2009年6月六级听力,历年六级听力原文

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2004年6月六级试题听力原文
1. W: Oh, Dick. You are wearing a green jacket but yellow trousers. It's the strangest combination I've ever seen.
M:I know. I got up late and dressed in a hurry. I didn't realize my mistake until I entered the office.
Q: What does the woman think the way Dick is dressed?
2. M: Excuse me, but has anyone turned in a brown leather wallet? I've lost my wallet. It contains my driver's license, and also some family pictures. It's pretty important to me.
W: Oh yes, we had a wallet brought in this morning. Wait here just a minute please.
Q: What will the woman probably do?
3. M: Excuse me, madam. Is the air- conditioning on? This room is getting as hot as a furnace.
W: Sorry, Sir. A new epidemic called SARS is threatening us right now. As a preventive measure, we're told to let in the fresh air by opening the windows and not to use air conditioners.
Q: What does the woman mean?
4. M: You look quite different from what you used to.
W: Sure. I started exercising regularly two years ago, and went from 253 pounds to a healthy 160 pounds. And now that's the only thing I did not give up half-way.
Q: what do we know about the woman?
5. M: I wonder if you find my experience relevant to the job.
W: Yes, certainly, but if only you had sent your application letter a week earlier.
Q : What does the woman imply?
6. W: Shouldn't someone go and pick up the clothes at the laundry? They were ready three hours ago.
M: Don't look at me, Mom !
Q: What does the boy mean?
7. M: Eh hi, could you tell me where electronic products are displayed? I want to see some TVs, digital video cameras, DVD players, that sort of thing.
W: Well, several countries are displaying electronic products. China's selection is very large this year. You might as well go to the East Wing first to take a look at the Chinese booth.
Q: Where is this conversation most probably taking place?
8. M: Well, what did you think of the movie?
W: I don't now why I let you talked me into going. I just don't like violence. Next time, you'd better choose a comedy.
Q: What can we infer from the conversation?
9. W: Who do you think should get the job? How about Mr. Becket?
M: Mr. Becket? I'm not sure. He's a nice fellow, of course, and easy to get along with. But I doubt his professional expertise. I want someone who can get the job done.
Q: What do we learn from the conversation about Mr. Becket?
10. M: Do you think home video players will replace movie theatres and force them out of the entertainment business?
W: We're certainly faced with the great challenge from the DVD industry. That's why I think we should revolutionize our concept of movie showing. As I see it, the movie theatre should not just be a place to watch a film, but a place to meet people.
Q: What does the woman think of the movie theatre?
Passage One
Few people can stand for the spirit of early America as much as Benjamin Franklin. He lived through almost the whole of the 18tScentury. He was born 6 years after the century began, and died 10 years before it ended. During this time, he saw the American colonies grow from tiny settlements into a nation. And he also contributed much to the new state. He was deeply interested in science and natural history, and his experiments with electricity and lightening led directly to the invention of the lightening rod. He was also interested in improving the conditions of his fellowmen. He was involved in a number of projects in his native Philadelphia, including the setting - up of a library, a university, a philosophical society, and a fire -prevention service. He worked hard to enable the American colonies to gain independence from Britain. As an ambassador to France, he encouraged the French to help George Washington. After the war, he attended the American constitutional Congress. This was his last contribution, for he died later that year. He is still firmly remembered by the Americans as one of the creators of the United States.
Questions 11 to 13 are based on the passage you have just heard.
11. What does the speaker say about Benjamin Franklin?
12. How did Franklin help George Washington?
13. According to the passage, what is Franklin still well remembered as?
Passage Two
Yuppies are young people who earn a lot of money and live in a style that is too expensive for most people, If you are invited to a yuppie dinner party, don't be surprised if you are offered freshly cooked insects as the first course. While the idea of eating fried insects fills most of us with horror ~sect - eating is becoming highly fashionable. For example, in the media industry, successful executives are of ten seen eating fried or boiled insects from time to time while working at their desks. These safe to eat insects can be found and ordered on the internet, and young people are logging on to exotic food websites and ordering samples of prepared insects to serve at their dinner parties.Although the idea of eating insects is probably disgusting to most of us, few people would claim that cakes, chickens and some kinds of seafood we often eat are examples of great beauty. One day, insects could be marketed and sold as a food item in supermarkets. According to their fans, they are not only high in protein and low in fat, but also very tasty. But until our attitudes to food change fundamentally, it seems that insect -eaters will remain as a select few.
14. Why does the speaker say we might be surprised at a yuppie dinner party?
15. Where can people order the unusual food mentioned by the speaker?
16. Why are some yuppies attracted by the unusual food?
17. What does the speaker say about the future of this type of unusual food?
Passage Three
Many people dislike walking into the bank, standing in lines, and running out of checks. They are dissatisfied with their banks’ limited hours, too. They want to do some banking at night, and on weekends. For such people, their problems may soon be over. Before long, they may be able to do their banking from the comfort of their own home, any hour of the day, any day of the week. Many banks are preparing online branches, or internet offices, which means people will be able to take much of their banking business through their home computers.
This process is called interactive banking. At these branches, customers will be able to view all their accounts, move money between their accounts, apply for a loan, and get information about their products such as credit cards. Customers will also be able to pay their hills electronically, and also e-mail their questions to the bank. Banks are creating online services for several reasons. One reason is that banks must compete for customers who will switch to another bank ff they are dissatisfied with the service they receive. The convenience of the online banking appeals to the kind of customer bank most want to keep, that is, people who are young, well-educated and have good incomes. Banks also want to take advantage of modern technology since they have moved into the 21st century.
Questions 18 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard.
18. What is one of the masons for people's dissatisfaction with traditional banks?
19. What kind of customers does online banking appeal to?
20. Why are banks creating online services?

短对话

11. W: I forgot to tell you that Fred called last night to borrow your sleeping bag.

M: Oh, I saw him at the gym this morning, but he didn’t say anything. So he must have asked somebody else.

Q: What does the man imply?


12. W: These summer days are getting to be more than I can take. It was even too hot to go to the pool yesterday.

M: Hang in there. According to the weather report we should have some relief by the end of the week.

Q: What does the man mean?


13. W: Well, tonight we have Professor Brown in our studio to talk about the famous oil painting of Queen Victoria. Good evening, professor.

M: Good evening, madam, my pleasure to be here tonight.

Q: What is the woman doing?


14. M: The plants next to the window always look brown. You wouldn’t know by looking at them that I water them every week.

W: Maybe they don’t like direct sunlight. I had the same problem with some of my plants. And a little shade helps them immensely.

Q: What does the woman imply?


15. M: I’m really exhausted, Mary. But I don’t want to miss the Hollywood movie that comes on at 11.

W: If I were you, I’d skip it. We both have to get up early tomorrow. And anyway I’ve heard it’s not as exciting as advertised.

Q: What does the woman suggest the man do?


16. M: Those modern sculptures over there are really weird. Don’t you think so?

W：Well, I couldn’t stand them either at first. But now I’ve come to like modern art, particularly those sculptures carved by Italian artists.

Q: What does the woman mean?


17. M: I’m really glad our club decided to raise money for the children’s hospital. And most of the people we phoned seemed happy to contribute.

W: Yeah! I agree. Now that we’ve gone through all the numbers on our list, I guess we can call it a day.

Q: What do we learn about the speakers?


18. M: Have you heard of Professor Smith? I’m thinking of taking an advanced engineering course with him. What do you think?

W: Yeah! You really should. He’s published dozens of books so far, once been recommended as a textbook for postgraduates.

Q: What does the woman imply?

长对话

Long conversation one

W: You’re the editor of Public Eye. What kind of topics does your program cover?

M: Well, there are essentially domestic stories. We don’t cover international stories. We don’t cover party politics or economics. We do issues of general social concern to our British audience. They can be anything from the future of the health service to the way the environment is going downhill.

W: How do you choose the topic? Do you choose one because it’s what the public wants to know about or because it’s what you feel the public ought to know about?

M: I think it’s a mixture of both. Sometimes you have a strong feeling that something is important and you want to see it examined and you want to contribute to a public debate. Sometimes people come to you with things they are worried about and they can be quite small things. They can be a story about corruption in local government, something they cannot quite understand, why it doesn’t seem to be working out properly, like they are not having their litter collected properly or the dustbins emptied.

W: How do you know that you’ve got a really successful program? One that is just right for the time?

M: I think you get a sense about it after working in it in a number of years. You know which stories are going to get the attention. They are going to be published just the point when the public are concerned about that.


Q19-21

19. What kind of topics does Public Eye cover?

20. How does Public Eye choose its topics?

21. What factor plays an important role in running a successful program?

Passage 1


Getting behind the wheel of a car can be an exciting new step in a teen’s life. But along with that excitement comes a new responsibility---understanding the need for common sense and maturity to avoid accidents. In an effort to spread awareness to teens across the nation, the Allstate Foundation sponsored a Keep-The-Drive Summit at Sunset Station on January 23rd. Students from Kennedy and Alamo Heights High schools participated in the summit which was held here for the first time. The goal of the year-long effort is to educate teens on the rules of safe driving and the severe consequences that can result if those rules are not followed, and then have them communicate that information to their peers. The students watched videos that told them about the numbers of teenage driving injuries and deaths. They listen to the videos as students from other cities share their stories of how their reckless driving affected not only their lives but also those of their passengers. “We are trying to create awareness in high schools across the countries,” said Westerman, an Allstate representative, “we focus on changing how teens think behind the wheel.” According to the presentation, more teens die in automobile crashes in the United States each year than from drugs, violence, smoking and suicide. An average of 16 teens die every day in motor vehicle crashes and nearly forty percent of those are caused by speeding. Texas is the state with the most teen driving deaths according to the presentation. Students agreed that the statistics were amazing and made them think twice about how they drive.

Questions 26 to 28 are based on the question you have just heard.

Q26. For what purpose did the Allstate Foundation sponsor the Keep-The-Drive Summit?

Q27. What causes the greatest number of deaths among American teens according to the presentation?

Q28. What can we conclude about the Keep-The-Drive Summit?


Passage 2

Dr. Allen Hersh designs smells for businesses. He says that it doesn’t take a whole lot of smell to affect you. Store owners can lure you to the candy aisle, even if you don’t realize your are smelling candy. This idea scares a lot of people. Groups that protect the rights of shoppers are upset. They say the stores are using a kind of brainwashing which they call “smell-washing”. “It’s pretty dishonest,” says Mark Silbergeld. He runs an organization that checks out products for consumers. The scientists hired to design the scents disagree. “There’s soft background music. There’s special lighting. There’re all sorts of bells being used,” says Dr. Hersh, “why not smells?” “One reason why not,” says Silbergeld, “is that some people are allergic to certain scents pumped into products or stores.” But there is a whole other side to this debate, “do the smells really work?” So far, there is little proof one way or the other. But Dr. Hersh has run some interesting experiments. In one of Hersh’s experiments, 31 volunteers were led into a shoe store that smells slightly like flowers. Later, another group shopped in the same store, but with no flower odor. Dr. Hersh found that 84% of the shoppers were more likely to buy the shoes in the flower-scented room, but Hersh found out something even stranger. “Whether the volunteers like the flower scent or not didn’t matter,” Hersh says, “Some reported that they hated the smell, but they still were more likely to buy the shoes in the scented room.”


Questions 29 to 31 are based on the passage you’ve just heard.


Q29. Why are some people against the use of smells to attract customers?

Q30. What is Dr. Hersh’s attitude to the use of smells for business?

Q31. What did Hersh’s experiment show?


Passage 3

This is Ray McCarthy with the news. Reports are coming in of a major train crash in Japan. A passenger train carrying hundreds of workers home from the center of Tokyo is reported to have hit an oncoming goods train. Both were traveling at high speed. Figures are not yet available but it is believed that the death toll could be as high as 300, with hundreds more injured. Emergency and rescue services rushed to the scene. But our reporter says it will take days to clear the track and to establish the numbers of the dead and injured. There was a similar accident on the same stretch of track four years ago.


There was another bomb scare in a large London store last night during late night shopping. Following a telephone call to the police from an anonymous caller, hundreds of shoppers were shepherded out of the store while roads in the area were sealed off. Police dogs spent hours searching the store for a bag which the caller claimed contained 50 pounds of explosives. Nothing was found and the store was given the all-clear by opening time this morning. A police spokesman said that this was the third bomb scare within a week and that we should all be on our guard.


And finally, the motoring organizations have issued a warning to drivers following the recent falls of snow in many parts of the country. Although the falls may be slight, they say extra care is needed.


Questions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.


Q32: What accident happened recently in Japan?

Q33: What do the reports say about the recent accident in Japan?

Q34: Why did people have to leave the London store last night?

Q35: What did motoring organizations advise drivers to do?
English is the leading international language. In different countries around the globe English is acquired as the mother tongue; in others it is used as a second language. Some nations use English as their official language, performing the function of administration; in others it is used as an international language for business, commerce and industry.

What factors and forces have led to the spread of English? Why is English now considered to be so prestigious that, across the globe, individuals and societies feel disadvantaged if they do not have competence in this language? How has English changed through 1,500 years? These are some of the questions that you investigate when you study English.

You also examine the immense variability of English and come to understand how it is used as a symbol of both individual identity and social connection. You develop in-depth knowledge of the intricate structure of the language. Why do some non-native speakers of English claim that it is a difficult language to learn, while infants born into English-speaking communities acquire their language before they learn to use forks and knives? At the university of Sussex, you are introduced to the nature and grammar of English in all its aspects. This involves the study of sound structures, the formation of words, the sequencing of words and the construction of meaning, as well as examination of the theories explaining these aspects of English usage. You are encouraged to develop your own individual responses to various practical and theoretical issues, which are raised by studying how speakers and writers employ English for a wide variety of purposes.