2017年6月六级真题(第2套)听力原文

2017

年

6

月六级真 题（第

2

套）听力原文

2017

年

6

月大学英语六 级考试真题（第

2

套）听力原文

Section A

Conversation One

W: Mr. Ishiguro, have you ever found one of your books at a secondhand bookstore?

M: Yes. That kind of thing is difficult. [1]

If they?ve got my book there, I think, “Well, this is

an

insult!

Somebody didn?t want to keep my book!” But if it?s not there, I feel it?s an insult too. I

think, “Why aren?t people exchanging my book? Why isn?t it in this store?”

W: Does being a writer require a thick skin?

M: Yes, for example, my wife can be very harsh. [2-1] I began working on my latest book,

The

Buried Giant

, in 2004, but I stopped after I showed my wife a little section. She thought it was

rubbish.

W: Even after you won a Booker Prize?

M: [2-2]

She?s not intimidated at all and she critic

izes me in exactly the same way she did when I

was first unpublished and I was starting.

W: But you would never compromise on your vision.

M:

No,

I

wouldn?t

ever

compromise

on

the

essential,

the

ideas

or

the

themes.

This

isn?t

really

what my wife is trying

to criticize me about. It?s always about execution.

W: So why did you put your book,

The Buried Giant

, aside for so long? Apparently you started

working on it over 10 years ago.

M: [3]

I?ve often stopped writing a book and left it for a few years.

And by the time I come back

to

it,

it

may

have

changed.

Usually

my

imagination

has

moved

on

and

I

can

think

of

different

contexts or a different way to do it.

W: What does it feel like when you finally finish a book?

M: It?s funny you ask that because I never have this moment when I feel, “Ah, I?ve finished!” [4]

I

watch footballers at the end of the match, you know, the whistle goes and they?ve

won or lost.

Until then they?ve been giving everything they have and at that moment they know it?s over. It?s

funny for

an author. There?s never a finishing whistle.

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

would the man feel if he found his book in a secondhand bookstore?

does the man?s wife think of his books?

does the man do when he engages in writing?

does the man want to say by mentioning the football match?

Conversation Two

W: [5] According to a study of race and equity in education, black athletes are dropping out of

college

across

the

country

at

alarming

rates. With

us

to

talk

about

the

findings

in

the

study

is

Washington Post

columnist

Kevin Blackistone. Good morning.

M: Good morning, how are you?

W: Fine, thank you. What is new that you found in this study?

M: Well, this is Shaun Harper?s study, and he points

out that on major college campuses across

the country, black males make up less than 3 percent of undergraduate enrollments. Yet, when you

look

at

their

numbers

or

percentages

on

the

revenue-generating

sports

teams

of

football

and

basketball, they make up well into 50 to 60 percent of those teams. [6] So the idea is that they are

really

there

to

be

part

of

the

revenue- generating

working

class

of

athletes

on

campus

and

not

necessarily there to be part of the educating class as most students in other groups are.

W: [7] Compared with other groups, I think the numbers in this group, at those 65 schools, are

something like just barely more than half of the black male athletes graduate at all.

M: Exactly. And what?s really bad about this is these athletes are supp

osedly promised at least one

thing

as

reward

for

all

their

blood

and

sweat.

And

that

is

a

college

degree,

which

can

be

a

transformative

tool

in

our

society

when

you

talk

about

upward

mobility.

And

that?s

really

the

troubling part about this.

W: Well, this

has been talked about so much, really, in recent years. Why hasn?t it changed?

M: Well, I think one of the reasons it hasn?t changed is that there?s really no economic pressure to

change this. All of the incentive is really on winning and not losing on the field or on the court.

[8]Coaches do not necessarily have the incentive to graduate players.

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

are the speakers talking about?

is the new finding about black male athletes in this study?

is the graduation rate of black male athletes?

accounts for black athletes? failure to obtain a college degree, according to the man?

Section B

Passage One

[9]

America?s holiday shopping season starts on Black Friday, the day

after Thanksgiving. It

is the busiest shopping day of the year. Retailers make the most money this time of year, about 20

to 30 percent of annual revenue. About 136 million people will shop during the Thanksgiving

Holiday weekend. More and more will shop online. In an era of instant information, shoppers can

use their mobile phones to find deals. [10] About 183.8 million people will shop on Cyber

Monday, the first Monday after Thanksgiving. More than half of all holiday purchases will be

made online. One-in- five Americans will use a tablet or smartphone. Online spending on Black

Friday will rise 15 percent to hit

＄

2.7 billion this year. Cyber Monday spending will increase 12

percent to

＄

3 billion. For many, shopping online was “a more comfortable alternative” than

crowded malls. The shift to online shopping has had a big impact on traditional shopping malls.

Since 2010, more than 24 shopping malls have closed and an additional 60 are struggling.

However, [11]

Fortune

says the weakest of the malls have closed. The sector is thriving

again. The International Council of Shopping Centers said 94.2 percent of malls were full, or

occupied, with shops by the end of 2014. That is the highest level in 27 years. [12] Economist Gus

Faucher said lower unemployment and rising wages could give Americans more money to

spend. The average American consumer will spend about

＄

805 on gifts. That?s about

＄

630.5

billion between November and December

—

an increase of 3.7 percent from last year.

Questions 9 to 12 are based on the passage you have just heard.

is the speaker mainly talking about?

many people will shop on Cyber Monday?

does

Fortune

say about traditional shopping malls?

is said to account for the increased number of shoppers?

Passage Two

For years, many of us have relied on antibiotic use to treat various infections. And the reality

is that antibiotics have been responsible for saving millions of lives since penicillin, one of the

earliest antibiotics, was first used on a clinical basis 70 years ago. However, today is a new era in

which taking antibiotics can cause some very dangerous and potentially life- threatening situations.

[13]

In fact, you may have heard about the new “superbugs”, which are antibiotic

-resistant

bacteria that have developed as a result of overprescribed antibiotics. In the past, health experts

warned us that the day would come in which it would become very difficult to provide medical

care for even common problems such as lung infection or severe sour throat. And, [14] apparently,

that day has come because seemingly routine operations such as knee replacements are now much

more hazardous due to the looming threat of these infections.

The problem has grown into such epidemic proportions that this severe strain of resistant

bacteria is being blamed for nearly 700,000 deaths each year throughout the world; and,

unfortunately, health experts worry that the number will rise to 10 million or more on a yearly

basis by 2050. [15] With such a large life-threatening epidemic, it is sad to say that only 1.2