2009年6月英语六级听力成功指南(第二十二期)

　　Passage 8

　　The American government, as well as every American, is touched by and concerned with inflation, and President Carter has called it our NO.1 problem.

　　The great jump in inflation has been during the past 10 years. Looking at the raw figures, people might consider this a time of prosperity. The wage of the average worker was $114 a week in 1969, and by September 1978 it had reached$206. On the surface it might seem that people are better off, but taking into consideration the effects of inflation, the picture is different.

　　In 1976 the consumer price index stood at 100 and it has now topped 200. Allowing for this, the average wage of workers was$104 in 1969 and $105 in April 1978. Since then with more inflation any gains in purchasing power has been wiped out and more taken away. In fact during the year of 1978, the buying power of the average paycheck had fallen by 3.4 percent. In addition to the income tax, there are usually state and country taxes, and in nearly all American communities, as in most of western Europe, there is a point of purchase tax, the sales tax, that is added to the cost of an item at the retail level. This is another tax that has been increasing with inflation, and it affects all purchasers.

　　Questions 27 to 29 are based on the passage you've just heard.

　　27. What does the article say about inflation?

　　28. How much will the dollar buy in real goods now compared with 1967?

　　29. What tax is collected from even the poorest citizen?

　　题解：

　　Passage 7

　　短文谈到了近来偷车案的增多。这印证了警察们的担扰：这些偷车案是有组织的职业偷车团伙所为。大部分的行窃都发生在Southwell Park周围的富人居住区。在上星期就有22起窃车案发生于此。被盗的车中只有一台被找到，被遗弃在20英里外的Rockinghill Palace路。另外有一台车的车主后来承认忘记了几天前停在何处而误报了车被窃。有趣的是，这些窃车案几乎都发生在上锁的车库。一些车主承认可能忘记了车入库后锁车，但只有一位车主不确定是否锁了车库。警察们假定，偷车团伙在晚上撬开了车库，把未上锁的车偷车或在白天、夜间偷走路边停的车。警察们提醒车主在车入库后仍要将车锁好。

　　23.C 题车查对具体信息的捕获。短文在开始即谈到窃车事件。片面占有信息可造成对选项B的误选。

　　24.A 本题对细节考察。

　　25.D 本题仍考查细节。

　　26.C 本题测试获取特定信息的能力。短文在最后告诉大家"They advise car owners to lock up their cars even when they are kept in locked garages"。