2013年6月大学英语六级听力真题及原文与答案_大学英语听力

2013年6月大学英语六级听力真题及原文与答案

　　There is no human supervision, but anattendant will be on hand to accept cash and explainthe system to newly users.Parking rates will be attracted about $400 monthly or $25 per day,according toAri Milstein, the director of planning for Automation Parking Systems, which istheU.S. subsidiary of a German company. This company has built automatedgarages in severalcountries overseas and in the United States for residents ofa Washington, D.C. apartmentbuilding.

　　Questions 26 to 29 are based on the passageyou have just heard.

　　26. What do we learn about the robotparking in the U.S. so far?

　　27. What advantage does robotic parkinghave according to the developers?

　　28. What does the attendant do in theautomated garage?

　　29.What does the company say about the parking rate?

　　Passage 2

　　A recent study shows that meat consumptionis one of the main ways that human candamage the environment, second only tothe use of motor vehicles. So how can eating meathave a negative effect on theenvironment? For a start, all animals, such as cows, pigs andsheep, always gaslimed methane, which is the second most common green house gas aftercarbondioxide. Many environmental experts now believe that methane is moreresponsible forglobal warming than carbon dioxide. It is estimated that 25% ofall methane that released intothe atmosphere coming from farm animals. Anotherway in which meat production affects theenvironment is through the use ofwater and land. 2,500 gallons of water are needed toproduce one pound of beef.While 20 gallons of water are need to produce one pound ofwheat. One acre offarmland use to for raising cows can produce 250 pounds of beef. One acreoffarmland use to for crop production can produce 1,500 pounds of tomatoes. Manypeoplenow say the benefits of switching to vegetarian diet which excludes meatand fish. Not just forhealth reasons, but also because it plays a vital rolein protecting the environment. However,some nutritionists advise againstswitching to a totally strict vegetarian diet. They believe such adiet whichincludes no products from animal sources can be deficient in many of thenecessaryvitamins and minerals our bodies need. Today many people have come torealize that help theenvironment and for the human race to survive, more of uswill need to become vegetarian.