) ruined
34) In short
35) imperfect
【点评】
本篇文章采取议论文的形式，着重说明考试的益处以及人们应当如何以正确的心态面对考试。首先作者指出考试很不受欢迎，由于考试以分数作为衡量标准，这让学生们感到恐惧和焦虑，因此学生们痛恨考试。但作者又指出，其实考试是有很多益处的。考试可以帮助大家查漏补缺，也可以让大家更有动力学习。然而，许多人会想当然地认为考试是衡量一个人价值的标准，这是种危险并错误的想法。作者认为，即使你考试表现得不好，也不意味着你是失败的、或者你以后不会再做好。总之，考试不能衡量你的个人价值，它只是个衡量你是否掌握好相关知识的工具。
本题考查考生对细节的把握。只要抓住本文的主旨，很容易听写出相关词语。