2003年6月大学英语六级考试听力试卷

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1.W:Raise your head a little bit and hold the saddle.And smile a little.You lookwonderful posing like that.Should I press the shutter?

M:Wait a minute.Let me put on a cowboy hat.

Q:What are the speakers doing?

2.M:I’m still waiting for my sister to come back and type the application letterfor me.

W:Why bother her?I’ll show you how to use the computer.It’s quite easy.

Q:What does the woman mean?

3.M:Hey-where’d you find the journal?I need it,too.

W:Right here on the shelf.Don’t worry,John.I’ll take it out on my card for bothof us.

Q:What does the woman mean?

4.M:Thank you for your helpful assistance.Otherwise,I’d surely have missed it.Th e place is so out of the way.

W:It was a pleasure meeting you.Goodbye.

Q:Why does the man thank the woman?

5.W:We’re informed that the 11:30 train is late again.

M:Why did the railway company even bother to print the schedule?

Q:What do we know from the conversation?

6.M:Maybe I ought to subscribe to the Engineering Quarterly.It contains a lot ofuseful information.

W:Why not read it in the library and save the money?

Q:What is the woman’s advice to the man?

7.M:I’ve been waiting all week for this concert.The performance is said to be ex cellent.And with our student discount,the tickets will be real cheap.

W:Uh-oh.I’m afraid I left my student I.D. cardin the dorm.

Q:What does the woman imply?

8.M:Mister Smith,our history professor,announced that we’ll be doing two papersand three exams this semester.I wonder how I’m going to pull through when two ot her courses have similar requirements.

W:Well can’t you 0drop one course and pick it up next semester?

Q:What does the woman suggest the man do?

9.W:Renting a conference room at the hotel will cost us too much.We’re already r unning in the red.

M:How about using our dining room for the meeting?

Q:What’s worrying the woman?

10.W:Jerry,can you pick me up after work today?I left my car at the garage.

M:I’m afraid I can’t.I have scheduled a meeting with a client at dinner time.

Q:What is the man going to do?

Passage One

A few months ago,millions of people in London heard alarms all over the town.Eme rgency services,the fire department,the police,hospitals and ambulances stood by ,ready to go into action.In railway and underground stations,people read noticesand maps which told them where to go and what to do in the emergency.This was“Exercise Flood Call,” to prepare people for a flood emergency.London wasn’t fl ooded,yet.But it is possible that it would be.
In 1236 and in 1663,London was badly flooded.In 1928,people living in Westminste r,the heart of London,drowned in floods.And in 1953,one hundred people living onthe eastern edge of the London suburbs were killed again in the floods.At last, Greater London Council took action to prevent this disaster from happening again .Though a flood wall was built in the 1980’s,Londoners still must be prepared fo r the possible disaster.If it happens,50 underground stations will be under wate r.Electricity,gas,and phone services will be out of action.Roads will be drowned .It will be impossible to cross any of the bridges between north and south Londo n.Imagine!London will look like the famous Italian city,Venice.
But this “Exercise Flood Call” didn’t cause panic among Londoners.Most peopleknew it was just a warning.One lady said,“It’s a flood warning,isn’t it?The wat er doesn’t look high to me!”

11.What happened in London a few months ago?

12.What measure was taken against floods in London in the 1980’s?

13.What can we learn from the lady’s comment?

Passage Two

America’s national symbol,the bald eagle,almost went extinct twenty years ago.Bu t it has made a comeback.In fact,the U.S. Fish and Wildife Service is considerin g the possibility of taking it off the endangered species list.Once,more than 50 ,000 pairs of bald eagles nested across the country.But by 1960,that number hadfallen below 400.The chief killer was the widely used DDT.Fish soaked up DDT,die d,and were washed up on shores where bald eagles feasted on them.DDT prevented e agle egg shells from thickening.The shells became so thin that they shattered be fore the babies hatched.
Fortunately,in 1972,a law was passed to ban DDT,which saved the bald eagle fromtotal wipeout.And since then,wildlife biologists have re-introduced bald eaglesfrom Canada to America.The result was that last year,U.S. birdwatchers counted 1 1,610 bald eagles in the country.
It if were 0dropped from the endangered species list,the bald eagle would still b e a threatened species.That means the bird would continue to get the same protec tion:no hunting allowed,and no disturbing of nests.But bald eagles still face to ugh times.The destruction of their natural homes could be the next DDT causing e agle numbers to 0drop quickly.

14.What was the main harmful effect of the pest killer DDT on bald eagles?

15.What measure did the wildife biologists take to increase the number of bald e agles?

16.According to the speaker,what is the possible danger facing bald eagles?

Passage Three

If the earth gets hotter in the new century,what will happen to animals and theplants which animals depend on for survival?The question offers another way of l ooking at the ’green house effect.’People have talked about the general proble m of global warming for sometime.But they were usually worried about things likewhether to buy a home on the coast.Biologists and other scientists turned theirattention to plants and other animals at an important meeting that took place last October.They reviewed evidence that plants and animals are sensitive to the climate.Sinc e the Ice Age ended 10,000 years ago and warmer temperatures returned to the nor thern latitudes,many species have migrated north.If the predictions about the gr een house are correct,temperatures will rise by the same amount in the next onehundred years,as they did in the past 10,000.
Will animals and plants be able to adapt that quickly to change in the environme nt?Many won’t.Certain species will probably become very rare.Experts say plantsunder climate stress will be very open to disease and fire.Forests fires may bec ome more common.That,in turn,may harm animals that depend on the trees for foodor shelter.Any preserves we set up to protect endangered species may become usel ess as the species are forced to migrate along with their natural homes.“Change is part of life,but rapid change”,says scientist George Woodwall,“isthe enemy of life.”

17.What is the concern of ordinary people about the “green house effect”?

18.What has happened since the end of the Ice Age?

19.What will be a possible threat to plants in the future?

20.According to the passage, what will probably happen to the endangered species?