英语六级听力考试预测模拟练习Model Test Four

[00:00.00]1.W:Did Nancy tell you that George is coming to visit us tomorrow,John?

[00:05.41]M:Yes,she told me that he'd be here by the weekend.

[00:08.86]Q:Who is coming for a visit?

[00:10.81]2.M:It's very nice of you to come to see me off,Mrs Smith.

[00:16.09]W:It's my pleasure.Please give my regards to Mrs Saxon.

[00:19.62]Q:Where are the two people?

[00:21.58]3.W.What a strange suit you are wearing.Your jacket doesn't match you pants.

[00:27.85]M:I know.I got dressed in the dark,and I didn't realize my mistake until I had got to the office.

[00:33.96]Q:Why does the man's suit seem unusua

[00:36.70]4.W:Be careful!That car is coming very fast.

[00:41.35]M:You have to keep an eye out for motorcycles,too.

[00:44.54]Q:What does the man mean?

[00:46.21]5.M:The pants are $10.00 and the shirt is $6.00.

[00:52.56]W:Here's a twenty-dollar bill.

[00:54.49]Q:How much change will the woman get?

[00:56.97]6.W:Make sure you bring suntan lotion 1 and a bathing suit.

[01:02.12]M:And you bring the towels and a picnic lunch.

[01:05.12]Q:Where are they going?

[01:06.66]7.W:Are you sure you can't stay longer?The others aren't leaving yet,you know.

[01:12.88]M:No,I'm afraid I must go,but thank you very much indeed for a most enjoyable evening,and a wonderful dinner.

[01:19.86]Q:What does the woman wish the man to do?

[01:22.13]8.W;I hear the old Delta 2 hotel has a new manager.Did you notice any change when you stayed there last week?

[01:29.81]M:The food was better than the meals they used to serve and the rooms were surprisingly clean for the Delta,I thought.

[01:37.02]Q:How is the hotel now?

[01:39.00]9.W:I don't understand how you got fined.I always thought you were a careful driver.

[01:46.03]M:I usually am,but I thought I could make it before the light turned.

[01:51.12]Q:Why did the man get finded?

[01:53.32]10.W:Why do we always have to argue about money?I would rather go out and spend it all so that we wouldn't have to argure about it.

[02:02.64]M:Of course,you'd like to go spending all the money;you don't spend five days a week in a factory.Besides,if it wasn't money,you'd argue about something else;I think you enjoy arguments.

[02:15.60]Q:According to the man,which statement best describes the woman?

[02:19.76]Passage One

[02:21.43]Rubber is a very useful vegetable product.

[02:24.90]More than nine-tenths of the world's supply of rubber comes from a tree known as the para rubber tree.

[02:31.85]Rubber trees are grown from seeds.

[02:34.72]These seeds are planted in beds of specially 3 prepared rich soil so that they will come up quickly.

[02:41.59]When the plants are a few inches tall,they are set out in new beds.

[02:46.24]Those trees which do not develop well are removed,and the healthy trees are grafted 4 so that they will produce a larger amount of latex.

[02:55.75]When the trees are between five and six years old,they are ready to be tapped.

[03:00.87]This means cutting the bark in a certain way to allow the latex to flow into a cup,which is attached to the tree trunk.

[03:08.92]Some trees are tapped every day,but most trees are tapped every other day.

[03:14.43]Tapping goes on all year long,except for the period when the tree changes its leaves.

[03:20.10]A tree produces a few spoonfuls of latex each time it is tapped.

[03:25.19]In a year,one young tree produces about three pounds of rubber.

[03:29.40]Well-grafted trees may produce ten pounds of rubber in a year,while some exceptional 5 trees yield as much as twenty-five pounds in a year.

[03:37.84]11.How often are most rubber trees tapped for the latex?

[03:43.24]12.When is the rubber tree not tapped?

[03:47.27]13.How many pounds of rubber does a young tree usually produce in a year.

[03:53.51]Passage Two

[03:55.28]There are four basic types of college degrees in America,starting with the associate degree.

[04:01.66]The associate takes about two years to complete when one is enrolled 6 full time.

[04:07.14]The bachelor's degree takes four years of full time with the master's taking one to two years,and the doctor's three to four years.

[04:14.96]The associate degree may be substituted for the first two years of a bachelor's degree if it is a transfer degree.

[04:22.01]Not all associate degrees are designed for transfer.

[04:25.20]Some are technical degrees called terminal degrees,which means they do not count toward a bachelor's.

[04:31.67]The bachelor's is normally required before one can work at the master's level.

[04:36.48]Likewise,the master's is normally required before one can work at the doctor's level.

[04:41.70]The length in credit hours of university degree programs varies from one school to another.

[04:47.48]In general,the A.A.is 60 semester hours or 95 quarter hours.

[04:54.74]The B.A.(or B.S)is 120 semester hours or 185 quarter hours.

[05:02.86]The M.A.is 30 semester hours or 45 quarter hours,and the Ph.D.is 60 to 72 semester hours or 95 to 120 quarter hours.

[05:16.34]14.What is the first American college degree?

[05:21.57]15.What is a terminal degree?

[05:25.54]16.What is the number of credit hours for a B.A.in literature?

[05:31.89]Passage Three

[05:33.19]Do you have trouble sleeping at night?

[05:35.80]Then maybe this is for you.

[05:37.97]When you worry about needing sleep and twist around to find the comfortable position,you probably only making matters worse.

[05:45.84]What happened?It's that your heart rate actualy increases making you more difficult to relax.

[05:52.55]You man also have some bad habits that contributed to the problem.

[05:57.02]Do you rest frequently during the day?

[05:59.92]Do you get virtually no exercise or do you exercise generally late per day?

[06:06.37]Do you sleep a lot or sleep late on weekends?

[06:10.81]Any all of these factors might be leading to you insomnia 7 by disrupting 8 your natural sleep patters.

[06:18.98]What should you do?

[06:20.71]When your lose sleep at nights,don't bother taking sleeping pills,they can actually make the problem worse

[06:27.89]The best thing to do is to drink milk or eat cheese or tinned fish,they'll help to produce the brain neurotransmitter that induce 9 to sleep.

[06:38.18]The neurotransmitter will help you to relax and get a good night sleep

[06:42.78]This has been another,in the series,hini for good health by doctor's good sense.

[06:48.76]17.What is the purpose of the talk?

[06:52.68]18.According to the speaker what happens when you turn and twist to get comfortable position?

[06:59.60]19.According to the speaker what sometimes causes people to have trouble sleeping?

[07:06.42]20.Where is the talk most probably being give