1、大学英语六级改革适用（听力）模拟试卷 270及答案与解析 Section A （ A） He has married for ten years. （ B） He prefers renting a house. （ C） He is wondering whether he should rent a house or buy one. （ D） He doesnt want to rent a house out. （ A） He doesnt need to pay more besides rent. （ B） He has no money to pay for the mortga
2、ge. （ C） He wants to save money for investment. （ D） He cannot afford the property tax. （ A） The decline of the economy. （ B） The uncertainty of the job. （ C） The further investment. （ D） The difference in lifestyles. （ A） He doesnt want others to live in his house. （ B） He doesnt care about the lit
3、tle rent. （ C） He wants to sell the house at a higher price. （ D） He thinks it is too troublesome. （ A） He has bad memory about Liverpool. （ B） He has never been to Liverpool before. （ C） He finds it is difficult to judge Liverpool. （ D） He doesnt like the atmosphere in Liverpool. （ A） Its southern
4、part is most suitable to live in. （ B） It is a wonderful place for shopping. （ C） It doesnt have many entertainment places. （ D） Its atmosphere is a little boring. （ A） The eastern part of London. （ B） The central part of London. （ C） The southern part of London. （ D） The border of London. （ A） The
5、common life of London. （ B） The excitement of different clubs. （ C） The dazzling shopping malls. （ D） The world-famous landmarks. Section B （ A） HM Revenue and Customs made errors in PAYE tax calculations. （ B） They deliberately avoided paying the sum due to the authorities. （ C） Most of them were u
6、nderpaid by their employers. （ D） They were charged extra money several years ago. （ A） Employees who were promoted. （ B） Employees who changed jobs. （ C） Employees who bought new cars. （ D） Employees who benefited from the system. （ A） By writing to the taxpayers. （ B） By altering their tax code. （
7、 C） By deducting from their accounts. （ D） By demanding payment beforehand. （ A） Automatically done by the computer. （ B） Correctly matched by two computer systems. （ C） Manually done by HMRC workers. （ D） Legally identified and required by HMRC. （ A） They are the source of energy for human beings.
8、（ B） The water-soluble B vitamins are vital to life. （ C） David Blaine died of B vitamins deficiency. （ D） The fat will die skinny without adequate B vitamins. （ A） He was the nutrition consultant for David Blaine. （ B） He had his starvation stunt in London in 2003. （ C） He held the longest record o
9、f starvation. （ D） He introduced a fashionable way of losing weight. （ A） The volume of blood and blood pressure will drop without it. （ B） It is the base for digestion and absorption of food. （ C） It is responsible for regulation of body temperature. （ D） It is necessary to eliminate waste out of t
10、he body. Section C （ A） They tell people how to release stress. （ B） They teach people to be mentally healthy. （ C） They show people how to do better work. （ D） They focus on interpersonal relationships. （ A） Their life can also be boring and pointless. （ B） They are less likely to feel lost. （ C） T
11、hey only have glossy outer appearance. （ D） They feel more pain than poor people. （ A） They hardly like anybody in the world. （ B） They can hardly realize their own value. （ C） They think they have done enough. （ D） They have few friends in life. （ A） The opportunities to know more people. （ B） The
12、friends who have the same value. （ C） The places where we feel comfortable. （ D） The things that make us happy and excited. （ A） They want to demonstrate their commitment. （ B） They think all the customers love this idea. （ C） They want to follow the other stores. （ D） They pretend to be considerate
13、. （ A） Ask advice from a lawyer. （ B） Prosecute the company. （ C） Ask for a full refund. （ D） Require an apology. （ A） Just let you go. （ B） Offer a lower price. （ C） Apologize to you. （ D） Try to retain you. （ A） Costly. （ B） Time-consuming. （ C） Genuine. （ D） Safe. （ A） Leave our personal informat
14、ion on the sites. （ B） Send out our information to a group. （ C） Give out the contact page to our target. （ D） Copy the same words and send them to all. （ A） It makes contacts easier and quicker. （ B） It booms business and economy. （ C） It improves interpersonal relationship. （ D） It saves people a
15、lot of money. 大学英语六级改革适用（听力）模拟试卷 270答案与解析 Section A 1 【听力原文】 W: So, Tom,(1)I just talked to my friend who has just married recently. He was wondering whether he should rent a house or buy one. What do you think? M: It is a tough call but I personally prefer to rent. W: Really? Why would you rather t
16、o rent? M: Well,(2)because therere just no extra costs, you dont have to pay for extra things like maintenance. When something gets broken you dont have to pay to get it fixed. Besides, you dont have to pay the property tax. W: Yeah, but if you own a house, youre not throwing money away. Its a solid
17、 investment. You can actually make a profit on the house later on. M:(3)Thats true. But in this day and age, you really never know when youre going to lose your job or if youre going to have to move for job reasons. For that reason, I think that if youre stuck with a mortgage and you lose your job,
18、you wont be able to pay for it. Whats worse, you may not be able to sell it. W: Thats a good point actually, but you could always rent the house out, right? M: Right! But(4)1 dont think I could be bothered with the trouble of renting to somebody. You have to find someone to rent it and make sure tha
19、t they pay the rent. And then you have to make sure that things are fixed. Its too much of a headache for me. 1. What can we learn about the womans friend? 2. Why does the man prefer renting a house to buying one? 3. What does the man use to refute the investment value of owning a house? 4. Why does
20、nt the man want to rent a house out? 1 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 本题问的是关于女士的朋友的情况。对话一开始，女士便提到，她有一个朋友最近结婚了，他正在考虑到底是买房还是租房。 【知识模块】 听力 2 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 本题问的是为什么男士更愿意租房子，而不是买一个。对话开头，女士问男士会选择租房还是买房，男士回答说会选择租房，因为租房的话不需要交诸如维修费之类的东西。也就是说除了租金之外，不需要额外地支付其他的费用。 【知识模块】 听力 3 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 本题问的 是男士用什么观点来反驳拥有住房的投资价值。对话中，女
21、士说如果拥有自己的住房的话，住房将成为稳定的投资，以后还能从中赚钱。而男士则说，在当今的时代，人们永远不知道什么时候会丢掉工作或者是否会因为工作的原因搬家。因此男士用工作的不稳定性反驳了拥有住房的投资价值。 【知识模块】 听力 4 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 本题问的是男士为什么不想把房子租出去。对话结尾，男士说到自己不想遭受把房子租给别人的麻烦，首先要找到租房的人，其次得确保租户付了房租，并确保一切都修理完好。所以男士之所以不想租房给 别人就是认为太麻烦了。 【知识模块】 听力 5 【听力原文】 W: Steven, if I go to England, which one would
22、 you say is the best? Manchester, Liverpool, or London? M: Out of those three, I would have to say London.(5)Ive never actually been to Liverpool, so I cant comment on it. I have spent a short time in Manchester before. W: So what do you think about Manchester? M: Uh, I enjoyed Manchester. Its a ver
23、y lively city. It has lots of good clubs and(6)some interesting shopping malls. Ah, therere some good markets, too. But Ive actually lived in London and I feel like my heart is in London. I feel like a Londoner, and London has everything to offer. W: Well, in London therere many parts, right? So, if
24、 I do go to London, which part of London is the best place to go and stay? M: Um, it depends on what you want to do.(7)If you want to see the sites, then youd obviously want to stay centrally, Id have thought. Um, most of the famous landmarks are in the center. W: Interesting! But you know I want to
25、 spend some time living in London, not just visiting the famous sites. So what would you recommend? M: Well,(8)if you want to experience just an ordinary side of London, you can live a bit further out. I actually lived in the south of London, just below Brixton. W: How do you find the life there? Do
26、 you enjoy living there? M: The atmosphere there is very lively. Its actually a nice area to live in, I think. W: Oh, sounds good. Thanks. 5. Why doesnt the man make any comment on Liverpool? 6. What can we learn about Manchester according to the man? 7. Where should the woman go in London if she wa
27、nts to enjoy the beautiful sites? 8. What can the woman experience if she lives a bit further out of London? 5 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 本题问的是为什么男士没有评论利物浦。对话开头，女士问男士曼彻斯特、利物浦和伦敦这三个城市哪一个最好，男士回答说他从来没有去过利物浦，所以无法作出评论。 【知识模块】 听力 6 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 本题问的是曼彻斯特的信息。对话中，女士问男士曼彻斯特怎么样，男士回答说他喜欢曼彻斯特，它是一个富有生机的城市，里面有很多好的俱乐部和有趣的
28、购物商场。也就是说曼彻斯特是一个购物的好地方。 【知识模块】 听力 7 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 本题问的是如果女士想欣赏美景，她应该去伦敦的哪个地方。对话中，男士告诉女士，如果她想观光的话，她肯定想待在伦敦的市中心。也就是说，如果女士想欣赏美景的话，她应该去伦敦的市中心。 【知识模块】 听力 8 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 本题问的是如果女士住得离伦敦稍远一点，她能体会到什么。对话末尾，男士告诉女士，如果她想体验伦敦平常生活的一面，她可以住得离伦敦中心稍远一些。也就是说如果女士住得离伦敦稍远一点，她就能体会到伦敦的平常生活。 【知识模块】 听力 Section B 9 【听力原文】
29、 Nearly six million people in the UK are to be told they have paid the wrong amount of tax. with some facing bills demanding up to 5 000 in extra payments.(9)Around 1. 4 million people will be told they owe an average of 1 400 because of errors in HM Revenue and Customs calculations of the Pay As Yo
30、u Earn(PAYE)tax system over the past two years. The errors were identified by a new computer system that found widespread underpayments by employers through the PAYE system, which total about 2 billion.(10)Employees who moved jobs or accepted company cars or cash benefits from their employer were th
31、e most likely to be caught by the new system. But 4. 3 million people are set to receive a rebate because they have paid too much. With a total overpayment of 1. 8 billion, each could receive an average rebate of 418. The first 45 000 letters from HM Revenue and Customs(HMRC)are expected to arrive o
32、n doormats(门垫 )on Tuesday.(11)Around 30 000 letters will alert taxpayers that they are due a rebate and 15 000 will inform them that they have underpaid and will have their tax code altered next year to retrieve the money. The problems arise because at the end of each year HMRC checks that the amoun
33、ts deducted in tax and national insurance by employers using the PAYE system match up with the information held on their records.(12)The process of checking contributions was done manually on a case-by-case basis until last June when a new computerised system was introduced, which HMRC says should h
34、elp reduce mistakes in the future. 9. For what reason did so many British people pay less tax? 10. Who were the most likely to be caught by the new tax system? 11. In what way will the underpaid money be retrieved? 12. How was the process of checking tax contributions done according to the passage?
35、9 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 本题问的是为什么许多英国人少交了税。短文开头指出，由于在过去的两年里，英国税务海关总署的所得税预扣系统计算有误，大约有 140万人平均欠税 1 400英镑。 【知识模块】 听力 10 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 本题问的是哪些欠税人最有可能被新纳税系统查出。短文中指出，新的计算机系统发现了这些错误，那些换了工作、接受公司车辆和得到雇主现金奖励的员工最有可能被新系统查出。 【知识模块】 听力 11 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 本题问的是欠交的税款将会以何种方式被追回。短文中介绍说，英国税务海关总署首批发出了 45 000封通知信，其中 30 000封信
36、通知纳税人退税期限将至， 15 000封通知纳税人欠税，其中欠税者的免税代码明年将被修改，以补缴税款。 【知识模块】 听力 12 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 本题问的是根据本文，税务检查是怎样完成的。短文最后部分提到，每年年末英国税务海关总署都会核查税款账目，因此发现了这些错误。短文指出，这一核查全 是人工完成的，工作人员对纳税人的情况逐个进行检查。 【知识模块】 听力 13 【听力原文】 How long can a human survive without food or water? In theory, when you finally run out of body fat,
37、protein and carbohydrates, your body runs out of energy and stops functioning. Jeremy Powell-Tuck, a retired clinician who fed David Blaine after his starvation stunt in London, isnt so sure that this is the lethal point. “Youre more likely to die before then,“ he says.(13)Fat people would only be a
38、ble to survive for longer if they had enough vital water-soluble B vitamins in their system to help metabolize fat stores. So it is possible that a person could die of starvation and still be fat.(14)The longest recorded starvation was by the Irish hunger-striker Kieran Doherty in 1989, who died aft
39、er fasting for 73 days. With a supply of vitamins and water, people have been known to survive over a year without eating. “It used to be a very fashionable way of losing weight around 30 years ago,“ says Powell-Tuck. With vitamins but without water, survival time is sharply reduced. A human can be
40、expected to survive for weeks without food, but a thirsty person deprived of water would last a matter of days. “It depends on the rate of water loss,“ says Michael Sawka at the US Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine in Natick, Massachusetts.(15)“Without water, the volume of blood in y
41、our body drops, and with it your blood pressure drops. Blood becomes thicker and tickier, making it harder to pump around the body, so your heart rate increases to compensate.“ Even in a cool environment, you wouldnt last for more than a week without water. 13. What can we learn about B vitamins fro
42、m the passage? 14. What do we know about Kieran Doherty? 15. According to Michael Sawka, why is water vital to human survival? 13 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 本题问的是关于 B族维生素，我们从短文中可以了解到什么。短文开头提到只有当体内有足够的水溶性 B族维生素来帮助储备的脂肪进行新陈代谢时，胖人才可能会活得更长。因此，水溶性 B族维生素对生命很重要。 【知识模块】 听力 14 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 本题问的是关于 Kieran Doherty，我们可
43、以知道些什么。短文中间部分提到，时间最长的不进食纪录者是 1981年爱尔兰绝食抗议者 Kieran Doherty，他在绝食 73天后死去。 【知识模 块】 听力 15 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 本题问的是根据 Michael Sawka的说法，为什么水对于人类生存来说是至关重要的。短文最后引用了 Michael Sawka说的话：没有水的情况下，身体中血液量会降低，血压也会随之降低。 B)、 C)和 D)关于水的重要性的陈述都是正确的，但都不是 Michael Sawka的观点，不符合题目要求。 【知识模块】 听力 Section C 16 【听力原文】 Moderator: Hell
44、o, ladies and gentlemen. It gives me great pleasure to introduce our speaker for todays lecture. Dr. David Ford. Dr. Ford, Professor of Psychology at Stanford University,(16)has written numerous articles about how to be more mentally healthy, in spite of the great stress from work or difficult relat
45、ionship in the modern society. Dr. Ford: Thank you for that introduction. I feel happy to meet you here. Why is it that some people seem to have their life in order, seem to know who they are, seem sure of where they are going, while so many others feel lost and alone in this world? Maybe you are on
46、e of those people who feel lost. Maybe you question whether there is any meaning or purpose in life, or just arent exactly sure what you are doing with your life. Its easy to think others have it all figured because of their glossy outer appearance, until you walk a mile in their shoes. Just about e
47、veryone feels lost at some point in their lives. Its inevitable.(17)It does not matter how wealthy or poor you are, life can seem pretty humdrum and pointless sometimes. Thats because nobody is born with an instruction manual for life. Were all trying to make sense of life as we go along. And just b
48、ecause everyone feels lost sometimes, doesnt necessarily make it a pleasant experience. The sad thing, though, is that theres no quick and easy way to figure out your life and fix the feeling of being lost. However, as with many things in life, a little extra understanding and compassion can help yo
49、u navigate through these negative feelings as if unfazed. (18)People who feel lost in life dont like themselves very much. They tend to have a distorted sense of self that hinders them from appreciating their own beauty, intelligence and worth. They often dont accept one simple truth that who they are is enough. All they seem to see is how inferior, unworthy or insignificant they are, and how nothing they do is good enough. When you see yourself as inferior and feel less than worthy, youll be depressed, sad and unhappy. Youll feel
