1990年1月六级听力原文
1.    W: What is the home assignment from Professor Smith? I missed the class this morning.
M: Finish reading Chapter 5 and 6, and write an essay based on chapter 3 and 4. Remember, it’s your turn to give presentation next Monday.
Q: What will the woman do in addition to the home assignment for the whole class?
2.    M: Now, I’m going to start off by asking you a difficult question. Why would you like to get this post?
W: Well, first of all I know that your firm has a very good reputation. Then I’ve heard you offer good opportunities for promotion for the right person.
Q: What do we know from this conversation?
3.    W: Did you hear Mike is in hospital with head injures and a broken arm?
M: Yes, apparently he was struck by another vehicle and turned completely over.
Q: What happened to Mike?
4.    M: Could you help me to decide what I should buy for my brother’s birthday?
W: Remember, you took a picture of him at his last birthday party? Why not buy him a frame so that he can fix the picture in it.
Q: What did the man do last year for his brother’s birthday?
5.    M: What did your doctor describe for you?
W: Well, he said there is no need for me to take any medicine if I eat well-balanced meals.
Q: What did the man do last year for his brother’s birthday?
6.    W: Could you tell me what I should do if my car breaks down?
M: Well, I’m sure you won’t have any trouble, Mrs. Smith, but if something should happen, just call this number.
They’ll see that you get help.
Q: What does the man really mean?
7.    W: Did you watch the game last night?
M: I wouldn’t have missed it for anything!
Q: Did the man watch the game last night?
8.    M: Hey, Louise, I’ve got a used copy of our chemistry textbook for half price.
W: I’m afraid you wasted your money, yours is the first edition, but we’re supposed to be using the third edition.
Q: What has the man done?
9.    M: Could you tell me the timetable of the school bus?
W: Well, the bus leaves here for the campus every two hours from 7: But on Saturd
ays it starts half an hour later.
Q: When does the second bus leave on Saturdays?
10.    W: I had prepared dinner for eight people before Mary called and said that she and her husband could not make it.
M: That’s all right. I am just going to tell you I have invited Tom and his girlfriend.
Q: How many people are coming to the dinner?
Passage One
Strikes are very common in Britain. They are extremely harmful to its industries. In fact, there are other countries in Western Europe that lose more working days through strikes every year than Britain. The trouble with the strikes in Britain is that they occur in essential industries. There are over 495 unions in Britain. Some unions are very small. Over 20 have more than 100,000 members. Unions do not exist only to demand higher wages. They also
educate their members. They provide benefits for the sick and try to improve working conditions. Trade unioners say that we must thank the unions for the great improvement in working conditions in the last hundred years. It is now against the law for union members to go on strike without the support of their union. This kind of strike is called the unofficial strike and was common until recently. Employers feel that unofficial strikes were most harmful because they would not be predicted. However, these unofficial strikes still occur from time to time and some unions have also refused to cooperate with the law. As a result, the general picture of the relations between workers and employers in Britain has gone from bad to worse.
Questions 11 to 13 are based on the passage you have just heard.
11.    In what way are strikes in Britain different from those in other European countries?
12.    Why are British employers so afraid of unofficial strikes?
13.    What conclusion can be drawn from this passage?
Passage Two
Everywhere we look we see Americans running. They run for every reason anybody could think of.
They run for health, for beauty, to lose weight, to feel fit and because it’s the thing they love to do. Every year, for example, thousands upon thousands of people run in one race, the Boston Marathon, the best known long distance race in the United States. In recent years, there have been nearly 5,000 official competitors and it takes three whole minutes for the crowd of runners just to cross the starting line. You may have heard the story of the Greek runner Pheidippides. He ran from Marathon to Athens to deliver the news of the great victory 2,500 years ago. No one knows how long it took him to run the distance. But the story tells us that he died of the effort. Today no one will die in a Marathon race. But the effort is still enormous. Someone does come in first in this tiring foot race. But at the finish line we see what this race is about: not being first but finishing. The real victory is not over one’s fellow runners but over one’s own body. It’s a victory of will-power over fatigue. In the Boston Marathon each person who crosses that finish line is a winner.
Questions 14 to 16 are based on the passage you have just heard.
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14.    What’s the real victory for the thousands of Marathon runners?
15.    Who is a winner in the competition?
16.    What happened to the ancient Greek runner Pheidippides?
Passage Three
Deep Springs is an American college. It is an unusual college. It is high in the white mountains in California not in a college town. The campus is a collection of old buildings with no beautiful classrooms. The only college-like thing about Deep Springs is its library. Students can study from the 17,000 books 24 hours a day. The library is never crowded as there are only 24 well-qualified male students at the college. In addition, there are only five full-time professors. These teachers believe in the idea of this college. They need to believe in it. They do not get much money. In fact, their salaries are only about 9,000 dollars a year plus room and meals. The schools gives the young teachers as well as the st
udents something more important than money. “There is no place like Deep Springs,” says a second-year student from New York State, “Most colleges today are much the same but Deep Springs is not afraid to be different.” He says that students at his college are in a situation quite unlike in the other school. Students are there to learn and they cannot run away from problems. There is no place to escape to. At most colleges, students can close their book and go to a film. They can go out to restaurants or to parties. Deep Springs students have completely different alternatives. They can talk to each other or to their teachers. Another possible activity is to go to the library to study. They might decide to do some work. The students who doesn’t want to do any of these activities can go for a walk in the desert. Deep Springs is far from the world of restaurants and cinemas. There is not even a television set on campus.

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