1997年6月大学英语六级听力原文

Part ⅠListening Comprehension
Section A
1 W:Good moring,I’m here to see Mr.Addison.
M: Mr.Addison went to Washington last Monday for a conference, and will be back on Thursday night.If you like ,you may come again on Friday moring.
Q:When will Mr.Addison return?

2 M:I wonder wether it would be possible to change this double room to two single rooms.
W:Sorry,Sir.All the single rooms are occupied.But if you like , I can check with Imperial Hotel to see if they have any.
Q:What’s the women going to do for the man?

3 M:Bill was a great guy.He was drowned while rescuing a child from the icy water of the river yesterday.
W:Well,as far as I know, that was not the first dangerous situation he was in.
Q:Which of the following best describles Bill.

4W:It’s good to see you again.What are you doing these days? You’re still working at the sameplace,aren’t you?
M:Yes,I am .And I’m counting the days until retirement.
Q:What can we learn about the man?

5 M:Susan,have you read the notice on bulletin board?I’ve won the scholarship for the next semester.
W:I knew you would. You certainly deserve it.
Q:What does the women mean?

6 M:What kind of father am I?My only son almost died,and I didn’t even know he was ill.
W:Don’t blame youself.You were too busy to pay attention to him.If his mother was still alive,things would have been much better.
Q:Why dose the man blame himself?

7M:I’ve just got back from the holiday you arranged for me.But I must tell you the hotel was really awful.It was miles from the sea.The food was awful,too.The bedroom was dirty.
W:Sorry about that.it’s not really our fault.The contract does say that the hotel accommodation is not our responsibility.
Q:Where is the conversation probably taking place?

8 W:Suppose the company offered you a pay raise, a 50%,would you like be so determined to leave and look for a job else where?
 M:Yes,I’ve set my mind on it.I’d like to find a job with full scope to show my ability.
Q:Why has the man decided to leave to company?

9 W:How are their talks going on?Have they reached any agreement?
M:They only seemed to have agreed to set another date for further talks.
Q:What can we infer from the conversation?

10 M:Excuse me, madam.Could I leave this here for a few hours,please?
W:Well, it’s a bit……er……unusual ,isn’t?Why not go to the left-luggage office over there?
Q:What dose the man ask the women to do?

Passage One
  Today ,air travel is far safer than driving a car on a busy motor way.But there is a danger that grows every years.From the moment an airplane takes off to the moment it lands,every movement is watched on radar screens.Air-traffic controllers tell the pilot exacly when to turn,when to climb and when to come down.The air-traffic controllers around a busy airport may handle 1000 planes a day.Any place that flies near the airport comes under the orders of the controllers there.Even a small mistakes on their part could cause disaster.Recently,such a disaster almost happened.Two large jets were flying towards the airport.One was carrying 69 passengers and had come from Toronto.The other was carrying 176 passengers from Chicago.An air-traffic controller noticed on his radar screen that the two planes were too close to each other.He ordered one to the right and to climb.But he made a mistake.He ordered the wrong plane to do this.So,instead of turing away from the second plane.they avioded each other by the smallest part of the danger the grows every year.

11．Which factor can most seriously endanger airplanes according to this passage?
12．What happen to the two large jets?
13．Why were the two large jets specially mentioned?

Passage Two
  I’ll still be working.but things will different.With any luck, I’ll be earning more money.The most important thing will be the job itself,and hoe interesting it is,I mean.I hope I’ll be able to choose the kind of job I do and who I work for.Of course,I like to have more money and more authority than I have now. But I don’t think that’s the only thing in life. What I really want is to be more independent than I am now.To have more control over my own life.Perhaps open a small resaurant ,or write a book or something like that.I’m not really sure if I’ll ever havechildren,or even if I want to be married.It all depends.Of couse,if Imeet the right person,anything could happen.But I won’t feel that my life is empty and meaningless if I’m still living alone ten years or even twenty years from now.Not at all.My mother is always saying there is nothing like a good relationship.But I am not so sure.There is nothing worse than a really bad one,either.

14．What is the speaker talking about?
15．What does the speaker want most?
16．What will the speaker most probably do in the future?
17．What is the speaker’mother always suggesting to him?

Passage Three
   Jane Adams came from a well-to-do and cultured family.She was so distressed about the misery of poor people that she left her fine home to spend her life in the slums of Chicago.In 1889,she established a settlement house where she intiated many projects such as hot-lunch service for factory workers,day-care centes for little children,free classes for young people and adults gymnasium and an art gallery.Immigrants and other poor people came to her settlement house for advice and help as well as for fun. Jane Adams was also active in fighting against the use of child labour and against war.She worked for women' right to vote and for improving the situation of the blacks.She initiated country vacation programmes for poor city children. Jane Adams had great influence on the development of social work in the United States and in other parts of the world .She promoted the idea of responsibility for the welfare of the poor.Settlement houses of a similar kind were founded in many poor neighbourhoods to make the lives of the poor more meaningful.In 1931, Jane Adams was awarded the Nobel Prize for what she ahd done for society.

18．Where did Jane Adams spend her life after she left her home?
19．For whom did Jane Adams start the country vacation programmes?
20．What’s the passage mainly about?