1、英语六级听力原文共三套2014年12月英语六级听力原文第1套听力短对话1. M: Before we play again, Im going to buy a good tennis racket. W: Your shoes arent in a very good shape, either. Q: What does the woman mean? 2. M: Barbara, Im glad you could assist me in the lab demonstration. But arent you supposed to go to Dr. Smiths lecture
2、today? W: I asked Kathy to take notes for me. Q: What do we learn from the conversation? 3. W: Steve invited me to the dinner party on Sunday evening. Have you received your invitation yet? M: Yes, he phoned me this morning and told me he wanted all his old classmates to e to the reunion. Q: What do
3、 we learn from the conversation? 4. W: Im afraid Im a little bit seasick. I feel dizzy. M: Close your eyes and relax. Youll be all right as soon as we e on shore. Q: Where does the conversation most probably take place? 5. W: I wonder whats happened to our train. It should have been here 20 minutes
4、ago according to the timetable. But its already 9:30. M: Theres no need to get nervous. The announcement says its 40 minutes late. Q: When is the train arriving? 6. M: John is handsome and wealthy. Believe it or not, he is still a bachelor. W: He is a notorious guy in many girlseyes. Im sick of hear
5、ing his name. Q: What does the woman mean? 7. M: Cars had lined up bumper to bumper. And Ive been held up on the expressway for an entire hour. W: Really? It must be a pain in the neck. But be patient, anyway, you can do nothing but wait. Q: What do we learn about the man? 8. W: Yesterday I was surp
6、rised to see Mary using that washing machine you were going to throw away. M: Yes, its quite old and in very poor condition. Frankly speaking, that she got it working amazes me a lot. Q: What does the man imply about Mary?听力长对话原文1ConversationOneM: A recent case I heard was of a man accused and found
7、 guilty of breaking into a house and stealing some money. W: Well, was he really guilty, judge? M: He admitted that hed done it, and there were several witnesses saying that he had indeed done it. So I can only assume that he was guilty. W: Why did he do it? M: Well, the reasons were a little muddie
8、d. Probably at least it seemed in a trial that he did it to get some money to feed his family. You see, hed been out of work for some time. W: Well, hed been out of work and he chose to break into a house to get money for his family and apparently in front of people that, er. could see him do it. M:
9、 His attorney presented testimony that he had indeed applied for jobs and was listed with several employment agencies, including the State Employment Agency, but there werent any jobs. W: And he had no luck! M: He had no luck and itd been some time. He had two children and both of them were needing
10、food and clothing. W: So he was in desperate circumstances. Did you sentence him? M: Yes. W: But what good does it do to put the man into jail when hes obviously in such need? M: This particular fellow has been in prison before. W: For the same thing? M: No, for a different sort of crime. W: Huh? M:
11、 But he did know about crime, so I suppose there are folks that just have to go back to prison several times. Questions 9 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 9. What did the judge say about the case he recently heard? 10. What do we learn about the man at the time of the crime?
12、11. What did the judge say about the accused?听力长对话原文2ConversationTwoM: Ah, how do you do, Miss Wenzmore? W: How do you do? M: Do sit down. W: Thank you. M: Im glad youre interested in our job. Now, let me explain it. We plan to increase our advertising considerably. At present, an advertising agency
13、 handles our account, but we havent been too pleased with the results lately and we may give our account to another agency. W: What would my work entail? M: Youd be responsible to me for all advertising and to Mr. Grunt for public relations. Youd brief the agency whoever it is on the kind of adverti
14、sing campaign we want. You would also be responsible for getting our leaflets, brochures and catalogs designed. W: I presume you advertise in the national press as well as the trade press. M: Yes, we do. W: Have you thought about advertising on television? M: We dont think its a suitable medium for
15、us. And its much too expensive. W: I can just imagine a scene with a typist sitting on an old-fashioned typing chair, her back aching, exhausted. Then we show her in one of your chairs, Her back properly supported, feeling full of energy, typing twice as quickly. M: Before you get carried away with
16、your little scene, Miss Wenzmore, I regret to have to tell you again that we are not planning to go into television. W: Thats a shame. Ive been doing a lot of television work lately and it interests me enormously. M: Then I really dont think that this is quite the right job for you here, Miss Wenzmo
17、re. Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 12. What does the man think of their present advertising agency? 13. What would the woman be responsible for to Mr. Grunt? 14. What is the woman most interested in doing? 15. What does the man think of the woman applicant听力短文原
18、文PassageOneMany foreign students are attracted not only to the academic programs at a particular US college but also to the larger munity, which affords the chance to soak up the surrounding culture. Few foreign universities put much emphasis on the cozy munal life that characterizes American campus
19、es from clubs and sports teams to student publications and drama societies. “The campus and the American university have bee identical in peoples minds, says Brown University president Vartan Gregorian.“In America, it is assumed that a students daily life is as important as his learning experience.
20、Foreign students also e in search of choices. Americas menu of optionsresearch universities, state institutions, private liberal-arts schools, munity colleges, religious institutions, military academiesis unrivaled. “In Europe, says history professor Jonathan Steinberg, who has taught at both Harvar
21、d and Cambridge, “theres one system, and that is it. While students overseas usually must demonstrate expertise in a specific field, whether law or philosophy or chemistry, most American universities insist that students sample natural and social sciences, languages and literature before choosing a
22、field of concentration. Such opposing philosophies grow out of different traditions and power structures. In Europe and Japan, universities are answerable only to a Ministry of Education, which sets academic standards and distributes money. While centralization ensures that all students are equipped
23、 with roughly the same resources and perform at roughly the same level, it also discourages experimentation. “When they make mistakes, they make big ones, says Robert Rosenzweig, president of the Association of American Universities. “They set a system in wrong directions, and its like steering a su
24、pertanker. Questions 16 to 19 are based on the passage you have just heard. 16. What does the speaker say characterizes American campuses? 17. What does Brown University president Vartan Gregorian say about students daily life? 18. In what way is the United States unrivaled according to the speaker?
25、 19. What does the speaker say about universities in Europe and Japan?PassageTwoHello, ladies and gentlemen, wele aboard your sea-link ferry from Folkestone to Boulogne and wish you a pleasant trip with us. We are due to leave Folkestone in about five minutes and a journey to Boulogne will take appr
26、oximately two hours. We are getting good reports of the weather in the Channel and in France, so we should have a calm crossing. Sun and temperatures of 30 degree Celsius are reported on the French coast. For your convenience on the journey, wed like to point out that there are a number of facilitie
27、s available on board. Theres a snack bar serving sandwiches and hot and cold refreshments situated in the front of A deck. Theres also a restaurant serving hot meals situated on B deck. If you need to change money or cash travellers checks, we have a bank on board. You can find a bank on C deck. Bet
28、ween the ships office and the duty-free shop, toilets are situated on B deck at the rear of the ship and on A deck next to the snack bar. For the children, theres a games room on C deck next to the duty-free shop. Here children can find a variety of electronic games. Passengers are reminded that the
29、 lounge on B deck is for the sole use of passengers travelling with cars and that there is another lounge on C deck at the front of the ship for passengers travelling without cars. Finally, ladies and gentlemen, wed like to wish you a pleasant journey and hope that youll travel with us again in the
30、near future. Questions 20 to 22 are based on the passage you have just heard. 20. What does the speaker say about the sea-link ferry? 21. Where is the snack bar situated? 22. What does the speaker say about the lounge on B deck?PassageThreeOn Christmas Eve in 1994, humans entered a cave in the mount
31、ains of southeastern France for what was probably the first time in 20 000 years. The vivid images of more than 300 animals that Jean-Marie Chauvet and his assistants found on the cave walls were like none that they had seen before. Unusual in the Grotte Chauvet, as the cave is now called in honor o
32、f its discoverer, are paintings of many flat sheeting animals. Other known caves from the same geographical area and time period contain only paintings of Plantitus. The paintings in this cave refute the old theory that Cro-Magnon people painted animals that they hunted and then ate. Now many specialists believe that cave paintings were not part of a ritual to bring good luck to hunters. They point out that while deer made up a major part of their diet, there ar
