1、大学英语六级改革适用（听力）模拟试卷 97及答案与解析 Section C 0 Long before the first Europeans arrived in America, a strange looking animal lived on the western plains. It looked somewhat like a water buffalo. It【 B1】 _to eat the rich grass of the plains. The【 B2】 _name of the strange animal is the American Bison. However
2、, nearly everyone calls the【 B3】 _a buffalo. In the early days, millions of buffaloes moved freely across the【 B4】 _. It is said that they were【 B5】 _animals and ran with great speed. The Indians hunted them for food and【 B6】 _In the 19th century, white men began to hunt the bison for their【 B7】_The
3、y seldom killed the bison for meat. One famous【 B8】 _, however, Buffalo Bill Cody hunted buffalo for meat. The railroads used the meat to feed their workers【 B9】 _save money. As a result, many buffaloes were killed during that time. However, the American buffaloes were difficult to hunt because they
4、 could run at a speed at almost 75 kilometers an hour and were always【 B10】 _for a fight. There were times when five or six bullets would not kill them, and buffalo hunters sometimes had a lot of trouble killing this kind of animals. The buffaloes were hard to control and the hunters would get confu
5、sed or feel helpless. Finally, in the West, the expression to buffalo, came to mean to make one helpless or to confuse and trick. It is still used today. When a person has you “buffaloed“, he has you in his power:Youre helpless! 1 【 B1】 2 【 B2】 3 【 B3】 4 【 B4】 5 【 B5】 6 【 B6】 7 【 B7】 8 【 B8】 9 【 B9】
6、 10 【 B10】 10 Five out of ten of the worlds largest food companies are aggressively exploring the potential of nanotechnology for better packaging, improved food safety and better nutritional content. The food industry is moving faster than any other sector to【 B1】 _nanotechno-logy the manufacture o
7、f objects so small that they cannot be seen even with a【 B2】_microscope and it is estimated that it will be【 B3】 _into $ 20 billion worth of food products by 2010 But do the pubilic want their food engineered? The experience with【 B4】_modified(GM)food would suggest not. Although no nanotech food pro
8、ducts are【 B5】 _in Britain, a handful are in the U.S. where there are already demands from lobby groups for “nanohazard“ labeling. There is little controversy over new techniques of【 B6】 _nanoscale-sensing devices to food products and packaging, so that the sources of food【 B7】 _can be traced back t
9、o origin: something that food【 B8】 _have long been demanding. Could nano-materials migrate from packaging into food? If so, what might their impact be? No one knows yet,【 B9】 _it is the subject of research sponsored by the Food Safety Agency(FSA). So that is one area where future controversy may lie
10、. The Government has recently announced 5 million【 B10】 _funding for nanotechno-logy risk assessmen . But while the Government claims that it is proceeding with nano-technology using an evidence-based approach, the Government needs a more active approach, pushing studies ahead. 11 【 B1】 12 【 B2】 13
11、【 B3】 14 【 B4】 15 【 B5】 16 【 B6】 17 【 B7】 18 【 B8】 19 【 B9】 20 【 B10】 大学英语六级改革适用（听力）模拟试卷 97答案与解析 Section C 0 【听力原文】 Long before the first Europeans arrived in America, a strange looking animal lived on the western plains. It looked somewhat like a water buffalo. It preferred to eat the rich grass of
12、 the plains. The official name of the strange animal is the American Bison. However, nearly everyone calls the creature a buffalo. In the early days, millions of buffaloes moved freely across the continent. It is said that they were tremendous animals and ran with great speed. The Indians hunted the
13、m for food and clothing. In the 19th century, white men began to hunt the bison for their skins. They seldom killed the bison for meat. One famous frontiersman, however, Buffalo Bill Cody hunted buffalo for meat. The railroads used the meat to feed their workers in order to save money. As a result,
14、many buffaloes were killed during that time. However, the American buffaloes were difficult to hunt because they could run at a speed at almost 75 kilometers an hour and were always ready for a fight. There were times when five or six bullets would not kill them, and buffalo hunters sometimes had a
15、lot of trouble killing this kind of animals. The buffaloes were hard to control and the hunters would get confused or feel helpless. Finally, in the West, the expression to buffalo, came to mean to make one helpless or to confuse and trick. It is still used today. When a person has you “buffaloed“,
16、he has you in his power:Youre helpless! 【知识模块】 复合式听写 1 【正确答案】 preferred 【试题解析】 分析句子结构可知，句子中缺少谓语动词，故所填词应为动词。且由前后时态可推知所填词应为动词的过去式。此处应该是说这种像水牛的动物很喜欢以大草原上丰茂的草为食，故所填词很可能要表示 “喜欢 ”的含义。preferred，动词过去式，意为 “更喜欢 ”。 【知识模块】 复合式听写 2 【正确答案】 official 【试题解析】 空格前的定冠词 the和空后的名词 name提示所填词应为形容词。official，形容词，意为 “正式的 ”。 【
17、知识模块】 复合式听写 3 【正确答案】 creature 【试题解析】 空格前的定冠词 the和空后的名词 buffalo(水牛 ，野牛 )提示所填词应为单数可数名词。根据 a strange looking animal以及 the American Bison(美洲野牛 )可推测，所填词很可能是 animal的近义复现，要表示 “动物 ”的含义。creature，名词单数，意为 “动物 ”。 【知识模块】 复合式听写 4 【正确答案】 continent 【试题解析】 空格前的定冠词 the提示所填词应为名词。 continent，名词单数，意为 “大陆，陆地 ”。 【知识模块】 复合式
18、听写 5 【正确答案】 tremendous 【试题解析】 空格前的系动词 were和空后的名词 animals提示所填词应为形容词。 tremendous，形容词，意为 “极大的，巨大的 ”。 【知识模块】 复合式听写 6 【正确答案】 clothing 【试题解析】 空格前的名词 food和并列连词 and提示所填词应为名词。clothing，不可数名词，意为 “衣服 ”。 【知识模块】 复合式听写 7 【正确答案】 skins 【试题解析】 空格前的形容词性物主代词。 their提示所填词应为复数可数名词。 skins，名词复数 ，意为 “皮肤 ”。 【知识模块】 复合式听写 8 【正确
19、答案】 frontiersman 【试题解析】 空格前的数词 one以及形容词 famous提示所填词应为单数可数名词。根据空后的人名 Buffalo Bill Cody可推知，所填词应该是一个表示人的职业或身份的单数可数名词。 frontiersman，名词单数，意为 “边远居民，边远者 ”。 【知识模块】 复合式听写 9 【正确答案】 in order to 【试题解析】 此处 in order to意为 “为了 ”，表示目的。 【知识模块】 复合式听写 10 【正确答案】 ready 【试题解析】 be ready for是固定搭配，意为 “为 做好准备的 ”。此处指美洲水牛擅长奔跑，随
20、时都可以很快地奔跑起来。 【知识模块】 复合式听写 10 【听力原文】 Five out of ten of the worlds largest food companies are aggressively exploring the potential of nanotechnology for better packaging, improved food safety and better nutritional content. The food industry is moving faster than any other sector to embrace nanotech-
21、nolo-gy the manufacture of objects so small that they cannot be seen even with a conventional microscope and it is estimated that it will be incorporated into $ 20 billion worth of food products by 2010. But do the public want their food engineered? The experience with genetically modified(GM)food w
22、ould suggest not. Although no nanotech food products are available in Britain, a handful are in the U. S. where there are already demands from lobby groups for “nanohazard“ labeling. There is little controversy over new techniques of attaching nanoscale-sensing devices to food products and packaging
23、, so that the sources of food ingredients can be traced back to origin: something that food campaigners have long been demanding. Could nanomaterials migrate from packaging into food? If so, what might their impact be? No one knows yet,although it is the subject of research sponsored by the Food Saf
24、ety Agency(FSA). So that is one area where future controversy may lie. The Government has recently announced 5 million additional funding for nanotech-nology risk assessment. But while the Government claims that it is proceeding with nanotechnology using an evidence-based approach, the Government ne
25、eds a more active approach, pushing studies ahead. 【知识模块】 复合式听写 11 【正确答案】 embrace 【试题解析】 空格前的不定时符号 to提示所填词应为动词原形。后面提到的都是食品行业想要采用纳米技术的事情，本句应为总起句，故所填词很可能表示 “采用，应用 ”的含义。 embrace，动词原形，意为 “接受，采用 ”。 【知识模块】 复合式听写 12 【正确答案】 conventional 【试题解析】 空格前的不定冠词 a和空格后的名词 microscope提示所填词应为形容词。 conventional，形容词，意为 “传统的
26、 ”。 【知识模块】 复合式听写 13 【正确答案】 incorporated 【试题解析】 空格前的系动词 be和空格后的介词 into提示所填词应为动词的过去分词。 incorporated，动词的过去分词，意为 “合并，混合 ”。 【知识 模块】 复合式听写 14 【正确答案】 genetically 【试题解析】 空格后的形容词 modified提示所填词应为副词。根据前一句中的engineered和空格后的 GM推测，此处很可能表达转基因食品的含义，故所填词很可能表达 “基因 ”的含义。 genetically，副词，意为 “基因方面 ”。 【知识模块】 复合式听写 15 【正确答案
27、】 available 【试题解析】 空格前的系动词 are提示所填词应为形容词或动词的过去分词。根据 although可知本句的前一分句与后一分句构 成转折关系，后一分句说美国有很多转基因食品，故前一分句应该表示没有，再根据前一分句中的 no可知所填词很可能表达 “有，可获得的 ”的含义。 available，形容词，意为 “可获得的 ”。 【知识模块】 复合式听写 16 【正确答案】 attaching 【试题解析】 空格前的介词 of和空格后的名词 devices与介词 to提示所填词应为动词的现在分词形式。 attaching，动词的现在分词，意为 “加入，依附 ”。 【知识模块】 复
28、合式听写 17 【正确答案】 ingredients 【 试题解析】 空格前的名词 food提示所填词应为名词。 ingredients，名词复数，意为 “成分 ”。 【知识模块】 复合式听写 18 【正确答案】 campaingers-to embrace nanotechnology 【试题解析】 空格前的名词 food提示所填词应为名词。由句中的 demanding可推断所填词可能是指一类人。 campaingers，名词复数，意为 “活动家 ”. 【知识模块】 复合式听写 19 【正确答案】 although 【试题解析】 此处需要一个连词， although意为 “尽管，虽然 ”，引导让步状语从句。 【知识模块】 复合式听写 20 【正确答案】 additional 【试题解析】 意为 “附加的，额外的 ”。 【知识模块】 复合式听写
