1、大学英语四级改革适用（听力）模拟试卷 137及答案与解析 Section A （ A） He will change his attitude to her. （ B） He wont revenge himself on her. （ C） He has done her wrong by accident. （ D） He hasnt been hard on the woman. （ A） It culturally links the United States and China. （ B） Its one of the most translated short novels. （
2、 C） Its a best-selling romance in America （ D） Its author became popular for his language talent （ A） The man could tell fake money from the real just by looking at them. （ B） The man was overcharging the woman for repairing her machine. （ C） The woman made big money so she didnt care how much the b
3、ill was. （ D） The woman didnt realize the money she gave the man was not real. （ A） In Chicago. （ B） In Boston. （ C） In Washington. （ D） In Manchester. （ A） Guest and receptionist. （ B） Passenger and air hostess. （ C） Customer and shop assistant. （ D） Lodger and landlady. （ A） He doesnt want Jenny t
4、o get into trouble. （ B） He doesnt agree with the womans remark. （ C） He thinks Jennys workload too heavy at colege. （ D） He believes most college students are running wild. （ A） The actors were enthusiastic. （ B） The plot was funny enough. （ C） It was applaudable. （ D） It was just terrible. （ A） He
5、 has been back in Canada for weeks. （ B） He is studying French in Canada. （ C） He is having a vacation in Canada. （ D） He is planning to return to Canada in a year. （ A） To return some business books. （ B） To apply for a new library card. （ C） To check out some books from the library. （ D） To find o
6、ut where the art books are located. （ A） The woman thinks he has an overdue book （ B） The books he needs have been checked out by someone else. （ C） The woman is unable to locate the books that he needs. （ D） A library notice was sent to him at his previous address. （ A） The man has mistakenly recei
7、ved someone elses books. （ B） The man changed his major from art to business. （ C） The man recently moved off campus. （ D） There are two students named Richard Smith. （ A） See if he is related to any of the students. （ B） Apply for a job as a library assistant. （ C） Use his middle name. （ D） Use a d
8、ifferent library. （ A） Soccer. （ B） American football. （ C） Rugby. （ D） Basketball. （ A） The players use a round ball in the game. （ B） The players use an elliptic ball in the game. （ C） The players cannot pass the ball with their hands. （ D） The players can only pass the ball with their hands. （ A）
9、 Both prefer soccer to American football. （ B） Both prefer American football to soccer. （ C） Belinda prefers soccer to American football. （ D） Martin prefers soccer to American football. Section B （ A） The city is too crowded. （ B） The city is an attractive place. （ C） The streets are too narrow. （
10、D） The students there lead a comfortable life. （ A） Watching traditional plays. （ B） Visiting the magnificent libraries. （ C） Boating on the river. （ D） Cycling in narrow streets. （ A） There are many visitors there. （ B） There are many students there. （ C） There are many old streets there. （ D） Ther
11、e are many bicycles there. （ A） He is a sportsman. （ B） He is a photographer. （ C） He is an actor. （ D） He is a publisher. （ A） He was good at writing about interesting people. （ B） It was much easier to write stories about people. （ C） He believed that people are always eager to learn about other p
12、eople. （ D） He thought people played an important role in world events. （ A） Business people. （ B） Journalists. （ C） Sport fans. （ D） Celebrities. （ A） In the first semester. （ B） In the second semester. （ C） In the third semester. （ D） In the fourth semester. （ A） She is ill. （ B） She is too old. （
13、 C） Her husband wants her to. （ D） Her husband is ill. （ A） His girlfriend. （ B） His mother. （ C） His cousin. （ D） His teacher. （ A） He has decided to continue his studies. （ B） He has still to take a part time job. （ C） He has decided to give up his job. （ D） He has still to make a decision. Sectio
14、n C 25 Department stores are large retail stores selling many different kinds of merchandise【 B1】 _in separate departments. Such stores are found in nearly every important city in the world, and the large department stores often contain more than 100 separate departments. The two major【 B2】 _ of mer
15、chandise sold in department stores generally are clothes and home furnishings. The organization of a modern department store is often【 B3】 _because of the large number of goods and services provided.【 B4】 _, the operation of a store is conducted through five principal divisions. There is the merchan
16、dising division, which is responsible for the buying and pricing of merchandise. Then there is the sales promotion division, which controls advertising, display, public relations, and other related matters. Of course, there is the personnel division, which 【 B5】 _ employment and the training and wel
17、fare of employees. Next, there is the operations division, responsible for customer and selling services, for deliveries, and for the receiving and 【 B6】 _ of merchandise. Finally, there is the finance and control division, which【 B7】 _ accounting, customer credit, expense control, and other【 B8】 _a
18、nd budgetary matters. Within these five divisions are many subdivisions. The heads or managers of the five principal divisions are responsible to the general manager. Nowadays, another kind of store that provides such service is a mall or a plaza. A mall is a group of stores built as a unit with on-
19、site parking. Some malls are enclosed【 B9】 _people can shop comfortably in any kind of weather. Large malls may also contain【 B10】 _ hotels, restaurants, libraries, banks, post offices, medical clinics, theaters, and parks. 26 【 B1】 27 【 B2】 28 【 B3】 29 【 B4】 30 【 B5】 31 【 B6】 32 【 B7】 33 【 B8】 34 【
20、 B9】 35 【 B10】 大学英语四级改革适用（听力）模拟试卷 137答案与解析 Section A 1 【听力原文】 W: Sometimes I really have a good mind to give up my job. I feel my boss always finds fault with me since I treaded on his toes by accident. M: Dont think like that. Tom is not a narrow-minded person. Q: What does the man say about the wo
21、mans boss? 1 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 女士说她认真考虑过想要辞职 ,并说，她觉得自从不小心踩了一下老板的脚以后老板就开始挑她的毛病了。男士劝她别那么想，因为 “汤姆不是个心胸狭隘的人 ”，故 B正确。 【知识模块】 听力 2 【听力原文】 W: Have you read The Bridges of Madison County? M: Yeah. Its a short novel thats selling like hot cakes in the United States. Its a love story, having been translated int
22、o many foreign languages including Chinese. Q: What does the man say about The Bridges of Madison County? 2 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 男士说廊桥遗梦是一部短篇爱情小说，在美国卖得像新出炉的蛋糕一样快。也就是说该小说是一部畅销的爱情小说，即 C。 【知识模块】 听力 3 【听力原文】 W: You mean this is funny money? You must be kidding. M: My machine says its a counterfeit bill. Thes
23、e days they make fake money so well that you cant tell fake from real just by looking at them. Q: What can be learned from the conversation? 3 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 女士说： “你说这张钞票有问题 ?你肯定是在开玩笑。 ”可见她并不知道那是张假钞，故 D正确。 【知识模块】 听力 4 【听力原文】 W: Do you enjoy life in Manchester? M: Yes, I do. Im leaving for Chicago o
24、r Boston. Anyway, Ive never regretted my earlier decision. Q: Where does the man live now? 4 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 女士问： “你喜欢曼彻斯特的生活吗 ?”男士回答： “是的。我正要起程去芝加哥或波士顿。 ”故男士目前住在 Manchester， D正确。并列出现的内容不会同时成为答案，由此可排除 A、 B； C在对话中未提及。 【知识模块】 听力 5 【听力原文】 M: Sorry to trouble you. But is there any possibility of borrowi
25、ng a blanket? I feel cold. W: I think weve got one. Could you wait until after take-off please? Q: What is the probable relationship between the two speakers? 5 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 男士觉得冷，要求借一张毛毯。女士要等起飞后给他。 可见对话发生在飞机上， B正确。对话中的 take-off意为 “起飞 ”。 【知识模块】 听力 6 【听力原文】 W: I am worried about Jennys going to co
26、llege. College students are so wild nowadays. M: Actually, only a few are like that. Most students are too busy studying to have time to cause trouble. Q: What does the man imply? 6 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 当女士说 “如今的大学生实在太野了 ”时，男士回答说： “只有极少数人是这样的，大多数人则 ” 。可见他持不同看法， B正确。 D与男士的观点相反。 【知识模块】 听力 7 【听力原文】 W: You d
27、idnt seem to be terribly enthusiastic about the performance. M: You must be kidding. I couldnt have clapped any harder. My hands are still hurting. Q: What does the man think of the performance? 7 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 女士说：你对演出似乎并不特别喜欢。男士回答说： “开玩笑 !我拍手拍得最起劲了，现在手还疼呢 !”可见男士认为表演很精彩，故 C正确。 【知识模块】 听力 8 【听力原文】
28、W: Has Anderson come back from Canada? M: Yes, and he liked it so much that after only four weeks at home he went back to study French for a year. Q: What does the conversation tell us about Anderson? 8 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 男士先肯定说 Anderson已从加拿大回国，然后又说， Anderson很喜欢加拿大，才回国 4个星期就又回加拿大，要去学一年法语。故 B正确。 【知识模块】
29、听力 9 【听力原文】 W: Im sorry, but I cant let you check out these books. M: What do you mean? W:10Wow, the computer shows you got an overdue book, art work, out since last September. M: But thats impossible. I only started going to this school last month and Im a business major, not an artist. W: Oh. This
30、 is pretty strange. Let me look out the records. OK You are Richard Smith? M: Yeah. W: You live at fifty thirty-three western? M: No, I am living on campus, in the new. W: You did say you are Richard Smith, right? M: Yeah, well, my full name is Richard James Smith, but I usually go by Richard Smith.
31、 W: Let me check one more thing on the computer. Aha, I see now. Theres another Richard Smith in the class. Richard El Smith. And it looks like hes the one who got the overdue book checked out. M: Another Richard Smith? No kidding. W: So I guess you two never met. M: No, but I think I should probabl
32、y try. I could at least warn him whats just happened. W: Good idea. Now Ill let you check out these books today. But I suggest you start using your middle name, or mid initial to avoid any problem like this in the future. 9. Why is the man talking to the woman? 10. Why does the man mention that he i
33、s a new student at the school? 11. What does the woman discover when she looks at the records on her computer? 12. What does the woman suggest the man do in the future? 9 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 对话的第一句女士很明确地指出 “我不能让你借这些书 ”，从而可知男士是想借书，因此 C正确。 【知识模块】 听力 10 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 女士说男士在去年 9月就借了一本书迄今未还，男士反驳说： “那不可能，我上
34、个月才入学。 ”因此 A正确。 【知识模块】 听力 11 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 女士说： “有另一个 Richard Smith，叫 Richard Smith。 ”男士非常惊讶，说： ”另一个 Richard Smith?”因此答案为 D。 【知识模块】 听力 12 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 对话结尾处女士说： “但是我建议你开始使用中名或中名首字母，以免未来再出现类似的问题。 ”可见 C正确。 【知识模块】 听力 13 【听力原文】 M: Belinda, the game will begin soon. W: I cant wait to watch the game,
35、 Martin. This is the first time Ive ever been to a soccer game at a stadium. I always watch them on TV at home. M: This is not a soccer game. Its football. American football. W: You mean its a rugby game? M: No, no, no. Youve got them all wrong. The game is on. Look! They use an elliptic ball in an
36、American football match. They can also pass the ball with their hands. W: I see. Soccer uses a round ball and the players cant touch the ball with their hands. Is that right? M: Youre smarter than I thought. Now watch the game. W: Oh, that is violent! M: What are you talking about? Its exciting. W:
37、Listen, Martin. I cant stand this. I dont like American football at all. I came here only because I thought this was going to be a soccer game. M: Dont be silly, Belinda Youll love it. Its just begun. W: Please. I want to go home. M: All right, all right. This is crazy. What will my friends say abou
38、t this? W: You can stay if you want. I can go home by myself. 13. What kind of game are the speakers watching? 14. What do we learn about American football from the conversation? 15. What do the two speakers think of American football and soccer? 13 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 女士原以为是看足球比赛才来到赛场，而男士告诉她，他们看的是美式足球
39、(即美式橄榄球 )比赛。故 B正确。 【知识模块】 听力 14 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 男士解释美式足球的规则时说，他们使用椭圆形的 (elliptic)球比赛，可以用手触球传球。故 B正确。 D错在 only一词。 【知识模块】 听力 15 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 整篇对话都充满了双方对美式足球的看法，因此本题不难作答。当然，对话中女士也明确表明她 “根本不喜欢美式足球 ”，故 C正确。 【知识模块】 听力 Section B 16 【听力原文】 Cambridge is about 90 kilometres northeast of London. It is one o
40、f the most beautiful places in Britain. Everything about the city of Cambridge reminds you of its famous university: students on bicycles, the atmosphere of learning, traditions and the magnificent buildings of the 30 colleges that are in the University of Cambridge. Most of the colleges stand on th
41、e bank of the Cam River, a gentle river that flows through the heart of the city. Tourists and students like boating in a kind of flat-bottom boat to see the colleges or to relax themselves. If the water traffic reminds the visitors of Venice, the road traffic here is more likely to recall Beijing o
42、r Amsterdam. The streets are full of bicycles, hundreds and hundreds of them. They provide a cheap form of transport for the students and a very convenient way of getting around the streets in Cambridge. 16. What is the speakers impression of Cambridge? 17. What do tourists enjoy doing in Cambridge
43、for relaxation? 18. Why did the road traffic in Cambridge remind people of Beijing? 16 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 录音开头便提到 “它是不列颠最美丽的地方之一 ”， B中的attractive与最高级表达 the most beautiful同义，故 B正确。短文没有提及那里的学生的生活是否舒适，故不可选 D。 【知识模块】 听力 17 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 短文说， “旅游者和学生们喜欢泛舟来放松自己 ”，可判断 C(在河上泛舟 )正确。 【知识模块】 听力 18 【正确答案】 D 【试题解
44、析】 短文提到剑桥的陆上交通时，说该市让 人联想到北京或阿姆斯特丹，并说 “街上满是自行车，有成千上万辆之多 ”，可见 D正确。 【知识模块】 听力 19 【听力原文】 Mr. Foster started his publishing business with only one magazine. It was called World News. Mostly it had summaries of important week events from around the world. But it always included one or two stories about in
45、teresting people. Mr. Foster put these in because he believed all people like to read about other people. Several years ago, Mr. Foster started two magazines. One was called Enterprise. It is for business people. And the other was called Action, for sports fans. Like World News, they always have two
46、 or three stories about interesting people. Five years ago, Mr. Foster got another idea for a magazine. He wanted this one to have even more stories about people than the others and to have more photographs. This one was named Faces and Places. From the very beginning, it was a big success. 19. What
47、 is Mr. Fosters profession? 20. Why did Mr. Foster add stories about interesting people to the magazine World News? 21. Who would be interested in the magazine Action, according to the passage? 19 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 文章首句即说 Foster先生的出版业是从一份杂志开始的；整篇文章就说他几年前以及五年前不断推出新杂志的出版生涯。故 D正确。 【知识模块】 听力 20 【正确答案】 C 【
48、试题解析】 短文提到， Foster先生登载人物故事的原因是 “他相信所有人都喜欢读其他人的故事 ”，故 C正确。 【知识模块】 听力 21 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 短文提到，几年前 Foster办了两份杂志，其中 Action是为体育爱好者而办的，故选 C。 【知识模块】 听力 22 【听力原文】 Joe is a student at a college in an urban area. During his first two semesters, he did very well and at the beginning of the third semester he wa
49、s admitted to a special medical program. If he completed the program successfully, he would be granted admission to a good medical school. He would be able to study to become a doctor. Joes mother and father both have full-time jobs and Joe works part-time in a restaurant to help the family finances. Several weeks ago, Joes mother began feeling sharp chest pains. When she went to a doctor, he told her that she would need a heart surgery and would have to give up her job. This would
