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六级第二套听力原文及答案

2019年12月六级第二套听力原文及答案

SectionA

LongConversation1

Man:

TodayourguestisRosieMelinda（Q1）whoworksasafeatureseditorfor

Fashionmagazine.HiRosie,you'reafeatureseditoratoneofthemostwidelyreadwomen'smagazinesintheU.K.Whatkindofresponsibilitiesdoesthatjobentail?

Woman:

Wespendourdayslookingatideasfromjournalists,writingcopyfor

themagazineandwebsiteandediting.Wedorandomthingslikeaskingpeoplein

thestreetquestionsandtestingsportsclothing.Wealsodolesstangiblethingslikeunderstandingwhatourreaderswant.It'scertainlyvariedandsometimesbizarre.

Man:

Duringyourworkingdaywhatkindofworkmightyoutypicallydo?

Woman:

Mydaymainlyincorporatesrespondingtoemails（Q2）,writingandeditingstoriesandcomingupwithnewfeatureideas.

Man:

Howdoesthejoboffeatureseditordifferfromthatoffashioneditoror

othereditorialpositions?

Woman:

Thefeature'steamdealswitharticlessuchascareers,reports,confidenceandconfessions.Everythingexcepttofashionandbeauty.

Man:

Alotofpeoplebelievethatworkingatamagazineisaglamorousjob

（Q3）.Isthisanaccuraterepresentationofwhatyoudo?

Woman:

I'dsayit'sglamoroustoanextent,butnotinthewayit'sportrayedinfilms.Wedohaveourmomentssuchasinterviewingcelebritiesandattendingpartieswhichisahugethrill.Ultimatelythough,we'rethesameasourreaders.Butworkinginajobwe'reallveryluckytohave.

Man:

Didyouhavetoovercomeanydifficultiestoreachthispointinyourcareer?

Howdidyoumanagetodothis?

Woman:

Ihadtobereallypersistentanditwasveryhardwork.AfterthreeyearsofworkinginapetrolstationanddoingunpaidworkIstillhadn'tmanagedtogetanentryleveljob.Iwasluckythatmylastdesperateattemptledtoajob（Q4）.Itoldmyselfthatallexperiencesmakeyouabetterjournalistinthelongrunandluckily,Iwasright.

Q1:

Whatisthewoman'sprofession?

Q2:

Whatisoneofthewoman'smainresponsibilities?

Q3:

Whatdomanypeoplethinkaboutthewoman'sjob?

Q4:

Whathelpedthewomantogethercurrentposition?

LongConversation2:

Woman:

Areyouwatchinganygoodshowsthesedays?

Man:

Actually,yes.I'mwatchingagreatsatire（Q5）calledFrankie.Ithinkyou'dlikeit.

Woman:

Really?

What'sitabout?

Man:

It'saboutarealguynamedFrankie.HeisafamouscomedianinNewYorkandshowsamixtureofcomedyanddramalooselydepictinghislife.

Woman:

I'msorry,doyoumeantosay,it'sareal-lifeseriesaboutarealperson?

It'snon-fiction,isn'tit?

Man:

No⋯Notreally,no.It'sfiction,aswhathappensineveryepisodeismadeup.HowevertheleadroleisacomedianbythenameofFrankie,andheplayshimself.SoFrankieinbothreallifeandintheTVshowlivesinNewYorkCity,isacomic,isdivorced,andhastwolittledaughters.Allthosethingsaretrue,butasidefromhim,allhisfriendsandfamilyareplayedbyactors.Andtheplotsandtheeventsthattakeplacearealsoinvented.

Woman:

Oh,IthinkIseenow.Thatsoundslikeaveryoriginalconcept.

Man:

Yes,itis.Infact,（Q6）thewholeshowiswritten,directed,editedandproducedbyhim,and（Q5）isveryfunnyandhaswonmanyawards.

Woman:

That'scool.Iwilltrytodownloadit.（Q7）I'mwatchingacomedycalled

TheBigBangTheory.It'sahugehitaroundtheworld.

Man:

Ohyes.I'veheardofit,butneveractuallywatchedit.

Woman:

Well,thenyoushouldcheckitout.It'salsoveryfunny.It'saboutfourmalescientistsandafemalewaitress.Themenareverysociallyawkwardbutverybright.Andthisiscontrastedbythelady'ssocialskillsandcommonsense.（Q8）Theshowhasbeenrunningforovertenyears,andsomeoftheactorsarepracticallyglobalsuperstars.Nowthattheyaresuchfamouscelebrities.

Q5:

WhatdoesthemanthinkofthesatireFrankieherecentlywatched?

Q6:

WhatdoesthemansayespecialaboutthesatireFrankie?

Q7:

WhatdoesthewomansaysheisgoingtodowiththesatireFrankie?

Q8:

WhatdoesthewomansayaboutthecomedyTheBigBangTheory?

SectionB

Passage1

Relatedtothe‘use-it-or-lose-itlaw'isthe‘keep-movingprinciple'.Welearnedaboutstagnationfromnature.Ariverthatstopsmovinggetssmelly.Thesamethinghappenstopeoplewhostopmoving,eithermentallyorphysically.Thosewhoplaycontactsportsknowthat[9]theplayerwhousuallygetshurtthemostistheonewhoisstandingstill.Ofcourse,you'llneedsometimetocatch

yourbreatheverysooften,buttheessentialmassageiskeepmoving,extendingandlearning.Shipslastalotlongerwhentheygotoseathanwhentheystayintheharbor.Thesameistruefortheairplanes.Youdon'tpreserveanairplanebykeepingitontheground,youpreserveitbykeepingitinservice.Wealsogettolivealonghealthylifebystayinginservice.[10]Longevitystatisticsrevealthattheaveragepersondoesn'tlastverylongafterretirement.Themorewe'llhearisdon

Ifafellowsays“I'm94yearsoldandIworkedallmylife”,weneedtorealize,

thatishowhegottobe94,bystayinginvolved.GeorgeBernardShawwonaNobelPrizewhenhewasnearly70.BenjaminFranklinproducedsomeofhisbestwritingsattheageof84,andPabloPicassoputbrushtocanvasrightthroughhiseighties.

Isn'theissuehowoldwethinkweare?

[11]Abonuswiththe‘keep-moving

principle

isthatwhilewekeepmoving,wedon

thaveachancetoworry.Hence

weavoidthedreadedparalysesbyanalysis.

Q9.Whatdoesthespeakersayaboutplayersofcontactsports?

Q10.Whatdolongevitystatisticsrevealabouttheaverageperson?

Q11.Whatbonusdoesthekeepmovingprinciplebringusaccordingtothespeaker?

Passage2

In2014,oneinsixteenAmericansvisitedthehospitalemergencyroomforhomeinjuries.Oneofthemaincausesoftheseaccidents?

Awanderingmind!

[12]Byoneestimate,peopledaydreamthroughnearlyhalfoftheirwakinghours.Psychologistshaverecentlyfocusedonthetendencytothinkaboutsomethingotherthanthetaskoneisdoing.Foroneexperiment,[13]researchersdevelopedanapptoanalyzetherelationshipbetweendaydreamingandhappiness.Theyfoundthattheaverageperson'smindwanderedmostfrequentlyabout65%ofthetimeduringpersonalactivities,suchasbrushingtheirteethandcombingtheirhair.Respondents'mindstendedtowandermorewhentheyfeltupsetratherthanhappy.Theyweremorelikelytowandertowardpleasanttopicsthanunpleasantones.Howdodaydreamsaffectdaydreamers?

Awanderingmindleavesusvulnerablewhendriving.Inonestudy,researchersinterview955peopleinvolvedintrafficaccidents,themajorityofthemreportedhavingdaydreamjustbeforetheaccident.Yetotherresearchsuggeststhatdaydreaminghasbenefits.[14]Researcheshavefoundthatitgivesusachancetothinkaboutourgoalsanditalsoseemstoincreasecreativity.Inoneexperiment,145undergraduatescompletedfour

unusualusestasks,eachrequiringthemtolistasmanyusesaspossibleforeverydayobject.Afterthefirstpairoftaskswascompleted,onegroupofparticipantswasassignedanundemandingactivityintendedtocausetheirmindstowander.Whenalltheparticipantsproceededtothesecondpairoftasks,[15]thedaydreamersperformed40%betterthantheothers.

Q12:

Whatdoesthepassagesayaboutpeople'smind?

Q13:

Forwhatpurposedidtheresearchersdevelopthenewapp?

Q14:

Howdoesdaydreamingbenefitpeopleaccordingtosomeresearchers?

Q15:

Whatwasthefindingoftheexperimentwith145undergraduates?

SectionC

Recording1

Datingfromasfarbackasthe12thcentury,theyareclaimedtobetherarest

historicbuildingsinwesternEurope.ThesebuildingsoffervitalinsightintoScandinavia'sVikingpast.Butnow,withonly30woodenchurchesremaining[16]

andtheirconditiondeteriorating,expertsareworkingtopreservethestructuresforfuturegenerations.

Someofthesespectacularchurchesarenomorethansmallbuildings,barely4

meterswideand6meterstall.Othersaremuchlargerstructures.Theysoarupto

40metersintothecoldair.[17]Mostconsistoftimberframesthatrestonstoneblocks.Thismeansthattheyhavenofoundations.Althoughmanyofthechurchesappearfromtheoutsidetobecomplexstructures,theynormallyfeatureonlyasinglestoreybutnumerousdifferentrooflevels.

StafffromtheNorwegiangovernmenthavecarriedoutconservationworkon

10ofthechurchesoverthepasttwoyears.Mostofthesechurchesdatefrom

betweenthe12thand14thcenturies.Otherchurcheswereconservedinprevious

years.Sofar,specialistshaveworkedtoaddpreservativematerialstothechurches

exteriors.Theyalsoreplacedrottingrootsandhaltedthesinkingofthechurches

intotheground.Intwocases,hugemachineshavebeenusedtoliftthebuildings

upto30centimetersintotheair.Thiswasaccomplishedsothattheteamcould

examineandrepairthechurches'originalmedievalstoneblocks.Theteamplans

toreturntoaroundadozenofthebuildingstoassessprogressandconsiderfurtheraction.

Theearliestfree-standingwoodenchurchwasprobablybuiltinNorwayin

around1080.However,thelargestknownwoodenchurcheswerebuiltfromthe

1130sonwards.Thisperiodwasoneofinter-eliterivalry,inwhichnoblessoughtto

increasetheirinfluencebyfundingtheconstructionofchurchesandotherbuildings.

Thereasonforconstructingthebuildingsfromwoodisprobablythatideally

proportionedstraightand[18]slendertimberwasavailableinlargequantitiesin

Scandinavia'svastpineforests.Aswoodwassoplentiful,itwascheapertouse

thanthestoneusedinthebuildingsofotherEuropeancultures.Thearea's