大学英语四级改革适用(听力)模拟试卷304

大学英语四级改革适用（听力）模拟试卷304
(总分：50.00，做题时间：90分钟)
一、 Listening Comprehension(总题数：12，分数：50.00)
1.Part II Listening Comprehension
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2.Section A
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（分数：4.00）
A.Working for the Internal Revenue Service.
B.A special service.
C.The daily life of the disabled.
D.Technology bringing jobs to the disabled. √
解析：解析：新闻开篇就说电脑技术让残疾人更容易获得工作，然后举例证明这一说法。

故D为正确答案。

A“为Internal Revenue Service工作”、B“一项特殊的服务”和C“残疾人的日常生活”都只是和新闻相关的信息，并不是新闻的主要内容。

A.303.
B.300. √
C.305.
D.42
解析：解析：预读选项可知本题为数字题，考生应留意记下出现数字的信息。

新闻中提到，Ed McCann是美国IRS在42个州拥有的超过300名残疾单据输入员中的一员，故该公司拥有超过300名残疾员工，B正确。

D的数字42在新闻中也有提及，但这是州的数目，而不是输入员的数目。

（分数：4.00）
A.Three Emergency workers were arrested by Afghan authorities. √
B.The Afghan officials investigated the cause of a murder case.
C.The governor of Helmand Province was murdered by an Emergency staff.
D.There was an explosive suicide in Helmand's hospital.
解析：解析：新闻指出，阿富汗的官员称他们周六拘留了3名来自意大利的紧急救援人员：一名医生、一名护士和一个后勤工作人员。

A所述与此相符，故为答案。

A.Someone was accused of receiving advance payment for murdering the governor. √
B.Nothing was found in the Emergency-run hospital.
C.Six people from the Emergency have been involved in the murdering case.
D.The founder of the Italian aid group Emergency was unknown.
解析：解析：新闻指出，赫尔曼德省省长Gulab Mangal称紧急救援组的一名工作人员收到一笔作为刺杀他的预付款，A正确。

在赫尔曼德首都的医院储存室里发现了手榴弹及其他武器后，有9人被拘留，其中包括6个阿富汗人。

此外，新闻还提及紧急救援组的创始人为Gina Strada。

B、C、D与上述内容不符。

（分数：6.00）
A.People who don't follow doctors' advice should pay tax. √
B.Taxes collection on overweight people needs to be enhanced.
C.Parents should pay tax for their overweight children in Arizona.
D.Doctor's advice for fat people is not offered on the Internet.
解析：解析：新闻的开头提到，如果一个新想法立法通过，那么胖子在经济上也要遭殃了。

然后具体指出该想法：美国的亚利桑那州对那些不接受医生的建议而超重的公民每年收取50美元超重税；吸烟者和那些未能坚持健康生活方式的人也必须交税；同样，那些不接受医生的建议或鼓励的人也要受到惩罚，故答案是A。

A.An Arizona's Medicaid programme.
B.A punishment system.
C.A reward mechanism.
D.A healthcare organisation. √
解析：解析：题目问Medicaid是什么。

新闻中提到，它是一家为美国的贫困人群提供医疗服务的组织(provides health-care to the poor in the USA.，故D正确。

A“亚利桑那州的一个医疗项目”、B“一套惩罚系统”和C“一个奖励机制”都和新闻内容不符。

A.He himself is very fat too.
B.The assessment system is not sound. √
C.People should have their own freedom.
D.It may cause a lot of social problems.
解析：解析：新闻指出，亚利桑那州的参议员Kyrsten Sinema没有支持该提议，因为他认为没有一个能判定病人是否遵循医嘱的系统(there isn’t a system to decide whether someone is or isn’t following medical advice)，B“评估系统不健全”符合题意。

而其他评论家宣称，人们不需要政府的照顾，如果他们想要成为胖子或想抽烟，这个“保姆式的国家”不该试图阻止他们。

C“人们有自由”是其他评论家的看法。

A“他自身也很胖”和D“将引起许多社会问题”均没有在新闻中提到。

3.Section B
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A.Walk the dog.
B.Clean the house. √
C.Go to the dentist's.
D.Finish her assignment.
解析：解析：对话中女士说：“首先妈妈叫我在上午帮忙打扫屋子。

”故选B。

A.12:30 pm.
B.2:00 pm. √
C.4:30 pm.
D.5:30 下午
解析：解析：女士说她要在下午2点帮Julie做自然科学的作业，故B正确。

A.Exciting.
B.Rewarding.
C.Disappointing.
D.Exhausting. √
解析：解析：对话中女士——数罗自己一天的安排并说“有时我感觉就像是个苦力”，可见她感觉很疲惫。

因此，D正确。

A.They can't decide on a video.
B.Susan's mother is going to use the video machine.
C.Susan will be asked to do something else.
D.The machine isn't working. √
解析：解析：对话中女士明确说她家的录像机坏了，故答案为D。

broken与not working同义。

（分数：8.00）
A.Since Friday.
B.Since Saturday.
C.Since Sunday. √
D.Since Monday.
解析：解析：男士说星期六他还感觉很好，星期天下午开始觉得恶心，故答案为C。

A.He will be still sick by Friday. √
B.He can't go to work on Friday.
C.He has to give a speech in public.
D.He isn't well prepared for a report.
解析：解析：男士说他感冒越来越重，因为周五他工作需要演讲，所以他很担心，由此可见他担心的是他到周五时还没有恢复，故选A。

A.He has a cold. √
B.He has the flu.
C.He has a stomachache.
D.He has a toothache.
解析：解析：女士问男士有什么问题时，男士回答起初以为是流感，医生诊断不过是重感冒，由此可知答案是A。

A.Take herbal medicine. √
B.See another doctor.
C.Drink chicken soup.
D.Stay in bed.
解析：解析：对话中女士建议男士尝试她母亲的中药茶，因此A正确。

4.Section C
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A.Diet.
B.Sleep.
C.Space. √
D.Stress.
解析：解析：听到“最近研究表明：鼠类行为受空间影响颇大”，可判断C(空间)正确。

A.They tend to reproduce more.
B.They may show more signs of violence. √
C.They can eat and sleep better.
D.They may commit suicide.
解析：解析：原文说，空间越拥挤，老鼠就越容易相互撕咬和残杀，故B正确。

A、C是积极健康的行为，而B、D则是不健康的行为。

根据本文主题也可排除A、C，短文也未提及“自杀”，可排除D。

A.Rats can populate rapidly.
B.Population explosion can lead to violence.
C.Overcrowdedness may have the same effects on man. √
D.It is a natural law that animals live and die.
解析：解析：短文介绍了有关老鼠的实验后提出，对老鼠而言，老鼠数量和暴力之间具有直接的关系。

作者进而问道：这是否也适用人类社会?足够的空间是否也是人类生存所必需的条件?故对老鼠的研究是为人类服务的，C正确。

（分数：6.00）
A.Crimes committed by young people. √
B.Crimes committed by needy people.
C.Influence on young people.
D.Stealing and violence.
解析：解析：短文提到juvenile delinquency时，用that is引导出相应的解释：青少年犯罪。

故A正确。

A.They are usually poor and in need.
B.They do not have as much freedom or money as they want.
C.They live in an environment where everybody knows each other.
D.They are not satisfied with the adult world. √
解析：解析：短文说，年轻人常常不喜欢甚至厌恶成年人的世界。

D与此相符。

A.The family and the school.
B.The adults and the mass media.
C.The society and the young people. √
D.The young people themselves.
解析：解析：录音最后一句话说：“我认为我们整个社会和这些年轻人都一样有过错”，可知C(社会和年轻人)正确。

（分数：8.00）
A.About seven million. √
B.Half of the American population.
C.25% of American people.
D.About 25 million.
解析：解析：短文提到，“目前美国约有700万在校大学生”，故A正确。

A.They are older than young people.
B.The young people will soon be in charge of the nation. √
C.The students today have strong opinions.
D.The youth's ideas are sometimes wrong.
解析：解析：短文说，“年轻人很快就要领导社会，很自然他们的观点很重要”，故B正确。

A.The lives of their parents.
B.Making a better life for all people. √
C.The trouble in American families.
D.The strong opinions.
解析：解析：短文说，“他们对如何使所有人过上更好的生活深感兴趣”，由此可判断B正确。

A.They feel much is wrong with the lives of their parents. √
B.They see clearly what is right and good in the lives of their parents.
C.They feel that everything about the lives of their parents is acceptable.
D.They feel nothing is right and good in the lives of their parents.
解析：解析：短文提到，年轻人在父母的生活中看到许多错误的东西，他们很难在旧的生活方式中看到正确的、好的东西，因此常与父母发生冲突。

故A正确。