练习六级听力，在听录音时，大多数时候你不是听不懂，而是反应慢。跟外国人聊天，你听他说一句，然后自己思考几分钟，相信大多数内容你都能听懂。反应慢是因为不熟悉，如果用惯了、习惯了，反应就会快了。考试的时候也会找到窍门。

Part II Listening Comprehension (30 minutes)

Section A

Directions: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 1 with a single line through the centre.

注意：此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。

1. A) Dr. Smith's waiting room isn't tidy.

B) Dr. Smith enjoys reading magazines.

C) Dr. Smith has left a good impression on her.

D) Dr. Smith may not be a good choice.

2. A) The man will rent the apartment when it is available.

B) The man made a bargain with the landlady over the rent.

C) The man insists on having a look at the apartment first.

D) The man is not fully satisfied with the apartment.

3. A) Packing up to go abroad.

B) Brushing up on her English.

C) Drawing up a plan for her English course.

D) Applying for a visa to the United States.

4. A) He is anxious to find a cure for his high blood pressure.

B) He doesn't think high blood pressure is a problem for him.

C) He was not aware of his illness until diagnosed with it.

D) He did not take the symptoms of his illness seriously.

5. A) To investigate the causes of AIDS.

B) To raise money for AIDS patients.

C) To rally support for AIDS victims in Africa.

D) To draw attention to the spread of AIDS in Asia.

6. A) It has a very long history.

B) It is a private institution.

C) It was founded by Thomas Jefferson.

D) It stresses the comprehensive study of nature.

7. A) They can't fit into the machine.

B) They have not been delivered yet.

C) They were sent to the wrong address.

D) They were found to be of the wrong type.

8. A) The food served in the cafeteria usually lacks variety.

B) The cafeteria sometimes provides rare food for the students.

C) The students find the service in the cafeteria satisfactory.

D) The cafeteria tries hard to cater to the students' needs.

Questions 9 to 12 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

9. A) He picked up some apples in his yard.

B) He cut some branches off the apple tree.

C) He quarreled with his neighbor over the fence.

D) He cleaned up all the garbage in the woman's yard.

10. A) Trim the apple trees in her yard.

B) Pick up the apples that fell in her yard.

C) Take the garbage to the curb for her.

D) Remove the branches from her yard.

11. A) File a lawsuit against the man.

B) Ask the man for compensation.

C) Have the man's apple tree cut down.

D) Throw garbage into the man's yard.

12. A) He was ready to make a concession.

B) He was not prepared to go to court.

C) He was not intimidated.

D) He was a bit concerned.

Questions 13 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

13. A) Bad weather.

B) Human error.

C) Breakdown .

D) Failure of the communications system.

14. A) Two thousand feet.

B) Twelve thousand feet.

C) Twenty thousand feet.

D) Twenty-two thousand feet.

15. A) Accurate communication is of utmost importance.

B) Pilots should be able to speak several foreign languages.

C) Air controllers should keep a close watch on the weather.

D) Cooperation between pilots and air controllers is essential.

Section B

Directions: 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 1 with a single line through the centre.

注意：此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。

PassageOne

Questions16 to 19 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

16. A) His father caught a serious disease.

B) His mother passed away.

C) His mother left him to marry a rich businessman.

D) His father took to drinking.

17. A) He disliked being disciplined.

B) He was expelled by the university.

C) He couldn't pay his gambling debts.

D) He enjoyed working for a magazine.

18. A) His poems are heavily influenced by French writers.

B) His stories are mainly set in the State of Virginia.

C) His work is difficult to read.

D) His language is not refined.

19. A) He grieved to death over the loss of his wife.

B) He committed suicide for unknown reasons.

C) He was shot dead at the age of 40.

D) He died of heavy drinking.

Passage Two

Questions 20 to 22 are based on the passage you have just heard.

20. A) Women.

B) Prisoners.

C) Manual workers.

D) School age children.

21. A) He taught his students how to pronounce the letters first.

B) He matched the letters with the sounds familiar to the learners.

C) He showed the learners how to combine the letters into simple words.

D) He divided the letters into groups according to the way they are written.

22. A) It can help people to become literate within a short time.

B) It was originally designed for teaching the English language.

C) It enables the learners to master a language within three months.

D) It is effective in teaching any alphabetical language to Brazilians.

Passage Three

Questions 23 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.

23. A) The crop's blooming period is delayed.

B) The roots of crops are cut off.

C) The topsoil is seriously damaged.

D) The growth of weeds is accelerated.

24. A) It's a new way of applying chemical fertilizer.

B) It's an improved method of harvesting crops.

C) It's a creative technique for saving labor.

D) It's a farming process limiting the use of ploughs.

25. A) In areas with few weeds and unwanted plants.

B) In areas with a severe shortage of water.

C) In areas lacking in chemical fertilizer.

D) In areas dependent on imported food.

Section C

Directions: 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.

注意：此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。

Adults are getting smarter about how smart babies are. Not long ago. researchers learned that 4-day-old could understand (26)______ and subtraction. Now. British research psychologist Graham Schafer has discovered that infants can learn words for uncommon things long before they can speak. He found that 9-month-old infants could be taught, through repeated show-and-tell, to (27)______ the names of objects that were foreign to them, a result that (28)______ in some ways the received wisdom that, apart from learning to (29)______ things common to their daily lives, children don't begin to build vocabulary until well into their second year. "It's no (30)______ that children learn words, but the words they tend to know arc words linked to (31)______ situations in the home." explains Schafer. "This is the first demonstration that we can choose what words the children will learn and that they can respond to them with an unfamiliar voice (32)______ in an unfamiliar setting."

Figuring out how humans acquire language may (33)______ why some children learn to read and write later than others. Schafer says, and could lead to better treatments for developmental problems. What's more, the study of language (34)______ offers direct insight into how humans learn. "Language is a test case for human cognitive development." says Schafer. But parents eager to teach their infants should take note: even without being taught new words, a control group (35)______ the other infants within a few months. "This is not about advancing development." he says. "It's just about what children can do at an earlier age than what educators have often thought."

参考答案

【听力短对话解析】

1.D)【精析】弦外之音题。男士向女士询问Smith医生的情况,女士说Smith医生給她印象最深的是她的候诊室的杂志。言外之意,她对Smith医生的医术印象并不深刻，暗含否定含义。

2.C)【精析】推理判断题。对话中女士表示目前暂时不能让男士参观要出租的公寓，同时提到公寓的条件非常好;男士则坚持不能在没有见到公寓的情况下就将其租下,也就是说男士要先看房子再作决定。

3.B)【精析】行动计划题。对话中女士提到，自己计划夏天去美国,但是担心自己的英语不好,所以最近在学习。

4.C) 【精析】事实细节题。女士询问男士得知自己患高血压后有什么想法,男士说他很震惊，因为他没有出现任何高血压的症状。sneak up on sb.指"偷偷地走近某人"。

5.D) 【精析】目的原因题。女士问男士在印度旅行时做了什么,男士说旅行的自的是让大众了解艾滋病已经不仅仅是一个非洲的疾病,它同样也在威胁着其他的国家,如泰国和印度。由此可以推断,男士所强调的重点是艾滋病在亚洲的传播。

6.A) 【精析】信息明示题。男士对这所综合性大学被称 学院"感到奇怪，女士解释了原因。对话中的the second oldestinstitution 说明该校历史悠久。

7.B)【精析】事实细节题。男士询问女士他们影印机需要的部件是否已经到了，女士回答上周已经订了货,但发生了些事情耽搁了送货。由此可知，货物还没有被送到。

8.A)【精析】弦外之音题。对话中女士问男士是否注意到今天食堂提供了很多种类的菜,男士回答说这种情况很少有。由此可以推断,食堂提供的菜肴通常 种类单一，缺少变化。

【听力长对话解析】

【长对话1解析】

9. What did the man do yesterday?

B)【精析】行动计划题。由女士的话可知,男士昨天给苹果树掷枝了。trim意为"修整，修饰"。

10. What did the woman ask the man to do?

D)【精析】请求建议题。由对话可知,一些树枝掉到了女士的院子里,女士要求男士把它们取走。

11. What did the woman threaten to do?

A)【精析】事实细节题。对话中女士要求男士把树枝取走,否则就起诉男士。sue意为"起诉,控告"。

12. What was the man's reaction to the woman's threat?

C)【精析】推理判断题。由对话结尾可知，男士很轻松地表示可以与女士法庭上见，由此可以推断,男士对女士的威胁毫无惧色。

【长对话2解析】

13.What was the cause of the tragedy?

B) 【精析】推理判断题。对话中当女士问及事故原因时,男士回答原因在于飞行员与飞行指挥者之间的交流有误。由此推断,事故是人为原因造成的。

14.Howhigh arc the mountains in Norweija?

C)【精析】事实细节题。对话中间部分,男士明确提到山脉的高度是20 000英尺。terrain意为"地势.地形"。

15. Whatl esson could be drawn from the accident?

A)【精析】事实细节题。女士在谈话的最后说明了从 该事件中得到的教训：彼此准确地交流是多么重要。

【听力短文解析】

【短文1解析】

16. Whathappened to Edgar Alien Poe’s family when he was only two years old?

B) 【精析】事实细节题。短文中提到，Edgar Allen Poe两岁时,他的母亲去世了，他被送到一个富裕的商人家里。

17. Whydid Edgar Allen Poe leave the University of Virginia?

C) 【精析】目的原因题。短文中明确提到，Poe离开弗吉尼亚大学的原因是他付不起赌债。

18. Whatdo some critics say about Edgar Allen Poe?

C)【精析】观点态度题。短文后半部分提到评论家对Poe作品的看法,其中一些人认为他的作品很 难读懂。

19. Howdid Edgar Allen Poe’s life come to an end?

D)【精析】事实细节题。短文最后提到，据说Poe死于过度饮酒。

【短文2解析】

20.According to the speaker, which group of people makes up of the majority of theilliterate population?

A)【精析】事实细节题。短义开头明确指出，全世界8.8亿成年人是文盲,其中大多数是女性。

21. Whatis the most important feature of John Mogger’s method of teaching the alphabet?

D)【精析】推理列断题，从"The system divide…below the lower line."可知,这套方法最显著的特点就是依据字母的书写位置将字母分为三组。

22. Whatdoes John Mogger say about his teaching method?

A) 【精析】观点态度题。短文中提到John Mogger对自己发明的识字系统的肴法：他的教学方式可让任何一个人在30个学时内学会如何读写。

【短文3解析】

23. Whatis the main problem caused by the usual way of ploughing?

C)【精析】事实细节题。短文开始部分提到，傘地因对表层土造成严重损害而受到遁责。be

blamed fordoing意为"因做……而被责备"。

24. Whatdoes the speaker say about Low Till Farming?

D)【精析】事实细节题。短文中明确提到，南亚的许多农民现在尝试一种新的耕作方式，即浅层耕种， 这种耕作方式限制犁的使用。

25. Whereis Low Till Farming becoming popular?

B)【精析】事实细节题。短文中提到,科学家说在面临严重的水源缺乏的南亚地区，浅层耕种正变得流行起来。

【听写填空解析】

on

【精析】并列关系题。此处应填入名词与subtraction并列，作understand的宾语。由空格 后的subtraction"减法"可推测所填词意思可能与 之相反。结合录音可填入addition,意为"加法"。

ize

【精析】语义推断题。根据空格前的to可知,此处应 填入动词。结合录音可填入ecognize,意为"认出"。

nges

【精析】句意推断题。空格处所填入的词在从句中 作谓语。结合录音可填入challenges,意为"挑战"。

fy

【精析】句意推断题。根据空格前的to可知,此处 应填入动词。结合录音可填入identify,意为"识别出"。

30. secret

【精析】句意推断题。根据空格前的no可知,空格 处应填入一个单数抽象名词。结合录音可填入secret,意为"秘密"。

ic

【精析】修饰关系题。此处应填入形容词修饰后面 的名词situations。结合录音可填入specific,意为"特定的"。

32. givinginstructions

【精析】修饰关系题。根据空格所在位置可知,此 处应填入非谓语动词作定语,修饰voice。结合录音可填入giving instructions,意为"给予指导"。

33. shedlight on

【精析】句意推断题。根据空格前的may可知,此 处应填入动词作谓语。前文提到"弄清楚人类如何学习语言",后面提到"为什么有的孩子学习读写比别的孩子晚",结合上下文及录音可填入shed light on,意为"揭示"。

ition

【精析】句意推断题。此处应填入名词，和the study of language —起构成主语。结合录音可填入acquisition,意为"习得

35. caughtup with

【精析】句意推断题。此处应填入动词作谓语。结合录音可填入caught up with,意为赶上