大学英语六级模拟试卷694(题后含答案及解析)

大学英语六级模拟试卷694(题后含答案及解析)
题型有：1. Writing 2. Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning) 3. Listening Comprehension 4. Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth) 5. Cloze 8. Translation
Part I Writing (30 minutes)
1．Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write A Letter Applying for a Bank Loan. You should write at least 150 words following the outline given below in Chinese:1. 点明写信的目的并且对个人情况作介绍2. 申请助学贷款的原因及数额3. 你的还款打算
正确答案： A Letter Applying for a Bank Loan June 23rdDear Sir/Madame, I am writing to apply for your bank loan to support my studies in the next two years. I am a sophomore in ×××University, majoring in Psychology. In the past one and a half years, I have been studying very hard and won the second prize scholarship, and because of my excellent organizing abilities, I was elected chairman of the Students Union of my department. The tuition fee, however, has become a burden for me and my family. My father is a laid-off worker and my mother has a meager salary. It is beyond their ability to finance me through the remaining years of education, so I decide to apply to your bank for a loan of 10,000 yuan to relieve their financial pressure. This amount of money will cover my tuition fees in the next two academic years. I will take some part-time jobs, such as being a tutor or a salesman after school and during the two vacations to support myself. I guarantee that I will repay the loan within one year after my graduation. I would be very much obliged if my application is granted. Yours sincerely, Li Ling 解析：本文为书信体，首先要注意格式正确，最应该注意的是语言简练、逻辑性强。

本文第一段以I am writing to apply for...开门见山地表明了作者写信的意图，接着对自己的学校、专业、专业学习和其他能力作了基本的介绍。

第二段however一词引出了作者现在所面临的困境，紧接着so一词引出了申请助学贷款的目的及具体金额。

结尾段作者用I would be very much obliged if my application is granted．总结全文并提出了作者的期待。

Part II Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning) (15 minutes)Directions: In this part, you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage quickly and answer the questions attached to the passage. For questions 1-4, mark：Y (for YES) if the statement agrees with the information given in the passage;N (for NO) if the statement contradicts the information given in the passage;NG (for NOT GIVEN)if the information is not given in the passage.
7 Things You Can’t Say in Canada Attacking our sacred cows (things or people that cannot be criticized) may turn you into one looked down upon by all
others —but it can also be a lot of fun. Every culture has its unacknowledged taboos —the things you are forbidden to say or do in polite company, the accepted truths you are not allowed to doubt. You might think that a liberal, open-minded country like Canada would be free of such taboos, but you’d be wrong. In spite of our belief in our own enlightened tolerance, some things are simply not open to debate. If you try, you’re bound to shock the neighbors. It’s risky to question the wisdom of the tribe. You might get stoned. On the other hand, some people might come near to you very quietly afterwards and confess that they secretly agree. So here’s a challenge to a few of our nation’s most widely held beliefs. You say these things in public at your own danger. I will be elaborating on these points over the months to come. Feel free to stone me or secretly agree —or, even better, add to the list. At the very least, they’re sure to start a good dinner-party fight. Margaret Atwood writes some really awful books. The queen of Canadian Literature dominates the literary world like a giant. Nobody has won more awards than she has, and nobody is more feared. There is no such a thing as a bad review of a Margaret Atwood book in Canada. That’s too bad, because many of her books are tedious and unreadable, full of tortuous plots and unpleasant characters. Why will no one say so? Because we’re grateful that she’s put us on the global map. If they do, they’ll never work in this country again. Recycling is a waste of time and money. Once upon a time it was easy to put out the trash. Today, the Garbage Gestapo rules our lives.Every household has become a mini version of the village dump, and every one of us has become a garbage picker, carefully separating our organic waste from our bottles and papers, and worrying about where our different kinds of garbage are supposed to go. Don’t try to sort a wine bottle into the wrong bag! The trash police will punish you. The truth about recycling is that it’s a giant waste of dollars and doesn’t help the environment. But don’t tell your kids. They won’t believe you. They’ve been brainwashed. Only private enterprise can save public health care. Tommy Douglas, the CBC’s Greatest Canadian, brought us universal health care. But even his plan didn’t originally pay for everybody’s minor diseases, such as ingrown toenails. His primary goal was to make sure nobody faced financial ruin if they got sick. Today we have a system where controlling costs is more important than treating patients, and where ideology is disabling us. In some places, including Toronto, people go blind waiting for cataract (白内障) surgery. The government could restore their sight tomorrow simply by sending them to a private clinic instead of to a hospital. The cost to the government would be exactly the same. But in Canada, private is a dirty word, and so the government would rather you go blind. Poor Tommy would be spinning in his grave. David Suzuki is bad for the environment. From global warming to farmed salmon and genetically modified crops, David Suzuki has just one message: The end is near. He is our homegrown prophet of doom who can predict what will happen in the future. He advocates the essential wickedness of the human race. Like a modern Savonarola, he warns that unless we cast our material possessions into the bonfire, we’re all going to hell. The trouble with this predicting vision is that people are starting to isolate from the environment. And our hugely expensive investment in the unworkable Kyoto treaty, which Mr. Suzuki tells us doesn’t go
nearly far enough, will wipe out more practical measures to cut smog and clean up our waste sites. A national daycare program won’t do a thing to help poor kids. Cheap national daycare! Who could be against it? It’s supposed to give kids a better start in life, and nobody can object to that. But in Quebec, where the program started, universal daycare has turned out to be nothing more than a giant (and extremely costly) subsidy for relatively well-off middle-class parents. Few poor parents use the system. No doubt convenient daycare is a gift set by god for many people. But so far there is no definitive evidence that kids who go to daycare go on to do better in school or in life. So if we want to invest billions in helping kids, why are we spending it on the kids who need help the least? Group of Seven artists are overexposed genre painters.
I like A.Y. Jackson as much as you do. His paintings remind me of when I went to summer camp. I grew up with a reproduction of The West Wind hanging in our living room. (That was by Tom Thomson, who wasn’t really a member of Group of Seven, but never mind.) Group of Seven were the first artists to depict the wild Canadian landscape, and they were bold young rebels in their time. But that time was 80 years ago. Today their work is the essence of bourgeois picture-postcard art —the kind of art safe to take your mother to see. Enough, already. Maybe it’s time we moved on. The United States is the greatest force for good the world has ever known. Of all the shocking things you can say around the dinner table, this is the most shocking one. After all, America-criticizing is part of our national identity. At best, we see our neighbor as a well-intentioned but arrogant and wrong-doing bully that throws its weight around too much. At worst, we see our neighbor as one of the most evil nations in the world. And yet, right now, hundreds of millions of people in desperately poor parts of the world are being liberated from millennia of suffering and serfdom. Why? Because of the United States, which has spread its idea of economic freedom —and its purchasing power —around the world.
2．The author describes Canada as a country which______.
A．is free of taboos
B．is thinly populated
C．is highly industrialized
D．is liberal and open-minded
正确答案：D
解析：该句提到，You might think that a liberal，open—minded country like Canada would be free of such taboos，but you’d be wrong，故答案为[D]。

3．Who has been regarded as the queen of Canadian Literature?
A．Sharon H. Nelson.
B．Cynthia Hood.
C．Margaret Atwood.
D．Audrey Thomas.
正确答案：C
解析：该句中的The queen of Canadian Literature指的是小标题中的Margaret Atwood，故答案为[C]。

4．In the author’s point of view, Margaret Atwood’s books are______.
A．thrilling
B．monotonous
C．encouraging
D．simple-minded
正确答案：B
解析：该句提到，That’s too bad，because many of her books are tedious and unreadable，[B]monotonous意为“单调的”，与tedious意思一致，故为答案。

[A]thrilling意为“令人兴奋的”。

5．The author thinks that he becomes a garbage picker because he has to______.
A．carefully sort out different kinds of garbage
B．help cleaning the community every weekend
C．dispose of any garbage dumped by his kids
D．pick recyclable items from the local landfill
正确答案：A
解析：该句提到，every one of us has become a garbage picker,carefully separating our organic waste from our bottles and papers，[A]中的sort out是原文中separating的同义转述，故答案为[A]。

6．Which of the following was not included in Tommy Dougla’s health plan?
A．Ingrown toenails.
B．Tooth extraction.
C．Cataract.
D．Insomnia.
正确答案：A
解析：该句提到，But even his plan didn’t originally pay for everybody’s minor diseases，such as ingrown toenails，由此可知，该计划并不包括ingrown toenails，故答案为[A]。

7．David Suzuki believes that “the end is near”, and he is regarded as______.
A．an environmental spokesman
B．an advocate of genetic engineering
C．a local prophet of doom
D．the most wicked Canadian
正确答案：C
解析：第二段首句中的doom与上段中的The end意思相近，都表示“末日”之意，[C]中的local prophet of doom是对第二段首句中的homegrown prophet of doom的同义转述，故答案为[C]。

8．The aim of Kyoto treaty was to solve______.
A．insurance problems
B．educational problems
C．population problems
D．pollution problems
正确答案：D
解析：该句提到，And our hugely expensive investment in the unworkable Kyoto treaty,…will wipe out more practical measures to cut smog and clean up our waste sites，由此可知，Kyoto treaty是用来解决污染问题的，故答案为[D]。

9．In Quebec, the national daycare system is seldom used by______.
正确答案：poor parents
解析：空前的by表明，本空应填一名词或名词性短语，表示某种人群。

这两句提到了the program和the system，它们都是指代题干中的the national daycare system。

末句中的Few poor parents use the system表明，本空应填poor parents。

10．The original painting The West Wind was painted by______.
正确答案：A．Y．Jackson
解析：本空应填一人名，该人名为The West Wind原画(original painting)的作者。

首句提到，I like A．Y Jackson as much as you do．His paintings remind me of when I went to summer camp．即原画的作者是A．YJackson。

而第一段括号内提到的Tom Thomson为复制品(reproduction)的作者，不是原作者。

11．Thanks to, people in poor areas of the world are being liberated from______millennia of suffering and serfdom.
正确答案：the United States
解析：空前的Thanks to表明，本空应填一名词或名词性短语。

Thanks to表明本空所填的名词或名词性短语与主句内容构成某种因果关系。

末句中的Because of与题干中的Thanks to都表示原因，题干中的people in poor areas of the world are being liberated from millennia of suffering and serfdom是对倒数第三句提到的People in desperately poor parts…serfdom的同义转述，为结果，故原因为文中Because of后面的the United States。

Part III Listening Comprehension (35 minutes)
Section ADirections: 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 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.
听力原文：M: Mike said he’s going to stay up all night studying for his geography exam tomorrow morning.W: Wouldn’t he be better off getting a good night sleep so he’ll feel fresh in the morning?Q: What does the woman mean?
12．
A．Mike can’t pass the exam.
B．Mike doesn’t need to study at all.
C．Mike should get some fresh air in the morning
D．Having a good rest will help Mike with the exam.
正确答案：D
解析：女士反问男士，晚上睡个好觉第二天上午精神饱满，是不是更好一些。

可见女士认为好好休息一下将对Mike第二天上午的考试很有好处，故选D项。

听力原文：M: On my way up to our company I found this wallet in the elevator. What do you think I should do?W: As far as I am concerned, there is no other option than to take it to the receptionist. The lost-and-found box’s there.Q: What does the woman suggest the man do?
13．
A．Take the wallet to the reception desk.
B．Look for the owner of the wallet in the company.
C．Ask the receptionist for help.
D．Put the wallet back in the elevator.
正确答案：A
解析：女士说没有比把钱包送到前台接待处更好的办法了，并且建议放到失物招领的箱子里。

故选A项。

听力原文：W：Mary wants to take statistics this year, but according to the requirements, she has to take the accounting course first.M: She may ask Professor Lee Smith if she could take them simultaneously. But I think all he can do is to say no.Q: What can you learn from the conversation?
14．
A．Professor Smith will help Mary to take the course simultaneously.
B．Mary will probably postpone taking the course of statistics.
C．Mary will require taking the accounting course first.
D．Mary will take the course of Professor Smith.
正确答案：B
解析：女士提到，根据规定，玛丽必须先选会计学；男士认为玛丽可以询问
李·史密斯教授能否同时选修两门课，但李·史密斯教授也只能给以否定回答，因此玛丽可能会推迟选修统计学。

故选B项。

听力原文：M: I’m getting worried about our son. All he talks about these days is the games and all he does is practice.W: His grades will fall for sure. Let’s have a talk with him when he’s back and talk some sense into him.Q: What are the speakers probably going to tell their son?
15．
A．To try playing a new game.
B．Not to worry about his grades.
C．To spend more time on his studies.
D．To teach them how to play the games.
正确答案：C
解析：男士提到儿子最近沉湎于玩游戏，女士认为这肯定会使他的成绩下降，应该在儿子回来后给他讲讲道理。

可见这对父母是想让他们的儿子多花点时间学习，而非游戏。

故选C项。

听力原文：W: Do you know whether the super girl of last week was promoted to the state competition or got eliminated?M: Actually, I haven’t been following her progress this week.Q: What does the man imply?
16．
A．He is not interested in the competition.
B．He doesn’t know if the super girl was successful.
C．He can’t follow the state competition.
D．He thinks the super girl of last week was eliminated.
正确答案：B
解析：男士回答，他这个周根本就没关注超级女生的比赛进展情况，可知他根本就不知道那名超级女生是否顺利晋级全国比赛。

故选B项。

听力原文：W: Could you please tell me where I can find Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe?M: Sure. It should be over there with all the novels. They are arranged alphabetically by group.Q: Where is the conversation probably taking place?
17．
A．In a library.
B．In a cinema.
C．In a literature class.
D．In a history class.
正确答案：A
解析：男士询问《鲁滨逊漂流记》的所在，女士回答它与其他的小说按字母序分组放在那边。

由此推断，对话可能发生在图书馆，故选A项。

听力原文：W: Excuse me, Professor Anderson. I was absent from the last class and I heard that’s when you handed out the course outline. Do you have an extra copy?M: I don’t have anyone with me now. But there may be a few left in my office. Why don’t you stop by after the class?Q: What will the woman probably do?
18．
A．She will be absent in the next class.
B．She will help the professor hand out the course outline.
C．She will copy the outline by herself.
D．She will go to the office of the professor.
正确答案：D
解析：男土回答可能有剩余的课程大纲放在办公室里．并建议女士下课后顺便去办公室去取，因此女士可能会去男士的办公室。

故选D项。

听力原文：M: I feel like going for a picnic by the lake this weekend, but my car is at the garage to be fixed.W: My brother is going too. I think his SUV has room for another person.Q: What does the woman mean?
19．
A．Her brother wants to rent a room with another person.
B．Her brother can take the man to the picnic.
C．Her brother wants to share his room with another person.
D．Her brother wants someone else to go to the picnic with him.
正确答案：B
解析：男士说想去野餐，但是汽车在修理店等待维修，女士回答她他哥哥也要去，并认为他车上还可以容纳一人，可见女士想告诉男士她哥哥可以开车带男士去野餐。

故选B项。

听力原文：ERIC: The project is a big success. We should take our employees out to celebrate this weekend.CHEN: Yes, they have been so busy during the past period of time. I think we should have a party.ERIC: What about we invite them to have a drink, Chen? There is one of the best pubs in the neighborhood. Besides, a lot of the employees live around there. So it would be convenient.CHEN: I have a suggestion. Why don’t we go to a KTV and sing?ERIC: A KTV? Are you serious?CHEN: Yes, why not? Don’t you like KTVs?ERIC: I don’t know. I never went to one.CHEN: Really? Eric?ERIC: It is not surprising. Many Americans have never gone to a KTV, It’s not an American thing to do.CHEN: But there are a lot of KTVs in town and we all like to go there.ERIC: Maybe that’s your Chinese way of recreation. Americans don’t usually go out to sing with their friends.CHEN: But you know, half of the employees in our company are Chinese, so going to a KTV would be fun for them.ERIC: But what about the other employees?CHEN: Well, I think they would have a good time too. They have a lot of English songs.ERIC: Well, maybe we should suggest it to the office tomorrow. I’m willing to try.CHEN: Good. Just as the saying
goes, “When in Rome, do as the Romans do.” I’m sure you will enjoy it!
20．
A．Why KTV is popular in China.
B．How the employees spend their weekend usually.
C．Where to celebrate their success.
D．Which is the best pub in the neighborhood.
正确答案：C
解析：What are the two speakers talking about?
21．
A．Eric comes from Europe, while Chen is a Chinese.
B．Chen suggests that they go to pubs.
C．Chen already knows that Eric has no interest in KTV.
D．Some of the employees in the company are Americans.
正确答案：D
解析：Which of the following statement is true?
22．
A．Eric takes Chen’s advice at the end of the dialogue.
B．Eric seldom goes to KTV.
C．Most Americans prefer to go out to sing with their friends.
D．Chinese people do not like to go to pubs.
正确答案：A
解析：What can we infer from the dialogue?
听力原文：M: Well, you seemed to be having fun watching the movie?W: Yeah, it was good fun. I think it kept me in stitches right from the start.M: You know, whenever I watch comedy, I always like to know why it is that people like to laugh. I mean, why does it feel so good to laugh?W: Yeah, I heard from my biology professor that even after centuries of scientific research, no one knows for sure why human beings and just a few other primates laugh.M: I read somewhere that Charles Darwin thought that laughter, which begins with small babies, was like an evolutionary “reward” to the mother and father. Baby’s laughter sounded and felt so different from crying, he believed, that even prehistoric parents must have interpreted it as a sign of well-being, kind of like the purring of a kitten. The parents enjoyed the laughter, which encouraged them to continue caring for the child.W: Yes, apparently researchers have also found that it has a positive effect on many patients and that it produces certain hormones that actually switch on the body’s immune system and actually help fight off diseases. So it could be to help fight off disease.M: I also heard that some psychology professor from the University of Maryland, studied the laughter
that takes place in conversations between men and women and found that most laughter takes place when males are talking and females are listening. Men are more likely to make jokes than women are, and women are more likely to laugh at them than men are.W: If only your jokes were funny, I might laugh more and lit that pattern.M: Well, I’ve heard that apes also like laughing.W: I heard that too. Chimpanzees, apes, orangutans and a few other primates laugh, but no other animals do. I’ve seen them laugh at zoos, when tickling each other, and when playing chasing games. Their laugh sounds like rapid panting, but I’ve been assured it’s a kind of laughing.M: Which reminds me I’d better go back before my roommates eat all the chicken I left out in the kitchen!
23．
A．The purpose of laughter.
B．The cause of laughter and its effects.
C．Who and when people laugh.
D．The origins of laughter.
正确答案：B
24．
A．It is a survival technique for babies.
B．To ease hostilities.
C．To make parents feel relaxed.
D．To fight diseases.
正确答案：A
25．
A．She can hear them crying very loudly at the zoo.
B．She’s heard them panting and was told it was laughter.
C．She’s read about it from Darwin.
D．She used to work at a zoo.
正确答案：B
26．
A．He has some pet apes in his apartment.
B．He’s worried the chicken he left out will spoil.
C．He’s worried his roommates will worry about him.
D．He’s worried he will miss out on his dinner.
正确答案：D
Section BDirections: 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 choose the best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C and D.
听力原文：American scientists are developing maps that can identify areas of future flooding. The ups also may help scientists estimate the possibility of extremely dry weather and severe storms. Tom Jackson of the United States Department of Agriculture pre pared the map after the April flood. He used information provided by satellites in Earth orbit. The maps are produced from dish receivers on the satellites. Each dish receiver measures the wetness of the soil by capturing file natural release of microwave radiation from the soil. The receivers turn rapidly. This provides complete coverage of each area the satellite passes over. Mr. Jackson and other scientists have tested Aqua’s equipment in airplanes mid satellites flying over several states. The scientists used the tests to develop ways to change the information gathered into maps. Mr. Jackson now plans to compare the microwave dish receiver findings with information from tests on Earth’s soil. He will use instruments at Agricultural Research Service centers in four states. He aim will study infatuation provided by forty ground observation centers across the country.
27．
A．To estimate the extreme weather.
B．To develop the satellite technology.
C．To improve agricultural output.
D．To learn how to change information to maps more efficiently.
正确答案：A
解析：Why American scientists are developing these maps?
28．
A．By turning the intensity of sunshine into maps.
B．By analyzing the recent weather report.
C．By capturing the microwave radiation from the soil.
D．By analyzing information provided by ground observation centers.
正确答案：C
解析：How can the satellites catch the information about the soil?
29．
A．Acquire information from satellites more efficiently.
B．To realize full coverage of area the satellite passes over.
C．Building more ground observation centers.
D．Compare satellites information with those from ground.
正确答案：D
解析：What is the future work planned to do?
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30．
A．Historic significance.
B．Splendor and peacefulness.
C．Cultural appeal.
D．Beauty and comfort.
正确答案：B
解析：由选项中significance，Splendor, Beauty等可知，本题可能考查某个地方的风景特点。

短文一开头就提到，可以用两个词来描述美国犹他州的风景区：Magnificent和peaceful，由此可知，犹他州风景区的特点也就是：壮观和静谧，故[B]Splendor and peacefulness.即为答案。

31．
A．Visiting the capital of Salt Lake City.
B．Visiting the Temple Square.
C．Hiking through national parks.
D．Hiking remote Indian reservations.
正确答案：C
解析：选项以Visiting和Hiking开头表明，本题可能考查旅行目的地。

短文分别介绍了旅行中的活动，其中提到central and southern Utah时，用定语从句进一步说明，在那里可以hike…through Arches National Park…and Bryce National
Park，故答案为[C]。

32．
A．All transportations during the tour.
B．Three formal meals a day.
C．Two nights’ stay in Salt Lake City.
D．Equipment for the hiking adventure.
正确答案：D
解析：短文最后提到旅行套餐中所包含的费用：local transportation in Utah, one-night’s lodging，two meals a day和hiking and camping gear，根据前三项即可排除[A]、[B]、[C]选项，[D]中的Equipment for the hiking adventure即是短文中提到的hiking and camping gear，故为答案。

听力原文：Wilma Rudolph was called “the Black Pearl “and “the fastest woman in tile world”. In 1960 ,Wilma Rudolph became the first American woman to win three gold medals in one Olympics. She was an extraordinary American athlete. Wilma Rudolph was born in 1940, in Saint Bethlehem, Tennessee. She was born too early and only weighed two kilograms. Her left leg was damaged because of illnesses. When she was six years old, she began to wear metal leg braces because she could not use that leg. Since she was sick most of the time, her brothers and sisters all helped to take care of her. Soon, her family’s attention and care showed results. By the time she was nine years old, she no longer needed her leg braces. Wilma Rudolph went to her first Olympic Games when she was sixteen years old and still in high school. She competed in the nineteen fifty-six games in Melbourne, Australia. She was the youngest member of the United States team. She won a bronze medal, in the sprint relay event. In 1960, Wilma Rudolph went to the Olympics again, this time in Rome, Italy. She won two gold medals—first place—in the one hundred meter and the two hundred meter races. She set a new Olympic record of twenty-three point two seconds for the two hundred meter dash. Her team also won the gold medal in the four hundred meter sprint relay event, setting a world record of forty-four point five seconds. These three gold medals made her one of the most popular athletes at the Rome games. These victories made people call her the “world’s fastest woman”.
33．
A．She was born in 1960.
B．She was born in 1940.
C．She was born in 1916.
D．She was born in 1956.
正确答案：B
解析：When was Wilma Rudolph born?由选项内容可知，此题针对出生时间进行提问，所以听录音时要注意文章提到的各个年份，并同时记下每个年份所对应的事情，选项中提到的这四个年份应特别注意。

听力中每篇文章的首句都很重
要，可能揭示文章的中心内容。

该文章首句Wilma Rudolph was called“the Black Pearl”and “the fastest woman in the world”即表明此篇文章为人物类，因此人物的出生日期、地点、生平的重要经历等应为听音重点，由文中Wilma Rudolph was born in 1940, in Saint Bethlehem, Tennessee可知她出生于1940年。

34．
A．She won the first place.
B．She won the second place.
C．She won the third place.
D．She won no medals at all.
正确答案：C
解析：How was the achievement of Wilma Rudolph’s first participation in Olympics?预读选项可知．此题针对Wilma Rudolph在某个比赛中获得的名次提问。

问题问的是Wilma Rudolph第一次参加奥运会获得的名次；由文中句子She won a bronze medal, in the sprint relay event可知她在接力赛中获得了铜牌，即第三名，故答案是C)。

35．
A．In Saint Bethlehem, USA.
B．In Melbourne, Australia.
C．In Tennessee, USA.
D．In Rome, Italy.
正确答案：D
解析：Where did Wilma Rudolph go to take part in her second Olympics?由选项预测此题针对地点提问。

听录音时应对选项中提到的这些地点及其发生的事件作相应笔记。

问题问的是Wilma Rudolph第二次参加的奥运会在哪儿举行，由文中句子In 1960, Wilma Rudolph went to the Olympics again, this time in Rome, Italy可知答案为D)。

36．
A．In the two hundred meter race.
B．In the one hundred meter race.
C．In the two hundred meter sprint relay event.
D．In the one hundred meter and the two hundred meter races.
正确答案：A
解析：In which event did Wilma Rudolph set a new Olympic record?预读选项可知，此题涉及奥运会的项目，选项中出现的有100米赛跑、200米赛跑和200米接力赛。

由文中句子She won two gold medals—first place—in the one hundred meter and the two hundred meter races．She set a new Olympic record of twenty-three point two seconds for the two hundred meter dash可知，Wilma Rudolph在100米赛跑和200米赛跑中都获得金牌，但是在200米赛跑中以2秒的时间刷新了奥林匹。