英语六级听力考试预测模拟练习Model Test Nine

[00:00.00]1.M:Good morning.This is Tom Alexander at World Travel Agency 1.Is Mr.Collions there?

[00:07.84]W:No.He's out to lunch.May I take a message?

[00:11.26]Q: Where is Mr.Collions now?

[00:13.51]2.M:Tickets are 10 dollars for adults.Children's tickets are half price.

[00:19.64]W:Okay.I'd like two adults'and two children's tickets,please.

[00:24.48]Q:How much did the woman pay for the tickets,please.

[00:27.56]3.M:Has Jack 2 returned from America?

[00:31.61]W:He has been back here for 3 days now before he is sent to Europe?

[00:36.28]Q:Where is Jack now?

[00:38.24]4.Excuse me,would you please tell me when the next train to London will arrive?

[00:44.36]W:I'm sorry to tell you that the train is behind the schedule.You'll have to wait another 30 minutes.

[00:50.10]Q:What do we learn from the conversation?

[00:52.77]5.M:I'm awfully 3 sorry you couldn't come to dinner with us as that new Chinese restaurant last week.The food was wonderful,the atmosphere was warm,and we all agreed that you should have been there,too.

[01:05.78]W:I'm sorry,too,but I just feel up it.I had a terrible cold and thought I'd be better off just staying at home.

[01:13.95]Q:When did the man go to dinner?

[01:16.07]6.W:Here's your change.

[01:19.60]M:Excuse me,miss.You gave me $3 in change.My bill was $16.2 and I give you $ 20.

[01:27.98]Q:How much should the man get in change?

[01:30.64]7.M:Shall we have an English test this afternoon?

[01:35.37]W:No.It is postponed 4 because the teacher has to attend a meeting.

[01:40.10]Q:What can we learn from the conversation?

[01:42.92]8.M:Have you seen Mr.Smith?

[01:46.97]W:No,I have not seen him since the day before yesterday.

[01:50.58]Q:When did the woman last see Mr.Smith?

[01:53.68]9.W:Let's go into the shoe store.I need shoes to match my new dress.

[01:59.28]M:It's a good idea.I'm so tired from shopping that I will be glad to sit down,but I don't need any shoes.

[02:06.62]Q:What conclusion can be drawn 5 from the conversation?

[02:09.91]10.M:I live in Los Angeles.Where do you live?

[02:14.56]W:I'm now living in Chicago,Illinois.I used to live in Tokyo,the capital city of Japan.

[02:20.30]Q:Where did the woman live?

[02:21.95]The Art of Cooking

[02:23.96]The art of cooking has been developed over many thousands of years.

[02:28.38]In the distant past,our ancestors 6 ate raw meat.

[02:32.24]They did not know how to cook their food.

[02:35.17]Some specialists 7 believe that it was forest fires that first introduced man to the art of cooking.

[02:42.30]Forest fires were sometimes started by storms,and people ran away.

[02:47.13]When they returned,they found that the animals which were caught in the fires and could not escape were"cooked",and that the cooked meat.

[02:54.92]Tasted much better than raw meat.

[02:57.53]From this,man began to realize that cooking made his food more tasty.

[03:02.49]Then they learned 8 how to make fires and how to cook their food.

[03:06.67]However they still did not know how to flavour 9 it.

[03:09.99]One theory is that many years ago some people who lived in a coastal 10 area killed an animal on the seashore.

[03:17.59]They left the dead animal there for some time.

[03:20.88]The salt from the sea water covered the animal and later when the meat was cooked it had a very good taste.

[03:28.85]In time,man learned to collect salt to flavour his food.

[03:33.26]The discovery of cooking and flavouring 11 played a very important part in the development of man and of human society.

[03:40.89]The fact that man no longer ate raw meat make him different from other animals.

[03:46.27]Cooking and flavouring made food more healthy.

[03:49.80]Cooked food helped people to improve the condition of their minds and bodies,develop their productive 12 abilities,and move towards a state of civilization.