历届英语听力六级考试真题(2)
历届英语听力六级考试真题
历届英语听力六级考试真题：2016年06月英语六级听力真题原文
Section A
Conversation One
M: So, what's the next thing on the agenda, Mary?
W: Well, it's the South Theater Company. They want to know if we'd be interested insponsoring a tour they want to make to East Asia.
M: East Asia? Uh... and how much are they hoping to get from us?
W: Well, the letter mentions 20,000 pounds, but I don't know if they might settle for less.
M: Do they say what they would cover? Have they anything specific in mind?
W: No, I think they are just asking all the firms in town for as much money as they think they'llgive.
M: And we are worth 20,000 pounds, right?
W: It seems so.
M: Very flattering. But I am not awfully happy with the idea. What do we get out of it?
W: Oh, good publicity I suppose. So what I suggest is not that we just give them a sum ofmoney, but that we offer to pay for something specific like travel or something, and that inreturn, we ask for our name to be printed prominently in the program, and that they give usfree advertising space in it.
M: But the travel bill would be enormous, and we could never manage that.
W: I know. But why don't we offer to pay for the printing of the programs ourselves oncondition that on the front cover there's something like "This program is presented with thecompliments of Norland Electronics", and free advertising of course.
M: Good idea. Well, let's get back to them and ask what the program they want will cost. Thenwe can see if we are interested or not.
1 What do we learn about the South Theater Company?
2 How much does the South Theater Company ask for in the letter?
3 What benefit does the woman say their firm can get by sponsoring the South TheaterCompany?
4 What does the woman suggest they do instead of paying the South Theater Company'stravel expenses?
Conversation Two
W: Rock stars now face a new hazard—voice abuse. After last week's announcement that PhilCollins might give up touring because live concerts are ruining his voice, doctors are counselingstars about the dos and don5ts of voice care. Here in the studio today, we have Mr. Paul Philips,an expert from the Highfield Hospital. Paul, what advice would you give to singers facing voiceproblems?
M: If pop singers have got voice problems, they really need to be more selective about wherethey work. They shouldn't work in smoky atmospheres. They also need to think about restingtheir voices after a show. Something else they need to be careful about is medicines, aspirin, forexample. Singers should avoid aspirin. It thins the blood. And if a singer coughs, this canresult in the bruising of the vocal chords.
W: And is it true that some singers use drugs before concerts to boost their voices when theyhave voice problems?
M: Yes, this does happen on occasion. They are easily-available on the Continent and they areuseful if a singer has problems with his vocal chords and has to sing that night. But if they aretaken regularly, they cause a thinning of the voice muscle. Most pop singers suffer from threethings: lack of training, overuse and abuse of the voice, especially when they are young. Theyhave difficult lives. When they go on tour, they do a vast number of concerts, sing in smokyplaces.
W: So, what would you advise these singers to do?
M: Warm you voice up before a show and warm it down after.
5 What does last week's announcement say about rock star，Phil Collins?
6 What does Paul Philips say about aspirin?
7 What does Paul Philips say about young pop singers?
8 What are the speakers mainly talking about?
Section B
Passage One
Would you trust a robot to park your car? The question will confront New Yorkers in Februaryas the city's first robotic parking opens in Chinatown. The technology has been successfullyapplied overseas, but the only other public robotic garage in the United States has beentroublesome, dropping vehicles and trapping cars because of technical problems.
Nonetheless, the developers of the Chinatown garage are confident with the technology andare counting on it to squeeze 67 cars in an apartment-building basement that would otherwisefit only 24, accomplished by removing a maneuver space normally required.
A human-shaped robot won't be stepping into your car to drive it.
Rather, the garage itself does the parking. The driver stops the car on a flat platform and getsout. The platform is lowered into the garage, and it is then transported to a vacant parkingspace by a computer-controlled device similar to an elevator that also runs sideways.
There is no human supervision, but an attendant will be on hand to accept cash and explainthe system to new users.
Parking rates will be attracted about 0 monthly or per day, according to Ari Milstein, thedirector of planning for Automation Parking Systems, which is the U.S. subsidiary of aGerman company. This company has built automated garages in several countries overseas andin the United States for residents of a Washington, D.C. apartment building.
9 What do we learn about robotic parking in the U.S. so far?
10 advantage does robotic parking have according to its developers?
11 What does the attendant do in the automated garage?
12 What does the company say about the parking rates?
Passage Two
Alcoholism is a serious disease. Nearly nine million Americans alone suffer from the illness. Manyscientists disagree about what the differences are between an alcohol addict and a socialdrinker. The difference occurs when someone needs to drink. And this need gets in the way ofhis health or behavior.
Alcohol causes a loss of judgment and alertness. After a long period, alcoholism candeteriorate the liver, the brain and other parts of the body. The illness is dangerous, becauseit is involved in half of all automobile accidents. Another problem is that the victim often deniesbeing an alcohol addict and won't get help.
Solutions do exist. Many hospitals and centers help patients cope. Without assistance, thevictim can destroy his life. He would detach himself from the routines of life. He may lose hisemployment, home or loved ones.
All the causes of the sickness are not discovered yet. There is no standard for a person withalcoholism. Victims range in age, race, sex and background Some groups of people are morevulnerable to the illness. People from broken homes and North American Indians are twoexamples. People from broken homes often lack stable lives. Indians likewise had theirtraditional life taken from them by white settlers who often encourage them to consumealcohol to prevent them from fighting back. The problem has now been passed on.
Alcoholism is clearly present in society today. People have started to get help and information.With proper assistance, victims can put their lives together one day.
13 What is the problem of the victims about alcoholism according to the speaker?
14 Why did white settlers introduce alcohol to Indians?
15 What does the speaker seem to believe about those affected by alcoholism?
Section C
Recording One
Hi, everybody. On Tuesday, America went to the polls. And the message you sent was clear:you voted for action, not politics as usual.
You elected us to focus on your jobs, not ours. That's why I've invited leaders of both partiesto the White House next week, so we can start to build consensus around challenges we canonly solve together.
I also intend to bring in business, labor and civic leaders from around the country from outsideWashington to get their ideas and input as well.
At a time when our economy is still recovering from the Great Recession, our top priority hasto be jobs and growth. That's the focus of the plan I talked about throughout the campaign.
It's a plan to reward businesses that create jobs here in America, and give people access to theeducation and training that those businesses are looking for.
It's a plan to rebuild our infrastructure and keep us on the cutting edge of innovation andclean energy.
And it's a plan to reduce our deficit in a balanced and responsible way.
This is even more important because at the end of this year, we face a series of deadlines thatrequire us to make major decisions about how to pay down our deficit —decisions that will havea huge impact on the economy and the middle class, not only now but in the future.
Last year, I worked with Democrats and Republicans to cut a trillion dollars, worth of spending,and I intend to work with both parties to do more.
But as I said over and over again on the campaign trail, we can't just cut our way toprosperity.
If we're serious about reducing the deficit，we have to combine spending cuts with revenue—and that means asking the wealthiest Americans to pay a little more in taxes.
That's how we did it when Bill Clinton was President.
And that's the only way we can afford to invest in education and job training and manufacturing—all the ingredients of a strong middle class and a strong economy.
Already, I've put forward a detailed plan that allows us to make these investments whilereducing our deficit by trillion over the next decade.
16 Why are leaders of both parties invited to the White House next week?
17 What is the focus of the mentioned plan?
18 What are the major decisions about?
19 What does combining spending cuts with revenue mean?
Recording Two
Most people agree that eating healthy food is important. But sometimes making good foodchoices can be tough. Now, there are apps that can help people learn about the food they eatto improve their diets and their dining out experience.
OpenTable
OpenTable helps people choose restaurants when they want to go out to eat. OpenTable is afree service that shows users restaurant availability based on where and when they want todine. OpenTable users can also make restaurant reservations directly through the app orwebsite. OpenTable gives users points when they make reservations. The points can add up todiscounts on restaurant visits.
When users make reservations through OpenTable they get an email confirmation. They canalso add the reservation directly to their electronic calendar.
Max McCalman's Cheese and Wine
But which wines go best with which cheeses? Max McCalman's Cheese and Wine App can help.It provides information about hundreds of different cheeses and suggests wines to pair witheach. More than 3,000 possible combinations can be found based on 600 different cheeses. Theapp includes a "Cheese 101" section that teaches the basics about choosing a cheese. MaxMcCalman's Cheese & Wine Pairing App is free for iPhone and iPad.
Epicurious
Epicurious is a free app and website to help users find recipes and become better cooks. Theapp has more than 30, 000 recipes and can create a shopping list based on the ingredients in arecipe. Users can search by ingredients or buy vegetables that are in season where they live.The app also rates recipes for popularity and other qualities. Users also provide advice aboutmaking the recipes. Each recipe has a list of ingredients, preparation time, instructions as wellas a photo of the finished meal. Calorific
What does 200 calories look like? It can be hard to picture. For example, 200 calories of broccoliand 200 calories of cake look very different! The app Calorific shows just that. Calorific providesimages of 200 calories worth of food. The pictures can help people on diets and those who justwant to eat healthier. The app also provides the weights of each food pictured. The app is freefor iPad and iPhone. There is also a version that provides more information for a price.
Harvest
An app called Harvest informs users about seasonal fruits and vegetables in different areas.This can be helpful in planning meals. Harvest also tells about pesticide use and organic food.Users can learn the best ways to safely store food and keep it fresh longer.
20 What are the points OpenTable offers users for?
21 What do we learn about Epicurious?
22 How does Calorific help people get healthier?
Recording Three
We've had fifty years of progress since that landmark Surgeon General's report back in 1964.Over these years incredible things have taken place. Our society has changed—changed interms of tobacco use, in terms of its acceptance of smoking in public establishments, inrestaurants, in bars. So things have really changed for the better. In addition, smoking rateshave come down in the United States.
We went from 43 percent of adult smokers in the United States to 18 percent currently. Sothat's really made incredible headway, yet I have to emphasize the battle isn't over, the warisn't over.
Eighteen percent of American adults who are still smoking, basically 40 million people in ourpopulation. That being said we have to realize also that of that whole group, we're going tohave roughly a half million people every year dying from smoking related diseases.
So although we've made progress in a half century the reality is we still have a lot of work todo. So, you know, we increasingly see tough advertisements on the air against smoking.
These ads are working. In particular, the CDC—the Center for Disease Control and Preventioncame up with a series of advertisements from former smokers called TIPS.
And that really was quite effective in terms of reducing the number of smokers. In addition,there's various policies that need to be implemented and further implemented in order to makeus a tobacco-free society.
So we really have to work at the idea of using media, using those advertisements. We have tolook at really concentrating on the youth of America to make it more difficult to actually getcigarettes. And in addition we have to look at the idea of pricing cigarettes appropriately sothat ultimately it becomes a hardship to use those products.
So, let's talk a little bit about packaging those products. Other countries have much moregraphic detail of the potential dangers of smoking.
We're currently working closely; the office of the Surgeon General is working closely with theFood and Drug Administration, specifically the Center for Tobacco Products and are reanalyzingthe whole row of the idea of the warning labels and the idea of how graphic they should be,and so there will probably be more information coming out on this in the near future.
23 What is the number of smokers in America?
24 What measures can be taken to make it harder to get cigarettes?
25 What institution does the speaker most likely come from?
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