1、大学英语四级改革适用(听力)模拟试卷 189及答案与解析 Section A ( A) Go over the list. ( B) Go shopping for his mum. ( C) List everything his mum needs. ( D) Go for an outing. ( A) The man did most of the talking. ( B) The woman was wearing a black sweater. ( C) The man and the woman robbed the bank. ( D) The man and the wo
2、man had dark hair. ( A) His phone was disconnected outside the country. ( B) He needs to make phone calls to his friends. ( C) Using the email will decrease his telephone expenses. ( D) His friends would rather hear his sound on the phone. ( A) He doesnt have anything to do. ( B) He believes she is
3、wrong about the pick-up time. ( C) Before lunch is a great time to pick up the document. ( D) Time passes very quickly. ( A) Buy Frank a new car. ( B) Have lunch with Frank. ( C) Teach Frank how to drive a car. ( D) Help Frank repair his car. ( A) The room they are going to move into. ( B) The yard
4、of their old house. ( C) The quality of the furniture they bought. ( D) The feeling they have of their neighborhood. ( A) Its too expensive to hire taxies. ( B) He doesnt like the suburbs. ( C) He cant afford the high taxes. ( D) The rent is too high. ( A) She thinks her son has almost everything he
5、 wants. ( B) She is not sure whether an MP3 player is a nice gift. ( C) She finds it hard to find a proper gift for her husband. ( D) Shes afraid she cant afford anything the mans father wants. ( A) He wants to improve his language skills. ( B) He wants to enter a US college. ( C) His friend wants t
6、o attend a US university. ( D) His friend wants to improve English for a better job. ( A) Literature. ( B) US Culture. ( C) TOEFL. ( D) Business English. ( A) It offers courses for people who want to improve their professional skills. ( B) It offers job opportunities for people who have studied in i
7、t. ( C) Its programs allow students to study in the US. ( D) The students can take its courses locally in their home country. ( A) $2,030. ( B) $2,013. ( C) $2,300. ( D) $2,330. ( A) To make an appointment. ( B) To ask for an interview. ( C) To promote advertisements. ( D) To have a negotiation. ( A
8、) Impatient but then reluctant. ( B) Indifferent but then interested. ( C) Convinced but then reluctant. ( D) Accepted but then impatient. ( A) Some customers have got their payment back because theyre not satisfied. ( B) The company will redo the products again and again until the customers are sat
9、isfied. ( C) The company does not sign a contract with its customers concerning its service. ( D) The man will use the companys service when he has a new product. Section B ( A) In green forests. ( B) In dry deserts. ( C) In the Pacific Ocean. ( D) In the North Pole region. ( A) Snakes like to stay
10、in the sun. ( B) Snakes like warmth. ( C) Snakes are used to extra-hot weather. ( D) Snakes are good swimmers. ( A) They are very intelligent. ( B) They are the most intelligent. ( C) They are more intelligent. ( D) They are less intelligent. ( A) He was doing shopping. ( B) He was watching a film.
11、( C) He was making a phone call. ( D) He was talking to a policeman. ( A) Her attractive clothing. ( B) Her beautiful figure. ( C) Her unusual height. ( D) Her fashionable handbag. ( A) He was arrested by the police. ( B) He was acting in a film. ( C) He had taken the womans bag by mistake. ( D) He
12、was only making a joke. ( A) 6 million dollars. ( B) 25 million dollars. ( C) 6,000 dollars. ( D) 400 million dollars. ( A) An engine room. ( B) A big kitchen. ( C) A great theatre. ( D) A high building. ( A) The plane is safe even if two of its engines fail. ( B) There are three engines on each of
13、the giant jet plane. ( C) There is an extra engine on each of the giant jet plane. ( D) The engines never fail on the giant jet plane. ( A) Two mechanical pilots will do the job. ( B) The giant jet will crash. ( C) The giant jet will be forced to land. ( D) The engines of the giant jet will stop wor
14、king. Section C 25 Some years ago, an American policeman found a woman lying near a lonely road. She did not 【 B1】 _have had an accident. But she was【 B2】 _ and clearly in a state of shock. So he rushed her to the nearest hospital. She began to tell the doctor on duty the story which was【 B3】 _ and
15、awe-inspiring. She had been driving along a country road when she had been stopped by a flying saucer landing in front of her. She had been forced to leave the car and enter the flying saucer by【 B4】 _ which looked like human beings and which could easily make themselves understood although they cou
16、ld not speak. It was as though they could read her thoughts and she could read theirs. They treated her【 B5】 _ and allowed her to leave after carrying out a number of tests on her. As she otherwise seems to be normal the doctor decided that she was probably【 B6】 _ the side effects of some drug. The
17、woman insisted on being allowed to go home. But when she gave her address, it was in a town over a thousand miles from the hospital. The police then started to make【 B7】 _ and soon discovered that there was already a search【 B8】 _ for the woman, whose husband had reported that she had disappeared. H
18、er car had been found with the drivers door open and the engine running. In front of the car, the surface of the road had been completely destroyed not by an【 B9】 _ or anything of that kind, but as though a large,【 B10】 _, white, hot object had burned through it. 26 【 B1】 27 【 B2】 28 【 B3】 29 【 B4】
19、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 189答案与解析 Section A 1 【听力原文】 M: Mum, before I go out, could you go over the shopping list and see if theres anything else you need? W: Yes. Thats about everything Now youre sure you dont mind going darling? Q: What is the man p
20、robably going to do? 1 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 男士说: “妈,在我出门前,请你再看一遍购物单,看有没有什么别的东西要买 ?”可见男士是要为母亲购物,故 B正确。 【知识模块】 听力 2 【听力原文】 M: Could you describe the two people who robbed the bank? W: Well, the man was tall with dark hair and he was wearing a black sweater. The main thing that I remembered about the woman
21、was that she did most of the talking. Q: What do we learn about the two people described in the conversation? 2 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 男士问: “你能说说抢银行的那两个人长什么样吗 ?”可见 C正确。 【知识模块】 听力 3 【听力原文】 W: We should write emails to our friends who live outside the country. M: Sounds like a great idea. I need to cut down
22、on my phone bill. Q: What does the man mean? 3 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 女士建议用电子邮件与国外朋友联系时,男士表示赞同,说他 “需要减少电话费 ”,其含义是用电子邮件会节约电话开支。故 C正确。 【知识模块】 听力 4 【听力原文】 W: The clerk said that we had to wait until after lunch to pick up the papers. M: But what are we going to do to kill time before then? Q: What does the ma
23、n mean? 4 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 男士说: “可是在那之前我们做什么来消磨 时光呢 ?”可见 A正确。男士没有对 “何时取文件 ”提出看法,故 B、 C错误。 【知识模块】 听力 5 【听力原文】 W: What are you going to do after lunch? M: I told Frank Id help him fix his car. Q: What did the man plan to do? 5 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 男士说: “我跟 Frank说过要帮助他修车。 ”故 D正确。 D中的repair是原文 fix的同义表达。 【知识模
24、块】 听力 6 【听力原文】 M: I dont remember the ceiling being this high. I had the impression that it was about 3 meters. W: So did I. But itll be perfect once we get the furniture in. Q: What are they talking about? 6 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 男士说: “我记得天花板没这么高的,印象中大 概 3米高。 ”可见两人讨论房间天花板的高度,故 A正确。 【知识模块】 听力 7 【听力原文】 M:
25、I would like to move to the suburbs, but I dont have enough money to pay the high taxes. W: I wish you could. Its nice to live there. Q: Why isnt the man moving to the suburbs? 7 【正确答案】 C 【试题解 析】 男士说: “我想搬到郊区住,可是没有足够的钱支付高额税款。 ”可见 C正确。 【知识模块】 听力 8 【听力原文】 W: Son, I dont know what to get for your fathe
26、r. He has about everything, doesnt he? M: Why dont you get him an MP3 player? Q: Whats the womans problem? 8 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 女士说, “我不知道该 给你父亲买什么礼物 ”,故 C正确。 【知识模块】 听力 9 【听力原文】 W: English Language Center. May I help you? M: Yes. Im calling to find out more information about your program. For example,
27、what kind of courses do you offer? W: Well, first of all, the purpose of our program is to provide language learning opportunities for this areas community, whether a students goal is to master basic functional language skills, lets say, for his or her job, or to study intensively to enter a US coll
28、ege or university. M: Okay.9Im calling for a friend who is interested in attending a US university. W: And thats the kind of, uh, instruction that we provide, from basic communication courses to content-based classes such as computer literacy, intercultural communication, and business English. M: Gr
29、eat What are your application deadlines for the next semester? W: Well, we ask applicants to apply no later than two months before the semester begins. This gives us time to process the application and issue the students 1-20. M: An 1-20? W: Oh, an 1-20 is a form that indicates that we are giving pe
30、rmission for the student to study in our program, and then the student takes this form to the US embassy in his or her home country to apply for the F-l student visa M: All right. What is the tuition for a full-time student? W: Its two thousand thirty dollars. M: And how does one apply? W: Well, we
31、can send you an application and you can mail it back to us, or you can fill out our application thats on our Web site. 9. Why does the man make the phone call? 10. What is one course taught at the English Language Center? 11. What do we learn from the conversation about English Language Center? 12.
32、What is the tuition for a full-time student? 9 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 对话开头男士就说了打电话的理由,并进一步说: “我的一个朋友想去美国上大学 ”。故选 C。 【知识模块】 听力 10 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 女士在介绍课程时,提到了 computer literacy, intercultural communication和 business English,故 D正确。选项 A是对话中 computer literacy的近音干扰。 【知识模块】 听力 11 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 对话中女士说 ,学生要拿语言中心
33、颁发的 I-20表到领事馆申请 F-1学生签证,这样才能到语言中心学习,故 C正确。 【知识模块】 听力 12 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 女士回答说,学费是 2030美元,故选 A。注意区分 30和 13的发音,以免误选 B。 【知识模块】 听力 13 【听力原文】 W: Hello, Mr. Cooper. Im Lina Redner, sales representative for Scarecrow Advertising Company. M: I dont think we have an appointment. W: No, we dont. Youll have to
34、 excuse me for this. M: Since you are already here, what can I do for you? W: Well, as far as I know, your company was founded three years ago and your business has been quite good for the past two years. M: Im quite busy, Miss Redner. If you dont mind, just get straight to the point. W: OK. I belie
35、ve that you must have seen a lot of S.A.C. designed TV commercials and billboards, and if we cooperate, itll certainly make your products better known and sold. What do you think? M: Im quite satisfied with the company that designs our advertisements at present. W: Dont say no for nos sake, please.
36、Here are some samples of our designs. Have a look, if you please. M: All right. Theyre pretty good but. W: The payment we ask for is very reasonable. Besides, you wont have the bondage of a contract. If youre not satisfied with us, well refund the money. But, of course, such a thing has never happen
37、ed. Well redo the commercial or billboard over and over again until youre satisfied. M: Theres no harm in giving it a try, I think. Leave your card. Ill call you when the next new product is ready to go on the market. 13. What is the woman trying to do in the conversation? 14. Which can best describ
38、e the mans reaction to the womans words? 15. What do we know about the service of the womans company? 13 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 女士是广告公司的销售代理,她在上门推销公司的广告业务。故 C正确。 【知识模块】 听力 14 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 得知女士的来意后,男士说,他对他们目前的广告合作伙伴挺满意的,也就是说,对于女士所在的广告公司不感兴趣 (indifferent),在女士展示了公司广告后,男士有所动心,要求女士留下名片 (interested),故 B正确。男士开
39、始不明白女士的来意,表现出不耐烦 (impatient),但后来明显表现出一定的兴趣, A中的 reluctant(不情愿的 )和 D中的 accepted(作形容词表示 “公认的 ”)均不妥; C说男士已经 convinced(被说服了的 ),不准确。 【知识模块】 听力 15 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 女士说到,她所在的公司会不厌其烦地修改其电视或招牌广告,直到客户满意为止,故 B正确。由 payment back听到 refund,女士说那样的事从未发生,故 A错。由 contract知,女士说客户可以不要合同限制,但并不是说她的公司不受合同限制,故 C错。对话尾声男士说他会打电话
40、给女士,但这并不表明他一定会把业务交给女士的公司, D错在语气太肯定。 【知识模块】 听力 Section B 16 【听力原文】 Snakes may be found just about everywhere except the North Pole region and some islands in the South Pacific Ocean. Some snakes live in warm, dry deserts. Others live in green forests, fields and woodlands. Some never go far from wate
41、r and are fine swimmers. Some live all their lives in the sea. Most snakes can swim. Because snakes are cold-blooded and depend on warm air for comfort and existence, the largest number of snakes is found in the hottest parts of the earth. Even so, many snakes stay away from the direct rays of the s
42、un when possible. If extra hot weather comes along, snakes find a coolest place possible and stay there. In places where it freezes, snakes often hide themselves far under the ground or in caves and stay until spring. Snakes are smart enough to stay alive. They are smart enough to find food and kill
43、 their enemies.18But compared with other animals, they are believed to be below average in intelligence. 16. In which of the following places have snakes never been found? 17. Why do we find the largest number of snakes in hot regions? 18. How smart are snakes compared with other animals? 16 【正确答案】
44、D 【试题解析】 短文开头就提到,除了北极地区和南太平洋的一些岛屿外,到处都有蛇类。故正确答案为 D。 【知识模块】 听力 17 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 短文说: “因为蛇类是冷血动物,依赖于温暖的气候,所以热带地区蛇类的数量最多 ”。由此可知,答案为 B。 【知识模块】 听力 18 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 短文最后提到, “但与其他动物相比,蛇类的智力低于平均值 ”,故D正确。 less intelligent和 be-low average in intelligence是同义表达。 【知识模块】 听力 19 【听力原文】 One day, John was doing s
45、ome shopping in the market when he noticed a beautiful young woman there. She was very well dressed and he watched her as she walked round, looking at the fruit and vegetables which were for sale. The market was very crowded, but this woman was so graceful that she stood out in the crowd. “She looks
46、 like a film star,“ thought John to himself. Suddenly a thief ran through the crowd and seized the womans bag and ran away. She screamed. John ran as quickly as he could to the nearest phone box. He dialed 999. “Please, come to the market square at once,“ he asked the police, “A thief has run off wi
47、th a ladys bag.“ John then returned to the market to try to calm the young woman. However, the thief had already returned and was talking to the young woman. They explained to John that they were only making a film. 19. What was John doing when he saw the young woman? 20. What made the woman stand o
48、ut in the crowd? 21. Why did the thief return? 19 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 短文开头就说约翰 “那时正在市场上购物 ”,可知答案是 A。 【知识模块】 听力 20 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 短文说,在市场拥挤的人流中,她显得非常优雅。故 B正确。 【知识模块】 听力 21 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 短文最后一句说 “他们只是在拍电影 ”,故选 B。 【知识模块】 听力 22 【听力原文】 Have you ever traveled on any of the giant jet airplanes? If you have
49、not been a passenger on one of these planes, try to imagine a jet which is more than 70 meters long and more than 5 stories high at the tail. Such a plane costs at least 25 million dollars to build. It costs at least $6,000 to fill this giant with fuel. Inside, the jet looks more like a great theatre than a plane. It has 6 kitchens. They are all needed when the plane is full. The jet can hold more than 400 passengers. Imagine that number in one jet plane. Is there any danger