1、大学英语六级改革适用（听力）模拟试卷 260及答案与解析 Section A （ 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 accent. （ C） She had a northern accent. （ D） She
2、had a southern accent. （ A） Visit Richwood. （ B） Find a gas station. （ C） Hit the county fair. （ D） Head for West Virginia. （ A） This is the first topic in todays meeting. （ B） The company doesnt have dress rules. （ C） Some people wore too casual clothes in the office. （ D） The company has received
3、some complaints from customers. （ A） The standards of the company. （ B） The working conditions. （ C） The productivity. （ D） The business models. （ A） She would like to work in an easy place. （ B） She prefers to work in a plant. （ C） Workplace can affect productivity. （ D） Workplace should be more se
4、rious. （ A） The image of their company is similar to the police officers. （ B） They will communicate with police officers in daily lives. （ C） Some companies have taken some measures owned by policemen. （ D） Google dislikes the police officers uniforms. Section B （ A） The new study focuses on health
5、 policies. （ B） The new study focuses on death rates. （ C） The new study focuses on older ages. （ D） The new study focuses on all ages. （ A） Individual behavior and group behavior. （ B） Political and economic status. （ C） Education and income. （ D） Environment and medical treatment. （ A） Domestic vi
6、olence. （ B） Drug overdoses. （ C） Highest diabetes rate. （ D） Higher caloric intake. （ A） The US is lagging behind other countries in terms of health and life expectancy. （ B） The Americans are aging at a fast speed. （ C） The Americans are dying due to uncertain factors. （ D） The Americans are suffe
7、ring from illnesses and injury at unnecessary rates. （ A） He is a New Zealand businessman. （ B） He is a zoo keeper. （ C） He is an expert on birds keeping. （ D） He is a government official. （ A） People living in New Zealand have the highest cat ownership rate in the world. （ B） 28% of the households
8、in New Zealand have two cats or more. （ C） Cats are trained to prey on birds in New Zealand. （ D） Most cats are kept inside all day long. （ A） Moving all the cats to other parts of the world. （ B） Keeping cats inside 24 hours a day. （ C） Keeping ferocious animals to kill cats. （ D） Using certain dru
9、gs to keep cats inside. Section C （ A） They emphasize the importance of presentations. （ B） They provides the authors own presentation experience with us. （ C） They tell the difference between good and bad presentations. （ D） They teach people how to develop presentation skills. （ A） Engage in inter
10、esting debates often. （ B） Speak to ourselves in front of a mirror. （ C） Talk with friends about different topics. （ D） Write down ideas and opinions first. （ A） Walking around the audience. （ B） Smiling while explaining the notions. （ C） Telling some jokes during the speech. （ D） Sharing some perso
11、nal privacy. （ A） Your audience and what they are interested in. （ B） What your audience expect you to talk about. （ C） Your audience and what kind of speaker you want to be. （ D） The environment of the place where you give a speech. （ A） It promotes sales. （ B） It costs too much. （ C） It doesnt wor
12、k well. （ D） It is easy to do. （ A） We pay little attention to ad presentations. （ B） We dont know the target customers well. （ C） We exaggerate the effectiveness of products. （ D） We make the ads boring and dull. （ A） It must be simple enough to understand. （ B） It should be creative and unique. （
13、C） It should be shown in a inconspicuous way. （ D） It could make a first impression on customers. （ A） How soon they recover from failures. （ B） How they deal with emotions. （ C） How well they use the trading skills. （ D） How they see their competitors. （ A） They do not make any changes about the tr
14、ading skills. （ B） They realize the factors of a successful trade too late. （ C） They care too much about the previous failures. （ D） They do not know how to communicate with others. （ A） It is highly probable. （ B） It could be avoided. （ C） It must be ignored. （ D） It is good experience. 大学英语六级改革适用
15、（听力）模拟试卷 260答案与解析 Section A 1 【听力原文】 W: Wait a minute! Lets listen to that station, Frank! Do you know the kind of music played by the station? M: Yes, I heard something like it once before. W:(l)Thats fiddle music. Its a real American kind of music, country music from the mountains. M: Why is it ca
16、lled “fiddle“? W: Because in country music, a violin is called a fiddle, F-I-D-D-L-E. Hey, listen to that fiddle player! Hes quick. M: Rose,(2)I hear more than just violins I mean, fiddles. Isnt there a guitar, too? W: You have a good ear.(2)Youre right. There is a guitar. Hey, Frank. What town are
17、we near right now? M: I dont know. Ill take a look at the map. Hey, listen to the speaker. W: Who? The woman speaking on the radio? What did you hear? M:(3)She said nothing unusual, but her accent is unusual. I mean her way of speaking. W: Yes.(3)To people from my part of the country, she does have
18、a strong accent. M: What kind of accent do you call that? W:(3)Thats a southern accent. Hey, 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,
19、we have to make a stop anyway.(4)Were low on gas. Lets find a gas station in Richwood first and then hit the county fair! W:(4)OK. But what will we find at a county fair? M: Oh, music, crafts, animals, and food. W: Food! Lets hit the fair! 1. What kind of music is the station playing? 2. What musica
20、l instrument is used in addition to fiddles? 3. What is unusual about the speaker on the radio? 4. What are the two speakers going to do first? 1 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 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 2 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 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
21、。 【知识模块】 听力 3 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 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 4 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 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 5 【听力原文】 M: Good morning everyone. Thanks for being on time. Weve got a whole bunch of
22、 topics to go over today, but lets start with a simple one: our companys dress code. W: We have a dress code? M: Well. if we didnt have one before, Im introducing one, starting now. W: What exactly does this mean? M:(5)Ive become concerned that we are getting a bit too casual. I was walking through
23、the office the other day and some people were wearing shorts and T-shirts! I dont think that is appropriate office wear. W: Its true. Our standards have been going down. It used to be that we wore casual clothes only on Fridays, but these days it seems we do it almost every day.(6)But Frank, dont yo
24、u think maybe this isnt such a big issue? I mean, why does it matter what we are wearing? I think productivity is more important! M: Actually, I agree with you, Susan. Productivity is the most important thing. But I think what we wear is linked to productivity. W: In what way are they linked? Im not
25、 so keen on this idea.(7)I think neckties cut off blood circulation. Im much more in favor of a relaxed workplace environment. M: Police officers wear uniforms, right?(8)Its a symbol to both them and the public that they are serious about what they do. And for some companies a relaxed atmosphere mig
26、ht work. At Google they let you bring your dog to work!(8)But we are a serious financial company with an image to uphold. 5. Why does the man emphasize the dress code? 6. Compared to clothing, what does the woman care more about? 7. What is the womans opinion about workplace? 8. Why does the man ref
27、er to the police officers uniforms? 5 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 本题问的是为什么男士看重着装准则。对话中男士提到之前他们没有强调过着装准则，但是最近公司里着装越来越随便，甚至有些员工穿着短裤和T恤上班。由此可知，男士之所以开始强调着装准则是因为他最近注意到大家的着装太随意。 【知识模块】 听力 6 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 本题问的是比起衣着，女士更在意什么。对话中女士承认最近员工的着装确实变得比较随意，但是女士认为这并不是什么大问题，在她看来生产力更重要。 【知识模块】 听力 7 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 本题问的是女士如何看待工作场所
28、。对话中女士不认同男士有关着装同生产力相关的说法，女士认为领带会阻碍血液的循环，她更喜欢一个放松的工作环境。 【知识模块】 听力 8 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 本题问的是为什么男士提及警服。对话中男士提到警察要穿制服，这对公众来说象征着严肃，比起一些工作氛围轻松的公司，他们是一家认真的金融公司。由此可知，男士之所以提到警察的着装，是为了说明他们公司的形象也比较严肃。 【知识模块】 听力 Section B 9 【听 力原文】 A new study by the National Research Council and the Institute of Medicine compare
29、s the health of Americans to their international counterparts, and the results are bleak. Americans, regardless of their status or background, live shorter lives and experience more injuries and illnesses than their peers in almost any other high-income country.(9)The 378-page report goes further th
30、an previous studies in comparing death rates and health policies for Americans across all age groups: previous studies have tended to focus on older ages. So why exactly is that the case? The report examines “the role of underlying social values and public policies“ in Americas lagging health statis
31、tics,(10)identifying a range of factors including individual behavior, social and economic status, education and income, environment and public health policies. What its authors sought to emphasize was that it was not the work of any one of these single issues in isolation, but the combined effect o
32、f these factors that have resulted in this great disadvantage.(11)Americans were more likely to “engage in certain unhealthy behaviors that increase the risk of fatal injuries,“ according to the report including those caused by car accidents, gun violence and drug overdoses. These risks, coupled wit
33、h other well-known factors such as higher caloric intake and the highest diabetes rate of any country on the list, all combined to make Americans lead shorter and more unhealthy lives.(12)For the authors of the report, the most distressing aspects of the findings were not that “the United States is
34、losing a contest with other countries, but that Americans are dying and suffering from illnesses and injury at rates that are demonstrably unnecessary.“ 9. What is the difference between previous studies and the new study? 10. What factors are mentioned as causes for Americans disadvantage in health
35、 and life expectancy? 11. What risk of fatal injuries is mentioned in the passage? 12. What is the most distressing aspect of the findings for the authors of the report? 9 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 本题问的是新研究与以往的研究有何不同。短文前半部分提到新报告比以往的研究更为深入，因为它比较了各年龄段美国人的死亡率和卫生政策，而以往的研究只关注老年人。 【知识模块】 听力 10 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 本题问的是
36、影响美国人健康和预期寿命的不良因素有哪些。短文中提到一系列影响美国人健康和预期寿命的因素，包括个人行为、社会和经济地位、教育和收入、环境和公共卫生政策。 【知识模块】 听力 11 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 本题问的是文中提到了什么致命伤害的风险。短文中提到，报告中指出美国人更可能由于一些不健康的行为增加了致命伤害的风险，包括交通事故、枪支暴力和滥用药物。 【知识模块】 听力 12 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 本题问的是报告的作者们认为这些发现最令人痛苦的方面是什么。短文最后提到，报告的作者们发现最令人苦恼的不是 “美国正在落后于其他国家 ”，而是 “美国人正在经历原本不必的快速死亡以
37、及遭受疾病和伤害 ”。 【知识模块】 听力 13 【听力原文】 If(13)New Zealand businessman Gareth Morgan has his druthers, it could all be over for fluffy pals:(13)The economist and environmental proponent wants to see his country rid of pets that pose a danger to native birds namely cats. New Zealand plays home to an enormous
38、array of native birds species, but(14)the island nations human inhabitants have the highest cat ownership rate in the world: 28% of households have one cat: another 20% have two or more. Since those cats are preying on the countrys native birds in many cases to the point of extinction, says Morgan o
39、ne or the other has to go. “If you are reading this there is a good chance that you are a cat owner and you are probably upset at the thought of getting rid of your beloved pet,“ writes Morgan, urging readers to consider the relevant statistics. Like: New Zealands record cat ownership rates, as note
40、d, but also that(14)cats have so far contributed to the extinction of nine native bird species, and presently threaten 33 more. Morgan is advocating that people take an informed approach to a serious problem. “We appreciate the fact that you have an emotional connection with your pet and that pet ow
41、nership is a rewarding experience. If you think NZs native species are precious and should be fostered then its important you be a responsible cat owner.(15)That means keep them inside 24 hours a day and if thats impractical then when the time comes ensure this is the last cat you ever own.“ 13. Wha
42、t does Gareth Morgan do? 14. What do we know about cat ownership in New Zealand? 15. What measures does Morgan suggest to save birds from the danger posed by cats? 13 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 本题问的是 Gareth Morgan的职业身份。短文开头便提到了Morgan的几个身份：新西兰商人、经济学家、环境保护者。 【知识模块】 听力 14 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 本题问的是有关新西兰养猫的情况。短文中提到新西兰人
43、的宠物猫拥有量位居世界笫一： 28的家庭有一只猫， 20的家庭有两只或两只以上的猫。 【知识模块】 听力 15 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 本题问的是 Morgan建议采取什么措施来保护鸟类远离猫的危 害。短文最后提到， Morgan建议人们将猫 24小时关在室内。如果这行不通，就保证这是他们饲养的最后一只猫。 【知识模块】 听力 Section C 16 【听力原文】 Moderator: Hello, ladies and gentlemen. It gives me great pleasure to introduce our speaker for todays lecture,
44、 Dr. Steven Johnson. Dr. Johnson, professor of literature at University of Chicago,(16)has written numerous articles and books on the issues about how to give a good presentation, a skill which is not born with, but could be acquired and developed. Dr. Johnson: Thank you for that introduction. I fee
45、l honored to give a speech here. Giving a good presentation is all about the simple things knowledge, confidence, and communication. If you master these three things, then you will rock every single presentation you deliver! Listed here are tips on giving a good presentation. First, knowledge. To de
46、liver a good presentation, you need to know your material and your presentation inside out! Work on obtaining as much information on the subject as you can, understand it, and make sure that you can formulate it in your own words. A good presentation is all about being able to talk as if you are wel
47、l versed on the subject, even if you acquired the knowledge a week before. If you can explain the ideas you want to present and reach through to your audience, you are covered! Second, confidence. This is one thing that matters as equally as your preparation of the presentation. If you cannot speak
48、in front of an audience, cannot address a gathering, you are doomed!(17)Work on your confidence, try to speak spontaneously in front of the mirror, and engage in interesting debates with your friends often. This will give you the ability to process and phrase your ideas quickly, in turn, giving you
49、the confidence necessary for any presentation. Third, communication. How you present is as important as what you present. The tone of your voice, the aids you use, the gestures you make, the stance you assume, the phrases you use to address the audience, everything changes the presentation you deliver.(18)If you leave your hair open, and smile while explaining the notions, you would come off as a friendly presenter: if you really feel and mean what you are saying, you would come across as someone who really cares. If you say it with proje
