英语六级（三）：听力听写答案解析及原文下载

　　Section C

　　Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks with the exact words you have just heard.Finally, when

　　the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written.

　　注意：此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。

　　Adults are getting smarter about how smart babies are. Not long ago, researchers learned that 4-day-old could understand _____ and subtraction. Now, British research psychologist Graham Schafer has discovered that infants can learn words for uncommon things long beforethey can speak. He found that 9-month-old infants could be taught, through repeated show-and-tell, to _____ the names of objects that were foreign to them, a result that _____ in some ways the received wisdom that, apart from learning to _____ things common to their daily lives, children dont begin to build vocabulary until well into their second year. Its no _____ that children learn words, but the words they tend to know are words linked to _____ situations in the home, explains Schafer. This is the first demonstration that we can choose what words the children will learn and that they can respond to them with an unfamiliar voice _____ in an unfamiliar setting. Figuring out how humans acquire language may _____ why some children learn to read and write later than others, Schafer says, and could lead to better treatments for developmental problems. Whats more, the study of language _____ offers direct insight into how humans learn. Language is a test case for human cognitive development, says Schafer. But parents eager to teach their infants should take note: even without being taught new words, a control group _____ the other infants within a few months. This is not about advancing development, he says. Its just about what children can do at an earlier age than what educators have often thought.

　　参考答案

　　26.addition

　　2013年12月六级听力听写解析：并列关系题。此处应填入名词与 subtraction并列，作understand的宾语。由空格后的subtraction 减法 可推测所填词意思可能与之相反。结合录音可填入addition,意为 加法 。

　　27.recognize

　　2013年12月六级听力听写解析：语义推断题。根据空格前的to可知,此处应填入动词。结合录音可填入recognize,意为 认出 。

　　28.challenges

　　2013年12月六级听力听写解析：句意推断题。空格处所填入的词在从句中作谓语。结合录音可填入challenges,意为 挑战 。

　　29.identify

　　2013年12月六级听力听写解析：句意推断题。根据空格前的to可知,此处应填入动词。结合录音可填入identify,意为 识别出 。

　　30.secret

　　2013年12月六级听力听写解析：句意推断题。根据空格前的no可知,空格处应填入一个单数抽象名词。结合录音可填入secret,意为 秘密 。

　　31.specific

　　2013年12月六级听力听写解析：修饰关系题。此处应填人形容词修饰后面的名词situations。结合录音可填入specific,意为 特定的 。

　　32.giving instructions

　　2013年12月六级听力听写解析：修饰关系题。根据空格所在位置可知,此处应填入非谓语动词作定语,修饰voice。结合录音可填入giving instructions,意为 给予指导 。

　　33.shed light on

　　2013年12月六级听力听写解析：句意推断题。根据空格前的may可知,此处应填入动词作谓语。前文提到 弄清楚人类如何学习语言 ,后面提到 为什么有的孩子学习读写比别的孩子晚 ,结合上下文及录音可填入shed light on,意为 揭示 。

　　34.acquisition

　　2013年12月六级听力听写解析：句意推断题。此处应填入名词，和the study of language 起构成主语。结合录音可填入acquisition,意为 习得 。

　　35. caught up with