[外语类试卷]大学英语四级改革适用（听力）模拟试卷126及答案与解析.doc

1、大学英语四级改革适用（听力）模拟试卷 126及答案与解析 Section B （ A） Computers have become part of our daily lives. （ B） Computers have more disadvantages than advantages. （ C） People have different attitudes toward computers. （ D） More and more families will own computers. （ A） Computers can bring financial problems. （ B）

2、Computers can bring unemployment. （ C） Computers can be very useful in families. （ D） Computerized robots can take over some unpleasant jobs. （ A） Computers may change the life they have been accustomed to. （ B） Spending too much time on computers may spoil peoples relationship. （ C） Buying computer

3、s may cost a lot of money. （ D） Computers may take the place of human beings altogether. （ A） Affectionate. （ B） Disapproving. （ C） Approving. （ D） Neutral. （ A） The whole routine of life is shattered. （ B） The need to talk to other people is increasing. （ C） Nothing is more important than controlli

4、ng ones own time. （ D） Nobody is alone in the unemployment experience. （ A） Days are getting longer. （ B） Days are getting shorter. （ C） Time becomes easier to fill. （ D） It is a good opportunity to develop their hobbies. （ A） Unemployment brings bad feelings. （ B） Unemployment brings good feelings.

5、 （ C） One should try to make the best of unemployment. （ D） Unemployed people are lonely. （ A） Cooking. （ B） Cleaning. （ C） Skin care. （ D） Painting. （ A） 50%. （ B） 40%. （ C） 30%. （ D） 20%. （ A） How to release oil from seeds. （ B） How to test the local market for oil. （ C） Food and oil. （ D） Soybean

6、 and oil. （ A） National Similarities and Global Differences. （ B） World Culture and the Future of Schooling. （ C） National Differences, Global Similarities: World Culture and the Future of Schooling. （ D） National Similarities, Global Differences: World Culture and the Future of Schooling. （ A） The

7、book was written by David Baker. （ B） We can find information on about 15 countries in the book. （ C） The professors started to write the book in 1994. （ D） The book compares public education systems around the world. （ A） Hungary, Malaysia and the Philippines. （ B） Hungary, Romania and the Philippi

8、nes. （ C） Spain, Romania and the Philippines. （ D） Hungary, Australia and Iraq. （ A） School violence has nothing to do with the educational system. （ B） Schools should stop trying to raise scores. （ C） Schools should treat every student equally. （ D） Schools should divide students into “winners and

9、losers“. （ A） They described it as a complete failure. （ B） They described it as wildly successful. （ C） They described it as adventurous. （ D） They described it as highly fortunate. （ A） A world ban on nuclear weapons. （ B） Japans development of nuclear weapons. （ C） Suspending nuclear research in

10、Japan. （ D） A world ban on nuclear technology research. （ A） Plotting to kill the president. （ B） Plotting to kill the Vice-president. （ C） Plotting to bombard the capital city. （ D） Plotting to overthrow the government. （ A） March 20 through April 2. （ B） March 21 through April 1. （ C） March 25 thr

11、ough April 1. （ D） March 26 through April 2. （ A） In the 19th century. （ B） In the 18th century. （ C） In the 17th century. （ D） In the 16th century. （ A） People must play jokes on friends on April Fools Day. （ B） Sometimes jokes last until the end of April Fools Day. （ C） People usually buy interest

12、ing gifts for each other on April Fools Day. （ D） Young lovers often eat out for fun on April Fools Day. （ A） The development of jazz music. （ B） The musician named Charlie Parker. （ C） The new style of jazz called bebop. （ D） The death of Charlie Parker. （ A） It has a fixed rhythm. （ B） It is simil

13、ar to the traditional jazz. （ C） It is free and spontaneous. （ D） It is typically an electronic music style. （ A） 1943. （ B） 1945. （ C） 1940. （ D） 1948. （ A） Europe. （ B） America. （ C） Africa. （ D） Asia. 大学英语四级改革适用（听力）模拟试卷 126答案与解析 Section B 1 【听力原文】 For good or bad, computers are now part of our da

14、ily lives. 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

15、 them. The computer lovers talk about how useful computers can be in business, in education and in the home apart 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 s

16、ome 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 talking to computers will forget how to talk to each other. And anyway, t

17、hey ask, whats wrong with going shopping and learning languages in classroom with real teachers? But their biggest fear is that computers may eventually replace human beings altogether. 22. What is the main idea of this passage? 23. What is not mentioned in the passage about computers? 24. What is t

18、he biggest fear of the computer haters? 25. Whats the speakers attitude toward computers? 1 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 主旨题，短文在引出话题后说： “在一般民众之中，计算机引发了强烈的感情。人们或者喜爱它，或者痛恨它。 ”然后文章分别阐述这两种对立的观点。所以 C正确。一般来说，对于 main idea题目，具有概括性的选项是答案， C符合此特征。做主旨题时特别看重 “第 1句 ”，因此本题 A是强干扰项。只是在本文中， A项提到的内容只是主题的引文，全文是分爱、恨两方面谈论人们对计算机的看法的。

19、作为事实细节， D也符合文章内容，但不合题意。 【知识模块】 短文听力 2 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 短文提到，计算机对企业、教育和家庭有用，计算机化的机器人可以代替人做没意思的工作，计算机还会带来失业。 B、 C、 D均有提及， A是答案。 【知识模块】 短文听力 3 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 短文最后说：痛恨计算机的人最大的担忧在于，终究有一天计算机会完全取代人类。 D与此相符 “语义强调 ”的内容常是解题关键。听到原文由的their biggest fear，就得特别留神 !听到什么选什么。 【知识模块】 短文听力 4 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 短文说话人对 正反两边的

20、意见均给于客观介绍，没有明显的偏向性，因此其态度是中立的，答案是 D。 A、 C项含义一致，可以直接排除。由昕过的短文可知，说话人并不反对计算机，故也可以排除 B。 【知识模块】 短文听力 5 【听力原文】 As more and more people lose their jobs, now is perhaps the time to consider the experience of unemployment. What are the first feelings? Well, losing a job, or not being able to find one, almost

21、always brings unwelcome changes. As well as the loss of income, many people find the whole routine of their life is shattered, their contact with other people reduced, their ambitions halted and their identity as a worker removed. At first there may be good feelings too a new and better job is just

22、around the corner its nice to be able to lie in bed in the morning or spend more time with the children; have more time to think. But, unless a better job does turn up, the chances are the days start getting longer and time becomes harder to fill. Many people pass through periods of difficulty in sl

23、eeping and eating. They feel irritable and depressed, often isolated and lonely. Despite all these problems though, unemployment can be a chance for a fresh start. You can discover that it provides an opportunity to sort out or rethink what you want from life and how best you can get it. You can use

24、 the time to plan how to find a new job, learn a new skill, develop your hobbies or see if you can run your own business. 16. What are the first feelings when one is jobless? 17. What do the unemployed feel before finding a new job? 18. What does the speaker try to tell us? 5 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 短文说：失去工

25、作几乎总是会带来一些令 人不快的变化。收入减少之外，许多人还发现整个生活常规全打乱了，与别人的接触减少，雄心受挫，还失去了工作者的身份。 A正确。四个陈述句选项，各自的主语都不相同，选项的主要词汇也没有什么关联。由此可以推测的是，本题应该问细节而非主旨 (主旨题各选项中的词语总会相互关联。可以 “听到什么选什么 ”。短文中的设问句 What are the first feelings?之后出现了 A中的原词，也属于在语义强调之处出题。 【知识模块】 短文听力 6 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 短文中说到：但是如果不能找到一 个更好的工作的话，日子可能会变得漫长，时间也变得更难以打发。由此选

26、 A。 A、 B、 C三个选项说 “时间 ”， D说 “业余爱好 ”。 A、 B语义矛盾， B、 C其实语义一致 (等价 )。由选项自身可以初步判断答案是 A。 But转折处出题。 【知识模块】 短文听力 7 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 短文在前两个段落谈到失业的不良影响后，在第三段说 “失业也是一个新的开始的机会 ”，谈如何利用失业重新开始，故答案是 C。 A、 B内容矛盾，各执一词，但太绝对化，故不能是答案。 【知识模块】 短文听力 8 【听力原文】 From the beginning of human history, people have used oils from seed

27、s and nuts. Most of the time these oils are used as food, especially in cooking. But sometimes they have other uses. For example, oils are found in paint and in cleaning products, like soap. Oil is separated from seeds by using pressure. A machine called a press is often used. Sometimes it is surpri

28、sing to learn how much oil the seeds contain. Sesame, cotton and sunflower seeds, for example, all contain at least 50% oil. Soybean is an important seed around the world, but it is only 20% oil. So chemicals are needed to release oil from soybeans. The first step in pressing the oil from seeds is t

29、o crush the seeds between two stones. A cloth container or bag is filled with the crushed seeds. Then the bag is hung up. Some of the oil will flow out of the bag and can be collected. But some oil will remain in the crushed seeds inside the bag. The easiest way to get the rest of the oil out is to

30、place heavy rocks on the crushed material. Oil can also be collected with small, hand-operated machines. Small presses are important in areas where electricity or gasoline cannot be used. They are also a good way to test if a local market for oil exists. 19. What use of oil is NOT mentioned in the p

31、ostage? 20. How much oil does soybean contain? 21. Which of the following is the best title for the passage? 8 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 短文第 2句开始谈植物油的用处，提到了 cooking， paint和cleaning products，只有 C项未提及，因而它就是答案。 【知识模块】 短文听力 9 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 短文提到，大豆的含油量为 20%，故选 D。百分比作选项 ，难点不在猜测问题是什么类型，而在于对文中出现的每个百分比 (50%和 20 )做出准

32、确的笔记。在听到问题后才能根据笔记作答。 【知识模块】 短文听力 10 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 短文第 1句指出，人类使用植物 (种子 )油有着漫长的历史。然后谈到植物油的用途，主要的植物油来源以及如何提取植物油，因此，本文的主题是A。从选项的高度概括性来看，本题当问文章的主旨大意。核心词是 oil，然后每个选项都给出了另一个关键词： seeds， market， food， soybean。本文多处提到oil和 seeds，因此不难选出答案。其他几项的关键词只是文章中的局部内容，不能充当主题。 【知识模块】 短文听力 11 【听力原文】 A new book by two profe

33、ssors at Pennsylvania State University compares public education systems around the world. The book is called National Differences, Global Similarities: World Culture and the Future of Schooling. David Baker and Gerald LeTendre led a group of researchers who gathered information on about 50 countrie

34、s. Some findings came from the Third International Mathematics and Science Study. That study took place in 1994 and again five years later. The professors say education is increasingly shaped by what they call “transnational forces“. Officials in many countries are concerned about how their students

35、 compare with students in other countries. Each part of the book develops a different subject researched in schools around the world. One of the subjects is violence among students. The professors say countries with the most school violence include Hungary, Romania and the Philippines. They say the

36、United States is somewhere in the middle, above nations like New Zealand, Canada, South Korea, Spain and Australia The findings are based on reports from students. Professor Baker says inequalities in educational systems act as an influence. He says schools that are sharply divided between “winners

37、and losers“ in math have higher levels of violence. “This does not mean that nations should stop trying to raise scores,“ he says. “But they should be careful to raise the performance among all students.“ 22. What is the title of the book? 23. What can we learn about the book from the passage? 24. W

38、here did the study find the most school violence? 25. Which opinion would Professor Baker support? 11 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 C是由短文提到的书名照搬下来的选项。四个选项都是专有名词，或者问短文的主旨大意，或者问别的什么标题。 C、 D的差异只在一个词上(similarities与 differences)，听录音时要多注意。 【知识模块】 短文听力 12 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 短文第 1句即提到：宾夕法尼亚州立大学的两位教授的一本新书比较了世界各地的公共教育体制。因此 D正

39、确。短文第 1句往往是出题的重点。听到什么选什么。 【知识模块】 短文听力 13 【正确 答案】 B 【试题解析】 文中提到： “两位教授说，校园暴力最多的国家包括匈牙利、罗马尼亚和菲律宾。 ”因此 B正确。读题可知，本题问到几个国家名称，这几个国家有着某种共同点。听音时，可一项项 “对号入座 ”。语义强调之处会出题，文中 the most school violence成了选项的标志。 【知识模块】 短文听力 14 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 短文最后说到： “Baker教授说，教育体制的不平等产生了影响。 ”C正确。 A、 B、 D的观点也可以对照短文最后的内容一一排除。此外，绝对化的

40、选 项不是答案，可排除 A。 B、 D的观点也不符合一般情理。 【知识模块】 短文听力 15 【听力原文】 The space shuttle Discovery has safely returned to earth after 2 weeks in earths orbit. Discovery commander Eileen Collins guided the shuttle to an easy landing at Edwards Air Force Base in California early Tuesday. American Space Agency official

41、s described Discoverys trip as wildly successful. But they refused to say when the shuttle may fly again. The Space Agency has suspended all future shuttle flights until it can discover why a piece of hard protective material broke off from Discovery. A similar incident damaged the Columbia space sh

42、uttle in 2003. Columbia was destroyed as it reentered earths atmosphere. Japan has marked the 60th anniversary of the atomic bomb attack on the city of Nagasaki. The American bombings of Nagasaki and Hiroshima ended World War II. Nagasaki Mayor Iccho Itoh called for a world ban on nuclear weapons. H

43、e urged Americans to ask if the United States needs thousands of nuclear arms to guarantee its security. A short time later, Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi said he would work to keep Japan free of nuclear weapons. In Cambodia, an opposition politician has been sentenced to 7 years in prison for pl

44、otting to overthrow the government. Cheam Channy was arrested in February after the National Assembly canceled his parliamentary protection from legal charges. He denies any wrongdoing. A court found Cheam Channy and opposition member Khom Peseth guilty. Khom Peseth received a 5-year prison sentence

45、. Briefly, here again is the major news of the hour. The American space shuttle Discovery has safely returned to earth. Japan has marked the 60th anniversary of the atomic bomb attack on Nagasaki. And in Cambodia, an opposition politician has been sentenced to 7 years in prison for plotting to overt

46、hrow the government. 16. How did American Space Agency officials describe Discoverys trip? 17. What did Nagasaki Mayor call for? 18. What was the charge against the two opposition politicians? 15 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 原文说 ， “美国宇航局官员称， 发现号 的旅程获得巨大成功 ”。因此选 B。本题符合 “听到什么选什么 ”的解题原则。 wildly successful原词再现，容易听取。

47、 【知识模块】 短文听力 16 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 预读选项，全是名词选项，核心词汇是 Japan， world ban，nuclear weapons research technology， development， suspending，推测可能问新闻的主题或细节。新闻提到， “长崎市市长伊藤一长呼吁全世界禁止核武器 ”，听到什么选 什么，由此选 A。 【知识模块】 短文听力 17 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 第三则新闻开头即称， “在柬埔寨，一位反对派因密谋颠覆政府而被判入狱 7年 ”，因此选 D。选项都说 plotting，只是该 “阴谋 ”的具体内容不同。听到新闻开

48、头的 “plotting to” 时，集中注意力，就可以听到 D中的 “overthrow the government”原词再现了。 【知识模块】 短文听力 18 【听力原文】 Unlike most of the other holidays, the history of April Fools Day is not totally clear. The closest point in time that can be identified as the beginning of this tradition was in 1582, in France. Before that ye

49、ar, the new year was celebrated for eight days, beginning on March 25 and lasting until April 1. With the reform of the calendar under Charles IX, a new calendar was introduced, and New Years Day was moved to January 1. However, many people did not receive the news or refused to accept the new calendar and continued to celebrate the new year on April 1. These backward folk were labeled as “fools“ by the general public. They were often sent on “fools errands“ or were made the target of other practical jokes. This evolved, over time, into a tradition of jo