1、大学英语四级改革适用（听力）模拟试卷 151及答案与解析 Section A （ A） Get some change from Jane. （ B） Go and look for a pay phone. （ C） Use the womans phone. （ D） Pay for the phone call. （ A） Her notebook is missing. （ B） Her handwriting is difficult to read. （ C） She wasnt in class this morning, either. （ D） Shes already le
2、nt her notes to someone else. （ A） She looks good in blue. （ B） She never wears sweaters. （ C） She might prefer another color. （ D） She enjoys receiving gifts. （ A） Someone painted it for her. （ B） She finally had time to paint it. （ C） She decided to paint it later. （ D） Some friends will help her
3、to paint it. （ A） Todays seminar was informative. （ B） Another seminar will take place the following week. （ C） Next weeks seminar is on a different topic. （ D） There will be two seminars next week. （ A） Its dull. （ B） Its fun. （ C） Its simple. （ D） Its complicated. （ A） $3.75. （ B） $3.85. （ C） $3.5
4、5. （ D） $3.65. （ A） At a shoe store. （ B） At a bookstore. （ C） At the airport. （ D） At a gift shop. （ A） How to get Jack out of the office. （ B） How to improve the situation in the office. （ C） How to move to another office. （ D） How to work in a noisy environment. （ A） They want to get some help fr
5、om Jack. （ B） They want to talk to Jack about everything. （ C） Jack is a very popular teacher. （ D） Jack wants to show hes a good teacher. （ A） They can ask to use a room as the meeting room. （ B） They can talk to Jack about it （ C） They can stop every student from coming. （ D） They can report this
6、to the administrator. （ A） His suggestion might work. （ B） His suggestion is pointless. （ C） She is disappointed by the suggestion. （ D） She thinks Stan is joking. （ A） She cant see any sign of it outside. （ B） She doesnt believe the man. （ C） She thinks the forecast has not been accurate this week.
7、 （ D） She doesnt want it to happen. （ A） He is a psychology professor with much knowledge. （ B） His views during arguments are very powerful. （ C） He may be able to add information to a research paper. （ D） He has personal experience in this field. （ A） He rejects labeling criminals. （ B） He thinks
8、criminals have certain psychological problems. （ C） He thinks criminals are abnormal. （ D） He thinks that criminals are crazy. Section B （ A） Comparison shopping. （ B） Consulting the telephone number. （ C） Asking for product service. （ D） Asking the place of a product. （ A） Convenience. （ B） Range o
9、f the product. （ C） The size of the ad. （ D） The reputation and the image. （ A） Category system. （ B） Electronic Yellow Pages. （ C） Introduction of the location. （ D） Building up the image. （ A） Hundreds of thousands of cars. （ B） Thirty million old cars. （ C） One million junked cars. （ D） Five mill
10、ion cars altogether. （ A） A federal government agency. （ B） A car removal center in Los Angeles. （ C） A place where old cars are fixed. （ D） An agency that tries to clear the cars. （ A） They encourage homelessness. （ B） They are a safety hazard. （ C） They take up parking spaces. （ D） They can be sto
11、len. （ A） Through his hard work at training. （ B） Through his training as a preacher. （ C） Through his reputation as a preacher. （ D） Through his attention to medicine. （ A） His ability to play the organ. （ B） His interest in medicine. （ C） His doctoral degrees in philosophy and music. （ D） His tale
12、nts in preaching. （ A） His suggestions and help. （ B） The cruel reality and unpleasant life. （ C） The responsibility to help others. （ D） The protection of others from being injured. （ A） Interesting. （ B） Wealthy. （ C） Respectful. （ D） Talented. Section C 25 More than a quarter of the world adult p
13、opulation are still unable to read and write. They are called illiterates. A worldwide【 B1】 _to change this situation has been【 B2】 _ by the United Nations, and the year 1990 has been designated as International Literacy Year. The【 B3】 _ from the United Nations is that literacy must be ended for bot
14、h the 【 B4】 _ and Third World development. Illiteracy is not only a problem of the developing countries. Adults in western nations are often【 B5】 _ admit they cant read and write. Therefore, they are unable to go to classes to change the situation. The success of International Literacy Year will【 B6
15、】 _ the political will of governments to provide equal opportunities in education. Women【 B7】 _ 60 percent of the worlds adult illiterates. More schools are needed in【 B8】 _ areas and slums. But one of the biggest tasks now【 B9】 _international organizations is how to persuade millions of illiterates
16、 that learning to read and write will【 B10】 _ benefit them. 26 【 B1】 27 【 B2】 28 【 B3】 29 【 B4】 30 【 B5】 31 【 B6】 32 【 B7】 33 【 B8】 34 【 B9】 35 【 B10】 大学英语四级改革适用（听力）模拟试卷 151答案与解析 Section A 1 【听力原文】 M: Hi, Jane, do you have some change? I need to make a call on the pay phone. W: Pay phone? Why not us
17、e my mobile phone? Here you are. Q: What will the man most probably do? 1 【正确 答案】 C 【试题解析】 本题实际上是 “建议题 ”。答案规则很明显：建议题型根据动词选答案 !女士用 why not(use mymobile phone)表示建议，因此男士很可能是接受建议而使用女士的手机。故选 C。 【知识模块】 听力 2 【听力原文】 M: I missed the class this morning. Could you lend me your notes? W: My notes? Youve never s
18、een my handwriting, have you? Q: What does the woman imply? 2 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 本题是反意疑问句题，第二个说话者的反意问句并无疑问的含义，其观点等同于反意问句中主句陈述部分。男士向女士借笔记，女士说 “你没见过我的书写吧 ?”说明其书写可能很难辨认，故答案为 B。 【知识模块】 听力 3 【听力原文】 W: I am going to buy Joan a blue sweater for her birthday. M: Are you sure shed like a blue one? Q: What does
19、the man imply about Joan? 3 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 are you sure表示怀疑，所以 Joan可能不喜欢蓝色，故选 C。 【知识模块】 听力 4 【听力原文】 M: Wow, your apartment looks greet. When did you have time to paint it? W: I didnt. I had it done professionally. Q: What does the woman say about her apartment? 4 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 本题是 “让某人做某事 ”题。 hav
20、e sth done往往表示找人做了某事， A正确。 【知识模块】 听力 5 【听力原文】 M: The seminar scheduled for today has been canceled. W: Thats too bad. But at least the one for next week is still on. Q: What does the woman mean? 5 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 本题是中间带 but的转折题， but后面是答案。 B表达的正是 But后句子的含义，故为答案。 the one指代 seminar， on意为 “召开 ”。 【知识模块】
21、听力 6 【听力原文】 M: Do you really have to go down to the river to wash your clothes? W: Yes, but all this considered, life in the country is still a lot less complicated than life in the city. Q: How does the woman think about life in the country? 6 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 比较句型要反应快，本题关键在于听清 less complicated，即sim
22、ple，故选 C。 【知识模块】 听力 7 【听力原文】 M: Id like to send this package by rapid service. W: Sure. That will cost $2.5 for the postage and another $1.15 for the rapid service. Q: How much will it cost the man to send the package? 7 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 数字题一般要运算， another意味着本题做加法。2 5+1 15=3 65，即 D。 【知识模块】 听力 8 【听力原文】
23、 W: Could I see a pair of cotton shoes like the brown ones in the window? I need a size six and a half. M: Im sorry, but that style doesnt come in half size. Can I show you a six or a seven? Q: Where does the conversation most probably take place? 8 【正确答案】 A 【试题 解析】 解答地点题的重点在于理解相应的地点名词所确立的语境，以及在该语境下
24、的关键词。 shoes， window和 size这些关键词说明是在买鞋。 【知识模块】 听力 9 【听力原文】 W: Stan, do you have a minute? M: Oh, hi, Cathy, sure. Whats up? W: Ive been meaning to talk to you about the situation in the office. M: Im not in that very often. Its so noisy that I cant work. W: Thats exactly what Im getting at. Were suppo
25、sed to be able to do our preparation and marking in that office. But have you noticed? Jack constantly has students coming in to get help with his course. A lot of people are going in and out. M: Has anyone spoken to him about it? W: No, not yet. But someones going to have to. M: We really cant ask
26、him to stop having students come in for help, can we? W: No, of course not. But Im not able to do my work and neither are you. I imagine its the same for the others in the office. M: Hum. could we ask for a kind of meeting room? When TAs have to talk with the students, they could go to the meeting r
27、oom and not use the office. You know, theres a room down the hall, a rather small room that we could ask to use. Its only for storing supplies. W: You mean that little storage room? Oh, that would be too small. M: Are you sure? With the cabinets taken out, it might be bigger than it looks. W:12Come
28、to think of it, you may be on to something. Id like to take a look at that room. Can we go there now? M: Sure, lets go. 9. What problem at the office are Cathy and Stan discussing? 10. Why do Jacks students come to set him? 11. What does Stan suggest they do? 12. What does Cathy say about Stans sugg
29、estion? 9 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 选项是四个相关性不大的话题，预测可能是主旨题。女士开头便说明想找男士谈谈办公室的环境，男士指出办公室很吵，女士进一步表示 “那正是我想要指出的 (getting at)”，由此可知，对话主要和 B相关。 【知识模块】 听力 10 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 选项都围绕 Jack展开，所以听到 Jack这个名字时，要特别注意。根据 “杰克常常让学生进来给他们辅导 ”，可判断 A正确。 【知识模块】 听力 11 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 选项 分别是可以采取的方式，此题为细节题。根据男士所说 “我们可以请求得到会议室之类的吗 ?”选 A
30、。对话中 Stan问道： “有人就此事与杰克谈过吗 ?”这并非建议，故不选 B项； C项在对话中已被否认； D项未提及。 【知识模块】 听力 12 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 选项是对男士所提建议的评价。当男士告诉女士那个房间并不小时，女士马上说： “细想一下，也许你言之有理。我想看看那个房间。我们可以现在去那儿吗 ?”所以选 A。其实选项 B与 C有相似性，所以肯定都是错的； D未提及。 【知识模块】 听力 13 【听力原文】 M: The weather forecast says it will rain today. W: Yeah, doesnt it always? Theyv
31、e been saying that for a week and I havent seen much sign of it so far. M: Yeah, but look. This time maybe theyre on target. The skys very dark. I got a feeling the rain will be heavy. W: If its raining heavily after class, wait for me and Ill bring you an umbrella. M: Thats kind of you to offer, bu
32、t dont worry Ill probably just wait it out. W: By the way, what are the chances that you might be able to have a word with Professor Simpson in Criminology class? We still need some resources for our Psychology project and his input might help. M: I could ask him, although I dont know how eager hed
33、be to give us information about such a topic. W: Oh, come on, hes always so helpful. Why would he even hesitate? M: Well, he has this mind set, which opposes the notion that criminals must necessarily be psychologically abnormal. He feels its just a stereotype. W: Ok. But when it comes to certain cr
34、imes like mass murder, there must be a few “marbles loose“. M: You would think so. But its hard to convince Simpson that anyones crazy. W: Perhaps hed make a good reference source in the section where we include counter-arguments to our main thesis. M: Good thinking. Lets give it a shot. W: Thats th
35、e spirit! 13. Why does the woman seem unconvinced that it will rain today? 14. Why do the man and woman want to talk to Mr. Simpson? 15. What is Simpsons view towards criminals? 13 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 男士提到 天气预报说今天要下雨时，女士表示，一个星期以来，天气预报天天说要下雨，但一直没看到任何下雨的迹象。由此可知她已经不相信天气预报了，故 C正确。选项 A可能会误选，注意时态与原文的不同。长对话的第一
36、个话轮常设考点 . 【知识模块】 听力 14 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 女士提到 Simpson教授后，说： “我们的心理学方案还需要些素材，从他那儿也许可以得到帮助。 ”由此可知他们想要找 Mr Simpson的目的是C。 【知识模块】 听力 15 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 从选项中 共有的 He， thinks， criminals等词，猜测本题很有可能问 He对罪犯的观点。男士说道： “他 (Simpson教授 )有这么一种固定的想法，反对罪犯一定是心理不正常这种观点，他觉得那仅仅是一种老套的思维。 ”A中的rejects是对原文 opposes的同义替换，故 A正确。 B、
37、 C、 D均与长对话中的含义相反，均不正确。长对话中对问句的答语往往是考点所在。 【知识模块】 听力 Section B 16 【听力原文】 Yellow Pages advertising is directory advertising because it tells people where to go to get the product or service. It reaches prospects people who already know they have a need for the product or service. Directory advertising
38、is the only form of advertising that is actively consulted by prospects who need or want to buy something. Yellow Pages advertising is the most widely used form of directory advertising. It is the most universal of advertising medium. For some small business, the advertising is generated from local
39、businesses. A Yellow Pages ad is the last step in the search for a product or service by a committed consumer. The Yellow Pages are used primarily for comparison shopping. Although the advertisement doesnt have to attract the attention of an indifferent audience, it does have to stand out in a compe
40、titive environment. The decision about which store to call or visit will be based on certain criteria, the size of the ad being the first. Larger ads get more attention than small ones. Other decision factors include convenience, range of products or services, and the reputation or image of the stor
41、e. The most important feature of Yellow Pages advertising is the category system. Certain information is critical to Yellow Pages ads including location, hours and graphics.18A recent development in directory advertising is the electronic Yellow Pages, a database accessed by computer. 16. What is th
42、e basic use for the Yellow Pages? 17. What is the most important design part of a Yellow Pages ad? 18. What is the latest invention in directory advertising? 16 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 本题考查对细节的记忆。录音中明确提到黄页主要用于comparison shopping，故 A正确。 【知识模块】 听力 17 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 本题考查对细节的记忆，答案为 C。符合短文听力 “听到什么选什么 ”的解题原则。 【知
43、识模块】 听力 18 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 录音最后一句即是答案所在之处，由此可知 B正确。短文结尾处常出题。 【知识模块】 听力 19 【听力原文】 One of the complaints of city residents, not surprisingly, is the lack of parking. This problem is partly caused by all the abandoned cars on the streets. It has been estimated by A to Z Towing Inc., a nationwide tow-tr
44、uck agency, that over one million cars are abandoned on the streets and alleyways of the nations cities. Each year, approximately a third of those cars are removed and destroyed. The rest of the cars, which are not removed, take up parking spaces and make neighborhoods look rundown. A survey of twen
45、ty cities by A to Z reports that as much as 30 million dollars is spent annually to tow away and dismantle abandoned vehicles. One city alone, Los Angeles, spends five million dollars a year to control the accumulation of abandoned cars on its streets. Even though the city spends so much money on th
46、e program, it is always fighting a losing battle as more and more cars are constantly coming off the production line. Boston, on the other hand, which spends most of its money on museums and libraries, does not appropriate tax money to clear abandoned cars off the streets. In Boston the problem has
47、been dealt with by a non-profit government agency called Street Horizons, which uses the money from the recycling of metal in the cars to pay for the cost of towing them. The program in Boston sounds good although it has not completely reached financial independence from the federal government yet.
48、Until a truly self-sufficient program for removing old cars is developed, it will remain a serious problem. 19. How many cars are towed from the streets each year? 20. What is Street Horizons? 21. What is the problem with abandoned cars? 19 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 数字计算题。根据 one million和 a third of those cars
49、可推算出每年大概有几十万辆车被拖走，故选 A。 【知识模块】 听力 20 【正确答 案】 D 【试题解析】 答案为 D。 a non-profit government agency不等于 a federal government agency，故 A错。 【知识模块】 听力 21 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 概括录音开头两句即可得出答案是 C。 【知识模块】 听力 22 【听力原文】 Albert Schweitzer was bom in 1875 in Alsace. At that time, it was a part of Germany.22His generous spirit was first awakened through his training as a preacher. Besides gaining a reputation as a preacher, he also became respected for his ability to play the organ. He was
