1、大学英语四级改革适用（听力）模拟试卷 55及答案与解析 Section A （ A） Get on the nearest bus. （ B） Ask the policeman for direction. （ C） Ask the newsstand owner a question. （ D） Buy todays newspaper. （ A） He would like to warm up for the game. （ B） He doesnt want to be held up in traffic. （ C） He doesnt want to miss the game.
2、 （ D） He wants to catch as many birds as possible. （ A） Check the timetable. （ B） Go to the railway station earlier. （ C） Travel on a later train. （ D） Cancel the trip earlier. （ A） Change her diet. （ B） Take a different kind of medicine. （ C） Ask another doctor about the problem. （ D） Do special kn
3、ee exercise. （ A） He wants help in improving his vocabulary. （ B） He plans to read the whole newspaper. （ C） He wants to work for a newspaper. （ D） He is interested in finding a job. （ A） It was misleading. （ B） It was enjoyable. （ C） It was rather boring. （ D） It was very difficult. （ A） He doesnt
4、like the professor very much. （ B） He doubts the class will be cancelled. （ C） He doesnt want to attend the conference. （ D） He doesnt like to attend the class. （ A） She will post the letter for the man. （ B） She has no time to go to the post office today. （ C） She will send the letter to Mary. （ D）
5、 She will go to the post office to get the letter for Mary. （ A） The library assistant thinks he has an overdue book. （ B） He wants to show that hes not clear with library rules. （ C） A freshman is allowed to borrow more books. （ D） He is explaining why hes delayed returning the book. （ A） The man h
6、as mistakenly taken someone elses books. （ B） The book has already been returned. （ C） There isnt any information about the man. （ D） There are two students named Robert Smith. （ A） Check his book record often. （ B） Apply for a job as a library assistant. （ C） Use his middle name as well. （ D） Go to
7、 another library to borrow books. （ A） To ask her to look at his design proposal. （ B） To get her feedback on his design proposal. （ C） To hand a better design proposal to her. （ D） To ask her about his results of the final exam. （ A） Producing non-radioactive cell phones. （ B） Making cell phones mo
8、re attractive. （ C） Adding more interesting games to cell phones. （ D） Designing user-friendly cell phones. （ A） It was not well-written. （ B） It lacked preliminary research. （ C） There are many others interested in it. （ D） Its ideas were weak. （ A） Prepare a speech. （ B） Give a class. （ C） Grade t
9、he paper. （ D） Finish the proposal. Section B （ A） To examine the chemical elements in the Ice Age. （ B） To look into the pattern of solar wind activity. （ C） To analyse the composition of different trees. （ D） To find out the origin of carbon 14 on Earth. （ A） The lifecycle of trees. （ B） The numbe
10、r of trees. （ C） The intensity of solar burning. （ D） The quality of air. （ A） It affects the growth of trees. （ B） It has been increasing since the Ice Age. （ C） It is determined by the chemicals in the air. （ D） It follows a certain cycle. （ A） 4%. （ B） 10%. （ C） 14%. （ D） 25%. （ A） The birthrate
11、is on the decrease recently in America. （ B） Age is no longer an indication of ones marriage. （ C） The society demands more and more nowadays. （ D） The aging of population causes many social problems. （ A） People dont have to act their age. （ B） People should have their own judgements. （ C） One is n
12、ever too old to learn. （ D） People must respect the old and cherish the young. （ A） He was well-known on the west coast. （ B） He made many political achievements. （ C） He supported financial aid to farmers. （ D） He was a popular war hero. （ A） He had various political experiences. （ B） He preferred
13、civilian clothes to uniform. （ C） He was tall and handsome. （ D） He was gentle and careful. （ A） He lost the support of farmers. （ B） He was opposed by the Whig Party. （ C） He was in power for only a short period. （ D） He came into conflict with parliament members. （ A） In 1848. （ B） In 1849. （ C） I
14、n 1850. （ D） In 1851. Section C 25 An interpersonal relationship is a relatively long-term association between two or more people. This association may【 B1】 _ emotions like love and liking, regular business interactions, or some other type of【 B2】 _commitment. Interpersonal relationships take place
15、in a great variety of contexts, such as family, friends, marriage, work, clubs, neighbourhoods, and【 B3】 _. They may be regulated by law, custom, or mutual【 B4】 _, and are the basis of social groups and society as a whole. Although humans are【 B5】 _social creatures, interpersonal relationships are n
16、ot always healthy. Examples of unhealthy relationships【 B6】 _ abusive relationships and codependence. A relationship is normally viewed as a【 B7】 _between two individuals, such as a romantic or【 B8】 _relationship, or a parent-child relationship. Individuals can also have relationships with groups of
17、 people. Finally, groups or even nations may have relations with each other, though this is a much broader subject than that covered under the topic of interpersonal relationships. See such articles as international relations for more information on associations between groups. Most academic work on
18、 relationships【 B9】 _romantic partners in couples. These intimate relationships are, however, only a small subset of interpersonal relationships. All relationships involve some level of interdependence. People in a relationship tend to influence each other, share their thoughts and feelings, and【 B1
19、0】 _activities together. Because of this interdependence, anything that changes or impacts one member of the relationship will have some level of impact on the other member. 26 【 B1】 27 【 B2】 28 【 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 55答案与解析 Section
20、A 1 【听力原文】 M: Excuse me, can you tell me how to get to the bus station? W: Sorry, Im a stranger here myself. Why dont you ask the policeman over there, near the newsstand? Q: What does the woman suggest the man do? 1 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 男士问女士去汽车站的路，女士说她也不认识，并通过反问句Why dont you? 建议男士去问报摊附近的警察，故答案为 B)。 【知识
21、模块】 听力 2 【听力原文】 M: Hurry up, Linda! I hear that there are not many tickets left for the football match. W: I am ready now. Lets go. It is the early bird that catches the worm. Q: Why does the man ask the woman to hurry up? 2 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 男士催促女士抓紧时间，因为他听说足球赛的票剩的不太多了，由此可知男士是因为不想错过比赛所以催促女士，故答案为 C)。
22、【知识模块】 听力 3 【听力原文】 W: Im afraid we are going to miss the 3 oclock train. M: Dont worry. We can get our tickets changed for this evening. Q: What does the man suggest they should do? 3 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 女士说恐怕她们要赶不上三点的火车了，男士则说他们可以把票改成晚上的 (get our tickets changed for thisevening)，可见男士建议乘晚一班的火车出行，故答案 C)。
23、【知识模块】 听力 4 【听力原文】 W: My doctor told me I needed to go for some expensive treatment for my injured knee. M: Are you sure? Maybe you need a second opinion. Q: What does the man suggest the woman do? 4 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 女士说她的医生告诉她，她的腿需要进行昂贵的治疗，男士听后通过疑问句 Are you sure?表示自己的怀疑，并说女士也许需要听听其他人的建议，言外之意 就是建议女士再
24、向其他医生咨询一下，故答案为 C)。 【知识模块】 听力 5 【听力原文】 W: Oh, Jackie, are you reading The Sunday Times? What a big surprise! Since when do you read it? M: Since I discovered its big help-wanted section. Q: What can we learn about the man? 5 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 女士问男士什么时候开始阅读星期日泰晤士报的，男士说从他发现报纸上大幅的招聘专栏 (help-wantedsection)
25、开始，由此可知男士现在对找工作比较感兴趣，故答案为 D)。 【知识模块】 听力 6 【听力原文】 W: Michael, did you go to the lecture on the French Revolution last night? I have never heard such an interesting history lecture before. M: Yes, wasnt it marvelous? It is said the lecturer is a self-taught man with no university education. Q: What di
26、d the man think of the lecture? 6 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 女士问男士昨晚是否去听关于法国大革命的讲座了，并说自己以前从未听过这么有趣的演讲，男士通过反问句表示赞同 (Yes， wasnt it marvelous?)，由此可知男士也认为讲座很 enjoyable，故答案为 B)。 【知识模块】 听力 7 【听力原文】 W: Do you think Professor Simpson will cancel class on account of the special conference? M: Not likely, as far as I am
27、 concerned. Q: What does the man mean? 7 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 女士问男士 Simpson教授会不会因为特别会议而取消上课，男士说他 认为不太可能，也就是说男士认为恐怕课不会被取消，故答案为 B)。 【知识模块】 听力 8 【听力原文】 M: What a memory I have! Mary asked me to post the letter for her on my way to the office and now the letter is still lying in my bag. W: Dont worry. Im goi
28、ng to the post office soon. Q: What does the woman imply? 8 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 男士说自己记性差，答应在上班路上帮 Mary寄一封信，而到现在那封信却还在他的包里放着，女士说别担心，她马上要去当邮局，言外之意就是女士可以帮他寄信，故答案为 A)。 【知识模块】 听力 9 【听力原文】 W: Im sorry, but I cant let you check out these books. M: What do you mean? W:9The computer shows you have got an overdue
29、 book, Art Work, and you cannot borrow any book until you return it. M: But thats impossible. I only started going to this school last month and I am a business major, not an artist. W: Hmm. This is pretty strange. Let me look out the records on the computer. You are Robert Smith? M: Yeah. Of course
30、. W: And you live at No. 25 western. M: No. I am living on campus. W: You did say you are Robert Smith, right? M: Yeah, well, my full name is Robert James Smith. W: Let me check one more thing on the computer. Aha, I see now.10Theres another Robert Smith. Robert E. Smith. And it looks like he is the
31、 one who has the overdue book checked out. M: Another Robert Smith? No kidding! W: So I guess you two never met. M: No, but I think I should probably try. I could at least figure out whats just happened. W: Good idea. Now lets check out these books today.11But I suggest you start to use your middle
32、name, or mid initial to avoid any problem like this in the future. M: I think so. Thank you. 9. Why does the man mention that he is a new student at the school? 10. What does the woman discover when she checks the records on the computer? 11. What does the woman suggest the man do in the future? 9 【
33、正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 细节题。对话开头处，女士说男士不能借书，因 为他有一本过期未还的书 (have got an overdue book)，为了说明自己没借过书，男士提到自己上个月刚来这所学校上学，不可能有书没还。所以男士提到自己是 new student是因为图书管理员认为他 has an overdue book，故答案为 A)。 【知识模块】 听力 10 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 细节题。女士查电脑后发现 Theres another Robert Smith，全名是RobertE Smith，而对话中男士的名字也是 Robert Smith，只是全 名是 Robert
34、 JamesSmith。由此可知女士发现学校里有两个名叫 Robert Smith的学生，故答案为 D)。 【知识模块】 听力 11 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 细节题。对话结尾处，女士建议男士今后要用自己的 middle name或 midinitial，以免再遇到类似的麻烦，故答案为 C)。 【知识模块】 听力 12 【听力原文】 M: Hi. Professor Whitaker. W: Oh, George, hello, come in, have a seat. M: I just wanted to know if youve had a chance to look at
35、my design proposal, the one on ergonomics. W: As a matter of fact, I guess you want some feedback. M: Yes, if you have time. W: Well, I have a class in about ten minutes, but I suppose I can give you some pointers, maybe just to help you rethink your ideas before I hand the proposals back. Dont look
36、 disappointed now. You had some very interesting ideas. Its the first time I have got a proposal to redesign the cell phone for ease of use. M: No one else has made a similar proposal? I would have thought schemes had been made to change the typical cell phone design. W: Well, thats just it, George.
37、 Why did you decide on the cell phone? M: I guess because I have such a hard time using it. W: Have you done a sort of mini-survey to check what other people think? M: Well. no, I hadnt thought about that. I just assumed everybody else was having a hard time. W: Although I think your concept for mak
38、ing the cell phone easier to use is definitely worth looking into, I didnt think you had sufficient basis for suggesting that the design be changed to one easier to use. You might want to check how other cell phone users cope with the buttons, how they use their finger to send messages or make phone
39、 calls to an unrecorded number. Have you compared how you use it with the way others use theirs? Do you see what Im getting at? M: OK, Professor. I see your point. W: Anyhow, lets talk more tomorrow. I really must go. M: OK, thanks for your advice. 12. Whats the mans real purpose of meeting the woma
40、n? 13. Whats the mans design proposal about? 14. What can be inferred about the mans design proposal? 15. What is the woman going to do after the conversation? 12 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 细节题。男士说他来是想知道女士是否看了他的设计方案(designproposal)，而女士指出男士的实际目的是想获取一些反馈 (want somefeedback)，男士说的确如此，由此可知男士来见女士的真正目的是听取女士对他的设计方案的反馈
41、，故答案为 B)。 【知识模块】 听力 13 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 细节题。女士在点评男士的设计方案时说这是她第一次看到 “重新设计手机，以使其使用方便 (ease of use)”这样的设计方案，由此可知男士的设计方案就是设计出使用方便 (user-friendly)的手机，故答案为 D)。 【知识模块】 听力 14 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 推断题。女士问男士在提出设计方案之前是否做过调查，征询过别人的观点，男士回答说没有，于是女士说她认为男士提出的 “设计使用方便的手机 ”这一方案没有充分的根据，由此可知男士在设计方案时没有做过初步的调查研究 (preliminary r
42、esearch)，故答案为 B)。 【知识模块】 听力 15 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 细节题。对话开始的时候女士说她大约 10分钟后要去上课 (have a class inabout 10 minutes)，但她可 以利用这点时间讲一下男士的设计方案，再结合男士对女士的称呼 professor可知对话结束后女士要去教课，故答案为 B)。 【知识模块】 听力 Section B 16 【听力原文】 You can tell the age of a tree by counting its rings. But these records of a trees life really
43、say a lot more.16Scientists are using tree rings to learn whats been happening on the suns surface for the last 10,000 years. Each ring represents a year of growth. As the tree grows, it adds its layer to its trunk, taking up chemical elements from the air. By looking at the elements in the rings fr
44、om a given year, scientists can tell what elements were in the air that year. Dr. Stevenson is analysing one element, carbon 14 in rings from both living and dead trees. Some of the rings go back almost 10,000 years to the end of the Ice Age.17When Stevenson followed the carbon 14 trail back in time
45、 he found carbon 14 levels change with the intensity of solar burning.18You see the sun has cycles. Sometimes it burns fiercely. At other times, its relatively calm. During the suns violent periods, it throws off charged particles in fast moving strings called solar winds. The particles interfere wi
46、th the formation of carbon 14 on earth. When theres more solar wind activity, less carbon 14 is produced. And 10,000 years of tree rings show that the carbon 14 level rises and falls about every 420 years. But scientists concluded that solar wind activity must follow the same cycle. 16. Whats the pu
47、rpose of the scientists in studying tree rings? 17. What affects the amount of carbon 14 on Earth? 18. What do we learn from the passage about solar wind activity? 16 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 细节题。短文开头明确提到，科学家正在利用树的年轮来研究太阳表面在过去一万年的变化 (whats been happening on the suns surface)，后面又说，通过研究树的年轮可以了解空气中碳 14的含量，进而了解太
48、阳风活动密度(the intensity of solar winds)，由此可知科学家研究树的年轮是为了了解太阳风的活动频率，故答案为 B)。 【知 识模块】 听力 17 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 细节题。短文中明确提到， Stevenson发现空气中碳 14的水平随着太阳的燃烧密度变化 (change with the intensity of solar burning)，由此可知答案为C)。 【知识模块】 听力 18 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 细节题。短文中明确提到，太阳有自己的周期 (has cycles)，有时会巨烈燃烧 (burns fiercely)，其他时候又相对
49、平静 (relatively calm)，可见太阳 风活动有一定的周期，故答案为 D)。 【知识模块】 听力 19 【听力原文】 America is growing older. Fifty years ago, only 4 out of every 100 people in the United States were 65 or older.19Today, 10 out of every 100 Americans are over 65. The aging of the population will affect American society in many ways education, medicine and business. Quietly, the greying of America has made us a very different society one in which people have a quite different idea of what kind of beh
