1、大学英语六级改革适用（听力）模拟试卷 424及答案与解析 Section A （ A） Health conditions improve with time spent watching healthy programs. （ B） Comedy videos can cure most people of chronic heart attacks. （ C） Chances of having heart attacks reduce with those amused daily. （ D） Most patients cant survive once they suffer fro
2、m a second heart attack. （ A） Laughing is a learned behavior. （ B） Laughing is a good medicine to patients. （ C） Laughing is easier than battling with an illness. （ D） Laughing is something people can do without effort. （ A） A fitness program offered to the general public. （ B） A physical exercise t
3、o build up muscles. （ C） A program that makes people keep laughing. （ D） A situation where you have no mood to smile. （ A） You d better smile or laugh from the bottom of your heart. （ B） You cant fool your body by pretending to be happy. （ C） A smart mind cant tell the difference between a fake one
4、and a real one. （ D） Even a fake one can benefit people physiologically just as well as a real one. （ A） Student to faculty ratio is big. （ B） Students are critical to professors. （ C） Good professors and small-scale classes. （ D） The students scores are surprising. （ A） MIT. （ B） Reed College. （ C）
5、 Harvard. （ D） Yale. （ A） Their relationships with the professors. （ B） Their financial aid packages. （ C） Their light school load. （ D） Their rich extracurricular activities. （ A） It has the most aggressive policies. （ B） It has the happiest students. （ C） It is a very expensive private school. （ D
6、） It is located on the beach. Section B （ A） Rabbits are notable for their capacity of abundant production. （ B） Rabbits are born only in spring. （ C） Rabbits are the symbol of love. （ D） Rabbits are notable for their cleverness and loveliness. （ A） They are like rays of the sun and the southern lig
7、hts. （ B） They represent the beautiful season of spring. （ C） There is only a short tradition of decorating them. （ D） They have nothing different from the common eggs. （ A） Its a traditional European festival. （ B） It falls on the day before Easter. （ C） The traditional celebration is decorating eg
8、gs. （ D） It s in memory of Jesus crucifixion. （ A） They didn t celebrate it at all. （ B） They celebrated it as a Hebrew festival. （ C） They celebrated it as the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. （ D） They exchanged eggs and rabbits. （ A） Because they cant afford to. （ B） Because they think sma
9、ll houses are more comfortable to live in. （ C） Because big houses are usually built in the countryside. （ D） Because they prefer apartments. （ A） Because many young people have moved into comfortable apartments. （ B） Because many old houses in the poor area of the town are not inhabited. （ C） Becau
10、se many older people sell their houses after their children leave. （ D） Because many people have quit their old houses to build new ones. （ A） They have to do their own maintenance. （ B） They have to furnish their own houses. （ C） They will find it difficult to make the rest of the payment. （ D） The
11、y will find it difficult to dispose of their old-style furniture. Section C （ A） How to change the way we live and the way we work. （ B） How can we make sure everyone has a fair shot at success in this new economy. （ C） How to improve the education of kindergarten. （ D） How to get a good job. （ A） 1
12、/4. （ B） 14. （ C） 20. （ D） 22. （ A） Working with Congress to pass a bipartisan bill. （ B） Asking Congress to provide funding over the next three years. （ C） Leveraging existing resources to train more great teachers. （ D） Pulling together all efforts to join the growing bipartisan movement. （ A） Kee
13、p growing. （ B） Keep innovating. （ C） Keep leading the world. （ D） Keep on lagging behind. （ A） If they dont involve any risks. （ B） If they produce predictable side effects. （ C） When the urgent need for them arises. （ D） When tests show that they are relatively safe. （ A） Because they are not accu
14、stomed to it. （ B） Because they are not psychologically prepared for it. （ C） Because their genes differ from those who have been tested for it. （ D） Because they are less sensitive to it than those who have been tested for it. （ A） They will have to take ever larger doses. （ B） They will become phy
15、sically impaired. （ C） They will suffer from minor discomfort. （ D） They will experience a very painful process. （ A） The quicker it vibrates, the greater the frequency of sound it produces. （ B） The slower it vibrates, the higher the frequency of sound it produces. （ C） The quicker it vibrates, the
16、 lower the frequency of sound it produces. （ D） The frequency of sound it produces is not in proportion to the speed it vibrates. （ A） Those with frequencies lower than 20 hertz. （ B） Those with frequencies about 21,000 hertz. （ C） Those with frequencies from 20 hertz to 20,000 hertz. （ D） Those wit
17、h frequencies higher than 20,000 hertz. （ A） A bat caught the insect in midair and ate it. （ B） Dolphin s clicking sounds bounced off the fish and back to it. （ C） A person heard an echo when he shouted into the valley. （ D） A dog heard his owner s whistle because he used ultrasound. 大学英语六级改革适用（听力）模
18、拟试卷 424答案与解析 Section A 1 【听力原文】 W: Weve all heard the saying “Laughter is the best medicine.” How important is it to our health, Dr. Berk? M: This saying has been scientifically proven! A year-long study of heart attack victims done at the Oakhurst Health Research Institute in California found that
19、1 of those patients who spent half an hour a day watching comedy videos, 10 percent had a second heart attack, whereas 30 percent of those who did not watch had a second attack. W: Wow! 2 Laughter is really a good medicine to patients. Can you give us another example? M: Sure! Norman Cousins, editor
20、 of the Saturday Review, learned this during a battle with an illness. He discovered that his condition improved when he enjoyed himself and watched funny movies. W: You said Norman learned this? Do we have to learn to laugh? M: Not necessarily. Since laughing is something people can do sitting down
21、, costs no money, and requires no special exercise equipment or skill, its the perfect workout for anyone who doesnt have the time or desire to participate in a regular 3-1 fitness program. W: Oh. 3-2 Do you have such a program to offer to the general public? M: 3-3 Yes, we do. Its called the Smile
22、Time-Out. You take a deep breath, smile, exhale, and say “Aaah” while visualizing all your muscles and cells smiling. Then add to that a memory of a time you felt really good and laughed and laughed. W: What about the situation in which you arent in a mood to laugh? M: 4 Even when you fake a smile o
23、r laugh, you get the same physiological benefits as when its the real thing, because your mind is smart, but your body is stupid and cant tell the difference! Questions 1 to 4 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 1.What did the year-long study of heart attack victims find? 2.What is No
24、rmans example meant to prove? 3.What is the so-called Smile Time-Out? 4.What can we learn about smile or laugh according to Dr. Berk? 1 【正确答案】 C 【知识模块】 听力 2 【正确答案】 B 【知识模块】 听力 3 【正确答案】 A 【知识模块】 听力 4 【正确答案】 D 【知识模块】 听力 5 【听力原文】 W: 2 million high school seniors are gearing up this fall to apply to nea
25、rly 3,500 US colleges. So, which are the strongest academically and toughest to get into? Well, the Princeton Review ranks The Best 361 Colleges. Robert Frank is the lead author. Rob, good morning, good to see you again. M: Well. Thanks for having me back. W: So lets take a look at some of the stron
26、gest academic schools. Reed College in Portland, Oregon scores highest marks. Why is it? M: Reed College is a great school. 5-1 There are only 1,300 students, but its a wonderful liberal arts school. We went directly to students, and they told us that their professors were great, both inside as well
27、 as outside the classroom. W: About ten students per class? M: Yeah! 5-2 Its averaged ten to one, student to faculty ratio. So it is certainly small and they pride themselves on their relationships with the professors. W: All right! Ivy Leagues did very well in other categories as well, 6 like tough
28、est schools to get into and top in that list, MIT was first, followed then by Yale, Princeton, and Harvard, second, third, and fourth respectively. M: Thats right. W: 7 Students at Princeton University are happiest with their financial aid packages. So what are they doing differently? M: One of the
29、most aggressive policies that Princeton has put into place over the last couple of years is matching students aid packages, so that they need to be allowed to get that aid package for every student. W: All right! Now speaking of beautiful campuses, Pepperdine scored top, right? M: 8 Its a lovely cam
30、pus, right on the beach. Questions 5 to 8 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 5.Why does Reed College score highest marks? 6.Which school is the toughest to get into? 7.What makes the students at Princeton University the happiest ones? 8.What is the feature of Pepperdine? 5 【正确答案】 C 【
31、知识模块】 听力 6 【正确答案】 A 【知识模块】 听力 7 【正确答案】 B 【知识模块】 听力 8 【正确答案】 D 【知识模块】 听力 Section B 9 【听力原文】 Easter is a mix of three traditions: Pagan, Hebrew and Christian. The Pagan part, relates to the Easter Bunny and the Easter egg. 9 The origin of the rabbit icon, or Easter Bunny, comes from the fact that rabb
32、its are notable for their capacity of abundant production of young especially at this time of year. 10 The use of Easter eggs has its roots in the characteristic of eggs laid in great numbers in the spring being colored like rays of the returning sun and the northern lights. There is also a long tra
33、dition of decorating Easter eggs and giving them at Easter. As for the Hebrew tradition, Easter just happens to fall on the same day as Passover, a traditional Jewish festival. 11 It was at the feast of the Passover in Jerusalem that Jesus, a Jew, was crucified and rose from the dead. A name for Eas
34、ter, therefore, is Pasch, with various spellings. Churches throughout the East and West celebrate Easter as a major feast ranking with Christmas, witness the “hot cross bun” or boon distributed among the faithful. There is no indication of the observance of the Easter festival in the New Testament b
35、ible, or in the later writings by Christian leaders. 12 The first Christians didnt celebrate it as a Christian event at all. They continued to observe the Jewish festivals, though in a new spirit, as commemorations of events, which those festivals had foreshadowed. Thus the Passover, with a new conc
36、eption and became the Christian Easter. Questions 9 to 12 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 9.What is the origin of Easter Bunny? 10.What do we learn about the Easter eggs from the passage? 11.What do we know about the Passover according to the speaker? 12.How did early Christians c
37、elebrate Easter? 9 【正确答案】 A 【知识模块】 听力 10 【正确答案】 B 【知识模块】 听力 11 【正确答案】 D 【知识模块】 听力 12 【正确答案】 A 【知识模块】 听力 13 【听力原文】 In the United States, many people once lived in large, two-and-three-story homes. Today, many people would like to live in such houses but most people cant. 13 They dont have enough mone
38、y to buy them or even to make the first payment. So, many people rent from month to month. But some Americans really want to live in a house of their own. So they build their own home. They buy a house that is situated in an area where houses are cheaper. It is better to reside in a bad part of town
39、, they think, than not to live in a house at all. Or they buy an old house and redesign it. Then they decorate it with old style furniture. Sometimes they can make an old house look more beautiful than a new one. 14 Usually, it is not difficult for people to find an old home to buy. Many older peopl
40、e decide that they dont need a big home after their children leave. So they sell their house and move into a comfortable apartment. 15 But when people move into a house, they sometimes have problems. Homeowners have to do their own maintenance. For example, if the roof leaks, one cannot ask the land
41、lord to fix it. On the other hand, people can redesign their homes in any way they want without having to be afraid of being thrown out by the landlord. Questions 13 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 13.Why dont many Americans live in large, two-and-three-story houses? 14.Why
42、is it easy to find old houses for sale? 15.What problem will people have after they buy a house? 13 【正确答案】 A 【知识模块】 听力 14 【正确答案】 C 【知识模块】 听力 15 【正确答案】 A 【知识模块】 听力 Section C 16 【听力原文】 Hi, everybody. As I said in my State of the Union address, we live in a time of extraordinary changechange thats affe
43、cting the way we live and the way we work. New technology replaces any job where work can be automated. Workers need more skills to get ahead. These changes arent new, and theyre only going to accelerate. 16 So the question we have to ask ourselves is, “How can we make sure everyone has a fair shot
44、at success in this new economy?” The answer to that question starts with education. Thats why my Administration has encouraged states to raise standards. Weve cut the digital divide in our classrooms in half. Weve worked with Congress to pass a bipartisan bill to set the expectation that every stude
45、nt should graduate from high school ready for college and a good job. And thanks to the hard work of students, teachers, and parents across the country, our high school graduation rate is at an all-time high. Now we have to make sure all our kids are equipped for the jobs of the future, which means
46、not just being able to work with computers, but developing the analytical and coding skills to power our innovation economy. Todays auto mechanics arent just sliding under cars to change the oil; theyre working on machines that run on as many as 100 million lines of code. Thats 100 times more than t
47、he Space Shuttle. Nurses are analyzing data and managing electronic health records. Machinists are writing computer programs. And workers of all kinds need to be able to figure out how to break a big problem into smaller pieces and identify the right steps to solve it. In the new economy, computer s
48、cience isnt an optional skillits a basic skill, right along with the three “Rs”. Nine out of ten parents want it taught at their childrens schools. Yet right now, only about a quarter of our K through 12 schools offer computer science. 17 Twenty-two states dont even allow it to count toward a diplom
49、a. 18-1 So Ive got a plan to help make sure all our kids get an opportunity to learn computer science, especially girls and minorities. Its called Computer Science For All. And it means just what it saysgiving every student in America an early start at learning the skills theyll need to get ahead in the new economy. 18-2 First, Im asking Congress to provide funding over the next three years so that our elementary, middle, and high schools can provide opportunities to learn computer science for all s
