2023年6月英语六级考试听力真题

202３年６月英语六级考试听力真题(第2套)SectionA

11.W:Iwassｈockｅdtoheａrｏｆyourｗiｆe’ｓｉlｌnｅss．Issｈegoinｇｔobｅalｌrｉght?

M：Atfirst,thedocｔorswｅrｅn’ｔsuｒｅ，ｂuｔｓhe’sｒeallｙｉｍｐrｏｖeｄ．Sｈe’lｌｂehomｅnｅxtｗeｅk.

Q:Wｈaｔdowelｅarnａbｏｕttheman’swifefrｏmtｈｅconversaｔioｎ?

Ａ)Shehascoｍplｅtelｙreｃｏvｅred.ﻫB）Shewｅntｉntoshｏckａｆteraｎopeｒatｉon．

C)Ｓheissｔillｉｎacrｉｔｉcａlcondｉtion.ﻫD)Sｈeｉｓgettinｇｍuｃhbetter.

12.M:Excｕseme,caｎIgetatｉcketforａsｌeepｉngcｏmｐartmｅntonｔhistrain?

W:Yes,ｔhereａrｅfourleft.Tｈepｒiｃeis￡60perpersoｎincｌudiｎgａｃｏntｉｎentalbreaｋfast．Q：Whatｉstheｍaｎdoing？ﻫＡ)Orｄeringaｂrｅakfaｓt．

Ｂ)Ｂookingaｈotｅｌroom．ﻫC)Buyiｎgａtrａｉntiｃkｅt.

D）Fixingacompartmeｎｔ.ﻫ

１3.M:Jａｎet,herｅ’sthebookＩborroｗｅdfromyｏu，butＩ’msosoｒryｔhatIcan’tfinｄitsjａcｋet．ﻫW：Iｔdoeｓｎ’ｔmatｔｅr．Anywａy，yｏuareonｅofthefewpeｏplewhoactuａlｌyretｕｒnbooｋstｏｍe.ﻫQ：Wｈatdoesｔhewｏｍanimply?

Ａ）Mosｔboｒrowｅrsneｖｅｒｒeturnedtheboｏksｔoher．ﻫB)Themanistheonｌｙonｅｗｈobｒｏughｔｈｅrｂoｏkback.

C)Shｅnｅｖｅrexpecteｄａnｙonetoretｕrntｈebookｓｔoｈer.ﻫＤ)Mostofthebooｋｓshelｅntoｕｔcamebacｋwiｔｈｏutｊaｃｋetｓ.

ﻫ14.M：Lisａ,hａveｙouｂeeｎtothenｅwｓupermａrketyet?ﻫW:Yes,andno．ＩｗentｔherelastSaｔurｄａyfortheirgraｎdopenｉｎgsａｌe,butIｄｒｏvearoｕndｔheparkinglotｆｏrnｅａｒlyａnhour,lookingforasｐaｃebeｆｏrｅＩfinallｙｇaveupandcamehome.ﻫＱ：Wｈaｔdｏesthewｏmaｎmean?ﻫA)SheleftｈerwｏrkearlyｔogeｔｓomebargaiｎslastSａｔｕrdaｙ.ﻫＢ）Sheattendeｄthesｕpermarket’ｓgrandopeningｃｅreｍoｎｙ.

C)Shｅdroveafullhoｕrｂefｏreｆｉndｉngaｐａｒkingｓｐａce．ﻫD)ShefailedtogetintoｔｈeｓupermarketlastＳaturdａy.

15.W:You’vｅｂｅｅｎsiｔｔiｎgatthecｏmputerforhours.Let’ｓtakeacofｆｅebreaｋ,ｓhallwe？

M:IwishＩcould.Yoｕknow，I’muｐｔoｍynｅckiｎｗｏrk.I’veｇottofinｉｓhthisrｅｐort.Iｄon’ｔwanttomissthedeａdline.

Ｑ:Whａｔdoeｓthemａnmｅａn?

A)Ｈeisbothｅreｄbythepainiｎhisneck.

B)Hｅｃａnnotdohisrｅpｏrtｗithoutacomｐuｔer．

C）Ｈecａnnoｔaffordｔｏhaveacofｆeｅｂrｅak.

D)Hｅfeelｓsoｒrytohavemissｅｄｔheｒeport．ﻫ

１6.M:Ｗhaｔdｏｙouthiｎｋoftｈｉsgalｌeryｓpaｃe?Ｔｈeyoffertolｅtmｅｅｘhibｉtsｏｍeofｍypａinｔｉngshｅre.

Ｗ:Aｒeｙｏuｋiｄｄinｇ?AｎyａrtstudentIknowwｏulddiｅtohaveaneｘhibitionhere.

Q:Ｗhatcaｎwｅiｎｆerfromｔｈeconversａtｉｏn?ﻫA)Oｎlytopartstudeｎtscansｈoｗtheirworｋsinthｅｇalleｒy.ﻫB)Thegaｌleｒｙsｐａceisbｉgｅnoughfｏｒtｈｅｍan’ｓpaｉntinｇs.

C)Ｔhewｏmanｗouldｌikｅtoheｌpwiｔｈtheｅxｉbitionlayout.ﻫD)Thｅmanisuncertainｈｏｗｈisarｔworｋswillｂereceived.

ﻫ１７.W:Gary，myasｓisｔantiｓｉnhospitalnow.Isthereaｎyonｅinyourｄｅｐarｔmentｗhocoulｄgiveａhandfｏraｆewdays?

M:Iｔhinkso.I’ｌlaskarounｄandgeｔbaｃktoｙou.

Ｑ:Whatdowelearnｆromtheconｖeｒsation？

A)Tｈewｏmanｎeｅｄｓａtempｏrａrｙｒｅplaｃementfｏrheｒasｓiｓtａnt.ﻫB)Themａnｗorksinthｅｓaｍedepartmｅntasthewoｍandoes．ﻫC)Ｔhewoｍanwｉlｌhavetostaｙinhosｐｉtａｌfoｒａfewｄaｙs.

Ｄ)Ｔhｅmaｎｉscapaｂlｅoｆdealiｎgwiｔｈdifficultpeoｐlｅ.

ﻫ18．W:Dｉdyouｒeadtｈｅａｒtｉcleinｔheｐapeｒabouttｈeｍayor’sspeechatthｅｅconomicforum?

M:SureIdid,butＩthinkｔｈeyｔwiｓｔeｄthemeanｉngoｆｗhａtｈesaid.It’snｏｔtｈefirsｔtimｅforthemｔodoso.ﻫQ:Wｈaｔｄoｅsthｅmansayａbouttｈｅｐapeｒ’saｒtｉclｅ?

A)Iｔwasbetterthａnthepreｖiousoｎe.ﻫB）Iｔｄistｏrtedtｈemａyor’sspｅech.ﻫC)Ｉtexaｇgerａtｅｄtｈecｉty’seconomｙprobｌems.

D)Iｔｒｅｆlecｔeｄｔｈeｏｐｉnionsｏfmｏsteｃｏｎomｉsts.ﻫ

CｏnvｅrsationOne

Ｗ:Oh,ｈello,Jｏｈn.Areyouuｓｉngyouｒdicｔａtingmachinethismornｉｎｇ？I’vegotaloｎgｒeporｔImuｓtdictatｅ.CaｎIｂｏrｒowｙourmａｃhｉne?ﻫM:Ofcourse.Butｃanｙoｕspａremｅａseｃond?It’sｔheｍessageｙousentmeaboutthedｅlｉverｙdelayｏfthecontroｌdesｋs.What’sｇonewronｇ?ﻫW:Evｅrytｈｉｎｇ,Ｊohn．Wehavetｏgetthesteｅlsheetswｅｎeeｄfｏｒtｈeｓedｅｓkｓfｒomnewsｕｐｐliers.Welｌ,theｓuppliershavegotsometroubleorｏthｅr.Ｔheｙsaytｈeywiｌlbeabiｔｌａｔeｗithtｈedｅliｖery.

M:Buｔｔｈeｙcaｎ’ｔbe．Tｈosecｏntroｌdｅｓksaｒeａspecialorder.Theyａrewａntedfｏrｏneofｔheｂigcompｕtercoｍｐanies.It’sａverｙｉｍｐｏrtanｔconｔrａｃｔ．ﻫW:Ｗhendiｄｗepromiｓｅｔhedeliｖery?ﻫM:OnＴｈursdaｙnexｔweek.Andthｅrｅ’sapenalｔyclause．Ｗesｔａndtolosｅ10pｅrcentｏfouｒpｒiｃeforｅachｗeekofoｖeｒduedeｌivｅry.ﻫW：Ｏh,theｓｅpenaltyclauses!Whｙdiｄｙｏusalespeopｌeacｃepｔthem?

M:Wehavetoａccｅptthｅｍ;otherｗise,wedｏｎ’tgetｔheｃontｒactｓ．

W:Well，let’sｇetｏntotheBuyiｎgＤepartment.Ｉoｎlyheardaboutｔhedｅｌayyesterdaybecauｓｅwekｅptｔheｐrodｕｃtｉonlinecｌeartｏhandｌeｔhesｅsｐecｉａlｓheeｔｓ．It’sadrｅadfulｎuisanｃe.

M:Iｔwiｌlbeｍorｅthａnanuiｓanｃｅｉfwｅdoｎ’ｔmeetoｎdelivｅrｙdaｔｅ.Itwillcoｓtusalotｏｆmoney.ﻫW:Ｋeｅpcalm，John.Wecanperhａpscｌaｉmcompensationfroｍtｈesteelｓupｐlieｒｓｆｏrfailuretodｅlivｅrｏｎｔｉme.Tｈenwewilloffｓettｈeｐenａlｔycｌauｓe.

M:Weｌl,ifｙoｕｃan．

Queｓtions19to22areｂasｅdonthｅcoｎversatiｏnyｏuhavｅjuｓｔhｅaｒd．ﻫ1９.Ｗｈyｄidthewomansendthｅmessageｔｏtｈeman?

A)Toiｎｆoｒｍｈiｍofaprｏbleｍtheyfaｃe．ﻫＢ）Tｏreｑｕesthｉmtopurｃhaseｃonｔroldesks.

C)Todiｓcuｓｓｔhecoｎteｎtｏfaｐrojectreporｔ.ﻫD)Toａｓkhｉｍtofixtｈｅdiｃtatｉngmachｉne.

ﻫ20.Whａtdoｅstｈewomaｎsayaｂｏuｔthenewsuｐpｌiers?ﻫＡ)Tｈeyquotetｈeｂeｓtpｒｉcｅｉnthｅmarket.ﻫB)Theｙmanuｆａctｕreandseｌloffｉcｅｆurniｔure.ﻫC）Tｈeycａｎnoｔdelivｅrｔhestｅelｓheetsｏntimｅ.ﻫD）Ｔｈeycａnnoｔproducethesteelｓｈeetsnｅｅded

21.Ｈｏwｄｉｄthemａｎgｅtthｅcontractｓ?ﻫＡ)Ｂymarkiｎgdowntｈeunitprｉcｅ.

B)Byaccｅptinｇthｅpenaltyｃｌauｓes.ﻫC)Byalｌowｉｎgmoｒeｔiｍefｏrdeliｖerｙ．

D）Bypromiｓinｇbetterafter－salｅsseｒvice．

２２.Ｗhaｔｄｏeｓtｈewomansuggｅstｔｈeｙｄo?ﻫA)Gｉｖethecuｓｔｏmeratｅnpercenｔｄiｓｃｏｕｎt.ﻫB)Cｌaimｃｏmpｅnsａtｉonfromthestoolｓｕppliｅrs．ﻫC)AsｋtheBuｙingDｅｐartmｅnｔｔochangeｓｕpｐlieｒs.ﻫD)Caｎcelthｅcontｒaｃｔwiththecustomer.

CｏnversａtioｎTwoM:Kaｔhy，chａosｔheｏrｙsｅemｓtobeabranchofphysｉcsormａthemaｔics．Youareａnｅcｏnｏmiｓｔ,sohowdoeｓitinｆｌuencｅyouｒwｏｒk?W:Wｅｌl,inseｖｅrａｌwaｙs.Ｉａmｒｅsponsiblefｏrfiｎaｎciａldeveｌopｍentｐｒogramsinｍanypａrtsofthｅｗorｌｄ,soforｅcastｉnｇloｎgｒａngetrendsａndmakiｎgpreｄicｔｉonsｏｎthｅｂasiｓｏfｐｒｅsenｔｅｖidenｃｅｉswhatIdo.Chaｏstheｏｒywａsdｅveｌoｐｅdbｙsｃｉentisｔs，tryingtｏexpｌａintｈemoveｍｅntofｔheplaｎetｓanｄtheｃhaｎgesｉnenvironmenｔａｌｃondｉtions.Ｂotｈoｆtｈｅsethｉngｓarｅalsoaboutmakｉｎglong-ｔeｒmｐreｄictionｓｏnｔhebaｓisofprｅｓentevｉｄenｃe．M:Aremanyeconomistsinvolveｄinthiｓfielｄ?ﻫW：Anｉncreａｓingｎuｍber．Inthe1９9０s,maｎyeｃonoｍistsbegantoｌoｏkatｃhaoｓtｈeorｙａsaｗayoｆpｒovｉｄingmｏdelｓforforｅcaｓｔing．

Ｍ:Whａtkinｄｏｆ”moｄｅls”areweｔalkｉngabouthｅre？

Ｗ:Well,that’sagoｏdｑuesｔioｎ,bｅｃauｓethｅbａsiciｄeaoｆｃｈａｏstheｏryｉsthａｔthｅreaｒen’tany”models”asｓuch—thｅreareｎ’tgｕaranteｅdｆorms，buｔratherｐaｔｔernsｏfｃｈａngeindeveｌoｐment.M：Ｄoｅsn’tthaｔmeantｈaｔforeｃasｔingisimｐosｓiｂlｅ?Ｗ:No,bｕtiｔcｅrtainｌymａkesｉtmoｒｅofacｈalｌeｎge.]Mandeｌbｒot,ｗｈｏdidthｅexperiｍentｗｉthstockｅxchaｎｇespｒiｃeｓ,forexａmple,noｔedtｈatalthｏughtheoutcomeswerevarｉable，tｈｅｒｅwｅrｅinfactｃeｒtａiｎcｏnstａncy.Ｗhaｔwｅｈaｖetodｏisｍａｋesuｒeweknｏwwhaｔｔｈｅseareanｄｔakeinｔoaccounｔａlｌtｈepｏssｉblevariablｅs.M:Butdoｅｃoｎomicsａndfinaｎｃewｏｒkiｎthesａmewａyaswｅatheｒcondｉｔiｏｎsortheｍovemｅntofpｌａｎets?Ｗ:Ｗｅll，no，ofcｏｕrsenot.Theｒeareceｒtainuｎderｌyingｓimilaｒitｉｅs.Ｂｕｔｗｅｈavetolｅavetheｍfｏrtｈeｏtherｔiｍe.ﻫQuｅｓtiｏns２3to25aｒebasｅdontheｃｏnveｒsaｔionyoｕhaｖejustheard．

2３.Whatiｓthｅwomａn’spｒｏｆessｉon？ﻫＡ)Ｓｔockｂrokeｒ.

B)Physicｉst.ﻫC)Mathematiｃian.

D)Ecｏｎoｍiｓt.ﻫ

24.Whatwａｓｃhaoｓthｅoｒysｕpｐoseｄｔodowhｅniｔｗasfiｒstformuｌａted?

A)Imｐｒovecoｍputerproｇrammｉｎg.

B）Ｐreｄiｃｔgｌobalｐｏpuｌaｔiｏｎgrowth.

C)Ｅxplaｉncertaｉnnaｔurａlpｈeｎｏmena.ﻫD)Promotｅnaｔiｏnalfｉnanｃiａlheａltｈ.

25.Whataretｈespｅａkersｍaｉnlytalｋingaｂout？

Ａ)Theirｄｉffeｒｅｎteｄucatiｏｎalbａcｋｇｒouｎds.

B）Chａnｇingattiｔudestowardnature．ﻫＣ)Ｃhａｏｓtｈｅoryａｎditsapplｉcａtｉons.ﻫD)Ｔhecurrentgｌobaｌeconomiccrisis.ﻫ

ﻫＳectioｎB

Ｄｉrｅctｉｏns:Iｎthisseｃtｉon,youwｉlｌhｅar3ｓhoｒtpassageｓ.Atｔheｅndｏfeachpassａge,yｏｕwillｈｅａrsomｅqｕestｉｏnｓ．Bｏtｈthepassaｇeaｎｄthequestionsｗillｂｅｓｐokeｎｏｎlyoｎcｅ．Afterｙｏuhearaquesｔion,youmuｓｔcｈooseｔｈeｂesｔaｎsｗerfroｍｔｈｅfourｃｈoiceｓmａrkedＡ),B），C)andD).ThenmarkｔhｅcorrespoｎdingleｔteronAnｓwerSheet1wiｔｈaｓiｎｇleｌineｔhroｕgｈthecentre.

注意：此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。ﻫPaｓｓagｅOnｅPｅoplewｒitｅtoaskmeiftｈere’scorrelaｔiｏｎｂetｗeeｎaｃaｄemicinｔelligeｎceａndeｍotｉonalintelliｇencｅ．Mｙanｓwerisnｏ.YoｕｃanhaveahｉghIQandahｉghEQ,ｗｈich，ofcourse,isａｗinｎinｇcｏmbiｎation，ｏrbehiｇhinonｅａnｄloｗiｎthｅotheｒ．TheｂｅstｓtudywasｄonｅatBelｌLabｓinNｅwＪerｓｅｙ,averyhｉgｈＩQｐlacｅ.Tｈｅydoresｅarchintodｅｖelopｍentforｔhecoｍmｕnｉcatｉonsindｕｓtry.Ｉnadivisioｎｏfelectｒｏｎｉｃeｎgｉnｅｅrｓ,whowｅredｅｓignｉｎgeqｕipmeｎｔsoａdｖaｎcｅdthａttheyｗｏrkiｎteａmsｏfupto150,co-worｋersanｄｍanａｇersweｒeasｋedtonｏminaｔｅtheｓtandｏutsthｅｓｔaｒsinpｒodｕctiviｔｙａndｅfｆecｔｉveness．Thｅycameuｐｗith１0ｏr15ｎames，andthａtgrｏupofｓtarｓwasｃoｍpaｒedwithevｅrｙｏｎｅｅlse．ItturｎeｄoｕttｈｅｒewasnodｉｆｆerenceinIQ,nｏdiｆfｅｒｅnceiｎacａdemicquａlifｉcatiｏns，nodiｆfereｎｃeiｎyeaｒｓｏnthejoｂ.Thｅonlyｄiffｅｒeｎｃeｗasｅmotioｎalintｅlliｇencｅ.Theｓtarswereｐeoplewhｏkneｗhoｗｔoｇetalonｇ,whｏｋnewhowtomoｔivateｔheｍｓelves,ｕsuａｌlythekinｄofpeopleyｏｕliｋｅtoｈangoutwith.Wheｎthｅsepeｏpleｒanｕpagaｉｎstateｃhnicalｐrobｌｅm，towhichtheｙ’dｈａvetｏｔｕｒntoｓomeonｅelｓeｆorananswer,thｅy’dｅ－ｍailaｎdgetａｎａnｓwｅrriｇｈtaway，bｅcauｓeｔheｙbuiltupａnetwoｒｋofpｅoplebeforeｔhｅynｅededｔhｅm.Ｔheotheｒpｅopleｗoulde－ｍaiｌaｎdwａiｔｕｐtｏtwoweeksforaｎanswｅｒ.Soyoucanseeｈowｂｅiｎggｏｏdintheｉnteｒｐeｒsoｎａｌreaｌmactｕallywasａdｉreｃtｂeｎefit，eｖｅnfｏreｆfectiｖelyｐursｕingａtechnicalｔasｋ.ﻫ

Quｅstiｏns2６to28arebaseｄoｎｔhｅpassageyouhaveｊustheａｒｄ.

ﻫ2６.WhａｔdｏeｓthesｐeａkｅrsaｙabｏutBelｌLabs？

A）Theylａygｒeateｍphaｓisonhardwork.

B)Thｅyname150sｔaｒeｎｇinｅｅｒseａchyｅar.

Ｃ)Theyｒｅｑｕｉrehighaｃademicdｅgｒeｅｓ．ﻫD)TheyｈavepeoｐlewｉthaveryhighＩＱ.

ﻫ2７．WhatｃharactｅｒｉzeｓtｈestarsｎomｉnaｔedaｔBellLabs？

A）ｌｏngyearsofｊobtraininｇ.ﻫB)Hｉｇｈemoｔionalinｔｅｌｌigence.

C）Diｓtiｎctiｖeａcａdemicquａlifｉｃａtions.

D)Devoｔionｔｏtheａdｖaｎceofｓcience.ﻫ

28．Ｗhatdoesｔhespeakersaycｏntrｉｂuｔesｔoeffectｉvelypｕrsuingatechnｉｃaltａｓk?

Ａ)Goodiｎterｐersｏnalrelatｉoｎships．

B)Ｒicｈｗorkinｇexpeｒｉencｅ．

C)Ｓｏｐhistiｃａtedequiｐｍent．

Ｄ)Hiｇhmotivatｉon.

ＰassageTwoJ’s（ＢｉogｒaｐhyofJohnMｕir)—JohnMuiｒ’sowｎｗritingｓｔobrinｇreadｅrsａlifｅｓtｏrｙofthisｒemarkaｂlemanwhodidsomuchtｏraisｅＡmeriｃaｎ’ｓａwarenｅｓsofenｖｉrｏnmentaｌissｕes.AsAmerica’ｓｆｉrstenvirｏｎｍｅnｔaｌist,JoｈnMuｉrlivedｈｉｓlｉｆeforｅverｄaringｔoｕnｄerｔakeneｗａdｖenturｅs.Heｓpentｍｏsｔofｈｉsdaysoutdooｒｓandhａddeeplｏｖeｆorthｅwiｌdlanｄs．Inｔheｂｏok,wｅｍeetJｏhnＭuiｒasayouthｆeａrlｅsslyclimbiｎｇtherｏofofhisｈouse．Hecaptuｒesbirｄsoｎlytolｅttｈｅmｇowｈenheｒｅaliｚesｔhecrueltyinvolved.Hebeｃomｅsaｎｉnventorandsellshｉsinｖentiｏｎsiｎordｅrｔｏａttendｔｈeuｎiｖersity.Asａｙoungmａｎ,hｅbeganwａlｋiｎgoveｒtensofｔｈｏusａnｄsoｆmｉlｅｓdurinｇhiｓlifetｉｍe，ｔｈrｏｕghｔｈeｓouｔhｔｏFｌoｒｉdａ，thｅwｅstｔｏＣalifｏｒｎiａanｄｎorthｔoAｌaｓka,whererｅａdersarｅtakenalongandpaｒticularｌyhａiｒ-raiｓiｎgａｄｖenturｅonａｌargemassoffｌoaｔiｎｇｉｃe.Ｍuir’ｓｌｅarninginoｂserｖaｔionthrougｈoutｈiｓlｉfｅleｄhimｔodeｖotehislastyeaｒｓtopｒeｓervingthenaｔuraｌenviｒonment．Hiswritinganｄspeａkiｎｇraisedtｈeawareｎｅｓsｏftheｉｍpｏrtanｃｅofcoｎｓervａtiｏｎaｎdheｌpedbringaboutｏurnａtiｏnalparksyｓｔｅｍ.ＲeaｄerｓwｉllｆeelｔｈeykｎoｗJoｈnMuirafterreaｄingｈisstoｒyanｄmayｃatchhispａsｓionｆｏrpｒeｓeｒviｎgthericheｓofourland.Theotｈｅr’ｓpｏrtrａyalofＭuiｒ’ｓlifeｉｓatｅstｉmｏnytoｗｈatitmｅａｎstobelｉfelonglearnｅｒsａndｔousethatlearｎｉngtｏiｎformａnｄbｒｉngaboutchanｇe.

ﻫQuestions29to31arｅbaseｄonｔｈeｐａssａgeyoｕhａveｊustｈeard.

２9.Whaｔkindofｂookisｔｈespｅａkerintroduｃing？

A)Adiary.ﻫＢ)Aｆａirytａlｅ.ﻫＣ)Ahistoryｔextbｏok.ﻫＤ）Abioｇraphy.ﻫ

30.WhatdoweｌeａrnaboutJoｈnMｕirwｈenhewaｓｙoung?ﻫA)Hｅwasasporｔｓfan.ﻫＢ)Hｅlｏｖedarchｉtectｕｒｅ．ﻫＣ)Hｅdiｓlikedschoｏl.ﻫD)Heｌikedhａiｒ-raisｉngstｏrieｓ.ﻫ

31.WｈａtdiｄJｏhnMｕirinｔenｄtodothroughwriｔingaｎdspeaking?

Ａ)Eｎcoｕragｅpeopｌetoｕndertaｋｅaｄventures.ﻫＢ)Pubｌiｃizehiscolorｆulanduniquelifestoｒieｓ.ﻫC)Ｒaiｓepｅople’sｅnｖｉrｏnmentalawaｒeness.ﻫD）AtｔracｔｐｅopleｔoＡmerica’sｎａtionalparks.

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ﻫ3２.WhatiｓEｂｏｌａvｉｒusnamedaｆｔｅｒ？

Ａ)Thｅfirstinｆectedvictim.ﻫB)AcoａｓtalｖilｌａgｅinAｆrica.ﻫC)Thedoctorwhｏfirsｔideｎtiｆiedit．

D)ArivｅrｒunningｔｈｒoｕghtheＣonｇo.

３３.WhａtdoweｌｅarnaboutEｂｏｌａ-ZaｉreanｄＥbｏla－Sｕdan?

A）Theyｅxｈｉbiｔsｉｍilarｓymptoｍs．

Ｂ)Thｅｙcａｎbetreaｔedwiththesａmeｄｒｕg.

C)Theyｈavealmoｓtthｅsameｍoｒtalityrate．ﻫＤ)Theyhaveｂｏthdisappeａredfｏｒgooｄ.ﻫ

3４．Hｏwｄopeopleｇｅｔiｎfecｔeｄｗithtｈｅdiseａｓeａccordiｎgtothespｅａｋeｒ？

Ａ）Ｂyiｎhaｌｉngairpｏｌluteｄwithtｈevirus．

B）Bycoｎtaｃtｉnｇcｏｎtaminatedｂｏｄｙfluidｓ.ﻫC)BydrinkinｇwaｔerｆrｏmｔheCｏｎgoRiver．ﻫD）ByeaｔiｎｇｆｏｏdgrownｉｎＳｅdａnaｎdZａire.ﻫ

35．Wｈaｔｄoesｔheｓpeａkerbelieve?ﻫA)MoｒestraｉｎswｉllｅvｏlvefroｍtｈeEｂolaviruｓ.ﻫB)ＳcieｎｔｉstｓｗillevｅntｕallyfｉndcuｒesforEｂｏｌａ.

C)ＡnotｈeｒEｂolaｅpideｍicmayerｕptsooneroｒlaｔeｒ．ﻫＤ)Dｏsｅinｆectｅｄ,onewｉllbecｏｍeｉmｍunetｏEbola.

ＳｅctioｎC

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