大学英语六级考试巅峰训练一本通 Test1

[00:00.61]Test 1
[00:00.74]Test1
[00:02.55]Section A
[00:04.33]Directions:
[00:06.03]In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations
[00:08.78]and 2 long conversations.
[00:10.70]At the end of each conversation, one or more questions
[00:13.51]will be asked about what was said.
[00:15.76]Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once.
[00:19.85]After each question there will be a pause.
[00:22.39]During the pause, you must read the four choices marked
[00:25.10]A), B), C) and D), and decide which is the best answer.
[00:29.27]Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2
[00:32.02]with a single line through the centre.
[00:34.35]1.M:I couldn’t put up with my wife any longer.
[00:38.04]I don’t know why she usually wants to look at everything
[00:40.57]in such a negative way.
[00:42.31]W:Maybe you should try to get to know something
[00:44.19]about her childhood.
[00:46.29]Q:What does the woman mean?
[01:04.42]2.M:Lucy, could you describe what you were doing
[01:07.93]at the moment?
[01:09.06]W:Well, I was still sleeping at 6 o’clock.
[01:11.22]Then there was this horrible sound and the floor was
[01:14.01]just bouncing and rolling like waves, all at the same time.
[01:17.77]Q:What are the speakers talking about?
[01:36.10]3.W:Hi, Peter.
[01:38.23]I was surprised to see you in the class in children’s literature yesterday.
[01:42.15]Are you also majoring in elementary education?
[01:44.68]M:No, I’m not. But as a psychology major I can use this to
[01:48.38]fulfill the requirement in developmental psychology.
[01:52.32]Q:What do you learn from the conversation?
[02:10.80]4.W:Dr. Cassidy. I’m actually fine.
[02:14.45]It’s just that I’ve been a little tired the last few days,
[02:17.27]and my stomach is kind of upset.
[02:19.52]M:Well, that doesn’t surprise me.
[02:20.97]I have some news that you might find exciting.
[02:23.39]You’re pregnant.
[02:24.99]Q:What do you know about the woman?
[02:43.03]5.W:Mike, how did you enjoy your trip?
[02:46.33]What did you think of Los Angeles?
[02:48.03]M:It was all right. I liked it better than I thought I would.
[02:51.22]The problem is transportation.
[02:52.89]The bus service is terrible, and they don’t have a subway.
[02:56.63]Q:What does the man think of Los Angeles?
[03:15.09]6.W:Dr. Weinstein, should parents let their children
[03:18.93]watch television or read about the war?
[03:21.63]M:If parents are going to let their kids read or watch
[03:23.50]television coverage of the war, it’s important for them to
[03:26.40]read along and help their kids interpret
[03:28.55]what they’re reading or seeing.
[03:30.97]Q:What should parents do if their children watch television
[03:35.27]or read about the war?
[03:51.26]7.W:Tony, who are the street people?
[03:54.73]How did they get to be living in the street?
[03:56.87]M:Well, some of them lost their jobs, some of them have
[03:59.77]mental problems, and some of them drink.
[04:03.03]Q:Which of the following factors is not mentioned
[04:07.12]as a cause of becoming street people?
[04:23.99]8.M:Miss Hanson, thank you for sending me this note.
[04:27.72]I’m sorry to hear Mario is being a problem.
[04:30.84]W:I’m not sure what’s happening to Mario.
[04:32.76]He’s usually an excellent student. He completes all his work
[04:36.20]and he’s quiet in class.
[04:37.79]Then, last month, he just changed.
[04:40.40]Q:What can you infer from the conversation?
[04:59.39]Conversation One
[05:01.41]M: ICS. Good morning. How can I help you?
[05:04.20]W: Good morning.
[05:05.00]I’m thinking of sending a parcel to Boston by courier next week.
[05:08.65]Can you tell me what the procedure is, please?
[05:10.72]M: Certainly. When you ring us, we need the following information:
[05:13.80]the invoice address—that’s probably your own address, isn’t it?
[05:17.49]And then the pick up address if that’s different.
[05:19.80]And a contact phone number…
[05:21.32]W: Just a moment…I’m taking notes.
[05:23.20]Phone number…right.
[05:24.90]M: Then we need the full name, address and phone number
[05:27.69]of the person you’re sending the parcel to.
[05:29.71]W: OK. Anything else?
[05:31.09]M: Yes, the weight and dimensions of the parcel—that’s height,
[05:34.49]width and length…and the value of the goods…and a full description.
[05:38.70]W: …value…description…
[05:40.55]M: Yes, but don’t seal the parcel.
[05:42.43]You need to leave it open so that the driver can check
[05:44.84]the contents when he collects it.
[05:46.55]After the recent bombing, the airlines said that we’d have to
[05:49.41]check all parcels; they told us we had to do it.
[05:52.45]W: Fine.
[05:53.16]Now, how long will the parcel take to get to Boston?
[05:56.32]M: One to two working days.
[05:57.84]Just a moment, I’ll check with the manager.
[06:00.23]Yes, the manager says that there are daily flights at midday.
[06:03.60]If your parcel catches that flight, it’ll arrive within 24 hours.
[06:07.33]W: Good. I live near Oxford.
[06:09.18]What time would you need to collect from here
[06:10.84]in order to catch the midday flight?
[06:13.05]M: Near Oxford…What’s your postcode?
[06:14.75]W: OX7.
[06:15.82]M: Just a moment.
[06:16.73]Yes, the manager says we can collect the parcel from you
[06:19.49]at 10∶15 on the morning of the flight.
[06:22.09]Now, there’s one more thing.
[06:24.38]What are you planning to sent?
[06:26.18]W: Books.
[06:27.05]M: In that case, you’ll need to write an invoice for customs.
[06:29.77]We need six copies, and the driver will take them from you
[06:33.00]when he collects the parcel.
[06:34.77]On the invoice you need to write your address and the destination.
[06:38.18]Then you must say what’s in the parcel, and specify the weight and the value.
[06:42.83]Write a sentence declaring that the information is true,
[06:45.46]and sign each copy.
[06:47.02]W: …sign each copy.
[06:48.54]Right. Thank you very much. You’ve been very helpful.
[06:51.12]M: Not at all. Goodbye.
[06:52.24]W: Goodbye.
[06:53.83]Questions 9 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
[06:58.58]9.Why do all parcels need to be open and checked by a driver?
[07:18.50]10.From where to where does the woman want to send her parcel?
[07:37.45]11.Which of the following information doesn’t the woman
[07:41.58]need to give about her parcel?
[07:58.22]Conversation Two
[08:00.24]M: We’ve fought for all this time for the simple reason that
[08:02.93]you refuse to allow me to have the space in my life to invite
[08:06.22]people over to stay here.
[08:07.74]W: That’s not true.
[08:08.87]I said I know I’m not gonna feel like this forever—let me
[08:12.27]think about how I can deal with this.
[08:14.66]The way I have decided to deal with it is not to be here.
[08:17.49]I don’t want to be here. I just don’t want to be here.
[08:20.13]I don’t want to be around someone I’m totally
[08:21.58]uncomfortable with and I can’t by myself around because
[08:24.95]everything he’s gonna say…and I’m gonna be sitting there
[08:28.21]like—oh no, I can’t believe he said that!
[08:31.00]M: Then why can’t you…Lisa, I feel like your role in life is to
[08:34.19]react to things that happen around you and that’s it,
[08:37.05]that’s all you ever do.
[08:38.61]Why don’t you, I mean, come on, you know, why don’t you talk to some people?
[08:42.74]For one thing you’ll be less dogmatic…it’ll be nice.
[08:45.89]W: I don’t want to be less dogmatic. I like being dogmatic.
[08:48.76]I like thinking what I think. I like having strong opinions.
[08:51.80]M: You don’t have to change any of those things…
[08:53.86]W: You want me to be nice and mellow and polite and
[08:56.15]docile and I’m not willing to be your nice little wife…
[08:58.90]M: Lisa. Nice, mellow, polite and docile are four words.
[09:03.50]Three of them mean similar things and one of them is not a synonym.
[09:07.49]Docile…you don’t have to be nice and docile…
[09:10.20]that’s not the same thing.
[09:11.55]W: David, I’m not nice…
[09:13.50]M: …polite and docile are different…
[09:15.55]W: …I’m just not nice…and you’re gonna have
[09:17.47]to just live with that if you’re interested.
[09:19.54]I’m just not nice. That’s not what I am.
[09:22.22]I don’t walk around buttering people up because
[09:24.10]I’m supposed to be this nice female type saying—
[09:26.97]“Oh yes, let me get you some tea.”…
[09:29.47]“Would you like something to drink?”…I am not nice.
[09:33.38]Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
[09:37.87]12.According to the conversation,
[09:40.73]what might be the main problem between the two speakers?
[09:58.61]13.What does the man mean by saying his wife is dogmatic?
[10:17.74]14.Why is the woman so angry?
[10:35.93]15.What does the woman need not to do according to the man?
[10:55.31]Section B
[10:56.87]Directions:
[10:58.14]In this section, you will hear 3 short passages.
[11:01.55]At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions.
[11:05.06]Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once.
[11:08.54]After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer
[11:11.57]from the four choices marked A) , B) , C) , and D) .
[11:15.48]Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2
[11:18.23]with a single line through the centre.
[11:20.69]Passage One
[11:22.51]And now for the Monday morning weather report.
[11:25.04]Right now the skies over the Chicago area are sunny and clear.
[11:28.59]We are expecting warm dry weather to
[11:30.40]continue throughout the day with temperatures
[11:32.97]in the middle to upper 80.
[11:35.55]Winds will continue to be slightly variable
[11:37.79]as high as ten miles per hour.
[11:39.97]We are going to have fair weather continuing
[11:41.72]over the next couple of days so that means clear and
[11:44.48]somewhat cooler weather tonight.
[11:46.90]Tomorrow will be sunny again and quite warm.
[11:49.69]No precipitation is expected for at least three or four days.
[11:54.12]Questions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard.
[11:58.63]16.Who is the speaker?
[12:16.21]17.What will the daytime weather probably be like
[12:20.22]on Tuesday morning?
[12:36.21]18.What’s the long range forecast for the next few days?
[12:55.18]Passage Two
[12:56.70]There is a strange area in the Atlantic Ocean
[12:58.95]called the Bermuda Triangle.
[13:00.83]People have been fascinated by the Bermuda Triangle
[13:03.15]for years because of the mysterious disappearance of
[13:05.79]many ships and planes in the area.
[13:08.44]There is hardly any agreement about the cause of these
[13:10.99]disappearance; in fact,it is difficult to find any agreement
[13:15.11]about the boundaries of the area.
[13:17.28]Whereas most people argue that the triangle’s northern
[13:19.78]most point is Bermuda,its western most point is Florida,
[13:24.01]and its eastern point is the coast of Africa,a few researchers
[13:27.81]prefer the northern point to be in the Boston area.
[13:31.15]Questions 19 to 21 are based on the passage you have just heard.
[13:35.93]19.On what do most people agree?
[13:54.03]20.What did the speaker say have been lost in the Bermuda Triangle?
[14:13.61]21.Where is the Bermuda Triangle?
[14:31.79]Passage Three
[14:33.53]Two bombs exploded in Algeria Tuesday
[14:36.00]as a European Union team met with government leaders
[14:38.90]to discuss the wave of civilian massacres.
[14:41.94]One bomb went off at a bus center in the center of
[14:44.37]the capital of Algiers,killing one person,
[14:47.96]and an hour later,another bomb blew up
[14:49.98]in the coastal town of Annaba,killing 3 others.
[14:53.10]The Algerians agreed to allow European Union
[14:56.47]deputy foreign ministers to discuss the situation,
[14:59.66]but again,turned down any UN investigation.
[15:03.65]Questions 22 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.
[15:08.36]22.What happened in Algeria Tuesday?
[15:26.62]23.Where did the first bomb go off?
[15:45.06]24.How many people were killed in the two bombings?
[16:04.11]25.What did the Algerians reject?
[16:22.58]Section C
[16:24.22]Directions:
[16:25.96]In this section,you will hear a passage three times.
[16:29.04]When the passage is read for the first time,
[16:31.18]you should listen carefully for its general idea.
[16:34.23]When the passage is read for the second time,
[16:36.62]you are required to fill in the blanks
[16:38.14]numbered from 26 to 33 with the exact words you have just heard.
[16:42.78]For blanks numbered from 34 to 36
[16:45.36]you are required to fill in the missing information.
[16:48.26]For these blanks, you can either use the exact words
[16:51.05]you have just heard or write down the main points in your own words.
[16:54.53]Finally,when the passage is read for the third time,
[16:57.32]you should check what you have written.
[16:59.52]Shyness is the cause of much unhappiness for a great many people.
[17:03.69]Shy people are anxious and self conscious; that is,
[17:07.02]they are excessively concerned
[17:08.36]with their own appearance and actions.
[17:10.60]Worrisome thoughts are constantly occurring in their minds:
[17:13.90]What kind of impression am I making? Do they like me?
[17:16.80]Do I sound stupid? Am I wearing unattractive clothes?
[17:20.76]It is obvious that such uncomfortable feelings must
[17:23.19]affect people adversely.
[17:25.22]A person’s self concept is reflected in the way he or
[17:27.95]she behaves, and the way a person behaves affects
[17:30.87]other people’s reactions.
[17:32.76]In general, the way people think about themselves has
[17:35.44]a profound effect on all areas of their lives.
[17:38.81]Shy people are very sensitive to criticism;
[17:41.89]they feel it confirms their inferiority.
[17:44.76]They also find it difficult to be pleased by compliments
[17:48.02]because they believe they are unworthy of praise.
[17:50.95]A shy person may respond to a compliment with a statement like this one：
[17:54.83]“You’re just saying that to make me feel good.
[17:57.37]I know it’s not true.” It is clear that, while self awareness is
[18:01.14]a healthy quality, overdoing it is harmful.
[18:04.62]Can shyness be completely eliminated, or at least reduced?
[18:08.46]Since shyness goes hand in hand with lack of self esteem,
[18:11.94]it is important for people to accept their weaknesses
[18:14.85]as well as their strengths.
[18:16.70]People’s expectations of themselves must be realistic.
[18:20.69]Living on the impossible leads to a sense of inadequacy.

[18:26.45]Shyness is the cause of much unhappiness for a great many people.
[18:30.66]Shy people are anxious and self conscious; that is,
[18:34.68]they are excessively concerned
[18:35.92]with their own appearance and actions.
[18:38.31]Worrisome thoughts are constantly occurring in their minds:
[18:42.07]What kind of impression am I making? Do they like me?
[18:44.97]Do I sound stupid? Am I wearing unattractive clothes?
[18:49.18]It is obvious that such uncomfortable feelings must
[18:51.64]affect people adversely.
[18:55.13]A person’s self concept is reflected in the way he or
[18:57.74]she behaves, and the way a person behaves affects
[19:01.40]other people’s reactions.
[19:03.79]In general, the way people think about themselves has
[19:06.37]a profound effect on all areas of their lives.
[19:10.07]Shy people are very sensitive to criticism;
[19:13.18]they feel it confirms their inferiority.
[19:16.00]They also find it difficult to be pleased by compliments
[19:19.26]because they believe they are unworthy of praise.
[20:11.67]A shy person may respond to a compliment with a statement like this one：
[20:15.87]“You’re just saying that to make me feel good.
[20:18.05]I know it’s not true.” It is clear that, while self awareness is
[20:21.96]a healthy quality, overdoing it is harmful.
[21:14.55]Can shyness be completely eliminated, or at least reduced?
[21:18.43]Since shyness goes hand in hand with lack of self esteem,
[21:21.88]it is important for people to accept their weaknesses
[21:24.78]as well as their strengths.
[22:16.02]People’s expectations of themselves must be realistic.
[22:20.01]Living on the impossible leads to a sense of inadequacy.

[22:25.88]Shyness is the cause of much unhappiness for a great many people.
[22:29.98]Shy people are anxious and self conscious; that is,
[22:33.35]they are excessively concerned
[22:34.73]with their own appearance and actions.
[22:36.87]Worrisome thoughts are constantly occurring in their minds:
[22:40.17]What kind of impression am I making? Do they like me?
[22:43.07]Do I sound stupid? Am I wearing unattractive clothes?
[22:47.03]It is obvious that such uncomfortable feelings must
[22:49.20]affect people adversely.
[22:51.49]A person’s self concept is reflected in the way he or
[22:54.03]she behaves, and the way a person behaves affects
[22:57.09]other people’s reactions.
[22:59.05]In general, the way people think about themselves has
[23:01.63]a profound effect on all areas of their lives.
[23:05.13]Shy people are very sensitive to criticism;
[23:08.17]they feel it confirms their inferiority.
[23:11.01]They also find it difficult to be pleased by compliments
[23:14.30]because they believe they are unworthy of praise.
[23:17.24]A shy person may respond to a compliment with a statement like this one：
[23:21.48]“You’re just saying that to make me feel good.
[23:23.59]I know it’s not true.” It is clear that, while self awareness is
[23:27.44]a healthy quality, overdoing it is harmful.
[23:30.90]Can shyness be completely eliminated, or at least reduced?
[23:34.75]Since shyness goes hand in hand with lack of self esteem,
[23:38.23]it is important for people to accept their weaknesses
[23:41.04]as well as their strengths.
[23:43.00]People’s expectations of themselves must be realistic.
[23:46.99]Living on the impossible leads to a sense of inadequacy.