1、雅思（听力）模拟试卷 42 及答案与解析 一、 Listening Module (30 minutes note what went wrong; and determine what would have been a better way to act or what could have been done differently in order to achieve a more successful outcome. Then move on! Yes, erase the negative emotions; allow those memories of defeat, fr
2、ustration or dissatisfaction to fade and move forward. Negativity erodes confidence. You need to put aside your disappointments and focus on successful outcomes. Oh, its not that easy. I can hear you saying. Well, no, its not easy to forget failure but no-one ever fails completely so congratulate yo
3、urself on the areas where you did do well. Mentally replay the best bits even if theyre only a small part! Now, there are two more things you need to do. Firstly, rehearsal yes, you heard me rehearsal. Surely only actors in a play need to rehearse their parts? No, the truth is, we all need to rehear
4、se. This is a surefire way to build confidence. Before the match, the presentation, the exam or whatever, imagine yourself performing successfully in that particular situation. And heres the second tip-look confident. That will always give you an extra physiological advantage. So you can see that mi
5、nd and body work together on this. You have to think and act positively. Lets talk a bit more about how to look confident. If you have to overcome a challenge, get rid of that anxious expression and rigid posture, those downcast eyes and nervous gestures. Even if you dont feel very self-assured, you
6、 can still give the appearance of confidence. Stand tall, hold your head up, make full eye contact and keep an open expression replace the frown with a smile if you can manage it. And those hunched shoulders? Relax those shoulder muscles. If you need to, take a deep breath and stretch to release pen
7、t up anxiety and tension. What if you have to make a difficult phone call, for example? Nobody can actually see you-so does it matter what you look like? Yes, it does. Practicing positive body language will help you cross the threshold into a confident mood. Before we move on to talk about goal sett
8、ing, it may surprise you to know that, once you have set a goal in life, the brain responds with a burst of activity, which we experience as.? thats right, happiness! And what happens when the goal is achieved? Yes, there is another burst of activity.and another feeling of happiness. 11 【正确答案】 posit
9、ive thinking/thought(s) 12 【正确答案】 performance 13 【正确答案】 successful outcomes 14 【正确答案】 rehearsal 15 【正确答案】 body language 16 【正确答案】 happiness 16 【听力原文】 As you can see, the recipe for a happy life is to maintain a positive attitude and keep setting and achieving your goals. So, whatever your goal, what
10、ever it is that youre aiming for a new job, losing weight, giving up smoking, graduation you need an appropriate (and by appropriate I mean achievable goal). Thats the first step. The next thing to consider is motivation. How do you get going? Well, its more likely to motivate you if you think of th
11、e rewards of success rather than focus on failure, or what you might lose. So you need to establish your incentives. After that youll have to work out the various stages and phases that youll need to go through along the way and prepare for each one of them. If youre not naturally motivated, keep th
12、e targets small and achievable. But it really is important to ensure you collect the resources to accomplish the various steps. If you have performed that particular task before, you may already have the resources or at least know where to get them from. If not, ask someone who has already succeeded
13、. When you have got this far, the next stage is obvious yes, you have to take the first step. Thats not quite all there is to it though. The final thing to remember is to keep track of what youve accomplished; in other words, be sure to maintain a progress log. That way you can look back at your pre
14、vious small successes and watch your progress along the way to achieving your goal. 17 【正确答案】 appropriate/achievable 18 【正确答案】 work out/prepare (for) 19 【正确答案】 resources 20 【正确答案】 progress log 20 【听力原文】 BOB: Hi Julia. JULIA: Hi Bob. Thought about the science project yet? BOB: Which one? The presenta
15、tions are scheduled for next month! JULIA: The experiment that you and I are working on-to demonstrate density, buoyancy and thecompression of gases. BOB: Thatll be complicated. JULIA: Well, its not supposed to be. Itll be part of the Making Science Simple series thats being showcasednext year. And
16、we have to be ready to demonstrate by the end of next week. BOB: Oh, well, .simple.you say. JULIA: Yes, not just the concept but the materials too. We have to use cheap, readily available, commonitems expensive lab equipment is out of the question! BOB: I remember something about using recycled or t
17、hrow-away items if possible.Anything portable thatwe can bring into the lab. JULIA: Thats right. BOB: Well, any ideas for the project? JULIA: What about the classic Cartesian diver? BOB: Is that the same as a Cartesian devil? The invention named after the famous French physicist RenDescartes? JULIA:
18、 Yes, a long time ago superstitious people labeled it that because they couldnt comprehend thescientific principles it demonstrated; they thought it was black magic. BOB: How shall we do it? JULIA: By keeping it as simple, transparent and economical as possible. BOB: So, to start with.? JULIA: Open
19、your pencil case and lets have a look. Mum, you havent got any. BOB: Any what? JULIA: Paper clips. BOB: Oh, there are lots of them in the bottom of my bag. They slip off my papers and collect in the bottom.Look, heres half a dozen. JULIA: But theyre all big metal ones I want little ones small, vinyl
20、-covered multi-colored ones. BOB: Oh, Ive got one or two of them too. JULIA: Great. And.if we look around, especially on the floor, were bound to find a few more. See? Here. BOB: What else do we need? JULIA: A small rubber band. BOB: Well, Ive got one of those in my pocket. JULIA: No, not that kind.
21、 Lets go and ask Tara. BOB: Why? JULIA: Those really small colored bands for making pony tails are ideal. BOB: Hey, Tara?TARA: Yes? JULIA: Have you got any spare rubber bands like the ones you fasten your hair with?TARA: Oh, heaps, a whole packet full-help yourselves. BOB: TerrificSo far it hasnt co
22、st us anything. What now? JULIA: Lets go and rummage through the recycling bins beside Joes Mini-market. BOB: What for? JULIA: We want a 2-1itre plastic soft drink bottle with lid. BOB: Hey, I draw the line at sorting through other peoples rubbish and were also not likely to find one witha lid. JULI
23、A: Well, go into the store and buy 2 liters of soft drink. BOB: What flavor? JULIA: It doesnt matter what kind of drink you get, just make sure it comes in a clear P. E. T. bottle. BOB: Where are you going? JULIA: To the cafeteria behind the Resource Centre. BOB: What for? JULIA: Im after some straw
24、s. BOB: I can get them from the shop when I buy the drink. JULIA: No, Ive seen theirs. Theyre the waxed paper ones. We need clear plastic and I know theyve got themin the cafeteria. Ill also see if I can get a tall plastic cup from there. BOB: Good luck. Meet you back here in 5 minutes. JULIA: Maybe
25、 longer because I want to go over to my locker and get a wire coat hanger. 21 【正确答案】 A 22 【正确答案】 B 23 【正确答案】 B 24 【正确答案】 C 25 【正确答案】 E 26 【正确答案】 straw 27 【正确答案】 rubber band 28 【正确答案】 paper clips 29 【正确答案】 cap/lid 30 【正确答案】 heavier 30 【听力原文】 Good morning, everyone. In these environmental science lect
26、ures I guess youre all used to hearing about global warming well, Im here today to talk to you about one particular volcano and its effect of global cooling. Ill begin by going back a little bit in time. Towards the middle of 1991, the second largest volcanic eruption of last century occurred in the
27、 Philippines, not far from the capital city, Manila, on the island of Luzon. Mount Pinatubo belongs to a chain of volcanoes in the area and this was by no means its first eruption. There is evidence of eruptions from approximately 500, 3,000 and 5,500 years ago. The events of the 1991 Mount Pinatubo
28、 eruption began in July 1990, when a magnitude 7.8 earthquake occurred 100 kilometers northeast of the Pinatubo region. The sleeping giant was re-awakened but few people had any idea of what was in store for them. In mid-March 1991, many earthquakes were experienced around Mount Pinatubo and this is
29、 when volcano scientists (or vulcanologists as they are called) started their investigation of the mountain. Before the disaster, thousands of people lived in very close proximity to the mountain and, on April 2nd, small explosions from vents near the crater dusted their villages with ash. This resu
30、lted in the order for evacuations of 5,000 people later that month. Earthquakes and explosions continued to harass the residents and, on June 5th, a Level 3 alert was issued for two weeks because of the possibility of a major eruption. However, the appearance of a large amount of lava protruding fro
31、m the mountain on June 7th led to the announcement of a Level 5 alert on June 9th, indicating an eruption in progress. An evacuation area within 20 kilometers of the volcano was established and this time 25,000 people were evacuated. On the following day, Clark Air Base was evacuated and the danger
32、radius was extended to 30 kilometers from the volcano resulting in the total evacuation of 58,000 people. On June 15th, just after midday, the eruption of Mount Pinatubo commenced and lasted for nine hours causing numerous major earthquakes due to the collapse of the land at the top of the mountain
33、and the creation of a huge caldera. Whats a caldera? I hear you say. Well, its obvious really with a huge eruption such as this where enormous amounts of material have exploded into the air, the summit falls into what is now an empty chamber and thus forms a large crater. As luck would have it, as t
34、he eruption was taking place, a tropical storm was passing just to the northeast of Mount Pinatubo, bringing a lot of rainfall to the area. The dust and cinders that had been thrown up into the atmosphere combined with the water vapor from the storm to cause a rainfall of tempura that fell across th
35、e whole island of Luzon. Most of the people who perished during the eruption did so because of the weight of the ash collapsing roofs and killing the occupants of the houses. If it hadnt been for that passing storm, the death toll would certainly have been much lower. But thats not all, besides the
36、ash, Mount Pinatubo expelled between 15 and 30 million tons of sculpture dioxide gas. Can you guess what happened next? Yes, the sculpture dioxide mixed with water and oxygen in the atmosphere to become euphoric acid, which is a major contributor to ozone reduction. The eruption plume from Mount Pin
37、atubo reached high into the atmosphere, attaining an altitude of 34 kilometers and the resulting aerosol cloud spread around the earth in two weeks and had covered the planet within a year. During the years 1992 and 1993, the ozone hole situated over Antarctica reached an unprecedented size. The coo
38、ling effects of this cloud over the earth were remarkable. It reduced global temperatures considerably. In the United States, for example, we experienced our third coldest and third wettest summer in 77 years during 1992. 31 【正确答案】 5,500 years ago 32 【正确答案】 七月 -90 33 【正确答案】 mid-March 1991 34 【正确答案】 ash 35 【正确答案】 eruption in progress 36 【正确答案】 collapse 37 【正确答案】 tropical storm 38 【正确答案】 roofs 39 【正确答案】 water and oxygen 40 【正确答案】 global temperatures
