1、大学英语六级改革适用（听力）模拟试卷 229及答案与解析 Section A （ A） A chemistry assignment. （ B） A study their chemistry professor did. （ C） A course the woman is taking. （ D） A job possibility. （ A） Helping ones study on learning style. （ B） Leading the students to find a good job. （ C） Mastering an ability to write a lab
2、 report. （ D） Studying some people who are good at hearing. （ A） She wants to quit her job in the chemistry lab. （ B） She wants to get practical experience. （ C） Shes interested in becoming a psychology major. （ D） She wants to earn extra money. （ A） Write their lab reports. （ B） Find out Professor
3、Smiths schedule. （ C） Interview some high school students. （ D） Finish their chemistry experiment. （ A） She doesnt want to pay the late fee. （ B） She was given incorrect information. （ C） She cant afford to pay her tuition. （ D） She didnt pass her mathematics course. （ A） The director couldnt give h
4、er an appointment right away. （ B） The office was closed the first time she went. （ C） The computer was out of service the first time. （ D） She didnt have acceptable identification with her on her first visit （ A） Her prior schooling. （ B） Her age. （ C） Her residence. （ D） Her driving record. （ A） T
5、he director probably isnt able to make an exception. （ B） The director probably wont see her. （ C） The director usually isnt very helpful. （ D） The director usually isnt responsible for part-time students. Section B （ A） Because her mind went blank under great stress. （ B） Because her intelligence w
6、as below average. （ C） Because she studied for too long before a test （ D） Because she wasnt well prepared for her tests. （ A） She was often scolded by her teachers. （ B） She performed well on normal occasions. （ C） She had quite a lot of poor study habits. （ D） She was a problem student when young.
7、 （ A） By teaching them more test-taking skills. （ B） By giving them more supervision. （ C） By offering them counseling courses. （ D） By assigning them much easier work. （ A） When they are with a baby-sitter. （ B） When they are with another baby. （ C） When they are with a strange adult. （ D） When the
8、y are with an elderly person. （ A） He conducts large-scale tests. （ B） He writes books about children. （ C） He teaches at the university. （ D） He recommends babysitters. （ A） They show fear. （ B） They reach out. （ C） They start to cry. （ D） They turn to adults. （ A） Keep them in family-based day car
9、e centers. （ B） Let them stay with their parents or teachers. （ C） Ask elderly adults to attend them. （ D） Hire an experienced baby-sitter. Section C （ A） Coffee drinkers live longer than non-drinkers. （ B） Drinking coffee can help cure certain diseases. （ C） Drinking coffee daily gives people enoug
10、h nutrition. （ D） Coffee can help protect against certain diseases. （ A） This study was supported by other three ongoing studies. （ B） Subjects had to maintain the same coffee drinking habit. （ C） Habits such as smoking and obesity were not considered. （ D） Subjects were asked to pay extra attention
11、 to their food. （ A） He is the oldest author of the study. （ B） He is a professor researching on nutrition. （ C） He studies how food is beneficial to illness. （ D） He tells the amount of coffee in a healthy diet. （ A） It only documented trivial benefits of drinking coffee. （ B） It is not convincing
12、in proving the benefits of coffee. （ C） It does not link drinking coffee with living longer. （ D） It misleads people into drinking coffee to be healthy. （ A） They are liked by the same group of people. （ B） They are always done at the same time. （ C） They cant be separated from each other. （ D） They
13、 seem to feed on each other. （ A） It is a drug to make people sleepy. （ B） It lessens peoples independence. （ C） It weakens the effect of alcohol. （ D） It stimulates the reward center. （ A） It reveals how many people die from smoking and drinking. （ B） It discovers the relationship between smoking a
14、nd drinking. （ C） It identifies how smoking and drinking work with each other. （ D） It helps people break the addictions to smoking and drinking. （ A） He is good at searching the internet for information. （ B） He is visually impaired but did not start school late. （ C） He says some frontiers of tech
15、nology are inaccessible. （ D） He uses the audio books which are cheaper than Braille. （ A） It provides playing fields for the students. （ B） It enables learners to be more independent. （ C） It offers employment chances to the students. （ D） It has cost the school $1,000 to install it. （ A） They migh
16、t have difficulty moving to higher education. （ B） They are not provided with the technology in university. （ C） They have no chance to learn the technology in university. （ D） They are required to use Braille instead of the technology. 大学英语六级改革适用（听力）模拟试卷 229答案与解析 Section A 1 【听力原文】 M: Hi, Mary. Do
17、you want to start writing a lab report after we finish this experiment? W: I cant. In fact I need to finish early because Im going over to the psychology department to talk to Professor Smith about a job opening. M: You mean a job on campus? W: Yeah. And it sounds pretty interesting. It involves hel
18、ping with your study on learning style. You know, about how some people learn best by sight, while others learn best by hearing or touch. M: Yeah. I know thats an area of expertise. W: Right. Anyway for her study shes taking some high school students who arent doing very well in their classes and te
19、sting them to find out what their learning styles are. Then tutors, people like me, will work with them presenting material to them in their particular learning style. M: Hey. That is interesting. Now will you mostly do the testing or the tutoring? W: Both I hope. I want to be involved from start to
20、 finish. M: Are you getting paid for this? W: Im sure well get something though, probably not much. Anyway it doesnt matter to me. I just want to have some hands-on experience. M: Yeah. And itll be nice to help those high school students too. W: Thats what I thought when I saw the ad. You know you c
21、ould do it too. You dont have to be in her classes to work on the study. M: Really? W: Yes. M: Thats perfect for me. W: Then come along. We will save the lab report for later. But wed better make sure we do a good job on our experiment first. M: Yeah. First things first. 1. What are the speakers mai
22、nly discussing? 2. What does the job opening involve? 3. Why is the woman interested in working with Professor Smith? 4. What will the speakers probably do next? 1 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 主旨大意题。女士在第一轮对话中就说： “我想到心理系和史密斯教授谈谈一个工作机会 ”，直接进入话题，故 D正确。 【知识模块】 听力 2 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 男士问女士说的工作机会是不是指校园里的工作，女士说 “是的，这个工作听
23、起来相当有趣，它涉及在学习风格上帮助你的学习 ”。 A项基本是该处录音的原词复现，故为答案。 【知识模块】 听力 3 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 选项内容都是 She想做某事，尤其 A、 B、 D都是阐述某种愿望，故题目可能是问原因。女士说： “我想获得一些实际动手的经验。 ”故 B为答案。 B项中的 practical是录音中 hands-on的同义替换。听到什么选什么。 【知识模块】 听力 4 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 由动词选项知，本题为对话 “尾巴题 ”，一般问对话双方下一步的行动，结尾处的内容是答题要点。女士说 “我们还是把实验报告留到以后做吧。不过首先我们最好要保证做好我
24、们的实验。 ”对话中的 “do a good job on our experiment”和 D相吻合，故 D正确。 【知识模块】 听力 5 【听力原文】 W: I want to register for this mathematics course. M: Im sorry registration has closed. W: Closed? But the clerk told me I could come back and register any time during the first week of classes. M: Well, thats not possible
25、. The computers official student account has already been sent to the state. And thats what our budget is based on. Who told you that anyway? W: Some woman here when I tried to register three weeks ago. She said I just had to pay a late fee. M: She must have been a temporary worker. They dont have m
26、uch training. Why didnt you register then? W: She said I couldnt until I had my birth certificate. Here it is. M: Your birth certificate? W: Well, Im a new part-time student. So she asks for identification. I dont drive so I dont have a drivers license. M: Huh. Thats no reason to demand a birth cert
27、ificate. We only need to establish residency: a phone bill with your name and address on it wouldve been fine. W: Really? Only proof of my address? M: Yes. Im afraid she gave you the wrong information. Still youll have to wait and take your maths class next semester. W: But thats unfair. M: Well, I
28、sympathize with your problem, but frankly, I dont think there is anything anyone can do for you. You were trapped in the system. If you want to, you can talk to the director. She will help you if she can. W: Great. M: But dont get your hopes up. 5. What problem does the woman have? 6. Why does the w
29、oman have to come to the office for a second time? 7. According to the man, what evidence does the woman need to provide? 8. What does the man imply when he tells the woman not to get her hopes up? 5 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 所有选项主语都是 She，内容都是说她的问题，故重点留意女士发生了什么事。女士说： “结束了 ?但是那个工作人员告诉我可以在开学第一周的任何时候来注册的。 ”可知别人告
30、诉了她错误的信息，所以答案为 B。 【知识模块】 听力 6 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 选项 B、 C、 D都有 first，而所有选项的主语虽不同，内容却均表示她没有做成某事的原因，故题目应是询问原因。 “原因 ”为老生常谈的考点。听到男士问 “你那个时候为什么不注册呢 ?”就要特别注意女士的回答。女士 说： “她告诉我必须有出生证才能够注册。这就是我的出生证。 ”所以 D正确。 【知识模块】 听力 7 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 男士说： “我们只需要登记住址：有姓名和住址的电话账单就可以了。 ”故答案为 C。 【知识模块】 听力 8 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 所有选项内容都
31、表示 the director不做某事，都是负面的信息。男士说 “如果你愿意，你可以找校长谈一下。如果她能的话她会帮忙的。 ”后来又说“不过不要抱太大的希望。 ”所以 A正确。假设条件句往往反着选。 “She will help you if she can”，说明她很可能没有办法帮忙。 【知识模块】 听力 Section B 9 【听力原文】 A sophomore at Colorado State University first had a problem m taking tests when she began college. She said that she was well
32、 prepared for her tests. Sometimes she studied for weeks before a test Yet she would go in to take the test, only to find she could not answer the questions correctly. She would blank out because of nervousness and fear. She couldnt think of the answer. Her low grades made her teachers surprised. In
33、 fact, what the student was experiencing is called test anxiety. Because the student worries and is uneasy about a test, her mind does not work as well as it usually does. The student cannot write or think clearly because of extreme tension and nervousness. Although poor grades are often a result of
34、 poor study habits, sometimes test anxiety causes the low grades. Recently, test anxiety has been recognized as a real problem, not just an excuse or a false explanation of lazy students. There are some special counseling courses in universities trying to help students with the same problem. In thes
35、e courses, counselors try to help students by teaching them how to manage test anxiety. At some universities, students are asked to take tests to measure their anxiety. If the tests show that their anxiety level is high, the students will take short courses to help them deal with their tension. Thes
36、e courses teach students how to relax their bodies. Students are trained to become calm in very tense situations. By controlling their nervousness, they can let their minds work easy and their learned information then comes out without difficulty on a test 9. Why couldnt the girl student answer the
37、questions correctly? 10. What can be inferred about the girl student? 11. How are some universities trying to help students with the problem? 9 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 录音中两处明确提及 blank out(一片空白 )和 her mind does not work as well as 概括起来就是 A的内容。 【知识模块】 听力 10 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 短文说 “她的糟糕成绩让她的老师们很吃惊 ”，说明她平时表现不错，没想到
38、考试考得很差，故 B正确。 【知识模块】 听力 11 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 短文说，大学专设了一些课程试图帮助学生处理这个问题，所以 C正确。 【知识模块】 听力 12 【听力原文】 Recently a five-year study was conducted by the Center for Childhood Development in Los Angeles, California, regarding the way babies react to different types of people. The findings of the study suggest
39、 that infant children seem to be more comfortable around other babies than they are with strange adults. The results confirm the ideas of Dr. Richard Perelman, who has written many books about raising children. Dr. Perelman supports the findings of the study and adds that it is a sounder idea to kee
40、p children with other children, as in a day care center, than it is to have children cared for by a baby-sitter. According to the results of the study, infants benefit from being in the company of other babies on a daily basis. Whereas some babies seem to show fear of strange adults, they are likely
41、 to reach out to try to touch an unfamiliar baby. The study even suggests that children as young as one year old can form friendships. Two of the children in the study were especially close. It was reported that if the children were separated for any reason they would start to cry. The only way to s
42、atisfy them was to allow them to be together. If the findings are true it may lead to an increase in the use of family-oriented day care centers where children can spend more time with each other and less time adults. 12. According to the study, when do babies feel the most comfortable? 13. What doe
43、s Dr. Richard Perelman do? 14. How do babies react to unfamiliar babies? 15. What is the best way to care for babies? 12 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 选项是时间状语，可预测问题是 “当婴儿与谁在一起时会 ” 。要注意记录各种情况下婴儿的表现，或者捕捉一种最特殊的情况。录音中两处提及与 other babies相处的好处，故 B为答案。 A、 C都是在录音中被否定了的情况；D项在录音中并未谈及。 【知识模块】 听力 13 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 录音中只提到了一个具
44、体人物 Dr Richard Perelman，随后的定语从句中介绍他写了很多有关抚养孩子的书，故 B为答案。 【知识模块】 听力 14 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 短文说， babies看起来很怕陌生的成年人，但他们却会试图触碰陌生的 baby。所以 B正确。 【知识模块】 听力 15 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 短文说，如果这些研究成果是正确的话，可以增加 family-oriented day care centers的使用，在那里孩子们可以有更多的时间和同龄人相处。所以 A正确。 【知识模块】 听力 Section C 16 【听力原文】 Talk show host： Tod
45、ay we have good news for all our coffee drinkers around the world. A new study finds that drinking coffee can help you live longer. Researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health recently discovered that drinking between three and five cups of coffee a day may prevent certain illnesses. They fou
46、nd that coffee can protect against heart disease, brain diseases and suicide. Walter Willett is a nutrition researcher at Harvard and co-author of the study. Professor Willet, thank you for joining us. Professor Willet: Good morning. The findings of our study extend to both caffeinated and decaffein
47、ated coffee, or decaf, as Americans often call it. The health benefits come not just from the caffeine in coffee, but from the compounds in the beans. Our study was large, of about 200,000 subjects included data from three ongoing studies. Subjects in the study had to answer questions about their co
48、ffee drinking habits every four years over a 30-year period. We found that moderate coffee drinking was linked with a reduced risk of death from many diseases. However, we found no link between coffee drinking and cancer. We also considered other habits such as smoking, obesity, and how active the s
49、ubjects were. We also looked at what kinds of food the subjects ate, as well as how much alcohol and what type of alcohol they drank. Our research adds to a growing body of evidence. This body of evidence finds drinking a moderate of coffee may have many health benefits, including a longer life. This is according to one of the researchers involved in the study. Frank Hu is senior author of the study. He is also a professor of nutrition and epidemiology. He studies how food affects illness. Hu adds that data from the study support th
