六级听力测试卷听力
2020年9月英语六级听力真题答案
2020年9月英语六级听力真题答案（全套）Conversation one.牛津大学物理学教授的访谈M：You are a professor of physics at the university of Oxford. You're a senior advisor at the European organization for nuclear research. You also seem to tour the globe tirelessly giving talks. And In addition, you have your own weekly TV show on science. Where do you get the energy?W：Oh,well, I just love what I do. I am extremely fortunate life doing what I love doing.M：Professor, what exactly is your goal? Why do you do all of this?W：Well, As you said, I do have different things going on. But these, I think, can be divided into two groups. The education of science and the further understanding of science.M：Don't these two things get in the way of each other? What I mean is, doesn't giving lectures take time away from the lab?W：Not really. No, I love teaching. And I don't mind spending more time doing that now than in the past. Also what I will say is that teaching a subject helps me comprehend it better myself. I find that it furthers my own knowledge when I have to explain something clearly. When I have to aid others in understanding it. And when I have to answer questions about it, teaching at a high level can be very stimulating. One, no matter how much expertise they may already have in the field, they are instructingM：any scientific breakthroughs that you see on the near horizon? a significant discovery on venture. And we can expect soon?W：the world is always conducting science and there are constantly new things being discovered. In fact, right now we have too much data sitting in computers. For example, we have thousands of photos of planet mars taken by telescopes that nobody has ever seen. We have them yet. Nobody has had time to look at them with their own eyes, let alone analyze them.Questions one to four are based on the conversation you have just heard.Question 1. Why does the woman say she can be so energetic?答案：Oh,well, I just love what I do.Question 2. What has the woman been engaged in?答案：The education of science and the further understanding of science.Question 3. What does the woman say about the benefit teaching brings to her?答案：teaching a subject helps me comprehend it better myselfQuestion 4. How does the woman say new scientific breakthroughs can be made possible?答案：to look at them with their own eyes and analyze themConversation two.对于梦的起源的探讨(摊手)M：Do you think dreams have special meanings?W：No, I don't think they do.M：Don't either. But some people do. I would say people who believe that dreams have meanings are superstitious, especially nowadays, in the past, during the times of ancient Egypt, Greece or China, people used to believe that dreams could foresee the future. But today, with all the scientific knowledge that we have, I think it's much harder to believe in these sorts of things.W：My grandmother is superstitious, and she thinks dreams can predict the future. Once she dreamed that the flight she was due to take the following day crashed, can you guess what she did? She didn't take that flight. She didn't even bother to go to the airport the following day. Instead she took the same flight. But a week later, everything was fine. Of course, no plane ever crashed.M：How funny did you know that flying is actually safer than any other mode of transport? It's been statistically proven. People can be so irrational sometimes.W：Yes, absolutely. But even if we think they are ridiculous, emotions can be just as powerful as rational thinking.M：Exactly. People do all sorts of crazy things because of their irrational feelings. But in fact, some psychologists believe that our dreams are the result of our emotions and memories from that day. I think it was Sigmund Freud who said that children's dreams were usually simple representations of their wishes, things they wished would happen. But in adults, dreams a much more complicated reflections of their more sophisticated sentiments.W：Isn't it interesting how psychologists try to understand using the scientific method something as bizarre as dreams? Psychology is like the rational study of irrational feelings.Questions five to eight are based on the conversation you have just heard.Question 5. What do both speakers think of dreams?答案：they don’t have special meaningsQuestion 6. Why didn't the woman's grandmother take her scheduled flight?答案：Once she dreamed that the flight she was due to take the following day crashedQuestion 7. What does the woman say about people's emotions?答案：emotions can be just as powerful as rational thinking.Question 8. What did psychologist Sigmund Freud say about adults dreams?答案：But in adults, dreams a much more complicated reflections of their more sophisticated sentiments.Passage one.南极考察队对于V湖冰面下生物的探索While some scientists explore the surface of antarctica, others are learning more about a giant body of water four kilometres beneath the ice pack.Scientists first discovered lake V oss dock in the 19 seventy's by using radio waves that penetrate the ice. Since then, they have used sound waves and even satellites to map this massive body of water. How does the water in lake V ohs dog remain liquid beneath an ice sheet? The thick glacier above acts like an insulating blanket and keeps the water from freezing, says Martin Siegert, a glaciologist from the university of Wales. In addition, geothermal heat from deep within the earth may warm the hidden lake. The scientists suspect that microorganisms may be living in lake vohs stock closed off from the outside world for more than 2 million years.Anything found there will be totally alien to what's on the surface of the earth to see a good scientists are trying to find a way to drill into the ice and draw water samples without causing contamination. Again, robots might be the solution. If all goes as planned, a drill shaped robot will through the surface eyes. When it reaches the lake, it will release another robot that can swim in the lake, take pictures, and look for signs of life. The scientists hope their discoveries will shed light on life in outer space, which might exist in similar dark and airless conditions.Recently, close up pictures of jupiter, as moon europa shows signs of water beneath its icysurface. Once tested in antarctica, robots could be sent to europa to search for life there too.Questions 9 to 11. Based on the passage you have just heard.Question 9. What did scientists first use to discover lake V stock in the 1970s?答案：using radio waves that penetrate the iceQuestion 10. What do scientists think about lake vast dock?答案：microorganisms may be living in lake vohs stock closed off from the outside world for more than 2 million yearsQuestion 11. What do the scientists hope their discoveries will do?答案：shed light on life in outer space, which might exist in similar dark and airless conditionsPassage two.吉姆斯对于印第安语言的记录及其科研过程和心得The idea to study the American Indian tribe torah, who Morris came to James Copeland in 1984, when he discovered that very little research had been done on their language. He could did a tribe member through a social worker who worked with the tribesmen in Mexico. At first, the tribe member named gonzales was very reluctant to cooperate. He told Copeland that no amount of money could buy his language. But after Copeland explained to him what he intended to do with his research and how it would benefit that are home, orris gonzales agreed to help. He took Copeland to his village and served as an intermediary. Copeland says, thanks to him that are who Morris understood what our mission was and started trusting us.Entering the world of that, Hamas has been a laborious project for Copeland. To reach their homeland, he must drive 2.5 days from Houston, Texas. He loads up his vehicle with goods that the tribesmen can't easily get and gives the goods to them as a gesture of friendship that are Morris, who don't believe in accumulating wealth, take the food and share it among themselves.For Copeland, the experience has not only been academically satisfying, but also has enriched his life in several ways. I see people rejecting technology and living a very hard, traditional life, which offers me another notion about the meaning of progress in the western tradition. He says, I experience the simplicity of living in nature that I would otherwise only be able to read about. I see a lot of beauty in their sense of sharing and concern for each other.Questions 12 to 15 are based on the passage you have just heard.Question 12.Why did James Copeland want to study the American Indian tribe torah Morris?答案：he discovered that very little research had been done on their languageQuestion 13. How did gonzalez help James Copeland?答案：He took Copeland to his village and served as an intermediaryQuestion 14. What does the speaker say about James copeland's trip to that are humorous village?答案：don't believe in accumulating wealth, take the food and share it among themselvesQuestion 15. What impresses James Copeland about that are a humorist tribe,答案：I see a lot of beauty in their sense of sharing and concern for each otherrecording one.到底什么是激进?女权主义是激进嘛?What is a radical? It seems today that people are terrified of the term, particularly of having the label attached to them. Accusing individuals or groups of being radical often serves to silence them into submission, thereby maintaining the existing state of affairs, and more important, preserving the power of a select minority who are mostly wealthy white males in western society.Feminism is a perfect example of this phenomenon. The women's movement has been plagued by stereotypes, misrepresentations by the media, and accusations of man hating and radicalism. When the basic foundation of feminism is simply that women deserve equal rights in all facets of life, when faced with a threat of being labeled radical women back down from their worthy cause and consequently participate in their own oppression, it has gotten to the point that many women are afraid to call themselves feminists because of the stigma attached to the word. If people refuse to be controlled and intimidated by stigma, as the stigma as lose all their power, without fear and which to feed such stigma as can only die. To me, a radical is simply someone who rebels against the norm. What advocates a change in the existing state of affairs? On closer inspection, it becomes clear that the norm is constantly involving and therefore is not a constant entity.So why there is deviation from the present situation? Such a threat than the state of affairs itself is unstable. And subject to relentless transformation, it all goes back to maintaining the power of those who have it and preventing the rise of those who don't. In fact, when we look at the word radical in a historical context, nearly every figure we now hold up as a hero was considered a radicalin his or her time. Radicals are people who affect change. They are the people about whom history is written. Abolitionists were radicals. Civil rights activists were radicals, even the founders of our country in their fight to win independence from England or radicals. Their presence in history has changed the way our society functions, mainly by shifting the balance of power that previously existed. There are some radicals who have made a negative impact on humanity. But undeniably, there would simply be no progress without radicals. That being said, next time someone calls me a radical, I will accept that label with pride.Questions 16 to 18 are based on the recording you have just heard.Question 16. What usually happens when people are accused of being radical?答案：preserving the power of a select minority who are mostly wealthy white males in western society.Question 17. What is the speaker's definition of a radical?答案：a radical is simply someone who rebels against the norm.Question 18. What does the speaker think of most radicals in the American history?答案：there would simply be no progress without radicals.Recording two.人的社会性因素：不可避免的被环境影响We are very susceptible to the influence of the people around us. For instance, you may have known somebody who has gone overseas for a year or so and has returned with an accent. Perhaps. We become part of our immediate environment. None of us are immune to the influences of our own world.And let us not kid ourselves that we are untouched by the things and the people in our life.Fred goes off to his new job at a factory. Fred takes his 10 minute coffee break, but the other workers take a half an hour. Fred says, what's the matter with you guys? Two weeks later, Fred is taking 20 minute breaks. A month later, Fred takes his half hour. Fred is saying, if you can't beat them, join them, why should I work any harder than the next guy?The fascinating thing about being human is that generally we are unaware that there are changes taking place in our mentality. It is like returning to the city smog after some weeks in the fresh air. Only then do we realize that we have become accustomed to the nasty smells mix withcritical people. And we learn to criticize mixed with happy people. And we learn about happiness. What this means is that we need to decide what we want from life and then choose our company accordingly.You may well say that is going to take some effort. It may not be comfortable. I may offend some of my present company. Right? But it is your life. Fred may say I'm always broke frequently depressed. I'm going nowhere and I never do anything exciting. Then we discover that friends, best friends, are always broke, frequently depressed, going nowhere and wishing that life was more exciting. This is not coincidence. Nor is it our business to stand in judgment of Fred. However, if Fred ever wants to improve his quality of life, the first thing he'll need to do is recognize what has been going on all these years. It's no surprise that doctors as a profession suffer a lot of ill health because they spend their lives around sick people. Psychiatrists have a higher incidence of suicide in their profession for related reasons.Traditionally, nine out of tension, whose parents' smoke smoke themselves. Obesity is in part an environmental problem. Successful people have successful friends. And so the story goes on.Questions 19 to 21 are based on the recording you have just heard.Question 19. What does the speaker say about us as human beings?答案：None of us are immune to the influences of our own world.Question 20. What does the speaker say Fred should do first to improve his quality of life?答案：It is like returning to the city smog after some weeks in the fresh airQuestion 21.What does the speaker say about psychiatrists?答案：Psychiatrists have a higher incidence of suicide in their profession for related reasons.Recording three.美元的发展历史Virtually every American can recognize a dollar bill at a mere glance. Many can identify it by its sound or texture. But few people indeed can accurately describe the world's most powerful, important currency. The American dollar bill is colored with black ink on one side and green on the other. The exact composition of the paper and ink is a closely guarded government secret. Despite its weighty importance, the dollar bill actually weighs little. It requires nearly 500 bills to tip the scales at a pound. Not only is the dollar bill lightweight, but it also has a brief lifespan. Few dollar bills survive longer. 18 months.The word dollar is taken from the German word, tailor the name for the world's most important currency in the 16th century.The Thaler was a silver coin first minted in 1518 under the reign of Charles the 5th, emperor of Germany.The concept of paper money is a relatively recent innovation in the history of American currency. When the constitution was signed, people had little regard for paper money because of its steadily decreasing value during the colonial era. Because of this lack of faith, the new American government minted only coins for common currency. Interest bearing bank notes were issued at the same time. But their purpose was limited to providing money for urgent government crises, such as American involvement in the war of 1812. The first non interest bearing paper currency was authorized by congress in 1862. At the height of the civil war. At this point, citizens, old fears of devalued paper currency had calmed. The dollar bill was born. The new green colored paper money quickly earned the nickname greenback. Today, the American dollar bill is a product of the federal reserve and is issued from the 12 federal reserve banks around the United States. The government keeps a steady supply of approximately 2 billion bills in circulation at all times.Controversy continues to surround the true value of the dollar bill.American history has seen generations of politicians argue in favor of a gold standard for American currency. However, for the present, the American dollar bill holds the value that is printed on it and little more. The only other guarantee on the bill is a federal reserve pledge as a confirmation in the form of government securities.Questions 22 to 25 are based on the recording you have just heard.Question 22. What does the speaker say about the American dollar bill?答案：The American dollar bill is colored with black ink on one side and green on the otherQuestion 23. What does the speaker say about the exact composition of the American dollar bill?答案：a closely guarded government secret.Question 24. Why did the new American government mint only coins for common currency?答案：because of its steadily decreasing value during the colonial era. Because of this lack of faithQuestion 25. What have generations of American politicians argued for?答案：in favor of a gold standard for American currenc。
大学英语六级(听力)模拟试卷90(题后含答案及解析)
大学英语六级（听力）模拟试卷90(题后含答案及解析)题型有：1. What shows that the water purifier is going to lose effectiveness?9．A．It’s light and small.B．It has metal filters.C．It looks like a straw.D．It’s large but necessary.正确答案：A解析：细节题。
男士在介绍净水器时说，它很轻便(light in weight)并且不占空间，像个吸管，由此可知答案为[A]。
知识模块：听力10．A．Salt.B．Chemical pollutants.C．Germs.D．Minerals.正确答案：C解析：细节题。
男士介绍净水器的功能时提到，这种净水器可以将水中的细菌完全净化出去(makes the water entirely germfree)，由此可知净水器可以除去水中的细菌，故答案为[C]。
知识模块：听力11．A．The water it draws changes color.B．The straw stops drawing water.C．The straw breaks into two parts.D．Its light isn’t working.正确答案：B解析：细节题。
对话结尾处，女士对净水器的寿命提出疑问，男士说净水器内部的安全装置会在过滤器到达净化极限前堵塞(clogged)，从而使吸管不再吸水(stops drawing water)，故答案为[B]。
知识模块：听力听力原文：M: Hi, what are you doing there?W: Obviously I’m reading a magazine,M: Oh, what’s so interesting?W: It’s mainly about inflation. The article says that with most economic issues, economists disagree deeply about exactly what causes inflation.[23]They generally do agree that a sharp increase in the cost of one essential item is likely to be a contributing factor. For example, when oil prices rose sharply in the mid-1970s, inflation went up sharply. Can you tell me why?M: Maybe it was because producing oil needs many other materials, so when the oil prices wentup, prices of other things also went up.W: That was pretty much the case.M: All of a sudden, consumers were hit with higher prices for oil and for many other things. These higher prices were a form of inflation. Just think of it. All the companies that used oil to heat their buildings or run their machines suddenly had to raise their prices to cover the increased cost of the oil.W: So that would mean anything transported by truck would cost more.M: Precisely. At the same time, all the consumers who bought oil, especially the gasoline used in the cars, had to spend a much bigger portion of their paychecks on oil. W: I remember hearing my parents talk about how they had to wait in a long line to buy gas. Moreover, my grandfather and uncle lost their jobs. Was that because of inflation? M: Possibly.[25]Because they were hurt by this sudden increase in prices, many companies went out of business or cut back on their growth. They fired or laid off people, or stopped hiring. W: Oh, I see. Thank you very much for your information.22.What is the conversation mainly about?23.Which of the following may cause inflation according to economists?24.What makes the speakers begin to talk about inflation?25. Which of the following is a result of inflation?12．A．Factors influencing oil prices.B．The rising living cost.C．The harsh economic conditions.D．Causes and effects of inflation.正确答案：D解析：主旨题。
CET六级真题听力听写部分(2007.6~2010.12)
2007年6月23日大学英语六级(CET-6)真题试卷Nursing, as a typically female profession, must deal constantly with the false impression that nurses are there to wait on the physician. As nurses, we are (36) ________ to provide nursing care only. We do not have any legal or moral (37) ________ to any physician. We provide health teaching, (38) ________ physical as well as emotional problems, (39) ________ patient-related services, and make all of our nursing decisions based upon what is best or suitable for the patient. If, in any (40) ________, we feel that a physician’s order is (41) ________ or unsafe, we have a legal (42) ________ to question that order or refuse to carry it out.Nursing is not a nine-to-five job with every weekend off. All nurses are aware of that before they enter the profession. The emotional and physical stress. However, that occurs due to odd working hours is a (43) ________ reason for a lot of the career dissatisfaction. (44) ________________________________ ..That disturbs our personal lives, disrupts our sleeping and eating habits, and isolates us from everything except job-related friends and activities.The quality of nursing care is being affected dramatically by these situations.(45)________________________________ . Consumers of medically related services have evidently not been affected enough yet to demand changes in our medical system. But if trends continue as predicted, (46)________________________________ . 2007年12月大学英语六级(CET-6)真题试卷If you’re like most people, you’ve indulged in fake listening many times. You go to history class, sit in the third row, and look (36) ________ at the instructor as she speaks. But your mind is far away, (37) _______ in the clouds of pleasant daydreams. (38) ________ you come back to earth: the instructor writes an important term on the chalkboard, and you (39)_______ copy it in your notebook. Every once in a while the instructor makes a (40)_________ remark, causing others in the class to laugh. You smile politely, pretending that you’ve heard the remark and found it mildly (41) ___________. You have a vague sense of (42) ___________ that you aren’t paying close attention, but you tell yourself that any (43)________ you miss can be picked up from a friend’s notes.Besides,(44)______________________ . So back you go into your pri vate little world. Only later do you realize you’ve missed important information for a test.Fake listening may be easily exposed, since many speakers are sensitive to facial cues and can tell if you’re merely pretending to listen. (45)________________________ .Even if you’re not exposed, there’s another reason to avoid fakery; it’s easy for this behavior to become a habit. For some people, the habit is so deeply rooted that (46)_________________ . As a result, they miss lots of valuable information.2008年6月21日大学英语六级(CET-6)真题试卷I'm interested in the criminal justice system of our country. It seems to me that something has to be done if we’re to (36) _____ as a country. I certainly don't know what the answers to our problems are. Things certainly get (37) _________in a hurry when you get into them. But I wonder if something couldn't be done to deal with some of these problems. One thing I'm concerned about is our practice of putting (38) ________in jail who haven't harmed anyone. Why not work out some system (39) _______they can pay back the debts they owe society instead of (40) ___ ____another debt by going to prison, and of course, coming under the (41) _________of hardened criminals? I'm also concerned about the short prison sentences people are(42) __ ___ for serious crimes. Of course, one alternative to this is to (43) ______ capital punishment, but I'm not sure I would be for that. I'm not sure it's right to take an eye for eye. (44) _________________ . I also think we must do something about the insanity plea. In my opinion, anyone who takes another person’s life intentionally is insane; however, (45)_________________________________________________________________. It’s sad, of course, that a person may have to spend the rest of his life, or (46)_________________________________ .2008年12月大学英语六级(CET-6)真题试卷One of the most common images of an advanced, Western-style culture is that of a busy, traffic-filled city. Since their first (36) ______ on American roadways, automobiles have become a (37) ______ of progress, a source of thousands of jobs and an almost inalienable right fo r citizens’ personal freedom of movement. In recent (38) _______, our “love affair” with the car is being (39) ________ directly to the developing world, and it is increasingly (40) _______ that this transfer is leading to disaster.American’s almost compl ete dependence on automobiles has been a terrible mistake. As late as the 1950s, a large (41) ________ of the American public used mass transit. A (42)________ of public policy decisions and corporate scheming saw to it that countless (43)________ and efficient urban streetcar and intra-city rail systems were dismantled. (44)___________________________________________________. Our lives have been planned along a road grid—homes far from work, shopping far from everything, with ugly stretches of concrete and blacktop in between.Developing countries are copying Western-style transportation systems down to the last detail. (45) _________________________________________________________. Pollution control measures are either not strict or nonexistent, leading to choking clouds of smog.Gasoline still contains lead, which is extremely poisonous to humans. (46)_____________________________________________________________________.In addition to pollution and traffic jams, auto safety is a critical issue in developing nations.2009年06月大学英语六级(CET-6)真题试卷English is the leading international language. In different countries around the globe, English is acquired as the mother (36) ________, in others it’s used as a second language. Some nations use English as their (37) ________ language, performing the function of (38) ________; in others it’s used as an international language for business, (39) ________ and industry.What factors and forces have led to the (40) ________ of English? Why is English now considered to be so prestigious that, across the globe, individuals and societies feel (41) ________ if they do not have (42) ________ in this language? How has English changed through 1,500 Years? These are some of the questions that you (43) ________ when you study English.You also examine the immense variability of English and(44)________ . You develop in-depth knowledge of the intricate structure of the language. Why do somenon-native speakers of English claim that it’s a difficult language to learn,while(45) ? At the University of Sussex, you are introduced to the nature and grammar of English in all aspects. This involves the study of sound structures, the formation of words, the sequencing words and the construction of meaning, as well as examination of the theories explaining the aspects of English usage.(46) , which are raised by studying how speakers and writers employ English for a wide variety of purposes.2009年12月大学英语六级(CET-6)真题试卷The ancient Greeks developed basic memory systems called mnemonics. The name is （36）from their Goddess of memory “Mnemosyne”. In the ancient world, a trained memory was an （37）asset, particularly in public life. There were no （38）devices for taking notes, and early Greek orators(演说家) delivered long speeches with great （39）because they learned the speeches using mnemonic systems.The Greeks discovered that human memory is （40）an associative process—thatit works by linking things together. For example, think of an apple. The （41）your brain registers the word “apple”, it （42）the shape, color, taste, smell and （43）of that fruit. All these things are associated in your memory with the word “apple”.（44）. An example could be when you think about a lecture you have had. This could trigger a memory about what you’re talking about through that lecture, which can then trigger another memory.（45）. An example given on a website I was looking at follows: Do you remember the shape of Austria, Canada, Belgium, or Germany? Probably not. What about Italy, though?（46）. You made an association with something already known, the shape of a boot, and Italy’s shape could not be forgotten once you had made the association.2010年6月大学英语六级(CET-6)真题试卷Almost every child, on the first day he sets foot in a school building, is smarter, more (36) ______, less afraid of what he doesn't know, better at finding and (37) ______ things out, more confident, resourceful (机敏的), persistent and (38) ______ than he will ever be again in his schooling – or, unless he is very (39) ______ and very lucky, for the rest of his life. Already, by paying close attention to and (40) ______ with the world and people around him, and without any school-type (41) ______ instruction, he has done a task far more difficult, complicated and (42)______ than anything he will be asked to do in school, or than any of his teachers has done for years. He has solved the (43) ______ of language. He has discovered it –babies don't even know that language exists–and(44)________________________________________________ . He has done it by exploring, by experimenting, by developing his own model of the grammar of language, (45) ________________________________________________ until it does work. And while he has been doing this, he has been learning other things as well, (46) ________________________________________________ , and many that are more complicated than the ones they do try to teach him.2010年12月大学英语六级(CET-6)真题试卷Psychologists are finding that hope plays a surprisingly vital role in giving people a measurable advantage in realms (36) as academic achievement, bearing up in tough jobs and coping with (37) illness.And, by contrast, the loss of hope is turning out to be a stronger sign that a person may (38) suicide than other factors long thought to be more likely risks."Hope has proven a powerful predictor of (39) in every study we've done so far,"said Dr. Charles R.Snyder, a psychologist who has devised a (40) to assess how much hope a person has.For example, in research with 3 920 college students, Dr. Synder and his (41)found that the level of hope among freshmen at the beginning of their first semester was a more (42) predictor of their college grades than were their SAT scores or their grade point (43) in high school, the two measures most commonly used to predict college performance.(44)" , Dr. Snyder said."When you compare students of equivalent intelligence and past academic achievements, what sets them apart is hope."In devising a way assess hope scientifically, Dr. Snyder (45). "That notion is not concrete enough, and it blurs two key components of hope," Dr. Snyder said (46)" . "。
2022年12月6级真题第一套听力原文中文版
大学英语六级考试第二部分听力理解A节说明：在本节中，你将听到两篇长对话。
在每一篇对话的最后，你将会听到四个问题。
对话和问题均播放一遍。
听到问题后，你需要从A)、B)、C)和D)四个选项中选出最佳答案。
然后将相应的答案涂在答题卡1上。
对话一男：你的论文进展如何？我正在校对我的初稿，明天会提交给我的教授。
女：哦，我甚至还没有开始写。
所以我真的很担心下个学期末完不成。
男：你是说你还没开始?还有五个月就要交终稿了。
女：我当然已经开始了，但我还没有开始写作，因为我还没有找到足够的资源来使用，所以我还在研究这个话题。
男：也许问题出在你做研究的方式上。
我在开始前先和我的教授讨论了去哪里找信息。
基于此，我在图书馆找到了参考书，并在网上找到了许多知名的期刊文章。
女：我已经都尝试过了，但不够用来写论文，因为我们学院要求论文至少要写70页。
我认为问题是我的题目不可行。
老实说，我的教授一开始确实警告过我，说我可能无法找到足够的材料。
但我对这个话题非常感兴趣，以至于他的建议并没有让我转变。
男：好吧，我建议你找一个新话题。
毕竟，我们的教授在这里指导我们，所以最好听从他们的意见。
女：回想起来，我真希望我听了他的话，但我没有。
现在我不想放弃我的题目，因为我已经投入了大量的时间和精力。
男：如果你坚持你现在的题目，也许你可以做一些调整，而不是完全放弃它。
你的题目是什么？女：《关于我国南方女性的气质和民间传说的描述》。
男：那相当狭窄了。
如果把题目扩大，你可以找到更多的材料，也许可以加入其他类型的描述。
女：扩大题目是一个好主意。
我可以从将其他地区的民间传说加进来开始。
请根据你刚刚听到的对话回答问题1到4。
1.关于自己的论文，女士说了什么？2.关于自己的教授，男士说了什么？3.关于自己的教授，女士说了什么？4.我们了解到女士为了完成论文会做什么？对话二女：今天，在《书论》节目上，我们有幸邀请到约翰·罗宾斯，并讨论他的新书《为什么美国人很胖以及我们如何减肥》。
2023年12月大学英语六级考试真题及答案(第二套)
2023年12月大学英语六级考试真题及答案（第二套）2023年12月大学英语六级考试真题及答案第二套英语六级听力第二套1.A) Spending their holidays in a novel way.2. D) He once owned a van.3. A) Generate their own electricity.4.C) Enjoying the freedom to choose where to go and work.5. C) Her job performance has worsened over the past month.6.B) Some problems at home7. B) The womans work proficiency.8. C) The woman will be off work on the next two Mondays.9. D) It can enable us to live a healthier and longer life.10.B) The spouses level of education can impact oneshealth.11.A) They had more education than their spouses.12.C) Forecasting flood risks accurately.13.D) To improve his mathematical flooding model.14.A) To forecast rapid floods in real time.15.B) They set up Internet-connected water-level sensors.16.B) To argue about the value of a college degree.17.D) The factor of wages.18.A) The sharp decline in marriage among men with no college degrees.19.C) More and more people prioritize animal welfare when buying things to wear.20.D)Avoided the use of leather and fur.21.A)Whether they can be regarded as ethical.22.D) The era we live in is the most peaceful in history.23.C) They believed the world was deteriorating.24.B) Our psychological biases.25.A) Paying attention to negative information.翻译第二篇在中国，随着老龄化社会的到来，养老受到普遍关注。
2022年大学六级真题听力原文答案详解
12月大学英语六级真题Part I Writing (30 minutes) Directions:For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay entitled The Way to Success bycommenting on Abraham Lincoln's famous remark,"Give me six hours to chop down a tree, and I willspend, the first four sharpening the axe." You shouldwrite at least 150 words but no more than 200 words.The Way to Success注意：此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。
Part II Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning) (15 minutes)Directions:In this part, you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage quickly and answer thequestions on AnswerSheet 1. For questions 1-7, choose the best answerfrom the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Forquestions 8-10, complete the sentences with theinformation given in the passage.Google's Plan for World's Biggest Online Library: PhilanthropyOr Act of Piracy?In recent years, teams of workers dispatched by Google have been working hard to make digital copies of books. So far, Google has scanned more than 10 million titles from libraries in America and Europe - including half a million volumes held by the Bodleian in Oxford. The exact method it uses is unclear; the company does not allow outsiders to observe the process.Why is Google undertaking such a venture? Why is it even interested in all those out-of-printlibrary books, most of which have been gathering dust on forgotten shelves for decades? Thecompany claims its motives are essentially public-spirited. Its overall mission, after all, is to "organise the world's information", so it would be odd if that information did not include books.The company likes to present itself as having lofty aspirations. "This really isn't about making money. We are doing this for the good of society." As Santiago de la Mora, head of Google Books for Europe, puts it: "By making it possible to search the millions of books that exist today, we hope to expand the frontiers of human knowledge."Dan Clancy, the chief architect of Google Books, does seem genuine in his conviction that thisis primarilya philanthropic (慈善旳) exercise. "Google's core business issearch and find, soobviously what helps improve Google's search engine is good for Google," he says. "But we havenever built a spreadsheet (电子数据表) outlining the financial benefits of this, and I have neverhad to justify the amount I am spending to the company's founders."It is easy, talking to Clancy and his colleagues, to be swept along by their missionary passion. But Google's book-scanning project is proving controversial. Several opponents have recently emerged, ranging from rival tech giants such as Microsoft and Amazon to small bodies representing authors and publishers across the world. In broad terms, these opponents have levelled two sets of criticisms at Google.First, they have questioned whether the primary responsibility for digitally archiving the world's books should be allowed to fall to a commercial company. In a recent essay in the New YorkReview of Books, Robert Darnton, the head of Harvard University's library, argued that because such books are a common resource – the possession of us all – only public,not-for-profit bodiesshould be given the power to control them.The second related criticism is that Google's scanning of books is actually illegal. This allegation has led to Googlebecoming mired in (陷入) a legal battle whose scope and complexity makes the Jarndyce and Jarndyce case in Charles Dickens' Bleak House look straightforward.At its centre, however, is one simple issue: that of copyright. The inconvenient fact about most books, to which Google has arguably paid insufficient attention, is that they are protected by copyright. Copyright laws differ from country to country, but in general protection extends for the duration of an author's life and for a substantial period afterwards, thus allowing the author's heirs to benefit. (In Britain and America, this post-death period is 70 years.) This means, of course, that almost all of the books published in the 20th century are still undercopyright – and the last century saw more books published than in all previous centuries combined. Of the roughly 40 million books in US libraries, for example, an estimated 32 million are in copyright. Of these, some 27 million are out of print.Outside the US, Google has made sure only to scan books that are out of copyright and thus in the "public domain" (works such as the Bodleian's first edition of Middlemarch, which anyone canread for free on Google Books Search).But, within the US, the company has scanned bothin-copyright and out-of-copyright works. Inits defence, Google points out that it displays only small segments of books that are in copyright– arguing that such displays are "fair use". But critics allege that by making electronic copies of these books without first seeking the permission of copyright holders, Google has committed piracy."The key principle of copyright law has always been that works can be copied only once authors have expressly given their permission," says Piers Blofeld, of the Sheil Land literary agency in London. "Google has reversed this – it has simply copied all these works without bothering toask."In , the Authors Guild of America, together with a group of US publishers, launched a class action suit (集团诉讼) against Google that, after more than two years of negotiation, endedwith an announcement last October that Google and the claimants had reached an out-of-courtsettlement. The full details are complicated - the text alone runs to 385pages– and trying tosummarise it is no easy task. "Part of the problem is that it is basically incomprehensible," saysBlofeld, one of the settlement's most vocal British critics.Broadly, the deal provides a mechanism for Google to compensate authors and publishers whose rights it has breached (including giving them a share of any future revenue it generates fromtheir works). In exchange for this, the rights holders agree not to sue Google in future.This settlement hands Google the power - but only with the agreement of individual rights holders – to exploit its database of out-of-print books. It can include them in subscription deals sold to libraries or sell them individually under a consumer licence. It is these commercial provisions that are proving the settlement's most controversial aspect.Critics point out that, by giving Google the right to commercially exploit its database, thesettlement paves the way for a subtle shift in the company's role from provider of information to seller. "Google's business model has always been to provide information for free, and sell advertising on the basis of the traffic this generates," points out James Grimmelmann, associate professor at New York Law School. Now, he says, because of the settlement's provisions, Google could become a significant force in bookselling.Interest in this aspect of the settlement has focused on "orphan" works, where there is noknown copyrightholder – these make up an estimated 5-10% of the books Google has scanned. Under the settlement, when no rights holders come forward and register their interest in a work, commercial control automatically reverts to Google. Google will be able to display up to 20% oforphan works for free, include them in its subscription deals to libraries and sell them to individual buyers under the consumer licence.It is by no means certain that the settlement willbe enacted (执行) – it is the subject of afairness hearing in the US courts. But if it is enacted, Google will in effect be off the hook as far as copyright violations in the US are concerned. Many people are seriously concerned by this - and the company is likely to face challenges in other courts around the world.No one knows the precise use Google will make of the intellectual property it has gained byscanning the world's library books, and the truth, as Gleick, an American science writer and member of the Authors Guild, points out, is that the company probably doesn't even know itself. But what is certain is that, in some way or other, Google's entrance into digital bookselling will have a significant impact on the book world in the years to come.注意：此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。
大学英语六级改革适用(听力)模拟试卷335(题后含答案及解析)
大学英语六级改革适用（听力）模拟试卷335(题后含答案及解析) 题型有： 2. Listening ComprehensionPart II Listening ComprehensionSection CI’m interested in the criminal【B1】______system of our country. It seems to me that something has to be done, if we’re to【B2】______as a country. I certainly don’t know what the answers to our problems are. Things certainly【B3】______in a hurry when you get into them, but I wonder if something couldn’t be done to deal with some of these problems. One thing I’m concerned about is our practice of putting 【B4】______in jail who haven’t harmed anyone. Why not work out some system whereby they can【B5】______the debts they owe society instead of【B6】______another debt by going to prison and, of course, coming under the【B7】______of hardened criminals. I’m also concerned about the short prison sentences people are serving for serious crimes. Of course one alternative to this is to【B8】______capital punishment, but I’m not sure I would be for that. I’m not sure it’s right to take an eye for an eye. The alternative to capital punishment is longer sentences, but they would certainly cost the tax payers much money. I also think we must do something about the insanity plea. In my opinion, anyone who takes another person’s life intentionally is【B9】______: however, that does not mean that the person isn’t 【B10】______of the crime, or that he shouldn’t pay society the debt he owes. It’s sad, of course, that a person may have to spend the rest of his life, or a large part of it in prison for acts that he committed while not in full control of his mind.1．【B1】正确答案：justice 涉及知识点：讲座2．【B2】正确答案：survive 涉及知识点：讲座3．【B3】正确答案：get complicated 涉及知识点：讲座4．【B4】正确答案：offenders 涉及知识点：讲座5．【B5】正确答案：pay back 涉及知识点：讲座6．【B6】正确答案：incurring 涉及知识点：讲座7．【B7】正确答案：influence 涉及知识点：讲座8．【B8】正确答案：restore 涉及知识点：讲座9．【B9】正确答案：insane 涉及知识点：讲座10．【B10】正确答案：guilty 涉及知识点：讲座If you’re like most people, you’ve【B1】______fake listening many times. You go to history class, sit in the third row, and look squarely at the instructor as she speaks. But your mind is far away,【B2】______in the clouds of pleasant daydreams. Occasionally you come back to earth: the instructor writes an important term on the chalkboard, and you【B3】______copy it in your notebook. Every once in a while the instructor makes a witty remark, causing others in the class to laugh. You smile politely, pretending that you’ve heard the remark and found it mildly humorous. You have a【B4】______sense of guilt that you aren’t paying close attention, but you tell yourself that any material you miss can【B5】______from a friend’s notes. Besides, the instructor’s talking about road construction in ancient Rome, and nothing could be more boring. So back you go into your【B6】______little world. Only later do you realize you’ve missed important information for a test. Fake listening may be easily exposed, since many speakers【B7】______facial cues and can tell if you’re 【B8】______pretending to listen. Your blank expression and the faraway look in your eyes are the cues that【B9】______your inattentiveness. Even if you’re not exposed, there’s another reason to avoid fakery: it’s easy for this【B10】______to become a habit. For some people, the habit is so deeply rooted that they automatically start daydreaming when a speaker begins talking on something complex or uninteresting. As a result, they miss lots of valuable information.11．【B1】正确答案：indulged in 涉及知识点：讲座12．【B2】正确答案：floating 涉及知识点：讲座13．【B3】正确答案：dutifully 涉及知识点：讲座14．【B4】正确答案：vague 涉及知识点：讲座15．【B5】正确答案：be picked up 涉及知识点：讲座16．【B6】正确答案：private 涉及知识点：讲座17．【B7】正确答案：are sensitive to 涉及知识点：讲座18．【B8】正确答案：merely 涉及知识点：讲座19．【B9】正确答案：betray 涉及知识点：讲座20．【B10】正确答案：behavior 涉及知识点：讲座So we’ve already talked a bit about the【B1】______of extreme sports like rock-climbing. As psychologists, we need to ask ourselves: Why is this person doingthis? Why do people take these risks and put themselves【B2】______when they don’t have to? One common trait among【B3】______is that they enjoy strong feelings or sensations. We call this trait sensation-seeking. A sensation-seeker is someone who’s always【B4】______new sensations. What else do we know about sensation-seekers? Well, as I said, sensation-seekers like strong emotions. You can see this trait in many parts of a person’s life, not just in extreme sports. For example, many sensation-seekers enjoy hard rock music. They like the loud sound and strong emotion of the songs.【B5】______, sensation-seekers enjoy【B6】______horror movies. They like the feeling of being【B7】______and horrified while watching the movie. This feeling is even stronger for extreme sports when the person faces real danger. Sensation-seekers feel the danger is very exciting. In addition, sensation-seekers like new experiences that force them to push their personal limits. For them,【B8】______the same things every day is boring. Many sensation-seekers choose jobs that 【B9】______risk, such as starting a new business or being an emergency room doctor. These jobs are different every day, so they never know what will happen. That’s why many sensation-seekers also like extreme sports. When you do rock-climbing, you never know what will happen. The【B10】______is always new and different.21．【B1】正确答案：growth 涉及知识点：讲座22．【B2】正确答案：in danger 涉及知识点：讲座23．【B3】正确答案：risk-takers 涉及知识点：讲座24．【B4】正确答案：looking for 涉及知识点：讲座25．【B5】正确答案：Similarly 涉及知识点：讲座26．【B6】正确答案：frightening 涉及知识点：讲座27．【B7】正确答案：scared 涉及知识点：讲座28．【B8】正确答案：repeating 涉及知识点：讲座29．【B9】正确答案：involve 涉及知识点：讲座30．【B10】正确答案：activity 涉及知识点：讲座。
大学英语六级改革适用(听力)模拟试卷227(题后含答案及解析)
大学英语六级改革适用（听力）模拟试卷227(题后含答案及解析)题型有：1. What do we learn about Denys Hawtin when he was 15?2. What did Denys Hawtin do at the age of 24?3. For what were Denys Hawtin and his wife awarded the Nobel Prize a second time?4. Why did Denys Hawtin go to New York?1．A．He invented the refrigerator.B．He patented his first invention.C．He was admitted to a university.D．He got a degree in Mathematics.正确答案：C解析：对话主要介绍了Hawtin的生平，女士介绍了他出生和去世的时间后，就讲到他在15岁时被伦敦大学录取了，故答案为选项C项。
A项曲解了原文意思，录音是讲Hawtin在低温物理的工作中发现了a method of refrigeration，并非“发明了冰箱”；B项中的first invention未提及；D项“他获得了数学学位”是17岁时发生的事。
2．A．He started to work on refrigeration.B．He became a professor of Mathematics.C．He fell in love with Natasha Willoughby.D．He distinguished himself in low temperature physics.正确答案：B解析：本题各选项中的名词录音都有提及，但只有选项B是他在24岁时所做的事情，与女士提到的“他在24岁时在为曼彻斯特大学的数学教授”完全吻合。
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大学英语六级预测试卷听力Section ADirections:In this section,you will hear8short conversationsand2long conversations.At the end of each conversation,oneor more questions will be asked about what was said.Both theconversat ion and the questions will be spoken only once.aftereach question there will be a pause.During t he pause,youmust read the four choices marked A),B),C)and D),and decide which is the best answer.Thenmark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet2with a single line through the cent re.11.A.She's happy that the student center is getting more computers.B.She'll let the man use her computer to do statistics assignments.C.She'll take a statistics course in the student center soon.D.She'd like to buy a computer very soon.12.A.She is very happy to obey the rules.B.She is very interested in the rules.C.She is irritated by so many rules.D.She is sorry for the rules.13.A.Public buses are fast and cheap transportation tools.B.Parking is becoming a big problem.C.Subway trains are even safer than taxies.D.Taxies are more convenient than buses.14.A.He's also interested in Americian literature.B.He hasn't decided if he would take the literature class.C.The woman should have already finished her paper.D.The woman's topic may not be appropriate.15.A.She feels sorry owing to the man's failure.B.She did no better than the man in the contest.C.She is optimistic that she won't be the last in the contest.D.She thinks that they can win in the coming contest.16.A.It won't be different from the others.B.It will be unusually mild.C.It will be warm and comfortable.D.It will probably be cold.17.A.By learning English alone.B..By learning English hard before test.C.By studying at her spare time.D..By learning a little regularly.18.A.She is a little tired.B.She is going to study in the library.C.She wants to listen to the music.D.She is going to make a reservation.Questions19to21are based on the conversation you have just heard.19.A.How to borrow money from friends.B.How to reduce expenses on transportation.C.How to work out a financial plan.D.How to rent a cheap apartment.20.A.A small place with a nice view of the city.B.A spacious apartment with cable TV.C.An apartment downtown with free parking.D.An apartment outside of downtown.21.A.He should be careful when using his credit cards.B.He ought to sell his car to save money.C.He should stop spending money on enterttainment.D.He shouldn't go out to eat every night.Questions22to25are based on the conversation you have just heard.22.A.To see the effects of the world's technology in North Amracia on other part of the world.B.To see diffierent places of the world for relaxtion.C.To work for his thesis about network management.D.To look for some specific investment opportunities.23.A.Silicon Valley is the world's best place for studying.B.There are numerous schools in Silicon Valley.C.It is a very nice place parly because of many successful people.D.There are lots of business opportunities in Silicon V alley.24.A.It brings them more competition and challenges.B.It brings more opportunities to them.C.It brings them more advanced technology.D.It makes their life easier.25.A.They should think about the business in their own countries.B.They should think how to do business with other countriesC.They should compete with companies in other countries.D.They should thinkabout businesses from a globle view.Section BDirections:In this section,you will hear3short passages.At the end of each passage,you willhea r some questions.Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once.After youhear a q uestion,you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A),B),C)andD).Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet2with a single line through thecentre.Passage OneQuestions26to28are based on the passage you have just heard.26.A.They think writers have wealth and fame.B.They like writing.C.They want to enjoy loneness.D.They follow some examples.27.A.She wasn't able to produce a single book.B.She wasn't able to have a rest for a whole year.C.She hadn't seen a change for the better.D.She found his dream would never come true.28.A.It warns young people of the hardships of a successful writer.B.It advises young people to give up their idea of becoming writers.C.It shows that writers usually live in poverty and isolation.D.I t encourage s youn g peopl e t o pursu e a writin g carcee r.Passag e Tw o youn g peopl e t o pursu e a writin g caree r.Question s 29t o 31ar e base d o n th e passag e yo u hav e jus t hear d.29.A.Becaus e the y like d t o ea t te a leave s.B.Becaus e the y wer e curiou s abou t th e tast e o f te a leave s.C.Becaus e the y di d no t kno w ho w t o d o wit h te a.D.Becaus e the y wante d t o mak e sandwiche s wit h te a.30.A.Briton s go t expensiv e te a fro m chin a.B.Briton s go t thei r firs t te a fro m Finlan d.C.Briton s wer e th e firs t peopl e i n Europ e wh o dran k te a.D.I n th e 17th centur y th e Eas t Indi a Compan y introduce d te a t o Britai n.31.A.Becaus e the y followe d everythin g th e Briton s di d.B.Becaus e i t taste d bette r tha n mixe d wit h butte r.C.Becaus e i t becom e a popula r drin k.D.Becaus e the y wer e influence d b y a woma n i n th e uppe r clas s.Passag e Thre eQuestion s 32t o 35ar e base d o n th e passag e yo u hav e jus t hear d.32.A.Official s fro m th e Ne w Yor k Polic e Departmen t.B.Official s fro m th e Ne w Yor k federa l governmen t.C.Official s fro m th e Ne w Yor k loca l governmen t.D.Amecican s workin g i n th e subwa y an d restaurant s.33.A.I n restaurant s.B.I n theatre s.C.I n Ne w Yor k cit y subwa y.D.I n toile t stall s.34.A.Unde r thei r arm s.B.Unde r thei r coat s.C.O n th e floo r betwee n th e leg s.D.O n th e wris t.35.A.Unde r th e seat s.B.Behin d th e doo r.C.O n th e floo r.die s'roo m.Sectio n CDirection s:I n thi s sectio n,yo u wil l hea r a passag e thre e time s.Whe n th e passag e i s rea d fo r th e firs t tim e,yo u shoul d liste n carefull y fo r it s genera l ide a.Whe n th e passag e i s rea d fo r th e sec on d tim e,yo u ar e require d t o fil l i n th e blank s numbere d fro m 36t o 43wit h th e exac t word s y o u hav e jus t hear d.Fo r blank s numbere d fro m 44t o 46yo u ar e require d t o fil l i n th e missin g i nformatio n.Fo r thes e blank s,yo u ca n eithe r us e th e exac t word s yo u hav e jus t hear d o r writ e d ow n th e mai n point s i n you r ow n word s.Finall y,whe n th e passag e i s rea d fo r th e thir d tim e,yo u shoul d chec k wha t yo u hav e writte n.Th e Ta j Maha l i s t o ope n o n moonli t evening s 20year s afte r securit y fear s end s nigh t visit s.Ind i a's Suprem e Cour t wil l allo w th e famou s (36)______to lov e t o ope n fou r night s a mont h,(37)_ _____for thre e month s.Th e Ta j ,buil t i n th e 1600s b y th e Mugha l (38)______Shah Jaha n a s a tom b fo r hi s wif e ,i s a Worl d (39)______site.Onl y 400visitor s wil l b e le t i n eac h nigh t,an d parkin g restriction s wil l be(40)______around th e sit e.Th e Suprem e Cour t (41)______came a s stat e official s i n Utta r Prades h wer e celebratin g th e Ta j 's 350th (42)______close t o it s sit e i n th e cit y o f Agr a."Thi s reopenin g o f th e Ta j fo r moonligh t viewin g i s goin g t o dra w (43)______crowds fro m acro s s th e glob e,"Stat e touris m ministe r Kauka b Hami d sai d,"(44)________________."Touris t chief s sai d mor e tha n 300,000foreigner s visite d th e Ta j Maha l sit e i n 2003,bu t number s ar e dow n sinc e th e terro r attack s i n th e U S o n 11Septembe r 2003.(45)_________________.Th e Sik h insurgenc y ende d i n th e mid-1990s,bu t India n authoritie s hav e remaine d reluctan t t o l e t visitor s bac k t o th e Ta j afte r sunse t.Durin g th e heigh t o f tension s betwee n Indi a an d Pakista n i n 2001,official s dre w u p plan s t o disguis e th e Ta j fro m possibl e Pakistan i ai r attack s.Sha h Jaha n buil t th e Ta j Maha l a s a n expressio n o f lov e fo r hi s wif e Mumta z Maha l.(46)_____ _____________.参考答案：Section A11.D 12.C 13.B 14.D 15.B 16.D 17.D 18.B 19.C 20.A 21.B 22.A 23.C 24.B 25.DSection BPassage One 26.A 27.C 28.APassage Two 29.C 30.D 31.DPassage Three 32.A 33.C 34.C 35.DSection C36.monument37.initially38.emperor39.Heritage40.imposed41.announcement42.anniversary43.fantastic44.We will ensure strict security and follow visitor guidelines laid down by the Supreme C ourt45.Night visits to the Taj,once a romantic highlight of any visit to India,were banned in 1 984for some reason.46.It is largely made of white stone that reflects the changes of colour visible during sun setand clear, moonlit nights。