1、大学英语四级（听力）模拟试卷 32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 traffic. （ B） The weather. （ C） Their health. （ D） Their timetable. （ A） She has not heard of Professor Savior. （ B） She is a good friend of Professor Savior.
3、（ C） She does not know Professor Saviors brother-in-law. （ D） She has not heard of Professor Saviors brother-in-law. （ A） An accountant. （ B） An advertising clerk. （ C） A travel agent. （ D） A teacher. （ A） He agrees with the woman. （ B） He hasnt been to a game recently. （ C） He doesnt know much abou
4、t basketball. （ D） He doesnt think the team has been playing well. （ A） He approves of the action. （ B） He feels sorry for those students. （ C） He considers the punishment excessive. （ D） He has no opinion about the action. （ A） He thinks that the speaker wont show up. （ B） He thinks the seminar won
5、t be open to the public. （ C） He thinks that there wont be enough seats for everybody. （ D） He thinks that there might not be any more tickets available. （ A） In a park. （ B） In a restaurant. （ C） In a barbershop. （ D） In the supermarket. （ A） Where to shop. （ B） The mans clothes. （ C） The mans hair
6、style. （ D） The Santa Anita mall. （ A） In his last-week public relation class. （ B） In his last-week literature class. （ C） In his last-week history class. （ D） In his last-week maths class. （ A） In 621. （ B） In 1621. （ C） In 1631. （ D） In 1641. （ A） They were religious people from New England. （ B）
7、 They were religious people from America. （ C） They were religious people from England. （ D） They were ethnic people from England. （ A） Its already full. （ B） It requires another class first. （ C） Its only open to poetry majors. （ D） Its only offered in the morning. （ A） The class meets during his w
8、orking hours. （ B） Hes already familiar with the material. （ C） He has another class at the same time. （ D） The class is too far away. （ A） He likes to do his homework in the evenings. （ B） He doesnt want to ask his boss for another favor. （ C） He wants to work the same schedule as his friends. （ D）
9、 All the other work schedules conflict with his classes. （ A） It has a pool. （ B） Its courses cost less. （ C） The class size is smaller. （ D） It may offer the class he needs during the day. Section B Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will he
10、ar 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） Marriage continues for many years without divorce. （ B） Marriage can easily end in divorce. （ C） People will mar
11、ry three or four times in one lifetime. （ D） Divorced people dont stay single. （ A） Peoples lives dont stay the same for very long. （ B） They are not consistent. （ C） Americans like to change partners. （ D） They dont take marriage seriously. （ A） Marriage is not popular in America because of too man
12、y divorces. （ B） Eighty percent of divorced people still remarry in America. （ C） In the new century, most American people will marry two or three times in one lifetime. （ D） Americans rarely change their jobs and the places of living. （ A） They are read on the computer screen. （ B） They are publish
13、ed in European languages. （ C） They are broadcast on television and the radio. （ D） They are designed in the form of small-sized books. （ A） Language learners. （ B） Magazine collectors. （ C） European journalists. （ D） Professional travelers. （ A） They are very easy to read. （ B） They are cheap and p
14、opular. （ C） They are translated into English. （ D） They are convenient for the users. （ A） A gardener. （ B） A fireman. （ C） A teacher. （ D） A social worker. （ A） It means more duties than being a teacher. （ B） It requires the mother to be well-educated. （ C） It prevents the mother from working outs
15、ide. （ D） It takes more time than doing any other housework. （ A） 66. （ B） 71. （ C） 80. （ D） 90. （ A） Housework is no easy job. （ B） The kitchen is hard to clean. （ C） A housewife needs to be paid for cleaning. （ D） Her husband has no time to clean the kitchen. Section C Directions: In this section,
16、 you 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 number
17、ed from 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 Blind photography sounds strange. But a striking【 B1】 _of photographs in California, argues that it stems from the core of contemporary
18、art. The show 【 B2】_everything: underwater scenes, portraits, landscapes, abstracts, and everything else you might【 B3】 _from a “sighted“ photographer. How do the blind take their photographs? Some rely on【 B4】 _to set up and then describe the shots, and others just point and shoot in the right plac
19、e. “Just like any good artists,“ says McCulloh, “they have their【 B5】 _ways of operating.“ One participating photographer is Pete Eckert, an artist with【 B6】 _ degrees in design and sculpture who only turned to photography after losing his 【 B7】 _in the mid-1980s. Kurt Weston, another photographer,
20、was a former fashion photographer in Chicago. He lost his vision due to AIDS in 1996. What do gallery-goers say? “I was very impressed by it. The technique and experience was amazingly【 B8】 _,“ says John Hesketh, a printmaker in Anaheim. “【 B9】_.“ Beyond the praise, however, the exhibition also make
21、s another milestone for disabled people everywhere.【 B10】 _: “This exhibition is extraordinary and revolutionary for many reasons. I think that by being an artist with a disability, you are continuing the work of those people【 B11】 _. In that way, its so wonderful that your photographs say it all.“
22、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 32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
23、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: Its a perfect day for staying inside. W: It has been glo
24、omy for 2 weeks. Im going crazy. Q: What are the speakers talking about? 1 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 对话中男士提到 a perfect day for staying inside（非常适合在家里待着的一天），女士提到 gloomy（阴暗），因此可知对话谈论的话题是天气，故答案为 B。 【知识模块】 听力 2 【听力原文】 M: Do you know Professor Saviors brother-in-law? W: Ive never met him, but Ive heard that hes as
25、 well-known as Savior himself. Q: What does the woman mean? 2 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 对话中女士提到 Ive never met him, but Ive heard that.（我从来没有见过他，可我听说），即女士不认识 Savior教授的 brother-in-law，但是听说过他，故答案为 C。 【知识模块】 听力 3 【听力原文】 W: What did Linda do after graduating from university? M: She considered accounting, advertisi
26、ng and even being a travel agent before she settled on teaching. Q: What is Linda now? 3 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 对话中男士提到， she settled on teaching（她最终还是去教书了），即她现在是一名教师，故答案为 D。 【知识模块】 听力 4 【听力原文】 W: I think our basketball teams got a good chance of winning the championship this year. M: What? Are you kidding?
27、 Have you seen them play recently? Q: What does the man imply? 4 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 对话中女士说 our basketball team. winning the championship（我们的篮球队最近赢得冠军），男士反问道 Are you kidding? Have you seen them play.（开玩笑吧？你最近看他们打比赛了吗），由此推断男士认为他们的篮球队打得并不好，故答案为 D。 【知识模块】 听力 5 【听力原文】 W: Prof. Smith caught some students che
28、ating on the final exam and failed them right then and there. M: Serves them right. I dont sympathize with anyone trying to pass that way. Q: What does the man mean? 5 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 对话中男士提到， Serves them right. I dont sympathize.that way（就应该那样做。我不同情任何想通过那种方式通过考试的人）。由此可知，男士对教授的做法表示支持，故答案为 A。 【知识模块】
29、听力 6 【听力原文】 W: Fridays speaker is supposed to be wonderful. Are you going to attend the seminar on that day? M: Yes. But I havent been able to get the ticket yet. Since the lecture is open to the public, I imagine that the tickets may have already been sold out. Q: Why is the man afraid he wont be a
30、ble to attend the seminar? 6 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 对话中男士提到， I imagine that the tickets may have already been sold out（我想，票可能已经 ?卖完了），故答案为 D。 【知识模块】 听力 7 【听力原文】 M: Do you want the same cut as last time? W: The same on top, but Id like a little longer over the ears and in the back. And have the hair on the
31、forehead trimmed. Q: Where does the conversation most probably take place? 7 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 结合对话中男士提到的 the same cut（同样的发型）和女士提到the hair on the forehead（前额处的头发）可知，男士要为女士理发，即对话发生在理发店里，故答案为 C。 【知识模块】 听力 8 【听力原文】 W: I absolutely love what youre wearing today. Seriously, it looks really nice on you. Whe
32、re did you buy it? M: Thank you. I bought it from the Macys at the Santa Anita mall. Q: What are the two speakers talking about? 8 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 对话中女士说喜欢男士穿的衣服，并问他从哪里买的，男士回答说from the Macys at the Santa Anita mall，由此可知，对话是围绕男士穿的衣服展开的，故答案为 B。 【知识模 块】 听力 9 【听力原文】 M: Mary, last week in our history cla
33、ss, our teacher asked us if we knew anything about Thanksgiving Day. We all looked at each other. Nobody could give the answer. So, please tell me something about it, will you? W: Oh, its a long story. I dont think youve got the patience. M: Come on, Im really interested. Is it a national holiday in
34、 the United States? W: Yes, its a most truly American holiday and its closely connected with the earliest history of the country. M: When was it first celebrated? W: In 1621. By the English settlers or pilgrims. M: What people were the pilgrims? W: They were religious people from England. At that ti
35、me, they didnt have the right to worship in their own way. They sailed to America on the Mayflower to have freedom of worship. M: What happened to them when they got to America? W: During their first winter, over half of the settlers died of starvation or epidemics. The survivors began farming, hunt
36、ing and fishing and labored hard. M: Did they have a good harvest the first year? W: Yes, the yield was rich beyond their expectations. Thats why they decided to fix a day to give their thanks to God. M: Oh, I see. How do people in the States celebrate it now? And when is it? W: The fourth Thursday
37、of November is Thanksgiving Day. Its an occasion of family reunion. The most traditional and favorite food on the dinner table is roast turkey and pumpkin pie. Of course, with lots more to eat. M: OK, youve helped me out. Id like to treat you to ice cream. Lets get going. Questions 23 to 25 are base
38、d on the conversation you have just heard. 23. Where did the man hear of Thanksgiving Day for the first time? 24. When was Thanksgiving Day first celebrated? 25.What people were the pilgrims? 9 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 选项中重复出现的 In his last-weekclass 表明，本题与男士上周的课有关。由男士提到的 last week in our history classteacher
39、 askedif we knewThanksgiving Day 可推断出，男士在上周的历史课上第一次听说感恩节，故答案为 C。 【知识模块】 听力 10 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 对话中男士问 When was it first celebrated?，女士回答说 In 1621，由此可知，答案为 B。 【知识模块】 听力 11 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 A、 B、 C三项都与 religious people有关，而 D却与 ethnic people有关，与其他三项明显不同，故可先排除。男士问 What people were the pilgrims?，女士回答说 They
40、 were religious people from England，由此可知，答案为 C。 【知识模块】 听力 12 【听力原文】 W: Hi, Mark, how is it going? M: Well, not so great. W: Whats wrong? M: Ive got a big problem with the poetry course thats required for my major. W: Is that all filled up? M: No, no, theres plenty of room, but there is a prerequisit
41、e. Ive got to take an introduction to poetry before I can take the special course in poets of the 1960s and the introductory course is only offered in the evenings. W: Why dont you like evening classes? M: No, thats not the point. I work in the cafeteria every evening. I need the money to pay my tui
42、tion. W: Can you ask someone at work to switch hours with you? Maybe you could just switch a couple of evenings since the course probably only meets two times a week. M: I wish I could. My boss just did me a favor by putting me on evenings. And hell hit the ceiling change again. W: Wait a minute. I
43、have an idea. Have you checked the courses over at the community college? They might offer an introductory poetry course during the day. M: Hey, thats a great idea. Im free this afternoon. I think Ill go over and check it out. W: Yeah, their courses are actually cheaper, and you can transfer the cre
44、dits over there. M: Thanks for the advice, Linda. Ill let you know what happens. W: Sure, Mark. Good luck. Oh, while you are there, could you find out when their pool is open? M: No problem. Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 19. What prevents the man from taking t
45、he poets of 1960s class? 20. What problem does the man have with the introductory poetry class? 21. Why doesnt the man want to change his work schedule? 22. Why does the man want to take the class at the community college? 12 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 由男士提到的 Ive got to take an introduction to poetry beforetak
46、ecourse in poets of the 1960s 可知，男士在上有关二十世纪六十年代诗人的课之前，首先要上诗歌的入门课，故答案为 B。 【知识模块】 听力 13 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 A、 C、 D都提到了 class，而 B却没有提到，与其他选项明显不同，故可首先排除。由男士提到的 the introductory course is only offered in the evenings和 I work in the cafeteria every evening可知，男士上课和工作的时间相冲突了，故答案为 A。 【知识模块】 听力 14 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析
47、】 前三项均是 He为主语，而 D的主语却是 All the other work，与其他三项不同，故可首先排除。由男士提到的 I wish I could. My boss just did me a favorhell hit the ceiling change again 可知，男士不想再麻烦他的老板，故答案为 B。 【知识模块】 听力 15 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 由女士提到的 checked the coursesat the community college? They might offer an introductory poetry course during t
48、he day可知，在community college里可能白天上诗歌入门课，正好与男士晚上工作不冲突，故答案为 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 questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choo
49、se the best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C and D. 16 【听力原文】 Marriage is still a popular institution in the United States, but divorce is becoming almostas “popular”. Nevertheless, most American people get married at the present time. Fifty percentof American marriages end in divorce. However, four out of five divorced people do not staysingle. They get married a second time to new partners. Sociologis
