1、大学英语六级（听力）练习试卷 29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 Sydney Opera House must be one of the most recognizable images of the modem
3、 world up there with the Eiffel Tower and the Empire State Building and one of the most photographed. Not only is it recognizable, it has come to represent “Australia“. Although only having been open since 1973, it is as【 36】 of Australia as the pyramids are of Egypt and the Colosseum of Rome. The O
4、pera House is【 37】 on Bennelong Point, which reaches out into the harbour. The【 38】 of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, the blue water of the harbour and the Sydney Opera House,【 39】 from a ferry or from the air, is【 40】 and unforgettable. Ironic, perhaps, that this Australian icon was designed by【 41】 Da
5、nish architect Jorn Utzon. In the late 1950s the NSW Government established an appeal fund to【 42】 the construction of the Sydney Opera House, and【 43】 a competition for its design. Utzons design was chosen. The irony was that【 44】 . Utzon spent a couple of years reworking the design. It was 1961 be
6、fore【 45】 . The venture experienced cost blow-outs and there were occasions when the NSW Government was tempted to call a halt.【 46】 . In 1966 the situation reached crisis point and Jorn Utzon resigned from the project. The building was eventually completed by others in 1973. 大学英语六级（听力）练习试卷 29答案与解析
7、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 43 with the exact words
8、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】 Sydney Opera House must be one of the most recognizable images of the modem world up there w
9、ith the Eiffel Tower and the Empire State Buildingand one of the most photographed. Not only is it recognizable, it has come to represent “Australia“. Although only having been open since 1973, it is as representative of Australia as the pyramids are of Egypt and the Colosseum of Rome. The Opera Hou
10、se is situated on Bennelong Point, which reaches out into the harbour. The skyline of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, the blue water of the harbour and the Sydney Opera House, viewed from a ferry or from the air, is dramatic and unforgettable. Ironic, perhaps, that this Australian icon was designed by re
11、nowned Danish architect Jorn Utzon. In the late 1950s the NSW Government established an appeal fund to finance the construction of the Sydney Opera House, and conducted a competition for its design. Utzons design was chosen. The irony was that his design was, arguably, beyond the capabilities of eng
12、ineering of the time. Utzon spent a couple of years reworking the design. It was 1961 before he had solved the problem of how to build the distinguishing feature the “sails“ of the roof. The venture experienced cost blow-outs and there were occasions when the NSW Government was tempted to call a hal
13、t. There were arguments about cost and the interior design, and the Government was withholding progress payments. In 1966 the situation reached crisis point and Jorn Utzon resigned from the project. The building was eventually completed by others in 1973. 1 【正确答案】 representative 2 【正确答案】 situated 3
14、【正确答案】 skyline 4 【正确答案】 viewed 5 【正确答案】 dramatic 6 【正确答案】 renowned 7 【正确答案】 finance 8 【正确答案】 conducted 9 【正确答案】 his design was, arguably, beyond the capabilities of engineering of the time 10 【正确答案】 he had solved the problem of how to build the distinguishing feature the “sails“ of the roof 11 【正确答案】 There were arguments about cost and the interior design, and the Government was withholding progress payments
