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新改革的英語六級考試中，聽力和閱讀部分依然占據很高的分數比例，六級聽力出現了兩篇講座(lecture)的考查，以下是yjbys網小編整理的關于英語六級聽力講座模擬，供大家備考。
Now listen to the following recording andanswer questions 16 to 19.
16
A.New laws made it possible to buy farmland.
B.The government increased its agricultural imports.
C.Economic depressions lowered the prices of farm production.
D.Machine power could be used in the production and harvesting.
17
A.Drawing water from mines.
B.Improving product quality.
C.Transporting goods faster.
D.Reducing the air pollution.
18
A.It had many sheep farm there.
B.It had well established railway system.
C.It had many factories producing textiles.
D.It was the center of England.
19
A.Creating better working conditions.
B.Guaranteeing workers gain higher wages.
C.Giving workers rights and freedoms.
D.Protecting the safety of children.
Johnson: Hello, class. Last week we invited Mrs. Leehere to talk about the United States being a meltingpot. Today, Mrs. Lee will continue talking somethingabout this. Welcome, Mrs. Lee.
Mrs. Lee: Thank you. We know the United States is a melting pot, where all the differentimmigrants mix together to create something new. Well, everything has exceptions, includingour melting pot. Inside the Mississippi River Valley, there is a large area that is part melting potand part garden salad. In Louisiana, or more specifically, New Orleans, there have been a fewmajor cultural influences that are different from the rest of the United States. (16) Unlike therest of the United States, which was colonized by England and Spain, New Orleans was mainly aFrench settlement. It also was a unique slave culture.
While the rest of the U.S. was a melting pot, mixing all its parts to create something new, NewOrleans became a garden salad. (17) Right now you may be asking yourself, "What does shemean by garden salad?" A garden salad has many parts that are combined to make a newflavor. Each piece retains its original identity, but combined they make something new, andhopefully better. This contrasts to the melting pot because in a melting pot, all pieces lose theiridentity to form something new.
So in New Orleans, we have a French beginning, with French culture, food, language andlifestyle. Added in over the centuries is a bit of a Spanish influence, when Spain controlled theterritory for about 50 years after the French and Indian War. (18) After that is the Americanand English influence after President Jefferson bought the territory from France. And lastly isan influx of Latino culture from Mexico and the Caribbean.
The result now is that New Orleans has a distinct culture apart from the United States. Becauseof their French ancestry, they have different expressions, such as they say "I'm makinggroceries," instead of our "I am grocery shopping." Again, this is because the French influence.In French, the direct translation is "to make groceries," not "to buy or go shopping."
16. What's the difference between New Orleans and the rest of the U.S.?
17. What do we know about a garden salad according to Mrs. Lee?
18. What is said about the culture in New Orleans?
同學們，大家好。上周我們請來了李老師為我們講解美國作為文化大熔爐的話題。今天李老師將繼續上一次的講解，歡迎李老師。
謝謝。我們都知道美國是一個大熔爐，來自不同國家的移民聚集到一起形成了一個新的民族。凡是皆有例外，包括我們的這個“大熔爐”。在密西西比河谷內的一大片區域既像熔爐又像田園沙拉。在路易斯安那州，或者更精確些說是新奧爾良，有著一些與美國其他地區不同的主要文化因素。新奧爾良和美國的其他地方不同，它曾經主要是法國的殖民地，而且有著獨特的奴隸制文化。
而美國其他地方曾是英國和西班牙的殖民地。因此美國其他地區成了一個熔爐，融合出新，而新奧爾良則像是一道田園沙拉�，F在你可能暗自發問：“她說的田園沙拉是什么意思?”田園沙拉有很多部分組成，共同形成一種新奇的風味。每一部分保留其原來的特性，但是合在一起他們創造了一個新的整體，比簡單集合更好的整體。它與熔爐不同是因為熔爐當中的每一部分在形成新事物的過程中丟失了自己的特性。
所以，奧爾良的源頭是法國，有著法國的文化、飲食習慣、語言和生活方式。在以后幾個世紀發展中，它受到了西班牙的影響。法國印第安人戰爭之后的五十年里，西班牙控制了這片土地。之后，杰斐遜總統從法國將這片土地購買之后它則開始受到英美文化的影響。而最近又有墨西哥和加勒比文化的注入。
因此，現在的結果就是，新奧爾良有著獨立于美國的獨特的文化特征。由于他們的祖先是法國人，他們的語言也很不相同。比如他們說“做雜貨”而不是“買雜貨”。這也是受法語的影響。在法語中“去雜貨店買東西”的直接翻譯是“做雜貨”不是“買雜貨”。
16.新奧爾良和美國其他地區的不同之處是什么?
17.根據李老師講解，你對田園色拉了解了什么?
18.關于新奧爾良的文化文章中說到了什么?
參考答案：
【小題16】D
【小題17】A
【小題18】C
【小題19】C
16
A.New laws made it possible to buy farmland.
B.The government increased its agricultural imports.
C.Economic depressions lowered the prices of farm production.
D.Machine power could be used in the production and harvesting.
17
A.Drawing water from mines.
B.Improving product quality.
C.Transporting goods faster.
D.Reducing the air pollution.
18
A.It had many sheep farm there.
B.It had well established railway system.
C.It had many factories producing textiles.
D.It was the center of England.
19
A.Creating better working conditions.
B.Guaranteeing workers gain higher wages.
C.Giving workers rights and freedoms.
D.Protecting the safety of children.
Today, class, I am going to speak to you about theIndustrial Revolution. The term "industrialrevolution" refers to the technological, social,economic, and cultural changes that occurred inEngland in the late eighteenth century. This changeeventually spread around the world, creating many big cities. (16) Before the IndustrialRevolution, the production and harvesting of products was completed through manual labor.The Industrial Revolution replaced this manpower with machine power.
One of the first, and perhaps most important, developments of the Industrial Revolution wasthe steam engine. This advance in transportation allowed for the faster delivery ofmanufactured goods. However, the steam engine wasn't only used for transportation butinstead for the construction of machine engines that made faster production possible. Forexample, before the Industrial Revolution, most tasks were done by either wind or water poweror by the strength of man or horse. But, in 1698, a man by the name of Thomas Saveryconstructed the first steam-powered engine in London. (17) Thomas Savery, an engineer andinventor, patented a machine that could effectively draw water from flooded mines using steampressure.
The development of the steam engine caused a host of other changes technologically, socially,and economically within British culture. Steam engine technology led to the development offactories, where products were turned out in the hundreds or even thousands. The factoryindustry eventually gave rise to what we now know as the modem city. (18) Manchester, forexample, due to its cotton mills, became known as Cottonopolis because there were so manyfactories producing textiles. However, these early cities were not as clean or well kept as theones we are familiar with today. Along with the growth of industry came the increase ofsometimes hard or dirty living conditions. Children were forced to work long hours in factoriesuntil the Factory Act of 1833 came into effect, which stated that children under nine were notallowed to work and children over nine were not to work at night or for more than twelve-hourshifts. (19) Trade unions were also born out of the Industrial Revolution, giving workers rightsand freedoms that they had not had in the past.
Before the Industrial Revolution, working conditions for British workers was not favorable.Men, women, and children worked long hours for little money. The poor conditions of theworking class caused many educated British historians and authors to write manifestosexpressing great sorrow for the working class. And even those that were not British, such asFriedrich Engels, a German political philosopher, used England as a model for change when hewrote The Condition of the Working Class in England in 1844. Within this text, Engels spoke ofthe Industrial Revolution and how it was to change the whole fabric of society.
16. What changes did the Industrial Revolution bring about in agriculture?
17. What was the first steam-powered engine used for?
18. Why was Manchester also called Cottonopolis?
19. What was the function of trade unions in Britain at that time?
同學們，今天我要講的是工業革命。“工業革命”這個詞指的是18世紀末出現在英國的科技、社會、經濟和文化等領域的變革。這一變革最終蔓延到了世界各地，催生了很多大城市。工業革命前，生產和收獲完全是通過人力勞動完成的，而工業革命用機械動力取代了人力。
工業革命中第一批，或許也是最重要的發明之一是蒸汽機。在交通運輸上的這一進步使得生產出來的產品更快被送往各地。然而，蒸汽機并沒有只應用到了運輸業，它也被用到了在機器引擎制造中，從而加速了生產。比如，工業革命以前，大部分工作由風能、水能、人力或馬匹完成。但是，1698年，托馬斯·薩弗里制造出了倫敦第一個蒸汽發動機。托馬斯·薩弗里是一位工程師和發明家。他把這個可以利用蒸汽壓力高效率地從水井中抽水的機器注冊了專利。
蒸汽引擎的發明給英國文化的各個方面，包括科技、社會和經濟，帶來了很多其他的變化。蒸汽引擎技術導致了工廠的產生，工廠是批量生產商品的地方。而工業最終導致了我們現在所說的現代城市的產生。曼徹斯特棉花廠林立，是眾多紡織廠的所在地，故被稱為“棉都”。然而，這些城市早期并不像現在我們所熟悉的它們一樣清潔而有秩序。隨著工業的發展，出現了生存環境的惡化。直到1833年《工廠法》生效以前，兒童被迫在工廠中長時間工作�！豆S法》規定9歲以下兒童不允許在工廠中工作;9歲以上兒童不允許上夜班或輪班超過12個小時。工會也在工業革命期間誕生，給予了工人以往不曾有過的權利和自由。
工業革命以前，英國工人工作環境惡劣。男性、女性以及兒童長時間工作，報酬卻很少。工人階級所處的惡劣環境讓英國受過高等教育的歷史學家和作家們不禁寫文章抒發他們對工人階層的無比憐憫之情。甚至一些非英國人士，例如德國政治哲學家，弗里德里希·恩格斯在1844年創作《英國工人階級狀況》一書時將英國作為變革的模板。在書中，恩格斯闡述了工業革命以及它將如何改變整個社會。
16.工業革命給農業帶來了什么變化?
17.第一臺蒸汽發動機的用途是什么?
18.曼徹斯特為什么被稱為“棉都”?
19.工業革命時期英國工會的職能是什么?
參考答案：
【小題16】D
【小題17】A
【小題18】C
【小題19】C
習題解析：
【小題16】講座開頭講到了工業革命指的是出現在英國 18 世紀末的技術、社會、經濟和文化上的變革，其中特別提到 Before the Industrial Revolution, the production and harvesting of products wascompleted through manual labor. The Industrial Revolution replaced this manpower withmachine power.由此可知，工業革命前，生產和收獲完全是通過人力完成的，而工業革命用機械動力取代了人力。故選項 D 正確。其他選項講座中未提及，均排除。
【小題17】講座中提到 1698 年，托馬斯·塞維利發明了蒸汽動力引擎，之后對托馬斯·基維利本人和他的發明做了簡要介紹，提到 Thomas Savery, an engineer and inventor, patented a machine that couldeffectively draw water from flooded mines using steam pressure.由此可知，托馬斯·塞維利利用蒸汽壓力發明了一個機器用來抽取礦井水，所以第一臺蒸汽動力的引擎是用來抽井水的，故選項 A 為答案。
【小題18】講座中明確提到 Manchester, for example, due to its cotton mills, became known asCottonopolis because there were so many factories producing textiles.由此可知，曼徹斯特棉花廠林立，是眾多紡織廠的所在地，故被稱為“棉都”。故選項 C 為答案。其他選項內容在講座中并未提及，均排除。
【小題19】講座中明確提到 Trade unions were also born out of the Industrial Revolution, givingworkers rights and freedoms that they had not had in the past.由此可知誕生于工業革命時期的工會能夠給予工人以往不曾有過的權利和自由，故選 C 為答案。
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