2012年12月英语六级听力练习4

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

30. What does the speaker say about the natives of New York?

31. What does the speaker say commuters give to New York?

32. What do we learn about the settlers of New York?

Passage Three

“If you asked me television is unhealthy”, I said to my roommate Walter, as I walked into the living room.“While you are sitting passively in front of the TV set, your muscles are turning to fat, your complexion is fading, and your eyesight is being ruined.”

“Shh~”Walter put his finger to his lips, “This is an intriguing murder mystery.”

“Really?” I replied.

“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 declining interest in school and the failure of our entire educational system.”

“Ah ha, I can’t see your point.” Walter said softly. “But see? The woman on the witness stand in this story is being questioned about the murder that was committed one hundred years ago.”

Ignoring his enthusiastic description of the plot, I went on with my argument.

“As I see it,” I explained, “not only are most TV programs badly written and produced, but viewers are also manipulated by the mass media. As far as I am concerned, TV watchers are cut off from reality from nature, from the other people, from life itself! I was confident in my ability to persuade.

After a short silence, my roommate said, “Anyway, I’ve been planning to watch the football game. I am going to change the channel.”

“Don’t touch that dial!” I shouted, “I wanted to find out how the mystery turns out!”

I am not sure I got my point to cross.

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

33. As the speaker walked into the living room, what was being shown on TV?

34. What does the speaker say about watching television?

35. What can we say about the speaker? 

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.

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, scientists have perfected the world’s first microscopic blood-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.

Auto manufacturers, for example, are trying to use tiny devices that can sense when to release an 

 

2012年12月英语六级听力练习的延伸阅读——英语六级听力备考技巧

 

    考试复习时间所剩无几，基于复习时间已经很有限，目前的重点应该是8套左右的真题，年代太久远了也没用。争取每做一套，提高2-3分左右。这个提高是基于技巧和对阵题的感觉的把握上的，基本上，到了这个阶段，听力是不大可能有很大的提高。因此不要奢望最后两周忽然爆发式的得分。需要注意的仅仅是是技巧，以及中间部分对出题者思路的把握。

     对于听力部分，个人认为,你把前面年份的听力都听懂、摸熟了，等到的分数，基本就是你今年能拿的分数了。所以，每天花半个小时自测或者自测后晚上自己再听几遍，基本就不需要再花什么功夫了。如果真的需要，请注意如下几方面：

     做题技巧：做完快速阅读离听力开始还有五分钟，在这五分钟内老师会把你的答题卡1收上去，然后我们要做的就是浏览听力的所有选项。这段时间是充分发挥你记忆力的时候，记住的选项越多越好。加了长对话和复合式听写之后听力时间变长了，很容易让人觉得疲惫，所以听力的时候一定要保持最佳状态。

一．卷子发下来后快速的浏览一遍，包括题干和答案。这样会大大提高你对听力的理解——知道它是讲什么内容，大概是怎么回事。这个时候不要去写考号什么的。尽管留到交卷时写好了。

二．没听懂的题目，就放弃它，千万不要听下道题的时候还在想上道题。这样会引起头脑里面的混乱。如果引起连锁反应那你的复习就全白费了。

三．相信第一感觉，听力部分不是非常确凿的感觉的话不要改动开始的答案。人的脑袋有时候会混淆的。因此很多情况下不是你选错了，而是改错了。因此轻易别选，但是选了之后轻易别改。

四．赴考之前先检查耳机工作否。试音的时候把音量什么的调好就行了。其它的时间用来看卷子内容。

五．复合式听写的句子部分是得分大户，也是丢分大户，一定注意听懂再写，以句子为单位而不是以单词为单位去写。写出主要意思即可。不会写的单词要用同义词来替换。