听力经典加试第二套第一篇(原文+题+答案)

2020年12月英语六级听力原文和答案(第2套)听力音频 (1)听力试题 (1)听力原文 (4)答案 (19)答案解析 (20)听力音频2020年英语六级第二套听力.mp3听力试题1. A) driving testB) A video gameC) Traffic routesD)Cargo logistics2.A) He found it instructive and realisticB) He bought it when touring EuropeC)He was really drawn to his other versions.D)He introduced it to his brother last year3. A) Traveling all over the countryB) Driving from one city to anotherC)The details in the driving simulatorD)Thekey role of the logistics industry4. A) Clearerroad sign:B) More people driving safelyC)Stricter traffic rulesD)Moreself-driving trucks on the road5. A) It isn't so enjoyable as he expectedB) It isn't motivating as he believedC)It doesn't enable him to earn much money as he used toD)It doesn't seem to offer as much freedom as he anticipated6. A) Not all of them care about their employees’behaviorsB) Few of them are aware of their employee's feelingsC) Few of them offer praise and reward to their employeesD)Not all of them know how to motivate their employees7. A) Job satisfactionB) Self-esteemC)AutonomyD)Money8. A) The importance of cultivating close relationship with clientsB) The need for getting recommendations from their managersC)The advantages of permanent full-time employment.D)The way to explore employees interest talents9. A) Consumersvisualize their activities in different weatherB) Goodweather triggers consumers' desire to go shoppingC)Weather conditions influence consumers' buying behaviorD)Consumers' mental states change with the prices of goods.10. A) ActiveconsumptionB) Direct correlationC)Individual associationD)Mental visualization11. A) Enabling them to simplify their mathematical formulasB) Helping them determine what to sell and at what priceC)Enabling them to sell their products at a higher priceD)Helping them advertise a greater variety of products12. A) A naturally ventilated office is more comfortableB) A cool office will boost employee’s productivityC)Office air-conditioning should follow guidebooksD)Air-conditioning improves ventilation in the office13. A) People in their comfort zone of temperature are more satisfied with their productivityB) People in different countries vary in their tolerance to uncomfortable temperaturesC)Twenty-two degrees is the optimal temperature for office workersD) There is a range of temperature for people to feel comfortable14.A) It will have no negative impact on workB) It will be immediate noticeableC)It will sharply decrease work efficiencyD)It will cause a lot of discomfort15. A) They tend to favor lower temperaturesB) They suffer from rapid temperature changeC) They are not bothered by temperature extremesD)They become less sensitive to higher temperatures16. A)Their obsession with consumptionB) It ignored the fact that emotions are personal and subjectiveC)It classified emotions simply as either positive or negativeD)It measured positive and negative emotions independent17. A) Sittingalone without doing anything seemed really distressingB) Solitudeadversely affected the participants' mental well-beingC)Sitting alone for 15 minutes made the participants restlessD)Solitude had a reductive effective on high-arousal emotions18.A) It proved hard to depict objectivelyB) It went hand in hand with sadnessC)It helped increase low-arousal emotionsD)It tended to intensify negative emotions19. A) It uses up much less energy than it does in deep thinkingB) It remains inactive without burning calories noticeablyC)It continues to burn up calories to help us stay in shapeD)It consumes almost a quarter of the body's total energy.20. A) Much of the consumption has nothing to do with conscious activitiesB) It has something to do with the difficulty of the activities in questionC)Energy usage devoted to active learning accounts for a big part of itD)A significant amount of it is for performing difficult cognitive tasks21. A) Itis believed to remain basically constantB) It is a prerequisite for any mental activityC)It is conducive to relieving mental exhaustionD)It is thought to be related to food consumption22. A) Job candidates rarely take it seriouslyB) Jobseekers tend to have a ready answerC)Jobseekers often feel at a loss where to start in answering itD)Job candidates can respond freely due to its, open-ended nature23 A) Follow their career coaches’guidelinesB) Strive to take control of their narrativeC)Do their best to impress the interviewer.D)Repeat the information on their resume24. A) To reflect on their past achievements as well as failureB) To produce examples for different interview questions.C)To discuss important details they are going to present.D)To identify a broad general strength to elaborate on25. A) Getting acquainted with the human resources personnelB) Finding out why the company provides the job OpeningC)Figuring out what benefits the company is able to offer themD Tailoring their expectations to the company's long-term goals听力原文Conversation1W: this is unbelievable, unlike any video game I’ve ever played before. It’s so boring yet so relaxing at the same time .How did you hear about this driving simulator?M: my brother introduced it to me last year. I’m surprised to find how educational and realistic it was. it is called Euro truck simulator but we have other versions as well for Americans and so on. I was really drawn to the scenery .The routes work of three parts of the country you don't know.W: Yeah I can see that. They seem so simple，just transporting cargo from point a to point b ,driving from one city to another. But I really appreciate all the details that go into the game. It’s even giving me a new appreciation for the logistics industry like traffic in the road.M: I completely agree. my brother also introduced me to some videos of someone that display their games online. It was fascinating to watch really. This guy can drive very carefully, obey all the road signs and traffic rules. Such a contrast to most won games.W: Honestly, playing has inspired me to look into the industry more. I read articles about how self-driving trucks with you be available and could greatly impact cargo logistics. Considering all that goes into driving is larger vehicles. It’s amazing that we could soon have that kind of technologyM: I’ve got one step further .I register to take a safe driving course to improve my real life driving skills. In a way I feel like I have my head start compared to other students in the class. Playing this video game has given me some maneuvering practice already W: I am not sure how accurate the video game is compared to real life situations. But if it results in more drivers looking both ways before entering an intersection. I'd say that is the positive welcome.Q1. what are the speakers mainly talking about?Q2. what does the man say about the driving simulator ?Q3. what does the woman say she really appreciates?Q4. what outcome did this woman expect from the driving simulator?Conversation2W:How do you like being self employed ?M: 5.There were obvious benefits for we don't seem to have the freedom I anticipated as I just done seemed able to decline work offers. And working alone there have been times when I found that money alone provides insufficient motivation have experienced the same since she began working for yourself?W: Sometimes yes and with the rest of the workforce who have managers to prompt motivation whenever their feeling lazy. We self-employed workers performer jobs without a manager to lift our spirits day you went away onto offer plays or initial collaboration Knew when to make greater use of our interests and talents.M: That affect.6.No memory manager behave with such awareness and care of course and certainly not all managers have a clue how to motivate people still having manager nearby at least indicates that an opportunity will be decent enough to look out for you when you energy and focus begin to deplete.W: 7.The motor way do I value most is economy for not to sacrifice my prized autonomy by working all hours of the day and by saying yes to every coin request.M: Yes, they need to remind myself that i selected this lifestyle for the independence i don't miss aspects of permanent full time employment i disliked such as the office politics job insecurity inflexible hours and so on.W: Wouldn't mind abet more inform appraisal a plays which is on the recordM: Battle come with time remained witness is inevitably cultivated via human interaction engaging with coinsGetting written testimony and recommendations steaming contact with clients afterwards these are things you'll find will come into course and provide you with motivationM：8. You are right. That's an area I do need to put some more effort into building closer relationships with those who engage my services and skills.Questions five to eight are based on the conversation you have just heard question5. what is the man say about his life of being of employed?6. what did the man say about the manager?7. what you both speakers value most about self-employment?8. what point does the man agree with the woman? Passage1Weather is a constant force in our lives, but there’s little marketing research on how it affects businesses. (9)Now a new study reveals how sunny and snowy conditions influence consumer behavior. Those weather conditions trigger consumers to mentally visualize using products associated with the respective weather. This leads to consumers placing a higher value on those products, that is, they’re willing to pay more money for them. But the correlation is only found with products related to being outside. How does this work? Researchers give the example of the beach towel. On a sunnyday, consumers who see that product are not just looking at the towel itself. (10)They are likely imagining themselves lying on the towel in the sun. This mental picture of using the towel increases the value of the product in the consumers’mind. Researchers put forward the following hypothesis to explain their findings. (10)They think the mental picture works in sunshine and snow, because these weather conditions have a positive association with outside activities. The effect is not seen with raining weather. Researchers assert this is because there are many activities that are enabled by rain. most products associated with rain like umbrellas are only used for protection from the weather and not for any activities. Researchers believe that companies that sell the wide-wave products online can benefit most from the insights this study provides. Online sellers often use complex mathematical formulas to determine what products to feature and how to price these products. (11)Incorporating more data about weather would let them to make better decisions. This could boast it sales.Questions 9 to 11 are based on the passage you have just heard.Q9. What do we learn about the findings of the new study?Q10. What does the passage say may increase the value of products for consumers?Q11. How can the findings of the new study benefit online sellers according to the researchers?Passage 2Setting the office air conditioning it about twenty two degree Celsius has become standard practice across the world. Numorous guide books across the world and heating ventilation and air conditioning claim office performers peaks at twenty two degrees.Many people indeed find relief from sowing summer temperatures in air conditioned officers (12) but recent studies have challenged the accepted wisdom that a cool office is more productive, reality is more complex. Researchers conducted a review of all studies relating to air conditioning and productivity. (13)They found that twenty two degrees was probably a little chili even at the height of summer.For Python dressed in typical summer clothing and optimal range would be between twenty three and twenty six degrees and people can even tolerate temperatures beyond this comfort zone as long as they can adjust their clothing and expectations. (14)In fact, even on very hot day it makes sense to turn the air conditioning up. People often chase just one optimum temperature and this isunderstandable when people feel hot but there is the range of at least three to four degrees which does not have any adverse impact.Another issue related to this is that people can become psychologically dependent on air conditioning. If there used an environment which is air conditioned, (15)they tend to prefer lower temperatures, but the studies found that almost all humans became accustomed to the new temperature. It was only at the extreme ends of the temperature range where people's productivity suffered. This range was above twenty six degrees and below nineteen degrees.Q12. What is the accepted wisdom concerning the office environment?Q13. Why did researchers find from the review of all studies relating to air conditioning in productivity?Q14. What to be learned about using a little less air conditioning during hot weather?Q15. What happens when people are used to an air conditioned environment?Recording1Psychology research has tended to portray solitude as negative experience. Studies conducted in the 1970’s and 1990’s suggested that people felt less happy when alone as compared to being with others. However, a new paper shows an alternative view of solitude. One in which solitude can be positive.Let's start by looking at the earlier research. It had a couple of shortcomings. First it measures emotion on the scale from positive to negative, overlooking the possibility that are positive and negative emotions can fluctuate independently. Also, the categorized emotions as simply positive or negative. It didn't consider that emotions aroused us to different degrees and that both positive and negative emotions can arouse us a lot or a little. That is whether positive or negative emotions can be either a higher arousal or lower arousal. Higher arousal emotions include excitement on a positive side or anger on a negative side, while lower arousal ones include feeling calm on the positive side or lonely on the negative.[17]This new research attempted to overcome the shortcomings. Researchers began with the simple study. They asked participants to spend fifteen minutes sitting alone without engaging in any activityand measured how the solitude influences their emotionalstate. This experiment specifically aimed to determine the effect of solitude on high arousal emotions. It looked at positive emotions such as being excited or interested and negative emotions including being scared or distressed.The results were clear. After fifteen minutes of solitude, the participants showed reductions in both types of emotion. A second study measured the effects of solitude on low arousal emotions. These include both positive and negative emotions such as feeling calm, relaxed, sad or lonely. That experiment found that all of these emotions were increased by time alone thus it seems pass depictions of solitude we’re wrong.It doesn't have a simple emotional effect that can be characterized as good or bad. Rather it changes the intensity of our experience.It amplifies quieter emotion but it diminishes the intensity of stronger feelings. It ? clarifying that these findings relate to relatively brief periods of solitude.This is distinct from prolonged loneliness. Research has demonstrated that the ladder is correlated within an ?sment of negative physical and psychological effects. How can people benefitfrom being alone? The findings here suggest that people can use solitude to regulate their emotions.Solitude can help us become quiet after excitement, calm after an English episode or simply feel like that peace.Q16.What is one of the criticisms directed at the early research on solitude?Q17.What do we learn about the results of the new research?Q18.what does the second experiment in the new research find about solitude?Recording2In 1984 the World Chess Championship was called off abruptly due to withered frame of play whose competing for the title. He wasn't alone experiencing extreme physical effects of the game. Elite players can reportedly burn up to an absurd six thousand calories in one day. Does that mean that thinking harder is a simple route to losing weight? Well,(19) when the body is at rest we know that the brain uses up a startling 20% to 25% of the body's overall energy. This level of utilization actually makes the brain the most energy-expensive organ in the body, and yet it makes up only 2% of the body's weight, overall.So the more we put this organ to work, the more calories we'll burn? Technically, the answer is yes, for cognitively difficult tasks. What counts as a "difficult"' mental task varies between individuals. But generally, it could be described as something that "the brain cannot solve easily using previously learned routines, or tasks that change the conditions continuously. However, deep thinking will not burn off calories gained from eating a sugary snack. (20)Because in relation to the the brain's huge overall energy usage, which is devoted to a multitude of tasks, the energy required just to think harder is actually comparatively tiny. We are unconscious of most of what uses up the brain's energy.A lot of that activity is unrelated to the conscious activities like learning how to sing or play the guitar.(21)The brain is able to allocate blood and thus energy to particular regions that are being active at that point but the overall energy availability in the brain is for to be constant. So, while there might be significant increases in energy use at localized regions of the brain when we perform difficult cognitive tasks, when it comes to the whole brain's energy budget overall, these activities don’t significantly alter it.So why the chess champion grew too skinny to compete in his chess competition? The general consensus is that it mostly comes down to stress and reduced food consumption, not mental exhaustion. Keeping your body pumped up for action for long periods of time is very energy demanding. If you can’t eat as often or as much as you can or would normally —then you might lose weight.Question 19 to 20 are based on the recording you have just heard:Questions 19: what do we learn about the brain when the body is at rest?Question 20: what does the speaker say about the consumption of the brain's energy?Question 21: what do we learn about the overall energy availability in the brain?Recording3[22] Tell me about yourself may seem like an easy job interview question. But the open-ended nature of this question often needs job seekers at a loss where to start. This common question is actually a critical test of a job candidate’s communication skills so it'simportant not to give an unprepared response or mess it up. Tell me about yourself is often the first question professional career coaches prepare people for or make interview guidance.It is the opportunity for the candidate to take control of the narrative and tell their story in a way that really matters to the audience.It takes hard work and extensive preparation to answer this question well. [23]When a person goes to a job interview, their interviewer has presumably read the resume so they don’t need to repeat the information. But that’s what most people will do, as it’s their instinct to recite things that are already on the resume. It's important for job seekers to do their homework on two crucial aspects. First they’re not just telling someone the facts about themselves. They are telling a story, and stories take work to create. Coming up with a good story means getting reflective about what makes their career accomplishments, something they’re proud of, and what strengths those accomplishments highlight.Candidates should not pick a broad general strength to elaborate on, such as i'm smart, I work hard and I get things done. To come up with multiple career accomplishments are examples for different interview questions. [24] Job seekers should talk withothers, especially those people who know them, partners, friends or coworkers, who will bring up different stories from the ones they remember.Secondly candidates should know what’s up to stick with the company with this job opening. What they really are asking you is tell me why you're going to help me. If the person is a prepared candidate they should have already figured out those things, they read the job description and research the company on the Internet.[25]What job applicants ought to be looking for is what the company is up to, what you're trying to accomplish and what is preventing them from accomplishing those things.How long should it take to answer? Around a minute. That's about right for most people's attention spans. Under a minute could seem rushed, while over two minutes will start to feel more like a speech. But the length of the answer is not an exact science and candidates need to keep the career story focused and tailor to their audience.Questions 22 to 25 are based on the recording you have just heard.Question 22 what does the speaker say about the job interview question “tell me about yourself”?Question 23 what will most people do when they come to an interview?Question 24 why should job seeker talk with partners, friends and co-workers?Question 25 What other important preparations should job seekers make before an interview?答案参考答案：（忽略ABCD序号-因为四六级选项打乱的，看答案内容）1. B) A video game.2. A) He found it instructive and realistic.3. C)The details in the driving simulator.4. B) More people driving safely.5. D)It doesn't seem to offer as much freedom as he anticipated.6. D)Not all of them know how to motivate their employees.7. C)Autonomy.8. A) The importance of cultivating close relationships with clients.9. C) Weather conditionsinfluence consumers' buying behavior.10. D) Mental visualization.11. B) Helping them determine what to sell and at what price.12. B) A cool office will boost employees' productivity.13. D)There is a range of temperatures for people to feelcomfortable.14. A) It will have no negative impact on work.15. A) They tend to favor lower temperatures.16. C) It classified emotions simply as either positive or negative.17. D) Solitude had a reductive effect on high-arousal emotions.18. C) It helped increase low-arousal emotions.19. D) It consumes almost a quarter of the body's total energy.20. D)A significant amount of it is for performing difficultcognitive tasks.21. A) It is believed to remain basically constant.22. C) Job seekers often feel at a loss where to start in answeringit.23. D) Repeat the information on their resume.24. B)To produce examples for different interview questions.25. B) Finding out why the company provides the job opening.答案解析【解析】Q1. 第一题属于整篇文章的主旨题，可以通过复现原则，反复听到文章中出现simulator，video game等单词，而且题干中也出现了driving simulator，所以本题答案不难。

听力加试和答案听力经典加试版本 1听力 section 3A 套：第一篇：关于 bird migration 的 term paperLong conversation: Student having difficulties in writing term paper男 student: Professor, I hope to discuss my term paper with you. I got stuck in writing the paper on bird migration. I have difficulties in finding enough materials about bird migration.女 Professor: You can’t find enough material on bird migration?(语调上扬，最后一题，重听题的考点。

)男 student: I want to write about early bird migration.(要写的 paper 是关于古代鸟类迁徙的，所以资料不够。

)女 Professor:哦你确实找到了一个好的题目，但是你要知道我的要求是你们的论文要反映你们这学期学了什么。

男 student: 想写关于Aristotle亚里士多德关于这个题目的看法etc.女 Professor:I want you to apply what you’ve learned to your paper. 不要只是做 summary or description. 我想要看到你的special analysis.男 student:但是，我觉得我找的资料中有错误的。

（I think ….wrong）,这就是为什么我不想用资料。

女 Professor: 你不要完全放弃以前找的资料（discard）. 你可以换种想法，用 rational的方式。

RafflesiaListen to part of a lecture in a Botany classP: We've been talking about plant classifications and how species belong to a family and families belong to an order, but sometimes, figuring out how we assign certain plant species to a particular order is challenging, even if the plant has...unusual characteristics. You'd think that plants with similar characteristics would belong to the same order, but that's not always true. A good example of this is a flower, that is—a flowering plant—that grows only in Malaysia and Indonesia, called Rafflesia.As you can see, Rafflesia is a pretty unusual plant. For starters, it's huge. The flower can grow up to a meter in width and can weigh up to seven kilos—pretty big, huh There aren't any other specimens in the plant world that have flowers even close to this size. But that's not the only unusual characteristic of Rafflesia, in fact, that's probably one of the least strange features of the plant. The plant also emits a terrible stench, like rotting meat. But again, there are other plants with bad smelling flowers. And in the case of Rafflesia, flies are attracted to that smell, and that's how the flowers get pollinated.So...um...Rafflesia's flowers are huge and smelly. Rafflesia is also a parasite; it gets its energy from another plant instead of from the sun, which is unusual, but not unheard of in the plant kingdom. It actually grows inside its host, which is a type of grapevine. I mean... it grows inside its host until it blooms—it doesn't bloom inside the host. But that leads me to...I want to tell you really quickly about another plant, a plant that's also from the forests of Southeast Asia, called Mitrastema.Now, Mitrastema is also a parasite, which led some to believe that Rafflesia was related to Mitrastema—that they belong to the same order. Mitrastema as I said is a parasite, but its flowers are much smaller, and don't smell bad, so you can see why there was debate about whether they were related. But as it turns out, Mitrastema is actually related to blueberries. So, even plants that share an unusual characteristic with Rafflesia are not related to it. And, um...no plant shares all three of its unusual characteristics, and that made classifying Rafflesia very, very difficult.Now, you're probably thinking, why don't they just analyze the DNA of the plant Well, as I said, Rafflesia is a parasite. It lacks the leaves; the green tissue that most plants need for photosynthesis. It's unable to...um...to capture the sunlight most other plants use to make food. So, it's lacking...it...it...it doesn't have the DNA—the genes—for photosynthesis, which is what we usually use to classify plant species. But some researchers in Michigan persisted, andanalyzed about 90 species of seed plants and compared them to Rafflesia, and we finally had an answer. Rafflesia was part of the Malpighiales order.Now, other species in the Malpighiales order includeviolets...um...poinsettias...uh...passion-flowers...what else Willows. So it was pretty unexpected because flowers like violets are a lot smaller than Rafflesia, right And they don't smell bad—they don't smell like rotting meat...and they're not parasitic. It took almost 200 years to classify Rafflesia, to identify its relatives, and I don't think anyone would have ever guessed that it's in the order Malpighiales. I mean...you know-it'd be nice to be able to classify species based on their obvious characteristics, but, it didn't work that way with Rafflesia. And unfortunately for Rafflesia, and for the field of botany, it seems that Rafflesia may be dying out. It's certainly endangered because of deforestation in its habitat. And to make matters worse, Rafflesia doesn't reproduce very well. First of all, only 10-20% of buds turn into full-fledged flowers, and it can take them a year to grow. There are also male flowers and female flowers, and one of each has to be in the same area—the same vicinity—at the same time, to produce seeds, and the flies that are attracted to the flower's strong smell have to carry pollen from one flower to the other, so how often do you think these events occur all together Even people who study the plant for years may never witness it.中文背景：大王花Botany教授一开始就介绍植物分类，提到分类中的species种，genus属，order目。

Unit 1Part I Getting readyC: 1. He's a cook.2. There are six people in my family.3. She turned twenty in August.4. They live in Tokyo.5. I have two brothers and one sister.6. His name is David.7. She works in a hospital.8. Since 1994.9. Yes, two daughters and one son.10. We met at my best friend's birthday party.Part II Changing rolesA. 1. The parents. 2. The children. 3. Different but equal.4. Women's.5. You know that you have to work at it to create love.6. Helping people learn to work at their relationships to make their relationship work.B. Children have no rightschildren are the bosses; they allowed to do whatever they want to; parents run around behind themWomen demand a freer choice about who they are and how they can be1) being bread-winner and providers for families 2) being more involved with their childrenYou have to work at it to create the loveYou don't know how to work at itWhen it gets tricky, and you are more easily to opt outPart III Family life then and nowA 1. Separate 2. Smoking, drinking 3. Collecting 4. On the railway 5. Easy6. Play a lot of games7. Go out, 18B 1. F 2. F 3. T 4. F 5. F 6. TPart IV Father's DayA1)wise, knows 2). Thankless, provider, enemy 3) poorest, richest 4) educate5)fourteen, ignorant, stand, around, twenty-one, astonished, learned6)Hard, hardships, hardships, through, started7)Realizes, right, wrong8)baby, woman, woman, back9)Need, strong, protectionBDad, Daddy, meal, greeting card, see, 24%, 1960, 8%, married, poor, leave school, crime, large, ended, 50%, 1960, 6%, 70%, 8%, 15%, different, 1960s, involved, love, unemotional, leaders, punished, Most, cleaning, 1960s, 1970s, interested, wives, housework, earns, several, health, fatherhoodPart V Brothers and Sisters1. 22. Jealous 3 He got very angry 4 15 5 In Brazil 6 They young lady's brotherUnit 2Part I Getting readyB trouble, obeyed, play with, wine, wise, dear, often, results, stopped, wanted, allowedPart II Radio phone-in A1. 22. Student Medical Adviser3. 22221224. Fifteen5. About ten minutes6.Christine7. Worried8. Go out again9. Sit downB1.Writer2. 013. Before ten o'clock4. Brighton5. Persuade her dad to pick her upPart III Family disciplineANotes: discipline, talk, solution, talk much, dawn-out moan, alternatives, spankParent or Kid: K, P, P, K, P, Padopted, born, accept, cruel, particular, parents, directly, great, biological, same, due to, early, hear, sad, told, person, shock, left, teenagers, trust, deceived, suggests, felt, thought, closely, suitable, suitablePart V Freedom or Discipline?A 1. Two TV plays 2. At least 45 minutes 3. Yes 4. Doing piano lessons and reading a bookB 1. (T) 2. (F) 3. (F) 4(F)Unit 3Part I Getting ready B1.Foldaway double bed and mattress 5. Fitted wardrobe2.Coffee table 6. Electric cooker3.Refrigerator 7. Sofa4.Bathroom 8. Tumble dryerPart II The dream house A1.a canal boat2.a detached modern house3.a cottage in a small village by the sea4.a white-walled villa in Spain5.a big old family house in the country6.an enormous castle on an isolated islandB1.Bright red.2.On a little roof-garden3.White pillars4.Cliffs and trees5.Plunge into the sea6.Its heat.7.A dry-stone wall.8.By a boat.Part III Flat huntingA Things That Will Be Taken Away: fridge, washing machineThings That Will Be Left Behind: gas cooker/ stove, gas fire, plumbing, electric shower, oven1.F2. F3. T4. F5. TPart IV Changes in the American Family45% married parents 18 25% population live changes occupyone parent not married related family members same sax decreasedin a hurry financial security later having children longer left homeliving alone 27 000 000 26% choose failed 65 died 100 000 000 households 25% 7 000 000 high rate unmarried one third 2 000 000 increase effects government added social service two-parentPart V Memory test: Looking for an Apartment: F T F F T T F TUnit 4Part I Getting readyB :T F T F T T F F FC: 1. b. 2. c. 3. a. c. f. 4. c. e. f. g. h. i. l. 5. d. 6. a. 7. c. 8. b.Part II The teacher I remember best A:1. The French teacher.2. For five years.3. 13 years old.4. French and German5. Grammar and vocabulary.6. Video and cassettes.7. Conversation class.8. Visit France. B: English; black; dark; very thick and bushy; glasses with black frames; playing piano; singing; rugby; tennis; three children and an interesting wifeC: serious; friendly; learned a lot; strict; work very hard; interesting; France and the French; languages; university; foreign language; opening a door; a window; foreign country; do things; think; only way; best wayPart III Teachers and pupilsA : Advantages: unexpected; entertaining/ funnyDisadvantages: terribly hard; physically; emotionallyB: human, open, to know more about them; open, relaxed, formal; progress, assessmentC: unexpected; trust, person; the big world, relationships, values; properly, appropriate; magic,exciting; cares; relaxed, friendly, supportive; individuals; allows, individual; voice, feedback, valuable, planning, developing; respect, relaxedPart IVcolleges; universities; brains; information; libraries; solve; problems; reports; letters; 1000 million; 900 million; require; own; give; e-mail; communicate;; receive; friends; family; research; learn; grades; sign; classes; come; communications; organization; English; history; 5000; 1985; information; day; night; requirements; professor; students; much; more; two; three; four; admits; limits; computer-based; older; job; family; 40%; non-traditionalUnit 5Part I Getting readyB Problems: 1. Rely, dictionary; 2. main point; article; paragraph; 3. sure, serious; 4. slowly Advices: 1. dictionary, first 2. Read through, what it's about, take notes; 3. as much as; 4. time limitC: Pros: information, textbooks, educational equipment; teachers, time; computer programs, interest, math, understand; computer, secondary, colleges;Cons: better, books, sports, educational visits; Space Invader; school time, electronic games; learn;Part II School reportA Good qualities: 1.intelligent, 2. good at drawing, 3, good in English 4. strong oral skills 5. good in sport;Shortcoming: 1. not concentrating in class 2. talking too much in class 3. not giving in homeworkB intelligent, talk/ chat, harder; difficult; concentrate; drawing, talking; homework, term; plenty, say; more, bottom; important, hockeyPart III Visiting BritainA1. Give you a list of courses and some general advice2. 1) Write to schools, 2) Ask people who've been on a course.3. 1) Private language schools.2) Further education colleges.3) Universities.4. practice English.5. hardly speak to you, you don't get on with6. it rains, the weather turns cold, one's money gets stolen.B1. advanced, elementary, finding out, British Council2. find out, various addresses3. accommodation, English family,4. at classes, real life situation, far and away, acquiring5. personal recommendation, stayed with, heard about, metPart IV More about the topic: Personal Aims and Valuesaims, values, indicate, personally, skilled, authority, Influencing, Changing, Raising, active, backgrounds, responsibility, rich, difficulty, contribution, original, owing, Creating, political, successful, environment, philosophy, community, married, very important, seven, percentage, keeping up, 52%, social life, 59%, field 62%, friends, 64%, family, 66%, Helping, 70%, Developing, 75%Part V Memory test: Study HabitsWOMAN: Wake up, Work, breakfast, Potter about, shopping, a rest, supperMAN: Get up, seven, a cup of coffee, totally organized, six hours。

2021年12月六级听力原文及解析第二套一、原文1. Conversation 1M: I’d like to talk to the manager, please.W: Is something wrong, sir?M: Yes, I ordered a car wash, but when I got my car back, it was still dirty. I’d like to have it washed ag本人n for free.W: I’m sorry to hear that, sir. Let me talk to my manager right away.2. Conversation 2W: John, are you going to thepany pic on Saturday?M: I would love to go, but I already have plans to go camping with my family that weekend.W: That’s too bad. We’ll miss you.M: I’m sure you’ll have a great time. Enjoy the food and games for me.3. Conversation 3M: Sandy, don’t forget to call the bank and ask about transferring the money from our savings account to our checking account.W: I’ll do it after work. I can’t d o it now because I have a meeting in 5 minutes.M: Okay, don’t forget. We need to pay the mortgage by the end of the week.W: I won’t forget, don’t worry.4. Lecture 1Good morning, everyone. Today I’d like to talk about a new trend in the business world—corporate social responsibility. Thisconcept refers to apany’s duty to act in ways that benefit society at large. For example, apany might reduce its carbon footprint by implementing sust本人nable practices or donate a portion of its profits to charitable organizations.5. Lecture 2In today’s lecture, we will discuss the impact of social media on traditional forms of advertising. With the rise of platforms like Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter,panies are recognizing the potential to reach a wider audience at a fraction of the cost of traditional advertising methods. However, they also face new challenges in the form of managing online reputations and dealing with viral content that can quickly spread and negatively impact apany’s brand.二、解析1. Conversation 1此对话主要围绕一个男士去洗车，结果车并没有洗干净，想要投诉并要求免费重新洗车的情况展开。

2020年高考英语听力-2试题、原文及答案分析第一节听下面5段对话。

每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。

听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。

每段对话仅读一遍。

1. Where are the speakers?A. At a swimming pool.B. In a clothing shop.C. At a school lab.2. What will Tom do next?A. Turn down the music.B. Postpone the show.C. Stop practicing.3. What is the woman busy doing?A. Working on a paper.B. Tidying up the office.C. Organizing a party.4. When will Henry start his vacation?A. This weekend.B. Next week.C. At the end of August.5. What does Donna offer to do for Bill?A. Book a flight for him.B. Drive him to the airport.C. Help him park the car.第二节听下面5段对话或独白。

每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。

听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。

每段对话或独白读两遍。

听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。

6. Why does Pete call Lucy?A. To say that he’ll be late.B. To tell her about his work.C. To invite her to dinner.7. When is Pete going to see Lucy?A. At 6:00pm.B. At 6:45pm.C. At 8:00pm.听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。

Unit 11、g 、c 、e、a、f、d、h、b2、A、a、b、a3、（1）it’s good to meet you (2)nice to meet you (3) ( ) met (4) hi4、(3)5、(1) a a b b a (2) b c a c c6、B a b a c7、Alice: Look, there he is.Jean: Who?Alice: Robert, the guy I've been telling you about.Jean: Oh. The guy you're going out with?Alice: I wish. The guy I WANT to go out with.Jean: Oh, he's really handsome. Um, let's go talk to him.Alice: Oh, OK. I'll introduce you. I think you'll really like him. Hi, Robert.Robert: Oh, hi.Alice: Have you met my friend, Jean?Robert: Hey, Jean.I think we've met before.Jean: We have? Where?Robert: Last December,at Sam's party.Jean: Oh, Sam.Robert: Oh? Aren't you going out with him anymore?Jean: No, we broke up a couple of months ago.Robert: Oh... Oh, really?8.A: Hi Phil, how are you? Long time no see!B: Rachel, my old friend, it’s been ages, hasn’t it? What a pleasant surprise!A: Phil, this is my friend Cindy.C: Nice to meet you, Phil.B: It’s a pleasure to meet you too. What are you both doing here?A: We are signing up for next semester’s courses, but are hesitating between Introduction to Psychology or Environmental Biology.B: Those are two fantastic courses! I’ve taken them both.C: Really? Which one did you prefer?B: Hmm, probably Environmental Biology. It felt more relevant.C: Relevant? In what sense?B: In the sense that the course dealt with issues that are commonly in the news, and important problems that are affecting our environment. In fact, we had the opportunity to go to the ocean and conduct tests on water pollution.C: Wow, that sounds fascinating. I am going to sign up immediately!9.B: No problem, my friends. What can I do for you?A: Phil, thanks a million for agreeing to meet with us. We need your advice on a project for theEnvironmental Biology course we are taking.B: I can help with this. Have you created an introduction yet?A: Yes, but we don’t know what it should contain.B: Well, your introduction should give some background information on your topic, define your topic, and preview the content of your presentation.C: How many main ideas should our presentation have? We need to speak for 15 minutes.B: Don’t cover too many ideas or you won’t have the opportunity to provide enough detail. You should have about 3 or 4 main points.A: Do we need a conclusion?B: Absolutely. This should sum up your main points and offer solutions to the problem of air pollution.C: Thanks Phil. What you’ve said is extremely useful. I feel we will structure a great presentation!Unit 21.(1) honest sincere dependable (2) outgoing friendly shy (3) easygoing mature (kind hearted) (4)assertive cheerful critical2.(1)dad (2)brother (3) ( ) (4)boyfriend (5) ( ) (6) roommate3.(1) b d (2) a c (3) b c (4) a b (5) b c (6) b d4.(1)b (2)a (3) a (4)a (5)a (6) a5.Sheri: Hey, I went out with the neatest guy over the weekend!Jeremy: Yeah, what's he like? Tall? Handsome ?Sheri: Not really.Jeremy: Dress nice ? Drive a nice car ?Sheri: Not especially.Jeremy: Then he must be buff. Does he work out a lot ?Sheri: No... But he has a nice smile... Dimples. I like dimples. He's kind of cute.Jeremy: And that's what you like about him?Sheri: No, it's more than that. He's sensitive.Jeremy: Sensitive ? How can you tell ?Sheri: Well, we went to this really romantic movie , and there was this really sad part , and, and he... Cried .Jeremy: He cried?Sheri: Yeah, he just cried and he didn't try to hide it or anything. It was so sweet.Jeremy: Oh... You like that, huh ? Well, I cry at movies, too !6.A:So what are your friends at university like ?B:I have several friends, but I usually just hang out with Rachel.A:What’s she like?B:She’s really easygoing and down-to-earth. I can basically talk to her about anything. What about you, do you have nice friends at work?A:Oh, I get on really well with Steve.B:Who’s Steve? Your boyfriend?A:No, he’s just a friend. We usually help each other out when we encounter problems.B:So what’s he like?A:He’s really hardworking, energetic and talkative.B:Sounds like a nice guy to me.7.A:What’s your family like?B:Well, my mum is really thoughtful and warmhearted, but can be a bit bossy at timesA:What about your dad?B:My dad is really wise and generous, but can be quite strict.A:Do you have any brothers or sisters?B:I have one brother and one sister.A:What are they like then?B:My brother is younger than me. He’s quite mature for his age, but is a little laid-back.A:And your sister?B:My sister is older than me. She’s a cheerful person, but can get aggressive when she’s in a bad mood!Unit 31.(1) housing apartment roommate sharing(2) studio available furniture rent reasonable(3) check deposit (move out) refund2.(1)a （2）b （3）a (4)b3.(1)a (2)b (3)b (4)a4.全打钩5.Sean: This is Sean McCain , live with Julie Morris , from Gemini One , the international space station .Julie, can you hear me?Julie: Yes, I can hear you .Sean: Julie, can you tell us , what is it like living on the Gemini One ?Julie: The Gemini One is wonderful . It's not so different from living on Earth, really . We have jobs, friends, entertainment, natural beauty . And we have all the modern conveniences that you have on Earth .Sean: What modern conveniences ?Julie: Well, we have movie theaters, game centers , music clubs, shops, restaurants...Sean: How about food ? How do you get your food ?Julie:I go shopping, just like everyone on Earth . You can get any type of food here.Sean: Is food expensive ?Julie: Some of it is . The stuff that's imported from Earth is very expensive . Like a banana from Earth can cost $100 . But most food is really cheap.Sean: Do you miss getting away to the countryside or the mountains ? Don't you miss nature ? Julie: Well, we have lots of nature up here . I can go hiking and mountain biking , riding in the hills, take a swim in a beautiful lake . It's really beautiful up here .Sean: How do people get around up there ?Julie: Oh, just like we do down there . We have electric cars and trains , but not airplanes . Sean: What do you like most about living in the space station ?Julie: Well, the air is clean . There's no pollution , and it's easy to get around . It's really an ideal world.Sean:And what do you like least?Julie: Well, it's kind of expensive to fly home to Earth to see my parents for the holidays.6.A: How can I help you ?B: I am looking for a place to live, near the university if possible .A: What size accommodation do you need ?B: Either a studio flat or a one-bedroom flat. It depends on the price really.A: Well, both are similar in price, though a studio normally requires less furniture. What would be your preference ?B: Hmm, I like an open plan, so I guess a studio flat would be my preference. Can you describe a studio layout to me?A: Most certainly. All of our studio flats combine a bedroom, kitchenette and living room into a single unit.B: How large is the unit ?A: 30 square meters.B: Does it come with a balcony?A: Some do. In fact, we have one studio with a balcony that is available at the south entrance to the university!B: Perfect! Let’s schedule a visit as soon as possible!7.A: Here’s the room –I hope you like it!B: It’s beautiful and full of lightA: Yep, the floor to ceiling windows and south facing view make it the brightest room in the apartment. In the summer, you get 16 hours of sunshine per day! In the winter, it’s nice and warm, even in February.B: Excellent! But I have a lot of furniture –a desk, a bed and a sofa. Is it possible to remove the furniture that is here to make room for mine?A: Yep, the floor to ceiling windows and south facing view make it the brightest room in the apartment. In the summer, you get 16 hours of sunshine per day! In the winter, it’s nice and warm, even in February.B: And what’s through that door? A closet?A: Of course. We have plenty of storage room downstairs.b:。

2021年06月英语六级听力真题第2套(+试题+答案+原文+解析)Part II Listening Comprehension (30 minutes)Section ADirections: In this section, you will hear two long conversations. At the end of each conversation, you will hear four questions. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer. from the four choices marked A), B),C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre.注意：此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。

Questions 1 to 4 are based on the conversation you have just heard.1. A) The project the man managed at CucinTech.B) The updating of technology at CucinTech.C)The man's switch to a new career.D) The restructuring of her company.2. A) Talented personnel.B) Strategic innovation.C) Competitive products.D) Effective promotion.3. A) Expand the market.B) Recruit more talents.C) Innovate constantly.D) Watch out for his competitors.4. A) Possible bankruptcy.B) Unforeseen difficulties.C) Conflicts within the company.D) Imitation by one's competitors.Questions 5 to 8 are based on the conversation you have just heard.5. A) The job of an interpreter.B) The stress felt by professionals.C) The importance of language proficiency.D) The best way to effective communication.6. A) Promising.B) Admirable.C) Rewarding.D) Meaningful.7. A) They all have a strong interest in language.B) They all have professional qualifications.C) They have all passed language proficiency tests.D) They have all studied cross-cultural differences.8. A) It requires a much larger vocabulary.B) It attaches more importance to accuracy.C) It is more stressful than simultaneous interpreting.D) It puts one's long-term memory under more stress.Section BDirections: In this section, you will hear two passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear three or four questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre.注意：此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。

Conversation OneM: Guess what? The worst food I've ever had was in France.W: Really? That's odd. I thought the French were all good cooks.M: Yes. That's right. I suppose it's really like anywhere else, though. You know, some places are good. Some bad. But it's really all our own fault.W: What do you mean?M: Well, it was the first time I'd been to France. This was years ago when I was at school. I went there with my parents' friends, from my father's school. They'd hired a coach to take them to Switzerland.W: A school trip?M: Right. Most of them had never been abroad before. We'd crossed the English Channel at night, and we set off through France, and breakfast time arrived, and the coach driver had arranged for us to stop at this little café. There we all were, tired and hungry, and then we made the great discovery.W: What was that?M: Bacon and eggs.W: Fantastic! The real English breakfast.M: Yes. Anyway, we didn't know any better— so we had it, and ugh...!W: What was it like? Disgusting?M: Oh, it was incredible! They just got a bowl and put some fat in it. And then they put some bacon in the fat, broke an egg over the top and put the whole lot in the oven for about ten minutes.W: In the oven! You're joking. You can't cook bacon and eggs in the oven!M: Well. They must have done it that way. It was hot, but it wasn't cooked. There was just this egg floating about in gallons of fat and raw bacon.W: Did you actually eat it?M: No! Nobody did. They all wanted to turn round and go home. You know, back to teabags and fish and chips. You can't blame them really. Anyway, the next night we were all given another foreign speciality.W: What was that?M: Snails. That really finished them off. Lovely holiday that was!Questions 1 to 4 are based on the conversation you have just heard.Question 1. What did the woman think of the French?Question 2. Who did the man travel with on his first trip to Switzerland?Question 3. What does the man say about the breakfast at the little French café?Question 4. What did the man think of his holiday in France?Conversation TwoM: You say your shop has been doing well. Could you give me some idea of what “doing well” means in facts and figures?W: Well, “doing well” means averaging ￡1,200 or more a week for about 7 years, making almost a quarter of a million pounds. And “doing well” means your earnings are rising. Last year, we did slightly over 50,000 and this year, we hope to do more than 60,000. So, that's good if we continue to rise.M: Now, that's gross earnings, I assume. What about your expenses?W: Yes, that's gross. The expenses, of course, go up steadily. And since we've moved to this new shop, the expenses have increased greatly, because it's a much bigger shop. So I couldn't say exactly what our expenses are. They are something in the region of six or seven thousand pounds a year, which is not high. Commercially speaking, it's fairly low, and we try to keep our expenses as low as we can.M: And your prices are much lower than the same goods in shops round about. How do the local shopkeepers feel about having a shop doing so well in their midst?W: Perhaps a lot of them don't realize how well we are doing, because we don't make a point of publicizing. That was a lesson we learned very early on. We were very friendly with all local shopkeepers and we happened to mention to a local shopkeeper how much we had made that week. He was very unhappy and never as friendly again. So we make a point of never publicizing the amount of money we make. But we are on very good terms with all the shops. None of them have ever complained that we are putting them out of business or anything like that. I think it's a nice friendly relationship. Maybe if they did know what we made, perhaps they wouldn't be so friendly.Questions 5 to 8 are based on the conversation you have just heard.Question 5. What are the speakers mainly talking about?Question 6. What does the woman say her shop tries to do?Question 7. What do we learn about the goods sold at the woman's shop?Question 8. Why doesn't the woman want to make known their earnings anymore?Passage OneBirds are famous for carrying things around.Some, like homing pigeons, can be trained to deliver messages andpackages.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.Question 9. What have Canadian scientists found about some seabirds?Question 10. What does the speaker say about the seabirds called fulmars?Question 11. What did scientists previously notice about pollutants in the Arctic?Question 12. What does the speaker warn about at the end of the 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 2008 to 2014.The leading causes of death in this age group are also changing.In 2000, the top five causes of death for centenarians were heart disease, stroke, flu, cancer and Alzheimer's disease.But by 2014, 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 2000 to 4.1 percent in 2014.That pushed flu from the third leading cause of death to the fifth.Overall, the total number of centenarians is going up.In 2014, there were 72,197 centenarians, compared to 50,281 in 2000.But because this population is getting larger, the number of deaths in this group is also increasing— 18,434 centenarians died in 2000, whereas 25,914 died in 2014.Questions 13 to 15 are based on the passage you have just heard.Question 13. What does the speaker say about the risk of dying for American centenarians in recent years?Question 14. What does the speaker say about Alzheimer's disease?Question 15. What is characteristic of people who live up to 100 years and beyond?Recording OneOkay. So let's get 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 calleddecision 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's really what intimacy is, the bond that comes from sharing information that isn't shared with other 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.Question 16. What does the speaker say about most of the experiments mentioned in his talk?Question 17. What does Robert Sternberg argue about love?Question 18. What question does the speaker think is interesting about Sternberg's three elements of 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 the basic 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.Question 19. What does the speaker mainly talk about?Question 20. What do social workers mainly do?Question 21. What do professional social workers have in common, according to the speaker?Question 22. What is Mel Wilson going to talk about in the 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 Beyoncé and 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 of the 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 2010, 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 lifestyles for kids to follow.Questions 23 to 25 are based on the recording you have just heard.Question 23. What is the aim of Michelle Obama's campaign?Question 24. What does research find about advertisements featuring professional athletes?Question 25. What does the speaker think kids' idols should do?对话一男：你猜怎么着？我吃过的最难吃的食物是在法国吃的。