当提及六级听力时，尤其是英语六级真题听力，我们不禁会想起那些考验英语学习者听力理解能力的挑战。作为英语六级考试的重要组成部分，六级听力部分不仅要求考生能够捕捉和识别出基本的语言信息，更需要他们在有限的时间内对复杂的语境进行准确理解，并快速作出反应。小编为大家整理了2024年6月英语六级真题听力第一套Passage 2的内容，希望能对您有所帮助！

英文原文

Passage 2

短文2

I don't want to boast or anything, but I have always considered myself something of an elite sleeper. Given the opportunity, I will sleep from Marathon stretches and can doze through the most extreme situations. On one very rough ferry crossing, on the route to the Isles of Silly, for example, my travelling companion spent the entire three-hour ride throwing up in the bathroom, while I dozed happily on a plastic chair. Unfortunately, it has come to my attention that I am not an elite sleeper after all. It seems I am just lazy. Because elite sleepers are defined as the approximately 3% of the population who are biologically programmed to need less sleep than the rest of us. 

我不想自夸或怎样，但我一直认为自己是某种“精英睡眠者”。只要有机会，我就会睡得很长，甚至能在最极端的情况下打盹。例如，在前往Silly群岛的一次非常颠簸的轮渡旅行中，我的旅行伙伴在整个三小时的航行中都在洗手间呕吐，而我则快乐地在塑料椅子上打盹。不幸的是，我注意到自己终究不是一个“精英睡眠者”。看来我只是懒惰。因为“精英睡眠者”被定义为约占人口3%的人，他们被生物性地设定需要比其他人更少的睡眠。

According to a study that came out in March, elite sleepers have rare genetic changes, which means they can sleep fewer hours than mere mortals without any risk of cognitive decline. It may not be possible to change your own genes, but can you train yourself to need less sleep? Is there a non-biological way to reach elite sleeper status? I have spent the past year trying to answer that question, not for fun, I should add, but because having a baby has severely disrupted my sleep, for which I still have a great passion. For a while, I assumed I'd be forced to become one of those people who jump out of bed at the crack of dawn. After a year of tough scientific study, however, I have discovered being forced to get up early in the morning is very different from being an early bird.

根据3月份发表的一项研究，“精英睡眠者”拥有罕见的基因突变，这意味着他们可以在不降低认知能力的情况下比普通人睡得少。或许我们无法改变自己的基因，但你能训练自己需要更少的睡眠吗？有没有非生物性的方法来达到“精英睡眠者”的状态？我过去一年一直在努力回答这个问题，我要补充说，这不是为了好玩，而是因为生了孩子后，我的睡眠受到了严重影响，而我仍然对睡眠充满热情。有一段时间，我以为自己会被迫成为那种在天刚亮时就跳下床的人。然而，经过一年的艰苦科学研究，我发现被迫在早上早起与成为早起的人是非常不同的。

Questions 12 to 15 are based on the passage you have just heard.

问题12至15基于您刚刚听到的内容。

Question 12: What does a speaker say she did on her ride to the Isles of Silly?

问题12：说话者说她在前往“Silly岛”的旅途中做了什么？

Question 13: What do we learn from the passage about elite sleepers?

问题13：我们从这篇文章中学到了关于精英睡眠者的什么？

Question 14: What has the speaker been trying to find out over the past year?

问题14：说话者在过去一年里一直在试图找出什么？

Question 15: What has the speaker discovered after a year of tough scientific study?

问题15：说话者在经过一年的艰苦科学研究后发现了什么？

2024年6月英语六级真题听力第一套Passage 2的发布，为考生提供了宝贵的备考资料，助力他们提升听力成绩，顺利通过考试。