2009年12月英語六級聽力成功指南(第十期)

　　Questions 8 to 11 are based on the talk

　　given by the dean of the School of Education.

　　8. What is the purpose of the talk?

　　9. What is the purpose of the program the dean describes?

　　10. What does Professor Dodge do?

　　11. What should students interested in the tutorials do?

　　Passage 4

　　The first postal service in North America began in New England in the 17th century. All mail arriving in Massachusetts colony was sent to the home of the appointed official in Boston. In turn, he would deliver the mail from Boston on horseback to its destination, receiving one penny for each good article of mail. Later in the century postal services were established between Philadelphia and Delaware. In 1691, the British crown appointed the first postmaster general to have charge of the mail for all the colonies in North America. For some time, Benjamin Franklin served as the postmaster by the newly formed United States government. Franklin was responsible for establishing the United States postal system on a permanent basis. He increased the number of post offices, introduced the use of stagecoaches to carry mail, and started a package service system. Later, in the 19th century, as railroad and steam boats appeared, they were used to carry mail into the towns. Some communities, especially those out west, were far from the service of transportation. To serve them, the post office developed a system called ‘star routes’. Private contractors were paid to deliver mail to the communities away from railways by horse and wagon. The postal service which was started over 3 centuries ago, has developed into an extensive government service with post offices in every city, town and village in the United States.

　　Questions 12 to 15 are based on the

　　passage you’ve just heard.

　　12. What is main subject of the passage?

　　13.Where was the first postal service established in the U.S.?

　　14. For what did Benjamin Franklin deserve most credit?

　　15. How was mail delivered to the remote areas out in the West?

　　題解：

　　Passage 3

　　這是一篇演講。這類文章的特點是開頭往往告知演講的目的、主要議題等。該文的第一句講到community

　　service，第二句交待校方鼓勵學(xué)生自愿參加一次這樣的社區(qū)活動，第三句進入主題，告訴這次活動的主要內(nèi)容。