1、大学英语四级改革适用（听力）模拟试卷 286及答案与解析 Section A （ A） It was proposed by a group of senators. （ B） The US president had carried out the reform. （ C） Illegal immigrants would soon be given citizenship. （ D） The reform failed to improve the current system. （ A） Eight years. （ B） Five years. （ C） Thirteen years.
2、 （ D） Eleven years. （ A） 15 schools have started social studies. （ B） 15 schools have used digital textbooks. （ C） Digital textbooks are used for social studies. （ D） Students are ready to use electronic resources. （ A） $1 million. （ B） $2 million. （ C） $3 million. （ D） $4 million. （ A） People in Du
3、bai celebrated the New Year. （ B） Fireworks went on as planned in Dubai. （ C） Fire broke out in a luxury hotel on New Years Eve. （ D） Thousands of security personnel were on duty in Dubai. （ A） It broke out at night. （ B） It was put out within 30 minutes. （ C） It burned down the whole building. （ D）
4、 It was caused by the fireworks. （ A） There were not enough security personnel in downtown area （ B） Authorities worked in downtown area to keep orders. （ C） Lots of people were crowded into the downtown area. （ D） New Years events were cut off due to the fire. Section B （ A） They are from the same
5、town. （ B） They both work on the school magazine. （ C） They are in the same class. （ D） They are both teaching assistants. （ A） Because she has to take an exam. （ B） Because she has swimming practice. （ C） Because she has a biology lesson. （ D） Because she is reading a magazine. （ A） The woman would
6、 like to work on it （ B） The woman has never heard of it （ C） The man dislikes reading it. （ D） The man first read it last month. （ A） Try to contact the teaching assistant again. （ B） Go to have a swim. （ C） Study for a biology exam. （ D） Go to a meeting. （ A） Hurricanes. （ B） TV up-date. （ C） Name
7、s of hurricanes. （ D） Wind velocity. （ A） A storm and a hurricane differ in the time they land. （ B） A storm and a hurricane differ in the speed wind travels. （ C） A hurricane is the least serious. （ D） A storm is less serious than a depression. （ A） Those people discovered the hurricanes first. （ B
8、） Its easy to tell hurricanes apart （ C） Those people are pop stars. （ D） Those people are the weather forecasters. （ A） Examine the map again. （ B） Turn on the radio. （ C） See the hurricane outdoors. （ D） Watch TV weather report. Section C （ A） He jumped to the mouth of the well from the goats back
9、. （ B） He came out by pulling the horn of the goat. （ C） He climbed to the mouth of the well by himself. （ D） He swam out of the well when the water was rising. （ A） The water was sweet. （ B） The water had saved his life. （ C） He wanted to lure the goat to descend. （ D） He wanted to comfort the goat
10、. （ A） One is never too old to learn. （ B） Look before you leap. （ C） A friend in need is a friend indeed. （ D） The early bird gets the worm. （ A） 10.7 hours. （ B） 4.1 hours. （ C） 3.1 hours. （ D） 5.35 hours. （ A） China. （ B） Japan. （ C） The U.S. （ D） The Philippines. （ A） Friends and neighbors. （ B）
11、 Teachers and friends. （ C） Parents and friends. （ D） Parents and grandparents. （ A） 1. （ B） 2. （ C） 3. （ D） 4. （ A） At least 18 people were injured. （ B） At least one building in the Japanese capital was damaged. （ C） Some of the high-speed trains were stopped. （ D） A series of tsunamis struck Toky
12、o. （ A） North Koreas kidnapping of Japanese citizens during the Cold War period. （ B） Measures to improve human rights in the six countries. （ C） Economic cooperation between the six countries. （ D） Korean Peninsula nuclear issue. （ A） The talks should include North Koreas kidnapping of Japanese cit
13、izens during the Cold War period. （ B） North Koreas human rights record should not be discussed. （ C） The last round of the talks should be held in Tokyo. （ D） Japans human rights record should not be discussed. 大学英语四级改革适用（听力）模拟试卷 286答案与解析 Section A 1 【听力原文】 The US president has said the time has co
14、me for a review on the US immigration system. He made his case at a high school in Las Vegas, Nevada, (1)a day after a group of senators outlined a framework for reform. The White House and senators devise a path to citizenship for many of an estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants in the US. H
15、e noted that the current system was “out of date and badly broken“. The presidents case for an immigration reform reflects a plan he rolled out three years ago, though that did not go far. The president now backs the Senate plan including making illegal immigrants pay taxes and fines, and sending th
16、em to the back of the queue before they can become American citizens. (2)After eight years, individuals would be allowed to become legal permanent residents and would eventually become citizens five years later, according to his scheme three years ago. 1. What do we learn about the immigration refor
17、m from the news report? 2. How long would it take for illegal immigrants to gain citizenship? 1 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 新闻开头提到，美国总统表示，对美国移民制 度进行检讨的时机已经成熟。接着说他在拉斯维加斯的一所高中谈到了这一事件，而前一天参议员拟定了 (outlined)改革的框架。由此可知 A“移民改革是参议员提出的 ”正确。移民改革在奥巴马三年前的计划中有所反映，但 did not go far表明并未实施，故 B“奥巴马已实施改革 ”不对。根据三年前的蓝图，非法移民成为合法永久居民
18、要八年，最终成为公民还须再等五年， C“非法移民很快会获取公民身份 ”与之不符。移民改革还未实施，故 D“改革没有改善现在的系统 ”不正确。 【知识模块】 听力 2 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 录音最后提到，根据三年前的计划，非法移民成为合法永久居民要八年，最终成为公民还须再等五年，因此一共需要 13年。 【知识模块】 听力 3 【听力原文】 Digital textbooks are transforming the way many students learn. All the Fairfax County Public Schools have begun using online
19、 course material for their middle- and high-school students. (3)This school year, the schools shifted from hard cover to electronic textbooks for social studies in its middle and high schools. The switch came after digital books were used in 15 schools last year. “Our students come to us technologic
20、ally ready to use resources from a variety of different places,“ says Assistant Superintendent Peter Noonan. “Theres a significant financial benefit as well. Usually it is between $50 and $70 to buy a textbook for each student,“ Noonan says, (4)“which adds up to roughly $8 million for all of our stu
21、dents. We actually have purchased all of the online textbooks for our students for just under $6 million.“ 3. What happened to the schools in Fairfax County this school year? 4. How much have schools saved with digital textbooks? 3 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 录音提到 “这个学年，初中和高中社会学科的课本从硬皮纸质课本换成了电子课本 ”， C正确，选项中的 di
22、gital是新闻中 electronic的同义改写。A“15所学校已开设社会学科 ”利用 social studies制造干扰。 B“15所学校已使用电子课本 ”、 D“学生已准备好使用电子资源 ”是去年的事，题目问的是这个学年 (this school year)。 【知识模块】 听力 4 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 录音提到 “通常买纸质书总共约花费 800万美元， 而网络课本花费不到 600万美元 ”，所以使用电子课本学校可节省约 200万美元，正确答案是 B。 【知识模块】 听力 5 【听力原文】 Authorities say everyone has been transfer
23、red from a luxury hotel in Dubai that was still burning early Friday. The citys police chief says all residents were out of the 63-story hotel, known as “The Address.“(5)/(6) The hotel had been packed with people celebrating New Years Eve when fire broke out at about 9:30 p.m. At least 14 people wer
24、e injured. The hotel stands across from the worlds tallest skyscraper, the Burj Khalifa. The Burj Khalifa is more than 800 meters tall. It is the center of spectacular fireworks along the Dubai water front for New Years. Fireworks went on as planned. Flames quickly moved through more than 20 stories
25、 of the hotel. It could be seen for kilometers in all directions. Within 30 minutes, flames raced to the top of the hotel tower, and the sky was full of thick black smoke. Burning pieces of the hotel fell to the ground from the tower. (7)Witnesses said tens of thousands of people were crowded into t
26、he downtown area near the burning hotel and the Burj Khalifa Authorities in the United Arab Emirates said earlier Thursday that thousands of security personnel were on duty because of the New Years events. 5. What is the news report mainly about? 6. What do we learn about the fire from the news repo
27、rt? 7. What do we learn from the witnesses remark? 5 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 新闻开篇首先提到，人们从一家豪华酒店中撤离，之后提到迪拜一家酒店在新年前一晚起火了，之后提到起火的原因和火势，以及人员撤离的情况，故新闻关注的是 “酒店起火 ”， C为答案。其他三项都有在新闻中提到，但都只是细节内容，不是全篇新闻关注的重点。 【知识模块】 听力 6 【正确 答案】 A 【试题解析】 新闻中提到，起火时间约在晚上九点半 (9： 30 p m )，故 A正确。新闻中有提到， 30分钟火势仍继续，烧到了酒店的塔楼，故 B说的 “30分钟内被扑灭
28、”不对。 C“把整座酒店烧毁了 ”没有在新闻中提到，新闻中只是说 “酒店的一些燃烧的碎片掉到地面 ”。虽然新闻中有提到，起火时在发焰火，但并没有说酒店的火灾是由引起的焰火引起的， D错误。 【知识模块】 听力 7 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 新闻的最后提到，目击者称，成千上万上在市中心附近聚集 (tens of thousands of people were crowded into the downtown area)， C复现原文。 A与新闻末尾所述相反，新闻提到当晚有数千名安保人员在场。新闻并没有提到 “官员亲自到市中心维持秩序 ”，故 B错误。 D“新年活动因大火而终止 ”与事实
29、相反，新闻说到焰火没因大火而中断，还是按计划放 (Fireworks went on as planned)。 【知识模块】 听力 Section B 8 【听力原文】 W: Hello? M: Hi, Sue. (8)Its Bill Parker from your calculus class. W: Oh sure. How are you? M: Fine, thanks. Listen, Im working on our assignment and I cant seem to figure out the last problem and, uh. the teaching
30、assistants out of town, so I was wondering if you could help me. W: Well, I did the last one, but Im not sure its right. M: At least you finally figured it out I didnt get past the first three steps. Would you like to have coffee with me? We could go over all of the problems. W: Thats a good idea I
31、need help with number five. Im completely lost on that one. M: Are you free now? W: (9)I have swimming practice in a few minutes and then I have to study for a biology exam but I could meet you right after dinner. M: (11)Uh, thats bad for me I have a meeting for The Signal. W: (10)The what? M: (10)T
32、he Signal you know, the campus literary magazine. It comes out once a month. W: (10)Oh, sorry I just transferred here this year. M: Ill give you a copy. In fact, Ill bring it when we meet. So, anyway, what about tomorrow. After lunch, maybe? W: Great. See you around one. 8. How do the speakers know
33、each other? 9. Why isnt the woman available in a few minutes? 10. What can be inferred about the campus literary magazine? 11. What is Bill going to do after dinner? 8 【 正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 四个选项都是关于 They的，从 same， both来看，似乎在问他们“一同 ”、 “都 ”怎么样。推断题。根据男士一开始自我介绍时所说的 “Its Bill Parker from your calculus class ”可
34、知答案为 C。对话开头常设考点。 【知识模块】 听力 9 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 男士问女士现在是否有空，女士说几分钟后得进行游泳练习，可见选 B。女士游泳过后得为生物考试复习，并非立马要考试，故排除 A；对话没有提到女士要上生物课， C不对 ；男士说到要开会时提到校园杂志，不是女士在看杂志， D也不对。 【知识模块】 听力 10 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 推断题。当男生提到杂志 The Signal时，女士反问了一句 “The what?”这表明女士对杂志不熟，所以她才道歉，并且解释说自己今年刚转学来这里，由此可推出答案为 B。 A、 D未提及， C与对话内容相反。反问处必有玄
35、机。 【知识模块】 听力 11 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 四个动词原形预示着将提问 “干什么 ”或 “为什么 ”。细节题， Bill晚饭后将干什么 ?Sue建议两人晚饭后见面， Bill回答说 “Uh， thats bad for me-I have a meeting for The Signal ”据此，选 D。 “Uh”语气词出现，后面的内容十分重要。 B、 C是女士打算做的事情，均不正确。在长对话的测试里，细节题是大量存在的，而且不好对付，因为既要考你听懂了没有，还要考你的记忆力，所以要适当做笔记。 【知识模块】 听力 12 【听力原文】 M: Is that a map? Ar
36、e you going sailing or something? W: I wish. (12)Its a hurricane-tracking chart. Its a map of tropical ocean areas southeast of us. It follows the development of tropical storms, even hurricanes. They develop and move around the Atlantic in Caribbean and here on Florida coast. We get hit a lot by th
37、ose in July or August, at least winds or rain. M: Do you think that the tropical storm is on the way? W: Too early to tell, but we need to be prepared. The radio mentioned possible evacuation routes. M: Really? Its that serious? W: Youd better believe it. Late summer is hurricane season. The televis
38、ion updates locations and speeds every hour. M: What did they say is out there now? W: A couple of tropical depressions, two storms and two hurricanes. M: (13)Whats the difference? W: (13)Wind velocity. A depression is least serious actually, and a hurricane is the most serious. M: How serious are t
39、he winds in hurricanes? W: They have sustained winds of 74 miles per hour and up. M: What are the names on the map? David, Arlene, Francisco, and Gina. W: (14)You know weather forecasters give the hurricanes the names of people to make storms easy to identify. M: I wonder what the status of the stor
40、m is now. W: (15)You shall turn on the television, and it has the best coverage. There is an up-date coming up in five minutes. 12. What is the conversation mainly about? 13. Which is tine about a depression, a storm and a hurricane? 14. Why are hurricanes named after people? 15. What are the man an
41、d woman going to do next? 12 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 对话开头女士就说到， “这是一张飓风路线图 ”，之后两人就一直讨论飓风问题，故 A正确。对话提到过几个飓风的名字，也说到风速是区别热带低压 (tropical depressions)、暴风 (storm)与飓风 (hurricane)的指标，最后还提到电视上会有对飓风的最新报道， B、 C、 D均是一些细节，但它们都不是对话的主题，都不对。正确答案特征：在对话开头就会提及，往往在对话中多次提到。 【知识模块】 听力 13 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 对话中女 士提到了低气压、暴风和飓风，男士就问 “
42、它们有什么区别 ”，女士说，其区别在风速。故 B正确。 A中的 the time they land应改为 wind velocity或 the speed wind travels； C中的 least应改为 most， D中的 less应改为more。 【知识模块】 听力 14 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 男士在问到地图上的人名时，女士解释说： “天气预报工作者给飓风取上人的名字，以便使它们容易区别开来。 ”B项中的 tell apart即对话中的identify之义，故 B正确，含有因果、目的等关系的语义突出之处常设考点。 【知识模块】 听力 15 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 对
43、话结尾处女士说， “你该打开电视，它报道最清楚。 5分钟后就会有最新报道了。 ”因此对话中的两人是准备看电视上的天气预报，选 D。四个选项的动词及其宾语构成的搭配，一般由动词确定答案 (原词再现或同义替换 )。本题原文是 turn on the television，应选 D而不是 B!这里应根据名词 TV选出答案 ! 【知识模块】 听力 Section C 16 【听力原文】 A fox one day fell into a deep well and could find no means of escape. A thirsty goat came to the same well,
44、and seeing the fox, inquired if the water was good. (17)Concealing his sad situation under a merry guise, the fox sang high praise of the water, saying it was excellent beyond measure, and encouraging him to descend. The goat, mindful only of his thirst, thoughtlessly jumped down, but just as he dra
45、nk, the fox informed him of the difficulty they were both in and suggested a scheme for their common escape. “If,“ said he, “you will place your forefeet upon the wall and bend your head, I will run up your back and escape, and will help you out afterwards.“ (16)The goat readily assented and the fox
46、 leaped upon his back. Steadying himself with the goats horns, he safely reached the mouth of the well and made off as fast as he could. When the goat blamed him for breaking his promise, he turned around and cried out, “You foolish old fellow! If you had as many brains in your head as you have hair
47、s in your beard, (18)you would never have gone down before you had inspected the way up, nor have exposed yourself to dangers from which you had no means of escape.“ 16. How did the fox come out of the well? 17. Why did the fox sing high praise of the water? 18. What does the story try to tell us? 1
48、6 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 短文提到，狐狸跳上了山羊的背。利用山羊角站稳，然后安然地到了井口，并迅速地逃离。可见狐狸是从山羊背上跳出井口的，故 A正确。山羊不是在井外，狐狸抓住山羊角也不可能爬出井， B不对； C、 D很容易排除。对于故事性短文，可以先大体浏览一遍题目，看题目可能问到什么内容，然后认真听故事，尽量把听到的信息在脑海里转化为画面，最后再根据问题答题。对故事情节想象得越清楚，解题就越容易。 【知识模块】 听力 17 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 短文提到，狐狸大赞井水的好处，说它妙不可言，一再诱使山羊下井。故 C正确。 A、 B以 The water为主语， C、 D以
49、He wanted开头。本题可能问 “水 ”怎么样，也可能问 “他 ”有什么动机；根据故事的大致情节，听到问题应能很快判断出 C正确。 “与主题相关的选项正确。 ” 【知识模块】 听力 18 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 结尾处狐狸的话揭示了故事的寓意：在检查是否有退路之前，绝不可贸然行事；绝不要陷入你无法从中解脱的险境。 B“三思而后行 ”即是此寓意的高度概括。四个选项都是谚语，本题应当问哪一条谚语与这则寓言最贴切。从山羊的遭遇中，可以自然地得出 B的结论。 【知识模块】 听力 19 【听力原文】 (19)Indians are the worlds biggest bookworms, reading on average 10.7 hours a week, twice as long as Americans, according to a new survey. The NOP World Culture Score index surveyed 30,000 people in 30 countries from December 2004 to February 2005. Analysts said the spirit of self-help
