英语六级听力练习题音频二

　　Section A

　　1. M: May I take the tape out.

　　I need it to practise my English for Dr.Tedders listening class.

　　W: Well,I am afraid not.

　　The tape has been put on reserve by Dr.Tedder.

　　If you have his written permission,well let it out.

　　Q: What should the man do to borrow the tape?

　　2. M: Ill have these gloves.

　　Please tell me how much I owe you.

　　W: They are $ 20 a pair and four pairs make a total of $ 80.

　　But today we offer a 10% discount.

　　Q: How much does the man have to pay?

　　3. W: Mr. Smith, you said you saw the car crash into a tree.

　　Do you know what caused the accident?

　　M: I saw a girl riding her bicycle in the street.

　　The car driver tried to avoid hitting her.

　　He made a sudden turn and lost control of the car.

　　Q: What caused the car-driver to lose control of the car?

　　4. M: Yes, madam. What can I do for you?

　　Is it the portable radio again?

　　W: No. Its the electric iron this time.

　　I think something is wrong with the temperature control.

　　Whatever I try to iron gets burned.

　　Q: Why did the woman go to the man?

　　5. M: Isnt that a new brand of computer you are working at?

　　W: Oh, Henry. This is the third time youve asked me about it.

　　Q: What does the woman imply?

　　6. W:Do you know Bill works as a car-washer at a hotel by the river?

　　M: It isnt a bad job to start wite.

　　I wouldnt mind that job for the summer if no others are available.

　　Q: What does the man mean?

　　7. M:What a wonderful game it was?

　　I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did.

　　W:I must admit that I felt sleepy during the two hours.

　　Q:How did the woman feel about the game?

　　8.M:Hi,Mary.I just came back from Pairs yesterday.

　　Anything new when I was away?

　　W: Congratulations, Tom.

　　Its told youll be promoted to manager and become my immediate boss.

　　What is most probably the relationship between the two speakers at the moment?

　　9. W: What a poor memory I have!

　　I did write down the address on a slip of paper when I answered the phone a moment ago.

　　But now the paper has disappeared without any trace.

　　M: Dont worry.

　　Ill be seeing the teacher in an hour.

　　Q: What do we learn from this conversation?

　　10. M:Of the two ways for us to go to Washington,which one do you prefer?

　　by train or by air?

　　W: By air. It seems very expensive

　　but as a whole it will save us plenty of time on the way.

　　Q: What does the woman say about the reason for her choice?

　　Section B

　　Passage One

　　The Republican Party is one of the two main political parties of the USA

　　It was formed in 1854 by groups opposed to slavery.

　　Lincoln became the first Republican president in 1861

　　and republicans held the presidency from then until 1913

　　except for two terms.

　　They returned to power from 1921--1933

　　but were blamed for the economic crisis of 1929 and the poverty and unemployment that follower.

　　The Party did not win back the presidency until Eisenhower was elected in 1952.

　　The next Republican president was Richard Nixon, elected in 1968.

　　During Nixons presidency

　　as during most of Eisenhower

　　the Republicans failed to win a majority in Congress.

　　The Republican party tends to be more conservative than the Democratic party

　　it is associated with free enterprise in the economy

　　and is most strongly supported in the rural and suburban areas of the North

　　the Middle West and the West.

　　11. What is the passage mainly about?

　　12. Which of the following is not true?

　　13. What can we infer from the passage?

　　Passage Two

　　The classic case in medical history of a typhoid carrier is that of Mary Mallor

　　During a New York typhoid epidemic she was found working as a cook

　　and thus very readily spread the disease to other

　　She persisted in finding employment as a cook both in private service and in various institution

　　She even changed her name to avoid detection.

　　For eight years she continued to carry and spread typhoid wherever she went.

　　Finally she was made to live in a hospital.

　　There her work could be regulated so that she did not pass on typhoid.

　　She lived in hospital for twenty-three years.

　　until her death in 1938.

　　For thirty-one years she had been a known carrier of the disease

　　without herself suffering any ill effects.

　　14. What was Mary Mallon according to the case?

　　15. What is implied in the passage?

　　16. Which of the following is not true?

　　Passage Three

　　London is a city sitting on a meandering river

　　with palaces overlooking barges sailing on the clear water of the Thames.

　　Each year the Cambridge and Oxford boat race is run on the river.

　　Such a boat has eight oarsmen, each using an oar of 3.7 metres.

　　A trained crew can work up great speed and shoot away like a rocked.

　　The victor of the race is front-page news of the evening paper.

　　Many bridges span the Thames in London.

　　Of they the most famous is probably the Westminster Bridge.

　　If you happen to be in London one of these days.

　　do take a look from that bridge.

　　On your right you will see the house of Commons and the House of Lord.

　　and the Big Ben, which strikes every quarter of the hour.

　　In the busy traffic on the bridge

　　you will notice the red double-decker buses

　　which roll past quite smoothly in spite of their huge bodies.

　　Two bridges, the Waterloo Bridge and the London Bridge are

　　visible in the distance.

　　Fifty years ago London suffered from smoke and fob

　　Londoners called it pea-soup fob

　　because it looked so thick.

　　Today the smogis gone.

　　and the air remains clear

　　and fish has returned to the Thames

　　thanks to the Clean Air Act and other measures.

　　17. What river is London sitting on?

　　18. Which of the following is not mentioned in the passage?

　　19. According to the passage, which of the following is not true?

　　20. What legislation helps clean the air?