决胜六级听力必备 mode8

Section A
[00:01.25]1. M: Could we drop by the office for a minute.
[00:04.28]I have a report which I want to check on before supper.
[00:07.47]Of course.I have a lot of time and I'm interested to see what you are working on any way.
[00:14.37]Q: What will they do?
[00:16.14]2. M: How do you find your new dress?
[00:19.25]W: Well, it's quite nice really
[00:22.10]although I had a hard time getting used to being dressed in such an elegant¹ one.
[00:26.85]Q: What's the woman's problem?
[00:28.87]3. M: Hey,Katharina.
[00:30.62]I've got a used copy of our physiology² textbook for one third of the price.
[00:36.18]W: I'm afraid you've wasted your money.
[00:38.45]Yours is the first edition,but we are supposed to be using the third edition.
[00:43.44]Q:What has the man done?
[00:45.24]4.If we go away on a trip I will worry that no one is taking care of our home.
[00:50.99]Our neighbors have agreed to make certain that everything is in good order.
[00:56.29]What does the woman want to avoid?
[00:58.78]5.Usually I read very quickly and I am not careful to read every word.
[01:05.36]When I do that I think I understand most of what I read.
[01:09.41]Q: How does the man usually read?
[01:11.71]6. Tom,you seem to have lost your voice.
[01:15.76]What has happened?
[01:16.98]M: You know,our class just had a basketball match with Class Two.
[01:21.71]What a close game it was.
[01:23.72]We shouted and shouted to cheer our side on
[01:26.54]and shouted myself hoarse³.
[01:29.05]Q: Why did the man lose his voice?
[01:31.53]7. M: Every month we spend more money than we earn.
[01:35.66]W: At this rate we will use up our savings⁴ quickly.
[01:38.93]Q:What can we conclude⁵ from teh conversation?
[01:42.24]8. M:Where did your English teacher,Suzanne come from?
[01:46.29]W: She was born in Switzerland
[01:48.51]grew up in Sweden, and she's a citizen of England.
[01:52.01]Now she has gone to America.
[01:54.31]Q: What country does Suzanne presently⁶ call her home?
[01:57.86]9.I guess I'll send Mary a picture of mine from Hawaii when I go there on my vacation.
[02:04.34]W: I'm sure that she'd be glad to get one.
[02:07.14]By the way,she has a collection of stamps.
[02:10.17]Q: What do we learn about Mary?
[02:12.75]10.I understand some words better when I read them than when I hear them.
[02:18.74]What about you?
[02:20.02]W: I am like that too.
[02:21.82]Q: What's the difference between the man and the woman when they read?
[02:26.13]Section B
[02:27.38]Passage One
[02:28.61]What is the best way to learn a language.
[02:31.17]We should remember that we all learn our own language well when we were children.
[02:37.00]If we could learn a second language in the same way.
[02:39.97]It would not seem so difficult.
[02:41.70]Think of what a small child does.
[02:44.31]He listens to what people say and he tries to imitate⁷ what he hears.
[02:49.64]When the child wants something, he has to ask for it.
[02:54.00]He is using the language,talking in it,
[02:56.88]and thinking it all the time.
[02:59.75]If people had to use a second language all the time, they would learn it quickly.
[03:04.87]We learn or own language by hearing people speak it
[03:08.45]not by seeing what they write.
[03:10.51]We imitate what we hear.
[03:12.76]In school,though you learn to read and write as well as to hear and speak
[03:17.98]it is best to learn all the new words through the ear.
[03:22.42]You can read them, spell them, and write them later.
[03:26.21]11. How does a small child learn to speak?
[03:30.31]12. What's the best way to learn a language quickly according⁸ to the passage?
[03:35.61]13. What should we do first to learn new words according to the passage?
[03:41.49]Passage Two
[03:43.01]Living things take from their environment and give back to their environment.
[03:47.08]In other words, living things and their environment are interdependent.
[03:51.76]Living things take matter and energy from the environment
[03:55.42]and return matter and energy to the environment.
[03:58.42]For instance,animals feed on plants,or on other animals.And they return materials to the environment.
[04:05.66]This interaction⁹ goes on continually¹⁰.
[04:08.40]Man also is in active give-and-take relations with his environment.
[04:13.18]However,there is one way in which man is different.
[04:16.71]Other living things do not change their environment the way man does.
[04:21.22]Man is not only adapted to the environment.
[04:24.54]He alters¹² his environment in other complex¹³ ways.
[04:28.28]How is it that man can alter¹¹ his environment.
[04:30.99]as no other living thing can.
[04:33.24]It is because of his brain.
[04:35.49]With his brain, man learns.
[04:37.81]Man's brain makes it possible for him to record what he learn.
[04:42.36]He puts his records in words,in pictures,in sounds.
[04:46.56]In this way man can pass on what he learns to other men.
[04:51.68]14.What's the relationship between living things and their environment?
[04:57.27]15.What's the difference between man and other living things according to the passage?
[05:04.04]16.What does the passage mainly want to tell us?
[05:08.61]Passage Three
[05:10.10]Many large cities are anything but beautiful
[05:12.92]Streets are littered with trash.
[05:15.14]In this trash, however, there is still something that can be useful.
[05:19.84]If people want to solve the problem of waste
[05:22.64]there is no time to be lost.
[05:24.62]They must work out ways of making use of good things which are just thrown away as waste.
[05:30.81]When a car gets too old,it may not run any more.
[05:34.37]But the metal that the car was made of is still good.
[05:38.23]It can be put to use again.
[05:40.82]When a bottle is empty, it goes out in the trash.
[05:44.08]Garbage from food can be changed into fertilizer¹⁴.
[05:48.06]But bottle glass can be ground into sand and used to pave¹⁵ street.
[05:53.12]But first you have to fish out all the glass and metal.
[05:57.07]Garbage can also be a good source¹⁶ for making building block
[06:01.40]which are then covered with concrete¹⁷.
[06:03.65]Now,more and more machines are designed for this purpose.
[06:07.20]Some day,people will watch films in a magnificent¹⁸ cinema which has been built out of garbage.
[06:13.73]Future buildings,roads,and cities may be made form garbage.
[06:18.04]But so far,building beautiful cities out of garbage is only a dream.
[06:22.93]17.Which of the following can be an appropriate¹⁹ title for the passage?
[06:28.81]18.Which kind of garbage can be used to pave streets according to the passage?
[06:34.61]19.What should we do first to change garbage from food into fertilizer?
[06:40.67]20.Which of the following may not be made from garbage according to the passage

1 elegant   

adj.优美的，文雅的，简练的，简结的

参考例句：

• She was an elegant and accomplished woman.她是位优雅的才女。
• She has a life of elegant ease.她过着风雅悠闲的生活。

2 physiology   

n.生理学，生理机能

参考例句：

• He bought a book about physiology.他买了一本生理学方面的书。
• He was awarded the Nobel Prize for achievements in physiology.他因生理学方面的建树而被授予诺贝尔奖。

3 hoarse   

adj.嘶哑的，沙哑的

参考例句：

• He asked me a question in a hoarse voice.他用嘶哑的声音问了我一个问题。
• He was too excited and roared himself hoarse.他过于激动，嗓子都喊哑了。

4 savings   

n.存款，储蓄

参考例句：

• I can't afford the vacation,for it would eat up my savings.我度不起假，那样会把我的积蓄用光的。
• By this time he had used up all his savings.到这时，他的存款已全部用完。

5 conclude   

vt.结束时说；（经推理）相信；达成；vi.结束，终结

参考例句：

• From the evidence I must conclude that you are wrong.从证据看，我敢断定你错了。
• I would like to conclude with a few points.我想用几点来做个结论。

6 presently   

adv.不久，一会儿；现在，目前

参考例句：

• I'll go to see your uncle presently.我一会儿就去看望你叔叔。
• He is presently living in New York.他目前住在纽约。

7 imitate   

vt.模仿，仿效，摹拟，学样；仿制，仿造，伪造

参考例句：

• James can imitate his father perfectly.詹姆斯能逼真地模仿他父亲。
• Parrots imitate human speech.鹦鹉学人说话。

8 according   

adj.按照，根据

参考例句：

• According to the Bible we are all the seed of Adam.根据《圣经》所说的，我们都是亚当的后裔。
• We must cut our coat according to our cloth this year.今年我们必须学会量入为出。

9 interaction   

n.交流；相互作用，相互影响，合作

参考例句：

• The interaction of the two groups produced many good ideas.两个组的相互交流产生了许多好主意。
• Price is determined through the interaction of demand and supply.价格在供需的相互作用中形成。

10 continually   

adv.不间断地，不停地；多次重复地

参考例句：

• The other kids continually taunted him about his size.其他孩子不断地耻笑他的个头儿。
• The US is continually building up its armed forces.美军正持续加强它的三军。

11 alter   

vt.改变，变更；vi.改变，变样

参考例句：

• We have to alter the house into a barn.我们不得不把房子改建成谷仓。
• She is trying to alter the coat.她正设法改那件衣服。

12 alters   

v.改变，更改( alter的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• The weather alters almost daily. 天气几乎天天变化。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• Pruning, by removing part of the top, alters this ratio. 修剪通过剪除部分树冠而改变根冠比。 来自辞典例句

13 complex   

adj.复杂的，合成的，综合的；n.联合体

参考例句：

• What he said was too complex for me to understand.他说的太复杂了，我无法了解。
• Justice is part of the complex machinery of the law.正义是复杂的法律机器的一部分。

14 fertilizer   

n.肥料，化肥

参考例句：

• Fertilizer enriches the soil.肥料使土壤肥沃。
• Get some more fertilizer for the garden.给花园再多施些肥料。

15 pave   

vt.给（道路路面）铺上石板或砖

参考例句：

• The town council decided to pave the square before the Hall.市议会决定把市政厅前的广场铺上石板。
• I believe this treaty will pave the way to peace in Europe.我相信这个条约将为欧洲的和平铺平道路。

16 source   

n.来源，水源；原始资料

参考例句：

• They mentioned you as a good source of information.他们说你消息灵通。
• All works of art have life as their source.一切文艺创作都来源于生活。

17 concrete   

adj.具体的，有形的；n.混凝土 ；v.用混凝土修筑，浇混凝土，凝结

参考例句：

• Could you give us a concrete case?你能不能给我们举个具体事例？
• We should make a concrete analysis of each specific question.对于每个具体问题要进行具体分析。

18 magnificent   

adj.壮丽的，宏伟的；华丽的；极好的

参考例句：

• The museum that we visited is very magnificent.我们参观的博物馆是很宏伟的。
• That's a magnificent task.这是一项宏伟的任务。

19 appropriate   

adj.适当的，合适的；v.拨出，挪用，盗用

参考例句：

• It is appropriate that he should get the post.由他担任这一职务是恰当的。
• We should take appropriate measures to improve our teaching.我们应当采取适当的措施提高教学质量。