英语四六级考试听力部分是大家最难得分的一类考题了，编者就英语六级考试已经考了三遍之多，每次失败在听力部分了，第三次参加英语六级以后，我认真总结听力失败的教训，改变自己的听力学习方法，尤其是认真研究分析历年听力真题答案解析，从此以后，我的听力能力大有长进，今天我节选一部分听力真题及答案详解为例，给大家传授如何正确有效的听听力。

Section B

Passage One

A recent International Labor Organization report says the deterioration of real wages around the world calls into question the true extent of an economic recovery, especially if government rescue packages are phased out too early. The report warns the picture on wages is likely to get worse this year despite indications of an economic rebound. Patrick Belser, an international labor organization specialist, says declining wage rates are linked to the levels of unemployment. The quite dramatic unemployment features, which we now see in some of the countries, strongly suggest that there will be a great pressure on wages in the future as more people will be unemployed, more people will 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 would not be very good in terms of wage growth. The report finds more than a quarter of the countries experienced flat or falling monthly wages in real terms. They include the United States, Austria, Costa Rica, South Africa and Germany. International Labor Organization 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 this scheme, 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.

9 What is the International Labor Organization's report mainly about?

10 According to an International Labor Organization's specialist, how will employers feel if there are more people looking for jobs?

11 What does the speaker mean by the work sharing scheme?

Passage Two

Is 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 workout. 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 tiling 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.

12 What question is frequently put to the speaker?

13 What does the speaker say about most memory supplements?

14 What do we learn about memory supplements in eastern cultures?

15 What does the speaker say about memory supplements at the end?

Section B

Passage One

9 What is the long-held view about mothers sleeping with newborn babies?

[C]【解析】录音首句就指出，多年来妈妈们一直被警告，与新生儿睡在一起不好，因为这会增加婴儿夜间意外死亡的风险，由此可选定 C 项。

【干扰项排除】①选项主语均为 It，且根据选项关键词 mother, infants 等可推测题目询问某事对妈妈、婴儿的影响。②A 项“它可能影响妈妈的健康”是以色列研究者得出的最新发现，而不是长期以来的一种观点;B 项“它可能妨碍婴儿睡眠”和 D 项“它可能使妈妈精神上更加苦闷”在短文中未提及。

10 What do Israeli researchers' findings show?

[D]【解析】以色列研究者发现，即使与婴儿睡在同一个房间，也会对妈妈产生负面影响，D 项中的 impact 是文中 consequence 的同义替换，为正确答案。

【干扰项排除】①根据选项关键词 mothers、babies、 sleep 等可推测题目询问的是关于睡眠与妈妈或婴儿的关系。②录音中只是提到很多被调查的妈妈都是母乳喂养，并没有提及母乳喂养对妈妈睡眠的影响，A 项“母乳喂养的妈妈入睡更困难”没有依据;录音指出，与婴儿一起睡影响妈妈睡眠，B 项“与婴儿一起睡的妈妈每晚需要更多睡眠”属于过度推断;录音中只是提及爸爸的睡眠模式可能影响妈妈，但是 C 项“妈妈的睡眠模式极大地影响新生儿的健康”在短文中并未提及。

11 What does the American Academy of Pediatrics recommend mothers do?

[B]【解析】为了减少婴儿猝死的风险，美国儿科学会建议妈妈们不要跟婴儿同床睡，但可以睡在一个房间，所以选 B 项。

【干扰项排除】①选项均为原形动词短语，推测问题可能与行为、动作有关。②A 项“改变睡眠模式以适应她们的新生宝宝”并不是儿科学会建议的内容;C 项“与宝宝睡在同一个家，但不同的房间”不符合美国儿科学会的建议;D 项“采取预防措施以减少婴儿猝死的风险”属过度推断，录音中没有涉及预防措施。

Passage Two

12 What do we learn from the report?

[A]【解析】短文讲的是很多美国本土语言濒临灭绝的困境，第一句话就指出，美国已经丢失了超过 1/3 的本土语言，由此可选定 A 项“美国很多本土语言已经灭绝”。

【干扰项排除】①根据选项关鍵词 native languages， US, died out, preserve 等可推测题目与美国本土语言的困境有关。②美国现有 192 种语言濒临灭绝，但录音并未提及这个数字为世界之最，B 项“美国濒危语言的数量最多”属过度推断;美国印第安人国家博物馆的 Fred Nahwooksy 说，让这些濒危语言回归到日常使用正在进展当中，可排除 C 项“保护印第安语的努力被证明是徒劳的”Fred Nahwooksy 也说到“我们需要需要钱使这些语言复活，而不仅仅是记录它们”，所以 D 项“需要更多的钱来记录美国的本土语言”可排除。

13 For what purpose does Fred Nahwooksy appeal for more funding?

[D]【解析】录音中引用美国原住民博物馆的 Fred 的话说“我们需要更多的资金并付出更大的努力以让这些语言重新回到日常使用中来……需要钱使这些语言复活，而不仅仅是记录它们”，可选定 D 项。

【干扰项排除】①选项均为不定式，推测问题与行为动作或目的相关。②A 项“建立更多的语言学校”属过度推断，文中指出通过学校教育可以拯救这些濒危语言，但没有提及创建更多新学校;B 项“记录濒危语言”是现有的做法，不是 Nahwooksy 呼吁的目的;C 项“教育美国土著孩子”是拯救濒危语言取得成效的途径之一，不是目的，也与更多资金没有直接的关联。

14 What is the historical cause of the decline in the American Indian Languages?

[A]【解析】美国印第安语言的衰落有其历史根源：在 19 世纪中叶，美国政府采取了美国化印第安儿童的政策，即将印第安人的孩子赶出他们的家园，将他们与其文化隔绝。由此，可选定 A 项。

【干扰项排除】①根据选项关键词 American, US government, Indian 等可推测问题与美国印第安人的情况有关。②B 项“美国印第安语没有取得官方地位”、C 项“美国政府不愿花钱教育印第安人”和 D“印第安人长期与外界隔绝”均利用个别原词拼凑而成，录音中都未提及。

15 What does the speaker say about television?

[C]【解析】就电视对于本土语言的危害，短文末尾指出，电视将英语带入家庭，挤掉传统的家庭讲故事时间，从而加速了本土语言的灭绝。C 项中的 speed up 与该句中的 accelerating 同义，为答案。

【干扰项排除】①选项均以 It 开头，且根据关键词 native languages 可预测问题关于某物与本土语言的关系。②A 项“它被利用来教授本土语言”和 D 项“它被广泛用于浸润式语言学校”在短文中均没有提及;而 B 项“它在家庭聚会时间讲传统故事”与短文说法相悖，在家庭聚会时间讲传统故事是被电视挤掉的事情。