2017年12月英語六級聽力套題訓練

11. M: Miss Hanson, thank you for sending me this note. I’m sorry to hear Mario is being a problem.

W: I’m not sure what’s happening to Mario. He’s usually an excellent student. He completes all his work and he’s quiet in class. Then, last month, he just changed.

Q: What can we learn from the conversation?

【聽前預測】選項中的The woman wants表明，女士的話為聽音重點。

【解 析】選[D]。對話中女士首先提到她不確定what’s happening to Mario(Mario發生什麼事情了)，接著提到Mario通常是 an excellent student，但上個月變了，由此可知，她想知道學生Mario的一些情況，答案為[D]，其中的something about與女士提到的what’s happening to對應。

12. M: Can you believe I just had to pay 20 pounds for a hair cut in Steward?

W: You should try the salon where I go. It’s only 10. But it takes a while to get an appointment.

Q: What do we know about the woman?

【聽前預測】選項中的trim his hair，have his hair cut，She suggests/tells the man等表明，對話可能與女士給男士理髮的建議有關，女士的話為聽音重點。

【解 析】選[C]。對話中女士提到…only 10. But it takes a while to get an appointment，[C]中的cheaper but busier為女士的話的同義轉述，故答案為[C]。trim one’s hair、cut one’s hair、have one’s hair cut均表示“理髮”。

13. W: Dr. Weinstein, should parents let their children watch television or read about the war?

M: If parents are going to let their kids read or watch television coverage of the war, it’s important for them to read along and help their kids interpret what they’re reading or seeing.

Q: What should parents do if their children watch television or read about the war?

【聽前預測】選項均以原形動詞開頭表明，本題考查觀點建議。

【解 析】選[C]。對話中男士提到If parents…let their kids read or watch television coverage of the war, it’s important for them to…help their kids interpret…，[C] Give some explanation與男士提到的help their kids interpret 對應，故答案為[C]。[D]為強幹擾項，其中的alone是對along的近音干擾。

14. W: Thank heavens! You’re back safe and sound. Everyone was worried on hearing about the air crash. And I had so many sleepless nights!

M: Yes, I know your feeling, dear! Even I myself don’t know how I escaped it. I was the only lucky guy.

Q: What do we learn from the conversation?

【聽前預測】選項中的survivor，air crash，escape，accidents等表明，對話可能與一起飛機事故和倖存者有關。

【解 析】選[A]。對話中女士說聽到the air crash後，每個人都很擔心，男士回答時提到I was the only lucky guy，[A]是對男士的話的同義轉述，故答案[A]。

15. W: What’s this? I hear about your appearing on the six o’clock news.

M: Oh that. Some people were filming something on campus and I just happened to pass in front of the camera.

Q: What does the man mean?

【聽前預測】選項中的His photographs…on the evening news，His television appearance等表明，對話可能與男士在電視上出現有關。

【解 析】選[D]。對話中男士提到I just happened to pass in front of the camera。[D]中的unintentional(無意的) 與男士提到的happened對應，故答案為[D]。

16. W: I tried to catch the bus but still couldn’t make it. Did the boss say anything about my not being here at nine?

M: Well, he looked angry. He said if he were you, he’d make a habit of being on time.

Q: What does the man say about the boss?

【聽前預測】選項中的He didn’t know/asked why，the woman was late等表明，本題可能考查He對女士遲到的反應。

【解 析】選[D]。對話中男士提到He said if he were you, he’d make a habit of being on time，[D]中的keep a habit of being punctual是對make a habit of being on time的同義轉述，故答案為[D]。If he were you, he’d…是一種虛擬的說法，老闆通過這種虛擬語氣間接對女士提出準時上班的要求。

17. M: I don’t know whether to ask Joe or Cora to draw the posters.

W: What difference does it make? They’re both excellent artists.

Q: What does the woman imply about Joe and Cora?

【聽前預測】選項中的They both，equally competent for，art，job等表明，對話可能與They都能勝任某項藝術工作有關。

【解 析】選[C]。對話中女士提到They’re both excellent artists，[C]中的equally competent對應both excellent，故答案為[C]。

18. W: Many people prefer taking public buses or even taxis, because parking is getting to be a real headache in some parts of the city.

M: That doesn’t surprise me.

Q: What do we learn from this conversation?

【聽前預測】選項中的buses，fast and cheap， nowhere，park，cars等表明，本題可能考查人們坐公交不開私車的原因。

【解 析】選[B]。對話中女士提到parking is getting to be a real headache，[B]中提到的problem與headache對應，故答案為[B]。

M: I see you and your friends have been decorating the dormitory.

W: The walls looked so dull; we decided to cover them with prints and posters.

M: I like this one. Did you buy it on campus?

W: No, I bought it at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. The Art History Department recently sponsored a special museum tour there.

M: Is this a reproduction of something in the museum’s collection?

W: Yes, it’s a print of a painting by Georgia O’keffe called Lake George Window.

M: It looks more like a photograph. The details are so accurate and realistic.

W: I thought the same thing when I first saw the painting hanging in the museum. But the art history teacher pointed out how the painting is in fact very stylized.

M: What do you mean?

W: First, by choosing a front view of the window, O’keffe was able to present a symmetrical image and eliminate any hint of three-dimensionality.

M: It does look almost flat. The open shutters seem to have no depth at all.

W: To emphasize that two-dimensional look, O’keffe also eliminated details of texture. The shutters, for example.

M: Yes, their surface looks as flat as the glass of the window pane.

W: So even though she created a realistic painting of a window, O’keffe stylized and simplified the shapes to resemble an abstract design.

M: It sounds as though you learned a lot on that trip. Is the Art History Department planning another museum tour?

W: Yes, the next one is to a special exhibit of European painters at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston next week.

M: I think I will sign up for that one.

Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

19. What has the woman been doing?

【解析】選[C]。選項均以現在分詞開頭表明，本題考查正在進行的行為動作。對話中男士說，我看到你和你的朋友一直在裝飾宿舍，女士回答說她們想用貼畫和海報來蓋住它們(牆)，故答案為[C]。

【點睛】[C] Decorating her dorm room與對話中提到的decorating the dormitory對應。

20. What is the characteristic of Georgia O’keffe’s work?

【解析】選[A]。對話中女士說，為了加強畫的平面性，Georgia O’keffe還去除了結構的細節，由此可知，Georgia O’keffe的作品是二維的、平面的，故答案為[A]。

【點睛】To emphasize that two-dimensional look是聽音的關鍵。

21. How did the woman benefit from the museum tour?

【解析】選[B]。由對話中男士提到的It sounds as though you learned a lot on that trip（聽上去你在這次旅程中學到了很多）可知，答案為[B]。

【點睛】[B]中的learned many things對應男士提到的learned a lot。

22. What might the man do next week?

【解析】選[C]。對話中男士詢問女士是否有下一次博物館之行，女士進行了肯定回答並詳細說明了下次的目的地：a special exhibit of European painters at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston next week，男士表示希望能參加，故答案為[C]。

【點睛】問題中的next week是聽音的關鍵。

M: Where are you going, Catherine? Today is Saturday.

W: Saturday isn’t a holiday for me anymore. I have to tutor for three hours every Saturday afternoon.

M: That’s great. I wish I could find a part-time job to make a little pocket money. How did you find this job?

W: I saw a “Tutor Wanted” notice stuck on a light pole near the bus stop. I phoned the number and I got the job. It’s not too hard to find a part-time job these days. But Richard, studying should always come first. Do you think that you have enough time to handle a part-time job?

M: It’s hard to say. If I can get a job, I will try very hard to make good use of my time.

W: We do spend too much time hanging around and doing nothing. Richard, your English is perfect. Why don’t you find a job teaching English?

M: But I don’t have any teaching experience. Speaking and teaching are two different things.

W: I don’t have any experience either. We’re just students. People know this. But we are young and energetic, and the most important thing is that we don’t ask for as much pay as professional teachers do.

M: OK! Where should I start?

W: You can post some notices on the community bulletin board and some other places. But remember: don’t post them on the wire poles because you’ll probably be fined for it.

M: Thank you for your advice, Catherine.

W: My pleasure. Good luck.

Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

23. What does the woman do on Saturday afternoons?

【解析】選[A]。選項中的She does/works等表明，本題考查She的情況。對話中女士提到I have to tutor for three hours every Saturday afternoon，[A]中的does some teaching work與tutor for three hours對應，故答案為[A]。

【點睛】問題中的Saturday afternoons是聽音的關鍵。

24. How did the woman find the part-time job?

【解析】選[C]。選項中的her teachers recommended，got it through a notice，job等表明，本題可能考查女士獲得工作的途徑。由對話中女士提到的I saw a “Tutor Wanted” notice stuck on a light pole near the bus stop可知，女士通過在公交車站附近電線杆上貼的招聘通知找到兼職的，故答案為[C]。

25. What does the woman suggest the man do when starting to find a job?

【解析】選[A]。選項中的put up notices， register in job center of the university等表明，本題可能考查詢兼職的途徑。由對話末尾女士提到的You can post some notices on the community bulletin board可知，答案為[A]。

【點睛】[A]中的put up對應女士提到的post，聽到community bulletin board便不難選出答案。

Parents and kids today dress alike, listen to the same music, and are friends. Is this a good thing? Sometimes, when Mr. Ballmer and his 16?year?old daughter, Elizabeth, listen to rock music together and talk about interests both enjoy, such as pop culture, he remembers his more distant relationship with his parents when he was a teenager.

“I would never have said to my mom, ‘Hey, the new Weezer album is really great. How do you like it?’” says Ballmer. “There was just a complete gap in taste.”

Music was not the only gulf. From clothing and hairstyles to activities and expectations, earlier generations of parents and children often appeared to move in separate orbits.

Today, the generation gap has not disappeared, but it is getting narrow in many families. Conversations on subjects such as sex and drugs would not have taken place a generation ago. Now they are comfortable and common. And parent-child activities from shopping to sports, involve a feeling of trust and friendship that can continue into adulthood.

No wonder greeting cards today carry the message: “To my mother, my best friend.”

But family experts warn that the new equality can also result in less respect for parents.

“There’s still a lot of strictness and authority on the part of parents out there, but there is a change happening,” says Kerrie, a psychology professor at Lebanon Valley College. “In the middle of that change, there is a lot of confusion among parents.”

Family researchers offer a variety of reasons for these evolving roles and attitudes. They see the 1960s as a turning point. Great cultural changes led to more open communication and a more democratic process that encourages everyone to have a say.

“My parents were on the ‘before’ side of that change, but today’s parents, the 40-year-olds, were on the ‘after’ side,” explains Mr. Ballmer. “It’s not something easily accomplished by parents these days, because life is more difficult to understand or deal with, but sharing interests does make it more fun to be a parent now.”

Questions 26 to 29 are based on the passage you have just heard.

26. Which shows that the generation gap is disappearing?

【解析】選[A]。選項中Parents，children，share more interests，talk more等表明，本題可能考查父母與孩子關係的變化。由短文開頭提到的Parents and kids today dress alike, listen to the same music, and are friends可知，如今的父母和孩子共同的興趣愛好越來越多，故答案為[A]。

【點睛】通過舉例進行推斷總結是解題的關鍵。[A]中的more interests體現在dress alike, listen to the same music。

27. What is the change in today’s parent-child relationship?

【解析】選[C]。短文中提到the new equality，也就是說父母孩子之間變得平等了，故答案為[C]。

【點睛】[A]和[B]是這種變化所帶來的結果；短文中說still a lot of strictness and authority，但並沒有說more，故[D]表述不正確。

28. What does the speaker mean by saying “today’s parents, the 40-year-olds, were on the ‘after-side’”?

【解析】選[B]。問題中的today’s parents, the 40?year?olds指的是六十年代生的父母。短文中提到，六十年代是個轉折點，文化的鉅變帶來的是更開放的溝通和更多民主，結合前面提到的現在的父母與孩子有更多交流、更平等可知，‘after’ side是說現在的父母跟隨潮流而改變，故答案為[B]。

29. What is the purpose of the passage?

【解析】選[B]。選項均以To+原形動詞開頭以及選項的概括性很強表明，本題考查短文的目的。由短文內容可知，特別是由the generation gap has not disappeared, but it is getting narrow等關鍵資訊可知，短文主要討論父母與孩子之間的關係的發展過程，故答案為[B]。

【點睛】短文目的要根據短文中出現的關鍵資訊詞進行判斷。

Mail carriers will be delivering some good news and some bad news this week.

The bad news: Stamp prices are expected to rise 2 cents in May to 41 cents, the Postal Regulatory Com-mission announced yesterday. The good news: With the introduction of a “forever stamp,” it may be the last time Americans have to use annoying 2- or 3-cent stamps to make up postage differences.

Beginning in May, people would be able to purchase the stamps in booklets of 20 at the regular rate of a first-class stamp.

As the name implies, “forever stamps” will keep their first-class mailing value forever, even when the postage rate goes up.

The new “forever stamp” is the United States Postal Service’s (USPS) answer to the complaints about frequent rate increases. The May increases will be the fifth in a decade. Postal rates have risen because of inflation, competition from online bill paying, and the rising costs of employee benefits, including health care, says Mark Saunders, a spokesman for USPS.

The USPS expects some financial gain from sales of the “forever stamp” and the savings from not printing as many 2- or 3-cent stamps. “It’s not your grandfather’s stamp,” says Mr. Saunders. “It could be your great grandchildren’s stamp.”

Other countries, including Canada, England, and Finland use similar stamps.

Don Schilling, who has collected stamps for 50 years, says he’s interested in the public’s reaction. “This is an entirely new class of stamps.” Mr. Schilling says. He adds that he’ll buy the stamps because he will be able to use them for a long period of time, not because they could make him rich — the volume printed will be too large for collectors. “We won’t be able to send our kids to college on these,” he says, laughing.

The USPS board of governors has yet to accept the Postal Regulatory Commission’s decision, but tends to follow its recommendations. No plans have been announced yet for the design of the stamps.

Questions 30 to 32 are based on the passage you have just heard.

30. What is the main purpose of introducing a “forever stamp”?

【解析】選[C]。選項均以To + do開頭表明，本題考查行為目的。短文中提到，The new “forever stamp” is the United States Postal Service’s (USPS) answer to the complaints about frequent rate increases，即出臺“永久郵票”是為了迴應人們對郵費頻繁增長的抱怨，故答案為[C]。

【點睛】問題中的introducing a “forever stamp”是聽音關鍵。[C] To respond to the complaints about rising postal rates是對短文中提到的answer to the complaints about frequent rate increases的同義轉述。

31. Which is true according to the passage?

【解析】選[C]。短文中提到，加拿大、英國和芬蘭已經在使用類似的郵票，故排除[A]；短文中提到the savings from not printing as many 2- or 3-cent stamps，這表明2- or 3-cent stamp的郵票並不是停印，而是印量減少，故排除[B]；短文中通過引用有50年集郵史的Don Schilling的話說明收集“永久郵票”並不會給人們帶來豐厚的回報，故排除[D]。短文最後提到，目前還沒有公佈“永久郵票”的設計情況，故答案為[C]。

32. What can be concluded from the passage?

【解析】選[D]。根據上題針對選項[D]的分析可排除[A]；根據30題的分析可知，“永久郵票”出臺的目的就是為了迴應人們對郵費頻繁增長的抱怨，故答案為[D]。

Jim suffered heart problems. In conversation he expressed little joy and it seemed that his life was drawing to a close.

When his heart problems led to operation, Jim went through it successfully, and a full recovery was expected. Within days, however, his heart was not beating properly. Jim was rushed back to the operation, but nothing was found to explain the cause of his illness. He died on the operating table on the day before his 48th birthday.

Dr. Bruce Smoller, a psychologist, had had many conversations with him, and the more he learned, the stranger he realized Jim’s case was. When Jim was a child, his father, a teacher, suffered a heart attack and stayed home to recover. One morning Jim asked his father to look over his homework, promising to come home from school at noon to pick it up. His father agreed, but when Jim returned his father had died. Jim’s father was 48.

“I think all his life Jim believed he killed his father,” Dr. Smoller says. “He felt that if he had not asked him to look at his homework, his father would have lived. Jim had been troubled by the idea. The operation was the trial he had expected for forty years.” Smoller believes that Jim willed himself not to live to the age of 48.

Jim’s case shows the powerful role that attitude plays in physical health, and that childhood experiences produce far-reaching effect on the health of grown-ups. Although most cases are less direct than Jim’s, studies show that childhood events, besides genes, may well cause such midlife diseases as cancer, heart disease and mental illness.

Questions 33 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.

33. Why was Jim sent back to operation?

【解析】選[A]。短文中提到，Jim有心臟病，在第一次做完手術時一切正常，但過了一段時間就感覺心臟不舒服，又去醫院做了第二次手術，但不幸死在手術檯上了，故答案為[A]。

【點睛】問題中的back to operation是聽音關鍵。however轉折處為常考點。[A] His heart didn’t work well是對his heart was not beating properly的同義轉述。

34. What made Dr. Smoller feel strange about Jim’s case?

【解析】選[D]。短文中提到，Jim是在他48歲的前一天死亡的，並不年輕，故排除[A]；[B]和[C]雖然表述正確，但卻答非所問，故排除；Smoller醫生奇怪的是Jim和他父親都在48歲死亡，他們的死亡有一定的聯絡，故答案為[D]。

35. What can we infer from Smoller’s words?

【解析】選[C]。從短文中Smoller醫生的話可以得知，Jim從小就認為是自己害死了父親，心理留下了陰影，所以覺得自己會受到懲罰，活不過48歲，故答案為[C]。

【點睛】解答本題的關鍵是理解Smoller醫生的話。[C] Jim thought he would be punished some day是根據Jim believed he killed his father進行的合理推斷。