大学英语六级考试听力预测模拟试卷.doc

大学英语六级考试听力预测模拟试卷

Part II            Listening Comprehension           (30 minutes)
Section A
Directions: In this section, you will hear two long conversations. At the end of each conversation, you will hear some questions. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1with a single line through the centre.

Conversation One
Questions 1 to 4 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
1. A) How much the professor enjoys student participation.
B) How to highlight key passages from the textbook.
C) How to get in touch with the teaching assistant.
D) How the student can improve his grade.
2. A) Get plenty of sleep and eat a good breakfast for the exam.
B) Ask the teaching assistant for old exams to practice.
C) Memorize Piaget’s stages of development.
D) Study long and hard for the exam.
3. A) Visited the professor during office hours to ask questions.
B) Formed a study group to go over lecture notes.
C) Memorize Piaget’s stages of development.
D) Took a practice test with the TA
4. A) Referring students to his teaching assistant.
B) Teaching students about interesting things.
C) Having students participate in class.
D) Helping students get better grades.

Conversation Two
Questions 5 to 8 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
5. A) A standard unit for measuring weight.
B) The value of precious metals.
C) How to care for precious metals.
D) Using the metric system.
6. A) To measure amounts of rainfall.
B) To check the accuracy of scales.
C) To calculate the density of other metals.
D) To observe changes in the atmosphere.
7. A) Because someone spilled water on it.
B) Because the standard for measuring had changed.
C) Because it was made of low quality metal.
D) Because someone lost it.
8. A) It is a small amount to pay for so much precious metal.
B) It is reasonable for an object with such an important function.
C) It is difficult to judge the value of such an object.
D) It is too high for such a light weight.

Section B
Directions: In this section, you will hear two passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre.

Passage One
Questions 9 to 11 are based on the passage you have just heard.
9. A) To commemorate a historic flight.
B) To try out eighty new balloons.
C) To recruit balloonists from all over the United States.
D) To determine whether helium balloons are better than hot air balloons.
10. A) They may not be able to inflate their balloons.
B) There are too many balloons to launch at once.
C) Their flight pattern could be uncertain due to the wind.
D) They'll lose money if some balloons can't take off.
11. (A) They're expensive.
B) They were the first kind of balloon ever used.
C) They're faster than air balloons.
D) They're popular in the United States.

Passage Two
Questions 12 to 15 are based on the passage you have just heard.
12. A) A visitor to the park.
B) A presidential campaign worker.
C) A park service employee.
D) A tour guide from a travel agency.
13. A) Several explorers.
B) Representatives of Congress.
C) President Grant.
D) A group of animal lovers.
14. A) It was the first national park.
B) It was the first region explored by pioneers.
C) It is not accessible to everyone.
D) It is not managed by the National Park Service.
15. A) To build fires.
B) To conduct scientific studies.
C) To train other staff members.
D) To guide nature walks.

Section C
Directions: In this section, you will hear recordings of lectures or talks followed by some questions. The recordings will be played only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre.

Now listen to the following recording and answer questions 16 to 19.
16. A) Because you can avoid the problem.
B) Because you can continue discussing an issue.
C) Because you can deal with the problem.
D) Because it will disappear after the set time.
17. A) Because you can be defensive.
B) Because you can make someone defensive.
C) Because you can make people offensive.
D) Because it will make you less reliable.
18. A) It will make you overtly aggressive.
B) It will destroy how you relate to a colleague.
C) It will improve your relationship.
D) You will face the sack from the company.
19. A) When you have a well-prepared plan.
B) When you don’t want to solve a problem.
C) When you have practised speaking to a friend.
D) When you want to have a break.

Now listen to the following recording and answer questions 20 to 22.
20. A) Qualifications for an outstanding leader.
B) Ethical leadership in an educational setting.
C) Habits and customs of ethnic groups.
D) Effective ways to help ethnic groups become rich.
21. A) Education.
B) Community.
C) Spirituality.
D) Leadership.
22. A) Recruiting as many students as possible.
B) Using different strategies.
C) Taking an open-minded attitude to ethnic culture.
D) Keeping improving the teaching facilities.

Now listen to the following recording and answer questions 23 to 25.
23.  A) Because it is their tradition.
B) Because it contains certain chemicals.
C) Because a lot of important business is conducted in teahouses.
D) Because it can make people feel comfortable or relaxed.
24.  A) They can’t live without tea for a single day.
B) They almost don’t drink tea.
C) They drink tea every three days.
D) They drink tea only one time each day.
25.  A) Drink other refreshments instead of tea.
B) Don’t drink tea constantly.
C) Don’t drink over-strong tea constantly.
D) Realize the negative effects of over-strong tea.

预测模拟试卷录音文本
Section A
Directions: In this section, you will hear two long conversations. At the end of each conversation, you will hear some questions. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre.

Conversation One
W: Hi, Professor. I was wondering if I could ask you something.
M: Of course. How may I be of assistance?
W: Well, I’m taking your developmental psychology class, and I didn’t do so well on the first exam. Well, I guess I did okay, but I’m not really satisfied with my grade. And I was wondering if you might be able to help me figure out how to bring it up for the next exam.
M: All right, well what did you get on the exam?
W: I got a B-. But I studied really hard, and I really need an A in this class for my graduate school application.
M: All right, well a B- isn’t bad for the first exam. But since you’re determined, let’s figure out how you can get an A on the next two exams. That should bring your pretty close to an A for the class. And really, if you participate in class, I’ll take that into account also. I mean, participation does count for, um, I think ten percent of your grade.
W: Okay, I’ll try to participate more.
M: Great! That’s an easy stem to take. All right, so what did you do to study for this exam?
W: Well, um, I went over all of my lecture notes a few times and paid attention to, um, to definitions and theories. Oh! And I memorized Piaget’s stages of development.
M: Well, that’s a good start. And Piaget definitely came up on the exam a few times. What you should do for the next exam is talk to my teaching assistant for the class. I’ve given her old copies of exams from previous semesters, so you should try to, well, practice with those. And if you miss some of the stuff on those exams, well, then you know what you need to work on for the actual one.
W: Really? I can do that？I never knew that was an option!
M: You can certainly do that. 
W: Thanks, Professor. And I promise to participate more in class also. 
M: Great! Student participation is my favorite part of my job. Good luck with everything! 

Questions 1 to 4 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
1. What is this conversation mostly about?
2. What is one suggestion the professor makes to the student?
3. What is one thing the student did to study for this exam?
4. What is the professor’s favorite part of his job?

Conversation Two
W: Dr. Thomas? This is Keet Bradley from the daily news. I'd like to ask you some questions about the new official standard weight that you purchased.
M: I'd be happy to help you. What would you like to know?
W: First of all, how was the standard weight used?
M: Well, the people in our department use it to check the scales all over the country. The department of weights and measures, we are a government agency. It's our responsibility to see that all the scales measure a kilogram accurately so this is the way we use to adjust the scales.
W: How did you check the scales before?
M: We have an old standard weight that we used to use. It had to be replaced because it was imprecise. You see it was made of poor quality metal that was too porous. It absorbed too much moisture.
W: Oh. So when the weather was humid it weighed more and when it was dry it weighed less.
M: Exactly. And that variation can affect the standards of the whole country. So our department had the new weight made out of a higher quality metal.
W: How much did it cost?
M: About 45 thousand dollars.
W: 45,000 dollars? For a one kilogram weight? That's more expensive than gold. Is it really worth that much?
M: I'm sure it is. Industries depend on our government agency to monitor the accuracy of scales so that when they buy and sell their products there is one standard. Think of the drug industry, for example, those companies rely on high accuracy scales to manufacture and package medicine.

Questions 5 to 8 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
5. What is the conversation mainly about?
6. How was the weight used?
7. Why was it necessary to replace the old standard weight?
8. What does Dr. Thomas probably think about the cost of the new weight?

Section B
Directions: In this section, you will hear two passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre.

Passage One
I want to welcome each and every balloon enthusiast to Philadelphia. Thank you for coming here this morning to commemorate the first balloon voyage in the United States. On January 9th, 1793, at ten o'clock in the morning, a silk balloon lifted into the skies above this city, which was, at the time, the capital of the country. According to the original records of the flight, the voyage lasted forty-six minutes, from its departure in Philadelphia to its landing across the Delaware River in New Jersey. Though our pilots today will try to approximate the original landing site. They're at the mercy of the winds, so who knows where they'll drift off to. Even the balloonist in 1793 experienced some uncertain weather that day. There were clouds, fog, and mist in various directions. Our launch promises to be nothing less than spectacular. The yellow balloon directly behind me is five stories high. It's inflated with helium, unlike the original, which was filled with hydrogen and, unbeknownst to the pilot, potentially explosive. Gas-filled models are pretty uncommon now because of the extremely high cost. So the eighty other balloons in today's launch are hot air. These balloons are from all over the country.

Questions 9 to 11 are based on the passage you have just heard.
9. What is the purpose of the balloon launch?
10. What problem might today's pilots encounter?
11. What does the speaker imply about helium balloons?

Passage Two
Welcome to Yellow Stone National Park. Before we begin our nature walk today, I’d like to give you a short history of our national park service. The national park service began in the late 1800s. A small group of explorers had just completed a month long exploration of the region that is now Yellow Stone. They gathered around the campfire and after hours of discussion, they decided that they should not claim this land for themselves. They felt it should be accessible to everyone so they began a campaign to preserve this land for everyone s enjoyment. Two years later, in the late 19th century, an act of congress signed by President Ulysses S. Grant, proclaimed the Yellow Stone region a public park. It was the first national park in the world. After Yellow Stone became a public park, many other areas of great scenic importance were set aside. And in 1916 the national park service was established to manage these parks. As a park ranger, I am an employee of the national park service. In the national park, park rangers are on duty at all times to answer questions and help with visitors in any difficulty. Nature walks, guided tours and campfire talks are offered by specially trained staff members. The park service also protect the animals and plants within the parks.

Questions 12 to 15 are based on the passage you have just heard.
12. What do we learn about the speaker?
13. According to the speaker, who originated the idea of the public park?
14. What does the speaker say about Yellow Stone national park?
15. According to the speaker, what is one of the duties of a park ranger？

Section C
Directions: In this section, you will hear recordings of lectures or talks followed by some questions. The recordings will be played only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre.

Now listen to the following recording and answer questions 16 to 19.
Radio Host:
Today we're fortunate to have with us Alexander Downey, author of “Surviving the Workplace”. Alexander is going to talk to us about confrontation in the workplace.
Alexander:
Thank you. It’s wonderful to be here today. Confrontation, particularly within a work setting, is not something that most people want to think about but since all of us have to do it at some time or another, it’s best to be prepared. There are three simple steps that you need to follow when engaging in a confrontation. First of all, you nee