2016年6月大学英语六级听力题目答案及原文第1套

Part II Listening Comprehension (30 minutes)

In this section, you will hear two long conversations. At the end of each conversation, you will hear four questions. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the center. Questions 1 to 4 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

1. A) Project organizer. B) Public relations officer.

C) Marketing manager. D) Market research consultant.

2. A) Quantitative advertising research. B) Questionnaire design.

C) Research methodology. D) Interviewer training.

3. A) They are intensive studies of people’s spending habits.

B) They examine relations between producers and customers.

C) They look for new and effective ways to promote products.

D) They study trends or customer satisfaction over a long period.

4. A) The lack of promotion opportunity. B) Checking charts and tables.

C) Designing questionnaires. D) The persistent intensity.

Questions 5 to 8 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

5. A) His view on Canadian universities.

B) His understanding of higher education.

C) His suggestions for improvements in higher education.

D) His complaint about bureaucracy in American universities.

6. A) It is well designed. B) It is rather inflexible.

C) It varies among universities. D) It has undergone great changes.

7. A) The United States and Canada can learn from each other.

B) Public universities are often superior to private universities.

C) Everyone should be given equal access to higher education.

D) Private schools work more efficiently than public institutions.

8. A) University systems vary from country to country.

B) Efficiency is essential to university management.

C) It is hard to say which is better, a public university or a private one.

D) Many private universities in the US are actually large bureaucracies.

Section B

Directions: In this section, you will hear two passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear three or four questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the center.

注意：此部分试题请在答题卡 1 上作答。

Questions 9 to 11 are based on the passage you have just heard.

9. A) Government’s role in resolving an economic crisis.

B) The worsening real wage situation around the world.

C) Indications of economic recovery in the United States.

D) The impact of the current economic c risis on people’s life.

10. A) They will feel less pressure to raise employees’ wages.

B) They will feel free to choose the most suitable employees.

C) They will feel inclined to expand their business operations.

D) They will feel more confident in competing with their rivals.

11. A) Employees and companies cooperate to pull through the economic crisis.

B) Government and companies join hands to create jobs for the unemployed.

C) Employees work shorter hours to avoid layoffs.

D) Team work will be encouraged in companies.

Questions 12 to 15 are based on the passage you have just heard.

12. A) Whether memory supplements work. B) Whether herbal medicine works wonders.

C) Whether exercise enhances one’s memory. D) Whether a magic memory promises success.

13. A) They help the elderly more than the young. B) They are beneficial in one way or another.

C) They generally do not have side effects. D) They are not based on real science.

14. A) They are available at most country fairs. B) They are taken in relatively high dosage.

C) They are collected or grown by farmers. D) They are prescribed by trained practitioners.

15. A) They have often proved to be as helpful as doing mental exercise.

B) Taking them with other medications might entail unnecessary risks.

C) Their effect lasts only a short time.

D) Many have benefited from them.

Section C

Directions:In this section, you will hear three recordings of lectures or talks followed by three or four questions.The recordings will be played only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.

注意：此部分试题请在答题卡 1 上作答。

Questions 16 to 18 are based on the recording you have just heard.

16. A) How catastrophic natural disasters turn out to be to developing nations.

B) How the World Meteorological Organization studies natural disasters.

C) How powerless humans appear to be in face of natural disasters.

D) How the negative impacts of natural disasters can be reduced.

17. A) By training rescue teams for emergencies. B) By taking steps to prepare people for them.

C) By changing people’s views of nature. D) By relocating people to safer places.

18. A) How preventive action can reduce the loss of life.

B) How courageous Cubans are in face of disasters.

C) How Cubans suffer from tropical storms.

D) How destructive tropical storms can be.

Questions 19 to 22 are based on the recording you have just heard.

19. A) Pay back their loans to the American government.

B) Provide loans to those in severe financial difficulty.

C) Contribute more to the goal of a wider recovery.

D) Speed up their recovery from the housing bubble.

20. A) Some banks may have to merge with others.

B) Many smaller regional banks are going to fail.

C) It will be hard for banks to provide more loans.

D) Many banks will have to lay off some employees.

21. A) It will work closely with the government.

B) It will endeavor to write off bad loans.

C) It will try to lower the interest rate.

D) It will try to provide more loans.

22. A) It won’t help the American economy to turn around.

B) It won’t do any good to the major commercial banks.

C) It will win the approval of the Obama administration.

D) It will be necessary if the economy starts to shrink again.

Questions 23 to 25 are based on the recording you have just heard.

23. A) Being unable to learn new things. B) Being rather slow to make changes.

C) Losing temper more and more often. D) Losing the ability to get on with others.

24. A) Cognitive stimulation. B) Community activity.

C) Balanced diet . D) Fresh air.

25. A) Ignoring the signs and symptoms of aging.

B) Adopting an optimistic attitude towards life.

C) Endeavoring to give up unhealthy lifestyles.

D) Seeking advice from doctors from time to time.

Part II Listening Comprehension

Section A

Conversation One

【话题预测】根据选项中的market research consultant，design，promote products 等词可预测本篇对话与

工作有关。

【正确答案】1—4 D A D B

听力原文

M: So how long have you been a market research consultant?

W: Well, I started straight after finishing university.

M: Did you study market research?

W: Yeah, and it really helped me to get into the industry, but I have to say that it’s more important to get experience in different types of market research to find out exactly what you’re interested in.

M: So what are you interested in?

W: Well, at the moment, I specialize in quantitative advertising research, which means that I do two types of projects. Trackers, which are ongoing projects that look at trends or customer satisfaction over a long period of time. The only problem with trackers is that it takes up a lot of your time. But you do build up a good relationship with the client. I also do a couple of ad-hoc jobs which are much shorter projects.

M: What exactly do you mean by ad-hoc jobs?

W: It’s basically when companies need quick answers to their questions about their consumers’ habits. They just ask for one questionnaire to be sent out for example, so the time you spend on an ad-hoc project tends to be fairly short.

M: Which do you prefer, trackers or ad-hoc?

W: I like doing both and in fact I need to do both at the same time to keep me from going crazy. I need the variety.

M: Can you just explain what process you go through with a new client?

W: Well, together we decide on the methodology and the objectives of the research. I then design a questionnaire.

Once the interviewers have been briefed, I send the client a schedule and then they get back to me with deadlines. Once the final charts and tables are ready, I have to check them and organize a presentation.

M: Hmm, one last question, what do you like and dislike about your job?

W: As I said, variety is important a nd as for what I don’t like, it has to be the checking of charts and tables.

Questions 1 to 4 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

1. What position does the woman hold in the company?

2. What does the woman specialize in at the moment?

3. What does the woman say about trackers?

4. What does the woman dislike about her job?

试题解析

【话题分类】工作与职场

【对话大意】?本对话是有关市场研究顾问的对话，对话中女士对tracker 和ad-hoc 两项

工作任务进行描述。

1. 【考核技能】语义理解

D) 【答案解析】根据对话中男士的问题So how long have you been a market research consultant（你在市场调查顾问一职做了多久），以及女士的回答I started straight after finishing university（一毕业就开始从事这一工作），可知女士的工作是市场调查顾问。D 项是原文的重述，故选D。

2. 【考核技能】语义理解

A) 【答案解析】原文提到I specialize in quantitative advertising research（我专门从事量化广告调研），A 项与原文所述相符。

3. 【考核技能】得出结论

D) 【答案解析】原文提到Trackers, which are ongoing projects that look at trends or customer satisfaction over a long period of time（追踪表单是不间断的项目，用以长期观察趋势或顾客满意度）。D 项是原文的同

义转述。

4. 【考核技能】得出结论

B) 【答案解析】对话最后提到as for what I don’t like, it has to be the checking of charts and tables（至于我不喜欢的，则是我必须要检查图表）。B 项与原文相同，故选B。Conversation Two

【话题预测】根据选项中的universities，education 可预测本篇对话与教育有关。

【正确答案】5—8 A B C C

听力原文

W: Hello, I’m here with Frederick. Now Fred, you went to university in Canada?

M: Yeah, that’s right.

W: OK, and you have very strong views about universities in Canada. Could you please explain? M: Well, we don’t have private universities in Canada. They’re all public. All the universities are owned by the government, so there is the Ministry of Education in charge of creating the curriculum for the universities and so there is not much room for flexibility. Since it’s a government operated institution, things don’t move very fast. If you want something to be done, then their staff do not have so much incentive to help you because he’s a work er for the government. So I don’t think it’s very efficient. However, there are certain advantages of public universities, such as the fees being free. You don’t have to pay for your education. But the system isn’t efficient, and it does not work that well.

W: Yeah, I can see your point, but in the United States we have many private universities, and I think they are large bureaucracies also. Maybe people don’t act that much differently, because it’s the same thing working for a private university. They get paid for their job. I don’t know if they’re that much more motivated to help people. Also, we have a problem in the United States that usually only wealthy kids go to the best schools and it’s kind of a problem actually.

M: I agree with you. I think it’s a problem because you’re not giving equal access to education to everybody. It’s not easy, but having only public universities also might not be the best solution. Perhaps we can learn from Japan where they have a system of private and public universities. Now, in Japan, public universities are considered to be the best.

W: Right. It’s the exact opposite in the United States.

M: So, as you see, it’s very hard to say which one is better.

W: Right, a good point.

Questions 5 to 8 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

5. What does the woman want Frederick to talk about?

6. What does the man say about the curriculum in Canadian universities?

7. On what point do the speakers agree?

8. What point does the man make at the end of the conversation?

试题解析

【话题分类】教育

【对话大意】本对话与教育有关，男士讲述了自己对加拿大教育的一些看法。女士也提出一些自己对教育的看法和意见。

5. 【考核技能】语义理解

A) 【答案解析】从对话中的and you have very strong views about universities in Canada. Could you please explain可知，女士认为男士对加拿大的大学有明确的看法，并让其解释。由此可知她让Frederick 讲述对大学的看法。A 项是原文的同义转述。

6. 【考核技能】语义理解

B) 【答案解析】男士提到All the universities are owned by the government, so there is the Ministry of Education in charge of creating the curriculum for the universities and so there is not much room for flexibility（所有的大学受政府的管理，因此，教育部负责设置学校的课程，所以灵活性很小）。由此可知B 项是原文的同义转述。

7. 【考核技能】观点支持

C) 【答案解析】男士提到I agree with you. I think it’s a problem because you’re not giving equal access to education to everybody（我认为这是个问题，因为每个人受教育的机会并非平等）。由此可知，两个说话人就“每个人应得到平等的高等教育机会”一问题达成共识。

C 项是原文的同义转述。

8. 【考核技能】得出结论

C) 【答案解析】在对话最后，男士提到i t’s very hard to say which one is better（很难说哪个更好）。这是?他概括得出的结论，C 项是原文的同义转述。由此可知C 正确。

Section B

Passage One

?【话题预测】从选项中的wages，economic recovery，raise，unemployed 可推测出本篇文章与劳工和工资有关。

?【正确答案】9—11 B A C

听力原文

A recent International Labor Organization report says the deterioration of real wages around the world calls into question the true extent of an economic recovery, especially if government rescue packages are phased out too early. The report warns the picture on wages is likely to get worse this year, despite indications of an economic rebound.

Patrick Belser, an International Labor Organization specialist, says declining wage rates are linked to the levels of unemployment. “The quite dramatic unemployment figures, which we now see in some of the countries, strongly suggest that there will be greater pressure on wages in the future as more people will be unemployed, more people will be looking for jobs and the pressure on employers to raise wages to attract workers will decline. So, we expect that the second part of the year will not be very good in terms of wage growth.”

The report finds more than a quarter of the countries experienced flat or falling monthly wages in real terms. They include the United States, Austria, Costa Rica, South Africa and Germany.

International Labor Organization economists say some nations have come up with policies to lessen the impact of lower wages during the economic crisis. An example of these is work sharing with government subsidies. Under this scheme, the number of individual working hours is reduced in an effort to avoid layoffs.

For this scheme to work, the government must provide wage subsidies to compensate for lost pay due to the shorter hours. Questions 9 to 11 are based on the passage you have just heard.

9. What is the International Labor Organization’s report mainly about?

10. According to an International Labor Organization specialist, how will employers feel if there are more people looking for jobs?

11. What does the speaker mean by the work sharing scheme?

试题解析

【话题分类】工作与职场

【文章大意】根据国际劳工组织的报告显示，世界各国的实际工资在下降，这会导致失业。

9. 【考核技能】主旨大意

B) 【答案解析】原文提到A recent International Labor Organization report says the deterioration of real wages around the world calls into question the true extent of an economic recovery （国际劳工组织最近的一份报告显示，全球各地的实际工资状况都在恶化，这让人们对经济复苏的真正程度提出了质疑）。B 项是原文中deterioration of real wage 的同义转述。

10. 【考核技能】观点意见

A) 【答案解析】原文提到there will be greater pressure on wages in the future as more people will be unemployed,more people will be looking for jobs and the pressure on employers to raise wages to attract workers will decline （今后，随着更多的人失业，找工作的人也会增多，工资的压力将会变大，雇主通过涨工资吸引工人的压力也会变小）。由此可知 A 是原文的同义转述。

11.【考核技能】观点意见

C) 【答案解析】原文提到Under this scheme, the number of individual working hours is reduced in an effort to avoid layoffs（这一方案减少了个人工作时间，从而避免裁员）。C 项符合原文所述。

Passage Two

【话题预测】从选项中的memory，medicine 可推测本篇文章与记忆或医疗有关。

【正确答案】12—15 A D D B

听力原文

Is there really a magic memory pill or a herbal recall remedy? I have been frequently asked if these memory supplements work. You know, one of the first things I like to tell people when they ask me about these supplements is that a lot of them are promoted as a cure for your memory. But your memory doesn’t need a cure.

What your memory needs is a good work-out. So really those supplements aren’t going to give you that perfect memory in the way that they promise. The other thing is that a lot of these supplements aren’t necessarily what they claim to be, and you really have to be wary when you take any of them. The science isn’t there behind most of them. They’re not really well-regulated unless they adhere to some industry standard.

You don’t really know that what they say is in there is in there. What you must understand is that those supplements, especially in some Eastern cultures, are part of a medical practice tradition. People don’t just go in a local grocery store and buy these supplements.

In fact, they are prescribed and they’re given at a certain level, a dosage that is understood by a practitioner who’s been trained. And that’s not really the way they’re used in this country. The other thing people do forget is that these are medicines, so they do have an impact. A lot of times people are not really aware of the impact they have, or the fact that taking them in combination with ot her medications might put you at increased risk for something that you wouldn’t otherwise be encountering or be at risk for.

Questions 12 to 15 are based on the passage you have just heard.

12. What question is frequently put to the speaker?

13. What does the speaker say about most memory supplements?

14. What do we learn about memory supplements in Eastern cultures?

15. What does the speaker say about memory supplements at the end?

试题解析

【话题分类】健康

【文章大意】提高记忆力的保健品真的有效吗？有些保健品的疗效不像它们所宣称的那样，也没有科学依据。服用这些保健品还有风险。

12. 【考核技能】

A) 【答案解析】原文提到I have been frequently asked if these memory supplements work（经常有人问我：这些记忆保健品是否有效）。A 项与原文是同义替换，故选A。

13. 【考核技能】观点意见

D) 【答案解析】原文提到a lot of these supplements aren’t necessarily what they claim to be, and you really have to be wary when you take any of them. The science isn’t there behind most of them（很多保健品并不会像他们承诺的那样有效，你吃这些保健品时也一定要小心。它们大多数都没有科学依据）。由此可知D 是原文的同义转述。

14. 【考核技能】语义理解

D) 【答案解析】原文提到尤其在东方文化中，保健品是医疗实践传统的一部分，后面又提到In fact, they are prescribed and they’re given at a certain level, a dosage that is understood by a practitioner who’s been trained （按一定的标准给人们开药，受过训练的从业人员清楚剂量的使用）。D 项是原文的同义转述。

15. 【考核技能】概括总结

B) 【答案解析】原文提到that taking them in combination with other medications might put you at increased risk for something that you wouldn’t otherwise be encountering or be at risk for（将保健品与其他药物同时服用，你会遇到其他风险）。由此可知B 项是原文的同义转述。Section C

Recording One

【话题预测】?由选项的natural disasters，tropical storm 可预测出本篇讲座与自然灾害有关。【正确答案】16—18 D B A

听力原文

The negative impacts of natural disasters can be seen everywhere. In just the past few weeks, the world has witnessed the destructive power of earthquakes in Indonesia, typhoons in the Philippines, and the destructive sea waves that struck Samoa and neighboring islands. A study by the Center for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters finds that, between 1980 and 2007, nearly 8,400 natural disasters killed more than 2 million people. These catastrophic events caused more than $1.5 trillion in economic losses. The UN weather expert Geoffrey Love says that is the bad news.

“Over the last 50 years, economic losses have increased by a factor of 50. That sounds pretty terrible, but the loss of life has decreased by a factor of 10 simply because we are getting better at warning people. We are making a difference. Extreme events, however, will continue to occur. But, the message is that they may not be disasters.” Love, who is director of Weather and Disaster Risk Reduction at the World Meteorological Organization, says most of the deaths and economic losses were caused by weather, climate, or water-related extremes.

These include droughts, floods, windstorms, strong tropical winds and wildfires. He says extreme events will continue. But, he says extreme events become disasters only when people fail to prepare for them. “Many of the remedies are well-known. From a planning perspective, it’s pretty simple. Build better buildings. Don’t build where the hazards will destroy them.

From an early-warning perspective, make sure the warnings go right down to the community level. Build community action plans. ” The World Meteorological Organization points to Cuba and Bangladesh as examples of countries that have successfully reduced the loss of life caused by natural disasters by taking preventive action. It says tropical storms formerly claimed dozens, if not hundreds of lives, each year, in Cuba. But, the development of an early-warning system has reversed that trend.

In 2008, Cuba was hit by five successive hurricanes, but only 7 people were killed. Bangladesh also has achieved substantial results. Major storm surges in 1970 and 1991 caused the deaths of about 440,000 people. Through careful preparation, the death toll from a super tropical storm in November 2007 was less than 3,500.

Questions 16 to 18 are based on the recording you have just heard.

16. What is the talk mainly about?

17. How can we stop extreme events from turning into disasters?

18. What does the example of Cuba serve to show?

试题解析

【话题分类】环境与发展

【文章大意】自然灾害的消极影响随处可见，如果能采取适当的预防措施，就可避免一些不必要的损失。

16.【考核技能】文章大意

D) 【答案解析】通过第17、18 题的选项可推测出本篇听力与自然灾害有关，并且引用不同国家的例子来说明采取预防措施的必要性。由此可判断D 是全文的概括，故选D。

17.【考核技能】方式方法

B) 【答案解析】?原文提到：he says extreme events become disasters only when people fail to prepare for them （只有人们没有做好准备时，这些极端事件才会成为灾难）。此句暗示：如果有准备，就可避免遭遇自然灾

害。由此可知B 正确。

18.【考核技能】语义理解

A) 【答案解析】原文引用了古巴的例子，提到：The World Meteorological Organization points to Cuba and Bangladesh as examples of countries that have successfully reduced the loss of life caused by natural disasters by taking preventive action（世界气象组织引用古巴和孟加拉国的例子，指出这两个国家通过采取预防措施，成功地降低了由自然灾害引发的人员伤亡）。由此可知A 项是原文的同义转述。

Recording Two

【话题预测】根据选项中的Obama，economy 可预测本篇文章与美国的经济有关。

【正确答案】19—22 C B D D

听力原文

As US banks recovered with the help of the American government and the American taxpayers, President Obama h eld meetings with top bank executives, telling them it’s time to return the favor. “The way I see it are banks now having greater obligation to the goal of a wide recovery,” he said. But the president may be giving the financial sector too much credit. “It was in a free fall, and it was a very scary period.” Economist Martin Neil Baily said.

After the failure of Lehman Brothers, many of the world’s largest banks feared the worst as the collapse of the housing bubble exposed in investments in risky loans. Although he says the worst is over, Bailey says the banking crisis is not. More than 130 US banks failed in 2009. He predicts high failure rates for smaller, regional banks in 2010 as commercial real estate loans come due. “So there may actually be a worsening of credit availability to small and medium sized businesses in the next year or so.” Analysts say the biggest problem is high unemployment, which weakens demand and makes banks reluctant to lend.

But US Bancorp chief Richard Davis sees the situation differently. “We’re probably more optimistic than the experts might be. With that in mind, we’re putting in everything we can, lending is the core to our engine, so we want to make more loans. We have to find a way to qualify more people and not put oursel ves at risks.”

While some economists predict continued recovery in the future, Baily says the only certainty is that banks are unlikely to make the same mistakes—twice. “You know, forecasting’s become a very hazardous business so I don’t want to commit myself too much. I don’t think we know exactly what’s going to happen but it’s certainly possible that we could get very slow growth over the next year or two.” If the economy starts to shrink again, Baily says it would make a strong case for a second stimulus—something the Obama administration hopes will not be necessary. Questions 19 to 22 are based on the recording you have just heard.

19. What does President Obama hope the banks will do?

20. What is Martin Neil Baily’s prediction about the financial situa tion in the future?

21. What does US Bancorp chief Richard Davis say about its future operation?

22. What does Martin Neil Baily think of a second stimulus to the economy?

试题解析

【话题分类】经济

【文章大意】美国总统奥巴马认为银行有义务来帮助实现更大范围上的经济复苏，地区性银行的破产率并未降低。如果再次出现经济萎缩，就需要经济刺激。

19. 【考核技能】语义理解

C) 【答案解析】原文提到The way I see it are banks now having a greater obligation to the goal of a wide recovery（我认为，银行现在有更大的义务，须帮助实现经济的大面积复苏）。C 项contribute to 是have an obligation to 的同义转述。

20.【考核技能】语义理解

B) 【答案解析】原文提到He predicts high failure rates for smaller, regional banks in 2010 as commercial real estate loans come due（他预测，由于商业不动产贷款到期，小型地区性银行在2010 年的破产概率会比较高）。由此可知B 项是原文的复述。

21.【考核技能】观点意见

D) 【答案解析】原文提到lending is the core to our engine, so we want to make more loans（借

款是我们引擎的核心，所以我们想要发放更多的贷款）。由此可知D 是原文的同义转述。

22.【考核技能】观点意见

D) 【答案解析】原文提到If the economy starts to shrink again, Baily says it would make a strong case for a second stimulus（如果经济开始再次萎缩，贝利说这将亟需第二次经济刺激）。D 是原文的同义转述。

Recording Three

【话题预测】从选项中的lifestyle，cognitive 可推测本篇文章与认知能力相关。

【正确答案】23—25 A A C

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A new study has failed to find any conclusive evidence that lifestyle changes can prevent cognitive decline in older adults. Still there are good reasons to make positive changes in how we live and what we eat as we age. Cognitive decline is the loss of ability to learn new skills, or recall words, names, and faces that is most common as we age. To reduce or avoid it, researchers have examined the effect of smoking, diet, brain-challenging games, exercise and other strategies. Researchers at Duke University scrutinized more than 160 published studies and found an absence of strong evidence that any of these approaches can make a big difference.

Co-author James Burke helped design the study. “In the observational studies we found that some of the B vitamins were beneficial. Exercise, diet, cognitive stimulation showed some positive effects, although the evidence was not so strong that we could actually consider these firmly established.” Some previous studies have suggested that challenging your brain with mentally stimulating activities might help. And Burke says that actually does seem to help, based on randomized studies—the researcher’s gold standard. “Cognitive stimulation is one of the areas where we did find some benefit. The exact type of stimulation that an individual uses is not as important as being intellectually engaged.” The expert review also found insufficient evidence to recommend any drugs or dietary supplements that could prevent or slow cognitive decline. However, given that there is at least some evidence for positive effects from some of these lifestyle changes, plus other benefits apparently unrelated to cognitive decline, Burke was willing to offer some recommendations.

“I think that by having people adopt a healthy lifestyle, both from a medical standpoint as well as nutritional and cognitive stimulation standpoint, we can reduce the incidence of cognitive decline, which will be proof that these factors are, in fact, important.” James Burke of Duke University is one of the authors of a study reviewing previous research on cognitive decline. The paper is published online by the Annals of Internal Medicine.

Questions 23 to 25 are based on the recording you have just heard.

23. According to the speaker, what might be a symptom of cognitive decline in older adults?

24. According to James Burke, what does seem to help reduce cognitive decline?

25. What did James Burke recommend to reduce the incidence of cognitive decline?

试题解析

【话题分类】健康

【文章大意】本文主要讲述老年人认知能力的下降，以及应对下降的方法，如锻炼、认知刺激、改变不良的生活习惯。

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A) 【答案解析】原文提到Cognitive decline is the loss of ability to learn new skills, or recall words, names, and faces that is most common as we age（随着我们年龄的增长，最常见的认知

能力衰退是学习新技能，或者回忆文字、名字和面孔的能力丧失）。由此可知 A 与原文所述相符。

24. 【考核技能】方式方法

A) 【答案解析】原文提到Exercise, diet, cognitive stimulation showed some positive effects（锻炼、规定饮食、认知刺激显示出一些积极的效果）。由此可知A 是原文的重述。

25. 【考核技能】方式方法

C) 【答案解析】原文提到I think that by having people adopt a healthy lifestyle, both from a medical standpoint as well as nutritional and cognitive stimulation standpoint, we can reduce the incidence of cognitive decline （我认为，

从医学角度以及营养和认知刺激角度来看，人们选择健康的生活方式，就能降低认知能力衰退出现的概率）。由此可知 C 项“努力改掉不健康的生活方式”符合题意。

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