1、大学英语四级改革适用（听力）模拟试卷 337及答案与解析 Section A （ A） Education problems of American children. （ B） Education problems of Syrian children in Turkey. （ C） A statement published by Human Rights Watch. （ D） Many children in Turkey dont receive education. （ A） They built long-lasting schools in Turkey. （ B） They
2、established a huge school system in Turkey. （ C） They offered financial support to Turkey. （ D） They sent refugee children to refugee camps. （ A） They killed no more than 50 people. （ B） They fired against NATO troops. （ C） They attacked an airport in Afghanistan. （ D） They killed 10 children, and t
3、wo police officers. （ A） Withdrawal of combat troops from other countries. （ B） False claims of foreign military troops. （ C） Decline of the local troops strength. （ D） Last years victory over foreign troops. （ A） Violate the civil liberties in Australia （ B） Increase the legal age to buy cigarettes
4、. （ C） Introduce a plan called plain packaging. （ D） Raise the price of cigarettes in Australia （ A） Details of anti-smoking policies. （ B） Pictures with olive trees. （ C） Health warnings including pictures. （ D） Data of cigarette sales worldwide. （ A） To follow the anti-smoking trend in Kuwait and
5、Hawaii. （ B） To make Tasmania Australias healthiest city by 2025. （ C） To ease existing tough anti-smoking policies. （ D） To have more tough anti-smoking policies. （ A） The number of adult girls is expected to double by 2050. （ B） Child marriage in Africa will be ended by 2050. （ C） Half women will
6、be married before reaching adulthood by 2050. （ D） The legal marriage age will set above 18 by 2050. （ A） Poverty and lack of education. （ B） Local culture that undervalues children. （ C） The low legal age for marriage. （ D） High risks of becoming teenage mothers. （ A） Waste products of whisky could
7、 make biofuel. （ B） Scotland is the largest producer of whisky in the world. （ C） A new fuel called Biobutanol is found by a Scottish professor. （ D） There are many waste products in making whisky. （ A） Corn and sugar cane. （ B） Rye and corn. （ C） Strong beer and wheat. （ D） Rice and wheat. （ A） Get
8、ting high skilled people. （ B） Promoting companys technology. （ C） Finding enough employees. （ D） Increasing members of immigrants. （ A） The number of them decreases dramatically. （ B） They mainly move from south states. （ C） They come to Chicago without work visa. （ D） The number of them increases
9、after the recession （ A） The law of immigrants. （ B） The environment for companies. （ C） The number of work visas. （ D） Higher salary and better titles. （ A） The asset of the US there has been frozen. （ B） The conflict there threatens the U.S. national security. （ C） Rallies are planned to protest t
10、he war there. （ D） The U.N. Security Council is involved in the issue there. （ A） Four Sudanese. （ B） The U.S. president. （ C） Reporters. （ D） George Clooney. （ A） Consumers give up motorcycles. （ B） Some politicians suggest cutting down prices of gasoline. （ C） Oil companies are not satisfied with
11、it. （ D） Some congressmen think oil companies should be examined. （ A） It might not work. （ B） Consumers will finally benefit from it. （ C） It is good for oil industry. （ D） It should also be imposed on other industries. （ A） At 4:35 pm local time. （ B） At 4:35 am local time. （ C） At 4:25 am local t
12、ime. （ D） At 4:25 pm local time. （ A） The US Geological Survey first reported the earthquake. （ B） Indias Meteorological Department has predicted the earthquake. （ C） A newly-built building collapsed in the earthquake. （ D） Three thousand people were reported dead in the earthquake. （ A） Because he
13、had a heart attack after the earthquake. （ B） Because he jumped from a fourth-floor balcony. （ C） Because he was badly injured during the quake. （ D） Because he suffered a stroke after the earthquake. 大学英语四级改革适用（听力）模拟试卷 337答案与解析 Section A 1 【听力原文】 There are about 650,000 school-aged Syrian refugee c
14、hildren in Turkey. Government officials estimate only about one-third of them are going to school. Educating the refugee children is an enormous task One U.S. official says that a huge school system like the one in New York City would be overwhelmed. The United States says it is working with the Uni
15、ted Nations to help bridge the education gap for refugee children. Without school, the effects will be negative and long-lasting. The United States provided Turkey with aid for education earlier. In December, it offered an additional $24 million. Human Rights Watch says a quality education will ensu
16、re a more stable future for these children. The organization says about 90 percent of children in refugee camps run by the Turkish government attend school. But most of the children living outside of those camps are not receiving education. 1. What is the news report mainly about? 2. What did the Un
17、ited States do to help refugee children? 1 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 新闻通篇讲的是在土耳其的叙利亚难民儿童的教育问题。 B正确。新闻后段虽提到美国为土耳其提供了教育援助，但 A项 “美国儿童 的教育问题 ”张冠李戴。新闻后段确实提到了人权观察组织的声明 (Human Rights Watch says )，但这只是新闻的细节内容，并非主旨，故 C“人权观察组织发表了声明 ”也排除。新闻最后提到 “难民营外的大部分儿童并未接受教育 ”，而非 D“土耳其的大部分儿童不能接受教育 ”。 【知识模块】 短篇新闻听力 2 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】
18、新闻中提到，美国之前已为土耳其提供了帮助 (aid)，之后明确指出美国又在 12月提供了一笔 2400万美元的援助，由此可知，美国是通过经济援助的方式帮助土 耳其的难民儿童， C正确。 【知识模块】 短篇新闻听力 3 【听力原文】 Eleven Taliban fighters attacked an important airport in southern Afghanistan early Tuesday, killing at least 50 people, Afghan officials said. The Afghan Defense Ministry said 38 civi
19、lians, 10 soldiers and two police officers were killed The attack on the Kandahar Air Field lasted 20 hours, reported The Washington Post. Among the dead were women and children, the newspaper wrote. The airport includes a military base with troops from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, or NAT
20、O. There were no reports that NATO troops were killed or injured in the attack A spokesman for the Taliban says fighters entered the base and attacked local and foreign military troops. He said more than 150 soldiers were killed in the attack The Taliban often makes claims about the results of their
21、 attacks that are not true. Taliban attacks have grown in number and strength in Afghanistan this year after the withdrawal last year of combat troops from other countries. 3. What did Taliban fighters do early Tuesday? 4. What led to the growth of Taliban attacks in Afghanistan? 3 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 新
22、闻的开头提到， 11名塔利班武装分子于周二凌晨袭击了阿富汗南部一座重要的机场。 C“他们袭击了阿富汗的一座机场 ”正确。新闻提到此次袭击造成了至少 50人死亡， A“他们杀害的人数不超过 50”错误。随后新闻中提到遇难者包括 38名平民， 10名士兵和 2名警察，故 D“他们杀害了十名儿童和两名警察 ”也不对。虽然新闻提到，机场有 NATO的军事基地，但并没有提到塔利班武装分子直接与 NATO的军队交火， B错误。 【知识模块】 短篇新闻听力 4 【正确答案】 A 【试题解 析】 新闻末尾提到，自从去年其他国家的武装部队撤走后，塔利班的袭击在数量和破坏力都增加了 (grown in numbe
23、r and strength)，故导致塔利班袭击增多的原因就是外国军队的撤走， A正确。发出错误声明 (false claims)的是塔利班，而非外国军队， B错误。 C利用 strength一词作干扰，新闻并没有提到当地军队的情况。 D“去年对外国军队的胜利 ”没有在新闻中提到。 【知识模块】 短篇新闻听力 5 【听力原文】 The Australian state of Tasmania is considering raising the legal age for buying cigarettes to at least 21 and potentially as high as 2
24、5. If the plan goes ahead it will give Tasmania some of the toughest tobacco laws in the world. The current legal age to purchase, possess or smoke cigarettes in all Australian states is 18. Critics have complained the proposed restrictions would be a violation of civil liberties. Australia already
25、has some of the worlds toughest anti-smoking policies. It introduced so-called plain packaging four years ago, where packs are coloured an identical olive brown and are covered in health warnings that include pictures. The country is also one of the most expensive places in the world to buy cigarett
26、es from around $15 a pack. Parts of the world already ban cigarette sales to those under 21, including Kuwait and, from next year, Hawaii. Around one-in-five Tasmanians smoke, with the vast majority taking up the habit before the age of 25. The Tasmanian government proposals are part of a five-year
27、plan to make the state Australias healthiest by 2025. 5. What does the state of Tasmania plan to do? 6. According to plain packaging, what should be included in the packs of cigarette? 7. Whats the purpose of the Tasmanian government proposals? 5 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 新闻开头说澳大利亚的塔斯马尼亚州 (state of Tasmania)正
28、在考虑提高合法购买香烟的年龄 (raising the legal age for buying cigarettes)，最低年龄至少是 21岁，有可能达 25岁。 B中的 increase与 raise同义，所述与原文一致，故为答案。 A“侵犯人权 ”是批评者对州政府此举的看法，并非政府的初衷。 C中的plain packaging是澳大利亚四年前实施的政策，与题目所问无关。要提高的是 “买烟的年龄 ”，而非 “香 烟的价格 ”， D错误。 【知识模块】 短篇新闻听力 6 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 新闻中提到，澳大利亚四年前推行了所谓的 plain packaging政策，要求包装上统
29、一用橄榄褐色，还要有健康警示的图示 (health warnings that include pictures)， C与此一致，为答案。 B出现关键词 olive，但新闻是说包装的颜色是 olive brown“橄榄褐色 ”，而非真的是印上 olive trees“橄榄树 ”。 【知识模块】 短篇新闻听力 7 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 选项均以 To开头，题目可能问的是做某件事的目的。新闻最后提到，塔斯马尼亚政府的提议是五年计划的一部分，目的是在 2025年之前将塔斯马尼亚州打造成澳大利亚最健康的州 (part of a five-year plan to make the state
30、 Australias healthiest by 2025)， B所述与原文一致。 A“跟随科威特和夏威夷的反吸烟潮流 ”、 C“放宽目前已有的苛刻的反吸烟政策 ”、 D“为了制订更多严苛的反吸烟政策 ”均未在新闻中提到。 【知识模块】 短篇新闻 听力 8 【听力原文】 The number of girls married in Africa is expected to double in the next 35 years, experts say. That means almost half, or 310 million girls, by 2050 will be marrie
31、d before they reach adulthood, says a United Nations report. The African Union says it wants to end child marriage in Africa. Delegates at a summit in Zambia are expected to set 18 years old as the lowest legal age for marriage across the continent. Marriage before age 18 is already against the law
32、in most African countries. Yet the UN says more than 125 million African women and girls alive today were married before their 18th birthday. Experts say most were given to men in traditional or religious unions in violation of the law. African Union chairwoman Nkosozana Planum Zuma says local cultu
33、re that undervalues girls and women is to blame. Poverty and lack of education are also responsible, experts say. 1. What do we learn from the United Nations report? 2. What is the reason for child marriage in Africa? 8 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 新闻的开头提到，联合国的一份报告称，到 2050年会有将近一半女孩 (约 3 1亿 )在未成年时就结婚， C所述与此一致。 A错
34、在 The number of adult girls，数量会翻倍的是未成年就结婚的女孩数量 (The number of girls married)，而非成年女孩的数量。 B“童婚到 2050时会结束 ”和 D“合法结婚年龄到2050年会设定在 18岁以上 ”都出现新闻中的个别原词，但所述内容都没有实质根据。 【知识模块】 短篇新闻听力 9 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 新闻的结尾引用非盟女主席的话，指出轻视女性的当地文化(undervalues girls and women)以及贫穷和教育落后 (Poverty and lack of education)应为童婚现象负责， A复现后
35、者，为正确答案。 B错在 children，当地文化轻视的只是女孩，不是所有 children。 C“合法结婚年龄低 ”与新闻内容相反，新闻中明确提到在大多数非洲国家， 18岁是合法结婚的年龄。 D“成为青少年母亲的风险高 ”未在新闻中提到。 【知识模块】 短篇新闻听力 10 【听力原文】 Waste products from a popular alcoholic drink could be used in the future to make biofuel. Researchers say the new fuel, based on whisky, could reduce dem
36、and for oil. They say using less oil could cut pollution that studies have linked to climate change. Scotland is the largest producer of whisky in the world. And a Scottish professor has found how to take the waste products from distilling whisky and turn them into a form of alcohol called biobu-tan
37、ol. Biobutanol can be used as a fuel. Whisky comes from grain, such as corn and wheat. Martin Tangney is director of the Biofuel Research Centre at Napier University in Edinburgh. He says less than 10 percent of what comes out can be considered whisky. The rest is mainly one of two unwanted products
38、: strong beer and wheat. Tangney says the two byproducts can be produced to create a new material: biobutanol. 3. What is the news report mainly about? 4. What are the unwanted products in making whisky? 10 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 主旨题。新闻的主旨常出现在首尾部分。新闻的开头提到，一种流行的酒精饮料中产生的废品在未来可以用作生物燃料 (could be used in the fu
39、ture to make biofuel)，而下一句则点明这个 popular alcoholic drink就是指 whisky“威士忌 ”。故 A正确。 B的内容有在新闻中提到，但 “苏格兰是全球最大的威士忌产生 ”并不是本文的重点内容。 C内容与新闻不符， Biobutanol并不是新燃料，也不是苏格兰教授发现的。 D“生产威士忌会产生很多废产品 ”偏离了新闻的重点。 【知识模块】 短篇新闻听力 11 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 新闻的结尾提到，制成威士忌后，剩下一两个没什么用处的废产品： strong beer和 wheat。故 C正确。 【知识模块】 短篇新闻听力 12 【听力原
40、文】 For several years, human resources director Pete Tapaskar says its been a challenge to fill all the jobs at his suburban Chicago-based technology company. Getting high skilled people is still a challenge. Elizabeth Sue is principal policy analyst for the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning,
41、who studies Chicagos recent immigration trends. She said “They are slowly moving into the south, especially Texas, and Atlanta, Georgia. What we are seeing right now is a substantially decreased total of international in-migrations. Prior to the recession we were between 50 and 60 thousand most year
42、s. Now, since 2010, weve been at about 23- to 24-thousand international in-migrations on a net basis.“ She says that dramatic drop as much as two-thirds some years contributes to Chicagos overall still population growth. Tapaskar says there are many reasons why immigrants choose to live in Southern
43、states instead of Chicago. “The environment there is ideal for starting a business, could be the taxes there are low, and employers are getting a lot of benefits from the state government.“ But Tapaskar says one thing that could bring new immigrants to Chicago is increasing the number of work visas
44、that would attract the highly skilled tech workers his business needs. 5. What is the problem for the technology companies in Chicago? 6. What do we learn about international in-migrations in Chicago? 7. Why do immigrants choose southern states instead of Chicago? 12 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 新闻的开头提到，一家在芝加哥郊区
45、的公司的人力资源总监 Pete Tapaskar说，他公司的所有空缺职位找到人并不容易，找到技术精湛的人才仍是一个挑战 (getting high skilled people is still a challenge)。 A复现新闻的内容，为答案。新闻并没有提到需要提升公司的技术，故 B排除。科技公司缺少的是技术熟练的科技人员， C“找到足够的员工 ”不够具体。新闻通篇提到移民情况，但增加移民人数并非科技公司所需要解决的问题，故 D也不对。 【知识模块】 短篇新闻听力 13 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 在 Elizabeth Sue的话 中，关键词 a substantially dec
46、reased和dramatic drop都表明迁入芝加哥人数大幅减少， A正确。新闻说的是移民选择南方各州， B说从南方各州迁来与此相反。 C利用新闻中的 work visa作干扰，实质内容未在新闻中提到。 D说的 “数量上升 ”与新闻内容相反。 【知识模块】 短篇新闻听力 14 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 在新闻后段， Tapaskar提到 “那些地方的环境对创业更有利，可能有更低的税收，雇主们能从州政府那里得到更多福利 ”， B与上述内容相符。 C较有干扰性， 但新闻结尾提到，增加工作签证为了吸引技术熟练的人才到芝加哥，这与移民选择南方各州的原因无关。 【知识模块】 短篇新闻听力 15
47、 【听力原文】 In a statement, the US president says he is taking the action, because the conflict in Darfur threatens the national security and foreign policy of the United States. The asset freeze is being imposed on four Sudanese identified by the U.N. Security Council as being involved in organizing an
48、d carrying out cruel and violent actions in Darfur. The presidents order comes days before rallies are planned in Washington and throughout the United States to protest the three-year war in Darfur. Celebrities such as Academy Award winning actor George Clooney are scheduled to speak at the rally. C
49、looney, who just returned from a trip to the Darfur region, told reporters in Washington the worlds attention needs to be focused on what he called the “first massive murder of the 21st century.“ 1. Why is the U.S. president taking actions in Darfur? 2. Who is scheduled to speak at the rally? 15 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 新闻开头提到，美国总统表示，他正在采取行动，因为在 Darfur的冲突已经威胁到美国的国家安全和外交政策 (threatens the national security and foreign policy of the United States)， B中的 threatens the U S national security提到了其中一点，故为正确答案。 A“美国财产被冻结 ”张冠李戴，新闻是说 4个苏丹人的财产被冻结。美国总统的声明发表在集合之前 (days before ra
