1、12014年 6月英语六级听力 原文第 1套听力短对话1. W: The students have been protesting against the increased tuition.M: Yeah, I heard about the protest. But I dont know how much good it will do.Q: What does the man mean?2. W: Jay will turn 21 this week. Does he know the class is having a surprise party for him?M: No. H
2、e thinks we are giving a party for the retiring dean.Q: What do we learn from the conversation?3. M: Hello. This is Carls Garage. We found Mr. Whites briefcase and wallet after he left his car here this morning.W: He has been wondering where he could have left them. Ill tell him to pick them up this
3、 afternoon. Thank you for calling.Q: What do we learn about Mr. White from the conversation?4. W: You know, some TV channels have been rerunning a lot of comedies from the 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 en
4、tertaining either.Q: What does the man mean?5. 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?6. W: Tom, are you going to your parents house tonight?M: Yes.
5、I promised to help them figure out their tax returns. The tax code is really confusing to them.Q: What is the man going to do for his parents?7. W: I was surprised when I heard youd finished your research project a whole month early.M: How I managed to do it is still a mystery to me.Q: What does the
6、 man mean?28. W: I was hoping 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?听力长对话原文 1Conversation OneM: Its really amazing how many colors there are in these Thai silks.W: These are our new d
7、esigns.M: Oh, I dont think 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
8、handles fabrics to see them.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
9、 in the countryside you mean?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 that people themselves use.W: Im sure we can arrange a
10、 trip out into the country 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 t
11、o come back the same day?W: 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.9. What attracts the man to the Thai silks?10. What is the man looking for in Thaila
12、nd?311. What do we learn about the trip the woman promised to arrange for the man?听力长对话原文 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 whats availabl
13、e.M: They gave me some information at the district officeand I took notes. It appears there are five secondary schools in Enderby, three state schools and two private.W: I dont 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 Cat
14、holic school for girls and Carlton Abbey, 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,
15、 that sort of thing.M: In that case, we 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 Sain
16、t Marys.W: What are the schools like academically? How many children go on to university every year?M: Well, Enderby High is very good. And Carlton Abbey even better. 70% of their pupils go on to university. Donwell isnt so good. Only 8%. And Enderby Comprehensive and Saint Marys not much more, abou
17、t 10%.W: Well, it seems like there is a broad selection of schools. But well have to find out more than statistics before we can decide.Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.12. What do the speakers want their children to have?13. What do the speakers say about little
18、Keith?14. What school has the highest percentage of pupils who go on to university?15. What are the speakers going to do next?听力短文原文PassageOne4Good 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
19、 firms architect.In short, the building would consist 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.
20、 The ground floor would be occupied by laboratories. Altogether 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 woul
21、d be a suite of offices for the Research and Development 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 w
22、ould be a resource room in which audio-visual equipment 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 bri
23、ck construction so its to conform to the general style 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.16. What is said about the planned base
24、ment of the new building?17. Where would be the Research and Development Directors office?18. 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 sof
25、tware. He spends two weeks with each client, demonstrating the features 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
26、 werent interested; they obviously appreciated his instruction and 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
27、 new client site and spend the first week going over the software with the employees. He 5usually 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
28、 the week of troubleshooting and answering questions, he ended up addressing 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
29、 from beginning to end. At first, he wondered if these people were 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.19. What does Huang Yi do in
30、his company?20. What did Huang Yi think of his work?21. What did Huang Yi do in addition to lecturing?22. 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, m
31、ost children never have any close contact with any adults except their teachers. No 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 com
32、e into the schools, read their work, and talk to the children about the problems of 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
33、in his cases. And the children listen with intense interest. Heres something even easier: 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 mo
34、re important, we know that when a fifth- or sixth-grader who has being having trouble 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 c
35、hildren, do their work even including their tests together and share whatever marks 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.623. Why does the speaker say most children have no idea what adult l
36、ife is like?24. What is happening in New York City schools?25. What does the experience of many schools show?听力填空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 learni
37、ngs sake. But tests are also valuable. A well-constructed test identifies what you know and 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 materi
38、al more thoroughly. However, theres another reason you might dislike tests. You may assume 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 youve received some fundamental information about yourself from the professorinformatio
39、n that says you are a failure in some significant way. This is a dangerous and wrong-headed 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
40、 were before you took the test. No better, no worse. You just did badly on a test. Thats it! 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.72014年 6
41、月英语六级听力原文第 2套听力短对话1. M: Look at the low priceson these fashionable TV sets.Something is fishy. Dont 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?2. M: Ive been assigne
42、d to cover the governesss speech today.What about you?W: Nothing is grand as yours.I have to do an interview for the evening news about a man with dozens of cats.Q: What do we learn about the speakers?3. W: Didnt I see you going into the administration building this afternoon?M: I needed to switch m
43、y computer class to the 9:50 section.Q: What do we learn from the conversation?4. W: I guess you watched 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 th
44、e man say about the quiz show?5. W: I cant find the arrival time of the New York to Boston Express on this 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?6. W: You look differ
45、ent today,but I cant quite put my finger on what it is.M: Oh, yesterday I finally got around to that new barbershop in the mall and enjoyed their services.8Q: What can be inferred about the man?7. W: What do you think of Picassos paintings exhibited in the city museum?M: Personally I cant quite see
46、the meaning in his modern works. Most of them remind me of the stuff my nephew brings home from the kindergarten.Q: What does the man mean?8. 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?No
47、w you will hear the two long conversations.听力长对话原文 1M： Good morning, madam. Can I help you?W: Oh, I do hope so. I have 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
48、 car did you have in mind?W: Well, that depends a bit on the price. But I normally drive a Cavalier. Do you have anything 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 mile
49、age conditions, which will work out cheaper for Manchester anyway. Lets see, Group C, three- to five-day hire with unlimited 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-party insurance only covers you for damage to another vehicle. For Group C cars its 6 pounds per day.W: OK. I think Ill have the Cavalier.M: Right. Could
