[外语类试卷]大学英语六级（听力）模拟试卷108及答案与解析.doc

1、大学英语六级（听力）模拟试卷 108及答案与解析 Section A Directions: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the end of each conversation, one or more questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once. After each questio

2、n there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A, B, C and D, and decide which is the best answer. （ A） Buy a train ticket from a friend. （ B） Go to visit her parents-in-law. （ C） Recheck the doors and windows. （ D） Bring some presents to her parents. （ A） He is not

3、 a qualified teacher. （ B） He has already been married. （ C） He does not feel like going to the dinner. （ D） He does not know when the dinner begins. （ A） She sings better than her daughter. （ B） She doesnt like her daughter singing. （ C） She herself doesnt have a good voice. （ D） She didnt expect h

4、er daughter to sing so well. （ A） He disagrees with the woman. （ B） He agrees with the woman. （ C） He holds a neutral attitude. （ D） He has no comment. （ A） Traveling by train. （ B） Preparing for a trip. （ C） Making a shopping list. （ D） Shopping in a supermarket. （ A） He is very shy and quiet. （ B）

5、 He rarely means what he says. （ C） He rarely says a thing about his brother Bill. （ D） He has an open character and is very talkative. （ A） The beaches are dirty. （ B） The air is contaminated. （ C） People there are exhausted. （ D） Its too windy for swimming. （ A） The man may be a sexist. （ B） The w

6、oman is a homemaker. （ C） The woman is unhappy with her husbands work. （ D） The man is running a bread-manufacturing factory. （ A） To prove womens diligence. （ B） To seek gender equality on campus. （ C） To improve transportation and accommodation. （ D） To put pressure on male students. （ A） To give

7、an example of inequality. （ B） To show the positive side of equality. （ C） To show an example of the role model. （ D） To emphasize that women are superior to men. （ A） He was surely under huge pressure. （ B） The cafeteria was not one of his greatest achievements. （ C） He did almost nothing significa

8、nt. （ D） He was the greatest leader of the students union. （ A） It is closing down some factories in the US. （ B） It no longer offers high-paying jobs. （ C） The number of its employees is doubled after the restructuring. （ D） It is manufacturing as many cars as before. （ A） Over 87,000 workers will

9、lose their jobs in auto companies. （ B） Many people will have to say bye-bye to their high salaries. （ C） The employees laid-off has a great impact on the American business. （ D） America can no longer take a lead in world economy. （ A） They produced more cars than American manufacturers. （ B） They r

10、educed car-production in America. （ C） They gave up more market share to the natives. （ D） They took over plants and manufacturing capacity. （ A） It is a serious threat to its competitors. （ B） It is not powerful enough to affect the world market. （ C） The cars quality is good enough to have their o

11、wn branding. （ D） None of the Chinese cars meet the standard in the US. Section B Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must ch

12、oose the best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C and D. （ A） Nancy set up “Dress for Success” to make money. （ B） Nancys office gathers used clothes from women. （ C） Nancys grandfather lent her the money to set up the office. （ D） Low-income women can get jobs at “Dress for Success”. （ A） B

13、ecause they like the design of the dresses. （ B） Because they like to wear different clothes. （ C） Because they prefer buying clothes at a low price. （ D） Because they need to look smart when looking for a job. （ A） That she got a lot of good ideas from Nancy. （ B） That she is working happily at her

14、 present job. （ C） That clothes from Nancys office helped to get her a job. （ D） That “Dress for Success” has a good business relation with her firm. （ A） Mainly because she felt nervous on the stage. （ B） Mainly because she lost her interest in that role. （ C） Mainly because she preferred the role

15、of the narrator. （ D） Mainly because she had difficulty memorizing her words. （ A） To remove the dandelions. （ B） To enjoy the garden scene. （ C） To have a talk with her daughter. （ D） To help her daughter with the play. （ A） Everybody has some unforgettable memory. （ B） Everybody should learn to pl

16、ay different roles. （ C） Everybody has his or her own value in the world. （ D） Everybody can find his or her own way to success. （ A） To indicate how dependent the child is. （ B） To show work time creeps into family life. （ C） To show the microwave is of poor quality. （ D） To indicate family issues

17、affect work hours. （ A） Be less satisfied with their work. （ B） Be less satisfied with their family life. （ C） Be angry with their troublesome children. （ D） Be unwilling to get married at an early age. （ A） Refuse to use cell phones. （ B） Encourage women to stay at home. （ C） Separate work hours fr

18、om family time. （ D） Ignore coming calls during family time. （ A） Spillover makes the line between work and home unclear. （ B） Cell phones seem to be convenient to families. （ C） Cell phones affect men as much as women. （ D） We can do nothing to solve the problem. Section C Directions: In this secti

19、on, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from 36 to 43 with the exact words you have just heard. For blanks num

20、bered from 44 to 46 you are required to fill in the missing information. For these blanks, you can either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the 25 People born in the autumn live longer than those born in the spring. And they are less likely to fall【 B1】 _ ill when they are older,

21、 according to an Austrian scientist. The scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research made such【 B2】_ by using census data for more than one million people in Austria, Denmark and Australia. They found that the month of birth was related to life【 B3】 _ over the age of 50.【 B4】 _ d

22、ifferences in what mothers ate during pregnancy, and infections occurring at different times of the year could both have an impact on the health of a new-born baby and could【 B5】 _ its life expectancy in older age. “A mother giving birth in spring spends the last【 B6】 _ of her pregnancy in winter, w

23、hen she will eat less vitamins than in summer,” said Gabriele Doblhammer, one of a team of scientists who carried out the research. “When she stops breast-feeding and starts giving her baby【 B7】 _ food, its in the hot weeks of summer when babies are【 B8】_ to infections of the digestive system.”【 B9】

24、 _. In the southern hemisphere, the picture was similar.【 B10】 _. The study focused on people born at the beginning of the 20th century. “【 B11】 _,” Doblhammer said. 26 【 B1】 27 【 B2】 28 【 B3】 29 【 B4】 30 【 B5】 31 【 B6】 32 【 B7】 33 【 B8】 34 【 B9】 35 【 B10】 36 【 B11】 大学英语六级（听力）模拟试卷 108答案与解析 Section A

25、 Directions: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the end of each conversation, one or more questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During th

26、e pause, you must read the four choices marked A, B, C and D, and decide which is the best answer. 1 【听力原文】 M: Have you checked all the doors and windows? And have you brought the train tickets with you? And the presents for my parents? W: Dont worry, dear. I have checked everything. Going back home

27、 really requires lots of preparation. Q: Whats the woman going to do? 1 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 对话中女士提到 Going back home（回趟家），结合男士提到 the presents for my parents?（给我父母的礼物呢？）可知 ,答案为 B，其中的parents-in-law对应男士所说的 “my parents”。 parents-in-law在此意为 “公公和婆婆 ”。 2 【听力原文】 W: Are you going to the dinner for young teachers

28、tomorrow night? Some school leaders will also be present. M: Im disqualified from that dinner. Its just for single young teachers. Q: What do we learn about the man? 2 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 男士的话 Im disqualifiedjust for single （我不够格 只请单身的人）为听音重点，选项 B的内容与男士表达的意 思一致，故为答案。 be disqualified from sth.意为 “没资格做某事

29、”。 A中 “notqualified” 是针对“disqualified”设的干扰。 3 【听力原文】 M: I heard your daughter sing at the school concert last night. She has a lovely voice, I must say. W: Thank you, lots of people said so to her dad, too, but I dont know where she gets it. Q: What does the woman mean? 3 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 女士的话 I dont

30、 know where she gets it（我也不知道她哪儿来的好嗓子）为听音重点，选项 C的内容为该句的同义转述，故答案为 C。 4 【听力原文】 W: I guess only sensitive people can be painters. M: Their sensitivity fosters their passion and inspiration for their works. Great works can only be produced with passion and inspiration by great artists. Q: What does the

31、man mean? 4 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 男士的话 Their sensitivity fosters their passionGreat worksbe produced with passion（他们的敏感给他们带来激情 伟大的作品要有激情才能创作出来）为听音重点，结合女士提到的 only sensitive people can be painters（只有敏感的人才能成为画家）可知 ,答案为 B。 5 【听力原文】 M: Youd better take a change of clothes and of course your toothbrush! And you

32、 may need something to eat on the train or boat. W: You ought to take a magazine to read, your camera, and of course your bathing costume. Q: What are the speakers doing? 5 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 对话中男士提到 Youd better takesomething to eat on the train or boat（你最好带着 ? 在火车或船上吃的东西），结合女士提到的 You ought to takecame

33、ra （你应该 ? 带着相 机）可知 , 答案为 B。 6 【听力原文】 W: Bill is a person who is very shy and quiet. He rarely says a thing. I just cant bear with him sometimes as he speaks too little. M: Oh. But his brother Jerry is just the opposite. Q: What do we know about Jerry from the conversation? 6 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 对话中男士用转折

34、表述提到 Jerry is just the opposite.（ Jerry正好相反），结合女士提到的 Bill isshy and quiet （ Bill害羞、安静）可知 ,答案为D。 cant bear with sb.意为 “受不了某人 ”。 7 【听力原文】 W: The place Ive heard so much about is Los Angeles. The climate is pretty good. Year-round flowers, year-round swimming. How do you like it? M: Well, the beaches a

35、re beautiful. But people there are terribly annoyed by the dirty air. I mean, the combination of fog, smoke and automobile exhaust. There is not enough wind to blow it away. Q: What does the man think of Los Angeles? 7 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 对话中男士提到 people there are terribly annoyed by the dirty air（那里的人受到

36、污浊的空气的烦扰）， B中 “The air is contaminated”是对男士所说 “the dirty air”的同义转述，故为答案。 blow away意为 “吹散 ”。 8 【听力原文】 W: Youve been watching TV for such a long time. Could you please help with the housework? Why should it always be me who does all these tiring chores? M: You have more free time in this house. Beside

37、s, I am the breadwinner. Q: What can we infer from the conversation? 8 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 对话中男士提到 I am the breadwinner（我养家糊口），选项 B中的 “homemaker”与 “breadwinner”相对，即对话中的女士（男士的妻子）是位家庭主妇，故答案为 B。干扰项 D中的 “bread-manufacturing”是对 “breadwinner”的误解。 breadwinner意为 “养家糊口的人 ”。 9 【听力原文】 M: Why do you think that way?

38、 W: While I admit there is very little discrimination here on campus towards orientation, appearance and nationality, women are not treated equally. Women are not represented in many faculties. They also hold fewer senior faculty positions, are not represented well in administration and, do you know

39、, not once has there been a female president of the student union. M: You are running for president of the student union on the issue of equality, but you are not going to be a winner, I suppose. Most students feel women have equality nowadays. W: Not the students I have talked to, particularly the

40、women. My brother is a lawyer and he says the women in his firm have to work much harder than the men if they want to become a partner in the firm. M: So you are going to champion womens rights for the election. W: Yes, my campaign will focus on that but I will not ignore other issues such as transp

41、ortation, cafeterias and so on. I have been a student here for 4 years and am aware of all the issues. If I can make this campus a better place for all students, then as a woman, I would be setting an excellent role model. And, I am sure I can do a better job than Jerry did this year. M: What did Je

42、rry accomplish this year? W: Next to nothing. He put pressure on the cafeterias to be a little more environmentally friendly but that is about all. Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 23. What is the main reason for the womans running for president of the students u

43、nion? 24. Why does the woman mention her brother? 25. What does the woman think of Jerry? 9 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 本题考查女士竞选学生会主席的主要原 ?因。对话一开始女士对学校中的男女不平等现象作出了阐述，接着男士说 You are running for president of the student union on the issue of equality，由此可知女士是为了男女平等才竞选学生会主席，故答案为 B。 10 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 选项表明，本题考查行为目的。对

44、话中女士提到，不止在学校是这样， 我哥哥是个律师，他说如果女人想要成为公司一员的话就要比男人更加努力地工作，再次说明了男女不平等现象比比皆是，故答案为 A。 11 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 对话中女士提到 Next to nothing. He put pressure on the cafeterias to be a little more environmentally friendly but that is all about it，即前任学生会主席没有做出什么成绩来，故答案为 C。 12 【听力原文】 W: With us now, is Malcolm Bricklin,

45、CEO of Visionary Vehicles. M: Hello, everyone. W: We have been hearing a couple of things about this news that Ford Motor Company is slashing up to 30,000 jobs, shutting down 14 plants nationwide. Is it a big deal if we are no longer manufacturing these cars, Malcolm? M: I think its a huge deal. I m

46、ean the companies are massive employers both directly and indirectly. If you look at Ford after their restructuring, theyve actually got 87,000 employees which are twice as many as Microsoft has worldwide. Moreover, if you look at those jobs, they are very high-paying jobs. These are people who can

47、afford to buy their own products. W: Er, it seems to indicate a big hit for our economy if these jobs go bye-bye. M: Yeah, its really a sad day for America. W: But it is not as if cars are stopped being made, right? M: Correct. Still a large number of cars are being made by American manufacturers. M

48、ore than half of the American cars sold in America are American. So what has happened over time is that as the market share has fallen, foreign car companies have come in， taken over plants and set up new plants, and they have taken over that capacity. So, it is not like there are fewer cars being p

49、roduced in America than there were 30 years ago. W: Let me ask you about the Chinese coming in. What would it mean to American jobs, if and when that happens? M: The Chinese cars we have seen so far arent that great and they dont have the branding necessary to make a huge impact on the world stage. Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 19. What do we know about the Ford Motor Company from the conversation? 20. Why is it a big