决胜大学英语六级听力必备 mode16

　　Section A

　　1. M: Weve got 34 on the list so far

　　but Im sure itll be up in the forties before we finish.

　　W: Well,in that case a sit-down dinner is out of the question.

　　Itll have to be a buffet.

　　Q: Which of the following is not true?

　　2. M: My God,this place is enormous.

　　What luxury! But even if it does cost an arm and a leg.

　　Im grateful to be here.

　　W: Look hone.Im dead tired.

　　Lets get a good nights sleep and well have a look around in the morning.

　　Q: Which of the following is not true?

　　3. M: Wow.I slept like a log.

　　For one,I really feel rested and rearing to go.

　　W: Hold it a second.

　　How about treating ourselves to breakfast in bed for a change.

　　Q: What can we learn from this dialogue?

　　4. M: Excuse me.

　　Could you recommend something for a bad cold?

　　W: That depends.

　　Is it just a simple head cold?

　　Q: Where does this dialogue take place?

　　5. M: US $ 30 is really not acceptable.

　　You surely appreciate the efforts weve made in pushing the sale of your product.

　　W: Well,as a sign of our support to your efforts

　　well make a special reduction of US $ 0.50 per doze

　　We cant take less.

　　Q: What are they talking about?

　　6. W: Everybodys talking about the Marathon.

　　I suppose youre going to run again this year,Lila?

　　M: You bet I am...Ive been practising for months.

　　You know I run 10 miles in Central Park every day

　　either before or after work?

　　Q: What do you know about the man?

　　7. M: If you take the fancy mode

　　well throw in the first tank of gas free.

　　W: Youve talked us into it.Where do I sign?

　　Q: What does it refer to?

　　8. M: What is the check-out time?

　　W: You can check out any time before twelve noon.

　　Here is you key.Its Room 719.

　　The bellman will take your bags up for you.

　　Q: What is the man doing?

　　Who will take the mans bag up?

　　9.M:I was told that you got a cable subscription last year.How is it?

　　W: Great! I can hardly believe it.

　　Ive got 3 channels with nothing but sports

　　One channel gives regulars Stock Market reports

　　and theres one with 24 hour news and weather.

　　Plus therere two channels that show nothing but old movies.

　　Q: What are they talking about?

　　10. W: Can you tell me where to get off?

　　M: Its the next stop and one.

　　Q: What does the man mean?

　　Section B Passage One

　　One of the most successful singers of the twentieth century.

　　Ella Fitzgerald has made several different styles of her own.

　　She was born in Virginia

　　but was brought up in an orphanage in Yonkers,New York.

　　Chick Webb spotted her in an amateur competition when she was sixteen.

　　He engaged her to sing with his bane

　　and when he died in 1939, she took over.

　　Unlike bessie Smith, Ella Fitzgerald taught herself

　　the sentimental music so popular in the 1930s--songs like

　　My Heart Belong to Daddy --and her recordings became best-seller

　　During the 1940s she developed her own shouting singing

　　--a breathless nonsense-syllable style

　　--for songs like Flying Home and Lady Be Good .

　　Ella fitzgerald was the perfect musical partner for her friend

　　the trumpeter Louis Armstrong matching him in warmth and artistry.

　　I just like music, She has said, To me,its a story.

　　Theres only one thing better than singing...its more singing.

　　11. Who was the first to discover Ella Fitzgeralds talent?

　　12. According to the passage, what was Bessie Smith?

　　13.What does the passage imply about Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong?

　　Passage Two

　　How men first learned to invent words is unknown

　　in other words,the origin of language is a mystery

　　All we really know is that men

　　unlike animals,somehow invented certain sounds to express thoughts and feeling

　　actions and things so that they could communicate with each other

　　and that later they agreed upon certain sign called letters,

　　which could be combined to represent those sounds

　　and which could be written down

　　Those sounds,whether spoken or written in letters,we call words.

　　The power of words, then, lies in their associations--

　　the things they bring up before our minds.

　　Words become filled with meaning for us by experience

　　and the longer we live

　　the more certain words recall to us the glad and sad events of our past

　　and the more we read and learn

　　the more the number of words that mean something to us increases.

　　Great writers are those who not only have great thoughts

　　but also express these thoughts in words

　　which appeal powerfully to our minds and emotion

　　This charming and telling use of words in what we call literary style.

　　Above all,the real poet is a master of word

　　He can convey his meaning in words which sing like music

　　and which by their position and association can move men to tear

　　We should,therefore,

　　learn to choose our words carefully and use them accurately

　　or they will make our speech silly and tasteless.

　　14. What was one of the reasons

　　why men invented certain sounds to express thoughts and actions?

　　15. What can we learn about the real power of words?

　　16. Which of the following is true?

　　Passage Three

　　We can agree with primitive man that food is a basic need

　　but we differ from him in our food wants

　　because of the wide variety of food we have available compared with him

　　we have a wider choice.

　　Take fruit,for example,not only can we enjoy the fruits grown in his country

　　but because of modern methods of transport and food preservation

　　we can also enjoy the more fruits

　　from foreign countries thousands of miles away.

　　Whereas primitive man

　　is limited in his choice to the kinds of fruit which actually grow where he lives

　　However they differ in satisfying their hunger

　　primitive and civilized men both experience the basic need for food.

　　The same is true of the second of our human need.

　　Clothing is necessary to regulate the heat of our bodies.

　　Since we live in a temperate climate

　　we need more clothes than people living in tropic condition

　　Likewise,our clothing needs to change with seasons.

　　Shelter,the third of our needs,depends upon the climate

　　the skill of the builder,ones social position and the materials available.

　　The simple shelter of primitive man would not do for us