[外语类试卷]大学英语六级（听力）练习试卷12及答案与解析.doc

1、大学英语六级（听力）练习试卷 12及答案与解析 Section B Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marke

2、d A, B, C and D. （ A） Fruit, water and insects. （ B） Plants and water. （ C） High plants and food. （ D） Plants and food. （ A） Tall enough for them to build nests. （ B） Short so that birds can find. （ C） It doesnt matter since all birds like both. （ D） It depends on the kind of bird. （ A） To give them

3、 fruits. （ B） To provide water. （ C） To plant flowers. （ D） To keep pets. （ A） It is lessening. （ B） It is growing. （ C） It hasnt changed. （ D） It is slowly changing. （ A） The scientists know it is definitely getting smaller. （ B） The scientists know it is near extinct. （ C） The scientists still do

4、not know. （ D） The scientists think it is rebounding slightly. （ A） All whaling is bad. （ B） Commercial whaling is immoral. （ C） Whaling should be limited only for food. （ D） The IWC should be replaced. （ A） To talk about Daniel Hale Williams life. （ B） To show how racial discrimination was. （ C） To

5、 show how an African American paid off. （ D） To demonstrate the first open heart surgery. （ A） Black doctors werent allowed to use medical equipment. （ B） Black doctors were hated by patients. （ C） Blacks werent allowed to do operations. （ D） No black doctors could operate on white patients. （ A） Th

6、e doctors didnt know hearts could take surgery. （ B） The doctors didnt have the right cutting tools for the surgery. （ C） The doctors didnt know what was happening in the patients chest. （ D） The doctors were so afraid that they dare not take the chance. （ A） The man didnt die on the operating table

7、. （ B） The man went on to live for 20 years later. （ C） Everyone copied his method. （ D） Many surgeries were performed after that. 大学英语六级（听力）练习试卷 12答案与解析 Section B Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage

8、and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C and D. 1 【听力原文】 One of the great joys of gardening is to share a garden with wildlife, especially birds. Attracting birds to a garden is made easier by followin

9、g a few basic guidelines. (20) All birds depend on plants for shelter, nest and roosting sites, and food. To the extent that your yard offers some or all of these features, it can become a heaven for birds life. As a general rule, the more native plants are planted in the yard, the more birds will c

10、ome. Some birds are so particular that you must have the special plant that they demand while others only demand that you provide their basic needs. Most birds require some shelter for roosting, preening and sleeping. (21) By varying the height as well as the density of plants, a greater number of s

11、pecies are encouraged to seek out shelter in your yard. Nesting requirements in birds are quite varied. (21) To encourage as many different types of birds as possible, vary the types of plants, use a number of native plants, and vary the height of plants. Birds eat seed, fruits, or nectar, as well a

12、s insects found on plants. Again, diversity encourages more birds, particularly plants that bloom in different seasons. (22) One of the surest ways to encourage birds in a yard, especially a new yard, is to provide water. If you have pets or wandering cats, move the water higher, beyond their reach.

13、 Leave the water in the open, With no overhanging branches. Change the water often, especially in the warm weather, and remove algae buildup with a scrub brush rather than chemical treatments. 20. According to the speaker, what are the general requirements to attract birds? 21.How tall should plants

14、 be in order to attract birds? 22.What is one of the surest ways to encourage birds in a yard? 1 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 短文谈到，所有的鸟都需要植物来做巢，也需要食物，人们的院子可以提供这些东西，从而成为鸟类的安息所，故选 D。 2 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 短文谈到，为了吸引尽可能多的小鸟，可以种多种植物，植物的高度不需要一致，也就是说不同的鸟喜欢在不同高度的植物上栖息，故选 D。 C项是强干扰项，但是 all birds like both这种说法太绝对，不正确。 3 【正确答案

15、】 B 【试题解析】 短文谈到，最确定的其中一个方法是提供水，故选 B。 4 【听力原文】 (23) Almost 20,000 whales have been slaughtered since a ban on commercial whaling was introduced in 1986 and the death toll is rising each year. Norway and Japan killed over 1,000 whales in 1999 and they plan to kill even more. The International Whaling

16、Commission (IWC) has failed to stop the killing and a compromise deal may relax the ban allowing coastal whaling condemning many thousands more whales to a cruel death. In 1994, the IWC created a whale sanctuary in Antarctic waters and many believed the battle to save the whales had been won. But Ja

17、pan has ignored the sanctuary and along with Norway continues to defy the whaling ban. As the environmental concerns increase, whaling is no longer the issue as it was or deserves to be. With little public awareness of the increasing whale slaughter, there has been no pressure to stop it. Consequent

18、ly, the political will to confront the whalers and .enforce the whaling ban has slipped away. Commercial whaling has devastated whale populations worldwide, pushing the entire species to the brink of extinction. (24) There is still great scientific uncertainty about the size and status of remaining

19、whale populations. Whales are facing increasing threats to their survival including increasing toxic pollution, massive over-fishing, entanglement in fishing nets, boat collisions, habitat loss, ozone depletion and climate change. They need to be protected, not hunted. (25) Commercial whaling is app

20、allingly cruel and unnecessary. It is morally indefensible. It should be condemned to history, to a time when sadly we knew no better! 23. What does the speaker say about the death toll of whales after 1986? 24.How does the speaker describe scientific knowledge of whale populations? 25.What is the s

21、peakers attitude towards whaling? 4 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 短文开头介绍，在 1986年出台了禁止商业捕鲸的政策之后，鲸鱼的死亡数字每年都呈上升趋势，故选 B。 5 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 短文谈到，对于现在鲸鱼的数量和情况如何，在科学上还有很多未知之数，也就是说科学家也不知道情况到底如何，故选 C。 6 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 原文说，商业捕鲸是残忍而且不必要的，在道德上也是站不住脚的，故选 B。 A项为强干扰项，其实只要看到该选项中表示绝对的单词 All就可以排除干扰。 7 【听力原文】 (16) Daniel Hale Will

22、iams was an example of a brilliant African-American doctor who managed to find success despite the obstacles white Americans placed in front of him. He was born in 1856 in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania. Almost immediately after graduating, (17) he needed to open his own office because at that time no

23、Chicago hospitals would allow black doctors to “use modern facilities and equipment to complete their medical training and care for patients“. After two years of successfully running his own hospital, Daniel Hale Williams was confronted with an operation that had never been accomplished. While worki

24、ng in the emergency room, a black express man, James Cornish, rushed in with a knife trauma into his chest. (18) None of the other doctors seemed to know what to do since the external bleeding had stopped, plus there was no way for them to see what was happening inside his chest. This was because th

25、ere were no x-ray machines available to the doctors, because they were not yet discovered. As the night progressed, Cornishs state began to diminish. After careful evaluation and assessment, Daniel decided that performing open heart surgery on Cornish was the most promising procedure for them to tak

26、e. Daniel took on the challenge of performing an operation without much technology or advancement. While in the operating room, Daniel “decided to operate on the left side of the chest cavity. (19) The surgery was a success and James Cornish lived for twenty years after the operation was completed.

27、With all of this agony and strength, Daniel Hale Williams became the first person to perform a successful heart surgery.“ 16. What is the purpose of the passage? 17.Why didnt Williams work at a hospital? 18.Why hadnt open heart surgery been performed before? 19.How do we know the operation was reall

28、y successful? 7 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 短文谈到 Williams医生作为一名黑人医生是怎样获得成功的，开头便介绍了文章主旨，故答案为 A。 8 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 短文谈到， Williams毕业后自己开诊所，因为当时芝加哥的医院不允许黑人医生使用现代化的医疗器械，故选 A。 C项是强干扰项，无法使用医疗器械当然就不能做手术，但是 “不能做手 术 ”是无法使用医疗器械的后果，属于二级推导原因，并不是直接原因。 9 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 短文谈到其他医生不知道患者胸腔内部的情况，因为当时还没有发明 X光机，故选 C。 10 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 短文谈到手术成功，术后患者还有 20年的寿命，故选 B。