英语六级听力考试预测模拟练习Model Test Six

 

[00:00.00]1.M:Now what's your problem,madam?

[00:04.21]W:Oh yes.My husband bought this yellow skirt here yesterday.It is very nice,but it's not the color I want.Have you got any blue ones?

[00:14.45]Q:What does the woman want to do?

[00:16.72]2.M:The city council¹ has finally voted the funds² to build the new high school.

[00:23.80]W:It's about time they did it.I don't know what took them so long.

[00:28.29]Q:What's the woman's opinion about the school?

[00:31.11]3.M:Last night Jack³ left his car parked in front of his girlfriend's house,and when he came out to go home it was gone.

[00:39.86]W:Woo,that's really tough.He just bought it last month,didn't he?

[00:43.99]Q:What do you think happened to Jack?

[00:46.55]4.W:Some people know a lot more than they tell.

[00:50.91]M:Unfortunately the reverse⁴ in also true.

[00:54.13]Q:What does the man mean?

[00:55.82]5.W:We all talk about how liberated⁵ we are,but in fact women are still not equally treated.

[01:03.24]M:I don't think so.You've got the vote.You've got your careers.I think you've got everything important.

[01:10.64]Q:What are they arguing about?

[01:13.04]6.M:It's partly your own fault.You should never let in anyone like that unless you're expecting him.

[01:20.40]W:It's all very well to say that,but someone comes to the door and says"Electricity"or"Gas",and you automatically⁶ think he is OK,especially if he shows your card.

[01:30.54]Q:How does the woman feel about the man's remarks?

[01:33.68]7.M:Your yard is always so beautiful,Cathy.You must have a gardener.

[01:39.97]W;Oh,no.It would cost at least 50 dollars a month to hire someone to do the work.So I do most of it myself.I enjoy taking care of the flowers,but I have to force myself to do the weeding and cut the grass.

[01:53.55]Q:What does Cathy like to do?

[01:55.59]8.M:Why won't your sister go out with Bill;he's at least five feet ten inches?

[02:03.59]W:To her,he's still a "shorty".

[02:05.94]Q:Which of the following heights of the men would the woman's sister prefer to date?

[02:10.93]9.W:I have to think about your offer.I can't say yes or no at the moment.

[02:17.14]M:You can take your time.It will do if you let me know your decision in a day or two.

[02:22.99]Q:Which of the following is true?

[02:25.11]10.M:Well,this is a pleasant surprise.It seems to me we ran into each other here last week,too.

[02:33.60]W:You and I must have the same idea.The only way to beat the crowds when you do the grocery shopping on Saturday is to be here when they open at nine o'clock sharp.

[02:42.74]Q:Why did both of them do grocery shopping at nine o'clock sharp?

[02:46.69]Passage One

[02:48.18]A guide dog is a dog especially trained to guide a blind person.

[02:53.66]Dogs chosen for such training must show good disposition,intelligence,physical fitness,and responsibility.

[03:02.80]At the age of about fourteen months,a guide dog begins an intensive⁷ course that lasts from three to five months.

[03:11.27]It becomes accustomed to the leather harness⁸ and stiff⁹ leather handle it will wear when guiding its blind owner.

[03:18.22]The dog learns to watch traffic and to cross streets safely.

[03:22.24]It also learns to obey such commands as"Forward,""left,""right,"and "sit,"and to disobey any command that might lead its owner into danger.

[03:34.18]The most important part of the trainging course is a four-week program in which the guide dog and its future owner learn to work together.

[03:43.40]However,many blind people are unsuited by personality to work with dogs.

[03:48.91]Only about a tenth of the blind find a guide dog useful.

[03:53.38]11.What is the main idea of this passage?

[03:57.40]12.At what age does a guide dog begin an intensive course?

[04:03.07]13.Which of the following was not mentioned as a command that the dog learns to obey?

[04:09.55]Passage Two

[04:11.17]A deep depression already affecting much of Ireland is likely to reach western coasts of Wales and Cornwall by earyly this afternoon and to spread over these areas generally by evening.

[04:23.16]It will bring Force nine gales¹⁰ increasing locally to Storm Force ten tegether with short outbreaks of rain,though with bright intervals¹¹.

[04:33.53]The showers that have been affecting much of Southern England have now moved eastwards¹² leaving clear skies in all areas,but temperatures are likely to drop to around five degrees Centigrade.

[04:44.92]Winds will be light at first but increasing from the west later this evening.

[04:49.46]The Midlands will have broken cloud cover but will remain dry at first.

[04:53.83]There are likely to be showers later,but in areas near the East Coast there could be some fog patches¹³ after dark.

[05:00.56]Temperatures should remain stationary¹⁴.

[05:02.79]Northern England should remain dry though clouds will thicken from the west this afternoon.

[05:07.88]In western districts winds are likely to increase rapidly this afternoon,with a possibility of isolated¹⁵ snow showers.

[05:15.19]Temperatures will probably remain above freezing.

[05:18.88]14.What is the predicted weather conditions for western districts this evening?

[05:25.04]15.What weather condition can be expected in Southern England this afternoon?

[05:31.44]16.What can be expected in the Midlands this evening?

[05:36.67]17.What can be expected in Northern England in the early evening?

[05:41.79]Passage Three

[05:43.54]For years,students were assured¹⁶ that with a college degree in hand they could acquire an excellent job.

[05:50.28]However,in recent years,several developments have signaled the onset¹⁷ of a change in the supply-demand relationship in the services of higher education.

[05:59.86]Teachers with terminal¹⁸ degrees far outnumber the available teaching¹⁹ positions in many disciplines.

[06:06.45]The chairman of a science departmant today many receive three to four hundred applications for a position that once attracted only half a dozen.

[06:15.75]States are closing down some colleges and requiring others to cut back on undergraduate²⁰ and graduate programs.

[06:23.40]Higher education is well into a buyer's market.

[06:26.77]With the realization²¹ that higher education has lost its vaunted position in the eyes of the public,administrators of colleges and universities must be prepared to enter into competition with all other suppliers of products and services.

[06:41.79]Private institutions,in the long run,have no alternative but to satisfy their customers.

[06:48.08]Today's students are in touch with the reality of the world,and they realize that while a degree may obtain the first job for them,keeping the job and advancing depend upon the education behind the degree.

[07:00.52]18.How does the speaker feel about the present position of colleges and universities?

[07:07.76]19.What does the speaker mean by the sentence"Today's students are in touch with the reality of the world"?

[07:15.54]20.Which of the following is most likely the speakers' advice for a college student?

1 council   

n.理事会，委员会，议事机构

参考例句：

• The town council passed a law forbidding the distribution of handbills.市议会通过法律，禁止散发传单。
• The city council has declared for improving the public bus system.市议会宣布同意改进公共汽车系统。

2 funds   

n.pl.资金

参考例句：

• He absconded with the company funds. 他卷走公司的资金潜逃了。
• They held a harambee meeting to raise funds for a new classroom. 他们为筹款建新教室而办了个募捐会。

3 jack   

n.插座，千斤顶，男人；v.抬起，提醒，扛举；n.（Jake）杰克

参考例句：

• I am looking for the headphone jack.我正在找寻头戴式耳机插孔。
• He lifted the car with a jack to change the flat tyre.他用千斤顶把车顶起来换下瘪轮胎。

4 reverse   

v.推翻，颠倒，反向；n.反面，逆境；adj.反向的

参考例句：

• His answer was just the reverse of what I expected.他的回答正好与我期望的相反。
• Please reverse the positions of two pictures.请把两张图片的位置倒转过来。

5 liberated   

a.无拘束的，放纵的

参考例句：

• The city was liberated by the advancing army. 军队向前挺进，解放了那座城市。
• The heat brings about a chemical reaction, and oxygen is liberated. 热量引起化学反应，释放出氧气。

6 automatically   

adv.不加思索地，无意识地，自动地

参考例句：

• The machine cycles automatically.这台机器自动循环运转。
• She had automatically labelled the boys as troublemakers.她不假思索地认定这些男孩子是捣蛋鬼。

7 intensive   

adj.加强的，密集的；精工细作的，集约的

参考例句：

• I'll make an intensive study of a subject.我将集中学一门课程。
• There we received several weeks of intensive training.在那里我们受了几星期的集中训练.

8 harness   

n.马具；类似马具的装备；vt.给上马具

参考例句：

• He paid ten dollars for the new harness.他花十美元买了这件马具。
• I harness the horse to the cart. 我把马套在车上。

9 stiff   

adj.严厉的，激烈的，硬的，僵直的，不灵活的

参考例句：

• There is a sheet of stiff cardboard in the drawer.在那个抽屉里有块硬纸板。
• You have to push on the handle to turn it,becanse it's very stiff.手柄很不灵活，你必须用力推才能转动它。

10 gales   

龙猫

参考例句：

• I could hear gales of laughter coming from downstairs. 我能听到来自楼下的阵阵笑声。
• This was greeted with gales of laughter from the audience. 观众对此报以阵阵笑声。

11 intervals   

n.[军事]间隔( interval的名词复数 )；间隔时间；[数学]区间；（戏剧、电影或音乐会的）幕间休息

参考例句：

• The forecast said there would be sunny intervals and showers. 预报间晴，有阵雨。
• Meetings take place at fortnightly intervals. 每两周开一次会。

12 eastwards   

adj.向东方（的），朝东（的）；n.向东的方向

参考例句：

• The current sets strongly eastwards.急流迅猛东去。
• The Changjiang River rolls on eastwards.长江滚滚向东流。

13 patches   

n.小块( patch的名词复数 )；斑；补丁；小块土地v.补( patch的第三人称单数 )；修理；调停；解决

参考例句：

• The dog's coat is white with black patches. 这只狗的皮毛白色中带有黑斑。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• She sewed patches on the elbows of jacket. 她在夹克肘部缝了几块补丁。 来自《简明英汉词典》

14 stationary   

adj.固定的，静止不动的

参考例句：

• A stationary object is easy to be aimed at.一个静止不动的物体是容易瞄准的。
• Wait until the bus is stationary before you get off.你要等公共汽车停稳了再下车。

15 isolated   

adj.与世隔绝的

参考例句：

• His bad behaviour was just an isolated incident. 他的不良行为只是个别事件。
• Patients with the disease should be isolated. 这种病的患者应予以隔离。

16 assured   

a.确实的，深信的

参考例句：

• He spoke in a calm, assured voice. 他冷静自信地说。
• The makers of the product assured us that there had been no sacrifice of quality. 这一产品的制造商向我们保证说他们没有牺牲质量。

17 onset   

n.进攻，袭击，开始，突然开始

参考例句：

• The drug must be taken from the onset of the infection.这种药必须在感染的最初期就开始服用。
• Our troops withstood the onset of the enemy.我们的部队抵挡住了敌人的进攻。

18 terminal   

n.终端机，终点，末端；adj.终点的，按期的，致死的

参考例句：

• The car has reached its terminal speed and can run faster no longer.这辆车的速度已达到了极限，不能再跑更快了。
• There's a taxi stand outside the terminal.在终点站的外面有出租车。

19 teaching   

n.教学，执教，任教，讲授；(复数)教诲

参考例句：

• We all agree in adopting the new teaching method. 我们一致同意采取新的教学方法。
• He created a new system of teaching foreign languages.他创造了一种新的外语教学体系。

20 undergraduate   

n.大学生，大学肆业生

参考例句：

• Mr. Stone spent his undergraduate days in Columbia University,majoring in economics.斯通先生在哥伦比亚大学度过了他四年的大学生活，主修经济学。
• During this time,they are called undergraduate students.在此期间，他们被称为大学本科生。

21 realization   

n.实现；认识到，深刻了解

参考例句：

• We shall gladly lend every effort in our power toward its realization.我们将乐意为它的实现而竭尽全力。
• He came to the realization that he would never make a good teacher.他逐渐认识到自己永远不会成为好老师。