1、大学英语四级（听力）模拟试卷 15及答案与解析 Section B Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marke
2、d A, B, C and D. （ A） Knowledge learned from failures lasts longer than that from successes. （ B） We learn less from failures. （ C） Long-term knowledge is mostly learned from successes. （ D） Everyone makes mistakes. （ A） The flight was considered as a success. （ B） The flight was a failure and the s
3、even crew members died. （ C） The flight was still successful even with some mechanical mistakes. （ D） The flight was suspended and investigated. （ A） We should try to avoid failures. （ B） We should be more open-minded. （ C） We should neglect the failure examples. （ D） We should learn and share knowl
4、edge from failures. （ A） Peoples intelligence has nothing to do with their bilingual ability. （ B） Being bilingual does make people smarter. （ C） Bilingual people scored higher than monolinguals on intelligence tests. （ D） Bilingual people have a better executive control system. （ A） Because they ar
5、e better at controlling their attention. （ B） Because they need to suppress one language to be able to speak in the other. （ C） Because they are much smarter. （ D） Because they have a mechanism to override the system. （ A） To separate a word from its meaning. （ B） To memorize a word more easily. （ C
6、） To make friends more quickly. （ D） To speak English more fluently. （ A） Scotland has a tradition of heavy drinking. （ B） Drinking is a way of expressing hospitality. （ C） More Scottish people can afford the drink. （ D） Scotch whisky generates vast export revenues. （ A） The government should put a
7、ban on drinking. （ B） The shop-keepers refuse to sell alcohol to people. （ C） The police should decide what people drink. （ D） It should be tackled on an educational and social basis. （ A） Many crimes and poor health result from drinking habit to some extent. （ B） Scotlands alcoholism is worsening.
8、（ C） Scottish pubs are good places for entertainment. （ D） Drinking is very important in Scottish daily life. （ A） To wear others shoes. （ B） To imagine what you can do. （ C） To treat others the way you prefer to be treated. （ D） To be modest all the time. （ A） Fire back at the person. （ B） Be angry
9、 at the person. （ C） Block the persons messages. （ D） Remember the person. （ A） To tolerate stupid questions. （ B） To apologize for your own mistakes. （ C） To point out strangers mistakes politely. （ D） To inquire personal information of strangers. （ A） Little-known, poetic and inspiring. （ B） Littl
10、e-known, remarkable and poetic. （ C） Little-known, remarkable and inspiring. （ D） Remarkable, poetic and inspiring. （ A） He always brings a notebook with himself. （ B） He treats his listeners as students. （ C） He can express complex ideas directly and naturally. （ D） He has a team to write, edit and
11、 rewrite his drafts. （ A） By asking his audience a question. （ B） By smiling to his audience. （ C） By making fun of himself. （ D） By grabbing his audience. （ A） Horse racing and wild animal competitions. （ B） Wild animal racing and athletic competitions. （ C） Horse hunts and athletic competitions. （
12、 D） Wild animal hunts and horse racing. （ A） Paris. （ B） Stockholm. （ C） Rome. （ D） Blackpool. （ A） The circus Barnum and Bailey was the largest in American history in 1970. （ B） The Ringling Brothers was the only circus in America. （ C） Barnum and Bailey and the Ringling Brothers became one company
13、 by 1970. （ D） It was a big event when Ringling Brothers came to perform in a city. （ A） Carrots can only be grown in big gardens. （ B） Carrots are easy to plant and hard to harvest. （ C） Carrots contain few nutritions. （ D） Carrots vary a lot in sizes and shapes. （ A） Soft soil. （ B） Cool days. （ C
14、） Warm nights. （ D） Damp soil. （ A） By size. （ B） By color. （ C） By shape. （ D） By taste. （ A） Carrots can be eaten unwashed. （ B） Carrots can be cooked with meat. （ C） Carrots can be cut in thick pieces and cooked. （ D） Carrots can be eaten just after being dug out. （ A） About one thousand. （ B） Fi
15、fty-eight. （ C） Eight. （ D） Over one thousand. （ A） To help children become good citizens and develop leadership. （ B） To solve the international problems. （ C） To figure out why the students are not learning. （ D） To help teachers become better. （ A） Start to teach the students from the age of five
16、. （ B） Encourage the kids to associate with children from other countries. （ C） Teach the kids to use things like Skype. （ D） Organize activities by using Skype. （ A） To help students discover the unknown world. （ B） To tell the students what to learn. （ C） To maneuver the classroom by asking questi
17、ons. （ D） To check the students by asking questions. （ A） It will cause damage to health. （ B） It is becoming a more serious problem only for kids. （ C） It is becoming a less serious problem for adults. （ D） Sleep may worsen the problem of obesity. （ A） To know how well they sleep. （ B） To know the
18、relationship between obesity and sleep. （ C） To know better how long should people sleep. （ D） To know how long their kids sleep. （ A） The students race is relative to their weight. （ B） The students gender is relative to their weight. （ C） Whether parents are strict affects the students weight. （ D
19、） The ratio of obesity is equal among these groups. （ A） The fatter the kids are, the less they sleep. （ B） The less the kids sleep, the fatter they are. （ C） The more the kids sleep, the fatter they are. （ D） The fatter the kids are, the more they sleep. （ A） To spend the money as they wish. （ B） T
20、o let children learn how to use money wisely. （ C） To let children have better understanding of money. （ D） To let children learn how to save money. （ A） Because they have to choose between spending and saving for future use. （ B） Because they will soon spend all the money. （ C） Because they are not
21、 given money when they spend it all. （ D） Because they are given monthly allowance. （ A） They can only buy cheap things. （ B） They can pay for their school fee. （ C） They can send it to the poor. （ D） They can save the money. （ A） Children have to save all their allowance for the future. （ B） Banks
22、are open to children. （ C） Allowance helps children learn future saving and investing. （ D） All children receive allowance. 大学英语四级（听力）模拟试卷 15答案与解析 Section B Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the
23、 questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C and D. 1 【听力原文】 No one likes to make mistakes.(l)But a new study says organizations learn more from their failures than their successes, and keep that knowledge longer
24、. One of the researchers was Vinit Desai, an assistant professor at the University of Colorado Denver Business School. He worked with Peter Madsen from Brigham Young University in Utah. They did not find much long-term “organizational learning“ from success. It is possible, they say. But Professor D
25、esai says they found that knowledge gained from failure lasts for years. He says organizations should treat failures as a learning opportunity and try not to ignore them. The study looked at companies and organizations that launch satellites and other space vehicles. Professor Desai compared two shu
26、ttle flights. In 2002, a piece of insulating material broke off during launch and damaged a rocket on the Atlantis. Still, the flight was considered a success. Then, in early 2003, a piece of insulation struck the Columbia during launch.(2)This time, the shuttle broke apart on re-entry and the seven
27、 crew members died. NASA officials suspended all flights and an investigation led to suggested changes. Professor Desai says the search for solutions after a failure can make leaders more open-minded. He points to airlines as an example of an industry that has learned from failures in the past.(3)He
28、 advises organizations to look for useful information in small failures and failures they avoided. He also urges leaders to encourage the open sharing of information. 1 【正确答案】 A 【知识模块】 短文理解 2 【正确答案】 B 【知识模块】 短文理解 3 【正确答案】 D 【知识模块】 短文理解 4 【听力原文】 In the early 1950s, researchers found that people score
29、d lower on intelligence tests if they spoke more than one language. Research in the 60s found the opposite. Bilingual people scored higher than monolinguals people who speak only one language. The latest evidence shows that being bilingual does not necessarily make people smarter.(4)But researcher E
30、llen Bialystock says it probably does make you better at certain skills. Bilingual people are often better at controlling their attention a function called the executive control system. Ms. Bialystock says the best method to measure the executive control system is called the Stroop Test. A person is
31、 shown words in different colors. “So you would have the word blue written in red, but you have to say red. But blue is so striking, its just lighting up all these circuits in your brain, and you really want to say blue. So you need a mechanism to override that so that you can say red. Thats the exe
32、cutive control system.“ Her work shows that bilingual people continually practice this function.(5)They have to, because “both languages are active in their brain at the same time. They need to suppress one to be able to speak in the other. This mental exercise might help in other ways, too.(6)Resea
33、rchers say bilingual children are better able to separate a word from its meaning, and more likely to have friends from different cultures. 4 【正确答案】 D 【知识模块】 短文理解 5 【正确答案】 B 【知识模块】 短文理解 6 【正确答 案】 A 【知识模块】 短文理解 7 【听力原文】 Scotch whisky generates vast export revenues and drink has long been a part of so
34、cial occasions: dances, weddings and even funerals. Offering a drink is a gesture of hospitality. But other Northern European nations have also had a tradition of heavy drinking. The trouble for Scotland is that our consumption now outstrips that of Norway, Finland and even Russia.(1)The Scottish go
35、vernment says one of the reasons is that drink has become 70% more affordable here over the last 30 years, but shop-keepers who sell alcohol say theyre not to blame. They are making profits but theyre powerless about the social trouble. “If people drink too much it is not up to shopkeepers to decide
36、 that.(2)It needs to be tackled from an educational and a social point of view rather than merely legislation. It is not the shop-keepers duty to police what people drink.“ The evidence of Scotlands steadily worsening drinking habit or alcoholism is clear.(3)It plays a big part in all crime and espe
37、cially violent crime, and drinking places a huge strain on the health service. 40,000 people are taken to the hospital every year with alcohol-related illness. Scottish pubs can be lively, friendly places, but alcohol has come to play a central role in the lives of too many Scots. 7 【正确答案】 C 【知识模块】
38、短文理解 8 【正确答案】 D 【知识模块】 短文理解 9 【正确答案】 A 【知识模块】 短文理解 10 【听力原文】 The Internet has opened up a whole new online world for us to meet, chat and go where weve never been before. But just as in face-to-face communication, there are some basic rules of behavior that should be followed when online.(4)The basi
39、c rule is simple: treat others in the same way you would want to be treated. Imagine how youd feel if you were in others shoes.(5)If someone in the chat room is rude to you, your instinct is to fire back in the same manner. But try not to do so. You should either ignore the person, or use your chat
40、software to block his messages. Everyone was new to the network once. Offer your advice when asked by newcomers, as they may not be sure what to do or how to communicate. When someone makes a mistake, whether its a stupid question or an unnecessarily long answer, be kind about it. If its a small mis
41、take, you may not need to say anything. Even if you feel bad about it, think twice before saying anything. If you do decide to tell someone about a mistake, point it out politely. At the same time, if you find you are wrong, be sure to correct yourself and apologize to those you have offended. It is
42、 not polite to ask others personal questions such as their age, sex and marital status.(6)Unless you know the person very well, and you are both comfortable with sharing personal information, dont ask such questions. 10 【正确答案】 C 【知识模块】 短文理解 11 【 正确答案】 C 【知识模块】 短文理解 12 【正确答案】 D 【知识模块】 短文理解 13 【听力原文】
43、A lot of people around the world may well agree that one reason Barack Obama is President of the US is because he knows how to give a good speech.(l)In 2004, a little-known senator from Illinois gave the keynote speech at the Democratic National Convention. That senator was Obama. It was a remarkabl
44、e speech poetic and inspiring. The people who heard it would remember the speech as well as the speaker for a long time. Since 2004, Obama has written and delivered thousands of speeches.(2)These are usually praised for two reasons: he treats the audiences like intelligent adults, and he is able to
45、express complicated ideas in a straight-forward, natural way. There are several ways contributing to his becoming a great speechmaker. Obama doesnt go anywhere without his Teleprompter. The textbook-sized panes of glass holding the Presidents prepared remarks follow him wherever he goes to speak. Ob
46、ama has a team of people who write his speeches. The writers chat with Obama for hours about what he wants to say. They listen to recordings of past presidential addresses and seek advice from advisers. Obama usually edits and rewrites the drafts several times.(3)Obama starts his speech by gently te
47、asing his guests. His opening lines grab the audiences attention while giving them an opportunity to relax and laugh at themselves and each other. But before you making fun of your listeners, you should begin from making fun of yourself. This is another thing that helps Obama to become a great speak
48、er. 13 【正确答案】 D 【知识模块】 短文理解 14 【正确答案】 C 【知识模块】 短文理解 15 【正确答案】 C 【知识模块】 短文理解 16 【听力原文】 During the civilization of ancient Rome, the circus was a building for large events. These included horse racing, athletic competitions and wild animal hunts. The eighteenth century British horse expert Philip Astl
49、ey is often called the creator of the modern circus. He opened a riding school in London where he also performed dangerous tricks for the public. His shows grew to include performances by acrobats, clowns and strong men. Circuses are usually performed in a circular area called a ring. In fact, the word “circus“ comes from the Latin word for “circle“. Circuses became very popular in Europe during the nineteenth century.(5)Some European cities still have circus buildings which date from this period. These include Paris, France, Stockholm, Sweden, and Blackpo
