1、大学英语四级改革适用（听力）模拟试卷 114及答案与解析 Section C 0 Very few people can get a college degree before 11, but Michael was an【 B1】_. He started high school when he was 5, finishing in just nine months. He【 B2】_ the worlds youngest college graduate when he was 10 years and 4 months old, earning an【 B3】 _ degree. N
2、ow at 11, Michaels【 B4】 _a masters degree in artificial intelligence. But Michaels success hasnt always come easy.【 B5】 _ his intelligence, he still lacks important life【 B6】 _. In one class, he had to【 B7】 _ understand romantic novels, because, he says, “Im 11. Ive never been in love before.“ Anoth
3、er challenge was his size. High school【 B8】 _ education was difficult, because all of the equipment was too big for the then five-year-old student. He likes computers so much that in graduate school hes studying how to make them think like people. He wants to make【 B9】 _do all the heavy tasks. Micha
4、el is smart, but he【 B10】 _every other kid. 1 【 B1】 2 【 B2】 3 【 B3】 4 【 B4】 5 【 B5】 6 【 B6】 7 【 B7】 8 【 B8】 9 【 B9】 10 【 B10】 10 In February last year, my wife lost her job. Just as suddenly, the owner of the greenhouse where I worked as manager【 B1】 _ a heart attack. His family announced that they
5、were going to close the business because no one in the family wanted to run it. Things looked pretty【 B2】 _. My wife and I read the want-ads each day. Then one morning, as I was hanging a Going Out of Business sign at the greenhouse, the door opened and in walked a customer. She was an office manage
6、r whose company had just moved into the new office park on the edge of town. She 【 B3】 _ potted plants to place in the【 B4】 _ areas in offices. “I dont know anything about plants,“ she said, “I am sure in a few weeks, theyll all be dead.“ While I was helping her select her【 B5】 _, my mind was racing
7、 Perhaps as many as a dozen firms that recently opened offices in the new office park and there were several hundred more acres with 【 B6】 _ under way. That afternoon, I drove up to the office park. By 6 oclock that evening, I had signed【 B7】 _with 7 companies to rent plants from me and pay me a fe
8、e to【 B8】 _ them. Within a week, I had【 B9】 _ an agreement to lease the greenhouse from the owners family. Business is now increasing【 B10】 _. And one day we hope to be the proud owners of ihe greenhouse. 11 【 B1】 12 【 B2】 13 【 B3】 14 【 B4】 15 【 B5】 16 【 B6】 17 【 B7】 18 【 B8】 19 【 B9】 20 【 B10】 20 I
9、t is logical to suppose that things like good labour relations, good working conditions, good wages and benefits, and job【 B1】 _ motivate workers. But one expert, Frederick Herzberg argued that such conditions do not motivate workers. They are merely “satisfiers“. “Motivators“,【 B2】 _, include thing
10、s such as having a challenging and interesting job, recognition and responsibility. However, even with the development of computers and robotics, there are always plenty of boring, repetitive and【 B3】 _jobs, and lots of unskilled people who have to do them. So how do managers motivate people in such
11、 jobs? One【 B4】 _ is to give them some responsibilities, not as individuals but as part of a team. For example, some supermarkets 【 B5】 _ office staff, the people who fill the shelves, and the people who work at the checkout into a team, and let them decide what product lines to stock, how to【 B6】 _
12、 them, and so on. Many people now talk about the importance of a companys shared values or culture, with which all the staff can identify: for example, being the best hotel chain, or making the best, the most user-friendly or the most【 B7】 _ products in a particular field. Such values are more likel
13、y to motivate workers than financial targets, which【 B8】_ only concern a few people. Unfortunately, there is only a limited number of such goals to【 B9】 _, and by definition, not all the competing companies in an industry can seriously【 B10】 _ the best. 21 【 B1】 22 【 B2】 23 【 B3】 24 【 B4】 25 【 B5】 2
14、6 【 B6】 27 【 B7】 28 【 B8】 29 【 B9】 30 【 B10】 大学英语四级改革适用（听力）模拟试卷 114答案与解析 Section C 【知识模块】 听力 1 【正确答案】 exception 【知识模块】 听力 2 【正确答案】 became 【知识模块】 听力 3 【正确答案】 architecture 【知识模块】 听力 4 【正确答案】 working on 【知识模块】 听力 5 【正确答案】 Despite 【知识模块】 听力 6 【正确答案】 experience 【知识模块】 听力 7 【正确答案】 struggle to 【知识模块】 听力 8
15、正确答案】 physical 【知识模块】 听力 9 【正确答案】 robots 【知识模块】 听力 10 【正确答案】 is like 【知识模块】 听力 【知识模块】 听力 11 【正确答案】 died of 【知识模块】 听力 12 【正确答案】 gloomy 【知识模块】 听力 13 【正确答案】 was looking for 【知识模块】 听力 14 【正确答案】 reception 【知识模块】 听力 15 【正确答案】 purchases 【知识模块】 听力 16 【正确答案】 construction 【知识模块】 听力 17 【正确答案】 contract 【知识模块】
16、听力 18 【正确答案】 maintain 【知识模块】 听力 19 【正确答案】 worked out 【知识模块】 听力 20 【正确答案】 rapidly 【知识模块】 听力 【知识模块】 听力 21 【正确答案】 security 【知识模块】 听力 22 【正确答案】 in contrast 【知识模块】 听力 23 【正确答案】 mechanical 【知识模块】 听力 24 【正确答案】 solution 【知识模块】 听力 25 【正确答案】 combine 【知识模块】 听力 26 【正确答案】 display 【知识模块】 听力 27 【正确答案】 reliable 【知识模块】 听力 28 【正确答案】 ultimately 【知识模块】 听力 29 【正确答案】 go round 【知识模块】 听力 30 【正确答案】 claim to be 【知识模块】 听力
