2010年12月英语六级考试听力原文

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　　Section A

　　Short Conversation

　　11. M: Oh, I'm so sorry I forgot to bring along the book you borrowed from the library.

　　W: What a terrible memory you have! Anyway, I won't need it until Friday night. As long as I can get it by then, OK?

　　Q: What do we learn from this conversation?

　　12. W: Doctor, I haven't been able to get enough sleep lately, and I'm too tired to concentrate in class.

　　M: Well, you know, spending too much time indoors with all that artificial lighting can do that to you. Your body loses track of whether it's day or night.

　　Q: What does the man imply?

　　13. M: I think I'll get one of those new T-shirts, you know, with the school's logo on both the front and back.

　　W: You'll regret it. They are expensive, and I've heard the printing fades easily when you wash them.

　　Q: What does the woman mean?

　　14. W: I think your article in the school newspaper is right on target, and your viewpoints have certainly convinced me.

　　M: Thanks, but in view of the general responses, you and I are definitely in the minority.

　　Q: What does the man mean?

　　15. M: Daisy was furious yesterday because I lost her notebook. Should I go see her and apologize to her again?

　　W: Well, if I were you, I'd let her cool off a few days before I approach her.

　　Q: What does the woman suggest the man do?

　　16. M: Would you please tell me where I can get batteries for this brand of camera?

　　W: Let me have a look. Oh, yes, go down this aisle, pass the garden tools, you'll find them on the shelf next to the light bulbs.

　　Q: What is the man looking for?

　　17. M: Our basketball team is playing in the finals but I don't have a ticket. I guess I'll just watch it on TV. Do you want to come over?

　　W: Actually I have a ticket. But I'm not feeling well. You can have it for what it cost me.

　　Q: What do we learn from the conversation?

　　18. M: Honey, I'll be going straight to the theatre from work this evening. Could you bring my suit and tie along?

　　W: Sure, it's the first performance of the State Symphony Orchestra in our city, so suit and tie is a must.

　　Q: What do we learn from the conversation?

　　Long Conversations

　　Conversation 1

　　M: I got two letters this morning with job offers, one from the Polytechnic, and the other from the Language School in Pistoia, Italy.

　　W: So you are not sure which to go for?

　　M: That's it. Of course, the conditions of work are very different: The Polytechnic is offering two-year contract which could be renewed, but the language school is only offering a year's contract, and that's a different minus. It could be renewed, but you never know.

　　W: I see. So it's much less secure. But you don't need to think too much about steady jobs when you are only 23.

　　M: That's true.

　　W: What about the salaries?

　　M: Well, the Pistoia job pays much better in the short term. I'll be getting the equivalent of about ￡22,000 a year there, but only ￡20,000 at the Polytechnic. But then the hours are different. At the Polytechnic I'd have to do 35 hours a week, 20 teaching and 15 administration, whereas the Pistoia school is only asking for 30 hours teaching.

　　W: Mmm…

　　M: Then the type of teaching is so different. The Polytechnic is all adults and mostly preparation for exams like the Cambridge certificates. The Language School wants me to do a bit of exam preparation, but also quite a lot of work in companies and factories, and a couple of children's classes. Oh, and a bit of literature teaching.

　　W: Well, that sounds much more varied and interesting. And I'd imagine you would be doing quire a lot of teaching outside the school, and moving around quite a bit.

　　M: Yes, whereas with the Polytechnic position, I'd be stuck in the school all day.

　　Questions 19 to 21 are based on the conversation you have just heard:

　　Q19. What do we learn about the man from the conversation?

　　Q20. What do we learn about the students at the Polytechnic?

　　Q21. What does the woman think of the job at the Language School?

　　Conversation 2

　　W: Good evening and welcome to tonight's edition of Legendary Lives. Our subject this evening is James Dean, actor and hero for the young people of his time. Edward Murray is the author of a new biography of Dean. Good evening, Edward.

　　M: Hello Tina.

　　W: Edward, tell us what you know about Dean's early life.

　　M: He was born in Indiana in 1931, but his parents moved to California when he was five. He wasn't there long though because his mother passed away just four years later. Jimmy's father sent him back to Indiana after that to live with his aunt.

　　W: So how did he get into acting?

　　M: Well, first he acted in plays at high school, then he went to college in California where he got seriously into acting. In 1951 he moved to New York to do more stage acting.

　　W: Then when did his movie career really start?

　　M: 1955. His first starring role was in East of Eden. It was fabulous. Dean became a huge success. But the movie that really made him famous was his second one, Rebel Without a Cause, that was about teenagers who felt like they didn't fit into society.

　　W: So how many more movies did he make?

　　M: Just one more, then he died in that car crash in California in 1955.

　　W: What a tragedy! He only made three movies! So what made him the legend he still is today?

　　M: Well I guess his looks, his acting ability, his short life, and maybe the type of character he played in his movies. Many young people saw him as a symbol of American youths.

　　Q22 What is the woman doing?

　　Q23 Why did James Dean move back to Indiana when he was young?

　　Q24 What does the man say James Dean did at college in California?

　　Q25 What do we know about James Dean from the conversation?

 

　　Section B

　　第一篇

　　Among global warming’s most frightening threats is the prediction is that the polar ice-caps will melt, raising sea level so much that coastal cities from New York to Los Angles to Shanghai will be flooded. Scientists agree that key player in this scenario is the West Antarctic ice sheet, a Brazil-size mass of frozen water that is much as 7000 feet thick. Unlike floating ice shelves which have little impact on sea level when they break up, the ice sheet is anchored to bedrock will blow the sea surface. Surrounded by open ocean, it is also vulnerable, but Antarctic experts disagree strongly on just how unstable it is. Now, new evidence reveals that all or most of the Antarctic ice sheet collapsed at least once during the past 1.3 million years, a period when global temperatures probably were not significantly higher than they are today. And the ice sheet was assumed to have been stable. In geological time, a million years is recent history. The proof, which was published last week in Science, comes from a team of scientists from Uppsala University in Sweden and California Institute of Technology who drew deep holes near the edge of ice sheet. Within samples collected from the solid substances lying beneath the ice. They found fossils of microscopic marine plants which suggest that the region was once open ocean not solid ice. As Herman Engleheart, a co-author from the California Institute of Technology says, ‘the West Antarctic ice sheet disappear once and can disappear again.’

　　26. What is one of the most frightening threats of global warming according to the passage?

　　27. What did scientists disagree on?

　　28. What is the latest information revealed about the West Antarctic ice sheet?

　　29. What the scientists’ latest findings suggest?