【聽力短文解析】

16. 2014年6月英語六級聽力短文解析：本文第一句話就是考點，根據 “about 20% said they werehostile or indifferent to ward their sisters and brothers” 得出本題答案為選項A: One fifth of them were onbad terms with their sisters and brothers. 其中one fifth是對20%的同義改寫， “be on bad terms with”是對 “hostile or indifferent to”的改寫。

17. 2014年6月英語六級聽力短文解析：考點信息來自文章中間， “As sisters and brothersadvanced into old age, closeness increases and rivalry diminishes, explains VC” 得出本題答案為選項C: Advance in age.

18. 2014年6月英語六級聽力短文解析：考點信息來自文章最后， “there’s something that lets olderpeople to put aside（放到一旁）bad deeds（不好的行為）of the past and focus alittle on what we need now” 得出本題答案為選項B: They tend to forget pastunhappy memories and focus on their present needs.

19. 2014年6月英語六級聽力短文解析：本題無法直接得出答案。第3、4句話說，“What makes monarchbutterflies particularly interesting is they migrate, all the way to Californiaor Mexico in back. They are thought to be the only insect that does this.” 第4句中的 “the only insect that doesthis”就是本題題干的出處，而“this”指的是上文提到的他們遷徙的方式。由此得知，令monarch butterflies獨一無二的是它們的遷徙方式。對應選項C: They are the only insectthat migrates along fixed routes. Fixed routes表示固定路線，是對原文 “all the way to California orMexico in back”的概括性改寫。

20. 2014年6月英語六級聽力短文解析：本題來自文章中間。 “Once in Mexico, theyestablish themselves in one of about 15 sizes in the mountain forth.” 所謂的establish oneself in someplace就表示在某處安家。對應選項D: In a Mexican mountainforest.

21. 2014年6月英語六級聽力短文解析：本題無法直接得出答案，答案是對文章尾部三句話的概括性總結： “So when fly the north, theymight lay eggs in Louisiana and die. The eggs of that following generation maybe found in Kentucky, the eggs of next generation may be in the Kang Michigan.The last generation of the season about the forth may make the journey back inMexico and restart the cycle.”對應選項C Each generation in a cyclelays eggs at a different place.

22. 2014年6月英語六級聽力短文解析：由于本文從頭到尾都在介紹的遷徙模式和特點，因此容易得出答案為選項C Migration patterns ofmonarch butterflies.

23. 2014年6月英語六級聽力短文解析：本題就是對文章第一句話進行提問， “People nowadays seem to havethe sense that their time has become more limited.” 對應選項A. Time has becomes morelimited.

24. 2014年6月英語六級聽力短文解析：本題可以直接得出答案，考察信息為 “ …data …suggests…Americans today have morefree time than the early generations” 對應選項B. Americans today have morefree time than earlier generations.

25. 2014年6月英語六級聽力短文解析：本題考察的是文中所提到的一個實驗的結論，即 “Thinking about our time asmoney, changes are our behavior as well.” 對應選項D. Our behavior is changed.

【短文理解綜合點評】：

第1、3篇答案比較直接，大體符合“所聽即所選”原則，且并未出現逆序現象為難考生;第2篇文章難度很大，需要聯系主題來理解細節，具有較強區分度，考生的能力在這一考題上得到體現。