1、大学英语六级改革适用（听力）模拟试卷 133及答案与解析 Section A （ A） He hasnt played volleyball before. （ B） He may not stay long for the match. （ C） Hes not good at playing volleyball. （ D） Hes not sure whether he can come. （ A） The woman can go any day. （ B） The woman cant go any day. （ C） The woman can go only this Frida
2、y. （ D） The woman can go any day except this Friday. （ A） Find another computer. （ B） Fix the computer herself. （ C） Find someone to fix the computer. （ D） Wait a second for the computer to boot. （ A） His friend is looking for more than an apology. （ B） He couldnt find the right words to apologize.
3、（ C） He will try to make an apology again. （ D） He shouldnt have made an apology. （ A） Both beer and coffee. （ B） Coffee. （ C） Neither beer nor coffee. （ D） Beer. （ A） He thought the speaker was too boring. （ B） He agreed that the speaker was fascinating. （ C） He could understand what the speaker sa
4、id. （ D） He thought the speaker was only partly fascinating. （ A） The movies may not be up to date. （ B） The movies may not be of good quality. （ C） The movies may be played at a bad time. （ D） Tonys taste for the movies may not be good. （ A） Ask someone else to lead her there. （ B） Get in the same
5、boat with him. （ C） Look on the registration form. （ D） Ask registration where it is. （ A） Health conditions improve with time spent watching healthy programs. （ B） Comedy videos can cure most people of chronic heart attacks. （ C） Chances of having heart attacks reduce with those amused daily. （ D）
6、Most patients cant survive once they suffer from a second heart attack. （ A） Laughing is a learned behavior. （ B） Laughing is a good medicine to patients. （ C） Laughing is easier than battling with an illness. （ D） Laughing is something people can do without effort. （ A） A fitness program offered to
7、 the general public. （ B） A physical exercise to build up muscles. （ C） A program that makes people keep laughing. （ D） A situation where you have no mood to smile. （ A） Youd better smile or laugh from the bottom of your heart. （ B） You cant fool your body by pretending to be happy. （ C） A smart min
8、d cant tell the difference between a fake one and a real one. （ D） Even a fake one can benefit people physiologically just as well as a real one. （ A） She is doing a paper. （ B） She missed the lecture. （ C） She is interested in the topic. （ D） She is writing a paper for a scholarship. （ A） Why speci
9、es dont avoid extinction by adapting. （ B） Why humans wont become extinct in the future. （ C） Why species become extinct at the rate they do. （ D） How many species arent extinct at present （ A） Because human beings are powerful enough to kill one another. （ B） Because every species will become extin
10、ct by natural selection. （ C） Because there is over-population that will make the earth explode. （ D） Because human beings are a young species exploiting their environment. Section B （ A） The great variety of newspapers. （ B） The large circulation of newspapers. （ C） British families buying newspape
11、rs. （ D） More local newspapers are sold than national ones. （ A） Most of them make money. （ B） They are written for local readers. （ C） Every town and country area has one local newspaper. （ D） The news is all about births, weddings, deaths, council meetings and sports. （ A） Local folks. （ B） Profes
12、sional editors. （ C） Community activists. （ D） Clubs and churches. （ A） They use amusing language. （ B） They cover international news. （ C） They express public feeling on local issues. （ D） They focus on problems of national importance. （ A） Power plants burn coal. （ B） Factories pour sewage. （ C） P
13、eople bury trash underground. （ D） City population increases greatly. （ A） People are driving cars with electricity. （ B） Scientists are producing cleaner energies. （ C） Factories are installing smoke-cleaning equipment. （ D） People are using new materials which dont need to be burned. （ A） Passive.
14、 （ B） Optimistic. （ C） Pessimistic. （ D） Complaining. （ A） As the fleets of the sea. （ B） As being very intelligent. （ C） As the top of the land food chain. （ D） As the top of the ocean food chain. （ A） Hunting industry. （ B） Water pollution. （ C） Fishing for other fish. （ D） The shark fin industry.
15、 （ A） Shark deaths go unrecorded. （ B） Nobody monitors the situation. （ C） Many shark deaths are unrecorded. （ D） Shark fishing is illegal and immoral. Section C 25 Marriage is considered an occasion of great rejoicing in the West as it is in China. But in the West the bride is supposed to be the【 B
16、1】 _person of all. Only as she walks down the【 B2】 _or down the room to meet her bridegroom in the marriage ceremony must she preserve her dignity. At all other times she is happy, gay and laughing. The groom is supposed to behave as if he had just been【 B3】 _the greatest prize in the world. One wea
17、rs ones best clothes to a wedding, and usually all the family and their friends have new clothes for the occasion. At a formal wedding, the bride is usually dressed all in white, with a white【 B4】 _veil and a bouquet, of white flowers. There have,【 B5】 _, been many variations of this custom of late
18、years, some brides【 B6】_no veil or pink flowers, or even a pale colored dress. A woman who has been married before never wears white for her second wedding, as white is the【 B7】_of virginity. The groom wears the usual formal black. During the ceremony complete silence is【 B8】 _by the guests. If the
19、wedding is in a home, friends【 B9】 _immediately after the service is over to greet the bride and groom . Congratulations are offered to the groom and best wishes to the bride. If the wedding【 B10】 _in a church, the guests all wait for the bride and groom and their party to leave the church before le
20、aving themselves. 26 【 B1】 27 【 B2】 28 【 B3】 29 【 B4】 30 【 B5】 31 【 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 133答案与解析 Section A 1 【听力原文】 W: A bunch of us are getting together for a volleyball match on the beach this Sunday morning. We need another person to make the teams even. Wa
21、nt to come? M: Yeah, no problem. But I have to warn you: Im not sure I can help your team much. Q: What does the man imply? 1 【正确答案】 C 【知识模块】 听力 2 【 听力原文】 M: So when is a good time to try and arrange for regular group project meetings? W: Well, you know my schedule. Other than this Friday, Im quite
22、easy. Q: What do we learn from the conversation? 2 【正确答案】 D 【知识模块】 听力 3 【听力原文】 M: It looks as if my computer isnt working. And being such an idiot at computers, I dont think I can fix it that fast. W: This happened to me before. I know theres probably a way if you just give me a second. Q: What will
23、 the woman probably do? 3 【正确答案】 B 【知识模块】 听力 4 【听力原文】 W: Youll have to apologize a bit more sincerely if you expect your friend to actually trust you again. M: I dont know what else I could say. Besides, I dont think its an apology he wants. Q: What does the man mean? 4 【正确答案】 A 【知识模块】 听力 5 【听力原文】 W
24、: It looks as though you have a few minutes to spare before class. Do you want a beer or a coffee? M: You should ask! I have to keep awake for Martinis lecture since next week hes giving us an exam. Q: What does the man truly want? 5 【 正确答案】 B 【知识模块】 听力 6 【听力原文】 W: What a fascinating speaker. It was
25、 really food for thought. M: Oh, Im not sure Id go along with you there. I kept drifting off quite a few times. Q: What did the man think of the speaker? 6 【正确答案】 A 【知识模块】 听力 7 【听力原文】 M: Tony and I are thinking of going to the movie on Sunday morning. Care to join us? W: Sunday morning? I guess its
26、half price then, but are the movies up to scratch? Q: What does the woman mean? 7 【正确答案】 B 【知识模块】 听力 8 【听力原文】 W: Sorry to bother you, but Im just a little lost. You wouldnt happen to know where the A16 Lecture Hall is, would you? M: Maybe Registration can tell you, Im in the same boat. Q: What does
27、the man suggest the woman do? 8 【正确答案】 D 【知识模块】 听力 9 【听力原文】 W: Weve all heard the saying Laughter is the best medicine. How important is it to our health, Dr. Berk? M: This saying has been scientifically proven! A year-long study of heart attack victims done at the Oakhurst Health Research Institute
28、 in California found that of those patients who spent half an hour a day watching comedy videos, 10 percent had a second heart attack, whereas 30 percent of those who did not watch had a second heart attack. W: Wow! Laughter is really a good medicine to patients. Can you give us another example? M:
29、Sure! Norman Cousins, editor of the Saturday Review, learned this during a battle with an illness. He discovered that his condition improved when he enjoyed himself and watched funny movies. W: You said Norman learned this? Do we have to learn to laugh? M: Not necessarily. Since laughing is somethin
30、g people can do sitting down, costs no money, and requires no special exercise equipment or skill, its the perfect workout for anyone who doesnt have the time or desire to participate in a regular fitness program. W: Oh. Do you have such a program to offer to the general public? M: Yes, we do. Its c
31、alled the Smile TimeOut. You take a deep breath, smile, exhale, and say Aaah while visualizing all your muscles and cells smiling. Then add to that a memory of a time you felt really good and laughed and laughed. W: What about the situation in which you arent in a mood to laugh? M: Even when you fak
32、e a smile or laugh, you get the same physiological benefits as when its the real thing, because your mind is smart, but your body is stupid and canst tell the difference! Questions 9 to 12 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 9. What did the year long study of heart attack victims find
33、? 10. What is Normans example meant to prove? 11. What is the so called Smile Time Out? 12. What can we learn about smile or laugh according to Dr. Berk? 9 【正确答案】 C 【知识模块】 听力 10 【正确答案】 B 【知识模块】 听力 11 【正确答案】 A 【知识模块】 听力 12 【正确答案】 D 【知识模块】 听力 13 【听力原文】 W: Professor Smith, I wonder if you can fill me i
34、n on your lecture last Friday. I had to attend a scholarship award ceremony. M: Oh, well, congratulations. I hope you were rewarded handsomely! W: Well, every bit helps. So, about your lecture, I understand you were talking about extinctions. M: Yes. Well, the crux of my talk was just that we tend t
35、o think of extinction as a dramatic event, but most species die out over quite a period of time. W: Why do they die off? I thought they were continuously improving themselves. Natural selection, I think you once mentioned. M: Ah, but you see while there is natural competition between the species, wh
36、at determines which species survive is largely by chance. W: I dont get it. Why do species bother competing? M: Well, there are short term advantages. But many species also are helped by others. For example, the common housefly and cockroaches might have died off years ago if not for human. W: But y
37、oure not saying that humans are so successful merely because of chance? M: To a certain extent, humans were initially lucky enough to have the right weather conditions and a lack of predators, but now, of course, we survive by ingenuity! W: So we may never become extinct. M: No, because we may be in
38、 a crash course to extinction by our continuous exploitation of the environment. We are a relatively young species and our time is not yet overdue. W: But there are 6 billion of us! M: Yes, and therere many more houseflies too! Each with the capacity to spread one disease from one person to another
39、in a fast period of time. W: Frightening thought, isnt it? Questions 13 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 13. Why does the woman go to see the professor? 14. What puzzles the woman about extinction? 15. Why is the professor not so sure humans will never become extinct? 13 【正确答
40、案】 B 【知识模块】 听力 14 【正确答案】 A 【知识模块】 听力 15 【正确答案】 D 【知识模块】 听力 Section B 16 【听力原文】 Visitors to Britain are sometimes surprised to learn that newspapers there have such a large circulation. The Daily Mirror and the Daily Express both sell about four million copies every day. British families generally bu
41、y a newspaper every morning and frequently take two or three on Sundays. Apart from the national papers, there is, however, another branch of the British press which sells almost as many copies. Local newspapers have a weekly circulation of 13 million. Almost every town and country area has one. Nea
42、rly all of them hold their own financially and many of them are very profitable. These papers are written almost entirely for readers interested in local events births, weddings, deaths, council meetings and sports but the content is naturally influenced by the kind of community they serve. Editors
43、prefer to rely on a small staff of people who all know the district well. A great deal of local news is regularly supplied by clubs and churches in the neighborhood and it doesnt get out of date as quickly as national news. If there is no room for it in this weekis edition, an item can sometimes be
44、held over until the following week. Local newspapers do not often comment on problems of national importance and editors rarely hold with taking sides on political questions. But they can often be of service to the community in expressing public feeling on local issues. A newspaper can sometimes per
45、suade the council to take action to provide better shopping facilities, improve transport in the area and preserve local monuments and places of interest. Questions 16 to 19 are based on the passage you have just heard. 16. What are visitors to Britain sometimes surprised at? 17. What does the speak
46、er say about the local newspapers in Britain? 18. Who supplies the great part of local news? 19. What is the most striking feature of local newspapers? 16 【正确答案】 B 【知识模块】 听力 17 【正确答案】 A 【知识模块】 听力 18 【正确答案】 D 【知识模块】 听力 19 【正确答案】 C 【知识模块】 听力 20 【听力原文】 Clean air is important to good health. If the air
47、contains impurities, they may be absorbed by our bodies and make us ill. We need clean air, but unfortunately, air pollution is generally present, especially in cities. Our cities have many factories, which we need to make food products, clothing and many other things. Every day these factories pour
48、 millions upon millions of tons of smoke and soot into the air. Power plants that burn coal add greatly to air pollution. Things made in factories wear out after a while and are thrown away as trash. We burn a lot of trash. More smoke and soot. And then there are the cars made in factories. Once the
49、y are out on the street, the cars will take in air and replace it with poisonous gases. Again, more smoke and soot. No area in the world is completely free of air pollution. We must take measures to control it. Now, more and more people are realizing the importance of clean air. Schools are now teaching about the pollution problem. Industries are beginning to help to clean up. They are installing equipment to clean up their smoke. Scientists and inventors are trying to develop cleaner engines
