英语六级听力原文.docx

1、英语六级听力原文2009年06月英语六级听力原文及答案短对话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 didnt 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

2、 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

3、. 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 wouldnt know by looking at them that I water them every week. W: Maybe they dont like direct sunlight. I had the same problem with s

4、ome of my plants. And a little shade helps them immensely. Q: What does the woman imply?15. M: Im really exhausted, Mary. But I dont want to miss the Hollywood movie that comes on at 11.W: If I were you, Id skip it. We both have to get up early tomorrow. And anyway Ive heard its not as exciting as a

5、dvertised.Q: What does the woman suggest the man do?16. M: Those modern sculptures over there are really weird. Dont you think so?W：Well, I couldnt stand them either at first. But now Ive come to like modern art, particularly those sculptures carved by Italian artists.Q: What does the woman mean?17.

6、 M: Im really glad our clubdecided to raise money for the childrens hospital. And most of the people we phoned seemed happy to contribute.W: Yeah! I agree. Now that weve 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 hea

7、rd of Professor Smith?Im thinking of taking an advanced engineering course with him. What do you think?W: Yeah! You really should. Hes 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 oneW: Youre the editor of P

8、ublic Eye. What kind of topics does your program cover?M: Well, there are essentially domestic stories. We dont cover international stories. We dont 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 s

9、ervice to the way the environment is going downhill.W: How do you choose the topic? Do you choose one because its what the public wants to know about or because its what you feel the public ought to know about?M: I think its a mixture of both. Sometimes you have a strong feeling that something is im

10、portant 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 doesnt s

11、eem to be working out properly, like they are not having their litter collected properly or the dustbins emptied.W: How do you know that youve 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 w

12、hich stories are going to get the attention. They are going to be published just the point when the public are concerned about that.Q19-2119. 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?Pa

13、ssage 1Getting behind the wheel of a car can be an exciting new step in a teens 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 Foundatio

14、n 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

15、 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 th

16、eir 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 te

17、ens 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 p

18、resentation. 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 d

19、eaths among American teens according to the presentation?Q28. What can we conclude about the Keep-The-Drive Summit? Passage 2Dr. Allen Hersh designs smells for businesses. He says that it doesnt take a whole lot of smell to affect you. Store owners can lure you to the candy aisle, even if you dont r

20、ealize 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”. “Its pretty dishonest,” says Mark Silbergeld. He runs an organization that checks out products

21、 for consumers. The scientists hired to design the scents disagree. “Theres soft background music. Theres special lighting. Therere 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

22、 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 Hershs experiments, 31 volunteers were led into a shoe store that smells slightly like

23、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 didnt matter,” He

24、rsh 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 youve just heard.Q29. Why are some people against the use of smells to attract customers?Q30. What is Dr. Hershs attitude to the use

25、of smells for business?Q31. What did Hershs experiment show?Passage 3This 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 trav

26、eling 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 in

27、jured. 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 r

28、oads 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

29、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 ha

30、ve 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?Section CEnglish is the leading international language.I

31、n different countries around the globe, English is acquired as the mother (36) tongue, in others its usedas a second language. Some nations use English as their (37) official language, performing the function of (38) administration; in othersits used as an international language for business, (39) c

32、ommerce and industry.What factors and forces have led to the (40) spread of English? Why isEnglish now considered to be so prestigious that, across the globe, individualsand societies feel (41) disadvantagedif they do not have (42) competencein this language? How has English changed through 1,500 Years? These are someof the questions that you (43) investigatewhen you study English.You also examine the immense variability ofEnglish and (44) come to understandhow it is used as a symbol of both individual identity and s