大学英语四级-听力15及答案解析.doc

1、大学英语四级-听力 15及答案解析(总分：100.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、Listening Comprehens(总题数：0，分数：0.00)二、Section B(总题数：12，分数：100.00)（分数：3.00）A.It isn“t the most popular tourist sight any longer.B.It is the second oldest tower in London.C.It is visited by more than 3,000,000 visitors every year.D.It was first built by James I.

2、A.A palace.B.A tourist sight.C.A war field.D.A prison and execution place.A.She didn“t get on well with Henry .B.She committed a big crime.C.She couldn“t give Henry a son.D.She betrayed Henry .（分数：4.00）A.The amount of sleep people need in different age groups.B.Sleeping problems of old people.C.The

3、relationship between sleep and health.D.The importance and necessity of sleep.A.About 1.5 hours.B.About 40 minutes.C.About 12 hours.D.About 120 minutes.A.About 6 hours.B.About 7 hours.C.About 8 hours.D.About 10 hours.A.Newborn infants.B.People in their 40“s.C.The adolescence.D.The young adults.（分数：3

4、.00）A.A new worldwide economic revolution.B.Different forms of assistance to the needy.C.The achievements of the Trickle Up Program.D.The life of poor people in developing countries.A.They are highly sensitive to cold.B.They are a living part of our body.C.They are a chief source of our pain.D.They

5、are vitally important to our life.A.Gum disease.B.Unhealthy living habits.C.Food panicles.D.Chemical erosion.A.It is a made-up story.B.It is beyond cure.C.It is a rare exception.D.It is due to an accident.（分数：9.00）A.The influence of computers on our daily lives.B.The disadvantages of computers.C.Peo

6、ple“s different attitudes towards computers.D.The popularization of computers.A.Computers may change the life people have become accustomed to.B.Spending too much time on computers may spoil people“s relationships.C.Buying computers may cost too much money.D.Computers may take over from human beings

7、 altogether.A.IndifferentB.DisapprovingC.ApprovingD.Neutral（分数：9.00）A.The economic improvements made by people in Davis.B.New rules of the City Council.C.The effort of people in Davis to conserve energy.D.New housing construction.A.To limit discussion on heating bills.B.To prevent unnecessary heat l

8、oss.C.To control the temperature in the houses.D.To decrease the cost of energy-using.A.It has been an energy saving model for other cities.B.It has established an efficient government system.C.It has made a great progress in economy.D.It is criticized for wasting too much energy.（分数：12.00）A.They ar

9、e lovers.B.They are apple trees.C.They are two children.D.They are two gardens.A.The sooner children begin to learn gardening, the better.B.Gardening teaches children to make their thumbs green.C.Gardening provides children with food.D.Gardening teaches children to cooperate.A.To attend a training c

10、lass.B.To read something about gardening.C.To take them to the nursery and to get seeds.D.To get a packet.A.Get the seeds.B.Find out what grows well.C.Play in the field.D.Touch the soil.（分数：9.00）A.It is a good way to test a friendship.B.It does harm to your friendship.C.It strengthens your friendshi

11、p.D.It is a good way to break off friendship.A.He does not feel that others“ respect is necessary.B.He does not think that he is a very important person.C.He thinks that being rich should get much attention.D.He does not consider himself to be very rich.A.Money is the end.B.Money is a means.C.Money

12、is everything.D.Money is unimportant.（分数：9.00）A.Poor and unhappy.B.Wealthy but unhappy.C.Wealthy but lonely.D.Poor but happy.A.In 1950.B.In 1936.C.In 1940.D.In 1949.A.It was a song written by James Brown independently.B.It was a band created by James Brown.C.It was a song that brought James Brown a

13、successful career.D.It was a restaurant that offered James Brown chances.（分数：12.00）A.The differences between Northern and Southern writers.B.One of Harriet Beecher Stowe“s worksUncle Tom“s Cabin.C.An introduction to Harriet Beecher Stowe.D.Harriet Beecher Stowe“s different writing styles.A.It made S

14、towe best known to the public.B.It doesn“t include the use of dialect.C.It is considered Stowe“s best written work.D.It was not published in the nineteenth century.A.To point out another writer who wrote about New England.B.To give an example of someone who was the subject of one of Stowe“s biograph

15、ies.C.To give an example of another author who used local dialect in his writing.D.To suggest that his work was less popular than Stowe“s.A.A biographical sketch.B.Uncle Tom“s Cabin.C.A children“s geography book.D.A collection of travel stories.（分数：9.00）A.The mother“s father.B.The mother“s eldest br

16、other.C.The father.D.The father“s mother.A.His wife.B.His sons and daughters.C.His wife“s brother.D.His mother, brothers and sisters.A.The fact that the mother gradually loses her land.B.The fact that the father has got his own house and land.C.The changes in economic relations.D.The changes in fami

17、ly relationships.（分数：9.00）A.A dishonest person.B.A person or anything that cheats to win a race.C.Anyone or anything that is certain to win a game.D.Any athlete that seems too clever to be cheated.A.Notorious reputation.B.Instant promotion.C.Audience“s sympathy.D.A large sum of money.A.He won the ch

18、ampion in the race.B.He became a role model in the 1984 Olympic Games.C.He changed the old meaning of “shoo-in“.D.He won the silver medal in the race.（分数：12.00）A.Dr Jarvik“s studies on mental functioning of the twins.B.The explanation of the causes of the mental decline.C.A person“s mind decline bei

19、ng irrelevant to his aging.D.The difference between middle-aged and older people.A.The mind and how it influences behavior.B.The disease of the mind in modem society.C.The mental functioning of old people.D.The similarities of identical twins.A.They lost a little ability to reason over the years.B.T

20、hey need more time to finish mental tasks as time goes on.C.Their memory was not as good as it used to be.D.Their minds became a bit more active with aging.A.He is in a bad emotional state.B.He is becoming weak.C.He is becoming less active.D.His reasoning ability is losing.大学英语四级-听力 15答案解析(总分：100.00

21、，做题时间：90 分钟)一、Listening Comprehens(总题数：0，分数：0.00)二、Section B(总题数：12，分数：100.00)（分数：3.00）A.It isn“t the most popular tourist sight any longer.B.It is the second oldest tower in London.C.It is visited by more than 3,000,000 visitors every year. D.It was first built by James I.解析：听力原文 The White Tower wa

22、s started in 1076 and completed in 1079. It was the oldest of the 20 towers which used to stand here. The Tower of London was first built by William, the Conqueror, to protect and control the city. Today it is the most popular tourist sight and attracts over three million visitors a year. It was som

23、etimes used as a palace for the Kings and Queens of England until the time of James I, but is best known as a prison and execution place. Within the walls of the Tower, princes have been murdered, spies shot and Queens killed. One of the most famous executions was that of Ann Boleyn in1536. It was b

24、ecause she couldn“t give Henry a son that she was killed. The Tower was also the scene of one of London“s most famous mysteries, known as the mystery of the princes in the Tower. Edward died in 1483 with his two sons left. His brother brought Richard Edward “s two sons to the Tower. Their uncle anno

25、unced he himself was the new king and asked the people to call him Richard . After that the two boys disappeared. It was said that the two boys were murdered by their uncle. Which of the following statements is true about the Tower of London today? 解析 数字信息处设题。短文中明确提到，伦敦塔每年吸引 1300多万名游客，故答案为 C。A.A pal

26、ace.B.A tourist sight.C.A war field.D.A prison and execution place. 解析：听力原文 What is the Tower of London best known as? 解析 转折处设题。短文中提到，伦敦塔作为一个监狱和死刑场最为著名，故答案为 D。A.She didn“t get on well with Henry .B.She committed a big crime.C.She couldn“t give Henry a son. D.She betrayed Henry .解析：听力原文 Why was Ann B

27、oleyn put to death? 解析 因果处和强调处设题。短文中提到，安妮博林是因为没能给亨利三世生个儿子而被处死的，故答案为 C。（分数：4.00）A.The amount of sleep people need in different age groups. B.Sleeping problems of old people.C.The relationship between sleep and health.D.The importance and necessity of sleep.解析：听力原文 Sleep is part of your daily activity

28、 cycle. But how much you sleep and when and how deeply you sleep are determined as much by psychological and social factors as by biological needs. Generally speaking, the younger you are, the more you sleep and the more deeply you sleep. Newborn infants sleep about 16 hours each day cycle. This sle

29、ep is scattered in six or more bursts of a few hours each. Newborns sleep as much during the day as at night. During the first year of life, the amount of sleep an infant needs decreases by two hours or more. One recent study showed that by six months of age, 80 percent of the infants were sleeping

30、through the night and taking short naps during the day. By age two, the child sleeps about 12 hours a day, including about 90 minutes of daytime naps. According to the experiment done by a scientist, the major change during the infant“s first two years is a decrease in the amount of daytime sleep. T

31、his change occurs in almost all infants. Therefore, this developmental sequence probably is controlled primarily by genetic factors. By adolescence and early adulthood, the amount of daily sleep has dropped to about 8 hours. The experiment found that “students in the University of Florida averaged a

32、bout 7 hours and 40 minutes of sleep at night“. In addition, they napped about 25 minutes per day. Older people tend to sleep less deeply than infants or young adults. By 40 or 50 years of age, people wake up more frequently during the night. And by age 60, almost everyone naps on a regular basis. W

33、hat is the passage mainly about? 解析 数字信息处设题。文章以时间为序分别介绍了人在各个阶段所需的睡眠时间。由此可知，本文主要是关于不同年龄段的人所需的睡眠时间，故答案为 A。A.About 1.5 hours. B.About 40 minutes.C.About 12 hours.D.About 120 minutes.解析：听力原文 How long does a two-year-old baby need for a daytime nap? 解析 数字信息处设题。短文中提到，两岁的时候，婴儿一天大概睡 12个小时，其中包括白天 90分钟的小睡，即 1

34、.5小时的小睡，故答案为 A。A.About 6 hours.B.About 7 hours.C.About 8 hours. D.About 10 hours.解析：听力原文 According to the experiment, how many hours do students in Florida University sleep on average at night? 解析 引言和数字信息处设题。短文中提到，佛罗里达大学的学生平均每晚的睡眠时间是 7小时 40分，C中的 about 8 hours最接近这个时间，故为答案。A.Newborn infants.B.People i

35、n their 40“s. C.The adolescence.D.The young adults.解析：听力原文 Which of the following people often wake up during the night? 解析 设题点在短文结尾处和数字信息处。短文结尾处提到，人到了四五十岁的时候会经常在夜里醒来，故答案为 B。（分数：3.00）A.A new worldwide economic revolution.B.Different forms of assistance to the needy.C.The achievements of the Trickle

36、Up Program. D.The life of poor people in developing countries.解析：听力原文 Three years ago, Pantcha Maya, her husband and five children lived in a shaky flat in southern Nepal. Every morning the parents walked the dirt roads seeking work in the rice fields. After the harvest, the family went begging for

37、food. Today the Mayas own a small paper-bag-making company. With the money they“ve earned, the Mayas have purchased a small plot on which they grow vegetables and raise goats for additional income. In fact, the family has saved 68 dollars. This is remarkable in a country with an average annual incom

38、e of 160 dollars. Grace Mumbka, her husband and eight children once lived hand-to-mouth in Cameroon. Today the Mumbkas run a clothing-manufacturing business and own a home. They are able to send their children to school at a costly annual sum of 2,800 dollars. The idea of starting her own business s

39、eemed impossible to Pillar Mulyaa, a poor woman from Atahualpa, high in Ecuador“s Andes Mountains. Today, however, she“s one of the proud owners of a bakery specializing in sweet cakes. These businesses are part of an economic revolution sweeping the developing world. The sponsor is the Trickle Up P

40、rogram, a non-profit organization founded by New Yorkers Glen and Mildred Leet. This organization offers people like the Mayas, the Mumbkas and the Mulyaas modest 100-dollar grants. Since 1979, the program has helped over 130,000 of the world“s neediest people in 90 countries win small life-saving v

41、ictories over poverty. And it has turned conventional thinking about foreign aid on its head. What does the speaker mainly talk about? 解析 主旨大意题。短文以两个家庭和来自厄瓜多尔的贫穷女人为例，分别比较了它们各自在不同时期的不同生活状况。短文的后半部分则说明了这些人生活状况改观的原因一家非营利机构的赞助。由此可知，短文主要谈论的是这个组织的作用，故答案为 C。本短文先摆出一些事实或细节，然后在结尾处出现一些总结性的语言来点明本文的主题，故听音时应加以留意。A

42、.They are highly sensitive to cold.B.They are a living part of our body. C.They are a chief source of our pain.D.They are vitally important to our life.解析：听力原文 Take care of your teeth and your teeth will take care of you. Your teeth are a living part of your body. They have nerves and blood vessels.

43、 Diseased teeth can cause pain, die and fall out. Plaque is the main enemy of healthy teeth. What does the speaker say about our teeth? 解析 细节理解题。短文开头提到，牙齿是人体中有生命的一部分，故答案为 B。B 是短文中 Your teeth are a living part of your body.的原句复现。A.Gum disease. B.Unhealthy living habits.C.Food panicles.D.Chemical eros

44、ion.解析：听力原文 In addition to tooth decay, there“re also gum diseases to watch out for .The pockets trap more bacteria and food panicles. Finally, the bone supposing the teeth is attacked and starts to shrink. Teeth become loose and may fall out. Adults lose most teeth this way. What causes adults to l

45、ose most of their teeth according to the speaker? 解析 综合推断题。短文中提到，除蛀牙外，我们还需注意牙龈疾病成人的牙齿就是这样掉落的，故答案为 A。A 是对短文后半部分的综合概括。本题较难，容易忽略上下文之间的联系，听音时注意做好记录，整合相关信息。A.It is a made-up story.B.It is beyond cure.C.It is a rare exception. D.It is due to an accident.解析：听力原文 It doesn“t matter when or how much a person

46、sleeps. But everyone needs some rest to stay alive. Few doctors would have thought that there might be an exception to this. Sleep is, after all, a very basic need. But a man named Al Herpin turned out to be a real exception , for supposedly he never slept! What do doctors think of Al Herpin“s case?

47、 解析 观点态度题。短文中首先提到，很少有医生会想到有人会不需要睡眠，后面则转而指出阿尔埃尔潘就是一个例外，故答案为 C。（分数：9.00）A.The influence of computers on our daily lives.B.The disadvantages of computers.C.People“s different attitudes towards computers. D.The popularization of computers.解析：听力原文 For good or bad, computers are now part of our daily live

48、s. With the price of a small home computer now being lower, experts predict that before long all schools and businesses and most families in the rich parts of the world will own a computer of some kind. Among the general public, computers arouse strong feelingspeople either love them or hate them. T

49、he computer lovers talk about how useful computers can be in business, in education and in the homeapart from all the games, you can do your accounts on them, use them to control your central heating, and in some places even do your shopping with them. Computers, they say, will also bring some leisure, as more and more unpleasant jobs are taken over by computerized robots. The haters, on the other hand, argue that computers bring not leisure but unemployment. They worry, too, that people who spend all their time t