1、大学英语六级改革适用（听力）模拟试卷 68及答案与解析 Section A （ A） Home economics. （ B） Business administration. （ C） Computer programming. （ D） Historical research. （ A） Stay away for a couple of weeks. （ B） Check the locks every two weeks. （ C） Look after the Johnsons house. （ D） Move to another place. （ A） Study in a qu
2、iet place. （ B） Improve her grades gradually. （ C） Change the conditions of her dorm. （ D） Avoid distractions while studying in her dorm. （ A） She also thinks the lecture was interesting. （ B） She was too tired to learn much from the lecture. （ C） She missed the lecture this morning. （ D） She did no
3、t finish the reading before the lecture. （ A） The situation is not Leons fault. （ B） Neither Leon nor James is telling the truth. （ C） The right and wrongs of this issue must involve deeper investigation. （ D） Someone must be lying in this incident. （ A） The woman is satisfied with the mans apologie
4、s. （ B） The woman forgives the mans negligence. （ C） The woman is not at all pleased with the mans apologies. （ D） The woman doesnt need the mans apologies. （ A） Invite everyone. （ B） Have two parties. （ C） Take a few classes. （ D） Not get angry. （ A） He didnt want to warm up for the game. （ B） He d
5、idnt want to be held up in traffic. （ C） He wanted to make sure they got tickets. （ D） He wanted to catch as many game birds as possible. （ A） She attended one of their meetings. （ B） Her roommate is a member. （ C） She saw them protesting. （ D） She read about them in the newspaper. （ A） Secure more
6、student parking spaces. （ B） Preserve an open space on campus. （ C） Get more funding for their group. （ D） Schedule a meeting with college administrators. （ A） Go to class. （ B） Go on a picnic. （ C） Attend a meeting. （ D） Attend the rally. （ A） Help the man plan a student rally. （ B） Use the student
7、 parking lot. （ C） Make a donation to support the group. （ D） Sign a petition. （ A） She has a temperature. （ B） She suffers from a headache. （ C） She has a sore throat. （ D） She often feels dizzy. （ A） She didnt have enough sleep. （ B） She has caught a bad cold. （ C） She is dying from a serious dise
8、ase. （ D） She is too nervous to feel at home. （ A） She should take some medicine and more water. （ B） She should take care of her rest and drink more water. （ C） She should give up her term paper for her health. （ D） She should receive more check-up. Section B （ A） They are not active hunters. （ B）
9、They dont sleep much. （ C） They are often seen alone. （ D） They dont eat much. （ A） To catch the birds. （ B） To look for shade in the heat of the day. （ C） To catch other animals. （ D） To look for a kill made by another animal. （ A） 20 pounds of meat. （ B） 16 pounds of meat. （ C） 60 pounds of meat.
10、（ D） 12 pounds of meat. （ A） They are larger in size. （ B） They run faster. （ C） They have to hunt more to feed the young. （ D） They are not as lazy as the males. （ A） Nicotine. （ B） Ashes. （ C） Smoke. （ D） Tar. （ A） To keep selling people by producing cigarettes with less tar. （ B） To persuade peop
11、le to give up smoking entirely. （ C） To reduce the risk to peoples health. （ D） To let people know the risk to peoples health. （ A） Smoking. （ B） Smokers. （ C） Why Do People Smoke? （ D） The Tar. （ A） In the second half of the 19th century. （ B） In the l960s. （ C） In the first half of the 20th centur
12、y. （ D） In the early 1800s. （ A） Movies with sound. （ B） Nylon. （ C） The radio. （ D） The computer. （ A） Improved living conditions. （ B） New ways to help people get over diseases. （ C） Many inventions in industry. （ D） Industrialization in developing countries. Section C 25 Although Beethoven could
13、sit down and make up music easily, his really great 【 B1】 _did not come easily at all. They took him a great deal of hard work. We can tell how often he rewrote and【 B2】 _his work from his notebooks kept in museums and libraries. When he was 28, the worst difficulty of all came to him. He began to n
14、otice a strange humming in his ears. After【 B3】 _the doctor, he got the worst news any musician can hear: he was gradually【 B4】 _. Beethoven was in despair. He went away to the country. In his long farewell letter to his brothers, he expressed how【 B5】_and lonely his deafness had made him. He longed
15、 to die. However, Beethoven did something braver than dying. He【 B6】 _his courage and went on writing music. Instead of the elegant and stately music that earlier musicians had written for their wealthy listeners, Beethoven wrote stormy, exciting,【 B7】_music, which reminds us of his troubled and cou
16、rageous life. He called one of his symphonies the “Eroica“ or heroic symphony, “to celebrate the memory of a great man.“ Describing the dramatic opening notes of his famous Fifth Symphony, he said, “Thus fate【 B8】 _the door.“ Later, Beethoven went completely deaf, so deaf that he could not hear even
17、 the stormiest parts of his exciting music. In those years, he wrote more【 B9】 _than ever. He could “hear“ his music with his mind, if not with his ears. In his last symphony, the Ninth, a choir sings a wonderful hymn, “Ode to Joy.“ 【 B10】 _his courage and determination to overcome his terrible disa
18、ster, his music has given joy and inspiration to millions of people. 26 【 B1】 27 【 B2】 28 【 B3】 29 【 B4】 30 【 B5】 31 【 B6】 32 【 B7】 33 【 B8】 34 【 B9】 35 【 B10】 大学英语六级改革适用（听力）模拟试卷 68答案与解析 Section A 1 【听力原文】 W: I heard Marilyns going to college. Whats she studying? M: Shes taking courses in statistics
19、, economics and accounting（ Marilyn正在学统计学，经济学和会计学，可见她要从事的行业与这些科目有关，四个选项中唯有business administration“工商管理 ”与这三个科目有关。） Q: What career does Marilyn probably plan to follow? 1 【正确答案】 B 【知识模块】 听力 2 【听力原文】 W: Why do you look so happy this afternoon? M: I just came from my advisers office and found out that
20、college board has done away with the foreign language requirement for graduation.（女士问男士为什么这么高兴，男士说因为大学理事长已经废除了毕业对外语的要求。因此可推断出男士因为不用学外语而高兴。） Q: What do we learn from this conversation? 2 【正 确答案】 A 【知识模块】 听力 3 【听力原文】 W: Ive been studying all the time, but I still cant see any improvement in my grades.
21、 M: Maybe instead of studying in your dorm, youd better go some place where there are fewer distractions.（男士建议女士不要在家学习，应该去些不会分散注意力的地方，也就是 要有个安静的环境。） Q: What does the man advise the woman to do? 3 【正确答案】 A 【知识模块】 听力 4 【听力原文】 M: Im really enjoying that literature with Professor Benson. Was the lecture
22、 this morning interesting? W: To tell you the truth, I was so exhausted from staying up last night to finish the reading that I didnt get much out of it.（ stay up 意为 “熬夜 ”，说明女士太疲倦了，所以没怎么听 Professor Benson 讲的课。） Q: What does the woman mean? 4 【正确答案】 B 【知识模块】 听力 5 【听力原文】 W: Who do you believe? James s
23、ays Leon has been backstabbing him, but Leon claims hes innocent. Itll be hard for them to reconcile if this mess continues. M: Well, It could be best to talk to both of them and see what lies underneath. There are two sides to every story you know.（ It could be best to. 表示建议。男士认为需要进一步了解情况 才能弄清整件事情的
24、是非曲直。） Q: What does the man infer? 5 【正确答案】 C 【知识模块】 听力 6 【听力原文】 M: Im terribly sorry for my negligence. W: Apologies may count if they can get the losses back.（女士说如果道歉能把损失换回来就是有用的，可见女士不满意男士的道歉。） Q: What do we learn from the conversation? 6 【正确答案】 C 【知识模块】 听力 7 【听力原文】 W: Im going to invite a few of
25、my classmates to a party. M: You cant invite just a few. The others will be angry.（ 男士说如果女士只邀请一些同学，其他人会生气，暗示女士应该邀请全部的人。） Q: What does the man imply that the woman should do? 7 【正确答案】 A 【知识模块】 听力 8 【听力原文】 M: Hurry up, Linda. I hear that there arent many tickets left for the football match.（男士说足球赛的票剩不
26、多了，为了确保拿到票，要求女士要快一点。） W: Im ready now. Lets go. Its the early bird that catches the worm. Q: Why did the man ask the woman to hurry up? 8 【正确答案】 C 【知识模块】 听力 9 【听力原文】 W: Hi. M: Hi, Im going door to door tonight to tell people about the Student Action Coalition. Do you have a few minutes? W: (9) Sure.
27、 You know, I think I read something in the newspaper last week.（对话中女士提到了她是在上周的一 份报纸的最后一版的一篇文章得知学生联合行动会的。） M: Yeah. There was an article about us in the last issue. (10) See, were trying to protect and conserve some of the open spaces on campus（学生联合行动会的目的是要保护学校校园中的开放的自然资源。） W: Thats right. You and yo
28、ur group are opposing the extension of the parking lot next to Swain Hall, right? M: Thats us. We just feel that its important to save some of the natural beauty of the campus, like over by Swain. Some of those trees are hundreds of years old. W: It is a pretty spot. My friends and Ive had picnics o
29、ver there by the creek. M: Then youll understand how we feel. Were organizing a rally on Thursday afternoon to get the administration to reconsider the parking lot plan. W: ( 11) Well, I have a class on Thursday afternoon.（ 文中提到周四下午会有一个请愿会邀请女士参加，而女士正好有课。） M: But, maybe you can sign this petition. We
30、re going to submit it to the administration to demonstrate how the students feel about this. W: Sure. (12) Let me get a pen and Ill sign it.（ 女士提到虽然不能参加请愿会，但是会在请愿书上签字。） M: I have a pen right here. And let me leave you this pamphlet about the Student Action Coalition. Maybe you can come to some of ou
31、r meetings. We get together once a month. W: Yeah, Id like to know more about your group. Let me know when the next meeting is and Ill try to be there. Questions 9 to 12 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 9. How did the woman first learn about the Student Action Coalition? 10. What i
32、s the Student Action Coalition trying to do? 11. What will the woman probably do on Thursday afternoon? 12. What does the woman agree to do? 9 【正确答案】 D 【知识模块】 听力 10 【正确答案】 B 【知识模块】 听力 11 【正确答案】 A 【知识模块】 听力 12 【正确答案】 D 【知识模块】 听力 13 【听力原文】 M: Hello, Miss. What brings you here today? W: (13) I am not f
33、eeling myself. This has been going on for days, and I have a sore throat.（ 女 士回答男士的话，说她感觉不舒服，而且这已经有一段时间了，她还感觉嗓子疼，但她否认有发烧或者头疼的症状。） M: Dont worry. Let me have a check. Do you have a fever or headache? W: No. But Im afraid I felt a little dizzy when I got up this morning. M: Well, open wide and say “Aa
34、a”. W: Aaa. M: Eh, your throat looks a little red. Let me check your tongue. . . Mmm, it seems okay. W: Doctor, whats the matter with me? M: Well, there is nothing serious, and you neednt worry. Now tell me, did you sleep late recently? W: To tell you the truth, (14) I stayed up very late last week
35、and only slept four or five hours every night.（ 女士回答上个星期持续熬夜，并且每天都只睡四、五个小时。可知这引发了疾病。） My term paper was crushing the vitality out of me. I tried my best to prepare for it. M: That may explain something. You are wearing yourself out. (15) Now what you should do is have a good rest and drink more wate
36、r（男士建议女士好好休息并且多喝水，并没有给她开药。） W: Thats all? I thought you would give me a lot of medicine and ask me to stay in bed for a couple of days. Thank heavens! I almost thought I was dying! M: You really neednt worry. Just take care of your bedtime. Lacking of sleep can lead a lot of problems. You dont want
37、to be ill during the summer vacation, do you? W: Of course not. Thank you so much. Goodbye! M: Bye. Questions 13 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 13. What is wrong with the woman? 14. Why does the woman feel ill? 15. What does the man suggest the woman to do? 13 【正确答案】 C 【知识模
38、块】 听力 14 【正确答案】 A 【知识模块】 听力 15 【正确答案】 B 【知识模块】 听力 Section B 16 【听力原文】 (16) Lions prefer to eat without having to do much work. When resting in the shade, they are also watching the sky. (17) And if they see birds fly down, they immediately sense that something must be happening. Even in the heat of
39、the day. They will certainly arise and run a mile across the plains to find out what is going on. (17) If another animal has made a kill, they will drive it off and take the dead animal for themselves. (18) A grown lion can easily consume 60 pounds of meat at a single feeding. Often, they eat until
40、it seems painful for them to lie down. (19) The female lions are leaner and swifter, and as a result, are better hunters than the males. Most kills are made at night or just before dawn. The kill is the most exciting moment in the dayto-day existence of the lion, since these great beasts spend most
41、of their time about 20 hours a day sleeping and resting. Lions are also social cats. And during these times of leisure, they love to romp against each other, and the young lions are always playing among themselves and with their parents. Questions 16 to 19 are based on the passage you have just hear
42、d. 16. What do we learn about lions from what we have just heard? 17. Why do the lions watch the birds in the sky? 18. How much can a grown lion consume at a single feeding? 19. Why are the females generally better bunters than the males? 16 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 本题考查对细节的把握。文章第一句就指出狮子喜欢不费力气就能吃到食物。可见它们不是积极
43、的捕食者。狮子一天中要睡 20 个小时，是群居的猫科动物，一次可以吃掉 60 磅的肉，由此可排除 B、 C 和 D。 【知识模块】 听力 17 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 文章提到，当狮子看到鸟跌落的时候，他就能感知到 有事发生了，接着后文提到狮子会把其他捕猎者撵走，自己享用它们捕到的猎物。可见狮子看天空中的鸟是为了发现其他动物的捕猎。 【知识模块】 听力 18 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 一个成年狮子一次可以吃掉 60 磅的肉。 【知识模块】 听力 19 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 母狮子比公狮子要更瘦，更敏捷，跑起来也更快，是更好的猎手。 【知识模块】 听力 20 【听力原文】
44、 To be addicted to cigarettes means that your body comes to need them. The addicted substance in cigarettes is nicotine. When people smoke the nicotine goes right into the blood stream and makes people feel relaxed. A smokers body gets accustomed to the nicotine and if he stops smoking he feels nerv
45、ous. Many smokers try to stop smoking but because of the addiction to nicotine they feel so uncomfortable that they often find it too difficult to stop. Another reason is that people simply enjoy smoking and what it symbolizes. Having a cigarette for many people means taking a break. For some people
46、 smoking becomes part of certain social rituals, for example, the cigarette after dinner. Many people enjoy smoking because it gives them something to do with their hands. Reaching for a cigarette, lighting it and flicking the ashes are especially comforting in situations where a person feels tense.
47、 Many people also like the taste of tar in cigarettes. However, (20) it is the tar that causes cancer. (21) While governments and health experts have tried to get people to give up smoking entirely, cigarette manufacturers have tried to keep selling them by producing cigarettes with less tar. Many p
48、eople in western countries have welcomed these cigarettes since they find it hard to stop smoking but want to reduce the risk to their health. Questions 20 to 22 are based on the passage you have just heard. 20. What is the substance in cigarettes that causes cancer? 21. What are health experts tryi
49、ng to do? 22. What is the best title for this passage? 20 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 香烟中致 癌的是焦油。 【知识模块】 听力 21 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 政府和健康专家都致力于让人们完全戒掉香烟。 【知识模块】 听力 22 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 文章全篇都在介绍人们吸烟的原因。答案为 C。 【知识模块】 听力 23 【听力原文】 There have been many great inventions, things that change the way we live. The first great invention was one that is still very important today the wheel. This made it easier to carry heavy things and to travel long distances. For hundreds of years after that there were few inve
