考試吧：2012年6月大學(xué)英語六級答案

　　Conversation 1

　　W: One of the most interesting experiments with dolphins must be one done by Doctor Jarvis Bastian. What he tried to do was to teach a male dolphin called Bass and a female called Doris to communicate with each other across a solid barrier.

　　M: So how did he do it exactly?

　　W: Well, first of all, he kept the two dolphins together in the same tank and taught them to press levers whenever they saw a light. The levers were fitted to the side of the tank next to each other. If the light flashed on and off several times, the dolphins were supposed to press the left-hand lever followed by the right-hand one. If the light was kept steady, the dolphins were supposed to press the levers in reverse order. Whenever they responded correctly, they were rewarded with fish.

　　M: Sounds terribly complicated.

　　W: Well, that was the first stage. In the second stage, Doctor Bastian separated the dolphins into two tanks. They could still hear one another, but they couldn’t actually see each other. The levers and light were set up in exactly the same way except that this time it was only Doris who could see the light indicating which lever to press first. But in order to get their fish, both dolphins had to press the levers in the correct order. This meant of course that Doris had to tell Bass whether it was a flashing light or whether it was a steady light.

　　M: So did it work?

　　W: Well, amazingly enough, the dolphins achieved a 100 % success rate.

　　Questions 19-21 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

　　Q19. What is the purpose of Doctor Jarvis Bastian’s experiment?

　　Q20. What were the dolphins supposed to do when they saw a steady light?

　　Q21. How did the second stage of the experiment differ from the first stage?

　　答案：

　　19. D) to see if dolphins can communicate with each other.

　　20. A) Press the right-hand lever first.

　　21. C) Only one dolphin was able to see the light.

　　【解析】

　　這篇長對話主要圍繞巴斯蒂安博士關(guān)于海豚的實驗而展開，實驗的目的是要教會海豚學(xué)會互相溝通和交流訊息。隨著男士對實驗的發(fā)問，女士便對實驗的兩個階段進行了詳細介紹。這篇長對話整體難度適中，考生只要在平時注意練習(xí)和打好詞匯基礎(chǔ)，想要得滿分并不難。需要提醒考生的是，做聽力題也要講究技巧，一定要帶著問題去有目的地聽，相關(guān)的信息著重記憶，不相干的信息迅速忽略。懂得抓題眼和懂得取舍，這樣聽力才能做得好。

　　重點詞匯和表達：

　　lever n.杠(桿);途徑，工具

　　in reverse order 以相反的順序

　　be rewarded with 得到獎勵

　　flashing light 閃光燈

　　Conversation 2

　　W: This week’s program Up Your Street takes you to Harrogate, a small town in Yorkshire. Harrogate became a fashionable resort during Victorian times, when people came to take a bath in the mineral waters. Today, few people come to visit the town for its mineral waters. Instead, Harrogate has become a popular town for people to retire to. Its clean air, attractive parks, and the absence of any industry, make this an ideal spot for people looking for a quiet life. Now, to tell us more about Harrogate, I have with me Tom Percival, President of the Chamber of Commerce. Tom, one of the things visitor notices about Harrogate is the large area of open park land right down into the middle of the town. Can you tell us more about it?

　　M: Yes, certainly. The area is called the Stray.

　　W: Why the Stray?

　　M: It’s called that because in the old days, people let their cattle stray on the area, which was common land.

　　W: Oh, I see.

　　M: Then, we’ve changes in farming and in land ownership. The Stray became part of the land owned by Harrogate.

　　W: And is it protected?

　　M: Oh, yes, indeed. As a special law, no one can build anything on the stray. It’s protected forever.

　　W: So it will always be park land?

　　M: That’s right. As you can see, some of the Stray is used for sports fields.

　　W: I believe it looks lovely in the spring.

　　M: Yes, it does. There’re spring flowers on the old trees, and people visit the town just to see the flowers.

　　Question 22-25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

　　Q22. Where does this conversation most probably take place?

　　Q23. What do we learn about modern Harrogate?

　　Q24. What does the man say about the area called the Stray?

　　Q25. What attracts people most in the Stray during the spring time?

　　答案：

　　22. B) In a resort town.

　　23. D) It is an ideal place for people to retire to.

　　24. D) It is protected as parkland by a special law.

　　25. C) The beautiful flowers.

　　【解析】

　　這段長對話是對Harrogate這個旅游小鎮(zhèn)的介紹，談到其如何得名，如何變遷，以及如何受到政府的保護。由此可見，這段對話最有可能發(fā)生在一個旅游城鎮(zhèn)。這段對話稍微難一點的地方在于幾個單詞，一個是地名Harrogate，另一個是Stray，以及頭銜President of the Chamber of Commerce。解決這些難點也很容易，因為Harrogate這個地名和頭銜不是考察點，考生可直接忽略。另外關(guān)于Stray，考生開始不懂沒關(guān)系，要帶著這個疑問去注意聽原文，對話中隨后就給出了明確解釋，所以考生也會獲得解答。

　　需要提醒考生的是，雖然考試中我們可以忽略一些人名，地名或者無關(guān)緊要的細節(jié)，這也是為了一時的應(yīng)試而迫不得已。在平時練習(xí)中，還是建議廣大考生多積累這些人文及百科知識，包括一些人名和地名。積累的多了，以后在任何場合聽起來就不會犯難了。