2020年12月六級(jí)聽力第一套(解釋及聽力原文)

2020年12月六級(jí)聽力第一套(解釋及聽力原文)SectionAConversation1Paul:Goodmorning,SafehouseInsurance.MynameisPaul.HowcanIhelpyoutoday?May:Morning.Iwouldn’tsaythatit’sgoodfromwhereI’mstanding.ThisisMissWilsonandthisisthethirdtimeI’vecalledthisweeksincereceivingyourletteraboutourinsuranceclaim.

[1]I’mgettingalittlefedupwithmycallsaboutmyclaimbeingcompletelydisregarded.Paul:MissWilson,thankyouforcallingback.CanItakesomedetailstohelpmelookatyourclaim?May:It’sMissMayWilsonof15SouthSeaRoadinCornwall.

[2]Andthedetailsarethatourvillagewasextensivelyflooded2monthsago.Theentiregroundfloorofourcottagewassubmergedinwater

andfiveofushavebeenlivinginacaravaneversince.Youpeoplearestillwithholdingthemoneyweareentitledtooverabizarretechnicaldetail.Andit’snotacceptable,Paul!Paul:MissWilson,

[3]accordingtothenotesonyouraccount,thebizarretechnicaldetailthatyoumentionedreferstothefactthatyouhadn’tpaidhouseinsurancethemonthbeforetheincident.May:Thatmoneyleftouraccount,andnowthatyoushouldbepayingnow,you’resuddenlysayingthatyoudidn’treceiveitontime.I’mreallyskepticalaboutthisclaim.Paul:Thecontractdoessaythatanymissedpaymentinayearwillaffectthetermsandconditionsoftheinsurancecontractandmayaffectclaims.Ofcourse,Icanpassyouontomymanagertotalktoyoumoreaboutthis.May:I’vealreadyspokentohimandyoucantellhim

[4]I’mfuriousnowandthatyourcompanyhasalawsuitonitshands.Youwillbehearingfrommylawyer.

Goodbye.Q1:Whatisthewomancomplainingabout?【答案】：C)Herclaimhasbeencompletelydisregarded.【解析】：考察視聽一致，選項(xiàng)核心詞與文本內(nèi)容一致，且第一組問答出題，符合順序原則。Q2:Whatistheproblemthewoman’sfamilyencountered?【答案】：A)Thegroundflooroftheircottagewasflooded.【解析】：本題為“問后答”定位，考察視聽一致和語序顛倒，其中flooded,floor,cottage,核心詞均出現(xiàn)，只是順序不完全一致。Q3:Whathascausedtheso-called“bizarretechnicaldetail”accordingtotheman?【答案】：D)Thewoman’sfailuretopayherhouseinsuranceintime.【解析】：本(běn)題(tí)考察視聽一致和同義替換。Accordingto定位，payhouseinsurance視聽一致，hadn’tpaid與failureto為同義替換。Q4:Whatdidthewomansayshewoulddoattheendoftheconversation?【答案】：A)Filealawsuitagainsttheinsurancecompany.【解析】：本題尾句出題，考察視聽一致，核心詞lawsuit完全一致。ConversationTwoW:Howdoyoufeelaboutthefutureofartificialintelligence?Personally,Ifeelquiteoptimisticaboutit.M:[5]AI?I’mnotsooptimistic,actually.

Infact,it’ssomethingweshouldbeconcernedabout.W:Well,itwillhelpushumansunderstandourselvesbetter.And,whenwehaveabetterunderstandingofourselves,wecanimprovetheworld.M:Well,onethingisforsure:Technologyisevolvingfasterthanourabilitytounderstandit.Andinthefuture,AIwillmakejobskindofpointless.W:

[6]Ithinkartificialintelligencewillactuallyhelpcreatenewkindsofjobswhichwouldrequirelessofourtimeandallowustobecenteredoncreativetasks.M:Idoubtthatverymuch.ProbablythelastjobthatwillremainwillbewritingAIsoftware.Andtheneventually,AIwilljustwriteitsownsoftware.W:Atthattime,we’regoingtohavealotofjobswhichnobodywouldwanttodo,sowe’llneedartificialintelligencefortherobotstotakecareoftheoldguyslikeus.M:Idon’tknow.

[7]There’sariskthathumancivilizationcouldbereplacedbyasuperiortypeofdigitallife.

AIwillbeabletocompletelysimulateapersonineverywaypossible.Infact,somepeoplethinkwe’reinthesimulation,rightnow.W:That’simpossible.Humanscan’tevenmakeamosquito.Computersonlyhavechips.Peoplehavebrainsandthat’swherethewisdomcomesfrom.M:

[8]Onceit’sfullydeveloped,AIwillbecometiredoftryingtocommunicatewithhumans.

Aswewouldbemuchslowerthinkersincomparison.W:I’mnotsosure.Acomputerisacomputerandacomputerisjustatoy.M:

[8]Computerscaneasilycommunicateincrediblyfast,sothecomputerwilljustgetimpatienttalkingtohumans.Itwillbebarelygettinganyinformationout.W:Well,Ibelievethere’sabenevolentfuturewithAI.Ialsothinkyouwatchtoomanysciencefictionfilms.Q5:Whatdowelearnaboutthespeakersfromtheconversation?【答案】：B)TheydisagreeaboutthefutureofAItechnology.【解析】：第一組對(duì)話出題，問句定位，答句作答。女生表示Personally,Ifeelquiteoptimisticaboutit.男生表示AI?I’mnotsooptimistic出現(xiàn)明顯態(tài)度反差，因此對(duì)應(yīng)disagree.選擇B。Q6:Whatwillnewkindsofjobsbelike,accordingtothewoman?【答案】：C)Lesstime-consumingandfocusingoncreation.【解析】：注意本句考察的是女生的觀點(diǎn)，其中l(wèi)esstime-consuming與文中l(wèi)essofourlifetime為同義替換，creative，create與creation,為詞性替換。creativeQ7:Whatistheriskthemananticipates?【答案】：B)Digitallifecouldreplacehumancivilization.【解析】：注意本句考察的是男生的觀點(diǎn)。本題考察視聽一致與語序顛倒，選項(xiàng)中核心詞均出現(xiàn)，只是順序稍有不同。Q8:Whatistheman’sconcernaboutAItechnology?【答案】：D)Itwillbesmarterthanhumanbeings.【解析】：本題考察文章內(nèi)容的理解。文中表示隨著人工智能的發(fā)展它們將不屑于與人類溝通，因此推斷男人的觀點(diǎn)是人工智能會(huì)超越人類比人類聰明，所以選擇D。SectionBPassage1Toachievefinancialsecurity,howmuchyousaveisalwaysmoreimportantthantheamountyouearnorhowshrewdlyyouinvest.

[9]Ifyouareunder30yearsold,yourgoalshouldbetosave20%ofyourmonthlyincomeaftertaxdeductions.

Thisisirrespectiveofhowmuchyouearn.Approximately50%shouldbereservedfortheessentiallikefoodandaccommodation.Throughmainly30%isforrecreationandentertainment.

[10]Butformanyyoungpeople,it’llbedifficulttodesignatesuchalargeproportionoftheirincomeforsavings.[10]Ifyoufindithardtosaveanymoneyatall,startupbycuttingallunnecessaryspending,allocateatatinyamountof1or2percentforsavings,

andgraduallyincreasethatamount.Alwayskeepthat20%goalinmindforpreventyourselffrombecomingcomplacent.Itcanbechallengingtosticktosuchastrictplan.Butifyouadopttherightmindset,youshouldbeabletomakeitworkforyou.[11]So,whatshouldyoubedoingwiththemoneythatyousaving?

Somemustbekepteasilyaccessibleincaseyouneedsomecashinemergency.Thelargestproportionshouldbeinvestedretirementplans.Eitherfortheyoungemployerorprivately.

[11]Andyoucankeepsomemoneyforhighriskbutpotentiallylucrativeinvestments.Dividendscanbere-investedorusedtopurchasesomethingyoulike.Byfollowingthisplan,youshouldhopefullybeabletoenjoyyourlifenow,andstillbefinanciallysecureinfuture.Q9Whatarepeopleunder30advisedtodotoachievefinancialsecurity?【答案】：B)Saveone-fifthoftheirnetmonthlyincome.【解析】：本文前三句內(nèi)出題，自問自答類型題。其中數(shù)字部分20%與one-fifth(1/5)進(jìn)行-同義替換。Q10Whatshouldpeopledoiftheyfinddifficulttofollowthisspeakers’adviceontheirfinancialplan?【答案】：A)Startbydoingsomethingsmall.【解析】：轉(zhuǎn)折詞But定位，出現(xiàn)large與下文中tiny對(duì)比,tiny為選項(xiàng)中small的-同義替換，因此選擇A。Q11Whatdoesthespeakerthinkisimportantforachievingfinancialsecurity?【答案】：B)Anambitiousplan.【解析】：So引導(dǎo)的問句進(jìn)行定位，后面答句作答。本題考察對(duì)答句的理解，文中提到y(tǒng)oucankeepsomemoneyforhighriskbutpotentiallylucrativeinvestments，即用一些錢來進(jìn)行高風(fēng)險(xiǎn)的投資，與ambitious為-同義替換，因此選B。Passage2IworkinadvertisingandIliketokeepupwithcurrenttrends,mainlybecauseI’mawarethatweliveinanimage-obsessedworld.

[12]However,whenIfirststartedmyjob,occasionallyI’dcatchaglimpseofmyselfinthelifts,andfindmyselfthinkingthatIlookedatotalmess.

WasIbeingheldbackbymychoiceofclothing?Thesureanswerisyes,especiallywhenclientsarequicktojudgeyouonyourstyleratherthanyourwork.

[13]Butnoonecanbeuniquewiththeiroutfiteveryday.Imeanthat’swhyuniformswereinvented.

So,here’swhatIdid.Icreatedmyownuniform.Todothis,Ichoseanappropriateoutfit.ThenIboughtmultipleitemsofthesamestyleindifferentshades.Now,IneverworryaboutwhatI’mwearinginthemorningevenifIdogetabittiredofjustwearingthesameclassicpieces.

[14]Overall,whenitcomestowork,youhavetoaskyourself:willlookingsmarterenhancemyabilitytodomyjob?

Forsome,thisquestionmaynotbeanissueatall.Especiallyifyouworkremotelyandrarelyseeyourcolleaguesorclientsfacetoface.

[14]Butifyourjobinvolvesinteractingwithotherpeople,theanswertothisisoftenyes.[15]Soratherthanfindingasystem,Ithinkweshouldjustdowhateverhelpustoachieveourgoalsthatwork.Ifthatmeansplayingasafewithyourimage,thenlet’sfaceit.It’sprobablyworthit.Q12:Whatdowelearnaboutthespeakerwhenshefirststartedherjob?【答案】：B)Shefoundheroutfitinappropriate.【解析】：However定位詞定位，‘Ilookedatotalmess’與inappropriate為-同義替換，因此選擇B。Q13:Whywereuniformsareinventedaccordingtothespeaker?【答案】：A)Tosavethetroubleofchoosingauniqueoutfiteveryday.【解析】：But,Imeanthat…進(jìn)行定位。核心詞uniqueoutfit與選項(xiàng)內(nèi)容完全一致，因此本題選A。Q14:Whatdoesthespeakersayaboutlookingsmarter?【答案】：C)Itmattersalotinjobsinvolvinginteractionwithothers.【解析】：?jiǎn)柧涠ㄎ?，But引導(dǎo)的答句二次定位。interacting與interaction為詞性替換，因此本題選擇C。Q15:Whatdoesthespeakeradvisepeopledoinanimageobsessedworld?【答案】：D)Dowhateverispossibletolooksmart.【解析】：定位詞so,thatmeans…定位，同時(shí)本題考察對(duì)文章內(nèi)容的理解，文中提到保持外形良好如果可以幫助我們實(shí)現(xiàn)工作目標(biāo)，我們無論如何都要做，與選項(xiàng)D意思一致。Recording1DidyouknowthatAmericanshaveapproximatelythreetimestheamountofspacewehad50yearsago?Therefore,you'dthinkwe'dhavesufficientroomforallofourpossessions.Onthecontrary,thepersonalstoragebusinessisnowagrowingindustry.We'vegottriplethespace,

[16]butwe'vebecomesuchenthusiasticconsumersthatwerequireevenmore.Thisphenomenonhasresultedinsignificantcreditcarddebt,enormousenvironmentalfootprints,andperhapsnotcoincidentally,ourhappinesslevelshavefailedtoincreaseoverthesamehalfcentury.I'mheretosuggestanalternative–thathavingless,mightactuallybeapreferabledecision.Manyofushaveexperienced,atsomestage,thepleasureofpossessingless.Iproposethatlessstuffandlessspacecannotonlyhelpyoueconomize,butalsosimplifyyourlife.IrecentlystartedaninnovativeprojecttodiscoversomecreativesolutionsthatofferedmeeverythingIrequired.Bypurchasinganapartmentthatwas40squaremetersinsteadof60,Iadmittedlysaved$200,000.Smallerspaceleadstoreduceutilitybills,andalsoasmallercarbonfootprint.Becauseitisdesignedaroundaneditedcollectionofpossessions,limitedtomyfavoritestuff,I'mreallyexcitedtolivethere.Howcanwelivemorebasically?Firstly,wemustruthlesslycuttheunnecessaryobjectsoutofourlives.Toextendconsumption,weshouldthinkbeforewebuy,andaskyourselves,"willittrulymakemehappier?"[17]Obviously,weshouldpossesssomegreatstuff,butwewantbelongingsthatwe'regoingtoloveforyears.[18]Secondly,werequirespaceefficiency.Wewantappliancesthataredesignedforusemostofthetime,notforoccasionaluse.

Whyownasix-burnerstovewhenyourarelyuseeventhreeburners?Finally,weneedmultifunctionalspacesandhousewares.Icombinedamovablewallwithtransformingfurnituretogetmoreoutofmylimitedspace.Considermycoffeetable.Itincreasesinsizetoaccommodateten.Myofficeistuggedaway,easilyhidden.Mybedsimplypopsoutthewall.Forgas,IcanrelocatethemovablewallandutilizethefoldableguestbedsIinstalled.I'mnotsayingthatweshouldallliveintinierapartments,butconsiderthebenefitsofaneditedlife.Whenyoureturnhomeandwalkthroughyourfrontdoor,takeamomenttoaskyourselves,"couldIdowithalittlelifeediting?Willthatgivememorefreedomandmoretime?Q16:WhathaspreventedAmericanshappinesslevelsfromincreasing?【答案】：A)Theirobsessionwithconsumption.【解析】：本題考察對(duì)內(nèi)容的理解，文中提到werequireevenmore，significantcreditcarddebt,enormousenvironmentalfootprints，這些內(nèi)容表述的都是obsessionwithconsumption癡迷于消費(fèi)的具體表現(xiàn)。因此選擇A。Q17:Whatthingsshouldwepossessaccordingtothespeaker?【答案】：DThingsthatwecherishmost.【解析】：?jiǎn)柧涮崾竞筮M(jìn)行答句匹配。cherishmost與wewantbelongingsthatwe'regoingtoloveforyears.意思一致，為-同義替換，因此選擇D。Q18:Whatdowelearnabouttheitemsinthespeaker'shome?【答案】：ATheyservemultiplepurposes.【解析】：根據(jù)文章遞進(jìn)順序，依靠Secondly定位，servemultiplepurpose與文中forusemostofthetime,notforoccasionaluse都表示一件物品應(yīng)該在多個(gè)場(chǎng)景中都可以使用，為同-義替換，因此選擇A。Recording2Now,believeitornot.Peoplesometimeslieinordertomaintainagoodhonestreputation,--evenifithurtsthemtodoso.Atleast,thisiswhatateamofscientistsissuggesting,withevidencetoproveit.Picturethisscenario:Youoftendriveforworkandcanbecompensatedforupto400milespermonth.Mostpeopleatyourcompanydriveabout300mileseachmonth.Butthismonth,youdrove400miles.Howmanymilesdoyouthinkyou'dclaiminyourexpensereport?[19]Thescientistaskedthisexactquestionaspartofthestudywe’rediscussingtoday.Withsurprisingresults,theyfoundthat12%ofrespondentsreportedthedistancetheydroveaslessthantheactualfigure,givinganaverageanswerof384miles.Inotherwords,theyliedabouttheirnumberofmiles,

eventhoughtheywouldforfeitmoneytheywereowed.Theresearchersbelievethiswastoseemhonest,withtheassumptionbeingthatotherswouldbesuspiciousofahighexpenseclaim.

[20]Butwhywouldpeoplefabricatenumberstotheirowndetriment?Theresearchersexplainedthatmanypeoplecarryagreatdealabouttheirreputation

andhowthey’llbejudgedbyothers.Iftheycareenough,theyconcernedaboutappearinghonestandnotlosingtheirrespectofothers.Maybegreaterthantheirdesiretoactuallybehonest.Theresearchersassertthattheyfindanewsuggestthatwhenpeopleobtainveryfavorableoutcomes.Theyanticipateotherpeople'ssuspiciousreactionsandpreferlyingandappearinghonesttotellingthetruthandappearingasselfishliars.Sowhyisthisresearchimportant?Well,expertsgenerallyagreedtherearetwomaintypesoflie,selfishliarsandliarsthataremeanttobenefitothers.Thefirst,asyoumaypredict,isforselfishgain,suchassubmittingafraudulentclaimtoaninsurancecompany,whilethesecondinvolveslyingtohelpothersornotoffendothers.Forexample,tellingafriendwhoseoutfityoudon’tlikethattheylookgreat.Buttheresearchersaresuggestingathirdtypeoflying,lyingtomaintainagoodreputation.Nowthishypothesisisnewandsomeskepticsarguethatthisisn’tawholenewcategoryoflie.[21]Thefindingsseemintuitivetome.

Afterall,oneofthemainmotivationsforlyingistoincreaseourworthintheeyesofothers,soitseemshighlylikelythatpeoplewilllietoseemhonest.Q19:Whatdidtheteamofscientistfindintheirstudy?【答案】：COver10%oftherespondentsliedaboutthedistancetheydrove.【解析】：調(diào)研類詞匯Scientist,study定位，答句前用inotherwords,定位，12%與over10%為同意替換，liedaboutthedistance與liedaboutnumberofmiles為-同義替換，因此選擇C。Q20:Whywouldpeoplefabricatenumberstotheirowndetrimentaccordingtotheresearchers?【答案】：CTheywantedtoprotecttheirreputation.【解析】：But引導(dǎo)問句，問句提示，后面答句作答出現(xiàn)核心詞reputation，視聽一致。因此選擇C。Q21:Whatdoesthespeakerthinkoftheresearchers’findings?【答案】：BTheyseemintuitive.【解析】：尾句出答案，視聽一致選擇B。Recording3[22]Whydooldpeopledislikenewmusic?

AsI’vegrownolder,Ioftenhearpeoplemyagesaythingsliketheyjustdon’tmakegoodmusicliketheyusedto.Whydoesthishappen?Luckily,psychologycangiveussomeinsightsintothispuzzle.Musicaltastesbegintocrystallizeasearlyasage13or14.Bythetimewe’reinourearly20s,thesetastesgetlockedintoplaceprettyfirmly.[23]Infact,studieshavefoundthatbythetimeweturn33,mostofushavestoppedlisteningtonewmusic.

Meanwhile,popularsongsreleasedwhenyou’reinyourearlyteensarelikelytoremainquitepopularamongyouragegroupfortherestofyourlife.(23)Therecouldbeabiologicalexplanationforthis,asthere’sevidencethatthebrain’sabilitytomakesubtledistinctionsbetweendifferentchords,rhythms,andmelodiesdeteriorateswithage.Sotoolderpeople,newer,lessfamiliarsongsmightall“soundthesame.”Butthere’remaybesomesimplerreasonsforolderpeople’saversiontonewermusic.[24]Oneofthemostresearchedlawsofsocialpsychologyissomethingcalledthe“mereexposureeffect.”,whichinessencemeansthatthemorewe’reexposedtosomething,themorewetendtolikeit.Thishappenswithpeopleweknow,theadve