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英语六级听力原文与参考答案
巨微英语
2016年12月英语六级听力原文及参考答案
听力稿原文
sectionA
Conversation1
气候变化和全球经济发展
W：
ProfessorHendersoncouldyougiveusabriefoverviewofwhatyoudo
，where
youworkandyourmainareaofresearch
？
M：
WelltheCenterfor
ClimateResearchwhereIworklinksthescience
ofclimate
changetoissuesaroundeconomicsandpolicy
。
Someofourresearchistodowiththelikelyimpactsofclimatechangeandallof
theassociatedrisks
。
W：
And
howstrong
is
the
evidencethat
climate
changeis
happeningthat
it
‘sreally
somethingweneedtobeworriedabout
。
M：
Wellmostof
thescienceof
climatechangeparticularlythattodowithglobal
warmingissimplyfact
。
Butotheraspectsofthesciencearelesscertainoratleastmoredisputed
。
Andsowe‘rereallytalkingaboutriskwhattheeconomicstellsusisthatit
’
sprobablycheapertoavoidclimatechangetoavoidtheriskthanithastodeal
withthelikelyconsequences
。
W：
Sowhatarewedoing
？
Whatcanwedoaboutit
？
M：
Well
Iwouldarguethatweneedtodevelop
the
science
specifically
to
understand
thelikelyimpactsofclimatechangeindifferentcontexts
。
AsIsaidweneedtounderstandthebestwaysofavoidingclimatechangeandthiswillinvolveahugetransitiontolowcarbonenergysystemsandthetransitionis
atremendouspriority。
Andforthistohappen，wemayneedactiononaglobalscalefromapoliticalperspective。
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Weneedto
understand
theterms
onwhich
major
countrieslike
ChinaandtheUSAmight
signupto
aglobalagreementbecauseat
themomentwedon‘t
havethat
consensus。
W：
Right
。
M：
Andwealsoneedtoplanaheadsothatwe
‘reinapositiontodealwiththe
likelylevelsofclimatechangewhicharealreadyinevitableandevenmoresoto
forthelevelsthatarelikelyifwedon
’tgetthoseglobalagreements
。
Q1.WhatdoesProfessorHsayabouthismainareaofresearch
？
AIttriestopredictthepossibletrendsofglobalclimatechange
。
BItstudiestheimpactofglobalclimatechangeonpeople
’slives
。
CItlinksthescienceofclimatechangetoeconomicandpolicyissues
。
DItfocusesontheeffortscountriescanmaketodealwithglobalwarning
。
答案C
Q2.WhatdoesProfessorHsayaboutclimatechange
？
AItwilltakealongtimebeforeaconsensusisreachedonitsimpact
。
BItwouldbemorecostlytodealwithitsconsequencesthantoavoidit
。
CItisthemostpressingissueconfrontingallcountries
。
DItisboundtocauseendlessdisputesamongnations
。
答案B
Q3.WhatdoesProfessorHsayisatoppriorityincombatingclimatechange
？
AThetransitiontolow-carbonenergysystems
。
BThecooperationamongworldmajorpowers
。
CThesigningofaglobalagreement
。
DTheraisingofpeople
’sawareness。
答案A
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Q4.WhatdoesProfessorHadviseustodotobetterdealwithclimatechange
？
ACarryoutmoreresearchonit
。
BCutdownenergyconsumption
。
CPlanwellinadvance
。
DAdoptnewtechnology
。
答案C
Conversation2
（成功的要素）
W：
IhavemanybusinessEnglishstudents
。
WhenIteachtheclassroom
，weoften
enduptalkingaboutthingslikesuccessandwhatleadstosuccess
。
Andit‘s
interestingthatmanyofthemmentiontheelementofluck
。
M：
Right。
W：
LuckisimportanttosuccesstheTEDTalkswebsitebyRichardSt
。
Butsinceyou‘veseenthatfantasticvideoon
。
John，hedoesn’tmentionluckatall。
M：
Well
，I
‘mafirmbelieverthatpeoplecanmaketheirownluck
。
Imeanwhat
peopleregardasluck
，youcanactuallycreate
，toadegree
。
W：
Sure。
I
think
alot
ofwhatpeopleconsider
luck
is
attributed
to
howyourespond
totheopportunitiesthatcomeyourway
。
M：
Yes。
Verygoodpoint
。
W：
Seizing
the
opportunities
。
But
wasthere
anypoint
in
the
video
thatyouthought
wasparticularlyinteresting
？
M：
Yes。
Actually
there
was。
Somethingvery
impressive
to
measmanypeoplethink
thatluckisimportantandthatnaturaltalentissomethingyoumusthaveinorder
tobesuccessful
。
Andin
the
videowesaw，the
point
about
getting
goodatsomething
isnotabouthavingsomenaturaltalent
。
It
‘sallaboutpractice
，practice
，
practice
。
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W：
Definitelyyeah
。
Naturaltalenthelpsinsomewaybutattheendoftheday
youreallydoneedtoworkhardandgetreallyreallygoodatwhatyoudo
。
M：
Sure。
W：
Ithoughtoneinterestingthinginthevideowastheideaofpassionbeingso
importantandthatpeoplewhoreallylovewhattheydo
。
Ofcourseyou
‘regoing
towanttoworkharderandputthetimeandeffortintoit
。
Andthefunnything
isthatifyoulovewhatyoudoandarereallypassionateaboutitandworkreally
hard，themoneykindofcomesautomatically
。
Q5.Whatarethespeakersmainlytalkingabout
？
Q6.Whatisthewoman
’sviewofluck
？
Q7.WhatisthechiefpointtheTEDTalksvideomakes
？
Q8.WhatdoesthewomanthinkisthefunnythingintheTEDTalksvideo
？
sectionB
Passage1
（美国恶魔塔的形成原因以及关于它的印第安传说）
Devil’sTower，the
first
national
monumentin
America，could
almost
bemistaken
for
the
stumpof
anenormoustree。
Its
sheerrock
sidessweepupfrom
abroad
base
untiltheycutoffabruptlyattheflatsummit
。
Risingmorethan1
，000feetin
themiddleofthegentlyrollingplainsofWyoming
，themassivecolumnofrock
，
looksasthoughitwasdroppeddownintothislocationfromadifferenttimeand
place。
Inasense
，itwas
，Devil
’sTowerisarelicofthepast
。
Whenthemeltrock
ofthe
earth’score
forced
itswaytothesurface
toform
the
throat
of
avolcano，
asthecenturies
passed，therock
cooled
andhardened，shrinking
andcracking
into
long
columns，born
infire
andfury
。
Devil
’s
Towerwasthen
shapedbythe
slow，
gentle
workofwindandwater。
The
outer
layers
of
thevolcano
werewornawayuntil
thehardcorestoodcompletelyexposed
。
ItissmallwonderthatanIndianlegenddescribedDevil
’sTowerasbeingformed
bysupernatural
powers。
Thelegend
saysthat
whensevengirls
wereattacked
bybears，
they
took
refuge
ontopofasmall
rock，and
theyappealed
tothe
RockGodfor
help。
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TheGodcausedtherocktogrowandtoliftthegirlsfarabovetheground
，while
it
sides
werescored
bythe
claws
of
the
angrybears。
Even
today，says
the
legend，
the
girls
canbeseenabovethe
towering
rock。
As
sevenshining
stars
in
thenight
sky。
9.WhatdoestheDevil
’sTowerlooklike
？
10.Whatcausethevolcano
’souterlayerstowearaway
？
11.WhatdoestheIndianlegendsayabouttheDevil
’sTower？
12.HowdidtheRockGodhelpthesevengirlintheIndianlegend
？
Passage2
（如何科学理财）
It’snoaccident
that
mostgasstations
haveconvenience
stores
attached
。
Fewof
uscanfillupthetankwithoutbuyingafewsnacks
，cigarettes
，softdrinksor
other
items
wecanlive
without
。
I
deserve
it。
That
’swhathardworking
menand
womensaytojustifytheirlavishvacations
，bigstereosystemsorregular
restaurant
meals。
Theydodeserve
suchindulgences
。
However，they
also
deserve
ahomeoftheirown--asecureretirementandfreedomfromworryingaboutunpaid
bills。
NooneshouldhavetolivewithwhataTexasmotherdescribedasconstant
stress
，tension，evenfearaboutmoney
。
Sadlythepleasurethatcomesfrom
extravagancesoften
disappears
long
before
thebills
do。
The
videocamerathat
one
singlemotherboughtforaspecialoccasion
，forexample
，isnotmuchfunnow
。
She’sfiguredoutthatitwilltakeheranotherthreeyearstopayitoffat$30
amonth。
AndtheNewYorkerswhospentabundleonanoutdoorhottubnowadmit
theyrarelyuseit
，becausewecan
‘taffordtoheatitinwinter
。
Thesolution
setprioritiesadduptheannualcostofeachitem
。
Thenconsiderwhatelseyou
canbuywith
the
samemoney。
That
will
help
youdecide
which
itemsare
really
worth
it。
OneChicagowoman，for
example，discovered
that
daily
luncheswith
coworkers
cost
her
$2000ayear；she
decided
totake
lunchtowork
instead
。
“Inowput
$20
aweekintomyvacationfundandanother20intoretirementsavings
，shesays，
thosemeanmoretomethanlunch
”。
Q13.Whatdoesthespeakersayaboutdriverswhostopatgasstations
？
Q14.Whatdoesthespeakersayaboutextravagances
？
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