[外语类试卷]大学英语四级改革适用（听力）模拟试卷81及答案与解析.doc

1、大学英语四级改革适用（听力）模拟试卷 81及答案与解析 Section A （ A） The woman can always find the books she wants. （ B） The woman should make a reservation first. （ C） The woman should come to the library earlier. （ D） The woman shouldnt postpone writing her paper. （ A） Set a good example for other people. （ B） Help to incr

2、ease peoples environmental protection awareness. （ C） Devote himself to protecting the surroundings. （ D） Offer reasonable suggestions for the organization. （ A） Get some available information about the post. （ B） Have a better understanding of his opponents. （ C） Show his interest and confidence in

3、 the job. （ D） Purchase some expensive clothes first. （ A） The woman tends to neglect her own study. （ B） The womans written a successful novel before. （ C） The womans always absorbed in reading novels. （ D） The woman didnt do well in the exam last time. （ A） Authorities should take actions to prote

4、ct kids. （ B） School bus accidents should be avoided. （ C） More attention should be given to childrens security. （ D） Accidents sometimes cant be avoided. （ A） He is discussing a meeting with the woman. （ B） He is the boss of the woman. （ C） He is going to give a speech on Wednesday. （ D） He is eage

5、r to attend the business conference. （ A） Understandable. （ B） Helpful. （ C） Boring. （ D） Useless. （ A） To write down what the woman says. （ B） To ask some information about the company. （ C） To sign a contract they have reached. （ D） To have a check on the articles of a contract. （ A） The office is

6、 too noisy to work in. （ B） Too many students ask questions in the office. （ C） They cant prepare their courses adequately. （ D） They have too many test papers to mark. （ A） Stop having students coming into their office. （ B） Discuss with students in the meeting room. （ C） Have communications with o

7、ther colleagues. （ D） Think about other peoples feelings first. （ A） Apply for a new conference room. （ B） Redecorate the room downstairs. （ C） Take out all the cabinets from the room. （ D） Go to see the room down the stairs. （ A） It can seriously affect ones future life. （ B） Its the key factor whe

8、n applying for a job. （ C） It has little to do with ones achievements. （ D） It may help build ones confidence in work. （ A） Students spend too much time on their study. （ B） Children choose their specialty too early. （ C） Few students are interested in language courses. （ D） Children have to study t

9、oo many subjects. （ A） They need guidance when they choose university. （ B） They dont know what subjects to take. （ C） They tend to choose those relatively easy courses. （ D） They have a clear mind about their future career. （ A） They usually concentrate on one particular field. （ B） They have many

10、courses to choose from. （ C） They study various courses from language to science. （ D） They seldom participate in after-class activities. Section B （ A） She will lose her new job. （ B） She may not find another job. （ C） She is not qualified for her position. （ D） She does not earn enough. （ A） She a

11、pplied for new jobs continually. （ B） She gave up the hope for the future. （ C） She learned many work skills. （ D） She changed her way of thinking. （ A） They dont have energy for work. （ B） Economic crisis will continue. （ C） Employers prefer younger workers. （ D） They are less skilled workers. （ A）

12、 To recruit volunteers for its research. （ B） To discuss work experience with the young. （ C） To tell people the importance of hard work. （ D） To help the old improve job-seeking skills. （ A） They should be trained by a real teacher. （ B） They should participate in online activities. （ C） Theyd bett

13、er learn more software skills. （ D） They should study independently. （ A） Students cant find useful information. （ B） Learning is in the charge of students. （ C） Students get no help from others. （ D） Some information on the net is misleading. （ A） By giving some advice. （ B） By offering online cour

14、ses. （ C） By understanding the students need. （ D） By improving his own ability. （ A） New science and technology. （ B） Humanism and culture. （ C） Undergraduate education. （ D） Research and graduate education. （ A） A prestigious Ivy League university. （ B） A small liberal arts university. （ C） A univ

15、ersity with famous professors. （ D） A private rather than a state college. （ A） They will be dismissed if they can not pay for the tuition. （ B） They have to prepare for their life after college. （ C） They will have limited choices with debt burden. （ D） They will be ashamed of their poverty. Sectio

16、n C 25 In January 1986, Basit and Amjad Alvi, wrote a piece of code to safeguard the latest version of their heart monitoring software from piracy. They called it Brain, and it was【 B1】 _ a wheel clamp(固定夹 )for PCs. Computers that ran their program, plus this entirely new bit of code, would stop wor

17、king after a year, though they【 B2】_ provided three telephone numbers, against the day. If you were a legitimate 【 B3】 _, and could prove it, theyd unlock you. But in the way of all creative technologies, something unintended happened. The Alvis wheel clamp was soon copied by some computer hobbyists

18、, who began to【 B4】_ it, concealed within various digital documents that people might be expected to want to open. Because almost all these booby-trapped files【 B5】 _on floppy disks, the virus spread at a pre-Internet snails pace. Still, it did cause a certain amount of low-grade【 B6】 _, freezing co

19、mputers across the world. The hobbyists did it because they could, or to see what would happen, or simply because they thought it was great. This proved【 B7】 _ for the Alvi brothers, whose three telephone numbers were often included in the files, and eventually they had to cut all three lines. There

20、 were far too many angry callers, mainly from the United States and Britain.【 B8】 _, the road to our present universe teeming with viruses was 【 B9】 _, a quarter century ago, with the Alvi brothers good【 B10】_of securing their intellectual property. And today, it wont be a surprise to see a notice t

21、hat you should keep yourself from being attacked by virus. 26 【 B1】 27 【 B2】 28 【 B3】 29 【 B4】 30 【 B5】 31 【 B6】 32 【 B7】 33 【 B8】 34 【 B9】 35 【 B10】 大学英语四 级改革适用（听力）模拟试卷 81答案与解析 Section A 1 【听力原文】 W: The term paper is due in two days, but it seems all the books I need have been checked out. M: Yeah.

22、 You may have to buy some books. It is always true to say that early bird catches the worm. Q: What does the man imply? 1 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 校园生活类。弦外之音题 女士说学期论文过两天就该上交了，可是她所需要的参考书都被别人借走了，男士说女士得去买些书了，接着又说 “早起的鸟儿有虫吃 ”。言外之意，女士应该早来图书馆借书。 【知识模块】 听力 2 【听力原文】 M: Ive joined an environmental protection organiza

23、tion. Ill try to help save the environment. W: Thats only one side of the coin. What really matters is that the awareness of environmental protection can be made to reach everyone. Q: What should the man do according to the woman? 2 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 气候环境类。行动计划题 男士说自己加入了一个环境保护组织，而且他会努力帮助保护环境，女士认为这只是问题

24、的一个 方面，更重要的是要提高每个人的环境保护意识。由此可知，女士认为男士应着力于提高人们的环保意识。 【知识模块】 听力 3 【听力原文】 M: You always seem to be confident in an interview. What do you suggest for my interview tonight? W: The most important thing, I think, is to have a good understanding of the position that you want to apply for, and a formal dres

25、s is always important. Q: What does the woman suggest the man do before his interview? 3 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 工作商务类。请求建议题。男士问女士对他这次面试有何建议，女士说最重要的是要对他所申请的岗位有所了解，其次正式的着装也是很重要的。由此可知，男士应从了解所申请的岗位和穿着打扮两方面准备这次面试。 【知识模块】 听力 4 【听力原文】 W: I have got a good idea when reading a novel. I think this time I should writ

26、e a similar one. M: Stop daydreaming. The final exam is around the corner anyway. Do you still want to see your parents straight face? Q: What can we infer about the woman? 4 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 校园生活类。弦外之音题。女士说自己在读小说时冒出一个好的想法，她想写一本类似的小说，男士劝她别做白日梦，而应该准备即将到来的期末考试，通过男士反问 “你还想看到你父母板着面孔吗 ?”可推断，女士上次考试没考好，父母因此

27、对她板着面孔。 【知识模块】 听力 5 【听力原文】 M: Recently, I have read a lot about school bus accidents. W: Yeah, we may never attach too much importance to the security of kids. Relieved that authorities have made some rules to avoid such tragedies. Q: What does the woman mean? 5 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 热点话题类，语义理解题。男士说自己读到许多

28、关于校车事故的新闻，女士说如何强调孩子的安全都不过分，令人欣慰的是有关部门已经制定了一些规定以防止此类 悲剧的发生。由此可知，女士认为我们应多关心孩子的安全问题。 【知识模块】 听力 6 【听力原文】 W: Heres this weeks schedule. On Monday, theres the board meeting. Your speech at the Fans Club is on Tuesday. Then, on Wednesday, youre supposed to see the dentist. M: Im glad I dont have to travel

29、to the business conference this week. Q: What can we learn about the man? 6 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 工作商务类事实细节题。女士向男士提供了一周的日程安排表，并具体说明了每天要做的事情，男士听后对自己本周不用出差感到高兴。由此可知，说话者之间是老板与秘书的关系。 【知识模块】 听力 7 【听力原文】 M: Im tired of Bills complaints. I dont know why he always looks at things in such a negative way. W: You kn

30、ow he grows in a single-parent family. He was heavily blown by his parents divorce at a young age. Q: What does the woman think of Bills complaints? 7 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 生活交际类观点态度题。男士说厌 烦了 Bill不断的抱怨，在男士看来， Bill总是消极地看待问题，女士解释说 Bill生长在单亲家庭里，他父母的离异给小时候的他造成了沉重的打击。由此可知，女士倾向于理解而不是埋怨 Bill。 【知识模块】 听力 8 【听力原文】

31、W: Is the contract I sent you yesterday correct? I dont have any time to check the items. M: Thats why I come to your office today. Q: Why does the man come to the womans office? 8 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 工作商务类，原因目的题。女士询问昨天发给男士的合同是否正确，她自己没时间检查合同里的条款，男士说这就是他来女士的办公室的原因。由此可推断，男士发现合同有问题，特前来核对一下合同的内容。 【知识模块】 听力

32、9 【听力原文】 W: Mike, do you have a minute? M: Oh, hi, Cathy. Sure. Whats up? W: Well, Ive been meaning to talk to you about the situation of the office. M: I stay there every so often, but(9)its so noisy that I cant work. W: Thats exactly what Im getting at. Were supposed to be able to do our preparati

33、on and marking in that office, but have you noticed?(9)Simon constantly has students coming in to get help with his course. A lot of people are going in and out. M: Has anybody spoken to him about it? W: No, not yet, but someones going to have to. M: We cant really ask him to stop having students co

34、me in for help, can we? W: No, of course not. But Im not able to do my work and neither are you. I imagine its the same for the others in the office. M: Hmm, could we ask for a kind of meeting room?(10)When teachers have to talk with a student, they could go to the meeting room and not use the offic

35、e. You know, theres a room downstairs, a rather small room, that we could ask to use. Its only for storing supplies. W: You mean the little storage room? Oh, that would be too small. M: Are you sure? With the cabinets taken out, it might be bigger than it looks. W: Come to think of it, you may be on

36、 to something.(11)Id like to have a look at that room. Can we go there now? M:(ll)Sure, lets go. 9. What problem are the two speakers discussing? 10. What should the teachers do according to the man? 11. What are the two speakers going to do in the end? 9 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 事实细节题。本题问的是说话者在谈论什么问题。对话开始，男

37、士说他偶尔会待在办公室里，不过那里太吵，无法工作。女士与男士看法相同，她抱怨自己在办公室里没法备课，原因是 Simon总是让学生来办公室寻求帮助。由此可知，两人讨论的是办公室工作环境太嘈杂的问题。 【知识模块】 听力 10 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 事实细节题。本题问的是男士认为教师们应该如何做。针对办公室里太吵的问题，两人一致认为不让学生向老师寻求帮助不妥，男士提议他们申请一个会议室，这 样，老师就可以和学生在会议室里讨论问题了。 【知识模块】 听力 11 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 行动计划题。本题问的是两人最后要做什么。对话结尾，男士提到楼下的储藏室可以腾出来作为会议室，女士认

38、为房间太小，男士认为把储藏室的橱柜搬出来就显得大了，最后他们决定去储藏室看看。 【知识模块】 听力 12 【听力原文】 W:(12)I dont think it really matters what your educational background is. Anyone who is hard-working is going to do well whatever their education. In fact, I think some people carry on with their education when they would do a lot better to

39、 get out and start building their own careers by learning things in real life. M: Yes, but the whole point is, life is getting so much more complicated these days that unless you carry on with your studies you just cant cope. W: For certain things and certain people, thats OK.(13)But to my mind, the

40、 big problem in education is that you specialize too quickly. I mean, in England, you start specializing from the third year in secondary school, when youre about 14. You either do languages, or natural sciences, or social sciences. M: But surely you have to you cant possibly study everything becaus

41、e theres just too much. W: Yes, but how many kids at that age really know what they want to do? How many of them are convinced that the three subjects theyve chosen are the ones that will let them follow the careers they eventually decide on? M: Oh,(14)I think most young people who stay on at school

42、 have a fair idea of what they want to do. W: Im not so sure. And after all, thats not the end of it.(15)When they get to university in England, the subjects they study are so narrow that they are only good for one thing, so they are stuck with it. M: Come on, Joan. We have had many excellent scient

43、ists under this system. 12. What does the woman think of educational background? 13. What seems to be the problem of education in England according to the woman? 14. What is the mans opinion on the secondary school students? 15. What can we learn about university students in England? 12 【正确答案】 C 【试题

44、解析】 观点态度题。本题问的是女士对教育背景的看法。 对话一开始，女士就表明了她的看法：教育背景并不重要，不管受教育程度如何，只要努力就会取得成功。 【知识模块】 听力 13 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 事实细节题。本题问的是女士认为英国的教育存在什么问题。女士认为英国的教育存在重大问题，即学生在初中三年级时就选择自己的专业，但由于年龄的原因，他们其实并不知道自己到底想学什么专业。 【知识模块】 听力 14 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 观点态度题。本题问的是男士对初中生的看法。对话中，女士和男士对中学生持不同的看法，女士 认为他们年龄太小，不能很好地选择自己的专业，而男士却认为他们很清

45、楚自己将来想做什么。 【知识模块】 听力 15 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 事实细节题。本题问的是关于英国大学生的信息。对话中，两人对中学生的看法相持不下，随后，女士提到了英国大学生的一些信息：他们学习的领域狭窄，他们只专注于某一领域，对其他的知识却知之甚少。 【知识模块】 听力 Section B 16 【听力原文】 Patricia Reid is not in her 70s, an age when many Americans continue to work. She is not even in her 60s. She is just 57.(16)But four yea

46、rs after losing her job she cannot escape an upset thought: She may never work again. College educated, with a degree in business administration, she is experienced, having worked for two decades as an analyst at Boeing before losing that job. Since the economic collapse, there are not enough jobs b

47、eing created for the population as a whole, much less for those in the twilight of their careers. For Ms. Reid, it has been four years of hunting without a single job offer. During the four years,(17)she submitted countless applications through the Internet, as well as the online courses she is taki

48、ng to improve her software skills. Being unemployed at any age can be crushing.(18)But older workers suspect their resumes are often set aside in favor of those from younger workers. Others discover that their job-seeking skills as well as some technical skills sought by employers are rusty after ye

49、ars of working for the same company. Many had in fact anticipated working past conventional retirement ages to gird themselves financially for longer life spans, expensive health care and reduced pension guarantees.(19)To help seniors polish their job-seeking skills, WorkSource, a local nonprofit organization, recently began offering seminars. On a recent morning, 14 people gathered in a conference room at a local community college to get tips on how to deal with the