1、大学英语六级改革适用（听力）模拟试卷 404及答案与解析 Section A （ A） Piracy is an easy thing to commit. （ B） Invention usually needs heavy cost. （ C） Patent is useful but not practical. （ D） Inventions are difficult to spread. （ A） Solve the conflicts privately with the inventor. （ B） Give the inventor some compensation. （
2、C） Buy the patent from the real inventor. （ D） Give all the fake commodities to the inventor. （ A） To encourage the inventors to go to civil courts. （ B） To make sure the patent is valid for 20 years. （ C） To have an agreement with the inventors. （ D） To earn money from the invention. （ A） The inven
3、tor decides who the expired patent goes to. （ B） The inventor may strive for a longer valid time span. （ C） The inventor will try hard to sell his products faster. （ D） The inventor will hesitate when giving his data to the public. （ A） Privately talk with him about his illness and help. （ B） Talk w
4、ith him about his plan for his bachelors degree. （ C） Thoroughly examine his family background. （ D） Ask someone to take care of him at university. （ A） All the seats in the new buildings are fold back. （ B） All the new buildings are higher than the old ones. （ C） The new buildings are equipped with
5、 elevators while old ones arent. （ D） The new buildings are for new faculties while old ones are for traditional ones. （ A） There are no facilities for the disabled. （ B） Electronic lifts are installed on them. （ C） The drivers are irresponsible for the driving. （ D） There are voluntary workers on t
6、hem. （ A） To have someone fix his computer. （ B） To train him how to take exams. （ C） To help him with his house-cleaning. （ D） To be his guide around the campus. Section B （ A） They encourage more homeless people. （ B） They are a safety hazard. （ C） They take up parking spaces. （ D） They destroy th
7、e neighborhoods. （ A） Over a million abandoned cars are towed from the streets each year. （ B） One third of the nations cars are abandoned in the streets. （ C） About two thirds of the abandoned cars arent removed. （ D） Cities spent little to control the accumulation of abandoned cars. （ A） By spendi
8、ng tax money to clean abandoned cars off the street. （ B） By towing them with the money from the recycling of metal in the cars. （ C） By making it lawless to abandon old cars. （ D） By spending most of its money on abandoned cars. （ A） The body will take in more oxygen. （ B） The heart will beat more
9、frequently. （ C） Muscles will become tense and the body will sweat easily. （ D） The consciousness will become more or less calmed. （ A） To achieve a state of deep relaxation is possible through various means. （ B） Sitting in an armchair can reflect ones character. （ C） Sitting in an armchair benefit
10、s a person just as meditation does. （ D） What people are all struggling for is a state of deep relaxation. （ A） More structured techniques make people deeply relaxed. （ B） Meditation is the only way leading to relaxation. （ C） Progressive muscle exercise is against relaxation. （ D） Debating is effec
11、tive to find ways of relaxation. （ A） They only have effect on real patients. （ B） They are more or less effective for most people. （ C） They are the best methods ever found. （ D） They are far less helpful than sitting quietly. Section C （ A） It limits the number of topics it can cover. （ B） It is a
12、 new kind of encyclopedia about books. （ C） It is a very famous not-for-profit foundation. （ D） It aims at providing all human knowledge. （ A） Change the editing rule of Wikipedia. （ B） Learn about the breaking news. （ C） Make sure Wikipedia is reliable. （ D） Make changes to any page. （ A） The volun
13、teers will edit it. （ B） The volunteers will delete it. （ C） The person posting it will reverse it. （ D） The person posting it will be punished. （ A） All contributors must share their own opinions. （ B） The materials should be like those of other encyclopedias. （ C） All materials presented on Wikipe
14、dia must be neutral. （ D） Users must build Wikipedia into the largest encyclopedia. （ A） Boys and girls drink four sodas a day. （ B） Soda increases the likelihood of aggression. （ C） Sweets cause more attention problems. （ D） Caffeine makes people feel energized. （ A） Social factors. （ B） Parenting
15、styles. （ C） The parents age. （ D） Home condition. （ A） There might be a link between sugar levels and negative social behaviors. （ B） Those with lower sugar levels have the same negative social behaviors. （ C） Caffeine is the key factor causing the young adults to be more aggressive. （ D） Those rai
16、sed up by poor mothers have more negative social behaviors. （ A） Summer employment opportunities. （ B） A website for posting information. （ C） Job information at Harvard. （ D） Database for students tuition. （ A） They may work more than 40 hours per week. （ B） They may not work over 40 hours per week
17、 in holiday. （ C） They should submit a paper time card about their work. （ D） They can only report their working hours electronically. （ A） It provides students chances to participate in academic research. （ B） It encourages professors to hire full-time research assistants. （ C） It receives a grant
18、of $1,500 from Harvard University. （ D） It encourages students to apply for summer-term positions. 大学英语 六级改革适用（听力）模拟试卷 404答案与解析 Section A 1 【听力原文】 W: I dont understand how the inventor earns money from the invention. After all, anyone can copy and sell it. Really, what is a patent? A piece of paper?
19、 A philosophy? You cant see it. M: I am glad you asked that. Actually when an inventor has a patent, its enforceable by the laws in the country where the inventor developed the invention. If anyone makes and sells the product then the inventor can take them to civil court. W: What can the inventor e
20、xpect to receive if he sues and wins? M: Well, there are different things the court could do, but theres no guarantee. Theres a good chance the court could award him compensation and orders to stop the manufacture and sale of goods. It may well be that the goods would be ordered to be destroyed. W:
21、Can the other person being sued do anything to help themselves? M: Thats the beauty of the whole thing. Ignorance of the law doesnt count, Im afraid. However, the other person can counter-sue pretending that they were actually the original inventor. W: You said the inventor is protected by the laws
22、of the country. Is everything equal? Do all countries have the same law? M: No, theyre not all equal. Youre right. Its only in theory. It is being worked on. The World Trade Organization has developed an agreement, Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights, which makes sure that the pate
23、nt is valid for 20 years. W: That doesnt make sense. Twenty years is a long time. M: Actually, it does.4Its believed that inventors make and sell goods faster after they register the patent because theres a 20-year limitation on the patent. On the other hand, other inventors can use the information
24、the inventor disclosed when the product was registered. Giving the information is all part of the deal. W: Cool. 1. Why can the woman hardly understand that an inventor earns money from the invention? 2. What may the court ask the sued person to do? 3. What is the purpose of Trade-Related Aspects of
25、 Intellectual Property Rights? 4. How does a valid time span of a patent influence the inventor? 1 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 女士开头就表达了自己的疑惑：因为任何人都可以复制和销售某种发明，发明者怎么赚钱呢 ?A是对她困惑的原因的同义表达。 【知识模块】 听力 2 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 B中的 compensation是明确听到的，就是答案。通过预读选项，根据动词原形及宾语中的 inventor可知，动作发出者应该是 “盗版者 ”。注意听提及的其他人的动作。 【知识模块】 听力 3
26、 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 选项都是不定式短语，可见题目问目的或原因。 男士说世贸组织已经达成一个与贸易有关的知识产权协议，旨在确保专利的有效期是 20年，故选B。 【知识模块】 听力 4 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 关键是抓听到对话末尾男士提到的 inventors make and sell goods faster，选项 C是其近义改写。 【知识模块】 听力 5 【听力原文】 M: Hi, Queenie, how are you enjoying yourself at university? W: Hi, Jack, its a lot of work. But I am
27、having a good time. Are you planning to attend college next year? M: Yeah. Can you tell me what facilities they have for disabled students? My wheelchair doesnt always allow me to get into buildings. W: You should inquire at Student Services.5They can discuss your medical history with you confidenti
28、ally and make allowances. My friends Shannon and Rosie use computers to do their exams, so in your case, Im sure it would not be a problem. M: What about the wheelchair access? W:6The newer buildings have elevators and wide doors, but the older buildings have not been upgraded to accommodate handica
29、pped people as far as I know. What faculty are you planning to go into? M: I am thinking of doing engineering. W: Hmm. Engineering is in the old Adams building. I dont know if there is an elevator. M: Do the buses that go out to campus have facilities to bring wheelchairs on board? W: Yes, that I kn
30、ow for sure. A11 the buses are equipped with electronic lifts, and there are seats that fold back. M: What about the sidewalks? W: I think most of the sidewalks have been leveled at the corners, so you could probablyyoure your wheelchair, but I am not sure. In fact, if you would like, why dont you c
31、ome with me? Ill be taking the bus and I could show you around once we got there. M: Thats really nice of you, Raphel. Id really like that. W: Okay, I will come to your house about 8:30 in the morning and we can take the commuter train into town, then catch the bus up to the university. M: Great, I
32、look forward to it. 5. What would the Student Services do with the man? 6. What are the differences between the new teaching buildings and the old ones, according to the woman? 7. What is the feature of buses that go to the campus? 8. Whats the purpose of Queenies appointment with Jack? 5 【正确答案】 A 【
33、试题解析】 由于男士是残疾学生，学生服务处会跟他私下商谈如何帮助他，因此 A为答案， privately是录音中 confidentially的同义词。 【知识模块】 听力 6 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 录音在对新旧建筑进行比较时只提到了 elevators and wide doors，因此含 elevators的 C为答案。男士关心的是自己坐着轮椅能否出入教学楼，女士也应该围绕这方面提供信息。 【知识模块】 听力 7 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析 】 B为录音中 equipped with electronics lifts的同义表达。观察选项，根据各选项的关键词可预测问题是关于车辆
34、的情况，听到 buses时应该注意后面的信息。 【知识模块】 听力 8 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 D为录音中 showaround 的同义表达。 【知识模块】 听力 Section B 9 【听力原文】 One of the complaints of city residents, not surprisingly, is the lack of parking. This problem is partly caused by all the abandoned cars on the streets. It has been estimated by A to Z Towing I
35、nc., a nationwide tow-truck agency, that over one million cars are abandoned on the streets and alleyways of the nations cities. Each year, approximately a third of those cars are removed and destroyed. The rest of the cars, which are not removed, take up parking spaces and make neighborhoods look r
36、un-down. A survey of twenty cities by A to Z reports that as much as 30 million dollars is spent annually to tow away and dismantle abandoned vehicles. One city alone, Los Angeles, spends five million dollars a year to control the accumulation of abandoned cars on its streets. Even though the city s
37、pends so much money on the program, it is always fighting a losing battle as more and more cars are constantly coming off the production line. On the other hand, Boston, which spends most of its money on museums and libraries, does not appropriate tax money to clean abandoned cars off the streets. I
38、n Boston the problem has been dealt with by a non-profit government agency called Street Horizons, which uses the money from the recycling of metal in the cars to pay for the cost of towing them. The program in Boston sounds good although it has not completely reached financial independence from the
39、 federal government yet. Until a truly self-sufficient program for removing old cars is developed, it will remain a serious problem. 9. What is the problem with abandoned cars? 10. What does A to Z Towing Inc. say about the abandoned cars? 11. How has Boston dealt with the abandoned cars? 9 【正确答案】 C
40、 【试题解析】 录音开篇就指出城市居民经常抱怨停车场地少，其中一个原因就是由街上被抛弃的旧车所致，故 C为正确答案。 【知识模块】 听力 10 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 短文提到， A to Z Towing Inc估计有 100多万辆车被遗弃在大街小巷，每年大约有 1 3被拖走或销毁，剩下的车没有拖走。由此可知没拖走的车所占比例约为 2 3，故 C正确。选项 D的 little与短文接下来提到的各个城市花费了大量的金钱来处理 abandoned cars不符。 【知 识模块】 听力 11 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 在波士顿，这一问题由一家名为 Street Horizons的非赢
41、利性政府机构通过回收利用废旧汽车来解决，故 B为正确答案。 【知识模块】 听力 12 【听力原文】 During a state of deep relaxation, several physiological changes take place in the body: the bodys oxygen consumption is reduced: the heart beat decreases: muscle tension and sweating ease, and there is decreased sympathetic nervous system activity.
42、The restful state not only allows the body to repair and restore itself, but it has a calming effect on the consciousness. How to achieve this state of relaxation, however, is a matter of opinion. A recent report by Dr. David Holmes of the University of Kansas in the journal American Psychologist sa
43、id that simply sitting in an armchair has just as many beneficial characteristics for the body as meditation does. Researchers of other relaxation techniques disagree. These experts believe that more structured techniques, such as meditation lead to a condition of deep relaxation. The debate goes on
44、, but one thing appears to be clear the relaxation response can be reached by a number of methods, and the methods themselves are not as important as getting there. One day, one method may work best: on another day, an alternative method may be more appropriate. Once you are aware of all the methods
45、, you can find the one that works best for you. Some of the relaxation techniques are meditation, self-analysis and progressive muscle relaxation. Although these techniques may not, in the end, produce more of a relaxation response than just sitting quietly in a chair, they have the added benefit of
46、 structure and discipline, and for these reasons appear to be more effective for most individuals. 12. What will happen when a person is in a state of deep “relaxation“? 13. What did Dr. David Holmes say about “relaxation“ in American Psychologist? 14. What do the opponents of Dr. David Holmes belie
47、ve? 15. What does the speaker think of “relaxation techniques“ such as meditation? 12 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 短文列举了 relaxation给身体带来的一系列变化，然后总结说：“这种放松状态 还能对意识起到镇定的效果。 ”因此 D为答案。 【知识模块】 听力 13 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 短文提到，堪萨斯州大学的 Dr David Holmes最近在发表于American Psychologist上的一篇报告中说： “仅仅是坐在扶手椅上就能得到无异于冥想给人体带来的益处。 ”A是说话者自己的
48、观点； B利用 characteristics作干扰：而 D在录音中并 未提及。 【知识模块】 听力 14 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 Dr David Holmes的观点出现，听到了其他研究者 disagree，则应留意听他们所持的相反观点。 A是录音原文的同义表达。 【知识模块】 听力 15 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 结尾处 speaker指出：一旦你知道这些方法，就总会找到适合自己的锻炼方法；而且这些方法在身体组织和身心锻炼方面更有益处，所以对于大多数人而言更为有益。由此推断 B正确。 A、 C在录音中均未提及； D与录音原文相悖。 【知 识模块】 听力 Section C 1
49、6 【听力原文】 Youve probably seen encyclopedias. Whether youre settling an argument or researching a school project, these books can hold the answers. These days though, the world moves so fast, its hard for books that were written months or years ago to keep up. Thankfully we have a new kind of encyclopedia thats online, free, built by thousands of people and changes every day. This household name is: Wikipedia. The idea that thousands of volunteers could create an online encyclopedia doesnt sound possible, but thanks to new technology an
