1、大学英语四级（听力）模拟试卷 19及答案与解析 Section A Directions: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the end of each conversation, one or more questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once. After each question
2、 there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A, B, C and D, and decide which is the best answer. （ A） Timmy should behave himself. （ B） The man should take it easy. （ C） Timmy is too young to drink orange juice. （ D） The man should take care of Timmy. （ A） The woma
3、n shouldnt go to the gym. （ B） The woman looks out of shape. （ C） The woman looks quite healthy. （ D） The woman has spent much money. （ A） She likes Chicago. （ B） She enjoys her trip. （ C） She feels regretful. （ D） She feels homesick. （ A） He is looking for a job. （ B） He lost his coat yesterday. （
4、C） He is waiting for someone. （ D） He is at the lost and found. （ A） Surprised. （ B） Depressed. （ C） Disappointed. （ D） Anxious. （ A） To review the textbook. （ B） To have a good rest. （ C） To enjoy the night. （ D） To drink some fresh water. （ A） He doesnt like the womans idea. （ B） He is planning a
5、party for a friend. （ C） He is too busy to be involved. （ D） He will take part in the party. （ A） She is a green-hand in piano. （ B） She has just bought a piano. （ C） She learned guitar by herself. （ D） She is going to learn guitar. （ A） Her lovely children. （ B） Her annoying work experience. （ C） H
6、er unhappy marriage life. （ D） Her overseas study life. （ A） Her low salary. （ B） Her childrens poor grades. （ C） Her lazy husband. （ D） Her poor working condition. （ A） Talk to his secretary. （ B） Make a phone call. （ C） Chat with the womans husband. （ D） Record the content of their talk. （ A） Beca
7、use he doesnt want them to get addicted. （ B） Because he doesnt feel sympathetic for them. （ C） Because he is in short of money himself. （ D） Because it is forbidden by law. （ A） By writing them a check. （ B） By offering them food. （ C） By sending them to a shelter. （ D） By reporting to the police.
8、（ A） Its acceptable for most people. （ B） Most people with least wage can pay for their rent. （ C） Housing price causes many financial problems. （ D） Foods cost the most in peoples living expense. （ A） Collect more tax for social welfare. （ B） Make better living conditions for the upper class. （ C）
9、Enhance the countrys image in international world. （ D） Pay more attention to the working class. Section B 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. Aft
10、er you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C and D. （ A） In the year of 1940. （ B） At the time when movies had just begun to have sound. （ C） During the World War I. （ D） When the movie was born. （ A） Through live broadcast. （ B） By publishing in the n
11、ewspapers at 11 p.m. （ C） By the 8: 45 pm edition of the Los Angeles Times. （ D） By the sealed-envelope in the banquet. （ A） Because the attendance increased and the war made the party not practical. （ B） Because presenting the prizes at a banquet cost too much. （ C） Because people were not so inter
12、ested in it. （ D） Because the movies were not regarded as important at that time. （ A） It becomes better and better. （ B） It experiences more hard manual labor. （ C） The strain on it is reduced to a little. （ D） Modern technology benefits it. （ A） To help man not to break after the first run when go
13、 skiing. （ B） To train the body to endure the strain of skiing. （ C） To bring advantages to health only. （ D） To make people enjoy life, feel more active and happy. （ A） Some aches and pains brought by lack of movement. （ B） Some accidents in the sports. （ C） Lack of strength. （ D） Peoples too less
14、leisure time. （ A） Playing a trick on a friend. （ B） Playing with many friends. （ C） Telling jokes to people. （ D） Celebrating at home. （ A） Some parts of Britain were in disaster. （ B） Geological changes had resulted in weaker gravity. （ C） People jumped higher than they normally could. （ D） Strang
15、e geological changes were coming. （ A） People jumped higher than they normally could. （ B） A science correspondent reported a piece of strange news. （ C） Listeners didnt know the news was a joke until the BBC reported. （ D） It made all people laugh. （ A） Making a fool after midday is even more funny
16、. （ B） Dont make a fool after midday. （ C） The late trickster is not laughed at. （ D） The person who is fooled is the biggest fool. Section C Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general ide
17、a. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from 36 to 43 with the exact words you have just heard. For blanks numbered from 44 to 46 you are required to fill in the missing information. For these blanks, you can either use the exact words you hav
18、e just heard or write down the 25 Sometimes the biggest finds are the smallest finds. Researchers examining a(26)_of siltstone(粉砂岩 )taken from ground along the Beardmore glacier(冰川 )in Antarctica found something(27)_. They found a fly. Well, not exactly a fly. They found a fly (28)_ its a segment of
19、 the protective shell of a fly worm. While the worms are still growing, they are(29)_by a thin shell. And where theres worm shell, there are flies. So what are flies doing in Antarctica? Its much too cold there for flies. And the closest(30)_location, South America, is thousands of miles away. Part
20、of the answer is that the fly fossil is(31)_ it was found with a number of other fossilized things that have been dated between three million and seventeen million years old. Its possible that the fly lived during a period when sea(32)_were much lower there than they now are. Lower sea levels means
21、wider continents think of standing on the (33)_of a beach and having the water pull back.(34)_ . Or maybe not. Maybe flies are much older than anyone thought.(35)_. But that was around eighty million years ago, and flies arent thought to be that old. Whatever the answer is, something in our understa
22、nding of the continents, the seas, or fly evolution has to be fixed.(36)_ 26 (26) 27 (27) 28 (28) 29 (29) 30 (30) 31 (31) 32 (32) 33 (33) 34 (34) 35 (35) 36 (36) 大学英语四级（听力）模拟试卷 19答案与解析 Section A Directions: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the end of
23、each conversation, one or more questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A, B, C and D, and decide which is the best answer. 1 【听力原文
24、】 M:(1)I dont know what to do with Timmy. This morning I found orange juice spilled all over the kitchen floor. W:(1)Dont be so hard on him. Hes only four. Q: What does the woman mean? 1 【正确答案】 B 【知识模块】 听力 2 【听力原文】 W:(2)Ive been working out at the gym since January. So. Ive been wanting to get in be
25、tter shape. M:(2)You looked terrific! Seems like all your hard work has paid Off. Q: What does the man mean? 2 【正确答案】 C 【知识模块】 听力 3 【听力原文】 M: Jenny! Long time no see. How was your trip to Chicago? W:(3)To tell you the truth, I would rather have spent my vacation here. Q: What does the woman mean? 3
26、【正确答案】 C 【知识模块】 听力 4 【听力原文】 W: Hello,(4)this is the lost and found. M: My name is Robert Francis, and(4)I left my coat in No. 3 Waiting Room this morning. Do you have it? Q: What do we know about the man? 4 【正确答案】 D 【知识模块】 听力 5 【听力原文】 M: Sue, would you like to be my lab partner with the next experim
27、ent? W:(5)Sure. I just cant believe you still want to work with me after I messed up last time. Q: How does the woman feel about the mans offer? 5 【正 确答案】 A 【知识模块】 听力 6 【听力原文】 W: Betty said shes going to stay up all night studying for her exam tomorrow morning. M:(6)Wouldnt she be better off getting
28、 a good night sleep so shell feel fresh in the morning? Q: What does the man suggest Betty do? 6 【正确答案】 B 【知识模块】 听力 7 【听力原文】 W: I hope you are not doing any thing tonight. Im planning a surprise birthday party for my roommate. M:(7)Sounds good to me. I have to work this afternoon, but Im free after
29、that. Q: What do we know about the man? 7 【正确答案】 D 【知识模块】 听力 8 【听力原文】 M:(8)I knew Laurie played the piano, but I didnt know she played the guitar. W: Neither did I.(8)It seemed she just picked it up on her own over this summer. Q: What do we know about Laurie? 8 【正确答案】 C 【知识模块】 听力 9 【听力原文】 M: Come i
30、n. Take a seat, please. W: Thank you. I am Mrs. Harries, Barbara Harries. Well, let me get a start. Malcolm and I have married for nearly fifteen years. Weve got two children.(9)During a couple of years my husband and I havent been very happy. We argue all the time. M: What do you quarrel about? W:
31、What dont we quarrel about, you mean! Oh, everything. Ill give you an example. You know, when the children started school, I wanted to go back to work again. So I got a job. Well, anyway, by the time Ive collected my children from school, I only get home about half an hour before Malcom. M: Yes? W:
32、Well,(10)when he gets home, he expects me to run around and get his tea. He never does anything in the house! And hes so untidy. I always have to remind him to pick up his clothes. He just throws them on the floor. After all, Im not his servant. Ive got my own career. M: Yes. I see. Is your husband
33、here? W: Yes, hes waiting outside. He didnt want to come here, but .well, I persuaded him to come. M: All right. If you dont mind, Id like to talk with him for a moment. W: No, not at all. 9 【正确答案】 C 【知识模块】 听力 10 【正确答案】 C 【知识模块】 听力 11 【正确答案】 C 【知识模块】 听力 12 【听力原文】 W: What do you do when you see a hom
34、eless person on the streets begging for money? M:(12)I never really give them money because I dont want to contribute to their addictions. W: Homeless youth can easily become involved with drugs and crimes. Do you do anything to help them? M:(13)I usually ask them if they want some food and then giv
35、e them something to eat. I figure that if theyre homeless, theyre probably hungry. W: Thats a good idea. Do they usually accept the food? M: Almost always. However, sometimes they get mad at me for not giving them any cash. W: Its sad how more and more young people are sleeping on the streets in Lon
36、don now. M:(14)The cost of living in London is just too high for most people. W: Its true. The economy is in a bit of mess at the moment. M:(14)Did you know that few people can pay the rent on minimum wage, let alone pay for food and other living costs? W: There just isnt enough affordable housing t
37、o go around.(14)If only the housing cost would drop, fewer people would be in financial trouble. M: Added to that is the high unemployment rate right now. W: Somethings got to change and its got to happen soon. M:(15)Politicians like to ignore the problems of the working class. They like to focus on
38、 making life easier for the upper class. W:(15)I can only hope that one day they will change. 12 【正确答案】 A 【知识模块】 听力 13 【正确答案】 B 【知识模块】 听力 14 【正确答案】 C 【知识 模块】 听力 15 【正确答案】 D 【知识模块】 听力 Section B Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some
39、 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 marked A, B, C and D. 16 【听力原文】 When the first Academy Awards were handed out on May 16, 1929, movies had just begun to talk. That first Awards ce
40、remony took place during a party held in the Blossom Room of the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. The attendance was 250 and tickets cost $10. At first the winners were known prior to the Awards partys. Results were given in advance to the newspapers for publication at 11 p.m. on the night of the Awards.
41、But in 1940, guests arriving for the affair could buy the 8: 45 p.m. edition of the Los Angeles Times, which announced the winning achievements.(17)As a result, the sealed-envelope system was adopted the next year and remains in use today. Since the earliest years, interest in the Academy Awards has
42、 been high. The first presentation was the only one which escaped media audience, but by the second year enthusiasm for the Awards was so high that a Los Angeles radio station actually did a live, one-hour broadcast. The Awards have had broadcast since. For 15 years the Academy Awards Presentations
43、were party affairs held, after the first in the Blossom Room, then at the Ambassador and Biltmore hotels. The custom of presenting the prizes at a banquet didnt continue after 1942.(18)Increased attendance and the war had made party not practical, and the presentation ceremonies have since been held
44、 in theaters. 16 【正确答案】 B 【知识模块】 听力 17 【正确答案】 D 【知识模块】 听力 18 【正确答案】 A 【知识模块】 听力 19 【听力原文】 In todays modern world, where the modern technology dominates,(19)that the human body gets worse is taking place. Hard manual labor is reducing. The strain on our bodies is in many cases reduced to walking a co
45、uple of yards and getting into the car.Through the lack of movement several society deceases, heart deceases, posture defects and obesity are increasing. Good physical fitness doesnt only bring advantages in health related aspects. It increases the possibilities of leading a richer and more active l
46、ife. A person going away for skiing over the weekend may have more fun in the slopes if he or she doesnt have to take a break after the first run, because he or she has trained the body to endure the strain of skiing through regular fitness training. Many injuries, which occur in leisure sports, can
47、 be prevented by training and reaching a certain body strength. How many havent encountered people complaining of back injuries during a friendly game of softball, tennis or even golf.(21)Sometimes these aches and pains even keep us away from doing our favorite sports totally. Or at least not with t
48、he fun and ease it could have been. Through strengthening our muscles, we may avoid many of the injuries caused by every day situations and leisure sports. And we also prevent early going bad of our posture and the following damages. 19 【正确答案】 C 【知识模块】 听力 20 【正确答案】 D 【知识模块】 听力 21 【正确答案】 A 【知识模块】 听力
49、22 【听力原文】 The first day of April is commonly known as April Fools Day, and(22)it is traditional on this day to play a trick on a friend. If your friend falls into the trap, then he or she is an April Fool. It isnt only children that like such jokes. Grown-ups like them, too. Even the media occasionally try to deceive the public with a clever April Fool story. Some years ago, for example, a famous joke was played on the radio.(23)A science correspondent reported that str
