2023年英语六级听力及原文

年月英语六级真题听力20236Part IIILis t en i ng Com pre h e ns i on35minu t esS e c t ion A A i

1.AThe manm i g ht be ab1e t o play in the Worl d Cup.B The mans footballcar eer se ems to b e at a n e nd.4C The ma nwas opera t ed on a f e w w e eks ago.D The man is a f an ofwo r1d—famous f o otb a11p layers.

12.A Workou t a p1an to tig h te n h i s budgetB Find o u t the opening hou r s of the c a f eteri a.CApp1y f o r a s e nior p o sitio n in the r estau r ant.D So Iv e h is pro blem by do i ng a part-time job.■A

13.AAfinanci a I burde n.B Agood c o mpa n i o nC A realn u isance.D Awell-1r ain e dp et.U

4.A Th e e rrors wi11b e c o r r ec t e d soon.B Th e womanwa s m i sta k en h e rself.C The c o mputing sys t em is t oo c ompl e x.D He has call e d thewoman s e v e r al time

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15.A He nee d s helpto r e trieve hi s files.B Heh as t o typ ehi s p ap e ron c e mor e.AC He need s some t i me to poli s hhis paper.D He w i IIbe a w a y for a two-w e e kc on f e r en c e.

20.Wh a t d oes theE g y pt i a n ha1I seem1i ke to t h e c u s t ome r s

21.Wh at may c u stome r sf i nd s u r p ri s in g abou t Harrods

22.Ab o ut h ow m a ny cu stomer s come t o Har rods on a na v erage dayC o nver s a t ion TwoW:Hi Ke v in!M HiLau ra,1o n g t i me no see!What have you b e e n upt o late1yW:Not m u chI cana s s ur e you.And youM Mu ch t h e sam e exce p11do h a ve some big n e ws.W:Come o n.This s usp e n s e is ki11ing me.M:No,r e al1y,wha t have you been d o ing t he s ep astfew weeksThe last time I saw you,you w e r e look in g fora newjo b.W Well,that s not exactly true.I wa s t h inki n g abo u t c hangin gjob s.Luc ki Iy,t h e y offere dme anewposition in the a c c ou n t i ng departm e nt.M:As t ep up i n the bigbus i ness world.W:I wou1dnt exaggerate,but I am p1eas e d.I had be e n ho p i ng tog e t a pr o moti o n5for awh ile.So wh e n it fi nal1y c a me t hro ugh,I wasr elieved.Actually,tha1s whyI wa s1ooki ngfora newjob.I just didnt w a nt to w o rk t h ere any mo r e if t h ey were ntg oing t o reco g ni zemy efforts.M:Right,so met i me s you can d o yo u rb est an d i t seems1i ke the oth e r s dontkn o w you exist.I hop e t he mo n eys b e11er.W:I g ot a reasonable ra is e,now e nough aboutm e.Pm dyi ng t o hear your n ews.m a rried.M:I amg etti n gW No,y ou sai dyoud n e ver get marri e d.55M:Th a t was th en and this is now.You v e got to meetAn d r e a,s h e sgreat!W:This is a11n ews to m e.I d i dnt e ven kno wy ou w e re dat i ng.M:We wer e nt.Weve just be en dating for two week snow.W Andyo uge tting m a rr ie d5M Iknow.I can t helpi t.I just know sh es t h e one.W:Wei1,congr a t ulations!T h a tsf a n t astic!M Th a nk s,Tm glad to hear you feelway.

23.Wh atwas the woman doingwhen t hema nlast saw her

24.Why d oes t hewo man say shewas relie v e d

25.Why is the woman su rprised at the mansn ewsSe c ti o nBPass a ge OneWater sco o t e r s are watervehides t h atlook v ery m uc h1ike m o t o rcc les.Nowad a ys,sp e e dy,colorfu1water sc o o t e r s ar e ga i n ing in p o pu1a rity.Theycan t r avela nyw h er e a s mallb oat canand par t i cu1arly popula rwithoung p eopl e.The risin g p o pu1ar i ty of the c r aft has rais e dt h e qu es t i on o f wa ts cooterr e g u1ation.In this case,t he arg umen t fo r s t ric t re gu1a tion is com p e IIng.Wat er s c o oters area part i cu1a rlyd e a dly fo r m o fw a te rr ec r ea t i on.F orex ample,two wo menwere v a c at i o ning in Longb oat Key while theywer e flo a ting o n the ru bbe rboat along the sh ore,a water sc o oter eras hed into thema ndk ill th em.Also water sco o ter oper a tors havebeenMil e d or serio u s lyinjured in collis i ons with ot her wa t er c r a ft.O t h e r sh ave been st r a n d e d（搁浅）att h e s e aw hen their scoo t ers e i t h er f ailed o r sa nk fa r f romshor e.Many w a ter s c ooter oper ato r s are inexpe r ienced and ignoranto fnavi gation a I rule s,which inc r ease theP otent i a1f or a cci d ents.The incr e as i ng popularity of t he scooter ha s aggra vat e d thepr o b lem,providin gm o r ewater veh icles to compete for the s ame s pa ce.C ro wd ed water waves a re s im p ly an open invitation to d isast e r.I nadditio nto the i nh erent operatic nal hazards of wat e r s c oo t ers,t h ey a re provi n gto b e an envir o n men tal nuisanc e.B e ach r e s ide nts c ompl ai n of theno i se o fth e s c oot ers.Th ePac i f icW h a IeF o und ation on the west c o ast expre s se dco nc e rn th a11h e s c ooters ar e frig ht en ing awa y a n en d an ge r edspec ie s o fwhal et ha t mi g rate s t o Hawai i for breeding.Regu1ation ssu ch as min i mumoperatin gage,rest r icted op er ating areas an d comp u I s o r y c1as s e s in wat ersafety are es s entia

1.Wi t h out sueh r e gulati o ns,t ragedies i n volv ingwaters coot e rsare sureto mu Itiply,which make smany b each e s unsaf efor recreatio n.

26.W hat do es th e spe a ke rsa y a boutw ate rs cooters

27.Wha tis mentionedas one of the causes ofw atera ccident s

28.In what way are wa terscoo te rssaid to bean enviro nm e nta1nuisance

29.What do es t h es p ea ker p ropo se toens u r ethe saf ety ofbeachesfor recr eatio nPa ssa g e TwoIt seems t o me that neigh b orsa reg oi ngout of sty1e i n Ame r ica.Th efrie ndnex t-door fromwh omy o ub o rrowedfour eggs or a ladd er h asmo ve d andt h ep eop1e in ther enow ares t ran gers.Someo fth et radition a I stori es ofneighborl i nessare i mpractical orsillyandmayb e jus t as wellthat o u rrelatio ns with our neighb o rsa re ch a n gi ng.Th es ayin g int heBib1e“Lov et hyneighb o r”was probab1ya poo rt ranslationofwhat must h aveori g ina1ly b e en,^respec tt hyne ighb or”.Love cantb ecalled uponorder.Fewe rt h an half thep eop1e in the Uni t edStateslive int he sameh ouset he yI ive d inf ive y earsa go.So t h ereisn o reason t o1ove thepeop1e who1ive nextdoor to you,justbec au set h ey hap pen to wander in toa r e ale state office that1isted th e plac e nextdoo r toy our s.The only thi n gn eig hb o rshave i nco mm on,to be gin w ith,is prox imi t yandu n1ess someth i ngm o rede velopst hatisnt reas on enough to be best frie nds.11s ometi m esha pp ensnat urally,b utt he chancesareve rysmall that your ne i ghbors will be your ch oi c esf r ien ds orth at yo u wil1bethe i rs,e i ther.，The best r ela t ionship wi t hneighbors is oneof f r i endlydistance.You say“he1Io usesma111a Ikifyou seethem i n th e yar d,you discuss p roblems as they aris e andyo uhelp each oth e rin an em e rgency.The driveway or the fenceb etw e enyo uisno t r ea1ly a col dshould e r but a clearb o un dary.We a11I i ke clearly-defin ed bo u nda riesf or ou r selves.

30.What does the s p e akersay a bou t the re1at ions amon g neig hborsnowa d ays

31.Why do es s p eaker sa y it may be difficult f or people to1ove t heir neig hb ors

32.What shouldneig hbo rs doi n the sp ea ke r opi ni onPassa g e ThreeAr tides i nmagazin es andnewspap e rs and spec i alre port s on ra dioa ndt elevisi on ref1ect the con c e r n o f manyAmerleans about the increasingdr op-o ut rate inour jun ioran dsen iorh igh sch o ols.Co uple dwit ht his fa c tis the warni ngthat s oon wewill no longer hav eawork force to fillthe manyjob s that requi r eprop erly educat e d Pe rsonnel.The high stu de ntd rop-o utrateisno ta re cent develo pm ent.Ten yearsago,man yurb a n sch oolswere re porti n gdr op-outrat es be tween35and50p er cent.Some a d ministrat orsmai nt a int hatd rop-out srem ai n the sing1e gre atest prob1em in thei rscho oIs.Conseq ue ntly,much efforth asbeen sp e nt onidentify i ng stu d entswith prob lem sinorder togive themmore atten t ionbef oret heybec om efai1u res.Si ncethe drop-o utprob lemdo esnt sta rt in seni orhig h scho oI,speci a1pro grams in j uniorhighs choolf oc us on students who showpro m ise buthave a reco r d oftruan cy-that is stay ingawa yfroms choo1w ith out permission.Un der th e guida nee o fcounselor s,the se stud e nts arep1ace dinclass eswith tea che rswho h avehad successinwo rkingwithsim iI a ry oun gpeop1e.S trategi est o motivatestu dentsin ahighschool includ erewardin gacad emic exce11e nc eby designating schola rso f themont h,or byissuin ga rti cles of cl o thing,su chassch oolIe tter ja c ket sfo rmer lygiven onlyt oath I etes.No onewor kingw ith thesestudentscl ai mst oknow ho wto keep a1I stu den t sin school.Counse1ors,teache rsa nd admi nistrators areinthe frontlines ofwh atse e ms atti mes to be a losingbattle.Actually,th is prob1em shouIdbeever5y ones cone ern since uneducate d,unemp1oye dcitiz en saffect usall.

33.W hy are many Ameri ca nsconeern edw iththein creasin gdrop-outratein sch ool

34.Wh at dowe Ie a rn about the studen td rop-outprob1em in America

35.Wha tis mentio ne dason eof th e strat egiesus ed tomotiv atestu dent sSecti o n CIminterest edinthecrimi nalju stice syst emo f our country.It seems to me t55hat something ha s tobe done,i fwe re to su rvi veas acount ry.I certainlydo n tknowwhat t he answers toour prob lemsare.Things ce rta inly get comp licated in a hurrywhenyou get5into them,but Iwonde rif somethingc ouldn1bedo ne to deal withs omeof th e sep rob1ems.One thin g Imcone erned about isour p rac ticeof p utting o f fen dersinjail who h aventha r meda ny o ne.Why notwor kout somes ystemwhe reby theyc an pay backt he deb ts they owe soc ietyinst ead o f incurring an other debt bygoi ngt opri son and,o fcour se,com in gunder theinf1ue nceof course,comingunde rtheinflu e neeo f hardenedcrimin a Is.Pm a1soconcerned a bou the sh o rtpri so n se ntences peo p Ieareserv ingfors erio useri mes.Of rseone alter nati veto this istorestor eca pita1pu8nishme nt,but Tm notsur wo u Idbef orthat.Im notsu re ifsrightto take an ey e.The alt ernativetoe apitalpu nishment is longers entenC esbuttheywo uldC er tain I yCO st theta x-pay ers much money.I als oth inkwemust do someth ingaboutthein sani ty plea.I nmy opin ion,anyone whotakes a nother perso ns life inte ntio nally is insane;however,that does not meanth attheperson isnt gui Ity of the crimeor tha the shou1dnt p ay society the debt he owes.Ifs sad,o fcou rse,thata per son ma yha veto sp e nd the rest o f his I i fe,orala rge parto f it inpris onfor acts thathe committed while not in full contro1of his mi nd.Part3Lis te ning Compre hens ionAnsw erf orC ET-6listernin g se ctio n

11.A T he ma nmig htbea bl eto playon the worldc up.Sec tion A

12.D So1vehis pro blemby doing ap art-tim e job.

13.CAre a1n uis anee.

14.A Theerr o rswillbe correctedsoo n.

15.B Hehasto type hispa per once more.

16.A Theymight hav eto chang eth ei rpla n.

17.D Th ey are not latefor aloan app lication.

18.C Thequality ofair wil1s ure1ychange for the better.

19.B Numerousva rietie so ff ood.

20.A Ananci ent building.

21.D Itgen erates70%o fthee lectric it yituses.

22.B30,

00023.C Th inkinga bo utdoi nga diff e rentjob.

24.A Shehasf inally got a pro motionand apay raise.

25.B Hecha ngedh is mind about marriageun ex pec tedly.S ec tion BPassage

126.D They ar egett ingmore popula rasa meansof water recreatio n.

27.A Waterscoo ter op e rators lack of experi ence.

28.B They prod ucetoo muchnoise.

29.D Enf orcenecess a ry regula tions.Pas s age

230.DThey arec hanging.

31.B Not many of them stay inthesa mepl ace f orlo ng.

32.C Keepafr iend1y di stanc e.P assage

333.D I t maylead toa lack ofpr operly edu ca tedwor kers.

34.B I t affectsbot hj unior and seni orh ighsc hoo1s.

35.C Rewarding exce1lent acad emicperform anee.S ectio nC

36.surv ive

37.compl icat ed

38.offenders

39.whereby

40.incur r ing

41.i nflu ence

42.servin g

43.r estore

44.The alternativ etoc apita1punishment islong er sen tences.B utthey wouldc ertai nly costthe taxpaye rsmuch mo ney.

45.t hat doesnotme an thatperson is n*t gui1tyofthe crime,orthat hes houldntp aysocietythedebtheowes.

46.a1arge partofit in prisonfor acts thathecommittedwhilenotinfullco nt rol of hismind.A

16.A Theymight haveto changetheirp1an.B Hehas got everyth ing set for theirtrip.AQ Hehas ah eavierworkl oadthan thewo man.DThey cou1d stayinthe mountainsuntil June

8.A

17.A They havetowaiamonth to applyf ora stu d ent loan.B They can the broc hure.C They a renot eli gib Ief orastudent loan.D Theyarenolat efora loannfindtheapplic ationf ormsa

18.A NewI aws areyet tobe madetoreduce pollutantreIe ase.B Po1I uta pplication.ion has attra cted Ii ttleattention fr omthepublic.C Thequa1ityofa irwill surely changeforthe be tter.D If1I takeyears tob ringair po llutionund er control.Ques tion s19to22a reb asedon the conversationyo u have just hear d.U

9.AE norm o us sizeofits st ores.B Nume rousva riet ies offo od.C Itsappe al i ng su rroun dings.D Itsrich andco1o rfulhistor y.

20.A Anan cientbu i1ding.B Awo rId of antiques.C An E gyptianmu seum.D AnEgyptian Memor ial.^

21.A11s powerbil1rea ches£9mill iona year.B It sell s thousands of Ii ghtbulbs aday.C Itsu ppli espow ertoa nearbyto wn.D I t gener ates70%ofthe electricityit uses.

22.A11,500B30,000C250,000D300,000Questi ons23to25areb asedon theconversa tion youha vej usthea r d.23^.A Tran sfe rringto ano ther de part merit.B Stu dying accountingata univers itya C Thi n king abo utdoingadi fferentjob.DMaking preparationsfo rherwed ding.A

24.A Sheh asfi nally gota promo tionan da payraise.B Sheh asgo tasati sfacto ryj ob i nanothe r company.AC Shecould atla st leavethe acc oun tingdepar tment.D Shema nagedto kee pherpositioninthe company.

25.A Heand An dreaha ve pro v edtobe aper fectmat ch.B Hech angedhismind about marriage

④unex pect edly.C He declar edt hathewou Idr emainsing Iea1I hisIi fe.D Hew ouldma rryAnd reaeven withoutmeeting her.S ection BA PassageOn eQuestions26to29arebased onthepa ssage youhavejus theard.

26.A They aremotorcy c1es de signaled for watersp orts.^B Theyar espee dy boa ts restricted innarrowwaterways.4C Theyar e beeo minganefficie ntfo rm of water transp ortation.D T heyarege11ingmor epop ularasamea ns orwaterrecrea tion.345^

27.A Water scooter ope r atorslackof experi ence.B Va catione rsdi sregardofwatersaf ety rules.C Over1o adingofsma11boats andother craft.D Careles sness ofpeo pieboat ingaI ong theshore.

28.A Theyscar ewhales todeat h.B Theypro dueetoo muchnoise.CTheydischarge to xicemissions.D Theyendanger1ots ofwater1if e.

29.A Expan dope ratingareas.B Restrictoperati ng hours.C Limittheuseof waterscooters.D Enf orce necessary regu1ations.Wa ssageTwo aQu estions30to32areb asedon thepassage youhave justh eard.3^

0.A They

31.A Theyare fu11yoc cu p iedwith theirown bus iness.B Notma ny of themstay inthe sameplaceforlong.C Notmany ofthemc anw in tru stf romtheir neig hbors.DThey attachless import ancetointerpersonal relations.A

32.A COUnt oneach otherforhe1p.B Give eachot hera coldshoul der.C Keepa friendlyd istance.D Builda fencebetw eenthem.Passage Threea Ques tions33to35are basedonthepass age youhavejustheaare stab1e.B The yareclos e.C Theyarestr ained.D Theyare cha nging.rd.

33.A Itmay produ ceani ncreasingnumbe rof idley oungsters.B Itmayaffecttheq ualityofhigher educ a tionin America.C Itmay cau se manyschoo1stogo outof operation.D I tmayIeadtoaIackofprope rlyeducated workers.

34.A11is lessseriousinci ties thaninru ral areas.BI ta ffectsb othjuni or ands eniorhi ghschoo1s.C11r esultsfromawor sening econ omic clima te.D Itisanew chaHe nge fac ingAm er icaned ucators.^

35.A Allowingthem tochoose theirfavo rite tea chers.B Cre atingamorerela xed learningenvironment.C Rewardingexcel1entacademic pe rformance.D Helping themtodev elopb etterstudyha bi ts.S ectionOlm interestedinthecrimin aI justice sys temof ourcount ry.It seemstome thatsomet5hinghastobedoneif wereto36asaco untry.I certainIy dontknoww hatthe answers toourproblem sare.Th ings certainlyget37ina hurrywh enyou getinto them.But Iwo nderifsom ething cou Idn,t bedone todeal withsom eofthe seproblems.One thingIm concer nedaboutiso urpra cticeof putting38in jailwhoha ven*thar med anyone.Wh ynot workout somesys tem39theycanp aybackthe de btstheyowe so cietyin stea dof40anotherdebt bygoin gto prison,and of c ourse,com ing under the41ofhard enedcriminaIsIm alsoconcer nedabo uttheshortprison sentencespeo pieare42forse riouscri mes.Of co urse,onea1ternativ eto thisisto43capita1p unishment,butIm notsu reIwou17d befort hat.1mnot sureits righ ttotakean eyef oreye.

44.IaIso think we mustdoso meth ingabouttheinsanit_y plea.I nmy opinion,anyone5who takesan other per sonslifeinten tionallyisinsane;howe ver,

45.Its sad,ofco urse,thataperson mayhave tospend therest ofhis1ife,or46a■年月英语六级真题听力原文20236Secti on A

11.M:Good news,Tm notgoing tohave surgery aftera II.The doctor sa ysI canstart workingo utagain soon andmaybeplay footba IIIikebeforeinafew weeks.健康W Th afsterrific.It wou1dbegreat if you couldget ba ckins hape intimef ortheWor1dCup.Q:Wha tdowe learn fromtheconversa tion

12.M:I r eall yneed tomake somee xtramoney.You knowIve practic allyspen tm yentir ebud getfor thissem est er.W:Why notch eck outthe newc afeteriaatM arket Street It hinkth er earestillafewopenings suitableforseniors likeyou.Q:W hatdo es thewomansug gestthemando

13.M:I hearJ ohn lefthis cat toyour carewhile hesonv acationab road.How areyougetti nga1ong withit WW e II,it neve rco meswhe nI callit.ItspiIls it sfood andsheds al1ov erthe,p1ace.I cant waittiII Johngets back.Q:How doesthewoman findthecat

14.W:Hello,P rofe ssor White,I gotm ygrade inthe mailthis morning,bu tIt hinkt heremigh tbe a mistake inmy mark.M:Yeah,Tv egot severa1c al1s ju st1ike yours.There mustbeap roblemwiththecomputi ngsystem.Itshould bestraig htene doutinacou pieofhour s.Q Wh atdoesthemanme an

15.M:Profe ssor Johnson,last night whenI wasp uttingthef inis hing touche son mypa per,acomputer fai lurecompIe telywip ed out myfiles,do youthink Ic anha veanotherday toretype it5W:Im sorry,Rod.I mlea vingforaconf er encetomorrow and111beaway twoweeks.Isupp ose youc ouldsend mean E—co py.Q:Why doesthemansayhe cantsubmit hisas signm ent on time（准备就绪）.

16.W:I ju stcalledthetra ve1agency,ifsa1I setOn June1st,we a川re headingfort hemountainsandw becampi ngthere fora wholewee k.M:Have you ch eeke dtheac ademic ca lendarM yclas sesar entove runt ilthe8th.Q:Wha t does the manimply

17.W:Ithought the rewasstilltimefor meto apply forastudent1oa n.B ut someonejust toldme thattheclosing date waslast Tuesday.M:Are you sureIth oughtwesti1I hadanother mo nth.Wait,Pv egotabroch ure righthere.Last Tuesdaywas theope ning date.Q:What doesthe manimp1y

18.W Lookat a1I the pollutantsgoi ngintothea ir fromthosefa ctories.Do yo ut5hink theyll ev erget thatu ndercontro1M Nowwiththe newlaw sineffect andsoc iala warenessin cre asing,wea re suretotu rnthings aro und.Q:Whatdoesthe manmeanConv ersa tion OneW:Tel1me,Peter,what makesHa rr odsso famous,M WeII,itsthe biggestdep artmentstore inthe UK.An ditsfo odhall andth eEgypti anha1I are veryf amous.Pe op1e comet oHarrodsjus tto seethem.W What issp eciaIaboutthefoodhallM:It sei1smanydif fe rentkinds of food.For example,it has250ki nds ofche ese froma IIo verthe wor1dandmore than180k indsofb read.Cus tom ersalso1oveal1the diff erentkinds ofcho colate.Theybuy ah undredtons every year.W Tha tsama zing!And whyis theEgypt ian hallsof amousM Well,when peoplesee it,t heyfeel theyare inanot herworld.Itlooks1ike inEgyptian bui1dingf rom4,000yea rsago.And its ells beautifu1object s.Theyarenot4,000years o1d,ofcourse.W:Is it truet hatHa rr ods prod ucesitsown electricit yM:Yes,it does.70%,enough forasma1I town.To lighttheout side of thebuil ding,we use11,500ligh tbulbs.W Rea1ly Tel1me,how manycu st omersdo youhaveonanave rage dayA ndh owmuch do they spendM:A bout30,000people comeonana ve rage day.But duringthesale s,the number in creasesto300,000c ustomersa day.How muchdotheyspent Wei1,on average,c usto mersspe ndabout

1.5mil1ion poundsa day.Therecord foronedayisnine mi Hionp ounds.W:N ine mil1ionpo undsinone dayM:Yes,onthe first dayoftheJ anuar ys ales.W:H arr odss aysitsells everythingtoeverybo dy,everywhere.Is thatreal1ytr ueM Oh,yes.O fcourse!Absolu tel yeveryt hing!

19.Whatisthe foodhaII ofHarrods notedfor。