2011年12月六级英语听力分析

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Passage1

Ascientific team is studying the thinking ability of eleven and half month oldchildren. The test is a simple one. The baby watches a sort of show on a smallstage. In Act One of the show, a yellow cube is lifted from a blue box, andmoved across the stage. Then it is returned to the box. This is repeated 6times. Act Two is similar except that the yellow cube is smaller. Baby boys donot react at all to the difference and the size of the cube. But girlsimmediately become excited. The scientists interpret the girls’excitement as meaning they are trying to understand what they have just seen.They are wondering why Act Two is odd and how it differs from Act One. In otherwords, the little girls are reasoning. This experiment certainly does notdefinitely prove that girls start to reason before boys, but it provides a cluethat scientists would like to study more carefully. Already it is known thatbones, muscles and nerves develop faster in baby girls. Perhaps it is earlynerve development that makes some infant girls show more intelligence thaninfant boys. Scientists have also found that nature seems to give another boostto girls. Baby girls usually talk at an earlier age than boys do. Scientiststhink that there is a physical reason for this. They believe that the nerveendings in the left side of the brain develop faster in girls than in boys, andit is this side of the brain that strongly influences an individual’sability to use language and remember things.

Q26.What is the difference between Act One and Act Two in the test?

答案：The size of the objects shown.

Q27.How do the scientists interpret their observation from the experiment?

答案： Girls seem to start reasoning earlier than boys.

Q28.What does the speaker say about the experiment?

答案： It may simulate scientists to make further studies.

Q29.According to scientists, what is another advantage given to girls by nature?

答案： They talk at an early age.

【点评】

本文是一篇关于幼儿思维能力的文章。… but it provides a clue that… 一句前都是具体的实验过程，是一个例子，重点在实验为科学研究提供的线索。实验发现可能是早期的神经发育使女婴比男婴更聪明。科学家们还发现，自然可能还给了女孩另一大优势，那就是女孩通常比男孩早开口说话，而这也是因为神经末梢发育快于男孩。

关键词：interpret v. 解释;翻译boostn. 推动，帮助

2015吐槽专用

Passage 2

A super attendant of the city municipal building, Dillia Adorno, was responsible for presenting its new security plan to the public. City employees, citizens and reporters gathered in the hall to hear her describe the plan. After outlining the main points she would cover, she assured the audience that she would be happy to answer questions at the end of her presentation. Dillia realized the plan was expensive and potentially controversial. So she was not surprised to see a number of hands go up as soon as she finished speaking. An employ asked, “Would the new system create long lines to get into the building like the line in the airport security checks?” Dillia had anticipated this question and had an answer ready. After repeating the question, she explained that the sufficient number of security guards would be working at peak hours to speed things along. The next question was more confrontational.”Where was the money come from to pay for all of this?”The journalists who ask the question seem hostile. But Dillia was careful not to adopt the defensive tone. She stated that the money would come from the city’s general budget. “I know these are tide times”, she added, “But everyone agrees on the importance of safe guarding our employees and members of the public who come into the building.” Near the end of the 25 minutes she has said, Dillia said she would take two more questions. When those were finished, she concluded the session with a brief restatement of how the new system will improve security and peace of mind in the municipal building.

Question 30 to 32 are based on the passage you have just heard.

30. What is the focus of Dillia Adorno’s presentation?

答案：The new security plan for the municipal building.

31. What question had Dillia Adorno anticipated?

答案： Whether the security checks would create long queues at peak hours.

32. What did the speakers think of the question from the journalist?

答案： Confrontational

【点评】

本文描写一位政府官员介绍了一项新的安保计划，并回答了在场人员的提问，类似于一场新闻发布会。计划成本较高，而且可能颇具争议。本文详细阐述了两个提问。第一个问题是Dillia预见到的，但第二个记者的提问是有对抗性的，即使confrontational这个词我们听不懂也没关系，可以从下文的其他词汇中推断，如hostile 有敌意的，而针对这个问题，Dillia让自己尽可能不采取defensive的态度，既然要采取防卫的态度，那记者的提问一定是在政府的对立面的，因此从defensive一词也可以判断出记者的态度。

关键词：attendant n. 随员 confrontational adj. 对抗性的 hostile，defensive