决胜大学英语六级考试听力必备二

　　Section A

　　1. W: What time does the ballet start?

　　M: At 8:30. We have 35 minutes to get there.

　　Q: What time is it now?

　　2. W: How did your football team do last season?

　　M: We won three times, lost five times, and tied twice.

　　Q: How many times did they tie?

　　3. W: Good afternoon,Im Roseanne your flight attendant.

　　Welcome aboard.

　　M: Hello. Ive got seat A

　　I hope its by a window so that I can see the view.

　　Q: Where did this conversation most probably take place?

　　4.M: Where did Suzanne come from?

　　W: She was born in Switzerland and grew up in Swede

　　but shes a citizen of England.

　　Q: What country does Suzanne presently call her home?

　　5 W:Are you going to watch the movie on TV tonight?

　　M:No,I think Ill watch the soccer game and then the documentary on volcanoes.

　　Q: Which is the first program the man is planning to watch?

　　6. M: What do you think of professor Conrads class?

　　W: Well,his lectures are interesting enough

　　but I think he could choose more appropriate questions for the tests.

　　Q: What does the woman NOT like about professor Conrads class?

　　7. M:Nancy,why were you late for class this morning?

　　W: I overslept and missed the bus.

　　Q: Why was Nancy late?

　　8. W: Arent we supposed to have a science test this afternoon?

　　M: It was postponed because the teacher had to attend a conference.

　　Q: What do we learn from this conversation?

　　9. W: Do you think I have a chance of proving my case?

　　M: Definitely, and were going to sue for injuries as well.

　　Q: What is the probable relationship between the man and woman?

　　10.M:Operator,Id like to place a call to Athens,Greece.

　　How much will it cost?

　　W: $ 9 for the first three minutes and $ 3 for each additional minute.

　　Q: How much would a ten--- minute call cost?

　　Section B

　　Passage One

　　Indian summer is a short period of extremely fair weather and mild days in autumn.

　　It comes in late October or early November

　　while the leaves are changing color and falling from the trees.

　　It has no definite day of beginning or ending.

　　The pleasant weather follows the autumns first period of cold,wintry days.

　　The days become warmer but the nights remain chill

　　An Indian summer moon often has a soft yellow or orange hud.

　　Indian summer lasts from a week to ten days and sometimes for two weeks.

　　Then winter starts.

　　Indian summer is caused by a large mass of warm tropical ai

　　South winds carry these masses northward.

　　The American Indian enjoyed Indian summer and called it a gift of a favorite God.

　　Cautantowwit,the god of the southwest.

　　11. Which of the following can be understood from the passage?

　　12. What causes Indian summer?

　　13. What was NOT Mentioned as a feature of Indian summer?

　　Passage Two

　　Im Mr. Britain, the head librarian

　　and today Id like to introduce you to facilities

　　in our university library and show you how to use them.

　　The first room on our tour is the reference room

　　where youll find all sorts of reference material

　　dictionaries,bibliographies,literature guides,even telephone books.

　　You may use these books only in the reference room itself.

　　The next room is the periodicals room

　　where youll find various newspapers, magazines and academic journal.

　　The current issues are usually directly available to you on the shelves

　　And you can get an older issue by filling out a slip for the librarian.

　　These items must also be used in this room.

　　This next room contains the card catalog.

　　All the librarys books are listed here by title.

　　by author and by topic.

　　When you are looking for a book you must write the books call number

　　title and author on these slips and present them with your library card at the desk.

　　The books themselves are kept in the stack

　　which are open only to graduate student

　　faculty members and library staff.

　　Our library has over a million volumes in these stacks which cover five floor

　　If you have any further questions about using the library.

　　Id be glad to help you after the touch.

　　Thand you for your attention.

　　14. What is the main topic of this talk?

　　15. Who is probably listening to Mr.Britain?

　　16. Which people are usually not allowed to use the stacks?

　　Passage Three

　　Today Im going to discuss transportation and communication

　　in the earty 19th century in the United States.

　　At that time,inland waterways provided North Americas most popular from of long distance transportation.

　　Travel by river was often more convenient than taking a wagon over primitive country road

　　especially when shipping heavy loads of farm products or household good

　　Where the natural waterways were inadequate

　　shallow canals were built.

　　The Erie Canal,opened in 1825,connected the Great Lakes with the upper Hudson River.

　　It allowed settlers in the Great Lakes region to send their crops eastward to New York City

　　the mouth of the Hudson at a much lower cost.

　　From there,crops could be shipped to other Atlantic ports.

　　The construction of the Erie Canal also encouraged westward migration along inland waterways and helped populate the frontier.

　　The City of Detroit grew up between two of the Great Laker.

　　Later a canal joined the Great Lakes with the Mississippi river system and Chicago became a thriving city.

　　Politically the waterway system untied the nation in a way few had imagined possible.

　　By the mid -- 1800s faster and cheaper railroads became more popular and the canal system declined

　　railroads could be used year round whereas canals were often frozen in the winter

　　During the first third of the century,however

　　tranportation on river

　　lakes and canals aided greatly in the growth of the United States.

　　Next week well discuss the railroads in greater detail.

　　17. What is the main idea of this lecture?

　　18. When was inland waterway travel most popular?

　　19. What was usually transported from west to east?

　　20. What was NOT a result of the inland water system in the United States