2023年12月英語六級（二）：聽力短文答案解析及原文下載
Section B
Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage 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 1with a single line through the centre.
Passage One
Questions 16 to 19 are based on the passage you have just heard.
16.A) By invading the personal space of listeners.
B) By making gestures at strategic points.
C) By speaking in a deep, loud voice.
D) By speaking with the local accent.
ANSWER 答案
17.A) To promote sportsmanship among business owners.
B) To encourage people to support local sports groups.
C) To raise money for a forthcoming local sports event.
D) To show his family s contribution to the community.
ANSWER 答案
18.A) They are known to be the style of the sports world.
B) They would certainly appeal to his audience.
C) They represent the latest fashion in the business circles.
D) They are believed to communicate power and influence.
ANSWER 答案
19.A) To cover up his own nervousness.
B) To create a warm personal atmosphere.
C) To enhance the effect of background music.
D) To allow the audience to better enjoy his slides.
ANSWER 答案
16.2023年12月六級聽力短文解析：細節辨認題。短文中提到Larry從一本書 中學到,如果演講者以進入聽眾的個人空間,就會使演講更具有說服力,激發聽眾情感上的回應。
17.2023年12月六級聽力短文解析：目的原因題。短文中提到，演講的聽眾是公司管理展和地方的企業家，演講的目的是鼓勵 他們支持地方的運動團體。
18.2023年12月六級聽力短文解析：目的原因題。短文中提到,演講者購買了昂貴的深藍色西裝和金色領帶是因為這樣的款式和顏色可以傳達氣勢和影響力。
19.2023年12月六級聽力短文解析：目的原因題。對話中提到，Larry在觀眾入場之前將燈光調暗,調高輕音樂的音量,是希望能夠力演講創造一種溫暖的私人氛圍。
Passage Two
Questions 20 to 22 are based on the passage you have just heard.
20.A) She was the first educated slave of John Whitley s.
B) She was the greatest female poet in Colonial America.
C) She was born about the time of the War of Independence.
D) She was the first African-American slave to publish a book.
ANSWER 答案
21.A) Revise in a number of times.
B) Obtain consent from her owner.
C) Go through a scholarly examination.
D) Turn to the colonial governor for help.
ANSWER 答案
22.A) Literary works calling for the abolition of slavery.
B) Religious scripts popular among slaves in America.
C) A rich stock of manuscripts left by historical figures.
D) Lots of lost works written by African-American women.
ANSWER 答案
20.2023年12月六級聽力短文解析：事實細節題。短文中指出,Phillis Wheatley 是一位詩人，并旦是第一位出版書籍的非裔美國人。
21.2023年12月六級聽力短文解析：細節辨認題。短文中提到,Phillis Wheatley 的詩集出版非常困難,出版商由于擔心被欺騙,強迫她接受包括殖民忌督在內的一群受過教育的人對她進行學術審查。
22.2023年12月六級聽力短文解析：細節辨認題。短文中提到,編年史學教授 Henry Louis Gates進行了項研究,研究過程中發現了眾多先傳的作品,其中半數都為非裔美國女性作家所著。
Passage Three
Questions 23 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.
23.A) It is a trait of generouscharacter.
B) It is a reflection of self-esteem.
C) It is an indicator of high intelligence.
D) It is a sign of happiness and confidence.
ANSWER 答案
24.A) It was self-defeating.
B) It was aggressive.
C) It was the essence of comedy.
D) It was something admirable.
ANSWER 答案
25.A) It is a double-edged sword.
B) It is a feature of a given culture.
C) It is a unique gift of human beings.
D) It is a result of both nature and nurture.
ANSWER 答案
23.2023年12月六級聽力短文解析：推理判斷題。短文介紹了幽默這一性格特點,如果一個人擁有極強的幽默感，那么說明這個人是快樂的,在社交方面充滿自信，并且擁有健康的生活態度。
24.2023年12月六級聽力短文解析：事實細節題。短文中提到，現代人對幽默的看法可能會嚇到古希臘人，因為古希臘人認為幽默在本質上具有挑畔性。
25.2023年12月六級聽力短文解析：細節辨認題。短文中提到,心理學家Rod Martin發現幽默是一把雙刃劍。
音頻原文
Passage One
Larry arrived early for his speaking engagement. He positioned the table so that he could move close to the audience thats the strategic point in the speech. He had read that speakers can be more persuasive if they invade the personal space of listeners, encouraging an emotional response. For the same reason, he placed the chairs close to each other and raised the temperature to a slightly uncomfortable level. The purpose of the speech was to encourage the audience of corporate executives and local business owners to support local sports groups. To enhance his credibility with the audience, Larry had brought some slides of his family attending sports events. One photo showed him at an award ceremony, where he had been honored for his financial contribution to a local baseball team. Realizing that this particular audience would find his regional accent unattractive, Larry planned to speak with an accent that would be more acceptable to his audience. After reading a book on how to address for success, he had purchased an expensive dark navy suit and golden tie. He chose colors and styles known to communicate power and influence. Just before people began entering the hall, Larry dimmed the lights and turned up the sound system, which was playing soft music, hoping to create a warm personal atmosphere for the speech. He hoped that these added effects would encourage his audience to support local sports teams. He had also planned the content of his speech to focus on the teams with the best records, the ones that had won the most games in the last season.
Passage Two
Phillis Wheatley was a young African-American slave who belonged to landowner John Wheatley in Colonial America. She was also a poet and the first African-American ever to publish a book. Her poems on various subjects, religious and moral, were printed in Boston in 1773, three years before the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Early slaves were generally denied education, but Wheatley was allowed by her owner to study poetry, Latin and the Bible. And by the time she reached her late teens, she had written enough poetry to put together a slender book of verse. Even so, publication was difficult.The publisher, fearful of being cheated, forced her to submit to his scholarly examination by a board of educated men, including the colonial governor. The board of judges questioned Wheatley extensively and ruled that she was educated enough to have written the book. Only then was publication permitted. Wheatley may have been the first, but she was not the only slave to write books during the growing days of the Republic. Unfortunately, most of the early popular African-American writers have been all but forgotten in modern times until now. A chronicle professor, Henry Louis Gates, recently studied a research project looking into 19th century African-American fiction and poetry. In the process he uncovered numerous lost works, almost half of which were written by African-American women. In very literary styles, the newly resurfaced manuscripts offered a rich stock of African-American culture, recreating among other things the early days of slavery and the importance of religion to the slaves.
Passage Three
In todays personality stakes nothing is more highly valued than the sense of humor. We seek it out in others and are proud to claim it in ourselves, perhaps even more than good looks or intelligence. If someone has a great sense of humor, we reason, it means that they are happy, socially confident and have a healthy perspective on life. This attitude would have surprised the ancient Greeks, who believed humor to be essentially aggressive. And in fact our admiration for the comically gifted is relatively new and not very well-founded, says Rod Martin,a psychologist at the University of Western Ontario. Being funny isnt necessarily an indicator of good social skills and well-being, his research has shown, it may just exactly be a sign of personality flaws. He has found that humor is a double-edged sword. It can forge better relationships and help you cope with life, or it can be corrosive eating away your self-esteem and irritating others. It s a form of communication like speech, and we all use it differently says Martin. We use bonding humor to enhance our social connections but we also may employ it as a way of excluding or rejecting an outsider. Though humor is essentially social, how you use it says a lot about your sense of self. Those who use self-defeating humor, making fun of themselves, of the enjoyment of others, tend to maintain that hostility toward themselves even when alone. Similarly, those who are able to view the world with amused tolerance are often equally forgiving of their own shortcomings.
學習confer，conference，consult，consultant等等單詞的含義及對應的例句。
Section B
Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage 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 1with a single line through the centre.
Passage One
Questions 16 to 19 are based on the passage you have just heard.
16.A) By invading the personal space of listeners.
B) By making gestures at strategic points.
C) By speaking in a deep, loud voice.
D) By speaking with the local accent.
ANSWER 答案
17.A) To promote sportsmanship among business owners.
B) To encourage people to support local sports groups.
C) To raise money for a forthcoming local sports event.
D) To show his family s contribution to the community.
ANSWER 答案
18.A) They are known to be the style of the sports world.
B) They would certainly appeal to his audience.
C) They represent the latest fashion in the business circles.
D) They are believed to communicate power and influence.
ANSWER 答案
19.A) To cover up his own nervousness.
B) To create a warm personal atmosphere.
C) To enhance the effect of background music.
D) To allow the audience to better enjoy his slides.
ANSWER 答案
16.2023年12月六級聽力短文解析：細節辨認題。短文中提到Larry從一本書 中學到,如果演講者以進入聽眾的個人空間,就會使演講更具有說服力,激發聽眾情感上的回應。
17.2023年12月六級聽力短文解析：目的原因題。短文中提到，演講的聽眾是公司管理展和地方的企業家，演講的目的是鼓勵 他們支持地方的運動團體。
18.2023年12月六級聽力短文解析：目的原因題。短文中提到,演講者購買了昂貴的深藍色西裝和金色領帶是因為這樣的款式和顏色可以傳達氣勢和影響力。
19.2023年12月六級聽力短文解析：目的原因題。對話中提到，Larry在觀眾入場之前將燈光調暗,調高輕音樂的音量,是希望能夠力演講創造一種溫暖的私人氛圍。
Passage Two
Questions 20 to 22 are based on the passage you have just heard.
20.A) She was the first educated slave of John Whitley s.
B) She was the greatest female poet in Colonial America.
C) She was born about the time of the War of Independence.
D) She was the first African-American slave to publish a book.
ANSWER 答案
21.A) Revise in a number of times.
B) Obtain consent from her owner.
C) Go through a scholarly examination.
D) Turn to the colonial governor for help.
ANSWER 答案
22.A) Literary works calling for the abolition of slavery.
B) Religious scripts popular among slaves in America.
C) A rich stock of manuscripts left by historical figures.
D) Lots of lost works written by African-American women.
ANSWER 答案
20.2023年12月六級聽力短文解析：事實細節題。短文中指出,Phillis Wheatley 是一位詩人，并旦是第一位出版書籍的非裔美國人。
21.2023年12月六級聽力短文解析：細節辨認題。短文中提到,Phillis Wheatley 的詩集出版非常困難,出版商由于擔心被欺騙,強迫她接受包括殖民忌督在內的一群受過教育的人對她進行學術審查。
22.2023年12月六級聽力短文解析：細節辨認題。短文中提到,編年史學教授 Henry Louis Gates進行了項研究,研究過程中發現了眾多先傳的作品,其中半數都為非裔美國女性作家所著。
Passage Three
Questions 23 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.
23.A) It is a trait of generouscharacter.
B) It is a reflection of self-esteem.
C) It is an indicator of high intelligence.
D) It is a sign of happiness and confidence.
ANSWER 答案
24.A) It was self-defeating.
B) It was aggressive.
C) It was the essence of comedy.
D) It was something admirable.
ANSWER 答案
25.A) It is a double-edged sword.
B) It is a feature of a given culture.
C) It is a unique gift of human beings.
D) It is a result of both nature and nurture.
ANSWER 答案
23.2023年12月六級聽力短文解析：推理判斷題。短文介紹了幽默這一性格特點,如果一個人擁有極強的幽默感，那么說明這個人是快樂的,在社交方面充滿自信，并且擁有健康的生活態度。
24.2023年12月六級聽力短文解析：事實細節題。短文中提到，現代人對幽默的看法可能會嚇到古希臘人，因為古希臘人認為幽默在本質上具有挑畔性。
25.2023年12月六級聽力短文解析：細節辨認題。短文中提到,心理學家Rod Martin發現幽默是一把雙刃劍。
音頻原文
Passage One
Larry arrived early for his speaking engagement. He positioned the table so that he could move close to the audience thats the strategic point in the speech. He had read that speakers can be more persuasive if they invade the personal space of listeners, encouraging an emotional response. For the same reason, he placed the chairs close to each other and raised the temperature to a slightly uncomfortable level. The purpose of the speech was to encourage the audience of corporate executives and local business owners to support local sports groups. To enhance his credibility with the audience, Larry had brought some slides of his family attending sports events. One photo showed him at an award ceremony, where he had been honored for his financial contribution to a local baseball team. Realizing that this particular audience would find his regional accent unattractive, Larry planned to speak with an accent that would be more acceptable to his audience. After reading a book on how to address for success, he had purchased an expensive dark navy suit and golden tie. He chose colors and styles known to communicate power and influence. Just before people began entering the hall, Larry dimmed the lights and turned up the sound system, which was playing soft music, hoping to create a warm personal atmosphere for the speech. He hoped that these added effects would encourage his audience to support local sports teams. He had also planned the content of his speech to focus on the teams with the best records, the ones that had won the most games in the last season.
Passage Two
Phillis Wheatley was a young African-American slave who belonged to landowner John Wheatley in Colonial America. She was also a poet and the first African-American ever to publish a book. Her poems on various subjects, religious and moral, were printed in Boston in 1773, three years before the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Early slaves were generally denied education, but Wheatley was allowed by her owner to study poetry, Latin and the Bible. And by the time she reached her late teens, she had written enough poetry to put together a slender book of verse. Even so, publication was difficult.The publisher, fearful of being cheated, forced her to submit to his scholarly examination by a board of educated men, including the colonial governor. The board of judges questioned Wheatley extensively and ruled that she was educated enough to have written the book. Only then was publication permitted. Wheatley may have been the first, but she was not the only slave to write books during the growing days of the Republic. Unfortunately, most of the early popular African-American writers have been all but forgotten in modern times until now. A chronicle professor, Henry Louis Gates, recently studied a research project looking into 19th century African-American fiction and poetry. In the process he uncovered numerous lost works, almost half of which were written by African-American women. In very literary styles, the newly resurfaced manuscripts offered a rich stock of African-American culture, recreating among other things the early days of slavery and the importance of religion to the slaves.
Passage Three
In todays personality stakes nothing is more highly valued than the sense of humor. We seek it out in others and are proud to claim it in ourselves, perhaps even more than good looks or intelligence. If someone has a great sense of humor, we reason, it means that they are happy, socially confident and have a healthy perspective on life. This attitude would have surprised the ancient Greeks, who believed humor to be essentially aggressive. And in fact our admiration for the comically gifted is relatively new and not very well-founded, says Rod Martin,a psychologist at the University of Western Ontario. Being funny isnt necessarily an indicator of good social skills and well-being, his research has shown, it may just exactly be a sign of personality flaws. He has found that humor is a double-edged sword. It can forge better relationships and help you cope with life, or it can be corrosive eating away your self-esteem and irritating others. It s a form of communication like speech, and we all use it differently says Martin. We use bonding humor to enhance our social connections but we also may employ it as a way of excluding or rejecting an outsider. Though humor is essentially social, how you use it says a lot about your sense of self. Those who use self-defeating humor, making fun of themselves, of the enjoyment of others, tend to maintain that hostility toward themselves even when alone. Similarly, those who are able to view the world with amused tolerance are often equally forgiving of their own shortcomings.
學習confer，conference，consult，consultant等等單詞的含義及對應的例句。
