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淘宝店铺：行知小课堂
2011 年 12 月大学英语六级考试
Section A
Directions: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and2 long conversations. At the
end of each conversation, one or more questions will be asked about what was said. Both the
conversation and the questions will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a
pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A), B), C) and D), and decide
which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single
linethroughthecentre.
11.
M:Idon’tknowwhattodo. IhavetodrivetoChicagonextFridayformycousin’swedding,butI
havegotaPsychologytesttopreparefor.
W:Whydon’tyourecordyournotessoyoucanstudyontheway?
Q:Whatdoesthewomansuggestthemando?
12.
M:ProfessorWright,youmayhavetofindanotherstudenttoplaythisrole,thelinesaresolong
andIsimplycan’trememberthemall.
W:Look, Tony.Itisstilla longtime beforethefirstshow.I don’texpectyoutoknowall thelines
yet.Justkeeppracticing.
Q:Whatdowelearnfromtheconversation?
13.
M: Hello, this is Dr. Martin from the Emergency Department. I have a male patient with a
fracturedankle.
W:Oh,wehaveonebedavailableinward3,sendhimhereandIwilltakecareofhim.
Q:Whatarethespeakerstalkingabout?
14.
W: Since Simon will graduate this May, the school paper needs a new editor. So if you are
interested,Iwillbehappytonominateyou.
M:Thanksforconsideringme.Butthebaseballteamisstartingupanewseason.AndI’mafraidI
havealotonmyhands.
Q:Whatdoesthemanmean?
15.W:HaveyouheardthenewsthatJameSmeilhasresignedhispostasprimeminister?
M: Well, I got it from the headlines this morning. It’s reported that he made public at this
decisionatthelastcabinetmeeting.
Q:whatdowelearnaboutJameSmeil?
16.W:Themorningpapersaysthespaceshuttleistakingoffat10a.m.tomorrow.
M: Yeah, it’s justanother one of this year’s routine missions. The first mission was undertaken a
decadeagoandbroadcastlivethenworldwide.
Q:whatcanweinferfromthisconversation?
17.M:Wedoalotofcampinginthemountains.Whatwouldyourecommendfortwopeople?
W: You’d probably be better off with the four real drive vehicle. We have several off-road trucks
instock,bothnewandused.淘宝店铺：行知小课堂
Q:Wheredoestheconversationmostprobablytakeplace?
18.W:Ihearyoudidsomeseriousshoppingthispastweekend.
M:Yeah,thespeakersofmyoldstereofinallygaveoutandtherewasnowaytorepairthem.
Q:Whatdidthemandoovertheweekend?
ConversationOne
W:Now,couldyoutellmewheretheideaforthebusinessfirstcamefrom?
M:Well,theoriginalshopwasopenedbyaretiredprinterbythenameofGruby.MrGrubybeing
left-handedhimself,thoughtoftheideatotrytopromoteafewproductsforleft-handers.
W:Andhowdidhethengoaboutactuallysettingupthebusiness?
M:Well,helookedforanyleft-handedproductsthatmightalreadybeonthemarketwhichwere
very few. And then contacted the manufactures with the idea of having products produced for
him,mainlyinthescissorsrangetostartwith.
W:Right.Soyoudocommissionsomepartofyourstock.
M:Yes,verymuchso.About75percentofourstockisspeciallymadeforus.
W:Andtherestofit?
M: Hmm, the rest of it now, some 25, 30 years after Mr. Gruby’s initial efforts, there are more
left-handedproductactuallyonthemarket.Manufacturesarenowbeginningtoseethatthereis
amarketforleft-handedproducts.
W:Andwhat’stherangeofyourstock?
M: The range consists of a variety of scissors from children scissors to scissors for tailors,
hairdressersetc.Wealsohavealargerangeofkitchenware.
W:What’sthecompetitionlike?Doyouhavequitealotofcompetition?
M: There are other people in the business now in specialists, butonly asmail-order outlets. But
we have a shop here in central London plus a mail-order outlet. And we are without any doubt
thelargestsupplieroftheleft-handeditems.
Q19:Whatkindofbusinessdoesthemanengagedin?
Q20:Whatdoesthemansayabouthisstockofproducts?
Q21:Whatdoesthemansayaboutotherpeopleinhislineofbusiness?
ConversationTwo
M:Canwemakeyouanoffer?Wewouldliketorunthecampaignforfourextraweeks.
W: well, can we summarize the problem from my point of view? First of all, the campaign was
late. It missed two important trade affairs. The ads also did not appear into key magazines. As a
result,thecampaignfailed.Doyouacceptthatsummaryofwhathappened?
M:well,thedelaywasn’tentirelyourfault.Youdidinfactmakelatechangestothespecifications
oftheadvertisements.
W: Uh, actually, you were late with the initial proposals so you have very little time and in fact,
weonlyaskedforsmallchanges.
M:Wellwhatever,canwerepeatouroffertorunthecampaignfor4extraweeks?
W:That’snotreallythepoint.Thecampaignmissedtwokeytradeaffairs.Becauseofthis,weare
askingyoueithertorepeatthecampaignnextyearforfree,orweonlypay50%ofthefeeforthis
year.
M: Could we suggest a 20% reduction to the fee together with the four week sustention to the
campaign.
W:Wearenothappy.Welostbusiness.淘宝店铺：行知小课堂
M:Ithinkwebothmademistakes.Theresponsibilityisonbothsides.
W:Ok,let’ssuggestanewsolution.Howabouta40%cutinfee,orafreerepeatcampaign?
M:Well,let’stakeabreak,we’renotgettingveryfar.Perhapsweshouldthinkaboutthis.
22:Whatdowelearnabouttheman’scompany?
23:Whywasthecampaigndelayedaccordingtotheman?
24:Whatdoesthewomanproposeasasolutiontotheproblem?
25:Whatdoesthemansuggesttheydoattheendoftheconversation?
Section B
PassageOne
The University of Tennessee’sWalters LifeSciences building, is a model animal facility, spotlessly
clean,carefulinobtainingpriorapprovalforexperimentsfromananimalcarecommittee. Ofthe
15,000micehousethereinatypicalyear,mostgivetheirlivesforhumanity.Thesearegoodmice
and as such won the protection of the animal care committee. Atany given time however some
miceescape and run free. These mice arepests. They can disrupt experimentswith the bacteria
organisms they carry. They are bad mice and must be captured and destroyed. Usually, this is
accomplished by means of sticky traps, a kind of fly paper on which they become increasingly
stuck.But the real point of the cautionary tale, saysanimal behavioristHerzau,is thatthe labels
we put on things can affect our moral responses to them. Using stick traps or the more deadly
snaptrapswouldbedeemed unacceptableforgoodmice. Yetthekillingofbadmicerequiresno
prior approval. Once the research animal hits the floor and becomes an escapee, says Herza, its
moral standard is instantly diminished. In Herzau’s own home, there was more ironic example
when his young son’s pet mouse Willy died recently, it was accorded a tearful ceremonial burial
in garden. Yet even as they mourned Willy,says Herzau, he and his wife were setting snap traps
to kill the pestmice in their kitchen with the bare change in labels from pet to pest, the kitchen
miceobtainedtotallydifferentmoralstandards
Questions:
26,Whatdoesthepassagesayaboutmostofthemiceusedforexperiments?
27,Whydidtheso-calledbadmicehavetobecapturedanddestroyed?
28,Whenaremicekilledwithoutpriorapproval?
29,WhydoesthespeakersaywhattheHerzau’sdidathomeisironical?
PassageTwo
There are roughly three New Yorks. There is, first, the New York of the man or woman who was
born here, who takes the city for granted and accepts its size and its turbulence as natural and
inevitable. Second, there is the New York of the commuter — the city that is swallowed up by
locusts each day and spat out each night. Third, there is the New York of the person who was
born somewhere else and came to New York in quest of something. Of these three trembling
cities the greatest is the last, the city of final destination, the city that has a goal. It is this third
city that accounts for New York's high-strung disposition, its poetical deportment, its dedication
to the arts, and its incomparable achievements. Commuters give the city its tidal restlessness;
natives give it solidity and continuity; but the settlersgive it passion. And whether it is a farmer
arriving from Italy to set up a small grocery storein a slum, or a young girl arriving from a small
townin Mississippi to escapethe indignity ofbeing observed byher neighbors, ora boy arriving淘宝店铺：行知小课堂
from the Corn Belt with a manuscript in his suitcase and a pain in his heart, it makes no
difference:each embracesNewYork with the intenseexcitementoffirstlove, each absorbsNew
York with the fresh eyes of an adventurer, each generates heat and light to dwarf the
ConsolidatedEdisonCompany.
Questions30to32arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard.
30.WhatdoesthespeakersayaboutthenativesofNewYork?
31.WhatdoesthespeakersaycommutersgivetoNewYork?
32.WhatdowelearnaboutthesettlersofNewYork?
PassageThree
“If you asked me television is unhealthy”, I said to my roommate Walter, as I walked into the
livingroom.“WhileyouaresittingpassivelyinfrontoftheTVset,yourmusclesareturningtofat,
yourcomplexionisfading,andyoureyesightisbeingruined.”
“Shh~”Walterputhisfingertohislips,“Thisisanintriguingmurdermystery.”
“Really?”Ireplied.
“But you know, the brain is destroyed by TV viewing. Creativity is killed by that box. And people
are kept from communicating with one another. From my point of view, TV is the cause of the
declininginterestinschoolandthefailureofourentireeducationalsystem.”
“Ah ha, I can’t see your point.” Walter said softly. “But see? The woman on the witness stand in
thisstoryisbeingquestionedaboutthemurderthatwascommittedonehundredyearsago.”
Ignoringhisenthusiasticdescriptionoftheplot,Iwentonwithmyargument.
“AsIseeit,”Iexplained,“notonlyaremostTVprogramsbadlywrittenandproduced,butviewers
arealso manipulated bythemassmedia. AsfarasI amconcerned, TV watchersarecutoff from
reality from nature, from the other people, from life itself! I was confident in my ability to
persuade.
Afterashortsilence,myroommatesaid,“Anyway,I’vebeenplanningtowatchthefootballgame.
Iamgoingtochangethechannel.”
“Don’ttouchthatdial!”Ishouted,“Iwantedtofindouthowthemysteryturnsout!”
IamnotsureIgotmypointtocross.
Questions33-35arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard.
33.Asthespeakerwalkedintothelivingroom,whatwasbeingshownonTV?
34.Whatdoesthespeakersayaboutwatchingtelevision?
35.Whatcanwesayaboutthespeaker?
Section C Compound Dictation
In the past, one of the biggest disadvantages of machines has been their
inability to work on a micro scale. For example, doctors did not have devices
allowing them to go inside the human body to detect health problems or to
perform delicate surgery. Repair crews did not have a way of identifying
broken pipes located deep within a high-rise apartment building. However,
that’s about to change. Advances in computers and biophysics have started a
micro miniature revolution that allows scientists to envision and in some cases
actually build microscopic machines. These devices promise to dramatically
change the way we live and work.淘宝店铺：行知小课堂
Micromachines already are making an impact. At Case Western Reserve
University in Cleveland, Ohio, research scientists have designed a 4-inch silicon
chip that holds 700 tiny primitive motors. At Lucas Nova Sensor in Fremont,
California,scientistshaveperfectedtheworld’sfirstmicroscopicblood-pressure
sensor. Threaded through a person’s blood vessels, the sensor can provide
blood pressure readings at the valve of the heart itself.
Although simple versions of miniature devices have had an impact,
advanced versions are still several years away.
Automanufacturers,forexample,aretryingtousetinydevicesthatcansense
when to release an airbag and how to keep engines and breaks
operating efficiently. Some futurists envision nanotechnology also being
used to explore the deep sea in small submarine, or even to launch finger-sized
rockets packed with micro miniature instruments.
“There is an explosion of new ideas and applications,” So, when scientists
now think about future machines doing large and complex tasks,
they’re thinking smaller than ever before.淘宝店铺：行知小课堂
ListeningComprehension短对话
听力答案
11.
Q:Whatdoesthewomansuggestthemando?
【答案】A）Listentotherecordednoteswhiledriving.
12.
Q:Whatdowelearnfromtheconversation?
【答案】C）Themanlacksconfidenceinplayingthepart.
13.
Q:Whatarethespeakerstalkingabout?
【答案】A）Arrangingabedforapatient.
14.
Q:Whatdoesthemanmean?
【答案】A）Heistoobusytoacceptmoreresponsibility.
SectionA
11.
Q:Whatdoesthewomansuggestthemando?
【答案】A)Listentotherecordednoteswhiledriving.
12.
Q:Whatdowelearnfromtheconversation?
【答案】C)Themanlacksconfidenceinplayingthepart.
13.
Q:Whatarethespeakerstalkingabout?
【答案】A)Arrangingabedforapatient
14.
Q:Whatdoesthemanmean?
【答案】A)Heistoobusytoacceptmoreresponsibility.
15.
Q:whatdowelearnaboutJameSmeil?
【答案】C)Hehaslefthispositioninthegovernment.
16.
Q:whatcanweinferfromthisconversation?
【答案】D)Themaniswellinformedaboutthespaceshuttlemissions.
17.
Q:Wheredoestheconversationmostprobablytakeplace?
【答案】A)Atacarrentingcompany
SectionB
PassageOne
【材料评析】
本篇文章主要是讲述人们对待老鼠不同的道德态度。
同是一个实验室里面老鼠，如果是为了人类实验做贡献，就是人们眼中的好老鼠；而一旦老
鼠从实验室里面跑出来，携带病菌危害到了人类健康，那么这些逃跑掉的老鼠就成为了人们
眼中的坏老鼠。人类会使用那些捕鼠夹子来消灭坏老鼠，但是对待好老鼠的时候态度截然不
同，比如作者儿子的宠物老鼠死掉了，他们家甚至给它办了一场葬礼。淘宝店铺：行知小课堂
作者的观点就是：如果我们对一样事物贴上了标签，那么在道德层面上，我们内心会根据标
签的不同作出不同的反应。并不是事物本身有任何好与不好，只是人类自作主张给各个事物
贴上了不同的标签。
Questions:
26Whatdoesthepassagesayaboutmostofthemiceusedforexperiments?
【答案】D）Theysacrificetheirlivesforthebenefitofhumans.
27Whydidtheso-calledbadmicehavetobecapturedanddestroyed?
【答案】C)Theymayaffecttheresultsofexperiments.
28Whenaremicekilledwithoutpriorapproval?
【答案】C)Whentheybecomeescapees.
29WhydoesthespeakersaywhattheHerzau’sdidathomeisironical?
【答案】A）Whileholdingaburialceremonyforapetmouse,theywerekillingpestmice.
PassageTwo
【材料评析】
这篇文章的主题是城市和文化。属于散文性质。
讲述了不同的人带给纽约不同的气息。第一种，纽约本地人，让纽约完整持续；第二种，纽
约上班族，让纽约躁动不安；第三种，来纽约寻梦的人，他们让纽约充满热情。作者在内心
觉得纽约正是因为有这样三种人才能如此闪耀光彩，尤其是最后一类人，为纽约做出的贡献
最大。
本篇文章中，TheThreeNewYorks 具有双关含义，既可以指纽约城，也可以指纽约人。有些
学生可能看到这里就没看懂。遇到这种情况应该先接着往后看，然后猜这个threeNewYorks
到底指什么。
Questions30to32arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard.
30.WhatdoesthespeakersayaboutthenativesofNewYork?
【答案】D)Theytakeitforgranted.
31.WhatdoesthespeakersaycommutersgivetoNewYork?
【答案】A)Tidalrestlessness.
32.WhatdowelearnaboutthesettlersofNewYork?
【答案】B)Theyareadventurersfromallovertheworld.
Passage3
【材料评析】
这是一篇很有趣的记叙文。讲述了作者和室友的一段关于看电视问题的对话。
作者一直在强调看电视如何如何不好，并且列举出了一大堆的原因：会让身体变胖，面色枯
黄，视力下降，并且会让孩子们的创造能力，交际能力下降。但是他的室友一直没有接他的
话，一直专心于看自己的电视节目。
文章最幽默的是，最后一个情节，当室友说要换台的时候，作者立刻不愿意了，真是非常地
讽刺，原来作者自己也是离不开电视机，受不了电视节目的诱惑的。
这篇文章难度比较低，生词几乎没有，大家只要看懂情节，基本上所有问题也可以回答出来，
需要仔细认真，在听听力的时候虚拟场景。
33.Asthespeakerwalkedintothelivingroom,whatwasbeingshownonTV?
【答案】D） Amurdermystery
34.Whatdoesthespeakersayaboutwatchingtelevision?
【答案】C）Itisunhealthyfortheviewers.淘宝店铺：行知小课堂
35.Whatcanwesayaboutthespeaker?
【答案】B)Hecan’tresistthetemptationofT.V.either.
SectionCCompoundDictation
【答案】
36.detect
37.delicate
38.identifying
39.apartment
40.revolution
41.dramatically
42.primitive
43.vessels
44.Althoughsimpleversionsofminiaturedeviceshavehadanimpact,advancedversionsarestill
severalyearsaway
45.that can sense when to release an airbag and how to keep engines and breaks operating
efficiently
46. when scientists now think about future machines doing large and complex tasks, they’re
thinkingsmallerthaneverbefore
本次复合式听写是一篇科技说明文。在过去，难以利用机器进行精细的操作（事例：医生、
房屋修理人员）。但这一切都将随着机器微小型革命的发展而改变（硅片、血压感应器、安
全气囊、刹车、深海探测等）。技术的发展也必然会导致思想与应用的大爆炸。
本次复合式听写难度较大。素材上是大家不太熟悉的科技性文章，填空部分也选择了较为生
僻和复杂的单词与句子。细节上，38题的ing形式与43题的复数形式要多加注意。听写的
三个句子更是让很多同学泪奔哪。听不懂啊有木有？同学们碰到这种情况要注意了，千万不
能放弃。踩到一个点就是分数啊。第一句中，关键词是severalyearsaway，可以酌情演绎一
下，虽然答案是更为先进的迷你机器给人类带来的美好愿景还是yearsaway的，但同学若演
绎为先进技术的实现还有待时日，也是可以酌情给分的。第二句难度较低，听到了airbag
和brake自然会联想到汽车，与第一句的automanufacturer相对应，所以基本可以肯定是有
一种devise能够更好的控制airbag和brake咯，然后再paraphrase；第三句，抓住largeand
complextasks 与thinkingsmaller 的对比，也可以猜测出是总结性的一个对比句。
