2010年12月英语六级听力原文、试题及答案

Psychologistsarefindingthathopeplaysasurprisinglyvitalroleingivingpeopleameasurableadvantageinroundsasdiverseasacademicachievement,bearingupintoughjobs,andcopingwithtragicillness.And,bycontrast,thelossofhope,isturningouttobeastrongersignthatapersonmaycommitsuicidethanotherfactorslongthoughttobemorelikelyrisks.‘Hopehasprovenapowerfulpredictorofoutcomeineverystudywe'vedonesofar,’saidDoctorCharlesR.Snyder,apsychologist,whohasdevisedascaletoassesshowmuchhopeapersonhas.Forexample,inresearchwith3920collegestudents,DoctorSnyderandhiscolleaguesfoundthatthelevelofhopeamongfreshmenatthebeginningoftheirfirstsemesterwasamoreaccuratepredictoroftheircollegegrades,thanweretheirSATscoresortheirgradepointaveragesinhighschool,thetwomeasuresmostcommonlyusedtopredictcollegeperformance.‘Studentswithhighhopesetthemselveshighergoalsandknowhowtoworktoattainthem,’DoctorSnydersaid.‘Whenyoucomparestudentsofequivalentintelligenceandpastacademicachievements,whatsetsthemapartishope.’Indevisingawaytoassesshopescientifically,DoctorSnyderwent

beyondthesimplenotionthathopeismerelythesensethateverythingwillturnoutallright.‘Thatnotionisnotconcreteenoughanditblurstwokeycomponentsofhope,’DoctorSnydersaid,‘Havinghopemeansbelievingyouhaveboththewillandthewaytoaccomplishyourgoals,whatevertheymaybe.’

2010年12月英语六级听力考试试题

SectionA

短对话（11~18）

11

W:Thisisoneofourbestandleastexpensivetwo-bedroomlistings.It’slocatedinaquietbuildingandit’sclosetobuslines.

M:Thatmaybetrue.Butlookatit,it’sawful,thepainthaspeeledoffandcarpetiswornandthestoveisancient.

Q:Whatcanweinferfromtheconversation?

12

M:Thepictureswetookatthebotanicalgardenshouldbereadytomorrow.

W:Ican’twaittoseethem,I’mwonderingiftheshotsItookareasgoodasIthought.

Q:Whatisthewomaneagertoknow?

13

W:Thehandleofthesuitcaseisbroken.CanyouhaveitfixedbynextTuesday?

M:Letmesee,Ineedtofindahandlethatmatchesbutthatshouldn’ttaketoolong.

Q:Whatdoesthemanmean?

14

M:ThistrucklookslikewhatIneedbutI’mworriedaboutmaintenance.Forusit’llhavetooperateforlongperiodsoftimeinverycoldtemperatures.

W:Wehaveseveralmodelsthatareespeciallyadaptiveforextremeconditions.Wouldyouliketoseethem?

Q:Whatdowelearnaboutthemanfromtheconversation?

15

M:Ithinkyourbosswouldbeveryupsetwhenhegetsyourletterofresignation.

W:Thatmaybeso.Butintheletter,IjusttoldhimfranklyIcouldnolongerlivewithhispoormanagementandstupiddecisions.

Q:Whatdowelearnaboutthewoman?

16

WI’dliketoexchangetheshirt.I’velearnedthatthepersonboughtitforallergictowool.

MMaybewecanfindsomethingincottonorsilk.Pleasecomethisway.

Q；Whatdoesthewomenwanttodo？

17

M:Excuseme,Miss？Didanyonehappentoturninanewhandbag?Youknow,it’sabirthdaygiftformywife.

W:Letmesee.Oh,we’vegotquitealotofwomen’sbagshere.Canyougivememoredetailedinformation,suchasthecolor,thesizeandthetrademark?

Q:Wheredoesthisconversationmostprobablytakeplace?

18

MWhatareyougoingtodowiththeoldhouseyouareinheritagefromyourgrandfather?

WIonceintendedtosellit,butnow,I’mthinkingofturningitintoaguesthouse,becauseit'sstillasolidstructure.

Q:Whatdoesthemanplantodowithhisoldhouse?

长对话（19~25）

W:Whenyouwriteanovel,doyouknowwhereyou’regoing,Dr.James?

M:Yes,youmust,really,ifyou’rewritingtheclassicaldetectivestory,becauseitmustbesocarefullyplottedandsocarefullyclued.Ihaveschemes.Ihavecharts.Ihavediagrams.Itdoesn’tmeantosaythatIalwaysgetitright,butIdoplanbeforeIbeginwriting.Butwhatissofascinatingishowabookchangesduringtheprocessofwriting.Itseemstomethatcreativewritingisaprocessofrevelation,really,ratherthanofcreativity

intheordinarysense.

W:Whenyou’replanningthebasicstructure,doyouliketogoawaytobesurethatyou’rebyyourself?

M:Ineedtobebymyselfcertainly,absolutely.Ican’tevenbareanybodyelseinthehouse.Idon’tmindmuchwhereIamaslongasI’vegotenoughspacetowrite,butIneedtobecompletelyalone.

W:Isthatveryimportanttoyou?

M:Oh,yes.I’veneverbeenlonelyinallmylife.

W:Howextraordinary!Never?

M:No,never.

W:You’reverylucky.Someoneoncesaidthatthere’sabitoficeattheheartofeverywriter.

M:Yes.Ithinkthisistrue.Thewritercanstandasidefrom

experienceandlookatit,watchithappening.Thereisthis‘detachment’andIrealizethatthereareobviouslyexperienceswhichwouldoverwhelmeveryone.Butveryoften,awritercanappeartostandaside,andthisdetachmentmakespeoplefeelthere’sabitoficeintheheart.

Questions19to21arebasedontheconversationyouhavejustheard.

19.Whatisthekeytowriteagoodclassicaldetectivestoryaccordingtotheman?

20.Whatdoesthemanmainlyneedwhenworkingonabook?

21.Whatdoesthemansayaboutwriters?

W:Thereisanelementthereaboutcompetitionthen,isn’tthere?BecauseBritishrailwaysareanationalizedindustry.There’sonlyonerailwaysysteminthecountry.Ifyoudon’tlikeaparticularkindofbigbeans,youcangoandbuyanother.Butifyoudon'tlikeaparticularrailway,youcan’tgoanduseanother.

M:Somepeoplewhowritetomesaythis.Theysaythatifyoudidn’thavemonopoly,youwouldn’tbeabletodothethingsyoudo.Well,Idon’tthinkwedoanythingdeliberatelytoupsetourcustomers.Wehaveparticularproblems.Since1946,whentheTransportActcamein,wewerenationalized.

W:Doyouthinkthat’sagoodthing?Hasitbeenagoodthingfortherailways,doyouthink,tobenationalized?

M:OhIthinkso,yes.Becauseingeneral,modesoftransportareallaround.Let’sfacethefact.Thecararrived.Thecarisheretostay.Thereisnoquestionaboutthat.

W:Sowhatareyousayingthen?Isitiftherailwayshappenbeingnationalized,theywouldsimplyhavedisappeared?

M:Oh,Ithinktheywouldhave.They’redisappearingfastinAmerica.Er,theFrenchrailwayslose1billionpondsayear.TheGermanrailways,2billionpondsayear.Butyousee,thosegovernmentsarepreparingtopourmoneyintothetransportsystemtokeepitgoing.

W:Soinasense,youcopebetweentwoextremes.Ontheonehand,you’retryingnottolosetoomuchmoney.Andontheotherhand,you’vegottoprovidethebestservice.

M:Yes,youareright.

Questions22to25arebasedontheconversationyouhavejustheard.

22.WhatdoesthewomansayaboutBritishrailways?

23.Whatdosomepeoplewhowritetothemancomplainabout?

24.Whatdoesthemansaythreatenstheexistenceofrailways?

25.Whatdoesthemansayaboutrailwaysinothercountries?

SectionB

PassageOne

Amongglobalwarming’smostfrighteningthreatsisthe

predictionisthatthepolarice-capswillmelt,raisingsealevelsomuchthatcoastalcitiesfromNewYorktoLosAnglestoShanghaiwillbeflooded.ScientistsagreethatkeyplayerinthisscenarioistheWestAntarcticicesheet,aBrazil-sizemassoffrozenwaterthatismuchas7000feetthick.Unlikefloatingiceshelveswhichhavelittleimpactonsealevelwhentheybreakup,theicesheetisanchoredtobedrockwillblowtheseasurface.Surroundedbyopenocean,itisalsovulnerable,butAntarcticexpertsdisagreestronglyonjusthowunstableitis.Now,newevidencerevealsthatallormostoftheAntarcticicesheetcollapsedatleastonceduringthepast1.3millionyears,aperiodwhenglobaltemperaturesprobablywerenotsignificantlyhigherthantheyaretoday.Andtheicesheetwasassumedtohavebeenstable.Ingeologicaltime,amillionyearsisrecenthistory.Theproof,whichwaspublishedlastweekinScience,comesfromateamofscientistsfromUppsalaUniversityinSwedenandCaliforniaInstituteofTechnologywhodrewdeepholesneartheedgeoficesheet.Withinsamplescollectedfromthesolidsubstanceslyingbeneaththeice.Theyfoundfossilsofmicroscopicmarineplantswhichsuggestthattheregionwasonceopenoceannotsolidice.AsHermanEngleheart,aco-authorfromtheCaliforniaInstituteofTechnologysays,‘the

WestAntarcticicesheetdisappearonceandcandisappearagain.’

26.Whatisoneofthemostfrighteningthreatsofglobalwarmingaccordingtothepassage?

27.Whatdidscientistsdisagreeon?

28.WhatisthelatestinformationrevealedabouttheWestAntarcticicesheet?

29.Whatthescientists’latestfindingssuggest?

PassageTwo

It'salwaysfuntowriteaboutresearchthatyoucanactuallytryoutforyourself.

Trythis:Takeaphotoanduploaditto,thenafteradayorso,notewhattheURLlinktothepictureisandthendeleteit.Comebackamonthlaterandseeifthelinkworks.Chancesare:Itwill.

isn'talonehere.ResearchersatCambridgeUniversityhavefoundthatnearlyhalfofthesocialnetworkingsitesdon'timmediatelydeletepictureswhenauserrequeststheyberemoved.Ingeneral,photo-centricwebsiteslikeFlickrwerefoundtobebetteratquicklyremovingdeletedphotosuponrequest.

Whydo\"deleted\"photosstickaroundsolong?Theproblemrelatestothewaydataisstoredonlargewebsites:Whileyourpersonalcomputeronlykeepsonecopyofafile,large-scaleserviceslikerelyonwhatarecalledcontentdeliverynetworkstomanagedataanddistribution.It'sacomplexsystemwhereindataiscopiedtomultipleintermediatedevices,usuallytospeedupaccesstofileswhenmillionsofpeoplearetryingtoaccesstheserviceatthesametime.Butbecausechangesaren'treflectedacrossthecontentdeliverynetworksimmediately,ghostcopiesoffilestendtolingerfordaysorweeks.

Inthecaseof,thecompanysaysdatamayhangarounduntiltheURLinquestionisreused,whichisusually\"afterashortperiodoftimehoughobviouslythattimecan

varyconsiderably.

30.Whatdoesthespeakeraskustotryout?

31.Whataccountsforthefailureofsomewebsitestoremovephotosimmediately?

32.Whenwilltheunwanteddataeventuallydisappearfromaccordingtothecompany?

PassageThree

Enjoyinganicedcoffee?Betterskipdinnerorhitthegymafterwards,withacancercharitywarningthatsomeicedcoffeescontainasmanycaloriesasahotdinner.

TheWorldCancerResearchFund(WCRF)conductedasurveyoficedcoffeessoldbysomepopularchainsinBritainincludingStarbucks,CaffeNeroandCostaCoffeetogaugethecaloriesasstudiesincreasinglylinkobesitywithcancer.

Theworstoffender-acoffeefromStarbucks--had561calories.

Othericedcoffeescontainedmorethan450caloriesandthemajorityhadanexcessof200.

Healthexpertsadvisethattheaveragewomanshouldconsumeabout2,000caloriesadayandamanabout2,500caloriestomaintainahealthyweight.Dietersaimfor1,000to1,500caloriesaday.

\"Thefactthatthereisanicedcoffeeonthemarketwithoveraquarterofawoman'sdailycaloriesallowanceisalarming,\"DrRachel

Thompson,

science

programme

manager

at

London-basedWCRF,saidinawidely-reportedstatement.

\"Thisistheamountofcaloriesyoumightexpecttohaveinaneveningmeal,notinadrink.\"

TheWCRFhasestimatedthat19,000cancersayearinBritaincouldbepreventedifpeoplelosttheirexcessweightwithgrowingevidencethatexcessbodyfatincreasestheriskofvariouscancers.

\"Ifyouarehavingthesetypesofcoffeeregularlythentheywill

increasethechancesofyoubecomingoverweight,whichinturnincreasesyourriskofdevelopingcancer,aswellasotherdiseasessuchasheartdisease.\"sheadded.

33.Whatwarningdidsomehealthexpertsgive?

34.Whatdoestheauthorsuggestpeopledoaftertheyhaveanicedcoffee?

35.WhatcouldBritishpeopleexpectiftheymaintainanormalbodyweightaccordingtotheWCRF?

SectionC

Psychologistsarefindingthathopeplaysasurprisinglyvitalroleingivingpeopleameasurableadvantageinroundsasdiverseasacademicachievement,bearingupintoughjobs,andcopingwithtragicillness.And,bycontrast,thelossofhope,isturningouttobeastrongersignthatapersonmaycommitsuicidethanotherfactorslongthoughttobemorelikelyrisks.‘Hopehasprovenapowerfulpredictorofoutcomeineverystudywe'vedonesofar,’saidDoctorCharlesR.Snyder,apsychologist,who

hasdevisedascaletoassesshowmuchhopeapersonhas.Forexample,inresearchwith3920collegestudents,DoctorSnyderandhiscolleaguesfoundthatthelevelofhopeamongfreshmenatthebeginningoftheirfirstsemesterwasamoreaccuratepredictoroftheircollegegrades,thanweretheirSATscoresortheirgradepointaveragesinhighschool,thetwomeasuresmostcommonlyusedtopredictcollegeperformance.‘Studentswithhighhopesetthemselveshighergoalsandknowhowtoworktoattainthem,’DoctorSnydersaid.‘Whenyoucomparestudentsofequivalentintelligenceandpastacademicachievements,whatsetsthemapartishope.’Indevisingawaytoassesshopescientifically,DoctorSnyderwentbeyondthesimplenotionthathopeismerelythesensethateverythingwillturnoutallright.‘Thatnotionisnotconcreteenoughanditblurstwokeycomponentsofhope,’DoctorSnydersaid,‘Havinghopemeansbelievingyouhaveboththewillandthewaytoaccomplishyourgoals,whatevertheymaybe.’

2010年12月英语六级听力考试试题答案考后第一时间发布

ListeningComprehension

SectionA

11.Whatcanweinferfromtheconversation?

【答案】AThemanisthemanageroftheapartmentbuilding

【解析】从对话中看出女士在找apartmentbuilding，不是男士。因此选A。

12.Whatisthewomaneagertoknow?

【答案】BHowthepictureswillturnout.

【解析】女士想知道的是iftheshotsItookareasgoodasIthought.照片是不是和她想的异样好。这里shots指照片。turn

out指照片拍出来的效果。因此选B。

13.Whatdoesthemanmean?

【答案】CThesuitcasecanbefixedintime.

【解析】男士说到findahandle后面提到butthatshouldn’ttaketoolong说明不是没有handle可以匹配。因此排除A,B。

14.Whatdowelearnaboutthemanfromtheconversation?

【答案】BHeneedsavehicletobeusedinharshweather.

【解析】男士说到truck需要operateforlongperiodsoftimeinverycoldtemperatures，因此选择选项B。verycoldtemperatures对应harshweather.

15.Whatdowelearnaboutthewoman?

【答案】AShehasmadeuphermindtoresign.

【解析】从文中女士强硬的口气Icouldnolongerlivewith…

可以看出她下定决心。因此选择A。

16.Whatdoesthewomenwanttodo？

【答案】DReplacetheshirtwithoneofsomeothermaterial.

【解析】女士首先提到exchangetheshirt，后面又解释了原因allergictowool，从男士的回答也可以看出换成别的材质。因此选择D。

17.Wheredoesthisconversationmostprobablytakeplace?

【答案】DAta“LostandFound”

【解析】男士首先问Didanyonehappentoturninanewhandbag?，女士又问了他handbag的详细信息，可见是在失物招领处，选D。

18.Whatdoesthemanplantodowithhisoldhouse?

【答案】CConvertinintoahotel

【解析】but后面是真正意图:turningitintoaguesthouse。guesthouse意为宾馆，因此选C。

19.Whatisthekeytowriteagoodclassicaldetectivestoryaccordingtotheman?

【答案】DCarefulplottingandclueing.

【解析】对话中提到itmustbesocarefullyplottedandsocarefullyclued，对应D选项。

20.Whatdoesthemanmainlyneedwhenworkingonabook?

【答案】DTobeentirelyalone.

【解析】对话中can’tevenbareanybodyelse,becompletelyalone都说明该作家需要的写作空间，因此选择D。

21.Whatdoesthemansayaboutwriters?

【答案】CTheylookattheworldinadetachedmanner.

【解析】关键词detachment分离。作家提到作者的经历和写作。虽然说道someexperiencesoverwhelmeveryone,但是后面的but暗示了答案，standaside、detachment都对应了C选项。

22.WhatdoesthewomansayaboutBritishrailways?

【答案】BLikeitornot,youhavetousethem.

【解析】在对话一开始，女士就提到了There’sonlyonerailwaysystem,ifyoudon'tlikeaparticularrailway,youcan’tgoanduseanother.因为只有一条铁路，即使不喜欢，也只能乘坐，换句话说不论喜欢与否都得用它。因此选择B。

23.Whatdosomepeoplewhowritetothemancomplainabout?

【答案】DThemonopolyofBritishRailways.

【解析】对话中谈及monopoly，铁路垄断，因此选D。其他选项均未涉及。

24.Whatdoesthemansaythreatenstheexistenceofrailways?

【答案】BCompetitionfromothermodesoftransport.

【解析】对话中modesoftransportareallaround对应选项B。

25.Whatdoesthemansayaboutrailwaysinothercountries?

【答案】DTheylosealotofmoney.

【解析】男士以德、法两国铁路为例，每年铁路都有大量亏损。因此选择D。而B选项中disappearing仅仅是美国的情况。

SectionB

PassageOne

文章解析：

本文是一篇地理科学类文章，有点难度，关键是对一些专有名词的把握。文章开始先指出全球变暖带来最主要的威胁是极地冰盖的融化，并给出了相应的事实和数据加以证明。接

着更多例子表明南极洲的冰盖在过去的130万年间至少坍塌过一次。相关高等学府的学者和科学家也相继用实验证明南极洲西部曾是一片汪洋。最后引用HermanEngleheart的话，再次提醒我们，西南极洲大冰原很可能再次融化消失。

其实按常理来说，如果听力文章比较有难度的话，题目的难度相对应会降低。所以大家在遇到此类题型时不必惊慌。提取关键信息、边听边记笔记，运用好背景知识等就能把题目做出来。平时也要注意扩大阅读范围，增长见识。关于环境保护和全球变暖之类的文章屡见不鲜，要求考生在这方面要引起足够的重视。

难点词汇：

WestAntarcticicesheet西南极洲大冰原iceshelf冰架anchored固定的

fossil化石microscopicmarineplants海洋微生物geological地质的

答案及解析：

26.Whatisoneofthemostfrighteningthreatsofglobalwarmingaccordingtothepassage?

【解析】C)Manycoastalcitieswillbecoveredwithwater.

细节题。本题不难，从听力开头即可听到“raisingsealevelsomuchthatcoastalcitiesfromNewYorktoLosAnglestoShanghaiwillbeflooded”所以选C选项。

27.Whatdoscientistsdisagreeon?

【解析】B)HowunstabletheWestAntarcticicesheetis.

细节题。本题不难。注意关键句“butAntarcticexpertsdisagreestronglyonjusthowunstableitis”即可得出答案。

28.WhatisthelatestinformationrevealedabouttheWestAntarcticicesheet?

【解析】A）Itcollapsedatleastonceduringthepast1.3millionyears.

细节题。注意提取关键信息“newevidencerevealsthatallormostoftheAntarcticicesheetcollapsedatleastonceduringthepast1.3millionyears”所以选A选项。

29.Whatthescientists’latestfindingssuggest?

【解析】A)TheWestAntarcticregionwasonceaopenocean.

细节题。听力最后的例子说明了这一点“whichsuggestthattheregionwasonceopenoceannotsolidice”，而其他选项都不是最新的发现。

PassageTwo

30B）Whetheradeletedphotoisimmediatelyremovedfromtheweb.

【解析】听力一开始作者就建议我们尝试删除自己上传的照片“Takeaphotoanduploaditto,thenafteradayorso,notewhattheURLlinktothepictureisandthendeleteit.”，由此可知应该选B。

31B)Thewaytheystoredata.

【解析】“Whydo\"deleted\"photosstickaroundsolong?Theproblemrelatestothewaydataisstoredonlargewebsites”，从这句话可知图片之所以不能立即删除跟它们存储的方式有关。

32C)WhentheURLisreused.

【解析】“Inthecaseof,thecompanysaysdatamayhangarounduntiltheURLinquestionisreused”，从这句话可知只有URL被再次用到才会被删除。

PassageThree

33.A

解析：第一段原文可以找到对应句子，即someicedcoffeescontainasmanycaloriesasahotdinner.

34.B

解析：第一段原文中有对应语句，即Betterskipdinnerorhitthegymafterwards.

35.C

解析：在此句中，“TheWCRFhasestimatedthat19,000cancersayearinBritaincouldbeprevented…”，关键词prevented可以得知答案为C选项。

SectionC

36.diverse

37.tragic

38.commit

39.outcome

40.scale

41.colleagues

42.accurate

43.averages

45.Studentswithhighhopesetthemselveshighergoalsandknowhowtoworktoattainthem,

46.wentbeyondthesimplenotionthathopeismerelythesensethateverythingwillturnoutallright.

47.Havinghopemeansbelievingyouhaveboththewillandthewaytoaccomplishyourgoals,whatevertheymaybe.