1、大学英语四级改革适用（听力）模拟试卷 322及答案与解析 Section A （ A） Germany （ B） Switzerland （ C） Denmark （ D） Finland （ A） It allows photos of paintings of ridiculous figures. （ B） It doesnt allow photos having no educational purposes. （ C） It allows photos of paintings of nudity. （ D） It doesnt allow photos of no artisti
2、c value. （ A） Sweden has the least gender discrimination in the world. （ B） Fathers are encouraged to take parental leave in Sweden. （ C） Men will get higher salary after the birth of his child. （ D） It is uncommon to see father taking care of children in Sweden. （ A） Both father and mother. （ B） On
3、ly mother. （ C） Only father. （ D） The Swedish government. （ A） Its stock price dropped to less than $100 a share. （ B） Its stock price was raised to $200 a share. （ C） Apple would increase its production of smartphones. （ D） Apple has increased investment on new models. （ A） The demand for smartphon
4、es was decreasing. （ B） Experts forecasted an increase of sales of iPhones. （ C） New models were expected to be more welcomed. （ D） Japans market was decreasing. （ A） The price has dropped by 30%. （ B） The newer models are much better. （ C） The output of smartphones will be reduced. （ D） The newer m
5、odels will be published in the coming month. Section B （ A） To make a business report to the woman. （ B） To be interviewed for a job in the womans company. （ C） To resign from his position in the womans company. （ D） To exchange stock market information with the woman. （ A） He is head of a small tra
6、ding company. （ B） He works in an international insurance company. （ C） He leads a team of brokers in a big company. （ D） He is a public relations officer in a small company. （ A） The woman thinks Mr. Saunders is asking for more than they can offer. （ B） Mr. Saunders will share one third of the woma
7、ns responsibilities. （ C） Mr. Saunders believes that he deserves more paid vacations. （ D） The woman seems to be satisfied with Mr. Saunders past experience. （ A） Two weeks of unpaid vacation plus unemployment insurance. （ B） Two weeks of paid vacation plus medical and dental insurance. （ C） Propert
8、y insurance plus two weeks of paid vacation. （ D） Two weeks of unpaid vacation plus property insurance. （ A） Shes worried about the seminar. （ B） The man keeps interrupting her. （ C） She finds it too hard. （ D） She lacks interest in it. （ A） The lecturers are boring. （ B） The course is poorly design
9、ed. （ C） She prefers Philosophy to English. （ D） She enjoys literature more. （ A） Karens friend. （ B） Karens parents. . （ C） Karens lecturers. （ D） Karen herself. （ A） Changing her major. （ B） Spending less of her parents money. （ C） Getting transferred to the English Department. （ D） Leaving the un
10、iversity. Section C （ A） Rent a grave. （ B） Burn the body. （ C） Bury the dead near a church. （ D） Buy a piece of land for a grave. （ A） To solve the problem of lack of land. （ B） To see whether they have decayed. （ C） To follow the Greek religious practice. （ D） To move them to a multi-storey gravey
11、ard. （ A） They should be buried lying down. （ B） They should be buried standing up. （ C） They should be buried after being washed. （ D） They should be buried when partially decayed. （ A） Burning dead bodies to ashes. （ B） Storing dead bodies in a remote place. （ C） Placing dead bodies in a bone room
12、. （ D） Digging up dead bodies after three years. （ A） Many foreign tourists visit the United States every year. （ B） Americans enjoy eating out with their friends. （ C） The United States is a country of immigrants. （ D） Americans prefer foreign foods to their own food. （ A） They can make friends wit
13、h people from other countries. （ B） They can get to know people of other cultures and their lifestyles. （ C） They can practice speaking foreign languages there. （ D） They can meet with businessmen from all over the world. （ A） The couple cook the dishes and the children help them. （ B） The husband d
14、oes the cooking and the wife serves as the waitress. （ C） The mother does the cooking while the father and children wait on the guests. （ D） A hired cook prepares the dishes and the family members serve the guests. （ A） He took them to watch a basketball game. （ B） He trained them to play European f
15、ootball. （ C） He let them compete in getting balls out of a basket. （ D） He taught them to play an exciting new game. （ A） The players found the basket too high to reach. （ B） The players had trouble getting the ball out of the basket. （ C） The players had difficulty understanding the complex rules.
16、 （ D） The players soon found the game boring. （ A） By removing the bottom of the basket. （ B） By lowering the position of the basket. （ C） By simplifying the complex rules. （ D） By altering the size of the basket. 大学英语四级改革适用（听力）模拟试卷 322答案与解析 Section A 1 【听力原文】 A Danish politician who tried to post a
17、 photo of Copenhagens famous Little Mermaid statue on Facebook was told it could not be published because of posting rules. Social Democrat MP Mette Gjerskov wanted to post a link to her blog, which included a shot of the bronze statue, when she received a rejection notification from the site. The m
18、essage, which Ms. Gjerskov shared on her social media accounts, said the Little Mermaid image contained “too much bare skin or sexual implication“. It added that the rules applied even if an image had “artistic or educational purposes“. Ms. Gjerskov described the decision as “totally ridiculous“, al
19、though in a later update she said Facebook had subsequently given in and approved the image. In March this year, the site clarified its rules on naked photos and said that it does allow photos of paintings, sculptures and other art that depicts naked figures. Question 1 and 2 are based on the news r
20、eport you have just heard. 1. Where is the statue located? 2. What do we learn about Facebooks current posting rules? 1 【正确答案】 C 【知识模块】 听力 2 【正确答案】 C 【知识模块】 听力 3 【听力原文】 In some countries the idea of paternity leave- when a father takes time off work to stay at home with a new child-has yet to take h
21、old. In Sweden, which has been encouraging fathers to take paternity leave since 1974. In 1974, the country was the first in the world to replace maternity leave with parental leave, giving both partners the chance of time at home with their children. Today, Swedish couples get around 16 months (480
22、 days) paid parental leave when their child is born. For the first 390 days, the parent who is off work gets paid 80% of their salary by the state up to around 111 US dollars a day. Sweden is rated as having one of the worlds narrowest gender gaps according to the World Economic Forum. Question 3 an
23、d 4 are based on the news report you have just heard. 3. What is the news mainly about? 4. Who will look after the new-born baby in Sweden? 3 【正确答案】 B 【知识模块】 听力 4 【正确答案】 A 【知识模块】 听力 5 【听力原文】 Apple stock is back to a place it hasnt been in a long time: it costs less than $100 a share. So is it a barg
24、ain buy or just the beginning of a lower price? Expert opinions are all over the place. Wall street analysts- the people who get paid to predict where stock prices are headed have forecasts for the stock ranging from 65 US dollars to 200 US dollars. The overwhelmingly majority of experts still say A
25、pple is a “strong buy.“ The average forecast is for the stock to hit $142 in the coming months, according to data compiled by TipRanks, a site that tracks and ranks analysts on their predictions. Where the stock is going depends on iPhone sales and its ability to innovate more. Apple shares are tank
26、ing this week because of a report in Japans Nikkei newspaper that Apple plans to reduce output of iPhone 6S and iPhone 6S Plus by 30%. That comes on the heels of an Accenture report warning that demand for smartphones is decreasing. People dont believe the newer models are all that much better than
27、what they currently have, so they dont want to pay for an upgrade. Question 5 to 7 are based on the news report you have just heard. 5. What change took place in Apple recently? 6. What helped bring about the change according to an Accenture report? 7. What can we learn about Apples smartphones? 5 【
28、正确答案】 A 【知识模块】 听力 6 【正确答案】 A 【知识模块】 听力 7 【正确答案】 C 【知识模块】 听力 Section B 8 【听力原文】 W: Please have a seat, Mr. Saunders. I received your resume last week, and was very impressed. M: Thank you! W: We are a small financial company trading mostly stocks and bonds. May I ask why you are interested in working
29、 for us? M: Your company has an impressive reputation and Ive always wanted to work for a smaller company. W: Thats good to hear. Would you mind telling me a little bit about your present job? M: Im currently working in a large international company in charge of a team of 8 brokers. We buy and sell
30、stocks for major clients worldwide. W: Why do you think you are the right candidate for this position? M: As a head broker, I have a lot of experience in the stock market. I deal with clients on a daily basis, and I enjoy working with people. W: Well, you might just be the person weve been looking f
31、or. Do you have any questions? M: Uh-hum. If I were hired, how many accounts would I be handling? W: You will be working with two other head brokers. In other words, you will be handling about a third of our clients. M: And who would I report to? W: Directly to me. M: I see. What kind of benefits pa
32、ckage do you offer? W: Two weeks of paid vacation in your first year employment. Youll also be entitled to medical and dental insurance, but this is something you should discuss with our Personnel Department. Do you have any other questions? M: No, not at the moment. W: Well, Ill have to discuss you
33、r application with my colleagues and well get back to you early next week. M: OK, thanks, its been nice meeting you! W: Nice meeting you too! And thanks for coming in today. Questions 8 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 8. Whats the purpose of Mr. Saunders visit? 9. What is Mr
34、. Saunders current job? 10. What can we conclude from the conversation? 11. What benefits package may the man get in his first year employment? 8 【正确答案】 B 【知识模块】 听力 9 【正确答案】 C 【知识模块】 听力 10 【正确答案】 D 【知识模块】 听力 11 【正确答案】 B 【知识模块】 听力 12 【听力原文】 M: Hey, Karen, you are not really reading it, are you? W: Pa
35、rdon? M: The book！ You havent turned the page in the last ten minutes. W: No, Jim, I suppose I havent. I need to get through it though, but I keep drifting away. M: So it doesnt really hold your interest? W: No, not really. I wouldnt bother with it, to be honest, but I have to read it for a seminar.
36、 Im at a university. M: Its a labor of labor then rather than a labor of love. W: I should say. I dont like Dickens at all really, the author. Indeed, I am starting to like the whole course less and less. M: Its not just the book. Its the course as well? W: Yeah, in a way, although the course itself
37、 isnt really that bad, a lot of it is pretty good, in fact, and the lecturers are fine. Its me, I suppose. You see, I wanted to do philosophy rather than English, but my parents talked me out of it. M: So the courses are OK as such. Its just that had it been left to you, you would have chosen a diff
38、erent one. W: Oh, they had my best interests at heart, of course, my parents. They always do, dont they? They believe that my job prospects wouldve been pretty limited with the degree of philosophy. Plus, they give me a really generous allowance, but I am beginning to feel that Im wasting my time an
39、d their money. They would be so disappointed, though, if I told them I was quitting. Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 12. Why cant Karen concentrate on the book? 13. Why is Karen starting to like the course less and less? 14. Who thinks Philosophy graduates have
40、limited job opportunities? 15. What is Karen thinking of doing? 12 【正确答案】 D 【知识模块】 听力 13 【正确答案】 C 【知识模块】 听力 14 【正确答案】 B 【知识模块】 听力 15 【正确答案】 A 【知识模块】 听力 Section C 16 【听力原文】 In Greece, only rich people will rest in peace forever when they die. Most of the population, however, will be undisturbed for o
41、nly three years. Then they will be dug up, washed, compressed into a small tin box, and placed in a bone room. If the body has only partially decayed, it is reburied in a smaller, cheaper grave, but not for long. The body will be dug up again sometime later when it has fully decayed. Buying a piece
42、of land for a grave is the only way to avoid this process. The cost of the grave is so great that most people choose to rent a grave for three years and even after being dug up, lasting peace is still not guaranteed. If no one pays for renting space in the bone room, the skeleton is removed and stor
43、ed in a building in a poor part of the town. Lack of space in Athens is the main reason why the dead are dug up after three years. The city is so overcrowded that sometimes dead bodies are kept in hospitals for over a week until a grave is found. Athens city council wants to introduce cremation, tha
44、t is, burning dead bodies as a means of dealing with the problem. But the Greek church resists this practice. They believe the only place where people burn is hell, so burning dead bodies is against the Greek concept of life after death. To save space, the church suggested burying the bodies standin
45、g up instead of lying down. Some people proposed building multi-storey underground graveyards. Questions 16 to 19 are based on the passage you have just heard. 16. What must Greeks do to keep the dead resting in everlasting peace? 17. Why are most dead bodies in Athens dug up after three years? 18.
46、What suggestions does the church give about the burying of dead bodies? 19. What practice does the Greek church object to? 16 【正确答案】 D 【知识模块】 听力 17 【正确答案】 A 【知识模块】 听力 18 【正确答案】 B 【知识模块】 听力 19 【正确答案】 A 【知识模块】 听力 20 【 听力原文】 If you visit a big city anywhere in the world, you will probably find a restau
47、rant which serves the food of your native country. Most large cities in the United States offer an international sample of foods. Many people enjoy eating the food of other nations. This is probably one reason why there are so many different kinds of restaurants in the United States. A second reason
48、 is that many Americans come from other parts of the world. They enjoy tasting the foods of their native lands. In the city of Detroit, for example, there are many people from Western Europe, Greece, Latin America, and the Far East. There are many restaurants in Detroit which serve the foods of thes
49、e areas. There are many other international restaurants too. Americans enjoy the foods in these restaurants as well as the opportunity to better understand the people and their way of life. One of the most common international restaurants to be found in the United States is the Italian restaurant. The restaurant may be a small business run by a single family. The mother of the family cooks all of the dishes, and the father and children serve the people who come to eat there. Or it may be a large restaurant owned by several diffe
