2012年6月六级听力原文及音频与真题答案详解 Part III Listening Comprehension Section A
Directions: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 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 line through the centre. 11.
W: Did you hear that Anna needs to stay in bed for 4 weeks?
M: Yeah. She injured her spine in a fall and a doctor told her to lie flat on her back for a month so it can mend.
Q: What can we learn from the conversation?
【答案】A) The injury will confine Anna to bed for quite a while.
【解析】细节题。从对话中可知，Anna摔倒导致脊椎spine受伤，医生让其卧床休息一个月。 12.
M: A famous Russian ballet is coming to town next weekend. But I can’t find a ticket anywhere.
W: Don’t be upset. My sister just happened to have one and she can’t go since she has got some sort of conflict in her schedule. Q: What does the woman mean?
【答案】D) She can get a ballet ticket for the man.
【解析】推理题。男子买不到俄罗斯芭蕾表演的票，女子告诉她不要失落，自己的姐姐碰巧有张票,并且由于安排有冲突,所以不去了。 13.
W: Hello, my bathroom drain is blocked and I’m giving a party tonight. Do you think you could come and fix it for me?
M: Sorry, ma’am. I’m pretty busy right now. But I can put you on my list. Q: What does the man mean?
【答案】B) He has to do other repairs first.
【解析】推理题。女子请男子帮忙修浴室的地漏，但是男子现在忙，不过他会记住并稍后帮忙。 14.
W: We’re taking up a collection to buy a gift for Jemma. She’ll have been with the company 25 years next week.
M: Well, count me in. But I’m a bit short on cash now. When do you need it? Q: What is the man going to do?
【答案】B) Give his contribution some time later.
【解析】推理题。下周Gemma在公司的时间就满25年了，大家正在凑钱为他买礼物。男子也要加入，但是手头缺少现金。从他的询问能够推测出他会晚些时间交钱。 15.
W: Tony’s mother has invited me to dinner. Do you think I should tell her in advance that I’m a vegetarian?
M: Of course. I think she’d appreciate it. Imaging how you both feel if she fixed the turkey dinner or something.
Q: What does the man suggest the woman do? 【答案】D) Tell Tony’s mother that she eats no meat.
【解析】推理题。Tony的妈妈邀请女子吃饭，女子询问男子是不是应该提前告知男方妈妈自己是素食主义者。从男子的“I think she’d appreciate it”可知，男子给了他肯定的回答。 16.
M: Just look at this newspaper, nothing but robbery, suicide and murder. Do you still believe people are basically good?
W: Of course. But many papers lack interest in reporting something positive like peace, love and generosity.
Q: What are the speakers talking about? 【答案】C) The coverage of newspapers.
【解析】推理题。从关键词newspapers，robberies等可知，两人正在谈论报纸的内容。 17.
M: I can’t believe so many people want to sign up for the Korea Development Conference.We will have to limit the registration. W: Yeah, otherwise we won’t have room for the more. Q: What are the speakers going to do?
【答案】B) Limit the number of participants in the conference.
【解析】细节题。男子没有想到那么多人来参加会议，所以必须限制人们注册。 18.
W: Hi, I’m calling about the ad for the one bedroom apartment.
M: Perfect timing! The person who was supposed to rent it just backed town to take a room on campus.
Q: What do we learn from the conversation? 【答案】A) The apartment is still available.
【解析】推理题。男子告诉女子她打电话来的时机正好，因为本来要租房子的人回到市区租大学里的房间了，所以这个公寓女子还能租。
Conversation 1
W: One of the most interesting experiments with dolphins must be one done by Doctor Jarvis Bastian. What he tried to do was to teach a male dolphin called Bass and a female called Doris to communicate with each other across a solid barrier. M: So how did he do it exactly?
W: Well, first of all, he kept the two dolphins together in the same tank and taught them to press levers whenever they saw a light. The levers were fitted to the side of the tank next to each other. If the light flashed on and off several times, the dolphins were supposed to press the left-hand lever followed by the right-hand one. If the light was kept steady, the dolphins were supposed to press the levers in reverse order. Whenever they responded correctly, they were rewarded with fish. M: Sounds terribly complicated.
W: Well, that was the first stage. In the second stage, Doctor Bastian separated the
dolphins into two tanks. They could still hear one another, but they couldn’t actually see each other. The levers and light were set up in exactly the same way except that this time it was only Doris who could see the light indicating which lever to press first. But in order to get their fish, both dolphins had to press the levers in the correct order. This meant of course that Doris had to tell Bass whether it was a flashing light or whether it was a steady light.
M: So did it work?
W: Well, amazingly enough, the dolphins achieved a 100 % success rate. Questions 19-21 are based on the conversation you have just heard. Q19. What is the purpose of Doctor Jarvis Bastian’s experiment? 【答案】B) to see if dolphins can communicate with each other.
【解析】推理题。整篇文章讲述了关于教授海豚互相沟通的实验。可以推断出实验目的就是验证海豚是否能互相交流。
Q20. What were the dolphins supposed to do when they saw a steady light? 【答案】C) Press the right-hand lever first.
【解析】推理题。从原文中If the light was kept steady, the dolphins were supposed to press the levers in reverse order.可以得知，相反的方向为the right-hand lever。
Q21. How did the second stage of the experiment differ from the first stage? 【答案】C) Only one dolphin was able to see the light.
【解析】细节题。it was only Doris who could see the light这句话直接把答案告诉给我们了。 解析：
这篇长对话主要围绕巴斯蒂安博士关于海豚的实验而展开，实验的目的是要教会海豚学会互相沟通和交流讯息。随着男士对实验的发问，女士便对实验的两个阶段进行了详细介绍。这篇长对话整体难度适中，考生只要在平时注意练习和打好词汇基础，想要得满分并不难。需要提醒考生的是，做听力题也要讲究技巧，一定要带着问题去有目的地听，相关的信息着重记忆，不相干的信息迅速忽略。懂得抓题眼和懂得取舍，这样听力才能做得好。 重点词汇和表达：
lever n.杠(杆)；途径，工具 in reverse order 以相反的顺序 be rewarded with 得到奖励 flashing light 闪光灯
Conversation 2
W: This week’s program Up Your Street takes you to Harrogate, a small town in Yorkshire. Harrogate became a fashionable resort during Victorian times, when people came to take a bath in the mineral waters. Today, few people come to visit the town for its mineral waters. Instead, Harrogate has become a popular town for people to retire to. Its clean air, attractive parks, and the absence of any industry, make this an ideal spot for people looking for a quiet life. Now, to tell us more about Harrogate, I have with me Tom Percival, President of the Chamber of Commerce. Tom, one of the things visitor notices about Harrogate is the large area of open park land right down into the middle of the town. Can you tell us more about it?
M: Yes, certainly. The area is called the Stray. W: Why the Stray?
M: It’s called that because in the old days, people let their cattles stray on the area, which was common land. W: Oh, I see.
M: Then, we’ve changes in farming and in land ownership. The Stray became part of the land owned by Harrogate. W: And is it protected?
M: Oh, yes, indeed. As a special law, no one can build anything on the stray. It’s protected forever.
W: So it will always be park land?
M: That’s right. As you can see, some of the Stray is used for sports fields. W: I believe it looks lovely in the spring.
M: Yes, it does. There’re spring flowers on the old trees, and people visit the town just to see the flowers.
Question 22-25 are based on the conversation you have just heard. Q22. Where does this conversation most probably take place?