2012年12月英语六级真题听力范文

11.M: I don’t know what to do. I have to drive to Chicago next Friday for my cousin’s wedding,

but I have got a Psychology test to prepare for. W: Why don’t you record your notes so you can study on the way?

Q: What does the woman suggest the man do? 12. M: Professor Wright,

you may have to find another student to play this role. The lines are so long and I simply can’t remember them all. W: Look, Tony.

It’s still a long time before the first show. I don’t expect you to know all the lines yet. Just keep practicing.

Q: What do we learn from the conversation?

13. M：Hello, this is Dr. Martin from the Emergency Department. I have a male patient with a fractured ankle. W：Oh, we have one bed available in Ward 3, send him here and I will take care of him. Q：What are the speakers talking about? 14. W：Since Simon will graduate this May,

he school paper needs a new editor. So if you are interested, I will be happy to nominate you. M：Thanks for considering me.

But the baseball team is starting up a new season, and I’m afraid I have a lot on my hands. Q：What does the man mean? 15. W：Have you heard the news that

James Mill has resigned his post as Prime Minister? M：Well, I got it from the headlines this morning. It’s reported that he made public his decision at the last cabinet meeting.

Q：What do we learn about James Mill?

16. W：The morning paper says the space shuttle is taking off at 10 a.m. tomorrow.

M：Yeah, it’s just another one of this year’s routine missions. The first mission was undertaken a decade ago and broadcast live then worldwide.

Q：What can we infer from this conversation? 17. M：We do a lot of camping in the mountains. What would you recommend for two people?

W：You’d probably be better off with the four-wheel-drive vehicle.

We have several off-road trucks in stock, both new and used. Q：Where does the conversation most probably take place? 18. W：I hear you did some serious shopping this past weekend. M：Yeah, the speakers from my old stereo finally gave out and there was no way to repair them. Q：What did the man do over the weekend? Now you’ll hear the 2 long conversations. Conversation One

W: Now, could you tell me where the idea for the business first came from?

M: Well, the original shop was opened by a retired printer by the name of Gruby,

Mr. Gruby， being left-handed himself,

thought of the idea to try and promote a few products for left-handers.

W: And how did he then go about actually setting up the business? M: Well, he looked for any left-handed products that might already be on the market which were very few, and then contacted the manufacturers with the idea of having products produced for him, mainly in the scissors range to start with.

W: Right. So you do commission some part of your stock.

M: Yes, very much so.

About 75 percent of our stock is specially made for us. W: And the rest of it? M: Hmm, the rest of it now,

some 25, 30 years after Mr. Gruby’s initial efforts, there are more left-handed

products actually on the market.

Manufacturers are now beginning to see that there is a market for left-handed products. W: And what’s the range of your stock? M: The range consists of a variety of scissors,

from children scissors to scissors for tailors, hairdressers etc. We also have a large range of kitchenware. W: What’s the competition like? Do you have quite a lot of competition?

M: There are other people in the business now in specialists, but only as mail order outlets.

But we have a shop here in central London plus a mail-order outlet. And we arewithout any doubt the largest supplier of left-handed items. Questions 19 to 21 are based on the conversation

you have just heard.

19. Q: What kind of business is the man engaged in? 20. Q: What does the man say about his stock of products? 21. Q: What does the man say about other people in his line of business? Conversation Two

M： Can we make you an offer?

We would like to run the campaign for four extra weeks.

W： Well, can we summarize the problem from my point of view? First of all, the campaign was late. It missed two important trade fairs.

The ads also did not appear into key magazines. As a result, the campaign failed.

Do you accept that summary of what happened? M： Well, the delay wasn’t entirely our fault.

You did in fact make late changes to the specifications of the advertisements.

W： Uh, actually, you were late with the initial proposals so you have very little time and in fact, we only asked for small changes. M： Well whatever,

can we repeat our offer to run the campaign for four extra weeks?

W： That’s not really the point. The campaign missed two key trade affairs. Because of this,

we are asking you either to repeat the campaign next year for free, or we only pay 50% of the fee for this year. M： Could we suggest a 20% reduction to the fee, together with the four weeks extension to the campaign? W： We are not happy. We lost business. M： I think we both made mistakes. The responsibility is on both sides. W： Ok, let’s suggest a new solution.

How about a 40% cut in fee, or a free repeat campaign? M： Well, let’s take a break. We’re not getting very far. Perhaps we should think about this.

Questions 22 to 25 are based on the conversation

[09:31.33]22： What do we learn about the man’s company? [09:49.01]23： Why was the campaign delayed according to the man?

[10:08.01]24： What did the woman propose as a solution to the problem?

[10:27.30]25： What does the man suggest they do [10:31.58]at the end of the conversation?

[10:46.94]Section B

[10:48.59]Directions: In this section, [10:51.84]you will hear 3 short passages. [10:.31]At the end of each passage, [10:55.66]you will hear some questions.

[10:57.40]Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once.

[11:01.68]After you hear a question,

[11:03.63]you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A),

[11:07.73]B), C) and D).

[11:10.77]Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 [11:14.66]with a single line through the centre. [11:17.03]Passage One

[11:18.73]The University of Tennessee’s Walters Life Sciences Building

[11:22.50]is a model animal facility, spotlessly clean, [11:26.47]careful in obtaining prior approval for experiments [11:29.91]from an animal care committee.

[11:32.44]Of the 15,000 mice housed there in a typical year, [11:36.82]most give their lives for humanity. [11:39.72]These are “good” mice

[11:42.18]and as such won the protection of the animal-care committee.

[11:46.35]At any given time, however, [11:48.74]some mice escape and run free. [11:51.16]These mice are pests.

[11:.14]They can disrupt experiments with the bacteria organisms they carry.

[11:59.00]They are “bad” mice and must be captured and destroyed. [12:04.14]Usually, this is accomplished by means of “sticky” traps, [12:08.68]a kind of fly paper on which they become increasingly stuck.

[12:13.36]But the real point of this cautionary tale, [12:16.56]says animal behaviorist Herzog, is that the labels [12:20.42]we put on things can affect our moral responses to them. [12:24.60]Using sticky traps or the more deadly snap traps [12:29.49]would be deemed unacceptable for good mice. [12:32.43]Yet the killing of bad mice requires no prior approval. [12:37.43]Once the research animal hits the floor and becomes an escapee,

[12:41.46]says Herzog, its moral standing is instantly diminished. [12:46.19]In Herzog’s own home, [12:48.]there was a more ironic example.

[12:51.62]When his young son’s pet mouse, Willie, died recently, [12:55.63]it was accorded a tearful ceremonial burial in the garden. [13:00.06]Yet even as they mourned Willie, says Herzog, [13:03.57]he and his wife were setting snap traps [13:06.83]to kill the pest mice in their kitchen

[13:10.13]with the bare change in labels from pet to pest, [13:15.24]the kitchen mice attained a totally different moral status. [13:19.78]Questions 26 to 29 are based on the passage [13:24.05]you have just heard.

[13:25.79]26. What does the passage say about [13:30.04]most of the mice used for experiments? [13:46.71]27. Why did the so-called bad mice [13:50.63]have to be captured and destroyed?

[14:06.40]28. When are mice killed without prior approval? [14:24.00]29. Why does the speaker say what the Herzog’s did [14:29.47]at home is ironical? [14:43.76]Passage Two

[14:45.90]There are roughly three New Yorks. [14:49.18]There is, first,

[14:49.92]the New York of the man or woman who was born here, [14:52.96]who takes the city for granted

[14:.50]and accepts its size and its turbulence as natural and

inevitable.

[14:59.25]Second, there is the New York of the commuter — [15:03.16]the city that is swallowed up by locusts each day and spat out each night.

[15:08.41]Third, there is the New York of the person [15:11.11]who was born somewhere else and [15:12.72]came to New York in quest of something.

[15:15.61]Of these three trembling cities the greatest is the last— [15:19.12]the city of final destination, [15:21.79]the city that is a goal. [15:23.38]It is this third city

[15:25.22]that accounts for New York’s high-strung disposition, [15:28.21]its dedication to the arts,

[15:30.37]and its incomparable achievements.

[15:33.20]Commuters give the city its tidal restlessness; [15:36.49]natives give it solidity and continuity; [15:39.94]but the settlers give it passion.

[15:42.26]And whether it is a farmer arriving from Italy [15:44.51]to set up a small grocery store in a slum,

[15:47.29]or a young girl arriving from a small town in Mississippi [15:49.91]to escape the indignity of being observed by her neighbors,

[15:53.62]or a boy arriving from the Corn Belt with a manuscript in his suitcase

[15:57.73]and a pain in his heart,

[15:59.23]it makes no difference: each embraces New York [16:02.32]with the intense excitement of first love,

[16:05.46]each absorbs New York with the fresh eyes of an adventurer,

[16:08.70]each generates heat and light

[16:10.82]to dwarf the Consolidated Edison Company. [16:14.17]Questions 30 to 32 are based on the passage [16:17.28]you have just heard.

[16:19.29]30. Q: What does the speaker say about the natives of New York?

[16:38.83]31. Q: What does the speaker say commuters give to New York?

[16:58.00]32. Q: What do we learn about the settlers of New York? [17:17.05] Passage Three

[17:19.25]“If you ask me，television is unhealthy”, [17:22.00]I said to my roommate Walter, [17:24.31]as I walked into the living room.

[17:26.57]“While you are sitting passively in front of the T.V. set, [17:30.28]your muscles are turning to fat,

[17:32.50]your complexion is fading, [17:34.47]and your eyesight is being ruined.” [17:36.99]“Shh~” Walter put his finger to his lips, [17:40.30]“This is an intriguing murder mystery.” [17:42.93]“Really?” I replied.

[17:44.83]“But you know, the brain is destroyed by T.V. viewing. [17:48.93]Creativity is killed by that box.

[17:51.62]And people are kept from communicating with one another.

[17:55.07]From my point of view,

[17:56.78]T.V. is the cause of declining interest in school [18:00.07]and the failure of our entire educational system.” [18:03.63]“Ah ha, I kind of see your point.” [18:06.57]Walter said softly.

[18:08.28]“But see? The woman on the witness stand in this story [18:11.68]is being questioned about a murder [18:13.77]that was committed one hundred years ago.” [18:16.91]Ignoring his enthusiastic description of the plot, [18:20.66]I went on with my argument. [18:23.09]“As I see it,” I explained,

[18:25.50]“not only are most T.V. programs badly written and produced,

[18:29.37]but viewers are also manipulated by the mass media. [18:33.18]As far as I am concerned,

[18:35.70]T.V. watchers are cut off from reality, [18:38.40]from nature, from other people, [18:40.08]from life itself ! ”

[18:41.78]I was confident in my ability to persuade. [18:45.53]After a short silence, my roommate said,

[18:48.63]“Anyway, I’ve been planning to watch the football game. [18:52.28]I am going to change the channel.” [18:.21] “Don’t touch that dial!” I shouted,

[18:56.22]“I want to find out how the mystery turns out!” [18:59.31]I am not sure I got my point to cross. [19:03.52]Questions 33 to 35 are based on the passage [19:07.53]you have just heard.

[19:09.14]33. As the speaker walked into the living room, [19:13.62]what was being shown on T.V.?

[19:30.05]34. What does the speaker say about watching television? [19:48.04]35. What can we say about the speaker? [20:06.13]Section C

[20:07.68]Directions: In this section, [20:10.66]you will hear a passage three times. [20:12.87]When the passage is read for the first time,

[20:15.10]you should listen carefully for its general idea. [20:18.03]When the passage is read for the second time, [20:20.19]you are required to fill in the blanks [20:22.30]numbered from 36 to 43 with the exact words [20:25.66]you have just heard.

[20:27.36]For blanks numbered from 44 to 46

[20:30.09]you are required to fill in the missing information. [20:33.25]For these blanks,

[20:34.19]you can either use the exact words you have just heard [20:37.34]or write down the main points in your own words. [20:40.79]Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, [20:43.99]you should check what you have written. [20:46.35]Now listen to the passage. [20:49.23]In the past,

[20:50.42]one of the biggest disadvantages of machines [20:53.20]has been their inability to work on a micro-scale. [20:56.81]For example,

[20:58.00]doctors did not have devices allowing them

[21:00.37]to go inside the human body to detect health problems [21:04.55]or to perform delicate surgery.

[21:07.02]Repair crews did not have a way of identifying broken pipes

[21:11.32]located deep within a high-rise apartment building. [21:14.71]However, that’s about to change. [21:17.24]Advances in computers and biophysics [21:19.86]have started a microminiature revolution

[21:23.41]that allows scientists to envision—and in some cases [21:27.53]actually build—microscopic machines.

[21:30.88]These devices promise to dramatically change the way [21:34.42]we live and work.

[21:36.32]Micromachines already are making an impact. [21:40.13]At Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, [21:43.47]Ohio, research scientists have designed a 4-inch silicon chip

[21:48.27]that holds 700 tiny primitive motors. [21:51.61]At Lucas NovaSensor in Fremont, California, [21:55.79]scientists have perfected

[21:56.99]the world’s first microscopic blood-pressure sensor. [22:01.01]Threaded through a person’s blood vessels, [22:03.52]the sensor can provide blood pressure readings [22:05.84]at the valve of the heart itself.

[22:08.82]Although simple versions of miniature devices have had an impact,

[22:13.46]advanced versions are still several years away.

[22:16.92]Auto manufacturers, for example, [22:19.29]are trying to use tiny devices that can sense [22:22.28]when to release an airbag and how to keep engines [22:25.58]and brakes operating efficiently. [22:28.21]Some futurists envision nanotechnology

[22:31.15]also being used to explore the deep sea in small submarines,

[22:36.46]or even to launch finger-sized rockets [22:39.16]packed with microminiature instruments.

[22:42.19]“There is an explosion of new ideas and applications.” [22:46.36]So, when scientists now think about future machines [22:49.56]doing large and complex tasks, [22:52.19]they’re thinking smaller than ever before. [22:56.26]Now the passage will be read again. [22:59.35]In the past,

[23:00.90]one of the biggest disadvantages of machines [23:03.59]has been their inability to work on a micro-scale. [23:07.51]For example,

[23:08.69]doctors did not have devices allowing them

[23:11.45]to go inside the human body to detect health problems [23:15.31]or to perform delicate surgery.

[23:18.20]Repair crews did not have a way of identifying broken

pipes

[23:21.66]located deep within a high-rise apartment building. [23:25.36]However, that’s about to change. [23:27.63]Advances in computers and biophysics [23:30.16]have started a microminiature revolution

[23:33.46]that allows scientists to envision and in some cases [23:37.01]actually build microscopic machines.

[23:40.41]These devices promise to dramatically change the way [23:43.46]we live and work.

[23:45.47]Micromachines already are making an impact.

[23:48.30]At Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, [23:53.07]research scientists have designed a 4-inch silicon chip [23:57.09]that holds 700 tiny primitive motors. [24:00.79]At Lucas NovaSensor in Fremont, California, [24:03.90]scientists have perfected

[24:05.33]the world’s first microscopic blood-pressure sensor. [24:09.16]Threaded through a person’s blood vessels, [24:11.73]the sensor can provide blood pressure readings [24:13.84]at the valve of the heart itself.

[24:16.78]Although simple versions of miniature devices have had an impact,

[24:20.75]advanced versions are still several years away.

[25:40.07]Auto manufacturers, for example, [25:42.34]are trying to use tiny devices that can sense [25:45.38]when to release an airbag and how to keep engines [25:48.48]and brakes operating efficiently. [26:55.10]Some futurists envision nanotechnology

[26:58.24]also being used to explore the deep sea in small submarines,

[27:02.47]or even to launch finger-sized rockets [27:05.14]packed with micro miniature instruments.

[27:07.98]“There is an explosion of new ideas and applications.” [27:11.53]So, when scientists now think about future machines [27:13.99]doing large and complex tasks, [27:16.25]they’re thinking smaller than ever before. [28:41.53]Now the passage will be read for the third time. [28:45.04]In the past,

[28:46.17]one of the biggest disadvantages of machines [28:48.95]has been their inability to work on a micro-scale. [28:52.40]For example,

[28:53.61]doctors did not have devices allowing them

[28:55.92]to go inside the human body to detect health problems [29:00.05]or to perform delicate surgery.

[29:02.41]Repair crews did not have a way of identifying broken

pipes

[29:06.69]located deep within a high-rise apartment building. [29:10.20]However, that’s about to change. [29:12.72]Advances in computers and biophysics [29:15.35]have started a microminiature revolution

[29:18.96]that allows scientists to envision—and in some cases [29:22.97]actually build—microscopic machines.

[29:26.28]These devices promise to dramatically change the way [29:30.04]we live and work.

[29:32.38]Micromachines already are making an impact.

[29:35.78]At Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, [29:40.23]research scientists have designed a 4-inch silicon chip [29:43.76]that holds 700 tiny primitive motors. [29:47.38]At Lucas NovaSensor in Fremont, California, [29:51.26]scientists have perfected

[29:52.67]the world’s first microscopic blood-pressure sensor. [29:56.39]Threaded through a person’s blood vessels, [29:58.97]the sensor can provide blood pressure readings [30:01.51]at the valve of the heart itself.

[30:04.30]Although simple versions of miniature devices have had an impact,

[30:09.09]advanced versions are still several years away.

[30:12.53]Auto manufacturers, for example, [30:14.85]are trying to use tiny devices that can sense [30:17.92]when to release an airbag and how to keep engines [30:21.22]and brakes operating efficiently. [30:23.85]Some futurists envision nanotechnology

[30:27.14]also being used to explore the deep sea in small submarines,

[30:32.14]or even to launch finger-sized rockets [30:34.75]packed with microminiature instruments.

[30:37.73]“There is an explosion of new ideas and applications.” [30:41.87]So, when scientists now think about future machines [30:45.32]doing large and complex tasks, they’re thinking smaller than ever before.

11.

M: I’d like to go camping with you this weekend, but I don’t have a sleeping bag.

W: No problem. You can count on me to get one for you. My family has tons of camping gear. Q: What does the woman mean? 12.

M: I know I promise to drive you to the airport next Thursday, but I’m afraid something has come up. They’ve called a special meeting at work.

W: No big deal. Karen said she was available as a back-up. Q: What does the woman mean? 13.

W: Have you saved enough money for a trip to Hawaii?

M: Not even close. My uncle must put the brakes on my travelling plans. Q: What does the man mean?

14.

M: I’m starving. Do we still have any pie left from the dinner yesterday? W: Oh, Julia invited her friends over in the afternoon and they ate it all. Q: What do we learn from the conversation? 15.

W: Three letters of recommendation are required to apply to graduate schools. I was wondering if the one professor Smith wrote for me last year could still be used. M: It’s a bit dated. You’d better submit a recent one. Q: What does the man suggest the woman do?16.

W: I’ve noticed that you spend a lot of time tending your garden. Would you like to join our gardening club? We meet every other Wednesday.

M: Oh, thanks for the invitation, but this is how I relax. I’d rather not make it something formal and structured.

Q: What can we infer about the man? 17.

M: I heard the recent sculpture exhibit was kind of disappointing.

W: That’s right. I guess a lot of other people feel the way I do about modern art. Q: What does the woman mean? 18.

M: Bob is running for chairman of the student union. Would you vote for him?

W: Oh, I can’t decide right now because I have to find out more about the other candidates. Q: What does the woman mean?

Conversation One

W: I don’t know what to do. I can’t seem to get anyone in the hospital to listen to my complaints and this outdated equipment is dangerous. Just look at it.

M: Hmm, uh, are you trying to say that it presents a health hazard?

W: Yes, I am. The head technician in the lab tried to persuade the hospital administration to replace it, but they are trying to cut costs. M: You are pregnant, aren’t you?

W: Yes, I am. I made an effort to get my supervisor to transfer me to another department, but he urged me not to complain too loudly. Because the administration is more likely to replace me than an X-ray equipment, I’m afraid to refuse to work. But I’m more afraid to expose my unborn child to the radiation.

M: I see what you mean. Well, as your union representative, I have to warn you that it would take quite a while to force management to replace the old machines and attempt to get you transferred may or may not be successful.

W: Oh, what am I supposed to do then?

M: Workers have the legal right to refuse certain unsafe work assignments under two federal laws, the Occupation or Safety and Health Act and the National Labor Relations Act. But the

requirements of either of the Acts may be difficult to meet. W: Do you think I have a good case?

M: If you do lose your job, the union will fight to get it back for you along with back pay, your lost income. But you have to be prepared for a long wait, maybe after two years.

Q19. What does the woman complain about?

Q20. What has the woman asked her supervisor to do? Q21. What does the man say about the two federal laws? Q22. What will the union do if the woman loses her job?

Conversation Two

W: Mr. Green, is it fair to say that negotiation is an art?

M: Well, I think it’s both an art and science. You can prepare for a negotiation quite scientifically, but the execution of the negotiation has quite a lot to do with one’s artistic quality. The scientific part of a negotiation is in determining your strategy. What do you want out of it? What can you give? Then of course there are tactics. How do you go about it? Do you take an opening position in a negotiation which differs from the eventual goal you are heading for? And then of course there are the behavioral aspects.

W: What do you mean by the behavioral aspects?

M: Well, that’s I think where the art comes in. In your behavior, you can either be an actor. You can pretend that you don’t like things which you are actually quite pleased about. Or you can pretend to like things which you are quite happy to do without. Or you can be the honest type negotiator who’s known to his partners in negotiation and always plays everything straight. But the artistic part of negotiation I think has to do with responding immediately to cues one gets in the process of negotiation. These can be verbal cues or even body language. This is where the artistic quality comes in.

W: So really, you see two types of negotiator then, the actor or the honest one.

M: That’ right. And both can work. I would say the honest negotiator can be quite effective in some circumstances. In other circumstances you need an actor.

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