大学英语六级考试巅峰训练一本通 Test7

[00:00.61]Test 7
[00:01.79]Test7
[00:03.58]Section A
[00:05.36]Directions:
[00:07.02]In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations
[00:09.79]and 2 long conversations.
[00:11.75]At the end of each conversation, one or more questions
[00:14.48]will be asked about what was said.
[00:16.63]Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once.
[00:20.91]After each question there will be a pause.
[00:23.42]During the pause, you must read the four choices marked
[00:26.11]A), B), C) and D), and decide which is the best answer.
[00:30.36]Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2
[00:33.01]with a single line through the centre.
[00:35.42]1. M: Oh, oh, is this walkman still under warranty?
[00:40.25]W: It should be. I bought it only five weeks ago.
[00:43.77]Q: What is the problem?
[01:01.41]2. W: I need to borrow a typewriter.
[01:04.43]Is there one around that I could use and are there any charges?
[01:07.74]M: There is a business center here in the hotel and
[01:09.52]the typewriter is free for hotel guests.
[01:12.34]You’ll also find, if you’re interested,
[01:14.45]a photocopy machine there and that is coin operated and
[01:17.61]there are also telex facilities.
[01:20.59]Q: What does the woman need to have if she wants to
[01:24.40]the use photocopy machine?
[01:40.84]3. M: How did you like the movie last night?
[01:44.11]W: Considering its interesting name,
[01:45.71]we were expecting a much better film.
[01:48.47]Q: What is the woman’s opinion of the film?
[02:06.83]4. W: This is the silliest book I have ever read.
[02:10.40]It’s plain ridiculous.
[02:11.74]M: I’ve read duller books, though, but not one so long.
[02:15.47]Q: What does the man feel about the book?
[02:33.68]5. M: What a lot of traffic!
[02:36.15]We shouldn’t have driven down the main street,
[02:38.10]not when it’s so crowded.
[02:39.34]W: Well, I told you, didn’t I?
[02:40.61]I said the roads would be very busy, especially on Saturday.
[02:44.21]Q: Where did the conversation take place?
[03:02.60]6. W: I really wish Mark would take more interest in our business.
[03:06.70]I don’t know why he wants to become an architect.
[03:08.92]M: But, Sarah, he’s only sixteen,
[03:10.67]I think he should do what he wants.
[03:13.28]Q: What does the father want his son to do?
[03:31.49]7. M: Would you like to take a break and get a soda?
[03:34.98]W: Would I ever!
[03:36.76]Q: What does the woman mean?
[03:54.40]8. W: I’d appreciate your professional opinion.
[03:57.89]Do you think that I should sue Sygma?
[03:59.86]M: Not really. I think that we can settle this out of court.
[04:02.76]That way we can save both time and effort.
[04:05.80]Q:What’s the probable relationship between the two speakers?
[04:24.95]Conversation One
[04:26.84]W: What materials were used for road surfaces
[04:28.95]during the last century?
[04:30.33]M: Usually they were gravel and macadam.
[04:32.80]Tars and asphalt were originally used only as coverings,
[04:36.24]but later they were used as binders and
[04:38.57]finally as hot mixtures.
[04:40.89]W: Concrete is a modern material as far as
[04:42.82]road-building goes,isn’t it?
[04:45.29]M: Relatively speaking.
[04:46.41]But you might be surprised to know that a concrete road
[04:48.88]was built as early as 1893 in Ohio.
[04:52.57]But it was only 5 miles long.
[04:54.68]More extensive projects were not undertaken
[04:56.75]until much later,around 1912 or 1913.
[05:00.97]W: This was because of the increase in traffic?
[05:03.36]M: That’s right.Especially in the use of heavy tracks.
[05:05.73]More rigid pavements,such as concrete and brick,
[05:08.13]became a necessity.
[05:09.76]For light traffic,though,water bound macadam,gravel,
[05:12.85]sand clay,and bituminous mixtures were still used.
[05:16.96]W: What are turnpikes usually made of?
[05:18.78]M: Turnpikes are usually made of reinforced concrete
[05:21.03]about 8 to 10 inches thick,placed on a granular sub base,
[05:24.77]which in turn is placed on a well-tacked earth subgrade.
[05:28.55]Of course,the construction depends a lot on
[05:30.88]the local climate,rainfall,soils,and so on.
[05:34.00]W: How do you mean—climate?
[05:35.79]M: Frost is one of the main problems.
[05:37.31]For example,in Maine,where frost is quite frequent,
[05:40.21]the typical turnpike construction is a thin top layer
[05:43.71]of asphaltic concrete on a base layer of sand and
[05:46.28]gravel placed on a 36-inch,frost-free,granular subgrade.
[05:51.47]W: What is the width of these roads?
[05:53.87]M: The early two-lane roads were about 20 feet wide.
[05:57.72]But with higher automobile speeds,
[06:00.30]the width requirements increased greatly.
[06:02.52]To give you an example,the Pennsylvania Turnpike has
[06:05.82]two 12-foot lanes in each direction,separated
[06:08.61]by a median 10 feet wide.
[06:11.88]On each side there is a 10-foot stabilized shoulder,
[06:14.82]marking a total width of 78 feet.
[06:17.19]The New Jersey Turnpike averages 100 feet in width,
[06:21.19]with three lanes in each direction.
[06:23.59]W: I guess wider roads are being built every day.
[06:25.88]M: That’s right.Sometimes you think that,
[06:28.02]no matter how good a road you build,the speed and
[06:30.48]weight of vehicles will always be one step ahead.
[06:34.15]Questions 9 to 12 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
[06:38.33]9.What material were not used for road surfaces
[06:42.06]during the last century?
[06:58.32]10.Because of what is concrete used in extensive projects?
[07:17.80]11.For light traffic, which of the following is not used?
[07:37.05]12.What do “turnpikes” mean?
[07:54.51]Conversation Two
[07:56.51]W: Isn’t advertising really a kind of lying?
[07:59.09]M: I don’t think so.
[08:00.33]Quite often people do try to get away with those types of things,
[08:03.54]but the Federal Trade Commission is always very quick to
[08:06.02]jump on them to force them to show evidence
[08:08.09]to back up a claim.
[08:10.05]W: I mean in your work.
[08:11.40]I mean,don’t you actually tell lies to get people to buy things?
[08:15.28]Let me give you an example.
[08:16.99]You know,a movie star says that she uses—a starlet—
[08:20.56]says that she uses a certain kind of soap every night
[08:23.61]to make her skin look beautiful and,of course,
[08:26.37]she doesn’t use it at all,or hardly ever.
[08:29.57]M: I think if you go back very recently,just within the last year,
[08:32.62]you’ll remember that one of our famous singers and
[08:34.56]actors and was uh...called down for just that very thing,
[08:38.66]where he endorsed a product which he didn’t use and
[08:41.60]had to take back what he said in his endorsement.
[08:44.22]W: I see,so what you’re saying is that you’re forced to
[08:46.91]be honest in the profession.
[08:48.33]M: In some cases that may be true.I won’t deny that.
[08:51.45]W: Well,you’ve been in the ad. business for nearly fifteen years.
[08:55.09]What kind of work do you find most interesting?
[08:57.34]M: I would say,developing new markets,or not so much
[09:00.03]new markets,but when you have a product which
[09:01.99]previously people didn’t perceive that they needed,but it is
[09:04.79]an advancement or an improvement over what people
[09:07.45]previously used,and are able to educate people and inform
[09:10.93]them of a partiular thing,and they discover it will make their
[09:14.24]life better and it is something that they could use.
[09:17.33]W: To try to make them understand what’s going on
[09:19.37]with a new product.
[09:21.08]M: Basically,that’s it.
[09:22.60]This is where a lot of the progress or the amenities in life
[09:26.78]which we take for granted now...
[09:28.71]this is how they originally developed.
[09:30.71]Somebody thought of a new idea and convinced people that
[09:33.43]it was something they needed and after a period of time,
[09:36.42]it became what they considered a necessity.
[09:39.00]In other words,the advertising as a promotion will make
[09:41.72]people aware of a product,but...the product’s own worth
[09:45.72]will determine whether or not it’s something that people
[09:48.48]will bring into their daily lives.
[09:51.45]Questions 13 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
[09:55.85]13.What does the man believe?
[10:13.58]14.For how many years has this advertising man been
[10:17.58]in the ad business?
[10:33.51]15.What kind of work does he find most interesting?
[10:51.97]Section B
[10:53.61]Directions:
[10:55.23]In this section, you will hear 3 short passages.
[10:58.25]At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions.
[11:01.77]Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once.
[11:05.22]After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer
[11:08.32]from the four choices marked A) , B) , C) , and D) .
[11:12.17]Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2
[11:14.93]with a single line through the centre.
[11:17.44]Section B
[11:19.08]Passage One
[11:20.71]One of the most successful singers of the twentieth century,
[11:23.62]Ella Fitzgerald has made several different styles of her own.
[11:27.00]She was born in Virginia but was brought up
[11:28.78]in an orphanage in Yonkers, New York.
[11:31.18]Chick Webb spotted her in an amateur competition
[11:33.72]when she was sixteen.
[11:35.39]He engaged her to sing with his band,
[11:37.46]and when he died in 1939, she took over.
[11:40.48]Unlike Bessie Smith, Ella Fitzgerald taught herself
[11:43.24]the sentimental music so popular in the 1930’s—
[11:46.44]songs like “My Heart Belong to Daddy”—
[11:48.94]and her recordings became best sellers.
[11:51.52]During the 1940’s she developed her own
[11:53.84]shouting singing—a breathless, nonsense syllable style—
[11:57.84]for songs like “Flying Home” and “Lady Be Good”.
[12:01.26]Ella Fitzgerald was the perfect musical partner for her friend,
[12:04.71]the trumpeter Louis Armstrong,
[12:06.46]matching him in warmth and artistry.
[12:08.57]“I just like music,” She has said. “To me, it’s a story.
[12:12.09]There’s only one thing better than singing ...
[12:14.45]it’s more singing.”
[12:16.26]Questions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard.
[12:20.47]16.Who was the first to discover Ella Fitzgerald’s talent?
[12:39.74]17.According to the passage, what was Bessie Smith?
[12:58.86]18. What does the passage imply about Ella Fitzgerald and
[13:02.96]Louis Armstrong?
[13:18.93]Passage Two
[13:20.75]How men first learned to invent words is unknown;
[13:24.01]in other words, the origin of language is a mystery.
[13:27.02]All we really know is that men, unlike animals, somehow
[13:30.22]invented certain sounds to express thoughts and feelings,
[13:33.60]actions and things, so that they could communicate with
[13:36.58]each other, and that later they agreed upon certain signs,
[13:39.95]called letters, which could be combined to represent those
[13:43.18]sounds, and which could be written down.
[13:46.27]Those sounds, whether spoken, or written in letters,
[13:48.53]we call words.
[13:50.05]The power of words, then, lies in their associations—
[13:54.05]the things they bring up before our minds.
[13:56.27]Words become filled with meaning for us by experience;
[14:00.01]and the longer we live, the more certain words recall to us
[14:03.14]the glad and sad events of our past; and the more we read
[14:06.88]and learn, the more the number of words
[14:08.70]that mean something to us increases.
[14:11.61]Great writers are those who not only have great thoughts
[14:14.37]but also express these thoughts in words
[14:16.90]which appeal powerfully to our minds and emotions.
[14:20.53]This charming and telling use of words in what we call
[14:23.37]literary style.
[14:25.88]Above all, the real poet is a master of words.
[14:28.93]He can convey his meaning in words which sing like music,
[14:32.64]and which by their position and
[14:33.98]association can move men to tears.
[14:36.86]We should, therefore,
[14:37.90]learn to choose our words carefully and use them accurately,
[14:41.31]or they will make our speech silly and tasteless.
[14:44.80]Questions 19 to 21 are based on the passage you have just heard.
[14:49.20]19. What was one of the reasons why men invented
[14:53.08]certain sounds to express thoughts and actions?
[15:10.46]20.What can we learn about the real power of words?
[15:29.28]21.Which of the following is true?
[15:46.92]Passage Three
[15:48.70]We can agree with primitive man that food is a basic need,
[15:51.93]but we differ from him in our food wants because of the
[15:54.84]wide variety of food we have available compared with him;
[15:58.37]we have a wider choice.
[15:59.79]Take fruit, for example, not only can we enjoy the fruits
[16:02.77]grown in his country, but because of modern methods of
[16:05.68]transport and food preservation, we can also enjoy the
[16:08.40]more fruits from foreign countries thousands of miles away,
[16:11.96]whereas primitive man is limited in his choice to the kinds of
[16:14.76]fruit which actually grow where he lives.
[16:16.80]However they differ in satisfying their hunger, primitive and
[16:19.79]civilized men both experience the basic need for food.
[16:23.43]The same is true of the second of our human need.
[16:26.52]Clothing is necessary to regulate the heat of our bodies.
[16:29.75]Since we live in a temperate climate we need more clothes
[16:32.70]than people living in tropic conditions.
[16:35.06]Likewise, our clothing needs to change with seasons.
[16:37.93]Shelter, the third of our needs, depends upon the climate,
[16:41.53]the skill of the builder, one’s social position,
[16:44.33]and the materials available.
[16:46.29]The simple shelter of primitive man would not do for us,
[16:49.75]and yet it satisfies his needs.
[16:52.04]The three bedroom suburban house of the average family
[16:54.93]would not be grand enough for a rich family, and yet the
[16:57.77]modern house contains many of the material comforts
[17:00.90]which were denied to the Kings and Queens of old.
[17:03.99]Questions 22 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.
[17:08.64]22.With regard to food, what are we different
[17:12.38]from the primitive people?
[17:28.65]23.Why does clothing need to change with seasons?
[17:47.49]24.What can we learn about shelter — our third need?
[18:06.53]25. What is the best title for this passage?
[18:25.22]Section C
[18:27.21]Directions:
[18:28.73]In this section,you will hear a passage three times.
[18:31.86]When the passage is read for the first time,
[18:33.86]you should listen carefully for its general idea.
[18:36.99]When the passage is read for the second time,
[18:39.06]you are required to fill in the blanks
[18:40.98]numbered from 26 to 33 with the exact words you have just heard.
[18:46.15]For blanks numbered from 34 to 36
[18:49.10]you are required to fill in the missing information.
[18:52.08]For these blanks, you can either use the exact words
[18:54.69]you have just heard or write down the main points in your own words.
[18:58.55]Finally,when the passage is read for the third time,
[19:01.75]you should check what you have written.
[19:04.40]A supersonic airliner flies at twice the speed of sound.
[19:08.14]A passenger can leave London at noon and arrive in
[19:10.51]New York at ten o’clock that same morning!
[19:13.85]There is a five hour time difference between the two cities
[19:16.91]and Concorde can fly the Atlantic in only three hours.
[19:20.87]That evening the passenger will feel it is time to go to bed
[19:23.74]when it is only six o’clock.
[19:26.00]The evening will only just be beginning.
[19:28.50]Airline pilots suffer from this very much.
[19:30.90]It maybe in the middle of the night in Hong Kong but their
[19:33.48]stomachs are still on London time, where it is dinner time.
[19:37.10]Pilots and other airline crew have to adjust to
[19:39.45]constant changes in time.
[19:41.49]That is why they often look fifty years old
[19:43.60]when they are only forty.
[19:45.12]This adjustment to sudden changes causes all sorts of problems.
[19:48.61]Businessmen who travel from one side of the world to the
[19:51.67]other in one day are told never to make important decisions
[19:55.19]in the first twenty four hours after landing.
[19:57.92]Air travel is getting faster all the time.
[20:00.39]Engineers say that soon people will be “shot”
[20:02.79]to their destinations in huge rockets.
[20:05.55]These rockets will be able to carry 170 passengers at a time.
[20:09.21]They will be shot high above the earth’s atmosphere and
[20:11.57]land on the other side of the earth forty five minutes
[20:14.73]after take off.

[20:18.66]A supersonic airliner flies at twice the speed of sound.
[20:22.79]A passenger can leave London at noon and arrive in
[20:24.99]New York at ten o’clock that same morning!
[20:29.28]There is a five hour time difference between the two cities
[20:32.33]and Concorde can fly the Atlantic in only three hours.
[20:36.36]That evening the passenger will feel it is time to go to bed
[20:39.16]when it is only six o’clock.
[20:41.45]The evening will only just be beginning.
[20:43.93]Airline pilots suffer from this very much.
[20:47.13]It maybe in the middle of the night in Hong Kong but their
[20:49.73]stomachs are still on London time, where it is dinner time.
[20:53.80]Pilots and other airline crew have to adjust to
[20:56.09]constant changes in time.
[20:58.31]That is why they often look fifty years old
[21:00.20]when they are only forty.
[21:51.56]This adjustment to sudden changes causes all sorts of problems.
[21:55.52]Businessmen who travel from one side of the world to the
[21:58.03]other in one day are told never to make important decisions
[22:01.59]in the first twenty four hours after landing.
[22:53.61]Air travel is getting faster all the time.
[22:56.08]Engineers say that soon people will be “shot”
[22:58.41]to their destinations in huge rockets.
[23:01.35]These rockets will be able to carry 170 passengers at a time.
[23:04.87]They will be shot high above the earth’s atmosphere and
[23:07.42]land on the other side of the earth forty five minutes
[23:10.66]after take off.

[24:04.49]A supersonic airliner flies at twice the speed of sound.
[24:08.23]A passenger can leave London at noon and arrive in
[24:10.47]New York at ten o’clock that same morning!
[24:13.96]There is a five hour time difference between the two cities
[24:17.01]and Concorde can fly the Atlantic in only three hours.
[24:20.94]That evening the passenger will feel it is time to go to bed
[24:23.80]when it is only six o’clock.
[24:26.05]The evening will only just be beginning.
[24:28.56]Airline pilots suffer from this very much.
[24:31.07]It maybe in the middle of the night in Hong Kong but their
[24:33.58]stomachs are still on London time, where it is dinner time.
[24:37.13]Pilots and other airline crew have to adjust to
[24:39.57]constant changes in time.
[24:41.61]That is why they often look fifty years old
[24:43.54]when they are only forty.
[24:45.21]This adjustment to sudden changes causes all sorts of problems.
[24:49.17]Businessmen who travel from one side of the world to the
[24:51.71]other in one day are told never to make important decisions
[24:55.17]in the first twenty four hours after landing.
[24:58.00]Air travel is getting faster all the time.
[25:00.51]Engineers say that soon people will be “shot”
[25:02.87]to their destinations in huge rockets.
[25:05.70]These rockets will be able to carry 170 passengers at a time.
[25:09.29]They will be shot high above the earth’s atmosphere and
[25:11.71]land on the other side of the earth forty five minutes
[25:14.88]after take off.