2009年6月英语六级真题精讲：听力
Section B
【听力短文·指点迷津】
段落听力主要考查考生的记忆力和细节把握能力。考生先预览选项，猜测题目，把握听力重点，这样有助于对细节的理解。同时把听到的原文在选项上作标记，以强化记忆。一般来讲，段落开始和结尾会是出题的中心。
Passage One
Getting behind the wheel of a car can be an exciting new step in a teen's life. But along with that excitement comes a new responsibility-understanding the need for common sense and maturity to avoid accidents. In an effort to spread awareness to teens across the nation, the Allstate Foundation sponsored a Keep-The-Drive Summit at Sunset Station on January 23rd. Students from Kennedy and Alamo Heights High schools participated in the summit which was held here for the first time. 【26】The goal of the year-long effort is to educate teens on the rules of safe driving and the severe consequences that can result if those rules are not followed, and then have them communicate that information to their peers. The students watched videos that told them about the numbers of teenage driving injuries and deaths. They listen to the videos as students from other cities share their stories of how their reckless driving affected not only their lives but also those of their passengers. "We are trying to create awareness in high schools across the countries," said Westerman, an Allstate representative, "we focus on changing how teens think behind the wheel." According to the presentation, 【27】more teens die in automobile crashes in the United States each year than from drugs, violence, smoking and suicide. An average of 16 teens die every day in motor vehicle crashes and nearly forty percent of those are caused by speeding. Texas is the state with the most teen driving deaths according to the presentation. 【28】Students agreed that the statistics were amazing and made them think twice about how they drive.
26.
【题目】
For what purpose did the Allstate Foundation sponsor the Keep-The-Drive Summit?
A) To help young people improve their driving skills.
B) To alert teenagers to the dangers of reckless driving.
C) To teach young people road manners through videotapes.
D) To show teens the penalties imposed on careless drivers.
【答案解析】
B)选项用to do不定式表示目的，目的是在驾车方面要给青年人怎样的建议。听力一开始提到现在的青少年体验着驾车的乐趣，但同时如何避免车祸成了新的关注点。接着提到了基金会赞助了一个项目，其目标是教青少年安全驾驶的规则，以及违反规则带来的严重后果。
27.
【题目】
What causes the greatest number of deaths among American teens according to the presentation?
A) Road accidents.
B) Street violence.
C) Drug abuse.
D) Lung cancer.
【答案解析】
A)选项都是负面的因素，此段落讲的是关于安全驾车，所以考生可推测答案是A，不过要在听力中验证。段落中间靠后说到将在车祸中丧生的人要比吸毒、暴力、自杀的人数多。
28.
【题目】
What can we conclude about the Keep-The-Drive Summit?
A) It has changed teens' way of life.
B) It has made teens feel like adults.
C) It has accomplished its objective.
D) It has been supported by parents.
【答案解析】
C)从前两题，可以推测选项中的it指代段落中提到的项目Keep-The-Drive Summit，选项表达了它起到的作用。听力中并没有直接谈及其作用，但最后说，学生认为这些数据很惊人，他们会好好思考该如何驾车。回到26题，这也是这个项目的目的。所以，这个项目达到了目的。
Passage Two
Dr. Allen Hersh designs smells for businesses. He says that it doesn't take a whole lot of smell to affect you. Store owners can lure you to the candy aisle, even if you don't realize you are smelling candy. This idea scares a lot of people. Groups that protect the rights of shoppers are upset. 【29】They say the stores are using a kind of brainwashing which they call "smell-washing". "It's pretty dishonest," says Mark Silbergeld. He runs an organization that checks out products for consumers. The scientists hired to design the scents disagree. "There's soft background music. There's special lighting. There're all sorts of bells being used," says Dr. Hersh, "why not smells?" "One reason why not," says Silbergeld, "is that some people are allergic to certain scents pumped into products or stores." But there is a whole other side to this debate, "do the smells really work?" So far, there is little proof one way or the other. 【30】But Dr. Hersh has run some interesting experiments. In one of Hersh's experiments, 31 volunteers were led into a shoe store that smells slightly like flowers. Later, another group shopped in the same store, but with no flower odor. Dr. Hersh found that 84% of the shoppers were more likely to buy the shoes in the flower-scented room, but Hersh found out something even stranger. 【31】"Whether the volunteers like the flower scent or not didn't matter," Hersh says, "Some reported that they hated the smell, but they still were more likely to buy the shoes in the scented room."
29.
【题目】
Why are some people against the use of smells to attract customers?
A) Customers may get addicted to the smells.
B) Customers may be misled by the smells.
C) It hides the defects of certain goods.
D) It gives rise to unfair competition.
【答案解析】
B)选项A和B讲到了顾客和香味的关系，很明显C和D中的it指代the smell。段落一开始就讲到商店利用香味来引诱顾客购物，这吓坏了很多人。他们认为这是不诚实的行为，好像是用香味对顾客洗脑。考生要注意听力中的"smell-washing"，这是仿照brain-washing造的单词，指被香味误导而进行的行为。
30.
【题目】
What is Dr. Hersh's attitude to the use of smells for business?
A) Flexible B) Critical C) Supportive D) Cautious
【答案解析】
C)选项是关于态度的词语，考生首先要搞明白单词含义。对于商店使用香味，人们各执一词。听力中讲到Dr. Hersh做了个实验，考生要特别注意实验的结果。实验结果表明，84%的人更愿意在有香味的房间里买东西，由此可推断Dr. Hersh对香味的使用持支持态度。
31.
【题目】
What did Hersh's experiment show?
A) The flower scent stimulated people's desire to buy.
B) Stronger smells had greater effects on consumers.
C) Most shoppers hated the smells the shoe store.
D) 84% of the customers were unaware of the smells.
【答案解析】
A)选项是关于香味的作用。听力最后讲到Dr. Hersh的实验，结论很奇怪，他们喜不喜欢香味，这并不重要，有些人说自己讨厌香味，却更愿意在有香味的房间里买东西，从而说明香味可以刺激人们的购买欲。
Passage Three
This is Ray McCarthy with the news. Reports are coming in of a major train crash in Japan. 【32】A passenger train carrying hundreds of workers home from the center of Tokyo is reported to have hit an oncoming goods train. Both were traveling at high speed. 【33】Figures are not yet available but it is believed that the death toll could be as high as 300, with hundreds more injured. Emergency and rescue services rushed to the scene. But our reporter says it will take days to clear the track and to establish the numbers of the dead and injured. There was a similar accident on the same stretch of track four years ago.
【34】There was another bomb scare in a large London store last night during late night shopping. Following a telephone call to the police from an anonymous caller, hundreds of shoppers were shepherded out of the store while roads in the area were sealed off. Police dogs spent hours searching the store for a bag which the caller claimed contained 50 pounds of explosives. Nothing was found and the store was given the all-clear by opening time this morning. A police spokesman said that this was the third bomb scare within a week and that we should all be on our guard.
And finally, the motoring organizations have issued a warning to drivers following the recent falls of snow in many parts of the country. 【35】Although the falls may be slight, they say extra care is needed.
32.
【题目】
What accident happened recently in Japan?
A) A goods train hit a bus carrying many passengers.
B) Two passenger trains crashed into each other.
C) A passenger train collided with a goods train.
D) An express train was derailed when hit by a bomb.
【答案解析】
C)选项是关于车祸的描述。在听力过程中，考生要特别留意相撞的车型。段落开头讲到载有几百名工人的客车撞上了迎面而来的货车。
33.
【题目】
What do the reports say about the recent accident in Japan?
A) The rescue operations have not been very effective.
B) More than 300 injured passengers were hospitalized.
C) The cause of the tragic accident remains unknown.
D) The exact casualty figures are not yet available.
【答案解析】
D)选项讲到车祸的营救工作、死伤人数以及车祸原因。听力中接着讲具体的死伤数字还没有。选项B是个干扰项，听力中讲死亡人数可高达300。
34.
【题目】
Why did people have to leave the London store last night?
A) There was a bomb scare.
B) There was a terrorist attack.
C) A fire alarm was set off by mistake.
D) 50 pounds of explosives were found.
【答案解析】
A)选项讨论了意外事故的发生。听力中间一开始就说在伦敦附近又有一起炸弹恐吓事件。所以选择A。
35.
【题目】
What did motoring organizations advise drivers to do?
A) Follow policemen's directions.
B) Keep an eye on the weather.
C) Avoid snow-covered roads.
D) Drive with special care.
【答案解析】
D)选项用动词原形表示建议。听力最后讲国内大范围降雪，尽管雪不大，但需要格外注意，所以选择D。
