1、大学英语四级改革适用（听力）模拟试卷 76及答案与解析 Section A （ A） Saturday afternoon was the mans busy hours. （ B） The man wont be able to enjoy a nap. （ C） Mr. Smith is an old friend of the man. （ D） The man wanted to take a long nap after lunch. （ A） It will be better to say nothing to Paul. （ B） Paul himself will come
2、to talk to them. （ C） The man should be the one to speak to Paul. （ D） The man should replace the radio before she talks to Paul. （ A） Move the washing machine to the basement. （ B） Turn the basement into a workshop. （ C） Repair the washing machine. （ D） Finish her assignment. （ A） George wants to c
3、hange his work. （ B） George is doing pretty well now. （ C） George doesnt like his work. （ D） George is not doing well with his work. （ A） He likes rings very much. （ B） He often burns holes in his new coats. （ C） Hes very extravagant with money. （ D） He is very poor. （ A） Not give any suggestions to
4、 Jack. （ B） Not see Jack any more. （ C） Not listen to Jacks words. （ D） Not save his words on Jack. （ A） They should give up talking. （ B） They should both make a compromise. （ C） They can meet next time. （ D） They are both halfway. （ A） She missed the bus. （ B） She caught the bus. （ C） She got up f
5、ive minutes earlier than usual. （ D） She likes getting up early in the morning. （ A） She felt embarrassed in class. （ B） She received a poor grade in her presentation. （ C） She had not completed her assignment. （ D） She was unable to attend her psychology. （ A） Shed be able to leave quickly. （ B） Sh
6、ed forget the people around her. （ C） Shed be able to locate where the man was seated. （ D） Shed know when her professor arrived. （ A） They become nervous more easily than women do. （ B） Theyre uncomfortable performing in front of adults. （ C） They dont respond to stress well. （ D） They become nervo
7、us less frequently than adults do. （ A） Its too noisy. （ B） Its not convenient to the university. （ C） The heating system is not functioning. （ D） The owner is unpleasant. （ A） Because she cant find someone to replace it. （ B） Because she doesnt have time to replace it. （ C） Because she doesnt want
8、to pay for it. （ D） Because no one knows how to replace it. （ A） Tell the owner two months in advance that shes moving. （ B） Tell the housing authorities about her problem. （ C） Move to another apartment in the same building. （ D） Leave at the end of the month. （ A） Rent would be very expensive. （ B
9、） Public transportation wouldnt be available. （ C） Apartments in Winsor are old. （ D） Apartments in Winsor tend to be noisy. Section B （ A） Because every engineer must work with these sciences. （ B） Because every engineer knows a lot of them. （ C） Because the two sciences are taught in every school.
10、 （ D） Because the two sciences are too difficult. （ A） Chemistry, mechanical drawing. （ B） Social science. （ C） A good command of language. （ D） Economics and history. （ A） Before finishing high school. （ B） After a year or two in college. （ C） After graduation from college. （ D） Before entering col
11、lege. （ A） Because it has a lot of meanings. （ B） Because it is an uncommon word. （ C） Because its meanings are confusing. （ D） Because no one has tried to give it a definition. （ A） The feeling of pleasure. （ B） The feeling of frustration. （ C） The feeling of understanding. （ D） The feeling of disp
12、ute. （ A） Stop defining the word of “reading”. （ B） Begin to look for what is involved in reading. （ C） Begin to look for a definition of language. （ D） Read the book again. （ A） Human lives become worse than ever before. （ B） Human lives become better than ever before. （ C） Human lives have no chan
13、ge at all. （ D） Human lives have changed greatly. （ A） The cooking technology has been improved greatly. （ B） People nowadays take cooking as their hobby. （ C） Family members are decreasing now. （ D） The children are picky in dishes. （ A） They eat no fat. （ B） They use fat substitutes to cut fat and
14、 calories. （ C） They only eat fresh fruits and vegetables. （ D） They often eat out at restaurants. （ A） With the lifestyle becoming fast, people dont care about good food. （ B） People in the same family have almost the same eating habits. （ C） New food preparation technology has given us greater var
15、iety. （ D） Parents want their children to be picky. Section C 25 More and more of the worlds population are living in towns or cities. The speed at which cities are growing in the less developed countries is【 B1】 _. Between 1920 and 1960 big cities in developed countries increased two and a half tim
16、es in size, but in other parts of the world the【 B2】 _ was eight times their size. The sheer size of growth is bad enough, but there are now also very【 B3】 _ signs of trouble in the【 B4】 _ of percentages of people living in towns and percentages of people working in industry. During the nineteenth c
17、entury cities grew as a result of the growth of industry. In Europe the【 B5】 _ of people living in cities was always smaller than that of the【 B6】 _ working in factories. Now, however, the【 B7】_ is almost always true in the newly industrialized world: The【 B8】 _ of people living in cities is much hi
18、gher than the percentage working in industry. Without a base of people working in industry, these cities cannot pay for their growth; There is not enough money to build【 B9】 _ houses for the people that live there, let alone the new arrivals. There has been little opportunity to build water supplies
19、 or other facilities. So the figures for the growth of towns and cities represent【 B10】 _ growth of unemployment and underemployment, a growth in the number of hopeless and despairing parents and starving children. 26 【 B1】 27 【 B2】 28 【 B3】 29 【 B4】 30 【 B5】 31 【 B6】 32 【 B7】 33 【 B8】 34 【 B9】 35 【
20、 B10】 大学英语四级改革适用（听力）模拟试卷 76答案与解析 Section A 1 【听力原文】 M: I really had a busy week. I want to get some rest. I always enjoy a nap on Saturday afternoon. W: I dont think you can. Mr. Smith has just parked his car at the door, and he is coming up now. Q: What can we learn from this conversation? 1 【正确答案】
21、 B 【试题解析】 由 “I always enjoy a nap on Saturday afternoon.”可知男士一般都在星期六下午睡个午觉，但根据女士的 “I dont think you can.”以及其后的内容： Mr. Smith已经在门口停好车，马上就来了。由此可以推出，男士今天 不能睡午觉了。故答案为 B。 【知识模块】 听力 2 【听力原文】 M: Would you tell Paul I am sorry that I lost his radio? W: Hadnt you better tell him yourself? Q: What does the wom
22、an mean? 2 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 男士说：你能告诉 Paul我很遗憾把他的收音机弄丢了吗？女士回答说：你亲自告诉他不是更好一点吗？言外之意就是，男士才是那个应该去和Paul去说的那个人。所以答案选 C。 【知识模块】 听力 3 【听力原文】 M: Mary is in the basement trying to repair the washing machine. W: Shouldnt she be working on her term paper? Q: What does the woman think Mary should do? 3 【正确答案】 D 【试
23、题解析】 当男士说 “玛丽正在地下室修洗衣机 ”时，女士用反问的语气 “她不是应该在写 学期论文吗？ ”来表达自己的惊讶。所以女士认为玛丽应该完成自己的论文。 【知识模块】 听力 4 【听力原文】 W: How is George doing? Is he doing all right? M: He is doing fine now. He planned to change his job for a while but finally decided to keep the present one. Q: What can we learn about George in this c
24、onversation? 4 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 由 “He is doing fine now.”可知 George现在工作做得不错。虽然他过去想过换工作 (planned to change his job)，但是他最终决定留下来 (keep the present one)。 A项中时态错误；对话中并未说明 George想换工作的原因就是不喜欢它。 【知识模块】 听力 5 【听力原文】 W: You see, Tom is buying that expensive ring. M: Money burns a hole in his pocket. He wont have
25、 any money left within two days. Q: What can we infer about Tom? 5 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 由男士的话 “Money burns a hole in his pocket.（有钱就花完） ”以及其后的 “两天之内他就会花光所有的钱 ”可知 Tom是一个花钱很没有节制的人，C项中的 extravagant“浪费的，奢侈的 ”符合 题意。 【知识模块】 听力 6 【听力原文】 M: I told Jack many times, but he never seemed to listen to me. W: You d be
26、tter save your energy. He never listened to others advice. Q: What does the woman suggest the man do? 6 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 男士说：我告诉杰克很多次了，可他就是不听。女士回答 说：还是省点劲吧，他从来听不进别人的建议，可知女士认为男士不要再给杰克任何的建议，所以答案选 A。 【知识模块】 听力 7 【听力原文】 W: Maybe we are just wasting each others time discussing this silly project. M: Dont
27、you think we should meet each other halfway? Q: What does the man mean? 7 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 男士话中的 “meet each other halfway”意为：各让一步，折中。与 B项中的 “make a compromise”是同义短语，所以答案选 B。 【知识模块】 听力 8 【听力原文】 M: Did you catch the school bus this morning? W: I would have if I had gotten up 5 minutes earlier. Q: What
28、do we know about the woman? 8 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 女士的答语是 if引导的非真实条件句，是对过去发生事情的一种假设，意为：如果我要是早起 5分钟，我就能赶上校车了，也就是说，她错过了校车。故选 A。 【知识模块】 听力 9 【听力原文】 M: Hi, Jessica. Whats up? W: Oh, hi, I just got out of my history class. I had to give a presentation. M: How did it go? W: Terrible. Im sure I made a fool of m
29、yself. M: Why? Werent you prepared? W: No, it was not that. (1) I just get so embarrassed and nervous whenever I have to speak in front of a group of people. I stand up and my face gets red and that makes me even more nervous. M: Its not so bad to be nervous. W: But it happens all the time. If the p
30、rofessor asks a question and I know the answer, I will be nervous like crazy if he calls on me. Doesnt that ever happen to you? M: No, not really. (2) Maybe you should just try to forget about the people. Look at something else in the room like the exit sign. W: I guess I could try that but I doubt
31、itll help. M: You know, we talked about it in psychology class. Being nervous, sometimes, is more or less a learned behavior. W: What do you mean? M: (3) Oh, children hardly ever become nervous at all. And among adults, supposedly, women become nervous more than men. W: I wonder why? M: I dont know,
32、 but I have a friend at high school. It was really easy to make him nervous. He turned red whenever a waitress would ask him for his order. W: Im not that bad. Well, Ive got to get going for my next class. Ill talk to you later. 1. What was the womans problem? 2. Why might looking at the exit sign h
33、elp the woman? 3. What does the man say about children? 9 【正确答案】 A 【知识模块】 听力 10 【正确答案】 B 【知识模块】 听力 11 【正确答案】 D 【知识模块】 听力 12 【听力原文】 M: Hi, I heard youre looking for a different apartment. W: Yeah, the place Im in is really bad. M: It was OK when I was there. W: (4) Oh, the boiler keeps breaking and w
34、hen it does, we lose the heat for several days at the time. M: Why doesnt the owner replace it? W: (5) Well, she said its cheaper to keep fixing it. Shes a nice enough person, but she just doesnt want to spend the money. In any case, Im sick of being cold. M: Can you get your deposit back if you mov
35、e? W: (6) If I give two-month notice, I can get the whole thing back. M: So what kind of place are you looking for? W: I think Ill try to get into one of those tall buildings near the university theres nothing really special but at least they are new and comfortable. M: I heard of those buildings ar
36、e pretty noisy. The walls are thin and you can hear everything thats going on in the other apartment. W: Oh, thats terrible. I need some place quiet to finish my paper. I guess Ill have to look at some more ads. Maybe new isnt necessarily better. M: Why dont you try some of those apartments in Winso
37、r? Theyre supposed to be nice. W: Oh, arent they expensive? M: Not really, youll be surprised at how reasonable some of them are. (7) The problem there is that the bus doesnt run that way. W: That will definitely be a problem. I cant afford a car right now. I guess Id better check a few of the place
38、s here in the city before I make a decision. 4. What is wrong with the womans current apartment? 5. Why doesnt the owner want to replace the boiler? 6. What must the woman do to have her deposit returned? 7. Why might living in Winsor be a problem for the woman? 12 【正确答案】 C 【知识模块】 听力 13 【正确答案】 C 【知识
39、模块】 听力 14 【正确答案】 A 【知识模块】 听力 15 【正确答案】 B 【知识模块】 听力 Section B 16 【听力原文】 All engineers need a knowledge of mathematics and physics, no matter what their special field of work is. Most young people who wish to be engineers begin studying these subjects early in high school. (1) An interest in mathemati
40、cs and physics is essential because every engineer must work with these sciences. Students preparing for engineering college should also study chemistry, mechanical drawing and other science subjects that are offered. (2) A good command of language is important because engineers must be able to talk
41、 and write clearly. A knowledge of economics, history and other social science subjects also is helpful. To best fulfill their duties in society, engineers need to know not only how to do their work but also how their work will influence other people. They need to be able to make decisions on many p
42、roblems. Engineering colleges usually take four years to complete, although some schools give five-year courses. (3) When they are sophomore, an engineering student begins to concentrate in special field. Part of the students time is spent in the classroom, and part is spent in the laboratory doing
43、experiments. In some schools, students spend part of the year studying and part of the year working in their chosen field. This gives them the opportunity to apply their knowledge in practical situations. 1. Why is an interest in mathematics and physics essential to engineers? 2. What is important f
44、or engineers in order to be able to talk and write clearly? 3. When does an engineering student begin to concentrate in a special field? 16 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 事实细节题。根据 “An interest in mathematics and physics is essential because every engineer must work with these sciences.”可知对工程师来说，对数学和物理感兴趣是必须的，因为每个工
45、程师都要和这两门学科打交道。故 A 项符合题意。 【知识模块】 听力 17 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 事实细节题。 由 “A good command of language is important because engineers must be able to talk and write clearly.”可知对工程师而言，具 备好的语言表达能力是非常重要的，因为他们表达得流利清楚。故答案选 C。 【知识模块】 听力 18 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 事实细节题。 根据 “When they are sophomore, an engineering student beg
46、ins to concentrate in special field.”可知大二的时候工程师专攻某一领域。故答案选 B。 【知识模块】 听力 19 【听力原文】 There is no point in looking for a simple definition of “reading”. Reading is not different from all the other common words in our language. (4) It has many meanings, and since the meaning of the word on any particular
47、 occasion will depend largely on the context in which it occurs, we should not expect that a single definition for reading will be found. One cannot even ask such a direct question as whether the process of reading necessarily includes comprehension. If we recommend a particular book to a friend, we
48、 obviously intend the friend to comprehend it. It would be unnecessary to say we wanted the book to be read and comprehended. But on the other hand it would be quite reasonable for the friend to reply “well, Ive already read the book but I couldnt comprehend it”. We could not object that the friend
49、had not read the book just because it was not comprehended. We might suggest reading the book again but not going back to read it for the first time. (5) So the word “reading” may sometimes means “comprehension” and sometimes not, and any dispute about whether reading does or does not necessarily means comprehension is a dispute about language, not about the nature of reading. (6)To avoid endless argument, we should stop looking for definitions of reading and cons
