2014年6月英语六级听力真题原文及答案(2)

　　Good morning, ladies and gentlemen! As instructed in our previous meeting, thesubcommittee on building development has now drawn up a brief to submit to the firm'sarchitect. In short, the building would consist of two floors. There would be a storage area inthe basement to be used by the research center as well as by other departments. We are, asyou know, short of storage base, so the availability of a large basement would be aconsiderable advantage. The ground floor would be occupied by laboratories. Altogetherthere would be six labs. In addition, there would be six offices for the technicians, plus ageneral secretarial office and reception area. The first floor would be occupied by the offices ofResearch and Development staff. There would be a suite of offices for the Research andDevelopment director as well as a general office for secretarial staff. It's proposed to have astaff room with a small kitchen. This would serve both floors. There would also be a library forresearch documents and reference material. In addition, there would be a resource room inwhich audio visual equipment and other equipment of that sort could be stored. Finally, therewould be a seminar room with closed circuit television. This room could also be used to presentdisplays and demonstrations to visitors to the center. The building would be of cet6w.com so it'sto conform to the general style of construction on the site. There would be a pitched roof.Wall and ceiling spaces would be insulated to conform to new building regulations.

　　Questions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you've just heard.

　　16. What is said about the planned basement of the new building?

　　17. Where would be the Research and Development director's office?

　　18. Why would the building be of cet6w.com?

　　16. C) It will have a large space for storage.

　　17. A) On the first floor.

　　18. B) To match the style of construction on the site.

　　Huang Yi works for a company that sells financial software to small and medium sizebusinesses. His job is to show customers how to use the new software. He spends two weekswith each client, demonstrating the features and functions of the software. The first few monthsin the job were difficult. He often left the client feeling that even after two weeks he hadn'tbeen able to show the employees everything they needed to know. It's not that they weren'tinterested; they obviously appreciated his instruction and showed a desire to learn. Huangcouldn't figure it out the software was difficult for them to understand, or if he was not doinga good job of teaching. During the next few months, Huang started to see some patterns. Hewould get to a new client site and spend the first week going over the software with theemployees. He usually did this in ships, with different groups of employees listening to himlecture. Then he would spend the next week in installing the program and helping individualstrouble-shoot. Huang realized that during the week of trouble shooting and answeringquestions, he ended up addressing the same issues over and over. He was annoyed becausemost of the individuals with whom he worked seem to have retained very little information fromthe first week. They asked very basic questions and often needed prompting from beginning toend. At first, he wondered if these people were just a little slow, but then he began to get thedistinct feeling that part of the problem might be his style presenting information.

　　Questions 19 to 22 are based on the passage you've just heard.

　　19. What does Huang Yi do in his company?

　　20. What did Huang Yi think of his work?

　　21. What did Huang Yi do in addition to lecturing?

　　22. What did Huang Yi realize in the end?

　　19. C) Train clients to use financial software.

　　20. A) Unsuccessful.

　　21. D) He provided individual support.

　　22. D) The fault might lie in his style of presenting the information.

　　As we help children get out into the world to do their learning well, we can get more of theworld into the schools. Aside from their parents, most children never have any close contactwith any adults except their teachers. No wonder they have no idea what adult life or work islike. We need to bring more people who are not full-time teachers into the schools. In New YorkCity, under the teachers' and writers' collaborative, real writers come into the schools, readtheir work, and talk to the children about the problems of their craft. The children love it. Inanother school, a practicing attorney comes in every month and talks to several classes aboutthe law. Not the law it is in books, but the law as he sees it and encounters it in his cases. Andthe children listen with intense interest. Here's something even easier: let children worktogether, help each other, learn from each other and each other's mistakes. We now know fromthis experience of many schools that children are often the best teachers of other children.What's more important, we know that when the fifth floor six-grader who is being havingtrouble with reading, starts helping a first-grader, his own reading sharply improves. A numberof schools are beginning to use what some call paired learning. This means that you let childrenform partnerships with other children. Do their work even including their tests together andshare whatever marks or results this work gets. Just like grown-ups in the real world. It seemsto work.

　　Questions 23 to 25 are based on the passage you've just heard.

　　23: Why does the speaker say most children have no idea what adult life is like?

　　24: What is happening in New York City schools?

　　25: What does the experience of many schools show?

　　23. C) They have little close contact with adults.

　　24. B) Writers and lawyers are brought in to talk to students.

　　25. B) Children are often the best teachers of other children.