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2012
年
12
月
CET6
听力
(A
套
)
Section A
11.
A) Ask his boss for a lighter schedule.
B) Trade places with someone else.
C) Accept the extra work willingly.
D) Look for a more suitable job.
12. A) It is unusual for his wife to be
at home now.
B) He is uncertain where
his wife is at the moment.
C) It is
strange for his wife to call him at work.
D) He does not believe what the woman
has told him.
13. A) The man is going
to send out the memo tomorrow.
B) The
man will drive the woman to the station.
C) The speakers are traveling by train
tomorrow morning.
D) The woman is
concerned with the man’s health.
14. A) The suite booked was for a
different date.
B) The room booked was
on a different floor.
C) The room
booked was not spacious enough.
D) A
suite was booked instead of a double room.
15. A) The reason for low profits.
B) The company’s sales
policy.
C) The fierce
competition they face.
D) The lack of
effective promotion.
16. A) Go and get
the groceries at once.
B) Manage with
what they have.
C) Do some shopping on
their way home.
D) Have the groceries
delivered to them.
17. A) The hot
weather in summer.
B) The problem with
the air conditioner.
C) The ridiculous
rules of the office.
D) The atmosphere
in the office.
18. A) Set a new stone
in her ring.
B) Find the priceless
jewel she lost.
C) Buy a ring with
precious diamond.
D) Shop on Oxford
Street for a decent gift.
Questions 19
to 22 are based on the conversation you have just
heard.
19. A) Damaging public
facilities.
B) Destroying urban
wildlife.
C) Organising rallies in the
park.
D) Hurting baby animals in the
zoo.
20. A) He had bribed the park
keepers to keep quiet.
B) People had
differing opinions about his behaviour.
C) The serious consequences of his
doings were not fully realised.
D) His
behaviour was thought to have resulted from mental
illness.
21. A) Brutal.
B)
Justifiable.
C) Too harsh.
D) Well-deserved.
22. A)
Encouraging others to follow his wrong-doing.
B) Stealing endangered animals from the
zoo.
C) Organising people against the
authorities.
D) Attacking the park
keepers in broad daylight.
Questions
23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have
just heard.
23. A) She has already
left school.
B) She works for the
handicapped.
C) She is fond of
practical courses.
D) She is good at
foreign languages.
24. A) He is
interested in science courses.
B) He
attends a boarding school.
C) He speaks
French and German.
D) He is the
brightest of her three kids.
25. A)
Comprehensive schools do not offer quality
education.
B) Parents decide what
schools their children are to attend.
C) Public schools are usually bigger in
size than private schools.
D) Children
from low income families can’t really choose
schools.
Section B
Passage One
Questions 26 to
29 are based on the passage you have just heard.
26. A) Encourage the students to do
creative thinking.
B) Help the students
to develop communication skills.
C)
Cultivate the students’ ability to inspire
employees.
D) Focus on
teaching the various functions of business.
27. A) His teaching career at the
HarvardBusinessSchool.
B) His personal
involvement in business management.
C)
His presidency at college and experience overseas.
D) His education and professorship at
Babson College.
28. A) Development of
their raw brain power.
B) Exposure to
the liberal arts and humanities.
C)
Improvement of their ability in capital
management.
D) Knowledge of up-to-date
information technology.
29. A) Reports
on business and government corruption.
B) His contact with government and
business circles.
C) Discoveries of
cheating among MBA students.
D) The
increasing influence of the mass media.
Passage Two
Questions 30 to
32 are based on the passage you have just heard.
30. A) They have better options for
their kids than colleges.
B) The
unreasonably high tuition is beyond their means.
C) The quality of higher education may
not be worth the tuition.
D) They think
that their kids should pay for their own
education.
31. A) They do too many
extracurricular activities.
B) They
tend to select less demanding courses.
C) They take part-time jobs to support
themselves.
D) They think few of the
courses worth studying.
32. A) Its
samples are not representative enough.
B) Its significance should not be
underestimated.
C) Its findings come as
a surprise to many parents.
D) Its
criteria for academic progress are questionable.
Passage Three
Questions 33
to 35 are based on the passage you have just
heard.
33. A) A newly married couple.
B) A business acquaintance.
C) Someone good at cooking.
D) Someone you barely know.
34. A) Obtain necessary information
about your guests.
B) Collect a couple
of unusual or exotic recipes.
C) Buy
the best meat and the freshest fruit.
D) Try to improve your cooking skills.
35. A) Losing weight.C) Making friends.
B) Entertaining guests.D) Cooking
meals.
Section C
People with
disabilities comprise a large but diverse segment
of the population. It is
(36) ______
that over 35 million Americans have physical,
mental, or other disabilities. (37)
______ half of these disabilities are
“developmental,” i.e., they occur prior to the
individual’s
twenty-second
birthday, often
from
(38)
______ conditions,
and
are
severe
enough
to
affect
three
or
more
areas
of development, such
as
(39) ______,
communication and
employment.
Most other disabilities are considered
(40) ______, i.e., caused by outside forces.
Before the 20th century, only a small
(41) ______ of people with disabilities survived
for
long.
Medical
treatment
for
such
conditions
as
stroke
or
spinal
cord
(42)
______
was
unavailable.
People
whose
disabilities
should
not
have
inherently
affected
their
life
span
were often so mistreated that they (43)
______. Advancements in medicine and social
services
have
created
a
climate
in
which
(44)
_________________________________________.
Unfortunately,
these basics
are often all that is available. Civil liberties
such as the right to vote, marry, get
an education, and gain employment have
historically been denied on the basis of
disability.
(45)
___________
______________________________________________.
Disabled
people
formed
grassroots
coalitions
to
advocate
their
rights
to
integration
and
meaningful
equality
of
opportunity. (46)________
________________________________________________ .
In the mid-1970s, critical
legislation
mandated
（规定）
access to
education, public transportation, and public
facilities,
and
prohibited
employment
discrimination
by
federal
agencies
or
employers
receiving
federal funds.
2012
年
12
月
CET6
听力
(B
套
)
Section A
11. A) She can
count on the man for help.
B) She has other plans for this
weekend.
C) She can lend the man a
sleeping bag
D) She has got camping
gear for rent.
12. A) The man should
keep his words.
B) She regrets asking
the man for help.
C) Karen always
supports her at work.
D) Karen can take
her to the airport
13. A) He can't
afford to go traveling yet.
B) His trip
to Hawaii was not enjoyable.
C) He
usually checks his brakes before a trip.
D) His trip to Hawaii has used up all
his money
14. A) There was nothing left
except some pie.
B) The man has to find
something else to eat.
C) The woman is
going to prepare thedinner.
D) Julie
has been invited for dinner.
15. A)
Submit no more than three letters.
B)
Present a new letter of reference.
C)
Apply to three graduate schools.
D)
Send Professor Smith a letter.
16. A)
He declines to join the gardening club.
B) He is a professional gardener in
town.
C) He prefers to keep his
gardening skills to himself.
D) He
wishes to receive formal training in gardening.
17. A) Sculpture is not a typical form
of modern art.
B) Modern art cannot
express people's true feelings.
C) The
recent sculpture exhibit was not well organized.
D) Many people do not appreciate modern
art.
18.A) Bob does not have much
chance to win.
B) She will
vote for another candidate.
C) Bob cannot count on her vote.
D) She knows the right person for the
position
Questions 19 to 22 are based
on the conversation you have just heard.
19. A) Poor management of the hospital.
B) The health hazard at her work place.
C) Decisions made by the head
technician.
D) The outdated medical
testing procedures.
20. A) Transfer her
to another department.
B)
Repair the X-ray equipment.
C) Cut down
her workload.
D) Allow her to go on
leave for two months.
21 .A) They are
virtually impossible to enforce.
B) Neither is applicable to the woman's
case.
C) Both of them have been subject
tocriticism.
D) Their requirements may
be difficult to meet.
22. A) Organize a
mass strike.
B) Compensate
for her loss.
C) Try to help her get it
back.
D) Find her a better paying job.
Questions 23 to 25 are based on the
conversation you have just heard.
23.
A) In giving concessions.
B) In the concluding part.
C) In stating your terms.
D)
In the preparatory phase.
24. A) He
behaves in a way contrary to his real intention.
B) He presents his arguments in a
straightforward way.
C) He responds
readily to the other party's proposals.
D) He uses lots of gestures to help
make his points clear.
25. A) Both may
fail when confronting experienced rivals.
B) The honest type is more effective
than the actor type.
C) Both can
succeed depending on the specific situation.
D) The actor type works better in tough
negotiations.
Section B
Passage One
Questions 26 to
29 are based on the passage you have just heard.
26. A) The shape of the cubes used.
B) The size of the objects shown.
C) The number of times of repeating the
process.
D) The weight of the boxes
moving across thestage.
27. A) Boys
enjoy playing with cubes more than girls.
B) Girls tend to get excited more
easily than boys.
C) Girls seem to
start reasoning earlier than boys.
D)
Boys pay more attention to moving objects than
girls.
28. A) It is a breakthrough in
the study of the nerve system.
B) It
may stimulate scientists to make further studies.
C) Its result helps understand babies'
language ability.
D) Its findings are
quite contrary to previous research.
29. A) The two sides of their brain
develop simultaneously.
B) They are
better able to adapt to the surroundings.
C) Their bones
matureearlier.
D) They talk at an
earlier age.
Passage Two
Questions 30 to 32 are based on the
passage you have just heard.
30. A) The
new security plan for the municipal building.
B) The blueprint for the development of
the city.
C) The controversy over the
new office regulations.
D) The city's
general budget for the coming year.
31
.A) Whether the security checks were really
necessary.
B) How to cope with the huge
crowds of visitors to the municipal building
C) Whether the security checks would
create long queues at peak hours.
D)
How to train the newly recruited security guards.
32. A) Irrelevant.
B) Straightforward.
C)
Ridiculous.
D) Confrontational.
Passage Three
Questions 33
to 35 are based on the passage you have just
heard.
33. A) He used to work as a
miner in Nevada.
B) He works hard to
support his five kids.
C) He considers
himself a blessed man.
D) He once
taught at a local high school
34 .A) To
be nearer to Zac's school.
B) To look
after her grandchildren.
C) To cut
their living expenses.
D) To help with
the household chores.
35. A) Skeptical.
B) Optimistic.
C) Indifferent.
D)
Realistic.
Section C
Mountain climbing is becoming popular
sport, but it is also a (36)_______dangerous one.
People
can
fall;
they
may
also
become
ill.
One
of
the
mostcommon
dangers
to
climbers
is
altitude sickness, which can a ffect
even very (37)_______climbers.
Altitude
sickness
usually
begins
when
a
climber
goes
above
8
000
or
9
000
higher one climbs, the less
oxygen there is in the air. When people don't
getenough oxygen,
they often begin to
(38) _______for air. They may also feel
(39)_______and light- headed. Besides
these symptoms of altitude sickness,
others such asheadache and (40) _______may also
occur.
At heights of over 18000 feet,
people maybe climbing in a (41)
_______daze
（恍惚）
. This state
of mind can have an (42)_______ effect
on their judgment.
A few (43) _______
can help most climbers avoid altitude sickness.
The first isnot to go
too
high
too
fast.
If
you
climb
to
10
000
feet,
stay
at
that
height
for
a
day
ortwo.
(44)
_______.Or
if
you
do
climb
higher
sooner,
come
back
down
to
a
lowerheight
when
you
, drink plenty of
liquids and avoid tobacco and alcohol.(45)
_______. You breathe less
when you
sleep, so you get less oxygen.
The
most
important
warning
is
this:
if
you
have
severe
symptoms
and
they
don'tgo
away, go down! (46) _______.
201
2
年
12
月听力原文（
A
套）
Section A
11.
M
：
This is the
second time this week my boss asked me to work
extra hours. I
’
m glad to get
a
bigger paycheck, but I
don
’
t want such a heavy
schedule.
W: Better watch your step.A
lot of people would like to trade places with you.
Q: What does the woman imply the man
should do?
12.
W: Oh, there
you are. Your wife just called. I told her you
were around somewhere, but I
couldn
’
t
find
you. She
’
s like you to call
her at home.
M: At home? She should be
at work.I hope nothing is wrong.
Q
：
What does the
man imply?
13
．
M:
We have to get up early tomorrow, if we want to be
at the railway station by 8. Perhaps we
should go to bed now.
W: I
suppose so,but I have to finish this memo and put
it in the mail.
Q: What do we learn
from the conversation?
14.W: Let me
check, sir.A suite on the third floor was reserved
by a Mr. Clomer form July
10
th
to
16
th
.
M: I
’
m afraid
there
’
s a mistake, madam. I
told my secretary to book a specious double room
rather
than the luxurious suite.
Q: What is the wrong of the
reservation?
15.
W:
Profits
are
down
considerably
this
quarter,
do
you
have
any
idea
what
might
be
the
problem?
M: I
guess it
’
s just that this is
a slack time of the year. I hear other companies
are having the same
problem.
Q: What are the speakers
talking about?
16. M: I forgot to pick
up the groceries on the way home.
I
’
ll just rest a miniute and
then go get
them.
W: No
problem, we can make do with what left here, and
get them tomorrow.
Q: What does the
woman suggest they man do?
17.
W:
Somebody
should
do
something
about
the
air-conditioning.
It
’
s
ridiculous
I
have
to
wear
a
sweater to work in the middle of
summer.
M: I agree,
i
t’
s been like this for
weeks.
Q: What are the speakers talking
about?
18. W: I lost the diomand out of
my ring. Do you know where I could have it
replaced?
M: I
’
ve
never had a stone put in anything, but I know that
the jewery shop on Oxford street has a
good reputation
Q: What does
the woman intend to do?
Long Conversation 1
W: Mr.
Stern, may I ask you, do you think it was
necessary and fair to arrest Steve
Bril?
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