2014年12月大学英语六级听力真题第1套(MP3+试题+答案+原文+解析)_大学英语听力

2014年12月大学英语六级听力真题第1套(MP3+试题+答案+原文+解析)

　　Such opposing philosophies grow out of different traditions and power structures. In Europeand Japan, universities are answerable only to a ministry of education, which sets academicstandards and distributes money.

　　While centralization ensures that all students are equipped with roughly the same resourcesand perform at roughly the same level, it also discourages experimentation. When theymake mistakes, they make big ones, says Robert Rosenzweig, president of the Association ofAmerican Universities. They set a system in wrong directions, and its like steering asupertanker.

　　16. What does the speaker say characterizes American campuses?

　　17. What does Brown University president Vartan Gregorian say about students daily life?

　　18. In what way is the United States unrivaled according to the speaker?

　　19. What does the speaker say about universities in Europe and Japan?

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　　Hello, ladies and gentlemen, welcome aboard your Sea-link ferry from Folkestone to Boulogneand wish you a pleasant trip with us. We are due to leave Folkestone in about five minutes anda journey to Boulogne will take approximately two hours. We are getting good reports of theweather in the Channel and in France, so we should have a calm crossing. Sun andtemperatures of 30 degrees celsius are reported on the French coast. For your convenienceon the journey, wed like to point out that there ar e a number of facilities available on board.Theres a snack bar serving sandwiches and hot and cold refreshments situated in the front ofA deck. There is also a restaurant serving hot meals situated on B deck. If you need to changemoney or cash travelers checks, we have a bank on board. You can find a bank on C deck.Between the ships office and the duty free shop, toilets are situated on B deck at the rear ofthe ship and on A deck next to the snack bar. For the children, theres a games room on C decknext to the duty free shop. Here children can find a variety of electronic games. Passengers arereminded that the lounge on B deck is for the sole use of passengers traveling with cars andthat there is another lounge on C deck at the front of the ship for passengers traveling withoutcars. Finally, ladies and gentlemen, wed like to wish you a pleasant journey and hope that youlltravel with us again in the near future.