1、大学英语四级（听力）模拟试卷 24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） Lily is too young to go on a date. （ B） Lily is old enough to be on her own. （ C） They should take better care of Lily. （ D） Lily should come home earlier. （ A） To
3、 spend his holiday. （ B） To go abroad. （ C） To go to Egypt. （ D） To go to America. （ A） Shes wearing a new blouse. （ B） Her mother sent her a gift. （ C） Shes going to celebrate her birthday. （ D） She likes red best. （ A） They are going to buy a fridge. （ B） They will eat at McDonalds for dinner. （ C
4、） The man doesnt have to work today. （ D） The man will pick up the woman at McDonalds. （ A） The man has a meeting on Friday. （ B） The man always forgets about the date. （ C） The man will advertise online. （ D） Steven is the womans boyfriend. （ A） He likes making fun of his friends. （ B） He doesnt fe
5、el very good. （ C） He is both fond of and good at sports. （ D） He sells sports magazines in spare time. （ A） Theyll give a lecture on Wednesday. （ B） Theyll have to finish the report today. （ C） They forgot to hand in the report at class. （ D） Theyll have only three classes today. （ A） Public servic
6、e ads. （ B） Health problems. （ C） Commercial ads. （ D） Social regulations. （ A） A science lecture. （ B） A boxing game. （ C） A public assembly. （ D） A friends wedding. （ A） To collect materials for her report. （ B） To have a talk with the senator. （ C） To keep the professors company. （ D） To take som
7、e pictures for the newspaper. （ A） Protest the tax. （ B） Appeal medical reform. （ C） Complain the school fee. （ D） Propose water protection. （ A） Writing an article. （ B） Reading an article. （ C） Reading a novel. （ D） Watching a movie. （ A） Her research papers. （ B） The coming exam. （ C） Her swimmin
8、g class. （ D） Her school fee. （ A） Frog and eagle. （ B） Snake and pigeon. （ C） Elephant and lion. （ D） Wolf and tiger. （ A） Where to get the funds. （ B） When to start the movement. （ C） Which species to protect. （ D） How to inform the public. Section B Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 sh
9、ort 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 marked A, B, C and D. （ A） Writing poems. （ B） Writing childrens books. （ C） Writing s
10、ongs. （ D） Creating drawings. （ A） Only children. （ B） Only adults. （ C） Only old people. （ D） People of all ages. （ A） A tree that bears fruits. （ B） A tree that loves a boy. （ C） A tree that a lion likes. （ D） A tree that eats hunters. （ A） Foolish people. （ B） Smart people. （ C） Talkative people.
11、 （ D） Forgetful people. （ A） Helping you get answers more accurately but more slowly. （ B） Helping you get answers less accurately but faster. （ C） Helping you get answers more accurately and faster. （ D） Helping you get answers less accurately and more slowly. （ A） Think out loud. （ B） Depend on yo
12、ur toes. （ C） Draw beautiful pictures. （ D） Remain speechless. （ A） Milk products. （ B） Eggs. （ C） Honey. （ D） Vegetables. （ A） Fish. （ B） Farm birds. （ C） Beef. （ D） Pork. （ A） Because they do not use violence towards animals. （ B） Because they consider killing farm animals immoral. （ C） Because th
13、ey think vegetarianism more healthful. （ D） Because they consider killing farm animals cruel. （ A） To be total vegetarianism. （ B） To eat whatever they like. （ C） To eat a few natural, ripe plant foods. （ D） To eat few vegetables and much meat. Section C Directions: In this section, you will hear a
14、passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. 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
15、you are required to fill in the missing information. For these blanks, you can either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the 25 Have you ever dashed across a parking lot in a sudden rainstorm? You might think that youll stay(26)_by running as fast as you can. But wait! The faster
16、you run, the more(27)_youll run into horizontally(水平地 ),(28)_your front. You want to stay as dry as possible, so what should you do: walk or run? A scientist would(29)_this problem into its simplest (30)_. If theres no wind, youll only get wet from two (31)_ above as the drops fall on you, and in fr
17、ont as you move into them. The(32)_of wetness from above is(33)_by how long you stay in the rain. If you stay outside twice as long, your head and shoulders will get twice as wet.(34)_. Running faster means less time spent in the rain. The water you run into is another story.(35)_. As it turns out,
18、no matter how fast you go, youll always hit the same number of drops from the front. If you slow down, youll hit them more slowly, but the total amount will be the same at the end of your trip.(36)_. It only keeps the top of your head and shoulders drier. Your front will be just as wet whether you r
19、un or walk. 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 24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 w
20、hat 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】 M: Where is Lily going? Is she going on a date? W:(1)Lily is
21、 eighteen years old. Shes not a baby. Besides, she always comes home early. 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)Where are you going to spend your holidays this summer, Tom? M:(2)We may go abroad, my wife wants to go to Egypt, and Id like to go there too. We havent made up
22、 our mind yet. Q: Whats the man going to do? 2 【正确答案】 A 【知识模块】 听力 3 【听力原文】 M: Thats a nice dress youre wearing. W: Thank you.(3)My father gave it to me as a birthday present. He knows reds my favorite color. Q: What do we know about the woman? 3 【正确答案】 D 【知识模块】 听力 4 【听力原文】 W: Mike, theres not much l
23、eft in the refrigerator. M: Well,(4)I might be able to pick up a few things after work, but I have to be back rather late today. So probably well make do with a meal out at McDonalds. Q: What do we learn from the conversation? 4 【正确答案】 B 【知识模块】 听力 5 【听力原文】 M: This has got to stop! Another Friday nig
24、ht without a date! What can I do? W:(5)What about looking through the personal ads on the Internet? Thats how I met Steven. Q: What can be inferred from the conversation? 5 【正确答案】 D 【知识模块】 听力 6 【听力原文】 W: How good are you at sports, Bill? M: Are you kidding?(6)I love to watch sports. I go to football
25、 or baseball games a lot. And I read sports magazines every week. Q: What do we know about the man? 6 【正确答案】 C 【知识模块】 听力 7 【听力原文】 W: Dont forget. Professor Jackson wants the lab reports in by Wednesday.(7)That means we have to write it up today. M: I wont forget.(7)Well finish it at three after my l
26、ast class. Q: What do we know from the conversation? 7 【正确答案】 B 【知识模块】 听力 8 【听力原文】 W:(8)What do you think about the public service advertisement for quitting smoking? M:(8)While I think its great that theyre trying to get people to quit smoking, but I dont really care for the advertisement. Q: What
27、are the speakers talking about? 8 【正确答案】 A 【知识模块】 听力 9 【听力原文】 W: Oh, Jack, Im glad I call you. I want to tell you I have to skip the history study group session tonight. M: Really? That too bad. Arent you feeling well? W: Oh, its not that.(9)Its going to be a public meeting down the town hall. The s
28、tate senator from this area is going to be there. She has this meeting three or four times a year to speak with her voters. M: Is that what you like to do with your evening, go and listen to a politicians . W: Actually, its a class assignment. Prof. Jackson, hes teaching that political science semin
29、ar Im taking.(10)He told all of us in the seminar to go to listen to what the senator has to say tonight and also write up a report about the issues people bring up. M: Oh, like medical care, and tax and .? W: Right, and as long as Im there, I think Id like to bring up government funding for state u
30、niversities. The tuition keeps going up and its getting harder and harder for a lot of students to afford it. M: Tell me about it. W: Anyway, I want to do a really good job on this report. I need to get a letter of recommendation from Prof. Jackson for graduate school. So I guess Id better show up t
31、here tonight and see what goes on. M: Yeah, but, what about the history test? W: Well, Ive already put some time on that this morning. So I think by tomorrow afternoon, Ill be ready. 9 【正确答案】 C 【知识模块】 听力 10 【正确答案】 A 【知识模块 】 听力 11 【正确答案】 C 【知识模块】 听力 12 【听力原文】 W: Hi, Bill, how is it going? M: Oh, hi,
32、Jane. Im OK. How about you? W: You can probably tell just by looking at me. Ive been really busy. Hey,(12)what are you reading? M:(12)A pretty interesting article. My biology professor assigned it, and I thought I just look it over. But I got really involved in it. Its about endangered species. W: T
33、hat sounds pretty interesting.(13)Im getting frustrated with the two research papers Im struggling with. And can you believe they are both due on the same day? M: Thats tough. W: Ill get through it. So whats this you are reading? M: Well, its basically about the choices environment advocates faced w
34、ith. You know, on these days when funding is so hard to come by. W: Wait a minute. Is the focus on biology or economics? M: Both. Environment advocates dont have enough funding to save every endangered species in the world, so they have to decide based on what would be lost if a species became extin
35、ct. W: Can you give me an example of what you mean? M:(14)For instance, two animals, the spotted eagle and the tailed frog. The article says the frog is unique. It has no relatives. W: So, if that frog became extinct, wed lose an important link in the chain of revolution, right? M: Exactly. But that
36、 isnt so for the eagle.(15)So for environment advocates, it might be a clear choice of which animal to save. W: I see. I am glad I dont have to make that kind of decision. 12 【正确答案】 B 【知识模块】 听力 13 【正确答案】 A 【知识模块】 听力 14 【正确答案】 A 【知识模块】 听力 15 【正确答案】 C 【知识模块】 听力 Section B Directions: In this section, y
37、ou 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 marked A, B, C and D. 16 【听力原文】 Today we tell about Shel Silverstein.
38、 He was a poet, writer, composer, singer, musician and artist. Shel Silverstein wrote hundreds of poems and published many books.(16)He is most famous as a writer of books for children. He won several awards for his childrens books. But he also wrote many stories and created many drawings for adults
39、. Shel Silverstein was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1930. His birth name was Sheldon Allan Silverstein. He never planned to write childrens books. Still, he is most famous for writing them.(17)However, people of all ages like his poems and stories. He published his first childrens book in 1963. It i
40、s called Lafcadio, the Lion Who Shot Back. It is about a lion that eats hunters and lives like a human. The lion has to make some important decisions. One year later, Shel Silverstein published what may be his most popular book.(18)It is called The Giving Tree. This story is about a boy and a tree t
41、hat loved him. The tree gives the boy everything until it can give no more. Both adults and children have enjoyed reading this book. This book is still very popular today. It has sold more than five million copies. Shel Silverstein died of heart failure in 1999. He was sixty-eight years old. Some of
42、 his works were released after his death. Shel Silverstein once said: “I would hope that people, no matter what age, would find something to identify with in my books.“ 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】 B 【知识模块】 听力 19 【听力原文】 A study in the Electronic Journal of Research In Educat
43、ional Psychology found that students who worked out math problems out loud got more accurate results, and faster. Did you ever sit down to take a test and discover that the person next to you mumbles his way through the whole thing?(19)You probably thought, “What kind of fools cant add a few numbers
44、 without moving his mouth?“ It turns out the answer may be: a very clever fool. Because a study published in the Electronic Journal of Research In Educational Psychology suggests that students who think out loud while taking a math test are more likely to get the right answer. Counting things out on
45、 fingers is a long tradition. But this study looked at what happens when students bring their lips in on the action. A handful of mathematics students were showed into separate rooms and given some problems to solve. The researchers videotaped their efforts and graded their exams.(20)And they found
46、that the students who reasoned through their thinking out loud, or who drew out pictures that represented the problem, were able to answer the questions more quickly and more accurately than students who were quiet and didnt draw the sketches. How these sketches and self-talks can help with your cal
47、culations remains a statement waiting for a proof.(21)Until then, remember: sound it out; show your work; and when you run out of fingers, you can always count on your toes. 19 【正确答案】 B 【知识模块】 听力 20 【正确答案】 C 【知识模块】 听力 21 【正确答案】 A 【知识模块】 听力 22 【听力原文】 Today we are going to learn something about vegeta
48、rians who eat vegetables, in the United States. First, there are several ways Americans define a vegetarian diet.(22)Some vegetarians do not eat any meat products or any food made from animal labor, including milk products, eggs and honey. This kind of diet is called a vegan diet. But most vegetaria
49、ns include dairy products in their diet and many vegetarians eat eggs.(23)Some people consider themselves partial vegetarians, because they do not eat meat or farm birds, but they do eat fish. There are many reasons people choose to be vegetarian.(24)Some religions observe vegetarianism as part of an effort of not using violence towards animals. Many other people have non-religious moral reasons for not eating meat. They believe that killing farm animals for fo
