2019年12月大學英語六級考試聽力真題及答案（二）
- 聽力真題
- 聽力原文
- 參考答案
英語六級真題的聽力部分，作為衡量學生英語實際應(yīng)用能力的重要標尺，涵蓋了短對話、長對話及短文理解三大板塊，這些題型著重考察考生捕捉關(guān)鍵信息并深入理解語境的能力。因此，深入掌握并熟練運用真題聽力材料，對于提升六級考試成績具有舉足輕重的意義。此次，我們精心整理了2019年12月大學英語六級真題聽力部分（卷二）的詳細內(nèi)容及答案解析，旨在為廣大考生提供寶貴的備考資源與參考！
Section A
Directions: In this section, you will hear two long conversations. At the end of each conversation, you will hear four questions. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B),C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet I with a single line through the centre.
Questions 1 and 4 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
1. A) It focuses exclusively on jazz.
B) It sponsors major jazz concerts.
C) It has several branches in London.
D) It displays albums by new music talents.
2. A) It originated with cowboys.
B) Its market has now shrunk.
C) Its listeners are mostly young people.
D) It remains as widespread as hip hop music.
3. A) Its definition is varied and complicated.
B) It is still going through experimentation.
C) It is frequently accompanied by singing.
D) Its style has remained largely unchanged.
4. A) Learn to play them.
B) Take music lessons.
C) Listen to them yourself.
D) Consult jazz musicians.
Questions 5 and 8 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
5. A) She paid her mortgage.
B) She called on the man.
C) She made a business plan.
D) She went to the bank.
6. A) Her previous debt hadn't been cleared yet.
B) Her credit history was considered poor.
C) She had apparently asked for too much.
D) She didn't pay her mortgage in time.
7. A) Pay a debt long overdue.
B) Buy a piece of property.
C) Start her own business.
D) Check her credit history.
8. A) Seek advice from an expert about fundraising.
B) Ask for smaller loans from different lenders.
C) Build up her own finances step by step.
D) Revise her business proposal carefully.
Section B
Directions: In this section, you will hear two passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear three or four questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best amswer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet I with a single line through the centre.
Questions 9 and 11 are based on the passage you have just heard.
9. A) It is profitable and environment ally friendly.
B) It is well located and completely automated.
C) It is small and unconventional.
D) It is fertile and productive.
10. A) Their urge to mike farming more enjoyable.
B) Their desire to improve farming equipment.
C) Their hope to revitalize traditional farming.
D) Their wish to set a new farming standard
11. A) It saves at lot of electricity.
B) It needs little maintenance.
C) It causes hardly any pollution.
D) It loosens sill while weeding.
Questions 12 and 15 are based on the passage you have just heard.
12. A) It has turned certain insects into a new food source.
B) It has started to expand business outside the UK.
C) It has imported some exotic foods from overseas.
D) It has joined hands with Sainsbury's to sell pet insects.
13. A) It was really unfor gettable.
B) It was a pleasant surprise.
C) It hurt his throat slightly.
D) It made him feel strange.
14. A) They are more tast y than beef, chicken or pork.
B) They are more nutritious than soups and salads.
C) They contain more protein than conventional meats.
D) They will son pain popularity throughout the world.
15. A) It is environmentally friendly.
B) It is a promising industry.
C) It requires new technology.
D) It saves huge amounts of labour.
Section C
Directions: In this section, you will hear three recordings of lectures or talks followed by three or four questions. The recordings will be played only once. After you he ar a question , you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet I with a single line through the centre.
Questions 16 to 18 are based on the recording you have just heard.
16. A) To categorize different types of learners.
B) To find out what students prefer to learn.
C) To understand the mechanism of the human brain.
D) To see if they are inherent traits affecting learning.
17. A) It was defective.
B) It was misguided.
C) It was original in design.
D) It was thought- provoking.
18. A) Auditory aids are as important as visual aids.
B) Visual aids are helpful to all types of learners.
C) Reading plain texts is more effective than viewing pictures.
D) Scientific concepts are hard to understand without visual aids.
Questions 19 to 21 are based on the recording you have just heard.
19. A) Not playing a role in a workplace revolution.
B) Not benefiting from free- market capitalism.
C) Not earn ing enough money to provide for the family.
D) Not spending enough time on family life and leisure.
20. A) People would be working only fifteen ho s a week now.
B) The balance of power int the workplace would change.
C) Technological advances would create many now jobs.
D) Most workers could afford to have a house of their own.
21. A) Loss of workers' personal dignity.
B) Deprivation of workers' creativity.
C) Deterioration of workers' men tal health.
D) Unequal distribution of working louts.
Questions 22 to 25 are based on the recording you have just heard.
22. A) It is the worst managed airport in German history.
B) It is now the biggest and busiest airport in Europe.
C) It has become something of a joke among Germans.
D) It has become a typical symbol of German efficiency.
23. A) The city's airports are outdated.
B) The city had just been reunified.
C) The city wanted to boost its economy.
D) The city wanted to attract mo te tourists.
24. A) The municipal government kept changing lands.
B) The construction firm breached the contract.
C) Shortage of funding delayed its construction.
D) Problems of different kinds kept popping up.
25. A) Tourism industry in Berlin suffers.
B) All kinds of equipment gets rusted.
C) I luge maintenance costs accumulate.
D) Complaints by local residents increase.
Section A
Conversation One
M: Excuse me. Where's your rock music section?
W: Rock music? I'm sorry,we' re a Jazz store. We don't have any rock and roll.
M: Oh, you only have Jazz music? Nothing else?
W: That's right. We' re the only record store in London dedicated exclusively to Jazz. Actually, we' re more than just a record store. We have a cafe and library upstairs and a ticket office down the hall where you can buy tickets to all the major Jazz concerts in the city. Also, we have our own studio next door, where we produce albums for up- and- coming artists. We are committed to fostering new music talent.
M: Wow! That's so cool.I guess there's not much of a Jazz scene anymore, not like they used to be. But here you' re trying to promote this great music genre.
W: Yes, indeed. Nowadays most people like to listen to pop and rock music. Hip hop music from America is also getting more and more popular.So, as a result, there are fewer listeners of Jazz, which is a great shame because it's an incredibly rich genre. But that's not to say there isn't any good new Jazz music being made out there anymore, far from it.It's just a much smaller market today.
M: So how would you define Jazz?
W: Well, interestingly enough,there's no agreed- upon definition of Jazz. Indeed, there are many different styles of Jazz. Some have singing, but most don't. Some are electric and some aren't. Some contain live experimentation, but not always. While there's no simple definition for it, and while there are many different styles of Jazz, you simply know it when you hear it.Honestly, the only way to know what Jazz is, is listen to it yourself. As a great trumpet player, Louis Armstrong said,“ if you gotta ask, you' ll never know.”
1.What do we learn about the woman's store?
2.What does the man say about Jazz music?
3.What does the woman say about Jazz?
4.What should you do to appreciate different styles of Jazz according to the woman?
Conversation Two
M: How did it go at the bank this morning?
W: Not well.My proposal was rejected.
M: Really? But why?
W: Bunch of reasons. For starters, they said my credit history was not good enough.
M: Do they say how you could improve that?
W: Yes. They said that after five more years of paying my mortgage, then I would become a more viable candidate for a business loan. But right now it's too risky for them to lend me money. They fear I will default on any business loan I'm given.
M: Well, that doesn't sound fair. Your business idea is amazing. Did you show them your business plan? What did they say?
W: They didn't really articulate any position regarding the actual business plan. They simply looked at my credit history and determined it was not good enough. They said the bank has strict guidelines and requirements as to who they can lend money to. And I simply don't meet their financial threshold.
M: What if you asked for a smaller amount?Maybe you could gather capital from other sources. Smaller loans from more lenders?
W: You don't get it. It doesn't matter the size of the loan I ask for, or the type of business I propose. That's all inconsequential. The first thing every bank will do is study how much money I have and how much debt I have before they decide whether or not to lend me any more money.If I want to continue ahead with this dream of owning my own business, I have no other choice but to build up my own finances. I need around 20% more in personal savings and 50% less debt. That's all there is to it.
M: I see now. Well, it's a huge pity that they rejected your request, but don't lose hope. I still think that your idea is great and that you would turn it into a phenomenal success.
5.What did the woman do this morning?
6.Why was the woman's proposal rejected?
7.What is the woman planning to do?
8.What does the man suggest the woman do?
Section B
Passage One
There's a lot about Leo Sanchez and his farm in Salinas, California, that seems unusual. The national average farm size is around 440 acres, but his is only one acre. The average age of farmers hover s around 58 years old, but he is just 26. And Sanchez constantly attempts to improve everything from seeding techniques out in the field to the promotion and sale of his produce online. This is evidence of an experimental approach. It's an approach not dictated by the confines of conventional, large- scale agriculture led by international corporations.While farming is often difficult for both the body and mind, Sanchez says he and many of his fellow young farmers are motivated by a desire to set a new standard for agriculture.
Many of them are employing a multitude of technologies, some new and some not so new. Recently, Sanchez bought a hand- operated tool which pulls out weeds and loosens soil. It actually dates back to at least 1701. It stands in sharp contrast to Sanchez's other gadget, a gas- powered flame weed killer invented in 1997. He simply doesn't discriminate when it comes to the newness of tools. If it works, it works. Farmers havea long history of invention, and it's no different today.Young farmers are guided by their love for agriculture and aided by their knowledge of technology. To find inexpensive and appropriately sized tools, they collaborate and innovate. Sometimes the old stuff just works better or more efficiently.
9.What do we learn about Leo Sanchez's farm?
10.What has motivated Leo Sanchez and his fellow young farmers to engage in farming?
11.Why did Leo Sanchez buy a hand- operated weeding tool?
Passage Two
Eat Grub is Britain's first new food company that breaks western food boundaries by introducing edible insects as a new source of food. And Sainsbury's is the first UK supermarket to stock the company's crunchy roasted crickets.
Sainsbury's insists that such food is no joke and could be a new sustainable source of protein. Out of curiosity, I paid a visit to Sainsbury's. As I put my hand into a packet of crickets with their tiny eyes and legs, the idea of one going in my mouth made me feel a little sick,but the first bite was a pleasant surprise, a little dry and lacking of taste. But at least a wing didn't get stuck in my throat. The roasted seasoning largely overpowered any other flavour, although there was slightly bitter aftertaste. The texture was crunchy, but smelt a little of cat food. Eat Grub also recommends the crickets as a topping for noodles, soups and salads.
The company boasts that its dried crickets contain more protein than beef, chicken, and pork, as well as minerals like iron and calcium. Unlike the production of meat, bugs do not use up large amounts of land, water or feed.And insect farming also produces far fewer greenhouse gases. However, despite 2 billion people worldwide already supplementing their diet with insects, consumer disgust remains a large barrier in many western countries. I'm not sure bugs will become a popular snack anytime soon, but they' re definitely food for thought.
12.What do we learn from the passage about the food company Eat Grub?
13.What does the speaker say about his first bite of roasted crickets?
14.What does Eat Grub say about its dried crickets?
15.What does the passage say about insect farming?
Section C
Recording One
Have you ever had someone try to explain something to you a dozen times with no luck? But, then, when you see a picture, the idea finally clicks. If that sounds familiar, maybe you might consider yourself a“ visual learner”. Or if reading or listening does the trick, maybe you feel like you' re a“ verbal learner”. We call these labels“ learning styles”. But is there really a way to cat egorize different types of students? Well, it actually seems that multiple presentation formats, especially if one of them is visual, help most people learn.
When psychologists and educators test for learning styles, they' re trying to figure out whether these are inherent traits that affect how well students learn instead of just a preference. Usually they start by giving a survey to figure out what style a student favors, like visual or verbal learning. Then they try to teach the students something with a specific presentation style, like using visual aids, and do a follow- up test to see how much they learned. That way, the researchers can see if the self- identified verbal learners really learned better when the information was just spoken aloud, for example.
But, according to a 2008 review, only one study that followed this design found that students actually learned best with their preferred style. But the study had some big flaws. The researchers excluded two thirds of the original participants because they didn't seem to have any clear learning style from the survey at the beginning, and they didn't even report the actual test scores in the final paper. So it doesn't really seem like learning styles are an inherent trait that we all have. But that doesn't mean that all students will do amazingly if they just spend all their time reading from a textbook.
Instead, most people seem to learn better if they' re taught in several ways, especially if one is visual. In one study, researchers tested whether students remembered lists of words better if they heard them, saw them, or both. And everyone seemed to do better if they got to see the words in print— even the self- identified auditory learners. Their preference didn't seem to matter. Similar studies tested whether students learned basic physics and chemistry concepts better by reading plain text or viewing pictures too. And everyone did better with the help of pictures.
16.Why do psychologists and educators study learning styles?
17.What does the speaker say about one study mentioned in the 2008 review?
18.What message does the speaker want to convey about learning at the end of the talk?
Recording Two
Free- market capitalism hasn't free d us; it has trapped us. It's imperative for us to embrace a workplace revolution. We are unlikely to spend our last moments regretting that we didn't spend enough of our lives slaving away at work.We may instead find ourselves feeling guilty about the time we didn't spend watching our children grow, or with our loved ones, or travelling, or on the cultural leisure pursuits that bring us happiness. Unfortunately, the average full- time employee in the world works 42 hours a week— well over a third of the time we' re awake. Some of our all too precious time is being stolen. Office workers do around 2 billion hours of unpaid overtime each year, so it's extremely welcome that some government coalitions have started looking into potentially cutting the working week to four days.
The champions of free- market capitalism promised their way of life would bring us freedom, but it wasn't freedom at all. From the lack of secure, affordable housing to growing job insecurity and rising personal debt, the individual is trapped.Nine decades ago, leading economists predicted that technological advances and rising productivity would mean that we'd be working a 15- hour week by now. That target has been somewhat missed.
Here is the most malignant fret to our personal freedom, particularly as the balance of power in the workplace has been shifted so dramatically from worker to boss. A huge portion of our lives involves surrender of our freedom and personal autonomy.It's time in which we are directed by the needs and desires of others, and denied the right to make our own choices. That's bad for us. It's hardly surprising that over half a million workers suffer from work- related mental health conditions each year. All that 15.4m illion working days were lost to work- related stress last year—a jump of nearly a quarter. Yes, there are those who, far from being overworked, actually seek more hours, but a shorter working week would enable us to redistribute hours from the overworked to the underworked.
We need to look at ways of cutting the working week without slashing living standards. After all, the world's workers have already suffered the worst deduction in wages since the early 1800s. And cutting the working week would be conducive to the individual, giving millions of workers more time to spend as they see fit.
19.What do people often feel guilty about according to the speaker?
20.What did leading economists predict 90 years ago?
21.What is the result of denying workers' right to make their own choices?
Recording Three
Today I'm going to talk about Germany's dream airport in Berlin. The airport looks exactly like every other major modern airport in Europe, except for one big problem: more than 7 years after it was originally supposed to open, it still stands empty. Germany is known for its efficiency and refined engineering, but when it comes to its new“ ghost airport”, this reputation could not be further from the truth.Plagued by long delays, perpetual mismanagement and ever- soaring costs, the airport has become something of a joke among Germans and a source of frustration for local politicians, business leaders and residents alike. Planning for the new airport began in 1989.At the time, it became clear that the newly- reunified Berlin would need a modern airport with far greater capacity than its existing airports. The city broke ground on the new airport in 2006.
The first major sign of problems came in summer2010, when the construction corporation pushed the opening from October 2011 to June 2012. In 2012, the city planned an opening ceremony. But less than a month beforehand, inspectors found significant problems with the fire safety system and pushed the opening back again to 2013.It wasn't just the smoke system. Many other major problems subsequently emerged. More than 90 metres of cable were incorrectly installed; 4,000 doors were wrongly numbered; escalators were too short. And there was a shortage of check- in desks.
So why, with so many problems discovered, didn't the airport corporation decide to give up on the project and start over? The reason is simple. People are often hesitant to terminate a project when they' ve already invested time or resources into it, even if it might make logical sense to do so. The longer the delays continued, the more problems inspectors found. Leadership of the planning corporation has changed hands nearly as many times as the opening date has been pushed back. Initially, rather than appointing a general contractor to run the project, the corporation decided to manage it themselves despite lack of experience with an undertaking of that scale.
To compound the delays, the unused airport is resulting in massive costs. Every month it remains unopened costs between €9 and €10m. Assuming all goes well, the airport should open in October 2020. But the still empty airport stands as the biggest embarrassment to Germany's reputation for efficiency and a continuing drain on city and state resources.
22.What does the speaker say about the dream airport in Berlin?
23.Why was there a need for a new airport in Berlin?
24.Why did Berlin postpone the opening of its dream airport again and again?
25.What happens while the airport remains unused?
1.解析：對話開頭， 男士問女士：“你們的搖滾樂(唱片)售賣區(qū)在哪?”女士回答：“我們是一家爵士樂唱片店。我們店里沒有搖滾樂唱片。”即女士的唱片店只賣爵士樂唱片，因此A項正確。女士提到在這家店可以買到倫敦市所有大型爵士音樂會的門票，而并未提及該店贊助大型爵士音樂會，因此B項是對原文的曲解，故排除。對話中，女士提到：“我們是倫敦唯一一家爵士樂唱片專賣店。”C項與原文不符，故排除。女士提到“我們致力于培養(yǎng)新的音樂人才”，而并未提到展示新音樂人才的唱片專輯，故排除D項。
2.解析：對話中，男士提到：“我想現(xiàn)在爵士樂的圈子已經(jīng)不大了，不像它們過去那樣。”隨后女士說：“……聽爵士樂的人更少了……只是它現(xiàn)在的市場要小得多。”由此可知， 爵士樂沒有過去受歡迎，其市場正在萎縮，結(jié)合選項可知，B項為正確答案，同時排除D項。A項和C項對話中并未提及，故均排除。
3.解析：女士說“爵士樂是內(nèi)容極其豐富的音樂流派”，“關(guān)于爵士樂，尚無大眾一致認可的定義。事實上，爵士樂有很多不同的風格?！庇纱丝芍?， 爵士樂有很多不同的風格，因此人們對其的定義也是復(fù)雜多樣的，所以A項為正確答案，同時排除D項。B項和C項與女士所說的話不符，故均排除。
4.解析：對話結(jié)尾處，女士說“鑒賞爵士樂的唯一方法就是親自去聽”，故C項為正確答案。A項和B項對話中未提及，故均排除。由對話結(jié)尾處女士引用的路易斯·阿姆斯特朗所說的話“如果你只是問，你將永遠不會知道”，可排除D項。
5.解析：本題問女士今天上午做了什么。對話開頭，男士問女士：“今天上午去銀行， 事情進展如何?”由此可知，女士今天上午去了銀行，故D項為正確答案。A項、B項和C項均不是女士今天上午做的事，故排除。
6.解析：本題問女士的申請被拒絕的原因。女士在解釋原因時說：“有很多原因。首先，他們說我的信用記錄不夠好?！奔磁康男庞糜涗洸患眩再J款申請被拒絕了。結(jié)合選項可知，B項為正確答案。A項和D項是利用對話中女士提到的“在我還完五年的抵押貸款之后，才更有可能有資格申請商業(yè)貸款”設(shè)置的干擾項，故均排除。C項在對話中并未提及，故排除。
7.解析：本題問女士打算做什么。對話結(jié)尾處，女士說：“如果我想繼續(xù)實現(xiàn)自己創(chuàng)業(yè)的這個夢想，我別無選擇，只能積累資產(chǎn)?！奔磁坎粫艞壸约旱淖非?，將開創(chuàng)自己的事業(yè)，故C項為正確答案。A項、B項和D項對話中均未提及，故均可排除。
8.解析：本題問男士給了女士什么建議。在女士申請貸款被銀行拒絕后，男士建議女士從其他渠道籌集資金，從更多的貸款機構(gòu)那里獲得小額貸款。結(jié)合選項可知，B項為正確答案。女士說計劃積累資產(chǎn)，而不是男士的建議，故排除C項。A項和D項對話中并未提及，故均排除。
9.解析：題目問的是我們得知了有關(guān)利奧·桑切斯的農(nóng)場的什么信息。文章第一句話就說關(guān)于利奧·桑切斯及其在加利福尼亞州薩利納斯的農(nóng)場，有很多事情似乎都不太尋常，之后介紹了利奧的農(nóng)場具體的不同尋常之處：與全國農(nóng)場的平均面積有很大不同，他的農(nóng)場面積很?。凰粩鄧L試改良技術(shù)和在線銷售等；他的方法不受國際公司領(lǐng)導的常規(guī)大規(guī)模農(nóng)業(yè)的限制所束縛。由此可知，選項C正是對該部分內(nèi)容的總結(jié)概括，為正確選項。其他三項原文并未提到，故均可排除。
10.解析：題目問的是，是什么激勵利奧·桑切斯和他年輕的農(nóng)民伙伴們從事農(nóng)業(yè)。文章中間部分提到：桑切斯說，盡管農(nóng)耕常常是對身心的雙重考驗，但是制定出一套新的農(nóng)業(yè)標準的愿望激勵著他和他的許多年輕的農(nóng)民伙伴們。題干中的 his fellow young farmers和 motivated都是原文內(nèi)容的復(fù)現(xiàn),由此可知, 選項D正是對該部分內(nèi)容的同義轉(zhuǎn)述，為正確選項。其他三項原文并未提到，故均排除。
11.解析：題目問的是利奧·桑切斯為什么購買了一個手動除草工具。文章中間部分提及利奧·桑切斯近期購買了一個手動除草工具(a hand- operated tool)，并介紹說這個工具在拔除雜草的同時還可以疏松土壤。選項D中的 loosens soil在該部分原文中有復(fù)現(xiàn), weeding是對該部分原文中的 pulls out weeds的同義轉(zhuǎn)述，因此選項D正是對該部分內(nèi)容的同義轉(zhuǎn)述，為正確選項。原文并未提及該手動除草工具省電、不需要維修和不污染環(huán)境的特點，因此排除選項A、B和C。
12.解析：題目問的是從短文中我們可以得知食品公司 Eat Grub的什么信息。文章開頭部分第一句話就是對 Eat Grub的介紹：Eat Grub是英國第一家新型食品公司，它通過引入食用昆蟲作為新型食品來源，打破了西方食物的界限。選項A中的 turned certain insects into a new food source正是對該部分內(nèi)容中的 introducing edible insects as a new source of food的同義轉(zhuǎn)述, 故為正確選項。其他三項原文并未提到,故均排除。
13.解析：題目問的是關(guān)于吃的第一口烤蟋蟀，講話者說了什么。文章中間部分提到：但是第一口卻是令人愉快的驚喜。選項B正是對講話者感受的正確表達，為正確選項。選項A的 unforgettable和選項D的 strange原文并沒有提到，故排除這兩項。選項C是對原文細節(jié)信息的錯誤理解，原文說第一口卻是令人愉快的驚喜，之后又說有點干，沒有什么味道，但至少沒有一片翅膀卡在“我”的喉嚨里，并不是選項C的“有點弄疼了他的喉嚨”，故排除選項C。
14.解析：題目問的是 Eat Grub公司說了什么關(guān)于它生產(chǎn)的蟋蟀干的信息。文章中關(guān)于 Eat Grub公司自夸其蟋蟀干的內(nèi)容在中間靠后的部分，原文說：該公司自夸說其蟋蟀干的蛋白質(zhì)含量比牛肉、雞肉和豬肉還要高，而且其礦物質(zhì)含量，諸如鐵和鈣也更高。選項C正是對這部分內(nèi)容的總結(jié)概括，為正確選項。選項A、B原文中并未提到， 故均排除。原文最后一句提到：“我”不敢肯定昆蟲很快會在某個時候成為一種流行的零食， 可見選項D與原文內(nèi)容相反， 故排除。
15.解析：題目就昆蟲養(yǎng)殖進行提問。文章結(jié)尾部分提及昆蟲養(yǎng)殖產(chǎn)生的溫室氣體也少得多，也就是說昆蟲養(yǎng)殖是非常環(huán)保的，因此選項A符合昆蟲養(yǎng)殖的特點介紹，為正確選項。選項C、D原文并未提到，因此可排除。選項B與原文內(nèi)容正好相反，原文說，在許多西方國家，消費者的反感仍然是一大障礙，這說明昆蟲養(yǎng)殖前途未卜，故排除選項B。
16.解析：本題就心理學家和教育家研究學習風格的原因進行提問。錄音前半部分中，講話者提到：“當心理學家和教育家測試學習風格時，他們試圖弄清楚這些學習風格是否是影響學生學習效果的天生的特質(zhì)，而不只是一種學習偏好?！币虼?，選項D的說法與此相符，為正確答案，其中該項的 inherent traits是原文再現(xiàn)，if對應(yīng)原文中的whether。其余三項都不是心理學家和教育家研究學習風格的原因，故均可排除。
17.解析：本題就2008年報告中提到的一項研究進行提問。在錄音的中間部分，講話者提到了一份2008年的報告，該報告中提到了一項研究。這項研究發(fā)現(xiàn)，學生們用他們更喜歡的學習風格學習時實際上會學得最好。但講話者接著又說：“但這項研究有一些大的缺陷。”接下來講話者具體介紹了這些缺陷。很明顯, 答案選A, defective對應(yīng)原文中的 had some big flaws。選項B和D講話中沒有提及, 均可排除; 報告中并沒有說這項研究的設(shè)計方案是原創(chuàng)的，故排除選項C。
18.解析：本題就講話者在最后提到的有關(guān)學習的內(nèi)容進行提問。在講話最后，講話者明顯肯定了視覺展示方法的作用， 并提到了一項研究：“在一項研究中，研究人員測試了如果讓學生聽單詞表、看單詞表或者既聽又看單詞表，他們是否能更好地記住單詞。如果學生看了打印出來的單詞，每個人似乎都能更好地記住單詞——即使是那些自我認定為“聽覺型學習者”的學生?！庇纱丝芍?，選項B的說法是對原文的概括總結(jié)。原文中的 everyone seemed to do better對應(yīng)選項中的 are helpful to all types of learners。選項A是強干擾項，在講話的最后，講話者重點提及了視覺教具的重要性，并沒有把聽覺教具與視覺教具的重要性進行對比，故排除選項A。講話者最后提到，類似的研究也測試了通過閱讀純文本或觀看圖片，學生能否把基礎(chǔ)物理和化學概念學得更好。借助圖片，每個學生都能學得更好。選項C的說法與此相反，故排除；而且，研究只是表明，借助視覺教具，學生能把科學概念學得更好，而不是說沒有視覺教具，科學概念很難理解，故也排除選項D。
19.解析：本題就人們經(jīng)常感到內(nèi)疚的事情進行提問。在講話開頭部分，講話者對自由市場資本主義進行了批判，指出它束縛住了我們。講話者說，我們不太可能在生命的最后時刻后悔自己沒有努力工作，而是會“因為沒有把時間花在看著孩子長大、陪伴我們愛的人、旅游或者能給我們帶來快樂的文化休閑活動上而感到內(nèi)疚”，由此可知，選項D的表述與原文相符，為正確答案。講話者說接受職場革命勢在必行，但沒有說人們因不能在職場革命中起作用而內(nèi)疚，故排除選項A。選項B的說法本身沒有問題， 但不是人們感到內(nèi)疚的原因，故排除。講話者沒有提到選項C，故也排除。
20.解析：本題就主流經(jīng)濟學家90年前預(yù)測的內(nèi)容進行提問。講話者在錄音中間部分提到：“90年前，一些主流經(jīng)濟學家們預(yù)測，到現(xiàn)在，技術(shù)進步和不斷提高的生產(chǎn)力將意味著我們每周只需要工作15個小時?！币虼?，選項A與原文表述相符，為正確答案。講話中指出，職場中的權(quán)力平衡已經(jīng)很明顯地從員工轉(zhuǎn)移到老板身上，但這不是經(jīng)濟學家預(yù)測的內(nèi)容，故排除選項B。經(jīng)濟學家們預(yù)測，技術(shù)進步會縮短人們的周工作時間，而不是會創(chuàng)造很多新的工作，故排除選項C。選項D講話中沒有提及，故也可排除。
21.解析：本題就不讓員工自己做選擇的后果進行提問。講話者提到：“我們的時間由其他人的需求和意愿所控制，我們被剝奪了自主選擇的權(quán)利。這對我們來說是不利的。每年有超過50萬的員工面臨與工作相關(guān)的心理健康問題，這不足為奇?！币簿褪钦f，剝奪員工自主選擇權(quán)的后果就是，他們會遇到嚴重的心理健康問題，故答案選C。講話中沒有提到員工失去自尊、創(chuàng)造力被剝奪的問題，故排除選項A和B。講話者在最后提到了重新分配工作時間，但工作時長分配不公不是員工自主選擇權(quán)被剝奪的后果， 故排除選項D。
22.解析：本題問關(guān)于柏林的夢想機場，講話者說了什么。講話者在一開始提到，柏林的夢想機場依然處于空置狀態(tài)。由于長期的(開放)延誤、持續(xù)的管理不善和不斷飆升的成本，該機場成為德國人的笑談對象，并給當?shù)卣汀⑸虡I(yè)領(lǐng)袖，同樣還有當?shù)鼐用駧泶鞌「小Ｋ赃x項C的說法與講話內(nèi)容一致，故為正確答案。講話中雖然提到，機場一直延遲開放的一個原因便是管理不善，但是并沒有說它是德國歷史上管理最差的機場，選項A推理過度，可排除。講話者提到，德國一向以高效聞名，而這座“幽靈機場”一直推遲開放日期，可以說它是德國效率的反面典型，而非典型象征，故選項D正反混淆。講話者并未提及選項B， 可排除。
23.解析：本題問柏林當時為何需要一座新機場。講話者在講話中間部分提到，新機場的規(guī)劃始于1989年。當時，剛統(tǒng)一的柏林明顯需要一個容量遠遠超過其現(xiàn)有機場的現(xiàn)代化機場。即柏林當時剛剛統(tǒng)一，急需一座容量極大的機場，選項B的說法符合講話內(nèi)容，故為正確答案。其余三項講話者并未提及，均可排除。
24.解析：本題問柏林一再推遲開放夢想機場的原因。講話者在講話中間提到，檢查員發(fā)現(xiàn)柏林夢想機場的消防安全系統(tǒng)存在重大問題，后來許多其他重大問題也隨后出現(xiàn)。即柏林一再推遲夢想機場的開放日期是因為各種各樣的問題不斷出現(xiàn)，選項D的說法與講話內(nèi)容一致，故為正確答案。講話中提到，最初，規(guī)劃公司決定自己管理項目，而它的領(lǐng)導層的更換次數(shù)幾乎都趕得上開放日期被推遲的次數(shù)了，而非市政府的領(lǐng)導一直在更換，選項A偷換概念。其余兩項講話并未提及，可排除。
25.解析：本題問機場不投入使用的后果。講話者在結(jié)尾部分提到，讓延遲開放更嚴重的是，未投入使用的機場正在造成巨額花費。每個月，未開放的機場耗費的成本達900萬至1000萬歐元。所以選項C的說法與原文相符，故為正確答案。講話者并未提及其余三項，均可排除。
