04.最新6级预测卷第四套
2016-04-27
大学英语六级级考试预测卷（四）
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
W: When you write a novel,
do you know where you`re going, Dr.James?
M: Yes, you must, really,
if you`re writing the classical detective story,
because it must be so carefully plotted and so carefully clued.I have schemes.
I have charts.I have diagrams.
It doesn`t mean to say I always get it right,
but I do plan before I begin writing.
But what is so fascinating is how a book changes during the process of writing.
It seems to me that creative writing is a process of revelation,
really, rather than of creativity in the ordinary sense.
W: When you`re planning the basic structure,
do you like to go away to be sure that you`re by yourself?
M: I need to be by myself certainly, absolutely.
I can`t even bare anybody else in the house.
I don`t mind much where I am as long as I`ve got enough space to write,
but I need to be completely alone.
W: Is that very important to you?
M: Oh, yes.I`ve never been lonely in all my life.
W: How extraordinary! Never?
M: No, never.
W: You`re very lucky.Someone once said that there`s a bit
of ice at the heart of every writer.
M: Yes.I think this is true.
The writer can stand aside from experience and look at it,
watch it happening.There is this “detachment”
and I realize that there are obviously experiences
which would overwhelm everyone.But very often,
a writer can appear to stand aside,
and this detachment makes people feel there`s a bit of ice in the heart.
Questions 1 to 4 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
1.What is the key to write a good classical detective story according to the man?
2.What does the man mainly need when working on a book?
3.What does the man say about writers?
4.Which is not true according to the conversation
when the man is writing a detective slory?
Conversation Two
W: There is an element there about competition then,
isn`t there? Because British railways are a nationalized industry.
There`s only one railway system in the country.
If you don`t like a particular kind of big beans,
you can go and buy another.
But if you don`t like a particular railway,
you can`t go and use another.
M: Some people who write to me say this.
They say that if you didn`t have monopoly,
you wouldn`t be able to do the things you do.
Well, I don`t think we do anything deliberately to upset our customers.
We have particular problems.Since 1946,
when the Transport Act came in, we were nationalized.
W: Do you think that`s a good thing?
Has it been a good thing for the railways,
do you think, to be nationalized?
M: Oh I think so, yes.Because in general,
modes of transport are all around.
Let`s face the fact.The car arrived.
The car is here to stay.
There is no question about that.
W: So what are you saying then?
Is it if the railways happen being nationalized,
they would simply have disappeared?
M: Oh, I think they would have.
They`re disappearing fast in America.Er,
the French railways lose 1 billion pounds a year.
The German railways, 2 billion pounds a year.
But you see, those governments are preparing to pour money
into the transport system to keep it going.
W: So in a sense, you cope between two extremes.
On the one hand, you`re trying not to lose too much money.
And on the other hand, you`ve got to provide the best service.
M: Yes, you are right.
Questions 5 to 8 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
5.What does the woman say about British railways?
6.What do some people who write to the man complain about?
7.What does the man say threatens the existence of railways?
8.What does the man say about railways in other countries?
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
It`s always fun to write about research
that you can actually try out for yourself.
Try this: Take a photo and upload it to Facebook,
then after a day or so, note what the URL link to the picture is and then delete it.
Come back a month later and see if the link works.Chances are: It will.
Facebook isn`t alone here.Researchers at Cambridge University have
found that nearly half of the social networking sites don`t immediately delete
pictures when a user requests they be removed.In general,
photo centric websites like Flicker were found to be better at
quickly removing deleted photos upon request.
Why do “deleted” photos stick around so long?
The problem relates to the way data is stored on large websites:
While your personal computer only keeps one copy of a file,
large scale services like Facebook rely on what are called content
delivery networks to manage data and distribution.
It`s a complex system wherein data is copied to multiple intermediate devices,
usually to speed up access to files when millions of people are trying
to access the service at the same time.
But because changes aren`t reflected across the content delivery networks immediately,
ghost copies of files tend to linger for days or weeks.
In the case of Facebook,
the company says data may hang around until the URL in question is reused,
which is usually “after a short period of time”,
though obviously that time can vary considerably.
Questions 9 to 11 are based on the passage you have just heard.
9.What does the speaker ask us to try out?
10.What accounts for the failure of some websites to remove photos immediately?
11.When will the unwanted data eventually disappear from Facebook according to the company?
Passage Two
Among global warming`s most frightening threats is the
prediction that the polar ice caps will melt,
raising sea level so much that coastal cities
from New York to Los Angles to Shanghai will be flooded.
Scientists agree that key player in this scenario is the West Antarctic ice sheet,
a Brazil size mass of frozen water that is much as 7000 feet thick.
Unlike floating ice shelves which have little impact on sea level when they break up,
the ice sheet is anchored to bedrock will blow the sea surface.
Surrounded by open ocean, it is also vulnerable,
but Antarctic experts disagree strongly on just how unstable it is.
Now,new evidence reveals that all or most of the West Antarctic ice sheet collapsed
at least once during the past 1.3 million years,
a period when global temperatures probably were not significantly higher than they are today.
And the ice sheet was assumed to have been stable.
In geological time, a million years is recent history.
The proof, which was published last week in Science,
comes from a team of scientists from Uppsala University
in Sweden and California Institute of Technology who drew deep holes near the edge of ice sheet.
Within samples collected from the solid substances lying beneath the ice.
They found fossils of microscopic marine plants which suggest
that the region was once an open ocean not solid ice.As Herman Engleheart,
a co author from the California Institute of Technology says,
‘the West Antarctic ice sheet disappear once and can disappear again.'
Questions 12 to 15 are based on the passage you have just heard.
12.What is one of the most frightening threats of global warming according to the passage?
13.What did scientists disagree on?
14.What is the latest information revealed about the West Antarctic ice sheet?
15.What the scientists’ latest findings suggest?
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.
AR:Hi, I`m Anjali Rao, coming to you from the set of a top rated TV show in Beijing.
My guest today is Olympic ambassador and prime time presenter Yang Lan. This is Talk Asia.
AR: That`s where I joined her. So this is it,
this is your new gig. Tell me about it.
YL:Yeah well, it`s a weekly show called “Olympic Songfest”.
The purpose of the show is to promote and also select the Olympic theme songs,
not only the theme songs but also songs for the torch relay, the volunteers programs...
Actually the BOCOG, the Beijing Olympic Organizing Committee,
wants to select as much as 25 Olympic songs for different occasions and different environments.
Some of them are targeted as the theme songs, for the opening and the closing ceremonies,
and some of them are more for the public to sing.
AR:Right, and it`s all done in front of this sort of live studio audience?
YL:Yeah, we have the live studio. This is our band, Space.
And we have our live audience.
Every time we invite in about four or five musicians
and singers to present their new entries of songs as well as
some of the very popular songs that they wrote before.
And then we`ll talk about their involvement and their stories about the Olympic Games.
AR:So, I guess it`s kind of an unusual way to pick an Olympic theme tune,
isn`t it? To have people voting on the song that they want,
kind of like an American Idol sort of thing?
YL:Well, not quite, because we do have a professional,
very authoritative committee to select those songs officially.
But what our program is doing is to present those songs to the public
so that they can hear it more frequently and then they
can vote through text messages and through the website.
So we have a different, like a billboard,
what we call the Popularity Board.
This of course will be a reference for the selection committee,
but we won`t really... how shoule I say?
We respect their authority ultimately.
16.How often will this program be shown?
17.How many Olympic songs does the BOCOG want to select?
18.How can the public vote for their favorite Olympic songs?
19.Who have the last say?
Passage Two
Now listen to the following recording and answer questions 20 to 22.
Thank you. My fellow citizens,
I stand here today humbled by the task before us,
grateful for the trust you have bestowed,
mindful of the sacrifices borne by our ancestors.
I thank President Bush for his service to our nation,
as well as the generosity and cooperation he has shown throughout this transition.
Fortyfour Americans have now taken the presidential oath.
The words have been spoken during rising tides of prosperity and the still waters of peace.
Yet, every so often, the oath is taken amidst gathering clouds and raging storms.
At these moments, America has carried on not simply
because of the skill or vision of those in high office,
but because we the people have remained faithful to the ideals
of our forbearers, and true to our founding documents.
So it has been. So it must be with this generation of Americans.
That we are in the midst of crisis is now well understood.
Our nation is at war, against a far reaching network of violence and hatred.
Our economy is badly weakened, a consequence of greed and irresponsibility on the part of some,
but also our collective failure to make hard choices and prepare the nation for a new age.
Homes have been lost; jobs shed; businesses shattered. Our health care is too costly;
our schools fail too many; and each day brings further evidence that
the ways we use energy strengthen our adversaries and threaten our planet.
These are the indicators of crisis, subject to data and statistics.
Less measurable but no less profound is a sapping of confidence
across our land a nagging fear that America`s decline is inevitable,
and that the next generation must lower its sights.
(22)Today I say to you that the challenges we face are real.
They are serious and they are many.
They will not be met easily or in a short span of time.
But know this, America: They will be met.
20.Which president did Obama mention in his speech to thank?
21.Which one is not mentioned to describe the situation America is in now?
22.What`s the president`s attitude facing such great difficulties?
Passage Three
Now listen to the following recording and answer questions 23 to 25.
Ray Ozzie:The first time I met Bill I really liked him from that very moment
because I was a programmer and I looked at him and he was clearly a geek
and I really enjoyed talking from one geek to another. And we had a lot to talk about.
Mike Maples:We have a lot of people who were slightly introverted, very intelligent,
probably to some extent in their life they never really fit in.
And Microsoft replayed the first time in their life where there`ve been
around hundreds of people just like him and so it was an environment
where the intellect of these extraordinary people fed on each other.
J. Allard:When we first started talking about the Xbox,
the conversation with Bill and in the boardroom was really:
do we believe that entertainment is going to be like a software industry?
And 20 years from now, do we want to have the same kind
of impact on changing the way that people play as we have in the
last 20 years with the way people work; and the answer was “yes”.
Steven Sinofsky:I think we proved to ourselves once already
that we can really undergo, you know, a huge change.
We made the same kind of change to the internet based software.
And we`ll make the same kind of change when it comes to software and services.
Craig Mundie:In our world, there are 2 things that drive us forward. One is:
how is the hardware evolving, and the second is what you do with it how is software evolving.
The other thing is we`re really trying to change the nature of software,
where people will have a much more natural way of interacting with the machines.
We introduce the surface computing. We got phones,
game consoles. And I think increasingly,
we will be able to talk to our computer and it will talk back.
And it may become possible for it to anticipate some of
the things we want to do and just do it for us.
Bill Gates:And for the frontier for software to have impact is bigger than ever.
Once you get into the Internet you can connect up in a way that you essentially
are running the computer program that`s using both computers.
So, it`s not just the browser where you see information.
That`s a very big thing; but it`s also the whole new way of looking at computing.
When you get the Internet explosion, it creates the opportunity for these services,
and we`re just really at the beginning of that services wave.
That`s the thing that Ray Ozzie is coming in
and is driving all our products broadly to seize that opportunity.
23.What are most people in Microsoft like?
24.Is entertainment going to be like a software industry?
25.What drives us forward in our world?