1、大学英语六级（听力）模拟试卷 107及答案与解析 Section A Directions: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the end of each conversation, one or more questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once. After each questio
2、n there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A, B, C and D, and decide which is the best answer. （ A） The artists works are beyond understanding. （ B） The artists unexpected tragedy is a great pity. （ C） The artists paintings are actually worthless. （ D） People sh
3、ould have recognized the artists value earlier. （ A） It wasnt very well designed. （ B） Its results were just as expected. （ C） It fully reflected the students ability. （ D） Its results fell short of her expectations. （ A） Linda made her own guitar. （ B） Linda taught herself to play the piano. （ C） L
4、inda taught herself to play the guitar. （ D） Linda doesnt have much talent for music. （ A） The man can have his pants at the end of the day. （ B） Cleaning the pants will take longer than usual. （ C） She doesnt think the stain can be removed. （ D） The man should go to a different location. （ A） Fuel
5、cannot be transported to the northeastern states. （ B） There are too few houses in the northeast. （ C） People in the northeast are inexperienced in dealing with snow. （ D） Cold weather in the northeast has increased the demand for fuel. （ A） The boss is often late for work. （ B） The boss will probab
6、ly discipline the woman. （ C） The boss may disregard the womans lateness. （ D） The boss didnt know the woman was late again. （ A） She is eager to be accepted by the university. （ B） She is waiting to see if she could get the job from Coles. （ C） She is expecting to see if Cole would lend her some ca
7、sh. （ D） She has no idea about whether she can afford the university tuition. （ A） They should wait patiently. （ B） They should ask that man to leave. （ C） They should serve that man immediately. （ D） That man is old enough to order things he likes. （ A） He was returning home from a party. （ B） He j
8、ust got off work when he saw the UFO. （ C） He was driving home from a restaurant. （ D） He was coming home from a police station. （ A） The man was out of mind. （ B） He drank a few beers in the party. （ C） He lost his directions to his home. （ D） He took some drugs in the party. （ A） They should call
9、the fire department. （ B） The man should go to the party again. （ C） The man should contact the newspaper. （ D） The man should seek counseling. （ A） She loved it. （ B） She disagreed with too much of it to enjoy. （ C） She thought it was just so so. （ D） She liked the class but disagreed with the Prof
10、essor. （ A） Early America was undemocratic. （ B） There has never been democracy in America. （ C） Early leaders of America had no desire for democracy. （ D） Democracy took time to develop in America. （ A） The basic foundations of democracy were created over 50 years ago. （ B） Early leaders loved demo
11、cracy. （ C） America is no different now than 200 years ago. （ D） The meaning of democracy has changed over time. （ A） She is afraid he may discover her ignorance. （ B） She is afraid it may affect her grade. （ C） She is not completely sure of her own opinion. （ D） She is too busy and has no time to w
12、aste. Section B Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C and D. （
13、 A） She is not used to the life there now. （ B） She has lived there for seventeen years. （ C） She prefers to live in an old-fashioned house. （ D） She has to be polite to everyone she meets there. （ A） In a cafe. （ B） In a pub. （ C） In a restaurant. （ D） In a nightclub. （ A） He didnt like the British
14、 idea of family. （ B） He was from a typical French family. （ C） He had never been to France. （ D） He felt lonely in England. （ A） To protect beachfront property. （ B） To reduce the traffic on beach roads. （ C） To provide privacy for homeowners. （ D） To define property limits. （ A） By sending water d
15、irectly back to the sea with great force. （ B） By reducing wave energy. （ C） By reducing beach width. （ D） By stabilizing beachfront construction. （ A） Protecting roads along the shore. （ B） Building on beaches with seawalls. （ C） Adding sand to beaches with seawalls. （ D） Stopping building seawalls
16、. （ A） A research on space. （ B） An event of imagination. （ C） A historic discovery. （ D） A scientific adventure. （ A） Huge waves. （ B） An earthquake. （ C） Damages to American cities. （ D） An Earth explosion. （ A） The land is covered with water. （ B） Wars break out among countries. （ C） People there
17、 can not live at the temperature of zero. （ D） The light and heat from the sun can not reach the earth. （ A） The human beings will die out in 2094. （ B） Animals could not live in the cold climate. （ C） The Earth could be hit by other objects in space. （ D） What happened 65 million years ago was an i
18、nvented story. Section C Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from 36 to 43 with t
19、he exact words you have just heard. For blanks numbered from 44 to 46 you are required to fill in the missing information. For these blanks, you can either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the 25 Born in North Carolina in 1862, William Sidney Porter, this master of short stories
20、 is much better known under his pen name “OHenry”. His only【 B1】 _ education was received at the school of his Aunt Linda, where he developed a【 B2】 _ love of books. In his uncles drugstore, he became a【 B3】 _ pharmacist and was also known for his【 B4】 _ and cartoons of the townspeople of Greensboro
21、. At the age of twenty, Porter came to Texas【 B5】 _ for health reasons and worked on a sheep farm. It was here that Porter【 B6】 _ knowledge for farm life that he later【 B7】_ in many of his short stories. In 1884, Porter moved to Austin. For the next three years, he roomed in the home of the Joseph H
22、arrell family and held several jobs. It was during this time that Porter first used his pen name O. Henry said to be derived from his frequent【 B8】 _ of “Oh, Henry”, the family cat.【 B9】 _. Meanwhile,【 B10】 _. From this low point in Porters life, he began a remarkable comeback. Three years later, he
23、 emerged from prison as “OHenry” to help shield his true identity.【 B11】 _. 26 【 B1】 27 【 B2】 28 【 B3】 29 【 B4】 30 【 B5】 31 【 B6】 32 【 B7】 33 【 B8】 34 【 B9】 35 【 B10】 36 【 B11】 大学英语六级（听力）模拟试卷 107答案与解析 Section A Directions: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations
24、. At the end of each conversation, one or more questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A, B, C and D, and decide which is the best
25、 answer. 1 【听力原文】 W: I really like Van Goghs work. I can feel a kind of uncontrollable passion in his paintings. And his masterpieces are really invaluable now. M: Yes, I know. The national museum has a collection of his paintings, but I wonder why people accepted him only after his death. Q: What d
26、oes the man mean? 1 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 对话中男士用转折提到 but I wonder why people accepted him only after his death(但我真不明白人们为什么直到他死后才接受他 )， D是对男士的话的同义转述，故答案 D。 invaluable“价值连城的 ”与 worthless(无价值的 )意义完全相反。 2 【听力原文】 M: How many students passed the final physics exam in your class? W: Forty, but still as many as 2
27、0 percent of the class failed. Quite disappointing, isnt it? Q: What does the woman think of the exam? 2 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 对话中女士提到 Quite disappointing, isnt it?， D中的 fell short of her expectations与 Quite disappointing对应，故答案为 D。 fall short of sb.s expectation意为 “未达到某人的期望 ”。 3 【听力原文】 M: I knew Linda pla
28、yed the piano, but I didnt know she played the guitar. W: Neither did I. It seems she just picked it up on her own over this summer. Q: What does the woman mean? 3 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 对话中男士说 I didnt know she played guitar，接着女士提到 she just picked it up on her own， C中的 taught herself是对女士的话的同义转述，故答案为 C。 pic
29、ked sth. up on ones own意为 “某人自学某事 ”。 4 【听力原文】 M: Do you think youll be able to get this ink stain out of my pants? W: It wont be a problem, but Ill need to send them over to a main cleaning facility. Thats an extra days time. Q: What does the woman mean? 4 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 对话中女士提到 Thats an extra days
30、 time(那得额外花一天的时间 )， B是对女士的话的同义转述，其中的 longer对应 extra days time，故答案为 B。 5 【听力原文】 W: The northeast is experiencing a really terrible winter. Fuel supplies are running low and a lot of people cant even keep their houses adequately heated. M: I guess thats why fuel prices have gone up across the nation.
31、Q: What do we know from the conversation? 5 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 由女士提到的 The northeastterrible winter 和男士提到的 fuel prices have gone up可知，天太冷，东北部地区燃料的需求增加，导致燃料价格上涨，故答案为 D。 supplies run low意为 “供应不足 ”。 go up意为 “上涨 ”。 6 【听力原文】 W: I got out of a science class late again. I never make it here to work on time. I
32、hope I wont get in trouble. M: The boss is in a good mood. Maybe shell give you a break this time. Q: What does the man say about the boss? 6 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 对话中男士提到 Maybe shell give you a break， C是对男士的话的同义转述，故答案为 C。 give sb. a break意为 “放过某人一次 ”。 disregard意为“忽略 ”。 7 【听力原文】 M: You didnt seem to be ab
33、le to sit still for class. Are you expecting something? W: Yes. Im expecting a call to see if I was accepted for the position at Coles. I could do with the cash. Q: What does the woman mean? 7 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 对话中女士提到 Im expectingfor the position at Coles ， B是对女士的话的同义转述，其中的 waiting对应 expecting， job对应
34、 position，故答案为 B。 8 【听力原文】 M: See that man over there facing the window? He comes in every Friday night and just sits there for hours. W: Its odd, but there isnt much we can do as long as he orders something. Q: What does the woman imply? 8 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 对话中女士提到 there isnt much we can do(我们做不了什么 )
35、， A是对女士的话的同义转述，故答案为 A。 D中 的 old是对 odd在音上的干扰。 9 【听力原文】 W: Hello. 15th District Officer Mary speaking. M: Help. Yeah, uh, it was wild, I mean really weird. W: Calm down, sir! Now, what do you want to report? M: Well, Id like to report a UFO sighting. W: A what? M: What do you mean “what”? An unidentif
36、ied flying object! W: Wait, tell me exactly what you saw. M: Well, I was driving home from a party about three hours ago, so it was about 2:00 a. m., when I saw this bright light overhead. W: Okay. And then what happened? M: Oh, man! Well, it was out of this world. I stopped to watch the light when
37、it disappeared behind a hill about a kilometer ahead of me. W: Alright. Then what? M: Well, I got back in my car and I started driving toward where the UFO landed. W: Now, how do you know it was a UFO? Perhaps you only saw the lights of an airplane, or the headlights of an approaching car. Things li
38、ke that happen, you know. M: Well, if it was that, how do you explain “the beast”? W: What do you mean “the beast”? M: Okay. I kept driving for about five minutes when all of a sudden, this giant, hairy creature jumped out in front of my car. W: Oh, yeah. Then what? M: Well, then, the beast picked u
39、p the front of my car and said, “Get out of the car. Im taking you to my master!” Something like that. W: Wow? A hairy creature who can speak English! Come on! M: Im not making this up, if thats what youre suggesting. Then, when I didnt get out of the car, the beast opened the car door and carried m
40、e on his shoulders to this round-shaped flying object, and well, thats when I woke up alongside the road. The beast must have knocked me out and left me there. W: Well, thats the best story Ive heard all night, sir. Now, have you been taking any drugs or alcohol in the last 24 hours? You mentioned y
41、ou went to a party. M: What? Well, I did have a few beers, but Im telling the truth. W: Okay, okay. We have a great psychologist that deals with these kinds of cases. M: Im not crazy. W: Well, well look into your story. Thank you. Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
42、 23. Where was the man when he first saw the UFO? 24. According to the police officer, what is the probable reason the man encountered the beast? 25. What does the police officer suggest at the end of the conversation? 9 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 选项中的 returning home， just got off work， when he saw the UFO等表明，
43、本题可能考查男士看见不明飞行物时正在做什么。对话中男士提到的 I was driving home from a partywhen I saw this bright light overhead ，由此可知，答案为 A。 10 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 选项中的 He， drank a few beers， lost his directions， took some drugs等表明，本题考查男士的情况。对话中女士提到 have you been taking any drugs or alcohol in the last 24 hours? You mentioned you
44、went to a party，由此可知 ,女士认为男士要么服用过迷幻药，要么饮酒过量，故答案为 D。 11 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 选项中重复出现的 The man should表明，本题可能考查女士对男士的建议 。对话中女士在男士对自己的经历进行了描述后提到， We have a great psychologist that deals with these kinds of cases，即女士认为男士精神不正常，需要找心理医生进行治疗，故答案为 D。 12 【听力原文】 M: How did you like our American History class yesterd
45、ay? W: Well, I did enjoy it, but I didnt exactly buy everything Barnum said either. M: You mean his view that the early formers of the constitution really didnt want democracy as we know it today? W: Well, “as we know it today” I can accept. But when he states that there was no affinity towards demo
46、cracy as it was understood then, well, to me this just sounds like historical revisionism. M: Well, surely you have to admit that their concept of democracy was not “democratic”. After all, many groups including those without land, women, blacks and many others were shut out of participating in the
47、new system. W: Yes, but when we look at what we call democracy today there are still groups shut out of being able to vote in America, such as children and convicted people. Also, I think it is fair to say that many groups find it still very difficult to participate. So we dont have complete democra
48、cy even today. M: Yes, but I think he is basing his arguments on the factual transcripts of the early Founding Fathers realizing that they didnt like to use the term “democracy” and some even heaped scorn on it. W: Perhaps it was just that the term had a different meaning from the way it is used tod
49、ay. M: But I think it is fair to say that democracy wasnt exactly in fashion. And perhaps it is worthwhile to draw a distinction between liberty and democracy, since the relationship between the two is somewhat blurry. W: But if you are to say that America was not a democracy in the beginning then you might as well say it is not one today either because the structures of federalism, 3-branch government and checks and balances are ba
