1、大学英语六级改革适用（听力）模拟试卷 308及答案与解析 Section A （ A） Their BBS was not as good as what they had thought before. （ B） Their progress in the website-design was hindered for lack of fund. （ C） Their full-time website designer was too busy to complete her task. （ D） Their temporary website designer was not quali
2、fied to do the BBS. （ A） She was a close relative of his colleague. （ B） She was recommended by someone he knows. （ C） She was assigned to help with his program. （ D） She was chosen after being interviewed. （ A） She complained that she was given too much work （ B） She admitted that she had been dish
3、onest. （ C） She owed it to miscommunication between them. （ D） She insisted that she had made a terrific website. （ A） Resort to the Part-time Job Center. （ B） Turn to their professor for help. （ C） Hire a professional with better pay. （ D） Pay her full fees for better work （ A） She had to borrow bo
4、oks. （ B） She had to think of words. （ C） She had to see a dentist （ D） She had to finish an assignment. （ A） A story in prose. （ B） A poem that rhymes. （ C） A translation of a short literary work （ D） A journal about the process of writing. （ A） The class has been assigned to read it in English. （
5、B） He was able to read it in French. （ C） He isnt sure whether its available in English. （ D） He thinks its an example of what the professor wants. （ A） Its quite different when pronounced in French and English. （ B） To write without using it is difficult both in English and in French. （ C） Every wo
6、rd in the French authors book contained it （ D） Its commonly used in English to make poetry rhyme. Section B （ A） Classmates. （ B） Colleagues. （ C） Boss and secretary. （ D） PR representative and client. （ A） He felt his assignment was tougher than Sues. （ B） His clients complained about his service.
7、 （ C） He thought the boss was unfair to him. （ D） His boss was always finding fault with his work. （ A） She is unwilling to undertake them. （ B） She complains about her bad luck. （ C） She always accepts them cheerfully. （ D） She takes them on, though reluctantly. （ A） Sue got promoted. （ B） John had
8、 to quit his job. （ C） Both John and Sue got a raise. （ D） Sue failed to complete her project （ A） By greeting each other very politely. （ B） By exchanging their views on public affairs. （ C） By displaying their feelings and emotions. （ D） By asking each other some personal questions. （ A） Refrain f
9、rom showing his feelings. （ B） Express his opinion frankly. （ C） Argue fiercely. （ D） Yell loudly. （ A） Getting rich quickly. （ B） Distinguishing oneself. （ C） Respecting individual rights. （ D） Doing credit to ones community. Section C （ A） To think about your familial obligations. （ B） To consider
10、 if you can afford the lending. （ C） To recall the dos and donts of lending. （ D） To consider what things a bank will do. （ A） Making a good deal out of it. （ B） Acquiring lenders signature. （ C） Asking for paying interest （ D） Documenting the lending. （ A） To cosign for a loan at the bank. （ B） To
11、raise the interest rates of loan. （ C） To stop contacting the family member. （ D） To talk it out with the family member. （ A） The borrower shall write it down on paper. （ B） The borrower shall renegotiate the terms. （ C） The borrower shall protect his self-esteem. （ D） The borrower shall explain why
12、 he loans. （ A） Vietnamese cuisine is similar with Chinese one. （ B） Vietnam has a distinctive style of cooking food. （ C） Vietnamese use local ingredients for all dishes. （ D） Daily Vietnamese cooking is very special. （ A） Vietnamese food. （ B） Spring roll. （ C） Fish sauce. （ D） Homemade food. （ A）
13、 To cook dishes in New Year only. （ B） To create healthier homemade dishes. （ C） To make sauces for dipping food in it. （ D） To cook steak with it for better tastes. （ A） Your closest friends and coworkers lie to your regularly. （ B） 60% of people lie during a 10-minute conversation. （ C） 16% of peo
14、ple tell lies in two or three conversations. （ D） Played-back videos can identify liars and their lies. （ A） Personal instincts. （ B） Behavioral changes. （ C） Conversation videos. （ D） Psychological researches. （ A） They also keep silent. （ B） They cover their mouths. （ C） They provide more detail.
15、（ D） They prepare to escape. 大学英语六级改革适用（听力）模拟试卷 308答案与解析 Section A 1 【听力原文】 M: Hi Jane, please come in and take a seat. W: Well, you would like to check the progress of the website-design, right? M: Yes, but it seems that weve got some problems with the BBS. The part-time web designer was not as goo
16、d as what we had thought before. She informed us just now that she could not complete this task. W: Well, didnt you talk with her about what she should do at the beginning? M: Not really. She was recommended by Sampson and from what he told me, she sounded to be pretty qualified to do the job. Im no
17、t asking for a terrific web design but to build up a structure with all the basic elements of web design. W: Did you ask her why she wasnt frank with you in the beginning if she couldnt do the BBS? M: I did.3But she said it was a communication problem. W: So now what do you plan to do since she got
18、the job half done? M: On one side, I will not pay her full fees since she wasnt honest with me in the beginning. On the other side, I have to search around for another guy to complete the job. W: I agree. That should also teach her a lesson. For us, I think we had better turn to our Part-time Job Ce
19、nter for help. There, we can get a professional to work at it. 1. What problem did the speakers encounter? 2. How did the man find the website designer? 3. What did the part-time web designer explain about the situation? 4. What did the woman suggest they do in the end? 1 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析 】 根据选项可以预测出问
20、题：他们遇到了什么困难 ?话题与 BBS，website-design, website designer有关，因此听到对话中提及 problems with the BBS时就要注意后文的具体解释： part-time web designer是主要问题所在，即 D中的 temporary website designer。她不会建 BBS这一信息在对话中反复出现，此题不难作答。 【知识模块】 听力 2 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 根据选项可以大致预测出问题： “她 ”是通过什么 途径来参与 “他 ”的项目。 B是能听到的，只是把原文的具体人名模糊化了。 A有一定的干扰性，但文中并未提及
21、 “她 ”与推荐人是亲戚关系。 【知识模块】 听力 3 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 根据选项可以大致预测出问题是 “她 ”对某事的态度。当女士问男士是否询问过兼职网站设计员为何一开始没表明自己能力不够时，男士用间接引语引述她的理由是 communication problem，即 C中的 miscommunication。 【知识模块】 听力 4 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 选项为动 词原形，一般考打算、建议、要求。在对话最后，男士说了两条打算，女士提了一条建议， A与后者一致，为答案。 C有一定的干扰性，但原文中没有 with better pay的依据。 【知识模块】 听力 5 【
22、听力原文】 M: I didnt see you in creative writing class today. What happened? W: Oh, just a dentist appointment. Thats all. Say, did we get a new assignment for next week? M: Yeah. A really interesting one, actually. Were supposed to write a short story that has some sort of limitation or, or, constraint
23、s imposed on it. W: What do you mean? Like rhyming in a poem? M: Well, thatll be an idea But what we write has to be prose, like prose poetry. Just to make rhyme in a poem is too easy, I guess. I think Prof. Eliot really wants to challenge us, to put our creativity to the test. W: Well, did she give
24、 any hints about what she has in mind? M: Not really, but I may have an idea of the kind of thing shes looking for. I just finished a really strange book by some French guy. He wrote a whole book without even using a single e. W: A whole book without a single e? Hows it possible? But, wait a minute.
25、 I didnt know you can read French. M: I cant I read the English translation. But get this. Theres not one e in that either. W: No way. Think of the words you couldnt use. M: I know, but that translator manages it. I got the book at home if you want to check out for yourself.8Whats really amazing to
26、me is that leaving e in French is no easy job and doing it in English is gonna involve a complete different group of words. Its a real work of mind. W: Sometime you have to show me that book. But right now Id better get going on the writing for next week. 5. Why didnt the woman attend the creative w
27、riting class today? 6. What are the speakers assigned to write? 7. Why did the man mention a book by a French author? 8. What point does the man make about the letter e? 5 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 选项均是 She had to开头，可推测题目与不得不做某事有关。对话一开始男士就说在创意写作课上没看到女士，问她出了什么事，女士说只是因为与牙医有约，可见她当时得去看牙医，故答案是 C。 【知识模块】 听力 6 【正确答案
28、】 A 【试题解析】 男士说： “我们要写一篇短篇故事。但是我们写的必须是散文，就像散文诗一样。 ”根据对话中的 short story以及 prose得出正确答案为 A。 【知识模块】 听力 7 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 四个选项共同的成分是 it,根据选项内容可以判断 it是可以阅读的内容，故问题应该和阅读的报刊杂志或书相关。男士说： “但是我想到她可能想要的东西。我刚读完一个法国人写的一本相当奇怪的书。 ”故 D正确。 【知识模块】 听力 8 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 四个选项都有 it,根据选项内容判断此处的 it应该指单词或是字母。男士说： “真正让我诧异的是在法语中不使
29、用 e一点都不简单，而且在把它翻译成英语时也不使用 e需要完全不同的单词。真的是很费脑筋。 ”故答案是 B。 【知识模块】 听力 Section B 9 【听力原文】 Both John and Sue joined the staff of a successful public relations firm in New York during the same year. They had just completed their PR degrees at a nearby university and were thrilled to be hired by one of the f
30、inest PR firms in the city. Johns first assignment was to create a promotion campaign for a client who was to put in a new game on the market Initially Sue was assigned to work with a sportswear company on the marketing concept for its newest line of clothing. As time passed and work with their resp
31、ective first clients became more and more difficult, John and Sue realized that they had been assigned two of the toughest accounts in town. Although John completed his assignment quickly and successfully, he was furious when he learned that the boss had deliberately assigned him a difficult account
32、 In response, he not only complained to his colleagues, but also to the bosss secretary. Sue, on the other hand, had a more difficult time satisfying her first client and she took several additional months to actually complete the project However, she just laughed when she heard that the boss had ma
33、de the assignments purposely. Over the next two years John worked reluctantly with each assignment and problem that he encountered. Sue accepted each assignment cheerfully and when problems arose she responded with her characteristic, “No problem, I can handle it“ Although Sue took longer to complet
34、e her projects than John and both were equally successful on the assignments they completed, Sue was given the first promotion when there came a vacancy. 9. Whats the relationship between John and Sue now? 10. Why was John furious after he finished his first assignment? 11. Whats Sues attitude to di
35、fficult tasks? 12. How does the story end? 9 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 录音提到， Jokn和 Sue加入了一家成功的 public relation公司。由此可知他们是同事，即 B。 【知识模块】 听力 10 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 录音提到，当 John得知老板故意分配他去接待一个难缠的客户时，他很恼火，因此 C“他觉得老板对他不公平 ”正确。根据 “Sue, on the other hand， had a more difficult time satisfying her first client”可知 A错。 【知识模块】
36、听力 11 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 录音提到， Sue开心地接受了每一次的任务，当问题出现时，她通常会回答： “没问题，我可以处理。 ”由此可选 C。其他选项基本上是 John的态度。 【知识模块】 听力 12 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 录音结尾提到，职位出现空缺时， Sue获得了第一次晋升。因此答案为 A。 【知识模块】 听力 13 【听力原文】 American visitors to East Asia are often surprised and puzzled by how Asian cultures and customs differ from those in
37、 the United States. Whats considered typical or proper social conduct in one country may be regarded as odd, improper or even rude in the other. For example, people from some East Asian countries may begin a conversation with a stranger by asking personal questions about family, home or work. Such q
38、uestions are thought to be friendly whereas they might be considered offensive in the United States. On the other hand, people in most Asian cultures are far more guarded about expressing their feelings publicly than most Americans are. Openly displaying annoyance or anger, yelling, arguing loudly a
39、nd so forth is considered ill-mannered in countries such as Japan. Many East Asians prefer to hold their emotions in check and instead express themselves with great politeness. They try not to be blunt and avoid making direct criticisms. In fact, they often keep their differences of opinion to thems
40、elves and merely smile and remain silent rather than engage in a confrontation. By comparison, Americans are often frank about displaying both positive and negative emotions on the street and in other public places. Americans visiting Asia should keep in mind that such behavior may cause offense. A
41、major difference between American culture and most East Asian cultures is that in East Asia the community is more important than the individual. Most Americans are considered a success when they make a name for themselves. 13. How would some Asians start their conversation when they meet for the fir
42、st time? 14. What would a Japanese do when he feels annoyed? 15. What is encouraged in the American culture according to the passage? 13 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 录音提到，东亚国家的人与陌生人开展对话，可能会询问关于家庭或工作的一些个人问题。由此可知答案为 D。 【知识模块】 听力 14 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 录音提到，明显表示烦恼或生气、叫喊、大声争辩等，在日本等一些国家被视为没礼貌，许多东亚人更愿意把感情藏在心里，而表现的却是彬彬有礼。故
43、答案为 A。 【知识模块】 听力 15 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 录音结尾提到，大部分美国人 “make a name for themselves使自己出名 ”时，会被认为成功了。故答案为 B。 【知识模块】 听力 Section C 16 【听力原文】 Anchor: Should you lend money to your family? Maybe she will, with the dos and donts of lending money to family, we are joined by Melody Hopson, GMA financial contribut
44、or and president of Aerial Capital Management. Welcome, Melody. Melody Hopson: Thank you. For this question, I would start with a very basic idea. Before you think about this familial obligation issue, lets start with “Can you afford it? “ And if you cant afford it, that answers the question right a
45、way. Also can you afford it if they dont pay you back? A bank thinks about the same thing. They assess the risk of the loan that they are going to make. And they dont make loans that are going to make them bankrupt. You shouldnt either, but if you go down this path, the one thing that I suggest you
46、and that helps remove some of the resentment or problems that can occur is: Document it. Documentation helps a lot. So those are the guidelines basically, youre saying: write it down on paper, sign it, date it, interest rates, someone said, the interest rates are low, so this is a good deal. We do l
47、ook at family as a good deal, even for paying an interest thats usually lower than the market rate, right? Absolutely did in terms, the terms may or may not include interest. They may include a payment plan: they may include it all back over a lump-sum period. And then last, last but not least, sign
48、 it, copy it, make sure you both have a copy and when you get into issues, you pull out that piece of paper. If you dont want to loan family money, maybe you can go to someone else, maybe you can cosign for a loan with the borrower at the bank, really to create that kind of distance. that might be m
49、eeting them halfway. Weve been talking about you as the bank in the family, what about if you need to borrow money? Well, if I need to borrow money, I will go to my family members in the most professional way possible and I would be the one saying this is what I need the money for, Id like to document this and write this down, this is when you can be expected to receive the payment. If I dont pay you back, I would be here before the money is due to renegotiate these terms, so they get a sense that you are very serious, very credible an
