1、大学英语四级改革适用（听力）模拟试卷 240及答案与解析 Section A （ A） By selling online. （ B） By reducing costs. （ C） By closing earlier. （ D） By lowering prices. （ A） 3.7%. （ B） 50%. （ C） 20%. （ D） 11%. （ A） Two people were injured. （ B） Airports are closed. （ C） Electricity is cut off. （ D） Car crashed on highways. （ A） A
2、meeting on climate change was ongoing in France. （ B） A heavy rain was pouring down in southern India. （ C） Emergency supplies were being sent to Great Britain. （ D） Strikes against pay cuts were going on in Scotland. （ A） Public transportation is popular among pupils in Nairobi. （ B） Pupils suffer
3、a lot from the terrible traffic in Nairobi. （ C） Nairobi primary schools are strict with their students. （ D） Nairobi pupils tend to wake up early and stay up late. （ A） They were trapped in their school bus. （ B） They failed to meet their parents at school. （ C） They had fun with their parents in B
4、oma Hotel. （ D） They refused to go to school because of the floods. （ A） Commuters performance benefited much from them. （ B） Nairobi had taken measures to solve this problem. （ C） They could affect pupils attitude towards school. （ D） They could decrease peoples stress and anger. Section B （ A） He
5、has already bought the Christmas gifts. （ B） He has already made the plans for Christmas celebration. （ C） He has already prepared the Christmas cards. （ D） He has not done anything for Christmas. （ A） $250. （ B） $550. （ C） $750. （ D） $1100. （ A） They dont need to go to school. （ B） They dont need t
6、o worry about shopping. （ C） They dont need to cook. （ D） They dont need to do homework. （ A） Decorate a tree by themselves. （ B） Borrow a tree from their neighbors. （ C） Do without a tree for Christmas. （ D） Buy a decorated tree. （ A） A bank clerk. （ B） A travel agent. （ C） A shop assistant. （ D） T
7、he mans secretary. （ A） Cebu is dangerous right now. （ B） His girlfriend doesnt like to go there. （ C） He doesnt want to transfer to another flight. （ D） The tour is more expensive than he has expected. （ A） It takes more than a week. （ B） It needs to transfer at Manila. （ C） The mans girlfriend doe
8、snt like it. （ D） It offers good value for money. （ A） Reserve a five-star hotel. （ B） Give his girlfriend a surprise. （ C） Buy his girlfriend a present as a surprise. （ D） Enjoy the spa experience with his girlfriend. Section C （ A） Writing by hand isnt as effective as typing. （ B） Kids start to us
9、e keyboards when they begin school. （ C） Schools do not pay attention to handwriting any more. （ D） Typing greatly improves peoples working efficiency. （ A） Selecting letters. （ B） Touching letters. （ C） Using letters more. （ D） Using pens to create letters. （ A） Children cannot benefit a lot from w
10、riting by hand. （ B） Adults benefit more from writing by hand. （ C） Wring by hand helps adults remember words better. （ D） Using keyboards does harm to adults learning a language. （ A） He doesnt care much about it. （ B） He believes it will be replaced by typing. （ C） He believes it has more advantag
11、es than disadvantages. （ D） He doesnt think it necessary to retrain the skill. （ A） On their own electronic monitors. （ B） On the password-protected website. （ C） On the sports chairmans computer. （ D） On the color screen in the classroom. （ A） They are watch-like and are very cheap. （ B） They will
12、raise some privacy problems. （ C） They can help students keep fit. （ D） They show students marks in P. E. classes. （ A） The monitors may do harm to students study. （ B） Their children cant act freely because of the monitors. （ C） The use of the monitors may affect the regular school life. （ D） Schoo
13、ls may abuse the students private information. （ A） It was a movie when first released. （ B） It has been around for nearly 90 years. （ C） It introduced the second character in 2005. （ D） It isnt popular any more these days. （ A） Beautiful flowers in the forest. （ B） Bright colors and cute characters
14、. （ C） Interesting adventures in the wood. （ D） The magic world of these cartoons. （ A） Use the household objects transformed by Pooh. （ B） Watch the movie Winnie the Pooh at home. （ C） Buy some pictures and stick them on the wall. （ D） Draw some pictures of the characters at home. 大学英语四级改革适用（听力）模拟试
15、卷 240答案与解析 Section A 1 【听力原文】 Its the most profitable time of the year for retailers, accounting for 20 to 30 percent of annual revenue. And this year, close to 150 million LIS citizens will go shopping over Thanksgiving holiday weekend, says Kathy Grannis Allen of the National Retail Federation. (l
16、)To compete, some stores will open early and stay open longer. Nearly all promise big discounts to attract the maximum number of shoppers. More people are opting to avoid the crowds.(2)This year, the NRF says more than half of all holiday purchases will be made online with one in five Americans usin
17、g a tablet or smartphone. Thats the highest since the NRF started asking the question in 2011. According to the NRF, the average American consumer will spend about $ 805 on gifts. Thats more than $ 630 billion between November and December, an increase of 3.7 percent from last year. 1. How will reta
18、ilers cope with the Thanksgiving shopping season? 2. How many Americans will shop by using a tablet or smartphone this year? 1 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 新闻提到，一些商店为了竞争会很早开门并延长营业时间。为了最大程度吸引顾客，几乎所有商家都承诺以大折扣服务顾客。 2 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 新闻中提到，今年，全美零售商联合会称，超过一半以上的人们在节假日选择网上购物，五分之一美国人使用平板电脑或智能手机。 3 【听力原文】 A big storm hit
19、 Great Britain.(3)Two people died. Roads and highways are closed. Homes are without power. And travelers are stranded in Great Britain because of record rainfall. The rain set records and affected the northern part of England and Scotland. The national weather service issued a “red“ alert for rain i
20、n the area. Most of the region received between 200 to 300 millimeters of rain over the weekend, according to the UKs National Weather Service. Honister Pass, an area north of Manchester in the Lake District, received 341 millimeters of rain on December 5. Extreme rainy weather is not only affecting
21、 the northern hemisphere. The city of Chennai in southern India also received over 300 millimeters of rain in 24 hours last week. (4)The rain emergencies came at the same time world leaders are meeting in France to discuss climate change at the COP21 convention. 3. What damage did the storm cause in
22、 Britain? 4. What was happening when the storm hit Great Britain? 3 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 新闻中提到，暴风雨导致两人丧生，马路和高速公路关闭， 很多家庭因此断电，游客也因为这场特大暴雨而困在了英国。 4 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 新闻中提到，这场紧急暴雨发生时，世界领导人正在法国举办的第二十一届联合国气候变化大会上共商气候变化问题。 5 【听力原文】 (5)As the traffic in Nairobi worsens, primary school pupils who depend on public
23、transportation seem to be suffering the most as they try to keep up with the demands of school. Some private and public primary school pupils wake up as early as 4:00 am to beat the traffic and be in class on time. In the evening, they may arrive home as late as 6:30 to 7:30 pm. The current floods i
24、n the city have not made life easier for the pupils.(6)Last week, 11 pupils from Makini Schools waited for 10 hours to be rescued when their school bus was nearly covered in water during a traffic jam. The students were rescued and taken to Boma Hotel. It was almost dawn when their parents came to p
25、ick them up. A few years ago, the IBM Commuter Pain Index Report listed Nairobi among cities with the worlds longest traffic jams. The report concluded that traffic jams increase the level of stress and anger. This can create negative attitudes for commuters and affect their performance at work or s
26、chool.(7)The long-term effect is that traffic problems can create a negative attitude in the pupils towards school. 5. What is the main idea of the news report? 6. What happened to the 11 pupils from Makini Schools last week? 7. What can we learn about traffic jams from the IBM s report? 5 【正确答案】 B
27、【试题解析】 新闻的主旨大意一般都出现在开头。新闻开头提到，随着内罗毕交通状况的恶化，依靠公共交通的小学生似乎受害最深，因为他们要努力达到学校的要求。 6 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 新闻中提到，上周，马基尼学校的校车遇到堵车而差点被水淹没了，该校 11名小学生等了 10个小时才获救。 7 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 新闻中提到，几年前， IBM通勤痛苦指数报告指出，交通问题的长期影响是会导致学生对学校产生消极态度。 Section B 8 【听 力原文】 W: Are you all ready for Christmas? M: Are you kidding?(8)I haven
28、t even started. Ive done zero shopping. W: Well, youd better get going, Christmas is only a week away. M: I have to tell you that Im one of those people who really get stressed out by the Christmas rush. W: Oh, Im not. I love the holidays. I love the crowds, the shopping, the lights, the music, the
29、food, the parties, all the presents. M: Thats just the beginning. My wife always spends too much money on Christmas.(9)The average Christmas expense for US families is about $ 550. But somehow we always spend about twice that much. It takes me till April to pay off all our Christmas bills. W: But di
30、dnt you use to love Christmas when you were a kid? M: I guess so. W: I know you did. You were the most excited kid in the whole class. I remember. Maybe Christmas is for kids, but you can still enjoy it through the eyes of your children. M: Well,(10)kids enjoy it because they dont have to do all the
31、 shopping and pay all the bills. W: Maybe thats true. But for me, Christmas is about whats in your heart and how you can make others happy. M: Youre right, Mary. Im going to try harder to keep the true spirit of Christmas in my heart. W: Im glad to hear that, John. By the way, do you have your tree
32、up? M: Oh, I hate all the needles that get all over your living room floor.(11)I mean, were going to get a decorated tree today. W: Thats OK. Just enjoy your holiday. 8. What did the man do to prepare for Christmas? 9. How much do the mans family usually spend for Christmas? 10. Why do kids enjoy Ch
33、ristmas? 11. What is the mans plan for the Christmas tree? 8 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 本题问的是男士为圣诞节做了什么准备。女士问男士是否已为圣诞节做好了准备，男士说自己还没有做任何准备。 9 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 本题问的是男士的家庭通常为准备圣诞节花费多少钱。对话中男士说，人们圣诞节一般要花费 550美元，但他们家要花费两倍。即男士的家庭为准备圣诞节要花费 1 100美元。 10 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 本题问的是为什么孩子们喜欢圣诞节。对话中男士提到，孩子们喜欢圣诞节的原因是他们既不用购物，也不需要支付账
34、单。 11 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 本题问的是在圣诞树方面男士有什么打算。女士问男士是否装饰好了圣诞树，男士说他不喜欢装饰圣诞树时搞得满地都是针线，因此，他们打算买一棵装饰好的圣诞树。 12 【听力原文】 W: Good morning, sir. Is there anything that I can do for you? M:(12)Oh, yes. Im a regular client here and I need you to book me up with a tour for less than a week. W: May I have your name, pl
35、ease? M: Sure. Allen Green. W: Oh, yes, Mr. Green. I have your client information here. So, where do you want to go this time? M: My girlfriend wants to go somewhere exotic and were interested in tropical islands. W: Well, its peak season, but we do have some good 4- and 5-day tours. For example, th
36、eres a tour to Cebu in the Philippines. M: Oh, Cebu. But dont we have to go through Manila? W: Yeah.(13)Youre going to arrive in Manila first and then catch a flight from Manila to Cebu. M:(13)Sounds complicated. Id rather just take one flight. W:(14)Why not go to Bali? Its a nonstop flight and its
37、cheap right now. M: But you know, Indonesia is dangerous right now. W: Bali hasnt been affected at all. Its business as usual, M: Tell me more about that, please. W: Well,(14)its a 4-night, 5-day tour including a five-star hotel and a half-day spa experience. M: Wow! Sounds wonderful! I bet my girlf
38、riend would like that. W:(15)Dont tell her about it. Surprise her. 12. What is the womans occupation? 13. Why doesnt the man choose the tour to Cebu? 14. What can we learn about the trip to Bali? 15. What does the woman suggest the man do at the end of the conversation? 12 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 对话一开始，女士问可
39、以为男士做什么，男士说他是这里的老客户，想要女士为他预订一次少于一星期的旅行。由此可知，女士在旅行社工作。 13 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 女士为男士推荐去菲律宾的宿务岛旅行，并告知男士要在马尼拉转机才能到达宿务岛；男士表示这太麻烦了，他不喜欢转机。因此，他拒绝了去宿务岛的行程。 14 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 男士拒绝去宿务岛旅行后，女士又为他推荐了去巴厘岛的行程，并表示去巴厘岛旅行很便宜，然后介绍说这是个五天四夜的 旅行，包含五星级住宿和半日水疗体验。由此可见，去巴厘岛的旅行物有所值。 15 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 女士为男士介绍完去巴厘岛的行程后，男士非常满意，并认为
40、他女朋友会非常喜欢这次旅行；女士建议男士暂时不要告诉他的女朋友这次旅行，这样可以给他女朋友一个惊喜。 Section C 16 【听力原文】 (16)Handwriting has become a dying art, now that kids start using keyboards as soon as they begin school. But writing things out by hand may be a critical way we train our brains, several studies suggest.(17)Writing by hand is di
41、fferent from typing because it requires using pens to create a letter, rather than just selecting the whole letter by touching a key, says Virginia Berninger, a professor of psychology at the University of Washington. These finger movements activate large regions of the brain involved in thinking, m
42、emory, and language. Studies show that handwriting helps children learn letters and shapes, improves their composition of ideas, and may also boost fine-motor skills development. A study by Berninger found that in grades two, four, and six, children wrote more words, faster, and expressed more ideas
43、 when writing essays by hand than when typing on a keyboard. Separate study by researchers at Indiana University found that children who practiced printing by hand had more active brains than kids who simply looked at letters.(18)Its not just children who benefit from writing things out by hand, say
44、s a study in the Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience. Adults learning a new language remember its characters better if they write them out by hand than if they produce them with a keyboard. According to P. Murali Doraiswamy of Duke University, retraining people in handwriting skills could be a useful
45、cognitive exercise as more people spend their days on the computer. 16. Why does the speaker say handwriting has become a dying art? 17. What makes writing by hand different from typing? 18. What can we learn from the study in the Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience? 19. What is the speakers attitude
46、towards handwriting? 16 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 短文开始提到，手写已经变成了一项即将消失的艺术，因为现在的孩子们一进入学校，就开始使用键盘。 17 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 短文中提到，华盛顿大学的心理学教授 Virginia Berninger解释说手写不同于打字，因为人们必须一笔一画地写出字母，而不是简单地按着键盘，敲出整个字母。 18 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 短文中提到，认知神经科学杂志的一项研究表示，不仅仅是孩子们受益于手写，成年人在学习一门新的语言的时候，手写比敲键盘更能帮助记忆单词。 19 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 短文中讲话者引
47、用几项研究结果讲述了手写的各种好处。由此可以推断，讲话者对手写持支持态度，认为手写利大于弊。 20 【听力原文】 A group of students in New York will soon be wearing controversial electronic monitors, which allow school officials to track their physical activity all the day in order to control the students obesity. The sports chairman for schools in Bay
48、Shore, New York, ordered 10 Polar Active monitors, at $ 90 a piece, for use starting this spring. The watch-like monitors count students heartbeats, find out their actions and even track their sleeping habits.(20)The information is shown on a color screen and gets passed to a password-protected webs
49、ite that students and teachers are all able to go into. The monitors are already in use in some schools in St. Louis and South Orange, N. J., and have raised a lot of privacy concerns among some parents and observers.(21)But the Bay Shore sports chairman said, “Its a very helpful way to fight the students obesity. It tells kids in real time, Am I active? Am I not active? We want to give kids the chance to become active.“ In the South Orange-Maplewood School District, where earlier types of the monitors have been u
