[外语类试卷]大学英语六级（听力）模拟试卷23及答案与解析.doc

1、大学英语六级（听力）模拟试卷 23及答案与解析 Section C Directions: In this section, 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

2、43 with the exact words you have just heard. For blanks numbered 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 0 Blogging is a pastime for many, even a livelihood for a few. For some, it b

3、ecomes an 【 B1】 _. Such bloggers often feel compelled to write several times daily and feel 【 B2】 _ if they dont keep up. As they spend more time leaning over their computers, they 【 B3】 _ family, friends and jobs. They blog at home, at work and on the road. They blog openly or sometimes quietly so

4、as not to call attention to their habit. The number of bloggers has grown quickly, thanks to 【 B4】 _ like , which makes it easy to set up a blog. Technorati, a blog-tracking service, has【 B5】 _ some 2.5 million blogs. Of course, most of those millions are 【 B6】_ or, at best, maintained infrequently.

5、 For many bloggers, the 【 B7】 _ soon wears off and their persistence 【 B8】 _. Sometimes, too, the realization that no one is reading sets in. 【 B9】 _ By Jupiter Researchs estimate, only 4 percent of online users read blogs. Indeed, if a blog is compared to a conversation between a writer and readers

6、, bloggers are having conversations largely with themselves. Perhaps a chronically small audience is a blessing. For it seems that 【 B10】 _ Mr. Pierce is a regular blogger who lives in Hollywood and works in the entertainment industry. He said 【 B11】 _. “There is this seductive thing that happens, t

7、his kind of snowball-rolling-down-a-hill thing, where the sheer momentum of several years posting becomes very keenly felt,“ he said. “And the absence of posting feels like I dont know, laziness or something.“ 1 【 B1】 2 【 B2】 3 【 B3】 4 【 B4】 5 【 B5】 6 【 B6】 7 【 B7】 8 【 B8】 9 【 B9】 10 【 B10】 11 【 B11

8、】 11 Improving the balance between the working part of the day and the rest of it is a goal of a growing number of workers in rich Western countries. Some are turning away from the 【 B1】 _ of their parents, for whom work always comes first; others with 【 B2】 _ skills are demanding more because they

9、know they can get it. Employers, 【 B3】 _ between a falling population of workers and tight controls on 【 B4】_, are eager to identify extra payment that will 【 B5】 _ more “talent“ their way. Just now they are focusing on benefits that offer employees more than just pay. Some companies saw the change

10、of mood some time ago. IBM has more than 50 different programs 【 B6】 _ work-life balance and Bank of America over 30. But plenty of other firms remain 【 B7】 _ and many lack the capacity to cater to such ideas even if they wanted to. Helen Murlis, with Hay Group, a human-resources 【 B8】_, sees a wide

11、ning gap between firms, “at the creative end of employment“ and those that are not. 【 B9】 _. This allows people to escape rigid nine-to-five schedules and work away from a formal office. 【 B10】 _. Companies have had to offer extended periods of leave for them to look after dependants (young and old)

12、, and flexible working in between. Ernst & Young, 【 B11】 _ Houston, Texas. 12 【 B1】 13 【 B2】 14 【 B3】 15 【 B4】 16 【 B5】 17 【 B6】 18 【 B7】 19 【 B8】 20 【 B9】 21 【 B10】 22 【 B11】 大学英语 六级（听力）模拟试卷 23答案与解析 Section C Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read

13、 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 numbered from 44 to 46 you are required to fill in the missing infor

14、mation. For these blanks, you can either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the 【知识模块】 听力 1 【正确答案】 obsession 【试题解析】 空格前的 an提示此处应填入可数名词的单数形式。 obsession意为“困扰，迷惑 ”。 【知识模块】 听力 2 【正确答案】 uneasy 【试题解析】 feel表明此处应填入形容词或分词。 uneasy意为 “心神不安的 ”。 【知识模块】 听力 3 【正确答案】 neglect 【试题解析】 此处需要动词，作句子谓语。

15、neglect意为 “忽视，忽略 ” 。 【知识模 块】 听力 4 【正确答案】 sites 【试题解析】 thanks to中的 to是介词，因此空格处要填入名词或代词。是一个网址，由此可推断此处的词与 “网址 ”相近。因此不要写成同音的第三人称动词 cites“引用 ”。 【知识模块】 听力 5 【正确答案】 counted 【试题解析】 has表明此处需填入动词分词，作谓语。 counted指 “计算 ”。 【知识模块】 听力 6 【正确答案】 abandoned 【试题解析】 此处需要动词，作句 子谓语。 abandoned“抛弃，丢弃 ”。 【知识模块】 听力 7 【正确答案】 no

16、velty 【试题解析】 此处需要名词，作句子主语。 novelty“新颖 ”。 【知识模块】 听力 8 【正确答案】 fades 【试题解析】 此处需要动词作谓语，与 wears off“逐渐减弱，消失 ”并列，并与之意思相近。 fades“减弱，消失 ” 。 【知识模块】 听力 9 【正确答案】 A few blogs have thousands of leaders, but never have so many people written so much to be read by so few 【试题解析】 本句不建议重构。 【知识模块】 听力 10 【正确答案】 the mor

17、e popular a blog becomes, the more some bloggers feel the need to post 【试题解析】 本句为 the more the more 句型，表示 “越 ?越 ?” ，不建议重构。 【知识模块】 听力 11 【正确答案】 blogging began to feel like an addiction when he noticed that he would rather be with his computer man with his girlfriend 【试题解析】 began to feel like an addit

18、ion文字比较长， 在理解的基础上可以改写为 got addicted。注意 when从句中使用了 would rather than 的比较句型。 【知识模块】 听力 【知识模块】 听力 12 【正确答案】 ideals 【试题解析】 空格前的介词 from和空格后的 of表明此处需填入名词。 ideals用在这里，表示 “理想 ”。 【知识模块】 听力 13 【正确答案】 scarce 【试题解析】 此处需要形容词，修饰 skills。 scarce意为 “不足的 ” 。 【知识模块】 听力 14 【正确答案】 caught 【试题解析】 此处需要分词。 caught为 catch的过去分

19、词。 【知识模块】 听力 15 【正确答案】 immigration 【试题解析】 此处需要名词。 immigration意为 “移民 ”。 【知识模块】 听力 16 【正确答案】 lure 【试题解析】 空格前的 will表明此处需填入动词原形，作谓语。 lure“引诱 ”。 【知识模块】 听力 17 【正确答案】 promoting 【试题解析】 promoting work-life balance意为 “促进工作生活平衡 ” 。 【知识模块】 听力 18 【正确答案】 unconvinced 【试题解析】 remain表明此处需填入形容词或分词。 unconvinced意为 “不信服的

20、 ” 。 【知识模块】 听力 19 【正确答案】 consultancy 【试题解析】 a表明此处需填入名词单数形式。 consultancy指 “顾问（工作） ” 。 【知识模块】 听力 20 【正确答案】 The chief component of almost all schemes to promote work-life balance is flexible working 【试题解析】 component的拼写较为复杂，可以用 element改写。 almost不要写成 all most。 【知识模块】 听力 21 【正确答案】 The spread of flexible w

21、orking has come about at least partly as a result of initiatives to keep women workers 【试题解析】 as a result of可以用 because of改写。 【知识模块 】 听力 22 【正确答案】 keen to show that part-time workers can also become partners, recently made the first such appointment 【试题解析】 part-time workers可以合并为一个词： part-timers。 【知识模块】 听力