2011年12月英语六级冲刺预测试题及答案(5)

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　　Part III Listening Comprehension

　　Section A

　　11. M: I can’t believe it! The last day of school is finally here. What are you going to do this summer, Alice?

　　W: Well, I intended to take some training courses for computer, but Dad encourages me to do some internship in his restaurant.

　　Q: What are the two speakers talking about?

　　12. M: I have to find some place to live in tonight, because I locked my key in my room.

　　W: That’s bad. Why not come with us to our home? We have a vacancy for guests.

　　Q: Where will the man sleep tonight?

　　13. M: Helen, how can I help you?

　　W: Well, it’s not about school, Dr. Hampton. I want to have a few people over for a dinner party to celebrate finishing my dissertation, and we’d like to invite you especially, since you’re chair of the department.

　　Q: What does the woman hold the dinner party for?

　　14. W: You went to the big second-hand book sale in town yesterday, didn’t you? Was there much of a selection to get excited over?

　　M: Was there? I wish I had brought enough cash with me.

　　Q: What does the man imply?

　　15. M: Hello, this is Jack Richards. I’m calling to see whether my glasses have been fixed yet. I sent them to you last Wednesday.

　　W: Hi, Mr. Richards. We have to order a part for your glasses, so the earliest they could be with you is Friday.

　　Q: What does the woman mean?

　　16. M: I was going to ask Sandy to help me with these lab reports, but she seems to be always engaged. I just don’t know why.

　　W: Oh, that’s because she is always on the Internet, chatting with her friends. Why don’t you come with me and see if Lisa is available?

　　Q: What does the woman imply?

　　17. M: So, Mary, how did you like the film you saw yesterday?

　　W: Well, generally speaking, it was quite good. The part of the maid was played wonderfully, but I thought the man who played the salesman was too dramatic to be realistic.

　　Q: How does the woman feel about the man?

　　18. M: Do you want the door open or closed?

　　W: I’d prefer some privacy if possible. The discussion with Mr. Brown might be quite open and frank.

　　Q: What does the woman want?

　　Now you will hear the two long conversations.

　　Conversation One

　　M: Hello, Mrs. Chris, may I come in?

　　W: Ah, come in Tom. Your report is interesting. There are a couple of things I’d like to check with you. You mentioned several countries you’d like to visit, Czechoslovakia again, Hungary, Romania, Singapore, the Gulf States. My first question: What’s the priority?

　　M: Well, they’re all potentially important. My feeling is that we should act fast. I think a follow-up visit to Czechoslovakia is the priority.

　　W: Ok. Next question. When do you want to go there?

　　M: I’ve got a lot of deskwork to finish off here. I’d like to go towards the end of the month.

　　W: If we send you there, would you like to go to other eastern countries on the same trip?

　　M: Yes, certainly. Hungary and preferably Romania as well.

　　W: Why are you so keen on Romania? What’s going on there?

　　M: I’ve heard that medical facilities are being expanded quite fast. Of course I’d have to do a good deal of market research.

　　W: Um, who would be our biggest competitors in Hungary and Romania?

　　M: Surprisingly most of the stuff is in Albania. The Americans have got their feet in but only in a small way.

　　W: Another question. What will happen to our eastern countries business, if the pound got stronger?

　　M: It will have serious effect on exports, of course. But I don’t think we can miss this chance just because of that.

　　W: Then is the question of attitude. Media Papa seems very tough. Would they really have cancelled the order if we hadn’t delivered on time?

　　M: It’s hard to say. They are very tough, so maybe yes. That’s why I want to go there again and strengthen our personal contacts.

　　Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

　　19. Which country will the man visit first?

　　20. When will the man start his trip?

　　21. Why does the man prefer to go to Romania?

　　22. What is the main purpose for the man to go to eastern countries?

　　Conversation Two

　　M: Hello. International Friends Club. Can I help you?

　　W: Oh, hello. I saw your advertisement in the paper today and I thought I’d phone to find out a bit more.

　　M: Yes, certainly, we’re a sort of social and cultural activity club for people from different countries. It’s quite a new club — we have approximately fifty members at the moment, but we’re growing all the time.

　　W: Right. That sounds interesting. I’m Canadian actually, and I came to London about three months ago, so I’m looking for ways to meet some new people. What kind of activities do you organize?

　　M: Well, we have a wide range — cultural, sports, social and language activities.

　　W: Could you tell me something about the language activities?

　　M: Yes, every day except Thursday we have a language evening, where people can come and practice their languages — you know, over a drink or a bite to eat. We have different languages on different evenings. Monday — Spanish; Tuesday — Italian; Wednesday — German; and Friday — French. On Thursday we usually arrange a meal in a restaurant for anyone who wants to come.

　　W: Well, that sounds great. I really need to practice my French and German.

　　M: OK. Well, if you can just give me your name and address, I’ll send you the form and some more details. If you join now you can have the first month free.

　　W: Oh, yeah. How much is it to join?

　　M: The membership fee is ￡5. ￡25 a month, 6 months for 140, or a year for 265.

　　W: Ah, I think I’d better join just for two months at first to try it. Can I pay by check?

　　M: Yes, of course. Just make it out to the International Friends Club. Or you can pay by credit card.

　　W: No, I haven’t got a credit card.

　　M: OK. Now your name is…?

　　Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

　　23. Which activity is the woman interested in?

　　24. On which day will the club members practice French?

　　25. How much will the woman pay if she wants to try for two months?

　　Section B

　　Passage One

　　I will let you know that there’s a big difference between undergraduate and graduate school. Undergraduate school is very course-intensive. That’s all you do: go to classes and go to labs. In graduate school, you have a lot of free time. Much of your learning is selfinitiated, and you’re typically taking a much lighter class load. This gives you more time for independent study and research. While you’re in graduate school, you’re going to have to develop yourself as a scientist. You do this by performing creative and thorough research and developing a reputation for being a good scientist. You’ll also be developing your speaking skills. You have to be comfortable in presenting your results and your research to very critical audiences. That’s very important. You also want to attend conferences where you can associate with your peers and groups from other universities, because these will eventually be your colleagues at some point. Also, it’s important to attend seminars that your university has. Not only does this keep you informed of what is the latest and greatest in your areas, but also lets you hear about other unrelated areas as well. You can’t be so focused; you have to have a broad base of knowledge.

　　Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard.

　　26. What can we know from the passage about students in undergraduate school?

　　27. Why should the graduates develop their speaking skills?

　　28. What is the purpose for the graduates to attend seminars of their university?

　　Passage Two

　　What is the difference between a computer virus and a computer worm? Both can infect and damage computer systems. However, computer viruses and computer worms differ in the way they reproduce and spread. A virus, which is short for “vital information resources under siege”, is a program or code that secretly enters a computer by piggybacking on e-mail messages, files, or programs shared between two different computer systems. Then the virus infects its new host by attaching itself to the files within that computer and deleting or changing them or even overwriting entire programs. Just like a biological virus in the human body, a computer virus replicates itself so that it will continue to be contagious when data is shared with another computer system. In 2000, for example, the famous “Love Bug” virus, which traveled via e-mail messages, destroyed files in computers all over the world. Worms, too, are malicious programs that reproduce and spread. But unlike viruses, they do not need to attach themselves to other files. They are programs that run independently and spread on their own through computer networks. Thus they do not require human intervention to make their way from one computer to another. The famous Internet worm of 1988, for example, copied itself across the Internet, destroying many computer systems as it went. Currently, computer analysts are worried about the Sasser worm, which disabled computers in Britain, South Africa, and Taiwan.

　　Questions 29 to 31 are based on the passage you have just heard.

　　29. In what aspect do computer viruses and computer worms differ?

　　30. What can we learn about the “Love Bug” virus from the passage?

　　31. Which of the following statements is true about computer worms?

　　Passage Three

　　A well-made film offers a whole world of things to watch. First, there are the story aspects — the plot, characters, dialogue and themes. Then there are the technical aspects — the camera work, cutting and special effects. And there are many other things, like the credits and musical score and the acting. A well-made film offers much more than you can see in one viewing. Films are a means of communication. They can tell you things, just as newspapers do, or television, or any other means of communication. Sometimes they communicate important things to you, like ideas or lifestyles or ways of looking at the world. Sometimes people are aware of this, and sometimes not. The more aware you are, the better. For example, notice the way films sometimes affect fashion. A star dresses or wears her hair in a certain way, and suddenly everyone is imitating her. Boys in the 1950s could sometimes be seen wearing black leather jackets, lounging on street corners and smoking cigarettes. They were imitating Marlon Brando. His films taught them a certain way to behave. Films can also teach politics. In Star Wars, the heroes were a bunch of lovable incompetents fighting with guns and not much else. They were, in fact, rather like the British in the early days of World War II. Their enemies, like the Nazis, had a big advantage in equipment and numbers of troops, and they were like the Nazis in discipline and heartlessness too. The whole film, in fact, was a rerun of World War II, and taught values like faith and love of liberty. This is all to the good, but the point is, did you notice it?

　　Questions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.

　　32. What is the passage mainly about?

　　33. Which of the following belongs to the technical aspects of a well-made film?

　　34. What can we learn about the influence of films from the passage?

　　35. What do we learn about the film Star Wars, according to the passage?

　　Section C

　　The social effects of job-sharing are likely to be beneficial, since it attempts to match work opportunities to a wider variety of lifestyles. The (36) combination of one full-time and one part-time spouse might become much more common: which was the husband and which was the wife would vary according to taste, time of life and career (37) requirements.

　　What exactly is job-sharing? The Equal Opportunities Commission (38) defines it as “a form of part-time employment where two people (39) voluntarily share the responsibility of one full-time position.” Salary and benefits are (40) divided between the two sharers. Each person’s terms and conditions of employment are the same as those of a full-timer. If each works at least 15 hours a week, then they enjoy certain (41) employment rights that ordinary part-time workers do not have.

　　Part-timers usually earn less per hour than a full-timer, and have fewer benefits and less job (42) security. They have virtually no career prospects. Employers often think that working part-time (43) means that a person has no ambitions and so offer no chance of promotion.

　　(44) But job-sharing bridges that gap and offers the chance of interesting work to people who can only work part-time and that does not mean just married women. As Adrienne Broyle of “New Ways to Work” — formerly the London Job-Sharing Project — points out: “(45) There are various reasons why people decide they want to job-share and so have more free time”.

　　“A growing number of men want to job-share so that they can play an active role in bringing up their children. It allows people to study at home in their free time, (46) and means that disabled people or those who otherwise stay at home to look after them, can work. Job-sharing is also an ideal way for people to ease into retirement”.

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