英语六级真题听力原文二.docx

1、英语六级真题听力原文二2016年6月英语六级真题听力原文(二)Part Listening? ComprehensionSection AQuestions 1 to 4 are based on the conversation you have just heard.W: So, Mike, (1)you manage the innovation project at CucinTech.M: I did indeed.W: Well, then, first, congratulations. (1)It seems to have been very successful.M: Th

2、anks. Yes, I really help things turn around at CucinTech.W: (2)Was the revival in their fortunes entirely due to strategic innovationM: (2)Yes, yes, I think it was. CucinTech was a company who were very much following the pack, doing what everyone else was doing and getting rapidly left behind. I co

3、uld see there was a lot of talent there, and some great potential, particularly in their product development. I just had to harness that somehow.W: Was innovation at the core of the projectM: Absolutely. If it doesnt sound like too much of Clich, (3)our world is constantly changing and its changing

4、quickly. We need to be innovating constantly to keep up with this. Stand still and you are lost.W: No stopping to sniff the rosesM: Well, Ill do that in my personal life. Sure. But as a business strategy, Im afraid there is no stopping.M: What exactly is strategic innovation thenW: Strategic innovat

5、ion is the process of managing innovation, of making sure it takes place at all levels of the company, and that is related to the companys overall strategy.W: I see.M: So, instead of innovation for innovations sake and new products being created simply because the technology is there, the company cu

6、lture must switch from these pointing-time innovations to continuous pipeline of innovations from everywhere and everyone.W: How did you align strategies throughout the companyM: I soon became aware that campaigning is useless. People take no notice. Simply it came about through good practice trickl

7、ing down. This built consent. People could see it was the best way to work.W: Does innovation on the skill really give a competitive advantageM: I am certain of it, absolutely, especially if its difficult for a competitor to copy. (4)The risk is of course that innovation may frequently lead to imita

8、tion.W: But not if its strategicM: Precisely.W: Thanks for talking to us.M: Sure.Questions 5 to 8 are based on the conversation you have just heard.M: (5)Today, my guest is Dayna Ivanovich who has worked for the last twenty years as an interpreter. Dayna, welcome.W: Thank you.M: Now, Id like to begi

9、n by saying that I have on occasions used an interpreter myself as a foreign correspondent. (6)So I am full of admiration for what you do, but I think your profession is sometimes underrated, and many people think anyone who speaks more than one language can do it.W: (7)There arent any interpreters

10、I know who dont have professional qualifications and training. You only really get proficient after many years in the job.M: I may be right in saying you can divide what you do into two distinct methodssimultaneous and consecutive interpreting.W: Thats right. The techniques you use are different, an

11、d a lot of interpreters will say one is easier than the other, less stressful.M: Simultaneous interpreting, putting someones words into another language more or less as they speak, sounds to me like the more difficult.W: Well, actually no. (8)Most people in the business would agree that consecutive

12、interpreting is the more stressful. You have to wait for the speaker to deliver quite a chunk of language before you then put it into the second language, which puts your short-term memory under intense stress.M: You make notes, I presume.W: Absolutely, anything like numbers, names, places have to b

13、e noted down. But the rest is never translated word for word. You have to find a way of summarizing it, so that the message is there. Turning every single word into the target language would put too much strain on the interpreter and slow down the whole process too much.M: But, with simultaneous int

14、erpreting, you start translating almost as soon as the other person starts speaking. You must have some preparation beforehand.W: Well, hopefully the speakers will let you have an outline of the topic a day or two in advance. You have a little time to do research, prepare technical expressions and s

15、o on.Section BQuestions 9 to 11 are based on the passage you have just heard.(9)Mothers have been warned for years that sleeping with their newborn infant is a bad idea because it increases the risk that the baby might die unexpectedly during the night. But now Israeli researchers are reporting that

16、 even sleeping in the same room can have negative consequences: not for the child, but for the mother. (10)Mothers who slept in the same room as their infants, whether in the same bed or just the same room, had poorer sleep than mothers whose babies slept elsewhere in the house: They woke up more fr

17、equently, were awake approximately 20 minutes longer per night, and had shorter periods of uninterrupted sleep. These results held true even taking into account that many of the women in the study were breast-feeding their babies. Infants, on the other hand, didnt appear to have worse sleep whether

18、they slept in the same or different room from their mothers. The researchers acknowledge that since the families they studied were all middle-class Israelis, its possible the results would be different in different cultures. Lead author Liat Tikotzky wrote in an email that the research team also did

19、nt measure fathers sleep, so its possible that their sleep patterns could also be causing the sleep disruptions for moms. (11)Right now, to reduce the risk of sudden infant death syndrome, the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that mothers not sleep in the same bed as their babies but sleep

20、in the same room. The Israeli study suggests that doing so may be best for the baby, but may take a toll on mom.Questions 12 to 15 are based on the passage you have just heard.(12)The US has already lost more than a third of the native languages that existed before European colonization, and the rem

21、aining 192 are classed by UNESCO as ranging between “unsafe” and “extinct”.? (13)“We need more funding and more effort to return these languages to everyday use,” says Fred Nahwooksy of the National Museum of the American Indian. “We are making progress but money needs to be spent on revitalising la

22、nguages, not just documenting them.” Some 40 languages, mainly in California and Oklahoma, where thousands of Indians were forced to relocate in the 19th Century, have fewer than 10 native speakers. “Part of the issue is that tribal groups themselves dont always believe their languages are endangere

23、d until theyre down to the last handful of speakers. But progress is being made through immersion schools, because if you teach children when theyre young it will stay with them as adults and thats the future,” says Mr. Nahwooksy, a Comanche Indian. Such schools have become a model in Hawaii. But th

24、e islanders local language is still classed by UNESCO as “critically endangered” because only 1,000 people speak it. (14)The decline in American Indian languages has historical roots: In the mid-19th Century, the US government adopted a policy of Americanising Indian children by removing them from t

25、heir homes and culture. Within a few generations most had forgotten their native tongues. (15)Another challenge to language survival is television. It has brought English into homes and pushed out traditional story-telling and family time together, accelerating the extinction of native languages.Sec

26、tion CQuestions 16 to 18 are based on the recording you have just heard.Greg Rosen lost his job as a sales manager nearly three years ago and is still unemployed.“It literally is like something in a dream, to remember what its like to actually be able to go out, and put in a days work and receive a

27、days pay.”At first, Rosen bought groceries and made house payments with the help from unemployment insurance. (16)It pays laid off workers up to half of their previous wages while they look for work. But now, that insurance has run out for him, and he has to make tough choices. Hes cut back on medic

28、ations and he no longer helps support his disabled mother.It is a devastating experience.New research says the U.S. recession is now over, but many people remain unemployed. And unemployed workers face difficult odds.There is literally only one job opening for every five unemployed workers, so four

29、out of five unemployed workers have actually no chance of finding a new job.Businesses have downsized or shut down across America, leaving fewer job opportunities for those in search of work. Experts who monitor unemployment statistics here in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, say about 28,000 people are

30、unemployed, and many of them are jobless due to no fault of their own.(17)Thats where the Bucks County CareerLink comes in. Local director Elizabeth Walsh says they provide training and guidance to help unemployed workers find local job opportunities.“So heres the job opening, heres the job seeker,

31、match them together under one roof,” she says.But the lack of work opportunities in Bucks County limits how much she can help.Rosen says he hopes Congress will take action.This month he launched the 99ers Union, an umbrella organization of 18 Internet-based grass roots groups of 99ers. Their goal is

32、 to convince lawmakers to extend unemployment benefits.But Pennsylvania State Representative Scott Petri says governments simply do not have enough money to extend unemployment insurance. (18)He thinks the best way to help the long-term unemployed is to allow private citizens to invest in local companies that can create more jobs. But the boost in investor confidence needed for the plan to work will take timetime that Rosen says still requires him to buy food and make monthly mortgage payments.Rosen says hell use the last of his savings to