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1、2012年6月六级听力原文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?【答案】A) The injury will confine Anna to bed for quite a while.12.M: A
2、 famous Russian ballet is coming to town next weekend. 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?【答案】C) She can get a ballet ticket for the man.13.W: Hell
3、o, my bathroom drain is blocked and Im giving a party tonight. Do you think you could come and fix 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?【答案】A) He has to do other repairs first.14.W: Were taking up a collection to buy a gift for Ge
4、mma. 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 is the man going to do?【答案】C) Give his contribution some time later.15.W: Tonys mother has invited me to dinner. Do you think I should tell her in advance that I
5、m 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?【答案】D) Tell Tonys mother that she eats no meat.16.M: Just look at this newspaper, nothing but robberies, suicide and murder. Do you
6、 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?【答案】B) The coverage of newspapers.17.M: I cant believe so many people want to sign up for the Korea Development
7、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?【答案】C) Limit the number of participants in the conference.18.W: Hi, Im calling about the ad for the one bedroom apartment.M: Perfect timing! The person who was su
8、pposed to rent it just backed town to take a room on campus.Q: What do we learn from the conversation?【答案】A) The apartment is still available.Conversation 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 dolp
9、hin called Bass and a female called Doris to communicate 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 th
10、e tank next to each other. If the light flashed on 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 wer
11、e rewarded with fish.M: Sounds terribly complicated.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 exce
12、pt that this time it was only Doris who could see the 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 l
13、ight.M: So did it work?W: Well, amazingly enough, the 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. Ho
14、w did the second stage of the experiment differ from the first stage?答案：19. D) to see if dolphins can communicate with each other.20. A) Press the right-hand lever first.21. C) Only one dolphin was able to see the light.Conversation 2W: This weeks program Up Your Street takes you to Harrogate, a sma
15、ll 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. Instead, Harrogate has become a popular town for people to retire to. Its clean air, attractive
16、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 Commerce. 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 te
