1、大学英语六级改革适用（听力）模拟试卷 117及答案与解析 Section A （ A） At an airport. （ B） In a shop. （ C） In a hospital. （ D） In a school. （ A） Excellent. （ B） Irritating. （ C） Out-dated. （ D） Exciting. （ A） Bob has often been late. （ B） Bob has never been late. （ C） Bob is late for the first time. （ D） Bob will show up on t
2、ime. （ A） He started out in Ottawa. （ B） He saw Canadian Columbia. （ C） He met Dashans mother. （ D） He had a good time. （ A） He will have to live off his parents. （ B） He will not buy a new car any more. （ C） He will have to do a second job. （ D） He will have to sell his second-hand car. （ A） About
3、three blocks away. （ B） About four blocks away. （ C） About ten minutes drive. （ D） About twenty minutes walk. （ A） It used to be the place where the British monarchs lived. （ B） It is the headquarters of the British monarchy. （ C） It is open to the public at weekends. （ D） It is open to the public o
4、n holidays only. （ A） The opera. （ B） The blues. （ C） Kungfu displays. （ D） Parties. （ A） Rock music. （ B） Classic music. （ C） American country music. （ D） Light music. （ A） The guitar. （ B） The flute. （ C） The piano. （ D） The harmonica. （ A） She said something unusual. （ B） She did not have any acc
5、ent. （ C） She had a northern accent. （ D） She had a southern accent. （ A） Visit Richwood. （ B） Find a gas station. （ C） Hit the county fair. （ D） Head for West Virginia. （ A） He has a cold. （ B） He has a sore throat. （ C） He is always sick. （ D） He needs to be more active. （ A） Starting a committee
6、to organize afternoon programs. （ B） Talking to doctors about the problems. （ C） Initiating a petition for afternoon programs. （ D） Donating money for afternoon programs. （ A） Music shows. （ B） Contests. （ C） Volunteer jobs. （ D） Trips. Section B （ A） They share the same expression of emotion. （ B）
7、They share a contrary expression of emotion. （ C） They generate the dynamics of feeling with similar methods. （ D） They generate the dynamics of feeling with complementary methods. （ A） English culture. （ B） American culture. （ C） Chinese culture. （ D） All cultures. （ A） Painting. （ B） Sculpture. （
8、C） Music. （ D） Dance. （ A） By helping students get loans. （ B） By having students work in clerical jobs. （ C） By giving students scholarships. （ D） By reducing students tuition. （ A） John P. Foley. （ B） Richard Murray. （ C） Cristo Rey. （ D） Rey Jesuit. （ A） Listening. （ B） Writing. （ C） Translating.
9、 （ D） Interpreting. （ A） Upset. （ B） Sad. （ C） Surprised. （ D） Puzzled. （ A） It had sore paws and lost weight. （ B） It got tired out. （ C） It got fatter than before. （ D） It had a sore throat. （ A） Holly is a male cat. （ B） The Richters were expecting to see Holly back. （ C） Scientists are unable to
10、 explain how Holly traveled back. （ D） There were two microchips in Hollys body. （ A） Landmarks. （ B） Magnetic fields. （ C） Wind velocity. （ D） Climate change. Section C 25 The most well-known portrait of a woman in the world is over the moon literally. Recently NASA managed to【 B1】 _an image of the
11、 Mona Lisa directly to a satellite orbiting the lunar body. How far did she have to travel? Nearly 240 000 miles, says NASA, shot by laser from the agencys Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland to an【 B2】 _on NASAs Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter(LRO)spacecraft called the Lunar Orbiter Las
12、er Altimeter, or LOLA. NASA【 B3】 _uses lasers to track the LROs altitude as it orbits the moon, and back in 2006 we were sending laser pulses between NASA spacecraft and Earth based【 B4】 _ separated by millions of miles. The wrinkle here: This was apparently the first time wed managed one-way laser
13、communication at【 B5】 _distances, says LOLA principal investigator David Smith with MIT. To send the famous image of the Mona Lisa into space required flawless digital timing. First, a black and white version of the famous Italian painting was broken into a 152 x 200 pixel grid, with each pixel repr
14、esented by a number between zero and 4 095 that【 B6】 _a shade of gray. Those values were then【 B7】 _, one at a time, in 4 096 discrete bursts at a rate of about 300 bits per second. On the receiving end, LOLA was able to reassemble the precise values based on the arrival times of each pulse, and NAS
15、A says it managed to do so without【 B8】 _the LROs primary job of mapping the moons elevation and terrain. Where the earths【 B9】 _interfered, causing pixel errors, NASA employed the same error-correction code algorithm used with CDs and DVDs to【 B10】 _. 26 【 B1】 27 【 B2】 28 【 B3】 29 【 B4】 30 【 B5】 31
16、 【 B6】 32 【 B7】 33 【 B8】 34 【 B9】 35 【 B10】 大学英语六级改革适用（听力）模拟试卷 117答案与解析 Section A 1 【听力原文】 M: Good morning, Madam. Can I help you? W: Yesterday my daughter bought this skirt from your shop. Id like to change it. Its Size 12 and it is too small. I think Size 14 is OK. Q: Where does the conversation m
17、ost probably take place? 1 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 生活交际类，场景推断题。男士问女士有什么需要帮忙。女士说 昨天她女儿在这家店买了一条裙子，尺寸偏小，因此想换大号的。由此推断，该对话最有可能发生在商店内。 【知识模块】 听力 2 【听力原文】 W: Oh, this place is so cool! The decorations are so different. M: Sure. The music is overwhelmingly awesome. I see why everyone loves their parties. Q: What do
18、es the man think of the music? 2 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 娱乐休闲类，语义理解题。对话中女士说这个地方很棒，装饰与众不同。男士补充说这里的音乐非常好，他明白了为什么大家都很喜欢他们的派对。由此可知，男士认为音乐很棒。 【知识模块】 听力 3 【听力原文】 W: Oh, my God! Ill say the movies starting in a minute. We are waiting for Bob but he is late. I wonder whats keeping him. M: Looks like he wont show up
19、. Hes done this before, hasnt he? Q: What does the man mean? 3 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 生活交际类，弦外之音题。女士说电影马上就要开始了，但不知为什么 Bob还没来。男士猜测 Bob不会来了，因为 Bob以前也做过这种事情。言外之意，男士认为 Bob经常迟到。 【知识模块】 听力 4 【听力原文】 W: Mike, please tell me about your trip across Canada. M: Well, weve had a wonderful time. We started out in Vancou
20、ver. We loved seeing British Columbia and meeting Dashans sister Monica. Q: What can we know about the mans trip across Canada? 4 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 旅行交通类。事实细节题 。对话中女士请男士谈谈他的加拿大之旅。男士说他们玩得非常愉快，他们从温哥华出发，游览了不列颠哥伦比亚，还见到了 Dashan的妹妹 Monica。由此判断，男士玩得很开心。 【知识模块】 听力 5 【听力原文】 W: What an amazing car it is! It is
21、incomparable. How much did they sell it to you for? M: Lots. Looks like Ill have to moonlight for the next two years. Q: What does the man imply? 5 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 生活交际类，语义理解题。女士称赞男士的新车无与伦比，并询问他花了多少钱。男士说花了很多，所以接下来两年他必须做副业挣钱。由此判断，男士还要再做一份工作。 moonlight意为 “从事第二职业，兼职 ”。 【知识模块】 听力 6 【听力原文】 W: Excuse me.
22、Is there a good restaurant near here? M: Yes, there is. Vics Steak House is very popular. It is about two blocks from here. You can drive there in ten minutes. Q: How far is Vics Steak House from here? 6 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 旅行交通类，事实细节题。女士问附近是否有好的餐馆。男士说Vics Steak House非常受欢迎，离这儿大概两个街区，开车过去只需要十分钟。 【知识模块】 听
23、力 7 【听力原文】 M: It is said that Buckingham Palace has the character of being the headquarters of the British monarchy. W: Partly right. But during the summer, the palace is open to the public, so there is this fascination of being able to get behind the walls to see the rooms which the Queen uses. Q:
24、What can we learn about Buckingham Palace? 7 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 生活交际类，事实细节题。男士听说白金汉宫是英国君主政体的总部。女士回答他说的部分正确，因为白金汉宫在夏季对外开放，所以普通人可以了解宫墙里面的样子，看看女王用的房间。 【知识模块】 听力 8 【听力原文】 M: Come on, Lily. Lets get to Leicester Square in time for the fireworks. And after that, there will be more contemporary music and danc
25、e, and Kungfu displays. W: Oh, I bet its absolutely packed there. Q: What can people enjoy at Leicester Square? 8 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 生活交际类，事实细节题。男士提议 和女士一起去列斯特广场看烟花，然后那里还有当代的音乐、舞蹈，以及功夫表演。女士说广场上一定有很多人。由此可知，人们可以在列斯特广场欣赏到功夫表演。 【知识模块】 听力 9 【听力原文】 W: Wait a minute! Lets listen to that station, Frank! Do you
26、 know the kind of music played by the station? M: Yes, I heard something like it once before. W:(9)Thats fiddle music. Its a real American kind of music, country music from the mountains. M: Why is it called “fiddle“? W: Because in country music, a violin is called a fiddle, F-I-D-D-L-E. Hey, listen
27、 to that fiddle player! Hes quick. M: Rose,(10)I hear more than just violins I mean, fiddles. Isnt there a guitar, too? W: You have a good ear.(10)Youre right. There is a guitar. Hey, Frank. What town are we near right now? M: I dont know. Ill take a look at the map. Hey, listen to the speaker. W: W
28、ho? The woman speaking on the radio? What did you hear? M:(11)She said nothing unusual, but her accent is unusual. I mean her way of speaking. W: Yes.(11)To people from my part of the country, she does have a strong accent. M: What kind of accent do you call that? W:(11)Thats a southern accent. Hey,
29、 you do have a good ear. Oh, look at that sign. There, that one. M: Which one? Oh, I see it. “Welcome to Richwood, West Virginia.“ W: Yes, we just heard it on the radio. Its home of the county fair. M: Hey, we have to make a stop anyway.(12)Were low on gas. Lets find a gas station in Richwood first
30、and then hit the county fair! W:(12)OK. But what will we find at a county fair? M: Oh, music, crafts, animals, and food. W: Food! Lets hit the fair! 9. What kind of music is the station playing? 10. What musical instrument is used in addition to fiddles? 11. What is unusual about the speaker on the
31、radio? 12. What are the two speakers going to do first? 9 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 事实细节题。本题问的是电台正在放什么音乐。女士说这是小提琴音乐。它是一种纯正的美国音乐，来自大山的乡村音乐。 【知识模块】 听力 10 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 事实细节题。本题问的是除了小提琴以外还有什么乐器。男士说他听到的不止小提琴一种乐器，应该还有吉他。女士赞扬他的好听力并给出了肯定的回答。 【知识模块】 听力 11 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 事实细节题。本题问的是收音机里的讲话者有什么不寻常的地方。男士说电台主持 人说话的内容并
32、不特别，但其说话方式与众不同。女士说那个讲话者带有很重的南方口音。 【知识模块】 听力 12 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 推理判断题。本题问的是对话双方首先要去做什么。男士说车快没油了，建议先去里奇伍德找个加油站，再前往集市，女士对此表示赞同。由此可知，对话双方首先去找个加油站。 【知识模块】 听力 13 【听力原文】 W: Well, you seem to have something on your mind, Philip. M: Yes, I do. I had a patient yesterday. Do you remember Ben Tinker? W: Of cour
33、se. I know Ben. Hes in your office quite often. M: Thats right. First he has a cold, and then a sore throat. Nothing is really serious, but hes always sick. W: Something must be wrong. M: Yes.(13)The boy sits at home and watches television every afternoon. He needs to be more active. W: What do his
34、parents say? M: They both have to work all day. They cant be with him in the afternoon. Its unhealthy to sit inside every day. Children should be outside running around. Children need something to do after school. W: Yes, but now, in most families, the parents have to work. Maybe the state governmen
35、t could do something. M: Do you think we could do something about it? W: You know we can do something.(14)We can start a committee. We can talk to people about the problem, and ask them to sign their names on a petition(请愿书 ). The petition could ask the state government to give money for afternoon p
36、rograms in the schools. M: After-school programs? Wow, that sounds good! W: Yes.(15)There should be organized activities: art, drama, sports and games. And of course, there are trips. M: Thats it! Thats the answer to Bens problem. After-school activities are much better than television. W: And activ
37、e children will stay strong and healthy. 13. What is the real problem with Ben? 14. What does the woman suggest to help children like Ben? 15. What are mentioned as organized activities for after-school programs? 13 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 推理判断题。本题问的是 Ben的真正问题的所在 。男士说 Ben先是感冒，后来喉咙疼，虽然都不严重，但他总是生病，因为他每天下午都坐在家
38、看电视，缺少运动。由此推断 Ben真正的问题在于缺少运动。 【知识模块】 听力 14 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 推理判断题。本题问的是女士建议如何帮助像 Ben一样的孩子。女士说他们可以组织一个委员会，告知民众这一问题，动员民众在请愿书上签字，请求政府拨款推动学校的下午活动。由此可知，女士建议发动一场为下午活动的请愿。 【知识模块】 听力 15 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 事实细节题。 本题问文中提到了哪类课外活动。女士说课外活动各式各样，包括艺术、戏剧、运动和游戏，当然还有旅行。 【知识模块】 听力 Section B 16 【听力原文】 They say that writing
39、 about music is like dancing about architecture. But why dont we dance to paintings or for that matter, buildings anyway? The latest research hints at why. According to a study,(16)music and dance share a parallel expression of emotion. It suggests that the two disciplines can express a mood togethe
40、r, with complementary methods of generating the dynamics of feeling. The intuitive link between our feelings and movements is so strong that even the word “emotion“ includes the word “motion.“(17)And across cultures, the three-way connection between music, motion and feelings is maintained, such tha
41、t being “moved“ by either feelings or music is not just a concept of English-speaking people. The dynamic features of emotion expression are cross-culturally universal. So what does this tell us about what music and dance are “for“?(18)Painting and sculpture can evoke emotion, but not the contagious
42、 type that tends to unify a group. The visual arts may well evoke great feeling in us, but they dont make us really move, not like music can. Nearly all music may sound like someone moving about us, but dance music in particular probably sounds like someone engaging in a much more infectious behavio
43、r, one that in real life we might join. The studys authors suggest that music may have evolutionary functions that aid survival, from “the soothing power of lullabies and the stimulating, synchronizing force of military marching rhythms“ that can bind parents and children or entire nations together.
44、 The power of music may indeed be in its ability to move us, both literally and figuratively. 16. What is the relationship between music and dance? 17. What culture maintains the three-way connection between music, motion and feelings? 18. Which of the following is the most contagious? 16 【正确答案】 D 【
45、试题解析】 事实细节题。本题问的是音乐和舞蹈之间的关系。短文前半部分提到音乐和舞蹈都是情感的相似表达。一项研究表明，它们能以互补方式来共同表达情感。 【知识模块】 听力 17 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 事实细节题。本题问的是音乐、动作 和情感的三方关系存在于哪种文化中。短文中间部分提到音乐、动作、情感之间的三方联系存在于所有文化中，所以被情感或音乐 “感动 ”不仅仪是说英语的民族的概念。 【知识模块】 听力 18 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 推理判断题。本题问的是最有感染力的是哪个。短文后半部分提到绘画和雕塑也可以引发情感，但并非那种具有凝聚力的感染型方式。视觉艺术也可能引发强烈情感
46、，但不会像音乐那样让我们真正感动。由此推断，最具感染力的是音乐。 【知识模块】 听力 19 【听力原文】 (19)A Catholic high school in Chicago ensured its financial survival by having students help pay their tuition by working one day a week in clerical jobs at downtown offices. This was a new idea in the US secondary education. New ideas are not nec
47、essarily a good thing, because they often fail.(20)But the Cristo Rey Jesuit High School has grown to 25 schools in 17 states. The creator was an educational missionary named John P. Foley who started the original school in 1996. To some, it seemed to be a foolish venture. Catholic schools were dyin
48、g in the nations urban neighborhoods. There was no way to pay for them. But Richard Murray, a management consultant Foley knew, had an inspiration. What if Foley divided the student body into teams of four and assigned each team to an office job in the city? Each student would work one day a week. T
49、heir combined salaries could guarantee the schools future. More than 90 percent of the students at the original Cristo Rey school were from low-income families. Few had been subjected to the pressures of big-city offices. But they received proper training for their clerical assignments.(21)As the experiment proceeded, they realized the writing, reading and math skills they were learning in school were relevant to their new jobs and their work experience would help them find jobs to p
