大学英语六级听力-24及答案解析.doc

1、大学英语六级听力-24 及答案解析(总分：162.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、Listening Comprehens(总题数：0，分数：0.00)二、Section A(总题数：4，分数：15.00)A.Plants rarely do well in office rooms.B.AII the plants should get less water.C.The air in front of the window is good for plants.D.Some of the plants need light instead of water.A.The bad service

2、 of the bus station.B.The bad quality of the buses.C.The confusing bus schedule.D.The difficulty in buying tickets.A.Her dog doesnt fear of the cage.B.Her dog is really a friendly one.C.Her dog can talk with her by eye contact.D.Her dog doesnt want to enter the cage.A.He doesnt accept the ticket.B.H

3、e is not free to go there.C.He is glad to have the ticket.D.He is not interested in fashion showA.Check their flight schedule.B.Change their flight.C.Leave early for the airport.D.Listen to the morning weather forecast.A.Handing in the letter the woman already has.B.Having a new letter of recommenda

4、tion.C.Giving up the application for the position.D.Writing the recommendation letter by herself.A.The woman would lend David her memo.B.The woman remembered calling David back.C.The woman forgot to return the memo to David.D.The woman doesnt think its necessary to return the memo.A.His father doesn

5、t like being joked with.B.His father wasnt so strict with them.C.His father likes teaching them maths.D.His father is a very stubborn person.Conversation One（分数：4.00）A.The heat from the sun is too much.B.Some of the radiation is held back.C.There is too much carbon dioxide.D.The greenhouse gases war

6、m the atmosphere.A.She thinks it has two sides.B.She thinks it a catastrophe.C.She believes it is avoidable.D.She doubts its existence.A.The eruption of volcanoes.B.The existence of ice cloud.C.The joint effort of the world.D.The function of cold water vapor.A.Optimistic.B.Sceptical.C.Objective.D.Pe

7、ssimistic.Conversation Two（分数：3.00）A.In a studio.B.In a library.C.At a cafeteria.D.In an office.A.Because it may improve the working staffs literacy.B.Because it may help improve the productivity.C.Because it kills the spare time of the working staff.D.Because it helps make a good working environmen

8、t.A.Reading stimulates ones imagination.B.Reading stimulates ones intellect.C.Reading improves the interrelationship.D.Reading improves the efficiency of work.三、Section B(总题数：3，分数：70.00)Passage One（分数：28.00）A.She started to do experiment with making prints.B.She participated in the rebellious Impres

9、sionists.C.She had her paintings accepted by the Paris Salon.D.She became one of the members of the Paris Salon.A.Because it had a high requirement for the artists.B.Because it confined the freedom of the artists.C.Because its style of art had been out of fashion.D.Because its value of art was alway

10、s invariable.A.She got tired of the style of the Impressionists.B.She didnt deal with the Impressionists well.C.She didnt want to be confined to one art style.D.She couldnt see a good future in the Impressionists.A.To improve her own technique of painting.B.To alter peoples traditional view on art.C

11、.To spread the most fashionable painting style.D.To change the style of painters in different groups.Passage Two（分数：21.00）A.Because teens care about their images very much.B.Because teens care about the others comments on them.C.Because teens care about their parents attitude to them.D.Because teens

12、 care about their teachers comments on them.A.They do not have much of their own ideas.B.They want to be accepted by their peers.C.They think their peers do the right things.D.They like to do the same thing with their peers.A.Ask their teenagers to be away from their peer groups.B.Tell their teenage

13、rs to refuse to join their peer groups.C.Help their teenagers develop confidence in themselves.D.Tell their teenagers how to tell right from wrong.Passage Three（分数：21.00）A.U. S. students are getting more interested in the cultures abroad.B.There are more opportunities for U. S. students to study abr

14、oad.C.The programs provided abroad are becoming much more attractiveD.The value of international experiences is increasingly recognized.A.They would get much higher scholarships.B.They would get sponsored much longer.C.They would be more valued by employers.D.They would understand the culture better

15、.A.Young Americans in many walks of America want to study abroad.B.More young Americans would be supported to study abroad.C.Most of the Americans believe it a good opportunity to study abroad.D.Its competitive for young Americans to get the chances studying abroad.四、Section C(总题数：1，分数：77.00)Ultrovi

16、olet light has long been used in water-treatment plants to help with virus killing. As long as the water is clear enough not to absorb the rays, (36) it to a discharge lamp will destroy the DNA of viruses and (37) that could otherwise cause illness when (38) . Now a group of researchers have develop

17、ed an industrial-scale solar-driven purification system that removes not only bugs but also chemical (39) The first of their (40) has been built as demonstration project. The researchers wanted to clean the water that they use to cool their (41) engines. This cooling water (42) gets contaminated bot

18、h with rocket fuel and with (43) produced by the burning of the fuel.The trick the researchers use to boost the cleansing action of ultraviolet is to add a light-activated catalyst(催化剂) to the waste water. (44) . After a complex series of reactions, water gets pure enough to be discharged into a riv

19、er. The system is capable of treating 4,500 litres of waste water in an hour or two. (45) The project will be good at removing certain pollutants that are particularly hard to get rid of at the moment. Researchers say they will improve the system they have, (46) （分数：77.00）填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:

20、_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_大学英语六级听力-24 答案解析(总分：162.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、Listening Comprehens(总题数：0，分数：0.00)二、Section A(总题数：4，分数：15.00)A.Plants rarely do well in office rooms.B.AII the plants should get less water.C.The air in front of the window is good for plants.D.Some of the pla

21、nts need light instead of water. 解析：听力原文 M: You know, Ive been watering my plants regularly. But they are still not doing well in my new office morns.W: Maybe instead of keeping all of them watered so frequently, you should put some directly in front of the window.Q: What does the woman reply?听前预测 选

22、项中提到 plants、rooms、water、window 等词，判断可能与花的护理有关。答案解析 男士说他一直定期给花浇水，但花在他的新办公室一直生长得不太好，女士回答说不如把花放在窗前，言外之意花需要多些光照，而非水分，D) 为正确选项。A.The bad service of the bus station.B.The bad quality of the buses.C.The confusing bus schedule. D.The difficulty in buying tickets.解析：听力原文 W: The schedule is really a mess. Id

23、go to the ticket window and ask.M: Yeah. Theyre really crazy and always get us completely frustrated. I cant even figure out when the bus leaves for Chicago.Q: What are the speakers talking about?听前预测 选项中提到 bus、ticket、schedule 等词，判断可能与车站有关。答案解析 女士说时刻表很乱，得去售票口问问，男士表示同意，说他甚至无法从时刻表上搞清汽车什么时候开往芝加哥，C) 为正确

24、选项。其中 confusing表示“混乱的，令人不解的”。A.Her dog doesnt fear of the cage.B.Her dog is really a friendly one.C.Her dog can talk with her by eye contact.D.Her dog doesnt want to enter the cage. 解析：听力原文 M: Hey, Arm, you got a great dog. When he sees the cage, does he act funny, you know, like with dread, fear?W:

25、 He looks at me with his eyes and tries to talk me out of it.Q: What does the woman mean?听前预测 选项中多次提到 dog一词，判断可能与狗有关。答案解析 男士询问女士养的狗看到笼子时表现是否很有趣，比如是否很害怕，女士回答说它总是看着她试图说服她不要让它进去，言外之意，它不喜欢进笼子，D) 为正确选项。其中 talk sb. out of表示“说服某人不要做”。A.He doesnt accept the ticket.B.He is not free to go there.C.He is glad t

26、o have the ticket. D.He is not interested in fashion show解析：听力原文 W: Say, Jack. If you like fashion clothes, weve got an extra ticket for the fashion show on Sunday. Do you care to join us?M: Gee! How could I turn down an offer like that?Q: What would the man probably do?听前预测 选项中提到 ticket、fashion sho

27、w 等词，判断可能与去看时装表演有关。答案解析 女士说她们有一张多余的时装表演的门票，问男士要不要跟她们一起去，男士回答说自己怎么能拒绝这样的提议呢，言外之意他很愿意去看服装表演，C) 为正确选项。turn down 意为“拒绝”。A.Check their flight schedule. B.Change their flight.C.Leave early for the airport.D.Listen to the morning weather forecast.解析：听力原文 M: It was supposed to be sunny all next week. Arent

28、you glad about that?W: Sure I am. But wed better not go by the weather forecast. Call tomorrow morning be fore we leave for the airport to make sure our flight hasnt been delayed or canceled.Q: What dose the woman suggest they do?听前预测 选项中提到 flight(航班) 、schedule、weather forecast 等词，判断可能与航班和天气有关。答案解析

29、男士说下周天气晴朗，女士回答说最好不要依照天气预报，建议第二天早上去机场前打电话核实航班有没有被耽搁或取消，A) 为正确选项。A.Handing in the letter the woman already has.B.Having a new letter of recommendation. C.Giving up the application for the position.D.Writing the recommendation letter by herself.解析：听力原文 W:The new vacancy requires a letter of recommendat

30、ion I guess the one that I downloaded from the interact should be fine. Dont you think so?M: Thats a little dated though. You might want to submit a current one.Q: What does the man suggest doing?听前预测 选项中多次提到 recommendation letter(推荐信) 一词，判断可能与求职写推荐信有关。答案解析 女士说申请新的职位需要写推荐信，询问男士自己以前从网络上下载的那篇推荐信是否合适，男

31、士认为那封信内容有点过时，建议提交一篇新的，B) 为正确选项。A.The woman would lend David her memo.B.The woman remembered calling David back.C.The woman forgot to return the memo to David. D.The woman doesnt think its necessary to return the memo.解析：听力原文 M: David asked me to tell you to call him. He said you have his meeting mem

32、o, right?W: Oh, terrible, I was supposed to give it back to him last night.Q: What can we learn from the conversation?听前预测 选项中多次提到 memo(备忘录) 一词，判断可能与备忘录有关。答案解析 男士捎信给女士说 David要女士打电话给他，说 David的会议备忘录放在女士这，女士回答说昨晚本来要还给 David，言外之意是她忘了，C) 为正确选项。A.His father doesnt like being joked with.B.His father wasnt

33、so strict with them.C.His father likes teaching them maths.D.His father is a very stubborn person. 解析：听力原文 W: Our father seems to think theres only one way to study maths and thats his way.M: No kidding. He sure wasnt like that when we were in primary school.Q: What does the man think of his father?

34、听前预测 选项中多次提到 his father一词，判断可能与他的父亲有关。答案解析 女士说他们父亲似乎总认为学数学只有种方法，那就是他的方法，男士回答说的确如此，但他在孩子们上小学的时候不是现在这个样子，D) 为正确选项。其中 stubborn意为“顽固的，固执的”。Conversation One（分数：4.00）A.The heat from the sun is too much.B.Some of the radiation is held back. C.There is too much carbon dioxide.D.The greenhouse gases warm the

35、 atmosphere.解析：听力原文 19-22M: Doctor Grant, could you explain in a few words what the Greenhouse Effect actually means?W: Well, the sun heats the Earths surface and the Earth radiates energy back out into Space. (19) Some of the radiation gets trapped in the atmosphere by greenhouse gases. This trappe

36、d radiation warms the atmosphere and some of it goes back down to the Earth, making it hotter.M: So, is carbon dioxide the problem?W: Yes. These days there are more greenhouse gases than ever because of human activities.M: What kind of problems do scientists foresee?W: Well, ice caps melting and sea

37、 levels rising mean that eventually some cities will be submerged.M: Incredible . no wonder scientists are worried.W: Well, some scientists are optimistic. They believe that positive feedbacks from ice clouds and their water vapour could have an impact on global warming. Other scientists are more sc

38、eptical. They suspect that we have been wrong in our initial analysis of the situation!M: So are you saying that some scientists dont believe in the Greenhouse Effect?W: No, I wouldnt go that far. In fact, (20) with out the Greenhouse Effect the planet would be frozen and no life forms would exist.M

39、: is there anything that could protect us from global warming?W: Yes! Volcanoes. But (21) the best thing that we can do is to address the problem seriously on a world level.M: So . how worried do we need to be?W: (22) That depends. Global warming isnt going to affect all areas of the planet to the s

40、ame degree. Things like the collapse of glaciers take hundreds of years.M: Slow enough for us to do something to prevent a catastrophe?W: Well . lets hope so!Q: Whats the main reason for the Greenhouse Effect?听前预测 根据 sun、heat、carbon dioxide 等推断本题与热量、二氧化碳等有关。答案解析 男士询问女士什么是温室效应，女士回答太阳辐射到地球上的热量受温室气体影响无

41、法向外层空间发散，故选 B) 项。be held back 是 get trapped“受阻”的同义转述。A.She thinks it has two sides. B.She thinks it a catastrophe.C.She believes it is avoidable.D.She doubts its existence.解析：听力原文 Q: What does the woman think of the Greenhouse Effect?听前预测 根据 she thinks推断考查女士对 it的观点，注意听 it的指代。答案解析 男士和女士讲了温室效应的不良影响，然后

42、女士说没有温室效应地球将会冰冷无比，就不会有任何生命形式存在，可见她认为温室效应有两面性，故选 A) 项。A.The eruption of volcanoes.B.The existence of ice cloud.C.The joint effort of the world. D.The function of cold water vapor.解析：听力原文 Q: According to the woman，what might greatly change global warming?听前预测 四选项分别为不同事物，注意听细节。答案解析 男士询问怎样可以保护我们不受全球变暖的影

43、响，女士回答最好的方法就是我们把这个问题的严重性告诉全人类，可见如果全人类联合起来，对付这个问题是保护人类不受全球变暖影响的最好办法，故选 C) 项。A.Optimistic. B.Sceptical.C.Objective.D.Pessimistic.解析：听力原文 Q: Whats the womans attitude towards the global warning?听前预测 四选项均为态度词，推断考查态度。答案解析 男士问女士我们对全球变暖该有多大程度的担心，女士说视情况而定，全球变暖对整个地球的影响不会完全一样，诸如冰川溶解这样的事情需要几百年的时间。可见她对全球变暖这个问题比

44、较乐观，故选 A) 项。Conversation Two（分数：3.00）A.In a studio. B.In a library.C.At a cafeteria.D.In an office.解析：听力原文 23-25W: Art Business is an organisation that develops creative partnerships between business and the arts. Peter Jones is going to talk about the companys ideas arid tell us about some of their

45、 success stories. Peter maybe you could begin by (23) telling our listeners why Art Business was crated?M: Well, nowadays, the success of a company depends on its people and their creativity. (24) It makes sense that the way to increase productivity is to stimulate creativity.W: (24) Its a better wa

46、y to stimulate creativity through reading books.M: Exactly. Every reader knows that a good book can stimulate the imagination and the intellect and open up new worlds.W: So, have you had any help in setting up the project?M: Yes. The London Libraries Agency works with us on this project. Were trying

47、 to use the power of the written word to motivate staff in the workplace.W: How can reading help somebody become a more creative worker?M: Successful mangers need to be well-rounded people. They need active imaginations. When they interpret fictional scenarios they are using their creativity.W: How

48、does this Transfer to the world of business?M: Creative ideas make businesses more competitive. Shared reading experiences improve communication and morale at work.W: Can you give (23) listeners some examples of how this scheme has been brought successfully into the workplace?M: Marks and Spencer has set up reading groups at work. (25) The groups cut across the usual hierarchies and working relationships have improved greatly.W: What about other examples?M: (25) A telecommunications company discovered that encouraging employees to read helped them to develop their