1、大学英语四级改革适用（听力）模拟试卷 60及答案与解析 Section A （ A） The woman neednt get him the second soda. （ B） He wants a soda just like the first one. （ C） The woman can drink the first soda. （ D） He likes the first soda better than the second one. （ A） She can do nothing to help the man. （ B） She knows nothing about b
2、asketball. （ C） She doesnt want to buy another TV set. （ D） The man is always watching basketball games. （ A） The woman bought too many skirts. （ B） The woman should buy more skirts. （ C） The woman should buy something else except skirts. （ D） He didnt like the style of the womans skirts. （ A） The w
3、oman thinks her job is interesting. （ B） The woman is satisfied with her salary. （ C） The man likes the job very much. （ D） The man is a barber now. （ A） Rewrite the whole letter. （ B） Check the spelling of some words. （ C） Send the letter without typing it. （ D） Change some wording in his letter. （
4、 A） He wants to pay. （ B） He doesnt want to eat out. （ C） He wants to eat somewhere else. （ D） He doesnt like Japanese food. （ A） He is offered a new job. （ B） He is granted to leave for one month. （ C） He is fired by the company. （ D） He is dismissed for his poor performance. （ A） Five lessons. （ B
5、） Three lessons. （ C） Twelve lessons. （ D） Fifteen lessons （ A） She felt very hard to adapt to the new surroundings. （ B） She felt curious about everything she met. （ C） She felt the situation around is suitable for her. （ D） She felt it interesting to adapt to the new environment. （ A） Americans ar
6、e very kind. （ B） The variety of cultures will bring great advantages. （ C） A lot of Americans have personality traits. （ D） Americans are ambitious people with strong personality. （ A） The help of an influential person. （ B） Family origins. （ C） Opportunities. （ D） Individual efforts. （ A） The mans
7、 lateness for class. （ B） The topic for their class presentation. （ C） The presentations of other students. （ D） Their bad luck and the Murphys Law. （ A） 60 minutes. （ B） 45 minutes. （ C） 30 minutes. （ D） 20 minutes. （ A） Mathematics. （ B） Economics. （ C） History. （ D） Foreign Language. （ A） Because
8、 his car was broken. （ B） Because no one gave him a ride and the bus was delayed. （ C） Because the bus he took was broken on the way. （ D） Because the bus service was suspended in bad weather. Section B （ A） He fell into the river but couldnt swim. （ B） He fell into the river together with his bike.
9、 （ C） He had his foot caught between two posts in the river. （ D） He dived into the river but couldnt reach the surface. （ A） He jumped into the river immediately. （ B） He took off his coat and jumped into the water. （ C） He dashed down the bridge to save the boy. （ D） He shouted out for help. （ A）
10、He asked what the young mans name was. （ B） He asked the young man to take him home. （ C） He gave his name and then ran away. （ D） He thanked the young man and then ran away. （ A） Prehistoric times. （ B） As early as 3200 B.C. （ C） Roman times. （ D） Around A.D. 550. （ A） The beam bridge. （ B） The arc
11、h bridge. （ C） The stone bridge. （ D） The brick bridge. （ A） In Britain. （ B） In Middle East. （ C） In China. （ D） In Rome. （ A） The prison gates are always open. （ B） Its prisoners can work outside. （ C） The prison has no armed guards. （ D） The prison is open to the public. （ A） The prisoners are pr
12、ovided with jobs on release. （ B） Its prisoners are seldom made to work overtime. （ C） It is run on the principle of trusting prisoners. （ D） It has no security measures. （ A） One year. （ B） Two years. （ C） Thirteen years. （ D） Fourteen years. （ A） Doubtful. （ B） Positive. （ C） Critical. （ D） Indiff
13、erent. Section C 25 Geography is the study of the relationship between people and the land. Geographers compare and contrast various places on the earth. But they also go beyond the【 B1】 _places and consider the earth as a whole. The word “geography“【 B2】 _two Greek words, “ge“, the Greek word for “
14、earth“, and “graphein“, which means “to write“. The English【 B3】 _“geography“ means “to describe the earth“. Some geography books focus on a small area such as a town or a city. Others deal with a state, a region, a nation, or even an entire【 B4】 _. Many geography books deal with the whole earth. An
15、other way to【 B5】 _the study of geography is the【 B6】_between physical geography and cultural geography. The former focuses on the natural world; the latter starts with human beings and studies how human beings and their【 B7】 _act upon each other. But when geography【 B8】 _a single subject, neither b
16、ranch can neglect the other. A geographer might be described as one who【 B9】 _, records and explains the differences between places. If places were alike, there would be little need for geographers. However, just as there are no two【 B10】 _snowflakes in the world, no place is exactly the same as ano
17、ther. Geography, then, is a point of view, a special way of looking at places. 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 60答案与解析 Section A 1 【听力原文】 W: Ill go and get you another soda. M: Another soda? I havent even touched the first
18、 one. Please just sit down and have a talk with me. Q: What does the man mean? 1 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 观点态度题。女士准备给男士再拿一杯汽水，男士说他还没touched the first one(喝第一杯汽水呢 )，言外之意就是女士不必给他拿第二杯汽水，故答案为 A)。 【知识模块】 听力 2 【听力原文】 M: You know more and more about basketball, Jane. You even know what a bad shot is. W: I cant help
19、 it. You watch nothing but basketball games, and this is the only television in this house. Q: What does the woman mean? 2 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 事实状况题。女士话中的 You watch nothing but basketball games表明，男士除了 basketball games什么也不看，也就是说男士总是观看basketballgames，故答案为 D)。 【知识模块】 听力 3 【听力原文】 W: I bought some skirts in
20、the new department store. How about having a look at them? M: Some skirts? It seems you have bought all the skirts in the store. Q: What does the man mean? 3 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 事实状况题。男士话中的 It seems you have bought all the skirts in thestore表明他认为女士几乎把商店里的所有裙子都买下来了，言外之意就是女士买了 too many skirts(太多的裙子 )，故答案为
21、 A)。 【知识模块】 听力 4 【听力原文】 M: I got a job at a bakery. Can you imagine Im a professional baker now? What do you do? W: Cool, Ill expect a big birthday cake tomorrow. I help a slow learner with maths. It is boring, but I get a fat salary. So it is cool. Q: What can we know from the conversation? 4 【正确答案
22、】 B 【试题解析】 观点态度题。由女士话中的 It isboring， but I get a fat salary表明，她虽然觉得自己的工作很无聊，但是对自己的薪水很满意，故答案为 B)。 fat salary意为 “高薪 ”。 【知识模块】 听力 5 【听力原文】 M: What do you think of my letter to the editor? I wanna type it and mail it today. W: I like your ideas, Robert, but I underlined some of the expressions you used.
23、 I think they seemed a little awkward. Q: What does the woman imply the man should do? 5 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 行为活动题。男士问女士看过这封信后有什么想法，他准备把信打出来，用邮件发给编辑，女士用先肯定后转折的句式 (I like your ideabut) 表达了她对信中内容的看法，她认为其中有些措辞不够妥当，容易让人觉得不舒服(awkward)，由此可以推断，女士是建议男士修改信中的一些措辞 (wording)，故答案为 D)。 【知识模块】 听力 6 【听力原文】 W: I hear th
24、ere is a good Japanese restaurant nearby. Would you like to go there for lunch? M: Yes, but its my treat this time. Q: What does the man mean? 6 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 女士说她听说附近有一家不错的日本餐厅 (a good Japaneserestaurant)，问男士是否想去那里吃午饭，男士说好，但这次他请客 (its mytreat this time)，可见男士要为午饭付账，故答案为 A)。 【知识模块】 听力 7 【听力原文】 W: I
25、m sorry to tell you that you neednt come next week. You know, sales of our company have been poor recently. M: Ive always worked hard. Would you be kind enough to give me a months notice so that I can find a new job? Q: What happened to the man? 7 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 事实状况题。由女士话中的 youneednt come next wee
26、k及男士话中的 Would yoube kindfind a new job 可推断，男士被他现在的公司解雇了，原因是近来公司的 sales比较 poor，故答案为 C)。 【知识模块】 听力 8 【听力原文】 W: Professor Clark said that the mid-term exam would cover the first 15 lessons. M: Really? I thought it only included the first 12 lessons. Then I must spend the weekend to go over the rest of
27、the lessons. Q: How many lessons must the man review over the weekend? 8 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 女士说期 中考试将要包括前 15课 (cover thefirst 15 lessons)，男士表示惊讶 (really?)，说他以为只考前面 12课呢，还说他必须在周末复习剩下的课程 (the restof the lessons)，可见男士周末得把剩下的 3课复习完，故答案为 B)。 【知识模块】 听力 9 【听力原文】 M: Hello, Wang Ling, good to see you. W: Hello,
28、 Li Yang. Hows everything? M: Pretty good. Oh, Wang Ling, since you have been in America for several years, may I ask you something? W: Sure. M: I have been studying western culture, you know. People sometimes call America a melting pot and compare its society to a soup with many different ingredien
29、ts. How do you feel about it? Did you feel integrated in the American society? Why are you able to become a part of American society? W: Of course not. Because of the cultural differences, at first, I found it very hard to adapt to the new surroundings. M: Really? Can you give me an example? W: We C
30、hinese use chopsticks to help ourselves to almost everything, but westerners use a knife and fork. M: I think knives and forks are complicated to use. W: Yeah, it took me quite some time to learn the skill of handling knives and forks. However,10little by little, I found there were also great advant
31、ages that come from the variety of cultures. There is great freedom of choice among ideas, dress, food and social customs in America. You can easily find some part of your own familiar world there. M: It sounds interesting. In many parts of the world, personal influence is essential in achieving suc
32、cess. Is it true in America? W: No, it is not true. In the United States, success usually results from hard work, education, skill and personal initiative. America is truly a “do-it-yourself society. Success is not dependent on family origins or the help of an influential person. M: So personal prog
33、ress is the result of individual effort, right? W: Yeah, exactly. 9. How did Wang Ling feel at the beginning when she was in America? 10. What did Wang Ling find in America later? 11. For most American people, whats the essential factor in their success? 9 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 细节题。女士 (Wang Ling)提到，由于文化差异
34、，最开始时，她感到 hardto adapt to the new surroundings(很难融入新环境 )，故答案为 A)。 【知识模块】 听力 10 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 细节题。女士提到，她逐渐发现 variety of cultures(文化差异 )同样会带来 great advantages，故答案为 B)。 【知识模块】 听力 11 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 细节题。女士提到，美国是一个 do-it-yourself(凡事靠自己 )的社会，成功不是靠 family origins(家庭背景 )也不是靠 the help of an influential per
35、son(有权势的人的帮助 )，男士总结说个人进步应该是 individual effort(个人努力 )的结果，由此可知，在美国， individual effort才是成功的重要因素，故答案为D)。 【知识模块】 听力 12 【听力原文】 W: Jim, thank goodness, youve arrived! The class presentation started half an hour ago. And I was just beginning to panic! M: Im sorry Im late, Ellen. This morning has been a real
36、 mess. I didnt think I was able to make it here at all. W: Why are you late? Our whole presentation depends on the graphs youre holding. M: Yes, I know. Ill tell you about it later. First, lets see how were doing for time.14Two groups are still ahead of us, I think the presentation on the rights of
37、the consumer and the analysis of the stock market. That means weve got about 30 minutes to warm up. W: You do look cold! What happened? M: Ive been standing outside in arctic temperature for over an hour, waiting for a bus. W: Over an hour? But I thought your apartment was only a 10-minute bus ride
38、to campus under normal conditions. M:15But the bus was delayed because of the weather. And when I stepped into a drug store to call home for a ride, the bus went by. As luck would have it, there was no one at home, so I had to wait another 45 minutes for the next bus. W: Thats Murphys Law, isnt it?
39、What was it he said? If anything can go wrong, it will.13Well, weve still got 20 minutes to gather our wits together. M: Wed better stop talking. People are turning around and looking at us. 12. What are they mainly talking about? 13. How much time is left for them to prepare for their presentation
40、at last? 14. What do they probably major in? 15. Why was the man late for class? 12 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 主旨题。对话一开始，女士便说男士终于来了，课堂报告已经开始半小时了，男士表示抱歉，之后女士两次询问，男士最终说出了他 迟到的原因，由此可知，他们谈论的主要是关于男士的迟到及其原因，故答案为 A)。 【知识模块】 听力 13 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 细节题。对话中女士提到，他们还有 20分钟的时间为课堂报告做准备，故答案为 D)。 【知识模块】 听力 14 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 推
41、断题。对话中男士提到，他认为还有两个小组就轮到他们进行消费者权益以及股票市场分析的课堂报告了，由此推断，他们可能是经济学专业的，故答案为 B)。 【知识模块】 听力 15 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 细节题。对话中女士说她记得从男士家到学校正常情况下坐公交车10分钟就到了，为什么这次用了一个多小时，男士回答说由于天气原因公交车延误了，当他去一家药店打电话让家人开车来送他的时候，一辆公交车刚刚开过，并且家里还没有人，于是他还得再等 45分钟等下一趟公交车，由此可知，由于没人送他再加上公交车晚点，所以他迟到了，故答案为 B)。 【知识模块】 听力 Section B 16 【听力原文】 A y
42、oung man who refused to give his name dived into the river yesterday morning to save a twelve-year-old boy. The boy ran away after he was rescued.16He had been swimming in the river and had caught his foot between two concrete posts under the bridge. He shouted out for help. At the time a young man
43、was riding across the bridge on his bicycle.17He quickly got down and dived into the river. He then freed the boys foot and helped him to the river bank where a small crowd and had collected.18The boy thanked his rescuer sincerely, and then ran off down the road. He was last seen climbing over a gat
44、e before disappearing over the top of the hill. The young man who was about 20 years of age said, “I dont blame the boy for not giving his name. Why should he? If he wants to swim in the river, thats his business. And if I want to help him, thats mine. You cannot have my name either.“ He then ran ba
45、ck to the bridge, got on his bicycle and rode away. 16. What happened to the 12-year-old boy? 17. What did the young man do when he saw the boy in danger? 18. What did the little boy do after he was rescued? 16 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 细节题。短文中提到，男孩在河里游泳，一只脚被桥下的两个水泥柱子给卡住了 (had caught his foot between two conc
46、rete posts under the bridge)，由此可知答案为 C)。 【知识模块】 听力 17 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 细节题。短文中提到，小男孩呼救时，年轻男子正骑着自行车过桥， 听到男孩的呼救他迅速下来跳到河里营救 (quickly got down and dived into theriver)，由此可知答案为 A)。 【知识模块】 听力 18 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 细节题。短文中提到，男孩被救上岸后真诚地感谢了年轻男士(thankedhis rescuer sincerely)，然后顺着马路跑了 (ran off down the road)，由此可知答
47、案为 D)。 【知识模块】 听力 19 【听力原文】 This is the first of a series of lectures on historic engineering structures. Today, were looking at the Clifton Suspension Bridge in Bristol, which we hope to visit later this term, and Id like to begin with a brief word about the bridges history and about bridge building
48、 in general.19Well, people have been building bridges since prehistoric times. Over the centuries, bridge design has evolved using a variety of engineering techniques, but the objective has always been the same: to get to the other side. 20One of the most basic types of bridge is the arch, and there
49、s evidence from the Middle East that people knew how to construct arches using stone or brick as early as 3200 B.C. The stone arch had the advantage of being quite simple to build, and it remained the main type of bridge design from Roman times until the early 1700s. Another type of bridge with a long history is the suspension bridge, where the road is suspended from cables hanging between towers.21The first suspension bridges were simple affairs, made of rope and wood
