英语六级考试听力答案
Section A
11. What can we infer from the conversation?
【答案】A The man is the manager of the apartment building
【解析】从对话中看出女士在找apartment building，不是男士。因此选A。
12. What is the woman eager to know?
【答案】B How the pictures will turn out.
【解析】女士想知道的是if the shots I took are as good as I thought. 照片是不是和她想的异样好。这里shots指照片。turn out指照片拍出来的效果。因此选B。
13. What does the man mean?
【答案】C The suitcase can be fixed in time.
【解析】男士说到find a handle后面提到 but that shouldnt take too long说明不是没有handle可以匹配。因此排除A,B。
14. What do we learn about the man from the conversation?
【答案】B He needs a vehicle to be used in harsh weather.
【解析】男士说到truck需要operate for long periods of time in very cold temperatures，因此选择选项B。very cold temperatures对应harsh weather.
15. What do we learn about the woman?
【答案】A She has made up her mind to resign.
【解析】从文中女士强硬的口气I could no longer live with可以看出她下定决心。因此选择A。
16. What does the women want to do?
【答案】D Replace the shirt with one of some other material.
【解析】女士首先提到exchange the shirt，后面又解释了原因allergic to wool，从男士的回答也可以看出换成别的材质。因此选择D。
17. Where does this conversation most probably take place?
【答案】D At a Lost and Found
【解析】男士首先问Did anyone happen to turn in a new handbag?，女士又问了他handbag的详细信息，可见是在失物招领处，选D。
18. What does the man plan to do with his old house?
【答案】C Convert in into a hotel
【解析】but后面是真正意图: turning it into a guest house。guest house 意为宾馆，因此选C。
19. What is the key to write a good classical detective story according to the man?
【答案】D Careful plotting and clueing.
【解析】对话中提到it must be so carefully plotted and so carefully clued，对应D选项。
20. What does the man mainly need when working on a book?
【答案】D To be entirely alone.
【解析】对话中cant even bare anybody else, be completely alone都说明该作家需要独立的写作空间，因此选择D。
21. What does the man say about writers?
【答案】C They look at the world in a detached manner.
【解析】关键词detachment 分离。作家提到作者的经历和写作。虽然说道some experiences overwhelm everyone, 但是后面的but暗示了答案，stand aside、detachment都对应了C选项。
22. What does the woman say about British railways?
【答案】B Like it or not, you have to use them.
【解析】在对话一开始，女士就提到了Theres only one railway system, if you dont like a particular railway, you cant go and use another. 因为只有一条铁路，即使不喜欢，也只能乘坐，换句话说不论喜欢与否都得用它。因此选择B。
23. What do some people who write to the man complain about?
【答案】D The monopoly of British Railways.
【解析】对话中谈及monopoly，铁路垄断，因此选D。其他选项均未涉及。
24. What does the man say threatens the existence of railways?
【答案】B Competition from other modes of transport.
【解析】对话中modes of transport are all around对应选项B。
25. What does the man say about railways in other countries?
【答案】D They lose a lot of money.
【解析】男士以德、法两国铁路为例，每年铁路都有大量亏损。因此选择D。而B选项中disappearing仅仅是美国的情况。
Section B第一篇
文章解析：
本文是一篇地理科学类文章，有点难度，关键是对一些专有名词的把握。文章开始先指出全球变暖带来最主要的威胁是极地冰盖的融化，并给出了相应的事实和数据加以证明。接着更多例子表明南极洲的冰盖在过去的130万年间至少坍塌过一次。相关高等学府的学者和科学家也相继用实验证明南极洲西部曾是一片汪洋。最后引用Herman Engleheart的话，再次提醒我们，西南极洲大冰原很可能再次融化消失。
其实按常理来说，如果听力文章比较有难度的话，题目的难度相对应会降低。所以大家在遇到此类题型时不必惊慌。提取关键信息、边听边记笔记，运用好背景知识等就能把题目做出来。平时也要注意扩大阅读范围，增长见识。关于环境保护和全球变暖之类的文章屡见不鲜，要求考生在这方面要引起足够的重视。
【难点词汇】
West Antarctic ice sheet西南极洲大冰原 ice shelf 冰架 anchored 固定的
fossil 化石 microscopic marine plants 海洋微生物 geological 地质的
26. What is one of the most frightening threats of global warming according to the passage?
【解析】C) Many coastal cities will be covered with water.
细节题。本题不难，从听力开头即可听到 raising sea level so much that coastal cities from New York to Los Angles to Shanghai will be flooded 所以选C选项。
27. What do scientists disagree on?
【解析】B) How unstable the West Antarctic ice sheet is.
细节题。本题不难。注意关键句 but Antarctic experts disagree strongly on just how unstable it is 即可得出答案。
28. What is the latest information revealed about the West Antarctic ice sheet?
【解析】A)It collapsed at least once during the past 1.3 million years.
细节题。注意提取关键信息 new evidence reveals that all or most of the Antarctic ice sheet collapsed at least once during the past 1.3 million years 所以选A选项。
29. What the scientists latest findings suggest?
【解析】A) The West Antarctic region was once a open ocean.
细节题。听力最后的例子说明了这一点which suggest that the region was once open ocean not solid ice， 而其他选项都不是最新的发现。
第二篇
30 B)Whether a deleted photo is immediately removed from the web.
【解析】听力一开始作者就建议我们尝试删除自己上传的照片Take a photo and upload it to Facebook, then after a day or so, note what the URL link to the picture is and then delete it.，由此可知应该选B。
31 B) The way they store data.
【解析】Why do deleted photos stick around so long? The problem relates to the way data is stored on large websites，从这句话可知图片之所以不能立即删除跟它们存储的方式有关。
32 C) When the URL is reused.
【解析】In the case of Facebook, the company says data may hang around until the URL in question is reused，从这句话可知只有URL被再次用到才会被删除。
第三篇
33. A
解析：第一段原文可以找到对应句子，即some iced coffees contain as many calories as a hot dinner.
34. B
解析：第一段原文中有对应语句，即Better skip dinner or hit the gym afterwards.
35. C
解析：在此句中，The WCRF has estimated that 19,000 cancers a year in Britain could be prevented，关键词prevented可以得知答案为C选项。
Section A
11. What can we infer from the conversation?
【答案】A The man is the manager of the apartment building
【解析】从对话中看出女士在找apartment building，不是男士。因此选A。
12. What is the woman eager to know?
【答案】B How the pictures will turn out.
【解析】女士想知道的是if the shots I took are as good as I thought. 照片是不是和她想的异样好。这里shots指照片。turn out指照片拍出来的效果。因此选B。
13. What does the man mean?
【答案】C The suitcase can be fixed in time.
【解析】男士说到find a handle后面提到 but that shouldnt take too long说明不是没有handle可以匹配。因此排除A,B。
14. What do we learn about the man from the conversation?
【答案】B He needs a vehicle to be used in harsh weather.
【解析】男士说到truck需要operate for long periods of time in very cold temperatures，因此选择选项B。very cold temperatures对应harsh weather.
15. What do we learn about the woman?
【答案】A She has made up her mind to resign.
【解析】从文中女士强硬的口气I could no longer live with可以看出她下定决心。因此选择A。
16. What does the women want to do?
【答案】D Replace the shirt with one of some other material.
【解析】女士首先提到exchange the shirt，后面又解释了原因allergic to wool，从男士的回答也可以看出换成别的材质。因此选择D。
17. Where does this conversation most probably take place?
【答案】D At a Lost and Found
【解析】男士首先问Did anyone happen to turn in a new handbag?，女士又问了他handbag的详细信息，可见是在失物招领处，选D。
18. What does the man plan to do with his old house?
【答案】C Convert in into a hotel
【解析】but后面是真正意图: turning it into a guest house。guest house 意为宾馆，因此选C。
19. What is the key to write a good classical detective story according to the man?
【答案】D Careful plotting and clueing.
【解析】对话中提到it must be so carefully plotted and so carefully clued，对应D选项。
20. What does the man mainly need when working on a book?
【答案】D To be entirely alone.
【解析】对话中cant even bare anybody else, be completely alone都说明该作家需要独立的写作空间，因此选择D。
21. What does the man say about writers?
【答案】C They look at the world in a detached manner.
【解析】关键词detachment 分离。作家提到作者的经历和写作。虽然说道some experiences overwhelm everyone, 但是后面的but暗示了答案，stand aside、detachment都对应了C选项。
22. What does the woman say about British railways?
【答案】B Like it or not, you have to use them.
【解析】在对话一开始，女士就提到了Theres only one railway system, if you dont like a particular railway, you cant go and use another. 因为只有一条铁路，即使不喜欢，也只能乘坐，换句话说不论喜欢与否都得用它。因此选择B。
23. What do some people who write to the man complain about?
【答案】D The monopoly of British Railways.
【解析】对话中谈及monopoly，铁路垄断，因此选D。其他选项均未涉及。
24. What does the man say threatens the existence of railways?
【答案】B Competition from other modes of transport.
【解析】对话中modes of transport are all around对应选项B。
25. What does the man say about railways in other countries?
【答案】D They lose a lot of money.
【解析】男士以德、法两国铁路为例，每年铁路都有大量亏损。因此选择D。而B选项中disappearing仅仅是美国的情况。
Section B第一篇
文章解析：
本文是一篇地理科学类文章，有点难度，关键是对一些专有名词的把握。文章开始先指出全球变暖带来最主要的威胁是极地冰盖的融化，并给出了相应的事实和数据加以证明。接着更多例子表明南极洲的冰盖在过去的130万年间至少坍塌过一次。相关高等学府的学者和科学家也相继用实验证明南极洲西部曾是一片汪洋。最后引用Herman Engleheart的话，再次提醒我们，西南极洲大冰原很可能再次融化消失。
其实按常理来说，如果听力文章比较有难度的话，题目的难度相对应会降低。所以大家在遇到此类题型时不必惊慌。提取关键信息、边听边记笔记，运用好背景知识等就能把题目做出来。平时也要注意扩大阅读范围，增长见识。关于环境保护和全球变暖之类的文章屡见不鲜，要求考生在这方面要引起足够的重视。
【难点词汇】
West Antarctic ice sheet西南极洲大冰原 ice shelf 冰架 anchored 固定的
fossil 化石 microscopic marine plants 海洋微生物 geological 地质的
26. What is one of the most frightening threats of global warming according to the passage?
【解析】C) Many coastal cities will be covered with water.
细节题。本题不难，从听力开头即可听到 raising sea level so much that coastal cities from New York to Los Angles to Shanghai will be flooded 所以选C选项。
27. What do scientists disagree on?
【解析】B) How unstable the West Antarctic ice sheet is.
细节题。本题不难。注意关键句 but Antarctic experts disagree strongly on just how unstable it is 即可得出答案。
28. What is the latest information revealed about the West Antarctic ice sheet?
【解析】A)It collapsed at least once during the past 1.3 million years.
细节题。注意提取关键信息 new evidence reveals that all or most of the Antarctic ice sheet collapsed at least once during the past 1.3 million years 所以选A选项。
29. What the scientists latest findings suggest?
【解析】A) The West Antarctic region was once a open ocean.
细节题。听力最后的例子说明了这一点which suggest that the region was once open ocean not solid ice， 而其他选项都不是最新的发现。
第二篇
30 B)Whether a deleted photo is immediately removed from the web.
【解析】听力一开始作者就建议我们尝试删除自己上传的照片Take a photo and upload it to Facebook, then after a day or so, note what the URL link to the picture is and then delete it.，由此可知应该选B。
31 B) The way they store data.
【解析】Why do deleted photos stick around so long? The problem relates to the way data is stored on large websites，从这句话可知图片之所以不能立即删除跟它们存储的方式有关。
32 C) When the URL is reused.
【解析】In the case of Facebook, the company says data may hang around until the URL in question is reused，从这句话可知只有URL被再次用到才会被删除。
第三篇
33. A
解析：第一段原文可以找到对应句子，即some iced coffees contain as many calories as a hot dinner.
34. B
解析：第一段原文中有对应语句，即Better skip dinner or hit the gym afterwards.
35. C
解析：在此句中，The WCRF has estimated that 19,000 cancers a year in Britain could be prevented，关键词prevented可以得知答案为C选项。
