1、大学英语六级改革适用（听力）模拟试卷 399及答案与解析 Section C （ 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 technology are inaccessible. （ D） He uses the audio books which are cheaper than Braille. （ A） It provides play
2、ing 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 might have difficulty moving to higher education. （ B） They are not provided with the technology in university.
3、 （ C） They have no chance to learn the technology in university. （ D） They are required to use Braille instead of the technology. （ A） To engage people in conversations. （ B） To watch peoples body language. （ C） To observe peoples facial expressions. （ D） To see whether people are nervous or not. （
4、A） The investigation was conducted in an airport. （ B） People who avoided eye contact turned out to be liars. （ C） 20 people were identified as liars by security agents. （ D） Researchers tried to come up with a name for the method. （ A） Asking more “Yes“ and “No“ questions. （ B） Asking normal and re
5、lated questions. （ C） Watching for changes in confidence. （ D） Changing speaking styles frequently. （ A） In Massachusetts. （ B） In Pennsylvania. （ C） In the Ohio Valley. （ D） In Licking Creek. （ A） He lived a simple and lonely life. （ B） He usually did not wear anything. （ C） He divorced and never m
6、arried again. （ D） He traveled without a gun or knife. （ A） He bought a big house in the open air. （ B） He bought clothes made of cloth bags and sacks. （ C） He invested in his apple business and helped others. （ D） He spent his money on travelling around the world. （ A） All delivery men will lose th
7、eir job very soon. （ B） Delivery men arent allowed to bring items to home. （ C） Delivery service will become a thing of the past. （ D） Robots may soon make door-to-door deliveries. （ A） It was named Skype by the CEO. （ B） It weighs as heavy as 9 kilograms. （ C） It does little harm to the environment
8、. （ D） It has pictures on its six wheels. （ A） 6.5 kilometers. （ B） 5.6 miles. （ C） 5 kilometers. （ D） 4 miles. （ A） Cameras, GPS and a loudspeaker are installed in it. （ B） An operator stays inside the robot and controls it. （ C） The robot can talk to the thieves around it. （ D） Customers can use a
9、 smartphone app to call 911. （ A） It is an online course for teaching investment. （ B） It raises questions about career and leadership. （ C） It invites professionals in business to the courses. （ D） It has scholars answer questions about business. （ A） He made careless mistakes. （ B） His superior di
10、dnt take him seriously. （ C） His opinions were ignored by others. （ D） He was deceived by his colleagues. （ A） It empowers you to make decisions. （ B） It is not backed up with enough knowledge. （ C） It impresses your boss and team members. （ D） It hurts your incredibility in the long run. （ A） Not b
11、eing defensive. （ B） A lack of professionalism. （ C） A way of being confident. （ D） A lot of questions to ask. 大学英语六级改革适用（听力）模拟试卷 399答案与解析 Section C 1 【听力原文】 Until recently, blind and visually impaired students in Kenya were still using Braille books for their studies. But Kenyan schools for the bli
12、nd are now beginning to adopt technology that provides material in an audible form and in the process expands their opportunities. Lucas Mwanzia, 17, intently searches the internet for information. Todays class is on biology. Mwanzia is visually impaired and for the last two years has been attending
13、 computer classes at the Thika School for the Blind. Mwanzia is in eighth grade, having started school at a later age because of his vision. He says the technology has opened up new frontiers that were once inaccessible. “Braille books are quite expensive and you have to use quite a sum to purchase
14、one,“ Mwanzia explained.23“But now since we have computers we get the books at virtually no cost. So we download the various books to read and when we are done we just close the program.“ The school embraced “assistive technology“ six years ago, enabling blind and visually-impaired students to acces
15、s information from computers and iPads. Zachary Muasya, one of the schools teachers, was born blind. He has been teaching the students how to use the technology for about two years now. He says the technology presents opportunities that can level the playing field for his students. 24“Assistive tech
16、nology equips the learners with very many skills that really make them independent in life,“ he said, “they can read materials like books, magazines, newspapers by themselves. And apart from that assistive technology equips them with employable skills.“ The assistive technology costs $1,000 for a sc
17、hool to install. But an NGO called InAble has provided it to the schools at no cost. Peter Okeyo, the program manager at InAble, says blind students using the technology may still face challenges when they move to higher education. 25“When learners move from primary to high school and then to univer
18、sities, they go to university and then they realize there is not that technology. So the fact is that they learnt that technology in primary and high school, when they move to university they go back to Braille, which is another challenge to them.“ So far, four out of Kenyas 11 schools for the blind
19、 have adopted the technology. InAble says it will provide the funding for the remaining schools to come on board. 23. What do we learn about Mwanzia? 24. What does Muasya say about the assistive technology? 25. What challenges may the technology users face? 1 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 根据 Mwanzia所说，盲文书很贵，而现在他们
20、在网上下载的书几乎不花钱，因此 D项 “他使用比盲文书便宜的有声读物 ”正确。 Mwanzia在专心地上网找信息，但这并不代表他擅长上网查找信息， A项错误。 Mwanzia因为视力问题较晚才上学， B项与录音相反。 Mwanzia说科技为他打开了从前无法到达的新世界， C项 “有些前沿科技是他无法企及的 ”利用原词 inaccessible作干扰，是对录音内容的曲解。 【知识模块】 讲座 /讲话 2 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 录音提到，这项辅助技术帮助学生掌握更多的技能，有助于他们独立生活， B项 “它使学生更加独立 ”是对此的概括，故选 B项。录音说该技术为学生们提供了公平竞争 (l
21、evel the playing field)的机会，侧重点是公平， A“为学生提供了竞争平台 ”是对录音的错误理解。辅助技术使学生获得了就业技能 (employable skills)，而不是提供 “就业机会 ”， C项偷换概念。根据录音，这项辅助设备费用为1000美元，但一个非营利组织为学校免费提供了设备，所 以 D项 “学校花了 1000美元安装设备 ”错误。 【知识模块】 讲座 /讲话 3 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 选项以 They开头，大部分选项是否定句式，推测问题会就某事物的局限或困难提问。录音提到，大学里没有这套技术设备，所以他们需要重新使用盲文书，这是个挑战。因此 B项
22、“大学没有为他们提供这项设备 ”是正确答案。让他们感到困难的不是上大学，而是上大学后没有辅助设备， A项不符合录音内容。他们在小学和中学已经学过这项技术，大学里是没有设备，而不是没有机会学这个技术， C项错误。大学生是因为大学里没有设 备而必须用盲文书，而不是大学要求他们不用这项技术， D项错误。 【知识模块】 讲座 /讲话 4 【听力原文】 What is the best way to catch someone who is telling a lie? For a long time, the traditional method of identifying liars was to
23、 watch their body language, including facial expressions. What if the person appears to be nervous? Is the person unable to look me in the eye? Is he or she looking around the room? What about other nervous movements? Many people from parents to police officers and airport security personnel depend
24、on this method. But does a persons body and face reveal the truth? Actually, using body language and facial expressions to catch someone in a lie is really hard. And it only works, seemingly, by chance. According to a new study carried out by researchers in the United Kingdom, talking is the best wa
25、y to smoke out a liar. The study found that certain conversation-based techniques can help you recognize when a person is lying to you. Like many methods, this conversation method has a name. It is called Controlled Cognitive Engagement, or CCE for short.17The investigation took place at one place w
26、here lying can get you into big trouble an airport. The researchers asked volunteers to pretend they were real passengers and then lie to airport security agents. Some of the agents used spoken conversation-based methods to question these make-believe passengers. Others depended instead on the perso
27、ns body language, like lack of eye contact and showing signs of nervousness. The agents talking with the passengers were 20 times more likely to catch the liars. Here are some tips for catching a liar by using the conversational CCE method. 1. Use open-ended questions These are the opposite of “Yes“
28、 and “No“ questions. Open-ended questions force the person to stretch the story of their lies until they get caught in their own web of lies. 2. Use the element of surprise Ask questions they may not think you are going to ask. Ask questions that are surprising or off-topic. This will make it harder
29、 for them to keep lying. Or better still ask them to re-tell an event backwards in time, going from the most recent event to the earliest. This is hard enough to do with the truth, let alone a story of lies. 3. Watch for changes in confidence and speaking styles Liars will often change their speakin
30、g style when they are questioned. For example, when they feel in control they may be very talkative. But if they feel they are losing control, they may not talk much at all. 16. What is the best way to catch a liar according to the speaker? 17. What do we learn about the investigation mentioned in t
31、he lecture? 18. What does the conversational CCE method include according to the speaker? 4 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 选项均为不定式结构，推测本题可能问目的、打算或做法等；再结合 engage in、 watch、 observe、 see这些动词，可推测问题与 “观察 ”“注视 ”的行为动作相关。题目问抓住说谎者最 好的方法是什么。录音靠前部分讲到：根据一项英国研究者的新研究结果，谈话是查出说谎者最好的方法 (talking is the best way)，题目中的 catch a liar为
32、录音中 smoke out a liar的同义表达， A项用 engage people in conversations对 talking进行了同义替换，为正确答案。讲座一开头提出问题 发现说谎者最好的方法是什么 ?接着提到了 B“肢体语言 ”、 C“面部表情 ”和 D“紧张或否 ”这几项。但要注意的是录音说它们都属于传统的方法 (the traditional method)，演讲者随后表示这些方法实际很难运用 (really hard)，三项均可排除。 【知识模块】 讲座 /讲话 5 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 讲座中间部分提到了一种叫 Controlled Cognitive En
33、gagement(简称CCE)的方法，演讲者详细描述了研究者是如何进行 investigation的。其中提到，这个调查是在一个机场 (an airport)进行的， A项与之相符，故为答案。录音中提到另一些 security agents通过肢体语言 (比如是否缺乏 眼神交流等 )来判断一个人是否说谎，但不是说避开眼神交流的人就一定说谎，故 B项不正确。研究结果表明，使用谈话方法比使用传统方法鉴别说谎者准确 20倍，数字 20指倍数，而非C项中所说的说谎人数。在详述该调查之前，演讲者已经点出了这种方法的名字，故 D项 “研究者想方设法给这种方法取名 ”不正确。 【知识模块】 讲座 /讲话 6
34、 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 题目问 CCE这种方法的相关信息。讲座最后一部分是关于使用CCE这个以谈话为主的识别说谎者的方法的一些诀窍，演讲者讲了三点：第一，尽量多问开放性的问题 ；第二，尽量多问让回答者出乎意料的、或跟主题没有关联的问题；第三，多注意回答者在说话方式和信心方面的变化。 C项 “密切注意信心方面的变化 ”即录音中的第三点，故为答案。 A项 “问更多是非题 ”和 B项 “问正常和相关的问题 ”分别与第一、第二点提出的谈话方法相反。演讲者讲第三点时说的是说谎者在被询问时常会转换说话方式，而非要盘问者频繁转换说法方式，故排除 D项。 【知识模块】 讲座 /讲话 7 【听力原文】
35、 Hello, Im Steve Ember. Today we tell about a man known as Johnny Appleseed. His real name was Johnny Chapman. Little was known about John Chapmans childhood. When he was old enough to leave home, he slowly traveled south and west from Massachusetts to the state of Pennsylvania He is said to have cl
36、eared land and planted apple seeds near a waterway. In a short time, the seeds grew to become trees that produced fruit. Pennsylvania was the first stop in what would become a life-long effort to plant apple trees. After a few years, Chapman left the hills of western Pennsylvania and traveled west i
37、nto the Ohio Valley. He planted apple seeds in several areas near a place called Licking Creek. Chapman planted with thoughts about future markets for his crops. His trees often grew in land near settlements. He often sold his apple seeds to settlers. Sometimes, he gave away trees to needy settlers.
38、 When low on seeds, he returned east to Pennsylvania to get more. He got the seeds from apple presses machines used to make apples into a drink called apple cider. Before long, Chapmans trees were growing in fields across Ohio. People began calling him Johnny Appleseed. Johnny Appleseed was a small
39、man with lots of energy. He had long dark hair. His eyes were black and bright. He never married. He lived very simply. For years, he traveled alone in the wilderness, without a gun or knife. He slept in the open air and did not wear shoes on his feet. Some people gave him clothing as payment for hi
40、s apple trees. But sometimes he wore a large cloth bag or sack as clothing. The sack had holes for his head and arms. On his head, he wore a metal container for a hat. He also used this pot for cooking his food. People said he lived this way because he wanted to. He had enough money for shelter and
41、clothes if he had wanted to buy these things. But he used his money to improve his apple business and help other people. He was famous for his gentleness and bravery. Both settlers and Native Americans liked him. Everywhere he traveled, he was welcomed. Reports from that period suggest that some Nat
42、ive Americans believed he was “touched by God.“ 19. Where did Johnny Chapman start planting apple trees? 20. What does the speaker say about Johnny Chapmans life? 21. According to the speaker, how did Johnny Chapman spend his money? 7 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 选项都是表示地点的介词短语，听音时需留意这些地名。题目问Johnny Chapman是在哪里开始种
43、植苹果的。讲座靠前的部分提到 Pennsylvania是他开启其终身事业的第一站 (the first stop)，可见他开始种植苹果的地方就是Pennsylvania， B项正确。 A项 Massachusetts是 Johnny Chapman来到Pennsylvania之前的地方。 C项 Ohio Valley是他离开 Pennsylvania后去的地方。D项 Licking Creek是他后来种植苹果的地区附近的一处地名。 【知识模块】 讲座 /讲话 8 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 根据选项内容，推测本题可能考查某人的生活经历和方式。讲座中后半段提到， Johnny Chapman
44、在很多年的时间里独自在野外游历，既不带枪，也不带刀， D项正确。讲座中提到 Chapman经常一个人游历 (traveled alone)，但没有说他很孤独 (lonely)， A项中的 lonely不正确。 Chapman不把钱花在买衣服上，经常将布袋或麻袋当衣服穿，并不是不穿衣服，故 B项 “他经常什么 都不穿 ”错误。讲座提到 Chapman nevermarried，是指他从未结过婚，而不是说他离婚后没有再结婚，故 C项也不正确。 【知识模块】 讲座 /讲话 9 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 由选项中的 bought、 invested、 spent his money可知，问题可能
45、和花钱有关，听音时需要格外注意与此相关的内容。录音接近尾声处提到，如果Chapman愿意的话，他完全有钱给自己买衣服、置办房产，但是他却把钱用来促进苹果生意，帮助他人 (improve his apple business and help other people)。 C项是该处录音信息的同义表达，故为答案。录音提到 “他在野外睡觉 ”，而非 A项说的“他在野外买了座大房子 ”。录音中提到 cloth bags and sacks时是说他有时会将布袋或麻袋当衣服穿，而非 B项说的 “他买由布袋或麻袋做成的衣服 ”。 D项 “他将金钱花在周游世界上 ”在录音中未提及。 【知识模块】 讲座 /讲
46、话 10 【听力原文】 Bad news for the delivery guys: you might have to start thinking about finding a new job very soon because delivery men bringing items to home may become a thing of the past one day. Well, I may have exaggerated the situation a little bit but what Im going to tell you next is dead true.2
47、2A robot that can drive itself on sidewalks to make door-to-door deliveries is going to be tried out in London and some as-yet-undisclosed U.S. cities in the coming months. Here is a picture of the small, black-and-white, slightly rounded machine on six wheels, a brand-new product of the London-base
48、d developer, Starship Technologies. It can blend in with the pedestrian traffic. Lightweight, it can only carry a small amount in its top compartment two grocery bags or small packages up to nine kilograms. The companys chief executive officer, who also co-founded Skype, said the unnamed robot is pr
49、actical, safe and environmentally friendly. A user would place an order online, as what people do right now, but instead of getting the delivery by somebody coming up to and knocking on your door, you would get it by a robot.24The electric rover isnt made for long distances. Moving at 6.5 kilometers per hour, which is 4 miles per hour, it can travel up to 5 kilometers, and from a local store or retail outlet it can complete deliveries within a half hour. An advantage for customers is that we can use a smartphone app to decide when we want deliveries
