2019年6月英语六级听力VOA常速英语练习(第二十一套)

2019年6月英语六级听力真题原文解析Section AConversation 1Cathy: Hi, my name's Cathy, nice to meet you.John: Nice to meet you too Kathy, my name's John. I'm a university friend of the bride. What about you? Who do you know at this party?Cathy: I am a colleague of Brenda. I was a little surprised to be invited to be honest. We've only been working together the last six months, but we quickly became good friends. (1) We just wrapped up a project with a difficult client last week. I bet Brenda is glad it's done with, and she can focus on wedding preparations.John: Oh, yes. So you are Cathy from the office. Actually I've heard a lot about you in that project, the client sounded like a real nightmare.Cathy: Oh, he was, I mean we deal with all kinds of people on a regular basis, it's part of the job, but he was especially particular. Enough about that, what line of work are you in?John: Well, right out of college I worked in advertising for a while. Recently though, I turn my photography hobby into a small business. (2) I'll actually be taking photos during the big event as a wedding gift.Cathy: That sounds wonderful and very thoughtful of you. I bake, just as a hobby. (3) But Brenda has asked me to do the cake for the wedding. I was a bit nervous saying yes because I'm far from a professional.John: Did you bake the cookies here at the party tonight?Cathy: Yes, I got the idea from a magazine.John: They're delicious! You've got nothing to worry about. You are a natural.Cathy: You really think so?John: If you hadn’t told me that. I would have guessed they were baked by the restaurant. (4) You know, with your event planning experience you could very well open your own shop.Cathy: (laughing) One step at a time. First, I'll see how baking the wedding cake goes. If it's not a disaster, maybe I'll give it some more thought.1. What did Cathy and Brenda finished doing last week?C) A project with a troublesome client.2. What is John going to do for Brenda?A) Take wedding photos.3. How did Kathy feel when asked to bake the cake?B) Nervous.4. What does the man suggest the woman do?A) Start her own bakery.解析：本篇长对话的两人在婚礼上刚认识，主要谈论的是各自在忙的工作，以及他们为本次婚礼所做的贡献。

Part III Listening Comprehension长对话1听力原文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?12.M: A famous Russian ballet is coming to town next week end. But I can’t finda ticket anywhere.W: Don’t be upset. My sister just happened to have one and she can’t go since she has got some sort of conflict in her schedule.Q: What does the woman mean?13.W: Hello, my bathroom drain is blocked and I’m giving a party tonight. Do you think you could come and fix it for me?M: Sorry, ma’am. I’m pretty busy right now. But I can put you on my list.Q: What does the man mean?14.W: We’re taking up a collection to buy a gift for Jemma. She’ll have been with the company 25 years next week.M: Well, count me in. But I’m a bit short on cash now. When do you need it?Q: What is the man going to do?15.W: Tony’s mother has invited me to dinner. Do you think I should tell her in advance that I’m a vegetarian?M: Of course. I think she’d appreciate it. Imaging how you both feel if she fixed the turkey dinner or something.Q: What does the man suggest the woman do?16.M: Just look at this newspaper, nothing but robbery, suicide and murder. Do you still believe people are basically good?W: Of course. But many papers lack interest in reporting something positive like peace, love and generosity.Q: What are the speakers talking about?17.M: I can’t believe so many people want to sign up for the Korea Development Conference.We will have to limit the registration.W: Yeah, otherwise we won’t have room for the more.Q: What are the speakers going to do?18.W: Hi, I’m calling about the ad for the one bedroom apartment.M: Perfect timing! The person who was supposed to rent it just backed town to take a room on campus.Q: What do we learn from the conversation?Conversation OneW: Well, it’s the South Theater Company. They want to know if we’d be interested in sponsoring a tour they want to make to East Asia.M: East Asia? uhh… and how much are they hoping to get from us?W: Well, the letter mentions 20,000 pounds, but I don’t know if they might settle for us.M: Do they say what they would cover? Have they anything specific in mind? W: No, I think they are just asking all the firms in tongue for as much money as they think they’ll give.M: And we are worth 20, 000 pounds, right?W: It seems so.M: Very flattering. But I am not awfully happy with the idea. What we get out of it?W: Oh, good publicity I suppose. So what I suggest is not that we just give them a sum of money, but that we offer to pay for something specific like travel or something, and that in return, we ask for our name to be printed prominently in the program, and that they give us free advertising space in it.M: But the travel bill would be enormous, and we could never manage that. W: I know. But why don’t we offer to pay for the printing of the programs ourselves on condition that on the front cover there's something like This program is presented with the compliments of Norland Electronics, and free advertising of course.M: Good idea. Well, let’s get back to them and ask what the program they want will cost. Then we can see if we are interested or not.Questions 19-21 are based on the conversation you have just heard.19. What do we learn about the South Theater Company?20. What benefit does the woman say their firm can get by sponsoring the Theater Company?21. What does the woman suggest they do instead of paying the South Theater Company’s travel expenses?Conversation TwoW: Rock stars now face a new hazard --- voice abuse. After last week's announcement that Phil Collins might give up touring because live concerts are ruining his voice, doctors are counseling stars about the dos and don'ts of voice care. Here in the studio today, we have Mr. Paul Phillips, an expert from the High Field Hospital. Paul, what advice would you give to singers facing voice problems?M: If pop singers have got voice problems, they really need to be more selective about where they work. They shouldn't work in smoky atmospheres. They also need to think about resting their voices after a show. Something else they needto be careful about is medicines. Aspirin, for example, singers should avoid aspirin. It thins the blood. And if a singer coughs, this can result in the bruising of the vocal cords.W: And is it true that some singers use drugs before concerts to boost their voices when they have voice problems?M: Yes, this does happen on occasion. They are easily-available on the continent and they are useful if a singer has problems with his vocal cords and has to sing that night. But if they are taken regularly, they cause a thinning of the voice muscle. Most pop singers suffer from three things: lack of training, overuse and abuse of the voice, especially when they are young. They have difficult lives. When they go on tour, they do a vast number of concerts, singing in smoky places.W: So, what would you advise the singers to do?M: Warm you voice up before a show and warm it down after.Questions 22-25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.22. What does last week's announcement say about rock star, Phil Collins?23. What does Paul Philips say about aspirin?24. What does Paul Philips say about young pop singers?25. What are the speakers mainly talking about?Passage 1Would you trust a robot to park your car? The question will confront New Yorkers in February as the city's first robotic parking opens in Chinatown.The technology has been successfully applied overseas, but the only other public robotic garage in the United States has been troublesome, dropping vehicles and trapping cars because of technical problems.Nonetheless, the developers of the Chinatown garage are confident with the technology and are counting on it to squeeze 67 cars in an apartment-building basement that would otherwise fit only 24, accomplished by removing a maneuver space normally required.A human-shaped robot won't be stepping into your car to drive it. Rather, the garage itself does the parking. The driver stops the car on a flat platform and gets out. The platform is lowered into the garage, and it is then transported to a vacant parking space by a computer-controlled device similar to an elevator that also runs sideways.There is no human supervision, but an attendant will be on hand to accept cash and explain the system to newly users. Parking rates will be attracted about $400 monthly or $25 per day, according to Ari Milstein, the director of planning for Automation Parking Systems, which is the U.S. subsidiary of a German company. This company has built automated garages in several countries overseas and in the United States for residents of a Washington, D.C. apartment building.Questions 26 to 29 are based on the passage you have just heard.26. What do we learn about the robot parking in the U.S. so far?27. What advantage does robotic parking have according to the developers?28. What does the attendant do in the automated garage?29. What does the company say about the parking rate?Passage 2A recent study shows that meat consumption is one of the main ways that human can damage the environment, second only to the use of motor vehicles. So how can eating meat have a negative effect on the environment? For a start, all animals, such as cows, pigs and sheep, always gas limed methane, which is the second most common green house gas after carbon dioxide. Many environmental experts now believe that methane is more responsible for global warming than carbon dioxide. It is estimated that 25% of all methane that released into the atmosphere coming from farm animals. Another way in which meat production affects the environment is through the use of water and land. 2,500 gallons of water are needed to produce one pound of beef. While 20 gallons of water are need to produce one pound of wheat. One acre of farmlanduse to for raising cows can produce 250 pounds of beef. One acre of farmland use to for crop production can produce 1,500 pounds of tomatoes. Many people now say the benefits of switching to vegetarian diet which excludes meat and fish. Not just for health reasons, but also because it plays a vital role in protecting the environment. However, some nutritionists advise against switching to a totally strict vegetarian diet. They believe such a diet which includes no products from animal sources can be deficient in many of the necessary vitamins and minerals our bodies need. Today many people have come to realize that help the environment and for the human race to survive, more of us will need to become vegetarian.Questions 30 to 32 are based on the passage you've just heard.30. What does the recent study show?31. What do some nutritionists say about the strict vegetarian diet?32. What does the speaker think more people need to do?Passage 3Alcoholism is a serious disease. Nearly nine million Americans alone suffer from the illness. Many scientists disagree about what the differences are between the alcohol addict and social drinker. The difference occurs when someone needs to drink. And this need gets in the way of his health or behavior. Alcohol causes a loss of judgment and alertness. After a long period, alcoholism can deteriorate the liver, the brain and other parts of the body. The illness is dangerous, because it is involved in half of all automobile accidents. Another problem is that the victim often denies being an alcohol addict and won’t get help. Solutions do exist. Many hospitals and centers help patients cope. Without the assistance, the victim can destroy his life. He would detach himself from the routines of life. He may lose his employment, home or loved ones.All the causes of the sickness are not discovered yet. There is no standard for a person with alcoholism. Victims range in age, race, sex and background. Some groups of people are more vulnerable to the illness. People from broken homesand North American Indians are two examples. People from broken homes often lack stable lives. Indians likewise had the traditional life taken from them by white settlers who often encourage them to consume alcohol to prevent them from fighting back. The problem has now been passed on. Alcoholism is clearly present in society today. People have started to get help and information. With proper assistance, victims can put their lives together one day.Question 33 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.Q33. What is the problem of the victims about alcoholism according to the speaker?Q34. Why did white settlers introduce alcohol to Indians?Q35. What does the speaker seem to believe about those affected by alcoholism?Part III Listening Comprehension复合式听写题目Self-image is the picture you have of yourself, the sort of person you believe you are. Included in your self-image are the categories in which you place yourself, the roles you play and other similar descriptors you use to identify yourself. If you tell an acquaintance you are a grandfather who recently lost his wife and who does volunteer work on weekends, several elements of your self-image are bought to light — the roles of grandparent, widower and conscientious citizen. But self-image is more than how you picture yourself; it also involves how others see you. Three types of feedback from others are indicative of how they see us: conformation, rejection, and disconfirmation. Conformation occurs when others treat you in a manner consistent with who you believe you are.You believe you have leadership abilities and your boss put you in charge of a new work team. On the other hand, rejection occurs when others treat you in a manner that is inconsistent with yourself definition. Pierre Salinger was appointed senator from California but subsequently lost his first election. He thought he was a good public official, but the voters obviously thoughtotherwise— Their vote was inconsistent with his self-concept. The third type of feedback is disconfirmation, which occurs when others fail to respond to your notion of self by responding neutrally. A student writes what he thinks is an excellent composition, but the teacher writes no encouraging remarks. Rather than relying on how others classify you, consider how you identify yourself. The way in which you identify yourself is the best refection of yourself-image. 2019年6月大学英语六级真题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。

2019年6月英语六级听力原文解析一、听力原文请听第一篇短文，回答第1-3题。

M: This is Tom White, your weatherman from Channel 5. And now, for the forecast. There's a cold front moving in from the north. Look for more clouds and a chance of r本人n or even snow in the higher elevations.Q1: What is the man probably doing?Q2: What kind of weather are the speakers talking about?Q3: What does the man say about the higher elevations?请听第一篇短文，回答第1-3题。

M: What are the great artists and authors of the past thinking and feeling while they were creating their masterpieces? This question has intrigued historians for centuries. But with new technologies, experts are now able to investigate the br本人ns of these great individuals.Q1: What does the man say about great artists and authors of the past?Q2: What are experts now able to do with the new technologies mentioned?Q3: What is the subject of the discussion?请听第二段对话，回答第4-6题。

2019年6月大学英语六级考试真题及参考答案（第1套）Part I Writing (30 minutes)Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay on the importance of motivation and methods in learning.You should write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words.【参考范文】As an old saying goes, knowledge can change one’s life. In order to acquire knowledge, we have to study hard. However, it can not be ignored that effective learning needs both motivation and scientific methods.It’s not difficult for us to come up with several possible reasons accounting for this perspective. In the first place, learning is a kind of serious and hard work. Therefore, not everyone is able to keep going without certain internal motivations. Besides, scientific methods play a significant role in improving learning efficiency. Many of us believe that the longer you study, the better grades you will get. But a lot of experiences of our classmates prove that this view is not entirely correct. In details, studying for a long time is exhausting and it is very likely to decrease study efficiency, which is critical to academic performance.From what has been mentioned above, we can easily draw a conclusion that the importance of motivation and methods in learning is self-evident. And it is necessary for us to develop good learning methods.【参考范文译文】俗话说，知识能改变命运。

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以下是店铺为大家搜索整理大学英语六级考试听力常速VOA训练，希望能给大家带来帮助!part 1Murtaza Ahmadi's improvised shirt is made from a plastic bag and has Lionel Messi's name scrawled on it with a marker pen.His brother posted a photo of Murtaza wearing it on Fk last month. The photo went viral and the boy became an Internet sensation, attracting reporters to his farm in a remote rural area of Afghanistan."I wear this plastic bag shirt for Messi. I would like to meet him. I love him so much," little Murtaza says.Lionel Messi is a professional footballer who plays for the Spanish team Barcelona and the Argentina national team. Last month, he was awarded a fifth FIFA Ballon d'Or that goes to the world's best male player.Murtaza plays soccer near his house and does not have a proper field, football jersey or sports shoes. But he dreams of becoming a famous player like Messi, his father says."We want to go to Spain so that Murtaza would be able to meet his idol Messi face to face, since he is a huge fan of him. Even when he wakes up he says 'I love Messi,' " Mohammad Arif Ahmadi says.Murtaza's wish may yet be fulfilled. His new celebrity status has prompted Afghan football officials to contact's Messi's charitable organization to see if a meeting can be arranged.Official sport was rarely played under the Taliban Islamist rule, and the football stadium in Afghanistan's capital, Kabul, was used for executions, stonings and mutilations.Although it is now free from the Taliban, Afghanistan is still riddled with violence.part 2Amid a global outpouring of grief and sympathy for France, are reminder the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee,that America is also a target.Armed New York City police officers with the special operation division Strategic Response Group stand guard in Times Square in New York, as security was tightened following the deadly attacks in Paris, Nov. 14, 2015.Armed New York City police officers with the special operation division Strategic Response Group stand guard in Times Square in New York, as security was tightened following the deadly attacks in Paris, Nov. 14, 2015.“We cannot allow ISIS to have this sanctuary in Syria and Iraq from which to plan and direct attacks against us,” Schiff added.White House officials are seeking to reassure the American public.“There is not a specific, credible threat to the homeland at this time, but we are going to be very vigilant,” sai d President Barack Obama’s deputy national security adviser, Ben Rhodes, also on This Week.Of particular concern: the Paris attacks demonstrated that terrorists can plan, coordinate and execute bloody plots with little or no Internet chatter or other communication that may tip off intelligence agencies. If Islamic State caught France by surprise,could it do the same to the United States?“The reality is: even the best intelligence will not stop a determined enemy that adapts to our defenses, and ISIS has adapted,” said Schiff.Refugee dilemmaReports that one of the Paris attackers may have been a Syrian asylum seeker will bring increased scrutiny of the Obama administration’s pledge to accept 10,000 refugees from Syria.For months, Republican presidential contenders have blasted the administration’s campaign against IS as woefully inadequate. Now, they are disputing White House assurances that Syrians granted U.S. asylum will be subjected to thorough screening and vetting.“You have a thousand people come in, and 999 are just poor people fleeing oppression and violence. But one of them is an ISIS fighter. If that is the case, then you have a problem, and there is no way to vet that out,” said Republican Senator Marco Rubio. “You cannot pick up the phone and call Syria.”At Saturday’s debate among Democratic presidential hopefuls, Hillary Clinton pointedly disagreed with Obama’s assertion last week that the Islamic State group has been contained.White House officials say the president was referring to the territory controlled by IS in Iraq and Syria, not the terrorist threat posed by the group.。

2019年6月大学英语六级考试真题(第1套)PartⅠWriting (30minutes)Directions:Supposeyouareaskedtogiveadviceonwhethertoattendavocationalcollegeorauniversi ty,writeanessaytostateyouropinion.Youarerequiredtowriteatleast150wordsbutnomorethan200 words.PartⅡListeningComprehension (30minutes)SectionADirections:Inthissection,youwillheartwolongconversations.Attheendofeachconversation,yo uwillhearfourquestions.Boththeconversationandthequestionswillbespokenonlyonce.Afteryouhearaquestion,youmustchoosethebestanswerfromthefourchoicesmarkedA),B),C)andD).ThenmarkthecorrespondingletteronAnswer Sheet1withasinglelinethroughthecentre.Questions1to4arebasedontheconversationyouhavejustheard.1.A)Hewouldfeelinsulted. B)Hewouldfeelverysad.C)Hewouldbeembarrassed. D)Hewouldbedisappointed.2.A)Theyareworthyofaprize. B)Theyareoflittlevalue.C)Theymakegoodreading. D)Theyneedimprovement.3.A)Heseldomwritesabookstraightthrough.B)Hewritesseveralbookssimultaneously.C)Hedrawsonhisreal-lifeexperiences.D)Heoftenturnstohiswifeforhelp.4.A)Writingabookisjustlikewatchingafootballmatch.B)Writersactuallyworkeverybitashardasfootballers.C)Helikeswatchingafootballmatchafterfinishingabook.D)Unlikeafootballmatch,thereisnoendtowritingabook.Questions5to8arebasedontheconversationyouhavejustheard.5.A)Achievementsofblackmaleathletesincollege.B)Financialassistancetoblackathletesincollege.C)Highcollegedropoutratesamongblackathletes.D)Undergraduateenrollmentsofblackathletes.6.A)Theydisplaygreattalentineverykindofgame.B)Theyarebetteratsportsthanatacademicwork.C)Theyhavedifficultyfindingmoneytocompletetheirstudies.D)Theymakemoneyforthecollegebutoftenfailtoearnadegree.7.A)About15%. B)Around40%.C)Slightlyover50%. D)Approximately70%.8.A)Coacheslacktheincentivetograduatethem.B)Collegedegreesdonotcountmuchtothem.C)Theyhavelittleinterestinacademicwork.D)Schoolsdonotdeemitaseriousproblem.SectionBDirections:Inthissection,youwillheartwopassages.Attheendofeachpassage,youwillhearthr eeorfourquestions.Boththepassageandthequestionswillbespokenonlyonce.Afteryouhearaquestion,youmustchoosethebestanswerfromthefourchoicesmarkedA),B),C)andD).Thenmarkthecorrespondingletteron AnswerSheet1withasinglelinethroughthecentre. Questions9to12arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard.9.A)Marketingstrategies. B)Holidayshopping.C)Shoppingmalls. D)Onlinestores.10.A)About50%ofholidayshoppers.B)About20-30%ofholidayshoppers.C)About136million.D)About183.8million.11.A)Theyhavefewercustomers.B)Theyfindithardtosurvive.C)Theyarethrivingoncemore.D)Theyappealtoelderlycustomers.12.A)Betterqualityofconsumergoods.B)Higheremploymentandwages.C)Greatervarietiesofcommodities.D)Peoplehavingmoreleisuretime.Questions13to15arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard.13.A)Theyarenewspeciesofbiginsects.B)Theyareoverprescribedantibiotics.C)Theyarelife-threateningdiseases.D)Theyareantibiotic-resistantbacteria.14.A)Antibioticsarenowinshortsupply.B)Manyinfectionsarenolongercurable.C)Largeamountsoftaxmoneyarewasted.D)Routineoperationshavebecomecomplex.15.A)Facilities.B)Expertise.C)Money.D)Publicity.SectionCDirections:Inthissection,youwillhearthreerecordingsoflecturesortalksfollowedbythreeor fourquestions.Therecordingswillbeplayedonlyonce.Afteryouhearaquestion,youmustchoosethebestanswerfromthefourchoicesmarkedA),B),CJandD).Thenmarkthecorrespondingletteron AnswerSheet1withasinglelinethroughthecentre.Questions16to18arebasedontherecordingyouhavejustheard.16.A)Itisaccessibleonlytothetalented.B)Itimprovesstudents’abilitytothink.C)Itstartsalifelonglearningprocess.D)Itgivesbirthtomanyeminentscholars.17.A)Theyencourageacademicdemocracy.B)Theypromoteglobalization.C)Theyupholdthepresidents’authority.D)Theyprotectstudents’rights.18.A)Histhirstforknowledge. B)Hiseagernesstofindajob.C)Hiscontemptforauthority. D)Hispotentialforleadership.Questions19to22arebasedontherecordingyouhavejustheard.19.A)Fewpeopleknowhowtoretrieveinformationproperly.B)Peoplecanenhancetheirmemorywithafewtricks.C)Mostpeoplehavearatherpoorlong-termmemory.D)Peopletendtounderestimatetheirmentalpowers.20.A)Theypresentthestatesinasurprisinglydifferentorder.B)Theyincludemoreorlessthesamenumberofstates.C)Theyareexactlythesameasisshownintheatlas.D)Theycontainnamesofthemostfamiliarstates.21.A)Focusingonwhatislikelytobetested.B)Havingagoodsleepthenightbefore.C)Reviewingyourlessonswheretheexamistotakeplace.D)Makingsensibledecisionswhilechoosingyouranswers.22.A)Discoverwhenyoucanlearnbest.B)Changeyourtimeofstudydaily.B)Giveyourselfadoublebonusafterwards.D)Followtheexampleofamarathonrunner.Questions23to25arebasedontherecordingyouhavejustheard.23.A)Heisapolitician. B)Heisabusinessman.C)Heisasociologist. D)Heisaneconomist.24.A)Inslums.B)InAfrica.C)Inpre-industrialsocieties.D)Indevelopingcountries.25.A)Theyhavenoaccesstohealthcare,letaloneentertainmentorrecreation.B)Theirincomeislessthan50%ofthenationalaveragefamilyincome.C)Theyworkextrahourstohavetheirbasicneedsmet.D)Theirchildrencannotaffordtogotoprivateschools.PartIII ReadingComprehension (40minutes) SectionADirections:Inthissection,thereisapassagewithtenblanks.Youarerequiredtoselectonewordfo reachblankfromalistofchoicesgiveninawordbankfollowingthepassage.Readthepassagethroughcarefullybeforemakingyourchoices.Eachchoiceinthebankisidentifiedbyale tter.Pleasemarkthecorrespondingletterforeachitemon AnswerSheet2withasinglelinethroughthecentre.Youmaynotuseanyofthewordsinthebankmorethanonce.Questions26to35arebasedonthefollowingpassage.Let ’sallstopjudgingpeoplewhotalktothemselves.Newresearchsaysthatthosewhocan ’tseemto keeptheirinnermonologues(独白)inareactuallymorelikelytostayontask,remain 26 betterandshowimprovedperceptioncapabilities.Notbad,really,forsomeextramuttering.AccordingtoaseriesofexperimentspublishedintheQuarterlyJournalofExperimentalPsych ologybyprofessorsGaryLupyanandDanielSwignley,theactofusingverbalcluesto 27 mentalpictureshelpspeoplefunctionquicker. Inoneexperiment,theyshowedpicturesofvariousobjectstotwenty 28 andaskedthemtofindjustoneofthose,abanana.Halfwere 29 torepeatoutloudwhattheywerelookingforandtheotherhalfkepttheirlips30 .Thosewhotalkedtothemselvesfoundthebananaslightlyfasterthanthosewhodidn ’t ，theresearcherssay.Inotherexperiments,LupyanandSwignleyfoundthat31thenameofacommonproductwhenonthehuntforithelpedquickensomeone ’space,buttalkingaboutu ncommonitemsshowednoadvantageandslowedyoudown.Commonresearchhaslongheldthattalkingthemselvesthroughataskhelpschildrenlearn,altho ughdoingsowhenyou ’ve 32 maturedisnotagreatsignof 33 .Thetwoprofessorshopetorefutethatidea, 34thatjustaswhenkidswalkthemselvesthroughaprocess,adultscanbenefitfromusinglanguagenotju sttocommunicate,butalsotohelp “augmentthinking ”.Ofcourse,youarestillencouragedtokeepthetalkingatlibrarytonesand,whateveryoudo,kee ptheinformationyousharesimple,likeagrocerylist.Atany35 ,there ’sstillsuchathingastoomuchinformation.SectionBDirections:Inthissection,youaregoingtoreadapassagewithtenstatementsattachedtoit.Eachstatementcontainsinformationgiveninoneoftheparagraphs.Identifytheparagraphfromwhichtheinformationisderived.Youmaychooseaparagraphmorethanonce.Eachparagraphismarkedwithaletter.Answerthequestionsbymarkingthecorrespondingletteron AnswerSheet2.RichChildrenandPoorOnesAreRaisedVeryDifferently A) ApparentlyB) ArroganceC) BrillianceD) ClaimingE) DedicatedF) FocusedG) IncurH) Instructed I) Obscurely J) Sealed K) spectators L) Trigger M) Uttering N) Volume O) Volunteers[A]ThelivesofchildrenfromrichandpoorAmericanfamilieslookmoredifferentthaneverbefore.[B]Well-offfamiliesareruledbycalendars,withchildrenenrolledinballet,soccerandafter-schoolprograms,accordingtoanewPewResearchCentersurvey.Thereareusuallytwoparents,whosp endalot。

2019年6月四级听力VOA慢速英语练习题（第二十一套）2019年6月四级听力VOA慢速英语练习题（第二十一套）AS IT IS 2019-04-18 Rich Americans Will Live 10 Years LongerSupporters of a bill to raise California's minimum wage celebrate outside the state Senate Chamber after the measure was approved by the Senate, March 31, 2019, in Sacramento, California. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)As Americans discuss the issue ofincome inequalityin an election year, a new study says rich people will live up to15 years longer than poor ones.A rich 40-year-old man in the United States can expectto live until about 87. A poor 40-year-old man might onlylive until 73.The difference in length of life as it relates to income is part of a new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.The Health Inequality Project studied about 1.4 billionincome taxrecords from a 15-year period ending in 2019. While people might haveguessedthat wealth allows for a longer life, the study reviewed more data than any similar studiesin the past.Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders is running for the Democratic Party nomination. He often talks of thegapbetween rich and poor in the United States. Rich people have better access health care than poor people, and that can increase their lifespan.Sanders launched his campaign almost a year ago. In his speech, he said, “the issue of wealth and income inequality is the great moral issue of our time, it is the great economic issue of our time and it is the great political issue of our time.”Angus Deaton wrote acolumnabout the study on the medical association’s website. He says a study like the Health Inequality Project is important because it will help people understand whether “tax and distribution policies could be effective tools of public health and potentially extend life expectancy.”The study backed up theassumptionthat wealthy peoplelive longer than poor people. But it also revealed something new.The researchers say it is not only bad to be poor. They say it is worse to be poor in certain parts of the United States than others.Poor people in depressed cities like Detroit, Michigan; Toledo, Ohio; and Gary, Indiana are worse off than poor people in places like San Francisco, California and New York City.Recently, the governor of Michigan declared a state of emergency in the city of Flint. The water supply for its100,000 residents became contaminated with lead.Drinking water contaminated with lead is harmful to people’s health, according to the Environmental Protection Agency.The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (or NAACP) is an organization that fights against discrimination. It says more would have been done “if nearly 40 percent of Flint residents were not living below thepoverty line.”The opposite is also true. The researchers say poorpeople who live near rich people may be healthier becausethey see better examples of how to live. They also may be healthier because wealthier places usually have better public health services.At the same time, poor people will struggle even more in depressed cities.The authors of the study say they are aware of some ofthe problems with their report. For example, the study measures life expectancy starting at age 40. That does notfully consider causes of death that affect younger people and children.They also say there is not a good way to understand someof thecoincidentalbenefits of having a higher income.Deaton writes the wealthiest people in the United States gain an extra 10-15 years to enjoy their “richlyfundedlives.”And there is no way to put a value on 10-15 years of good living.Words in This Storyincome tax– n. a tax paid on the money that a person or business earnsguess– v. to form an opinion or give an answer about something when you do not know much or anything about ittrail– n. a route that someone follows to go somewhere or achieve somethinggap– n. a space between two people or thingsinequality – n. an unfair situation in which some people have more rights or better chances than other peoplecolumn– n. an opinion piece that often appears in a newspaper or magazineassumption– n. something that is believed to be true or probably true but that is not known to be truecoincidence– n. a situation in which events happen at the same time in a way that is not planned or expectedfund- v. to provide money for (something)。

2019年6月大学英语六级考试真题及参考答案（第1套）Part I Writing (30 minutes)Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay on the importance of motivation and methods in learning. You should write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words.【参考范文】As an old saying goes, knowledge can change one’s life. In order to acquire knowledge, we have to study hard. However, it can not be ignored that effective learning needs both motivation and scientific methods.It’s not difficult for us to come up with sev eral possible reasons accounting for this perspective. In the first place, learning is a kind of serious and hard work. Therefore, not everyone is able to keep going without certain internal motivations. Besides, scientific methods play a significant role in improving learning efficiency. Many of us believe that the longer you study, the better grades you will get. But a lot of experiences of our classmates prove that this view is not entirely correct. In details, studying for a long time is exhausting and it is very likely to decrease study efficiency, which is critical to academic performance.From what has been mentioned above, we can easily draw a conclusion that the importance of motivation and methods in learning is self-evident. And it is necessary for us to develop good learning methods.【参考范文译文】俗话说，知识能改变命运。

2019年英语六级听力真题及答案Conversation One：W： So Mike, youmanaged the innovation project at Two Santack.M： I did indeed.W： Well then, first congratulations. It seemsto have beenvery successful.M： Thanks, yes. I really help things turnaround at TwoSantact.W： What is the revival in their fortune? Didit highly do toa strategic situation?M： Yes, yes I think it was. Santack was a company was much following a pack, doingeveryone else was doing. I gettingrapidly left behind. I could see there werea lot of talentthere and some great potential. Particularly in their productdevelopment. I just harness that some help.W： Was the innovation the core of the project?M：Absolutely, if it doesn’t sound like too much cliché. Our world isconstantly changing and changing quickly. Mini tobe innovating constantly tokeep up with this. Standstill, youstop.W： No stop for sneaking the roses?M： Well, I will do that my personal life sure.But as abusiness strategy, I’m afraid there is nostopping.W： What exactly is the strategic innovationthen?M： Strategic innovation is the process ofmanaging innovation of making sure to take place all levels of the companyandthat is related to the company’s overall strategy.W： I see.M： So, insteadof innovation for innovation sake and new products being simply because of thetechnology is there, the company culture must switch from these pointing timeinnovations to continue high innovation from everywhere and everyone.W： How did you alliance strategy throughoutthe company?M： I soon became aware of the complaintuseless. People take no notice. Simply it came about through the practicetrickling down. This up and set. People could see it was the best work.W： Does innovation on a scale really givecompetitive advantage?M： I am certainof it. Absolutely. Especially it wasdifficult for a copy. The risk is the corethat the innovationto limitation.W： But now is it strategic?M： precisely.W： Thanks for talking to us.M： Sure.1. Whatseems to have been very successful according to the woman speaker?2. Whatdid the company lack before the company was implemented?3. Whatdid the man say he should do in his business?4. Whatdoes the man say is the risk of the innovation?Longconversation 2M：Todaymy guest is Dana who has worked for thelast twenty years as aninterpreter. Dana, welcome.W：ThankYou.M：Now,I’d like to begin by saying that I haveon theoccasions used an interpretermyself as a foreign correspondent.So I’mfull of memo rations for what youdo.6. But Ithink your profession is sometimes underrated and many people thinkanyone whospeaks more than one language can do it.W：Thereare any interpreters I know who don’thave professional qualifications andtraining. You only really get profession aftermany years inthe job.M：Andsay you can divide what you do into twodistinct methods simultaneous andconsecutive interpreting.W：That’sright.7.The techniques you use aredifferent.And alot of interpreters wouldsay one is easier than theother,less stressful.M：Simultaneousinterpreting, putting someone’swor ds into another language more or less asthey speak, sounds to me like themore difficult.W：Well,actually no.8.Mostpeople in the business would agreethat consecutiveinterpreting is the morestressful. You haveto wait for the speaker to deliverquite a chunk oflanguagebefore you then put it into the second language whichputs your short termmemory under in tense stress.M：Youmight know presumably?W：Absolutely.Anythinglike numbers, names,places have to be noted down, but the rest is nevertranslated word for word. You have found theway ofsummarizing it. So that themessages arethere, turning every single wordinto the target language wouldput too much strainon the interpreter and slowdown the whole process toomuch.M：Butwhile simultaneous interpreting you starttranslatingalmost as soon as theother person starts speaking, you must havesome preparation beforehand.W：Well,hopefully, the speakers will outline ofthe topic aday or two in advance, youhave a low time to do research preparetechnical expressionsand so onQ：5.Whatare the speakers mainly talking about?6.Whatdoesthe man think of Dana’s profession?7.WhatisDana say about the interpreters she knows?8.Whatdo most of interpreters think ofconsecutiveinterpreting?Section BPassage 1Mothers have been warnedfor yearsthat sleeping with their new born infant isa bad idea because it increases the risk thatthe baby might die unexpectedlyduring the night.But nowIsraeli researchers arereporting that even sleeping in thesame room canhave negative consequences, not for the child,but for the mother.Mothers who slept in the same room withtheir infants, whether inthe same bed or just the same room,have poor sleep the mother whose baby sleptelse where in the house. They woke up more frequently or awake approximately20minutes longer per night and have shorter period of uninterrupted sleep. Theseresults how true even taking into account that many of the women in the studywere breast-feeding their babies. Infants, on the other hand, didn’t appear tohave worse sleep whether they slept in the same or different room from theirmothers. The researchers acknowledge that since the families they studied wereall middle classes Israelis. It is possible that the results will be differentindifferent cultures. Lead author TTTT wrote in an email thatthe researchteam also didn’t measure father sleep. So it is possible that patterns couldalso be causing the sleepdisruptions for mums. Right now, to reduce the riskof suddeninfant death in the room, the AmericanAcademy of PDrecommends the mothers not sleep in the same bed with their babies, butsleepin the same room. The Israeli study suggests thatdoingso, may be best for the baby, but may take at all on mum.9What is the long health viewabout the mother sleeping withnew-born babies?10 What do Israeli researchers’ findings show?11What does the American Academy’s PD recommendmothers do? Passage2Passage2The US has already lost more than a third of thenativelanguages that existed before European colonization and the remaining192 are classed by the UNESCO as ranging between unsafe and extinct."We need more funding and more efforttoreturn these languages to everyday use," says Fred Nowosky of theNational museum of the American Indians, "we are makingprogress, but money needs to be spent on revitalizing languages, not justdocumenting them." Some reported languages mainly in California andOklahoma where thousands of Indianswere forced to relocate in the 19th centuryhave fewer than 10native speakers. Part of the issue is that tribalgroupsthemselves don't always believe their languages are endangered until they aredown to the last handful of speakers."But progress is being made throughemerging schools, becauseif you teach children when they are young, it willstay withthem as adults and that is the future." says Fred Nowosky. Suchschools have become a model in Hawaii, but the islanders' native language arestill classed by the UNESCO as critically endangered because only 1000 peoplespeak it. The decline inthe American African languages has historical roots. In themid 19th century, the US government adopted a policyof Americanizing Indian children by removing them from their homes andcultures. Within a few generations, most have forgotten their native tongues.Another challenge to language survival is television. Ithas brought English into homes, and pushed out traditional storytelling andfamily time together, accelerating the extinction of native languages.Questions 12-15 are based on the passage you just heard.12. What can we learn from the report?13. For what purpose does Fred Nowosky appeal from thefunding?14. What is the historical cause of the decline oftheAmerican Indian Languages?15. What does the speaker say about television?Section CLecture oneGragroszen lost her job as a sales managernearly three years ago.and it is still unemployed.it is literally likesomethinga dream to remember what it is like to actually be able to goout andit Puts the days to work and receive a day payAt first Rosen made house paymentswith the help unemployment insurance.it pays late of workers to have theirprevious wageslaw they look for work. But now theinsurance has run out forhim and it has to make tough choices. He comes backon medications and he no longer support his disabled mother. Itis devastatingexperiences. New researchers says the US recession that is now over. But manypeople remain unemployedand unemployed workers face difficult odds. There isliterallyonly one job opening for every five unemployed workers. SoFour outof five workers have no chance of finding job.Business have down-sized orshutdown across America, leading fewer job opportunities for those in search of work. Experts whomonitor unemployed statistic in box Pennsylvania say about twenty-eightthousand people are unemployed and many of themare jobless do to no force oftheir own.Local directer Elizabeth says theyprovide trading guidance tohelp find local job opportunity. Sohere is job opening . Hereis job seeker. But the lack of work opportunities limit howmuch she can help. Rosensays he hopes congress will take action. This month, he launched the nineteenunions and organizations of eighteen internet based grass root grossgroupsTheir goal is to convince law makers to extendunemployed benefits. But Pennsylvania says government simply do not have enoughmoney to extend unemployment insurance.he thinksthebest way to help long-term unemployed is to allow local company that can createmore jobs . But the boost investigatorfor the plan to work will taketime Time that Rosen saysrequires foodand payments . Rosen says who uses the laststating to try to hang on to heworked for more than twentyyears to buy. But one study is gone . He doesn’tknow what hell do16-1816 how does the unemployment insurance helpthe unemployed?17. Whatis the local director Elizabeth of the box countycareering doing?18. Whatdoes Pennsylvania state representative say is thebest way to help long-termunemployed?Lecture 2：W：19.Earlier thisyear, British explorers Pen Huddle and histeam tried three months to cross thefrozen Arctic oceantaking measurements and recording observations about theice.M：While we have been believed that we would bein account ofa good proportion of this older, thicker, technically multi-yearice that has been around for a few years and just getthicker and thicker. weactually find there wasn’t any multi-year ice at all.W： Some observations and summering serviceover the pastseveral years has shown less ice in the polar region. 20.Butthe recent measurements show the lost is morepronounced thanthe previous thought.M：We are looking at roughly 80 percent loss ofice cover onthe Arctic ocean in ten years, roughly ten years and 100percentloss in nearly twenty years. Cambridge Scientist PeterWhitens who is measuringthe findings that in the summerseason . 21.Butresearch management shows the lost of thanprevious thought. We are roughly looking at the percent icecover forten years. roughly ten years about 100 percentinvisible. The more youlose, the more you created during thesummit The less forms in winter, thefollowing in summer. Itcomes down brain successes until it has gone.environmentaltreaty worldwide like fun. The artists say ice in thesymptom.fast than expected. Actually, it has to translateinto more urgency to dealwith climate changing problems and reduce emissions. Greenhouse emissions blamefor global warming needs to come out the by the change summit in December. wehave basically achieved there, to communicate the deal. that’s the minimum.M：We has to do that incredibly. And that wehave to find the equipment .What the needs urgency The carbon we produce intothe atmosphere keeps the warming fire for 1000 years.22.Sowe have to come back the rapidly now. Because it takes a long time to work itthrough into our response by the atmosphere. We cannot switch off globalwarming. We have to stop being good in the near future. We had to now. Thereisnot easy technological What is more easy to climate change. He and otherscientists said there are the two optional toreplace the fasten fuels.Generally, energy with the global warming in nuclear power.Q19： What did Pen Huddle and his team do inthe Arctic Ocean?Q20： What does the report say about the Arcticregion?Q21： What does Cambridge scientist PeterWhitens say in his study?Q22： How these Peter Whitens view commonchange?Lecture 3Froma very early age, some children exhibit better self-control than others. Now, a new study began with 1,000 children in New Zealandtracked how low self-control canpredict poor health, money troubles and even acriminal recordin their adult years. Researchers has been studying thegroup of children for decades now. Some of the early observations have to dowith the level of self-control the youngsters displayed parents, teachers, eventhe kids themselves, scored the youngsters on measures like "acting beforethinking" and "persistence in reaching goals." The children ofthe study are now adults in their thirties. Terrie Moffitt of Duke Universityand her research colleague found that kids withself-control issues tended togrow up to become adults with a far more troubling set of issues to deal with."The childrenwho had the lowest self-control when they were age three to10, later on had the most health problems in their thirties," Moffittsaid, "and they had the worst financial situation.They were more likelyto have a criminal record and to be raising a child as a single parent on avery low income.""Even the children who had above-averageself-control as pre-schoolers, could have benefited from more self-controltraining. They could have improved their financial situation and their physicaland mental health situation 30 years later."So,children with minor self-control problemswere likely as adults to have minorhealth problems, and so on.Moffitt said it's still unclear why somechildren havebetter self-control than others, though other researchers havefound that it's mostly a learned behavior, withrelatively little geneticinfluence. But good self-control canrun in families because children with goodself-control aremore likely to grow up to be healthy and prosperous parents."Whereas some of the low-self-control study members are more likely to besingle parents with a very low incomeand the parent is in poor health andlikely to be a heavy substance abuser," said Moffitt. "So that's nota goodatmosphere for a child. So it looks as though self-control is somethingthat in one generation can disadvantage the next generation."But the good news, according to Moffitt, is thatself-controlcan be taught by parents, and through schoolcurricula that have been shown tobe effective. But the goodnews is the Moffitt says that self-controlcan be taught bythe parents and through school curricula that have provedtobe effective. Terry Moffitt’s paper on the link on self-control and adultstatus is later is published proceeding theacademy of sciences.23. What is the new study about?24. What does the study seem to show?25. What does Moffitt say is the good news tothe study?。