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2024英语六级试题及答案一、听力理解（共30分）1. A) The man is a professor.B) The man is a student.C) The man is a librarian.D) The man is a writer.答案：C2. A) The woman is looking for a job.B) The woman is looking for a house.C) The woman is looking for a book.D) The woman is looking for a restaurant.答案：A3. A) The man is late for the meeting.B) The man is early for the meeting.C) The man is on time for the meeting.D) The man is not attending the meeting.答案：A二、阅读理解（共40分）1. What is the main idea of the passage?A) The importance of teamwork.B) The benefits of working alone.C) The drawbacks of group projects.D) The challenges of managing a team.答案：A2. According to the passage, which of the following is true?A) Teamwork always leads to success.B) Teamwork can be more efficient than working alone.C) Teamwork is only beneficial in certain situations.D) Teamwork is always less efficient than working alone.答案：C3. What is the author's opinion on team dynamics?A) They are essential for success.B) They are not important in modern work environments.C) They can be detrimental to productivity.D) They are only relevant in large organizations.答案：A三、完形填空（共20分）1. A) DespiteB) AlthoughC) BecauseD) If答案：A2. A) wasB) wereC) isD) are答案：B3. A) thatB) whichC) itD) this答案：B四、翻译（共10分）1. 随着科技的发展，我们的生活变得越来越方便。

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Disgusting?M.Oh.i.wa.incredible.The.jus.go..bow.an.pu.som.fa.i.it.An.the.the.pu.som.baco.i.th.fat.brok.a.eg.ove.th.to.an.pu.th.whol.lo.i.th.ove.fo.a bou.te.minutes.W.I.th.oven.You'r.joking.Yo.can'.coo.baco.an.egg.i.th.oven!M.Well.The.mus.hav.don.i.tha.way.I.wa.hot.bu.i.wasn'.cooked.The r.wa.jus.thi.eg.floatin.abou.i.gallon.o.fa.an.ra.bacon.W: Did you actually eat it?M.No.Nobod.did.The.al.wante.t.tur.roun.an.g.home.Yo.know.bac.t. teabag.an.fis.an.chips.Yo.can'.blam.the.really.Anyway.th.nex.nigh.w. wer.al.give.anothe.foreig.speciality.W: What was that?M.Snails.Tha.reall.finishe.the.off.Lovel.holida.tha.was!Questions 1 to 4 are based on the conversation you have just heard.Questio.1.Wha.di.th.woma.thin.o.th.French?Questio.2.Wh.di.th.ma.trave.wit.o.hi.firs.tri.t.Switzerland?Questio.3.Wha.doe.th.ma.sa.abou.th.breakfas.a.th.littl.Frenc.café?Questio.4.Wha.di.th.ma.thin.o.hi.holida.i.France?Conversation TwoM.Yo.sa.you.sho.ha.bee.doin.well.Coul.yo.giv.m.som.ide.o.wha.“doin.well.mean.i.fact.an.figures?W.Well.“doin.well.mean.averagin.￡1,lio.pounds.An.“s.year.w.di.slightl.ove.50,00.an.thi.y ear.w.hop.t.d.mor.tha.60,000.So.that'.goo.i.w.continu.t.rise.M.Now.that'.gros.earnings..assume.Wha.abou.you.expenses?W.Yes.that'.gross.Th.expenses.o.course.g.u.steadily.An.sinc.we'v.move.t.t hi.ne.shop.th.expense.hav.increase.greatly.becaus.it'..muc.bigge.shop.S..coul dn'.sa.exactl.wha.ou.expense.are.The.ar.somethin.i.th.regio.o.si.o.seve.thous merciall.speaking.it'.fairl.low.an.w.tr.t.kee. ou.expense.a.lo.a.w.can.M.An.you.price.ar.muc.lowe.tha.th.sam.good.i.shop.roun.about.Ho.d.th.lo ca.shopkeeper.fee.abou.havin..sho.doin.s.wel.i.thei.midst?W.Perhap..lo.o.the.don'.realiz.ho.wel.w.ar.doing.becaus.w.don'.mak..poin. o.publicizing.Tha.wa..lesso.w.learne.ver.earl.on.W.wer.ver.friendl.wit.al.loca.sh opkeeper.an.w.happene.t.mentio.t..loca.shopkeepe.ho.muc.w.ha.mad.tha.wee k.H.wa.ver.unhapp.an.neve.a.friendl.again.S.w.mak..poin.o.neve.publicizin.th. amoun.o.mone.w.make.Bu.w.ar.o.ver.goo.term.wit.al.th.shops.Non.o.the.hav. plaine.tha.w.ar.puttin.the.ou.o.busines.o.anythin.lik.that..thin.it'..nic.f riendl.relationship.Mayb.i.the.di.kno.wha.w.made.perhap.the.wouldn'.b.s.frien dly.Questions 5 to 8 are based on the conversation you have just heard.Questio.5.Wha.ar.th.speaker.mainl.talkin.about?Questio.6.Wha.doe.th.woma.sa.he.sho.trie.t.do?Questio.7.Wha.d.w.lear.abou.th.good.sol.a.th.woman'.shop?Questio.8.Wh.doesn'.th.woma.wan.t.mak.know.thei.earning.anymore?Passage OneBirds are famous for carrying things around.Some, like homing pigeons, can be trained to deliver messages and packages.Other birds unknowingly carry seeds that cling to them for the ride.Canadian scientists have found a worrisome, new example of the power that birds have to spread stuff around.Way up north in the Canadian Arctic, seabirds are picking up dangerous chemicals in the ocean and delivering them to ponds near where the birds live.Some 10,000 pairs of the birds, called fulmars, a kind of Arctic seabird, make their nests on Devon Island, north of the Arctic Circle.The fulmars travel some 400 kilometers over the sea to find food.When they return home, their droppings end up all around their nesting sites, including in nearby ponds.Previously, scientists noticed pollutants arriving in the Arctic with the wind.Salmon also carry dangerous chemicals as the fish migrate between rivers and the sea.The bodies of fish and other meat-eaters can build up high levels of the chemicals.To test the polluting power of fulmars, researchers collected samples of deposit from 11 ponds on Devon Island.In ponds closest to the colony, the results showed there were far more pollutants than in ponds less affected by the birds.The pollutants in the ponds appear to come from fish that fulmars eat when they're out on the ocean.People who live, hunt, or fish near bird colonies need to be careful, the researchers say.The birds don't mean to cause harm, but the chemicals they carry can cause major problems.Questions 9 to 12 are based on the passage you have just heard.Questio.9.Wha.hav.Canadia.scientist.foun.abou.som.seabirds?Questio.10.Wha.doe.th.speake.sa.abou.th.seabird.calle.fulmars?Questio.11.Wha.di.scientist.previousl.notic.abou.pollutant.i.th.Arctic?Questio.12.Wha.doe.th.speake.war.abou.a.th.en.o.th.talk?Passage TwoIn recent years, the death rate among American centenarians—people who have lived to age 100 or older— has decreased, dropping 14 percent for women and 20 percent for men from 2023 to 2023.The leading causes of death in this age group are also changing.In 2023, the top five causes of death for centenarians were heart disease, stroke, flu, cancer and Alzheimer's disease.But by 2023, the death rate from Alzheimer's disease for this age group had more than doubled—increasing from 3.8 percent to 8.5 percent—making the progressive brain disease the second leading cause of death for centenarians.One reason for the rise in deaths from Alzheimer's disease in this group may be that developing this condition remains possible even after people beat the odds of dying from other diseases such as cancer.People physically fit enough to survive over 100 years ultimately give in to diseases such as Alzheimer's which affects the mind and cognitive function.In other words, it appears that their minds give out before their bodies do.On the other hand, the death rate from flu dropped from 7.4 percent in 2023 to 4.1 percent in 2023.That pushed flu from the third leading cause of death to the fifth.Overall, the total number of centenarians is going up.In 2023, there were 72,197 centenarians, compared to 50,281 in 2023.But because this population is getting larger, the number of deaths in this group is also increasing— 18,434 centenarians died in 2023, whereas 25,914 died in 2023.Questions 13 to 15 are based on the passage you have just heard.Questio.13.Wha.doe.th.speake.sa.abou.th.ris.o.dyin.fo.America.centenari an.i.recen.years?Questio.14.Wha.doe.th.speake.sa.abou.Alzheimer'.disease?Questio.15.Wha.i.characteristi.o.peopl.wh.liv.u.t.10.year.an.beyond?Recording OneOkay.S.let'.ge.started.And to start things off I think what we need to do is consider a definition.I'm going to define what love is but then most of the experiments I'm going to talk about are really focused more on attraction than love.And I'm going to pick a definition from a former colleague, Robert Sternberg, who is now the dean at Tufts University but was here on our faculty at Yale for nearly thirty years.And he has a theory of love that argues that it's made up of three components: intimacy, passion, and commitment, or what is sometimes called decision commitment.And these are relatively straightforward.He argued that you don't have love if you don't have all three of these elements.Intimacy is the feeling of closeness, of connectedness with someone, of bonding.Operationally, you could think of intimacy as you share secrets, you share information with this person that you don't share with anybody else.Okay.That'rmatio.tha.i sn'.share.wit.othe.people.The second element is passion.Passion is the drive that leads to romance.You can think of it as physical attraction.And Sternberg argues that this is a required component of a love relationship.The third element of love in Sternberg's theory is what he calls decision commitment, the decision that one is in a love relationship, the willingness to label it as such, and a commitment to maintain that relationship at least for some period of time.Sternberg would argue it's not love if you don't call it love and if you don't have some desire to maintain the relationship.So if you have all three of these, intimacy, passion and commitment, in Sternberg's theory you have love.Now what's interesting about the theory is what do you have if you only have one out of three or two out of three.What do you have and how is it different if you have a different two out of three?What's interesting about this kind of theorizing is it gives rise to many different combinations that can be quite interesting when you break them down and start to look them carefully.So what I've done is I've taken Sternberg's three elements of love, intimacy, passion and commitment, and I've listed out the different kinds of relationships you would have if you had zero, one, two or three out of the three elements.Questions 16 to 18 are based on the recording you have just heard.Questio.16.Wha.doe.th.speake.sa.abou.mos.o.th.experiment.mentione.i.h i.talk?Questio.17.Wha.doe.Rober.Sternber.argu.abou.love?Questio.18.Wha.questio.doe.th.speake.thin.i.interestin.abou.Sternberg'.th re.element.o.love?Recording TwoHi! I am Elizabeth Hoffler, Master of Social Work.I am a social worker, a lobbyist, and a special assistant to the executive director at the National Association of Social Workers.Today we are going to be talking about becoming a social worker.Social work is the helping profession.Its primary mission is to enhance human well-being and help meet thebasic needs of all people, with a particular focus on those who are vulnerable, oppressed, and living in poverty.We often deal with complex human needs.Social work is different from other professions, because we focus on the person and environment.We deal with the external factors that impact a person's situation and outlook.And we create opportunity for assessment and intervention, to help clients and communities cope effectively with their reality and change that reality when necessary.In thousands of ways social workers help other people, people from every age, every background, across the country.Wherever needed, social workers come to help.The most well-known aspect of the profession is that of a social safety net.We help guide people to critical resources and counsel them on life-changing decisions.There are more than 600,000 professional social workers in the country, and we all either have a bachelor's degree, a master's degree, or a PhD in Social Work.There are more clinically trained social workers than clinically trained psychiatrists, psychologists, and psychiatric nurses combined.Throughout this series you will learn more about the profession, the necessary steps to get a social work degree, the rich history of social work, and the many ways that social workers help others.Later in this series, you will hear from Stacy Collins and Mel Wilson, fellow social workers at the National Association of Social Workers.Stacy is going to walk you through the step-by-step process of becoming a social worker, and Mel will tell you about the range of options you have once you get your social work degree, as well as the high standards of responsibility he social workers must adhere to.The National Association of Social Workers represents nearly 145,000 social workers across the country.Our mission is to promote, protect, and advance the social work profession.We hope you enjoy this series about how you can make a difference by becoming a social worker.Next, we are going to talk about choosing social work.Questions 19 to 22 are based on the recording you have just heard.Questio.19.Wha.doe.th.speake.mainl.tal.about?Questio.20.Wha.d.socia.worker.mainl.do?mon.accordin.t.th.speaker?Questio.22.Wha.i.Me.Wilso.goin.t.tal.abou.i.th.series?Recording ThreeToday, I'd like to talk about what happens when celebrity role models get behind healthy habits, but at the same time, promote junk food.Currently, there's mounting criticism of Michelle Obama's “Let's Move!”campaign, which fights childhood obesity by encouraging youngsters to become more physically active, and has signed on singer Beyoncéand basketball player Shaquille O'Neal, both of whom also endorse sodas, which are a major contributor to the obesity epidemic.Now there's a lot more evidence of how powerful a celebrity— especially a professional athlete— can be in influencing children's behavior.In a report published by the Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity at Yale University, researchers studied 100 professional athletes and their endorsement contracts.The team focused on athletes since they are theoretically the best role models for active, healthy lifestyles for children.After sorting the deals by category, they determined that among the 512 brands associated with the athletes, most involved sporting goods, followed closely by food and beverage brands.Sports drinks, which are often high in sugar and calories made up most ofthe food and drink deals, with soft drinks and fast food filling out the remainder.Of the 46 beverages endorsed by professional athletes, 93% relied exclusively on sugar for all of their calories.It's no surprise that high-profile athletes can influence children's eating behaviors, but the scientists were able to quantify how prevalent these endorsements are in the children's environment.Advertisements featuring professional athletes and their endorsed products tend to get impressive exposure on TV, radio, in print and online.And in 2023, the researchers reported that children ages 12 to 17 saw more athlete-endorsed food and beverage brand commercials than adults.One reason any campaign wants a popular celebrity spokesperson is because kids are attracted to them no matter what they are doing.We can't expect kids to turn off that admiration when the same person is selling sugar.At best, kids might be confused.At worst, they'll think the messages about soda are the same as the messages about water, but those two beverages aren't the same.If children are turning to athletes as role models, it's in their best interest if their idols are consistent.Consistent messaging of positive behaviors will show healthier lifestylesfor kids to follow.Questions 23 to 25 are based on the recording you have just heard.Questio.23.Wha.i.th.ai.o.Michell.Obama'.campaign?Questio.24.Wha.doe.researc.fin.abou.advertisement.featurin.professiona. athletes?Questio.25.Wha.doe.th.speake.thin.kids.idol.shoul.do?对话一男: 你猜怎么着？我吃过旳最难吃旳食物是在法国吃旳。

2023年6月英语六级考试真题Part III Listening Comprehension(35 minutes)Section ADirections:In this section you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the end of each conversation, one or more questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversations and the questions will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A), B), C) and D), and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。

11. A) She has completely recovered.B) She went into shock after an operation.C) She is still in a critical condition.D) She is getting much better.12. A) Ordering a breakfast. C) Buying a train ticket.B) Booking a hotel room. D) Fixing a compartment.13. A) Most borrowers never returned the books to her.B) The man is the only one who brought her book back.C) She never expected anyone to return the books to her.D) Most of the books she lent out came back without jackets.14. A) She left her work early to get some bargains last Saturday.B) She attended the supermarket’s grand opening ceremony.C) She drove a full hour before finding a parking space.D) She failed to get into the supermarket last Saturday.15. A) He is bothered by the pain in his neck.B) He cannot do his report without a computer.C) He cannot afford to have a coffee break.D) He feels sorry to have missed the report.16. A) Only top art students can show their works in the gallery.B) The gallery space is big enough for the man’s paintings.C) The woman would like to help with the exhibition layout.D) The man is uncertain how his art works will be received.17. A) The woman needs a temporary replacement for her assistant.B) The man works in the same department as the woman does.C) The woman will have to stay in hospital for a few days.D) The man is capable of dealing with difficult people.18. A) It was better than the previous one.B) It dist orted the mayor’s speech.C) It exaggerated the city’s economy problems.D) It reflected the opinions of most economists.Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard.19. A) To inform him of a problem they face.B) To request him to purchase control desks.C) To discuss the content of a project report.D) To ask him to fix the dictating machine.20. A) They quote the best price in the market.B) They manufacture and sell office furniture.C) They cannot deliver the steel sheets on time.D) They cannot produce the steel sheets needed21. A) By marking down the unit price.B) By accepting the penalty clauses.C) By allowing more time for delivery.D) By promising better after-sales service.22. A) Give the customer a ten percent discount.B) Claim compensation from the steel suppliers.C) Ask the Buying Department to change suppliers.D) Cancel the contract with the customer.Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.23. A) Stockbroker. C) Mathematician.B) Physicist. D) Economist.24. A) Improve computer programming.B) Predict global population growth.C) Explain certain natural phenomena.D) Promote national financial health.25. A) Their different educational backgrounds.B) Changing attitudes toward nature.C) Chaos theory and its applications.D) The current global economic crisis.Section BDirections: In this section you will hear 3 short 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 2 with a single line through the centre.注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。

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【听力】Conversation 1M: Welcome to Money Matters - a weekly program that helps you manage your money. Tonight, I'll be tal to Mary Johnson about budgeting.W: Hello, everyone.M: There's a magic about money, when it's not planned for, tracked and kept the record of, it literally disappears.What are some of the steps we can take to prevent this from happening?W: Well, it's all about keeping track of your money.If you don't do that, you'll never be able to set any goals for your budget or have the discipline to stick to them.M: That's easier said than done. I read recently that only 41% of Americans adhere to a budget.W: Yes, but knowing what you earn and what you spend can give you reassurance that you won't get into debt in the first place. You can do this by adding up all of your sources of income you have, and writing them all down on a piece of paper. On the same page, write down all of your monthly expenses.M: I'm always amazed at how much my expenses add up.But designating each item asan income or an expense really helps me have a much better sense of all my spending. W: Right. Most people have no idea how much they spend each day, let alone each week or month, no matter how careful they are. Next, subtract your monthly expenses from income. If the result is positive, you are living within your means. If the result is a negative number, you're going to have to cut back on your spending.M: I'm usually a negative number. I just can't resist the allure of all those prestigious goods.W: Well, it's not a catastrophe, but you do have to make some changes. Try cutting back on those non-essential items, sell some stuff in your attic or shop online to avoid unnecessary temptations like chocolate. Failing that you can always find yourself a part-time job.Q1: What does the man say about the weekly program?Q2: What did the man read recently?Q3: What does the woman suggest the man do first to avoid getting into debt?Q4: What does the woman say about online shopping?Conversation 2M: Hi there. I've come to see the flat. My name is Mark Adams. We spoke on the phone on Wednesday.W: Hi Mark. Come on up. I'll buzz you in green door, on the second floor on the right side. Nice to meet you. I spoke to all your references and they all checked out Okay.So let me show you around the place actually belongs to my mother, but her health isn't great. So we finally managed to persuade her to move in with us and rent this old place out.M：It's a great size, plenty of space, very versatile. I think it's a winner for us.W: Yes. All the appliances are brand new. There's a washing machine and a tumble dryer in the utility room next to the kitchen.M: Lots of closet space two, which is fabulous. My wife has a ridiculous number of shoes. Now, the big question What about noise and the neighbors?W: Well, all the neighbors are elderly, so no noisy kids and the back of the house overlooks a clear and peaceful pond. So it's perfect. If tranquility is what you are loo for.M: That's good news. We've been living in a less than glamorous part of Aberdeen, constantly harassed day and night by noisy neighbors. Getting to work was a nightmare too. As we only have one car. And my wife has to use it as she works nights at the hospital.W: Well, if you like the place it's yours. As soon as I get a contract drawn up with the solicitor, the first month's rent and a deposit are mandatory on signing the contract, then we can work out when is the best day for you to pay rent each month? M: We'll be incredibly happy to be your new tenants. Thank you so much. My wife will be thrilled to get out of the shabby place we are now in and start filling those wardrobes with all those shoes.Q5: What does the woman say about the flat question six?Q6: What is the man's chief consideration in loo for a flat?Q7: What does the man have to do on signing the contract?Q8: Why does the man say his wife will feel very excited if they move into the flat?Passage 1A new study has found a positive correlation between how much television children watch and their parents stress levels. Why? Because the more television kids watch, the more they're exposed to advertising .The more advertising they see, the more likely they are to insist on purchasing items when they go with their parents to the store.This could generate conflict if the parents refuse. All that researchers say can contribute to parents overall stress levels. What's the solution ? Perhaps the most obvious is curtailing screen time.Commercial content is there for a reason :to elicit purchasing behavior, so parents might want to shut off the TV. Researchers can see that this is easier said than done. So they suggest another option. Parents can change how they talk to their kids about purchases. The researchers suggest that parents seek input from their children on family purchasing decisions.They shouldn't try to control all purchases. Instead, parents might tell their children things like: I will listen to your advice on certain products or brands. This type of communication, the researchers assert, can lead to children, ma fewer purchasing demands- that means less parent stress. However,the protective effect of this kind of communication diminishes with greater exposure to television. This is because advertising aimed at children is especially persuasive. Advertisers use an assortment of tactics, such as bright colors, happy music and celebrity endorsements to appeal to children. Plus children don't have the cognitive ability to fully understand advertising's intent that makes them particularly vulnerable to advertisements.Q9: What has the new study found about children watching television?Q10:What are parents advised to do to reduce the impact of TV commercials?Q11: What makes children particularly vulnerable to TV commercials?Passage 2Everyone is supposed to cheer for good guys. And we should only punish the bad guys, but that's not what we always do. Most of the time we do indeed reward good people. We also often punish people who harm others or who aren't good team players, but sometimes the good guys also get punished or criticized specifically because they are so good. This seems baffling because it's detrimental to group cooperation. However, the phenomenon has been discovered in multiple fields and it has been found in every society. Why does this happen? Research suggests a simple reason when one person looks really good, others look bad by comparison. Those others then have an incentive in stopping that person from loo good, especially if they can't or won't compete. After all, we're all judged in comparison with others. When faced withsomeone better, what can a normal person do? One option is to actively compete. A second option is to bring that person down that is to suppress their cooperation or work ethic, and first selfish motives for their actions or imply real or imagined hypocrisy. Other tactics include attac them on unrelated dimensions or punishing them outright. Why does this matter? Critics often attack the motives of people who protect the environment, donate money or work too hard. Such good deeds are dismissed as naive or hypocritical by those who do not perform those deeds. This criticism may ultimately discourage people from doing good deeds.so it's important to recognize these attacks for what they are.Q12: What baffling phenomenon is discussed in the passage?Q13: How are we all judged according to the passage?Q14: What can a normal person do when faced with people who perform better?Q15: what may discourage people from performing good deeds?Lecture 1 雪萱In America, most researchers can see that boys and girls are brought up in different ways, taught different skills and rewarded for different acts. Women, it is agreed excel at certain tasks, men at others. There is little argument that some personality traits appear more dominant in one sex than in the other.All of this, not withstanding, gender differences are very much in the media these days. Since the rise of the women's movement, gender role behavior has come under closer scrutiny. How has this affected friendship? How do the sexes differ in theirfriendship relations? Most preteen children have a best friend who is usually some one of the same sex and similar age.Both sexes share an essentially positive recollection of these childhood friendships, they do not differ in this respect. However, the type of play engaged in during these early friendships is telling of the difference to come. Boys tend to form playgroups that are competitive in nature. Girls groups more frequently revolve around cooperative enterprises. Thus at an early age, boys become concerned with trying hard and winning, while girls by contrast play house and school, engaging in roles that require complimentary support. Spea of their childhood, men recall being highly responsive to and aware of the gender role opinions of other boys. Girls in preteen years appear to be less susceptible to gender role pressure. It is not until the dating years that women report being concerned with feminine behavior. Males for the most part are responsive to the suggestion that their behavior is unmanly at almost any age. These early attitudes reinforced by social conditioning continue to play an active part in the friendships of both sexes during adolescence. This is a period when the majority of males, once again, report a close Alliance with same sex friends.Now, however, with heightened intensity, considerable energy is devoted to competing for position and a definite undercurrent of competition permeates the relationship. Although in dissimilar fashion, females share equally fragile relationships at this age. For them, the bond of loyalty extends only to the line of romantic involvement.This is most apt to be the case in late adolescence when dating and relationships with boys take sharp precedence over sisterhood. Actually dating dilutes the intensity of samesex friendships for men also. For the majority of us, the moment we begin to date seriously, there's a competition between romance and friendship.Q16: What does the speaker say about most preteen children?Q17: What do most males devote much of their energy to during adolescence?Q18: What do children do when they reach late adolescence?Lecture 2Good afternoon. In today's lecture, we'll be tal about how and when to disclose a disability when applying for a job. On average, about 20% of the population has some form of disability. Most countries these days have equal opportunity and non-discrimination laws, yet disabled people often find it hard to decide when, how, and if at all to raise their disability problem with a potential employer. There is uncertainty about how a recruiter will perceive their disability as such many candidates fear they wouldn't be considered for a position as a result of disclosing this personal information. And research has validated this as a genuine concern for many j ob applicants. It’s a natural reaction, but it shouldn't be a reason to stay quiet. People need to remember that they are applying for a position they have the skills and experience to.Discussing a disability with a potential employer may help them make reasonable workplace adjustments in their favor. It's most appropriate to discuss a disabilitywhen they reply to confirm an interview, this information needed to be put up front in their cover letter or resume. because it's probably not relevant to the position itself. Candidates with disabilities should feel they have the power to make their own decisions around sharing this information free from prejudice. If they find an organization that doesn't celebrate diversity and inclusion, it could say a lot about the company's culture, perhaps the organization isn't the right fit. It's important for them to. remember That they are see a manager, an employer that's going to be supportive and continue to give them a great employment experience. Companies sometimes offer candidates the chance to disclose disabilities on their application form, but people shouldn't feel restricted by this method or timing. People should avoid sharing the name of their disability or condition. There is always the risk that the recruiter will research inform that is inaccurate or irrelevant. If people don't think their disability will impact their ability to perform in the advertised position, then it's entirely their entitlement to choose when and whether to share this information.Q19: Why do disabled job applicants feel reluctant to disclose their disability information?Q20: When does the speaker suggest applicants reveal their disability information? Q21: What are people advised to do when filling out their job application form?Lecture 3Smartphones Distract attention and reduce learning because of their potential to offer activities more inviting than study.But what about background sound alone?A group of American researchers compared students' comprehension of verbal material when reading in the presence of background speech, instrumental music or general noise.General noise is neutral such as that from the sound of an air conditioner or fan. Student scores were most depressed in the presence of background speech. Comprehension was slightly better with the presence of music than with speech. However, when they were asked to identify melodies rather than understand text background music interfered more. When the background speech was in a language unfamiliar to participants, there was little, if any hindrance of reading comprehension.British researchers compared the effects of background speech, vocal music, instrumental music, general background noise and silence on short term memory. Background speech had the biggest negative effect. Vocal music was slightly more disruptive than instrumental.In general background noise and silence were least disrupt.It seems the degree of interference from background noise depends on the overlap between the processing required on the task and the processing required to screen out the background noise.The studies suggest that when people read and when they try to remember any verbal material, background speech will inhibit their ability.Instrumental music will have at worst a slight effect.When students write essays, however,other research has found it is best to reduce all background noise as much as possible.Not everyone reacts in the same way to distractions.Other studies suggest some aspects of personality may make a difference.The researchers subjected shy, quiet people and confident, outgoing ones to high arousal or low arousal background music, general noise or silence while as them to remember words.Everyone performed best in the silent condition, but less sociable people were more negatively affected by each of the distractions.So when children are reading and trying to incorporate new material, parents could consider allowing some background music, particularly if it is instrumental and their child is the outgoing type.Q22: What did some American researchers find about students reading comprehension in the presence of background noise?Q23: What do we learn from the British researchers about the degree of interference from background noise?Q24: What is best for students to do when writing essays according to some research?Q25: How do people of different personalities react to distractions according to other studies?听力参照解答1.C) It helps people with budgeting.2.D) Most Americans do not stick to a budget.3.A) Keep track of his money.4.B) It helps avoid unnecessary spending.5.C) It belongs to her mother.6.B) Tranquility.7.B) Pay the first month's rent and a deposit.8.D) She will have plenty of space for her shoes.9. D) The more television they watch, the greater their parents' stress.10. C) Involve children in ma purchasing decisions.11. A) Their limited cognitive ability.12）D Good guys may get unfair treatment13) C In comparsion with others14) B Compete with them actively15) A Being dismissed as hypocritical16.D) They make friends with peers of the same sax.17. A) Competing for position.18. A) They prioritize romance over friendship.19. B) They are worried about being turned down.20. C) When confirming an interview.21. D) Avoid mentioning the name of their disability.22.B) It was the poorest when there was background speech.23.C) It depends on the overlap in processing different kinds of information.24.A) Keep everything as quiet as possible.25. B) Shy quiet people were most adversely impacted.【阅读】词汇理解（1）文章开头开头：The now extinct passenger pigeon has the dubious honor of being the last species anyone ever expected to disappear.（2）解答【解答速查】26-30 LAIMO 31-35 BCHND26. L) estimates27. A) vulnerable28. I) hatched29. M) edible30. O) delicacy31. B) unprecedented32. C) tracts33. H) infinite34. N) depleted35. D) specimen长篇阅读（1）文章标题标题：Is computer coding a foreign language?（2）解答速查36-40 LEKGD 41-45 HBJCM（3）题干、解答和定位处36. Employers attach more importance to applicants' computer skills than their language competence.36. L 【定位】Even with the benefits and skill sets languages provide, recruiters and employers value computer skills more.37. One U.S. state senator proposed that high school students be allowed to study either foreign language or computer coding.37. E【定位】“I think the opportunity to give people a choice is important," says Florida state Senator Jeremy Ring.might as well do computer coding."38. Learning languages broadens students' international perspective and nurtures mutual respect among peoples, according to a high school language teacher.38. K【定位】 We need to find a way to put ourselves at the global table and to treat each other with mutual respect.39. One U.S. state will see to it that programming classes are taught by quality teachers.39. G 【定位】 Instead, the state will provide support for higher quality teachers for programming classes.40. Statistics show while computer-related jobs have been on the rise, foreign languages have become less appealing to American students since mid-1990s.40. D 【定位】Foreign language interest, on the other hand, is declining for the first time since 1995.41. All school subjects are said to be essential to students' well-rounded development.41. H 【定位】…because every subject, whether art, math or language. is a significant contribution to a well-rounded existence.42. There is consensus among most educators that coding should be taught in schools but should not replace foreign language.42. B【定位】Coding should be added to curriculums, but not at the expense of foreign language classes.43. One study showed that foreign language learning improved students' academic performance.43. J【定位】Studies show that bilingualism (双语) correlates with cognitive development, intelligence, memory and problem solving abilities, according to the American Cou44. Being short of funding and qualified teachers, schools lag behind the fast developing computer science field.44. C 【定位】The computer science field is growing faster than schools can keep up because of budget constraints and a lack of skills training for teachers. 45. A distinguished high school language teacher also believes it is advisable to start learning a foreign language at an earlier age.45. M 【定位】I just think it's something you have to start early and not just have something that you do for a couple of years in high school," he says.Passage One（1）文章开头The U.S. and China don’t agree on much these days.（2）解答【解答速查】 46-50 DCABC（3）解答选项内容：46. D) How to stop tech companies from gaining monopoly.47. C) All companies must be regulated by the government.48. A) They can no longer do business independent of tech giants.49. B) They have considered regulatory action to promote fair competition.50. C) They are becoming untrustworthy.Passage Two文章开头：Born from the accessibility of mass air travel, modern解答速查：51-55 DBDAC51. What is the popular assumption about international tourism?D) It contributes to the economy of destination countries and regions.52. What do we learn from some studies about uncontrolled tourism development?B) It incurs local residents' antagonism to tourists.53. Why does the author say local residents of popular destinations often feel frustrated?D)They do not think they benefit as much as they deserve.54. How does the author say local residents in destination communities respond to tourism activity?A)They endeavor to adapt to it.55. What can tourists do to exert more positive impacts on the tourist destinations?C)Use the services provided by local businesses.【翻译】春联贴春联(Spring Festival couplets)是中国人欢度春节的一个重要习俗。

英语六级听力练习题[题目一]Directions: In this section, you will hear a short conversation. At the end of the conversation, you will be given a question and four options. Choose the best answer to the question and mark your answer on the answer sheet.1. What is the man's opinion about the new restaurant?A. It is expensive.B. It serves great food.C. It has a limited menu.D. It has slow service.[解析] 这道题是关于男人对新餐馆的观点。

男人说"The food here is fantastic. The prices are reasonable too."这表示男人对这家新餐馆的食物和价格都有好的评价，因此答案选B. It serves great food.2. What does the woman mean?A. She has already seen the movie.B. She plans to watch the movie later.C. She still needs to buy the tickets.D. She would prefer a different movie.[解析] 这道题是关于女人的意思。

女人说"I'm going to see the new movie this weekend."这表示周末她打算去看电影，因此答案选B. She plans to watch the movie later.[题目二]Directions: In this section, you will hear a short talk. After the talk, you will be given six questions. Choose the best answer to each question and mark your answer on the answer sheet.3. What is the talk mainly about?A. The history of jazz music.B. Different types of jazz instruments.C. Famous jazz musicians.D. The impact of jazz in America.[解析] 这道题是关于短篇讲话的主要内容。

12月英语六级听力答案【篇一：2023年12月英语六级听力真题原文及答案】p> w: what a wonderful performance! your rockband hasnever sounded better.m: many thanks. i guess all those hours ofpractice in the past month are finally paying off.q：what does the man mean?2.m: i cant decide what to do for my summer vacation. i either want to go on a bike tour ofeurope or go diving in mexico.w: well, were offering an all-inclusive two-week trip to mexico for only 300 dollars.q：what does the woman suggest the man do for his vacation?3.w: how long do you think this project might take?m: id say about three months, but it could take longer if something unexpectedhappened. maybe wed better allow an extra month, so we won’t have to worry about beinglate.q: why does the man say extra time should be allowed for the project?4.m: im thinking about becoming a member here, and id like some information.w: sure. a three-month membership costs 150 dollars, and that includes use of the wait-room, sauna and pool. ill give you a free path so that you can try out the facilities before youdecide.q: what do we learn from the conversation?5.w: im sorry to hear that you failed the physics course, ted.m: lets face it. im just not cut out to be a scientist.q: what does the man mean?6.m: gary insisted on buying the food for the picnic.w: thats pretty generous of him. but shouldnt we at least offer to share the expenses?he has a big family to support.q: what does the woman suggest they do?7.w: did you see the headlines in the paper this morning?m: year. apparently the bus company will be laying off its employees if they cant reach anagreement on wages by midnight.q: what did the man read about?8.w: have we received payment for the overseas order we delivered last month?m: yes. the cheque came in yesterday afternoon. ill be depositing it when i go the banktoday.q: what is the woman concerned about?w: ok, thats it. now we have to make adecision. we might as well do that now, dont youthink?m: sure, lets see. first we saw frank brisenski.what did you think of him?w: well, hes certainly a very polite young man. m: and very relaxed, too.w: but his appearance…m: en… he wasnt well dressed. he wasnt even wearing a tie. w: but he did have a nice voice. he sounded good on the telephone.m: true. and i thought he seemed very intelligent. he answered donas questions verywell.m: en… she did look very neat, very nicely dressed, but…w: but so shy. she wouldnt be very good at talking to peopleat the front desk.m: en…ok. now who was the next? ar…yes, david wallace. i thought he was very good,had a lot of potential. what do you think?w: en… he seemed like a very bright guy. he d ressed very nicely, too. and he had a reallynice appearance.m: he seemed relaxed to me, the type of person people feel comfortable with right away.w: he was polite, but also very friendly and relaxed as you say.i think hell be good withthe guests at the front desk.m: he had a very pleasant voice, too.w: thats right. ok, good! i guess we have our receptionist then, dont you?m: yes, i think so. well just offer the job to…question 9: what are the speakers looking for?question 10: what is frank brisenskis weakness?question 11: what do the speakers decide to do?【六级听力长对话原文2】w: hello.m: hello. is that the reference library?w: yes, can i help you?m: i hope so. i ran earlier and asked for some information about dennis hutton, thescientist. you asked me to ring back. w: oh, yes. i have found something.m: good. ive got a pencil and paper. perhaps you could read out what it says.w: certainly. hutton dennis, born darlington, 1836, died new york, 1920.m: yes, got that.w: inventer and physicist, the son of a farmworker. he was admitted to the university oflondon at the age of 15.m: yes.w: he graduated at 17 with the first class degree in physics and mathematics. all right?m: yes, all right.w: he made his first notable achievement at the age of 18. it was a method ofrefrigeration which rolls from his work in lowtemperature physics. he became professor ofmathematics at the university of manchester at 24, where he remained for twelve years. duringthat time, he married one of his students, natasha willoughbym: yes, go on.w: later working together in london, they laid the foundations of modern physics byshowing that normal laws of cause and effect do not apply at the level of subatomic particles.for thishe and his wife received the nobel prize for physics in 1910, and did so again in 1912for their work on very high frequency radio waves. in his lifetime, hutton patented 244inventions. do you want any more?m: yes, when did he go to america?w: let me see. in 1920 he went to teach in new york and died there suddenly after onlythree weeks. still he was a good age.m: yes, i suppose so. well, thanks.question 12: what do we learn about dennis hutton when he was 15?question 13: what did dennis hutton do at the age of 24? question 14: for what were dennis hutton and his wife awarded the nobel prize a secondtime?question 15: why did dennis hutton go to new york?in america, white tailed deer are morenumerous than ever before, so abundant in factthat theyve become a suburban nuisance and ahealth hazard.why cant the herd be thinned the old-fashionedway? the small community of north haven on longisland is home to some six hundred to sevenhundred deer. the department of environmental conservation estimates the optimumpopulation at 60. the town has been browsed bare of vegetation except where gardens andshrubs are protected by high fences.drivers routinely collide with deer and there are so many dead bodies left by the side of theroad that the town has made it a deal with a local pet cemetery to collect and dispose of thebodies. some people in the town have become ill from deer transmitted diseases. on theoccasions when hunting has been tried, local animal rights people have worked to secure courtorders against the hunts. and when that is failed, they stop the hunters, banging on pots andpans to alert the deer. town meetings called to discuss the problem inevitably dissolved intoconfrontations.the activists believe simply that the deer are not the problem. some communities have evendiscussed the possibility of bringing wolves back into the ecological mix. that means wolves inthe suburbs of new york. it is almost too wonderfulnot to try it. the wolves would kill deer ofcourse. they would also terrorize and kill dogs and cats which is not what the suburbandwellers have in mind.questions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heardq16. what do we learn about white-tailed deer in north haven?q17. why do local animal rights people bang on pots and pans?q18. what would happen if wolves were brought back into the ecological mix?六级短文2原文and now, if youll walk this way, ladies and gentlemen, the next room were going to see isthe room in which the family used to hold their formal dinner parties and even occasionallyentertain heads of state and royalty. however, they managed to keep this room friendly andintimate. and i think youll agree. it has a very informal atmosphere, quite unlike some grandhouses you visit. the curtains were never drawn, even at night, so guests got a view of the lakeand fountains outside which were lit up at night – a very attractive sight. as you can see,ladies and gentlemen, the guests were seated very informally around this oval table, whichwould add to the relaxed atmosphere. the table dates from the 18th century andis made fromspanish oak. its rather remarkable for the fact that although its extremely big, itssupported by just six rather slim legs. however, it seems to have survived like that for 200years. so its probably going to last a bit longer. the chairs which go with the table are not acomplete set. there were originally six of them. they are interesting for the fact that they arevery plain and undecorated for the time, with only one plain central panel at the back and noarmrests. i myself find them rather uncomfortable to sit in for very long, but people wereused to more discomfort in the past. and now, ladies and gentlemen, if youd like to follow mein to the great hall…q19. what do we learn about the speaker?q20. what does the speaker say about the room they are visiting?【篇二：2023年12月英语六级听力原文】语六级听力原文。

2023年6月六级听力原文及答案解析Part III Listening ComprehensionSection ADirections: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the end of each conversation, one or more questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A), B), C) and D), and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.11.W: Did you hear that Anna needs to stay in bed for 4 weeks?M: Yeah. She injured her spine in a fall and a doctor told her to lie flat on her back for a month so it can mend.Q: What can we learn from the conversation?【答案】A) The injury will confine Anna to bed for quite a while.【解析】细节题。

2022年9月英语六级真题听力和答案Questions 1 to 4 are based on the conversation you have just heard.1. A) It enables people to earn more money.C) It helps people with budgeting.B) It teaches the importance of financing.D) It introduces a novel way to invest.2. A) Many Americans are not satisfied with their income.B) Many Americans have no idea about how to invest.C) Most Americans do not know how to save money.D) Most Americans do not stick to a budget.3. A) Keep track of his money.C) Find more sources of income.B) Live within his means.D) Refrain from buying luxuries.4. A) It offers a greater variety of items.C) It changes one’s way of living.B) It helps avoid unnecessary spending.D) It saves one’s time for shopping.Questions 5 to 8 are based on the conversation you have just heard.5. A) It is brand-new.C) It belongs to her mother.B) It has plenty of rooms.D) It has been vacant for months.6. A) Space.C) Appliances.B) Tranquility.D) Location.7. A) Talk to his wife about the contract terms.C) Check the references of the flat owner.B) Pay the first month’s rent and a deposit.D) Consult his solicitor one more time.8. A) She can have a wonderful view of the pond.B) She will be much closer to her work place.C) She can make friends with new neighbours.D) She will have plenty of space for her shoes.Questions 9 to 11 are based on the passage you have just heard.9. A) The more commercials they see, the more brands they get to know.B) The more commercials they see, the more they adore celebrities.C) The more television they watch, the fewer conflicts in the family.D) The more television they watch, the greater their parents’ stress.10. A) Inform children of the family’s financial situation.B) Shift children’s attention to interesting activities.C) Involve children in making purchasing decisions.D) Help children understand advertising’s intent.11. A) Their limited cognitive ability.C) Their admiration for celebrities.B) Their strong natural curiosity.D) Their lack of social experience.Questions 12 to 15 are based on the passage you have just heard.12. A) Bad guys may do good deeds.B) Bad guys may go unpunished.C) Good guys may not always cooperate.D) Good guys may get unfair treatment.13. A) By what we do.B) By fair evaluation.C) In comparison with others.D) In accordance with set standards.14. A) Learn from them earnestly.B) Compete with them actively.C) Leave them alone temporarily.D) Cooperate with them sincerely.15. A) Being dismissed as hypocritical.B) Not getting the reward they deserve.C) Having to make too many sacrifices.D) Being misunderstood by people around.Section CQuestions 16 to 18 are based on the recording you have just heard.16. A) They are increasingly aware of gender differences.B) They engage themselves in positive recollection.C) They begin to see the importance of friendship.D) They make friends with peers of the same sex.17. A) Competing for position.B) Pursuing fashion.C) Forging close ties with friends.D) Fulfilling family obligations.18. A) They prioritize romance over friendship.B) They try to strengthen same-sex friendships.C) They begin to take friendship more seriously.D) They compete intensely for romantic partners.Questions 19 to 21 are based on the recording you have just heard.19. A) They regard it as a matter of sheer privacy.B) They are worried about being turned down.C) They fear that their condition will be made widely known.D) They are afraid to be discriminated against once recruited.20. A) After receiving a job offer.C) When confirming an interview.B) During a job interview.D) Upon completing a cover letter21. A) Describe the true state of their health.C) Stress the irrelevance of their disability to the job.B) Provide all the information required.D) Avoid mentioning the name of their disability.Questions 22 to 25 are based on the recording you have just heard.22. A) Their scores were least affected by music with speech.B) It was the poorest when there was background speech.C) Their scores were most depressed with instrumental music.D) It was disrupted by the sound of an air conditioner or fan.23. A) It has to do with the type and volume of the background noise.B) It has to do with short-term memory for listening comprehension.C) It depends on the overlap in processing different kinds of information.D) It depends on the participants’ ability to concentrate on the task at hand.24. A) Keep everything as quiet as possible.B) Play nothing but instrumental music.C) Use vocal material as little as possible.D) Wear a pair of earphones or headphones.25. A) Sociable people were immune to all distractions.B) Shy quiet people were most adversely impacted.C) Less outgoing people were more affected by silence.D) Confident people were unaffected by high-arousal music.听力原文：Section A：六级听力原文（长对话1 理性消费）M:Welcome to Money Matters,【Q1】a weekly program that helps you manage your money. Tonight, I'll be talking to Mary Johnson about budgeting.W:Hello everyone.M: There's a magic about money.When it's not planned for, tracked and kept a record of, it literally disappears. What are some of the steps we can take to prevent this from happening? W: Well, it's all about keeping track of your money. If you don't do that, you'll never be able to set any goals for your budget or have the discipline to stick to them.M: That's easier said than done.【Q2】1 read recently that only 41% of Americans adhere tot budget.W:Yes, but【Q3】knowing what you earn and what you spend can give you reassurance that you won't get into debt in the first place.You can do this by adding up all of your sources of income you have and writing them all down on a piece of paper. On the same page, write down all of your monthly expenses.M:I'm always amazed at how much my expenses add up, but designating each item as an income or an expense really helps me have a much better sense of all my spending.W: Right, most people have no idea how much they spend each day, let alone each week, ormonth, no matter how careful they are. Next, subtract your monthly expenses from income. If the result is positive, you are living within your means. If the result is a negative number, you're going to have to cut back on yourspending.M: I'm usually a negative number. I just can't resist the allure of all those prestigious goods.W: Well, it's not a catastrophe, but you do have to make some changes. Try cutting back on those non-essential items,sell some stuff in your attic,【Q4】or shop online to avoid unnecessary temptations, like chocolate.Failing that you can always find yourself a part time job.Question 1.What does the man say about the weekly program?Question 2. What did the man read recently?Question 3. What does the woman suggest the man do first to avoid getting into debt? Question 4.What does the woman say about online shopping?Section A：六级听力原文（长对话2）Conversation 2M: Hi there, l've come to see the flat, my name is Mark Adams. We spoke on the phone on Wednesday.W:Hi,Mark, come on up. I'll buzz you in. Green door on the second floor on the right side. Nice to meet you. I spoke to all your references, and they all checked out OK. So let me show you around. The place actually belongs to my mother,but her health isn＇t great，so we finally managed to persuade her to move in with us and rent this old place out.(Question 5)M: It's a great size, plenty of space, very versatile. I think it's a winner for us.W: Yes, all the appliances are brand new. There's a washing machine and a tumble dryer in the utility room next to the kitchen.M:Lots of closet space too,which is fabulous. My wife has a ridiculous number of shoes. Now,the big question:What about noise and the neighbors? (Question 6)W:Well, all the neighbors are elderly. So no noisy kids and the back of the house overlooks a clear and peaceful pond, so it's perfect if tranquility is what you are looking for.M:That's good news. We've been living in a less than glamorous part of Aberdeen, constantly harassed day andnight by noisy neighbors.Getting to work was a nightmare too, as we only have one car and my wife has to use it as she yorks nights at the hospital.W: Well, if you like the place, it's yours, as soon as l get a contract drawn up with the solicitor. The first month' s rent and a deposit are mandatory on signing the contract,(Question 7) Then we can work out when is the best day for you to pay rent each month.M:We' ll be incredibly happy to be your new tenants. Thank you so much.My wife will be thrilled to get out of the shabby place we are now in, and start filling those wardrobes with all those shoes.(Question 8)Question 5: What does the woman say about the flat?Question 6: What is the man's chief consideration in looking for a flat?Question 7: What does the man have to do on signing the contract?Question 8: Why does the man say his wife will feel very excited if they move into the flat?Section B：六级听力原文（短文1）Passage one【9】A new study has found a positive correlation between how much television children watch and their parents stresss levels. Why? Because the more television kids watch, the more they are exposed to advertising. The more advertising they see, the more likely they are to insist on purchasing items when they go with their parents to the store. This could generate conflict if the parents refuse. All that, researchers say, can contribute to parents' overall stress levels. What's the solution? Perhaps the most obvious is curtailing screen time. Commercial content is therefore a reason to elicit purchasing behavior. So, parents might want to shut off the TV. Researchers concede that this is easier said than done, so,【10】they suggest another option. Parents can change how they talk to their kids about purchases.The researchers suggeyth parents seekinput from their children on family purchasing decisions.Theyshouldn't try to control all purchases. Instead,parents might tell their children things like "I will listen to your advice on certain products or brands".This type of communication, the researchers assert, can lead to children making fewer purchasing demands that means less parents' stress. However, the protective effect of this kind of communication diminishes with greater exposure to television. This is because advertising aimed at children is especially persuasive. 【11】Advertisers use an assortment of tactics, such as bright colors, happy music and celebrity endorsements to appeal to children. Plus, children don't have the cognitive ability to fully understand advertising's intent. That makes them particularly vulnerable to advertisements.Question 9: What has the new study found about children watching television?Question 10: What are parents advised to do to reduce the impact of TV commercials? Question 11:What makes children particularly vulnerable to TV commercials?Section B：六级听力原文（短文2）Everyone is supposed to cheer for good guys, and we should only punish the bad guys. But that's not what we always do. Most of the time, we do indeed reward good people. We also often punish people who harm others, or who aren't good team players. But [Q12] sometimes the good guys also get punished or criticized specifically because they are so good.This seems baffling because it's detrimental to group cooperation. However, the phenomenon has been discovered in multiple fields，and it has been found in every society. Why does this happen?Research suggests a simple reason. When one person looks really good, others look bad by comparison. Those others then have an incentive in stopping that person from looking good, especially if they can't or won't compete. After all, [Q13] we're all judged in comparison with others. When faced with someone better, what can a normal person do? [Q14] 0ne option is to actively compete. A second option is to bring that person dewn.That is to suppress their cooperation or work ethic, and first selfish motives for their actions, or implied real or imagined hypocrisy. Other tactics include attacking them on unrelated dimensions or punishing them outright. Why does this matter? Critics often attack the motives of people who protect the environment, donate money, or work too hard. [Q15] Such good deeds are dismissed as naive or hypocritical by those who do not perform those deeds. This criticism may ultimately discourage people from doing good deeds so it's important to recognize these attacks for what they are.Question 12 What baffling phenomenonjis discussed in the passage?Question 13 How are we all judged according to the passage?Question 14 What can a normal person do when faced with people who perform better?Question 15 What may discourage people from performing good deeds?[Recording One录音1]In america, most researchers concede that boys and girls are brought up in different ways, taught different skills and rewarded for different acts. Women, it is agreed excel at certain tasks, men at others. There is little argument that some personality traits appear more dominant in one sex than in the other. All of this notwithstanding, gender differences are very much in the media these days.Since the rise of the women's movement, gender role behavior has come under closer scrutiny. How has this affected friendship? How do the sexes differ in their friendship relations? Most pre teen children have a best friend who is usually some one of the same sex and similar age. Both sexes share an essentially positive recollection of these childhood friendships. They do not differ in this respect. However, the type of play engaged in during these early friendships is telling of the difference to come. Boys tend to form play groups that are competitive in nature. Girls groups more frequently revolve around cooperative enterprises. Thus at an early age, boys become concerned with trying hard and winning. While girls, by contrast, playhouse and school, engaging in roles that require complementary support of their childhood. Men recall being highly responsive to and aware of the gender role opinions of other boys. Girls in preteen years appear to be less susceptible to gender role pressure. It is not until the dating years that women report being concerned with feminine behavior. Males, for the most part, are responsive to the suggestion that their behavior is unmanly at almost any age.These early attitudes reinforced by social conditioning continue to play an active part in the friendships of both sexes during adolescence. This is a period when the majority of males, once again, report a close alliance with same sex friends.Now, however, with heightened intensity, considerable energy is devoted, competing for position and a definite undercurrent of competition permeates the relationship. Although in dissimilar fashion, females share equally fragile relationships at this age. For them, bond of loyalty extends only to the line of romantic involvement. This is most apt to be the case in late adolescence. When dating and relationships with boys take sharp precedence over sister hood, actually dating dilutes the intensity of same sex friendships for men, also for the majority of us. The moment we begin to date seriously. There's a competition between romance and friendship.Questions 16 to 18 are based on the recordingYou have just heard.Question 16. Does the speaker say about most preteen children?Question 17, what do most males devote much of their energy to during adolescence? Question 18. What do children do when they reach late adolescenceRecording Two录音2Good afternoon. Today's lecture, we'll be talking about how and when to disclose a disability, when applying for a job, on average, about 20 % of the population has some form of disability. Most countries these days have equal opportunity and nondiscrimination laws. Yet, disabled people often find it hard to decide when how and if at all, to raise their disability problem, potential employer, there is uncertainty about how a recruiter will perceive their disability.As such. Many candidates fear they wouldn't be considered for a position. As a result ofdisclosing this personal information. And research has validated this as a genuine concern. For many job applicants. It's a natural reaction, but it shouldn't be a reason to stay quiet. People need to remember that they are applying for a position, they have the skills and experience to excel in discussing a disability. Potential employer may help them make reasonable workplace adjustments in their favor. It's most appropriate to discuss a disability.When they reply to confirm an interview, this information needn't be put up front in their cover letter or resume, because it's probably not relevant to the position itself. Candidates with disabilities should feel they have the power to make their own decisions around sharing this information free from prejudice. They find an organization that doesn't celebrate diversity and inclusion. It could say a lot about the company's culture. Perhaps the organization isn't the right fit. It's important for them to remember that they are seeking a manager and employer that's going to be supportive and continue to give them a great employment experience. Companies sometimes offer candidates the chance to disclose disabilities on their application form, but people shouldn't feel restricted by this method or timing. People should avoid sharing the name of their disability or condition. There is always the risk that the recruiter will research information that is inaccurate or irrelevant.If people don't think their disability will impact their ability to perform in the advertised position, then it's entirely their entitlement To choose when and whether to share this Information.Questions, 19 to 21 are based on the recording you have just heard.Question 19, why do disable job applicants feel reluctant to disclose their disability?question 20. When does the speaker suggest applicants reveal their disability Information? Question 21. What are people advised to do when filling out their job application form?Recording three录音3Smartphones distract attention and reduce learning because of their potential to offer activities more inviting than study. But what about background? Sound alone? A group of American researchers compared students comprehension of verbal material, when reading in the presence of background speech, instrumental music or general noise is neutral, such as that from the sound of an air conditioner or fan, students scores were most depressed in the presence of background speech. Comprehension was slightly better with the presence of music than with speech. However, when they were asked to identify melodies, rather than understand text, background music interfered more. When the background speech was in a language unfamiliar to participants, there was little if any hindrance of reading comprehension, British researchers compared the effects of background speech, vocal music, instrumental music, general background noise, and silence.On short term memory. Background speech had the biggest negative effect. Vocal music was slightly more disruptive than instrumental. In general, background noise and silence were least disruptive. It seems the degree of interference from background noise depends on the overlap between the processing required on the task, and the processing required to screen out the background noise. The study suggest that when people read, when they try to remember any verbal material, background speech will inhibit their ability. Instrumental music will have, at worst, a slight effect. When students write essays, however, other research has found it is best toreduce all background noise as much as possible. Not everyone reacts in the same way to distractions. Other studies suggest some aspects of personality may make a difference. The researchers subjected shy, quiet people and confident, outgoing ones to high arousal or low arousal background music, general noise or silence while asking them to remember words. Everyone performed best in the silent condition, but less sociable people were more negatively affected by each of the distractions.So when children are reading and trying to incorporate new material, parents could consider allowing some background music, particularly if it is instrumental, and their child is the outgoing type.Questions 22 to 25 are based on the recording. You have just heard.Question 22.What did some American researchers find about students reading comprehension in the presence of background noise?Question 23. What do we learn from the British researchers about the degree of interference from background noise?Question 24. What is best for students to do when writing essays? According to some research? Question 25. How do people of different personalities react to distractions according to other studies?参考答案：听力长对话1.C)It helps people with budgeting.2.D)Most Americans do not stick to a budget.3.A)Keep track of his money.4.B)It helps avoid unnecessary spending.5.C)It belongs to her mother.6.B)Tranquility.7.B)Pay the first month's rent and a deposit.8.D)She will have plenty of space for her shoes.听力篇章9.D)The more television they watch,the greater their parents'stress.10.C)Involve children in making purchasing decisions.11.A)Their limited cognitive ability.12.D)Good guys may get unfair treatment.13.C)In comparison with others.14.B)Compete with them actively.15.A)Being dismissed as hypocritical.听力讲座/讲话18.A)They prioritize romance over friendship.19.B)They are worried about being turned down.20.C)When confirming an interview.21.D)Avoid mentioning the name of their disability.22.B)It was the poorest when there was background speech.23.A)It depends on the overlap in processing different kinds of information.24.A)Keep everything as quiet as possible.25.B)Shy quiet people were most adversely impacted.(注：四六级考试是花卷，大家对答案时要看选项内容，不要只核对ABCD。

大学英语六级考试题型一、听力理解（35%）248.5分1、听力对话（15%）短对话8题长对话7题2、听力短文（20%）三大题10小题复合式听写前面8空填单词后面3空填句子二、阅读理解（35%）248.5分1、仔细阅读理解（25%）10题精细阅读5题回答问题2、快速阅读理解（10%）三、完形填空（10%）71分20题四、写作和翻译（20%）142分1、写作（15%）2、翻译（5%）5题六级考试各部分测试容、题型和所占分值比例如表所示：写作：33分--条理不清、思路紊乱，语言支离破碎或大部分句子均有错误，且多数为严重错误。

39分--基本切题。

表达思想不清楚连贯性差。

有较多严重的语言错误。

45分--基本切题。

有些地方表达思想不够清楚，文字勉强连贯;语言错误相当多，其中有一些是严重错误。

57分--切题。

表达思想清楚，文字连贯，但有少量语言错误。

67分--切题。

表达思想清楚，文字通顺。

连贯性较好，基本上无语言错误，仅有个别小错。

文字不足酌情扣分：100-119扣1分;90-99扣3分;80-89扣4 分;70-79扣5分;60-69扣6分;50-59扣7分;不足50扣9分。

听力：听力理解共35个，包括短对话、长对话、短文听力及短文听写：听力对话及短文听力共25题，每1题算1个，共25个;短文听写共11题，其中单词听写8题，每 2题算1个，句子听写共2题，每1题算2个，共10个。

阅读：阅读理解共35个，包括快速阅读，篇章词汇或短句问答，篇章阅读：快速阅读共10题，每1题算1个，共10个;篇章词汇每2个空算1个，短句问答共5题或8题，每1题算1个或 0.625个，共5个;篇章阅读共10题，每1题算2个，共20个。

综合：综合测试共15 个，包括完形或改错，翻译。

完形共20题，每2题算1个，共10个;改错共10题，每1题算1个，共10个;翻译共5题，每1题算1个，共5个。

四级考试单项分的报道共分为四个部分：听力（35%）、阅读（35%）、完型填空或改错（10%）、作文和翻译（20%）。

2020年9月英语六级听力真题答案（全套）Conversation one.牛津大学物理学教授的访谈M：You are a professor of physics at the university of Oxford. You're a senior advisor at the European organization for nuclear research. You also seem to tour the globe tirelessly giving talks. And In addition, you have your own weekly TV show on science. Where do you get the energy?W：Oh,well, I just love what I do. I am extremely fortunate life doing what I love doing.M：Professor, what exactly is your goal? Why do you do all of this?W：Well, As you said, I do have different things going on. But these, I think, can be divided into two groups. The education of science and the further understanding of science.M：Don't these two things get in the way of each other? What I mean is, doesn't giving lectures take time away from the lab?W：Not really. No, I love teaching. And I don't mind spending more time doing that now than in the past. Also what I will say is that teaching a subject helps me comprehend it better myself. I find that it furthers my own knowledge when I have to explain something clearly. When I have to aid others in understanding it. And when I have to answer questions about it, teaching at a high level can be very stimulating. One, no matter how much expertise they may already have in the field, they are instructingM：any scientific breakthroughs that you see on the near horizon? a significant discovery on venture. And we can expect soon?W：the world is always conducting science and there are constantly new things being discovered. In fact, right now we have too much data sitting in computers. For example, we have thousands of photos of planet mars taken by telescopes that nobody has ever seen. We have them yet. Nobody has had time to look at them with their own eyes, let alone analyze them.Questions one to four are based on the conversation you have just heard.Question 1. Why does the woman say she can be so energetic?答案：Oh,well, I just love what I do.Question 2. What has the woman been engaged in?答案：The education of science and the further understanding of science.Question 3. What does the woman say about the benefit teaching brings to her?答案：teaching a subject helps me comprehend it better myselfQuestion 4. How does the woman say new scientific breakthroughs can be made possible?答案：to look at them with their own eyes and analyze themConversation two.对于梦的起源的探讨(摊手)M：Do you think dreams have special meanings?W：No, I don't think they do.M：Don't either. But some people do. I would say people who believe that dreams have meanings are superstitious, especially nowadays, in the past, during the times of ancient Egypt, Greece or China, people used to believe that dreams could foresee the future. But today, with all the scientific knowledge that we have, I think it's much harder to believe in these sorts of things.W：My grandmother is superstitious, and she thinks dreams can predict the future. Once she dreamed that the flight she was due to take the following day crashed, can you guess what she did? She didn't take that flight. She didn't even bother to go to the airport the following day. Instead she took the same flight. But a week later, everything was fine. Of course, no plane ever crashed.M：How funny did you know that flying is actually safer than any other mode of transport? It's been statistically proven. People can be so irrational sometimes.W：Yes, absolutely. But even if we think they are ridiculous, emotions can be just as powerful as rational thinking.M：Exactly. People do all sorts of crazy things because of their irrational feelings. But in fact, some psychologists believe that our dreams are the result of our emotions and memories from that day. I think it was Sigmund Freud who said that children's dreams were usually simple representations of their wishes, things they wished would happen. But in adults, dreams a much more complicated reflections of their more sophisticated sentiments.W：Isn't it interesting how psychologists try to understand using the scientific method something as bizarre as dreams? Psychology is like the rational study of irrational feelings.Questions five to eight are based on the conversation you have just heard.Question 5. What do both speakers think of dreams?答案：they don’t have special meaningsQuestion 6. Why didn't the woman's grandmother take her scheduled flight?答案：Once she dreamed that the flight she was due to take the following day crashedQuestion 7. What does the woman say about people's emotions?答案：emotions can be just as powerful as rational thinking.Question 8. What did psychologist Sigmund Freud say about adults dreams?答案：But in adults, dreams a much more complicated reflections of their more sophisticated sentiments.Passage one.南极考察队对于V湖冰面下生物的探索While some scientists explore the surface of antarctica, others are learning more about a giant body of water four kilometres beneath the ice pack.Scientists first discovered lake V oss dock in the 19 seventy's by using radio waves that penetrate the ice. Since then, they have used sound waves and even satellites to map this massive body of water. How does the water in lake V ohs dog remain liquid beneath an ice sheet? The thick glacier above acts like an insulating blanket and keeps the water from freezing, says Martin Siegert, a glaciologist from the university of Wales. In addition, geothermal heat from deep within the earth may warm the hidden lake. The scientists suspect that microorganisms may be living in lake vohs stock closed off from the outside world for more than 2 million years.Anything found there will be totally alien to what's on the surface of the earth to see a good scientists are trying to find a way to drill into the ice and draw water samples without causing contamination. Again, robots might be the solution. If all goes as planned, a drill shaped robot will through the surface eyes. When it reaches the lake, it will release another robot that can swim in the lake, take pictures, and look for signs of life. The scientists hope their discoveries will shed light on life in outer space, which might exist in similar dark and airless conditions.Recently, close up pictures of jupiter, as moon europa shows signs of water beneath its icysurface. Once tested in antarctica, robots could be sent to europa to search for life there too.Questions 9 to 11. Based on the passage you have just heard.Question 9. What did scientists first use to discover lake V stock in the 1970s?答案：using radio waves that penetrate the iceQuestion 10. What do scientists think about lake vast dock?答案：microorganisms may be living in lake vohs stock closed off from the outside world for more than 2 million yearsQuestion 11. What do the scientists hope their discoveries will do?答案：shed light on life in outer space, which might exist in similar dark and airless conditionsPassage two.吉姆斯对于印第安语言的记录及其科研过程和心得The idea to study the American Indian tribe torah, who Morris came to James Copeland in 1984, when he discovered that very little research had been done on their language. He could did a tribe member through a social worker who worked with the tribesmen in Mexico. At first, the tribe member named gonzales was very reluctant to cooperate. He told Copeland that no amount of money could buy his language. But after Copeland explained to him what he intended to do with his research and how it would benefit that are home, orris gonzales agreed to help. He took Copeland to his village and served as an intermediary. Copeland says, thanks to him that are who Morris understood what our mission was and started trusting us.Entering the world of that, Hamas has been a laborious project for Copeland. To reach their homeland, he must drive 2.5 days from Houston, Texas. He loads up his vehicle with goods that the tribesmen can't easily get and gives the goods to them as a gesture of friendship that are Morris, who don't believe in accumulating wealth, take the food and share it among themselves.For Copeland, the experience has not only been academically satisfying, but also has enriched his life in several ways. I see people rejecting technology and living a very hard, traditional life, which offers me another notion about the meaning of progress in the western tradition. He says, I experience the simplicity of living in nature that I would otherwise only be able to read about. I see a lot of beauty in their sense of sharing and concern for each other.Questions 12 to 15 are based on the passage you have just heard.Question 12.Why did James Copeland want to study the American Indian tribe torah Morris?答案：he discovered that very little research had been done on their languageQuestion 13. How did gonzalez help James Copeland?答案：He took Copeland to his village and served as an intermediaryQuestion 14. What does the speaker say about James copeland's trip to that are humorous village?答案：don't believe in accumulating wealth, take the food and share it among themselvesQuestion 15. What impresses James Copeland about that are a humorist tribe,答案：I see a lot of beauty in their sense of sharing and concern for each otherrecording one.到底什么是激进?女权主义是激进嘛?What is a radical? It seems today that people are terrified of the term, particularly of having the label attached to them. Accusing individuals or groups of being radical often serves to silence them into submission, thereby maintaining the existing state of affairs, and more important, preserving the power of a select minority who are mostly wealthy white males in western society.Feminism is a perfect example of this phenomenon. The women's movement has been plagued by stereotypes, misrepresentations by the media, and accusations of man hating and radicalism. When the basic foundation of feminism is simply that women deserve equal rights in all facets of life, when faced with a threat of being labeled radical women back down from their worthy cause and consequently participate in their own oppression, it has gotten to the point that many women are afraid to call themselves feminists because of the stigma attached to the word. If people refuse to be controlled and intimidated by stigma, as the stigma as lose all their power, without fear and which to feed such stigma as can only die. To me, a radical is simply someone who rebels against the norm. What advocates a change in the existing state of affairs? On closer inspection, it becomes clear that the norm is constantly involving and therefore is not a constant entity.So why there is deviation from the present situation? Such a threat than the state of affairs itself is unstable. And subject to relentless transformation, it all goes back to maintaining the power of those who have it and preventing the rise of those who don't. In fact, when we look at the word radical in a historical context, nearly every figure we now hold up as a hero was considered a radicalin his or her time. Radicals are people who affect change. They are the people about whom history is written. Abolitionists were radicals. Civil rights activists were radicals, even the founders of our country in their fight to win independence from England or radicals. Their presence in history has changed the way our society functions, mainly by shifting the balance of power that previously existed. There are some radicals who have made a negative impact on humanity. But undeniably, there would simply be no progress without radicals. That being said, next time someone calls me a radical, I will accept that label with pride.Questions 16 to 18 are based on the recording you have just heard.Question 16. What usually happens when people are accused of being radical?答案：preserving the power of a select minority who are mostly wealthy white males in western society.Question 17. What is the speaker's definition of a radical?答案：a radical is simply someone who rebels against the norm.Question 18. What does the speaker think of most radicals in the American history?答案：there would simply be no progress without radicals.Recording two.人的社会性因素：不可避免的被环境影响We are very susceptible to the influence of the people around us. For instance, you may have known somebody who has gone overseas for a year or so and has returned with an accent. Perhaps. We become part of our immediate environment. None of us are immune to the influences of our own world.And let us not kid ourselves that we are untouched by the things and the people in our life.Fred goes off to his new job at a factory. Fred takes his 10 minute coffee break, but the other workers take a half an hour. Fred says, what's the matter with you guys? Two weeks later, Fred is taking 20 minute breaks. A month later, Fred takes his half hour. Fred is saying, if you can't beat them, join them, why should I work any harder than the next guy?The fascinating thing about being human is that generally we are unaware that there are changes taking place in our mentality. It is like returning to the city smog after some weeks in the fresh air. Only then do we realize that we have become accustomed to the nasty smells mix withcritical people. And we learn to criticize mixed with happy people. And we learn about happiness. What this means is that we need to decide what we want from life and then choose our company accordingly.You may well say that is going to take some effort. It may not be comfortable. I may offend some of my present company. Right? But it is your life. Fred may say I'm always broke frequently depressed. I'm going nowhere and I never do anything exciting. Then we discover that friends, best friends, are always broke, frequently depressed, going nowhere and wishing that life was more exciting. This is not coincidence. Nor is it our business to stand in judgment of Fred. However, if Fred ever wants to improve his quality of life, the first thing he'll need to do is recognize what has been going on all these years. It's no surprise that doctors as a profession suffer a lot of ill health because they spend their lives around sick people. Psychiatrists have a higher incidence of suicide in their profession for related reasons.Traditionally, nine out of tension, whose parents' smoke smoke themselves. Obesity is in part an environmental problem. Successful people have successful friends. And so the story goes on.Questions 19 to 21 are based on the recording you have just heard.Question 19. What does the speaker say about us as human beings?答案：None of us are immune to the influences of our own world.Question 20. What does the speaker say Fred should do first to improve his quality of life?答案：It is like returning to the city smog after some weeks in the fresh airQuestion 21.What does the speaker say about psychiatrists?答案：Psychiatrists have a higher incidence of suicide in their profession for related reasons.Recording three.美元的发展历史Virtually every American can recognize a dollar bill at a mere glance. Many can identify it by its sound or texture. But few people indeed can accurately describe the world's most powerful, important currency. The American dollar bill is colored with black ink on one side and green on the other. The exact composition of the paper and ink is a closely guarded government secret. Despite its weighty importance, the dollar bill actually weighs little. It requires nearly 500 bills to tip the scales at a pound. Not only is the dollar bill lightweight, but it also has a brief lifespan. Few dollar bills survive longer. 18 months.The word dollar is taken from the German word, tailor the name for the world's most important currency in the 16th century.The Thaler was a silver coin first minted in 1518 under the reign of Charles the 5th, emperor of Germany.The concept of paper money is a relatively recent innovation in the history of American currency. When the constitution was signed, people had little regard for paper money because of its steadily decreasing value during the colonial era. Because of this lack of faith, the new American government minted only coins for common currency. Interest bearing bank notes were issued at the same time. But their purpose was limited to providing money for urgent government crises, such as American involvement in the war of 1812. The first non interest bearing paper currency was authorized by congress in 1862. At the height of the civil war. At this point, citizens, old fears of devalued paper currency had calmed. The dollar bill was born. The new green colored paper money quickly earned the nickname greenback. Today, the American dollar bill is a product of the federal reserve and is issued from the 12 federal reserve banks around the United States. The government keeps a steady supply of approximately 2 billion bills in circulation at all times.Controversy continues to surround the true value of the dollar bill.American history has seen generations of politicians argue in favor of a gold standard for American currency. However, for the present, the American dollar bill holds the value that is printed on it and little more. The only other guarantee on the bill is a federal reserve pledge as a confirmation in the form of government securities.Questions 22 to 25 are based on the recording you have just heard.Question 22. What does the speaker say about the American dollar bill?答案：The American dollar bill is colored with black ink on one side and green on the otherQuestion 23. What does the speaker say about the exact composition of the American dollar bill?答案：a closely guarded government secret.Question 24. Why did the new American government mint only coins for common currency?答案：because of its steadily decreasing value during the colonial era. Because of this lack of faithQuestion 25. What have generations of American politicians argued for?答案：in favor of a gold standard for American currenc。