大学英语六级听力模拟题 原文_te4

TEST 4  Listen carefully to the conversations and short passages

[00:07.99]and choose the best answer to each of the questions.

[00:13.56]1.M: The main library is open from eight A. M. Until nine P.M.

[00:20.51]Monday through Friday; noon until six P.M. Saturday and Sunday;

[00:27.27]and twenty-four hours a day during finals week.

[00:32.84]This is a recording 1 and will not repeat.

[00:37.38]If you need further assistance,

[00:41.64]please stay on the line until an operator answers.

[00:47.20]W:Hello.This is the operator.May I help you?

[00:53.08]Q: When is the library open on weekdays?

[00:58.96]2.W: Please turn the television down .

[01:04.71]I can't understand anything my friend is saying on the phone.

[01:10.97]M: Hurry up and finish your call.

[01:15.23]I don’t like standing 2 so close. The light hurts my eyes.

[01:21.16]Q: Why is the woman upset?

[01:27.20]3.M:I heard your boss was really upset when he read your letter of resignation.

[01:37.04]W: Understandably.

[01:40.88]I told him what I really thought about his inept 3 administration

[01:47.36]and his stupid decisions.

[01:51.73]Q: What did the woman mean?

[01:56.69]4.W:We have several kinds of accounts,Mr.Brown.

[02:05.36]The best interest rate is for the customer club account,

[02:11.00]but you must maintain a monthly balance of $ 300.

[02:17.48]M: That will be fine.

[02:21.01]Q: Where did this conversation most probably take place?

[02:28.06]n5. M: That must have been quite an experience.

[02:36.13]W: You’re right! It’s lucky my daughter was still awake, studying.

[02:42.48] Her screaming woke us all up. The house was already in flames by then.

[02:49.74]Q: What is the woman talking about?

[02:55.02]6. W: Hi, Bob. This is Marcia speaking from the agency.

[03:04.97]Can you go on an interview tomorrow?

[03:09.44]I have a law office that’s very interested in you.

[03:14.90]M:No,I'm sorry,Marcia,

[03:18.95]but I've planned to be at school all day tomorrow.

[03:23.99]How would Wednesday suit you?

[03:27.93]Q: What is Marcia's job?

[03:32.61]7.M:Ontario and upper New York State have lots of orchards,don't they?

[03:40.26]W:Yes,many types of fruit grow near the Great Lakes

[03:46.51]because of the northern climates.

[03:50.66]Q: According to the woman,why does fruit grow in Ontario and New York?

[03:58.42]8.W:I just bought this fake-fur coat at a sale.

[04:04.87]I paid only $ 240 for it. How do you like it?

[04:11.85]M:It's very nice,but my wife bought the same thing for half the price.

[04:18.40]Q: How much did the man’s wife pay for her coat?

[04:25.46]9.M:How long will the interview last?

[04:33.01]I have an appointment at 1:00.

[04:37.16]W: Mr.Jordan is a brief man,

[04:42.02]so it's safe to say you'll be out of here no later than 12:30.

[04:48.57]Q: Why is the man concerned about the length of the interview?

[04:55.03]10.W: I thought you threw the money by mistake.

[05:03.20]Oh,no,you are supposed to shower the musicians With money

[05:09.16]to show you liked the music.

[05:13.70]Q: Why did the man throw money toward the musicians?

[05:19.76]PASSAGEⅠ

[05:24.52]There have been many great inventions,things that change the way we live.

[05:32.09]The first great invention was one that is stillvery important today-the wheel.

[05:40.45]This made it easier to carry heavy things and to travel long distances.

[05:47.59]For hundreds of years after that

[05:52.42] there were few inventions that had as much effect as the wheel.

[05:58.87]Then in the early 1800’s the world started to change.

[06:06.03]There was little unknown land left in the world.

[06:11.77]People did not have to explore much any more.

[06:17.03]They began to work instead to make life better.

[06:22.59]In the second half of the 19th century many great inventions were made. 

[06:30.16]Among them were the camera,the electric light and the radio.

[06:37.01]These all became a big part of our life today.

[06:42.68]The first part of the 20th century saw more great inventions.

[06:49.13]The helicopter in 1909. Movies with sound in 1926.

[06:57.20]The computer in 1928. And jet planes in 1930.

[07:04.65]This was also a time a new material was first made.Nylon came out in 1935.

[07:14.39]It changed the kind of clothes people wear.

[07:19.95]The middle part of the 20th century brought new ways to help get over diseases.

[07:27.22]They worked very well.

[07:31.16]They made people healthier and let them live longer lives.

[07:37.64]By the 1960's most people could expect to live to be at least 60.

[07:45.79]By this time most people had a very good life.

[07:52.27]Of course new inventions continued to be made.

[07:57.91]But man now had a desire to explore again.

[08:03.55]The world was known to man but the stars were not,

[08:09.40]man began looking for ways to go into space.

[08:15.07]Russia made the first step. Then the United States took a step.

[08:21.92]Since then other countries, 

[08:26.67]including China and Japan,have made their steps into space.

[08:32.84]In 1959 man took his biggest step away from earth.

[08:40.10] Americans first walked on the moon.

[08:45.14]This is certainly just a beginning though.

[08:49.89]New inventions will someday allow us to do things we have never yet dreamed of.

[08:57.05]Questions 11 to 13 are based on the passage you have just heard.

[09:04.42]11.When did people stop exploring a lot?

[09:10.19]12.Which was an important invention in the 19th century?

[09:19.26]13.What made people healthier and let them live longer lives in the middle part of the 20th century?

[09:31.01]PASSAGE Ⅱ

[09:36.18]The living conditions for the poor and for immigrants in New York City

[09:42.84] during the late nineteenth century were truly wretched.

[09:48.49]Over one and a half million poor people lived in tenements 4,

[09:55.04]a form of barracks-like buildings that could house some five hundred people 

[10:02.62]in a structure lacking heat and plumbing 5.

[10:11.27]tenement life degrading and often fatal.

[10:15.94]But almost as shocking as the city-conditioned horror of the tenements

[10:23.31] was the governments’

[10:28.87]Real estate development was uncontrolled,

[10:34.04]resulting in factories,stores,and residences springing up randomly 

[10:41.31] without consideration to zoning or building codes.

[10:47.55]Pollution of waterways was unrestricted,streets were poorly paved,

[10:54.99]lighting was inadequate,and sewage disposal was insufficient 6.

[11:01.66]Some of the poor housing can be blamed on New York's rapid population growth.

[11:09.02]But most of the wretched living conditions in the city

[11:14.59]must be attributed to the corrupt 7 city government

[11:19.84] of the late nineteenth century.

[11:24.59]Questions 14 to 16 are based on the passage you have just heard.

[11:31.15]14.Who suffered most from poor housing conditions in New York City?

[11:39.01]15.Why were factories, stores, and residences

[11:45.67] built with little consideration to zoning or building codes?

[11:51.31]16.Who or what was responsible for most of these poor living conditions?

[12:01.45]PASSAGE Ⅲ

[12:07.33]The first postal 8 service in North America

[12:12.97]began in New England in the 17th century.

[12:18.14]All mail arriving in Massachusetts colony

[12:23.71]was sent to the home of an appointed official in Boston.

[12:29.06]In turn,he would deliver the mail from Boston on horseback

[12:35.72]to its destination,

[12:39.48]receiving one penny for each good article of mail.

[12:45.13]Later in the century,

[12:49.07]postal services were established between Philadelphia and Delaware.

[12:55.24]In 1691,the British Crown appointed the first postmaster general

[13:02.89]to have charge of the mail for all the colonies in North America.

[13:09.13]Later,Benjamin Franklin served as the postmaster general

[13:15.40]for the British government 

[13:18.85]and then was made postmaster by the newly formed United States government.

[13:26.79]Franklin was responsible for establishing

[13:31.62]the United States postal system on a permanent basis.

[13:37.27]He increased the number of post offices,

[13:42.13]introduced the use of stagecoaches 9 to carry mail,

[13:47.40]and started a package service system.

[13:52.13]Later,in the nineteenth century,as railroad and steam boats appeared,

[13:58.90]they were used to carry mail into the towns.

[14:04.04]Some communities, especially those out west,

[14:09.82]were far from the services of transportation.

[14:14.54]To serve them,the post office developed a system called "star routes".

[14:21.99]Private contractors 10 paid to the deliver mail to the communities from railways by horse and wagon 11.

[14:29.93]The postal service,which was started over 3 centuries ago,

[14:36.59]has developed into an extensive government service

[14:42.36]with post offices in every city,town,and village in the United States.

[14:49.91]Questions 17 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard.

[14:56.47]17.Who appointed the first postmaster general for all of North America?

[15:05.01]18.For what does Benjamin Franklin deserve credit?

[15:12.46]19.Why were "star routes" started by the post office?

[15:20.71]20.What eventually happened to the postal service?