2016年六级讲座听力样原文及答案

Now

listen

to

the

following

recording

and

answer

questions 16 to 19.

16.

A) Urbanization, industrialization,

territorial expansion.

B) Industrialization, technology,

territorial expansion.

C) Urbanization, technology, territorial

expansion.

D) Urbanization, industrialization,

technology.

17.

A) In 1865.

B)

In1881.

C) In 1890.

D) In 1902.

18.

A) With dirty material.

B) With free gifts.

C) With famous performers.

D) With early movies.

19. A) The first organized performances in

America.

B) The first traveling performances in

America.

C) The first educational performances in

America.

D) The first professional performances in

America.

Now

listen

to

the

following

recording

and

answer

questions 20 to 22.

20.

A) His role as a founding father.

B) His career as a prolific inventor.

C) His literary accomplishments.

D) His newspaper editorship.

21.

A) In 1732.

B) In 1722.

C) From 1729.

D) In 1748.

22.

A) By sharing his opinion about modern

topics.

B)

By

simply

reporting

on

current

events

of

America.

C) By shifting Americans’ awareness from a

Puritanism to rationalism.

D)

By

following

the

characteristics

of

a

modern newspaper columnist.

Now

listen

to

the

following

recording

and

answer

questions 23 to 25.

23.

A)

The

debate

over

the

beginning

and

ending

dates of the Little Ice Age.

B) The climatic and social changes caused

by the Little Ice Age.

C) The diseases caused by the Little Ice

Age.

D)

The

famines

of

the

1300s

and

1600s

caused

by the Little Ice Age.

24.

A) Agricultural production.

B) Economic consequences.

C) Urban migration.

D) Human health.

25.

A) They were starving.

B) They were suffering from the Bubonic

Plague.

C) They loved Queen Marie Antoinette.

D) They lacked warm clothing.

六级讲座听力样原文及答案

2016-02-04

答案：

16.D

17.B

18.B

19.A

20.C

21.B

22.C

23.B

24.D

25.A

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听力原文

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听力原文：

Now listen to the following recording and answer

questions 16 to 19.

Moderator:

Hello ladies and gentlemen, it gives me great

pleasure to introduce our speaker for today?s session,

Dr. Ellis, professor of American social history. Dr.

Ellis, please.

Dr. Ellis:

Thank you for that.

Before we examine the modern American

entertainment industry

—

Broadway shows,

Hollywood movies, rock concerts, and all that

—let?s

take a short look at the beginnings of organized

entertainment in America.

Almost since the very beginning of the country,

Americans had been able to enjoy performances of

one kind or another, shows that traveled around to

find their audiences, in towns and villages across the

continent. Traveling medicine shows, offering variety

shows and music along with their snake oil and

miracle medicine were popular. Then there were

Buffalo Bill Cody?s “Wild West Shows”, with trick

riders and dramatic-arrangements. Meanwhile, town

halls, saloons and music halls, all sprang up across

the country, wherever people had some money to

burn and were looking for a little fun.

But then, after the Civil War, after 1865, America?s

social structure began to change radically. The

country began to grow economically, and its cities

began to grow, and an American middle class began

to develop, with increased spending power and leisure

time. This was also a time of industrial growth, and

transportation and communication technologies

improved rapidly.

[16] And it was at this same time that entertainment

became an industry

—

with the appearance of

Vaudeville. Vaudeville was something new

—

the first

mass entertainment. From its beginning, it was

geared toward middle-class men and women and

families and it very quickly spread nationwide. Its

performance halls were alcohol-free and its hall