1、大学英语四级改革适用（听力）模拟试卷 8及答案与解析 Section A （ A） Only true friendship can last long. （ B） Letter writing is going out of style. （ C） She keeps in regular touch with her classmates. （ D） She has lost contact with most of her old friends. （ A） He is confident he will get the job. （ B） His chance of getting t
2、he job is slim. （ C） It isnt easy to find a qualified sales manager. （ D） The interview didnt go as well as he expected. （ A） The woman possesses a natural talent for art. （ B） Women have a better artistic taste than men. （ C） He isnt good at abstract thinking. （ D） He doesnt like abstract paintings
3、. （ A） Give his ankle a good rest. （ B） Treat his injury immediately. （ C） Continue his regular activities. （ D） Be careful when climbing steps. （ A） The man blamed the woman for being careless. （ B） The man misunderstood the womans apology. （ C） The woman offered to pay for the mans coffee. （ D） Th
4、e woman spilt coffee on the mans jacket. （ A） She wants to get some sleep. （ B） She needs time to write a paper. （ C） She has a literature class to attend. （ D） She is troubled by her sleep problem. （ A） She couldnt have left her notebook in the library. （ B） She may have put her notebook amid the j
5、ournals. （ C） She should have made careful notes while doing reading. （ D） She shouldnt have read his notes without his knowing it. （ A） Review the details of all her lessons. （ B） Compare notes with his classmates. （ C） Talk with her about his learning problems. （ D） Focus on the main points of her
6、 lectures. （ A） Because he cant find his office key. （ B） Because he has misplaced some exams. （ C） Because hes unable to talk. （ D） Because he doesnt like his classroom. （ A） Teach Dons class while he is absent. （ B） Give Professor Webster the key to Dons office. （ C） Make an appointment with the d
7、octor. （ D） Return some exams to the students. （ A） To put the homework on Dons desk. （ B） To leave the key for Don. （ C） To give Dons students the next assignment. （ D） To call Don at the end of the afternoon. （ A） All students pay the same amount per year. （ B） Students choose how many meals a wee
8、k they will pay for. （ C） Students get money back for meals they dont eat. （ D） Some students get free meals. （ A） When they get the meal. （ B） At the beginning of the week. （ C） At the beginning of the year. （ D） At the end of the year. （ A） They can invite guests to meals at a reduced price. （ B）
9、They receive cards that allow them to be served first. （ C） They can help decide what will be on the menu. （ D） They pay less per meal than those who eat there at times. （ A） By paying for single meals. （ B） By buying a weekend meal card. （ C） By ordering their meals in advance. （ D） By borrowing a
10、students meal card. Section B （ A） To offer better opportunities to students with higher grades. （ B） To allow more qualified students to apply for universities. （ C） To provide enough time for the schools to recruit students. （ D） To give more time for school-leavers to adjust their choices. （ A） F
11、or some political reasons. （ B） For some financial reasons. （ C） For some personnel reasons. （ D） For some cultural reasons. （ A） There will be lots of questions about courses in the future. （ B） Many universities have been fined for over-recruitment. （ C） The number of applicants must be recorded b
12、y the university. （ D） The new government policy is doubted to be a success. （ A） They must pay off the tuition for their education. （ B） They must have the military training. （ C） They must take part in college courses. （ D） They must serve on active duty in the Army. （ A） The foreign students shou
13、ld have big financial support. （ B） The students must satisfy physical and educational requirements. （ C） The students should pay the tuition all by themselves. （ D） The students should join the American army. （ A） In native government. （ B） In West Point academy. （ C） In homeland university. （ D） A
14、t local American Embassy. （ A） Storytelling is the best enjoyment for children aged 3-8. （ B） Children aged 3-4 have the greatest need for more stories. （ C） Storytelling has the greatest attraction to children aged 3-8. （ D） Children aged 3-4 prefer TV to storytelling. （ A） Because mothers are good
15、 at using different and funny voices to make stories vivid. （ B） Because the relationship between children and mothers is usually closer and better. （ C） Because mothers have more interactions with the children in the process of storytelling. （ D） Because mothers are more patient to reply to the chi
16、ldrens strange questions on stories. （ A） Their grandparents. （ B） Television hosts. （ C） Famous people. （ D） Radio speakers. （ A） It helps strengthen the relationship between parents and children. （ B） It does good to the cultivation of childrens imagination. （ C） It plays a decisive role in the pr
17、ocess of childrens growth. （ D） Its an important medium for children to accumulate knowledge. Section C 25 George Daniels lives in London. He is a watchmaker. His work continues the (1) _ of the English watchmakers of the 18th and 19th centuries. Today that (2) _ is almost dead. Daniels is the only
18、man in the world who (3) _ his own watches, makes all the parts himself, and then puts them together. A Daniels watch is the product of his hands (4) _. One of his watches, which is now in an American museum, took 3,500 hours to (5) _. He usually makes one watch a year. Each one is written “Daniels,
19、 London”, and costs about $10,000. Of course, they are not (6) _ watchesthey are very beautiful and will (7) _ at least three centuries. George Daniels has always been fascinated by clocks and watches. When he was five, he used to take his fathers clock to pieces, and put it back together again. At
20、school he used to repair the teachers watches. When he was in the army, he repaired watches in his (8) _. After he had left the army, he became a professional watch-repair. Then from 1958 to 1968, he restored antique watches, and finally began making his own watches. He is now (9) _ famous and many
21、people would like him to make watches for them. Most of them will be (10) _, he chooses his customers very carefully indeed. “It must be someone who understands the subject.” He says, “Not someone who will leave the watch in the drawer only to show it to dinner guests.” 26 (1) 27 (2) 28 (3) 29 (4) 3
22、0 (5) 31 (6) 32 (7) 33 (8) 34 (9) 35 (10) 大学英语四级改革适用（听力）模拟试卷 8答案与解析 Section A 1 【听力原文】 M: I just received an E-mail from one of my former classmates. I was surprised, I hadnt heard from him for ages. W: Well, Ive been out of touch with most of my old friends, only one or two still drop me a line occ
23、asionally. Q: What does the woman mean? 1 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 女士话中的 “out of touch with”与 D项中的 “lost contact with”是同义短语，意为：与 失去联系。 【知识模块】 听力 2 【听力原文】 W: You had a job interview yesterday, didnt you? How did it go? M: Not too bad, I guess. There were about 20 candidates competing for the sales managers jo
24、b. And finally it was down to three of us, but the other two seemed better qualified. Q: What does the man imply? 2 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 男士说在竞聘销售经理一职中，他们 3个人脱颖而出，但是其他两个人条件比自己好（ the other two seemed better qualified） ，可推断他得到这份工作的机会不大，据此可排除 A项，选 B项。由 “Not too bad, I guess.”可知他自认为面试进行得还不错，所以 D项错误。 C项未被提及。 【
25、知识模块】 听力 3 【听力原文】 W: I really like those abstract paintings we saw yesterday. What do you think? M: I guess its something I havent acquired a taste for yet. Q: What does the man imply? 3 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 女士说自己很喜欢昨天所看到的抽象画，并询问男士的看法，男士表示自己并不爱好。 acquire a taste意为 “爱好 ”。 D项与此相符。 【知识模块】 听力 4 【听力原文】 M: Tod
26、ays a bad day for me. I fell off a step and twisted my ankle. W: Dont worry. Usually ankle injuries heal quickly if you stop regular activities for a while. Q: What does the woman suggest the man do? 4 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 女士说如果一段时间内停止正常活动（ if you stop regular activities for a while） ，脚踝将很快恢复。可以推断 A选项 “让
27、脚踝好好休息 ”符合题意。 【知识模块】 听力 5 【听力原文】 W: Im so sorry, sir. M: Thats all right. It could happen to anyone. And Im sure that coffee doesnt leave lasting marks on clothing. Q: What can we infer from the conversation? 5 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 根据对话中 pay， jacket， lasting marks等词可以推断出女士将咖啡洒在男士的夹克上了。通过男士所说的 “Thats all
28、right.”可以得知他并没有在意，从而可得出答案选 D。 【知识模块】 听力 6 【听力原文】 M: How about joining me for a cup of coffee? W: Id love to, but Im exhausted. I was up till 3 this morning, writing a paper for my literature class. Q: Why does the woman decline the mans invitation? 6 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 男士问：一起喝杯咖啡怎么样？女士表示因为写文学课的论文熬夜到凌晨
29、3点，已经筋疲力尽，可见她想要休息。所以答案选 A。由 but后的 “Im exhausted”可得到提示。 【知识模块】 听力 7 【听力原文】 W: You havent seen a blue notebook, have you? I hope I didnt leave it in the reading room. M: Did you check that pile of journals youve borrowed from the library the other day? Q: What is the man trying to say to the woman? 7
30、【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 女士的笔记本找不到了，男士问女士有没有检查自己从图书馆借来的一堆期刊，据此可推断出男士认为女士可能将笔记本夹在期刊中间了。所以答案选 B。 【知识模块】 听力 8 【听力原文】 M: Have you taken Professor Youngs exam before? Im kind of nervous. W: Yes. Just concentrate on the important ideas shes talked about in the class, and ignore the details. Q: How does the woman s
31、uggest the man prepare for Professor Youngs exam? 8 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 男士问女 士之前有没有参加过 Professor Young的考试，他有点紧张。女士安慰他说只要将精力集中在她讲课的重点上（ concentrate on the important ideas shes talked about in the class）就可以了， D项是它的同义转述，所以为答案。 【知识模块】 听力 9 【听力原文】 M: Math department, Doctor Webster speaking. W: Hello, Profes
32、sor Webster, this is Janet Hill calling. I live two doors down from your teaching assistant, Don Williams. (1) Don asked me to call you because he has lost his voice and cant talk to you himself. M: Oh, what a shame! Is there anything I can do for him? W: Well, he has a class this afternoon from 2:3
33、0 to 4:00 and he wont be able to teach it. But he doesnt want to cancel it, either. M: Does he want me to try to find somebody else to teach the class? W: No, not exactly. What he wants to do is to get someone to go in for him. Just to pass back the mid-term exams. And they are on the desk in his of
34、fice. M: His class is at 2:30, you say? Well, Im free at that time, so I could do it for him. What room is his class in? W: Cater Hall, Room 214. (2) Will you need his office key to get the exams? Hes given it to me and I could bring it to you. M: Well, we have another key in the department. So I ca
35、n get into his office if necessary. W: Thank you very much, Professor Webster. Don will call you as soon as he can. Oh, yes, I almost forget. M: Yes? W: (3) Could you put the next assignment on the board, too? Its all the problems on Page 45, and they are due at the next class. M: No trouble at all.
36、 And please tell him not to worry about anything. 1. Why is Don unable to teach his class? 2. What does Janet offer to do? 3. What does Janet almost forget to ask Professor Webster? 9 【正确答案】 C 【知识模块】 听力 10 【正确答案】 B 【知识模块】 听力 11 【正确答案】 C 【知识模块】 听力 12 【听力原文】 M: Hey Linda, do you get that letter about
37、the new options for food service next year? W: Not yet. Are there a lot of changes? M: There sure are. Instead of paying one fee to cover all meals for the whole school year, (4) well now be able to choose how many meals per week we want and can contract for just that amount. (5) We still have to pa
38、y for the whole year at the beginning of the year; but we can choose to buy seven, ten, fourteen or twenty-one meals per week. W: Thats a big change, Tom. M: Yeah. It will be much better for people who dont eat three meals a day, seven days a week in the cafeteria because they wont have to pay for m
39、eals they dont eat. W: So whats the meal for those who do eat at school all the time? M: (6) Its better for them, too, because the more meals you contract for, the cheaper each one is. W: I see. It still sounds rather complicated. M: True, it took me several hours to figure it out. W: Whats your mea
40、l plan? M: I decided to go with the ten-meal plan. I never eat breakfast and I often go away on weekends. So I wont pay for meals I dont usually eat. W: But what about the weekends when you are on campus? M: Well, (7) there are often guests on campus on weekends. They are allowed to buy single meals
41、 on Saturdays and Sundays. The price for meal is much higher that way. But it will still be less money for me to pay than sign up for the fourteen-meal-a-week plan. W: Hmm, I guess Ill have to sit down and figure out my eating patterns. 4. Whats the main feature of the new method of paying for meals
42、? 5. When do students pay for the meals they contract for? 6. How does the new plan benefit students eating all of their meals in the cafeteria? 7. How can weekend guests eat in the cafeteria? 12 【正确答案】 B 【知识模块】 听力 13 【正确答案】 C 【知识模块】 听力 14 【正确答案】 D 【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】
43、 Teenagers who do better than expected in their A-levels have little chance of getting into leading universities under a new government system. Universities and political opponents said that the “adjustment-period” introduced this year was ineffective since many desirable courses were already full.
44、(1) The five-day period is supposed to give school-leavers with higher than expected grades the chance to “trade up” to popular courses or prestigious universities, without losing their first-choice place. More than 50,000 extra people have applied to university this year, but there are only 13,000
45、more full-time undergraduate places. Those who are unfairly marked down in A-level exams could lose their place, even if they successfully appeal and later get a higher grade. Some courses are closed to British applicants even though they still have places for foreign students. (2) This is because o
46、f financial reasons the government restricts the number of British students that universities can recruit. Overseas students pay higher fees and do not receive the grants or subsidized loans available to home students. It is no doubt that (3) ministers have sown the seeds of failure for their own po
47、licy, as some people from university comment. The officers tell people they can trade up when there are a record number of applicants, but universities are already at risk of being fined for over-recruitment, which is a recipe for disaster. So the adjustment period was actually a trial, and it will
48、raise questions about its future. 1. Whats the supposed function of the “adjustment-period”? 2. Why does the government limit the recruit number of British students? 3. What can be inferred from the passage? 16 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 事实细节题。本题询问 “调整期 ”预想的作用是什么。因此首先应弄清楚何为 “调整期 ” 。短文提到 “调整期 ”是政府今年提出的一项新政策，旨在为
49、那些在 A-level 考试中取得比预期好的成绩的学生提供 “交易 ” 到更好的课程或学校的机会。 所以本题答案为 A。 【知识 模块】 听力 17 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 事实细节题。题目问的是政府限制录取英国学生数量的原因。根据“This is because for financial reasons the government restricts the number of British students that universities can recruit.”可知本题答案选 B。 【知识模块】 听力 18 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 推理判断题。文中提到，部长们为自己制定的政策 种下了失败的种子，言外之意即政府制定的新政策是否会成功受到质疑。 D 项与原文意思一致。 【知识模块】 听力 19 【听力原文】 West Point is a four-year school in New York State that educates future Army officers. T
