2023年6月英语六级听力真题及原文答案

年月英语六级听力真题及原文答案（第一套全）20236Section AConversationOneM:Whats allthat Areyou going to make a saladW:No Imgoingto makeagazpacho.M:Whats thatW:Gazpacho is a coldsoup fromSpain.Its mostlyvegetables.I guessyou couldcall ita liquidsalad.M:Cold soupSounds weird.W:Its delicious.Trust me.I triedit for the firsttime duringmy summervacation in Spain.You see,in thesouth ofSpain,it getsveryhot in the summer,up to40℃.So acold gazpachois veryrefreshing.The mainingredients aretomato,cucumber,bell peppers,olive oiland stale bread.M:Stale breadSurely youmean breadfor dippinginto the soupW:No.Bread iscrushed andblended inlike everythingelse.It addstexture andthickness to thesoup.M:Mm.And is it healthyW:Sure.As Isaid earlierits mostlyvegetables.You canalso adddifferent thingsif youlike,such ashard-boiled eggor curedham.M:Cured hamWhats thatW:Thafs anotherSpanish delicacy.Have younever heardof itIt isquite famous.M:no,isitgood tooW:Oh,yeah,definitely.Its amazing.Its alittle dryand salty,and itsvery expensivebecause itcomes froma special type ofpigthat onlyeats aspecialtype of food.The harmis coveredin saltto dryand preserveit.And leftto hangfor upto2years,it hasavery distinctflavor.M:Mm.Sounds interesting.Where canI findsomeW:It usedto bedifficult toget Spanishproduce here.But itsnow a lot morecommon.Most largesupermarket chains havecured hamin littlepackets butinSpainyou combinea whole leg.M:A wholepeg legWhy wouldanybody wantso muchhamW:In Spain,many peoplebuy awholelegfor specialgroup events,such asChristmas.They cutit themselvesinto verythinslices with a longflat knife.Questions1to4are basedon theconversation youhave justheard.

1.What dowe learnabout gazpacho

2.For whatpurpose isstalebreadmixed intogazpacho

3.Why doesthe womanthink gazpachois healthy

4.What doesthe womansay aboutcured hamConversationTwoM:Hello,I wish to buya bottleof wine.W:Hi,yes.What kind of winewould youlikeM:I don*t know,sorry.I dont know muchabout wine.W:Thats noproblem atall.Whafs theoccasion andhow muchwould youlike tospendM:Its formy boss.Its hisbirthday.I knowhe likeswine,but Idon*tknowwhat type.I alsodo notwant anythingtooexpensive,maybe mid-range.How muchwould yousay isa mid-range bottleof wineapproximatelyW:Well,it variesgreatly.Our lowestprices arearound$6a bottle,but thoseare table wines.They arenot veryspecial.And Twould not suggestthem asa gift.On theother end,our mostexpensive bottlesare over$

150.If you are lookingfor somethingpricedin the middle,I wouldsay anythingbetween$30and$60would makea decentgift.How doesthat soundM:Mm,yeah.I guesssomething in the vicinityof30or40would begood.Which typewould yourecommendW:I wouldsay thesafest optionis alwaysa red wine.They aregenerally morepopular thanwhites,and canusually bepairedwith foodmore easily.Our specialtyhere areItalian wines,and thesetend to be fruitywith mediumacidity.This onehere isaChianti,which isperhaps Italysmost famoustypeofredwine.Alternatively,you maywishtotry andsurprise yourboss withsomethingless common,such as the Infantile.The grapesare originallynative toCroatia butthis wineryis ineast inItaly and it hasamore spicyand pepperyflavor.So tosummarize,the Chiantiis moreclassical and the Infantilemore exciting.Both aresimilarlypriced atjust under$

40.M:I willgo withChianti then.Thanks.Questions5to8are basedon theconversation youhave justheard.

5.What doesthe womanthink oftablewines

6.What is the pricerange ofwine theman willconsider

7.Why doesthe womanrecommend redwines

8.What dowe learnabout thewine theman finallyboughtSection BPassageOneMany people enjoy secretcodes,the harderthe codethe moresome people would tryto figureit out.In wartime,codes areespeciallyimportant,they helparmy sendnews aboutbattles andsigns ofenemy forces.Neither sidewants itscode brokenby theother.One veryimportant codewas neverbroken,it wasused duringworld wartwo bythe Americans.It wasspoken code,neverwritten downandit was developedand usedby NHIndians.They werecalled theNH code talkers.The NHcreated the codes in theirown language.NH washard tolearn andonly afew peopleknow it.So itwas prettycertain that the enemywouldnot be abletounderstand the codetalkers.In addition,the talkersused code words.They calleda submarineand aniron fishand asmall bombthrownby hand,a potato.If theywanted tospell something,they usedcodewordsfor lettersof theAlphabet.For instance,the letterAwas antor appleor ax,thecodetalkers workedmostly in the islandsin thePacific.One ortwo would be assigneda groupofsoldiers.They wouldsend messagesby fieldtelephone to thecodetalker inthe nextgroup.And hewould relaythe informationto hiscommander.The codetalkers playedan importantpart inseveral battles.They helpedthe troopscoordinate theirmovements andattacks.After thewar,the USgovernments honoredthem for what they had accomplished.Theirs wasthe mostsuccessful wartimecodeever used.Questions9to11are basedon thepassage youhave justheard.

9..What doesthe speakersay manypeopleenjoydoing

10.What dowe learnabout theNH talkers

11..What is the speakermainly talkingaboutPassage TwoIfyouareyoung andthinking aboutyour career,you wantto knowwhere youcan makea living,well,this goingto be atechnological replacementof a lot ofknowledge intensivejobs inthe nexttwenty years.Particularly inthe twolargest sectorsof thelaborforce withprofessional skills.One isteaching,and theother,health care.You haveso manyapplications andsoftware andplatforms,but goingto comein andprovide information and servicein thesetwo fields,which meansalot of healthcare andeducationsectors,wouldberadically changed,and lotsof jobswill belost.Now,where willthe newjobs be found,well theonesector of the economythat can*tbeeasily duplicatedby evensmall technologiesisthecaring sector,the personalcare sector,that is,you cantreally geta robotto doa greatmassage orphysical therapy.Or,you cant get thekindofpersonal attentionyou needwithregard totherapy orany otherpersonal service.There couldbe veryhigh and personal services,therapist docharge alotofmoney,Ithink theresno limittotheamount ofpersonal attentionandpersonalcare,peoplewouldlike if they couldafford it.But,the realquestioninthefuture is,how comepeople affordthese thingsiftheydont havemoney,because theycantgeta jobthat paysenough,thats whyI wrotethis book,which isabout howto reorganizethe economyfor thefuture whentechnology bringsabout destructivechanges,to whatwe usedto considerhigh incomework.Questions12to15are basedon thepassage youhave justheard.

12.What doesthe speakersay willhappen inthe nexttwenty years

13.Where willyoung peoplehave morechances tofind jobs

14.What doesthe speakersay abouttherapist

15.What isthe speakersbook aboutSectionCRecording OneAmericanresearchers havediscovered the worlds oldest paved road,a4,600-year-old highway.It linkeda stone pit intheEgyptian desertto waterwaysthat carriedblocks tomonument sitesalong the Nile.The eight-mile roadis atleast500years olderthanany previouslydiscovered road.It isthe onlypaved roaddiscovered inancient Egypt,said geologistThomas Bownof theUnited States GeologicalSurvey.He reportedthe discoveryon Friday.The roadprobably doesntrank withthe pyramidsas aconstructionfeat,but itisamajor engineeringachievement,1said hiscolleague,geologist JamesHarrell of the Universityof Toledo.nNot onlyistheroad earlierthan wethought possible,we didnteven thinkthey builtroads.n Theresearchers alsomade adiscoveryin the stone pitat thenorthern endof theroad:the firstevidence thatthe Egyptiansused rocksaws.nThis isthe oldestexample ofsawsbeing usedfor cuttingstone/*said Bownscolleague JamesHoffmeier ofWheaton Collegein Illinois.“Thats twotechnologies wedidnt knowtheyhad,Harrell saidAnd wedont knowwhy theywere bothabandoned.nThe roadwasdiscovered inthe FaiyumDepression,about45miles southwestof Cairo.Short segmentsof theroad hadbeen observedbyearlier explorers,Bown said,but theyfailed torealize itssignificance orfollow upon theirobservations.Bown andhis colleaguesstumbledacross itwhile theywere doinggeological mappingintheregion.The roadwas clearlybuilt toprovide servicesfor thenewlydiscovered stonepit.Bown andHarrell havefound thecamp thathoused workersatthestonepit.The roadappears todayto gonowhere,ending inthemiddleof thedesert.When itwas built,its terminalwas adock on the shoreof Lake Moeris,which hadanelevation ofabout66feet abovesea level,the sameasthedock.LakeMoerisreceived itswater from the annualfloods oftheNile.Atthe timeofthe floods,the riverand lakewere atthe samelevel andconnected througha gapinthehills nearthe modernvillages ofel-Lahun andHawara.Harrell andBown believethat blockswere loadedonto bargesduring thedry season,then floatedover totheNile duringthefloodsto beshipped offtothemonument sitesat Gizaand Saara.Questions16to18are basedon therecording youhave justheard.

16.What dowe learnfromthelecture abouttheworldsoldestpavedroad inEgypt

17.What didthe researchersdiscover inthestonepit

18.For whatpurpose wasthe pavedroad builtRecordingTwoThe thin,extremely sharpneedles didnthurt atall goingin.Dr.Gong piercedthem into my leftarm,around theelbow thathadbeen botheringme.Other needleswere slippedinto myleft wristand,strangely,intomyright arm,and theninto bothmy closedeyelids.There wasntany discomfort,just amild warmingsensation.However,I didbegin towonder whathad drivenme here,to theofficeof Dr.James Gong,in NewYorks Chinatown.Then Iremembered---------the torturingpain inthat leftelbow.Several tripsto ahospital andtwo expensive,uncomfortable medicaltests hadfailed toproduce evena diagnosis.Maybe youlean onyour leftarm toomuch,“the doctorconcluded,suggesting Isee abone doctor.During thehours spentwaiting invain tosee abone doctor,I decidedto takeanother trackand tryacupuncture.AChinese-American friendrecommended Dr.Gong.I tookthe subwayto Gongssecond-floor office,marked with a hand-paintedsign.Dr.Gong speaksEnglish,but notoften.Most ofmy questionsto himwere greetedwithafriendly laugh,but Imanaged tolethim knowwhere my arm hurt.He askedme togo into a room,had melie downonabed,and wentto work.In thenext room,Ilearned,a womandancer wasalso gettinga treatment.As Ilay therea while,I driftedintoadream-like stateand fantasizedaboutwhat shelooked like.Acupuncturists todayare aslikely tobefoundon ParkAvenue ason MottStreet.In allthere arean estimated10,000acupuncturists inthe country.Nowadays,alotof M.D.shavelearned acupuncturetechniques;so havea numberof dentists.Reason Patientdemand.Few,though,can adequatelyexplain howacupuncture works.Acupuncturists maysay thatthe bodyhas morethan800acupuncture points.A lifeforce calledqi circulatesthrough thebody.Points on the skinare energeticallyconnected tospecific organs,body structuresand systems.Acupuncture pointsare stimulatedtobalance thecirculation ofqi.The truthis,though acupunctureis atleast2,200years old/cnobody reallyknows whafshappening^says PaulZmiewski,a Ph.D.in Chinesestudies whopractices acupuncturein Philadelphia.After fivetreatments,there hasbeen dramaticimprovement inmyarm,andthepain isa fractionof whatitwas.The mainlysilentDr.Gong finallyeven offereda diagnosisforwhattroubled me/Tinched nerve,9,he said.Questions19to21are basedon therecording youhave justheard.

19.What doesthe speakerfind especiallystrange

20.Why didthe speakergo seeDr.Gong

21.What accountforthegrowing popularityof acupunctureintheUnitedStates,according tothe speakerRecordingThreeRonald and Lois marriedfor twodecades consideredthemselves ahappy couple.But inthe earlyyears oftheir marriagebothwere distilledby persistentarguments thatseem tofade awaywithout everbeing trulyresolved.They uncoveredclues towhat wasgoingwrong byresearching afascinating subject.How birth order affectsnot onlyyour personalitybut alsohow compatibleyou arewithyour mate.Ronald andLois areonly childrenand onliesgrow upaccustomed tobeing theapple ofparents5eyes.Match twoonliesand youhave partnersto subconsciously expecteach otherto continuefulfilling thisexpectation whileneither hasmuchexperience inthe givingand heresa listof commonbirthordercharacteristics andsome thoughtson thebest andworst Marischalmatchesfor each.The oldesttends tobe selfassured,responsible,a highachiever andrelatively seriouslyreserved.He maybe slowtomake friends.Perhaps contentwith onlyone companion.The bestmatches arewithayoungest andonly ora materaised ina largefamily.The worstmatch iswith anotheroldest sincethe twowill betoo sovereignto sharea householdcomfortably.The youngestchildofthe family thriveson thetension andtends tobe outgoing,adventurous,optimistic,creative andless ambitiousthan othersinthe family.He maylack self-discipline andhave difficultymaking decisionson hisown.A youngestbrother ofbrothers oftenunpredictableand romanticwill matchbest with an oldestsister ofbrothers.The youngestsister ofbrothers isbest matched with theoldestbrother ofsisters who will happilyindulge thesetraits.The middlechild isinfluenced bymany variableshowever middlesareless likelyto takeinitiative andmore anxiousand self-critical thanothers.Middles oftensuccessfully marryother middles.Sinceboth arestrong ontact notso strongontheaggressiveness andtend tocrave affection.The only child isoften mostcomfortable whenalone.But sincean onlytends tobeawell-adjusted individualshell eventuallylearn torelate toany chosenspouse.The maleonlychild expectshis wifetomakelife easierwithout gettingmuch inreturn.He issometimes bestmatchedwiththe youngersister ofbrothers.The femaleonlychildwho tendstobeslightly moreflexible iswell matchedwithanolder manwhowillindulge hertendencyto testhis love-her worstmuch.Another onlyof course.Questions22to25are basedontherecording youhave justheard.

22.What doesthe speakersay about Ronald andLoiss earlyyears ofmarried life

23.What dowe learnaboutRonaldandLois

24.What doesthe speakersay aboutthe oldestchild inthefamily

25.What doesthe speakersay aboutthe onlychildren参照答案BADCB ADDCACBCAB DABDC.ACADB。