求2007年6月大学英语六级听力原文

求2007年6月大学英语六级听力原文
求2007年6月大学英语六级听力原文

求2007年6月大学英语六级听力原文
Section A Short Conversations 11. W: Jim, you are on the net again? When are you going to get off? It’s the time for the talk show. M: Just a minute, dear. I’m looking at a new jewelry site. I want to make sure I get the right gift for Mum’s birthday. Q: What is the man doing right now? 12. W: I’ve never seen you have such confidence before an exam. M: It’s more than confidence. Right now I feel that if I get less than an A, it’ll be the fault of the exam itself. Q: What does the man mean? 13. W: Just look at this newspaper, nothing but murder, death and war! Do you still believe people are basically good? M: Of course I do. But newspapers hardly ever report stories about peace and generosity. They are not news. Q: What do we learn from the conversation? 14. M: Tom must be joking when he said he plans to sell his shop and go to medical school. W: You are quite right. He is just kidding. He’s also told me time and time again he wished he’d studied for some profession instead of going into business. Q: What will Tom probably do according to the conversation? 15. W: I hear your boss has a real good impression of you and he is thinking about giving you two more days off each month. M: I hope not. I’d rather get more work hours so I can get enough bucks to help out my two kids at college. Q: What does the man truly want? 16. M: I heard you took a trip to Mexico last month. How did you like it? W: Oh, I got sick and tired of hotels and hotel food. So now I understand the saying, “East, west, home’s best”. Q: What does the woman mean? 17. W: I’m worried about Anna. She is really been depressed lately. All she does is staying in her room all day. M: That sounds serious. She’d better see a psychiatrist at the consoling center. Q: What does the man suggest Anna do? 18. M: I could hardly recognize Sam after he got that new job. He’s always in a suit and a tie now. W: Yeah, he was never like e that at college. Back then he went around in an old T-shirt and jeans. Q: What do the speakers say about Sam? Long conversation 1 M: Hi, Ann, welcome back. How’s your trip to the states? W: Very busy. I had a lot of meetings. So, of course, I didn’t have much time to see New York. M: What a pity. Actually I have a trip there myself next week. W: Do you? Then take my advice. Do the well-being in the air program. It really works. M: Oh, I read about that in a magazine. You say it works? W: Yes. I did the program on the flight to the States. And when I arrived in New York, I didn’t have any problem. No jet leg at all. On the way back I didn’t do it, and I felt terrible. M: You are joking. W: Not at all. It really made a lot of difference. M: Hmm…So, what did you do? W: Well, I didn’t drink any alcohol or coffee and I didn’t eat any meat or rich food. I drink a lot of water and fruit juice and I eat the meals on the well-being menu. They are lighter. They have fish, vegetables and noodles, for example. And I did some of the exercises in the program. M: Exercises? On a plane? W: Yes. I didn’t do many, of course. There isn’t much space on the plane. M: How many passengers did the exercises? W: Not many. M: And how much champagne did they drink? W: A lot. It was more popular than mineral water. M: So, basically it’s a choice. Mineral water and exercises or champagne and jet lag. W: That’s right. It’s a difficult choice. Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 19. Why did the woman go to New York? 20. What does the woman say about the well-being in the air program? 21. What did the woman do to follow the well-being menu? 22. What did the woman say about other passengers? Long conversation 2 W: Morning. Can I help you? M: Well, I’m not really sure. I’m just looking. W: I see. Well, there’s plenty to look at again this year. I’m sure you’d have to walk miles to see each stand. M: That’s true. W: Would you like a coffee? Come and sit down for a minute. No obligation. M: Well, that’s very kind of you. But… W: No, please, is this the first year you‘ve been to the fair, Mr. …? M: Yes. Johnson. James Johnson. W: My name’s Susan Carter. Are you looking for anything in particular or are you just interested in computers in general? M: Well, actually, I have some specific jobs in mind. I own a small company. We’ve grown quite dramatically over the past 12 months and we really need some technological help to enable us to keep on top of everything. W: What’s your line of business, Mr. Johnson? M: We are a training consultancy. W: I see. And what do you need to keep on top? M: The first thing is correspondence. We have a lot of standard letters and forms. So I suppose we need some kind of word processor. W: Right. Well, that’s no problem. But it may be possible for you to get a system that does a lot of other things in addition to word processing. What might suit you is the MR5000. That’s over there. It’s IBM compatible. M: What about the price? W: Well, the MR5000 costs 1,050 pounds. Software comes free with the hardware. M: Well, I’ll think about it. Thank you. W: Here’s my card. Please feel free to contact me. Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 23. Where did the conversation take place? 24. What are the speakers talking about? 25. What is the man’s line of business? Section B Short Passages Passage 1 The New Year always brings with it a cultural tradition of new possibilities. We see it as a chance for renewal. We begin to dream of new possible selves. We design our ideal self or an image that is quite different from what we are now. For some of us, we roll that dreamy film in our heads just because it is the beginning of the New Year, but we are serious about making changes. We just make some half hard resolution and it evaporates after a week or two. The experience makes us less successful and leads us to discount ability to change in the future. It’s not the changes impossible, but it won’t last unless our resolutions are supported with plans for implementation. We have to make our intensions manageable by detailing the specific steps that will carry us to our goal. Say your goal is to lose weight by dieting and cutting off sweets. But one night you just have to have a cookie and you know there is a bag of your favorites in the cupboard. You want one, you eat two, you check the bag and find out that you’ve just shot 132 calories. You say to yourself, “What the hell. ” and polish off the whole bag. Then you begin to draw all kinds of unpleasant conclusions about yourself. To protect your sense of yourself, you begin to discount the goal. You may think, “Well , dieting wasn’t that important to me and I wouldn’t make it anyhow.” So you’ll abandon the goal and return to your bad habits. Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you’ve just heard: 26: What do people usually wish to do at the beginning of the New Year? 27: How can people turn their New Year’s resolutions into reality? 28: Why does the speaker mention the example of sweets and cookies? Passage 2 25 years ago, Ray Anderson, a single parent with a one-year-old son, witnessed a terrible accident, which took place when the driver of a truck ran a red light and collided it with the car of Sandra Drinkens. The impact of the collision killed Sandra instantly, but her three-month-old daughter was left trapped in the burning car. While others looked on in horror, Anderson jumped out of his vehicle and crawled into the car through the shattered rear window to try to free the infant. Seconds later, the car was enclosed in flames, but to everyone’s amazement, Anderson was able to pull the baby to safety. While the baby was all right, Anderson was seriously injured. Two days later, he died. But his heroic act was published widely in the media. His son was soon adopted by relatives. The most remarkable part of this story unfolded only last week. Karen and her boyfriend Michael were looking through some old boxes when they came across some old newspaper clippings. “This is me when I was a new born baby. I was rescued from a burning car but my mother died in the accident,’’ explained Karen. Although Michael knew Karen’s mother had died years earlier, he never fully understood the circumstances until he skimmed over the news paper article. To Karen’s surprise, Michael was absorbed in the details of the accident and he began to cry uncontrollably. Then he revealed that the man that pulled Karen from the flames was the father he never knew. The two embraced and shed many tears, recounting stories told to them about their parents. Questions 29 to 31 are based on the passage you’ve just heard: 29: What happened 25 years ago? 30: What does the speaker say about Michael’s father? 31: Why did Michael cry uncontrollably when he skimmed over the newspaper article?