大学英语六级考试巅峰训练一本通 Test5

[00:00.61]Test 5
[00:03.51]Test5
[00:05.62]Section A
[00:07.40]Directions:
[00:09.11]In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations
[00:11.87]and 2 long conversations.
[00:13.84]At the end of each conversation, one or more questions
[00:16.61]will be asked about what was said.
[00:18.90]Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once.
[00:22.96]After each question there will be a pause.
[00:25.51]During the pause, you must read the four choices marked
[00:28.15]A), B), C) and D), and decide which is the best answer.
[00:32.40]Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2
[00:35.12]with a single line through the centre.
[00:37.49]1. W: Why are you giving me a ticket for speeding, officer?
[00:41.67]I was only going 40 M.P.H.
[00:43.71]M: Can’t you read? That was 10 M.P.H. over the limit.
[00:47.60]Q: What is the speed limit in this area?
[01:05.82]2. W: The shoes were a bargain. I got them for half price!
[01:10.01]M: You mean you only paid $ 40 for them?
[01:12.92]Q: How much did the shoes cost originally?
[01:31.75]3. W: Did you go shopping this afternoon?
[01:34.84]M: Yes, but all I got was a sore foot.
[01:38.22]Q: What does the man mean?
[01:55.83]4. W: Though we cared for Mike for a while,
[01:58.66]now he must care for himself.
[02:01.09]M: Yes, he can live on his own now.
[02:03.78]Q: What does the woman think of Mike?
[02:21.90]5. W: I can’t believe how big and wonderful it is!
[02:25.58]I’ve always wanted to see the Golden Gate,
[02:27.72]and here we are, at long last.
[02:29.79]I hope you are getting some good shots of the bridge, George.
[02:32.71]M: Now, smile! Wasn’t it a wonderful idea I had, dear?
[02:35.91]A trip to San Francisco?
[02:38.60]Q: What was the man doing when he said “Now, smile! ”?
[02:57.73]6. M:Hi, Mary, I have a message for you from Jack.
[03:01.88]He invites you to see an art exhibition.
[03:04.17]W:Thank you, Tom.
[03:05.15]You know, “Two’s company, three’s none.”
[03:07.99]Q:What does the woman mean?
[03:25.76]7. W:You play very well.
[03:28.31]Did you have formal training on the accordion?
[03:31.26]M:I did want to become a player when I was a child,
[03:33.95]but I just took lessons while never practised.
[03:36.75]I taught myself by copying other players. 
[03:40.13]Q:What did the man do as a child?
[03:58.35]8. M:Good morning, I’m here to see Prof. Smith. 
[04:02.35]W:Prof. Smith went to San Francisco last Wednesday for a
[04:05.15]conference, and will be back on Monday night.
[04:08.06]If you like, you may come again on Tuesday morning. 
[04:11.34]Q:When will Prof. Smith return?
[04:29.54]Conversation One
[04:31.58]M: What’s the matter, Bonnie?
[04:32.74]W: A real dilemma.
[04:34.18]M: Does it have anything to do with you and Jasper?
[04:36.77]W: Yes, but I don’t know where to start.
[04:38.88]M: Maybe I can help. Tell me what it is, Bonnie.
[04:41.28]W: Thanks, Grandpa. Please sit down.
[04:43.57]Oh! Jasper has been offered a job in Detroit.
[04:47.57]M: Well, this is something to think about.
[04:49.76]W: There are so many things to consider. There’s Tina.
[04:52.99]I wonder if a move would be a bad thing for her. And my job.
[04:56.83]I don’t know if I can get a good job in Detroit.
[04:59.51]And what about our family?
[05:00.79]M: Can I tell you what I think?
[05:02.10]W: Tell me.
[05:02.94]M: I think that you’re very successful and
[05:05.19]that you have a fantastic reputation in the shoe industry.
[05:08.75]I think you could talk to Mr. Samson,
[05:11.01]and I think he could help you find a real good job in Detroit.
[05:14.54]He was very helpful to me, remember?
[05:16.83]W: I suppose I could call him.
[05:18.61]But I’m not so sure that I want to leave Los Angeles, you,
[05:21.82]and the rest of our family.
[05:23.34]M: Well, I’m not going to kid you, Bonnie.
[05:25.49]You know we’d all miss you.
[05:27.71]But this should be your decision.
[05:29.24]It’s something that only you and Jasper can work out.
[05:31.97]W: If moving to Detroit is in Jasper’s best interest,
[05:34.88]I have to do what I can do to support him.
[05:37.24]M: In every marriage,
[05:38.36]sacrifices have to be made by one partner from time to time.
[05:41.92]W: And what about Tina?
[05:42.98]M: Well, what do you think?
[05:44.32]W: I think Tina is better off staying where she is.
[05:46.72]M: What does she think?
[05:47.67]W: I don’t know for sure.
[05:48.73]M: Well, you’ll have to ask her.
[05:50.11]W: I think I’m going to have a talk with Mr. Samson and
[05:52.91]get his feelings about my leaving.
[05:54.98]And about helping me find a job in Detroit.
[05:57.28]M: Good idea.
[05:58.19]W: I’ll call him right now. No point in delaying.
[06:00.70]Thanks, Grandpa.
[06:02.37]Question 9 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
[06:07.30]9.What did the woman’s grandpa suggest to do?
[06:25.92]10.Which of the following doesn’t contribute to
[06:29.45]the woman’s hesitation?
[06:45.57]11.Why is it a great decision?
[07:03.68]Conversation Two
[07:05.72]W: Morning, Dad. Is something the matter, Dad?
[07:07.97]M: The editorial in this paper made
[07:09.49]my friend James Harper very upset.
[07:11.89]Ah! I’ll read it to you.
[07:14.07]“The old library building on Chestnut Street,
[07:16.50]which has been vacant for over a year now, was supposed
[07:18.94]to be made into a community center to serve the
[07:21.23]senior citizens as well as the younger people of Riverdale.
[07:25.27]Due to lack of funds for the repainting of the interior of the
[07:28.16]building and for the furniture needed, the plans for
[07:30.96]the community center have been postponed indefinitely.”
[07:34.64]He’s coming over to talk about it.
[07:36.53]W: Is it that serious a problem, Dad?
[07:38.42]M: It is. James is not as lucky as I am, Joy.
[07:41.26]He doesn’t have any family with him.
[07:43.59]He lives alone and depends on places like a community
[07:46.35]center to be with people—people of his own age.
[07:49.73]W: But there’s the old community center on Elm Street.
[07:52.15]M: It’s small, and the problem is that it’s set up primarily
[07:54.85]for kids to play.
[07:56.35]Ping pong tables, soda machines, and lots of music.
[07:59.23]It’s too noisy for some old people like James.
[08:01.95]W: I never realized that.
[08:03.30]M: It’s hard for some older people to take all that noise.
[08:06.61]That’s why the new community center is a good idea.
[08:09.34]Part of the building for older people,
[08:11.27]part of the building for younger people.
[08:12.90]W: I see what you mean.
[08:14.76]Question 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
[08:19.49]12.What do we know about James Harper?
[08:37.56]13.How did Joy’s father know about this?
[08:56.13]14.What does Joy think about the matter?
[09:14.38]15.Which of the following does not contribute
[09:17.87]to the construction of the community center?
[09:34.79]Section B
[09:36.32]Directions:
[09:37.99]In this section, you will hear 3 short passages.
[09:41.05]At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions.
[09:44.56]Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once.
[09:48.02]After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer
[09:51.07]from the four choices marked A) , B) , C) , and D) .
[09:54.95]Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2
[09:57.71]with a single line through the centre.
[10:00.11]Passage One
[10:01.75]All of man’s history has been shaped by
[10:03.69]his search for food.
[10:05.26]Man’s first occupation was that of hunter,
[10:07.69]and his first stone weapons were made for hunting.
[10:10.82]Man discovered that groups of men, banded together,
[10:13.73]could hunt animals more easily.
[10:15.77]As a consequence, men began to live together.
[10:18.94]Then when men learned to grow plants for food,
[10:21.61]they settled in communities next to the fields.
[10:24.60]More people lived in the places where food grew the best.
[10:28.02]Progress has been greater in those parts of the world
[10:30.60]where there is more food to eat.
[10:32.59]Many wars have been fought by poor, hungry countries,
[10:35.53]Which try to conquer rich countries for their food.
[10:38.69]Governments have fallen because the people of the country
[10:41.27]were hungry; starving people will follow any man
[10:44.33]who promises them food.
[10:46.40]Rulers who want to stay in power try to feed
[10:48.81]their people well, because during times of famine,
[10:51.32]there are often revolutions.
[10:53.43]Questions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard.
[10:58.16]16.What was man’s first profession according to the passage?
[11:17.46]17.Which one of the following is likely to cause revolutions?
[11:36.79]18.Which one of the following would serve
[11:39.72]as a topic sentence for the passage?
[11:56.68]Passage Two
[11:58.50]Nearly 400 years ago a young man traveled up to London.
[12:02.25]The young man had come on foot
[12:03.53]from Stradford on Avon, a small town on the Avon.
[12:05.39]He was poor, but he had confidence in his future,
[12:10.33]the future of a great actor.
[12:12.48]His name was William Shakespeare.
[12:15.14]He had not been in London very long before he noticed
[12:17.75]that play goers all went to the theatre on horseback.
[12:21.31]“Here is an opportunity!” he thought,
[12:23.17]“There must be someone to take care of the horses
[12:25.42]when people are watching a play.”
[12:27.60]So he began to do the job and he did it so well that
[12:29.95]people all liked him very much.
[12:32.50]Soon the actors found the young man a very promising actor
[12:35.88]and he was given an opportunity to play a part on the stage.
[12:39.49]From that time on, his name became known.
[12:42.47]But he was not content with the life of an actor.
[12:45.12]He took great interest in play writing.
[12:47.64]The plays he wrote, popular in England of his own time and
[12:50.33]up to the present day, have shown him to be one of
[12:52.95]the greatest writers the world has ever produced.
[12:56.03]He is among those who are loved by the people in all time
[12:59.20]and in all lands.
[13:01.27]Question 19 to 21 are based on the passage you have just heard.
[13:05.71]19.Why did William Shakespeare go to London
[13:09.17]when he was young?
[13:25.21]20.How did the play goers go to the theatre?
[13:43.52]21.When did his name become known?
[14:01.69]Passage Three
[14:03.43]Why don’t birds get lost on their long migratory flights?
[14:06.66]Scientists have puzzled over this question for many years.
[14:10.04]Now they’re beginning to fill in the blanks.
[14:12.81]Not long ago, experiments showed that birds rely on
[14:15.97]the sun to guide them during daylight hours.
[14:18.81]But what about birds that fly mainly by night?
[14:21.83]Tests with artificial stars have proved conclusively
[14:25.07]that certain night flying birds are able to follow the stars
[14:28.07]in their long distance flights.
[14:29.96]One such bird—a warbler—had spent its lifetime in a cage
[14:34.17]and had never flown under a natural sky.
[14:37.44]Yet it showed an inborn ability to use the stars for guidance.
[14:41.84]The bird’s cage was placed under an artificial star filled sky
[14:45.44]at migration time.
[14:47.12]The bird tried to fly in the same direction as that taken
[14:50.06]by his outdoor cousins.
[14:52.03]Any change in the position of the make believe stars
[14:54.98]caused a change in the direction of his flight.
[14:57.67]Scientists think that warblers, when flying in daylight,
[15:00.94]use the sun for guidance.
[15:02.82]But the stars are apparently their principal means of navigation.
[15:06.64]What do they do when the stars are hidden by clouds?
[15:09.76]Apparently, they find their way by such landmarks
[15:12.53]as mountain ranges, coastlines, and river courses.
[15:15.52]But when it’s too dark to see these,
[15:17.41]the warblers circle helplessly, unable to get their bearings.
[15:21.44]Question 22 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.
[15:26.32]22.What do we learn from the experiment with the warbler?
[15:45.11]23.How do warblers migrate according to the passage?
[16:04.19]24.How do warblers find their way when the stars
[16:07.93]are hidden by clouds?
[16:24.05]25.How do warblers find their way in total darkness?
[16:43.02]Section C
[16:44.99]Directions:
[16:46.61]In this section,you will hear a passage three times.
[16:49.74]When the passage is read for the first time,
[16:51.73]you should listen carefully for its general idea.
[16:54.86]When the passage is read for the second time,
[16:56.75]you are required to fill in the blanks
[16:58.82]numbered from 26 to 33 with the exact words you have just heard.
[17:03.99]For blanks numbered from 34 to 36
[17:06.79]you are required to fill in the missing information.
[17:09.92]For these blanks, you can either use the exact words
[17:12.43]you have just heard or write down the main points in your own words.
[17:16.36]Finally,when the passage is read for the third time,
[17:19.52]you should check what you have written.
[17:22.14]Some say that nothing is more vivid or memorable
[17:25.31]than a picture.
[17:26.29]We disagree.
[17:27.82]No visual image is as vivid as the image created
[17:31.13]by the mind in response to words.
[17:33.52]The main function of the poet or the artist, in fact,
[17:36.25]is to enable people to see more deeply into things
[17:39.52]than they can with the unaided eye.
[17:42.47]There is more to life than meets the eye,
[17:44.61]and this is what good prose or poetry or painting is all about.
[17:50.04]It is not true that one picture is worth a thousand words.
[17:52.95]It takes only a few words—if they are the right words—
[17:56.40]to ignite the imagination and produce pictures
[17:59.06]far more colorful than anything within the range of
[18:01.75]electronic communications.
[18:04.30]Yet the ultimate importance and power of print is
[18:07.10]represented not by its superior images
[18:09.68]but by its ability to convey abstract ideas.
[18:13.43]No matter how intensive or prolonged a person’s
[18:16.52]formal schooling may be, he is only partially educated
[18:20.01]if he is unable to think abstractly.
[18:23.09]He knows that the most vital ingredient in the making of
[18:25.93]decisions is sequential thought.
[18:28.88]This is what is meant by abstract thought.
[18:31.79]No other medium of communications can equal the speed
[18:34.30]and accuracy of print in moving an abstraction
[18:37.39]from one human brain to another.
[18:39.89]If we are looking for a way to kill philosophy,
[18:42.33]then let us by all means put an end to print,
[18:45.20]for print is the natural habitat of ideas.
[18:47.97]There is also a connection between reading and
[18:50.33]owning that is not accidental or incidental.
[18:53.83]People who are impressed with ideas want to think about
[18:57.03]them on their own terms and in their own time.

[19:02.71]Some say that nothing is more vivid or memorable
[19:05.78]than a picture.
[19:07.60]We disagree.
[19:09.17]No visual image is as vivid as the image created
[19:12.47]by the mind in response to words.
[19:15.45]The main function of the poet or the artist, in fact,
[19:18.06]is to enable people to see more deeply into things
[19:22.00]than they can with the unaided eye.
[19:24.91]There is more to life than meets the eye,
[19:27.09]and this is what good prose or poetry or painting is all about.
[19:32.48]It is not true that one picture is worth a thousand words.
[19:36.33]It takes only a few words-if they are the right words-
[19:39.75]to ignite the imagination and produce pictures
[19:42.35]far more colorful than anything within the range of
[19:45.08]electronic communications.
[19:47.74]Yet the ultimate importance and power of print is
[19:50.56]represented not by its superior images
[19:53.94]but by its ability to convey abstract ideas.
[19:58.02]No matter how intensive or prolonged a person’s
[20:01.22]formal schooling may be, he is only partially educated
[20:04.49]if he is unable to think abstractly.
[20:56.78]He knows that the most vital ingredient in the making of
[20:59.58]decisions is sequential thought.
[21:02.57]This is what is meant by abstract thought.
[21:05.44]No other medium of communications can equal the speed
[21:08.21]and accuracy of print in moving an abstraction
[21:10.97]from one human brain to another.
[21:13.62]If we are looking for a way to kill philosophy,
[21:16.06]then let us by all means put an end to print,
[21:18.89]for print is the natural habitat of ideas.
[22:11.24]There is also a connection between reading and
[22:13.09]owning that is not accidental or incidental.
[22:16.80]People who are impressed with ideas want to think about them
[22:20.59]on their own terms and in their own time.

[23:16.04]Some say that nothing is more vivid or memorable
[23:19.17]than a picture.
[23:20.19]We disagree.
[23:21.68]No visual image is as vivid as the image created
[23:24.98]by the mind in response to words.
[23:27.45]The main function of the poet or the artist, in fact,
[23:30.07]is to enable people to see more deeply into things
[23:33.38]than they can with the unaided eye.
[23:36.29]There is more to life than meets the eye,
[23:38.59]and this is what good prose or poetry or painting is all about.
[23:43.91]It is not true that one picture is worth a thousand words.
[23:46.85]It takes only a few words-if they are the right words-
[23:50.27]to ignite the imagination and produce pictures
[23:52.87]far more colorful than anything within the range of
[23:55.53]electronic communications.
[23:58.19]Yet the ultimate importance and power of print is
[24:00.99]represented not by its superior images
[24:03.54]but by its ability to convey abstract ideas.
[24:07.32]No matter how intensive or prolonged a person’s
[24:10.52]formal schooling may be, he is only partially educated
[24:13.80]if he is unable to think abstractly.
[24:16.96]He knows that the most vital ingredient in the making of
[24:19.87]decisions is sequential thought.
[24:22.71]This is what is meant by abstract thought.
[24:25.66]No other medium of communications can equal the speed
[24:28.37]and accuracy of print in moving an abstraction
[24:31.17]from one human brain to another.
[24:33.76]If we are looking for a way to kill philosophy,
[24:36.19]then let us by all means put an end to print,
[24:39.07]for print is the natural habitat of ideas.
[24:42.12]There is also a connection between reading and
[24:44.20]owning that is not accidental or incidental.
[24:47.65]People who are impressed with ideas want to think about
[24:50.71]them on their own terms and in their own time.