决胜六级听力必备 mode11

Section A

[00:01.28]1. W: I can't figure out what's wrong with my tape-recorder.

[00:04.78]It was just a few weeks ago that I got it repaired.

[00:08.25]M: Don't waste your time and money any more.

[00:10.81]It's a very old tape-recorder and is quite worn out.

[00:14.63]Q: What does the man mean?

[00:16.64]2. M: Oh, what a breakfast?

[00:18.91]You know, the baby was crying and the phone just kept ringing.

[00:22.67]The milk was boiling over.

[00:24.45]W: I know how it is.

[00:26.04]I get a lot of calls too...even in bed at mid-night.

[00:29.65]Q: What are the two speakers doing?

[00:31.58]3. W: I intend to buy some food for the children.

[00:35.03]These hamburgers and apple pies seem to be very good.

[00:38.50]I'll get a few of each.

[00:40.28]M: I hope they taste as good as they look.

[00:42.66]Q: What does the man mean?

[00:44.49]4.W:I could hardly believe I sold my cat yesterday when a big mouse appeared from

[00:49.53]nowhere when I was mopping the floor today.

[00:49.64]M: When the cat's away, the mice will play.

[00:51.88]It's absolutely true.

[00:53.58]Q What does the man mean?

[00:55.36]5. W: Jack,do you want to go out on a picnic in a Seattle suburb?

[01:00.16]M: Sure,but I can't leave yet.

[01:02.17]I've lost my room key and I have to wait for the securite

[01:05.39]guard to let me back into my room.

[01:07.37]Q: What's Jack's problem?

[01:09.10]6. M: I certainly enjoyed my dinner.

[01:11.89]How was yours?

[01:13.38]W: Better than I expected since I'm not very fond of French food.

[01:17.43]For that price,though,it should have been good.

[01:20.23]Q: What conclusion can we draw form the woman's answer?

[01:23.44]7. M: It's so hot here in our classroom that I can hardly read on.

[01:28.25]W: If you have time

[01:29.47]you may go to the library which is airconditioned

[01:32.53]but it'll take you at least half an hour's walk to get there.

[01:36.29]Q: What does the woman mean?

[01:38.04]8. W: You college students are funny.

[01:40.60]It seems as if you were married to computers.

[01:43.47]M: Well,I guess that's true.

[01:45.20]Computers are widely used in all walks of life.

[01:48.15]If we can operate them skillfully

[01:50.40]we'll have more opportunities to have occupations.

[01:53.92]Q: What are they talking about?

[01:55.91]9. W: I can't find my watch.

[01:58.16]It was right here on the dressing 1 table yesterday and now it's gone.

[02:02.15]Have you seen it?

[02:03.41]M: Of course, I put it in your handbag.

[02:05.73]Q: What did the man do with the watch?

[02:08.53]10. W: We'll have to hurry if we're going to be on time to the railway station.

[02:12.84]It's already 9:30.

[02:14.90]M: Well, it takes only twenty-five minutes to go to the railway station

[02:19.31]and the train doesn't leave until 10:15

[02:21.80]I think we'll make it all right if we start immediately.

[02:24.72]Q: How much time is the couple allowing once they get to the railway station?

[02:28.95]Section B

[02:30.47]Passage One

[02:31.46]Tea was first brought to England in 1657

[02:35.35]it soon became fashionable

[02:37.65]but it was expensive

[02:38.83]as it had to be brought from China in the special fast ships that were called tea-clipper

[02:44.34]There were also high import duties on tea as there were no tobacco

[02:48.96]and much smuggling 2 of both these things went on during the eighteenth century.

[02:53.51]Tea was not grown in India until 1836

[02:56.93]after it had been found growing there will.

[03:00.07]From then on tea became cheaper, and very popular.

[03:03.62]In Great Britain tea is drunk at all times of the day

[03:06.96]but particularly at about 4:30 for "afternoon tea"

[03:11.30]which is occasionally an important social ceremony.

[03:14.38]11.According to the passage,which of the following countries was probably the first one to grow tea?

[03:21.33]12.What were smuggled 3 into England during the eighteeth century?

[03:25.87]13.Which of the following in true?

[03:29.17]Passage Two

[03:30.65]One of the unusual sights in the city of Tokyo

[03:33.87]which is the capital of Japan

[03:35.83]is a place where small animals are buried.

[03:38.78]Thousands of small marble monuments mark the graves of once beloved animal pets.

[03:44.76]Under them are buried such creatures as goldfish

[03:47.92]pigeons, rabbits, and birds, as well as cats and dogs.

[03:52.96]Many of the graves as cared for by the people who once owned these animals.

[03:57.61]The other graves are maintained by the keepers of the animal cemetery 4.

[04:01.04]For a small amount of money

[04:02.79]the keepers of the cemetery will care for the grave of any small animal.

[04:07.77]Near the animal cemetery stands a Buddhist 5 temple.

[04:10.78]A Buddhist priest 6 at the temple offers prayers

[04:13.73]for the souls of dead animals brought to the cemetery

[04:17.49]After prayers have been said, the animals body is burned.

[04:21.62]Then the remains 7 are buried according to the wishes of the owner.

[04:24.94]Sometimes expensive ceremonies are help.

[04:28.49]Special graves are provided for animals whose owners wish to pay for them.

[04:32.67]14. What is the passage about?

[04:35.96]15. What can we infer from the passage?

[04:39.28]16. Which of the following is not true?

[04:43.25]Passage Three

[04:44.74]The Mediterranean 8 is a word both easy to pronounce and easy to spell--if you only know hot.

[04:51.56]It is a word of five syllables 9: me-di-ter-ran-ean, meaning mid-earth.

[04:57.56]The Chinese translation is a happy one

[05:00.54]as it means exactly the same thing.

[05:03.39]Europe owes its early growth to the Mediterranean Sea.

[05:07.41]On its shores were the seats of early civilization:Egypt,Greece and Rome.

[05:13.24]The Mediterranean fed the people in these lands

[05:16.48]and provided a highway for trade and diplomacy 10.

[05:19.56]Together,they formed a Mediterranean civilization.

[05:23.11]In 1869 the Suez Canal was cut after 10 years of arduous 11 work.

[05:29.07]Linking the Mediterranean Sea to the Indian Ocean.

[05:32.54]the Canal shortened 12 the passage from Europe to Asia by some 10,000 kilometres.

[05:38.11]The Canal is 171 km long and 65 km wide.

[05:44.45]An ocean liner 13 takes some 10 hours to go through.

[05:48.29]It goes slowly, but safely.

[05:50.88]The canal is now completely Egyptian property.

[05:53.86]Foreign ships pay for their passage

[05:56.58]making the Canal a good earner of hard currency.

[06:00.18]17. According to the passage, what does the word "happy" mean?

[06:05.06]18. What did the early development of Europe depend on?

[06:09.27]19. How long did it take to cut the Suez Canal?

[06:13.61]20. How fast can an ocean liner go through the Canal usually