2016年6月英语六级真题听力原文(一)

2016

年

6

月英语六 级真题听力原文

(

一

)

Part

Ⅱ

Listening

Comprehension

Section A

Questions 1 to 4 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

M: (1)So, how long have you been a market research consultant?

W: Well, I started straight after finishing university.

M: Did you study market research?

W: Yeah, and it really helped me to get into the industry, but I have to say

that

it’s

more

important

to

get

experience

in

different

types

of

market

research to find out exactly what you’re interested in.

M: So what are you interested in?

W:

(2)Well,

at

the

moment,

I

specialize

in

quantitative

advertising

research, which means that I do two types of projects. (3)Trackers, which

are

ongoing

projects

that

look

at

trends

or

customer

satisfaction

over

a

long period of time. The only problem with trackers is that it takes up a

lot of your time. But you do build up a good relationship with the client. I

also do a couple of ad hoc jobs which are much shorter projects.

M: What exactly do you mean by ad hoc jobs?

W: It’s basically when

companies need quick answers to their questions

about their consumers’ habits. They just ask for one questionnaire to be

sent out for example, so the time you spend on an ad hoc project tends to

be fairly short.

M: Which do you prefer, trackers or ad hoc?

W: I like doing both and in fact I need to do both at the same time to keep

me from going crazy. I need the variety.

M: Can you just explain what process you go through with a new client?

W:

Well,

together

we

decide

on the

methodology

and

the objectives

of

the

research.

I

then

design

a

questionnaire.

Once

the

interviewers

have

been briefed, I send the client a schedule and then they get back to me

with deadlines. Once the final charts and tables are ready, I have to check

them and organize a presentation.

M: Hmm, one last question, what do you like and dislike about your job?

W: (4)As I said, variety is important and as for what I don’t like, it has to

be the checking of charts and tables.

Questions 5 to 8 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

W

: Hello, I’m here with Frederick. Now Fred, you went to university in

Canada?

M: Yeah, that’s right.

W: (5)OK, and you have very strong views about universities in Canada.

Could you please explain?

M: Well, we don’t have private universities in Canada. They’re all public.

(6)All

the

universities

are

owned

by

the

government,

so

there

is

the

Ministry

of

Education

in

charge

of

creating

the

curriculum

for

the

universities

and

so

there

is

not

much

room

for

flexibility.

Since

it’s

a

government-operated institutio

n, things don’t move very fast. If you want

something to be done, then their staff do not have so much incentive to

help you because he’s a worker for the government. So I don’t think it’s

very

efficient.

However,

there

are

certain

advantages

of

public

uni

versities, such as the fees being free. You don’t have to pay for your

education. But the system isn’t efficient, and it does not work that well.

W:

Yeah,

I

can see your

point, but in the

United

States

we

have

many

private universities, and I think they are large bureaucracies also. Maybe

people

don’t

act

that

much

differently,

because

it’s

the

same

thing

working for a private university. They get paid for their job. I don’t know

if they’re that much more motivated to help people. (7)Also, we have a

problem in the United States that usually only wealthy kids go to the best

schools and it’s kind of a problem actually.

M: (7)I agree with you. I think it’s a problem because you’re not giving

equal

access

to

education

to

everybody.

It’s

not

easy,

but

having

only

public

universities

also

might

not

be

the

best

solution.

Perhaps

we

can

learn

from

Japan

where

they

have

a

system

of

private

and

public

universities. Now, in Japan, public universities are considered to be the

best.

W: Right. It’s the exact opposite in th

e United States.

M: (8)So, as you see, it’s very hard to say which one is better.

W: Right, a good point.

Section B

Questions 9 to 11 are based on the passage you have just heard.

(9)A

recent

International

Labour

Organization

report

says

the

deterioration of real wages around the world calls into question the true

extent

of

an

economic

recovery,

especially

if

government

rescue

packages are phased out too early.

(9)The report warns the picture on wages is likely to get worse this year,

despite

indications

of

an

economic

rebound.

Patrick

Belser,

an

International

Labour

Organization

specialist,

says

declining

wage

rates

are linked to the levels of unemployment.

“The quite dramatic unemployment figures, which we now see in some of

the countries, strongly suggest that (10)there will be greater pressure on

wages in the future as more people will be unemployed, more people will

be

looking

for

jobs

and

the

pressure

on

employers

to

raise

wages

to

attract workers will decline. So, we expect that the second part of the year

will not be very good in terms of wage growth.”

The report finds more than a quarter of the countries experienced flat or

falling

monthly

wages

in

real

terms.

They

include,

the

United

States,

Austria, Costa Rica, South Africa and Germany.

International

Labour

Organization

economists

say

some

nations

have

come

up

with

polices

to

lessen

the

impact

of

lower

wages

during

the

economic

crisis.

(11)An

example

of

these

is

work

sharing

with

government

subsidies.

Under

this

scheme,

the

number

of

individual

working hours is reduced in an effort to avoid layoffs. For this scheme to

work,

the

government

must

provide

wage

subsidies

to

compensate

for

lost pay due to the shorter hours.

Questions 12 to 15 are based on the passage you have just heard.

Is there really a magic memory pill or a herbal recall remedy? (12)I have

been

frequently

asked

if

these

memory

supplements

work.

You

know,

one of the first things I like to tell people when they ask me about these

supplements is that a lot of them are promoted as a cure for your memory.

But

your

memory

doesn’t

need

a

cure.

What

your

memory

needs

is

a

good workout. So really those supplements aren’t going to give you that

perfect memory in the way that they promise.

(13)The other thing is that

a lot of these supplements ar

en’t necessarily what they claim to be, and

you really have to be wary when you take any of them. The science isn’t

there behind most of them. They’re not really well

-regulated unless they

adhere to some industry standard. You don’t really know that what t

hey

say

is in

there

is in there.

(14)What

you

must

understand

is that those

supplements,

especially

in

some

eastern

cultures,

are

part

of

a

medical

practice tradition. People don’t just go in a local grocery store and buy

these

supplements.

In

fact,

they

are

prescribed

and

they’re

given

at

a

certain

level,

a

dosage

that

is

understood

by

a

practitioner

who’s

been

trained.

And that’s not really

the

way

they’re

used

in this

country.

The