英语六级真题的听力部分，作为衡量学生英语实际应用能力的重要标尺，涵盖了短对话、长对话及短文理解三大板块，这些题型着重考察考生捕捉关键信息并深入理解语境的能力。因此，深入掌握并熟练运用真题听力材料，对于提升六级考试成绩具有举足轻重的意义。此次，我们精心整理了2024年12月大学英语六级真题听力部分（卷二）的详细内容及答案解析，旨在为广大考生提供宝贵的备考资源与参考！

Section A

Directions: In this section, you will hear two long conversations. At the end of each conversation, you will hear four questions. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre.

Questions 1 to 4 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

1. A) Changing his major.

B) His family situation.

C) Revising his graduation thesis.

D) His passion for Art History.

2. A) He doesn't think it legitimate to depend on his father.

B) He thinks his financial situation has now changed.

C) He doesn't think it will provide him with a living.

D) He thinks it nourishes the financially secure only.

3. A) Try his best to socialize and build a network in the art industry.

B) Seek financially viable employment opportunities after graduation.

C) Investigate all possible ways to become a celebrity in the art world.

D) Strike a balance between intellectual pursuits and financial security.

4. A) Money.

B) Time.

C) Determination.

D) Optimism.

Questions 5 to 8 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

5. A) Their decision on investigating beef consumption.

B) Their original ideas about the domestic market.

C) Their different approaches to a case study.

D) Their end-of-semester business projects.

6. A) Expanding farmland out west.

B) Importing most of the beef.

C) Raising cattle domestically.

D) Continuing to boost economic growth.

7. A) Technical equipment.

B) Business consultancy.

C) Beef.

D) Carwashing.

8. A) Car owners of all walks of life.

B) High-end customers in big cities.

C) Consumers craving for professional service.

D) Well-off dealers seeking a profitable markup.

Section B

Directions: In this section, you will hear two passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear three or four questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre.

Questions 9 to 11 are based on the passage you have just heard.

9. A) Parents' talking with them during TV time raises their curiosity levels.

B) Their daily television exposure cuts parent-child conversation time.

C) The more TV they watch the poorer their progress in development.

D) Their socioeconomic levels impact their academic achievement.

10. A) Kids' enhanced learning.

B) Kids' curiosity levels.

C) Kids' reading and math.

D) Kids' behavioral development.

11. A) It can hinder kids from getting on with their peers.

B) It can cut into kids' time on exploratory activities.

C) It can arouse kids' interest in how people interact in real life.

D) It can widen the gap between kids from different economic statuses.

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

12. A) Exerting ourselves too hard in order to attain our life's goals.

B) Being possessed with a single thought of professional success.

C) Trying every means to beat others in terms of personal aspirations.

D) Being mindlessly driven to possess more and more material things.

13. A) We might isolate ourselves from our fellow beings.

B) We might acquire an incorrect sense of well-being.

C) We might end up pursuing all the wrong things.

D) We might make a mess of our personal lives.

14. A) They should be based on solid theoretical concepts.

B) They should take personal interests into account.

C) They should include goals to help other people.

D) They should increase our sense of worthiness.

15. A) Drifting through life aimlessly.

B) Giving up the chance to fulfill yourself.

C) Abandoning all that life has to offer.

D) Spoiling your character and integrity.

Section C

Directions: In this section, you will hear three recordings of lectures or talks followed by three or four questions. The recordings will be played only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre.

Questions 16 to 18 are based on the recording you have just heard.

16. A) Grade-raising ways and means.

B) Pressure-alleviating exercise.

C) Revision-conducting approaches.

D) Brain-boosting food and drink.

17. A) Buying it from coffee shops.

B) Building up a tolerance of it.

C) Drinking it after 2 pm.

D) Consuming it with sugar.

18. A) By taking varied vitamin supplements.

B) By consuming a rich variety of foods.

C) By eating both oranges and frozen berries.

D) By getting components packaged in tablets.

Questions 19 to 21 are based on the recording you have just heard.

19. A) Many people across advanced economies think the world is going from bad to worse.

B) The news focuses on reporting catastrophes that occur across the world.

C) A significant part of the world is experiencing another great recession.

D) Many people have no idea of those living under miserable conditions.

20. A) It has experienced ups and downs like any other historical trend.

B) It is hailed as a miracle by both economists and ordinary people.

C) It is the only way for all countries to share economic prosperity.

D) It has given more and more countries a rare chance to thrive.

21. A) Their fortunes may take a downturn.

B) They can be classified as middle class.

C) Their living standards have been deteriorating.

D) They are experiencing a radical transformation.

Questions 22 to 25 are based on the recording you have just heard.

22. A) Why smells can activate emotional memories.

B) How powerful the sense of smell can become.

C) How scent particles revive memories forgotten.

D) Why the scent of bread has a strong mental impact.

23. A) The brain cells' processing of memories experienced as strongly emotional.

B) The activation of the brain's emotion processing area by chemical particles.

C) The interaction between chemical particles and the brain cells responsible for smell.

D) The sensations of scents going directly to the brain's emotional and memory centers.

24. A) Imagination.

B) Association.

C) Experience.

D) Context.

25. A) Inaccuracy and alterability.

B) Susceptibility to polar interpretations.

C) Being personal and individualistic.

D) Being dependent on relevant scenarios.

Section A

Questions 1 to 4 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

W: Hi, Alan. Sorry for not calling you back sooner. You said on the phone you had something you needed to discuss with me?

M: Well, to get right down to it, (1)I'm having second thoughts about my major. With my family situation getting more complicated and the end of my university education nearing, persisting with Art History just doesn't seem the right choice.

W: Alan, in the last 3 years, I have heard nothing but how passionate you are about the Art History programme. You often told fellow classmates how fabulous the instructors were and that you finally felt accepted. What would cause you to abandon it?

M:(2) My father's current financial situation has helped me realize that a more financially viable employment opportunity is not necessarily a bad thing. Art History nourishes my soul, but does nothing to put food on my plate.

W: What about all the work opportunities I discussed with you last month? Have you gone to those places of business to investigate whether any legitimate positions might be available for someone with your background?

M: Ah, well...

W: Look, Alan,(3) if your heart is set on working in the art industry, you need to be more assertive and start talking with people. Networking is key if you want to become a celebrity in the world of museums and galleries.

M: (4) Time is a very precious commodity right now. My social life does not exist. I can barely keep up with my studies and thesis is due by the end of this year. When can I find time to research jobs when I have so much to do as it is?

W: What you do now will determine your future options. Now is the optimum time to put forth your best effort.

M: I will take what you said into consideration. The advice is much appreciated.

1. What did the man want to discuss with the woman?

2. Why does the man want to give up Art History?

3. What does the woman advise the man to do?

4. What does the man say he really lacks right now?

Questions 5 to 8 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

M: (5) Have you decided yet what your end-of-semester business project will be on?

W: Yes. How about you?

M: Yes. Go on. You go first.

W: I am going to do it about beef.

M: Beef?

W: Yeah, beef. I'm going to design a business case study for a cow farm that supplies beef for the domestic market.

M: Well, that sounds very interesting and original. Where ever did you get that idea?

W: I don't know. It just came to me, I guess. But think about it. Beef consumption has been rising strongly over the past 20 years. As the economy continues to grow, consumer demand is expected to continue to increase for the foreseeable future. (6-1) And currently, most of the beef is imported, which brings with it added fees. So why not raise cattle here?

M: Of course. (6-2) Makes perfect sense. There's plenty of land out west. So, if done right, it should be very profitable to raise our own cattle.

W: Exactly.

M: Seriously, that sounds like a great idea. You should genuinely look into it once we get our degrees.

W: Thanks. So, your turn now. What are you doing your case study on?

M: (7-1)I was thinking about a car wash, but it now seems like such a boring notion after hearing your brilliant idea.

W: That's cool. I could see that working. (7-2) After all, there's plenty of cars about and those aren't going away any time soon. While many people don't care how their car looks, many other people do. You got yourself a vast and continual market.

M: Right. So the idea is a large self-cleaning car wash, but I mean really big and well-outfitted like they have in America. (8)I was thinking of having it cater to high-end consumers in large cities. It could charge a profitable markup by offering just a bit more technical equipment and professional service than competitors.

5. What are the speakers mainly talking about in the conversation?

6. What does the man say makes perfect sense?

7. What business does the woman say has a vast and continual market?

8. Who would the man's imagined business cater to?

Section B

Questions 9 to 11 are based on the passage you have just heard.

Increased television time for young children has long been linked with poorer progress in some areas of development. One possible way to counter those negative effects is talking while watching the screen. (9) As a new study suggests, the more parents engaged in conversation with preschoolers during TV time, the more likely those children were to have higher curiosity levels when they reached kindergarten. This was particularly true for children with socioeconomic disadvantages.

"Our findings reinforce the importance of parent conversation to promote early childhood development and curiosity," said lead author Prachi Shah at University of Michigan Health C. S. Mott Children's Hospital.Researchers assessed hours of daily television exposure and frequency of parent screen-time conversation among 1,500 preschoolers, and then measured early childhood curiosity in kindergarten. (10) The study specifically focused on curiosity levels, which are associated with enhanced learning and higher academic achievement in reading and math at kindergarten, and behavioral-developmental benefits, especially for children from families with lower socioeconomic status. While many young children are now growing up with digital media exposure through mobile devices like tablets and phones, television remains a dominant screen activity, accounting for 72% of all screen time. TVs are in 98% of all homes, keeping television exposure a relevant developmental context in young children.

(11) Excessive media exposure, including television, can displace exploratory activities such as play and parent-child interactions, which are believed to be key to cultivating curiosity in kids. "Our findings suggest the importance of parents finding opportunities to foster conversational exchanges in daily routines with their young children——including while watching television," Shah said.

9. What do we learn from a new study about young children?

10. What did Prachi Shah's study specifically focus on?

11. What does the passage say about excessive media exposure?

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

Humans are aspirational goal-seeking beings. (12) Each of us, according to research, has an inborn drive to acquire. The"dark side" of this drive to acquire is being mindlessly driven to possess more and more"things"and to socially compare our"stuff" with all the stuff other people have in their lives. So the question is, how do we ensure we tap into our drive to acquire in positive ways that will benefit our well-being?

One way is to become more intentionally aspirational. To be intentionally aspirational includes consciously aspiring to be the person you need to be to succeed in your professional and personal life. It also includes consciously aspiring to acquire things in your life that will positively impact your sense of well-being. (13) If you' re not consciously, mindfully and intentionally harnessing this inborn drive to acquire, you might be mindlessly pursuing all the wrong things.

(14) While your intentional aspirational goals will include pursuit of acquiring things that will increase your sense of well-being, they ought to also include goals to help other people in your various life roles. Your intentional aspirational goals will also include striving to be your personal best——a person of"good" character,integrity, and trustworthiness.

Think about this from a practical, rather than theoretical viewpoint.(15) If you' re not pursuing intentional aspirational goals, you have nothing to strive for. If you have nothing to strive for, you' re putting yourself in the dangerous position of simply drifting through life, and you will not be able to experience, live and enjoy all that life has to offer.

12. What is the dark side of our inborn drive to acquire?

13. What might happen if we do not harness our inborn drive to acquire?

14. What does the passage say about our intentional aspirational goals?

15. What will you end up doing without pursuing intentional aspirational goals?

Section C

Questions 16 to 18 are based on the recording you have just heard.

It's revision time for exams and dissertations. The pressure is on, so you want all the help you can get to aid your memory and raise your grades. (16) As a nutrition expert, I want to say that eating well can make a real difference to your revision regime——so what brain-boosting food and drink would I recommend?

Coffee can have numerous benefits. However, while coffee may make you more alert, individuals can build up a tolerance, meaning this is short-lived. Coffee can also increase blood sugar and eventually cause lack of focus and energy. It's also worth noting that people react differently to coffee. Some people can drink it at midnight and go straight to sleep, whereas others get feelings of anxiety after a small amount. Also remember that coffee from a coffee shop may be stronger than coffee made at home.(17) So stop drinking coffee by 2 pm and have a maximum of 2 cups of coffee a day, but be aware of your own reaction to it.

Whole grain foods will ward off hunger. Examples include porridge and whole wheat bread. Combining whole grain foods with protein will help keep your blood sugar levels balanced, which is essential for mood and concentration. Berries and nuts are a convenient and nutritious snack. Blueberries, like many dark colored fruits and vegetables, can slow down brain damage and age related decline. Frozen berries are also a good choice. They are usually cheap, last longer and don't lose their nutrients when frozen. But flavored and coated nuts are less healthy as they contain added oil, salt, and sugar.

Doctors often recommend taking vitamin supplements to top up on the nutrients you need. (18) But I would say food should always come before supplements and the key to getting as many nutrients as possible is to eat a varied diet with lots of different colors such as frozen berries and dark green vegetables. It's better to get everything you need from food and drink. For example, oranges contain not only vitamin C which boosts the immune system, but also fiber and other components that you can't get packaged together in a tablet.

Don't forget to drink a proper amount of water, which can boost attention by almost 25 percent and can elevate your mood as well.

Finally, don't skip meals. Eating regularly will help keep blood sugar balanced and feed the brain with the fuel it needs.

16. What does the speaker recommend in this talk?

17. What does the speaker warn against about coffee?

18. How can we get sufficient nutrients according to the speaker?

Questions 19 to 21 are based on the recording you have just heard.

(19) The late Swedish academic Hans Rosling has identified a worrying trend: not only do many people across advanced economies have no idea that the world is becoming a much better place, but they actually even think the opposite. This is no wonder, when the news focuses on reporting catastrophes, terrorist attacks,wars, and famines.

Who wants to hear about the fact that every day some 200,000 people around the world are lifted above the$2-a-day poverty line? Or that more than 300,000 people get access to electricity and clean water for the first time every day? These stories of people in low-income countries simply don't make for exciting news coverage.But, as Rosling pointed out in his book Factfulness, it's important to put all the bad news in perspective.

While it is true that globalization has put some downward pressure on middle-class wages in advanced economies in recent decades, it has also helped lift hundreds of millions of people above the global poverty line.If we really care about global welfare, (20) globalization is the only way forward to ensure that economic prosperity is shared among all countries and not only a select few advanced economies.

While some people glorify the past, one of the big facts of economic history is that until quite recently a significant part of the world population has lived under quite miserable conditions—and this has been true throughout most of human history.

While there were many long-lasting ups and downs, like the Great Depression or the recent Great Recession, the constancy of the long-run growth rate is actually quite miraculous. Low-income countries,including China and India, have been growing at a significantly faster pace in recent decades and are quickly catching up to the West. A 10% growth rate over a prolonged period means that income levels double roughly every seven years. It is obviously good news if prosperity is more shared across the globe.

While inequality within countries has gone up as a result of globalization, global inequality has been on a steady downward trend for several decades. This is mostly a result of the improvement of hundreds of millions of people' s living standards. (21) In fact, for the first time ever since the Industrial Revolution, about half of the global population can be considered middle class.

19. What is the worrying trend the late Swedish academic has identified?

20. What does the speaker say about globalization?

21. What do we learn about half of the global population?

Questions 22 to 25 are based on the recording you have just heard.

We all know that the sense of smell is powerful. The delicious scent of bread, for example, can act like a time machine. One sniff can bring back a memory from many years ago. Indeed, scent particles, in general,can revive memories that have been long forgotten. (22) But why do smells sometimes trigger powerful memories, especially emotional ones? The short answer is that the brain regions that handle smells, memories and emotions are linked.

A scent is a chemical particle that floats in through the nose and into the region of the brain responsible for smell, where the sensation is first processed into a form that the brain can read. Brain cells then carry that information to the area of the brain where emotions are processed, and then to an adjacent area of the brain where learning and memory formation take place.

(23) Scents are the only sensations that travel such a direct path to the emotional and memory centers of the brain. That results in an intimate connection between emotions, memories and scents, which is why memories triggered by scents are experienced as more emotional than those triggered by sight or sound.

Let's take a closer look at how those memories are activated. Usually, when a person smells something that's connected to a meaningful event in their past, they' ll first have an emotional response to the sensation and then a memory might follow. But sometimes, the memory doesn't come to the surface. The person might feel the emotion of something that happened in the past but won't remember what they experienced. What causes this baffling phenomenon? The explanation is context. Imagine this scenario—a person is walking down the street smelling a scent that they first encountered decades ago, which activates an emotional response. If the person had first come across that smell in a very different context, it will be much more difficult to recover the associated memory,(24) because the brain uses the context to give meaning to the information and find that memory.

(25) The special nature of memories brought back by scents notwithstanding, they have the same drawbacks as other memories. They aren't always accurate, and they can change over time. In fact, each time we remember something, that memory can become distorted. But, because of the strong emotional associations these memories evoke, people who remember something due to a scent are often convinced that the memories are accurate, even when they aren't.

22. What question does the speaker try to answer in this talk?

23. What is said to result in an intimate connection between emotions, memories and scents?

24. What does the brain use to give meaning to information and find a memory?

25. What drawback do memories of scents share with other memories?

1.A)【精析】细节推断题。当女士问男士他想讨论什么事情时，男士在句(1)中说，关于自己的专业，他改变了主意。也就是说，他有转换专业的想法，想与女士就此进行讨论。因此答案为A)。

2.C)【精析】细节推断题。女士问男士为什么要放弃艺术史的学习，男士在句(2)中回答说他父亲目前的经济状况让他意识到，更能解决经济问题的就业机会也许不是一件坏事，并说，艺术史滋养了他的灵魂，却并不能为他提供餐盘上的食物。由此可知，男士放弃艺术史的学习是因为他觉得这个专业不能为他提供生存的保障。因此答案为C)。

3.A)【精析】细节辨认题。句(3)中，女士对男士说，如果他一心想在艺术行业工作，就需要更加坚定自信，并且要开始与人交谈。如果想成为博物馆和画廊界的名人，建立人脉非常关键。也就是说，女士建议男士尽力去社交，并建立艺术行业的人脉。因此答案为A)。

4.B)【精析】细节辨认题。句(4)中，男士说，现在时间非常宝贵，他没有社交生活，并提到他快跟不上学习进度了，而且今年年底就要交论文。男士问女士：“我有这么多事情要做，哪还能找到时间来收集工作信息呢？”由此可知，男士现阶段最缺的是时间。因此答案为B)。

5.D)【精析】细节辨认题。对话开头，男士就询问女士期末的商业项目是否已经确定了。接下来，他们分别描述了自己的期末商业项目，并对对方的项目发表了看法。因此答案为D)。

6.C)【精析】细节归纳题。根据句(6-1)可知，女士认为与其进口牛肉，还不如在国内养牛。男士在句(6-2)中回应说，这非常有道理。因此答案为C)。

7.D)【精析】细节归纳题。句(7-1)中，男士告诉女士，他考虑的期末商业项目是洗车场。句(7-2)中，女士说，周围有那么多车，而且这些车又不会很快消失。虽然有很多人不在乎他们的车看起来怎么样，但也有很多人在乎。并说，男士给自己找了一个广阔且持续的市场。因此答案为D)。

8.B)【精析】细节辨认题。句(8)中，男士明确表示想让自己的商业项目迎合大城市中的高端消费者。因此答案为B)。

9.A)【精析】细节辨认题。句(9)中提到，一项新的研究表明，在看电视时，父母与学龄前儿童对话越多，这些孩子在上幼儿园时好奇心水平就越高。也就是说，父母在儿童看电视时与他们进行对话可以增进他们的好奇心水平。因此答案为A)。

10.B)【精析】细节辨认题。根据句(10)可知，朴拉琪·沙阿的研究所关注的是儿童的好奇心水平。因此答案为B)。

11.B)【精析】细节辨认题。句(11)中明确提到，过多接触电视等媒体可能会取代游戏和亲子互动等探索性活动，而这些活动被认为是培养孩子好奇心的关键。也就是说，看电视时间过长会减少孩子们花在探索性活动中的时间。因此答案为B)。

12.D)【精析】细节辨认题。句(12)中提到，据研究，我们每个人生来就有获取的欲望。这种获取的欲望的“黑暗面”是人类被无意识地驱使着想要拥有越来越多的“东西”。因此答案为D)。

13.C)【精析】细节辨认题。根据句(13)可知，如果不去有意识地、深思熟虑地且有目的地控制这种与生俱来的获取欲望，我们可能就会在无意识状态下追求那些错误的东西。因此答案为C)。

14.C)【精析】细节辨认题。句(14)中提到，尽管在有意识的情况下所追求的目标包括获得那些能增加自己幸福感的东西，但这些目标也应该包括在自己的各种生命角色中去帮助他人。因此答案为C)。

15.A)【精析】细节辨认题。句(15)中提到，如果没有想要追求的目标，你也就没有了奋斗的目标。如果没有了奋斗的目标，你就把自己置于随波逐流的危险境地，而且无法去体验并享受生活所提供的一切。因此答案为A)。

16.D)【精析】细节辨认题。讲座开头提到，到了复习准备考试和（提交）论文的时间了。压力很大，所以你想要利用一切可以得到的辅助来帮助自己提高记忆力和成绩。接着，句(16)中提到，作为一名营养学家，讲话者想说的是，吃得好可以对你的复习计划产生真实的影响，并自然引出接下来要讲述的内容：健脑食物和饮品。因此答案为D)。

17.C)【精析】细节辨认题。句(17)中，讲话者明确指出，下午2点以后就不要再饮用咖啡了。因此答案为C)。

18.B)【精析】细节辨认题。句(18)中，讲话者说，食物应该始终排在补充剂之前，获得尽可能多的营养的关键是吃各种不同颜色的食物，如冷冻浆果和深绿色蔬菜等。最好是从食物和饮品中获得你需要的一切。由此可知，讲话者认为，我们可以通过丰富多样的饮食来获取充分营养。因此答案为B)。

19.A)【精析】细节推断题。根据句(19)可知，已故瑞典学者汉斯·罗斯林发现了一个令人担忧的趋势：发达经济体内许多人不仅不知道世界正在变得更好，他们还认为情况恰恰相反，即发达经济体内很多人都认为世界正变得越来越糟。因此答案为A)。

20.C)【精析】细节辨认题。句(20)中，讲话者说，全球化是确保所有国家共享经济繁荣的唯一出路，而不是只确保少数发达经济体的经济繁荣。因此答案为C)。

21.B)【精析】细节辨认题。句(21)中提到，事实上，全球半数人口都可以被视为中产阶级，这是自工业革命以来的第一次。因此答案为B)。

22.A)【精析】细节辨认题。讲座以面包的香味可以引发人们的久远记忆切入，引发了讲话者的问题————为什么气味有时会引发强烈的记忆，特别是情感记忆？之后，讲话者一直在试图回答这一问题。因此答案为A)。

23.D)【精析】细节辨认题。句(23)中提到，气味是唯一能直达大脑情感和记忆中心的感觉。它引发了情感、记忆和气味之间的密切联系，这就是气味引发的记忆比景象或声音引发的记忆更有感染力的原因。因此答案为D)。

24.D)【精析】细节辨认题。句(24)中提到，大脑是利用情境来赋予信息意义并找到记忆的。因此答案为D)。

25.A)【精析】细节归纳题。句(25)中提到，尽管气味带来的记忆具有特殊性，但它们与其他记忆有着相同的缺点。它们并不总是准确的，而且会随着时间的推移而变化。因此答案为A)。