2016年12月六級聽力錄音原文

1、2016年12月大(第一套)六級Section AConversation OneW: Professor Henderson, could you give us a brief overview of what you do, where you work and your main area of research?M: Well, (1)the Center for Climate Research where I work links the science of climate change to ies around economicsand policy. Some of ou

2、r research is to do with the likely impacts of climate change and all of the assoted risks.W: And how strong is the evidencet climate change is happeningt its really something we need to be worried about?M: Well, most of the science of climate change, particularlyt to do with global warming, is simp

3、ly fact. But otheraspects of the science are less certain oreast more disputed. And so were really talking about risk.(2)What theeconomicsls us ist its probably cher to avoid climate changeto avoid the riskn is to deal with thelikely consequen.W: So what are weng? What can we do about it?M: Well I w

4、ould arguet we need to develop the scienpecifically to understand the likely impacts of climate changein different contexts. As I said, we need to understand the best ways of avoiding climate change. (3)And this willinvolve a huge transition to low-carbon energy systems. And the transition is a trem

5、endous priority. And for this tohappen, we may need action on a global scale. From a political, we need to understand the terms on whichmajor countries like China and the USA might sign up to a global agreement, because at the moment we don consensus.W: Right.vetM: (4)And we also need to plan ahead

6、sot were in aition to deal with the likely levels of climate change which arealready inevitable, and even more so, too, for the levelst are likely if we dont get those global agreements.1. Q: What does Professor Henderson say about his main area of research? C) It links the science of climate change

7、 to economic and policy ies.開頭，請男士介紹自己的工作內(nèi)容、工作地點和主要領(lǐng)域，男士說自己在氣候中心工作，主要工作是將氣候變化學與經(jīng)濟政策聯(lián)系起來，他們的一些也涉及氣候變化可能帶來的影響和所有的相關(guān)危害，故為C。2. Q: What does Professor Henderson say abolimate change? B) It would be more costly to deal with its consequenn to avoid it.中男士提到，經(jīng)濟情況表明，防止氣候變化比處理氣候變化可能帶來的影響花費更少，故為B。3. Q: What do

8、es Professor Henderson say is a top priority in combating climate change? A) The transition to low-carbon energy systems. 在回答如何應(yīng)對氣候變化的問題時，男士表示應(yīng)發(fā)展專門的技術(shù)弄清楚氣候變化可能帶來的各種影響以及防止氣候變化最有效的方法。男士認為防止氣候變化涉及向低碳能源系統(tǒng)為A。，這也是應(yīng)對氣候變化的當務(wù)之急，故4. Q: What does Professor Henderson advise us to do to better deal with climate

9、change? C) Plan well in advance.結(jié)尾，男士提出了應(yīng)對氣候變化的幾條建議，比如使用低碳能源、世界大國達成有關(guān)氣候變化的全球協(xié)議、提前制訂應(yīng)對氣候變化可能帶來的問題的計劃等，故為C。Conversation TwoW: Ie many business English students. When I teach the classroom, (5)we often end up talking about things like sucsand whM: Right.eads to sucs. And itserestingt many of them menti

10、on the element of luck.W: Luck is important to sucs. But since youve seent fantasticon the TED Talks website by Richard St. John,he doesnt mention luck at all.M: Well, Im a firm bevercreate to a degree.t people can make their own luck. I mean, what people regard as luck you can actuallyW: Sure. (6)I

11、 think a lot of what people consider luck is attributed to how you respond to the opportunities way.M: Yes. Very good po.t come yourW: (6)Seizing the opportunities. But was there any pohet you thought was particularlyeresting?M: Yes, actually there was. Something very impressive to me as many people

12、 thinkt luck is important andt naturaltalent is something you musve in order to be sucsful. (7)Andhe we saw, the po about getting good atsomething is not abouving some natural talent. Its all about practice, practice, practice.W: Definiy yeah. Natural talent helps in some way, bu really, really good

13、 at what you do.M: Sure.of the day, you really do need to work hard and getW: I thought oneeresting thinghewas the idea of pasbeing so important. And therere people who reallylove what they do. Of course, youre going to want to work harder and put the time and efforto it. (8)And the funnything ist i

14、f you love what you do and are really pasate about it and work really hard, then money kind of comesautomatically.5. Q: What are the speakers mainly talking about? B) What determinecs.開頭，說自己上課結(jié)束前經(jīng)常和學生們成功及成功的，有趣的是很多同學提到了運氣這個，接下來男士和為B。了運氣與成功、天賦和成功、練習與成功的關(guān)系，由此可知，的主要內(nèi)容是成功的決定，故6. Q: What is the womans vi

15、ew of luck? D) It means being good at seizing opportunities.中，兩人首先談?wù)摿诉\氣與成功的關(guān)系，認為，運氣對成功來說非常重要，運氣歸結(jié)于人們在機會來臨時的反應(yīng)，所謂幸運就是抓住了機會，故為D。7. Q: What is the chief pothe TED Talksmakes?ing good at something. D) Practice is essential to中提到了TED中的，該闡釋了一個主要觀點：是否擅長做某事的決定性不是天賦，而是堅持練習，故為D。8. Q: What does the woman think

16、 is the funny thinghe TED Talksealthy.? C) Being pas結(jié)尾，ate about work can make說自己發(fā)現(xiàn)TED中的一件有意思的事情：如果你喜歡自己的工作，對工作充滿熱情，并且為C。努力上進，那么錢會自動找上門兒來，故Section BPassage One(9)Devils Tower, the national monument in America, could almost be mistaken for the stump of an enormous tree.Its sheer rock sides sthe middl

17、e of tp up from a broad base until they cut obruptly at the flat summit. Rising moren 1,000 feet intly rolling plains of Wyoming, the massive column of rock looks as though it was dropped downothis location from a different time and place.In a sense, it was. Devils Tower is a relic of the past, when

18、 the molten rock of the earths core forced its way to thesurface to form the throat of a volcano. As the centuries passed, the rock cooled and hardened, shrinking and crackingolong columns. (10)Born in fire and fury, Devils Tower was then shd by the slow, gentle work of wind and water. Theouter laye

19、rs of the volcano were worn away, until the hard core stood compley exed.(11)Small wondert ann legend described Devils Tower as being formed by supernaturalers. The legendsayst when seven girls were attacked by bears, they took refuge on top of a small rock, and they appealed to the RockGod for help

20、. (12)The God caused the rock to grow and to lift the girls far above the ground, while ites were scored bythe claws of the angry bears. Even today, says the legend, the girls can be seen above the towering rock, as seven shiningstarshe night sky.9. Q: What does the Devils Tower look like? A) The st

21、ump of a giant tree. 短文開頭就介紹了塔：是第一處受為A。保護的名勝古跡，經(jīng)常被誤認為是一個巨大的樹樁，由此可知，魔鬼塔的外形像巨型樹樁，故10. Q: What cause the volcanos outer layers to wear away? B) Wind and water. 短文在描繪塔的形成過程時提到，地心熔巖沖出地面形成了火山頸，火山巖冷卻硬化后，收縮碎裂成了長形的柱子，即塔。后來，火山的外層不斷被風和水侵蝕，露出了堅硬的部分，由此可知，火山外層是被風和水侵蝕掉的。故為B。11. Q: What does then legend say about t

22、he Devils Tower? D) It was created by supernaturalers.短文中提到，關(guān)于塔的形成，印第安人流傳著一個，塔是由超自然的力量形成的。故為D。12. Q: How did the Rock God help the seven girlshen legend? C) By lifting them well above the ground.短文結(jié)尾塔的：相傳七個受到熊的，她們逃到一塊小巖石上避難，并祈求巖石之神的庇護，巖石之神讓小巖石長大，托著她們遠離地面，的熊在巖石側(cè)面留下了抓痕，由此可知，中巖石之神通過把七個托離地面救了她們。故為C。Pass

23、age Two(13)Its no accidentt most gas sionse convenientores attached. Few of us can fill up the withoutbuying a few snacks, cigarettes, soft drinks or other items we can live without. “I deserve it.”ts whard-workingmen and women say to justify their lavish vacations, big stereo systems or regular res

24、taurant meals. They do deserve suchindulgenbills. However, they also deserve a home of their own, a secure retirement and freedom from worrying about unpaidNo one should(14)Sadly the pleasuree to live with whaexas mother described as constant stress, ten, even fear about money.t comes from extravaga

25、n often disappears long before the bills do. Thecamerat onesingle mother bought for a speanother three years to pay it ol occa, for example, is not much fun now. Shes figured outt it will take hert $30 a month. And the New Yorkers who spent a bundle on an outdoor hot tub now admitthey rarely use it,

26、 “because we cant afford to heat it in wer.” The solutionset priorities, add up the annual cost of eachitem, then consider whase you can buy with the same money.t will help you decide which items are really worth it.(15)One Chicago woman, for example, discoveredt dailyches with coworkers cost her $2

27、000 a year; she decided totakech to work instead. “I now put $20 ako my vacation fund and another 20o retirement savings,” she says,“those mean more to mench.”13. Q: What does the speaker say about drivers who stop at gas sions? A) They will buy something from the convenientores. 短文開頭提到，大多數(shù)都配有便利店，這并

28、不是偶然，加滿油后，很少有人不去買一些零食、香煙、飲料或其他一些生活中可有可無的東西，由此可知，在停車除了加油外，還會從便利店買東西，故為A。14. Q: What does the speaker say about extravagan? A) They can bring only temporary pleasures. 短文中者表示，沒有人必須生活在德克薩斯一位母親所描述的那種不斷的壓力、緊張，甚至對錢的恐中，但不幸的是，為A。奢侈品帶來的愉悅感經(jīng)常在賬單尚未還清之前就早早了，所以，奢侈品只能帶來短暫的愉悅，故15. Q: What does the speaker want to

29、show by the example of the Chicago woman? D) Small daily savings make a big difference in ones life.短文末尾提到，一位芝加哥婦女發(fā)現(xiàn)每天和同事共進午飯，一年會花費2000，她決定自己帶飯，每周省下來20美起來用于度假，另外20用于退休養(yǎng)老，她說這樣比吃飯更有意義，這個例子說明，小筆的日常積蓄可以改變一個人的生活，所以小筆的日常積蓄對一個人的生活意義，故為D。Section CRecordingOneLets say you start to brainstorm a list of all th

30、e emotions youve ever experienced. Just for fun, try it now.Whats on your list? Chanare, you included things like, sad, excited, angry, afraid, grateful, proud, scared,confused, stressed, relaxed and amazed. Now sort your listo two categories:itive emotions and negative emotions.(16)Feeling bothitiv

31、e and negative emotions is a natural part of being human. We might use the word “negative” todescribe more difficult emotions, but it does not mean those emotions are bad or we shouldnve them. Still, most peoplewere probably rather feel aitive emotionconfident instead of insecure.n a negative one. I

32、ts likely youd prefer to feelinstead of sad, orWhat matters is how our emotions are balancedhow much of each type of the emotion,experience.itive or negative, weNegative emotions warn us of threats or challengest we may need to deal with. For example, fear cert us tosible danger. Its a signalt we mi

33、ght need to protect ourselves. Angry feelings warn ust someone is steponour toes, crossing a boundary, or violating our trust. Anger can be a signalt we mighve to act on our own behalf.Negative emotions focus our awareness. They help us to zero in on a problem so we can deal with it. (17)But too man

34、ynegative emotions can make us feel overwhelmed, anxious, exhausted or stressed out. When negative emotions are out of balance, problems might seem too big to handle.The more we dwell on our negative emotions, they more negative we bego feel. Focusing on negativity just keeps itgoing.itive emotions

35、balance out negative ones, but theye othowerful benefits, too.Instead of narrowing our focus like negative emotions do, (18)itive emotions affect our brains in wayst increaseour awareness, attention and memory. They help us takeunderstand how different ideas relate to each other. Whenore information

36、, hold several ideasind at once anditive emotions open us up tsibilities, we are moreable to learn and build on our skills.t leads tong better on tasks and tests.heir everyday lives tend to be happier, healthier, learn better, and getPeople whoe plenty ofitive emotionsalong well with others.16. Q: W

37、hat does the speaker say about negative emotions? B) They are nesary in our lives. 講座開頭，積極或消極的情緒是人類與生俱來的一部分，可能會用消極這個詞來形容那些更加艱難的情緒，者又提出消極情緒的重要作用，由此可知，無論但這并不意味著那些情緒是不好的，或者不能有那些情緒，接下來是積極的還是消極的情緒都是生活中所必需的，不能簡單地用好或壞進行劃分，故為B。17. Q: Whappens to people whose negative emotions are out of balance? B) They fee

38、l too overwhelmed to deal with lifes problem. 講座中提到，過多的消極情緒會讓人不知所措、焦慮、疲憊。當消極情緒失衡時，問題就會看起來嚴重得無法處理。由此可知，消極情緒失衡會讓人們太過緊張，以至于無法處理生活中的問題，故為B。18. Q: How doitive emotions affect us? A) They expand our mind.講座中提到，積極情緒能通過提高的感悟能力、注意力和力來影響的大腦，所以積極情緒可以拓展的頭腦，故為A。Recordinohe past few months, Ive been travelling fo

39、rks aime with only one suitcase of clothes. One day, I was invitedto an important event, and I wanted to wear something spel for it. I looked through my suitcase bouldnt findanything to wear. (19)I was lucky to be at the technology conference then, and I had acs to 3D prers. So I quickly overnight.

40、The next morning,designed a skirt on my computer, and I loaded the file on the prer. It just pred theI just took all th now.So it wasnt thee, assembled them togethery ho room, and this iually the skirtt Im wearing righttimet I pred clothes. (20)For my senior collection at fashion design school, I de

41、cided to tryand 3D pr an entire fashion collection from my home. The problem wast I barely knew anything about 3D pring,and I had only nine months to figure out how to prfive fashionable looks.I always felt most creative when I worked from home. I love experimenting with new materials, and I always

42、tried todevelop new techniques to make the most unique textiles for my fashion projects.One summer break, I came here tYork for anernship at a fashion house in Chinatown. We worked on twoincredible dressest were 3D pred. They were amazinglike you can see here. But I had a few problems with them.(21)

43、They were made from hard plastics andts why they were very breakable. The ms couldnt sithem, and theyeven got scratched from the plastics under their arms.So now, the main challenge was to find the right material for pring clothes with, I mean the material you feed the prer with. (22)The breakthroug

44、h came when I wasroduced to Filaflex, which is a new kind of pring material. Itsstrong, yet very flexible. And with it, I was able to prthegarment, a red jacketd the word “freedom”embeddedo it. And actually, you can easily download this jacket, and change the word to something else. For example,your

45、 name or your sthearts name.So I thinkhe future, materials will evolve, and they will look and feel like fabrics we know today, like cotton or silk.19. Q: What does the speaker say about the skirt she is wearing now? B) It came from a 3D prer. 講座開頭提到，者要參加一個重要活動，卻找不到合適的衣服，于是她在電腦上設(shè)計了一個裙子，使用3D打印技術(shù)制造了出來

46、，而這條裙子正是她此刻身上穿的這件，故為B。20. Q: When did the speaker start experimenting with 3D pring? C) When she was studying at a fashion design school. 講座中明確，者在服裝設(shè)計學院學習時就嘗試過用3D打印技術(shù)制作時裝，故為C。21. Q: What was the problem with the material the speaker worked on at a New York fashion house? C) It was hard and breakable

47、.用硬者講述自己在紐約街一家時裝店做實習生的經(jīng)歷時說，她在設(shè)計服裝時遇到了問題，她們制作的兩條裙子是做成的，很容易碎，所以制作裙子的材料堅硬且容易破碎，故為C。22. Q: What does the speaker say about Filaflex? D) It marks a breakthrough in pring material.個講座，用3D打印技術(shù)制作衣服最主要的是找到合適的打印材料，者講到Filaflex這種新型打印材料是一突破，故為D。Recording Threee to the third lecture in our series on the future of

48、 small businesses in Europe. (23)The pure of todayslecture, as youe seen from the title and the abstract, is to examineore the problems facing small- andmedium-sized entrises which ariseeast in part froming to adapt to ra advanechnology. And I want tolook at these both from a finanl and fromrsonnel

49、poof view and to offer a few hopefully effective solutions.Here we, kee three of the most important problems facing small businessest I want to look at today.ng up with the pace of technological change, recruiting high quality staff in a time of skills shortages in IT asa whole and in a highly compe

50、titive market, and the ie of retaining staff once theyve been recruited and trained. Now allof these problems involve significant costs for all businesses, but therere particularly challenging ies for small- andmedium-sized entrises. And those costs would vary depending on the size and scale of the

51、businesses.So lets come to theie on our list which is keng pace with developmentsechnology. (24)Now we allknowt the technology industry isensely competitive with new products being launched all year round, as the variouscompanies strive to compete with each other, ratherheadache for smaller business

52、es. So lets imagine wen, say once a year or every couple of years. And this is a reale a small company which isng OK. Its just about making aprofit, and it spends most of itse on overheads. So for a companyhis situation, keng up to date with the latesttechnology, even if its only for the benefit of

53、key staff, this can be hugely expensive.Soaheady view, some creative thinking needs to come in here to find ways to help companieshis situation to stayhe game. Buthe same time, to remaechnologically competitive.(25)Well theres thesibilityt small groups of companies with similar requirements but not

54、directly competingwith each other, they could share the cost of upgradinguch the same way as, lets say, anranet operates within largeranizations. In fact, cost-sharing could be a very practical solution, espellyimes of finanl difficulty. If theresdownward presolution.re on costs, because of a need f

55、or investment in other areas, I would arguet this isrfectly feasible23. Q: What does the speaker say about the problems facing small- and medium-sized entrises? A) They arise from the advanechnology.企業(yè) 講座開頭，者，本講座的目的是深入探討中小企業(yè)因不得不適應(yīng)科技進步而的問題，由此可知，中小的問題是由科技進步引起的，故為A。24. Q: Why does the speaker say about

56、 the technology industry? D) It isensively competitive.者在論述中小企業(yè)的第一個難題時，技術(shù)產(chǎn)業(yè)競爭非常激烈，企業(yè)為了相互競爭，不是一年一次或幾年一次發(fā)布新產(chǎn)品，而是一年到頭一直都在發(fā)布新產(chǎn)品，故為D。25. Q: What is a practical solution to the problems of small- and medium-sized businesses? D) Sharing of costs with each other.講座末尾提到，如果中小企業(yè)有相似的需求，而彼此之間沒有直接的競爭關(guān)系，那么分擔升級成本是解

57、決的一個非常實用的方法，故為D。2016 年 12 月大Section A六級(第二套)Conversation OneM: Guess what? The worst food I ever had was in France.W: Really?ts odd. (1)I thought the French were all good cooks.M: Yes,ts right. I supe its really like anywhere else, though. You know, some plaare good, some bad. But itsreally all our

58、own fault.W: What do you mean?M: Well, it was thetime Id been to France. This was years ago when I was at school. (2)I went there with my parentsfriends, from my fathers school. Theyd hired a coach to take them to Switzerland.W: A school trip?M: Right. Most of them had never been abroad before. Wed

59、crossed the English Channel at night, and we set off through France, and breakfast time arrived, and the coach driver had arranged for us to stop at this little caf. There we all weretired andW: What wasgry, and then we made a great discovery.t?M: Bacon and eggs.W: Fantastic! The real English breakf

60、ast.M: Yes. Anyway, we didnt know any better so we had it, and ugh.! W: What was it like? Disgusting?M: Oh, it was incredible. They just got a bowl and put some fat in it. And then they put some baconhe fat, broke an eggover the top and put the whole lothe oven for about ten minutes.W:he oven? Youre