2020年12月英语六级听力难度分析
解析:本次大学六级听力试题难度大，对话部分第一篇关于用户投诉;第二篇讨论人工智能(AI);短文第一篇讲述如何存钱。第二篇短文讲述职场着装重要性;第一篇讲座讨论关于人们的幸福感问题;第二篇讲座讨论人有时候撒谎的原因。第三篇讲座讨论不同年龄段对于音乐的喜欢程度。本卷难度大，有大量的同义替换，且需要考试理解之后作答的题目偏多，可见该考试对于考生的听力能力要求愈趋严格。
1. C)Her claim has been completely disregarded. 【视听一致】
Q1: What is the woman complaining about?
原文: I' m getting a little fed up with my calls about my claim being completely disregarded.
2. A) The ground floor of their cottage was flooded. 【视听一致】
Q2 What is the problem the woman s family encountered?
原文：And the details are that our village was extensively flooded 2 months ago. The entire ground floor of our cottage was submerged in water and five of us have been living in a caravan ever since.
3. D)The woman's failure to pay her house Insurance in time【视听一致】
Q3: What has caused the so-called bizarre technical detail " according to the man?
原文：Miss Wilson, according to the notes on your account, the bizarre technical detail that you mentioned refers to the fact that you hadn’t paid house insurance the month before the incident..
4. A)File a lawsuit against the insurance company. 【视听一致】
Q4: What did the woman say she would do at the end of the conversation?
原文：I' ve already spoken to him and you can tell him I' m furious now and that your company has a lawsuit on its hands. You will be hearing from my lawyer.
5. B)They disagree about the future of Al technology. 【难度大，根据上下文推断出意见不合，有争议】
Q5: What do we learn about the speakers from the conversation?
原文：I think artificial intelligence will actually help create new kinds of jobs which would require less of our time and allow us to be centered on creative tasks. M: I doubt that very much.
6. C)Less time-consuming and focusing on creation 【视听一致】
Q6: What will new kinds of jobs be like according to the woman?
原文：I think artificial intelligence will actually elp create new kinds of iobs which would require less of our time and allow us to be centered on creative tasks
7. B) Digital life could be replace human civilization. 【视听一致】
Q7: What is the risk the man anticipates?
原文：There’s a risk that human civilization could be replaced by a superior type of digital life
8. D) It will be smarter than human beings 【此题难度大，需要通过上下文推断出答案】
Q8: What is the man’s concern about Al technology?
原文：M: Once it' s fully developed, Al will become tired of trying to communicate with humans. As we would be much slower thinkers in comparison.
9. B)Save one fifth of their net monthly Income 【同义替换 20%=one fifth】
Q9: What are people under 30 advised to do to achieve financial security?
原文：To achieve financial security, how much you save is always more important than the amount you earn or how shrewdly you invest. If you are under 30 years old. your goal should be to save 20% of your monthly income after tax deductions.
10. A)Start by doing something small. 【同义替换tiny=small】
Q10 What should people do if they find difficult to follow this speakers advice on their financial plan?
原文：If you find it hard to save any money at all, start up by cutting all unnecessary spending, allocate at a tiny amount of l or 2 percent for savings, and gradually increase that amount.
11. C)A proper mindset. 【视听一致，注意关键词“mindset”】
Ql1 What does the speaker think is important for achieving financial security?
原文：But if you adopt the right mindset, you should be able to make it work for you。
12. B)She found her outfit inappropriate. 【难。同义替换inappropriate=mess;注意竖耳词“however”】
Q12: What do we learn about the speaker when she first started her job?
原文：However, when I first started my job, occasionally. I’d catch a glimpse of myself in the lifts, and find myself thinking that looked a total mess.
13. A)To save the trouble of choosing a unique outfit every day. 【难。根据上下文去推断，注意竖耳词“but”】
Q13: Why were uniforms are invented according to the speaker?
原文：But no one can be unique with their outfit every day. I mean that s why uniforms were invented. So, here’s what I did. I created my own uniform. To do this, I chose an appropriate outfit. Then I bought multiple items of the same style in different shades..
14. C)It matters a lot in jobs involving interaction with others. 【视听一致，注意竖耳词“but”】
Q14: What does the speaker say about looking smarter?
原文：But if your job involves interacting with other people, the answer to this is often yes, So rather than finding a system, Ithink we should just do whatever help us to achieve our goals that work.
15. D) Do whatever is possible to look smart. 【顺序原则有诈，利用关键词“smarter”;竖耳词 “overall”】
Q15: What does the speaker advise people do in an image obsessed world?
原文：Overall, when it comes to work, you have to ask yourself: will looking. smarter enhance my ability to do my job.
16. A) Their obsession with consumption. 【视听一致】
O 16: What has prevented Americans happiness levels from increasing?
原文：This phenomenon has resulted in significant credit card debt, enormous environmental footprints, and perhaps not coincidentally, our happiness levels have failed to increase over the same half century.
17. A)Things that we cherish most. 【难。根据上下文推断，注意竖耳词“Firstly”】
Q 17: What things should we possess according to the speaker?
原文：How can we live more basically? Firstly, we must ruthlessly cut the unnecessary objects out of our lives. To extend consumption, we should think before we buy, and ask yourselves, "will it truly make me happier? Obviously, we should possess some great stuff, but we want belongings that were going to love for years.
18. A) They serve multiple purposes. 【难，根据上下文推断】
Q 18: What do we learn about the items in the speaker’s home?
原文：A Finally, we need multifunctional spaces and housewares. Combined a movable wall with transforming furniture to get more out of my limited space.
19. C) Over 10% of the respondents lied about the distance they drove 【同义替换12%=over 10%】
Q19: What did the team of scientist find in their study?
原文：they found that 12% of respondents reported the distance they drove as less than the actual figure, giving an average answer of 384 miles.
20. C) They wanted to protect their reputation【顺序原则有诈，注意关键词和竖耳词“now”】
Q20: Why would people fabricate numbers to their own detriment according to the researchers?
原文：Now, believe it or not. People sometimes lie in order to maintain a good honest
reputation.
21.B) They seem intuitive. 【难，同义替换intuitive = be locked into place】
21.Q21: What does the speaker think of the researchers' findings
原文：By the time we’re in our early 20s, these tastes get locked into place pretty firmly.
22. D) Older people's aversion to new music. 【难，根据上下文新的音乐对于老年人来说，好像都是大同小异推断】
22. What does the speaker mainly discuss in this talk? c
原文：So to older people, newer, less familiar songs might all sound the same》
23.A) They no longer listen to new music. 【难。根据上下文工作忙，没时间听音乐推断出答案】
23. What have studies found about most people by the time they turned 33
原文： For many people over 30, job and family obligations increase, so there’s less time to send discovering new music. Instead, many will simply listen to old, familiar favorites from that period of their lives when they had more free time.
24. D) The more you experience something, the better you'll appreciate it. 【此题难度大，根据上下文推断得出】
24. What do we learn from one of the most researched laws of social psychology?
原文Both of these might explain why. the songs we listen to during this period become so memorable and beloved.
25 D) Teenagers are much more sentimental. 【此题难度大，根据上下文推断得出】
25. What might explain the fact that songs people listen to in their teen years are memorable and beloved?
原文：Psychology research has shown that the emotions that we experience as teens seem more intense than those that come later, and we also know that intense emotions are associated with stronger memories and. preferences. Both of these might explain why. the songs we listen to during this period become so memorable and beloved.
