王迈迈大学英语六级预测与详解 01

　　[00:00.96]test 1

[00:02.52]Section A

[00:04.16]Directions

[00:05.54]In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations

[00:09.10]and 2 long conversations.

[00:11.42]At the end of each conversation,

[00:13.53]one or more questions will be asked about what was said.

[00:17.01]Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once.

[00:21.99]After each question there will be a pause.

[00:25.26]During the pause, you must read the four choices marked

[00:28.33]A), B), C) and D), and decide which is the best answer.

[00:34.20]Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2

[00:38.34]with a single line through the centre.

[00:40.95]Now let's begin with the 8 short conversations.

[00:45.63]11．M: I'd like ten fifty cent stamps,

[00:48.87]five one yuan stamps and one air mail envelope, please.

[00:53.22]W: Here they are.

[00:54.49]Where would you like the package to be sent to?

[00:57.21]Q: Where does the conversation most probably take place?

[01:16.50]12．W: I think your car needs a tune up.

[01:19.87]M: You're right, but I can't spend the money just now.

[01:22.67]I'll have to wait until next pay day.

[01:25.12]Q: Why doesn' t the man get the tune up?

[01:43.40]13.W: Is the rescue crew still looking for

[01:46.60]survivors of the plane crash? 

[01:48.63]M: Yes, they have been searching the area for hours,

[01:51.93]but they haven't found anybody else.

[01:54.22]They will keep searching until night falls. 

[01:57.12]Q: What do we learn from the conversation? 

[02:14.40]14.M: Hello! I'd like to speak to Professor Black, please.

[02:18.97]W: Sorry. He's in class at the moment.

[02:21.15]He has office hours between one and three this afternoon.

[02:24.56]You can reach him then.

[02:26.01]Q: When is Professor Black available in his office?

[02:44.10]15.M: Have you ever seen so much snow?

[02:47.59]W: I'm tired of all this cold!

[02:49.84]I wish we' d see the sun for a change.

[02:52.45]Q: What is being discussed?

[03:10.34]16.M: How many students passed

[03:12.74]the final physics exam in your class?

[03:15.57]W: Forty, but still as many as 20 percent of the class failed,

[03:20.25]quite disappointing, isn't it?

[03:22.06]Q: What does the woman think of the exam?

[03:40.39]17.W: Are you ready for the next problem?

[03:43.69]M: You know what? I can't look at a number.

[03:46.72]How about a lemonade break?

[03:48.83]Q: What does the man suggest?

[04:06.86]18.W: How many students tried out for

[04:09.37]the basketball team this year?

[04:11.18]M: About 80, but only half of them

[04:13.03]have any real talent for the sport.

[04:15.97]Q: How many students are good in basketball?

[04:34.52]Now you will hear 2 long conversations.

[04:37.78]Conversation One

[04:40.00]W: It says here that you graduated

[04:41.54]from Beijing Normal University

[04:43.25]with a major in English Language and Literature.

[04:46.44]M: Right. Then you may think that I am not fit for this job

[04:49.77]according to my educational background.

[04:51.94]W: Yes.

[04:52.77]M: But I want to be a tour guide very much because I like traveling

[04:56.04]and meeting various kinds of people.

[04:58.65]So I took an evening course at the Tourism School of Beijing

[05:02.28]after graduation and I have gotten a qualification certificate.

[05:06.38]W: So you must be an extravert?

[05:08.37]M: Yes, I always enjoy being with a group of people

[05:11.24]and chatting with them.

[05:12.84]W: What do you think are the responsibilities of a tourist guide?

[05:16.40]M: A tourist guide must be responsible for arranging

[05:19.09]and coordinating tour activities.

[05:21.88]W: Do you consider it a hard work?

[05:23.80]M: Hard but interesting, I think.

[05:25.95]W: Have you any experience as a tourist guide?

[05:28.37]M: Yes, I usually guided foreign tourists around Beijing

[05:31.86]when I was in University.

[05:33.78]W: Have you ever learned any other foreign languages than English?

[05:37.51]M: Yes, I have learned a little French and Japanese as well.

[05:41.54]W: There is a good chance of that if you work for this company.

[05:44.99]Not right away, of course, but in a few years,

[05:47.53]after you learn more about our business,

[05:49.78]you may go overseas with a tour group.

[05:52.06]M: Yes. When can I get the decision?

[05:54.48]I hope you can give me a definite answer as soon as possible. 

[05:58.62]Questions 19 to 21 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

[06:04.82]19. Why does the woman mention

[06:07.33]the man' educational backgrounds at first? 

[06:24.09]20. What is the guide's responsibility according to the man?

[06:42.67]21. What is the man's working experience as a guide?

[07:01.15]Conversation Two

[07:03.33]M: Mrs. Kellerman, why is it that some children perform

[07:06.12]much better than others at school? 

[07:08.89]W:I can't be denied that certain children are brighter than others,

[07:12.48]but it's not as simple as that.

[07:14.33]A lot of emphasis is placed on intelligence measured

[07:16.90]by tests-so-called I.Q. tests,

[07:20.94]which only measure certain types of intelligence. 

[07:23.84]M: What you're saying, then, is that some children have abilities

[07:27.21]that are not easy to measure, that aren't appreciated by many schools. 

[07:31.60]W: Precisely. And if these skills are not spotted sufficiently early,

[07:35.98]they cannot be developed.

[07:37.69]That's why there are so many unhappy adults in the world.

[07:41.64]They are not doing the things they are best.

[07:44.58]M: What are these other kinds of intelligence,

[07:46.76]and how can we recognize them in our children? 

[07:49.37]W: Well, take musical talent.

[07:51.73]Many children never get the chance to learn to play an instrument but,

[07:55.60]while they might not become great artists or composers,

[07:58.71]they may get a lot of pleasure and satisfaction. 

[08:01.90]M: How can a parent encourage them? 

[08:04.12]W: Sing to them and teach them new songs.

[08:06.73]Buy a piano or even a cheap instrument such as a recorder.

[08:10.40]If you can afford it, send them to lessons as soon as possible.

[08:14.68]Play recordings of different instruments to them. 

[08:17.73]M: What about a child who is good at sport?

[08:20.23]Could that be described as a form of intelligence? 

[08:22.81]W: Most certainly.

[08:24.19]We psychologists call it “motor”, or bodily, intelligence.

[08:28.72]However, unless these children are also good with words and numbers,

[08:32.61]they will probably not do well in school examinations. 

[08:35.76]M: Is there anything a parent can do to help in this case? 

[08:39.25]W: Yes. It may be worth spending money on private lessons.

[08:43.28]But, you know, hardly anyone is good at everything.

[08:46.62]In my opinion a child should be judged on his individual talents.

[08:51.15]After all, being happy in life is putting your skills to good use,

[08:55.47]no matter what they are.

[08:57.61]Questions 22 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

[09:03.78]22. What may be the job of Mrs. Kellerman?

[09:22.03]23. What does the woman think about I.Q. tests?

[09:41.05]24. What is true about musically gifted children?

[09:58.41]25. According to Mrs. Kellerman,

[10:01.60]which of the following about talent children is true?

[10:19.95]Section B

[10:21.37]Directions

[10:22.64]In this section, you will hear 3 short passages.

[10:26.37]At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions.

[10:29.79]Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once.

[10:33.42]After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer

[10:37.26]from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D).

[10:41.98]Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2

[10:45.54]with a single line through the centre.

[10:48.37]Passage One

[10:50.29]Nilrikman and others of the halfway research group have done some

[10:53.92]research into the differences between average and good negotiators.

[10:58.35]They found negotiators with the good trait record and studied them in action.

[11:03.18]They compared them with another group of average negotiators

[11:06.68]and found that there was no difference in the time that

[11:09.48]the two groups spent on planning their strategy.

[11:12.80]However, there were some significant differences on other points.

[11:16.83]The average negotiators thought in terms of the present,

[11:20.24]but the good negotiators took a long time review.

[11:23.80]They made lots of suggestions and

[11:25.80]considered twice the number of the alternatives.

[11:28.98]The average negotiators set their objectives as single points.

[11:32.87]We hope to get two dollars, for example.

[11:35.67]The good negotiators set their objectives in terms of range,

[11:39.26]which they might formulate as “We hope to get two dollars,

[11:42.89]but if we get one dollar and fifty, it will be all right”.

[11:46.55]The average negotiators tried to persuade by giving lots of reasons.

[11:51.13]They use a lot of different arguments.

[11:53.33]The good negotiators didn't give many reasons.

[11:56.49]They just repeated the same ones.

[11:59.64]They also did more summarizing and reviewing,

[12:02.98]checking they were understood correctly.

[12:06.18]Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard.

[12:11.73]26.What do good negotiators and

[12:15.03]average negotiators have in common? 

[12:32.19]27.According to the speaker, what would good negotiators do? 

[12:51.36]28.According to the speaker,

[12:54.26]what does the average negotiator usually do? 

[13:12.02]Passage Two

[13:14.20]Chemistry has already influenced almost every aspect of man's existence.

[13:18.99]This includes clothing, housing, transportation, agriculture,

[13:23.31]food preservation and packaging, and drugs.

[13:26.97]One of the most important advances in chemical research

[13:29.66]will be made in the life processes.

[13:32.35]Chemical and biological investigations aided

[13:35.14]by enormously efficient computers will explain the origins of life,

[13:39.84]and perhaps lead to the artificial creation of life.

[13:43.50]There will also be the possibility of reducing or eliminating genetic defects.

[13:49.45]Chemistry will also be useful in medicine to cure or

[13:52.50]prevent major ailments including mental illness,

[13:56.17]and also to achieve a slowing down of the aging process.

[14:00.75]Biochemical engineering should make available artificial hearts,

[14:04.92]kidneys, eyes, ears, and other body organs.

[14:09.42]These are almost unlimited possibilities for the use of solar energy,

[14:13.81]widespread use of vegetation and waste products,

[14:17.12]extraction of new sources of minerals

[14:19.04]and the use of substitute materials from more abundant supplies.

[14:23.58]One difficulty is that science must adapt to the growing

[14:27.79]public attitudes toward ethical and human values.

[14:31.63]There have been misapplications of chemistry

[14:34.39]and of science in general in the past.

[14:37.55]Mankind is growing increasingly interdependent and

[14:41.44]an International Chemical Society must extend the benefits

[14:45.15]of its science to all the people of the world.

[14:48.73]Questions 29 to 31 are based on the passage you have just heard.

[14:54.58]29. Chemistry has influenced which of the following

[14:58.03]aspects of man's existence?

[15:14.77]30. What does the speaker think should be established?

[15:32.68]31. What have chemical and biological investigations already achieved?

[15:52.40]Passage Three

[15:54.18]Shopping for clothes is not the same experience

[15:56.87]for a man as it is for a woman.

[15:59.26]A man goes shopping because he needs something.

[16:01.88]He knows what he wants, and his objective is to find it and buy it;

[16:05.91]the price is a secondary consideration.

[16:08.99]All men simply walk into a shop and

[16:10.96]ask the assistant for what they want.

[16:13.57]If the shop has it in stock, the salesman promptly produces it,

[16:17.02]and the business of trying it on proceeds at once.

[16:20.03]All being well, the deal can be done and

[16:22.39]often is completed in less than five minutes.

[16:25.95]For a man, slight problems may begin

[16:28.31]when the shop does not have what he wants,

[16:31.03]or does not have exactly what he wants.

[16:33.56]In that case the salesman offers the nearest he can

[16:36.54]to the article required and says:

[16:39.08] “I know this jacket is not the style you want, sir,

[16:42.05]but would you like to try it for size?

[16:44.47]It happens to be the color you mentioned”.

[16:47.01]Few men have patience with this treatment, and the usual response is:

[16:52.28]“This is the right color and may be the right size,

[16:55.11]but I should be wasting my time and yours by trying it on”.

[16:59.36]Now how does a woman go about buying clothes?

[17:02.23]In almost every respect she does so in the opposite way.

[17:06.22]Her shopping is not often based on need.

[17:08.87]She will try on any number of things.

[17:11.47]Uppermost in her mind is the thought of finding something

[17:14.30]that everyone thinks suits her.

[17:16.17]She is always open to persuasion.

[17:18.68]They are always on the lookout for the unexpected bargain.

[17:22.45]Faced with a roomful of dresses, a woman may easily spend

[17:25.94]an hour going from one rail to another, to and fro,

[17:29.97]often retracting her steps,

[17:32.07]before selecting the dresses she wants to try on.

[17:35.56]It is a laborious process, but apparently an enjoyable one.

[17:39.55]Most dress shops provide chairs for the waiting husbands.

[17:43.87]Questions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.

[17:49.57]32. What can we conclude about a man when he shops for clothes?

[18:08.75]33. What does the passage tell us about women shoppers for clothes?

[18:28.08]34. What does a man do when he cannot get exactly what he wants?

[18:46.96]35. What is the most obvious difference between men and women shoppers?

[19:07.48]Section C

[19:09.08]Directions

[19:10.28]In this section,you will hear a passage three times.

[19:13.43]When the passage is read for the first time,

[19:15.61]you should listen carefully for its general idea.

[19:18.63]When the passage is read for the second time,

[19:20.84]you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from 36 to 43

[19:25.60]with the exact words you have just heard.

[19:28.25]For blanks numbered from 44 to 46 you are required to

[19:32.17]fill in the missing information.

[19:34.56]For these blanks, you can either use the exact words you have

[19:37.64]just heard or write down the main points in your own words.

[19:41.78]Finally,when the passage is read for the third time,

[19:44.72]you should check what you have written.

[19:48.69]In November 1965, New York was blacked out by an electricity failure.

[19:54.71]The authorities promised that it would not happen again.

[19:58.45]Pessimists were certain that it would occur again within five years at the latest.

[20:03.39]In July 1977, there was a repeat performance which,

[20:08.18]produced varying degrees of  chaos throughout the city of eight million people.

[20:13.95]In 1965, the failure occurred in the cool autumn and

[20:18.63]at a time of comparative prosperity.

[20:21.57]In 1977, the disaster was much more serious because

[20:25.45]it came when unemployment was high and the city was suffering

[20:28.97]from one of its worst heat waves.

[20:31.70]In 1965, there was little crime or looting during the darkness,

[20:35.98]and fewer than a hundred people were arrested.

[20:39.58]In 1977, hundreds of stores were broken into and looted.

[20:44.21]Looters smashed shop windows and helped themselves to jewelry,

[20:48.42]clothes or television sets.

[20:50.63]Nearly 4,000 people were arrested

[20:53.08]but far more disappeared into the darkness of the night.

[20:56.46]The number of policemen available was quite inadequate and

[21:00.02]they wisely refrained from using their guns against

[21:03.21]mobswhich far outnumbered them and included armed men.

[21:07.97]Hospitals had to treat hundreds of people cut by glass from shop windows.

[21:12.40]Banks and most businesses remained closed the next day.

[21:16.21]The blackout started at 9:30 p.m., when lightning hit and knocked out vital cables.

[21:21.75]Many stores were thus caught by surprise.

[21:24.69]The vast majority of New Yorkers, however, were not involved in looting.

[21:28.83]They helped strangers, distributed candles and batteries,

[21:32.53]and tried to survive in a nightmare world without traffic lights,

[21:36.20]refrigerators, elevators, water and electrical power.

[21:40.48]For twenty four hours, New York realized how helpless it was without electricity.

[21:47.72]In November 1965, New York was blacked out by an electricity failure.

[21:53.64]The authorities promised that it would not happen again.

[21:58.41]Pessimists were certain that it would occur again within five years at the latest.

[22:03.35]In July 1977, there was a repeat performance which,

[22:08.17]produced varying degrees of  chaos throughout the city of eight million people.

[22:14.97]In 1965, the failure occurred in the cool autumn and

[22:19.47]at a time of comparative prosperity.

[22:23.61]In 1977, the disaster was much more serious because

[22:27.64]it came when unemployment was high and the city was suffering

[22:30.91]from one of its worst heat waves.

[22:33.67]In 1965, there was little crime or looting during the darkness,

[22:38.02]and fewer than a hundred people were arrested.

[22:42.60]In 1977, hundreds of stores were broken into and looted.

[22:47.24]Looters smashed shop windows and helped themselves to jewelry,

[22:53.41]clothes or television sets.

[22:55.63]Nearly 4,000 people were arrested

[22:58.24]but far more disappeared into the darkness of the night.

[23:01.44]The number of policemen available was quite inadequate and

[23:06.05]they wisely refrained from using their guns against

[23:09.96]mobswhich far outnumbered them and included armed men.

[24:03.62]Hospitals had to treat hundreds of people cut by glass from shop windows.

[24:08.01]Banks and most businesses remained closed the next day.

[24:11.90]The blackout started at 9:30 p.m., when lightning hit and knocked out vital cables.

[24:17.38]Many stores were thus caught by surprise.

[25:09.24]The vast majority of New Yorkers, however, were not involved in looting.

[25:13.05]They helped strangers, distributed candles and batteries,

[25:16.79]and tried to survive in a nightmare world without traffic lights,

[25:20.30]refrigerators, elevators, water and electrical power.

[26:13.78]For twenty four hours, New York realized how helpless it was without electricity.

[26:21.06]In November 1965, New York was blacked out by an electricity failure.

[26:26.98]The authorities promised that it would not happen again.

[26:30.72]Pessimists were certain that it would occur again within five years at the latest.

[26:35.66]In July 1977, there was a repeat performance which,

[26:40.49]produced varying degrees of  chaos throughout the city of eight million people.

[26:46.21]In 1965, the failure occurred in the cool autumn and

[26:50.64]at a time of comparative prosperity.

[26:53.91]In 1977, the disaster was much more serious because

[26:57.90]it came when unemployment was high and the city was suffering

[27:01.19]from one of its worst heat waves.

[27:04.02]In 1965, there was little crime or looting during the darkness,

[27:08.30]and fewer than a hundred people were arrested.

[27:11.93]In 1977, hundreds of stores were broken into and looted.

[27:16.54]Looters smashed shop windows and helped themselves to jewelry,

[27:20.76]clothes or television sets.

[27:23.01]Nearly 4,000 people were arrested

[27:25.37]but far more disappeared into the darkness of the night.

[27:28.74]The number of policemen available was quite inadequate and

[27:32.53]they wisely refrained from using their guns against

[27:35.29]mobswhich far outnumbered them and included armed men.

[27:40.27]Hospitals had to treat hundreds of people cut by glass from shop windows.

[27:44.48]Banks and most businesses remained closed the next day.

[27:48.47]The blackout started at 9:30 p.m., when lightning hit and knocked out vital cables.

[27:54.02]Many stores were thus caught by surprise.

[27:57.22]The vast majority of New Yorkers, however, were not involved in looting.

[28:01.14]They helped strangers, distributed candles and batteries,

[28:04.77]and tried to survive in a nightmare world without traffic lights,

[28:08.41]refrigerators, elevators, water and electrical power.

[28:12.80]For twenty four hours, New York realized how helpless it was without electricity.