大学英语六级考试巅峰训练一本通 Test10

[00:00.61]Test 10
[00:01.62]Test10
[00:03.43]Section A
[00:05.14]Directions:
[00:06.75]In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations
[00:09.52]and 2 long conversations.
[00:11.48]At the end of each conversation, one or more questions
[00:14.23]will be asked about what was said.
[00:16.52]Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once.
[00:20.34]After each question there will be a pause.
[00:23.14]During the pause, you must read the four choices marked
[00:25.80]A), B), C) and D), and decide which is the best answer.
[00:29.87]Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2
[00:32.80]with a single line through the centre.
[00:35.17]1.M: Did you see that fabulous documentary on U.S.
[00:39.06]hospitals on Channel 4 last night?
[00:41.02]W: No, I decided to watch the movie on Channel 8 instead.
[00:43.97]Afterwards, I fell asleep.
[00:46.22]Q: Why did the woman miss the documentary?
[01:04.39]2. W: I can’t find the arrival times for the New York
[01:07.84]to Boston trains on this schedule.
[01:10.05]M: Look for New York in the left hand column and follow it
[01:12.38]across until you find the hour listed in the Boston column.
[01:16.11]Q: What is the woman doing?
[01:33.83]3. M: Now tell me, Laura,
[01:36.34]how do you like your life here on campus?
[01:38.71]W: Well, I think my early excitement is gone.
[01:41.11]Now I’m beginning to feel the pressure.
[01:43.02]None of the courses are as simple as they appear to be.
[01:46.33]Q: Who is the woman most likely?
[02:04.52]4. W: Barry,
[02:06.41]people tell me that you’re a rather unusual type of pop star.
[02:09.68]What do you like doing in the evening?
[02:11.23]M: I don’t really like staying out late and going to
[02:13.34]discos or parties.
[02:14.91]I’m not really very fond of leading a wild life.
[02:17.31]I just like to go to bed early and read an interesting book.
[02:20.87]Q: What does Barry like doing ?
[02:38.83]5. W: There is an article here in this magazine
[02:41.99]that might interest you.
[02:43.18]It’s about buying running shoes.
[02:45.14]M: If it’s not chemistry and it’s not on the final exam,
[02:47.65]I can’t read it now.
[02:49.25]Q: Why doesn’t the man read the article?
[03:07.85]6. W: I hear that John got a second hand car,
[03:11.41]do you know how much he paid for it ?
[03:13.23]M: Well, he said he paid$1200, one fourth of the original price.
[03:16.87]But I think it cost him$800 at most.
[03:19.98]Q: According to what John had said,
[03:22.95]what was the original price of the car?
[03:39.59]7. W: This book on astrology is fascinating.
[03:43.05]Everything it says is true to me.
[03:44.68]I’m independent and don’t like to obey,
[03:46.98]just as the author wrote here.
[03:48.54]M: But people often know little about themselves.
[03:50.65]Do you think you know yourself very well?
[03:53.05]Q: What does the man mean?
[04:11.06]8. W: Did you notice that the museum has several portraits
[04:14.88]on display the about French Revolution?
[04:16.84]M: Yes, I noticed some sculptures there also,
[04:18.92]vivid and magnificent.
[04:21.02]Q: What are the man and woman probably talking about?
[04:39.82]Conversation One
[04:41.63]W: Good evening and welcome to tonight’s program.
[04:43.93]Our guest is the world-known Dr. Charles Smith,
[04:46.80]who has sparked a great deal of attention over the past
[04:49.16]several years for his research in the area of language learning.
[04:52.58]His new book, Learning a Language over Eggs and Toast,
[04:55.70]has been on the best seller list for the past six weeks.
[04:58.38]Welcome to our program.
[04:59.69]M: Ah, it’s a pleasure to be here. 
[05:01.36]W: Now, Dr. Smith. Tell us about the title of your book,
[05:04.53]Learning a Language over Eggs and Toast. 
[05:06.82]M: Well, one of the most important keys to learning another
[05:09.14]language is to establish a regular study program, like
[05:11.75]planning a few minutes every morning around breakfast time.
[05:14.71]W: Now, sorry for saying this,
[05:16.82]but your ideas may sound a little simplistic to our viewers.
[05:20.16]I mean I took Spanish in high school for four years,
[05:22.84]and I didn’t become a proficient speaker of the language.
[05:25.82]M: Well, I think there are many people that feel that way,
[05:28.22]and that’s just it.
[05:29.46]I’m not implying that we can become fluent speakers in a
[05:31.86]matter of a few minutes here and there, but rather a regular,
[05:34.91]consistent, and focused course of study can help us on the
[05:37.49]way to the promised language of language mastery,
[05:41.35]and remember there is a difference between native fluency
[05:43.97]and proficiency in a language, and I am proposing the latter.
[05:47.75]W: So what are some of the basic keys you are suggesting?
[05:51.20]M: Well, as I just mentioned, people need to
[05:53.41]plan out their study by setting realistic and attainable goals
[05:56.83]from the beginning.
[05:57.84]I mean，some people get caught up the craze of learning
[06:00.24]the language in 30 days, only to become disenchanted
[06:04.35]when they don’t perform up to their expectations.
[06:06.66]And small steps, little by little, are the key.
[06:09.61]For example, planning to learn five new vocabulary words
[06:12.85]a day and to learn to use them actively is far better than
[06:16.44]learning 30 and forgetting them the next day. 
[06:18.88]W:Um-hum. Now you mentioned something about
[06:21.39]maximizing your learning potential by learning about your
[06:23.98]own individual learning styles. Could you elaborate on that?
[06:27.10]M: Sure. People often have different ways of learning and
[06:29.78]approach learning tasks differently.
[06:32.00]Some people are visual learners who prefer to see models
[06:34.47]of the patterns they are expected to learn;
[06:36.83]others are auditory learners who favor hearing instructions,
[06:40.36]for example, over reading them.
[06:42.69]Now, our preferences are determined by many factors,
[06:45.40]for example, personality, culture, and past experience. 
[06:48.93]W: Well, Dr. Smith. What is your learning style? 
[06:51.69]M: Well, I’m a very tactile learner. 
[06:54.42]W: You mean one who learns through hands-on experience?
[06:57.44]M: Exactly.
[06:58.88]W: So, how does knowing your learning style benefit you?
[07:02.56]M: Well, this might seem a little unusual,
[07:04.88]but moving around while trying to learn and
[07:06.65]memorize material helps me a great deal.
[07:09.38]While I cut up tomatoes and onions for my omelet in the morning,
[07:12.79]I might recite aloud vocabulary to the rhythm of the knife.
[07:16.51]But it is important to remember that often
[07:18.09]our learning styles are not singular in nature,
[07:20.92]but are often very multidimensional,
[07:23.31]and we tend to learn differently in different situations. 
[07:26.88]W: So what is my learning style? 
[07:28.48]M: Well, you’re going to have to read my book to find out.
[07:31.24]W: Okay. We have just found out from
[07:33.02]Dr. Charles Smith, author of
[07:35.02]the book, Learning Languages over Eggs and Toast.
[07:37.71]Thanks for joining us. 
[07:38.79]M: My pleasure.
[07:40.46]Questions 9 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
[07:44.21]9. From the content of the conversation,
[07:47.66]where does this interview most probably take place?
[08:05.12]10. According to Dr. Smith, what is one of the most
[08:08.83]important points in learming a foreign language?
[08:26.23]11. What does Dr. Smith suggest?
[08:44.35]Conversation Two
[08:46.33]W: You’ve done a very good job for a first letter.
[08:48.70]M: Thanks.But you’ve marked some lines on the page.
[08:51.57]W: They don’t mean that something is wrong about your grammar.
[08:53.94]I mean that,maybe they can be improved in the light of
[08:56.30]Western writing habits.
[08:58.25]M: Can you show me how?
[08:59.40]W:Of course.For example,some things aren’t clear enough.
[09:02.68]Now look here.
[09:03.84]Your sentence about graduate school is confusing.
[09:06.12]M: Why?
[09:06.18]“I left the Northwestern Electronic Technology Institute
[09:09.42]in the year 1998.”
[09:11.33]W: Well,it’s not clear whether you dropped out or
[09:13.03]whether you completed your studies there
[09:15.18]when you used the word “left”.
[09:17.22]M: Of course I completed my studies.
[09:19.28]W: Then make it clear.Another point.
[09:21.13]You referred to this institute here as an “Institute”.
[09:24.22]Here as a “college” and still here as a “university”,
[09:26.95]What on earth is it?
[09:27.90]M: I see your point.
[09:28.79]W: Now,this one.You said.
[09:30.17]“May I take the liberty to introduce myself to you?”
[09:33.25]M: Isn’t it polite to say so?
[09:35.21]W: Yes,but we probably wouldn’t write like this
[09:37.94]because you have already taken the liberty,
[09:39.83]so why ask permission now?
[09:41.51]M: I wrote according to my Chinese standards.
[09:43.58]W: In our country it’s more polite and appropriate to
[09:45.54]sweep clean extraneous material,fancy sentences,
[09:49.25]and extra adjectives and adverbs.
[09:51.32]M: I don’t quite understand why that’s more courteous.
[09:55.11]W: Well.Suppose that I’m the one you addressed to.
[09:57.65]I’m sitting behind my desk preparing a lecture
[10:00.05]for the postgraduates next week.
[10:01.86]All around my desk are piles of notes and references.
[10:05.39]Now and then a publisher has called in to know
[10:07.57]the progress of the book for correction.
[10:10.11]The executive board has called for my arrangement of
[10:12.51]next year’s research fund as well as my intention
[10:15.39]for next year’s postgraduate enrollment.
[10:18.00]My car is to be taken out of the garage.
[10:20.70]I have to go to the hospital to receive
[10:22.65]an annual examination at 2:00 in the afternoon.
[10:25.75]I shall remember to meet my friends in the airport at 4:00
[10:28.45]in the afternoon.
[10:29.76]There are some students waiting outside of my office...
[10:32.13]M: OK,OK,I get our point.
[10:34.20]Then you get my mail among other things of the same quality.
[10:37.25]W: You see it now.
[10:38.34]M: Well,maybe I shall forget the whole thing.
[10:40.62]W: No,no.Not at all.
[10:41.96]You just want to make things as easy as possible for your addressee.
[10:45.85]You need tell him immediately the purpose
[10:47.62]of your letter,that is,that you are applying for a fellowship.
[10:51.29]Then he has a context in which to judge the rest of
[10:53.80]the information you supply.
[10:55.22]M: You are quite right.
[10:56.61]W: Then he wants the rest of the information in a form that
[10:59.25]makes it fast and easy for him to digest.
[11:01.80]M: Are you suggesting that I send a resume
[11:03.67]with the letter?
[11:04.47]W: That is most welcome.
[11:05.56]M: OK.Thanks a lot for your advice.
[11:07.35]W: You’re welcome.See you tomorrow.
[11:08.62]M: See you.
[11:10.15]Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
[11:14.88]12.Why has the woman marked some lines on the page?
[11:33.63]13.Which of the following did not occur in the conversation?
[11:52.65]14.According to the man, which is the polite
[11:56.14]and appropriate way of writing?
[12:12.73]15.The man said, “Maybe I shall forget the whole thing?”
[12:17.13]What is the exact meaning?
[12:33.28]Section B
[12:34.83]Directions:
[12:36.51]In this section, you will hear 3 short passages.
[12:39.45]At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions.
[12:42.80]Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once.
[12:46.47]After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer
[12:49.60]from the four choices marked A) , B) , C) , and D) .
[12:53.27]Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2
[12:56.22]with a single line through the centre.
[12:58.66]Passage One
[13:00.11]Hello! I’m Tom Handerson.
[13:03.20]Before we start our first lab, I’d like to tell you a little bit
[13:05.96]about the workbook we will be using.
[13:08.11]The first thing I’d like to point out is that the workbook
[13:10.44]contains a great amount of material for more than
[13:12.69]you could ever handle in a single semester.
[13:15.49]What you are supposed to do is to choose the experiments
[13:18.00]and the activities that you want to do with a certain favorite course.
[13:21.97]The first part of my job is to help you to make your choices.
[13:25.42]Next I’d like to mention that in each chapter there are
[13:27.91]usually two subsections, the first is called experiments,
[13:31.32]the second is called activities.
[13:33.36]In the experiment section the workbook gives full instructions
[13:36.60]for all of the experiments including alternative
[13:39.49]procedures, you may use the procedure you wish on
[13:42.25]the basis of available equipment or personal preference.
[13:45.55]In the activity section, you’ll find suggestions for many experiments,
[13:48.90]exercises and projects that you can do on your own time.
[13:52.72]You’ll see that there are usually no detailed instructions for
[13:55.45]the activities, you are supposed to do them in your own way.
[13:58.50]OK, let’s turn to chapter one now.
[14:01.59]Questions 16 to 19 are based on the passage you have just heard.
[14:05.99]16. What is the instructor describing?
[14:24.14]17.What is the first part of the man’s job ?
[14:42.35]18.How are the activities different from the experiments?
[15:01.27]19.When would this talk be given?
[15:19.37]Passage Two
[15:21.11]Are you afraid to raise your hand in the class even
[15:23.26]when you know the answer?
[15:24.98]If you are, most people would say that you are shy.
[15:27.90]But you are not alone. Nine out of ten people are
[15:30.48]at least a little shy.
[15:32.37]But, however shy you are, scientific evidence seems to
[15:35.29]show that it isn’t your fault.
[15:37.20]You may have been born that way.
[15:39.13]How do psychologists (心理学家) measure shyness?
[15:41.67]One way is by observation. They keep detailed records of
[15:44.98]people’s actions, like how often these people speak to others
[15:48.95]or how long it takes someone to say “hello” to a stranger.
[15:52.51]Another way to measure shyness is to ask people questions.
[15:56.22]The test only takes about 10 minutes.
[15:58.76]It asks questions like “Do you like going out a lot?”
[16:02.04]and “Do you have many friends?”
[16:03.85]People must answer either “Yes” or “No”.
[16:06.62]These questions can predict how people actually behave
[16:09.24]in social situations.
[16:11.20]Suppose the test tells you that someone is shy,
[16:13.96]chances are good that he or she will act shy.
[16:16.44]When scientists measure shyness, they are really
[16:18.80]comparing the degree of shyness.
[16:21.27]In other words, when researchers say people are shy,
[16:25.34]they really mean they are more shy than others.
[16:28.54]Questions 20 to 22 are based on the passage you have just heard.
[16:32.73]20.Why does the speaker say that it isn’t a fault to be shy?
[16:52.02]21.What is one of the ways suggested by psychologists
[16:56.28]for measuring shyness?
[17:12.36]22.What is the purpose of the psychologists in asking questions?
[17:32.04]Passage Three
[17:33.83]In the second half of each year, many powerful storms are
[17:36.59]born in the tropical Atlantic and Caribbean seas.
[17:40.34]Of these, only about half a dozen generate the strong,
[17:42.99]circling winds of 75 miles per hour or more that give them
[17:46.96]hurricane (飓风,十二级风) status, and several usually make
[17:50.52]their way to the coast. There they cause millions of dollars
[17:53.40]of damage, and bring death to large numbers of people. 
[17:56.45]The great storms that hit the coast start as
[17:58.45]innocent circling disturbances (气流) hundreds —
[18:01.96]even thousands — of miles out to sea.
[18:04.22]As they travel aimlessly over water warmed by summer sun,
[18:08.33]they are carried westward by the trade winds.
[18:11.42]When conditions are just right, warm air with
[18:13.21]moisture flows in at the bottom of such a disturbance,
[18:16.23]moves upward through it and comes out at the top.
[18:19.07]In the process, the moisture produces rain, and with it the
[18:21.86]heat is converted to energy in the form of strong winds.
[18:25.86]As the heat increases, the young hurricane begins to
[18:28.22]swirl in a counterclockwise motion.
[18:31.21]The average life of a hurricane is only about nine days,
[18:34.32]but it contains almost more power than we can imagine.
[18:37.63]The energy in the heat released by a hurricane’s rainfall in
[18:41.05]a single day would satisfy the entire electrical needs of
[18:44.94]the United States for more than 6 months.
[18:48.05]Questions 23 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.
[18:52.78]23.When is an ordinary tropical storm called a hurricane?
[19:12.06]24.What direction does the moisture move to produce rain?
[19:31.10]25.What is true about hurricanes?
[19:49.22]Section C
[19:51.15]Directions:
[19:52.82]In this section,you will hear a passage three times.
[19:55.95]When the passage is read for the first time,
[19:57.95]you should listen carefully for its general idea.
[20:01.08]When the passage is read for the second time,
[20:03.04]you are required to fill in the blanks
[20:05.00]numbered from 26 to 33 with the exact words you have just heard.
[20:10.20]For blanks numbered from 34 to 36
[20:13.02]you are required to fill in the missing information.
[20:16.12]For these blanks, you can either use the exact words
[20:18.72]you have just heard or write down the main points in your own words.
[20:22.54]Finally,when the passage is read for the third time,
[20:25.71]you should check what you have written.
[20:28.45]The oldest and simplest method, then, of describing
[20:30.96]differences in personality was to classify people
[20:33.51]according to types.
[20:35.76]Such a system is called a Typology.
[20:38.20]A famous example of this method was set forth in Greece
[20:41.62]about the year 400 B.C.
[20:44.13]A physician named Hippocrates theorized that there were
[20:46.66]four fluids, or humors, in the body：blood, yellow bile (胆汁),
[20:50.92]black bile, and phlegm (粘液).
[20:52.77]Corresponding to each humor,
[20:54.49]there existed a definite type of personality.
[20:57.68]A person in whom all four humors were
[20:59.65]in perfect balance had a harmonious personality.
[21:02.99]If a person had too much blood, he was cheerful and optimistic.
[21:06.85]Someone with too much yellow bile was irritable and easily angered.
[21:10.92]Too much black bile made a person depressed and pessimistic.
[21:14.88]An oversupply of phlegm caused a human being to be slow and unfeeling.
[21:19.43]Other features of people, such as their faces and figures,
[21:22.99]have also been used to classify personality.
[21:25.90]Today, however, personality theories and classifications
[21:29.10]may also include factors such as heredity, the environment,
[21:32.16]intelligence, and emotional needs.

[21:36.96]The oldest and simplest method, then, of describing
[21:39.57]differences in personality was to classify people
[21:42.34]according to types.
[21:45.58]Such a system is called a Typology.
[21:48.09]A famous example of this method was set forth in Greece
[21:52.31]about the year 400 B.C.
[21:54.82]A physician named Hippocrates theorized that there were
[21:57.44]four fluids, or humors, in the body：blood, yellow bile (胆汁),
[22:03.62]black bile, and phlegm (粘液).
[22:05.58]Corresponding to each humor,
[22:08.13]there existed a definite type of personality.
[22:11.44]A person in whom all four humors were
[22:13.33]in perfect balance had a harmonious personality.
[23:05.89]If a person had too much blood, he was cheerful and optimistic.
[23:09.68]Someone with too much yellow bile was irritable and easily angered.
[23:13.71]Too much black bile made a person depressed and pessimistic.
[23:17.71]An oversupply of phlegm caused a human being to be slow and unfeeling.
[24:11.40]Other features of people, such as their faces and figures,
[24:14.97]have also been used to classify personality.
[24:17.84]Today, however, personality theories and classifications
[24:21.00]may also include factors such as heredity, the environment,
[24:24.21]intelligence, and emotional needs.

[25:19.15]The oldest and simplest method, then, of describing
[25:21.55]differences in personality was to classify people
[25:24.53]according to types.
[25:26.56]Such a system is called a Typology.
[25:29.00]A famous example of this method was set forth in Greece
[25:32.27]about the year 400 B.C.
[25:34.82]A physician named Hippocrates theorized that there were
[25:37.15]four fluids, or humors, in the body：blood, yellow bile (胆汁),
[25:41.66]black bile, and phlegm (粘液).
[25:43.51]Corresponding to each humor,
[25:45.22]there existed a definite type of personality.
[25:48.42]A person in whom all four humors were
[25:50.39]in perfect balance had a harmonious personality.
[25:53.84]If a person had too much blood, he was cheerful and optimistic.
[25:57.59]Someone with too much yellow bile was irritable and easily angered.
[26:01.62]Too much black bile made a person depressed and pessimistic.
[26:05.62]An oversupply of phlegm caused a human being to be slow and unfeeling.
[26:10.17]Other features of people, such as their faces and figures,
[26:13.77]have also been used to classify personality.
[26:16.68]Today, however, personality theories and classifications
[26:19.84]may also include factors such as heredity, the environment,
[26:22.93]intelligence, and emotional needs.