2008年12月英语六级星火预测试卷（二）听力理解
Part Ⅲ Listening Comprehension (35 minutes)
Section A
Directions: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the end of each conversation, one or more questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A),B),C) and D),and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.
注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。
11. A) She is going to Finland. B) She has some visitors.
C) She will visit Finland next week. D) She has just visited him this week.
12. A) To cancel his trip. B) To go to bed early.
C) To catch a later flight. D) To ask for a wake up call.
13. A) Saturday afternoon was the man's busy hours.
B) The man won't be able to enjoy a nap.
C) Mr. Smith is an old friend of the man.
D) The man wanted to take a long nap after lunch.
14. A) George wants to change his work. B) George is doing pretty good now.
C) George doesn't like his work. D) George is not doing well with his work.
15. A) The woman is a dentist. B) The woman is a secretary.
C) The woman is a receptionist. D) The woman is a patient.
16. A) The woman knows the professor has been busy.
B) The woman knows the professor has run into trouble.
C) The woman has trouble getting along with the professor.
D) The woman regrets having taken up much of the professor's time.
17. A) At a restaurant. B) In the fresh ocean air.
C) On a fishing boat. D) In a store specializing in seashells.
18. A) They will buy a new house after they buy a car.
B) They will buy a bigger house.
C) They won't buy a new house because they can't find a bigger one.
D) They won't buy a bigger house because they don't have enough money.
Questions 19 to 21 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
19. A) She hasn't been getting adequate grades.
B) She hasn't been attending class every day.
C) She has been coming to school much too early.
D) She has been overloading herself with homework.
20. A) Two. B) Four. C) Six. D) Eight.
21. A) To stay in class. B) To get another class.
C) To withdraw from class. D) To miss just one more class.
Questions 22 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
22. A) How to care for precious metal. B) A standard unit for measuring weight.
C) The value of precious metals. D) Using the metric system.
23. A) To check the accuracy of scales.
B) To calculate the density of other metals.
C) To observe changes in the atmosphere.
D) To measure amounts of rain fall.
24. A) Someone spilled water on it. B) Someone lost it.
C) It was made of low quality metal. D) The standard for measuring had changed.
25. A) It is a small amount to pay for so much precious metal.
B) It is difficult to judge the value of such an object.
C) It is reasonable for an object with such an important function.
D) It is too high for such a light weight.
Section B
Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D).Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.
注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。
Passage One
Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard.
26. A) At Harvard. B) At West Point.
C) At the Carlisle Indian School. D) At the Olympic Games held in Stockholm.
27. A) They held grand banquets in his honor.
B) They welcomed him with parades and celebration.
C) They gave him a title.
D) They made him a professional athlete.
28. A) Because someone found out that Thorpe had been using drugs.
B) Because Thorpe had once been an amateur athlete.
C) Because Thorpe's fame began to decline after the Olympic Games.
D) Because Thorpe had been a professional athlete at one time.
Passage Two
Questions 29 to 31 are based on the passage you have just heard.
29. A) Lord Sandwich. B) Some inventors.
C) The friends of Lord Sandwich. D) Some scientists.
30. A) To collect rents and taxes. B) The harsh land agent.
C) The English landowner. D) To speak.
31. A) He dismissed the Captain. B) He made the word "boycott" popular.
C) He removed the poor tenants. D) He increased the rents and taxes.
Passage Three
Questions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.
32. A) There were only grandparents and children.
B) There was one father, one mother, and their children.
C) There were many relatives.
D) There were two or more brothers with their wives.
33. A) The women have more freedom and can share in decisions.
B) The women do not have to be the heads of the family.
C) The women's relatives do not help them.
D) The women have all the power of the family.
34. A) Husbands have to share with their wives and help them.
B) Older women often live alone when their husbands die.
C) Family structure is more patriarchal in the nuclear family.
D) Women have to help sisters, grandparents with housework and childcare.
35. A) They want to stay home and do the housework.
B) They do not have enough money.
C) They have too much work and not much free time.
D) They have more freedom than in the past.
Section C
Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times, when the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea .When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from 36 to 43 with the exact words you have just heard. For blanks numbered from 44 to 46 you are required to fill in the missing information .For these blanks, you can either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the main points in your own words. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written.
注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。
A deadly (36)_________outbreak swept through a small city in Zaire, Africa last spring, killing more than one hundred people. It was a terrible situation. The killer was a rare (37)_________ that caused most victims to (38)_________ to death. As scientists rushed to control the (39) _________, people in the U.S. wonder whether it could attack here. "We are foolish if we think it couldn't come to our country. We can never be too careful when we face some disease, especially the infectious one." say doctors. The virus can be highly infectious. If you come in (40)_________with a victim's blood or other body (41)_________, you can get sick, too. That's what scientists believe (42)_________in Zaire. The healthcare workers who treated the first (43) ________there soon fell ill, too. (44)__________________________________.International rescue works brought equipment to Zaire soon after the outbreak occurred.(45)________________________________.One big mystery is that no one knows where the virus comes from or where it will strike next. Some scientists say that the virus lies inactive in the cells of some kind of plant, insect or other animal. Then it somehow finds a way to infect humans. (46)__________________________________.Once they find the virus, they also hope to find ways to combat it.
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