1、大学英语四级改革适用（听力）模拟试卷 182及答案与解析 Section A （ A） The pear. （ B） The weather. （ C） The dessert. （ D） The cold. （ A） She has never talked in public. （ B） She must be good at giving speeches. （ C） She enjoys serious moments. （ D） She probably is poor at giving speeches. （ A） Bills brother. （ B） Bills wife.
2、（ C） Bills father. （ D） Bills father-in-law. （ A） She can use his gun. （ B） She can borrow someone elses gun. （ C） She should have a gun of herself. （ D） She cant borrow his gun. （ A） To the bank. （ B） To a book store. （ C） To a restaurant. （ D） To a grocery store. （ A） She thanked the man for buyin
3、g her the skirt. （ B） Her boyfriend presented it to her as a gift. （ C） She bought the skirt on her birthday. （ D） It was a wedding gift from her friends. （ A） The couple were involved in an accident. （ B） The man had the car repaired. （ C） Their car has to be replaced. （ D） Their car was stolen and
4、 the man found it. （ A） Their outgoing personality. （ B） Their work environment. （ C） Their usual food and drink. （ D） Their healthy lifestyle. （ A） A detective story. （ B） A class assignment. （ C） A birthday present. （ D） A jewelry store robbery. （ A） The professor did not like her story. （ B） She
5、had trouble finishing her assignment. （ C） She did not like the topic she had chosen for her paper. （ D） She was taking too many courses. （ A） Take some extra time. （ B） Put down whatever ideas she has first. （ C） Do some work for another course. （ D） Write the story ending first. （ A） To go shoppin
6、g. （ B） To do research for her story. （ C） To meet her professor. （ D） To take a break from her work. （ A） He does not have his library card with him. （ B） He does not want to return the book right now. （ C） He does not like the system of putting books on hold. （ D） He does not want to pay the fine.
7、 （ A） Only if he pays three times of the original fine. （ B） Only if he shares the book with others. （ C） Only if other students waiting for the book finish using it. （ D） Only if he replaces his library card. （ A） He will pay the $1.40 fine today. （ B） He will return the book after the exam. （ C） H
8、e will pay the fine after the exam. （ D） He will find out who borrows the book. Section B （ A） Requesting ones business card directly. （ B） Accepting ones card but not continuing contact with him. （ C） Putting ones business card in the card file. （ D） Refusing a request for your business card direct
9、ly. （ A） Say “Thank you.“ and put it away. （ B） Say “Thank you.“ and examine it briefly. （ C） Say “Thank you.“ and put it in your card file. （ D） Say “Thank you“ and pass it to your secretary. （ A） To recall someones name and title. （ B） To arrange the next meeting. （ C） To record the meeting one is
10、 attending. （ D） To promote understanding between businessmen. （ A） How to face misfortune. （ B） How to face success. （ C） How to keep a positive attitude. （ D） How to make your self-talk positive. （ A） We can imagine we are a sport professional. （ B） We can imagine our cause. （ C） We can imagine a
11、beautiful picture. （ D） We can imagine the outcome that we want. （ A） We should try to talk with ourselves. （ B） We should think about people that can help us. （ C） We should try to draw on a positive imagination. （ D） We should write down several positive sentences. （ A） The former CEO. （ B） The CE
12、Os rivals. （ C） The CEO himself. （ D） The employees. （ A） Sales dropped. （ B） There were serious product problems. （ C） Things went along very well. （ D） The new CEO had to be fired. （ A） Hold a press conference. （ B） Blame the former CEO. （ C） Ask for more employees. （ D） Reorganize. （ A） More enve
13、lopes should be prepared. （ B） He should write more letters. （ C） He should care about his employees. （ D） He should consider resigning. Section C 25 A couple of months ago, I went to a department store to buy a few things for the house. I needed a set of curtains for the living room, two table lamp
14、s, a rug and several 【 B1】 _. I asked them to deliver the things as soon as possible, but they said that they were unable to【 B2】 _ until 20 days later. After about 3 weeks, I received only the curtains and lamps. I was a little【 B3】 _ when I didnt receive all the items I had bought. But【 B4】 _, I w
15、as eager to see what the curtains and lamps【 B5】 _. I first opened the package with the curtains. I had bought a lovely light blue, and instead they had sent me a【 B6】 _ dark purple. Well, you can just 【 B7】 _ how angry I was. Then I opened the boxes with the lamps. They were exactly what Id ordered
16、. But one of the lamp shapes was【 B8】 _. The next thing I did was to telephone them to complain. They promised to come and pick them up immediately and also to 【 B9】 _ the correct order. It has been two weeks since my【 B10】 _. They have neither picked up the wrong items nor sent me the rest of my or
17、der. 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 182答案与解析 Section A 1 【听力原文】 W: You dont feel very well, do you? You look pale. Have you got a cold? M: Oh, no, but my teeth ache. I just had three scoops of chocolate ice-cream. Q: What
18、 probably caused the mans problem? 1 【正确答案 】 C 【试题解析】 男士说他 “刚吃了三勺巧克力冰激凌 ”，故答案为 C(甜点 )。 dessert是 ice-cream的上义词。选项简短的听力题，常出现近音干扰项； pale和 pear读音相近；而 B、 D只与女士所说的 cold有关联。 【知识模块】 听力 2 【听力原文】 M: Whats the matter with Sherry? W: She becomes nervous whenever it comes to speaking in public. Q: What do we lea
19、rn about Sherry from the conversation? 2 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 本题关键是听到 nervous和 speaking in public，由此可判断 D(她很可能不擅长演讲 )是正确的。 B(她一定很擅长演讲 )和 C(她喜欢严肃的场合 )不会造成 nervous，可以先排除； A(她从未公开演讲 )与女士所述 “无论何时公开演讲 ”矛盾。 【知识模块】 听力 3 【听力原文】 M: I wish I could see Bill here! W: He was already on his way here, but then his wife
20、 called him back to take her father to the hospital. Q: Who was ill? 3 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 女士说 “他妻子叫他回去送她的父亲去医院 ”，可判断 D(Bill的岳父 )正确。 【知识模块】 听力 4 【听力原文】 W: I feel like going hunting this weekend, but I dont have a gun. M: But you can rent one if you have a license. Q: What does the man mean? 4 【正确答案】 D 【
21、试题解析】 男士说 “你有执照的话可以去租一把 ”，这是在委婉拒绝借东西，可判断答案为 D(她不能借他的枪 )。 【知识模块】 听力 5 【听力原文】 M: What do you want me to get? Im leaving now. W: Pick up a bar of soap and a loaf of bread, please. Q: Where is the man probably going? 5 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 本题关键是听到女士所说 “一块肥皂，一条面包 ”，可知男士要去杂货店，故 D正确。 A(去银行 )和 B(去书店 )在对话中根本没提到，容
22、易排除；注意不要把 soap误听成 soup(汤 )，否则可能误选 C(去餐馆 )。 【知识模块】 听力 6 【听力原文】 M: Thats a lovely skirt youre wearing. W: Oh, thank you, my boyfriend bought it for my eighteenth birthday party. Q: What did the woman say about the skirt? 6 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 本题关键是要听到女士说 “我男朋友在我 18岁生日晚会上送给我的 ”，由此可知 B正确。对话中的 boyfriend是个很常见
23、、很容易听出的词，据此可以选出 B，而排除 A(她感谢男子为她买的裙子 )、 C(她生日那天买的裙子 )以及D(裙子是朋友送的结婚礼物 )，这三项都没有提及 boyfriend。 【知识模块】 听力 7 【听力原文】 W: Thank goodness, youre back. How is our car? Were you injured? M: The mechanic said that the best thing would be to sell it and buy a new car. This car is totally dead. Q: What do we know f
24、rom the conversation? 7 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 男士说 “最好是卖了它再买辆新车 ”，可判断 C(车该换了 )为正确答案。 C中的 replaced即是 sell itand buy a new car的同义替换。 【知识模块】 听力 8 【听力原文】 W: Why do the Japanese have such a long life expectancy? M: I dont understand. So many of them smoke, and they have a stressful work environment. It must be
25、their healthy diet. Hey! Lets go out for sushi! Q: What does the man suppose contributes to the Japanese long life expectancy? 8 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 女士问为什么日本人平均 (预期 )寿命这么长，男士先说不清楚，后又猜测说： “那一定是因为他们的健康饮食的缘故 ”。 C是原文 diet的同义表达，故 C正确。 【知识模块】 听力 9 【听力原文】 M: I am so relieved I just finished the story I was wor
26、king on for our creative writing course. W: I havent quite finished mine yet. I had trouble getting past the beginning. M: How come? W: Well, I was really happy to be writing a detective story. But after the first few pages, I sort of froze up mentally. I just couldnt write any more. M: The same thi
27、ng happened to me. I thought it meant I lack imagination. W: Well, Prof. Wilson said its pretty common for writers to get stuck like that. M: You went to talk to her about it? W: Actually, I went to ask for more time to finish the assignment But instead she gave me some advice about how to keep from
28、 getting stalled writing like that. She said that the first thing I should do is just write anything that come into my head even if it doesnt make any sense, sort of warm up exercise. M: Thats interesting. When I get stuck, I shift to something else, you know, do some work for one of my other course
29、s. W: Well, her methods seem to have worked for me. Ive written most of the story, and I should be able to hand it in on time. But first I need go to the jewelry store. M: You are going shopping? Cant you wait until you finish your story? W: I am going there for my story. My detective solves a jewel
30、ry store robbery. So I want to take a look at how the jewelry cases are arranged, where the security cameras are located, that sort of thing. 9. What are the speakers talking about? 10. What was the womans problem? 11. What did the professor tell the woman to do? 12. Why is the woman going out? 9 【正
31、确答案】 B 【试题解析】 对话开始，男士说他完成了创造性写作课要求的短篇小说作业，很开心；而女士则说，她的还没写完。整篇对话都围绕他们的作业展开，故 B对。 【知识模块】 听力 10 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 女士说到她写了故事的开头就卡住了，男士问怎么回事，她再次重复说到 “写了几页，思维卡住，再也写不出东西 ”，故 B正确。 freeze up表示 “冻住，变呆板， (思路 )停滞 ”， B中的 have trouble finishing与之同义。 【知识模块】 听力 11 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 女士提到 Wilson教授说首先要做的是写下她所想到的任何东西，以做一些准
32、备练习。故 B正确。 【知识模块】 听力 12 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 对话最后女士说 “我是为我的短篇小说去那里的 ”，故 B正确。 A为强干扰项，是男士对女士去珠宝店的目的的猜测。 【知识模块】 听力 13 【听力原文】 M: Oh, hi, this book is due today, and I am not quite finished with it. Is it possible to get it renewed? W: Hmmm, French Art & Architecture of the 19th century. Ill have to check to
33、see if thats possible. Can I have the book and your library card please? M: Sure, here you are. I just need it for a few more days if possible. W: Well, first of all this book is one week late, and not due today as you thought. It appears you have your dates mixed up. M: Oh. Gosh! W: There are also
34、a few requests for this book so it is now on hold for the next person. Now theres a small fine on your card of $1.40 for the overdue book, would you like to pay this today? M: Umm, so if I pay the fine today, can I take this book out again? W: You wont be able to take this book out again until all t
35、he other people who have placed holds on it have signed it out. Did you want to pay your fine today? M: Have you already processed the return on the book? I hope to keep it for a few more days. I really need it to study. The exam is in two days and this is practically the course text book. W: Sorry,
36、 I have already signed it back in and now the book is on hold. In fact if I could, I would triple your fines and suspend your library privileges. Its not fair to all the other students who are also trying to access library material for study purpose. Perhaps you should think of the other people who
37、also need this book to study. Now are you going to pay your fine today? M: OK. Sorry. 13. What is the mans problem? 14. On what condition can the man have the book again? 15. What is the man likely to do next? 13 【正确答 案】 B 【试题解析】 男士还书时问是否可以续借；后来又说，他希望再借几天，因为学习上需要。故他并不想马上还书， B正确。 【知识模块】 听力 14 【正确答案】
38、C 【试题解析】 女士明确地说： “只有其他预借这本书的人都借过后你才可以再借出这本书。 ”故 C正确。 【知识模块】 听力 15 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 对话中女士问过三遍： “你是否愿意今天交付罚款 ?”男士先是不理会这个问题，想争取再借上几天，到最后却只能接受罚款，说： “好吧，对不起。 ”故 A正确。 【 知识模块】 听力 Section B 16 【听力原文】 Requesting someones business card is a straightforward process. You need only say, “Do you have a business ca
39、rd?“ or “May I have your business card?“ When you want to present your own card, you can say, “Heres my card. Please feel free to call me if you have any suggestions.“ If you wish to offer your card to a long-time associate, you can say, “Did I ever give you my card?“ or “I mean to give you my card.
40、“ Its not polite to directly refuse a request from someone for your business card. Instead, you can say, “Sorry, but Im afraid Im all out at the moment.“ or “I neglected to bring them with me.“ Giving someone your card, of course, does not obligate you to continue contact, nor does accepting someone
41、 elses card. When you do receive a card, say “Thank you.“ and examine it briefly before putting it away. You can use a business card that you received to refresh your memory about someones name and title before your next meeting. You can also record notes about the meeting on the back of the card, o
42、r place it in your card file. 16. Which of the following is an impolite behavior according to the passage? 17. What should we do when accepting a business card? 18. Whats the function of a business card according to the passage? 16 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 短文提到， “直接拒绝别人索要名片的要求是不礼貌的。 ”由此可判断答案为 D(直接拒绝给名片 )。 【知
43、识模块】 听力 17 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 短文说： “接到名片时要说声谢谢，粗略看看上面的内容，然后收起来。 ”由此可判断 B正确。 【知识模块】 听力 18 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 文章结尾处说名片可以 “提醒自己别人的名字和职务 ”，由此可判断A正确。 【知识模块】 听力 19 【听力原文】 If you are someone who tends to focus on the negative, thinkmg positively may be a new skill for you. One way to keep a positive attitude abo
44、ut yourself is by writing down and saying several sentences. The sentences should be strong, supportive statements about yourself such as “I am a confident and capable person who can handle challenges.“ Its hard to feel defeated when your self-talk is positive. Another technique for reducing stress
45、is positive images. When confronted with a problem, try to imagine the outcome that you want. This technique is used by sport professionals with tremendous success. You too can champion your cause by mentally picturing positive results. Sometimes people are faced with unfortunate circumstances that
46、cannot be changed. In these instances, it may help to think about some of the assets and resources that you have that can support you and help you cope, such as family, friends, skills, education, money and good health. 19. What is mainly discussed in the passage? 20. How can we imagine positively?
47、21. How should we face the unchangeable misfortune? 19 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 文章开头说， “积极地思考对你来说也许是一种新的技能 ”，故C(如何保持积极态度 )为正确选项。 【知识模块】 听力 20 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 文章提到，积极的想象是 “遇到困难时，试着想象你想要得到的结果 ”，因此 D(想象要的结果 )正确。 【知识模块】 听力 21 【正确答案】 B 【 试题解析】 短文结尾处说， “想想你拥有的能够给你支持和帮助的资源可能会有所帮助，如家人，朋友 ” ，由此可以判断 B(可以想想能帮助我们的人 )正确。
48、 【知识模块】 听力 22 【听力原文】 A fellow had just been hired as the new CEO of a large high-tech corporation. The CEO who was stepping down met with him privately and presented him with three numbered envelopes. “Open these if you run up against a problem you dont think you can solve,“ he said. Well, things we
49、nt along pretty smoothly, but six months later, sales took a decline and he was really under the pressure. He remembered the envelopes. He went to his drawer and took out the first envelope. The message read, “Blame your former CEO.“ The new CEO called a press conference and laid all the faults on the previous CEO. Satisfied with his comments, the press responded positively, sales began to pick up and the problem was soon behind him. About a year later, the company was again experiencing
