1、雅思（听力）模拟试卷 61及答案与解析 一、 Listening Module (30 minutes we usually go round with an envelope during coffee break. dont we? tony: Yeah, coffee breaks always the best time, cos people have got their money handy. lisa: Yeah, exactly. Do we suggest an amount? Or does it seem a bit unfair? tony: No, I think
2、people welcome it. We suggested six. dollars last time, is that OK? lisa: Yeah, plenty I would have thought, which should leave us with about ninety dollars. tony: Have you any ideas for presents? lisa: Well, Ive been having a little think. I thought, you know, he loves music. tony: Yeah, and books.
3、 lisa: So, I thought Id check on prices for, well, perhaps CD players. tony: Yeah, thats a, thats a good idea, and also I thought maybe, you know, a set of dictionaries. I heard him say he needed a good one. lisa: The other thing he was saying last week was that his computer printer had broken. tony
4、: Umm. No, Id be really frightened about getting the wrong type. lisa: OK, yeah. tony: The other thing is something for the home - Jill suggested a coffee maker. lisa: Oh yeah. Ill certainly find out what they cost. OK, have you got all that down? tony: Yes. lisa: Now we need to think a little more
5、about the money. I know weve got a set amount from the Social Fund. tony: Right, what does that cover? lisa: Its meant to cover the cost of the room. tony: Yeah. lisa: And a certain amount for food. tony: And also drinks? lisa: Oh yeah, certainly. tony: But will it be enough? lisa: What weve done in
6、 the past is to ask guests to bring some snacks. tony: Right. lisa: We dont ask them to bring more drinks because we figure thats . that should come from the Social Fund. tony: OK. Anything else for the guests to bring? lisa: Well, some music, because therell be a tape deck there in the room, and we
7、 can have some dancing later on. tony: Anything else? lisa: Well, its just a thought, but a couple of years ago we had a really good party where we set up, you know, some simple games. tony: Yeah, great. Wasnt it based on photos from the students and teachers? lisa: Thats right. tony: So we should a
8、sk the guests to bring photos OK. Ill put it on the invitations. lisa: Now the last thing is, who shall we ask to do the speech? tony: Dont you think it might be nice to have one of the students? lisa: Well then, the Student Leader? tony: Yeah, much better than the Director giving speeches again. li
9、sa: OK then, Ill ask her. Lovely! So, is that all? tony: Looks like it. lisa: Great. Thanks ever so much.(fade out) 1 【正确答案】 College Dining Room 2 【正确答案】 office staff 3 【正确答案】 students 4 【正确答案】 10th December 5 【正确答案】 coffee break / coffee breaks 6 【正确答案】 6 7 【正确答案】 set of dictionaries / dictionaries
10、 / a good dictionary 8 【正确答案】 (some)music /(some)music tapes /(some)tapes 9 【正确答案】 photos / photographs 10 【正确答案】 speech 11 【听力原文】 speaker 1: Thank you for calling the free Travelite Travel Agency Information Line. You will not be charged for this call. In order to deal with all calls effectively, w
11、e offer you a number of options. Please listen carefully and press your required number at the appropriate time, or dial a new number. If you want to hear about special offers, please press one. If you want to hear our latest price lists, please press two If you want to make a complaint, please pres
12、s three. If you want information about our new walking holidays, please press four now. speaker 2: Thank you for calling our Travelite Walking Holidays Line. We have been offering a wide variety of walking holidays to suit all tastes for just three years, but already we have won two awards for excel
13、lence in this field. We offer guided walking tours to suit the discerning traveller in twelve different centres throughout the whole of Western Europe. We are planning to open our first centre outside this area in the coming year, so watch out for developments. But the pride of Travelite is the leve
14、l of guidance and support we offer on our walks. All are planned in detail by our highly trained guides, who all work in a variety of different Travelite locations, so we can guarantee standards. Each day we offer three separate walks catering for all skills and fitness levels. We also pride ourselv
15、es on our friendly service, particularly important for the increasing numbers of people who choose to holiday alone. Unlike almost all travel operators who happily charge large supplements for single rooms, we guarantee that no single client will pay more, even when only double rooms are available f
16、or them. And the day doesnt end with the return to base . after our dinner at communal tables designed to make all our guests feel part of a family atmosphere . Entertainment is laid on nearly every night with tour leaders on hand to organise lectures, games, quizzes and respond to any special reque
17、sts from guests. The following is a summary of costs and special inclusive offers on holidays for the coming summer. We have three lengths of holiday: three-day, seven-day and fourteen-day The three-day holiday costs one hundred and eighty dollars for all accommodation, food and walking, and for the
18、 first time this year we are including in that price . the cost of picking you up from the nearest station. The seven-day holiday costs three hundred and fifty dollars per person and, as well as including the offers of the three-day holiday, also includes a magnificent book giving the local history.
19、 On top of that, we are able to include free maps . for you to better enjoy the walking and even plan in advance, if you wish. For the fourteen-day holiday, our special price is six hundred and ninety dollars per person and that includes all the offers for the three- and seven-day holidays plus . me
20、mbership of a local walking club . so you can better enjoy the full flavour of the local life. For further information, please contact your local travel agent. Thank you for calling the Travelite Travel Agency Information Line .(fade out) 11 【正确答案】 B 12 【正确答案】 A 13 【正确答案】 A 14 【正确答案】 A 15 【正确答案】 B 1
21、6 【正确答案】 180 17 【正确答案】 nearest station 18 【正确答案】 local history 19 【正确答案】 690 20 【正确答案】 walking club / local walking club 20 【听力原文】 mike: Hi Sue. sue: Hi Mike, so what happened to you last week? mike: Oh, I was sick with the flu. Whats this I hear about a big assignment weve got to do? sue: Well, bas
22、ically, weve got to find two science experiments to do with a group of eight-year-old children at the local primary school, and weve got to complete it by the end of the week. mike: Oh, that sounds like hard work. Where are we supposed to get the ideas for these experiments from? sue: Well, I manage
23、d to get hold of two books from the library. mike: Oh, well done! sue: How about if we take a look at the experiments in this book first and see if anything looks suitable? I can make notes as we go, about equipment and the purpose of the experiments. mike: OK, lets see, um, the first experiment is
24、called Make your own hovercraft, which sounds very ambitious! Mind you, you only need twenty balloons and a table you dont need any special engines or anything like that! sue: What do you do with it all? mike: Er, you blow up the balloons and you balance the table on them, upside down of course, and
25、 the kids get to ride around on it. You know, the other kids sort of push them around the room. The main purpose is to show how hovercrafts work, and how things hover around on just a cushion of air. sue: OK, that doesnt sound too bad. mike: OK, ready for number two? sue: Uh-huh. mike: Now this one
26、is called Unusual Measures of Lengths, and you basically use lots of paperclips. The kids go around the class measuring things - you know, how long the desk is, and that sort of thing, um, and then they all compare their answers. Er, and, basically, because not all paperclips are the same lengths, t
27、hey should come up with some strange answers. Its supposed to demonstrate the importance of having fixed units of measurement. sue: Hmm, yes, thats not bad. mike: OK, now for number three you need rock salt or copper sulphate. sue: Oh, Im not sure about that! mike: Well, just put down the rock salt
28、then, um, apart from that you only need a jar of water. Um, and basically you dissolve lots of salt into the water and watch the crystals form, so it basically teaches the kids about growing crystals. sue: I suppose it would be nice to grow something. Hmm, lets move on and have a look at number four
29、. mike: OK, this one is called Spinning colour wheel. It looks like you get some cardboard and draw a circle on it, divide it into six equal segments and colour each one in using different colours, then you thread a piece of string through the middle. sue: So wed need some string as well. mike: Yes,
30、 sorry . um . and you spin the wheel around and if you can get it spinning fast enough, hopefully the colours all merge and show up as white. sue: Oh, I didnt know that. Whats the principle behind it? mike: Well its pretty elementary physics, really. It teaches them about how white light or ordinary
31、 light is made up. sue: Hmm, well that doesnt sound too bad. Now theres only one more left in this book isnt there? What does that one say? mike: Um, well its another one where theyd get to make something. sue: Sounds very interesting. mike: You need quite a lot of equipment actually - a hand drill,
32、 an old record, a pin or needle, some paper and a bolt. sue: Hmm, go on, what do they have to do? mike: Well, they basically make a record player. The main idea is to teach them about recording sound, but hopefully theyd also see that you need motion and an amplifier to make the sound heard. sue: OK
33、, well it does sound interesting. Shall we go through all of those again and decide if any of them are going to be suitable? mike: Right, number one. I thought this one sounded nice: thered be lots of activity and it doesnt need too much in the way of equipment. sue: Yes, thats true, but dont you th
34、ink its a bit risky to get a group of eight-year-olds pushing each other around a classroom like that? Someone could get hurt. No, I dont like the sound of that one at all! mike: Maybe youre right. sue: What about number two, with the paperclips? It sounds tame enough. mike: Yes, a bit too tame if y
35、ou ask me. I think it needs to be something a bit more active and interesting than that, dont you? sue: Yes, I suppose youre right. We wont get a very good mark if the children dont actually enjoy the experiments, and I suppose we could turn them off science for good! Well, what about the next one,
36、number three? mike: Now, I quite like the idea of this one. sue: Yes, so do I, but I seem to remember when we did it at high school we had to wait up to a fortnight before we saw any halfway decent results. mike: Oh, yes well, that wont be any good then. Well only see the kids for one or two hours a
37、t the most. sue: Yes, and we have to do the experiments and write up our results within a week, so that one wont do at all. mike: OK, well, what did you think of number four? sue: I like the idea of it, but do you think it will be a bit elementary for them? mike: Well they are only eight you know! s
38、ue: I know, but you know what I mean. Dont you think the activity itself is a bit babyish? mike: Hmm, maybe youre right. sue: They might have fun but, I mean, cutting out a circle and colouring it in? mike: OK, well, what about number five? sue: I thought this one sounded a bit too good to be true -
39、 great equipment! mike: Yeah. sue: But dont you think its a bit ambitious for this age group? I mean, I dont want to start off something and then have to abandon it if they just cant cope with it. I could see us ending up doing just about all of the work for them. mike: I guess youre right. Oh well,
40、 maybe we could store that idea away for later. sue: Yep, lets hope this second book has something better! 21 【正确答案】 20 balloons 22 【正确答案】 units of measurement / measurements / measurement units 23 【正确答案】 rock salt / salt 24 【正确答案】 crystals 25 【正确答案】 string / piece of string 26 【正确答案】 (ordinary)(whi
41、te)light 27 【正确答案】 H 28 【正确答案】 B 29 【正确答案】 E 30 【正确答案】 C 30 【听力原文】 Today were going to look at one of my favourite fish - the shark. As you know, sharks have a reputation for being very dangerous creatures capable of injuring or killing humans, and Id like to talk about sharks in Australia. Sharks a
42、re rather large fish, often growing to over ten metres and the longest sharks caught in Australia have reached sixteen metres. Sharks vary in weight with size and breed, of course, but the heaviest shark caught in Australia was a White Pointer - that weighed seven hundred and ninety-five kilograms -
43、 quite a size! Sharks have a different structure to most fish: instead of a skeleton made of bone, they have a tough elastic skeleton of cartilage. Unlike bone, this firm, pliable material is rather like your nose, and allows the shark to bend easily as it swims. The sharks skin isnt covered with sc
44、ales, like other fish: instead the skins covered with barbs, giving it a rough texture like sandpaper. As you know, sharks are very quick swimmers. This is made possible by their fins, one set at the side and another set underneath the body, and the tail also helps the shark move forward quickly. Un
45、like other fish, sharks have to keep swimming if they want to stay at a particular depth, and they rarely swim at the surface. Mostly, they swim at the bottom of the ocean, scavenging and picking up food thats lying on the ocean floor. While most other animals, including fish, hunt their prey by mea
46、ns of their eyesight, sharks hunt essentially by smell. They have a very acute sense of smell - and can sense the presence of food long before they can see it. In Australia, where people spend a lot of time at the beach, the government has realised that it must prevent sharks from swimming near its
47、beaches. As a result, theyve introduced a beach-netting program. Beach-netting, or meshing, involves setting large nets parallel to the shore: this means that the nets on New South Wales beaches are set on one day, and then lifted and taken out to sea on the next day. When shark-netting first began
48、in 1939, only the Sydney metropolitan beaches were meshed - these beaches were chosen because beaches near the city are usually the most crowded with swimmers. Ten years later, in 1949, systematic meshing was extended to include the beaches to the south of Sydney. As a result of the general success
49、of the program in Sydney, shark-meshing was introduced to the state of Queensland around 1970. The New Zealand authorities also looked at it, but considered meshing uneconomical - as did Tahiti in the Pacific. At around the same time, South Africa introduced meshing to some of its most popular swimming beaches. When meshing began, approximately fifteen hundred sharks were caught in the first year. However, this declined in the years that followed, and since that time, the average annual catch has been only about a
