1、大学英语六级（听力）练习试卷 17及答案与解析 Section C Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from 36 to
2、43 with the exact words you have just heard. For blanks numbered from 44 to 46 you are required to fill in the missing information. For these blanks, you can either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the 0 New technology links the world as never before. Our planet has【 26】 Its now
3、 a “global village“ where countries are only seconds away by fax or phone or【 27】 link, And, of course, our ability to benefit from this high-tech communications equipment is greatly【 28】 by foreign language skills. Deeply involved with this new technology is a【 29】 of modem business people who have
4、 a growing respect for the economic value of doing business abroad. In modem markets, success overseas often helps support【 30】 business efforts. Overseas assignments are becoming【 31】 important to advancement within executive ranks. The executive【 32】 in another country no longer needs to fear bein
5、g “out of sight and out of mind.“ He or she can be sure that the overseas effort is【 33】 to the companys plan for success, and that promotions often follow or accompany an assignment abroad. If an employee can【 34】 where cross-cultural and foreign language issues are becoming more and more prevalent
6、. Thanks to a variety of relatively inexpensive communications devices with business applications,【 35】 English is still the international language of business.【 36】 A second language isnt generally required to get a job in business, but having language skills gives a candidate the edge when other q
7、ualifications appear to be equal. 大学英语六级（听力）练习试卷 17答案与解析 Section C Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill i
8、n the blanks numbered from 36 to 43 with the exact words you have just heard. For blanks numbered from 44 to 46 you are required to fill in the missing information. For these blanks, you can either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the 0 【听力原文】 New technology links the world as n
9、ever before. Our planet has shrunk Its now a “global village“ where countries are only seconds away by fax or phone or satellite link, And, of course, our ability to benefit from this high-tech communications equipment is greatly enhanced by foreign language skills. Deeply involved with this new tec
10、hnology is a breed of modem business people who have a growing respect for the economic value of doing business abroad. In modem markets, success overseas often helps support domestic business efforts. Overseas assignments are becoming increasingly important to advancement within executive ranks. Th
11、e executive stationed in another country no longer needs to fear being “out of sight and out of mind.“ He or she can be sure that the overseas effort is central to the companys plan for success, and that promotions often follow or accompany an assignment abroad. If an employee can succeed in a diffi
12、cult assignment overseas, superiors will have greater confidence in his or her ability to cope back in the United States where cross-cultural and foreign language issues are becoming more and more prevalent. Thanks to a variety of relatively inexpensive communications devices with business applicati
13、ons, even small businesses in the United States are able to get into international markets English is still the international language of business. But there is an ever-growing need for people who can speak another language A second language isnt generally required to get a job in business, but havi
14、ng language skills gives a candidate the edge when other qualifications appear to be equal. 1 【正确答案】 shrunk 2 【正确答案】 satellite 3 【正确答案】 enhanced 4 【正确答案】 breed 5 【正确答案】 domestic 6 【正确答案】 increasingly 7 【正确答案】 stationed 8 【正确答案】 central 9 【正确答案】 succeed in a difficult assignment overseas, superiors will have greater confidence in his or her ability to cope back in the United States 10 【正确答案】 even small businesses in the United States are able to get into international markets 11 【正确答案】 But there is an ever-growing need for people who can speak another language
