[外语类试卷]大学英语六级改革适用（听力）模拟试卷53及答案与解析.doc

1、大学英语六级改革适用（听力）模拟试卷 53及答案与解析 Section A （ A） He will lend his bike to her. （ B） He doesnt remember where his bike is. （ C） His bike is out of work. （ D） He will meet Professor Black by 4 pm too. （ A） Satisfied with their variety. （ B） Displeased with their quality. （ C） Pleased with modern mass-produc

2、tion techniques. （ D） Dissatisfied with their technological complexity. （ A） He feels sorry for the students concerned. （ B） He considers the punishment excessive. （ C） He expressed no opinion about it. （ D） He strongly supports the professor. （ A） To invite the man to join them. （ B） To ask the man

3、 to help her prepare the dinner. （ C） To suggest politely that the man should go away. （ D） To offer him another kind of drink. （ A） One might not be independent work. （ B） They are not well written at all. （ C） They are difficult to understand. （ D） Neither was written by the two boys. （ A） It is n

4、ot expensive. （ B） It isnt needed. （ C） It is not a good timing to build it. （ D） It should be built earlier. （ A） The womans job as a librarian. （ B） Womens rights in society. （ C） An important election. （ D） Career planning. （ A） To run into each other. （ B） To pick up bargains. （ C） To avoid crow

5、dedness. （ D） To get some surprise. （ A） Her landlord will not give back the book. （ B） Her landlord did not return the book. （ C） She has a big fine from the school. （ D） She didnt return eight books to the library. （ A） She had moved out of the old address. （ B） She did not care about them. （ C） T

6、he library didnt try to inform her about it. （ D） The landlord refused to give the books back to her. （ A） It happened too long ago. （ B） She was too busy to return the books. （ C） She gave the books to the landlord. （ D） The landlord didnt remember to return the books. （ A） Pay for the lost books.

7、（ B） Check if the books are still at her home. （ C） Check if the books are at Henzers place. （ D） Reconfirm whether the books were returned. （ A） The University faculty. （ B） The Student Association. （ C） The Alumni Association. （ D） The President office. （ A） They are grateful students. （ B） They a

8、re “brains“. （ C） They are hard-working students. （ D） They are fun people. （ A） She is the organizer. （ B） She is contributing to some part of it. （ C） She is the head of the Alumni Association. （ D） She was a student of the university once. Section B （ A） What the US patent system was about. （ B）

9、How the US patent system encouraged technology and creativity. （ C） How the US patent system protected Americans. （ D） The reasons for the patent system. （ A） Sue the government. （ B） Sue the individual. （ C） Close down the company. （ D） Sentence the individual to death. （ A） He could renew it. （ B）

10、 He could destroy it at random. （ C） He could sell it and make a lot of money. （ D） He could do nothing since the patent expired. （ A） It encouraged people to invent. （ B） It protected peoples invention. （ C） It publicized ideas that might be kept as trade secrets. （ D） It provided a way for people

11、to make money out of ideas. （ A） A chocolate chipmaker. （ B） A big real estate agent. （ C） A cookie factory. （ D） A talent agency. （ A） He couldnt sell the cookies. （ B） He was a bad manager. （ C） He was not a good salesman. （ D） He was sued for libel. （ A） Because he was sued. （ B） Because he gave

12、up his trademark rights. （ C） Because he sold the company to the Shanby Group. （ D） Because he had no money to register. （ A） He was born in New England. （ B） He once worked for Harvard University. （ C） He was Edward Thomas friend. （ D） He wasnt awarded any prize. （ A） They contain no exaggeration o

13、f rhetoric. （ B） They are full of explicit morals. （ C） They force us to think. （ D） The lines and sentences are beautiful. （ A） Farming activities. （ B） The meaning of life. （ C） Revolution. （ D） Morality. Section C 25 Doctors in Britain are warning of an obesity (肥胖症 ) time bomb, when children who

14、 are already overweight grow up. So, what should we do? Exercise more? Eat less? Or both? The government feels it has to【 B1】 _this expanding problem. The cheerful Mr.Pickwick,the hero of the novel by Charles Dickens,is seen in【 B2】_ as someone who is plump and happy.In 18th century paintings beauty

15、【 B3】_rounded bodies and soft curves. But nowadays being overweight is seen as【 B4】 _ neither a cheerful character nor beauty but an【 B5】 _risk of heart disease, stroke and diabetes (糖尿病 ). So what do you do? Diet? Not, according to Englands chief medical officer, Sir Liam Donaldson. He says that ph

16、ysical activity is the key for【 B6】 _the risks of obesity, cancer and heart disease. And the Health Secretary John Reid even said that being inactive is as serious a risk factor in heart disease as smoking. So, having bought some cross trainers, how much exercise should you do? According to Sir Liam

17、 Donaldson, at least 30 minutes of【 B7】 _ _activity five days a week. Is going to the gym the answer?【 B8】 _for those who find treadmills tedious, the Health Development Agency believes that physical activity that【 B9】_peoples lives may be more effective. They suggest taking the stairs rather than t

18、he lift, walking up escalators, playing active games with your children,dancing or gardening.And according to a sport【 B10】 _Professor Biddle, gyms “are not making the nation fit“, and may even cause harm. 26 【 B1】 27 【 B2】 28 【 B3】 29 【 B4】 30 【 B5】 31 【 B6】 32 【 B7】 33 【 B8】 34 【 B9】 35 【 B10】 大学英

19、语六级改革适用（听力）模拟试卷 53答案与解析 Section A 1 【听力原文】 W:My bike was stolen recently. Is it possible to lend me yours for a couple of hours? I really need to stop by Professor Blacks office by 4 pm. M:Professor Blacks office again? Well, if you dont mind filling up the tires with air. Q:What does the man mean?

20、1 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 女士向男士借自行车，男士说 “好吧，如果你不介意给自行车打气的话 ”，可见男士同意借自行车给女士。所以 A正确。根据选项可预测题目是对男士自行车的描述或他对于出借自行车的态度。男士用 if条件句做回答，其实答案不外乎 “可以借车 ”或者 “不可以借车 ”。 【知识模块】 短对话 2 【听力原文】 M:In the old days, people took pride in their work and built things to last. I just dont know why things have changed so rapidly. W:N

21、owadays you are lucky if they dont fall apart before you get them home. Q:How do the two speakers feel about products manufactured nowadays? 2 【正 确答案】 B 【试题解析】 男士先说过去的产品经久耐用，女士说现在的东西在买回家的路上不散架就很幸运了。说明他们都对现在的产品质量不满，所以 B正确。答题关键是明确说话人是持肯定态度还是否定态度。在讨论产品的 “今时与往日 ”时，女士用反讽的态度表示对产品质量的不满。 【知识模块】 短对话 3 【听力原文】

22、 W:Professor Ericson caught some students cheating on her final exam and failed them right then and there. M:Serves them right! I dont sympathize with anyone trying to pass that way. Q:Whats the mans attitude towards the professors action? 3 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 女士说，教授抓住一些学生考试作弊，并且当场给他们不及格。对此男士说 “活该 !我不同

23、情这样的人 ”，表明他完全支持教授的做法。所以 D正确。根据选项可预测题目是问男士对学生或教授的 态度 /看法。 A、 B选项的感情内涵相似。可以迅速排除。 【知识模块】 短对话 4 【听力原文】 W:Well, Jack, I would offer you another drink but I have guests coming and I havent even begun to prepare the dinner. Thanks for stopping by. M:Thanks for the drink. It has been nice seeing you, too. Q

24、:Why did the woman mention her dinner guests? 4 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 日常用语 thanks for stopping by和 It has been nice seeing you都是用于告别的，所以是暗示男士该走了。故 C正确。动词不定式选项，可猜测问题问的是女士的目的、意图。虚拟语气 +but转折题。女士说 “本来应该 但是 ” ，即说明不可能做 “本来应该 ”做的事情，单从对话内容即可以排除 D。 【知识模块】 短对话 5 【听力原文】 M:Do you think both John and Jim can write so

25、well? W:It doesnt seem likely. It would be difficult to write two compositions so much alike unless one of them was copying the other. Q:What does the woman think about the two compositions? 5 【正确答案】 A 【试 题解析】 女士认为独立写的作文不可能如此相似，一定是其中一个人抄袭了另外一个的。故 A正确。根据选项可预测题目是对两个男孩写的作文的评论。unless后面的内容就是答案所在。 【知识模块】

26、短对话 6 【听力原文】 M:The city council has finally voted the funds to build a new high school. W:Its about time they did it. I dont know what took them so long. Dont they understand that education is very important for the development of the city? Q:Whats the womans opinion towards building the school? 6 【

27、正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 男士说市政厅同意建新学校了，女士说早该这么做了。所以 D正确。从选项可预测对话内容是讲建设某种设施。虚拟语气处往往是考点所在。 【知识模块】 短对话 7 【听力原文】 W:We all talk about how liberated we are, but in fact women are still not equally treated. M:I dont think so. Youve got the vote, youve got your careers I think you have got everything important. Q:Wha

28、t are the two speakers arguing about? 7 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 女士说事实上男女还是不平等，男士不同意，并补充说 “你们有选举权、有事业 ” 。所以选 B。本题符合短对话题 “听到什么不选什么 ”的特点。A、 C、 D项都是利用原文出现的字眼进行迷惑。 【知识模块】 短对话 8 【听力原文】 M:Well, this is a pleasant surprise. It seems to me we ran into each other here last week too? W:You and I must have the same ide

29、a. The only way to beat the crowds when you do the grocery shopping on Saturday is to be here when they open at 9:00 sharp! Q:Why did both of the speakers do grocery shopping at 9:00 sharp? 8 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 不定式 to beat the crowds作定语表示目的 “避开人群 ”。所以 C正确。答案改造成了 抽象名词，避免 “拥挤 ”。答案 avoid crowdedness是对原文 b

30、eat the crowds的同义替换。 【知识模块】 短对话 9 【听力原文】 M:Hi, Mandy. Hows everything going? W:Not too good, I suppose. M:What happened? W:Well, you know I moved out from Mrs. Henzers nine months ago.And all along I forgot to inform the registration office to get my address changed. Guess what? The library sent thr

31、ee reminder notices on the fines incurred on the overdue books and Mrs. Henzer kept the letters without returning them to the senders. M:How did you find out? W:Well, I went to the registration to get my transcript but they said there are some outstanding fines that I have to settle before they can

32、release it. M:Then just pay the fine and you can get your transcript. Whats the big problem? W:Yeah, thats exactly what I thought,but the fine came to $150 and that was a shock to me. M:Ooh. Thats a bit of a bite!Did you keep the book for long? W:Guess what? I checked with the library and they told

33、me three books are still outstanding. Theyre from 8 months ago. I thought Id returned them. M:Are you sure you returned the books yourself or did you get someone to do it? W:fill Well, hard to recall now since it was so long ago. At that time I was holding two jobs and had to juggle with school. I r

34、eally thought I had returned them. M:Tell you what, Why dont you go back to Mrs. Henzers and see if the books are still there? Otherwise, youll have to pay for the lost books and Im sure they will cost more than $150. W:I guess thats the only choice Im left with right now. 9. What problem does the w

35、oman have? 10. Why didnt the woman receive the three reminder notices? 11. Why cant the woman remember if she had returned the books? 12. How will the woman settle the problem? 9 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 女士说因为她借书逾期未还，学校要罚款 150美金，让她觉得很吃惊，故选 C。 【知识模块】 长对话 10 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 女士说她没有去学校更新地址，学校寄信的地址是旧的，故选 A。D项属于强干

36、扰项，但是对话说的是房东没有把信寄回给学校，并没有说扣留了女士的书。 【知识模块】 长对话 11 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 女士说时间太久了，她已经不记得了，故选 A。 B项干扰性较大，女士说她当时很忙碌，但事实是她以为自己已经还 了书，并不是因为忙碌而没有还书。 【知识模块】 长对话 12 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 男士建议女士去旧房东的屋子看看书是否在，否则就要买新书还，女士说这也是她现在唯一可以做的事情了，故选 C。 A项为强干扰项， A是男士提出建议后的假设，并不是建议本身，也不是女士认可的内容。 【知识模块】 长对话 13 【听力原文】 M:Excuse me. May

37、I have some information about the reception party that you are advertising outside? Its for new students, isnt that right? W:Thats right and what would you like to know about it? M:Well, Im not really sure what the purpose of the event is. W:The party will provide students with a chance to get to kn

38、ow each other, and a chance for students who have successfully been through university to pass on some valuable advice. M:Whos organizing the event? Is it the faculty or.? W:Actually, it is the Alumni Association. So, Its strictly a student-to-student event. M:I hope we wont have to sit through a lo

39、t of boring speeches. I mean, arent these students just “brains“ anyway? What can they actually do to help a guy like me? W:No, these people are not“brains“ at all. The Alumni are simply a group of normal, but grateful students who hope that, by sharing their experiences with new students, they can

40、help more students to successfully graduate. M:But will we have any time for some fun at this party? W:Most of the time will be split between eating, dancing, and singing so not to worry. However, some words of wisdom from the former students should not be missed. M:Youve got a point. Those are, aft

41、er all, success stories if theyve managed to survive university life. I hear about only half of all students who start university actually finish it. W:And besides that, theres another reason to go. M:Whats that? W:The pie theyll be serving is delicious. I know it since Im the one who will be making

42、 it. 13. Who is organizing the event? 14. What does the woman say about the event organizers? 15. What can be inferred about the womans role in the party? 13 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 女士说组织该活动的是校友联合会，故选 C。听到什么选什么。 【知识模块】 长对话 14 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 女 士说组织者都是些感恩的学生，并不是 “brains”，故选 A。 【知识模块】 长对话 15 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 女

43、士说自己知道活动会提供很可口的馅饼，并且说自己会帮忙做馅饼，可见她也在当中贡献了自己的力量，故选 B。 A项属于强干扰项，虽然女士回答了男士的所有问题，但是没有根据显示女士就是组织者，答题时要排除主观臆测的干扰。 【知识模块】 长对话 Section B 16 【听力原文】 The American patent system, provided for in the Constitution, was designed to encourage the creation and use of new technology. An inventor would describe an inve

44、ntion, both in writing and with drawings, and submit the description with a model to a government official. This was a big im provement from the past when patents were submitted directly to the Secretary of State! Now, if the invention was judged to be new and useful, the official would give the inv

45、entor a patent. The patent meant that for 14 years, later changed to 17 years, the inventor owned the new invention. Inventors could license their ideas to manufacturers or just use them themselves.The government would not issue any other patent for the same idea, and the inventor could sue anyone w

46、ho used the patented idea without paying the owner of the patent for permission to use it! A useful patent meant that the inventor could make a lot of money. In exchange for this governmental protection, the government published the patent specifications, which provide enough information so that oth

47、er people could un derstand the invention thus adding to the general available technological knowledge. And at the end of the 14 years, anyone could use the invention for free,The idea behind the patent system was twofold: it would increase the amount of technology, by providing a way for people to

48、make money out of new ideas, and it would make new technology widely available, by publicizing ideas that might otherwise be kept as trade secrets. 16. What is the speaker mainly talking about? 17. What could the inventor do if the idea was used by someone without paying money? 18. What could the ow

49、ner of the patent do to protect his patent after 14 years? 19. How did the patent system increase the amount of technology? 16 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 短文谈的内容是美国的专利体系的产生和运作 ，故选 A。 A项统领其他各项，主旨题的答案通常就是这类具有总包孕作用的选项。 【知识模块】 长对话 17 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 短文谈到，任何人不付钱就使用某种专利，该专利的发明者可以起诉他，故选 B。 【知识模块】 长对话 18 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 短文谈到，专利权有效期为 14年，有效期过后任何人都可以免费使用这项专利，故选 D。 【知识模块】 长对话 19 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 题目问 “专利体系是怎样增加科技量的 ?”短文直接用 by 引述说明情况。 D项符合 “听到什么选什么 ”原则。 【知识模块】 长对话 20 【听力原文】 The pioneer