2009年6月英语六级真题精讲：听力
【听力长对话·指点迷津】
考生要利用时间来浏览选项，猜测对话话题。不要纠结于具体的某个单词，从对话的整体内容出发。一般来讲，长对话一问一答，和考题顺序大概一致，考生要总结概括听到的东西。
Conversation One
【听力原文】
W: You're the editor of Public Eye. What kind of topics does your program cover?
M: Well, there are essentially domestic stories. We don't cover international stories. We don't cover party politics or economics. 【19】We do issues of general social concern to our British audience. They can be anything from the future of the health service to the way the environment is going downhill.
W: How do you choose the topic? 【20】Do you choose one because it's what the public wants to know about or because it's what you feel the public ought to know about?
M: 【20】I think it's a mixture of both. Sometimes you have a strong feeling that something is important and you want to see it examined and you want to contribute to a public debate. Sometimes people come to you with things they are worried about and they can be quite small things. They can be a story about corruption in local government, something they cannot quite understand, why it doesn't seem to be working out properly, like they are not having their litter collected properly or the dustbins emptied.
W: How do you know that you've got a really successful program? One that is just right for the time?
M: 【21】I think you get a sense about it after working in it in a number of years. You know which stories are going to get the attention. They are going to be published just the point when the public are concerned about that.
19.
【题目】
What kind of topics does Public Eye cover?
A) Current trends in economic development.
B) Domestic issues of general social concern.
C) Stories about Britain's relations with other nations.
D) Conflicts and compromises among political parties.
【答案解析】
B)对话围绕创办杂志展开。本题从选项可以推测问题可能是杂志涉及的内容。女士一开始就问这本杂志涵盖哪些东西，所以考生要特别注意男士的回答，他第一句话说杂志主要关注国内事件，然后用否定句来强调不关心什么，接着他说他们主要包括英国人关注的社会问题。
20.
【题目】
How does Public Eye choose its topics?
A) Based on the polls of public opinions.
B) By interviewing people who file complaints.
C) By analysing the domestic and international situation.
D) Based on public expectations and editors' judgment.
【答案解析】
D)选项用based on 和by doing的形式表达方式、方法。女士接着问杂志如何选择话题，她提出了两种方式，考生要特别注意，因为男士有可能评价她提出的两种方式。男士回答说，是这两种方式的混合。考生可以概括女士的两种方式，即公众的期待和编辑的判断。
21.
【题目】
What factor plays an important role in running a successful program?
A) Underlying rules of editing.
B) Practical experience.
C) Audience's feedback.
D) Professional qualifications.
【答案解析】
B)结合前两题的选择，本题选项讨论成功办杂志的因素。女士接着问怎么判断这是个成功的杂志，也就是说，成功办杂志的因素是什么。四个选项都有可能，考生要留意男士的回答。男士并没有直接给出答案，考生要学会概括推理。男士说，工作多年后你会感觉到哪些话题一出现就能够得到关注，说明多年工作积累的经验是成功的因素之一。
Conversation Two
W: Hi, Professor Smith. I hear you've written a book titled Visions.
M: Yes. It explains how science will revolutionize the 21st century.
W: Could I ask you some questions concerning the book?
M: Sure.
W: Are you optimistic about the future?
M: Generally, yeah. 【22】If we go back to the year of 1900, most Americans didn't live beyond the age of 50. Since then, we've had improvements in health care and technology. There is no reason why these won't continue far into the 21st century.
W: Are we ready for the changes that will come?
M: Changes are already happening. The future is here now. We have DNA, microchips, the Internet. Some people's reaction is to say, we are too old; we don't understand new technology. My reaction is to say, 【23】we must educate people to use new technology now.
W: Is world population going to be a big problem?
M: Yes, and no. 【24】I think that world population will stop increasing as we all get richer. If you are a part of the middle class, you don't want or need 12 children.
W: Will there be a world government?
M: Very probably. We'll have to manage the world and its resources on a global level because countries alone are too small.
W: Will we have control of everything?
M: 【25】I think we'll learn to control the weather, volcanoes and earthquakes. Illness won't exist. We'll grow new livers, kidneys, hearts, and lungs like spare parts for a car. People will live to about 130 or 150. 【25】For 2000 years, we have tried to understand our environment. Now we'll begin to control it.
22.
【题目】
What does Professor Smith say about most Americans around the year of 1900?
A) Their average life span was less than 50 years.
B) It was very common for them to have 12 children.
C) They retired from work much earlier than today.
D) They were quite optimistic about their future.
【答案解析】
A)选项陈述了某项事实。女士想咨询Smith教授一些问题，第一个就是，对未来是否乐观。教授给予了肯定回答，接着解释说，如果回到1900年，大部分美国人活不到50岁。选项A中life span指寿命。
23.
【题目】
What does Professor Smith advice we do?
A) Get ready for ecological changes.
B) Adapt to the new environment.
C) Learn to use new technology.
D) Explore ways to stay young.
【答案解析】
C)选项用动词原形表示建议如何做。女士接着问，我们有没有为接下来的变化做好准备。教授回答，变化天天有，现在就是未来。最后他说，必须教会人们使用现代新科技。
24.
【题目】
When will the world population stop growing according to Professor Smith?
A) When all women go out to work.
B) When family planning is enforced.
C) When a world government is set up.
D) When all people become wealthier.
【答案解析】
D)选项使用了when引导的从句表示时间。女士问，人口是不是依然是难题。教授先肯定，后否定，考生要特别留意他的解释。他说人们更富有的时候，世界人口就不再增长。
25.
【题目】
What does Professor Smith think human beings will be able to do?
A) Eliminate poverty and injustice.
B) Migrate to other planets.
C) Control the environment.
D) Find inexhaustible resources.
【答案解析】
C)选项用动词原形表示做法。女士接着问，人们是否能控制一切。教授回答人们可以控制天气、火山和地震，人们还可以培养肾、心脏等器官，最后他强调2000年来，人们试图理解自然，现在要学着控制自然。
