2014年12月英语六级真题听力原文

2014年12月英语六级真题听力原文

1.

W：Tom, heres a piece of cake

M: in town.

Q:Where does the conversation most probably take place?

2.

W:Oh, I must be seated in the position too long.

M: before you

Q:what does the man suggest the woman do?

3.

W：Its hard to believe that having the class complete need thousandof waits isnt it?

M: Im afraid that says something about the students physicalfitness.

Q: what does the man mean?

4.

W：Have Lisa and Erik started phone reacted? Theyve been marriedfor two years now.

M: Mary told me that she postponed having children until he has hisdoctorial degree.

Q: What do we know about Lisa and Erik?

5.

W：Hi, John. Havent seen you for quite a few days.I heard from guysfrom the team youve been sick. How are you feeling now?

M: They must have confused me with my brother Jack. Anyway, hesreally feeling better now.

Q:What does the man mean?

6.

W：Excuse me, will you take me along to museum that opens to thepublic recently?

M: No, its no distance at all. In tract, Im going in the samedirection. Come, and Ill show the way when we get to thecrossroads.

Q:what do we learn from the conversation?

7.

M：See guy over there in the corner. He comes in every Friday nightaround six and just sits there in an hour.

W: Its odd. But there is not much we can do as long as he orderedsomething to drink.

Q:What does the woman mean?

8.

W：You seem to run a ?

M: My family takes care of me because I have trouble keeping trackof turn.

Q:what does the mans family want him to do?

Conversation 1

M: A recent case I heard was of a man accused and found guilty of breaking into a house and stealing some money.

W: Well, was he really guilty, judge?

M: He admitted that hed done it, and there were several witnesses saying that he had indeed done it. So I can only assume that he was guilty.

W: Why did he do it?

M: Well, the reasons were little muddied, probably at least it seemed in a trial that he did it to get some money to feed his family. You see, hed been out of work for some time.

W: Well, hed been out of work and he chose to break into a house to get money for his family and apparently in front of people that, err... could see him do it.

M: His attorney presented testimony that he had indeed applied for jobs and was listed with several employment agencies, including the state employment agency, but they werent any jobs.

W: And he had no luck!

M: He had no luck and itd been some time. He had two children and both of them were needing food and clothing.

W: So he was in desperate circumstances. Did you sentence him?

M: Yes.

W: But what good does it do to put the man into jail when hes obviously in such need?

M: This particular fellow has been in prison before.

W: For the same thing?

M: No, for a different sort of crime.

W: Huh?

M: But he did know about crime, so I suppose there are folks that just have to go back to prison several times.

Question:

9. What did the judge say about the case he recently heard?

10. What do we learn about the man at the time of crime?

11. What did the judge say about the accused?

短文一

Many foreign students are attracted not only to the academic programs at a particular U.S. college but also to the larger community, which affords the chance to soak up the surrounding culture. Few foreign universities put much emphasis on the cozy communal life that characterizes American campuses from clubs and sports teams to student publications and drama societies. The campus and the American university have become identical in peoples minds, says Brown University President Vartan Gregorian. In America it is assumed that a students daily life is as important as his learning experience.

Foreign students also come in search of choices. Americas menu of optionsresearch universities, state institutions, private liberal-arts schools, community colleges, religious institutions, military academiesis unrivaled. In Europe, says history professor Jonathan Steinberg, who has taught at both Harvard and Cambridge, there is one system, and that is it. While students overseas usually must demonstrate expertise in a specific field, whether law or philosophy or chemistry, most American universities insist that students sample natural and social sciences, languages and literature before choosing a field of concentration.

Such opposing philosophies grow out of different traditions and power structures. In Europe and Japan, universities are answerable only to a ministry of education, which sets academic standards and distributes money.

While centralization ensures that all students are equipped with roughly the same resources and perform at roughly the same level, it also discourages experimentation. When they make mistakes, they make big ones, says Robert Rosenzweig, president of the Association of American Universities. They set a system in wrong directions, and its like steering a supertanker.

16. What does the speaker say characterizes American campuses?

17. What does Brown University president Vartan Gregorian say about students daily life?

18. In what way is the United States unrivaled according to the speaker?

19. What does the speaker say about universities in Europe and Japan?

短文二

Hello, ladies and gentlemen, welcome aboard your Sea-link ferry from Folkestone to Boulogne and wish you a pleasant trip with us. We are due to leave Folkestone in about five minutes and a journey to Boulogne will take approximately two hours. We are getting good reports of the weather in the Channel and in France, so we should have a calm crossing. Sun and temperatures of 30 degrees celsius are reported on the French coast. For your convenience on the journey, wed like to point out that there ar e a number of facilities available on board. Theres a snack bar serving sandwiches and hot and cold refreshments situated in the front of A deck. There is also a restaurant serving hot meals situated on B deck. If you need to change money or cash travelers checks, we have a bank on board. You can find a bank on C deck. Between the ships office and the duty free shop, toilets are situated on B deck at the rear of the ship and on A deck next to the snack bar. For the children, theres a games room on C deck next to the duty free shop. Here children can find a variety of electronic games. Passengers are reminded that the lounge on B deck is for the sole use of passengers traveling with cars and that there is another lounge on C deck at the front of the ship for passengers traveling without cars. Finally, ladies and gentlemen, wed like to wish you a pleasant journey and hope that youll travel with us again in the near future.

20. What does the speaker say about the Sea-link ferry?

21. Where is the snack bar situated?

22. What does the speaker say about the lounge on B deck?

短文三

On Christmas Eve in 1994, humans entered a cave in the mountains of southeastern France for what was probably the first time in 20,000 years. The vivid images of more than 300 animals that Jean-Marie Chauvet and his assistants found on the cave walls were like none that they had seen before. Unusual in the Grotte Chauvet, as the cave is now called in honor of its discoverer, are paintings of many flat sheeting animals. Other known caves from the same geographical area and time period contain only paintings of plantites. The paintings in this cave refute the old theory that Cro-Magnoon people painted animals that they hunted and then ate. Now many specialists believe that cave paintings were not part of a ritual to bring good luck to hunters. They point out that while deer made up a major part of their diet, therere no drawings of deer. They believe that the animals painted were those central to the symbolic and spiritual life of the times; animals that represented something deep and spiritual to the people. Scientists are hopeful that Groo Chavie will yield new information about the art and lifestyle of Cro-Magnoon people. They readily admit, however, that little is understood yet as to the reasons why ice age artists created their interesting and detailed paintings. Scientists also wonder why some paintings were done in areas that are so difficult to get to, in caves, for example, that are 2,400 feet underground, and accessible only by crawling through narrow passageways.

23. How did the cave get its name?

24. What is the old theory about the paintings in the cave?

25. What do scientists readily admit according to the speaker?

听力填空

If you are attending a local college, especially one without residence halls, youll probably live at home and commute to classes. This arrangement has a lot of advantages. Its cheaper. It provides a comfortable and familiar setting, and it means youll get the kind of home cooking youre used to instead of the monotony (单调) that characterizes even the best institutional food.

However, commuting students need to go out of their way to become involved in the life of their college and to take special steps to meet their fellow students. Often, this means a certain amount of initiative on your part in seeking out and talking to people in your classes whom you think you might like.

One problem that commuting students sometimes face is their parents unwillingness to recognize that theyre adults. The transition from high school to college is a big one, and if you live at home you need to develop the same kind of independence youd have if you were living away. Home rules that might have been appropriate when you were in high school dont apply. If your parents are reluctant to renegotiate, you can speed the process along by letting your behavior show that you have the responsibility that goes with maturity. Parents are more willing to acknowledge their children as adults when they behave like adults. If, however, theres so much friction at home that it interferes with your academic work, you might want to consider sharing an apartment with one or more friends. Sometimes this is a happy solution when family tensions make everyone miserable.