1、大学英语四级(听力)模拟试卷 28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) The man should first sign a one-year lease. ( B) The man can move in a week later. ( C) The man should paint the whole thing. ( D) The man cannot take the apartmen
3、t. ( A) She agrees with the man. ( B) She doesnt want to go out. ( C) She would rather go swimming. ( D) She doesnt think it is a fine day. ( A) Next Sunday night, 7:30 p.m. ( B) Next Saturday night, 7:00 p.m. ( C) Next Saturday night, 7:30 p.m. ( D) Next Sunday night, 7:00 p.m. ( A) He does not wan
4、t to buy clothes. ( B) He is not afraid to take a risk. . ( C) His mother does not like receiving clothes. ( D) His mother likes delicious food very much. ( A) To a lamp store. ( B) To a hardware store. ( C) To the electric shop. ( D) To ,a bookstore. ( A) Take the GRE test again in 8 weeks. ( B) Ca
5、ll to check his scores. ( C) Be patient and wait. ( D) Inquire when the test scores are released. ( A) Their new classmate. ( B) Their new colleague. ( C) A reporter. ( D) Their new teacher. ( A) She read it selectively. ( B) She went it over chapter by chapter. ( C) She read it slowly. ( D) She fin
6、ished it at a stretch. ( A) The hotel confused him with another guest. ( B) Rooms are overbooked for that evening. ( C) There are no more rooms available for five people. ( D) All the rooms available are under renovation. ( A) There was a marathon going on. ( B) Almost all the hotels were being reno
7、vated. ( C) There was a conference going on. ( D) The hotel was overbooked two months ago. ( A) A honeymoon suite for $250 for the night and free Chinese breakfast. ( B) A honeymoon suite for $225 for the night and free western breakfast. ( C) A honeymoon suite for $200 for the night and free Chines
8、e breakfast. ( D) A honeymoon suite for $200 for the night and free western breakfast. ( A) She is environmentally-concerned. ( B) She wants to save money. ( C) Her car is being repaired in the shop. ( D) She wants to see the man on the bus. ( A) Diana believes the air is not likely to be cleaner. (
9、 B) Diana thinks the diesel(柴油机 )bus is free of pollution now. ( C) Diana has taken a class on environmental engineering. ( D) Diana sounds pessimistic about the future of the insulator(绝热器 ). ( A) It makes the fuel burn more efficiently. ( B) It helps release more unburned fuel. ( C) It is easy to
10、install. ( D) It is very cheap. ( A) Lowering transportation fees. ( B) The environmental engineering class. ( C) The mans car in the shop. ( D) Better environment. Section B Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both t
11、he 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) Watching TV can cause physical diseases. ( B) TV places the viewer in a completely passive position. ( C) People are too dependent on TV.
12、 ( D) The quality of some TV programs is poor. ( A) Television has more advantages than disadvantages. ( B) Television has more disadvantages than advantages. ( C) It is no use watching TV. ( D) Television in itself is neither good nor bad. ( A) How much a TV set costs. ( B) The quality of TV progra
13、ms. ( C) How people put it to use. ( D) The number of people watching TV. ( A) He wanted to remain popular with the audience. ( B) He wished to give more performances. ( C) He didnt trust others. ( D) He was extremely anxious about its negative effect. ( A) He was refused to give performances in 180
14、4. ( B) He was not able to compose in 1804. ( C) He was becoming very difficult to be with in 1804. ( D) He attempted to kill himself in 1804. ( A) He didnt kill himself because of his friends. ( B) He remained single all his life. ( C) He was always not easy to be with. ( D) He had few friends in h
15、is life. ( A) About 1920. ( B) Around 1925. ( C) Around 1930. ( D) About 1935. ( A) Over 16 million. ( B) Over 3.5 million. ( C) Over 1 million. ( D) Over 2.5 million. ( A) Corn. ( B) Soybean. ( C) Oat. ( D) Rye. ( A) Corn. ( B) Soybean. ( C) Oat. ( D) Rye. Section C Directions: In this section, you
16、 will hear a 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 f
17、rom 44 to 46 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 Its difficult to imagine the sea ever running out of fish. Its so vast, so deep, so【 B1】 _. Unfortunately, its not bottomless. Over-fishing,
18、 【 B2】 _with destructive fishing practices, is killing off the fish and【 B3】 _their environment. Destroy the fish, and you destroy the fishermens【 B4】 _of living. At least 60【 B5】 _of the worlds commercially important fish【 B6】 _are already over-fished, or fished to the limit. As a result, governmen
19、ts have had to close down some areas of sea to commercial fishing. Big, high-tech fleets【 B7】 _that everything in their path is pulled out of water. Anything too small, or the wrong thing, is thrown back either dead or dying. Thats an【 B8】 _of more than 20 million metric tons every year. 【 B9】 _. In
20、 some parts of the world, for every kilogram of prawns(对虾 )caught, up to 15 kilograms of unsuspecting fish and other marine wildlife die, simply for being in the wrong place at the wrong time. True, 【 B10】 _. before every ocean becomes a dead sea. 【 B11】 _, then catch them in a way that doesnt kill
21、other innocent sea life. 26 【 B1】 27 【 B2】 28 【 B3】 29 【 B4】 30 【 B5】 31 【 B6】 32 【 B7】 33 【 B8】 34 【 B9】 35 【 B10】 36 【 B11】 大学英语四级(听力)模拟试卷 28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 quest
22、ions 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】 M: If we decided to take the apart
23、ment, how soon could we move in? W: It would take about a week to paint the whole thing, assuming of course that you signed a one-year lease. Q: What does the woman imply? 1 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 女士说: “把整栋房子粉刷一遍需要 大约一个星期,前提当然是你要签下一年的租房合同。 ”即男士应当先签一年的租赁合同,故 A正确。建议题,原文动词再现及其同义替换是答案 .本题 sign是原词再现。 【知识模块】 听力
24、2 【听力原文】 M: What a wonderful day! Shall we have a picnic? W: Well, dont you think going swimming is a better choice? Q: What does the woman mean? 2 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 女士说: “难道你不认为去游泳是更好的选择吗 ?”表明女士更想去游泳,因此选 C。 【知识模块】 听力 3 【听力原文】 M: Hello, Kate. Its Dan. I just received the invitation to your party. Its
25、next Saturday night, 7:00 p.m., at 306 Liberty Lane, Champaign. Right? W: Well, Im sorry. Therere some printed mistakes in the invitation. The time is the next Sunday night. 7:30 p.m. Q: What is the accurate time for the party? 3 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 男士致电女士,确认晚会的时间、地点,女士予以纠正,说: “时间是下个星期天晚上 7: 30”。故 A正确。
26、【知识模块】 听力 4 【听力原文】 W: How about an evening gown? These are all from Paris. M: No. My mum has very good taste in clothes. I dont want to take the risk. Q: What does the man imply? 4 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 女士建议男士买一件晚礼服,说它们是巴黎生产的。男士首先用No加以拒绝,然后给出理由: “我妈妈对服装有很高的品味,我可不想冒险。 ”可见男士怕妈妈不高兴,不想买衣服。故选 A。 【知识模块】 听力 5 【听
27、力原文 】 W: What have you got there? M: Its my sun lamp. Im taking it down to the electric shop to be fixed. Theres something wrong with the wiring. It blows fuses whenever I plug it in. Q: Where is the man going? 5 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 女士问: “你手里拿的是什么 ?”男士回答: “这 是我的太阳灯,我要拿它去电器店修理。 ” 因此男士是要去 electric shop, C
28、正确。男士说的 “Its my sun lamp ”使得 A具有一定的迷惑性。 【知识模块】 听力 6 【听力原文】 M: I havent got my scores on the GRE test yet. Do you think I should call to make inquiries? W: There is no hurry. The test scores are released at least 8 weeks after the test. Q: What does the woman advise the man to do? 6 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 关
29、键是要听到女士说 “别着急 (There is no hurry)”,继而解释成绩至少要在考试后 8周才能公布,意思就是要男士耐心等待,故 C正确。 A、 D均是对女士第 2句话的曲解,故均不正确; B是男士打算做的事。 【知识模块】 听力 7 【听力原文】 M: What a stupid guy! A real troublemaker! W: Yeah! He cant do anything right. He knows nothing about this business. I cant figure out how he got in this company. Q: Who
30、are they probably talking about? 7 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 男士说: “真是个蠢家伙 !真是个麻烦制造者 !”女士回答: “是的 关于这业务,他一无所知。我不知道他是怎么进到这公司的。 ”可见他们谈论的是公司里的同事,故 B正确。 【知识模块】 听力 8 【听力原文】 M: Have you finished reading the book you bought last month? W: Oh, I didnt read it straight through the way youd read a novel. I Just covered a
31、 few chapters that interested me most. Q: How did the woman read the book? 8 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 预读选项可知,题目询问女士阅读的方式。本题关键在于听懂女士说 “我没从头读到尾 ”以及她后面的补充说明 “我只读了最令我感兴趣的几章 ”,二者结合即 A“她有选择地读 ”。 【知识模块】 听力 9 【听力原文】 M: Hi. I have a reservation for tonight. My name is Charles Nelson. W: Okay. Mr. Nelson. Thats a room
32、 for five under your name. M: No. No. Hold on. There must be some mistake. W: Okay. Lets check this again. Okay, Mr. Charles C. Nelson for tonight. M: Ah. Theres the problem. My name is Charles Nelson, not Charles C. Nelson.23You must have two guests under the name. W: Okay. Let me check this again.
33、 Oh. Okay. Here we are. Charles Nelson. A room for one for the 19th. M: Wait, wait! It was for tonight. Not tomorrow night. W: Hum. Hum. I dont think we have any rooms for tonight.24Theres a convention going on in town, and uh, lets see. Yeah, no rooms. Well. We do have some rooms under renovation w
34、ith just a roll-away bed. None of the normal stuff like a TV or working shower or toilet. M: Ah madam. Come on. There must be something else. W: Well. Let me check my computer here. Ah! There has been a cancellation for this evening. A honeymoon suite is now available. M: Great. Ill take it. W: But
35、Ill have to charge you two hundred fifty dollars for the night. M: Ah. Madam. I should get a discount for the inconvenience. W: Well. The best I can give you is a ten percent discount plus a ticket for a free continental breakfast. 23. What was the first problem with the mans reservation? 24. Why wa
36、s it hard to get a room that day? 25. What did the man get finally? 9 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 男士在入住酒店时,遇到了一系列难题:首先,他自报家门时,服务员把他和另一个同名同姓的人搞混淆了;其次,他原订的这一天的房间没有了,第 2天才有房间;第三,其他房间也都已订满,只有正在装修中的临时房。本题问他遇到的第 1个问题,故选 A。 【知识模块】 听力 10 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 女士在解释房子紧张的原因时说, “我想我们今晚是没房子了。城里正在开一个会 ”conference 即 convention之义,故
37、 C正确。 A、 C句型一致,区别在 confer-ence和 marathon(马拉松长跑 )上; B“几乎所有酒店都在翻修 ”显然不合常理; D中的时间在对话中未提及。 【知识模块】 听力 11 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 女士查到有人取消订房,那是一个蜜月套房,每晚需 250美元。男士表示要住这个套房,但要求打折。女士说: “我最多给你打 9折,另外再免费送一张欧洲大陆式早餐用餐券 ”。可见男士最后得到的是以 225美元住一晚蜜月套房,并获得免费西式早餐。故 B正确。 【知识模块】 听力 12 【听力原文】 M: Hi, Diana. Im surprised to see you
38、on the city bus. Your car in the shop? W: No. Ive just been thinking a lot about the environment lately. So I decided the air will be a lot cleaner if we all use public transport when we could. M: Im sure you are right. The diesel bus isnt exactly pollution free. W: True. Theyll be running a lot cle
39、aner soon. We were .just talking about that in my environmental engineering class. M: What could the city do? Install pollution filters in all their buses? W: They could, but those filters make the engines work harder and really cut down on the fuel efficiency. Instead, they found a way to make thei
40、r engines more efficient. M: How? W: Well, there is a new insulator. And you spray a thick coat of it on the engine. M: An insulator? W: Yeah. What it does is reflect back the heat of burning fuel. So the fuel will burn much hotter and burn up more completely. M: So a lot less unburned fuel comes ou
41、t to pollute the air. W: And the bus will need less fuel. So with the saving on fuel cost, they say this will all pay for itself in just six months. 19. Why does Diana take a bus that day? 20. What is true about Diana? 21. What justifies the installation of a new insulator in the buses according to
42、Diana? 22. What is the major concern of the woman? 12 【正确答 案】 A 【试题解析】 男士问 Diana为什么乘坐公共汽车,是不是她的汽车在维修。女士回答说不是,她乘坐公交车是因为最近她在考虑环境问题。大家都使用公共交通的话,空气会干净一些。可见她关注环境,故 A正确。 【知识模块】 听力 13 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 女士说到: “在环境工程课上我们刚刚谈到过这一点。 ”可见她修了一门环境工程课,故 C正确。四个选项都以 Diana为主语,本题定然问她的情况。要根据选项关键词听对话,把涉及关键词的信息与选项对照,判断选项正误。
43、【知识模块】 听力 14 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 对于安装新的绝热器,女士说: “它的作用在于它可以把燃料燃烧的热量反射回来,这样燃料燃烧时的温度就会更高,燃烧也就更彻底。 ”可见绝热器可以提高燃烧率, A正确。我们并不知道 it指什么,听录音时必须留意有关事物。 【知识模块】 听力 15 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 对话中女士有车不开,宁愿挤公交车;上环境工程课;对节能环保绝热器感兴趣,均表明她关注环境,有浓厚的环保意识。因此, D正确。实际上本题是问对话主题,选项 D概括性最强,是答案。其余 选项均是细节,或与对话无关。 【知识模块】 听力 Section B Directio
44、ns: 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 marked A, B, C and D. 16 【听力原文】 Television now
45、plays such an important part in so many peoples lives that it is essential for us to try to decide whether it is a blessing or a curse. Obviously television has both advantages and disadvantages. But do the former outweigh the latter? In the first place, television is not only a convenient source of
46、 entertainment, but also a comparatively cheap one. They just sit comfortably at home and enjoy endless series of programs rather than to go out in search of amusement elsewhere. Some people, however, maintain that this is precisely where the danger lies. The television viewer needs to do nothing.26
47、He is completely passive and has everything presented to him without any effort on his part. Secondly, television keeps one informed about current events, allows one to follow the latest developments in science and politics. Yet here again there is a danger. The television screen itself has a terrib
48、le, almost physical fascination for us.26We get so used to looking at its movements, so dependent on its pictures that it begins to dominate our lives. There are many other arguments for and against television. The poor quality of its program is often criticized. But it is undoubtedly a great comfor
49、t to many lonely elderly people. And does it corrupt or instruct our children? I think we must realize that television in itself is neither good nor bad. It is the uses to which it is put that determine its value to society. 26. Which of the following is NOT mentioned as the disadvantages of TV? 27. What is the speakers opinion of television? 28. What determines the value of television to society? 16 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 本文分析电视的利弊,它带来益处的同时也有潜在的弊端。文章分别提到,观看电视是被动接受的行为 (即 B,它使人产生依赖性 (即 C,