6月英語六級聽力原文共三套

1、2014年6月英語六級聽力原文第1套聽力短對話W: The students have been protesting against the increased tuition.M: Yeah, I heard about the protest. But I don t know how much good it will do.Q: What does the man mean?W: Jay will turn 21 this week. Does he know the class is having a surprise party for him?M: No. He thinks

2、we are giving a party for the retiring dean.Q: What do we learn from the conversation?M: Hello. This is Carl s Garage. We found Mr. White s briefcase and wallet after heleft his car here this morning.W: He has been wondering where he could have left them. I ll tell him to pickthem up this afternoon.

3、 Thank you for calling.Q: What do we learn about Mr. White from the conversation?W: You know, some TV channels have been rerunning a lot of comedies fromthe 1960s. What do you think of those old shows?M: Not much. But the new ones including those done by famous directors are not so entertaining eith

4、er.Q: What does the man mean?M: How much longer should I boil these vegetables? The recipe says about 10 minutes in total.W: They look pretty done to me. I doubt you should cook them anymore.Q: What does the woman mean?W: Tom, are you going to your parents house tonight?M: Yes. I promised to help th

5、em figure out their tax returns. The tax code is really confusing to them.Q: What is the man going to do for his parents?W: I was surprised when I heard you d finished your research project a wholemonth early.M: How I managed to do it is still a mystery to me.Q: What does the man mean?W: I was hopin

6、g we could be in the same developmental psychology class.M: Me too. But by the time I went for registration, the course was closed.Q: What does the man mean?聽力長對話原文1Conversation OneM: It s really amazin g how many colors there are in these Thai silks.W: These are our new designs.M: Oh, I dont think

7、Ive seen this combination of colors before.W: Theyre really brilliant, arent they?M: Quite dazzling! May I have samples of the new color combinations?W: Yes, of course. But arent you going to place an order?M: We order them regularly, you know, but I do want our buyer who handles fabrics to see them

8、.W: Have you looked at the wood and stone carvings? Did you like them?M: Oh, they arent really what Im looking for.W: What do you have in mind?M: Thats the trouble. I never know exactly until I see it. I usually have more luck when I get away from the tourist places.W: Out in the countryside you mea

9、n?M: Yes, exactly. Markets in small towns have turned out best for me.W: Youre more interested, then, in handicrafts that havent been commercialized.M: Yes, real folk arts, pots, dishes, basket ware- the kinds of things thatpeople themselves use.W: Im sure we can arrange a trip out into the country

10、for you.M: I was hoping youd say that.W: We can drive out of Bangkok and stop whenever you see something that interests you.M: That would be wonderful! How soon could we leave?W: I cant get away tomorrow. But I think I can get a car for the day after.M: And would we have to come back the same day?W:

11、 No, I think Ill be able to keep the car for three or four days.M: Wonderful! Thatll give me time for a real look around.Questions 9 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard.What attracts the man to the Thai silks?What is the man looking for in Thailand?What do we learn about the trip

12、 the woman promised to arrange for the man?聽力長對話原文2Conversation TwoW: Well, before we decide were going to live in Enderby, we really ought to have a look at the schools. We want the children to have a good secondary education, so wed better see what s available.M: They gave me some information at t

13、he district officeand I took notes. It appears there are five secondary schools in Enderby, three state schools and two private.W: I don t know if we want private schools, do we?M: I dont think so, but well look at them anyway. There are Saint Marys, thats a Catholic school for girls and Carlton Abb

14、ey, thats a very old boys boarding school, founded in 1672.W: Are all the state schools co-educational?M: Yes, it seems so.W: I think little Keith is very good with his hands. We ought to send him to a school with good vocational training carpentry, electronics, that sort of thing.M: In that case, w

15、e are best off at Enderby Comprehensive. I gather they have excellent workshops and instructors. But it says here the Donwell also has good facilities. Enderby High has a little, but they are mostly academic.No vocational training at all at Carlton Abbey or Saint Mary s.W: What are the schools like

16、academically? How many children go on to university every year?M: Well, Enderby High is very good. And Carlton Abbey even better. 70% oftheir pupils go on to university. Donwell isn t so good. Only 8%. And EnderbyComprehensive and Saint Mary s not much more, about 10%.W: Well, it seems like there is

17、 a broad selection of schools. But we ll have to findout more than statistics before we can decide.Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.What do the speakers want their children to have?What do the speakers say about little Keith?What school has the highest percentage

18、of pupils who go on to university?What are the speakers going to do next?聽力短文原文PassageOneGood morning, ladies and gentlemen! As instructed in our previous meeting, the subcommittee on building development has now drawn up a brief to submit to the firms architect.In short, the building would consist

19、of two floors. There would be a storage area in the basement to be used by the research centre as well as by other departments. We are, as you know, short of storage base, so the availability of a large basement would be a considerable advantage. The ground floor would be occupied by laboratories. A

20、ltogether there would be six labs. In addition, there would be six offices for the technicians, plus a general secretarial office and a reception area. The first floor would be occupied by the offices of Research and Development staff. There would be a suite of offices for the Research and Developme

21、nt Director as well as a general office for secretarial staff. Its proposed to have a staff room with a small kitchen. This would serve both floors. There would also be a library for research documents and reference material. In addition, there would be a resource room in which audio-visual equipmen

22、t and other equipment of that sort could be stored. Finally, there would be a seminar room with closed-circuit television. This room would also be used to present displays and demonstrations to visitors to the centre. The building would be of brick construction so its to conform to the general style

23、 of construction on the site. There would be a pitched roof. Wall and ceiling spaces would be insulated to conform to new building regulations.Questions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard.What is said about the planned basement of the new building?Where would be the Research and D

24、evelopment Directors office?Why would the building be of brick construction?PassageTwoHuang Yi works for a company that sells financial software to small- and medium-size businesses. His job is to show customers how to use the new software. He spends two weeks with each client, demonstrating the fea

25、tures and functions of the software. The first few months on the job were difficult. He often left the client feeling that even after two weeks he hadnt been able to show the employees everything they needed to know. Its not that they werent interested; they obviously appreciated his instruction and

26、 showed a desire to learn. Huang couldnt figure out if the software was difficult for them to understand, or if he was not doing a good job of teaching. During the next few months, Huang started to see some patterns. He would get to a new client site and spend the first week going over the software

27、with the employees. He usually did this in shifts, with different groups of employees listening to him lecture. Then he would spend the next week installing the program and helping individuals troubleshoot. Huang realized that during the week of troubleshooting and answering questions, he ended up a

28、ddressing the same issues over and over. He was annoyed because most of the individuals with whom he worked seem to have retained very little information from the first week. They asked very basic questions and often needed prompting from beginning to end. At first, he wondered if these people were

29、just a little slow, but then he began to get the distinct feeling that part of the problem might be his style of presenting the information.Questions 19 to 22 are based on the passage you have just heard.What does Huang Yi do in his company?What did Huang Yi think of his work?What did Huang Yi do in

30、 addition to lecturing?What did Huang Yi realize in the end?PassageThreeAs we help children get out into the world to do their learning there, we can get more of the world into the schools. Aside from their parents, most children never have any close contact with any adults except their teachers. No

31、 wonder they have no idea what adult life or work is like. We need to bring more people who are not full-time teachers into the schools. In New York City, under the Teachers and Writers Collaborative, real writers come into the schools, read their work, and talk to the children about the problems of

32、 their craft. The children love it. In another school, a practicing attorney comes in every month and talks to several classes about the law. Not the law as it is in books, but the law as he sees it and encounters it in his cases. And the children listen with intense interest. Heres something even e

33、asier: Let children work together, help each other, learn from each other and each others mistakes. We now know from the experience of many schools that children are often the best teachers of other children. Whats more important, we know that when a fifth- or sixth-grader who has being having troub

34、le with reading starts helping a first-grader, his own reading sharply improves. A number of schools are beginning to use what some call paired learning. This means that you let children form partnerships with other children, do their work even including their tests together and share whatever marks

35、 or results this work gets, just like grown-ups in the real world. It seems to work.Questions 23 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.Why does the speaker say most children have no idea what adult life is like? 24. What is happening in New York City schools?What does the experience of

36、many schools show?聽力填空Tests may be the most unpopular part of academic life. Students hate them because they produce fear and anxiety about being evaluated, and a focus on grades instead of learning for learnings sake. But tests are also valuable. A well-constructed test identifies what you know and

37、 what you still need to learn. Tests help you see how your performance compares to that of others. And knowing that youll be tested on a body of material is certainly likely to motivate you to learn the material more thoroughly. However, theres another reason you might dislike tests. You may assume

38、that tests have the power to define your worth as a person. If you do badly on a test, you may be tempted to believe that you ve received some fundamental information about yourself from theprofessor information that says you are a failure in some significant way. This is a dangerous and wrong-heade

39、d assumption. If you do badly on a test, it doesnt mean you are a bad person or stupid. Or that youll never do better again and that your life is ruined. If you dont do well on a test, youre the same person you were before you took the test. No better, no worse. You just did badly on a test. Thats i

40、t! In short, tests are not a measure of your value as an individual. Theyre a measure only of how well and how much you studied. Tests are tools.They are indirect and imperfect measures of what we know.2014年6月英語六級聽力原文第2套聽力短對話M: Look at the low priceson these fashionable TV sets.Something is fishy. D

41、ont you think so?W: Well, there have been a lot of robberies recently.Some of the stolen goods may have landed here.Q: What does the woman imply about the low-priced television sets?M: Ive been assigned to cover the governesss speech today.What about you?W: Nothing is grand as yours.I have to do an

42、interview for the evening news about a man with dozens of cats.Q: What do we learn about the speakers?W: Didnt I see you going into the administration building this afternoon?M: I needed to switch my computer class to the 9:50 section.Q: What do we learn from the conversation?W: I guess you watched

43、the quiz show on television last night.What did you think about it?M: Well, it was great.The first four contestants won only small prizes, but the fifth left with a new luxury car .Q: What does the man say about the quiz show?W: I cant find the arrival time of the New York to Boston Express on this

44、schedule.M: Look for New York in the left-hand column and follow it across until you find the hour listed in the Boston column.Q: What are the speakers most probably doing?W: You look different today,but I cant quite put my finger on what it is.M: Oh, yesterday I finally got around to that new barbe

45、rshop in the mall and enjoyed their services.Q: What can be inferred about the man?W: What do you think of Picassos paintings exhibited in the city museum?M: Personally I cant quite see the meaning in his modern works. Most of them remind me of the stuff my nephew brings home from the kindergarten.Q

46、: What does the man mean?W: Rod said he wanted to get involved in student government this year.M: But he hasnt gone to a single meeting, has he?Q: What does the man imply about Rod?Now you will hear the two long conversations.聽力長對話原文1M : Good morning, madam. Can I help you?W: Oh, I do hope so. I hav

47、e to get to Manchester today and my own car has broken down. Do you by any chance have a car available?M : For how many days, madam?W: Three, just until the weekend.M: And what sort of car did you have in mind?W: Well, that depends a bit on the price. But I normally drive a Cavalier. Do youhave anyt

48、hing like that?M: Yes, certainly. Thats group C which includes Cavalier and Sea-arrows.W: How much are they?M: Well, for three days, you would have to have it under the unlimited mileage conditions, which will work out cheaper for Manchester anyway. Lets see, Group C, three- to five-day hire with un

49、limited mileage is 53 pounds per day.W: I see. Does that include everything?M: It includes third-party insurance, but does not include value-added tax, petrol or CDW.W: Whats that?M: CDW? Oh, thats to cover you in case you damage the hired car. Third-partyinsurance only covers you for damage to anot

50、her vehicle. For Group C cars its 6 pounds per day.W: OK. I think Ill have the Cavalier.M: Right. Could I have your driving license please?W: Certainly. Here we are.M: So, its Mrs. J. B. Couty.W: Yes. Thats right.M: And the number is 509024bc9cs, expiring 1st July, 2015. And you want to take it imme

51、diately?W: Yes, I do, please.M: Lovely. Well, if you could, just initial that box there for the CDW, and that boxthere to confirm you have known driving convictions. Thank you, and then sign there. Great! Thats it!Questions 9 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard.Why does the woman

52、 want to hire a car?What is the womans main consideration in hiring a car?What does the daily charge include?聽力長對話原文2W: So, possible locations for the plant. First, the basic facilities for the region are generally very good. At least between the three main cities, Bilbao, Vitoria in the south and S

53、an Sebastian. There is now a fast train link to the south of France and the rest of Spain. All these improvements affect Bilbao principally, but the whole region benefits. First, the port area has been completely modernized and relocated. And the airport has also been extended. So the basic faciliti

54、es are good.M: Right. So, are we in a position to choose one of these cities?W: Well, lets not rush into anything. I think it would be a bad idea to assume were going to choose a city. It might be better to think about one of the smaller towns.M: Smaller places. Yes. So, should we get details on the

55、 possible places?W: Yes. We could do that. But we need, I think, first, to check a few things, for example, tax benefits, grants and anything like that, for locating to a smaller place, not one of the main cities. Then we could make a better decision.M: Yes. I agree. Youve talkedabout the improved t

56、ransport links in Bilbao.What about the links to the smaller towns? If its a mountainous or hilly region,it could take an hour or more for a truck to reach a main road. So I think we need to look specifically at the train and road links for smaller towns.W: Yes, youre right. Road and rail, and the f

57、inancial position.Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard. TOC o 1-5 h z What are the speakers discussing?What does the woman say about Bilbao, Victoria and San Sebastian?What does the woman think they should do?What is the man concerned about?聽力短文原文PassageOneIn a study

58、of older people with sisters and brothers, psychologist Debra Gold of the Duke Center for the study of aging and human development found that about 20%said they were either hostile or indifferent toward their sisters and brothers.Reasons for this ranged from inheritance disputes to hostility between

59、 spouses.But, many of those who had poor relationships felt guilty. Although most people admitted to some lingering rivalry, it was rarely strong enough to end the relationship. Only four out of the 55 people interviewed had completely broken with their sisters and brothers and only one of the four

60、felt comfortable with the break.As sisters and brothers advance into old age, closeness increases and rivalry diminishes, explains Victor Chichiarelli, a psychologist at Purdue University. Most of the elderly people he interviewed said they had supportive and friendly dealings and got along well or