1、雅思（听力）模拟试卷 16及答案与解析 一、 Listening Module (30 minutes cover for your personal legal liability of up to 1000000; loss or damage to property on loan to you, up to 500; loss or damage to your landlords property, up to 5000; credit card theft, up to 500; injury arid damage to possessions by mugging or ass
2、ault, up to 5000; and accidental death of a parent or guardian 5000. Student: Thats exactly what Im looking for a fully comprehensive package. Ill come to your office this afternoon. Should I come to see you personally, or .? Salesman: You can ask for me. My name is Stevens. Student: Right. My name
3、is Shipton, Annie Shipton. Salesman: OK. Ill see you this afternoon. We normally close the office at 5, but Ill be here until 6 today. Student: Thank you. I should make it before then. Goodbye. Salesman: Goodbye. 1 【正确答案】 B 2 【正确答案】 A 3 【正确答案】 D 4 【正确答案】 C 5 【正确答案】 C 6 【正确答案】 B 7 【正确答案】 (course) fee
4、s 8 【正确答案】 special introductory rate 9 【正确答案】 hour help line 10 【正确答案】 5 (oclock) 11 【听力原文】 Professor: Welcome to the university. We consider ourselves to be one of the UKs most progressive and innovative universities. We pride ourselves on making a difference to our students, our staff and to the b
5、usinesses we work with. Our research and business ideas, alongside our highly sought after graduates, contribute to the economic and social development of both our region and to the UK as a whole. Our teaching methods and staff are first-rate and are supported by our world-class applied research. Ou
6、r students are a diverse group and benefit from a tailored approach that helps them to get the most from their studies. Currently, 13% of all of our students are mature and 9% are from outside the UK. Both of these figures are significantly higher for postgraduate students. We offer top quality teac
7、hing and learning facilities and the ability to learn flexibly in a way that best suits their needs. For example, we are one of the UKs leading universities in e-learning and offer a range of distance learning and part time courses as well as the more traditional full time courses. Our partners in i
8、ndustry choose to cooperate with because of our flexible, business led approach and our high quality research, facilities and students. Our partners include Sony, BP, the NHS, Network Rail, Cisco, SAP and Microsoft. Our facilities are state-of-the-art and we have invested heavily in new technology o
9、ver the last 15 years in order to ensure that our technological capability matches the cutting-edge approach of our teaching. We are recognised as a Centre of Excellence for Teaching and Learning, e-learning and employability. Our university plays a key role in the city and region in which it operat
10、es. We are located in both heart of Newtown and in its leafy suburbs and our 28000 students add to the vibrancy and diversity of the city. Let me tell you a little about our campuses. Right in the heart of Newtowns busy city centre is the universitys City Campus, a welcoming modem environment with s
11、ome of the finest learning and teaching facilities in Europe. Around this hub revolves a flourishing, diverse academic community. Our second campus, only a couple of miles away, is a complete contrast. The tranquil Academia Campus is set among lawns and trees in one of Newtowns leafiest suburbs just
12、 as typical of this city, Englands greenest, as the bustling city centre. In May 2005 we opened the impressive Health and Wellbeing Building at Academia Campus. The 15 million “beacon for health and social care education“ was officially opened by our University Chancellor, Professor Hall, and provid
13、es world-class facilities for our health and social care students. Plans for further development of both campuses are already well advanced with the university planning to replace its third campus at Salt Lane with a new home for the Faculty of Computing, Engineering and Sciences at City Campus. Its
14、 not only the University environment thats popular with students the city of Newtown is a big attraction too. Home to two universities with more than 50000 students, plus Europes largest further education college and the headquarters of Learn Direct, Newtown is very much a learning city. Its one of
15、the countrys most in-demand student destinations, and once they arrive students enjoy the Newtown experience so much that a higher proportion stay on to live and work here than in any other city outside London. Now, with regard to accommodation, our accommodation services offer a friendly free servi
16、ce to help you find the right place to live in Newtown. They have an office in the Student Union Building, but they also have a website, which provides details of all our catered and self-catered residences and a searchable private housing database. The University guarantees to offer all first year
17、students accommodation of a reasonable standard in university owned accommodation, or in the private sector. On the website, we have also tried to answer some of the most frequently asked questions and provide some useful help, advice and information on how to apply for accommodation. If you cant fi
18、nd the information you are looking for on our website, go into the office where our staff are happy to answer any questions you may have or you can contact them by phone, fax or e-mail. The university is sensitive to the accommodation needs of individuals and provides both single sex accommodation a
19、nd accommodation that is suitable for students with disabilities and special requirements. We also cater to the needs of mature and international students. 11 【正确答案】 13%. 12 【正确答案】 9%. 13 【正确答案】 leafy 14 【正确答案】 28000 15 【正确答案】 greenest 16 【正确答案】 third campus 17 【正确答案】 live and work 18 【正确答案】 Student
20、 Union Building 19 【正确答案】 private housing database 20 【正确答案】 frequently asked questions 21 【听力原文】 Cindy: OK, everyone. Weve been asked to think of the characteristics of good teachers and those of good learners. Mike and myself volunteered to look at the former whilst Janet and Tim took on the latte
21、r. Mike, youve got our list. Mike: OK everyone. This is what Cindy and I came up with. First, the teacher needs to be a good communicator. The teacher needs to be able to speak clearly and to explain what things mean. Taking this idea a bit further, the teacher should have an interesting voice. Scho
22、olwork is often boring enough, without having a teacher with a boring voice. Cindy: Yes. The teacher should sound interested in the subject. This might help the students to be a bit more lively and interested. Mike: We also thought that a good teacher should get to know his or her students. We dont
23、mean that he or she should try to make friends with the students thats generally considered a bad idea at primary and secondary, schools. We mean that the teacher needs to know something of their backgrounds and their interests. Cindy: The third thing is that a good teacher must know his or her subj
24、ect inside out at the required level. It would be a disaster if the students knew more than the teacher! This means that the teacher must be well trained and fully familiar with the curriculum not only at the current level he or she is teaching but also at the previous levels, so that he or she know
25、s what the students already know. Janet: Or at least should know! You could say that a good teacher is aware that what is taught is not always the same as what is learnt. Mike: Good point, Janet. Our next point is that a good teacher pulls you up one step at a time. They see that the gap between whe
26、re you are and where you need to go is small enough to breach, so you can move up steadily, one step at a time, but large enough to signify true, real progress. Another thing is that teachers are guides, sometimes even role models, for students. Much of ones character is shaped by teachers. So, as a
27、 good teacher, you must be honest and be patient. In addition, a good teacher must dress tidily, so as to set an example and to look professional. Cindy: So, Janet and Tim over to you. Janet: Well, we came up with a whole list of things. First, a good student is active. This encompasses a wide range
28、 of things not only getting on with the work assigned to them. For example, a good student will ask questions, particularly when they dont understand something or for confirmation. He or she is motivated to learn and has study goalseither general goals such as getting into university or specific goa
29、ls for things that he or she wishes to learn in the next month. A good student is disciplined. Now, we dont just mean good behaviour we mainly mean that he or she has the discipline to stick to a good study routine. This includes reviewing and previewing work. Tim will tell you what else we thought
30、of. Tim: We also thought that a good learner focuses on finding reasons why to do something not on reasons not to do something. Poor students usually tend to offer the immediate response “But.“ Mike: Yes, Ive seen that a lot. Tim: Havent we all? A good student is aware that learning often happens da
31、ys or months later. It is not always linear and it is not always immediate. He or she sees learning as a long-term project rather than modulising it if you like into clusters of to dos, e.g. preparation for an exam. Many students will not do anything until about two weeks before a test and then cram
32、. Mike: Then I wonder why they didnt do well! Tim: Exactly! Any other ideas? Cindy: I think that a good student doesnt criticise teachers who have seen it all and done it all and actually have a better idea of what students need. Janet: Nor do good students blame a teacher for his or her own lack of
33、 application. He or she accepts suggestions and tries to incorporate them into their learning. Tim: I think that the key point is that a good student sets up his or her learning to be enjoyable. 21 【正确答案】 voice 22 【正确答案】 make friends 23 【正确答案】 current and previous 24 【正确答案】 patient 25 【正确答案】 dress(e
34、s) tidily 26 【正确答案】 confirmation 27 【正确答案】 study routine 28 【正确答案】 criticise teachers 29 【正确答案】 blame 30 【正确答案】 enjoyable 31 【听力原文 】 Presenter: Welcome to this first presentation on writing an academic essay. A university essay can be thought of as an extended answer to a quite specific question tha
35、t has been posed by your lecturer. A key consideration for lecturers when they mark students work is whether the essay before them is relevant; that is whether it does in fact provide an answer to the question being posed. For this reason it is important when you prepare to work on an essay that you
36、 spend a reasonable amount of time reading and mulling over the essay topic so that you understand precisely what is being asked. This involves identifying and thinking about key words in the topic, among other things. This tutorial on essay writing is based on the following topic: “In the last 20 y
37、ears, rates of divorce have risen significantly in Western countries. Critically analyse some of the different explanations given for this phenomenon. In your discussion you should consider what implications these explanations might have for social policy.“ Implication is a common term. Implications
38、 can be thought of as a set of ideas that follow on in some logical sense from a preceding set of ideas. In the case of this essay, the preceding set of ideas are the explanations for rising divorce. What is required then is that students consider what social policies might follow on from each of th
39、e different explanations considered. Note that the word phenomenon refers here to rising divorce. This means that the essay will need to be concerned with explaining why divorce rates have risen. Different explanations suggests that different analysts have come up with a variety of reasons for this
40、happening. To critically analyse means to assess the value of some entity with respect to its strengths and weaknesses. This entity may be a theory, a policy, an argument, a piece of research etc. In the case of this essay topic, what needs to be evaluated are the different explanations given for ri
41、sing divorce. This proposition is central to the essay topic. Clearly the essay will need to be concerned in a general sense with the subject of rising divorce. It is also important to note those terms which limit the subject in some way, in this case to a particular place Western countries and to a
42、 particular time the last 20 years. I asked three different students spent some time analysing the divorce essay topic. On the following three slides, you can read each of their interpretations of the topic. After reading each, decide whether you think it is a reasonable interpretation of the topic.
43、 This slide shows Student As analysis “This essay topic is about divorce in Western countries. I would look in detail at statistics for divorce in various countries. I would then mm to the effects of divorce, as discussed by various sociologists. I would describe the effects divorce is thought to ha
44、ve on parents and on children. Then I would consider what social policy solutions there are for the problems arising from divorce.“ Student B wrote “For this essay I would focus on why rates of divorce have increased in Western countries. To answer this question, I would give my own critical explana
45、tion, focusing on what I know from experience are the reasons why couples choose to divorce. I would then interview a number of divorced people I know asking them what the reasons were for the breakdown of their marriage. I would then consider current social policies relating to divorce and find out
46、 how well the people I interview have coped since they were divorced.“ And this slide tells us what Student C wrote “This topic states that divorce has risen in Western countries. First I would want to find out if this is the case by looking at statistics from a number of countries. Assuming that th
47、e proposition is true, I would then look at a variety of accounts given by sociologists for this increase. For each of these, I would consider how adequate an explanation it is. The topic seems to imply that rising divorce is a phenomenon that needs to be addressed by policy makers. I would then thi
48、nk about what sort of social policy positions might follow on from each explanation.“ Having read the three interpretations, in your opinion, which seems the most reasonable interpretation? . Ah, yes, I think youve got the answer. Of the three interpretations, Student 3s would be closest to what is
49、required. The student is proposing to comment on the adequacy of a range of sociological explanations for divorce, i.e. critical analysis, and then to consider what types of social policy would follow on from her explanations, i.e. implications. 31 【正确答案】 an extended answer 32 【正确答案】 relevant 33 【正确答案】 explanations 34 【正确答案】 analysts 35 【正确答案】 assess the value 36 【正确答案】 Western countries 37 【正确答案】 AC 38 【正确答案】 C 39 【正确答案】 B 40 【正确答案】 A
