1、大学英语六级（听力）模拟试卷 40及答案与解析 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 marke
2、d A, B, C and D. （ A） Because her mind went blank under great stress. （ B） Because her intelligence was below average. （ C） Because she studied for too long before a test. （ D） Because she wasnt well prepared for her tests. （ A） She was often scolded by her teachers. （ B） She performed well on norma
3、l occasions. （ C） She had quite a lot of poor study habits. （ D） She was a problem student when young. （ A） By teaching them more test-taking skills. （ B） By giving them more supervision. （ C） By offering them counseling courses. （ D） By assigning them much easier work. （ A） How to effectively commu
4、nicate with other people. （ B） The necessity of completing any task effectively. （ C） Why some of us have better memories than others. （ D） The importance of memory and ways to improve it. （ A） Remember everything that they have seen even once. （ B） Express their ideas or feelings by drawing picture
5、s. （ C） Point out the places where theyve been to in maps. （ D） Recall the knowledge they have acquired quickly. （ A） Associate what we see with words. （ B） Find special ways to remember things. （ C） Go picnic to release our tension. （ D） Use our memory as much as we can. （ A） He explored the night
6、life of New York. （ B） He collected used boxes from the streets. （ C） He joined many art-related activities. （ D） He had organized artistic groups. （ A） He spent all the time on making it. （ B） He made it at night and sold it at day. （ C） He put the objects inside the box. （ D） He collected and rear
7、ranged pictures. （ A） About 40. （ B） Almost 200. （ C） Over 240. （ D） More than 72. （ A） A map of loop. （ B） Photos of sea animals. （ C） Two pipes for playing. （ D） A music box. （ A） When they are with a baby-sitter. （ B） When they are with another baby. （ C） When they are with a strange adult. （ D）
8、When they are with an elderly person. （ A） He conducts large-scale tests. （ B） He writes books about children. （ C） He teaches at the university. （ D） He recommends babysitters. （ A） They show fear. （ B） They reach out. （ C） They start to cry. （ D） They turn to adults. （ A） Keep them in family-based
9、 day care centers. （ B） Let them stay with their parents or teachers. （ C） Ask elderly adults to attend them. （ D） Hire an experienced baby-sitter. （ A） What the US patent system was about. （ B） How the US patent system encouraged technology and creativity. （ C） How the US patent system protected Am
10、ericans. （ D） The reasons for the patent system. （ A） Sue the government. （ B） Sue the individual. （ C） Close down the company. （ D） Sentence the individual to death. （ A） He could renew it. （ B） He could destroy it at random. （ C） He could sell it and make a lot of money. （ D） He could do nothing s
11、ince the patent expired. （ A） It encouraged people to invent. （ B） It protected peoples invention. （ C） It publicized ideas that might be kept as trade secrets. （ D） It provided a way for people to make money out of ideas. 大学英语六级（听力）模拟试卷 40答案与解析 Section B Directions: In this section, you will hear 3
12、 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. 1 【听力原文】 A sophomore at Colorado State University first had a
13、 problem in taking tests when she began college. She said that she was well prepared for her tests. Sometimes she studied for weeks before a test. Yet she would go in to take the test, only to find she could not answer the questions correctly. 26She would blank out because of nervousness and fear. S
14、he couldnt think of the answer. 27Her low grades made her teachers surprised. In fact, what the student was experiencing is called test anxiety. 26Because the student worries and is uneasy about a test, her mind does not work as well as it usually does. The student cannot write or think clearly beca
15、use of extreme tension and nervousness. Although poor grades are often a result of poor study habits, sometimes test anxiety causes the low grades. Recently, test anxiety has been recognized as a real problem, not just an excuse or a false explanation of lazy students. There are some special counsel
16、ing courses in universities trying to help students with the same problem. In these courses, counselors try to help students by teaching them how to manage test anxiety. At some universities, students are asked to take tests to measure their anxiety. If the tests show that their anxiety level is hig
17、h, the students will take short courses to help them deal with their tension. These courses teach students how to relax their bodies. Students are trained to become calm in very tense situations. By controlling their nervousness, they can let their minds work easy and their learned information then
18、comes out without difficulty on a test. 26. Why couldnt the girl student answer the questions correctly? 27. What can be inferred about the girl student? 28. How are some universities trying to help students with the problem? 1 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 文中两处明确提及 blank out(一片空白 )和 her mind does not work as wel
19、l as，概括起来就是 A的内容。 【知识模块】 短文听力 2 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 推断题。短文说 “她的糟糕成绩让她的老师们很吃惊 ”，说明她平时表现不错，没想到考试考得很差。所以 B正确。 【知识模块】 短文听力 3 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 短文说，大学专设了一些课程试图帮助学生处理这个问题。所以 C正确。 【知识模块】 短文听力 4 【听力原文】 Memory, I think, is almost as important as air, water or sunshine to us. Without it, life cannot go on. We would
20、nt be able to do anything since completing any task, however simple it might be, requires us to remember certain procedures, nor would we be able to communicate with people as we wouldnt be able to remember the words to express our ideas or feelings. For us students, I think memory is particularly i
21、mportant. If we lose the faculty of remembering, we wont be able to learn anything since learning unavoidably involves the use of memory. And if we cannot remember the knowledge we have acquired, whats the point of learning it in the first place? Although everyone is born with the capacity to rememb
22、er things, some of us have better memories than others. There are people who are said to have a photographic memory and can remember anything they have seen only once. However, those of us who have a poor memory neednt panic, for there are ways to improve our memories. Paying attention, associating
23、facts with images, visualizing images, and relaxing are some of the ways that I find especially effective. But the greatest secret to keep our memory sharp is to use it as frequently as possible. 29. Whats the speaker mainly talking about? 30. What can people with a photographic memory do? 31. What
24、does the speaker recommend strongly in the end? 4 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 短文开头就说，记忆力几乎和空气、水、阳光一样重要。可知主题和 memory有关。最后又提到，有很多种方法可以提高记忆力。所以 D正确。 【知识模块】 短文听力 5 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 短文提到 “据说有照相记忆功能的人 ”之后说他们能够 “记住任何他们只见过一次的东西 ”， A与后半句同义，所以正确。 【知识模块】 短文听力 6 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 短文说，保持好记忆力的秘诀就是尽量多记。所以 D正确。 【知识模块】 短文听力 7 【听力原
25、文】 You could say that Joseph Cornell became an artist because of his love of collecting. Cornell used to spend his free time exploring the street life of New York City in the 1920s. He soon started collecting old books, prints, postcards and even three-dimensional objects that he found in stores tha
26、t sold used books. Cornell also attended many museum shows, gallery openings and dance performances. He was influenced by a group of artists called the Surrealists who combined images in unusual and often strange ways. Joseph Cornell started making his own works by cutting out different pictures and
27、 putting them together in creative and magical combinations. Soon, he started making boxes inside of which were carefully arranged pictures and objects. He worked on his art at night after finishing his day job. Later, when his boxes and images started selling and receiving public recognition, he wo
28、rked on his art full time. Joseph Cornell died in 1972. 34The Smithsonian exhibit showed almost two hundred works made during his forty-year career. 35One work is called “Soap Bubble Set“. A box with a glass window shows a map of the moon, several pictures of sea creatures, two glass cups and two wh
29、ite pipes for smoking. In another box, Cornell combines an image of a cockatoo bird with a music box and watch faces. Joseph Cornell once said his art was based on everyday experiences. He said that with his art he showed “the beauty of the commonplace“. Visitors who came to this special exhibit fou
30、nd magic in regular objects-and even saw beauty in a box. 32. What did Cornell do before making his work of art? 33. How did Cornell work on his art at the beginning? 34. How many works of Joseph Cornell were shown in the Smithsonian exhibit? 35. What can we see in his work, “Soap Bubble Set“? 7 【正确
31、答案】 C 【试题解析】 根据原文， Cornell参加许多与艺术有关的活动，例如：博物馆展览、画廊开幕和舞蹈表演。故答案是 C。 【知识模块】 短文听力 8 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 根据原文， Cornell的创作特点是把不同的照片剪下来，然后以创新和富有想象力的方式把它们放在一起，故答案是 D。 【知识模块】 短文听力 9 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 根据原文， Smithsonian展览展出了约 200件 Joseph Cornell的作品，所以答案为 B。 【知识模块】 短文听力 10 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 根据原文，名为 “Soap Bubble Set”的作品
32、里包含了一 些海洋生物的照片。故答案是 B。 【知识模块】 短文听力 11 【听力原文】 Recently a five-year study was conducted by the Center for Childhood Development in Los Angeles, California, regarding the way babies react to different types of people. The findings of the study suggest that infant children seem to be more comfortable ar
33、ound other babies than they are with strange adults. The results confirm the ideas of Dr. Richard Perelman, who has written many books about raising children. Dr. Perelman supports the findings of the study and adds that it is a sounder idea to keep children with other children, as in a day care cen
34、ter, than it is to have children cared for by a baby-sitter. According to the results of the study, infants benefit from being in the company of other babies on a daily basis. Whereas some babies seem to show fear of strange adults, they are likely to reach out to try to touch an unfamiliar baby. Th
35、e study even suggests that children as young as one year old can form friendships. Two of the children in the study were especially close. It was reported that if the children were separated for any reason they would start to cry. The only way to satisfy them was to allow them to be together. If the
36、 findings are true it may lead to an increase in the use of family oriented day care centers where children can spend more time with each other and less time adults. 32. According to the study, when do babies feel the most comfortable? 33. What does Dr. Richard Perelman do? 34. How do babies react t
37、o unfamiliar babies? 35. What is the best way to care for babies? 11 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 文中两处提及与 other babies相处的好处，故 B为答案。选项是时间状语，可预测问题是 “当婴儿与谁在一起时会 ” 。要注意记录各种情况下婴儿的表现，或者捕捉一种最特殊的情况。 A、 C都是在文中被否定了的情况； D项在文中并未谈及。 【知识模块】 短文听力 12 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 文中只提到了一个具体人物 Dr Richard Perelman， 随后的定语从句中介绍他写了很多有关抚养孩子的书，故 B为
38、答案。 【知识模块】 短文听力 13 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 短文说， babies看起来很怕陌生的成年人，但他们却会试图触碰陌生的 baby。所以 B正确。 【知识模块】 短文听力 14 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 短文说，如果这些研究成果是正确的话，可以增加 family-oriented day care centers的使用，在那里孩子们可以有更多的时间和同龄人相处。所以 A正确。 【知识模块】 短文听力 15 【听力原文】 The American patent system, provided for in the Constitution, was designed
39、to encourage the creation and use of new technology. An inventor would describe an invention, both in writing and with drawings, and submit the description with a model to a government official. This was a big improvement from the past when patents were submitted directly to the Secretary of State!
40、Now, if the invention was judged to be new and useful, the official would give the inventor a patent. The patent meant that for 14 years, later changed to 17 years, the inventor owned the new invention. Inventors could license their ideas to manufacturers or just use them themselves. 27The governmen
41、t would not issue any other patent for the same idea, and the inventor could sue anyone who used the patented idea without paying the owner of the patent for permission to use it! A useful patent meant that the inventor could make a lot of money. In exchange for this governmental protection, the gov
42、ernment published the patent specifications, which provide enough information so that other people could understand the invention-thus adding to the general available technological knowledge. 28And at the end of the 14 years, anyone could use the invention for free. 29The idea behind the patent syst
43、em was twofold: it would increase the amount of technology, by providing a way for people to make money out of new ideas, and it would make new technology widely available, by publicizing ideas that might otherwise be kept as trade secrets. 26. What is the speaker mainly talking about? 27. What coul
44、d the inventor do if the idea was used by someone without paying money? 28. What could the owner of the patent do to protect his patent after 14 years? 29. How did the patent system increase the amount of technology? 15 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 短文谈的内容是美国的专利体系的产生和运作，故选 A。 A项统领其他各项，主旨题的答案通常就是这类具有总包孕作用的选项。 【知识模块】 短文听力 16 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 短文谈到，任何人不付钱就使用某种专利，该专利的发明者可以起诉他，故选 B。 【知识模块】 短文听力 17 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 短文谈到，专利权有效期为 14年，有效期过后任何人都可以免费使用这项专利， 故选 D。 【知识模块】 短文听力 18 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 题目问 “专利体系是怎样增加科技量的 ?”短文直接用 by 引述说明情况。 D项符合 “听到什么选什么 ”原则。 【知识模块】 短文听力
