Questions 7 to 9 are based on the passage you have just heard.
【真题来源:2013年12月大学英语六级真题(第三套)Part Ⅱ,Section B,第20-22题】
听力原文:
Passage Two
More than fifty years ago, the United Nations declared that literacy is a basic human right. It's very important for improving the lives of individuals. However, it is estimated that 880 million adults around the world are illiterate, that is, they are unable to read or write. A majority of them are women. More than 110 million school age children in the world do not attend school. Many others complete school all failed to finish their studies without learning to read or write. Many countries depend on the efforts of people who offer their time to help illiterate individuals. For example, John Mogger became concerned about the problem of illiteracy three years ago, so he started teaching five prisoners in Brazil. In his teaching, he developed a system with this group of prisoners. He says his way of teaching can help anyone learn how to read and write with about thirty hours of study. To learn his system, people must first know how to write letters of the alphabet and learn which sounds they represent. The system divides letters into three groups. The first group of letters can be written between two lines. The second can be written between two lines but part of the letters is above the top line. The third group has letters that are partly written below the lower line. John Mogger taught his students to write simple words from the letters, in this way, his students learned more than 700 words. Many of them can now write to family members. They also can read newspapers and magazines.
Q20:According to the speaker,which group of people makes up of the majority of the illiterate population?
题干中的关键信息提示词是majority和illiterate。文中明确指出全世界有8.8亿的成年人是文盲,其中大多数人是妇女,故A正确。
听力原文:
Passage Two
More than fifty years ago, the United Nations declared that literacy is a basic human right. It's very important for improving the lives of individuals. However, it is estimated that 880 million adults around the world are illiterate, that is, they are unable to read or write. A majority of them are women. More than 110 million school age children in the world do not attend school. Many others complete school all failed to finish their studies without learning to read or write. Many countries depend on the efforts of people who offer their time to help illiterate individuals. For example, John Mogger became concerned about the problem of illiteracy three years ago, so he started teaching five prisoners in Brazil. In his teaching, he developed a system with this group of prisoners. He says his way of teaching can help anyone learn how to read and write with about thirty hours of study. To learn his system, people must first know how to write letters of the alphabet and learn which sounds they represent. The system divides letters into three groups. The first group of letters can be written between two lines. The second can be written between two lines but part of the letters is above the top line. The third group has letters that are partly written below the lower line. John Mogger taught his students to write simple words from the letters, in this way, his students learned more than 700 words. Many of them can now write to family members. They also can read newspapers and magazines.
Q21:What is the most important feature of John Mogger's method of teaching the alphabet?
文中介绍了John Mogger的教学体系:The system divides letters into three groups。之后介绍了三组字母之间的不同,第一组字母写在两条线之间;第二组字母写在两条线之间,但是字母的一部分高出上边那行;第三组字母的一部分低于下边那条线。由此可以判断,John Mogger是按照字母的不同写法来分类的,故D为答案。
听力原文:
Passage Two
More than fifty years ago, the United Nations declared that literacy is a basic human right. It's very important for improving the lives of individuals. However, it is estimated that 880 million adults around the world are illiterate, that is, they are unable to read or write. A majority of them are women. More than 110 million school age children in the world do not attend school. Many others complete school all failed to finish their studies without learning to read or write. Many countries depend on the efforts of people who offer their time to help illiterate individuals. For example, John Mogger became concerned about the problem of illiteracy three years ago, so he started teaching five prisoners in Brazil. In his teaching, he developed a system with this group of prisoners. He says his way of teaching can help anyone learn how to read and write with about thirty hours of study. To learn his system, people must first know how to write letters of the alphabet and learn which sounds they represent. The system divides letters into three groups. The first group of letters can be written between two lines. The second can be written between two lines but part of the letters is above the top line. The third group has letters that are partly written below the lower line. John Mogger taught his students to write simple words from the letters, in this way, his students learned more than 700 words. Many of them can now write to family members. They also can read newspapers and magazines.
Q22:What does John Mogger say about his teaching method?
文中提到John Mogger对自己发明的识字系统的看法:他的教学方法能帮助任何人用30小时就学会读和写。选项A中的within a short time是文中的with about thirty hours of study的同义替换。故A为答案。