2008年12月六级考试听力模拟(一)

the people of the 5 countries of the survey share the view that books are the best way of broadening knowledge. the french, germans and italians identify radio and television as the second best means of improving knowledge but for the british and spanish, travel is in second place.

questions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.

32. people of which country regard history as the most importantponent of culture?

33 which of the following best describes the british according to the speaker?

34. which of the following views do the 5 countries share?

35. which of the following is not mentioned as a means of expanding knowledge?

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 you have just heard. for blanks numbered from 44 to 46 you are required to fill in the missing information. for these blanks, you can either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the main points in your own words. finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written.

like all electronic equipment,puters have be smaller and more (36)sophisticated with time. they have (37) evolved from the enormous mainframes of the 1970s to thin little laptops, financially (38) accessible to a growing number of people and capable of performing innumerable tasks.

personalputers have (39) revolutionized countless aspects of modern life. with scanners and digital cameras, for example, the world of publishing and (40) photography has entered the home. long-distance learning has been made possible for students in isolated or distant areas thanks to (41)puter-assisted teaching.puter games have added a whole new (42) dimension to home entertainment. they are so much fun that they can be (43) addictive.

perhaps no other machine has had a greater impact on our lives thanputers. with modems and servers, (44) personalputers can now be connected through telephone lines to createworks of people and businesses who are able tomunicate with each other almost instantly by e-mail. like most aspects ofputer culture, the inte has its positive and its negative side. for example, electronic mail has be so popular and so easy that it has be a problem. (45) in some offices it has reduced real interpersonal relationships and forced employees to read hundreds of useless messages every day.