【听力短文解析】

16. 2014年6月英语六级听力短文解析：本文第一句话就是考点，根据 “about 20% said they werehostile or indifferent to ward their sisters and brothers” 得出本题答案为选项A: One fifth of them were onbad terms with their sisters and brothers. 其中one fifth是对20%的同义改写， “be on bad terms with”是对 “hostile or indifferent to”的改写。

17. 2014年6月英语六级听力短文解析：考点信息来自文章中间， “As sisters and brothersadvanced into old age, closeness increases and rivalry diminishes, explains VC” 得出本题答案为选项C: Advance in age.

18. 2014年6月英语六级听力短文解析：考点信息来自文章最后， “there’s something that lets olderpeople to put aside（放到一旁）bad deeds（不好的行为）of the past and focus alittle on what we need now” 得出本题答案为选项B: They tend to forget pastunhappy memories and focus on their present needs.

19. 2014年6月英语六级听力短文解析：本题无法直接得出答案。第3、4句话说，“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”就是本题题干的出处，而“this”指的是上文提到的他们迁徙的方式。由此得知，令monarch butterflies独一无二的是它们的迁徙方式。对应选项C: They are the only insectthat migrates along fixed routes. Fixed routes表示固定路线，是对原文 “all the way to California orMexico in back”的概括性改写。

20. 2014年6月英语六级听力短文解析：本题来自文章中间。 “Once in Mexico, theyestablish themselves in one of about 15 sizes in the mountain forth.” 所谓的establish oneself in someplace就表示在某处安家。对应选项D: In a Mexican mountainforest.

21. 2014年6月英语六级听力短文解析：本题无法直接得出答案，答案是对文章尾部三句话的概括性总结： “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.”对应选项C Each generation in a cyclelays eggs at a different place.

22. 2014年6月英语六级听力短文解析：由于本文从头到尾都在介绍的迁徙模式和特点，因此容易得出答案为选项C Migration patterns ofmonarch butterflies.

23. 2014年6月英语六级听力短文解析：本题就是对文章第一句话进行提问， “People nowadays seem to havethe sense that their time has become more limited.” 对应选项A. Time has becomes morelimited.

24. 2014年6月英语六级听力短文解析：本题可以直接得出答案，考察信息为 “ …data …suggests…Americans today have morefree time than the early generations” 对应选项B. Americans today have morefree time than earlier generations.

25. 2014年6月英语六级听力短文解析：本题考察的是文中所提到的一个实验的结论，即 “Thinking about our time asmoney, changes are our behavior as well.” 对应选项D. Our behavior is changed.

【短文理解综合点评】：

第1、3篇答案比较直接，大体符合“所听即所选”原则，且并未出现逆序现象为难考生;第2篇文章难度很大，需要联系主题来理解细节，具有较强区分度，考生的能力在这一考题上得到体现。