2024年12月英语六级听力真题（第一套）

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《2024年12月英语六级听力真题（第一套）》

Long Conversation 01

M:Okay,then.This here is your yearly performancereview.You've been with the company for three yearsand under my direct supervision for the past 12 months.Your report is mostly good,but there are a couple ofissues we must discuss.The report is yours to take withyou.We'll go through the main points together now.Andyou can comb through it in greater detail later.Do youOIhave any questions before we start?

W:No,sir.

M:I'll get straight to it then.It is evident that you are ahard worker.You are punctual and industrious.Furthermore,you have strong analytical skills andattention to detail.The company,myself included,arehappy with your productivity and overall performance.W:Thank you.I appreciate the recognition.

M:Do you agree,then,with this depiction so far?

W:Yeah.It's a little simplistic,perhaps,but that's to beexpected from this kind of evaluation.

M:Sure.Would you want to add anything?Yourcomments can be added to the report if you wish.

W:Oh,there's no need.It's a flattering portrayal,really.

M:Thank you,though.

W:Okay.This leads me to the not so good part.Thismostly centers around one behavioral aspect-yourability to work with others.

M:I see.

W:Yes.As you already know,over the last severalmonths,there have been some complaints raised aboutyour communication style.

M:Of course.We already had,like,three meetings aboutthis.Look,all I'm going to say is that it was never myintention to offend anyone.Simply put,I don't like towrite long emails because,frankly,I think they're awaste of time.Conciseness is efficiency.I feel thatwriting long emails hurts that same productivity youpraised me for just a minute ago.And I alreadyapologized if anyone was offended.But to be perfectlyhonest,I think anyone who was offended was being aO1little too sensitive.

Q1.What are the speakers most probably doing?

Q2.What does the woman say she appreciates?

Q3.What has given rise to some complaints about thewoman?

Q4.Why doesn't the woman like to write long emails?

M:So tell me,why do you wish to study medicine?

W:I've always wanted to be a doctor.I come from asmall town where health care was never the best,andI think that had a profound effect on me.As a child,Iremember thinking how great it would be to serve thecommunity and cure people.

M:What other people or events in your life haveshaped your interest in becoming a doctor?

W:Well,that's hard to say.I would certainly say myparents have been a key factor.They always pushedme to study hard,and I certainly wouldn't be herewithout their support.I guess I was also immenselyfortunate to have good teachers and friends around me.At the end of the day,I've always been surroundedby a positive environment,conducive to my workinghard and pursuing my dreams.

M:Is there any medical branch that you would like tospecialize in?

W:I haven't decided yet.It's still early days.However,if I had to say,internal medicine.

M:Why internal medicine?

W:I know it's no picnic,but I find it the most intriguing because it covers so much and ties together so many otherspecialties.

M:Thank you.Now I'd like to address your academichistory and projected grades.We like to think of ourselvesas a prestigious institution with a highly competitive andpromising student body.As you know,to get into ourprograms,you need at least an 85 percent score in theentrance exam.Do you think you can attain this?

W:I think so,yes.

M:I'm looking at your school grades now,and I'll behonest.It's a bit of a mixed bag.You do get top grades hereand there,but you are not very,shall we say,consistent?Isee no problem in making you a conditional offer,butconsider yourself warned.Our entrance exam is,to useyour own words,no picnic.

Q5.What does the woman say she has always wanted to dosince childhood?

Q6.What do we learn about the woman's parents from theconversation?

Q7.Why does the woman say she wants tochoose internalmedicine as her specialty?

Q8.How does the man describe the women's school grades?

Passage 01

Logging into your email account can sometimesfeel like trying to hack into the Pentagon.If youfollow all of the guidelines,you need to use adifferent password for every one of your accounts,use an incomprehensible variety ofletters,numbers,and symbols,sign up for twostep verification,and change every passwordevery time one of them is compromised.More often than not,you then have to choose photosthat include a street sign,as this apparentlyprovides solid evidence to your computer thatDyou are,in fact,a human being.It's no smallwonder most of us forget our passwords moreDoften than our keys.Now,a new peer reviewedstudy by researchers at Aalto University in Finland is attempting to figure out why we forgetour passwords in order to help put an end to thisO frustrating phenomenon.

Their findings suggest that how likely you are toremember your password has less to do with theintricacy of the password itself and more to doDwith how often you anticipate using it,which is tosay,you are far more likely to remember a complicated password if you know you'llfrequently be using it to log into an account thanOyou are to remember a simple password for anaccount that you don't expect to log into veryoften.The researchers advise websites to includemore of an incentive for users to log in more oftenin order to help them remember their secret codes.

Q9.Why do we often have to choose photos thatOinclude a street sign to log into our emailaccounts?

Q10.What do researchers at a university in Finlandaim to do in their new study?

Q11.What do the researchers advise websites todo at the end of the passage?

Four years ago,Jenny Wainer was in a fitnessslump.She wanted to improve her physical andmental health.However,her workouts lackedintensity without a proper training program tofollow.When she went to the gym,her daily ritualpredominantly involved easy exercise options likejogging.She avoided more formidable exerciseslike lifting weights.A personal trainer who mightpush her was out of the question.The extravagantcost was just unaffordable.She then discoveredthe fitness phone app Slimeretics.To use the app,you first input your profile about your previoustraining experiences and preferences,as well asyour desired goals.A virtual coach then uses thatinformation to suggest a personalized trainingregime.After the workout,the app's artificialintelligence software system uses feedback fromMs.Wehner and its other 53 million users aroundthe world to adjust future training sessions.

Now Ms.Wehner finds the workouts exciting.This isbecause no two are ever the same.As a result,the apphas helped her to lose more than 25 kilograms.The app'smathematical approach can arrange a more meticulousworkout schedule.This has led to meticulous result.However some experts think that apps can't replacehuman personal trainers and apps can't understandhuman behavior.It was not comprehend that there arecompeting interests outside the health and fitness.Additionally,a human trainer can add compassion to theworkout.He can also make exercise fun and sustainable.Trainers can monitor whether a person is doingexercises correctly.This can safeguard against injuries.An app cannot perceive such subtleties.

Q12.What was the problem Jenny Waner encounteredfour years ago?

Q13.What can the fitness phone app Slimeretics doaccording to the passage?

Q14.Why does the passage say Jenny Waner now findsthe workouts exciting?

Q15.What do some experts think of fitness apps likeSlimeretics?

All societies are held together by 7 universal moralrules,which include deferring to superiors andrespecting the property of others,Oxford Universityhas concluded.

Although many cultures are moving towards moreliberal,less hierarchical organizations,the newresearch suggests that traditional power structuresand basic values of charity and brotherhood are thecornerstones of successful societies.

The huge study of 60 different cultures around theworld found that all communities operate underseven basic moral codes.Those universal rules are:help your family,help your group,return favours,bebrave,defer to superiors,divide resources fairly andrespect the property of others.

The character traits held for every kind ofcommunity,be they traditional hunter gatherers oradvanced civilizations,helping to uphold civilizedsociety and foster social cooperation,researchersfound.

"Everyone,everywhere,shares a common moralcode,"said Dr.Oliver Scott Curry,lead author andsenior researcher at Oxford.

These 7 moral rules appear to be universal acrosscultures because people face the same socialproblems.Even if some of these traits look rightwing or conservative,for example,deferring toauthority,left wing people will still have a grouployalty and deference to someone or something.Thisshows there really is more that unites us than dividesus.

The study,published in Current Anthropology,is thelargest and most comprehensive and widespreadsurvey of morals ever conducted and aimed to findout whether different societies had differentversions of morality.

The team accessed the world's best archives toanalyze accounts from more than 600 sources of 60societies around the world.

They found that the 7 rules were considered morallygood in all societies and were observed across allcontinents,religions,and politics.

However,some communities valued certain rulesmore highly than others.Dr.Curry hopes that thisresearch helps to promote mutual understandingbetween people of different cultures and appreciationof what we have in common and how and why wediffer.

Co author,Professor Harvey Loinbo,said social scientists should now set about testing the theory in

the field rather than relying on old data.

"This study was based on historical descriptions of cultures around the world,"he said."These

descriptions were made independent of,and prior to,

the theory we're testing."

In the future,if social scientists are serious abouttesting theories of morality,they will need to gathernew data more systematically out in the field.

Q16.What do we learn from the conclusion of theOxford University researchers?

Q17.What did the new study by Oxford researchersaim to do?

Q18.What does Harvey Loinbo think social scientistsshould do totest theories of morality?

When it comes to food,color is money.Food companiesknow that better color gives better prices,so they ensurethat their products are attractive in color to bolsterearnings.Oranges,for example,have to meet specificcolor standards,and oranges are just the beginning.Thereare color standards for foods including French fries,tomatoes,pumpkins,olives,honey,and milk.Theattention to color is for good reason.For all the talk of thetongue,our eyes really might be the most important partof the eating experience.A great number of our brainfunctions are dedicated to processing vision,while only apercent or two is given over to taste faculties,and theresult is that color actually changes how we taste food.Scientists have demonstrated many times the importanceof color to taste.In a 1980s study,for example,testparticipants were asked to name the flavor of the beveragethey were drinking without being able to see thatbeverage.Only one in five was able to identify it as orange.But when they were allowed to see what they weredrinking,which was orange in color,each of themidentified the orange flavor.And when a drink that waslime flavor was colored orange,nearly half of respondents identified the flavor of the beverage as orange.

None made that mistake when the beverage was green incolor.What's happening when someone fails to identifythe flavor of a beverage they can't see,or that has anabnormal color?Is it that participants can't discernwhat the flavor is and so rely on visual cues?Or doescolor actually change the experience of taste?The key tothese questions is the effect of color on expectation.Thebrain makes predictions using color.These predictionsrely on expectations that come from experience.

Research shows that we're all born liking sweet thingsand desire to eat them.But we aren't born knowingwhat the sweet things we crave look like,so we need tolearn this over time.The brain gets information from theenvironment,and we learn,for example,that fruits gofrom green and sour to red and ripe and sweet.Thus,ifwe see a green berry,we equate its color with a sourtaste.And just looking at a red fruit will activate ourexpectations that it will taste sweet and delicious.

Q19.What does the speaker say about our eyes?

Q20.What does colour actually do according to thislecture?

Q21.What does the brain use colour to do?

Searching for meaning is something many of us experiencethroughout our lives.For some,this meaning is religious,somepolitical,and some interpersonal.And having a sense ofmeaning can bring us happiness.A new study looks at therelationship between meaning and happiness in the context offinancial resources.Rhea Katapano from the University ofToronto and colleagues find meaning is a far weaker predictorof happiness for rich people than poorer people,suggestingeconomic resources can impact how we experience meaning.The team analyzed data from over 500,000 people across 123countries.The first study used data from a daily poll of U.S.residents collected between 2013 and 2015.Well being wastracked using measures of positive effect,whether during theday,before they were surveyed,Participants have smiled orlaughed a lot,or experienced a lot of happiness.Meaning wasmeasured through a Daily Purpose Index,which explored theextent to which participants felt that they like what they doevery day and are motivated to achieve their goals.Finally,income levels were assessed.The results showed that thecorrelation between meaning and happiness was strongestamong those in lower income brackets.But as income levelsincreased,the correlation became weaker.The second studylooked at worldwide data.Happiness was measured using thesame questions as in the first study,while meaning wasmeasured using the single question.

Do you feel your life has an important purpose or meaning?Again,the strength of the relationship between meaning andhappiness depended on participants income.Meaning had agreater influence on happiness for those on lower incomescompared to those in higher brackets.In the final study,Frenchparticipants indicated the extent to which they felt they led apurposeful and meaningful life and how much they consideredthemselves a happy person.Finally,rather than using specificincome brackets,they placed themselves on a social ladder,representing where they stand in society with regard to wealth,education,and career.The results from this study duplicatedthose of the first two.So,overall,meaning and happiness had astronger relationship in those with fewer resources than thosewith more.This might be the case because richer individualshave more access to other sources of happiness,many of whichwill be external,like lack of stress or community.Thus,a focuson an internal sense of satisfaction,purpose,or meaning is lessimportant.

Q22.What does the speaker say many of us search forthroughout our lives?

Q23.What do Rhea Katapano and colleagues find abouteconomic resources?

Q24.What do we learn about Rhea Katapano and colleaguessecond study?

Q25.Why do meaning and happiness have a weaker relationshipin those with more resources?