2012年12月英语六级听力第二套听力真题材料

[01:36.35]College English Test (Band 6)

[01:39.82]Part III Listening Comprehension

[01:43.21]Section A

[01:45.79]Directions: In this section,

[01:49.14]you will hear 8 short conversations

[01:51.67]and 2 long conversations.

[01:54.35]At the end of each conversation,

[01:56.94]one or more questions will be asked

[01:59.55]about what was said.

[02:01.51]Both the conversation and the questions

[02:04.01]will be spoken only once.

[02:06.06]After each question there will be a pause.

[02:09.62]During the pause,

[02:11.19]you must read the four choices

[02:13.39]marked A), B), C) and D),

[02:16.36]and decide which is the best answer.

[02:19.48]Then mark the corresponding letter

[02:21.91]on Answer Sheet 2

[02:23.61]with a single line through the centre.

[02:27.12]N ow let’s begin with the eight short conversations. [02:32.06]11. M: This is the second time this week

[02:37.26]my boss asked me to work extra hours.

[02:40.07]I’m glad to get a bigger paycheck,

[02:42.43]but I don’t want such a heavy schedule.

[02:45.23]W: Better watch your step.

[02:46.65]A lot of people would like to trade places with you. [02:50.66]Q: What does the woman imply the man should do? [03:06.64]12. W: Oh, there you are.

[03:09.44]Your wife just called.

[03:11.14]I told her you were around somewhere,

[03:13.55]but I couldn’t find you.

[03:15.37]She’d like you to call her at home.

[03:17.66]M: At home?

[03:19.32]She should be at work.

[03:20.92]I hope nothing is wrong.

[03:22.72]Q: What does the man imply?

[03:38.20]13. M: We have to get up early tomorrow

[03:42.08]if we want to be at the railway station by 8:00. [03:45.01]Perhaps we should go to bed now.

[03:47.10]W: I suppose so,

[03:48.20]but I have to finish this memo

[03:49.90]and put it in the mail.

[03:52.26]Q: What do we learn from the conversation? [04:08.36]14. W: Let me check, sir.

[04:11.83]A suite on the third floor was reserved by a Mr. Colmar

[04:16.33]from July 10th to 16th.

[04:19.00]M: I’m afraid there’s a mistake, madam.

[04:21.86]I told my secretary to book a spacious double room

[04:25.77]rather than a luxurious suite.

[04:29.01]Q: What is wrong with the reservation?

[04:45.56]15. W: Profits are down considerably this quarter.

[04:49.98]Do you have any idea what might be the problem?

[04:53.13]M: I gue ss it’s just that this is a slack time of the year.

[04:56.89] I hear other companies are having the same problem.

[05:00.46]Q: What are the speakers talking about?

[05:17.20]16. M: I forgot to pick up the groceries on the way home.

[05:21.91]I’ll just rest a minute and then go and get them.

[05:24.46]W: No problem.

[05:25.56]We can make do with what’s left here,

[05:27.95]and get them tomorrow.

[05:30.11]Q: What does the woman suggest they do?

[05:47.12]17. W: Somebody should do something

[05:50.51]about the air-conditioning.

[05:52.19]It’s ridiculous.

[05:53.39]I have to wear a sweater to work in the middle of summer.

[05:56.89]M: I agree. It’s been like this for weeks.

[06:01.20]Q: What are the speakers talking about?

[06:17.79]18. W: I lost the diamond out of my ring.

[06:22.25]Do you know where I could have it replaced?

[06:24.88]M: I’ve never had a stone put in anything,

[06:27.82]but I know that the jewelry shop on Oxford Street has a good reputation. [06:32.69]Q: What does the woman intend to do?

[06:49.91]Now you will hear the two long conversations.

[06:53.71]Conversation One

[06:55.77]W: Mr. Stern, may I ask you?

[06:58.42]Do you think it was necessary and fair to arrest Steve Bril?

[07:02.67]M: I don’t know whether you realise that

[07:05.25]this man has been eating our park for five years.

[07:09.33]And he is encouraging other people

[07:11.00]to do the same thing every single day.

[07:14.13]He has been organising groups

[07:16.04]to destroy our urban wildlife.

[07:18.93]W: But Mr. Stern, this situation

[07:21.47]has been going on happily for five years.

[07:24.28]Why do you suddenly decide to do something about it?

[07:27.81]M: Well, at first,

[07:30.05]we just thought he was an eccentric person,

[07:32.49]a bit odd, you know.

[07:36.61]he is a dangerous guy.

[07:38.12]He has been ruining our city environment.

[07:40.95]Parks are to look at, not to eat.

[07:44.08]It’s just as if you’re going to allow people

[07:46.36]to walk through a zoo, and eat the baby bears.

[07:49.86]W: But surely you or your park keepers, Mr. Stern,

[07:53.10]could have discouraged Mr. Bril from his activity

[07:55.80]without going such drastic measures, without arresting him.

[07:59.72]M: Steve is a nice fellow,

[08:01.70]but what he is doing is illegal.

[08:04.13]He knows an awful lot about wild weeds.

[08:07.08]We’ll be very happy to let him organise tours

[08:10.23]if he just wouldn’t eat the plants

[08:12.56]and wouldn’t encourage other people to do so, too.

[08:15.38]You never know what this could lead to,

[08:17.99]all sorts of people ruining our park in all sorts of ways.

[08:21.64]This kind of thing is very definitely criminal behaviour

[08:25.70]and must be stopped.

[08:28.65]Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation

[08:32.57]you have just heard.

[08:35.18]19. What does the man say Steve Bril has been doing?

[08:55.59]20. Why was Steve Bril not arrested years ago?

[09:14.72]21. What does the woman think of the action taken against Steve Bril? [09:34.38]22. What finally led to Steve Bril’s arrest?

[09:53.74]Conversation Two

[09:56.08]M: Mary, are your children still at school?

[09:59.29]W: Yes, my eldest boy, Martin, left school last year.

[10:03.21]He works at a day center nearby

[10:05.27]for physically handicapped adults.

[10:07.56]My daughter Liz is in the fourth year

[10:10.52]at a comprehensive school.

[10:13.43]M: How is her foreign language?

[10:16.13]W: Very good. She likes French and German.

[10:19.30]She is not very scientific.

[10:21.36]Christopher, my youngest child,

[10:23.31]is in the last year of junior school.

[10:25.94]He is much more practically oriented,

[10:28.28]strong in math and science.

[10:31.08]M: He will be going to a comprehensive school, I suppose.

[10:34.58]W: We have the choice of three comprehensive schools.

[10:37.46]M: Really? It’s unusual to have so many to choose from.

[10:41.26]W: Well, yes. Parter school seems to have done all right.

[10:45.57]We’re er..um...There’re certain criti cisms about it,

[10:53.08]M: Well, generally speaking,

[10:55.17]what do you think one considers

[10:56.92]when one is trying to choose?

[10:58.68]Well, I don’t know

[11:00.30]if one can really choose one school actually you tend to.

[11:04.44]Children go where they’re sent.

[11:06.92]W: You can’t er...um... very easily unless you are very rich

[11:10.91]and can afford to choose a private school.

[11:13.75]And since we’re not very rich,

[11:15.32]we’ve got all three children to consider.

[11:18.20]We can’t do that.

[11:19.94]So they go to the local comprehensive school.

[11:22.67]What really matters is, you know,

[11:24.36]the quality of the staff, the size of the school.

[11:27.62]I think the size of the school has a lot to do with it.

[11:31.90]Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation

[11:35.97]you have just heard.

[11:38.46]23. What do we learn about the woman’s daughter Liz?

[11:56.85]24. What does the woman say about her youngest child Christopher? [12:15.89]25. What can we conclude from the conversation?

[12:34.61]Section B

[12:35.97]Directions: In this section,

[12:38.91]you will hear 3 short passages,

[12:41.53]at the end of each passage,

[12:43.46]you will hear some questions.

[12:45.64]Both the passage and the questions

[12:47.87]will be spoken only once.

[12:50.46]After you hear a question,

[12:52.27]you must choose the best answer

[12:54.14]from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D).

[12:59.79]Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2

[13:03.90]with a single line through the centre

[13:07.62]Passage One

[13:08.82]Years ago, when I was a young assistant professor

[13:13.01]at the Harvard Business School,

[13:14.76]I thought that the key to developing managerial leadership

[13:18.89]lay in raw brain power.

[13:21.55]I thought the role of business schools

[13:24.26]was to develop future managers

[13:26.51]who knew all about the various functions of business.

[13:30.64]My thinking gradually became tempered

[13:33.68]by living and working outside the United States

[13:37.24]and by serving seven years as a college president.

[13:41.28]During my presidency of Babson College,

[13:44.36]I added several traits or skills

[13:47.08]that I felt a good manager must possess.

[13:49.96]The first is the ability to express oneself

[13:53.35]in a clear, articulate fashion.

[13:56.28]Good oral and written communication skills

[13:58.77]are absolutely essential

[14:00.67]if one is to be an effective manager.

[14:03.81]Second, one must possess the required set of qualities

[14:07.51]called leadership skills.

[14:10.10]To be a good leader,

[14:12.09]one must understand and be sensitive to people

[14:14.98]and be able to inspire them

[14:16.89]toward the achievement of common goals.

[14:20.14]Next, I concluded that effective managers

[14:22.92] must be broad human beings

[14:25.43]who not only understand the world of business

[14:28.27]but also have a sense of the cultural, social, political, historical, [14:32.76]and the international aspects of life and society.

[14:36.77]This suggests that exposure to the liberal arts and humanities [14:41.52]should be part of every manager’s education.

[14:44.89]Finally, as I pondered the business and government-related scandals [14:49.59]that have occupied the front pages of newspapers,

[14:52.31]it became clear that a good manager in today’s world

[14:56.28]must have courage and a strong sense of integrity.

[15:00.35]He must know where to draw the line

[15:02.74]between right and wrong.

[15:04.82]Questions 26 to 29 are based on the passage

[15:09.49]you have just heard.

[15:11.53]26. What did the speaker use to think

[15:15.58]business schools should do to produce managers?

[15:32.40]27. What might change the speak er’s viewpoint?

[15:51.49]28. What does the speaker stress as part of manager’s education? [16:11.27]29. What convinced the speaker

[16:14.31]that managers need a sense of integrity?

[16:31.60]Passage Two

[16:33.02]With top colleges charging

[16:35.24]as much as $50 000 per year,

[16:38.17]the idea that students may spend their first two years

[16:41.53]learning next-to-nothing

[16:43.12]is enough to make parents pause.

[16:46.04]How can you make that investment worthwhile?

[16:48.76]And does going to college really make you smarter?

[16:51.74]It depends on what you study

[16:53.26]and whether you study enough.

[16:56.26]A discussion at The New York Times this week tackled the issue, [16:59.89]with several academics weighing in on whether college is worthwhile, [17:03.76]and whether schools are dumbing down their curricula

[17:06.36]to appeal to more people.

[17:08.81]In their new book, Academically Adrift,

[17:11.98]sociologists Richard Arum and Josipa Roksa found that

[17:16.82]32 percent of the students they followed

[17:19.50]did not take “any courses

[17:21.38]with more than 40 pages of reading per week”

[17:23.95]in a typical semester,

[17:25.84]and half of the students didn’t take “any courses

[17:29.13]in which they had to write mor e than 20 pages for the class”.

[17:32.68]Using these criteria,

[17:34.24]they determined that 45 percent of college students

[17:37.82]make little academic progress

[17:40.10]during the first two years of a four-year degree.

[17:43.62]Their research raises a few red flags.

[17:46.84]On the one hand,

[17:48.27]is it any surprise that a public school system forced to

[17:51.31] “teach to the test” produces large numbers of students

[17:54.91]who are unwilling to think analytically,

[17:57.52]learn on their own, or write a research paper?

[18:00.94]On the other,

[18:02.00]does the number of pages read plus the number of pages written [18:05.61]equals an accurate assessment of academic progress?

[18:09.23]A literature or history major, for instance,

[18:12.23]would have far more reading to do than a math major,

[18:15.85]but the math workload isn’t lighter lifting

[18:18.00]just because it involves reading fewer pages per week.

[18:22.12]Questions 30 to 32 are based on the passage

[18:26.70]you have just heard.

[18:29.07]30. Why do parents hesitate to

[18:33.16]pay for their kids’ college education according to the speaker? [18:50.58]31. What does the survey by the two sociologists

[18:55.52]show about the students?

[19:11.45]32. What does the speaker imply

[19:15.15]about the research by the two sociologists?

[19:32.60]Passage Three

[19:34.58]Entertaining a close circle of friends

[19:37.10]isn’t usually difficult.

[19:39.10]You all know each other

[19:40.74]so there’s no problem about conv ersation.

[19:43.24]And even if the food is a bit sketchy,

[19:45.58]no one really minds because they’ve come to see you,

[19:48.35]not get a free meal.

[19:50.00]Well, most of them anyway.

[19:52.29]It’s the guests you don’t know very well

[19:54.83]who present unexpectable traps.

[19:57.23]Therefore, in such categories,

[19:59.68]as the new husband or wife,

[20:01.90]boyfriend or girlfriend of an intimate friend,

[20:04.63]the business acquaintances

[20:06.42]who may be useful to your career,

[20:08.58]worst of all, the totally unpredicted friend of a friend,

[20:14.36]my advice in such cases is

[20:16.67]if you’re an indifferent cook,

[20:19.28]don’t do any cooking.

[20:21.33]It’s far better to stick to coffee and drinks,

[20:24.07]with a few expensive biscuits on the side.

[20:26.92]You can always plead that your flat is too small

[20:29.86]for more than two to eat comfortably,

[20:31.92]that you get home too late to prepare a decent meal,

[20:35.40]that your oven is on the blink.

[20:37.61]Any reasonable excuses will do,

[20:39.62]even it’s not believed.

[20:42.12]If you fancy yourself as a cook,

[20:44.46]and are anxious to make a good impression,

[20:46.66]do your homework first.

[20:49.16]Nothing is more discouraging than

[20:51.50]to spend hours preparing a delicious meat dish followed by, [20:55.47]say, fresh strawberries,

[20:57.18]only to discover that your first-time guest is

[21:00.03]a strict vegetarian or is on a slimming diet.

[21:04.24]This may result in the rest of you tucking into a vast meal [21:07.71]while your guest toys suspiciously with a few sides of tomato. [21:12.46]“No, thank you,

[21:13.67]I won’t have any creamed carrots out for my waist line.”

[21:18.86]Questions 33 to 35 are based on the passage

[21:22.92]you have just heard.

[21:25.59]33. What kind of guest is most likely to give you a hard time [21:31.46]according to the speaker?

[21:47.41]34. What should you do before preparing a meal for your guests? [22:07.55]35. What is the speaker mainly talking about?

[22:47.09]Section C

[22:48.38]Directions: In this section,

[22:51.17]you will hear a passage three times.

[22:53.75]When the passage is read for the first time,

[22:56.05]you should listen carefully for its general idea.

[22:59.07]When the passage is read for the second time,

[23:01.59]you are required to fill in the blanks

[23:04.16]numbered from 36 to 43 with the exact words

[23:08.29]you have just heard.

[23:09.76]For blanks numbered from 44 to 46

[23:12.77]you are required to fill in the missing information.

[23:15.99]For these blanks,

[23:17.10]you can either use the exact words

[23:18.93]you have just heard

[23:20.11]or write down the main points

[23:21.82]in your own words.

[23:23.40]Finally, when the passage is read for the third time,

[23:27.27]you should check what you have written.

[23:29.76]Now listen to the passage.

[23:33.58]People with disabilities

[23:34.96]comprise a large but diverse segment of the population.

[23:38.83]It is estimated that

[23:40.60]over 35 million Americans have physical, mental, or other disabilities. [23:45.63]Approximately half of these disabilities are “developmental,” [23:49.86]i.e., they occur prior to the individual’s twenty-second birthday, [23:54.70]often from genetic conditions,

[23:57.19]and are severe enough to affect three or more areas of development, [24:01.64]such as mobility, communication and employment.

[24:05.17]Most other disabilities are considered accidental,

[24:08.39]i.e., caused by outside forces.

[24:11.29]Before the 20th century,

[24:13.34]only a small percentage of people

[24:15.41]with disabilities survived for long.

[24:18.28]Medical treatment for such conditions as

[24:20.29]stroke or spinal cord injury was unavailable.

[24:23.81]People whose disabilities

[24:25.25]should not have inherently affected their life span

[24:27.74]were often so mistreated that they perished.

[24:31.25]Advancements in medicine and social services

[24:33.66]have created a climate in which people with disabilities

[24:37.09]can expect to have such basic needs as

[24:39.96]food, shelter and medical treatment met.

[24:43.12]Unfortunately, these basics are often all that is available.

[24:47.31]Civil liberties such as the right to

[24:49.62]vote, marry, get an education, and gain employment

[24:53.26]have historically been denied on the basis of disability.

[24:57.02]In recent decades,

[24:59.44]the disability rights movement has been organized

[25:01.95]to combat these violations of civil rights.

[25:04.86]Disabled people formed grassroots coalitions

[25:08.08]to advocate their rights to integration

[25:10.47]and meaningful equality of opportunity.

[25:12.74]Congress responded by passing major legislation,

[25:15.54]recognizing people with disabilities as a protected class.

[25:19.99]In the mid-1970s, critical legislation mandated (规定)

[25:23.73]access to education, public transportation, and public facilities, [25:27.99]and prohibited employment discrimination

[25:30.56]by federal agencies or employers receiving federal funds.

[25:34.63]Now the passage will be read again.

[25:38.16]People with disabilities

[25:40.22]comprise a large but diverse segment of the population.

[25:44.56]It is estimated that

[25:46.10]over 35 million Americans have physical, mental, or other disabilities. [25:52.14]Approximately half of these disabilities are “developmental,” [25:56.19]i.e., they occur prior to the individual’s twenty-second birthday, [26:01.08]often from genetic conditions,

[26:03.19]and are severe enough to affect three or more areas of development, [26:07.50]such as mobility, communication and employment.

[26:11.00]Most other disabilities are considered accidental,

[26:14.26]i.e., caused by outside forces.

[26:17.71]Before the 20th century,

[26:19.78]only a small percentage of people

[26:21.80]with disabilities survived for long.

[26:24.15]Medical treatment for such conditions as

[26:26.52]stroke or spinal cord injury was unavailable.

[26:29.85]People whose disabilities

[26:31.57]should not have inherently affected their life span

[26:34.20]were often so mistreated that they perished.

[26:38.14]Advancements in medicine and social services

[26:41.04]have created a climate in which people with disabilities

[26:44.71]can expect to have such basic needs as

[26:47.83]food, shelter and medical treatment met.

[26:50.79]

[27:59.30]Unfortunately, these basics are often all that is available.

[28:03.32]Civil liberties such as the right to

[28:05.67]vote, marry, get an education, and gain employment

[28:09.49]have historically been denied on the basis of disability.

[28:14.14]In recent decades,

[28:15.77]the disability rights movement has been organized

[28:19.15]to combat these violations of civil rights.

[28:21.98]

[29:36.26]Disabled people formed grassroots coalitions

[29:39.09]to advocate their rights to integration

[29:41.67]and meaningful equality of opportunity.

[29:44.77]Congress responded by passing major legislation,

[29:48.54]recognizing people with disabilities as a protected class.

[29:53.07]

[31:04.69]In the mid-1970s, critical legislation mandated (规定)

[31:08.60]access to education, public transportation, and public facilities, [31:13.62]and prohibited employment discrimination

[31:17.08]by federal agencies or employers receiving federal funds.

[31:23.66]Now the passage will be read for the third time.

[31:27.65]People with disabilities

[31:29.15]comprise a large but diverse segment of the population.

[31:33.13]It is estimated that

[31:34.82]over 35 million Americans have physical, mental, or other disabilities. [31:39.98]Approximately half of these disabilities are “developmental,” [31:44.14]i.e., they occur prior to the individual’s twenty-second birthday, [31:48.93]often from genetic conditions,

[31:51.33]and are severe enough to affect three or more areas of development, [31:55.86]such as mobility, communication and employment.

[31:59.62]Most other disabilities are considered accidental,

[32:02.54]i.e., caused by outside forces.

[32:05.50]Before the 20th century,

[32:07.60]only a small percentage of people

[32:09.61]with disabilities survived for long.

[32:12.56]Medical treatment for such conditions as

[32:14.35]stroke or spinal cord injury was unavailable.

[32:18.05]People whose disabilities

[32:19.49]should not have inherently affected their life span

[32:22.20]were often so mistreated that they perished.

[32:25.34]Advancements in medicine and social services

[32:28.33]have created a climate in which people with disabilities

[32:31.37]can expect to have such basic needs as

[32:33.99]food, shelter and medical treatment met.

[32:37.43]Unfortunately, these basics are often all that is available.

[32:41.30]Civil liberties such as the right to

[32:43.89]vote, marry, get an education, and gain employment

[32:47.45]have historically been denied on the basis of disability.

[32:51.57]In recent decades,

[32:53.42]the disability rights movement has been organized

[32:56.17]to combat these violations of civil rights.

[32:59.26]Disabled people formed grassroots coalitions

[33:02.18]to advocate their rights to integration

[33:04.59]and meaningful equality of opportunity.

[33:06.74]Congress responded by passing major legislation,

[33:09.75]recognizing people with disabilities as a protected class. [33:13.97]In the mid-1970s, critical legislation mandated (规定) [33:17.95]access to education, public transportation, and public facilities, [33:22.17]and prohibited employment discrimination

[33:24.48]by federal agencies or employers receiving federal funds. [33:29.62]This is the end of listening comprehension.

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