决胜六级听力必备 mode11

Section A
[00:01.28]1. W: I can't figure out what's wrong with my tape-recorder.
[00:04.78]It was just a few weeks ago that I got it repaired.
[00:08.25]M: Don't waste your time and money any more.
[00:10.81]It's a very old tape-recorder and is quite worn out.
[00:14.63]Q: What does the man mean?
[00:16.64]2. M: Oh, what a breakfast?
[00:18.91]You know, the baby was crying and the phone just kept ringing.
[00:22.67]The milk was boiling over.
[00:24.45]W: I know how it is.
[00:26.04]I get a lot of calls too...even in bed at mid-night.
[00:29.65]Q: What are the two speakers doing?
[00:31.58]3. W: I intend to buy some food for the children.
[00:35.03]These hamburgers and apple pies seem to be very good.
[00:38.50]I'll get a few of each.
[00:40.28]M: I hope they taste as good as they look.
[00:42.66]Q: What does the man mean?
[00:44.49]4.W:I could hardly believe I sold my cat yesterday when a big mouse appeared from
[00:49.53]nowhere when I was mopping the floor today.
[00:49.64]M: When the cat's away, the mice will play.
[00:51.88]It's absolutely true.
[00:53.58]Q What does the man mean?
[00:55.36]5. W: Jack,do you want to go out on a picnic in a Seattle suburb?
[01:00.16]M: Sure,but I can't leave yet.
[01:02.17]I've lost my room key and I have to wait for the securite
[01:05.39]guard to let me back into my room.
[01:07.37]Q: What's Jack's problem?
[01:09.10]6. M: I certainly enjoyed my dinner.
[01:11.89]How was yours?
[01:13.38]W: Better than I expected since I'm not very fond of French food.
[01:17.43]For that price,though,it should have been good.
[01:20.23]Q: What conclusion can we draw form the woman's answer?
[01:23.44]7. M: It's so hot here in our classroom that I can hardly read on.
[01:28.25]W: If you have time
[01:29.47]you may go to the library which is airconditioned
[01:32.53]but it'll take you at least half an hour's walk to get there.
[01:36.29]Q: What does the woman mean?
[01:38.04]8. W: You college students are funny.
[01:40.60]It seems as if you were married to computers.
[01:43.47]M: Well,I guess that's true.
[01:45.20]Computers are widely used in all walks of life.
[01:48.15]If we can operate them skillfully
[01:50.40]we'll have more opportunities to have occupations.
[01:53.92]Q: What are they talking about?
[01:55.91]9. W: I can't find my watch.
[01:58.16]It was right here on the dressing¹ table yesterday and now it's gone.
[02:02.15]Have you seen it?
[02:03.41]M: Of course, I put it in your handbag.
[02:05.73]Q: What did the man do with the watch?
[02:08.53]10. W: We'll have to hurry if we're going to be on time to the railway station.
[02:12.84]It's already 9:30.
[02:14.90]M: Well, it takes only twenty-five minutes to go to the railway station
[02:19.31]and the train doesn't leave until 10:15
[02:21.80]I think we'll make it all right if we start immediately.
[02:24.72]Q: How much time is the couple allowing once they get to the railway station?
[02:28.95]Section B
[02:30.47]Passage One
[02:31.46]Tea was first brought to England in 1657
[02:35.35]it soon became fashionable
[02:37.65]but it was expensive
[02:38.83]as it had to be brought from China in the special fast ships that were called tea-clipper
[02:44.34]There were also high import duties on tea as there were no tobacco
[02:48.96]and much smuggling² of both these things went on during the eighteenth century.
[02:53.51]Tea was not grown in India until 1836
[02:56.93]after it had been found growing there will.
[03:00.07]From then on tea became cheaper, and very popular.
[03:03.62]In Great Britain tea is drunk at all times of the day
[03:06.96]but particularly at about 4:30 for "afternoon tea"
[03:11.30]which is occasionally an important social ceremony.
[03:14.38]11.According to the passage,which of the following countries was probably the first one to grow tea?
[03:21.33]12.What were smuggled³ into England during the eighteeth century?
[03:25.87]13.Which of the following in true?
[03:29.17]Passage Two
[03:30.65]One of the unusual sights in the city of Tokyo
[03:33.87]which is the capital of Japan
[03:35.83]is a place where small animals are buried.
[03:38.78]Thousands of small marble monuments mark the graves of once beloved animal pets.
[03:44.76]Under them are buried such creatures as goldfish
[03:47.92]pigeons, rabbits, and birds, as well as cats and dogs.
[03:52.96]Many of the graves as cared for by the people who once owned these animals.
[03:57.61]The other graves are maintained by the keepers of the animal cemetery⁴.
[04:01.04]For a small amount of money
[04:02.79]the keepers of the cemetery will care for the grave of any small animal.
[04:07.77]Near the animal cemetery stands a Buddhist⁵ temple.
[04:10.78]A Buddhist priest⁶ at the temple offers prayers
[04:13.73]for the souls of dead animals brought to the cemetery
[04:17.49]After prayers have been said, the animals body is burned.
[04:21.62]Then the remains⁷ are buried according to the wishes of the owner.
[04:24.94]Sometimes expensive ceremonies are help.
[04:28.49]Special graves are provided for animals whose owners wish to pay for them.
[04:32.67]14. What is the passage about?
[04:35.96]15. What can we infer from the passage?
[04:39.28]16. Which of the following is not true?
[04:43.25]Passage Three
[04:44.74]The Mediterranean⁸ is a word both easy to pronounce and easy to spell--if you only know hot.
[04:51.56]It is a word of five syllables⁹: me-di-ter-ran-ean, meaning mid-earth.
[04:57.56]The Chinese translation is a happy one
[05:00.54]as it means exactly the same thing.
[05:03.39]Europe owes its early growth to the Mediterranean Sea.
[05:07.41]On its shores were the seats of early civilization:Egypt,Greece and Rome.
[05:13.24]The Mediterranean fed the people in these lands
[05:16.48]and provided a highway for trade and diplomacy¹⁰.
[05:19.56]Together,they formed a Mediterranean civilization.
[05:23.11]In 1869 the Suez Canal was cut after 10 years of arduous¹¹ work.
[05:29.07]Linking the Mediterranean Sea to the Indian Ocean.
[05:32.54]the Canal shortened¹² the passage from Europe to Asia by some 10,000 kilometres.
[05:38.11]The Canal is 171 km long and 65 km wide.
[05:44.45]An ocean liner¹³ takes some 10 hours to go through.
[05:48.29]It goes slowly, but safely.
[05:50.88]The canal is now completely Egyptian property.
[05:53.86]Foreign ships pay for their passage
[05:56.58]making the Canal a good earner of hard currency.
[06:00.18]17. According to the passage, what does the word "happy" mean?
[06:05.06]18. What did the early development of Europe depend on?
[06:09.27]19. How long did it take to cut the Suez Canal?
[06:13.61]20. How fast can an ocean liner go through the Canal usually

1 dressing   

n.(食物)调料；包扎伤口的用品，敷料

参考例句：

• Don't spend such a lot of time in dressing yourself.别花那么多时间来打扮自己。
• The children enjoy dressing up in mother's old clothes.孩子们喜欢穿上妈妈旧时的衣服玩。

2 smuggling   

n.走私

参考例句：

• Some claimed that the docker's union fronted for the smuggling ring.某些人声称码头工人工会是走私集团的掩护所。
• The evidence pointed to the existence of an international smuggling network.证据表明很可能有一个国际走私网络存在。

3 smuggled   

水货

参考例句：

• The customs officer confiscated the smuggled goods. 海关官员没收了走私品。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• Those smuggled goods have been detained by the port office. 那些走私货物被港务局扣押了。 来自互联网

4 cemetery   

n.坟墓，墓地，坟场

参考例句：

• He was buried in the cemetery.他被葬在公墓。
• His remains were interred in the cemetery.他的遗体葬在墓地。

5 Buddhist   

adj./n.佛教的，佛教徒

参考例句：

• The old lady fell down in adoration before Buddhist images.那老太太在佛像面前顶礼膜拜。
• In the eye of the Buddhist,every worldly affair is vain.在佛教徒的眼里，人世上一切事情都是空的。

6 priest   

n.神父，牧师，司铎，司祭，领导者，神甫；vt.使成为神职人员

参考例句：

• He confessed to a priest that he had sinned.他向神父忏悔他犯了罪。
• The priest visited all the old people in the parish.牧师探望了教区里的所有老人。

7 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

8 Mediterranean   

adj.地中海的；地中海沿岸的

参考例句：

• The houses are Mediterranean in character.这些房子都属地中海风格。
• Gibraltar is the key to the Mediterranean.直布罗陀是地中海的要冲。

9 syllables   

n.音节( syllable的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• a word with two syllables 双音节单词
• 'No. But I'll swear it was a name of two syllables.' “想不起。不过我可以发誓，它有两个音节。” 来自英汉文学 - 双城记

10 diplomacy   

n.外交；外交手腕，交际手腕

参考例句：

• The talks have now gone into a stage of quiet diplomacy.会谈现在已经进入了“温和外交”阶段。
• This was done through the skill in diplomacy. 这是通过外交手腕才做到的。

11 arduous   

adj.艰苦的，费力的，陡峭的

参考例句：

• We must have patience in doing arduous work.我们做艰苦的工作要有耐性。
• The task was more arduous than he had calculated.这项任务比他所估计的要艰巨得多。

12 shortened   

v.弄短，缩短( shorten的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• She shortened the skirt by an inch. 她把裙子缩短了一英寸。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Vacations have lengthened and the work week has shortened. 假期延长，工作周就缩短了。 来自辞典例句

13 liner   

n.班船，定期班机

参考例句：

• They sailed to America in a large liner.他们乘坐一艘大客轮航行到美国。
• The liner flew straight to Nanjing.客机径直飞往南京。