第一套英语六级考试听力原文.docx

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第一套英语六级考试听力原文

6月第一套真题听力

SectionA

ConversationOne

M：

SohowlonghaveyoubeenaMarketResearchConsultant?

W：

Well，Istartedstraightafterfinishinguniversity.

M：

Didyoustudymarketresearch?

W：

Yeah，anditreallyhelpedmetogetintotheindustry，butIhavetosaythatit’smoreimportanttogetexperienceindifferenttypesofmarketresearchtofindoutexactlywhatyou’reinterestedin.

M：

Sowhatareyouinterestedin?

W：

Well，atthemoment，Ispecializeinquantitativeadvertisingresearch，whichmeansthatIdotwotypesofprojects.Trackers，whichareongoingprojectsthatlookattrendsorcustomersatisfactionoveralongperiodoftime.Theonlyproblemwithtrackersisthatittakesupalotofyourtime.Butyoudobuildupagoodrelationshipwiththeclient.Ialsodoacoupleofad-hocjobswhicharemuchshorterprojects.

M：

Whatexactlydoyoumeanbyad-hocjobs?

W：

It’sbasicallywhencompaniesneedquickanswerstotheirquestionsabouttheirconsumers’habits.Theyjustaskforonequestionnairetobesentoutforexample，sothetimeyouspendonanad-hocprojecttendstobefairlyshort.

M：

Whichdoyouprefer，trackersorad-hoc?

W：

IlikedoingbothandinfactIneedtodobothatthesametimetokeepmefromgoingcrazy.Ineedthevariety.

M：

Canyoujustexplainwhatprocessyougothroughwithanewclient?

W：

Well，togetherwedecideonthemethodologyandtheobjectivesoftheresearch.Ithendesignaquestionnaire.Oncetheinterviewershavebeenbriefed，Isendtheclientascheduleandthentheygetbacktomewithdeadlines.Oncethefinalchartsandtablesareready，Ihavetocheckthemandorganizeapresentation.

M：

Hmm，onelastquestion，whatdoyoulikeanddislikeaboutyourjob?

W：

AsIsaid，varietyisimportantandasforwhatIdon’tlike，ithastobethecheckingofchartsandtables.

Questions1to4arebasedontheconversationyouhavejustheard.

Question1：

Whatpositiondoesthewomanholdinthecompany?

Question2：

Whatdoesthewomanspecializeinatthemoment?

Question3：

Whatdoesthewomansayabouttrackers?

Question4：

Whatdoesthewomandislikeaboutherjob?

ConversationTwo

W：

Hello，I’mherewithFrederick.NowFred，youwenttouniversityinCanada?

M：

Yeah，that’sright.

W：

OK，andyouhaveverystrongviewsaboutuniversitiesinCanada.Couldyoupleaseexplain?

M：

Well，wedon’thaveprivateuniversitiesinCanada.They’reallpublic.Alltheuniversitiesareownedbythegovernment，sothereistheMinistryofEducationinchargeofcreatingthecurriculumfortheuniversitiesandsothereisnotmuchroomforflexibility.Sinceit’sagovernmentoperatedinstitution，thingsdon’tmoveveryfast.Ifyouwantsomethingtobedone，thentheirstaffdonothavesomuchincentivetohelpyoubecausehe’saworkerforthegovernment.So，Idon’tthinkit’sveryefficient.However，therearecertainadvantagesofpublicuniversities，suchasthefeesbeingfree.Youdon’thavetopayforyoureducation.Butthesystemisn’tefficient，anditdoesnotworkthatwell.

W：

Yeah，Icanseeyourpoint，butintheUnitedStateswehavemanyprivateuniversities，andIthinktheyarelargebureaucraciesalso.Maybepeopledon’tactthatmuchdifferently，becauseit’sthesamethingworkingforaprivateuniversity.Theygetpaidfortheirjob.Idon’tknowifthey’rethatmuchmoremotivatedtohelppeople.Also，wehaveaproblemintheUnitedStatesthatusuallyonlywealthykidsgotothebestschoolsandit’skindofaproblemactually.

M：

Iagreewithyou.Ithinkit’saproblembecauseyou’renotgivingequalaccesstoeducationtoeverybody.It’snoteasy，buthavingonlypublicuniversitiesalsomightnotbethebestsolution.PerhapswecanlearnfromJapanwheretheyhaveasystemofprivateandpublicuniversities.Now，inJapan，publicuniversitiesareconsideredtobethebest.

W：

Right.It’stheexactoppositeintheUnitedStates.

M：

So，asyousee，it’sveryhardtosaywhichoneisbetter.

W：

Right，agoodpoint.

Questions5to8arebasedontheconversationyouhavejustheard.

Question5：

WhatdoesthewomanwantFredericktotalkabout?

Question6：

WhatdoesthemansayaboutthecurriculuminCanadianuniversities?

Question7：

Onwhatpointdothespeakersagree?

Question8：

Whatpointdoesthemanmakeattheendoftheconversation?

SectionB

PassageOne

ArecentInternationalLaborOrganizationreportsaysthedeteriorationofrealwagesaroundtheworldcallsintoquestionthetrueextentofaneconomicrecovery，especiallyifgovernmentrescuepackagesarephasedouttooearly.Thereportwarnsthepictureonwagesislikelytogetworsethisyeardespiteindicationsofaneconomicrebound.PatrickBelser，aninternationallabororganizationspecialist，saysdecliningwageratesarelinkedtothelevelsofunemployment.Thequitedramaticunemploymentfigures，whichwenowseeinsomeofthecountries，stronglysuggestthattherewillbeagreatpressureonwagesinthefutureasmorepeoplewillbeunemployed，morepeoplewillbelookingforjobsandthepressureonemployerstoraisewagestoattractworkerswilldecline.So，weexpectthatthesecondpartoftheyearwouldnotbeverygoodintermsofwagegrowth.Thereportfindsmorethanaquarterofthecountriesexperiencedflatorfallingmonthlywagesinrealterms.TheyincludetheUnitedStates，Austria，CostaRica，SouthAfricaandGermany.InternationalLaborOrganizationeconomistssaysomenationshavecomeupwithpoliciestolessentheimpactoflowerwagesduringtheeconomiccrisis.Anexampleoftheseisworksharingwithgovernmentsubsidies. Underthisscheme，thenumberofindividualworkinghoursisreducedinanefforttoavoidlayoffs.Forthisschemetowork，thegovernmentmustprovidewagesubsidiestocompensateforlostpayduetotheshorterhours.

Questions 9 to 11 are based on the passage you have just heard. 

Question 9:

 What is the International Labor Organization’s report mainly about?

Question 10:

AccordingtoanInternationalLaborOrganization’sspecialist，howwillemployersfeeliftherearemorepeoplelookingforjobs?

Question 11:

 What does the speaker mean by the work sharing scheme?

Passage Two 

Istherereallyamagicmemorypilloraherbalrecallremedy?

Ihavebeenfrequentlyaskedifthesememorysupplementswork.Youknow，oneofthefirstthingsIliketotellpeoplewhentheyaskmeaboutthesupplements，isthatalotofthemarepromotedasacureforyourmemory.Butyourmemorydoesn’tneedacure.Whatyourmemoryneedsisagoodworkout.Soreallythosesupplementsaren’tgoingtogiveyouthatperfectmemoryinthewaythattheypromise.Theotherthingisthatalotofthesesupplementsaren’tnecessarilywhattheyclaimtobe，andyoureallyhavetobewarywhenyoutakeanyofthem.Thescienceisn’ttherebehindmostofthem.They’renotreallywell-regulatedunlesstheyadheretosomeindustrystandard.Youdon’treallyknowthatwhattheysayisinthere，isn’tthere.Whatyoumustunderstandisthatthosesupplements，especiallyinsomeeasterncultures，arepartofamedicalpracticetradition.Peopledon’tjustgoinalocalgrocerystoreandbuythesesupplements.Infact，theyareprescribedandthey’regivenatacertainlevel，adosagethatisunderstoodbyapractitionerwho’sbeentrained.Andthat’snotreallythewaythey’reusedinthiscountry.Theotherthingpeopledoforgetisthatthesearemedicines，sotheydohaveanimpact.Alotoftimespeoplearenotreallyawareoftheimpacttheyhave，orthefactthattakingthemincombinationwithothermedicationsmightputyouatincreasedriskforsomethingthatyouwouldn’totherwisebeingcounteringorbeatriskfor.

Questions12to15arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard.

Question12.Whatquestionisfrequentlyputtothespeaker?

Question13.Whatdoesthespeakersayaboutmostmemorysupplements?

Question14.Whatdowelearnaboutmemorysupplementsineasterncultures?

Question15.Whatdoesthespeakersayaboutmemorysupplementsattheend?

Section C

Recording1

Thenegativeimpactsofnaturaldisasterscanbeseeneverywhere.Injustthepastfewweeks，theworldhaswitnessedthedestructivepowersofearthquakesinIndonesia，typhoonsinthePhilippines，andthedestructiveseawavesthatstruckSamoaandneighboringislands.AstudybytheCenterforResearchontheEpidemiologyofDisastersfindsthat，between1980and，nearly8,400naturaldisasterskilledmorethantwomillionpeople.Thesecatastrophiceventscausedmorethan$1.5trillionineconomiclosses.U.N.weatherexpertGeoffreyLovesaysthatisthebadnews.“Overthelast50years，economiclosseshaveincreasedbyafactorof50.Thatsoundsprettyterrible，butthelossoflifehasdecreasedbyafactorof10simplybecausewearegettingbetteratwarningpeople.Wearemakingadifference.Extremeevents，however，willcontinuetooccur.But，themessageisthattheyneednotbedisasters.”Love，whoisdirectorofWeatherandDisasterRiskReductionattheWorldMeteorologicalOrganization，saysmostofthedeathsandeconomiclosseswerecausedbyweather，climate，orwater-relatedextremes.Theseincludedroughts，floods，windstorms，strongtropicalwindsandwildfires.Hesaysextremeeventswillcontinue.But，hesaysextremeeventsbecomedisastersonlywhenpeoplefailtoprepareforthem.“Manyoftheremediesarewell-known.Fromaplanningperspective，itisprettysimple.Buildbetterbuildings.Don’tbuildwherethehazardswilldestroythem.Fromanearly-warningperspective，makesurethewarningsgorightdowntothecommunitylevel.Buildcommunityactionplans.“TheWorldMeteorologicalOrganizationpointstoCubaandBangladeshasexamplesofcountriesthathavesuccessfullyreducedthelossoflifecausedbynaturaldisastersbytakingpreventiveaction.