1、大学英语六级改革适用（听力）模拟试卷 8及答案与解析 Section A （ A） It hires Mrs. Winter as an adviser. （ B） It is run by Mrs. Winters husband. （ C） It gives a 30% discount to all customers. （ D） It encourages husbands to shop on their own. （ A） The man met a friend by chance. （ B） The woman contacted Mark on business. （ C）
2、The man injured Mark in a traffic accident yesterday. （ D） The woman received a phone call from Mark yesterday. （ A） Colins speech was more interesting than any other speakers. （ B） Colins speech was dull because it was too lengthy and tedious. （ C） Colins speech wasnt very good but he will do bette
3、r next time. （ D） Colins speech was good considering the difficulty of addressing so many. （ A） She hasnt called the travel agency yet. （ B） The man may have to reschedule his trip. （ C） She doesnt know when her semester ends. （ D） The man should take his vacation somewhere else. （ A） The department
4、 may be thinking of refusing the woman. （ B） The extra procedures are well worth it when applying for student loans. （ C） The department is always strict and their requirements are nothing personal. （ D） The department is too strict to approve of the womans loan application. （ A） The man and the wom
5、an live in different buildings. （ B） The woman is upset that she wasnt invited to the party. （ C） The woman is complaining about the mans carelessness. （ D） The man and his friends might be louder than the woman expected they would be. （ A） People find maths more difficult as they grow older. （ B） P
6、eople find maths easier as they grow older. （ C） Old people take shorter to learn maths. （ D） Old people take longer to learn maths. （ A） She hates it, but she needs the money. （ B） She was reluctant at first, but she has become used to it. （ C） She doesnt like it, but tolerates it because the salar
7、y is good. （ D） She didnt like it at first, but now has become more patient with it. （ A） She is writing a competitive paper for a scholarship. （ B） She is doing a research paper. （ C） She missed the lecture. （ D） She is planning to attend the scholarship award ceremony. （ A） Why species dont avoid
8、extinction by adapting. （ B） Why species become extinct at the rate they do. （ C） Why humans arent extinct. （ D） How many species arent extinct. （ A） Because every species becomes extinct. （ B） Because humans beings are powerful enough to kill other species. （ C） Because of over-population. （ D） Bec
9、ause human being is still a young species though it is exploiting the environment. （ A） He thinks flies will take over the earth. （ B） He thinks human will die off quite soon. （ C） He thinks mass disease could be the next path to extinction. （ D） He sees human beings as destructive. （ A） She has los
10、t some of her important stuff. （ B） There is something wrong with her eyes. （ C） She doesnt know where to get the information she need. （ D） She doesnt know how to use steel to build construction. （ A） One has to line up to borrow books. （ B） All books are difficult to understand. （ C） One can only
11、read books in the library. （ D） It takes time to collect the useful information. （ A） To give her shoes to Steve. （ B） To consult her tutor what to do. （ C） To find the information in the library. （ D） To borrow the books from her teacher. Section B （ A） Zoos are not worth the public support. （ B） Z
12、oos fail in their attempt to save animals. （ C） Zoos should treat animals as human beings. （ D） Zoos use animals as a means of entertainment. （ A） Mainly by using evidence he has collected at zoos. （ B） Mainly by pointing out the faults in what zoos do. （ C） Mainly by questioning the way animals are
13、 protected. （ D） Mainly by discussing the advantages of natural habitats. （ A） That zoos have to keep animals in small cages. （ B） That most animals in zoos are endangered species. （ C） That some endangered animals are reproduced in zoos. （ D） That its acceptable to keep animals away from their habi
14、tats. （ A） To ask them to read about artists. （ B） To take them to visit the museum. （ C） To introduce them to the world of art. （ D） To show them different painting styles. （ A） Her mothers instruction. （ B） One of Marys paintings. （ C） A strange way of painting. （ D） Artists in the Middle Ages. （
15、A） The effect of art. （ B） The value of learning. （ C） The importance of curiosity. （ D） The power of family education. （ A） They were all thin, young boys. （ B） They were all from poor families. （ C） Many of them earned money in a dishonest way. （ D） They could earn much, but they had to work hard.
16、 （ A） It is wrong to give more pay to the passengers. （ B） Dont follow others to overcharge the passengers. （ C） Dont believe them if they are paying you more. （ D） It is difficult to work hard and live as an honest boy. （ A） He thinks that it does great harm to human relationship. （ B） He thinks th
17、at it may lead to the loss of his sports team. （ C） He believes that it is considered as the most dangerous. （ D） He believes that it is a totally shared experience. （ A） His fathers advice helped him to decide which job to take up. （ B） Working in the sports team was his most important experience.
18、（ C） He learnt much from his shared experience with his team members. （ D） His experience as a baggage boy had a great influence on his later life. Section C 25 Im interested in the criminal justice system of our country. It seems to me that something has to be done, if were to 【 B1】 _as a country.
19、I certainly dont know what the answers to our problems are. Things certainly get【 B2】 _in a hurry when you get into them, but I wonder if something couldnt be done to deal with some of these problems. One thing I【 B3】 _is our practice of putting offenders in jail who havent harmed anyone. Why not wo
20、rk out some system whereby they can pay back the debts they owe society instead of【 B4】 _another debt by going to prison and, of course, coming under the【 B5】 _of hardened criminals. Im also concerned about the short prison sentences people are【 B6】 _for serious crimes. Of course one alternative to
21、this is to【 B7】 _capital punishment, but Im not sure I would be for that. Im not sure its right to take an eye for an eye. The【 B8】 _to capital punishment is longer sentences. But they would certainly cost the tax payers much money. I also think we must do something about the insanity plea. In my op
22、inion, anyone who takes another persons life intentionally is insane: however that does not mean that person【 B9】 _the crime, or that he shouldnt pay society the debt he owes. Its sad, of course, that a person may have to spend the rest of his life, or a large part of it in prison for acts that he c
23、ommitted while not【 B10】 _his mind. 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 8答案与解析 Section A 1 【听力原文】 M: Mrs. Winter, I need your advice. I want to buy a dress for my wife. Can you tell me where I can get one at a reasonable price
24、? W: Sure, go to Richards. It has the latest styles and gives a 30% discount to husbands who shop alone. Q: What do we know about Richards shop? 1 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 对话中女士提到 givesdiscount to husbands who shop alone( 给单独购物的丈夫折扣 )， D)的内容是对该句的同义转述，故为答案。 【知识模块】 听力 2 【听 力原文】 M: I ran into our friend Mark ye
25、sterday on the street, and he said he hadnt heard from you for two months. W: Yes, I know, but Ive been too busy to phone him. Q: What do we learn from the conversation? 2 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 对话中男士提到 I ran into our friend Mark(我偶然碰到我们的朋友马克 )， A)的内容是对该句的同义转述，其中的 metby chance 对应 ran into，故答案为 A)， 【知识模块】 听
26、力 3 【听力原文】 M: I almost dozed off listening to Colins lengthy speech on becoming a volunteer. W: I was quite surprised he could stand in front of more than 100 people in an auditorium. In fact, I cant think of any other that could do the job just as well. Q: What does the woman mean? 3 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析
27、】 对话中女士提到 he could stand in front of more than 100 people(他能站在 100多个人面前讲话 )， D)中的 considering the difficulty of addressing so many与女士的话对应，故答案为 D)。 dozeoff意为 “打瞌睡 ”。 【知识模块】 听力 4 【听力原文】 M: I just called the travel agency. Its all set on June 1st. Im heading for the mountains for an entire week. W: Hav
28、e you checked the academic calendar? Because my classes arent over till 7th. Q: What does the woman imply? 4 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 女士的话 Have you checked the academic calendar?(你核实过课程表吗 ?)为听音重点。与课程表 (即时间 )有关的选项只有 B)中的 “重定旅游行程 ”，故答案为 B)。 【知识模块】 听力 5 【听力原文】 W: I gave the student loans office so much informat
29、ion and so many statements. Why do they need more documentation? All I am asking for is a few thousand extra on my loan application. M: You know how it is thats the way things work over there. They just need to see that everything is on the right track before they approve things. Q: What does the ma
30、n mean? 5 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 对话中男士提到 They just need to see that everything is on the right track(他们只是需要履行正当的手续 )， C)的内容是对该句的同义转述，故为答案。 on the right track在此指 “按正当的程序 ”。 【知识模块】 听力 6 【听力原文】 W: I thought you and your friends were just planning a small gathering. I could hear you from all the way up on the
31、fourth floor of the building. M: Oh, Julie. Im really sorry. I guess we did get a little carried away, didnt we? Q: What can be inferred from the conversation? 6 【正确答案】 D 【试 题解析】 对话中女士提到 I thoughtsmall gatheringI could hear you( 我以为是 小聚会 我都能听到你们 ) ， D)中的 louder than the woman expected与女士的话对应，故答案为 D)
32、。 getcarried away意为 “过于投入，陶醉 ”。 【知识模块】 听力 7 【听力原文】 M: What about the group who study mathematics? W: We have carried out some very interesting experiments. Although the old people take longer to learn, eventually they performed as well as the young people. But as to mathematics, thats a different st
33、ory. Q: As to mathematics, what does the woman mean? 7 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 对话中女士提 到 Althougholdas well asyoungBut as to mathematics， thats a different story (尽管 老人 和年轻人 一样好 但在数学上，就不一样了 )， A)的内容是对该句的同义转述，故为答案。 【知识模块】 听力 8 【听力原文】 M: Dont you find standing 10 hours a day as a sales promoter is hard on your
34、 feet? Im sure I wouldnt want of job. W: Well, I was reluctant at first but the pay is decent. Q: What does the woman imply? 8 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 女士的话 I was reluctant at first but the pay is decent为听音重点，C)的内容是对该句的同义转述，故为答案。 【知识模块】 听力 9 【听力原文】 W: Professor Marnes, I wonder if you can fill me in on your
35、lecture last Friday. I had to attend a scholarship award ceremony. M: Oh well, congratulations. I hope you were rewarded handsomely! W: Well, every bit helps. So, about your lecture, I understand you were talking about extinctions. M: Yes. Well, the crux of my talk was just that we tend to think of
36、extinction as a dramatic event, but most species die out over quite a period of time. W: Why do they die off? I thought they were continuously improving themselves. Natural selection, I think you once mentioned. M: Ah, but you see while there is natural competition between the species, what determin
37、es which species survive is largely by chance. W: I dont get it. Why do species bother competing? M: Well, there are short-term advantages. But many species are also helped by others. For example, the common housefly and cockroaches might have died off years ago if not for humans. W: But youre not s
38、aying that humans are so successful merely because of chance? M: To a certain extent, humans were initially lucky enough to have the right weather conditions and a lack of predators, but now, of course, we survive by ingenuity! W: So we may never become extinct. M: No, because we may be in a crash c
39、ourse to extinction by our continuous exploitation of the environment. We are a relatively young species and our time is not yet overdue. W: But there are 6 billion of us! M: Yes, and therere many more houseflies too! Each with the capacity to spread one disease from one person to another in a fast
40、period of time. Questions 9 to 12 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 9. Why did the woman go to see the professor? 10. What puzzles the woman about extinction? 11. Why is the professor not so sure that humans will never become extinct? 12. What is inferred by the professor at the end
41、 of the lecture? 9 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 由对话中女士提到的 I wonder if you can fill me in on your lecture last Friday可知，女士想请教授给她讲讲上周五讲座的内容，由此可推断女士错过了讲座，故答案为 C)。 【知识模块】 听力 10 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 四个选项都是由特殊疑问词引导，均使用的是正常语序，故本题应该是针对 what提问，由对话中女士提到的 Why do they die off?Natural selection 可知，女士对物种不能够通过适应环境来避免灭绝这一问题感到很困惑，故答案
42、为 A)。 【知识模块】 听力 11 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 选项均以 Because开头表明，本题可能是针对原因提问。由对话中男士 (即教授 )所说的 No because we may be in a crashyoung sp ecies and our time is not yet overdue可知，教授认为人类目前对环境的持续开发可能会导致人类的灭绝，但由于人类还是相对年轻的物种，所以可能还不会那么快就面临灭绝的危险，即教授无法确定人类是否永远不会灭绝，由此可知，答案为 D)。 【知识模块】 听力 12 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 分析选项可知，本题可能与男士的观点或
43、看法有关。由对话末尾男士提到的 Yes and thereremany moreto another in a fast period o f time可知，教授说家蝇的数量比人类要多得多，而且每一只都能迅速地在人类当中传播疾病。由此可推断，教授认为大规模的疾病传播可能是导致人类灭绝的另一个原因，故答案为 C)。 【知识模块】 听力 13 【听力原文】 M: Hi, Jane. What are you doing here? W: Hi, Steve. Im having a bit of trouble finding some of the stuff I need. M: Whatre
44、 you looking for? W: Well, Im just trying to find out something about the use of steel in building construction. Do you have any idea? M: Frankly, I dont know much about this. What about the library? Theres a database on the computer, and most of the stuff you need is catalogued. You can find it som
45、ewhere. W: Yes, but thats the easy part! Then you have to find the book you want on the shelves and you often find that its out already. M: I know what you mean! Then you have to line up to borrow it if its CTL. W: CTL? Whats CTL? M: You know, it means you cant take it out. You have to read it in th
46、e library. But you have to reserve it, and then you may want to photocopy bits of it, or make notes and there never seems to be enough time. Hmm! In your shoes, I think Id have a word with our tutor. W: I think Ill do that. Thanks! See you later. Bye! M: See you! And good luck! Questions 13 to 15 ar
47、e based on the conversation you have just heard. 13. What trouble is Jane having now? 14. According to Jane, what is the biggest difficulty in borrowing CTL book? 15. What does Jane decide to do finally? 13 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 对话中女士说 Im having a bit of trouble finding some of the stuff I need(我找不到需要的东西
48、)，接着提到 trying to find out something about the use of steel in building construction(要找一些建筑钢材的使用信息 )，故答案为 C)。 【知识模块】 听力 14 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 选项中的 line up， borrow books， library和 takes time表明，本题可能考查到图书馆借书的情况。男士说 CTL的书必须在图书馆里读，还得影印一些有用的东西，很浪费时间，故答案为 D)。 【知识模块】 听力 15 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 选项均以 “To+do”开头表明，本题考查某
49、人即将做的事或做某事的目的。由男士提到的 In your shoesId have a word with our tutor 和女士的回答 I think Ill do that可知，女士采纳了男士的建议， B)中的 consulttutor what to do与 have a word withtutor 对应，故答案为 B)。 【知识模块】 听力 Section B 16 【听力原文】 How could we possibly think that keeping animals in cages in unnatural environments mostly for entertainment purposes is fair and respectful? Zoo officials say they are concerned about animals. However, most zoos remain “collect
