1、大学英语六级串讲材料_Jerry Chen- 1 -大学英语六级串讲材料Part Writing (30 minutes)Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay entitled On Paying back Student Loans. You should write at least 150 words following the outline given below. 1. 现今，在高校有许多大学生通过助学贷款完成自己的学业2. 但是有些学生毕业后没有能力或拒绝按时还贷3
2、. 我认为贷款的学生应如何对待还贷问题On Paying Back Student LoansPartReading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning) (15 minutes)Directions：In this part you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage quickly and answer the questions on Answer sheet 1. For questions 1-4, mark Y (for YES) if the statement agrees with th
3、e information given in the passage; N (for NO) if the statement contradicts the information given in the passage; NG (for NOT GIVEN) if the information is not given in the passage. For questions 5-10, complete the sentences with the information given in the passage. Reading Babys MindThe helpless, s
4、eemingly awkward infant staring up at you from his little bed, has a lot more going on inside his head than you ever imagined. A wealth of new research is leading child psychologists to rethink their long-held beliefs about the emotional and intellectual abilities of even very young babies. Science
5、is now giving us a much different picture of what goes on inside their hearts and heads. Long before they form their first words or attempt the feat of sitting up, they are already mastering complex emotions-jealousy, empathy, frustration-that were once thought to be learned much later. A New Baby R
6、esearch Little Victoria Bateman is blue-eyed and as cute a baby as there ever was. At 6 months, she is also trusting and unsuspecting, which is a good thing, because otherwise shed never go along with whats about to happen. Its a sunny June afternoon in Lubbock, Texas, and inside the Human Sciences
7、lab at Texas Tech University, Victorias mother is settling her daughter into a high chair, where she is the latest subject in an ongoing experiment aimed at understanding the way babies think. Sybil Hart, an associate professor of human development and leader of the study, trains video cameras on mo
8、ther and daughter. Everything is set. Hart hands the mother, Cheryl Bateman, a childrens book, Elmo Pops In, and instructs her to engross herself in its pages. “Just have a conversation with me about the book, “ Hart tells her. “The most important thing is, do not look at Victoria. “ As the two wome
9、n chat,Victoria looks around the room, feeling a little bored. After a few minutes, Hart leaves the room and returns cradling a lifelike baby doll. Dramatically, Hart places it in Cheryl Batemans arms, and tells her to embrace the doll while continuing to ignore Victoria. “Thats OK, little baby, “ B
10、ateman coos, hugging and rocking the doll. Victoria is not bored 大学英语六级串讲材料_Jerry Chen- 2 -anymore. At first, she cracks her best smile. When that doesnt work, she begins kicking. But her mom pays her no mind. Thats when Victoria loses it. Soon shes crying so hard it looks like she might spit up. Ha
11、rt rushes in. “OK, were done, “ she says, and takes back the doll. Cheryl Bateman goes to comfort her daughter. “Ive never seen her react like that to anything, “she says. Over the last 10 months, Hart has repeated the scene hundreds of times. Its the same in nearly every case: tiny babies, overwhel
12、med with jealousy. Even Hart was stunned to find that infants could experience an emotion, which, until recently, was thought to be way beyond their grasp. Findings of Baby Research The new research is sure to confuse new parents-see, Junior is a genius-but its more than just an academic exercise. A
13、rmed with the new information, pediatricians are starting to change the way they evaluate their youngest patients. In addition to tracking physical development, they are now focusing much more deeply on emotional advancement. The research shows how powerful emotional well-being is to a childs future
14、 health. A baby who fails to meet certain key “emotional milestones“ may have trouble learning to speak, read and, later, do well in school. By reading emotional responses, doctors have begun to discover ways to tell if a baby as young as 3 months is showing early signs of possible psychological dis
15、orders, including depression, anxiety, learning disabilities and perhaps autism. One of the earliest emotions that even tiny babies display is, admirably enough, empathy. In fact, concern for others may be hard-wired into babies brains. Place a newborn down next to another crying infant, and chances
16、 are, both babies will soon be wailing (悲 叹) away. “People have always known that babies cry when they hear other babies cry, “ says Martin Hoffman, a psychology professor at New York University who did the first studies on infant empathy in the 1970s. “The question was, why are they crying?“ Does i
17、t mean that the baby is truly concerned for his fellow human, or just annoyed by the racket? A recent study conducted in Italy, which built on Hoffmans own work, has largely settled the question. Researchers played for infants tapes of other babies crying. As predicted, that was enough to start the
18、tears flowing. But when researchers played babies, recordings of their own cries, they rarely began crying themselves. The verdict:“there is some empathy in place, right from birth, “ Hoffman says. The intensity of the emotion tends to fade over time. Babies older than 6 months no longer cry but gri
19、mace at the discomfort of others. By 13 to 15 months, babies tend to take matters into their own hands. Theyll try to comfort a crying playmate. “What I find most charming is when, even if the two mothers are present, theyll bring their own mother over to help, “ Hoffman says. Part of that empathy m
20、ay come from another early-baby skill, the ability to discern emotions from the facial expressions of the people around them. “Most textbooks still say that babies younger than 6 months dont recognize emotions, “ says Diane Montague, assistant professor of psychology at LaSalle University in Philade
21、lphia. To put that belief to the test, Montague came up with a twist on every infants favorite game, and recruited dozens of 4-month-olds to play along. She began by peeking around a cloth with a big smile on her face. Predictably, the babies were delighted, and stared at her intently-the time-teste
22、d way to tell if a baby is interested. On the fourth peek, though, Montague emerged with a sad look on her face. This time, the response was much different. “They not only looked away, “she says, but wouldnt look back even when she began smiling again. Refusing to make eye contact is a classic baby
23、sign of distress. An angry face got their attention once again, but their faces showed no pleasure. “They seemed primed to be alert, even vigilant, “Montague says. “I realize thats speculative in regard to infants. . . I think it shows that babies younger than 6 months find meaning in expressions. “
24、They are also far more sophisticated intellectually than we once believed. Babies, as young as 4 大学英语六级串讲材料_Jerry Chen- 3 -months, have advanced powers of deduction and an ability to understand the intricate patterns. They have a surprisingly visual palette, which enables them to notice small differ
25、ences, especially in faces, that adults and older children lose the ability to see. Until a baby is 3 months old, he can recognize a photograph of his mother just as quickly as a photo in which everything is in the right place. Challenges and Dangers of Baby ResearchThis might be a good place to pau
26、se for a word about the challenges and dangers of baby research. Since the subjects cant speak for themselves, figuring out whats going on inside their heads is often a matter of reading their faces and body language. If this seems speculative, its not. Over decades of trial and error, researchers h
27、ave fine-tuned their observation skills and zeroed in on numerous consistent baby responses to various stimuli: how long they stare at an object, what they reach out for and what makes them recoil in fear or disgust can often tell experienced researchers everything they need to know. More recently,
28、scientists have added EEGs and laser eye tracking, which allow more precise readings. 1. The passage is mainly about those researches that focus on the emotional and intellectual abilities of those very young babies. 2. The purpose of the experiment on Victoria Bateman is to find out how important t
29、he mothers love is to her baby. 3. In the experiment, Victoria Bateman cried because she thought that her mother didnt love her any more. 4. Only through reading emotional responses can doctors tell whether a 3-month baby will get possible psychological disorders. 5. Pediatricians are now paying les
30、s attention to physical development of their baby patients but more to _. 6. Hoffmans study revealed that babies are born to show other crying babies _. 7. The findings of Dianes test demonstrated the babys ability to recognize _. 8. It is amazing to find that the visual palette of a baby helps him
31、to notice _. 9. As for the challenges, those researchers have to obtain those findings about babies mind by reading _. 10. In order to gain more precise readings about babies mind, scientists have adopted the skills of EEGs and _. Part Listening Comprehension (35 minutes)Section ADirections: In this
32、 section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the end of each conversation, one or more questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must re
33、ad the four choices marked A),B),C) and D),and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.注意：此部分试题请在答题卡 2 上作答。11. A) The man should stick to what hes doing. B) The man should take up a new hobby. C) The man should stop
34、playing tennis. D) The man should find the cause for his failure. 12. A) He is very forgiving and tolerant. B) He probably has a poor memory. 大学英语六级串讲材料_Jerry Chen- 4 -C) He is well liked by his customers. D) He has been introduced to the staff. 13. A) Shed like to have the windows open. B) She like
35、s to have the air-conditioner on. C) The air is heavily polluted. D) The windows are already open. 14. A) She is not interested in the course. B) She doesnt like the way the professor teaches. C) Shes having a hard time following the professors lectures. D) Shes having difficulty with the heavy read
36、ing assignments. 15. A) The deadline is drawing near. B) She cant meet the deadline. C) She turned in the proposals today. D) They are two days ahead of time. 16. A) On the 6th of June. B) On the 8th of June. C) On the 9th of June. D) On the 19th of June. 17. A) The man was sorry to miss the footbal
37、l game. B) The man attended the concert, but didnt like it. C) The man was sorry that he didnt attend the concert. D) The man is more interested in football than classical music. 18. A) Shes going away for a while. B) She did well in the test. C) She worked hard and earned a lot of money. D) She did
38、nt have to work hard for the exam. Questions 19 to 21 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 19. A) She has a temperature. B) She suffers from a headache. C) She has a sore throat. D) She often feels dizzy. 20. A) She didnt have enough sleep. B) She has caught a bad cold. C) She is dying
39、 from a serious disease. D) She is too nervous to feel at home. 21. A) She should take some medicine and more water. B) She should take care of her rest and drink more water. C) She should give up her term paper for her health. D) She should receive more check-up. Questions 22 to 25 are based on the
40、 conversation you have just heard. 22. A) He doesnt want to take final exams. B) He hasnt prepared well for his tests. C) He has too many exams on the same day. D) He needs to get full scores on his tests. 23. A) He should go to the Dean of Students Office. B) He ought to talk immediately to his pro
41、fessors. C) He should begin studying at once. D) He ought to decide which tests are most important. 24. A) They are both excellent students. B) They both have to take history and psychology tests. C) They havent taken final exams before. D) They live in the same dormitory. 25. A) Psychology. B) Hist
42、ory. C) Advanced Mathematics. D) Chemistry. 大学英语六级串讲材料_Jerry Chen- 5 -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 choo
43、se the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. Passage OneQuestions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard. 26. A) They worked on their own land. B) They produced whatever t
44、heir families needed. C) They could get along well by relying on themselves. D) They didnt keep commercial ties with others. 27. A) Banks and railroads. B) Weather and their own efforts. C) The specialized crops they sold. D) Commercial ties with others. 28. A) Their lives are free and simple like t
45、hat of the 19th century. B) They have more worries than those in the past. C) They suffer from the shipping rates set by the railroads. D) They miss the simple life in the 19th century. Passage TwoQuestions 29 to 31 are based on the passage you have just heard. 29. A) The painting materials used by
46、Grandma Moses. B) The major artistic influences on Grandma Moses. C) The folk art of Grandma Moses. D) The life of Grandma Moses. 30. A) She started it without much success. B) She started it in her sixties. C) She started it after much study. D) She started it by producing greeting cards. 31. A) Bu
47、ilding. B) Needlework. C) Photographs. D) Country life. Passage ThreeQuestions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard. 32. A) More than 130 people. B) At least 400 people. C) Hundreds of people. D) The deaths were still unknown. 33. A) Lack of safety measures. B) Checks on weather con
48、ditions. C) Underload. D) Lightning strikes. 34. A) Epidemic disease. B) Ferry disaster. C) Big fire in the forest. D) Car accidents. 35. A) The government has banned all the fishing boats at daytime. B) The government has banned all night ferries and night boats. C) The government has completely ba
49、nned shipping. D) The government has paid for all the shipping lost. Section C Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from 36 to 43 with the exact words
