1、大学英语四级改革适用（听力）模拟试卷 39及答案与解析 Section A （ A） Add some parts to her report. （ B） Improve her writing. （ C） Get her report published. （ D） Rewrite her report. （ A） The man must pay his fees right away. （ B） She accept check as well as cash. （ C） Paying a little bit late is acceptable. （ D） The man can p
2、ay within this month. （ A） Mike is good at Economics. （ B） Mike is good at Political Science. （ C） Mike likes Economics. （ D） Mike likes Political Science. （ A） The bank had fired the woman. （ B） The woman used to work for a lawyer. （ C） The work in the bank is more interesting. （ D） The woman used
3、to work in a bank. （ A） He is successful in correcting the plan ahead of schedule. （ B） The woman is quite successful in correcting the plan. （ C） He is on his way doing the job. （ D） The woman had helped him a lot. （ A） The man went to Sams birthday party yesterday. （ B） The woman went to Sams birt
4、hday party yesterday. （ C） The woman has been terribly busy these days. （ D） The man went to his girlfriends birthday party. （ A） He cannot return the money right now. （ B） He can return the money today. （ C） He cannot return the money this month. （ D） He wants to borrow more money. （ A） Join the te
5、am three years later. （ B） Spend less time on homework. （ C） Give up music for the moment. （ D） Try her best to win a prize. （ A） A baby bear jumped out of a bush. （ B） The team was separated by the bears. （ C） The team annoyed a group of bears. （ D） A bear appeared and began to chase them. （ A） She
6、 feared that human beings would hurt her. （ B） She was annoyed by the noises people made. （ C） She wanted to protect her kid from being hurt. （ D） She wanted to find out her lost kid. （ A） Human beings suddenly appear before them. （ B） Some unexpected animals step into the bush. （ C） There are loud
7、noises coming from many people. （ D） They are hungry and are looking for food. （ A） By keeping silent. （ B） By speaking loudly. （ C） By walking quickly. （ D） By standing still. （ A） He forgot to read the requirements. （ B） He forgot to copy one document required. （ C） He forgot to carry the document
8、 required. （ D） He forgot to bring the copy of a document required. （ A） He has already got the result. （ B） He took it two weeks ago. （ C） The result is still unknown. （ D） The test will be available. （ A） The certificate and the passport （ B） The application and the results. （ C） The documents and
9、 the application. （ D） The evidence of the financial status. Section B （ A） It has become extinct. （ B） Its number will increase continually. （ C） It is taken off the endangered-species list. （ D） It is Americas national symbol. （ A） It weakened their eggshells. （ B） It poisoned their habitat. （ C）
10、It killed them directly. （ D） It killed all the fish they feed on. （ A） Reintroduce them from Europe. （ B） Make a ban on killing them. （ C） Feed them on uncontaminated fish. （ D） Pass a law to ban DDT. （ A） DDT. （ B） The disturbing of nests. （ C） Hunting. （ D） The destruction of their natural homes.
11、 （ A） They realize the importance of keeping fit. （ B） There are too many traffic jams. （ C） The economy is slowing down. （ D） Gas is in short supply. （ A） To reduce the percentage of bike riders. （ B） To create special lanes for bike riders. （ C） To make the city beautiful and green. （ D） To reduce
12、 environmental pollution. （ A） He has never driven his own car to work. （ B） He moved to Washington, D.C. 6 years ago. （ C） He was hit by a car twice in Portland. （ D） He now lives in Washington, D.C. （ A） Surgeons were not sure of the risk of operation. （ B） Its very hard to find a suitable organ d
13、onor. （ C） Human body was not receptive to foreign tissue. （ D） Patients white blood cells would be destroyed. （ A） The donor and recipient are identical twins. （ B） The transplanted organ is from the recipients relatives. （ C） The donors blood type is the same as the recipients. （ D） The recipient
14、is not infected during the operation. （ A） They tried to make the transplanting safer. （ B） They shifted their attention to “nonessential“ parts of the body. （ C） They focused on transplanting several organs at one operation. （ D） They did research to develop less expensive anti-rejection drugs. Sec
15、tion C 25 Its well known that big animals, like polar bears, are sensitive to climate change. The Earth warms, polar ice【 B1】 _, and the bears are out of luck. The same goes for tigers, sea lions, elephants. As the globe heats up and natural environments change, all big creatures are potentially【 B2
16、】 _. But what about insects? Some may be able to【 B3】 _just about anywhere. But most insects are just as sensitive to climate change as their larger, more beloved animal【 B4】 _. Whats more, insects are arguably more important than large mammals, 【 B5】_speaking. While several thousand polar bears wan
17、der the arctic, untold billions of insects live in virtually everywhere on Earth. And theyre 【 B6】 _in every ecosystem. For example, many of the worlds crops and other plants rely on insects for pollination(授粉 ). In forests, insects help break down dead trees and prepare the soil for new growth. And
18、 there are the animals, like birds, that【 B7】 _ insects. So how exactly will global warming affect insects? We dont really know. Some may go extinct. Others could migrate to cooler regions and【 B8】 _ native insect species there. And this could have all sorts of important implications for crops and e
19、ntire ecosystems. What we do know is that because insects cant【 B9】 _their body temperature to the same degree as mammals, theyre particularly sensitive to climate change. Its hard to【 B10】 _what will happen to insects as the Earth warms. But it looks like were about to find out. 26 【 B1】 27 【 B2】 2
20、8 【 B3】 29 【 B4】 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 39答案与解析 Section A 1 【听力原文】 W: Have you finished reading my research report? I put it on your desk last week. M: Yes, but you have to revise some parts of it, Im afraid, if you want to get it published. Q: What
21、 does the man suggest the woman do? 1 【正确答案】 B 【知识模块】 听力 2 【听力原文】 M: Im afraid Im a day or two late with my registration fees. My paycheck didnt come on time this month. W: Its all right. Were allowing a grace period until Friday. Q: What does the woman mean? 2 【正确答案】 C 【知识模块】 听力 3 【听力原文】 M: Mike go
22、t an A in Economics and only a C in Political Science. W: But he still thinks that Political Science is less complicated than Economics. Q: What do we learn from the conversation? 3 【正确答案】 A 【知识模块】 听力 4 【听力原文】 M: I just stopped by your office in the bank. They told me that you had quit. Where are yo
23、u working now? W: I am working for a lawyer now. The pay is better and the work is much more interesting. Q: What do we learn from the conversation? 4 【正确答案】 D 【知识模块】 听力 5 【听力原文】 W: They say you were quite successful in correcting the plan ahead of schedule. M: Well, I would be on my way doing the j
24、ob if it had not been for your help last year. Q: What does the man mean? 5 【正确答案】 D 【知识模块】 听力 6 【听力原文】 W: I expected to see you at Sams birthday party yesterday but you were absent. M: I had a date with my girlfriend. I have been terribly busy these days. You know, she is complaining. Q: What do we
25、 learn from the conversation? 6 【正确答案】 B 【知识模块】 听力 7 【听力原文】 W: About that money I lent you, isnt today the day you said youd return it? M: Oh, my finances have been really tight this month, but all I need is a few more days. Q: What does the man imply? 7 【正确答案】 A 【知识模块】 听力 8 【听力原文】 W: I have tried m
26、y best to win a prize since I joined the music team, but three years later I still havent. M: It takes so much time from your homework. Perhaps you should forget about music for now. Q: What does the man suggest the woman do? 8 【正确答案】 C 【知识模块】 听力 9 【听力原文】 W: Hi, Jack. How was the camping last week?
27、M: Oh, it was horrible. We nearly got killed. W: What happened? M: Well, 9 when we were walking on the path along one of the hills a bear suddenly jumped out of a bush and started to chase us. W: Thats terrible. Did anybody get hurt? M: Fortunately, we ran away before the bear got closer. We all agr
28、eed that we had never run so fast in our whole lives. W: So why did the bear try to attack you? Was it hungry and looking for food? M: No, it was more horrible. We later found out that the bear was a mother. And she was separated by us from her baby. 10 She jumped out because she feared that her kid
29、 would get hurt. After the camping we learned not to get between an adult and any young bears. W: But how could you make sure that you can see the bears? Supposed the mother and the children are hidden in a bush? M: Well, its actually easy to avoid encounter with bears. They are shy animals and norm
30、ally avoid human beings. 11 In most of the cases they attack because they are shocked by the unexpected presence of human. What you have to do is to scare them away 12 by making noises before you get too close. W: 12 I see, so next time when I go camping Ill sing aloud when Im walking. M: Thats a go
31、od idea. Questions 9 to 12 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 9. What happened during the mans camping? 10. Why did the mother bear jump out? 11. Why do bears attack people? 12. How to scare bears away before getting too close? 9 【正确答案】 D 【知识模块 】 听力 10 【正确答案】 C 【知识模块】 听力 11 【正确答案】 A
32、【知识模块】 听力 12 【正确答案】 B 【知识模块】 听力 13 【听力原文】 W: Good morning. Id just like to ask you a few questions about your visa application. Can you just check that the information here is correct? M: Sure. . yes, thats all correct. W: Thank you. For your student visa, we need evidence of your financial status f
33、or the last five years. In your application, you only included it for four years. M: Really? Let me check if I have the document here. Yes, here is the document you need. Im sorry. 13 I must have forgotten to make a copy of it for you. W: Thank you. Thats fine. The documents relating to your educati
34、on are fine. The offer from the university is conditional on your English language proficiency test result. Do you have that yet? M: 14 Not yet. I took the test last weekend. The results will not be available for another two or three weeks. W: OK. Everything else is in order. Ill be happy to give yo
35、u a student visa, valid for the duration of your course, when you bring me a certificate showing the result of your language test. M: Thank you very much. You dont need any other document from me to process my application? W: None. Make an application to see me when you receive your results. 15 When
36、 you bring the certificate to me, bring your passport too. Then I can give you the visa. M: Thank you very much. W: Glad to help. Questions 13 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 13. What did the man forget to do? 14. What do we learn about the mans English language proficiency
37、test? 15. What should the man bring with him to get the visa? 13 【正确答案】 B 【知识模块】 听力 14 【正确答案】 C 【知识模块】 听力 15 【正确答案】 A 【知识模块】 听力 Section B 16 【听力原文】 16 Americas national symbol, the bald eagle, almost went extinct 20 years ago. But it has made a comeback. In fact, the US Fish and Wildlife Service is
38、considering the possibility of taking it off the endangered-species list. Once, more than 50,000 pairs of bald eagles nested across the country. But by 1960, that number had fallen below 400. The chief killer was the widely used DDT. Fish soaked up DDT, died, and were washed up on shores, where bald
39、 eagles ate them up. 17 DDT caused eagle eggshells to weaken and crack. The shells became so thin that they cracked before the babies emerged from the eggs. The eagle had no defense against DDT. 18 Fortunately, in 1972, a law was passed to ban DDT, which saved the bald eagle from dying out. And sinc
40、e then, wildlife biologists have reintroduced bald eagles from Canada to America. The result was that last year U.S. birdwatchers counted 11,610 bald eagles in the country. If it were dropped from the endangered list, the bald eagle would still be a threatened species. That means the bird would cont
41、inue to get the same protectionno hunting allowed, and no disturbing of nests. But bald eagles still face tough times. 19 The destruction of their natural homes could be the next DDT, causing eagle numbers to drop quickly. Questions 16 to 19 are based on the passage you have just heard. 16. What do
42、we learn about the bald eagle? 17. How did DDT affect the bald eagles? 18. What has been done to prevent bald eagles from dying out? 19. According to the passage, what will cause the number of bald eagles to decline? 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】 D 【知识模块】 听力 19 【正确答案】 D 【知识模块
43、】 听力 20 【听力原文】 More and more Americans have been leaving their cars at home and riding to work on bicycles. 20 They are doing this because of gas prices, a slowing economy and concerns about the environment. Andy Clark is the executive director of the League of American Bicyclists. His group support
44、s bicycling for fun, fitness and transportation. Clark says this is good news for the environment. He says riding a bicycle to work does not burn fossil fuel or create dangerous pollutants. Experts say the effects are the most important on short trips. Shorter car trips release more pollution into t
45、he air for each kilometer driven. This is because the device in a car engine that reduces the harmfulness of emissions needs to warm up before it can work well. Last year, the Pacific Northwest city of Portland, Oregon, had the highest percentage of bicycle commuters in the United States. 21 Portlan
46、d has been doing progressive city planning for many years to create special paths for bike riders. Andrew Land is one of Portlands citizens who bikes to work every day. 22 Mr. Land is 33 years old and has never owned a car. He has biked to work for 12 years. Before moving to Portland 6 years ago, he
47、 lived in Washington, D.C. But he was hit by a car twice while biking to work there. That has not happened in Portland where there are special roads for bicycles. Questions 20 to 22 are based on the passage you have just heard. 20. Why do more and more Americans choose to ride to work? 21. Whats the
48、 purpose of the progressive city planning in Portland? 22. What do we learn about Andrew Land from the passage? 20 【正确答案】 C 【知识模块】 听力 21 【正确答案】 B 【知识模块】 听力 22 【正确答案】 A 【知识模块】 听力 23 【听力原文】 Scientists have long thought about the idea of replacing a diseased organ with a healthy one from a donor. 23 Th
49、e problem at first was that the human body is not particularly receptive to foreign tissue. When tissue from a donor is placed inside the body, the immune army sees it as a foreign invader and goes into battle mode. White blood cells attack and destroy the unknown tissue in a process known as rejection. 24 Eventually, scientists realized that the problem of rejection didnt occur when the organ donor and recipient were identical twins. The genetic similarity appeare
