2012年12月英语六级听力预测题5

Passage Two

In recent years, particularly following the Second World War, German has increased its borrowings from English. As English has become the dominant world language for science and technology and business, German, more than any other European language, has adopted even more English vocabulary. Although some people object to this, most German-speakers do not. Unlike the French, very few German-speakers seem to perceive the invasion of English as a threat to their own language. True, there are several small language organizations in Germany that see themselves as guardians of the German language and try to fight against English—with little success to date. English terms are perceived as trendy or “cool” in German. 

But many well-educated Germans are shocked at what they view as the “bad” influences of English in today’s German. Dramatic proof of this tendency can be seen in the popularity of Bastian Smiths’ humorous bestselling book. Smiths’ 2004 bestseller points out the fall of the German language, caused in part by bad English influences. 

Although not all of German’s problems can be blamed on English influences, many of them can. It is in the areas of business and technology in particular that the invasion of English is most pervasive. 

While there are perfectly good German words for all of the “English” words in business or technology, they just aren’t “in” or fashionable. 

But other areas beside business and technology (advertising, entertainment, movies and television, pop music, teen slang, etc.) are also greatly influenced by borrowed English vocabulary.

Questions 29 to 32 are based on the passage you have just heard.

29. What do the French react to the invasion of English?

A) They try to promote French in many foreign countries. 

B) They see English as a tool of effective communication. 

C) They regard English words as good alternatives of French.

D) They try to fight against English as hard as they could.

30. Why do Germans use English words instead of German ones for the same meaning?

A) German words cannot fit grammatically.     C) English expressions sound fashionable.

B) English words are short in length.             D) German expressions are hard to pronounce.

31. What does Bastian Smiths’ book mainly write about?

 A) The irresponsibility of well-educated Germans. 

B) The bad influences of English on German.

C) The call for stopping using the English language.

D) The measures to fight against the invasion of English.

32. In which area is the invasion of English most common?

 A) Business world.                       C) Pop culture.

B) Advertising industry.                   D) Movies and television.

 

2012年12月英语六级听力预测题的延伸阅读——雅思听力考试做题通关技巧

 

　　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。