2016年6月六级 第二套附赠真题的听力原文
2016年6月大学英语六级考试真题听力原文（第二套）Section AConversation OneW: So, Mike, you managed the innovation project at CucinTech.M: I did, indeed.W: Well, then. First, congratulations! It seems to have been very successful.M: Thanks. Yes. I really helped things turn around at CucinTech.W: Was the revival in their fortunes entirely due to strategic innovation?M: Yes, yes. I think it was. CucinTech was a company who were very much following the pack, doing what everyone else was doing, and getting rapidly left behind. I could see there was a lot of talent there, and some great potential, particularly in their product development. I just had to harness that somehow.W: Was innovation at the core of the project?M: Absolutely. I f it doesn’t sound like too much of a cliché, our world is constantly changing and it’s changing quickly. We need to be innovating constantly to keep up with this. Stand still, and you’re lost.W: No stopping to sniff the roses?M: Well, I’ll do that in my personal life. Sure. But as a business strategy, I’m afraid there is no stopping.W: What exactly is strategic innovation then?M: Strategic innovation is the process of managing innovation of making sure it takes place at all levels of the company and that is related to the company’s overall str ategy.W: I see.M: So, instead of innovation for innovation’s sake and new products being created simply because the technology is there, the company culture must switch from these point-in-time innovations to a continuous pipeline of innovations from everywhere and everyone.W: How did you align strategies throughout the company?M: I soon became aware that campaigning is useless. People take no notice. Simply, it came about through good practice trickling down. This built consent. People could see it was the best way to work.W: Does innovation on this scale really give a competitive advantage?M: I’m certain of it. Absolutely, especially if it’s difficult for a competitor to a copy. The risk is of course that innovation may frequently lead to imitation.W: But not if it’s strategic?M: Precisely.W: Thanks for talking to us.M: Sure.Questions 1 to 4 are based on the conversation you have just heard.1. What seems to have been very successful according to the woman speaker?2. What did the company lack before the man’s scheme was implemented?3. What does the man say he should do in his business?4. What does the man say is the risk of innovation?Conversation TwoM: Today my guest is Dana Ivanovich, who has worked for the last 20 years as an interpreter. Dana, welcome.W: Thank you.M: Now, I’d like to begin by saying that I have on occasions used an interpreter myself as a foreign correspondent. So I’m full of admiration for what you do. But I think your profession is sometimes underrated and many people think anyone who speaks more than one language can do it.W: There are n’t any interpreters I know who don’t have professional qualifications and training. You only really get profession after many years in the job.M: And am I right in saying you can divide what you do into two distinct methods: simultaneous and consecutive interpreting.W: That’s right. The techniques you use are different. And a lot of interpreters will say one is easier than the other, less stressful.M: Simultaneous interpreting, putt ing someone’s words into another language more or less as they speak, sounds to me like the more difficult.W: Well, actually no. Most people in the business would agree that consecutive interpreting is the more stressful. You have to wait for the speaker to deliver quite a chunk of language before you then put it into the second language which puts your short-term memory under intense stress.M: You make notes, I presume?W: Absolutely. Anything like numbers, names, places have to be noted down, but the rest is never translated word for word. You have to find a way of summarizing it. So that the message is there, turning every single word into the target language would put too much strain on the interpreter and slow down the whole process too much.M: But with simultaneous interpreting, you start translating almost as soon as the other person starts speaking, you must have some preparation beforehand.W: Well, hopefully, the speakers will let you have an outline of the topic a day or two in advance, you have a little time to do research, prepare technical expressions and so on.Questions 5 to 8 are based on the conversation you have just heard.5. What are the speakers mainly talking about?6. What does the man think of Dana’s profession?7. What does Dana say about the interpreters she knows?8. What do most interpreters think of consecutive interpreting?Section BPassage OneMothers have been warned for years that sleeping with their new-born infant is a bad idea, because it increases the risk that the baby might die unexpectedly during the night. But now Israeli researchers are reporting that even sleeping in the same room can have negative consequences, not for the child, but for the mother. Mothers who slept in the same room as their infants, whether in the same bed or just the same room, had poorer sleep than mothers whose baby slept elsewhere in the house. They woke up more frequently, were awake approximately 20 minutes longer per night, and had shorter periods of uninterrupted sleep. These results held true even taking into account that many of the women in the study were breast-feeding their babies. Infants, on the other hand, didn’t appear to have worse sleep whether they slept in the same or different room from their mothers. The researchers acknowledge that since the families they studied were all middle-class Israelis. It’s possible the results would be different in different cultures. Lead author Lyati Sotski wrote in an email that the research team also didn’t measure father s’ sleep. So it’s possible that their sleep patterns could also be causing the sleepdisruptions for mums. Right now, to reduce the risk of sudden infant death syndrome, the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that mothers not sleep in the same bed as their babies, but sleep in the same room. The Israeli study suggests that doing so may be best for the baby, but may take a toll on mum.Questions 9 to 11 are based on the passage you have just heard.9. What is the long-held view about mother s’ sleeping with new-born babies?10. What do Israeli researchers’ findings show?11. What does the American Academy of Pediatrics recommend mothers do?Passage TwoThe US has already lost more than a third of the native languages that existed before European colonization and the remaining 192 are classed by UNESCO as ranging between unsafe and extinct. “We need more funding and more effort to return these languages to everyday use,” says Fred Nawusky of the National Museum of the American Indian. “We are making progress, but money needs to be spent on revitalizing languages, not just documenting them.” Some 40 languages mainly in California and Oklahoma where thousands of Indians were forced to relocate in the 19th century have fewer than 10 native speakers. Part of the issue is that tribal groups themselves don’t always believe their languages are endangered until they are down to the last handful of sp eakers. “But progress is being made through emerging schools, because if you teach children when they are young, it will stay with them as adults and that’s the future,” says Mr. Nawusky, a Comanche Indian. Such schools have become a model in Hawaii, but t he islanders’ local language is still classed by UNESCO as critically endangered because only 1,000 people speak it. The decline in American Indian languages has its historical roots. In the mid-19th century, the US government adopted a policy of Americanizing Indian children by removing them from their homes and culture. Within a few generations, most had forgotten their native tongues. Another challenge to language survival is television. It has brought English into homes, and pushed out traditional storytelling and family time together, accelerating the extinction of native languages.Questions 12 to 15 are based on the passage you have just heard.12. What do we learn from the report?13. For what purpose does Fred Nawusky appeal for more funding?14. What is the historical cause of the decline in American Indian Languages?15. What does the speaker say about television?Section CRecording oneGreg Rosen lost his job as a sales manager nearly three years ago and is still unemployed. “I t literally is like something in a dream to remember what it’s like to actually be able to go out and put in a day’s work and receive a day’s pay.”At first Rosen bought groceries and made house payments with the help from unemployment insurance. It pays laid-off workers up to half of their previous wages while they look for work. But now, that insurance has run out for him and he has to make tough choices. He’s cut back on medications and he no longer helps support his disabled mother. It is a devastating experience. New research says the US recession is now over. But many people remain unemployed and unemployed workers face difficult odds. There is literally only one job opening for every five unemployed workers, so four out of five unemployed workers have actually no chance of finding a new job. Businesses have downsized or shutdown across America, leading fewer job opportunities for those in search of work. Experts who monitor unemployment statistics here in BucksCounty, Pennsylvania say about 28,000 people are unemployed and many of them are jobless due to no fault of their own. That’s where the Bucks County Careerlink comes in.Local director Elizabeth Walsh says they provide training and guidance to help unemployed workers find local job opportunities. “So here’s the job opening. Here’s the job seeker. Match them together under one roof,” she says. But the lack of work opportunities in Bucks County limits how much she can help. Rosen says he hopes Congress will take action. This month, he launched the Ninety-Niners Union, an umbrella organization of eighteen Internet-based grass roots groups of Ninety-Niners. Their goal is to convince law makers to extend unemployed benefits. But Pennsylvania State representative Scott Petri says governments simply do not have enough money to extend unemployment insurance. He thinks the best way to help the long-term unemployed is to allow private citizens to invest in local companies that can create more jobs. But the boost in investor confidence needed for the plan to work will take time. Time that Rosen says still requires him to buy food and make monthly mortgage payments. Rosen says he’ll use the last of his savings to try to hang onto the home he worked for more than twenty years to buy. But once that money is gone, he says he doesn’t know what he’ll do.Questions 16 to 18 are based on the recording you have just heard.16. How does unemployment insurance help the unemployed?17. What is local director Elizabeth Walsh of the Bucks County Careerlink doing?18. What does Pennsylvania state representative Scott Petri say is the best way to help the long-term unemployed?Recording TwoEarlier this year, British explorer Pen Huddle and his team tracked for three months across the frozen Arctic Ocean, taking measurements and recording observations about the ice.“Well, we’ve been led to believe that we would encounter a good proportion of this older, thicker, technically multi-year ice that’s been around for a few years and just get thicker and thicker. We actually found there wasn’t any multi-year ice at all.”Satellite observations and submarine service over the past few years had shown less ice in the polar region. But the recent measurements show the lost is more pronounced than previously thought.“We are looking at roughly 80 percent loss of ice cover on the Arctic ocean in ten years, roughly ten years and 100 percent loss in nearly twenty years.”Cambridge scientist Peter Waddams, who’s been measuring and monitoring the Arctic since 1971, says the decline is irreversible.“T he more you lose, the more open water is created, the more warming goes on in that open water during the summer, the less ice forms in the winter, the more melt there is the following summer. It becomes a breakdown process where everything ends up accelerating until it’s all gone.”Martin Summercorn runs the Arctic program for the environmental charity the World Wildlife Fund. “The Ar ctic sea ice holds a central position in the earth’s climate system and it’s deteriorating faster than expected. Actually, it has to translate into more urgency to deal with the climate change problem and reduce emissions.”Summercorn says a plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions blamed for global warming needs to come out of the Copenhagen Climate Change Summit in December.“W e have to basically achieve there—the commitment to deal with the problem now. T hat’s the minimum. We have to do that equitably. And that we have to find a commitment that is quick.”Waddams echoes the need for urgency. “The carbon that we’ve put into the atmosphere keeps having a warming effect for 100 years. So we have to cut back rapidly now. Because it would take a long time to work its way through into ourresponse by the atmosphere. We can’t switch off global warming just by being good in the future. We have to start being good now.”Waddams says there is no easy technological fix to climate change. He and other scientists say there are basically two options to replacing fossil fuels. Generating energy with renewables or embracing nuclear power.Questions 19 to 22 are based on the recording you have just heard.19. What did Pen Huddle and his team do in the Arctic Ocean?20. What does the report say about the Arctic region?21. What does Cambridge scientist Peter Waddams say in his study?22. How does Peter Waddams view climate change?Recording ThreeFrom a very early age, some children exhibit better self-control than others. Now, a new study that began with about 1,000 children in New Zealand has tracked how a child’s low self-control can predict poor health, money troubles and even a criminal record in their adult years. Researchers have been studying this group of children for decades now. Some of their earliest observations have to do with the level of self-control the youngsters displayed. Parents, teachers, even the kids themselves, scored the youngsters on measures like “acting before thinking” and “persistence in reaching goals”.The children of the study are now adults in their thirties. Terrie Moffitt of Duke University and her research colleagues found that kids with self-control issues tended to grow up to become adults with a far more troubling set of issues to deal with.“The children who had the lowest self-control when they were age 3 to 10, later on had the most health problems in their thirties, and they had the worst financial situation. And they were more likely to have a criminal record and to be raising a child as a single parent on a very low income.”Speaking from New Zealand via Skype, Moffitt explained that self-control problems were widely observed and weren’t just a feature of a small group of misbehaving kids.“Even the children who had above-average self-control as pre-schoolers could have benefited from more self-control training. They could have improved their financial situation and their physical and mental health situation 30 years later.”So, children with minor self-control problems were likely as adults to have minor health problems, and so on. Moffitt said it’s still unclear why some children have better self-control than others, though she says other researchers have found that it’s mostly a learned behavior, with relatively little genetic influence. But good self-control can be set to run in families in that children who have good self-control are more likely to grow up to be healthy and prosperous parents.“Whereas some of the low self-control study members are more likely to be single parents with a very low income and the parent is in poor health and likely to be a heavy substance abuser. So that’s not a good atmosphere for a child. So it looks as though self-control is something that in one generation can disadvantage the next generation.”But the good news is that Moffitt says self-control can be taught by parents, and through school curricula that have proved to be effective. Terry Moffitt’s paper “O n the Link Between Childhood Self-control and Adult s’Status Decades Later” is published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.Questions 23 to 25 are based on the recording you have just heard.23. What is the new study about?24. What does the study seem to show?25. What does Moffitt say is the good news from their study?。
英语六级听力真题及答案第二套资料
精品文档月第二套年122016 Section A Directions: In this section, you will hear two long conversations. At the end ofand the questionswill conversationconversation, you will hear four questions. Both the eachbe spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answerfrom thefour choices marked A, B, C and D. Then mark the corresponding letter onAnswer Sheet Iwith a single line through the centre.conversation you have just heard.Questions 1 to 4 are based on the1. A. They were all good at cooking.about food. B. They were particular C. They were proud of their cuisine.D. They were fond of bacon and eggs.2. A. His parents.B. His friends.C. His schoolmates.D. His parents' friends.3. A. No tea was served with the meal.B. It was the real English breakfast.C. No one of the group ate it.D. It was a little overcooked.4. A. It was full of excitement.. extraordinary B. It was reallyC. It was a risky experience..disappointing D. 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Both the passage and the questions will bespoken only once.After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer fromthe four choices marked A, B, C and D. Then mark the corresponding letter on AnswerSheet 1 with a single linethrough the centre.Questions 9 to 12 are based on the passage you have just heard.9. A. They can be used to deliver messages in times of emergency.B. They deliver pollutants from the ocean to their nesting sites.them to faraway places. C. They carry plant seeds and spread. because of pollution D. They are on the verge of extinction10. A. They migrate to the Arctic Circle during the summer.from Devon Island in the Arctic area. B. They originate C. They travel as far as 400 kilometers in search of food.weathers. extremesurvive D. They have the ability to in11. A. They were carried by the wind.. poisonous B. They had become moreC. They were less than on the continent.D. They poisoned some of the fulmars.12. A. 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After you hear aquestion,精品文档．精品文档you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C andD. Then markthe corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line throughthe centre.recording you have just heard.Questions 16 to 18 are based on the16. A. They are focused more on attraction than love.at Yale.B. They were done by his former colleagueC. They were carried out over a period of some thirty years.D. They form the basis on which he builds his theory of love.is involved. 17. A. The relationship cannot last long if no passion to love. indispensableessential but not absolutely B. Intimacy isC. It is not love if you don't wish to maintain the relationship.without mutual understanding. impossible D. Romance is just18. A. Which of them is considered most important..commitment B. Whether it is true love withoutthe relationship. affect C. When the absence of any one doesn'tif any one is missing. defined D. How the relationship is to beyou have just heard. recording Questions 19 to 22 are based on the19. A. Social work as a profession.work.social B. The history ofwork applicants. social C. Academic degrees required ofD. The aim of the National Association of Social Workers.behavior.social20. A. They try to change people'sthe well-being of the underprivileged. enhance B. They help. of the environment C. They raise people's awareness D. They create a lot of opportunities for the unemployed.training. clinical21. A. They have all received strict work. degree in social B. They all have an academic C. They are all members of the National Association.D. They have all made a difference through their work.. status workers' social 22. A. The promotion of social workers. social B. The importance of training for workers to meet people's needs. social C. Ways forD. Social workers' job options and responsibilities.you have just heard. Questions 23 to 25 are based on the recording. obesity23. A. To fight childhoodB. To help disadvantaged kids.kids to play more sports. encourage C. Tokids to follow their role models.urge D. Toproduct sales when put online. 24. A. They best boost when appearing on TV. effective B. They are most. C. They are becoming more and more prevalent kids more than they do adults. impress D. They精品文档．精品文档25. A. Always place kids' interest first.in public.B. Do what they advocateC. Message positive behaviors at all times.D. Pay attention to their image before children.答案：1. A.They were all good at cooking.2. D.His parents' friends.3. C.No one of the group ate it..4. D.It was rather disappointing5. B.The business success of the woman's shop.6. C.Keep down its expenses.7. A.They are sold at lower prices than in other shops.8. D.To maintain friendly relationships with other shops.9. B.They deliver pollutants from the ocean to their nesting sites.10. C.They travel as far as 400 kilometers in search of food.11. A.They were carried by the wind.12. C.The harm Arctic seabirds may cause to humans.13. A.It has decreased.14. B.It is now the second leading cause of death for centenarians.15. C.Their minds fall before their bodies do.16. A.They are focused more on attraction than love.17. C.It is not love if you don't wish to maintain the relationship.if any one is missing. defined18. D.How the relationship is to be19. A.Social work as a profession.the well-being of the underprivileged. enhance20. B.They helpwork. social21. B.They all have an academic degree in22. D.Social workers' job options and responsibilities..23. A.To fight childhood obesity kids more than they do adults. 24. D.They impress25. C.Message positive behaviors at all times.精品文档．。
2016年英语六级考试听力样题及答案
2016年英语六级考试听力样题及答案Part II Listening Comprehension (30 minutes)Section ADirections: In this section, you will hear two long conversations. At the end of each conversation, you will hear some questions. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1with a single line through the centre.Conversation OneQuestions 1 to 4 are based on the conversation you have just heard.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.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.3. A) Discovering the true nature of subatomic particles.B) Their explanation of the laws of cause and effect.C) Their work on very high frequency radio waves.D) Laying the foundations of modern mathematics.4. A) To have a three-week holiday.B) To spend his remaining years.C) To patent his inventions.D) To teach at a university.Conversation TwoQuestions 5 to 8 are based on the conversation you have just heard.5. A) The injury of some students.B) A school bus crash on the way.C) The collapse of a school building.D) A fire that broke out on a school campus.6. A) Teaching.B) On vacation.C) Having lunch.D) Holding a meeting.7. A) A malfunctioning stove.B) Cigarettes butts left by workers.C) Violation of traffic rules.D) Negligence in school maintenance.8. A) Sent a story to the local newspaper.B) Threw a small Thanksgiving party.C) Baked some cookies as a present.D) Wrote a personal letter of thanks.Section BDirections: In this section, you will hear two passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre.Passage OneQuestions 9 to 11 are based on the passage you have just heard.9. A) It is a trait of a generous character.B) It is a reflection of self-esteem.C) It is an indicator of high intelligence.D) It is a sign of happiness and confidence.10. A) It was self-defeating.B) It was aggressive.C) It was the essence of comedy.D) It was something admirable.11. A) It is a double-edged sword.B) It is a feature of a given culture.C) It is a unique gift of human beings.D) It is a result of both nature and nurture.Passage TwoQuestions 12 to 15 are based on the passage you have just heard.12. A) She is a tourist guide.B) She is an interpreter.C) She is a domestic servant.D) She is from the royal family.13. A) It is situated at the foot of a beautiful mountain.B) It was used by the family to hold dinner parties.C) It was frequently visited by heads of state.D) It is furnished like one in a royal palace.14. A) It is elaborately decorated.B) It has survived some 2,000 years.C) It is very big, with only six slim legs.D) It is shaped like an ancient Spanish boat.15. A) They are interesting to look at.B) They have lost some of their legs.C) They do not match the oval table at all.D) They are uncomfortable to sit in for long.Section CDirections: In this section, you will hear recordings of lectures or talks followed by some questions. The recordings will be played only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre.Now listen to the following recording and answer questions 16 to 19.。
2016全年-2017年6月份英语六级真题三套全含答案
2017年6月大学英语六级真题试卷及答案（一）Part I Writing (30 minutes）（请于正式开考后半小时内完成该部分，之后将进行听力考试)Directions：Suppose you are asked to give advice on whether to attend a vocational college or a university，write an essay to state your opinion。
You are required to write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words。
Part II Listening Comprehension (30 minutes）Section ADirections：In this section，you will hear two long conversations。
At the end of each conversation，you will hear four questions. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A），B），C) and D)。
Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre.注意：此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答.Questions 1 to 4 are based on the conversation you have just heard。
6月大学英语六级考试听力样题
6月大学英语六级考试听力样题2016年6月大学英语六级考试听力样题Part II Listening Comprehension (30 minutes)Section ADirections: In this section, you will hear two long conversations. At the end of each conversation, you will hear some questions. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1with a single line through the centre.Conversation OneQuestions 1 to 4 are based on the conversation you have just heard.1. A) He invented the refrigerator. C) He was admitted to a university.B) He patented his first invention. D) He got a degree in Mathematics.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.3. A) Discovering the true nature of subatomic particles.B) Their explanation of the laws of cause and effect.C) Their work on very high frequency radio waves.D) Laying the foundations of modern mathematics.4. A) T o have a three-week holiday. C) To patent his inventions.B) To spend his remaining years. D) T o teach at a university.Conversation TwoQuestions 5 to 8 are based on the conversation you have just heard.5. A) The injury of some students.B) A school bus crash on the way.C) The collapse of a school building.D) A fire that broke out on a school campus.6. A) Teaching. C) Having lunch.B) On vacation. D) Holding a meeting.7. A) A malfunctioning stove. C) Violation of traffic rules.B) Cigarettes butts left by workers. D) Negligence in school maintenance.8. A) Sent a story to the local newspaper.B) Threw a small Thanksgiving party.C) Baked some cookies as a present.D) Wrote a personal letter of thanks.Section BDirections: In this section, you will hear two passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre.Passage OneQuestions 9 to 11 are based on the passage you have just heard.9. A) It is a trait of a generous character. C) It is an indicator of high intelligence.B) It is a reflection of self-esteem. D) It is a sign of happiness and confidence.10. A) It was self-defeating. C) It was the essence of comedy.B) It was aggressive. D) It was something admirable.11. A) It is a double-edged sword. C) It is a unique gift of human beings.B) It is a feature of a given culture. D) It is a result of both nature and nurture.Passage TwoQuestions 12 to 15 are based on the passage you have just heard.12. A) She is a tourist guide. C) She is a domestic servant.B) She is an interpreter. D) She is from the royal family.13. A) It is situated at the foot of a beautiful mountain.B) It was used by the family to hold dinner parties.C) It was frequently visited by heads of state.D) It is furnished like one in a royal palace.14. A) It is elaborately decorated. C) It is very big, with only six slim legs.B) It has survived some 2,000 years. D) It is shaped like an ancient Spanish boat.15. A) They are interesting to look at.B) They have lost some of their legs.C) They do not match the oval table at all.D) They are uncomfortable to sit in for long.Section CDirections: In this section, you will hear recordings of lectures or talks followed by some questions. The recordings will be played only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre.Now listen to the following recording and answer questions16 to 19.16. A) They investigate the retirement homes in America.B) They are on issues facing senior citizens in America.C) They describe the great pleasures of the golden years.D) They are filled with fond memories of his grandparents.17. A) The loss of the ability to take care of himself.B) The feeling of not being important any more.C) Being unable to find a good retirement home.D) Leaving the home he had lived in for 60 years.18. A) The loss of identity and self-worth.B) Fear of being replaced or discarded.C) Freedom from pressure and worldly cares.D) The possession of wealth and high respect.19. A) The urgency of pension reform.B) Medical care for senior citizens.C) Finding meaningful roles for the elderly in society.D) The development of public facilities for senior citizens.Now listen to the following recording and answer questions 20 to 22.20. A) It seriously impacts their physical and mental development.B) It has become a problem affecting global economic growth.C) It is a common problem found in underdeveloped countries.D) It is an issue often overlooked by parents in many countries.21. A) They will live longer. C) They get along well with people.B) They get better pay. D) They develop much higher IQs.22. A) Appropriated funds to promote research of nutrient-rich foods.B) Encouraged breastfeeding for the first six months of a child’s life.C) Recruited volunteers to teach rural people about health and nutrition.D) Targeted hunger-relief programs at pregnant women and young children.Now listen to the following recording and answer questions 23 to 25.23. A) The guaranteed quality of its goods.B) The huge volume of its annual sales.C) The service it provides to its customers.D) The high value-to-weight ratio of its goods.24. A) Those having a taste or smell component.B) Products potentially embarrassing to buy.C) Those that require very careful handling.D) Services involving a personal element.25. A) Those who live in the virtual world.B) Those who have to work long hours.C) Those who are used to online transactions.D) Those who don’t mind paying a little more.Tape Script of Listening ComprehensionSection ADirections: In this section, you will hear two long conversations. At the end of each conversation, you will hear some questions. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1with a single line through the centre.Conversation OneW: Hello.M: Hello, is that the reference library?W: Yes. Can I help you?M: I hope so. I rang earlier and asked for some information about Denys Hawtin, the scientist. You asked me to ring back.W: Oh, yes. I have found something.M: Good. I’ve got a pencil and paper. Perhaps you could read out what it says.W: Certainly. Hawtin, Denys. Born: Darlington 1836; died New York 1920.M: Yes. Got that.W: Inventor and physicist. The son of a farm worker, he was admitted to the University of London at the age of fifteen.M: Yes.W: He graduated at seventeen with a first class degree in Physics and Mathematics. All right?M: Yes, all right.W: He made his first notable achievement at the age of eighteen. It was a method of refrigeration which arose from his work in low temperature physics. He became professor of Mathematics at the University of Manchester at twenty-four, where he remained for twelve years. During that time he married one of his students, Natasha Willoughby.M: Yes. Go on.W: Later, working together in London, they laid the foundation of modern Physics by showing that normal laws of cause and effect do not apply at the level of subatomic particles. For this he and his wife received the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1910, and did so again in 1912 for their work on very highfrequency radio waves. In his lifetime Hawtin patented 244 inventions. Do you want any more?M: Yes. When did he go to America?W: Let me see. In 1920 he went to teach in New York, and died there suddenly after only three weeks. Still, he was a good age.M: Yes. I suppose so. Well, thanks.Questions 1 to 4 are based on the conversation you have just heard.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?Conversation TwoW: This is Lisa Meyer in the WBZ newsroom, talking with Mike Bassichis, who is the director of the Gifford School, about the cleanup from last week’s fire and what the possible cause of that blaze may have been.M: We’re gett ing ready for our entire staff to return early from vacation tomorrow whereupon we are going to move into temporary classrooms. And the other buildings that did not burn are being de-smoked. As to the cause of the fire, all we know is that we were having trouble with the pilot lights since we bought the stove in July and it had been serviced three times. Well, as a matter of fact, we think it was a malfunctioning stove that may have caused the fire. Nothing definite yet has been determined.W: Have you heard from other schools or other institutional users of this stove that have had the same problem?M: No. I wouldn’t know anything more about the stoveitself. All I know is that this fire went up so quickly that there’s been a suspicion about why it went up so quickly. And it may be that there was a gas blast. But, again, this has not been determined officially by anybody.W: I got you. When do kids come back to school?M: Next Monday, and we will be ready for them. Monday January 4. We’re just extremely thri lled that no one was hurt and that’s because of the fire fighters that were here, nine of them. They’re wonderful.W: And I’m sure you send your thanks out to them, uh?M: Well, we’re sending out thanks to them in a letter or in any other way we can. I heard a story today where one of our kids actually baked some cookies and is taking it to the fire department, to give it to them.Questions 5 to 8 are based on the conversation you have just heard.5. What were the speakers talking about?6. What were the school staff doing at the time of the accident?7. What was supposed to be the cause of the accident?8. What did one of the kids do to show gratitude?Section BDirections: In this section, you will hear two passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1with a single line through the centre.Passage OneIn today’s personality stakes, nothing is more highly valuedthan a sense of humor. We seek it out in others and are proud to claim it in ourselves, perhaps even more than good looks or intelligence. If someone has a great sense of humor, we reason, 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 humor 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 Western Ontario. Being funny isn’t 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 humor 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. “It’s a form of communication, li ke speech, and we all use it differently,” says Martin. We use bonding humor to enhance our social connections, but we also may employ it as a way of excluding or rejecting an outsider.Though humor is essentially social, how you use it says a lot about your sense of self. Those who use self-defeating humor, making fun of themselves for the enjoyment of others, tend to maintain that hostility toward themselves even when alone. Similarly, those who are able to view the world with amused tolerance are often equally forgiving of their own shortcomings.Questions 9 to 11 are based on the passage you have just heard.9. How do people today view humor according to the speaker?10. What did the ancient Greeks think of humor?11. What has psychologist Rod Martin found about humor?Passage Two (female voice)And now, if you’ll walk this way, ladies and gentlemen, the next room we’re going to see is the room in which the family used to hold their formal dinner parties and even occasionally entertain heads of state and royalty. However, they managed to keep this room friendly and intimate and I think you’ll agree it has a very informal atmosphere, quite unlike some grand houses you visit. The curtains were never drawn, even at night, so guests got a view of the lake and fountains outside, which were lit up at night. A very attractive sight.As you can see, ladies and gentlemen, the guests were seated very informally around this oval table, which would add to the relaxed atmosphere. The table dates from the eighteenth century and is made of Spanish oak. It’s rather remarkable for the fact that although it is extremely big, it’s supported by just six rather slim legs. However, it seems to have survived like that for two hundred years, so it’s probably going to last a bit lon ger. The chairs which go with the table are not a complete set—there were originally six of them. They are interesting for the fact that they are very plain and undecorated for the time, with only one plain central panel at the back and no arm-rests. I myself find them rather uncomfortable to sit in for very long, but people were used to more discomfort in the past.And now, ladies and gentlemen, if you’d like to follow me into the Great Hall …Questions 12 to 15 are based on the passage you have just heard.12. What do we learn about the speaker?13. What does the speaker say about the room they arevisiting?14. What is said about the oval table in the room?15. What does the speaker say about the chairs?Section CDirections: In this section, you will hear recordings of lectures or talks followed by some questions. The recordings will be played only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre.Now listen to the following recording and answer questions 16 to 19.Moderator:Hello Ladies and Gentleman, it gives me great pleasure to introduce our keynote speaker for today’s session, Dr. Howard Miller. Dr. Miller, Professor of Sociology at Washington University, has written numerous articles and books on the issues facing older Americans in our graying society for the past 15 years. Dr. Miller:Dr. Miller:Thank you for that introduction. Today, I’d like t o preface my remarks with a story from my own life which I feel highlights the common concerns that bring us here together. Several years ago when my grandparents were well into their eighties, they were faced with the reality of no longer being able to adequately care for themselves. My grandfather spoke of his greatest fear, that of leaving the only home they had known for the past 60 years. Fighting back the tears, he spoke proudly of the fact that he had built their home from the ground up, and that he had pounded every nail and laid every brick in the process. Theprospect of having to sell their home and give up their independence, and move into a retirement home was an extremely painful experience for them. It was, in my grandfather’s own words, like having a limb cut off. He exclaimed in a forceful manner that he felt he wasn’t important anymore.For them and some older Americans, their so-called “golden years” are at times not so pleasant, for this period can mean the decline of not only one’s health but the loss of identity and self-worth. In many societies, this self-identity is closely related with our social status, occupation, material possessions, or independence. Furthermore, we often live in societies that value what is “new” or in fashion, an d our own usage of words in the English language is often a sign of bad news for older Americans. I mean how would your family react if you came home tonight exclaiming, “Hey, come to the living room and see the OLD black and white TV I brought!” Unfortuna tely, the word “old” calls to mind images of the need to replace or discard.Now, many of the lectures given at this conference have focused on the issues of pension reform, medical care, and the development of public facilities for senior citizens. And while these are vital issues that must be addressed, I’d like to focus my comments on an important issue that will affect the overall success of the other programs mentioned. This has to do with changing our perspectives on what it means to be a part of this group, and finding meaningful roles the elderly can play and should play in our societies.First of all, I’d like to talk about . . .16. What does the introduction say about Dr. HowardMiller’s articles and books?17. What is the greatest fear of Dr. Mil ler’s grandfather?18. What does Dr. Miller say the “golden years” can often mean?19. What is the focus of Dr. Miller’s speech?Now listen to the following recording and answer questions 20 to 22.The 2010 Global Hunger Index report was released today by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). It notes that, in recent years, experts have come to the conclusion that undernourishment between conception and a child’s second birthday can have serious and long-lasting impacts.Undernourishment during this approximately 1,000-day window can seriously check the growth and development of children and render them more likely to get sick and die than well-fed children. Preventing hunger allows children to develop both physically and mentally.Says I FPRI’s Marie Ruel, “They will be more likely to perform well in school. They will stay in school longer. And then at adulthood, IFPRI has actually demonstrated that children who were better nourished have higher wages, by a pretty large margin, by 46 perce nt.”Ruel says that means the productivity of a nation’s future generations depends in a large part on the first 1,000 days of life.“This is why we’re all on board in focusing on those thousand days to improve nutrition. After that, the damage is done and is highly irreversible.”The data on nutrition and childhood development has been slowly coming together for decades. But Ruel says scientific consensus alone will not solve the problem.“It’s not enough that nutritionists know you have to intervene then, if we don’t have the politicians on board, and also the...people that implement [programs] in the field.”Ruel says there are encouraging signs that politicians and implementers are beginning to get on board. Many major donors and the United Nations are targeting hunger-relief programs at pregnant women and young children. They focus on improving diets or providing micro-food supplements. They improve access to pre-birth care and encourage exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months of a child’s life.Ruel says in the 1980s Thailand was able to reduce child undernourishment by recruiting a large number of volunteers to travel the countryside teaching about health and nutrition.“They really did very active promotion of diversity in the diet and good eating habits. So they were providing more food to people, but also educating people on how to use them, and also educating people on how to feed their young children.”Ruel says countries may take different approaches to reducing child undernutrition. But she says nations will not make progress fighting hunger and poverty until they begin to focus on those critical first thousand days.20. What is the experts’ conclusion regarding children’s undernourishment in their earliest days of life?21. What does IFPR I’s Marie Ruel say about well-fed children in their adult life?22. What did Thailand do to reduce child undernourishment in the 1980s?Now listen to the following recording and answer questions 23 to 25.I’d like to look at a vital aspect of e-commerce, and that isthe nature of the product or service. There are certain products and services that are very suitable for selling online, and others that simply don’t work.Suitable products generally have a high value-to-weight ratio. Items such as CDs and DVDs are obvious examples. Books, although heavier and so more expensive to post, still have a high enough value-to-weight ratio, as the success of Amazon, which started off selling only books, shows. Laptop computers are another good product for selling online.Digital products, such as software, films and music, can be sold in a purely virtual environment. The goods are paid for by online transactions, and then downloaded onto the buyer’s computer. There are no postage or delivery costs, so prices can be kept low.Many successful virtual companies provide digital services, such as financial transactions, in the case of Paypal, or means of communication, as Skype does. The key to success here is providing an easy-to-use, reliable service. Do this and you can easily become the market leader, as Skype has proved.Products which are potentially embarrassing to buy also do well in the virtual environment. Some of the most profitable e-commerce companies are those selling sex-related products or services. For a similar reason, online gambling is highly popular.Products which are usually considered unsuitable for selling online include those that have a taste or smell component. Food, especially fresh food, falls into this category, along with perfume. Clothes and other items that need to be tried on such as diamond rings and gold necklaces are generally not suited to virtual retailing, and, of course, items with a low value-to-weight ratio.There are exceptions, though. Online grocery shopping hasreally taken off, with most major supermarkets offering the service. The inconvenience of not being able to see the food you are buying is outweighed by the time saved and convenience of having the goods delivered. Typical users of online supermarkets include the elderly, people who work long hours and those without their own transport.23 What is important to the success of an online store?24. What products are unsuitable for selling online?25. Who are more likely to buy groceries online?参考答案Part II Listening ComprehensionSection A1. C2. B3. C4. D5. D6. B7. A8. CSection B9. D 10. B 11. A 12. A 13. B14. C 15. DSection C16. B 17. D 18. A 19. C 20. A21. B 22. C 23. D 24. A 25. B。
2016年6月全国大学英语六级考试真题答案(共三套)
2016年6月全国大学英语六级考试真题答案(共三套)2016年6月全国大学英语六级考试真题答案（共三套）听力注:听力部分共有2套。
第一套Section A1. D) Market research consultant。
2. A) Quantitative advertising research。
3. D）They study trends or customer satisfaction over a long period.4. B） Checking charts and tables.5。
A) His view on Canadian universities。
6. B） It is rather inflexible.7. C）Everyone should be given equal access to higher education。
8. C）It is hard to say which is better， a public university or a private one。
Section B9。
B) The worsening real wage situation around the world。
10. A）They will feel less pressure to raise employees’wages.11. C） Employees work shorter hours to avoid layoffs.12。
A） Whether memory supplements work。
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D) They are not based on real science。
14. D) They are prescribed by trained practitioners.15. B) Taking them with other medications might entail unnecessary risks.Section C16。
6月英语六级听力真题及答案
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2016年6月英语六级听力真题答案(听力篇章)：Conversation OneM: So how long have you been a Market Research Consultant?W: Well, I started straight after finishing university.M: Did you study market research?W: Yeah, and it really helped me to get into the industry, but I have to say that it's more important to get experience in different types of market research to find out exactly what you're interested in.M: So what are you interested in?W: Well, at the moment, I specialize in quantitative advertising research, which means that I do two types of projects. Trackers, which are ongoing projects that look at trends or customer satisfaction over a long period of time. The only problem with trackers is that it takes up a lot of your time. But you do build up a good relationship with the client. I also do a couple of ad-hoc jobs which are much shorter projects.M: What exactly do you mean by ad-hoc jobs?W: It's basically when companies need quick answers to their questions about their consumers' habits. They just ask for one questionnaire to be sent out for example, so the time you spend on an ad-hoc project tends to be fairly short.M: Which do you prefer, trackers or ad-hoc?W: I like doing both and in fact I need to do both at the same time to keep me from going crazy. I need the variety.M: Can you just explain what process you go through with a new client?W: Well, together we decide on the methodology and the objectives of the research. I then design a questionnaire. Once the interviewers have been briefed, I send the client a schedule and then they get back to me with deadlines. Once the final charts and tables are ready, I have to check them and organize a presentation.M: Hmm, one last question, what do you like and dislike about your job?W: As I said, variety is important and as for what I don't like, it has to be the checking of charts and tables.Questions 1 to 4 are based on the conversation you have just heard.Q1: What position does the woman hold in the company?Q2: What does the woman specialize in at the moment?Q3: What does the woman say about trackers?Q4: What does the woman dislike about her job?Conversation TwoW: Hello, I'm here with Frederick. Now Fred, you went to university in Canada?M: Yeah, that's right.W: OK, and you have very strong views about universities in Canada. Could you please explain?M: Well, we don't have private universities in Canada. They’re all public. All the universities are owned by the government, so there is the Ministry of Education in charge of creating the curriculum for the universities and so there is not much room for flexibility. Since it's a government operated institution, things don't move very fast. If you want something tobe done, then their staff do not have so much incentive to help you because he's a worker for the government. So I don't think it's very efficient. However, there are certain advantages of public universities, such as the fees being free. You don't have to pay for your education. But the system isn't efficient, and it does not work that well.W: Yeah, I can see your point, but in the United States we have many private universities, and I think they are large bureaucracies also. Maybe people don't act that much differently, because it’s the same thing working for a private university. They get paid for their job. I don’t know if they're that much more motivated to help people. Also, we have a problem in the United States that usually only wealthy kids go to the best schools and it's kind of a problem actually.M: I agree with you. I think it's a problem because you're not giving equal access to education to everybody. It’s not easy, but having only public universities also might not be the best solution. Perhaps we can learn from Japan where they have a system of private and public universities. Now, in Japan, public universities are considered to be the best.W: Right. It's the exact opposite in the United States.M: So, as you see, it's very hard to say which one is better.W: Right, a good point.Questions 5 to 8 are based on the conversation you have just heard.Q5: What does the woman want Frederick to talk about?Q6: What does the man say about the curriculum in Canadian universities?Q7: On what point do the speakers agree?Q8: What point does the man make at the end of theconversation?。
2016年6月 六级 第2套 范文,原文,解析,译文
2016年6月 六级 第2套 范文，原文，解析，译文Part I Writing Directions:For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay on e-learning. Try toimagine what will happen when more and more people study online instead of attending school. You are required to write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words.With the advent of E-era, electronic industry promptly covers almost every aspect of life, profoundly changing the pattern of nearly everything. E-learning is one among them, and is gaining increasing popularity.E-learning, as a perfect complement to traditional forms of education, serves as a very useful learning tool for students. Before e-learning, students had no other choice but to attend school. But if they could not go to school due to some certain reasons, such as illnesses, or tight schedule, they would regretfully miss their classes. However, with the aid of e-learning, students will not miss any class. What is more, they can even study online courses provided by teachers who are far away, thus making high-quality educational resources accessible. Admittedly, e-learning, as an additional educational tool, should not replace traditional education, for, apart from education itself, students also need to develop their social skills, which online courses cannot provide. Therefore, if students choose to solely rely on online study instead of attending school, it can’t be a wise choice to make.It is obvious that e-learning, with its merits, will make a good complement to traditional education. Part Ⅱ Listening Section AConversation OneM: So how long have you been a Market Research Consultant?W: Well, I started straight after finishing university.M: Did you study market research?W: Yeah, and it really helped me to get into the industry, but I have to say that it's more important to get experience in different types of market research to find out exactly what you're interested in.M: So what are you interested in?W: Well, at the moment, I specialize in quantitative advertising research, which means that I do two types of projects. Trackers, which are ongoing projects that look at trends or customer satisfaction over a long period of time. The only problem with trackers is that it takes up a lot of your time. But you do build up a good relationship with the client. I also do a couple of ad-hoc jobs which are much shorter projects. M: What exactly do you mean by ad-hoc jobs?W: It's basically when companies need quick answers to their questions about their consumers' habits. They just ask for one questionnaire to be sent out for example, so the time you spend on an ad-hoc project tends to be fairly short.M: Which do you prefer, trackers or ad-hoc?W: I like doing both and in fact I need to do both at the same time to keep me from going crazy. I need the variety.M: Can you just explain what process you go through with a new client?W: Well, together we decide on the methodology and the objectives of the research. I then design a questionnaire. Once the interviewers have been briefed, I send the client a schedule and then they get back to me with deadlines. Once the final charts and tables are ready, I have to check them and organize a presentation.M: Hmm, one last question, what do you like and dislike about your job?W: As I said, variety is important and as for what I don't like, it has to be the checking of charts and tables.Questions 1 to 4 are based on the conversation you have just heard.Q1: What position does the woman hold in the company?Q2: What does the woman specialize in at the moment?Q3: What does the woman say about trackers?Q4: What does the woman dislike about her job?Conversation TwoW: Hello, I'm here with Frederick. Now Fred, you went to university in Canada?M: Yeah, that's right.W: OK, and you have very strong views about universities in Canada. Could you please explain?M: Well, we don't have private universities in Canada. They’re all public. All the universities are owned by the government, so there is the Ministry of Education in charge of creating the curriculum for the universities and so there is not much room for flexibility. Since it's a government operated institution, things don't move very fast. If you want something to be done, then their staff do not have so much incentive to help you because he's a worker for the government. So I don't think it's very efficient. However, there are certain advantages of public universities, such as the fees being free. You don't have to pay for your education. But the system isn't efficient, and it does not work that well.W: Yeah, I can see your point, but in the United States we have many private universities, and I think they are large bureaucracies also. Maybe people don't act that much differently, because it’s the same thing working for a private university. They get paid for their job. I don’t know if they're that much more motivated to help people. Also, we have a problem in the United States that usually only wealthy kids go to the best schools and it's kind of a problem actually.M: I agree with you. I think it's a problem because you're not giving equal access to education to everybody. It’s not easy, but having only public universities also might not be the best solution. Perhaps we can learn from Japan where they have a system of private and public universities. Now, in Japan, public universities are considered to be the best.W: Right. It's the exact opposite in the United States.M: So, as you see, it's very hard to say which one is better.W: Right, a good point.Questions 5 to 8 are based on the conversation you have just heard.Q5: What does the woman want Frederick to talk about?Q6: What does the man say about the curriculum in Canadian universities?Q7: On what point do the speakers agree?Q8: What point does the man make at the end of the conversation?Section BPassage oneA recent international labor organization report says the deterioration of real wages around the world calls into question the true extend of economic recovery, especially if government’s rescue packages are phased out too early. The report warns the picture on wages is likely to get worse this year, despite indications of economic rebound. Patrick Basler, an international labor’s organization’s specialist, says declining wage rates are linked to the levels of unemployment.The quite dramatic unemployment figures which we now see in some of the countries strongly suggest that there would be greater pressure on wages in the future as more people would be unemployed. More people would be looking for jobs. And the pressure on employers to raise wages to attract workers will decline. So we expect that the second part of the year will not be very good in terms of wage growth.The report finds more than a quarter of the country’s experienced flat or falling monthly wages in real terms. They include the United States, Austria, Costa Rica, South Africa and Germany. International Labor Organization economists say some nations have come up with policies to lessen the impact of lower wages during the economic crisis. An example of these is work sharing with government subsidies. Under thisscheme, the number of individual working hours is reduced in an effort to avoid layoffs. For this scheme to work, the government must provide wage subsidies to compensate for lost pay due to the shorter hours.Questions 9 to 11 are based on the passage you have just heard.Q9: What is the international labor organization’s report mainly about?Q10: According to an international labor organization specialist, how would employers feel if there are more people looking for jobs?Q11: What does the speaker mean by the work-sharing scheme?Passage TwoIs there really a magic memory pill or a herbal recall remedy? I have been frequently asked if these memory supplements work. You know, one of the first things I like to tell people when they ask me about the supplements, is that a lot of them are promoted as a cure for your memory. But your memory doesn’t need a cure. What your memory needs is a good work-out. So really those supplements aren’t going to give you that perfect memory in the way that they promise. The other thing is that a lot of these supplements aren’t necessarily what they claim to be, and you really have to be wary when you take any of them. The science isn't there behind most of them. They're not really well-regulated unless they adhere to some industry standard. You don't really know that what they say is in there, isn't there. What you must understand is that those supplements, especially in some eastern cultures, are part of a medical practice tradition. People don't just go in a local grocery store and buy these supplements. In fact, they are prescribed and they're given at a certain level, a dosage that is understood by a practitioner who's been trained. And that's not really the way they're used in this country. The other thing people do forget is that these are medicines, so they do have an impact. A lot of times people are not really aware of the impact they have, or the fact that taking them in combination with other medications might put you at increased risk for something that you wouldn’t otherwise being countering or be at risk for.Questions 12 to 15 are based on the passage you have just heard.Q12. What question is frequently put to the speaker?Q13. What does the speaker say about most memory supplements?Q14. What do we learn about memory supplements in eastern cultures?Q15. What does the speaker say about memory supplements at the end?Recording 1The negative impacts of natural disasters can be seen everywhere. In just the past few weeks, the world has witnessed the destructive power of earthquakes in Indonesia, typhoons in the Philippines, and the destructive sea waves that struck Samoa and neighboring islands.A study by the Center for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters finds that, between 1980 and 2007, nearly 8,400 natural disasters killed more than two million people. These catastrophic events caused more than $1.5 trillion in economic losses. U.N. weather expert Geoffrey Love says that is the bad news.Over the last 50 years, economic losses have increased by a factor of 50. That sounds pretty terrible, but the loss of life has decreased by a factor of 10 simply because we are getting better at warning people. We are making a difference. Extreme events, however, will continue to occur. But, the message is that they need not be disasters.Love, who is director of Weather and Disaster Risk Reduction at the World Meteorological Organization, says most of the deaths and economic losses were caused by weather, climate, or water-related extremes. These include droughts, floods, windstorms, strong tropical winds and wildfires.He says extreme events will continue. But, he says extreme events become disasters only when people fail to prepare for them."Many of the remedies are well-known. From a planning perspective, it’s pretty simple. Build better buildings. Don’t build where the hazards will destroy them. From an early-warning perspective, make sure the warnings go right down to the community level. Build community action plans. ”The World Meteorological Organization points to Cuba and Bangladesh as examples of countries that have successfully reduced the loss of life caused by natural disasters by taking preventive action.It says tropical storms formerly claimed dozens, if not hundreds of lives, each year, in Cuba. But, the development of an early-warning system has reversed that trend. In 2008, Cuba was hit by five successive hurricanes, but only seven people were killed.Bangladesh also has achieved substantial results. Major storm surges in 1970 and 1991 caused the deaths of about 440,000 people. Through careful preparation, the death toll from a super tropical storm in November 2007 was less than 3,500.Q16. What is the talk mainly about?Q17. How can we stop extreme events from turning into events?Q18. What does the example of Cuba serve to show?Recording 2As U.S. banks recovered with the help of the American government and the American taxpayers, president Obama held meetings with top bank executives, telling them it’s time to return the favor. “The way I see it are banks now having a greater obligation to the goal of a wider recovery,” he said. But the president may be giving the financial sector too much credit. “It was in a free fall, and it was a very scary period.” Economist Martin Neil Baily said. After the failure of Lehman Brothers, many of the world’s largest banks feared the worst as the collapse of the housing bubble exposed in investments in risky loans.Although he says the worst is just over, Bailey says the banking crisis is not. More than 130 US banks failed in 2009. He predicts high failure rates for smaller, regional banks in 2010 as commercial real estate loans come due."So there may actually be a worsening of credit availability to small and medium-sized businesses in the next year or so."Analysts say the biggest problem is high unemployment, which weakens demand and makes banks reluctant to lend. But US Bancorp chief Richard Davis sees the situation differently.“We're probably more optimistic than the experts might be. With that in mind, we're putting everything we can, lending is the coal to our engine, so we want to make more loans. We have to find a way to qualify more people and not put ourselves at risk."While some economists predict continued recovery in the future, Baily says the only certainty is that banks are unlikely to make the same mistakes twice.“You know, forecasting's become a very hazardous business so I don't want to commit myself too much. I don't think we know exactly what's going to happen but it's certainly possible that we could get very slow growth over the next year or two.”If the economy starts to shrink again, Baily says it would make a strong case for a second stimulus -- something the Obama administration hopes will not be necessary.Q19. What dose president Obama hope the banks will do?Q20. What is Martin Neil Baily’s prediction about the financial situation in the future?Q21. What does U.S. Bancorp chief Richard Davis say about its future operation?Q22. What does Martin Neil Baily think of a second stimulus to the economy?Recording 3A new study has failed to find any conclusive evidence that lifestyle changes can prevent cognitive decline in older adults.Still there are good reasons to make positive changes in how we live and what we eat as we age. Cognitive decline is the loss of ability to learn new skills, or recall words, names, and faces that is most common as we age. To reduce or avoid it, researchers have examined the effect of smoking, diet, brain-challenging games, exercise and other strategies.Researchers at Duke University scrutinized more than 160 published studies and found an absence of strong evidence that any of these approaches can make a big difference.Co-author James Burke helped design the study.In the observational studies we found that some of the B vitamins were beneficial. Exercise, diet, cognitive stimulation show some positive effects, although the evidence was not so strong that we could actually consider these firmly established.Some previous studies have suggested that challenging your brain with mentally stimulating activities might help. And Burke said that actually does seem to help, based on randomized studies - the researcher's gold standard.Cognitive stimulation is one of the areas where we did find some benefit. The exact type of stimulation that an individual uses is not as important as being intellectually engaged.The expert review also found insufficient evidence to recommend any drugs or dietary supplements that could prevent or slow cognitive decline.However, given that there is at least some evidence for positive effects from some of these lifestyle changes, plus other benefits apparently unrelated to cognitive decline, Burke was willing to offer some recommendations.I think that by having people adopt a healthy lifestyle, both from a medical standpoint as well as nutritional and cognitive stimulation standpoint, we can reduce the incidence of cognitive decline, which will be proof that these factors are, in fact, important.James Burke of Duke University is one of the authors of a study reviewing previous research on cognitive decline. The paper is published online by the Annals of Internal Medicine.Q23. According to the speaker, what might be a symptom of cognitive decline in older adult?Q24. According to James Burke, what does seem to help reduce cognitive decline?Q25. What did James Burke recommend to reduce the incidence of cognitive decline? Part Ⅲ Reading 选词填空26题解析：N) strapping。
英语六级听力真题带答案（第二套）
英语六级听力真题带答案（第二套）英语六级听力真题带答案(第二套)大家都知道英语四六级听力发生了重大改革，全国大学英语四六级考试委员会发布消息，2016年6月起大学英语四六级听力部分有重大调整。
以下是店铺为大家搜索整理的2017年英语六级听力真题带答案(第二套)，希望大家能有所收获!Section ADirections: In this section,you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the end of each conversation,one or more questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause,you must read the four choices marked A),B),C.and D,and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet I with a single line through the centre.1. A.She is impatient to learn computer programming.B.She is unaware her operation system is outdated.C.She is unable to use the new computer program.D. She is amazed at the fast change of technology.2.A.He has long been fed up with traveling.B.He prefers to stay home for the holiday.C.He is going out of town for a couple of days.D. He is annoyed by the heavy traffic downtown.3.A.The challenges facing East Asia.B.The location for their new office.C.Their expansion into the overseas marketD. The living expenses in Tokyo and Singapore.4. A.A number of cell phones were found after the last show.B.The woman forgot where she had left her cell phone.C.The woman was very pleased to find her cell phone.D. Reserved tickets could be picked up at the ticket counter.5.A.The building materials will be delivered soon.B.The project is being held up by bad weather.C.The construction schedule may not be met.D. Qualified carpenters are not easy to find.6.A.She is getting very forgetful these days.B.She does not hold on to bitter feelings.C.She resents the way she is treated.D. She never intends to hurt anyone.7.A.The man wants to rent a small apartment.B.The woman has trouble getting a mortgage.C.The woman is moving to a foreign country.D.The man is trying to sell the woman a house.8. A.They are writing a story for the Morning News.B.They are facing great challenges to get re-elected.C.They are launching a campaign to attract women voters.D.They are conducting a survey among the women in town.Questions 9 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard.9.A.Touch his heart.B.Make him cry.C.Remind him of his life.D.Make him feel young.10. A.He is good at singing operas.B.He enjoys complicated music:C.He can sing any song if he likes it.D.He loves country music in particular.11.A.Go to a bar and drink for hours.B.Go to an isolated place to sing blues.C.Go to see a performance in a concert hall.D.Go to work and wrap himself up in music.Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.12.A.How he became an announcer.B.How he writes news stories.C.How he makes his living.D.How he does his job.13.A.They write the first version of news stories.B.They gather news stories on the spot.C.They polish incoming news stories.D.They write comments on major news stories.14. A.Reading through the news stories in a given period of time.B.Having little time to read the news before going on the air.C.Having to change the tone of his voice from time to time.D.Getting all the words and phrases pronounced correctly.15.A.It shows where advertisements come in.B.It gives a signal for him to slow down.C.It alerts him to something important.D.It serves as a reminder of sad news.Section BDirections : In this section,you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage,you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question,you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A),B),C).and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet I with a single line through the centre.Passage OneQuestions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have justheard.16. A.It gives pleasure to both adults and children.B.It is often carried around by small children.C.It can be found in many parts of the world.D.It was invented by an American Indian.17. A.They were made for earning a living.B.They were delicate geometric figures.C.They were small circus figures made of wire.D.They were collected by a number of museums.18.A.In art.B.In geometry.C.In engineering.D.In circus performance.Passage TwoQuestions 19 to 21 are based on the passage you have just heard.19. A.They offer students a wide variety of courses.B.They attract students from all over the world.C.They admit more students than they can handle.D.They have trouble dealing with overseas students.20. A.Everyone will benefit from education sooner or later.B.A good education contributes to the prosperity of a nation.C.A good education is necessary for one to climb the social ladder.D.Everyone has a right to an education appropriate to his potential.21. A.He likes students with high motivation.B.He enjoys teaching intelligent students.C.He tailors his teaching to students needs.D.He treats all his students in a fair manner.Passage ThreeQuestions 22 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.22. A.It is mostly imported from the Middle East.B.It is a sure indicator of its economic activity.C.It has a direct impact on the international oil market.D.It equals more than 30 million barrels of oil each day.23. A.It eventually turns into heat.B.It is used in a variety of forms.C.Its use is chiefly responsible for air pollution.D.Part of it is lost in the process of transmission.24.A.When it is used in rural areas.B.When it is environment-friendly.C.When it operates at near capacity.D.When it operates at regular times.25.A.Traffic jams in cities.B.Inefficient use of energy.C.Fuel shortage.D.Global warming.Section CDirections: In this section,you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time,you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time,you are required to fill in the blanks with the exact words you have just heard. Finally,when the passage is read for the third time,you should check what you have written.Graphics are used in textbooks as part of the language of the discipline,as in math or economics,or as study aids. Authors use graphic aids to(26)and expand on concepts taken up in the text because graphics are yet another way of portraying relationshipsand(27)connections.Graphics are used extensively in natural sciences and social sciences. Social scientists work with statistics(28)data,and the best way to present these statistics is often in graphic form. Graphics are included- not merely as a means of making the information easier for the student to grasp,but as an integral part of the way social scientists think. Many textbooks,(29)those in economics,containappendixes that provide specific information on reading and working with graphic material.Make it a practice to(30)attentively the titles,captions,headings,and other material connected with graphics. These elements(31)and usually explain what you are looking at. When you are examining graphics,the(32)questions to ask are (a.)What is this item about? and (b.)What key idea is the author(33)?One warning: Unless you integrate your reading of graphics with the text,you may make a wrong assumption.(34),from a chart indicating that 33 percent of firstborn children in a research sample did not feel close to their fathers,you might assume that some dreadful influence was at work on the firstborn children. However,a careful reading of the text(35)that most of the firstborn children in the sample were from single-parent homes in which the father was absent.参考答案：1.C.四个选项均是以She开头的句子，前三个选项中出现了含有im.，un.这类表示否定前缀的词语，以及computer，outdated，program，technology等与电脑程序相关的词汇.故推测该对话内容以某女士与计算机程序之间发生的不好的事件为主。
6月英语六级听力真题及原文
6月英语六级听力真题及原文6月英语六级听力真题及原文新学期开始，新一轮的四六级备考也开始了。
作为四六级考试的`重中之重，听力的复习尤其重要。
下面是店铺带来的6月英语六级听力真题及原文，希望对你有帮助。
6月英语六级听力真题及原文 1听力对话真题解析1. A. Prepare for his exams.B. Catch up on his work.C. Attend the concert.D. Go on a vacation.Question 1W: Can you come to the concert with me this weekend? Or do you have to prepare for exams?M: I still have a lot to do, but maybe a break would do me good.Q: What will the man probably do?2. A. Three crew members were involved in the incident.B. None of the hijackers carried any deadly weapons.C. The plane had been scheduled to fly to Japan.D. None of the passengers were injured or killed.Question 2W: What does the paper say about the horrible incident that happened this morning on Flight 870 to Hong Kong?M: It ended with the arrest of the three hijackers.They had forced the plane to fly to Japan, but all the passengers and crew members landed safely.Q: What do we learn from the conversation?3. A. An article about the election.B. A tedious job to be done.C. An election campaign.D. A fascinating topic.Question 3M: Helen, this is the most fascinating article I've ever come across.I think you should spare some time to read it.W: Oh, really? I thought that anything about the election will be tedious.Q: What are the speakers talking about?4. A. The restaurant was not up to the speakers' expectations.B. The restaurant places many ads in popular magazines.C. The critic thought highly of the Chinese restaurant.D. Chinatown has got the best restaurants in the city.Question 4W: I'm not going to trust the restaurant critic from that magazine again.The food here doesn't taste anything like what we had in Chinatown.M: It definitely wasn't worth the wait.Q: What do we learn from the conversation?5. A. He is going to visit his mother in the hospital.B. He is going to take on a new job next week.C. He has many things to deal with right now.D. He behaves in a way nobody understands.Question 5W: Do you know what’s wrong with Mark? He’s been acting very strangely lately.M: Come on. With his mother hospitalized right after he’s taking on a new job, he's just got a lot on his mind.Q: What do we learn from the conversation about Mark?6. A. A large number of students refused to vote last night.B. At least twenty students are needed to vote on an issue.C. Major campus issues had to be discussed at the meeting.D. More students have to appear to make their voice heard.Question 6W: There were only 20 students at last night’s meeting, so nothing could be voted on.M: That’s too bad. They'll have to turn up in greater numbers if they want a voice on campus issues.Q: What does the man mean?7. A. The woman can hardly tell what she likes.B. The speakers like watching TV very much.C. The speakers have nothing to do but watch TV.D. The man seldom watched TV before retirement.Question 7M: I try to watch TV as little as possible. But it’s so hard.W: I didn’t watch TV at all before I retired. But now I can hardly tear myself away from it.Q: What do we learn from the conversation?8. A. The woman should have registered earlier.B. He will help the woman solve the problem.C ) He finds it hard to agree with what the woman says.D. The woman will be able to attend the classes she wants.Question 8W: I’m having a problem registering for the classes I want.M: That’s too bad. But I’m pretty sure you’ll be able to work everything out before the semester starts.Q: What does the man mean?Questions 9 to 12 are based on the conversation you havejust heard.9. A. Persuade the man to join her company.B. Employ the most up-to-date technology.C. Export bikes to foreign markets.D. Expand their domestic business.10. A. The state subsidizes small and medium enterprises.B. The government has control over bicycle imports.C. They can compete with the best domestic manufacturers.D. They have a cost advantage and can charge higher prices.11. A. Extra costs might eat up their profits abroad.B. More workers will be needed to do packaging.C. They might lose to foreign bike manufacturers.D. It is very difficult to find suitable local agents.12. A. Report to the management.B. Attract foreign investments.C. Conduct a feasibility studyD. Consult financial experts.原文：Conversation 1W: Jack, sit down and listen. Thisis important. we’ ll have to tackle the problems of the exporting stepby step.And the first move is to get an up-to-date picture of where westand now.M: Why don’t we just concentrate o n expending here at home?W: Of course, we should hold on to our position here. But you must admit the market here is limited.M: Yes, but it’s safe. The government keeps out foreigners with importcontrols. So I must admit I feel sure we could hold our own againstforeign bikes.W: I agree. That’s why I am suggesting exporting. Because I feel we can compete with the best of them.M: What you are really saying is that we’d make more profit by sellingbikes abroad, where we have a cost advantage and can charge high prices.W: Exactly.M: But, wait a minute. Packaging, shipping, financing, etc. will push up our cost and we could no better off, maybe worse off.W: OK. Now there are extra cost involved. But if we do it right, theycan be built into the price of the bike and we can still be competitive.M: How sure are you about our chances of success in the foreign market?W: Well, that’s the sticky one. It’s going to need a lot of research.I’m hoping to get your help. Well, come on, Jack. Is it worth it, ornot?M: There will be a lot of problems.W: Nothing we can’t handle.M: Um… I’m not that hopeful. But, yes, I think we should go ahead with the feasibility study.W: Marvelous, Jack. I was hoping you be on my side.9. What does the woman intend to do?10. Why does the man think it’s safe to focus on the home market?11. What is the man’s concern about selling bikes abroad?12. What do the speakers agree to do?Questions 13 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.13. A. Coal burnt daily for the comfort of our homes.B. Anything that can be used to produce power.C. Fuel refined from oil extracted from underground.D. Electricity that keeps all kinds of machines running.14. A. Oil will soon be replaced by alternative energy sources.B. Oil reserves in the world will be exhausted in a decade.C. Oil consumption has given rise to many global problems.D. Oil production will begin to decline worldwide by 2025.15. A. Minimize the use of fossil fuels.B. Start developing alternative fuels.C. Find the real cause for global warming.D. Take steps to reduce the greenhouse effect.原文：Conversation 2W: What does the term “alternative energy source” mean?M: When we think of energy or fuel for our homes and cars, we think ofpetroleum, a fossil fuel processed from oil removed from the ground, ofwhich there was a limited supply. But alternative fuels can be manythings. Wind, sun and water can all be used to create fuel.W: Is it a threat of running out of petroleum real?M: It has taken thousands of years to create the natural stores ofpetroleum we have now. we are using what is available at a much fasterrate that it is being produced over time. The real controversy surrounding the mass petroleum we have is how much weneed to keep inreserve for future use. Most experts agree that by around 2025, thepetroleum we use will reach a peak. Then production and availabilitywill begin to seriously decline. This is not to say there will be nopetroleum at this point. But it’ll become very difficult and thereforeexpensive to extract.W: Is that the most important reason to develop alternative fuel and energy sources?M: The two very clear reasons to do so, one is that whether we have 60 or 600 years of fossil fuels left, we have to find other fuel sources eventually. So the sooner we start, the better off we will be. The other big argument is that when you burn fossil fuels, you release substances trapped into the ground for a long time, which leads to some long-term negative effects, like global warming and greenhouse effect.13. What do we usually refer to when we talk about energy according to the man?14. What do most experts agree on according to the man?15. What does the man think we should do now?Passage OneQuestions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard.16. A. The ability to predict fashion trends.B. A refined taste for artistic works.C. Years of practical experience.D. Strict professional training.17. A. Promoting all kinds of American hand-made specialties.B. Strengthening cooperation with foreign governments.C. Conducting trade in art works with dealers overseas.D. Purchasing handicrafts from all over the world.18. A. She has access to fashionable things.B. She is doing what she enjoys doing.C. She can enjoy life on a modest salary.D. She is free to do whatever she wants.原文：Passage oneKaron Smith is a buyer for the department store in New York. The apartment store buyers purchase the goods that their stores sell . They not only have to know what is fashionable at that moment, but also have to guess what will become fashionable next season or next year. Most buyers were for just one department in a store. But the goods that Karon finds maybe displayed and sold in several different sections of the store. Her job involves buying handicrafts from all over the world. Last year, she made a trip to Morocco and returns with drugs, pots, dishes and pants. The year before, she visited Mexico. And bought back handmade table cloths, mirrors with frames of tin and paper flowers. The paper flowers are bright and colorful. So they were used to decorate the whole store. This year Karon is travelling in Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia, many of the countries that Karon visits have government offices that promote handicrafts. The officials are glad to cooperate with her by showing her the products that are available. Karon likes to visit markets and small towns in villages whenever she can arrange for it. She is always looking for interesting and unusual items. Karon thinks she has the best job she could find. She loves all the travelling that shehas to do.Because she often visits markets and small out-of-the-way places. She says much more the country she visits than an ordinary tourists would. As soon as she gets back in New York form one trip, Karon begins to plan another.Passage TwoQuestions 19 to 22 are based on the passage you have just heard.19. A. Join in neighborhood patrols.B. Get involved in his community.C. Voice his complaints to the city council.D. Make suggestions to the local authorities.20. A. Deterioration in the quality of life.B. Increase of police patrols at night.C. Renovation of the vacant buildings.D. Violation of community regulations.21. A. They may take a long time to solve.B. They need assistance from the city.C. They have to be dealt with one by one.D. They are too big for individual efforts.22. A. He had got some groceries at a big discount.B. He had read a funny poster near his seat.C. He had done a small deed of kindness.D. He had caught the bus just in time.原文：Passage 2Mark felt that it was time for him to take part in his community, so he went to the neighborhood meeting after work. The area’s city councilwoman was leading a discussion about how the quality of life was on the decline. The neighborhood faced many problems. Mark looked at the charts taped to thewalls. There were charts for parking problems, crime, and for problems in vacant buildings. Mark read from the charts, police patrols cut back, illegal parking up 20%. People were supposed to suggest solutions to the councilwoman. It was too much for Mark. “The problems are too big,” he thought. He turned to the man next to him and said, “I think this is a waste of my time. Nothing I could do would make a difference here.” As he neare d the bus stop on his way home, Mark saw a woman carrying a grocery bag and a baby. As Mark got closer, her other child, a little boy, suddenly darted into the street. The woman tried to reach for him, but as she moved, her bag shifted and the groceries started to fall out.Mark ran to take the boy’ s arm and led him back to his mother. “You gotta stay with Mom”, he said. Then he picked up the groceries while the woman smiled in relief. “Thanks!” she said. “You’ve got great timing!”Just being neighborly,” Mark said. As he rode home, he glanced at the poster near his seat in the bus. “Small acts of kindness add up.” Mark smiled and thought, “Maybe that’ sa good place to start.”19. What did Mark think he should start doing?20. What was being discussed when Mark arrived at the neighborhood meeting?21. What did Mark think of the community’s problems?22. Why did Mark smile on his ride home?Passage ThreeQuestions 23 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.23. A. Childhood and healthy growth.B. Pressure and heart disease.C. Family life and health.D. Stress and depression.24. A. It experienced a series of misfortunes.B. It was in the process of reorganization.C. His mother died of a sudden heart attack.D. His wife left him because of his bad temper.25. A. They would give him a triple bypass surgery.B. They could remove the block in his artery.C. They could do nothing to help him.D. They would try hard to save his life.原文：Passage ThreeAn distressing childhood can lead to heart disease. What about current stresses? Longerworkouts, threats of layoffs, collapsing pension funds. A study last year on the lancer examine more than 11,000 heart attack suffers from 52 countries. It found that in the year before their heart attacks.Patients had been under significantly more strains than some 30,000 healthy control subjects. Those strains came from work, family, financial troubles, depression in other causes. "Each of these factors individually was associated with increased risk," says Doctor Salim Yussef, Professor of medicine and candidates McMaster University and senior investigator on the study. Together, they accounted for 30% to overall heart attack risk. But people respond differently to high-pressure work situations, whether it produces hard problems seems to depend on whether you have a sensitive control over life or live at the mercy of circumstances and superiors. That was experiences of John Connell, a rock food Illinois laboratory manager, who suffered his first heart attack in 1996 at the age of 56. In the 2 years before,his mother and 2 of his children had suffered serious illnesses, and his job had been changed in a re-organization. "My life seemed completely out of control," he says, "I had no idea where I would end up." He ended up in hospital due to a block in his artery. 2 months later, he had a triple by-pass surgery. The second heart attack when he was 58, left his doctor shaking his head. "There's nothing more we can do for you,"doctors told him.Question 23 What does the passage mainly discuss?Question 24 What do we learn about JC's family?Question 25 What did JC's doctors tell him when he had a second heart attack?Section CWhen most people think of the word "education," they think of apupil as a sort of animate sausage casing. Into this empty casing, theteachers(26are supposed to) stuff "education."But genuine education, asSocrates knew more than two thousand years ago, is not (27ing )thestuffings of information into a person, but rather eliciting knowledgefrom him; it is the 28 drawing-out of what is in the mind."The most important part of education," once wrote William Ernest Hocking, the (29distinguished) Harvard philosopher, "is this instruction of a man in what he has inside of him. And, as Edith Hamilton has reminded us, Socrates never said, "I know, learn from me." He said, rather, "Look into your own selvers and find the (30spark) of truth that God has put into every heart, and that only you can kindle (点燃) to a( 31flame)." In a dialogue,Socrates takes an ignorant slave boy, without a day of (32schooling), and proves to the amazed observers that the boy really "knows" geometry--because the principles of geometry are already in his mind, waiting to be called out.So many of the discussions and (33controversies) about the content of education are useless and inconclusive because they(34are concerned with) what should "go into" the student rather than with what should be taken out, and how this can best be done.The college student who once said to me, after a lecture, "I spend so much time studying that I don't have a chance to learn anything," was clearly expressing his ( 35 dissatisfaction) with the sausage-casing view of education.6月英语六级听力真题及原文 2Section ADirections: In this section, you will hear two long conversations. At the end of eachconversation, you will hear four questions. Both the conversation and the questions will bespoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer. from the fourchoices marked A), B),C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with asingle line through the centre.注意：此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。
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2016年6月大学英语六级听力答案（第1套）1-101. D)Market research consultant2. A) Quantitative advertising research3. D) They study trends or customer satisfaction over a long period.4. B) Checking charts and tables.5. A) His view on Canadian universities.6. B) It is rather i nflexible.7. C) Everybody should be given equal access to higher education.8. C) It is hard to say which is better, a public university or a private university. 9-119. B) The worsening real wage situation around the world.10. A) They will feel less pressure to raise employees’wages.11. C) Employees work shorter hours to avoid layoffs.12-1512. A) Whether memory supplements work.13. D) They are not on based on real science.14. D) They are prescribed by trained practitioners.15. B) Taking them with other medications might entail unnecessary risks.16-1816. D) How the negative impacts of natural disasters can be reduced.17. B) By taking steps to prepare people for them.18. A) How preventive action can reduce the loss of life.19-2219. C) Contribute more to the goal of a wider recovery20. B) Many smaller regional banks are going to fail21. D) It will try to provide more loans22. D) It will be necessary if the economy starts to shrink again23-2523. A). Being unable to learnnew things.24. A). Cognitive stimulation.25. C). Endeavoring to give up unhealthy lifestyles.2016年6月大学英语六级听力答案（第2套）1-101. A) The project the man managed at CucinTech.2. B) Strategic innovation.3. D) Innovate constantly.4. B) Imitation by one's competitors.5. A) The job of an interpreter.6. B) Admirable.7. B) They all have professional qualifications.8. C) It is more stressful than simultaneous interpreting.9-119.C) It might increase the risk of infants, death.10. D) Sleeping with infants in the same room has a negative impact on mothers.11. B) Sleep in the same room but not in the same bed as their babies.12-1512. A) A lot of native languages have already died out in the US.13. D) Torevitalise America's native languages.14. A) The US govemment's policy of Americanising Indian children.15. C) It speeds up the extinction of native languages.16-1816. A) It pays them up to half of their previous wages while they look for work.17. B) Providing training and guidance for unemployed workers.18. C) To create more jobs by encouraging private investments in local companies. 19-2219D) They investigated the ice.20. D) The ice decrease is more evident than previously thought.21. C) The decline of Arctic ice is irreversible.22. D) There is no easy technological solution to it.23-2523. B) The relation between children's self-control and their future success24.D)ack of self-control in parents is a disadvantage for their children.25 A) Self-control can be improved through education.2016年06月英语六级听力真题第3套1.B) It is planning to tour East Asia.2.A) 20,000 pounds.3.A) A lot of good publicity.4.C)Pay for the printing of the performance programme.5.D) He might give up concert tours.6.D) It can do harm to singers' vocal chords.7.B) Many lack professional training.8.C) V oice problems among pop singers.9.B) It has long become a new trend.10.B) It increases parking capacity.11.A) Collect money and help new users.12.B) They will be discountable to regular customers.13.D) They do not admit being alcohol addicts.14.A) To stop them from fighting back.15.B) With support they can be brought back to a normal life.16.B) To build common views.17.B) Creating jobs and boosting the economy.18.A) Talking over paying off deficit.19.D) Require the richest to pay more taxes.20.B) They can be used to reduce meal costs.21.A) It is free for us to download the app.22.C) It provides advice about making recipes.23.C) By picturing the food of 200 calories with weights.24.C) About 40 million American adults.25.B) To set the price of cigarettes properly.26.A) The office of the Surgeon General.。