1、大学英语六级改革适用（听力）模拟试卷 138及答案与解析 Section A （ A） They need more shopping centers. （ B） Shopping centers are very common. （ C） The old houses should be kept. （ D） New houses should be built. （ A） She has decided not to go to Australia. （ B） She hasnt made a decision what to do. （ C） Her friend just return
2、ed from Australia. （ D） She prefers to travel without her friend. （ A） To go to the movies. （ B） To go out for lunch. （ C） To look for information. （ D） To ask for information. （ A） He was fined. （ B） He bought a ticket. （ C） He taught a lesson. （ D） He had an accident. （ A） A sporting event. （ B） A
3、 doctors appointment. （ C） A grammar exercise. （ D） A gym exercise. （ A） Leave the parcel for him to mail later. （ B） Find another person to send the parcel. （ C） Give him a hand to prepare for the presentation. （ D） Finish the presentation before the meeting. （ A） He is going to give a talk on fish
4、ing. （ B） He thinks fishing is a good way to kill time. （ C） He has the same hobby as Cindys father. （ D） He is eager to meet Cindys parents. （ A） The dorm life is not interesting. （ B） There is no kitchen in the building. （ C） The girls are confined to the timetable. （ D） The dorm room is too crowd
5、ed. （ A） It can hardly be heard. （ B） It can hardly be noticed. （ C） It is used everywhere. （ D） It changes peoples ideas. （ A） In factories. （ B） In restaurants. （ C） On the farm. （ D） In prisons. （ A） It shortens the eating time. （ B） It cheers up customers mind. （ C） It satisfies customers fast p
6、ace. （ D） It is very popular among customers. （ A） Art movements in the U.S. （ B） Modem history of the world. （ C） The effects of Great Depression in 1930s. （ D） The popularity of art. （ A） Many decided to move abroad. （ B） Some of them committed suicide for hardships. （ C） Many were forced to move
7、to rural areas. （ D） Some of them lost their passion for creation. （ A） People in the country are busily harvesting crops. （ B） Soldiers are fighting bravely on the battlefield. （ C） Fashionable ladies are shopping around in the city center. （ D） A poor man is begging money from passers-by. （ A） The
8、 artists got fed up with country scenes. （ B） The American social condition had changed. （ C） The interests of artists had shifted to other areas. （ D） People no longer took interest in regionalist paintings. Section B （ A） It can survive in the desert without water and food. （ B） It can bear a temp
9、erature 9 higher than its body. （ C） It can not store water for more than a week. （ D） It can live longer than any other desert animals. （ A） Too little sunlight. （ B） Survival competition. （ C） Severe heat. （ D） Too much rain. （ A） They couldnt bear the coldness underground. （ B） They cant find foo
10、d in the daytime. （ C） They cannot find water in the desert during the daytime. （ D） They cannot bear the rays and temperature during the daytime. （ A） Anyone who is interested in that sport. （ B） Those who play best at that sport. （ C） The smartest students in class. （ D） The competitive ones in cl
11、ass. （ A） They are the leaders of these sports. （ B） They can cheer everyone up in the sport. （ C） They lead everyone to shout and cheer. （ D） They jump up and down during the sport. （ A） They wear the same clothes and shoes as the players. （ B） They have to learn the jumping and cheering moves. （ C
12、） They love the color and name of their team. （ D） They always call out the name of all the players. （ A） Clean all the desks and chairs in every classroom. （ B） Memorize the people who came to America long ago. （ C） Stand up and sing American National Anthem. （ D） Stand up and show respect to their
13、 national flag. （ A） Chose some pens and pencils. （ B） Bargained with Mr. Stevenson about the price. （ C） Promised that they would come back again. （ D） Walked away at the end of their inquiry. （ A） Disappointed. （ B） Satisfied. （ C） Doubtful. （ D） Anxious. （ A） Sell the store to the young couple. （
14、 B） Start another business for his daughter. （ C） Give the store to his daughter and son-in-law. （ D） Open a store to sell ice cream. Section C 25 International Womens Day(8 March)is an occasion marked by womens groups around the world. This date is also commemorated at the United Nations and is【 B1
15、】_in many countries as a national holiday. When women on all continents, often divided by national boundaries and by【 B2】 _, linguistic(语言上的 )cultural, economic and political differences, come together to celebrate their Day, they can【 B3】_to a tradition that represents at least nine decades of stru
16、ggle for equality,【 B4】_. peace and development International Womens Day is the story of ordinary women as makers of history; it is rooted in the centuries-old struggle of women to【 B5】 _society on an equal footing with men. In ancient Greece, Lysistrata initiated a sexual strike against men in orde
17、r to end war, during the French Revolution, Parisian women【 B6】 _“liberty, equality, friendship“ marched on Versailles to demand womens rights to vote. The idea of an International Womens Day first arose at the turn of the century, which in the industrialized world was a period of【 B7】 _and turbulen
18、ce, booming population growth and radical ideologies. Since those early years, International Womens Day has assumed a new global dimension for women in developed and developing countries alike. The growing international womens movement, which has been【 B8】 _by four global United Nations womens confe
19、rences, has helped make the commemoration a rallying point for【 B9】 _efforts to demand womens rights and participation in the political and economic process. Increasingly, International Womens Day is a time to reflect on progress made, to call for change and to celebrate acts of courage and determin
20、ation by ordinary women who have played an【 B10】 _role in the history of womens rights. 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 138答案与解析 Section A 1 【听力原文】 W: The city is going to tear down those old onefetory houses and put up a
21、new shopping center. M: A shopping center again? Thats nothing new. Q: What does the man mean? 1 【正确答案】 B 【知识模块】 听力 2 【听力原文】 M: Thank goodness summer break starts next month. Are you doing anything special? W: I have been planning to go to Australia with a friend of mine. But since shes backed out,
22、everythings sort of in the air. Q: What does the woman mean? 2 【正确答案】 B 【知识模块】 听力 3 【听力原 文】 W: Jim, we havent gone out for nearly two months. Letts go somewhere this evening. M: Fine. Where would you like to go? Look in the newspaper to get information about the movies or the theater. Q: What does t
23、he man ask the woman to do? 3 【正确答案】 C 【知识模块】 听力 4 【听力原文】 M: Have you got the latest news about David? He got a ticket yesterday for speeding. W: That should teach him a lesson. If he doesnt start driving more slowly and carefully, hes bound to have an accident. Q: What do we learn about David from
24、the conversation? 4 【正确答案】 A 【知识模块】 听力 5 【听力原文】 W: She said to cut down on my fat intake and to get more exercise. The checkup didnt last long. M: Did you talk to her about the problem with your ear? Q: What are the speakers talking about? 5 【正确答案】 B 【知识模块】 听力 6 【听力原文】 W: I need you to send this par
25、cel to the main office so itll arrive before Fridays meeting. M: Is there anyone else who can do this? Because hill have my hands full with this presentation. It will probably take me a whole morning to prepare it. Q: What does the man suggest the woman do? 6 【正确答案】 B 【知识模块】 听力 7 【听力原文】 W: Hey, Paul
26、, I hear youre meeting Cindys parents for the first time. M: Yeah, next week. Fortunately, her father loves to fish, so well have something to talk about. Q: What can be inferred about Paul? 7 【正确答案】 C 【知识模块】 听力 8 【听力原文】 M: How is your first week away in university? W: Well, the dorm life has some n
27、egatives. Like, we have to be back in the building before 10:30 p.m. What I really cannot stand is that we eight girls share a room as small as our home kitchen. Q: What is the girl mainly complaining about? 8 【正确答案】 D 【知识模块】 听力 9 【听力原文】 M: Background music is supposed to influence your attitudes an
28、d put you in the right mood. Youre not supposed to notice it, but its just there, in the background. W: Im not sure I like it. M: Well, it does work. Factories use it a lot. It makes the workers happy, and they work better that way. In one factory, music increased production by 4.5 percent. W: I sho
29、uld think theyld get tired of hearing music all day. M: They dont though. One fellow in Chicago told me, lf the music stops, somebody always runs to the telephone to complaint W: Now that I think about it, I cant remember when there wasnt background music in restaurants. M: Actually, background musi
30、c started during World War II when some factories had their own orchestras to keep workers happy and calm. Now, the music is piped in by a machine, and different kinds of music are played at different times during the day. They play faster music at ten in the morning than at eight, for instance, bec
31、ause workers tend to be slower then. W: What about restaurants? Do they play the same music for dinner and lunch? M: I dont know about that, but I do know that hamburger places play fast music. When they started playing faster music, they found that a customer spent less time eating. W: So they have
32、 more people coming in and out to buy hamburgers. M: Exactly. And thats good for business. You can see why music has become so popular. Prisons use it, and farmers use it to keep their cattle calm. Its even supposed to have an effect on plants. W: Well, it may calm cattle, but its not making me forg
33、et Im hungry. Lets get that waitress to bring us a menu. Questions 9 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 9. What do we learn about background music from the beginning of the conversation? 10. Where was background music first used? 11. Why is fast background music played in hambu
34、rger places? 9 【正确答案】 B 【知识模块】 听力 10 【正确答案】 A 【知识模块】 听力 11 【正确答案】 A 【知识模块】 听力 12 【听力原文】 W: Our lecture today is given by Professor Barton. Hes going to talk about art movements in the United States. M: Yes. I would like to say that their popularity can be affected by social conditions and historical
35、 events. As an example, lets look at what happened in the United States early in the 20th Century, around the time of the Great Depression. The art movement known as the Regionalism had begun in the United States even before the depression occurred. But it really became popular in the 1930s, during
36、the depression years. W: What is the reason for this? M: Many artists who had been living in big cities were forced by the economic crisis to leave those big cities and move back to their small towns in rural America. Some of them came to truly love the life in small towns. These artists really buil
37、t the Regionalism Movement. W: Whatre the features of Regionalism Movement? M: Its all about everyday life in small towns or farming areas. And their style was about glorified or romanticized country life. It showed stable, wholesome American traditions. W: Why did this style become popular? M: Its
38、partly because of the economic conditions of the time. You see, the depression had caused many Americans to begin to doubt their society. But regionalism artists painted scenes that glorified American values, scenes that many Americans could easily identify with. So the movement helped strengthen pe
39、oples faith in their country. W: What was Regionalism like after the depression? M: Before and after the Second World War, American culture began to take on a much more international spirit, and Regionalism, with its focus on small town life, lost its popularity, as American society changed once aga
40、in. Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 12. What is the lecture mainly about? 13. How did the Great Depression affect the artists in the U.S.? 14. What kind of scene might be shown in a typical regionalist painting? 15. Why did Regionalism lose its popularity in the
41、 U.S. after the Second World War? 12 【正确答案】 A 【知识模块】 听力 13 【正确答案】 C 【知识模块】 听力 14 【正确答案】 A 【知识模块】 听力 15 【正确答 案】 B 【知识模块】 听力 Section B 16 【听力原文】 Some desert animals can survive the very strong summer heat and dryness because they have very unusual characteristics. The camel, for example, can bear an i
42、ncrease in the temperature of its body and its blood of 9. In addition, it can drink an enormous amount of water at one time, then store sufficient water in its red blood cells and other parts of its body to supply its need for two weeks or more. The kangaroo rat, on the other hand, obtains all the
43、water it needs from water that it produces during respiration. However, most animals need to maintain a fairly constant body temperature, and will die if it rises more than 5. Therefore, they need to find some way to avoid the strong sun rays. Nor can many animals either store or produce water in th
44、eir bodies, as the camel and kangaroo can. So they must find ways to reduce water loss from their bodies to the lowest degree. Because very few desert animals can survive the strong rays, the temperature, and the evaporation rate of a typical summers day, most of them are active during the night. On
45、ly after the sun has set does the desert come fully to life. The night is relatively cool, and the darkness provides protection, not only from the sun, but also from other animals and from the birds. So the coming of darkness is the signal for the large majority of animals and insects to continue th
46、eir search for water and food. When morning comes, most of them seek shelter again. Questions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard. 16. What does the speaker say about the camel? 17. According to the speaker, in what condition will most animals die? 18. According to the speaker, why
47、 are so many animals active during summer night? 16 【正确答案】 B 【知识模块】 听力 17 【 正确答案】 C 【知识模块】 听力 18 【正确答案】 D 【知识模块】 听力 19 【听力原文】 Americans learn sports as part of their education. They learn two or more ball games, such as football or basketball. At high school, they choose groups of boys or girls to m
48、ake teams. They choose those who are best at that sport. These teams compete against teams from other schools. In many schools, students learn wrestling, running, tennis, golf and swimming. They have teams for some of these sports, too. The games between schools are often very exciting. Other studen
49、ts, the ones not on the team, love to watch them. They let everyone know this by shouting and cheering when their team plays well. There is a special club of girls and boys, mostly girls, who jump up and down and shout for their football team. They call themselves cheerleaders, because they lead everyone in shouts and cheers. They wear clothes of a special color the color of their schools team. The football players wear that color, too. Each school has a team color and a team name. Cheerl
