1、大学英语六级改革适用（听力）模拟试卷 158及答案与解析 Section B （ A） He was born in New England. （ B） He once worked for Harvard University. （ C） He was Edward Thomas friend. （ D） He wasnt awarded any prize. （ A） They contain no exaggeration of rhetoric. （ B） They are full of explicit morals. （ C） They force us to think. （
2、D） The lines and sentences are beautiful. （ A） Farming activities. （ B） The meaning of life. （ C） Revolution. （ D） Morality. （ A） Doing potential harm to human bodies. （ B） Increasing moist in the users eyes. （ C） Reducing the working hours to three hours a day. （ D） Making the users eyes more beaut
3、iful: much wider. （ A） Radiation from the terminal. （ B） Stress in working hours. （ C） Without adequate eye-drops. （ D） Less or little moisture in the eyes. （ A） Make a long time to rest. （ B） Feel relaxed while working. （ C） Close eyes more often. （ D） Keep eye-drops handy. （ A） Languages people us
4、e in international communication. （ B） The popularity of English as a world language. （ C） The development of English as a native language. （ D） The variety of English in spoken and written forms. （ A） How many native speakers it had in Shakespeares time. （ B） The number of people with an adequate w
5、orking knowledge of it. （ C） The situations where a common language is needed. （ D） The purposes for people to learn a second language. （ A） Because they were forced to do so by the British government. （ B） Because it best serves the needs of its native speakers. （ C） Because it is the easiest langu
6、age for internal and international communication. （ D） Because with multilingual populations they need it for internal communication. （ A） In the white pages. （ B） In the blue pages. （ C） In the yellow pages. （ D） In the green pages. （ A） The phoning fee. （ B） The mileage. （ C） The area code. （ D） T
7、he area map. （ A） Hang up the phone and make a call later. （ B） Ask the operator to leave a message. （ C） Give the number to the other party to phone back. （ D） Find a free public phone and call again. （ A） Check your number and call again. （ B） Tell the operator what has happened. （ C） Ask the oper
8、ator to put you through. （ D） Ask the operator what has happened. （ A） Water might become clean and pure. （ B） People will live in a better environment. （ C） There will be no police to protect people. （ D） People need to spend more money on education. （ A） To build hospitals and schools. （ B） To bui
9、ld roads and railways. （ C） To train the police officers. （ D） To teach and train the citizens. （ A） Some people refuse to pay taxes. （ B） The rich people pay higher taxes. （ C） Every citizen has a duty to pay taxes. （ D） The taxes are used to make laws. （ A） Because of their hobbies and pastimes. （
10、 B） Because of their enthusiasm for sports. （ C） Because of their fear of heart attacks. （ D） Because of their strong desire for good health. （ A） More running clubs and more books about running appear. （ B） Interest in improving the fitness of human body is dropping. （ C） The number of heart-attack
11、 patients is decreasing. （ D） More people begin to take active jobs. （ A） Those who have heart attacks. （ B） Those who desire to lose weight. （ C） Those who have spare time. （ D） Those who have inactive jobs. （ A） It interests students in a career in counseling. （ B） It recruits counselors to work i
12、n the placement office. （ C） It facilitates students to find a part-time job easily. （ D） It convinces local merchants to hire college students. （ A） Gardening and landscaping. （ B） Retailing. （ C） Financing. （ D） Child-care. （ A） A job listing. （ B） A personal resume. （ C） A permission slip. （ D） A
13、 salary requirement. （ A） Refine their interviewing techniques. （ B） Arrange their working schedules. （ C） Select appropriate practical courses. （ D） Write cover letters for their resumes. 大学英语六级改革适用（听力）模拟试卷 158答案与解析 Section B 1 【听力原文】 Robert Frost was born in San Francisco in 1875 and was sent at t
14、he age of ten to live in New England, an area which inspired almost all of his poetry. He was educated at Dartmouth College, New England, and Harvard University. He became a schoolmaster for a short time, and then a farm laborer. During this period he wrote poetry but with little recognition. From 1
15、912 to 1915, he lived in New England, where he became friendly with several poets, including Edward Thomas, and published A Boys Will in 1913 and North of Boston in 1914. In America his poetry was soon admired, and he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize on four occasions between 1924 and 1943. He went on
16、 writing throughout his life, publishing Steeple Bush at the age of seventy-two. He died in 1963. Frosts poems are revolutionary because they lack the exaggeration of rhetoric. Many of his lines and sentences are plain and in themselves nothing. But they are bound together and made beautiful by a ca
17、lm eagerness of emotion. With his close observant eye and touch, we can feel the daily activities of farming and the landscape be it their background mowing, apple-picking, or mending a wall. These poems reflect a humane quiet concern and satisfaction in their rhythms and their gentle lyricism. Ofte
18、n there is an explicit or near-explicit “moral“, though sometimes this is hinted at rather than stated, and frequently there is an almost proverbial tone. We learn to trust Robert Frost. The very lack of glamour or display in his poem gives them a stability and honesty. 23. What do we learn about Ro
19、bert Frost from the passage? 24. What does the speaker say about Frosts poems? 25. What is described in Frosts poetry according to the passage? 1 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 短文谈到，从 1912年到 1915年， Robert Frost住在新英格兰，他和一些诗人成为了朋友，包括 EdwardThomas，故选 C。 【知识模块】 短文听力 2 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 短文谈到， Frost的诗歌没有夸张的修辞，故选 A。 B过于绝对化
20、。 【知识模块】 短文听力 3 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 短文说从诗人的视角，我们可以感受到农场的日常生活，还有一些背景场景，比如犁地、摘苹果或者补墙，故选 A。 D项是强干 扰项， “moral”是Frost诗歌中蕴涵的感情，并不是诗歌的主题。 【知识模块】 短文听力 4 【听力原文】 Nowadays more and more people have to spend lengthy hours before computers. Computers are almost indispensable to modern life. No one can imagine the re
21、sults if the computer he uses daily would break down. But computers also cause some problems. Among them is the potential harm to human bodies, especially to eyes. Working long hours at a computer can cause eyestrain. Recently a letter to the New England Journal of Medicine provides one explanation
22、for the problem. Japanese researchers studied some 50 office workers who spent an average of three hours a day at a terminal. Since blinking keeps eyes moist thus reducing strain the researchers counted blinking rates under different conditions. The workers averaged 22 blinks a minute when relaxed,
23、ten blinks a minute while reading a book and just seven a minute while reading text on a computer screen. Thus people keep the least moisture in their eyes when they are working at a computer and feel more strained. Furthermore, the computer workers also kept their eyes open wider, which meant moist
24、ure evaporated more quickly. If you work at a computer screen, close your eyes periodically. That spreads a tear film and rests your eyes. And remember to blink more often. In this way you can reduce the side effect caused by using computer to a greater extent. 16. What is the result of using comput
25、er in our daily life? 17. What is the cause of eyestrain? 18. What are those who spend long hours before computers supposed to do? 4 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 细节题。 computer是人们日常生活、工作不可缺少的一部分，但短文同时指出，电脑也带来问题，其中一个就是可能给人的身体带来伤害。故 A正确。 BUT题，听到 BUT就知道其后的内容需要格外重视。 【知识模块】 短文听力 5 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 推断题。短文提到： “blinking k
26、eeps eyes moist thus reducing straim ”(眨眼使眼睛保持湿润，从而减少眼疲劳 )； 而短文还指出，使用电脑时人们的眨眼频率仅为每分钟 7次，非常低，因此眼睛的湿润度很低，由此引起眼疲劳。故 D正确。 【知识模块】 短文听力 6 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 细节题。短文提到，如果你工作中面对电脑，应该经常性地闭眼休息。因此 C正确。 【知识模块】 短文听力 7 【听力原文】 The number of speakers of English in Shakespeares time is estimated to have been about five
27、million. Today it is estimated that some 300 million people speak it as a native language, mainly in the United States, Canada, Great Britain, Ireland, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand. In addition to the standard varieties of English found in these areas, there are a great many regional and
28、social varieties of the language as well as various levels of usage that are employed both in its spoken and written forms. In fact, 20it is impossible to estimate the number of people in the world who have acquired an adequate working knowledge of English in addition to their own language. The purp
29、ose for English learning and the situations in which such learning takes place are so varied that it is difficult to explain and still more difficult to judge what forms an adequate working knowledge for each situation. The main reason for the widespread demand for English is its present importance
30、as a world language. Besides serving the indefinite needs of its native speakers, English is a language in which some of important works in science, technology and other fields are being produced, and not always by native speakers. It is widely used for such purposes as airport communications, inter
31、national conferences, and the spread of information over the radio and television networks of many nations. It is a language of wider communication for a number of developing countries, especially former British colonies. 21Many of these countries have multilingual populations and need a language fo
32、r internal communication in such matters as government, commerce, industry, law and education as well as for international communication and for entrance to the scientific and technological developments in the West. 19. What is the speaker mainly talking about? 20. According to the passage, what is
33、hard to estimate about English? 21. Why do some former British colonies widely use English? 7 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 主旨题。浏览各题选项，关键词 language， English提示短文内容与 “英语 ”这门语言有关。通过本文多次出现的 English、 language、 world、 widespread、 importance、 widely used等关键词可知，只有选项 B完整地概括了本文的主旨，故 B正确。 【知识模块】 短文听力 8 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 细节题。考
34、点是一个结构比较复杂的长句，形式主语 it以及真实主语部分的定语从句都会给理解带来难度。但 B基本上是原文内容的照搬，听到即能作答。符合 “听到什么选什么 ”的原则。注意长句的听力理解技巧是抓结构。 【知识模块】 短文听力 9 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 细节题。短文提到，这些国家 (许多发展中国家和前英国殖民地国家 )的人口是多语型的，这样就需要在某些事务的内部交流上使用一种 共同语言。D基本上是照搬原文，故正确。 【知识模块】 短文听力 10 【听力原文】 Telephone books in the United States have white, blue and yellow
35、pages. The white pages list people with phones by last name. The blue pages contain numbers of city services, government agencies, and public schools. Businesses and professional services are listed in a special section the Yellow Pages. To make a long distance call, you need an area code. Each area
36、 in the U.S. has an area code. The area covered by one area code may be small or large. For example, New York City has one area code, but so does the whole state of Oregon. If you want to know the area code of a place, you can look it up in the area map which is printed in the front of the white pag
37、es. There are a lot of public telephones in the U.S. They have their own numbers. If you are making a long distance call on a public phone and run out of money, give the number on your phone to the person youre talking to. Then hang up the receiver and he can call you back. If you make a long distan
38、ce call and get a wrong number, call the operator and explain what happened. This means that you can make the call again to the right number without having to pay more money. 22. In a telephone book, where can you find the number of a city council? 23. What should you check in a telephone book for a
39、 long distance call? 24. How can you avoid losing contact when making calls on public phones without much money left? 25. What should you do if you get a wrong number in making a long distance call? 10 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 推断题。电话蓝页上包含城市服务、政府部门和公立学校的电话号码，而 city council属于 government agencies，因此可以在蓝页上查到，故 B
40、正确。 【知识模块】 短文听力 11 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 细节题。提到打长途电话后马上就说了需要 “区号 ”，即 C。选项 D是强干扰项，注意 area map上面也有 “区号 ”，所以区域图只是查找区号的一种手段。 【知识模块】 短文听力 12 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 细节题。如果在打长途电话时用光了钱，可以告诉对方你所用公用电话的号码，然后让对方打过来，故 C正确。 【知识模块】 短文听力 13 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 细节题。如果打长途电话时拨错号了，打给接线员解释一下情况，接线员会再次帮你接通，故 B正确。 if后面的内容是考点。 【知识模块】 短文听力 1
41、4 【听力原文】 We know that we have to pay for what we get. If we buy food, we know there will be a bill to pay. These are private bills. But there are also public bills that must be paid. Public bills are paid for by the government. In turn, we get these services through taxes. What would happen if every
42、one in the city stopped paying taxes? The water supply would stop. Water might even become unclean and impure. The streets might not be cleaned. There would be no police force to protect people and property. Schools would be closed. People would become sick and diseases might spread. We should not w
43、ant to live in such a city. We all want pure water and food, clean streets and good schools. We want police to prevent us from crime. The chief duty for every government is to protect persons and property. More than three quarters of the money spent by our government is used for this purpose. 17 The
44、 next large amount of public money goes to teach and train our citizens. Billions of dollars each year are spent on schools and libraries. Public money is used to pay the teachers and all the public officials. Also, a large amount of public funds is spent on roads. The greatest part of the needed fu
45、nds is raised by taxes. A tax is money that we all must pay to support the government. The law orders us to pay taxes. We have no choice in the matter. Almost everyone pays some taxes in one form or another. 16. According to the speaker, what will happen if the citizens stop paying taxes? 17. In wha
46、t way is the next large amount of public money used? 18. What message does the speaker want to convey in this talk? 14 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 文中叙述了一系列市民不纳税的后果，其中就有提到 “没有警察保护人民安全和财产 ”。故 C为正确答案。 A、 B两项跟原文表述相反； D项与问题没有直接因果关联。 【知识模块】 短文听力 15 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 原文说第二大项公款是用来教育和培训市民。故 D正确。符合 “听到什么选什么 ”原则。 A、 B、 C项都是
47、利用原文中的 schools、 roads、 police等制造的干扰项。 【知识模块】 短文听力 16 【正确答案】 C 【试题解 析】 全文都提到了 taxes一词，且详细分析了纳税的重要性和这些税款如何取之于民用之于民，文章末尾还提到了 “法律规定我们要纳税，我们别无选择 ”。故 C为最佳选项。 【知识模块】 短文听力 17 【听力原文】 In recent years, many Americans of both sexes and various ages have become increasingly interested in improving their bodies.
48、They have become more devoted to physical fitness. Many persons have a strong desire to be more physically fit. By nature, Americans are enthusiastic, and energetic about hobbies or pastimes. And now many of them apply this enthusiasm, optimism, and energy to running. As a result, there are more run
49、ning clubs to join and numerous books and magazines to read about running. The desire for American people to be physically fit could probably be explained by a “passion“ for good health. The high rate of heart attacks in the 1960s has caused an increase of interest in improving the health condition of human body. Middle-aged men especially suffer from heart attacks. Thus, they are one group strongly interested in taking more physical exercise. In fact, many doctors often encourage their patients to become more physically active, especially those who have in
