2012年12月六级真题(二).doc

01:36.51College English Test（Band 6）01:40.01Part II Listening Comprehension01:44.62Section A01:46.34Directions: In this section,01:49.18you will hear 8 short conversations01:51.87and 2 long conversations.01:54.40At the end of each conversation,01:56.89one or more questions will be asked01:59.58about what was said.02:01.45Both the conversation and the questions02:04.04will be spoken only once.02:06.36After each question there will be a pause.02:09.83During the pause,02:11.52you must read the four choices02:13.44marked A), B), C) and D),02:16.26and decide which is the best answer.02:19.46Then mark the corresponding letter02:22.20on Answer Sheet 102:23.77with a single line through the centre.02:26.97Now lets begin with the eight short conversations.02:31.201. M: This is the second time this week 02:36.83my boss asked me to work extra hours. 02:39.79Im glad to get a bigger paycheck, 02:42.24but I dont want such a heavy schedule. 02:44.96W: Better watch your step. 02:46.35A lot of people would like to trade places with you. 02:49.44Q: What does the woman imply the man should do? 03:06.382. W: Oh, there you are. 03:08.82Your wife just called. 03:10.74I told her you were around somewhere, 03:12.90but I couldnt find you. 03:14.52Shed like you to call her at home. 03:16.66M: At home? 03:18.87She should be at work. 03:20.25I hope nothing is wrong. 03:22.20Q: What does the man imply? 03:37.683. M: We have to get up early tomorrow 03:41.42if we want to be at the railway station by 8:00. 03:44.25Perhaps we should go to bed now.03:46.51W: I suppose so, 03:47.54but I have to finish this memo 03:49.48and put it in the mail.03:51.87Q: What do we learn from the conversation?04:07.804. W: Let me check, sir. 04:11.00A suite on the third floor was reserved by a Mr. Cromer 04:15.35from July 10th to 16th.04:18.44M: Im afraid theres a mistake, madam. 04:21.23I told my secretary to book a spacious double room 04:24.77rather than a luxurious suite.04:27.68Q: What is wrong with the reservation?04:44.985. W: Profits are down considerably this quarter. 04:49.07Do you have any idea what might be the problem?04:52.02M: I guess its just that this is a slack time of the year.04:55.82I hear other companies are having the same problem. 04:59.05Q: What are the speakers talking about? 05:15.696. M: I forgot to pick up the groceries on the way home. 05:20.40Ill just rest a minute and then go and get them.05:23.27W: No problem. 05:24.31We can make do with whats left here, 05:26.78and get them tomorrow.05:29.76Q: What does the woman suggest they do? 05:45.897. W: Somebody should do something 05:49.06about the air-conditioning. 05:50.70Its ridiculous. 05:51.72I have to wear a sweater to work in the middle of summer.05:54.97M: I agree. Its been like this for weeks.05:59.74Q: What are the speakers talking about?06:16.438. W: I lost the diamond out of my ring. 06:20.43Do you know where I could have it replaced?06:23.19M: Ive never had a stone put in anything, 06:26.26but I know that the jewelry shop on Oxford Street has a good reputation.06:31.14Q: What does the woman intend to do?06:48.14Now you will hear the two long conversations.06:52.07Conversation One06:54.36W: Mr. Stern, may I ask you? 06:56.41Do you think it was necessary and fair to arrest Steve Bril?07:00.82M: I dont know whether you realise that 07:03.52this man has been eating our park for five years. 07:07.50And he is encouraging other people 07:09.31to do the same thing every single day. 07:12.71He has been organising groups 07:14.70to destroy our urban wildlife.07:17.20W: But Mr. Stern, this situation 07:19.76has been going on happily for five years. 07:22.38Why do you suddenly decide to do something about it?07:25.72M: Well, at first, 07:28.36we just thought he was an eccentric person, 07:30.86a bit odd, you know. 07:32.60But over the years we came to realise that 07:34.92he is a dangerous guy. 07:36.38He has been ruining our city environment. 07:39.29Parks are to look at, not to eat. 07:42.13Its just as if youre going to allow people 07:44.68to walk through a zoo, and eat the baby bears.07:47.92W: But surely you or your park keepers, Mr. Stern, 07:51.34could have discouraged Mr. Bril from his activity 07:54.24without going to such drastic measures, without arresting him.07:58.67M: Steve is a nice fellow, 08:00.35but what he is doing is illegal. 08:02.31He knows an awful lot about wild weeds. 08:05.21Well be very happy to let him organise tours 08:08.56if he just wouldnt eat the plants 08:10.83and wouldnt encourage other people to do so, too. 08:13.80You never know what this could lead to, 08:16.45all sorts of people ruining our park in all sorts of ways. 08:20.09This kind of thing is very definitely criminal behaviour 08:23.82and must be stopped.08:26.85Questions 9 to 12 are based on the conversation08:31.05you have just heard.08:34.129. What does the man say Steve Bril has been doing?08:52.9710. Why was Steve Bril not arrested years ago?09:11.9411. What does the woman think of the action taken against Steve Bril?09:31.3812. What finally led to Steve Brils arrest?09:50.37Conversation Two09:52.70M: Mary, are your children still at school?09:55.86W: Yes, my eldest boy, Martin, left school last year. 09:59.71He works at a day center nearby 10:01.86for physically handicapped adults. 10:04.69My daughter Liz is in the fourth year10:07.19at a comprehensive school.10:09.96M: How is her foreign language?10:12.87W: Very good. She likes French and German. 10:15.74She is not very scientific. 10:17.89Christopher, my youngest child, 10:20.04is in the last year of junior school. 10:22.31He is much more practically oriented, 10:24.97strong in math and science.10:27.31M: He will be going to a comprehensive school, I suppose.10:31.19W: We have the choice of three comprehensive schools.10:34.09M: Really? Its unusual to have so many to choose from.10:37.99W: Well, yes. Parter School seems to have done all right. 10:42.12Were er.um.Therere certain criticisms about it, 10:46.11but on the whole, we are not too dissatisfied.10:49.46M: Well, generally speaking, 10:51.87what do you think one considers 10:53.30when one is trying to choose? 10:55.73Well, I dont know 10:56.79if one can really choose one school actually you tend to. 11:00.60Children go where theyre sent.11:03.10W: You cant er.um. very easily unless you are very rich 11:07.58and can afford to choose a private school. 11:10.07And since were not very rich, 11:12.02weve got all three children to consider. 11:14.96We cant do that. 11:16.57So they go to the local comprehensive school. 11:19.48What really matters is, you know, 11:21.07the quality of the staff, the size of the school. 11:24.43I think the size of the school has a lot to do with it.11:28.41Questions 13 to 15 are based on the conversation11:32.26you have just heard.11:34.7213. What do we learn about the womans daughter Liz?11:53.1514. What does the woman say about her youngest child Christopher?12:11.9915. What can we conclude from the conversation?12:30.56Section B12:31.93Directions: In this section,12:34.82you will hear 3 short passages.12:37.72At the end of each passage,12:39.42you will hear some questions.12:41.72Both the passage and the questions12:43.83will be spoken only once.12:46.21After you hear a question,12:48.20you must choose the best answer12:50.03from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D).12:55.64Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 112:59.73with a single line through the centre.13:03.90Passage One13:06.01Years ago, when I was a young assistant professor 13:08.97at the Harvard Business School, 13:10.86I thought that the key to developing managerial leadership 13:14.65lay in raw brain power. 13:17.56I thought the role of business schools 13:20.04was to develop future managers 13:22.46who knew all about the various functions of business. 13:26.88My thinking gradually became tempered 13:29.62by living and working outside the United States 13:33.06and by serving seven years as a college president. 13:37.07During my presidency of Babson College, 13:40.15I added several traits or skills 13:42.88that I felt a good manager must possess. 13:45.85The first is the ability to express oneself 13:49.43in a clear, articulate fashion. 13:51.76Good oral and written communication skills 13:54.84are absolutely essential 13:56.60if one is to be an effective manager. 13:59.25Second, one must possess the required set of qualities 14:03.41called leadership skills. 14:05.39To be a good leader, 14:07.72one must understand and be sensitive to people 14:10.73and be able to inspire them 14:13.12toward the achievement of common goals. 14:15.27Next, I concluded that effective managers14:18.75must be broad human beings 14:21.24who not only understand the world of business 14:23.94but also have a sense of the cultural, social, political, historical, 14:28.61and the international aspects of life and society. 14:32.86This suggests that exposure to the liberal arts and humanities 14:37.09should be part of every managers education. 14:41.59Finally, as I pondered the business and government-related scandals 14:45.49that have occupied the front pages of newspapers, 14:48.17it became clear that a good manager in todays world 14:52.23must have courage and a strong sense of integrity. 14:56.58He must know where to draw the line 14:58.67between right and wrong.15:01.44Questions 16 to 19 are based on the passage15:04.79you have just heard.15:07.1816. What did the speaker use to think 15:10.72business schools should do to produce managers?15:27.6717. What might change the speakers viewpoint?15:46.8318. What does the speaker stress as part of managers education?16:06.4319. What convinced the speaker16:09.31that managers need a sense of integrity?16:26.61Passage Two16:28.08With top colleges charging 16:30.42as much as $50 000 per year, 16:32.99the idea that students may spend their first two years 16:36.26learning next-to-nothing 16:39.95is enough to make parents pause. 16:41.38How can you make that investment worthwhile? 16:44.04And does going to college really make you smarter? 16:46.79It depends on what you study 16:48.51and whether you study enough. 16:51.09A discussion at The New York Times this week tackled the issue, 16:54.79with several academics weighing in on whether college is worthwhile, 16:58.71and whether schools are dumbing down their curricula 17:01.42to appeal to more people. 17:03.65In their new book, Academically Adrift, 17:07.59sociologists Richard Arum and Josipa Roksa found that 17:11.8532 percent of the students they followed 17:14.71did not take “any courses 17:16.46with more than 40 pages of reading per week” 17:19.08in a typical semester, 17:21.18and half of the students didnt take “any courses 17:24.33in which they had to write more than 20 pages for the class.” 17:27.78Using these criteria, 17:29.45they determined that 45 percent of college students 17:32.79make little academic progress 17:35.13during the first two years of a four-year degree. 17:38.53Their research raises a few red flags. 17:42.16On the one hand, 17:43.31is it any surprise that a public school system forced to17:46.37“teach to the test” produces large numbers of students 17:50.22who are unwilling to think analytically, 17:52.66learn on their own, or write a research paper? 17:55.79On the other, 17:57.22does the number of pages read plus the number of pages written 18:00.53equals an accurate assessment of academic progress? 18:04.56A literature or history major, for instance, 18:07.34would have far more reading to do than a math major, 18:10.78but the math workload isnt lighter lifting 18:13.53just because it involves reading fewer pages per week. 18:18.54Questions 20 to 22 are based on the passage18:22.87you have just heard.18:25.8320. Why do parents hesitate to 18:29.30pay for their kids college education according to the speaker?18:46.6221. What does the survey by the two sociologists18:51.46show about the students?19:07.4922. What does the speaker imply 19:11.58about the research by the two sociologists?19:28.90Passage Three19:30.69Entertaining a close circle of friends 19:33.50isnt usually difficult. 19:35.54You all know each other 19:37.14so theres no problem about conversation. 19:39.47And even if the food is a bit sketchy, 19:41.80no one really minds because theyve come to see you, 19:45.16not get a free meal. 19:46.85Well, most of them anyway. 19:48.35Its the guests you dont know very well 19:51.04who present unexpected traps. 19:53.55Therefore, in such categories, 19:56.07as the new husband or wife, 19:58.45boyfriend or girlfriend of an intimate friend, 20:01.00the business acquaintances 20:02.81who may be useful to your career, 20:05.09worst of all, the totally unpredictable friend of a friend, 20:10.21my advice in such cases is 20:12.74if youre an indifferent cook, 20:15.31dont do any cooking. 20:17.65Its far better to stick to coffee and drinks, 20:20.38with a few expensive biscuits on the side. 20:23.11You can always plead that your flat is too small 20:26.19for more than two to eat comfortably, 20:28.37that you get home too late to prepare a decent meal, 20:31.76that your oven is on the blink. 20:33.53Any reasonable excuses will do, 20:35.85even its not believed. 20:37.92If you fancy yourself as a cook, 20:40.77and are anxious to make a good impression, 20:42.90do your homework first. 20:45.45Nothing is more discouraging than 20:47.40to spend hours preparing a delicious meat dish followed by, 20:51.10say, fresh strawberries, 20:53.73only to discover that your first-time guest is 20:56.26a strict vegetarian or is on a slimming diet. 21:00.10This may result in the rest of you tucking into a vast meal 21:03.84while your guest toys suspiciously with a few sides of tomato. 21:08.68“No, thank you, 21:10.21I wont have any creamed carrots out for my waist line.”21:15.18Questions 23 to 25 are based on the passage21:18.68you have just heard.21:21.5123. What kind of guest is most likely to give you a hard time 21:27.33according to the speaker?21:43.5424. What should you do before preparing a meal for your guests?22:03.6925. What is the speaker mainly talking about?22:22.57Section C22:23.99Directions: In this section,22:26.76you will hear a passage three times.22:29.48When the passage is read for the first time,22:31.74you should listen carefully for its general idea.22:34.82When the passage is read for the second time,22:37.45you are required to fill in the blanks22:39.65with the exact words you have just heard.22:42.38Finally, when the passage is read for the third time,22:45.51you should check what you have written.22:49.02Now listen to the passage.22:51.75People with disabilities 22:53.20comprise a large but diverse segment of the population.22:57.05It is estimated that 22:59.04over 35 million Americans have physical, mental, or other disabilities. 23:03.92Approximately half of these disabilities are “developmental,” 23:08.08i.e., they occur prior to the individuals twenty-second birthday, 23:13.15often from genetic conditions, 23:15.51and are severe enough to affect three or more areas of development, 23:19.73such as mobility, communication and employment. 23:23.72Most other disabilities are considered accidental, 23:26.81i.e., caused by outside forces.23:29.96Before the 20th century, 23:32.46only a small percentage of people 23:33.78with disabilities survived for long. 23:36.61Medical treatment for such conditions as 23:39.02stroke or spinal cord injury was unavailable. 23:41.83People whose disabilities 23:43.56should not have inherently affected their life span 23:46.17were often so mistreated that they perished. 23:49.45Advancements in medicine and social services 23:52.06have created a climate in which people with disabilities 23:55.35can expect to have such basic needs as 23:58.21food, shelter and medical treatment met. 24:01.61Unfortunately, these basics are often all that is available. 24:05.36Civil liberties such as the right to 24:08.31vote, marry, get an education, and gain employment 24:11.52have historically been denied on the basis of disability.24:15.53In recent decades, 24:17.38the disability rights movement has been organized 24:20.14to combat these violations of civil rights. 24:23.18Disabled people formed grassroots coalitions 24:26.23to advocate their rights to integration 24:28.68and meaningful equality of opportunity. 24:30.99Congress responded by passing major legislation, 24:33.78recognizing people with disabilities as a protected class. 24:38.12In the mid-1970s, critical legislation mandated (规定) 24:42.32acces