20xx-20xx年英语六级听力原文

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to cause trouble. Q: What does the man imply? 10. W: You didn39。 t seem to be terribly enthusiastic about the performance. M: You must be kidding. I couldn39。 t have clapped any harder. My hands are still hurting. Q: What does the man think of the performance? Section B Passage 1 Born and raised in central Ohio, I39。 m a country girl through and through. I39。 m currently studying to bee a physical therapist, a career path that marks a great achievement for me. At Ohio State University, admission into the physical therapy program is intensely petitive. I made it pass the first cut the first year I applied, but was turned down for admission. I was crushed, because for years I have been determined to bee a physical therapist. I received advice from friends and relatives about changing my major and finding another course for my life. I just couldn39。 t do it. I knew I could not be as happy in another 2020 年 12 月 2020 年 6 月 英语六级听力原文 6 profession. So I stilled myself, began to work seriously for another year and reapplied. Happily I received notice of my admission. Later, I found out that less than 15% of the applicant had been offered positions that year. Now in the first two years of professional training, I couldn39。 t be happier with my decision not to give up on my dream. My father told me that if I wanted it badly enough, I would get in. Well, Daddy, I wanted it. So there. After graduation, I would like to travel to another country, possibly a Latin American country and work in a children39。 s hospital for a year or two. So many of the children there are physically handicapped but most hospitals don39。 t have the funding to hire trained staff to care for them properly. I would like to change that somehow. 11. What is the speaker39。 s field of study? 12. According to the speaker, what contributed to her admission to Ohio State University? 13. Why does the speaker want to go to a Latin American country? Passage 2 Gabriela Mistral was once an ordinary teacher in a small village school in Northern Chile. Towering mountains separate her village from the world outside. Gabriela Mistral was only fifteen when she began teaching, but she was a good teacher. She helped the minds of her students39。 scale the mountain walls and reached out to the world beyond. For eighteen years, Gabriela devoted her life to the poor farm children of Chile39。 s Northern valleys. During part of this time, she was director of schools in all of Chile. Before long, many countries recognized her as a great friend of children and the leader in education. In 1922, she was invited to Mexico to help anize the rural school system. Two years later, Gabriela Mistral came to the United States where she served as a visiting professor in several colleges. In New York City, a group of teachers helped to finance the publication of her first book of poetry. Some of her books have been translated into six different languages. She gave the ine from some of her books to help poor and neglected children. Beginning in the 192039。 s, her interests reached out to broader fields. Statesmen asked her advice on international problems. She tried to break through the national barriers that hindered the exchange of ideas among the Spanish speaking peoples of South America. She tried to develop a better understanding between the United States and countries of Latin America. In 1945, she gained worldwide recognition by winning the Nobel Prize in literature, the first Southern American to win the prize. 14. Where did Gabriela Mistral start her teaching career? 15. How did Gabriela Mistral help the poor children of her hometown? 16. Why did many countries think highly of Gabriela Mistral? 17. How did Gabriela Mistral bee famous all over the world? Passage 3 Over time animals have developed many ways to stay away from predators. A predator is an animal that hunts and eats other animals. Hiding is one of the best ways to stay alive. Some animals hide by looking like the places where they live. To see how this works, let39。 s look at the sea dragon. It is a master of disguise. The sea dragon is covered with skin that looks like leaves. The skin helps the dragon look like a piece of seaweed. A hungry meat eater would stay away from anything that looks like seaweed. Other animals stay safe by showing their colors. They want other animals to see them. Scientists call these bright 2020 年 12 月 2020 年 6 月 英语六级听力原文 7 colorswarning colors. You have probably seen animals that have warning colors. Some grasshoppers show off their own bright colors. Those colors don39。 t just look attractive。 they tell their enemies to stay away. Of course, hungry predators sometimes ignore the warning. They still go after the grasshopper. If that happens, the grasshopper has a backup defense. It makes lots of foam. The foam tastes so bad that the predator won39。 t do it again. Color doesn39。 t offer enough protection for some other animals. They have different defenses that help them survive in the wild. Many fish live in groups or schools. That39。 s because there is safety in numbers. At the first sign of trouble, schooling fish swim as close together as they can get. Then the school of fish makes lots of twists and turns. All that movement makes it hard for predators to see individuals in a large group. 18. What is the speaker mainly talking about? 19. What protects the sea dragon from the meat eater39。 s attack? 20. According to the passage, why do many fish stay in groups? 2020 年 12 月英语六级真题听力原文 : Do you know why Mary has such a long face today? M: I don‘t have the foggiest idea! She should be happy especially since she got a promotion yesterday. Q: What did the speakers mean? : Hi, Johanna! Are you interested in going to an Art Exhibition on Sunday? A friend of mine is sh。