英语六级听力成功指南第二十八期

　　短文部分

　　Questions 30 to 33 are based on the passage youve just heard.

　　30.

　　A) Plays based on science fiction stories.

　　B) Plays based on non-fiction stories.

　　C) The daytime serial dramas on TV.

　　D) Popular documentary films on TV.

　　31.

　　A) College student viewers.

　　B) Favorite TV serials.

　　C) Soap opera fans.

　　D) College-age viewers.

　　32.

　　A) Because the viewers want to be happy and to enjoy themselves.

　　B) Because the soap opera makes young people feel close to their people.

　　C) Because the viewers can find themselves in the soap opera characters.

　　D) Because the young people have to bear the responsibilities for their troubles.

　　33.

　　A) College students like soap operas more than any other social groups.

　　B) Young people of sixties liked soap operas more than people today.

　　C) Young viewers have turned themselves from the seriousness of sixties to enjoyment now.

　　D) The young as a whole are trying to look for happy love but in vain.

　　Questions 34 to 36 are based on the passage youve just heard.

　　A) The victory over ones fellow runners.

　　B) The victory over former winners.

　　C) The victory of will-power over fatigue.

　　D) The victory of ones physical strength.

　　35.

　　A) The runner who runs to keep fit.

　　B) The runner who breaks the record.

　　C) The runner who does not break the rules.

　　D) The runner who covers the whole distance.

　　36.

　　A) He won the first prize.

　　B) He died because of fatigue.

　　C) He fell behind the other runners.

　　D) He gave up because he was tired.

　　全文听写：

　　Passage 9

　　It has been reported that in colleges across the United States, the daytime serial drama known as the soap opera has suddenly become in. Between the hours of 11:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., college television lounges are filled with soap opera fans who cant wait to see the next episode in the lives of their favorite characters.

　　Actually, soaps are more than a college favorite; theyre a youth favorite. When school is out, high-school students are in front of their TV sets. One young working woman admitted that she turned down a higher paying job rather than give up watching her favorite serials. During the 1960s, it was uncommon for young people to watch soap operas. The mood of the sixties was very different from now, it as a time of seriousness, and talk was about social issues of great importance.

　　Now, seriousness has been replaced by fun. Young people want to be happy. It may seem strange that they should turn to soap operas, which is known for showing trouble in peoples lives. But soap operas are enjoyment. Young people can identify with the soap opera character, who, like the college-age viewer, is looking for happy love, and probably not finding it. And soap operas give young people a chance to feel close to people without having to bear any responsibility for their problems.

　　Questions 30 to 33 are based on the passage youve just heard.

　　30. What is soap opera?

　　31. What can be the best title for the passage?

　　32. Which are not the reasons why the soap opera suddenly becomes in according to the passage?

　　33. What can we learn from the passage?

　　Passage 10

　　Everywhere we look we see Americans running. They run for every reason anybody could think of. They run for heath, for beauty, to lose weight, to feel fit and because its the thing they love to do. Every year, for example, thousands upon thousands of people run in one race, the Boston Marathon, the best known long distance race in the United States. In recent years, there have been nearly 5,000 official competitors and it takes three whole minutes for the crowd of runners just to cross the starting line. You may have heard the story of the Greek runner Pheidippides. He ran from Marathon to Athens to deliver the news of the great victory 2,500 years ago. No one knows how long it took him to run the distance. But the story tells us that he died in the effort. Today no one will die in a Marathon race. But the effort is still enormous. Some does come in first in this tiring foot race. But at the finish line we see what this race is about: not being first but finishing. The real victory is not over ones fellow runners but over ones own body. Its a victory of will-power over fatigue. In the Boston Marathon each person who crosses that finish line is a winner.

　　Questions 34 to 36 are based on the passage youve just heard.

　　34. Whats the real victory for the thousands of Marathon runners?

　　35. Who is a winner in the competition?

　　36. What happened to the ancient Greek runner Pheidippides?

　　题解：

　　Passage 9

　　本文谈到了深受年轻人喜欢的肥皂剧。一位年轻的女子承认她宁愿放弃更高薪水的工作也不愿错过看她喜爱的连续剧。肥皂剧突然在年轻中成为时尚，这是为什么呢?

　　文章把20世纪60年代和当今的年轻人对肥皂剧的态度做了对比。指出在60年代，年轻人关心的是重大的社会问题;而当今的年轻人注重寻求快乐。这与他们喜欢看反映人们生活中的苦恼的肥皂剧并不矛盾。看肥皂剧是一种享受。因为他们对剧中人物的境遇和心情有强烈的认同感、亲切感，同时又不必为解决他们的问题承担责任。

　　30.C 短文开始时说到the daytime serial drama known as the soap opera...。对文化背景知识的了解有助于对某些题的回答。

　　31.C 本题测试对文章中心内容进行概括。要求在若干信息中区分主要信息和次要信息。

　　32.D 在文章后部分谈到了年轻人喜欢看肥皂剧的一个原因是他们想寻求快乐，最后一句提到不必去承担责任。要注意总是中的not。另外对in一词的理解也可能对答案产生影响。