大学英语六级考试巅峰训练一本通 Test3

[00:00.41]Test 3
[00:00.53]Test3
[00:02.31]Section A
[00:04.20]Directions:
[00:05.90]In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations
[00:08.66]and 2 long conversations.
[00:10.59]At the end of each conversation, one or more questions
[00:13.30]will be asked about what was said.
[00:15.63]Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once.
[00:19.73]After each question there will be a pause.
[00:22.24]During the pause, you must read the four choices marked
[00:24.88]A), B), C) and D), and decide which is the best answer.
[00:28.96]Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2
[00:31.82]with a single line through the centre.
[00:34.33]1. M: Can you lend me ten dollars until tomorrow?
[00:38.04]W: I just spent my last dollar for groceries.
[00:40.20]I wish you had asked me an hour ago.
[00:42.77]Q: Where has the woman just been?
[01:00.75]2. M: Jessica, could you send this emails to all the club members? 
[01:05.56]W: Sorry, the computer broke down this morning.
[01:08.03]I will do it for you as soon as I have fixed my computer. 
[01:11.52]Q: What does the woman imply?
[01:29.33]3. W: What do you want?
[01:31.55]M: I want to rest. My work is finished and I am weary.
[01:35.55]Q: Why does the man want to rest?
[01:53.73]4. M: Would you rather go to the movies or watch TV tonight?
[01:58.02]W: I’d just as soon turn in early if you don’t mind.
[02:01.37]Q: What would the woman rather do?
[02:19.34]5. W: Did you find the book for your reading assignment
[02:22.79]in the library? 
[02:24.34]M: It closed before I got there.
[02:25.96]I had no idea that it closes so early on weekends. 
[02:29.90]Q: What does the man mean?
[02:47.48]6. M: How about going on picnic tomorrow, Helen?
[02:51.77]W: That’s true. But what’s a picnic without good weather?
[02:55.48]Q: What can we learn from this conversation?
[03:14.07]7. M: What do you think of Tom’ s paintings?
[03:17.56]W: A few years ago, I like them very much,
[03:19.60]but now he’s after fame and fortune.
[03:21.78]His talent has suffered.
[03:23.86]Q: What does the man say about Tom?
[03:42.10]8. W: Did you check the power plug and press the play button? 
[03:46.16]M: Yes, the power indicator was on, and it was running,
[03:48.67]but somehow the sound didn’t come through.
[03:51.76]Q: What was the woman probably trying to do?
[04:10.50]Conversation One
[04:12.39]W: Hello. What can I do for you?
[04:14.09]M: Hi. Fill it up. I need a full tank.
[04:16.23]W: Check the hood?
[04:17.00]M: No, thanks.
[04:17.87]W: Whereabouts are you headed?
[04:19.18]M: Pete Waters’ farm, near Chesterton.
[04:22.71]W: I know it well. Pete Waters has lived around here
[04:25.15]almost as long as I have.
[04:26.64]M: How long is it going to take for me to get there?
[04:28.93]W: About fifteen minutes. There’s a shortcut—if you know it.
[04:31.63]M: No, I don’t. Could you tell me how to use the shortcut?
[04:34.20]W: Sure. Take the next left turn, and you’ll see a stop sign.
[04:37.86]Make a right at the stop sign.
[04:39.39]Stay on that road, and you’ll cross a blue bridge.
[04:42.27]Then you’ll see a big old red barn.
[04:44.35]That’s the back of Pete Waters’ place.
[04:46.49]M: That’s quite a difference from the directions
[04:48.31]that Pete sent me.
[04:49.43]W: Now, if you take that route, it’s probably a lot simpler,
[04:53.07]but it’ll take you ten minutes longer.
[04:55.04]M: OK. Let me repeat it.
[04:56.26]I take the next left turn to the stop sign.
[04:58.99]Then a right across a blue bridge, and then a big red barn.
[05:03.27]W: Can’t miss it.
[05:04.32]M: How much do I owe you?
[05:05.89]W: Well, that’ll be eighteen dollars and seventy cents.
[05:08.68]No charge for the cleanup. It’s on the house.
[05:10.87]M: Well, here’s a twenty.
[05:12.15]W: Ah. OK. That’s the change. Thanks.
[05:14.31]M: Thank you. And thanks for the directions.
[05:17.11]Questions 9 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
[05:21.61]9.Which place will the woman finally arrive at?
[05:40.12]10.Why doesn’t the woman need to pay more for cleaning service?
[05:59.53]11.Which of the following is NOT true according to the conversation?
[06:19.54]Conversation Two
[06:21.58]W: Thank you for seeing me on such short notice.
[06:24.19]M: I hope you’ve brought your pictures along, Ingrid.
[06:26.45]I see that you have. Let’s get right to it.
[06:29.18]We need a new coffee table book,
[06:31.48]and a book of photos about the United States still feels right.
[06:35.37]OK, let’s take a look. Good. Very good. Family Album, U.S.A.
[06:41.06]It’s an excellent title.
[06:42.81]If you had to describe the book in one sentence,
[06:45.06]how would you do it?
[06:46.30]W: Well, I’d describe it as a book which is a…
[06:49.09]a portrait of the United States—the places,
[06:51.78]the people—mostly the people.
[06:54.04]The things they do, the ways they live, the places they visit,
[06:57.46]and the landmarks.
[06:58.62]A photographic journey.
[07:00.04]M: These are wonderful—these photos in
[07:02.00]your performing arts section.
[07:03.52]Carne gie Hall, Lincoln Center.
[07:05.70]But there’s something missing.
[07:07.05]You’ve got a good eye, Ingrid.
[07:08.60]You’re terrific.
[07:09.51]But before I can publish your work,
[07:11.50]I need to meet with my marketing department,
[07:13.79]and you’ve got to do one more thing.
[07:15.61]W: What’s that, Mr. Carlson?
[07:17.14]M: In the section on culture, you’ve included performing
[07:19.50]arts centers, but you’ve left out street performance.
[07:23.03]The mimes. The musicians.
[07:24.67]The dancers—in the parks and on the streets.
[07:28.01]Ingrid, if you go out and photograph street performances
[07:30.81]in the city, you’ll have it.
[07:32.74]W: That is a great idea.
[07:33.97]The performing arts centers and the street performances.
[07:36.74]I’ll do it.
[07:37.47]M: If you do it, I’ll publish your work.
[07:39.32]W: Are you serious?
[07:40.36]M: I’ve never been more serious.
[07:42.20]When do you think you can return
[07:43.50]with street performances?
[07:44.78]W: A couple of weeks.
[07:45.83]M: If they’re as good as the rest of these pictures,
[07:47.75]it’s a deal.
[07:49.44]Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
[07:53.96]12.What may Ingrid be according to the conversation?
[08:12.89]13.Which of the following is Mr. Carlson not yet so satisfied with?
[08:32.68]14.What might not we see in the woman’s photo album?
[08:52.10]15.During the two weeks what photos might be added to
[08:56.00]the woman’s photo album?
[09:12.18]Section B
[09:13.70]Directions:
[09:15.34]In this section, you will hear 3 short passages.
[09:18.25]At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions.
[09:21.91]Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once.
[09:25.37]After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer
[09:28.46]from the four choices marked A) , B) , C) , and D) .
[09:32.06]Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2
[09:35.07]with a single line through the centre.
[09:37.50]Passage One
[09:39.18]My father came from a terribly wealthy family
[09:41.72]and had it all going for him.
[09:43.52]He came to study law and then had a superb restaurant in
[09:46.54]Hungary, full of actors, politicians, and writers.
[09:49.93]He was very wealthy and well thought of.
[09:52.54]I remember leaving Hungary to come to live in England.
[09:55.95]My grandmother brought my sister and me out.
[09:58.57]I still find it difficult to travel on trains because I was sick
[10:01.72]all the way — probably from being so upset at leaving.
[10:05.54]We joined our father and mother in Kent.
[10:07.72]I think my father knew some people in England from his
[10:10.00]Cambridge days and there were quite a few Hungarians.
[10:13.60]He must have been very short of money
[10:15.68]because we left with absolute nothing.
[10:18.30]We did have maids and a cook
[10:20.25]but I think he always lived above his means.
[10:23.26]My mother continued to be beautifully dressed and my
[10:26.05]sister and I were always being taken a long way to the
[10:28.93]dressmakers to have hand-embroidered dresses made.
[10:32.86]Everything had to be perfect.
[10:35.00]I always had a warm loving feeling from him and for him.
[10:38.89]He worked very hard and went up to London every day,
[10:41.91]but he never complained.
[10:43.44]I’m full of admiration for him.
[10:45.83]When I was about 14 he had a restaurant in Knightsbridge
[10:49.32]and he had to be up very early in the morning and
[10:51.62]go to market and be there until one o’clock at night.
[10:55.35]I hated to see him work so hard.
[10:57.82]I also thought, “My God, I never want to work that hard”,
[11:02.26]and now it looks as if I do , so it must run in the family.
[11:06.08]I admire my father, because he is quite conservative
[11:08.95]in his views and it is very difficult to sway his mind about anything.
[11:13.32]I’m always been grateful for the fact that he let me
[11:15.79]leave school and go to art school.
[11:18.11]He recognized that I really hated school and loved art.
[11:21.35]But I’m surprised he let me do so much
[11:23.68]because it is not his style to be that flexible.
[11:26.95]Questions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard.
[11:31.57]16.With whom did the speaker leave Hungary?
[11:50.38]17.What kind of man is her father?
[12:08.54]18.Why has the speaker always been most grateful to her father?
[12:27.91]Passage Two
[12:29.69]In Britain, if you are found guilty of a crime, you can be sent
[12:33.04]to prison or be fined or be ordered to do community work
[12:36.68]such as tidying public places and helping the old.
[12:40.16]You may also be sent to special centers when you learn
[12:42.85]special skills like cooking, writing and car maintenance.
[12:46.77]About 5 percent of the present population are women.
[12:50.25]Many prisons were built over one hundred years ago.
[12:53.16]But the government will have built 11 new prisons by next year.
[12:57.06]There are two sorts of prisons.
[12:59.05]The open sort and the closed sort.
[13:01.06]In the closed sort, prisoners are given very little freedom.
[13:04.26]They spend three to ten hours outside their cells
[13:06.95]when they exercise, eat, study, learn skills, watch TV
[13:11.54]and talk to other prisoners.
[13:13.79]All prisoners are expected to work. Most of them are paid
[13:17.05]for what they do, whether it is doing maintenance or
[13:19.12]cooking and cleaning.
[13:20.65]Prisoners in open prisons are locked up at night, but for the
[13:24.13]rest of the time, they are free within the prison grounds.
[13:27.22]They can exercise, have visitors, or study.
[13:30.82]And some are allowed out of the ground to study or
[13:33.29]to do community work.
[13:35.69]Questions 19 to 21 are based on the passage you have just heard.
[13:40.16]19.What do we know about women prisoners in Britain?
[13:58.71]20.In what way are open prisons different from closed prisons?
[14:18.46]21.What do we learn about prisoners in Britain? 
[14:36.92]Passage Three　
[14:38.59]London taxi drivers know the capital like the back of their hands.
[14:42.37]No matter how small or indistinct the street is,
[14:44.92]the driver will be able to get you there without any trouble.
[14:48.38]The reason London taxi drivers are so efficient is that
[14:51.58]they all have gone through a very tough training period to
[14:54.34]get special taxi driving license.
[14:57.07]During this period, which can take two to four years,
[15:00.24] the would-be taxi driver has to learn the most direct route
[15:03.06]to every single road and to every important building in London.
[15:07.36]To achieve this, most learners go around the city on
[15:10.01]small motorbikes practicing how to move to and
[15:13.26]from different points of the city.
[15:15.81]Learner taxi drivers are tested several times
[15:18.46]during the training period by government officers.
[15:21.55]The exams are terrible experience.
[15:23.92]The officers ask you “How do you get from
[15:26.14]Birmingham Palace to the Tower of London?”
[15:28.76]and you have to take them there in the direct line.
[15:31.49]When you get to the tower, they won’t say “well done”.
[15:34.54]They will quickly move on to the next question.
[15:37.53]After five or six questions,
[15:39.13]they will just say “See you in two months’ time.”
[15:41.89]and then you know the exam is over.
[15:44.11]Learner drivers are not allowed to work and earn money as drivers.
[15:47.68]Therefore, many of them keep their previous jobs
[15:50.29]until they have obtained the license.
[15:52.47]The training can cost quite a lot, because learners have to
[15:55.61]pay for their own expenses on the tests
[15:57.97]and the medical exam.
[16:00.19]Questions 22 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.
[16:04.85]22.Why are London taxi drivers very efficient? 
[16:23.85]23.How long does the training period last? 
[16:42.42]24.Why does the speaker think the driving test is a terrible experience? 
[17:02.59]25.Why do learner drivers have to keep their present jobs?
[17:22.01]Section C
[17:23.98]Directions:
[17:25.58]In this section,you will hear a passage three times.
[17:28.71]When the passage is read for the first time,
[17:30.75]you should listen carefully for its general idea.
[17:33.82]When the passage is read for the second time,
[17:35.87]you are required to fill in the blanks
[17:37.76]numbered from 26 to 33 with the exact words you have just heard.
[17:43.04]For blanks numbered from 34 to 36
[17:45.98]you are required to fill in the missing information.
[17:48.93]For these blanks, you can either use the exact words
[17:51.48]you have just heard or write down the main points in your own words.
[17:55.40]Finally,when the passage is read for the third time,
[17:58.53]you should check what you have written.
[18:01.15]Advertisers can use numerous media, or means,
[18:04.53]to deliver their sales messages.
[18:06.90]The principal media are newspapers, magazines,
[18:10.10]television, radio, direct mail, outdoor signs,
[18:13.78]and point of sale or point of purchase advertising.
[18:17.45]Which single medium or combination of media
[18:19.85]is used depends on the product, the market area in
[18:23.33]which the company operates, the income group to
[18:25.84]which the product appeals, and other considerations.
[18:29.95]Newspapers are the oldest advertising medium
[18:32.31]in the United States.
[18:34.09]The newspaper, with its fresh stream of news and features,
[18:37.08]stimulates a high degree of reader interest every day.
[18:40.64]Housewives often buy papers for the advertisements
[18:44.05]as much as for the editorial content.
[18:47.07]They use the retail ads as shopping guides.
[18:50.21]Classified ads provide an important service for readers
[18:53.77]who are seeking a job, an apartment or house,
[18:56.62]or a special service.
[18:58.47]Newspapers are useful for both local and national advertising.
[19:02.93]Magazines are another important medium for advertisers.
[19:06.64]Many magazines are printed on highquality paper,
[19:09.77]which makes it possible to run unusually attractive ads in colour.
[19:14.28]Masscirculation magazines, such as Time, Newsweek,
[19:17.70]Playboy, and Reader’s Digest, reach millions of readers and
[19:21.16]are used mainly by national advertisers.

[19:26.50]Advertisers can use numerous media, or means,
[19:30.61]to deliver their sales messages.
[19:33.01]The principal media are newspapers, magazines,
[19:37.12]television, radio, direct mail, outdoor signs,
[19:40.79]and point of sale or point of purchase advertising.
[19:44.83]Which single medium or combination of media
[19:47.23]is used depends on the product, the market area in
[19:51.20]which the company operates, the income group to
[19:54.47]which the product appeals, and other considerations.
[19:59.53]Newspapers are the oldest advertising medium
[20:01.89]in the United States.
[20:04.18]The newspaper, with its fresh stream of news and features,
[20:07.17]stimulates a high degree of reader interest every day.
[21:00.07]Housewives often buy papers for the advertisements
[21:03.49]as much as for the editorial content.
[21:06.43]They use the retail ads as shopping guides.
[21:09.63]Classified ads provide an important service for readers
[21:13.11]who are seeking a job, an apartment or house,
[21:15.92]or a special service.
[22:07.25]Newspapers are useful for both local and national advertising.
[22:11.83]Magazines are another important medium for advertisers.
[22:15.54]Many magazines are printed on highquality paper,
[22:18.63]which makes it possible to run unusually attractive ads in colour.
[23:12.66]Masscirculation magazines, such as Time, Newsweek,
[23:15.97]Playboy, and Reader’s Digest, reach millions of readers and
[23:19.24]are used mainly by national advertisers.

[23:25.11]Advertisers can use numerous media, or means,
[23:28.49]to deliver their sales messages.
[23:30.85]The principal media are newspapers, magazines,
[23:34.09]television, radio, direct mail, outdoor signs,
[23:37.73]and point of sale or point of purchase advertising.
[23:41.37]Which single medium or combination of media
[23:43.79]is used depends on the product, the market area in
[23:47.21]which the company operates, the income group to
[23:49.86]which the product appeals, and other considerations.
[23:53.87]Newspapers are the oldest advertising medium
[23:56.29]in the United States.
[23:58.03]The newspaper, with its fresh stream of news and features,
[24:00.98]stimulates a high degree of reader interest every day.
[24:04.58]Housewives often buy papers for the advertisements
[24:07.96]as much as for the editorial content.
[24:10.98]They use the retail ads as shopping guides.
[24:14.15]Classified ads provide an important service for readers
[24:17.67]who are seeking a job, an apartment or house,
[24:20.53]or a special service.
[24:22.25]Newspapers are useful for both local and national advertising.
[24:26.83]Magazines are another important medium for advertisers.
[24:30.54]Many magazines are printed on highquality paper,
[24:33.63]which makes it possible to run unusually attractive ads in colour.
[24:38.21]Masscirculation magazines, such as Time, Newsweek,
[24:41.52]Playboy, and Reader’s Digest, reach millions of readers and
[24:44.80]are used mainly by national advertisers.