英语六级听力考试预测模拟练习Model Test One

 

[00:00.00]1.M:I wonder if a job like this can be handled by Alex.

[00:05.46]W:Well,if he can't handle it,no one can.

[00:08.59]Q:What does the woman imply¹ about the job?

[00:11.36]2.W:Where can I find a map of the university campus²?

[00:16.07]M;Have you tried the information centre?

[00:18.05]Q:What does the man imply about the information office?

[00:21.34]3.W:What terrible heat we are having now!

[00:25.89]M:June and July were bad enough,and I don't think the heat will be relieved³ before September.

[00:31.71]Q:During what month are they talking?

[00:34.74]4.M:Do you subscribe⁴ to the newspaper?

[00:39.21]W:Yes,I do,it comes each day just before breakfast.

[00:43.02]Q:What kind of newspaper does the woman subscribe to?

[00:46.26]5.M:Did Bill's reaction surprise you?

[00:50.36]W:In a way.Not that I had hoped he'd express much enthusiam,but I hadn't expected him to be quite so hostile⁵.

[00:58.23]Q:How has Bill reacted?

[01:00.13]6.M:The taxi driver must have been driving too fast.

[01:05.36]W:I don't think so.He crashed into the tree because he was tring not to hit a box that has fallen off the truck just ahead of him.

[01:12.54]Q:What did the woman say about the taxi driver?

[01:15.36]7.W:How long can I keep these out?

[01:19.26]W:Two weeks.You will be fined for everyday they are overdue⁶.

[01:23.28]W:I guess I'd better read fast.

[01:26.07]Q:Where does his conversation probably take place?

[01:29.57]8.M:There seems to have been many more children hurt by cars near the school this year.

[01:36.00]W:Perhaps building a drive-in hotdog stand so close to the school was not a good idea after all.

[01:41.69]Q:What has the woman suggested?

[01:44.02]9.W:I'd like to fly to Los Angeles at 3 o'clock this afternoon.Do you have a one way ticket to LA?

[01:50.60]M:No seats at all to LA this afternoon.All you can do is to stand by.

[01:55.93]Q:What does the man mean?

[01:57.66]10.W:I was surprised to see you and your family at the Shopping Mall yesterday.

[02:02.75]M:Our junior school was closed down because flu broke out.

[02:06.46]Q:Why could the man come to the Shopping Mall that day?

[02:09.12]Choosing Astronauts

[02:11.16]It is interesting how NASA chose their astronauts for landing⁷ them on the moon.They chose men between the ages twenty and thirty-five.

[02:19.91]There were about fifty of them.Many of them were experienced⁸ air pilots and others were scientists.

[02:27.04]NASA telephoned each man they were going to choose;told him the plans and the dangers they might get in.They then asked him if he was willing to train as an astronaut.

[02:37.52]"How could any man refuse such an exciting exploration?"One of them said,"Dangerous?Of course,it is dangerous,but most exciting!"

[02:47.03]The health and physical condition of the men were,of course,very important.Only those in very good health and physical condition were chosen.

[02:55.54]While training to be astronauts,they went through many course.They studied the stars and the moon,and they also studied geology,they science of rocks.

[03:05.21]This was necessary because astronauts would have to look for rocks on the moon.They would try to find rocks which might help to tell the age of the moon.

[03:14.27]They were all trained to fly in helicopters.These helicopters handed straight down to give the men some experience of the way the spaceship would actually land on the moon.

[03:25.74]They were also taught all the known facts about conditions in space.They learned⁹ all the technical details of the spaceships and rockets.

[03:34.44]They leaned how every part of a spaceship and its instruments work.They also learned every detail of the ground control system.

1 imply   

vt.暗示；意味着

参考例句：

• Cheerfulness doesn't always imply happiness.快活并不总是意味着幸福。
• What did she imply in her words?她的话意味着什么？

2 campus   

n.大学校园，学校校园；大学　

参考例句：

• They spoke of the old days on the campus.他们谈起昔日的校园生活。
• The campus covers an area of twenty square kilometres.这个校园占地二十平方公里。

3 relieved   

a.如释重负的

参考例句：

• You'll be relieved to know your jobs are safe. 现在知道你们的工作保住了，可以放心了。
• Your coming relieved me of the bother of writing a long letter. 你来了，省去我写长信的麻烦了。

4 subscribe   

vi.(to)订阅，订购；同意；vt.捐助，赞助

参考例句：

• I heartily subscribe to that sentiment.我十分赞同那个观点。
• The magazine is trying to get more readers to subscribe.该杂志正大力发展新订户。

5 hostile   

adj.不友好的，敌对的；敌方的，敌人的

参考例句：

• The local people are hostile to outsiders.当地人敌视外地人。
• Their hostile looks showed that he was unwelcome.他们怀敌意的表情说明他不受欢迎。

6 overdue   

adj.过期的，到期未付的；早该有的，迟到的

参考例句：

• The plane is overdue and has been delayed by the bad weather.飞机晚点了，被坏天气耽搁了。
• The landlady is angry because the rent is overdue.女房东生气了，因为房租过期未付。

7 landing   

n.登陆；着陆；楼梯平台

参考例句：

• Owing to engine trouble,the plane had to make a forced landing.由于发动机出了毛病，飞机不得不进行迫降。
• When are we landing?我们什么时候着陆？

8 experienced   

adj.有经验的；经验丰富的，熟练的

参考例句：

• Experienced seamen will advise you about sailing in this weather.有经验的海员会告诉你在这种天气下的航行情况。
• Perhaps you and I had better change over;you are more experienced.也许我们的工作还是对换一下好，你比我更有经验。

9 learned   

adj.有学问的，博学的；learn的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• He went into a rage when he learned about it.他听到这事后勃然大怒。
• In this little village,he passed for a learned man.在这个小村子里，他被视为有学问的人。