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1、2012 年 6 月英语六级听力原文（完整版）11.W: Did you hear that Anna needs to stay in bed for 4 weeks?M: Yeah. She injured her spine in a fall and a doctor told her to lie flat on her back for a month so it can mend.Q: What can we learn from the conversation?12.M: A famous Russian ballet is coming to town next weeke
2、nd. But I cant find a ticket anywhere.W: Dont be upset. My sister just happened to have one and she cant go since she has got some sort of conflict in her schedule.Q: What does the woman mean?13.W: Hello, my bathroom drain is blocked and Im giving a party tonight. Do you think you could come and fix
3、 it for me?M: Sorry, maam. Im pretty busy right now. But I can put you on my list.Q: What does the man mean?14.W: Were taking up a collection to buy a gift for Jemma. Shell have been with the company 25 years next week.M: Well, count me in. But Im a bit short on cash now. When do you need it?Q: What
4、 is the man going to do?15.W: Tonys mother has invited me to dinner. Do you think I should tell her in advance that Im a vegetarian?M: Of course. I think shed appreciate it. Imaging how you both feel if she fixed the turkey dinner or something.Q: What does the man suggest the woman do?16.M: Just loo
5、k at this newspaper, nothing but robbery, suicide and murder. Do you still believe people are basically good?W: Of course. But many papers lack interest in reporting something positive like peace, love and generosity.Q: What are the speakers talking about?17.M: I cant believe so many people want to
6、sign up for the Korea Development Conference.We will have to limit the registration.W: Yeah, otherwise we wont have room for the more.Q: What are the speakers going to do?18.W: Hi, Im calling about the ad for the one bedroom apartment.M: Perfect timing! The person who was supposed to rent it just ba
7、cked town to take a room on campus.Q: What do we learn from the conversation?【点评点评】短对话短对话今年的六级听力短对话从提问方式来看， 还是以推理题居多，如第12、13、15 题都需要考生们从对话后中推理出“言下之意”。14、17 题考查学生在听完对话后是否能够把握准确，推理出暗示内容。六级考试的短对话内容还是主要以日常生活为大背景，穿插了新闻、住房等话题，考生们应该比较熟悉。短对话中没有太多的生词和难词，第 11 题的spine（脊椎）其实也并不影响考生答题，因其实际上并不是考查点。总而言之，今年的短对话难度适中
8、，考生如能准确把握对话的中心内容，在听力上得分并不是件难事。PartPart IIIIII ListeningListening ComprehensionComprehensionConversation 1W: One of the most interesting experiments with dolphins must be one done by Doctor Jarvis Bastian. What he tried to do was to teach a male dolphin called Bass and a female called Doris to commun
9、icate with each other across a solid barrier.M: So how did he do it exactly?W: Well, first of all, he kept the two dolphins together in the same tank and taught them to press levers whenever they saw a light. The levers were fitted to the side of the tank next to each other. If the light flashed on
10、and off several times, the dolphins were supposed to press the left-hand lever followed by the right-hand one. If the light was kept steady, the dolphins were supposed to press the levers in reverse order. Whenever they responded correctly, they were rewarded with fish.M: Sounds terribly complicated
11、.W: Well, that was the first stage. In the second stage, Doctor Bastian separated the dolphins into two tanks. They could still hear one another, but they couldnt actually see each other. The levers and light were set up in exactly the same way except that this time it was only Doris who could see t
12、he light indicating which lever to press first. But in order to get their fish, both dolphins had to press the levers in the correct order. This meant of course that Doris had to tell Bass whether it was a flashing light or whether it was a steady light.M: So did it work?W: Well, amazingly enough, t
13、he dolphins achieved a 100 % success rate.Questions 19-21 are based on the conversation you have just heard.Q19. What is the purpose of Doctor Jarvis Bastians experiment?Q20. What were the dolphins supposed to do when they saw a steady light?Q21. How did the second stage of the experiment differ fro
14、m the first stage?Conversation 2W: This weeks program Up Your Street takes you to Harrogate, a small town in Yorkshire. Harrogate became a fashionable resort during Victorian times, when people came to take a bath in the mineral waters. Today, few people come to visit the town for its mineral waters
15、. Instead, Harrogate has become a popular town for people to retire to. Its clean air, attractive parks, and the absence of any industry, make this an ideal spot for people looking for a quiet life. Now, to tell us more about Harrogate, I have with me Tom Percival, President of the Chamber of Commer
16、ce. Tom, one of the things visitor notices about Harrogate is the large area of open park land right down into the middle of the town. Can you tell us more about it?M: Yes, certainly. The area is called the Stray.W: Why the Stray?M: Its called that because in the old days, people let their cattles stray on the area, which was common land.W: Oh, I see.M: Then, weve changes in farming and in land ownership. The Stray became part of the land owned by Harrogate.W: And is it
