2021年6月英语六级听力真题第1套-录音3

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一、听力选项

Questions 22 to 25 are based on the recording you have just heard. 
Questions 22: 
A) Their cost to the nation’s economy is incalculable.
B)They kill more people than any infectious disease.
C) Their annual death rate is about twice that of the global average.
D)They have experienced a gradual decline since the year of 2017.
 
Question 23: 
A) They show a difference between rich and poor nations.
B) They don’t reflect the changes in individual countries.
C)They rise and fall from year to year.
D) They are not as reliable as claimed.
 
Question 24: 
A)Many of them have increasing numbers of cars on the road.
B)Many of them are following the example set by Thailand.
C) Many of them have seen a decline in road-death rates.
D) Many of them are investing heavily in infrastructure.
 
Question 25: 
A) Foster better driving behavior.
B)Provide better training for drivers.
C)Abolish all outdated traffic rules.
D) Impose heavier penalties on speeding.

二、听力原文

Recording 3

According to official statistics, (22) Thailand’s annual road death rate is almost double the global average. Thai people know that their roads are dangerous, but they don’t know this could easily be changed. Globally, road accidents kill more people every year than any infectious disease. Researchers at the institute for health metrics and evaluation in America put the death toll in 2017 at 1.24 million. According to the institute, (23) the overall number of deaths has been more or less static since the turn of the century. But that disguises a lot of changes in individual countries. In many poor countries, road accidents are killing more people than ever before. Those countries have swelling, young populations are fast-growing fleet of cars and motorbikes and a limited supply of surgeons. It is impossible to know for sure, because official statistics are so inadequate. But deaths are thought to have risen by 40% since 1990 in many low income countries. In many rich countries, by contrast, roads are becoming even safer. In Estonia and Ireland, for example, the number of deaths has fallen by about two thirds since the late 1990s. (24)But the most important and intriguing changes are taking place in middle income countries, which contain most of the world’s people. And have some of the most dangerous roads. According to researchers in China and South Africa, traffic deaths have been falling since 2000. and in India since 2012, and the Philippines reached its peak four years ago. The question is whether Thailand can soon follow suit. Rob Mckinney, head of the International Road Assessment Program, says that all countries tend to go through three phases. They begin with poor, slow roads. In the second phase, as they grow wealthier, they pave the roads, allowing traffic to move faster and pushing up the death rate. Lastly, in the third phase, countries act to make their roads safer. The trick, then, is to reach the third stage sooner by focusing earlier and more closely on fatal accidents. How to do that?(25)The solution lies not just in better infrastructure, but in better social incentives. Safe driving habits are practices which people know they should follow that often don’t. Dangerous driving is not a fixed cultural trait, as some imagine. People respond to incentives such as traffic laws that are actually enforced.

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

Questions 22: What does the speaker say about traffic accidents in Thailand?

Question 23: What do we learn from an American institutes statistics regarding road deaths?

Question 24: What is said about middle income countries?

Question 25: What else could be done to reduce fatal road accidents in addition to safer roads?

三、听力答案

22. C) Their annual death rate is abouttwice that of the global average
23. B) They don’t reflect the change inindividual countries.
24. C) Many of them have seen a decline inroad-death rates.
25. A) Foster better driving behavior.