2014年英语六级听力每日练习及答案

2014年英语六级听力每日练习及答案

Test 8

Receiving visitors and guests is an important part ofthe secretary's daily routine in the office. There is acertain (36)

______ for receiving visitors. Asecretary should find out whether the visitor has anappointment or not. If the visitor is an important(37)

______ , the boss or his secretary will comedown to the reception room to (38)

______ thevisitor. Sometimes the secretary or the receptionist escorts or (39) ______ the visitor to theboss's office. (40)

______ the visitor's name when he arrives is a friendly gesture and givesthe visitor a good impression of the company or organization. When the secretary and thevisitor arrive at the boss's office, the secretary (41)

______ the visitor's name, title andposition, and introduces the boss to him. When a visitor cannot be (42)

______ , the secretary should apologize and make somesuggestion for an (43) ______ meeting. If a meeting is impossible, (44)

____________________________________________________________________________________ .

A secretary should keep a record that includes dates, times, names and the organization thevisitor works for. A secretary can then turn this for help if there is a request for information.

A secretary should be polite, helpful, well-spoken, always smiling and warm. When a visitor iswaiting to see the boss, (45)

_____________________________________________________________________________ , or a brochure about the company to publicize it. (46) 答案解析：

36. procedure

解析：此处需要一个单数名词，procedure“程序，手续”，注意不要受proceed的干扰而多写一个e。

37. customer

解析：此处需要一个单数名词，注意这个单词中的元音字母很容易出错。 38. greet

解析：此处需要动词原形，不要错写成形容词great。

39. accompanies

解析：此处需要一个与escorts词形和语义一致的动词，accompanies“陪伴”，注意双写c。

40. Using

解析：Using是常见词，不难拼写。

41. announces

解析：此处需要一个第三人称单数动词作谓语，注意双写前面的n，不要漏掉o。 42. satisfied

解析：根据系动词be及前面的cannot，此处需要形容词或者过去分词。

43. alternative 解析：此处需要一个元音开头的形容词作meeting的定语。alternative原义“选择性的”，此处alternativemeeting表达“改日、时间再会面”之义。 44. 标准答案：

the secretary should express regret and explain, with care and tact, whathas happened, so that the visitor's feelings are not hurt

听音关键：express regret and explain，what has happened, visitor's feelings，not hurt 答案重构：

the secretary should express regret and explain what has happened carefully andtactfully, in order not to hurt the visitor's feelings

画龙点睛：目的状语从句可以用短语或不定式简化。with+名词作状语，往往可以用该名词的派生副词代替，当然听写时也可以不改写。 45. 标准答案：

the secretary should invite him to sit in an easy chair and give him anewspaper or magazine to help him relax

听音关键：invite，sit，newspaper or magazine，relax 答案重构：

the secretary should seat him in an easy chair and give him a newspaper or magazinefor him to relax

画龙点睛：上下文都是在讲秘书在某种情况下应该做某事，此句也不例外，注意从句是其中一种情况。seat代替invite him to sit，简化了原文 46. 标准答案：

And if there is a delay, apologize and offer a cup of coffee or tea andkeep him fully informed of the situation

听音关键：delay，apologize，offer，coffee or tea，informed 答案重构：

And if there is a delay, apologize and offer a cup of coffee or tea and fully informhim of the situation

画龙点睛：inform可以作动词，用以代替短语keep sb. informed。

Test 10

Corporations as a group offer a variety of jobs.Most large companies send people to colleges to (36) ______ graduating students with the required (37) ______ training. A large university may have morethan 500 companies a year (38)

______ on itsdoors. Big firms are the best places for a jobbecause their normal (39)

______ , employeeretirements and turnover create thousands of job (40) ______ nationwide each year. Corporations, however, (41)

______ the rule that the biggest isn't always the best. Many smallfirms with a few hundred employees have positions that may correspond with your (42)

______ goals, too. Such firms may not have the time, money or need to send people around toyour college; you will probably have to (43)

______ them yourself either directly or through anemployment agency. Don't ignore these little companies. (44)

______________________________________________________________________ . Youcould become a big fish in a small pond, reaching a high-level position more quickly than youwould if you had climbed the more competitive ladder of a corporate giant.

For example, a small company may need a bright engineering, accounting or managementgraduate who report directly to the senior vice-president of engineering, the companycontroller or the general manager. (45)

________________________________________________________________________ .So big companies might not be the best choices for job seekers. In addition, (46)

____________________________________________________________ . 答案解析：

36. interview

解析：根据空格前的to推断此处应为动词原形。

37. academic

解析：此处应填入一个形容词或名词修饰其后的training，academic指“学术的，学科的”。

38. knocking

解析：knock是个常见的词，注意此处为-ing形式。

39. growth

解析：根据空格前的形容词，推断此处应为名词作中心语，growth为grow的名词形式。 40. openings

解析：即使不明白此处的opening的具体意思，但open是个常用词，此处应该不会拼写错误。此处的openings指“（职位的）缺口”。

41. illustrate

解析：此处应填谓语动词，illustrate指“说明，表明”，注意双写l。 42. professional

解析：professional goals表示“职业目标”，是常见短语。 43. contact

解析：根据空格前的have to可推断此处可能为动词原形。 44. 标准答

案：

Their salaries are usually competitive and the chances for advancementand recognition even stronger than those of a big firm 听音关键：salaries, competitive, chances, advancement, recognition, stronger>big firm 答案重构：Their salaries are competitive and the chances for promotion and recognition arehigher

画龙点睛：advancement在此指“晋升”，可用promotion替换。 45.

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In large firms it may take years to reach that level and accumulate similarin-depth experience 听音关键：large firms, take years, reach, accumulate, reach, in-depth experience 答案重构

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In big companies, it will take a long time to reach that level and gain the sameexperience 画龙点睛：reach...level指“达到……水平”；accumulate similar in-depth experience意为“积累类似的资深经验”。 46. 标准答案：responsibilities may come faster in a small firm with less specialization andfewer lower-level employees to receive delegated authority 听音关键：responsibilities, faster, small firm, less specialization, fewer lower-level employees,delegated authority 答案重构：people takes more responsibilities in a small firm with less specialization and fewerlower-level employees to receive delegated authority 画龙点睛：此句也可以用具体的人作主语来改写。