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六级英语听力原文完整版
2010年12月18日六级英语听力原文完整版
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听力原文
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，ratherthanofcreativityintheordinarysense.
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.Thewritercanstandasidefromexperienceandlookatit，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’smostfrighteningthreatsisthepredictionisthatthepolarice-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，‘theWestAntarcticicesheetdisappearonceandcandisappearagain.’
26.Whatisoneofthemostfrighteningthreatsofglobalwarmingaccordingtothepassage？
27.Whatdidscientistsdisagreeon？
28.WhatisthelatestinformationrevealedabouttheWestAntarcticicesheet？
29.Whatthescientists’latestfindingssuggest？
PassageTwo
It‘salwaysfuntowriteaboutresearchthatyoucanactuallytryoutforyourself.
Trythis：
TakeaphotoanduploadittoFacebook，thenafteradayorso，notewhattheURLlinktothepictureisandthendeleteit.Comebackamonthlaterandseeifthelinkworks.Chancesare：
Itwill.
Facebookisn’talonehere.ResearchersatCambridgeUniversityhavefoundthatnearlyhalfofthesocialnetworkingsitesdon‘timmediatelydeletepictureswhenauserrequeststheyberemoved.Ingeneral，photo-centricwebsiteslikeFlickrwerefoundtobebetteratquicklyremovingdeletedphotosuponrequest.
Whydo“deleted”photosstickaroundsolong？
Theproblemrelatestothewaydataisstoredonlargewebsites：
Whileyourpersonalcomputeronlykeepsonecopyofafile，large-scaleserviceslikeFacebookrelyonwhatarecalledcontentdeliverynetworkstomanagedataanddistribution.It’sacomplexsystemwhereindataiscopiedtomultipleintermediatedevices，usuallytospeedupaccesstofileswhenmillionsofpeoplearetryingtoaccesstheserviceatthesametime.Butbecausechangesaren‘treflectedacrossthecontentdeliverynetworksimmediately，ghostcopiesoffilestendtolingerfordaysorweeks.
InthecaseofFacebook，thecompanysaysdatamayhangarounduntiltheURLinquestionisreused，whichisusually“afterashortperiodoftime”，thoughobviouslythattimecanvaryconsiderably.
30.Whatdoesthespeakeraskustotryout？
31.Whataccountsforthefailureofsomewebsitestoremovephotosimmediately？
32.WhenwilltheunwanteddataeventuallydisappearfromFacebookaccordingtothecompany？
PassageThree
Enjoyinganicedcoffee？
Betterskipdinnerorhitthegymafterwards，withacancercharitywarningthatsomeicedcoffeescontainasmanycaloriesasahotdinner.
TheWorldCancerResearchFund（WCRF）conductedasurveyoficedcoffeessoldbysomepopularchainsinBritainincludingStarbucks，CaffeNeroandCostaCoffeetogaugethecaloriesasstudiesincreasinglylinkobesitywithcancer.
Theworstoffender-acoffeefromStarbucks--had561calories.Othericedcoffeescontainedmorethan450caloriesandthemajorityhadanexcessof200.
Healthexpertsadvisethattheaveragewomanshouldconsumeabout2，000caloriesadayandamanabout2，500caloriestomaintainahealthyweight.Dietersaimfor1，000to1，500caloriesaday.
“Thefactthatthereisanicedcoffeeonthemarketwithoveraquarterofawoman’sdailycaloriesallo
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