1、大学英语六级（听力）模拟试卷 78及答案与解析 （ A） She is diagnosed with a serious disease. （ B） She is under the pressure from work and family. （ C） She can not support her family any more. （ D） She will regain her energy in a few days. （ A） She dreams a lot during sleep. （ B） She usually has a sound sleep at night. （ C
2、） She often can not get enough sleep. （ D） She can not fall asleep at all recently. （ A） He cant take care of himself. （ B） He does no work. （ C） He always regards himself as a burden. （ D） He is constantly in poor health. （ A） She was held up in the traffic. （ B） She was asked to fill out a survey
3、after class. （ C） She had to attend Prof. Keenes lecture first. （ D） She was asked to correct quizzes for Professor Keene. （ A） They usually reject others help. （ B） They often dont take advantage of opportunities. （ C） They usually set goals which are too high to achieve. （ D） They usually take neg
4、ative attitudes towards everything. （ A） Optimists and pessimists have different views on conscience. （ B） Pessimists never act according to their conscience. （ C） Optimists are destined to succeed in their life. （ D） Pessimists follow the dictates of conscience unwillingly. （ A） Unique descriptive
5、skills. （ B） Good knowledge of readers tastes. （ C） Colourful world experiences. （ D） Careful plotting and clueing. （ A） A peaceful setting. （ B） A spacious room. （ C） To be in the right mood. （ D） To be entirely alone. （ A） They rely heavily on their own imagination. （ B） They have experiences simi
6、lar to the characters. （ C） They look at the world in a detached manner. （ D） They are overwhelmed by their own prejudices. （ A） An annual cycling event. （ B） Major Canadian bicycle races. （ C） The contribution of cycling to health. （ D） How to improve ones speed in a bicycle race. （ A） The length o
7、f the course. （ B） The route the cyclists take. （ C） The number of participants. （ D） The month in which the tour is held. （ A） Have lunch before the tour. （ B） Drink water at the relay stations. （ C） Bring water and lunch with them. （ D） Bring candy and chocolate for energy supplement. （ A） The lit
8、erary works of Winston Churchill. （ B） The speeches Winston Churchill gave. （ C） The contribution of Winston Churchill. （ D） The career of Winston Churchill. （ A） He was a versatile man. （ B） He started his career as a painter. （ C） He was engaged in art activities in most of his life. （ D） He was k
9、nown only within the boundaries of the U. K. （ A） In 1826. （ B） In 1874. （ C） In 1900. （ D） In 1929. （ A） President of the U. K. （ B） Prime Minister of the U. K. （ C） Minister of Defense. （ D） Chief Secretary to the Treasury. （ A） Three. （ B） Four. （ C） Five. （ D） Six. （ A） To keep clean. （ B） To pr
10、event humidity. （ C） To keep cold away. （ D） To draw other peoples attention. （ A） He is an expert on paper. （ B） He was interested in paper when he was young. （ C） He works in a paper-producing factory. （ D） He has read a lot of material about paper. （ A） The uses of paper. （ B） The history of pape
11、r. （ C） The materials used to make paper. （ D） The future development of paper. （ A） To go sightseeing. （ B） To have meetings. （ C） To promote a new champagne. （ D） To join in a training program. （ A） It can reduce the number of passenger complaints. （ B） It can make air travel more interesting. （ C
12、） It can cut down the expenses for air travel. （ D） It can lessen the discomfort caused by air travel. （ A） Took balanced meals with champagne. （ B） Ate vegetables and fruit only. （ C） Refrained from fish or meat. （ D） Avoided eating rich food. （ A） Many of them found it difficult to exercise on a p
13、lane. （ B） Many of them were concerned with their well-being. （ C） Not many of them chose to do what she did. （ D） Not many of them understood the program. 大学英语六级（听力）模拟试卷 78答案与解析 1 【听力原文】 W: Good morning, doctor. Im Mrs. Crook. I last visited you about a year ago. My husband is a regular patient of
14、yours. M: Well, how can I help you, Mrs. Crook? W: Its nothing serious, doctor. I just seem to be thoroughly run down. M: Well, now, hows your appetite? W: Not special. With a full-time job, three kids and a weak husband, I dont seem to find time to sit down and eat properly. M: Well, you know thats
15、 not good for you. Do you sleep well? W: Not really. I dont get to bed before midnight and then I lie awake for an hour or so worrying about things. And I have to be up by six. M: Any minor diseases, coughs and colds and the like? W: Well, apart from flu about two months ago, Ive been free of those.
16、 But Ive got no energy and I feel so depressed and fed up with things. M: Well, now let me check your pulse and blood pressure. W: Oh, yes, doctor. As I said, I dont really think theres anything serious with me. Its just that I dont seem to be able to get on top of things. The children are good, but
17、 you know, they make a lot of demands. My husband does what he can, but being sick for so long, thats not a great help really. M: Well, there doesnt seem to be anything wrong with your blood pressure or your pulse. But Ill make an appointment with the hospital for a more thorough checkup. Heres a pr
18、escription to take to the chemist. And Id like you to come back in a months time if you dont feel any better. W: Thank you, doctor. 1. What can be inferred about the woman? 2. What does the woman say about her sleep? 3. What can we learn about the womans husband? 1 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 推断题。女士提到 a fulltim
19、e job， three kids以及 a weak husband使她没有时间坐下来好好吃顿饭；晚上睡觉时总是在 worrying about things；孩子们 make a lot of demands，由此可推断，女士面临着来自工作和家庭的双重压力，故答案为 B。 【知识模块】 长对话 2 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 细节题。对话中女士提到，她每天晚上都后半夜 (notbefore midnight)才睡 觉，但需要 1小时左右才能睡着，而且每天早上 6点之前就要起床，由此可知，女士不能保证充足的睡眠，故答案为 C。 【知识模块】 长对话 3 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 细节
20、题。女士说她的丈夫是医生的 regular patient，还说她丈夫being sick for so long，由此可知 Emily的丈夫一直身体不好，故答案为 D。 【知识模块】 长对话 4 【听力原文】 M: Hello, here. Youre late. Lets try finding a place in the dining room. W: Sorry,1but, well, a few of us were selected to stay after Professor Keenes lecture to take a self-assessment quiz. His
21、 talk this morning was about pessimism and optimism, and he asked us to complete the survey. M: Well, what did you learn? Is there really such a thing as bad or good luck? W: Yes, in a sense.2For example, pessimists tend to unconsciously set life goals for themselves which will be extremely difficul
22、t to achieve. So, in a way, they invite failure. An optimist is usually more realistic about this. M: Did Professor Keene mention why a pessimist might have such a dismal outlook on the world? W: There are a couple of reasons. First, environment has a lot to do with it; experiencing repeated failure
23、 in the formative years will likely produce a pessimist. But what interested me most was the relationship a pessimist has with his or her conscience. M: You mean that little voice inside that tells me whats what? W: Yep.3Optimists look at conscience as a source of strength and guidance, and act on i
24、ts promptings. Pessimists, on the other hand, usually reject the demands of conscience and see it as an alien, even an evil threat, M: Interesting. So, how did you do in the self-assessment survey? W: Oh, those things never turn out right for me anyway! You just cant trust them. It looks like rain,
25、doesnt it? M: Maybe you are right. 1. Why did the woman arrive late? 2. Why does the woman say pessimists invite failure to some extent? 3. What can be inferred from the conversation? 4 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 细节题。本题的设题点在对话的开头处和转折处。女士为赴约迟到表示报歉，接着解释迟到的原因：听完讲座后，她被留下来，做了一份自我评估测试 (self-assessment quiz)，故答案为 B。
26、【知识模块】 长对话 5 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 细节题。本题的设题点在举例处。女士提到悲观主义者会不自觉地为自己设定极难完成的人生目标 (set life goalsdifficult to achieve) ，因此，从某种程度上来讲，是悲观主义者 自己把失败引进家门的，故答案为 C。 【知识模块】 长对话 6 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 推断题。本题的设题点在对比处。女士提到，乐观者把内心的想法(conscience)看成是力量的源泉和向导，并且自觉地按内心的想法做事，而悲观者却违背内心的想法，还把内心的想法看成是异类，甚至是邪恶的征兆，由此可推知乐观主义者和悲观主义者对 co
27、nscience的看法不一，故答案为 A。 【知识模块】 长对话 7 【听力原文】 W: When you write a novel, do you know where youre going, Dr. James? M: Yes, you must really if youre5writing the classical detective story, because it must be so carefully plotted and so carefully clued. I have schemes. I have charts. I have diagrams. It do
28、esnt mean to say I always get it right, but I do plan before I begin writing. But what is so fascinating is how a book changes during the process of writing. It seems to me that creative writing is a process of revelation really, rather than of creativity in the ordinary sense. W: When youre plannin
29、g the basic structure, do you like to go away to be sure that youre by yourself? M: I need to be by myself certainly, absolutely. I cant even bare anybody else in the house. I dont mind much where I am as long as Ive got enough space to write,6but I need to be completely alone. W: Is that very impor
30、tant to you? M: Oh, yes. Ive never been lonely in all my life. W: How extraordinary! Never? M: No, never. W: Youre very lucky. Someone once said that theres a bit of ice at the heart of every writer. M: Yes, I think this is true.7The writer can stand aside from experience and look at it, watch it ha
31、ppening. There is this “detachment“. And I realize that there are obviously experiences which would overwhelm everyone. But very often, a writer can appear to stand aside, and this detachment makes people feel theres a bit of ice in the heart. 5. What is the key to write a good classical detective s
32、tory according to the man? 6, What does the man mainly need when working on a book? 7. What does the man say about writers? 7 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 细节题。对话中男士提到，侦探小说 (classical detective story)必须仔细地安排故事情节和线索 (80 carefully plotted and so carefully clued)，由此可知答案为 D。 【知识模块】 长对话 8 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 细节题。由对话中男士所说的
33、 “I need to be completely alone”可知，男士工作时需要完全独立的写作空间，故答案为 D。 【知识模块】 长对话 9 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 对话中男士提到，作家会站在一旁看着事情发生，他们有一种 “超然 ”的境界，也就是作者能够以一种超然的态度 (detachment)看待世界，故答案为C。 detachment意为 “冷静；超然 ”。 【知识模块】 长对话 10 【听力原文】 M: And now here is our guest Jane Thomas to tell us about the Montreals famous yearly isla
34、nd bicycle tour which is coming up in June. Good morning, Jane. What is the bike tour all about? W: Well, its an event thats open to anybody whod like to ride a bicycle through the streets in Montreal. The(3)tour covers a standard distance of 65 kilometers. But the routes quite different every year.
35、 Even people whove already done it might enjoy doing it again. M: How long does it take to go the whole distance? W: It varies. Cyclists are free to go as fast or as slow and do as much or as little of the course as they like. M: Well, whats the typical pace for a participant? W: Between 12 and 30 k
36、ilometers per hour. Some cyclists stop along the way and dont cross the finishing line until early evening. But the whole point is that there is no rush. Its not a race. M: I understand last years tour had 45 thousand cyclists and it was the largest mass cycling event in the world. How many do you e
37、xpect this year? W: The same as last year. And since we regularly have so many participants, can I take this opportunity to remind our listeners to sign up early? We filled up quickly last year and we had to refuse lots of applications. M: Before we close, any other tips for our prospective cyclists
38、? W: Yes. Take water with you. It is available at the relay stations but it helps to have an additional supply. And pack a good lunch with plenty of fruit for energy. Candy and chocolate dont do the trick. 1. What are the two speakers talking about? 2. What is different each year in the tour accordi
39、ng to the woman? 3. What suggestion does the woman give to the participants? 10 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 主旨题。对话开始男士 (主持人 )就说，今天我们请到 Jane Thomas来讲讲六月即将开幕的著名的一年一度的岛上自行车比赛 (the Montreals famous yearly island bicycle tour)，由此可知对话双方主要是在谈论一年一度的自行车比赛，故答案为 A。由对话开始男士的介绍及对话中重复出现的词语很容易得出对话谈论的主题。 【知识模块】 长对话 11 【正确答案】 B
40、【试题解析】 细节题。对话中女士提到，该比赛的 标准赛程是 65千米，但是每年的路径都是不一样的 (But the routes quite different every year)，由此可知答案为 B。本题答案直接来自对话中的转折关系处，且根据问题与原文中重复的词语different each year也很容易锁定答案出处。 【知识模块】 长对话 12 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 细节题。对话结束前男士问女士对参赛者有什么建议，女士提出两点建议： Take water with you； And pack a good lunch ，由此可知答案为 C。对话内容为一次访谈，因此对话中出
41、现多轮问答，听音时应留意问题问的是什么，从而锁定答案。本题答案直接来自对话结尾的问答处。 【知识模块】 长对话 13 【听力原文】 W: Hi, Mike. Im going to give a presentation on Winston Churchill. And I remember you are very good at history, so I come here to ask for some information. M: Ok. First let me know what youve already got in your head. W: Generally, I
42、get to know that Winston Churchill was famous as a soldier, a politician and a writer. So you have a lot to say about Churchill. M: He was also a painter of merit, by the way. W: How do you think he found time for all these activities? M: He was a man of many talents and had a long career. I still r
43、emember that he lived to be 90. He was born in 1874 and died in 1965. W: He started his career as a soldier, didnt he? M: Yes, he joined the Army as a young man and became outstanding both as a soldier and as a correspondent in India and Africa. His political career started when he was elected to Pa
44、rliament at the age of 26 and remained for most of his life, except when he was out of office. W: When did he first take up painting? M: When he was already past 40. He was out of office from 1929 to 1939 and it was during these periods that he found happiness in painting and writing, W: I guess it
45、was during that time that he produced some of his finest literary works. M: Yes, and then in 1940 came the great challenge. It was as prime minister during the Second World War that he proved his great ability for leadership. His premiership from 1940 to 1945 was perhaps the greatest that the U. K.
46、has ever known. His name became a household word throughout the world. W: I think I have enough information now. Thanks a lot. 4. What are the speakers talking about? 5. What can we learn about Churchill from this conversation? 6. When did Winston Churchill become a parliament member? 7. What was Wi
47、nston Churchills position during the World War II? 13 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 主旨题。女士说她想知道一些关于温斯顿 丘吉尔 (Winston Churchill)的信息，于是男士先概括 地介绍了丘吉尔的各种身份，接着谈到了他所从事的各种职业：一开始当士兵、进入议会做议员、之后又退出政坛从事绘画和写作、后来就任英国首相，由此可知对话双方主要在谈论丘吉尔的职业生涯，故答案为 D。 【知识模块】 长对话 14 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 细节题。对话中提到，丘吉尔身兼 soldier， politician， writer和paint
48、er数个头衔，由此可推断，丘吉尔是一个多才多艺的 (versatile)人，故答案为A。此外，男士在后面也明确提到丘吉尔是 a man of many talents， versatile相当于 of many talents。 【知识模块】 长对话 15 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 推断题。男士提到，丘吉尔生于 1874年，在 26岁的时候被选入议会当议员，由此可推断丘吉尔是在 1900年成为议员的，故答案为 C。 【知识模块】 长对话 16 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 细节题。对话结尾处男士话中的强调句型 It was as prime minister during the Se
49、cond World War that 表明， Churchill在二战期间是英国首相(prime minister)，故答案为 B。 【知识模块】 长对话 17 【听力原文】 M: Last time we talked about the history of paper, But do you know what paper is used for? W: Oh, thats an easy question. I suppose paper can be used in six ways, that is, newspapers, books, writing paper, envelopes, wrapping paper, paper bags. M: Yes, actually only half of the paper that is made is used for such purposes. W: Are there any other uses of paper? M: There are many other uses. Pape
