07.最新6级预测卷第七套
2016-04-27
大学英语六级级考试预测卷（七）
PART II
Listening Comprehension
Section A
Directions:
in this section,
you will hear two long conversations.
At the end of each conversation,
you will hear four questions.
Both the conversation 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).
Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet
1 with a single line through the centre.
Now you will haer the two long conversations
Conversation One
M: Hi, Anna! Welcome back! How`s your trip to the States?
W: Very busy. I had a lot of meetings, so, of course,
I didn`t have much time to see New York.
M: What a pity! Actually,
I have a trip there myself next week.
W: Do you? Then take my advice,
do the well being in the air program. It really works.
M: Oh, I read about that in a magazine. You say it works?
W: Yes, I did the program on the flight to the States,
and when I arrived at New York,
I didn`t have any problem, no jet lag at all.
On the way back, I didn`t do it, and I felt terrible.
M: You`re joking!
W: Not at all, it really made a lot of difference.
M: So what did you do?
W: Well, I didn`t drink any alcohol or coffee,
and I didn`t eat any meat or rich food.
I drink a lot of water, and fruit juice,
and I eat the meals on the well being menu.
They`re lighter. They have fish, vegetables,
and noodles, for example,
and I did some of the exercises in the program.
M: Exercises? On a plane?
W: Yes.I didn`t do many, of course,
there isn`t much space on a plane.
M: How many passengers do the exercises?
W: Not many.
M: Then how much champagne did they drink?
W: A lot! It was more popular than mineral water.
M: So basically, it`s a choice.
Mineral water and exercises, or champagne and jet lag.
W: That`s right! It`s a difficult choice.
Questions 1 to 4 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
1.Why did the woman go to New York?
2.Why does the woman say about the well being in the air program?
3.What did the woman do to follow the well being menu?
4.What did the woman say about other passengers?
Conversation Two
W: Morning. Can I help you?
M: Well, I`m not really sure.
I`m just looking.
W: I see. Well, there`s plenty to look at it again this year.
I`m sure you have to walk miles to see each stand.
M: That`s true.
W: Er…, would you like coffee?
Come and sit down for a minute, no obligation.
M: Well, that`s very kind of you, but…
W: Now, please.
Is this the first year you`ve been to the fair, Mr…?
M: Yes, Johnson, James Johnson.
W: My name`s Susan Carter.
Are you looking for anything in particular,
or are you interested in computers in general?
M: Well, actually, I have some specific jobs in mind.
I own a small company, we`ve grown quite dramatically over the past 12 months,
and we really need some technological help to enable us to keep on top of everything.
W: What`s your line of business, Mr. Johnson?
M: We`re a training consultancy.
W: I see. And what do you need “to keep on top of”?
M: The first thing is correspondence.
We have a lot of standard letters and forms.
So I suppose we need some kind of word processor.
W: Right. Well, that`s no problem.
But it may be possible for you to get a system that does a lot of
other things in addition to word processing.
What might suit you is the MR5000.
That`s over there! It`s IBM compatible.
M: What about the price?
W: Well, the MR5000 costs 1,050 pounds.
Software comes free with the hardware.
M: Well, I`ll think about it. Thank you.
W: Here`s my card. Please feel free to contact me.
Questions 5 to 8 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
5.Where did the conversation take place?
6.What are the speakers talking about?
7.What`s the man`s line of business?
8.What is the price of the MR5000?
Section B
Directions:
In this section,
you will hear two 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 marked A), B), C）and D).
Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet
1 with a single line through the centre.
Passage One
The new year always brings with the cultural tradition of new possibilities.
We see it as a chance for renewal.
We begin to dream of new possible selves.
We design our ideal self or an image that is quite different from what we are now.
For some of us,
we roll that dreamy film in our heads just because it`s the beginning of a new year.
But we aren`t serious about making changes.
We just make some half hearted resolution and it evaporates after a week or two.
The experience makes us feel less successful and
leads us to discount our ability to change in the future.
It`s not that change is impossible but that
it won`t last unless our resolutions are supported with plans for implementation.
We have to make our intentions manageable by detailing
the specific steps that will carry us to our goal.
Say your goal is to lose weight by dieting and cutting off sweets.
But one night you just have to have a cookie.
And you know there`s a bag of your favorites in the cupboard.
You want one, you eat two, you check the bag and find out you`ve just shot 132 calories.
You say to yourself, “What the hell!”and polish off the whole bag.
Then you begin to draw all kinds of unpleasant conclusions about yourself.
To protect your sense of self, you begin to discount the goal.
You may think “Well, dieting wasn`t that important to me and I won`t make it anyhow.”
So you`ll abandon the goal and return to your bad habits.
Questions 9 to 11 are based on the passage you have just heard.
9.What do we learn about Edith`s mother?
10.How can people turn their New Year`s resolutions into reality?
11.Why does the speaker mention the example of sweets and cookies?
Passage Two
Americans suffer from an overdose of work.
Regardless of who they are or what they do,
Americans spend more time at work than at any time since World War Ⅱ.
In 1950, the US had fewer working hours than any other industrialized country.
Today it exceeds every country but Japan,
where industrial employees log 2,155 hours a year,
compared with 1,951 in the US, and 1,603 in the former West Germany.
Between 1969 and 1989 employed Americans added an
average of 138 hours to their yearly work schedules.
The workweek has remained at about 40 hours,
but people are working more weeks each year.
Specifically, pay time off holidays, vacations
and sick leave shrank by 50% in the 1980`s.
As corporations have experienced stiff competition and slower growth productivity,
they have pressed employees to work longer.
Cost cutting lay offs in the 1980`s reduced the professional
and managerial ranks leaving fewer people to get the job done.
In lower paid occupations, where wages have been reduced,
workers have added hours in overtime or extra jobs to preserve their living standards.
The government estimates that more than 7 million people hold a second job.
For the first time, large numbers of people say they
want to cut back on working hours even if it means earning less money.
But most employers are unwilling to let them do so.
The government, which has stepped back from its traditional
role as a regulator of work time should take steps to make shorter hours possible.
Questions 12 to 15 are based on the passage you have just heard.
12.In which country do industrial employees work the longest hours?
13.How do employed Americans manage to work more hours?
14.Why do corporations press the employees to work longer hours according to the speaker?
15.What does the speaker say many Americans prefer to do?
Section C
Directions:
In this section,
you will hear recordings of lectures or talks followed by some questions.
The recordings will be played only once.After you hear a question,
you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A. B. C.and D.
Then mark the corresponding letter
on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre.
Passage One
Now listen to the following recording and answer questions 16 to 19.
Hi, everybody. This week, we made it official I`m going to Cuba.
When Michelle and I go to Havana next month,
it will be the first visit of a U.S. president to Cuba in nearly 90 years.
And it builds on the decision I made more than a year ago
to begin a new chapter in our relationship with the people of Cuba.
You see, I believe that the best way to advance American interests and values,
and the best way to help the Cuban people improve their lives,
is through engagement by normalizing relations between our governments
and increasing the contacts between our peoples.
I`ve always said that change won`t come to Cuba overnight.
But as Cuba opens up, it will mean more opportunity and resources for ordinary Cubans.
And we`re starting to see some progress.
Today, the American flag flies over our embassy in Havana,
and our diplomats are interacting more broadly with the Cuban people.
More Americans are visiting Cuba than at any time
in the last 50 years Cuban American families;
American students, teachers, humanitarian volunteers,
faith communitiesall forging new ties and friendships
that are bringing our countries closer.
And when direct flights and ferries resume,
even more of our citizens will have the chance to travel
and work together and know each other.
American companies are starting to do business in Cuba,
helping to nurture private enterprise and giving Cuban
entrepreneurs new opportunities. With new Wi Fi hotspots,
more Cubans are starting to go online and get information from the outside world.
In both our countries, there`s overwhelming support for this new relationship.
And in Cuba today, for the first time in a half century,
there is hope for a different future, especially among Cuba`s young people
who have such extraordinary talent and potential just waiting to be unleashed.
My visit will be an opportunity to keep moving forward.
I`ll meet with President Castro to discuss how we can continue normalizing relations,
including making it easier to trade and easier
for Cubans to access the Internet and start their own businesses.
As I did when I met President Castro last year,
I`ll speak candidly about our serious differences with the Cuban government,
including on democracy and human rights.
I`ll reaffirm that the United States will continue to stand up
for universal values like freedom of speech and assembly and religion.
Thanks everybody. And to the people of Cuba nos vemos en La Habana.
16.When will the speaker visit Cuba?
17.According to the speaker, which of the following statements is true?
18.When did the speaker meet President Castro?
19.What will the speaker speak bluntly with the Cuban government?
Passage Two
Now listen to the following recording and answer questions 20 to 22.
If you want to change the world, sometimes
you have to slide down the obstacle head first.
During the land warfare phase of training,
the students are flown out to San Clemente Island which lies off the coast of San Diego.
The waters off San Clemente are a breeding ground for the great white sharks.
To pass SEAL training there are a series of long swims that must be completed.
One is the night swim. Before the swim the instructors
joyfully brief the students on all the species of sharks
that inhabit the waters off San Clemente.
They assure you, however that no student has ever been eaten
by a shark at least not that they can remember.
But, you are also taught that if a shark begins to circle your position stand your ground.
Do not swim away. Do not act afraid. And if the shark,
hungry for a midnight snack, darts towards you
then summons up all your strength and punch
him in the snout and he will turn and swim away.
There are a lot of sharks in the world. If you hope
to complete the swim you will have to deal with them.
If you want to change the world,
don`t back down from the sharks.
As Navy SEALs one of our jobs is to conduct underwater attacks against enemy shipping.
We practiced this technique extensively during training.
The ship attack mission is where a pair of SEAL divers is dropped off
outside an enemy harbor and then swims well over
two miles underwater using nothing but a depth gauge and a compass to get to the target.
20.What is Zig`s favorite photograph?
21.What are the two photographers talking about at dinner?
22.When the big moment coming, how old was Maezza?
Passage Three
Now listen to the following recording and answer questions 23 to 25.
Let`s give it up a round of applause for those paying out of state tuition,
shall we? Because without those people,
tomorrow instead of wearing gowns and mortarboards,
you`d be graduating in ponchos made of hefty bags,
with used pizza boxes on your head.
But as has been stated before,
the most impressive ranking of all has got to be Playboy once again naming
you the number one party school in America.
Now to be clear, I only read Playboy for the rankings,
but I`m not surprised by this honor,
because I have seen you in action.
When I used to visit back in the day.
I spent a fair amount of time at the Phi Kapp house,
which at that time had no doors, because apparently they kept
getting partied off hinges and I won`t go into more about those days,
because I do not remember them and you know this is an impressive
institution because it rejected my application.
Yes, in the spring of 1984 I applied as a transfer student and
at the time you could send your essay in after the rest of the application.
Well apparently the admissions board took issue with the
content of my essay which was none because I never sent it.
23.Why did the speaker propose to give an applause for those out of state students?
24.When was he rejected by the university?
25.Why was the speaker rejected by this university?