12月英语六级听力考试试题及答案

12月英语六级听力考试试题及答案 　　Part III 　　　Listening Comprehension 　　(35 minutes) 　　Section A 　　11. [A] He accepts the woman’s invitation. 　　[B] He doesn’t think Susan will agree to go. 　　[C] He doesn’t want to accept the woman’s invitation. 　　[D] He has to ask for Susan’s opinion and then he can decide. 　　12. [A] She has bread every morning. 　　[B] She eats eggs every morning. 　　[C] She has a lot to eat for breakfast. 　　[D] She does not know what to eat for breakfast. 　　13. [A] The tickets will sell out quickly. 　　[B] There will be extra tickets at the rock concert. 　　[C] The rock concert will probably be rescheduled. 　　[D] Each person will be allowed to buy only one ticket. 　　14. [A] He is probably a playboy. 　　[B] He doesn’t know many pretty girls. 　　[C] He is rather famous among students. 　　[D] It is unusual for Jim to know girls in other departments. 　　15. [A] At a bookstore. [B] At the dentist’s. 　　[C] In a restaurant. [D] In the library. 　　16. [A] Tom isn’t good at singing. 　　[B] Tom is advised not to talk much. 　　[C] Tom just had a surgery on his throat. 　　[D] Tom is encouraged by his doctor to speak more. 　　17. [A] Cancel the meeting. 　　[B] Meet her in the auditorium. 　　[C] Reserve a large room for the meeting. 　　[D] Schedule the meeting for a different time. 　　18. [A] To change the shoes for another size. 　　[B] To change the shoes for another style. 　　[C] To return the shoes and get the refund. 　　[D] To change the shoes for a different color. 　　Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 　　19. [A] Common causes of anger. [B] Judging people’s behavior. 　　[C] Changing people’s attitudes. [D] The effects of negative behavior. 　　20. [A] When they’re unable to control the person’s behavior. 　　[B] When the causes of the behavior are obvious. 　　[C] When the consequences of the behavior are unpleasant. 　　[D] When the behavior is expected. 　　21. [A] It’s not always clear why people behave in certain ways. 　　[B] People usually blame others for their mistakes. 　　[C] Certain conditions cause drivers to behave strangely. 　　[D] The reason for some behavior is obvious. 　　22. [A] They usually accept responsibility. 　　[B] They blame factors beyond their control. 　　[C] They complain about their personal problems. 　　[D] They compare their behavior to others. 　　Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 　　23. [A] She can’t find a job. 　　[B] She doesn’t know how to manage a book store. 　　[C] She wants to quit her current job in the IBM office. 　　[D] She has no idea which of the two job offers is better. 　　24. [A] She will earn less. [B] It takes too much time to go there. 　　[C] It has nothing to do with her study. [D] She has no interest in that field. 　　25. [A] Accept the job offer from the book store. 　　[B] Accept the job offer from IBM. 　　[C] In the holiday work in IBM and in the next school year work in the book store. 　　[D] Give up both offers and find another one in the next school year. 　　Section B 　　Passage One 　　Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard. 　　26. [A] They think exactly the same way. 　　[B] They are not physically separated. 　　[C] They share most of their vital organs. 　　[D] They make decisions by tossing coins. 　　27. [A] Few of them can live long. 　　[B] Most of them live a normal life. 　　[C] Few of them get along well with each other. 　　[D] Most of them differ in their likes and dislikes. 　　28. [A] They have a private tutor. [B] They go to a regular school. 　　[C] They attend a special school. [D] They are taught by their parents. 　　Passage Two 　　Questions 29 to 31 are based on the passage you have just heard. 　　29. [A] Eliminating the original vegetation from the building site. 　　[B] Marking the houses in an area similar to one another. 　　[C] Deciding where a house will be built. 　　[D] Surrounding a building with wild flowers and plants. 　　30. [A] They are changed to make the site more interesting. 　　[B] They are expanded to limit the amount of construction. 　　[C] They are integrated into the design of the building. 　　[D] They are removed for construction. 　　31. [A] Many architects studied with Wright. 　　[B] Wright started the practice of “land-scraping”. 　　[C] Wright used elements of envelope building. 　　[D] Most of the houses Wright built were made of stone. 　　Passage Three 　　Questions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard. 　　32. [A] A study on twelve young children’s brains. 　　[B] The benefit from musical training for children. 　　[C] New technology to examine children’s brains. 　　[D] The benefit of music lessons for the memory and learning capability. 　　33. [A] Scientists got no valuable results from the earlier studies on the topic. 　　[B] Children musically trained remember things better than those untrained. 　　[C] Older children get more benefit from musical training than younger ones. 　　[D] The study is the first one on the effect of musical training on children’s brains. 　　34. [A] None of them had been musically trained before. 　　[B] Only 6 of them had a knowledge of music before. 　　[C] Not all of them had been taught some music in school. 　　[D] All of them were required to learn some music in school. 　　35. [A] Human brains prefer musical sounds to white noise. 　　[B] Children of different ages respond to sounds at the same speed. 　　[C] All the twelve children like to learn to play the violin very much. 　　[D] The older a child is, the more quickly he/she responds to sounds. 　　Section C 　　The place of the child in society has varied for thousands of years and has been affected by different cultures and religions. In ancient times unwanted children were occasionally (36) _______, put to death, exploited, or offered for religious sacrifices, and in any event a large percentage of them didn’t (37) _______ their physically hazardous existence to achieve maturity. 　　In Western civilization within the last few hundred years, there have been many changes in attitude toward the young. In agricultural Europe the children of the poor worked long hours for little or no pay, and there was no public concern for their safety or welfare. Punishment could be brutal and severe, and sometimes religious (38) _______ were expressed violently with a view toward saving the child’s soul. 　　By the eighteenth century the harsh and (39) _______ methods began to show some changes. Society slowly (40) _______ children a role of more importance. Books were written expressly for them and (41) _______ laws were passed for their protection. 　　In the past few (42) _______ parents have become more attentive to the needs of their children. Better health care is available and education is no longer (43) _______ for a limited few. (44) __________________________________________________________________________. Some say the pendulum in child rearing has swung so far toward permissiveness that (45) __________________________________________________________________________. 　　The tendency today is for teachers and parents to emphasize individual responsibility and to stress that (46) __________________________________________________________________________. 　　【答案与解析】： 　　Part III Listening Comprehension 　　Section A