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大学英语六级(听力)模拟试卷90(题后含答案及解析)
大学英语六级（听力）模拟试卷90(题后含答案及解析)题型有：1. What shows that the water purifier is going to lose effectiveness?9．A．It’s light and small.B．It has metal filters.C．It looks like a straw.D．It’s large but necessary.正确答案：A解析：细节题。
男士在介绍净水器时说，它很轻便(light in weight)并且不占空间，像个吸管，由此可知答案为[A]。
知识模块：听力10．A．Salt.B．Chemical pollutants.C．Germs.D．Minerals.正确答案：C解析：细节题。
男士介绍净水器的功能时提到，这种净水器可以将水中的细菌完全净化出去(makes the water entirely germfree)，由此可知净水器可以除去水中的细菌，故答案为[C]。
知识模块：听力11．A．The water it draws changes color.B．The straw stops drawing water.C．The straw breaks into two parts.D．Its light isn’t working.正确答案：B解析：细节题。
对话结尾处，女士对净水器的寿命提出疑问，男士说净水器内部的安全装置会在过滤器到达净化极限前堵塞(clogged)，从而使吸管不再吸水(stops drawing water)，故答案为[B]。
知识模块：听力听力原文：M: Hi, what are you doing there?W: Obviously I’m reading a magazine,M: Oh, what’s so interesting?W: It’s mainly about inflation. The article says that with most economic issues, economists disagree deeply about exactly what causes inflation.[23]They generally do agree that a sharp increase in the cost of one essential item is likely to be a contributing factor. For example, when oil prices rose sharply in the mid-1970s, inflation went up sharply. Can you tell me why?M: Maybe it was because producing oil needs many other materials, so when the oil prices wentup, prices of other things also went up.W: That was pretty much the case.M: All of a sudden, consumers were hit with higher prices for oil and for many other things. These higher prices were a form of inflation. Just think of it. All the companies that used oil to heat their buildings or run their machines suddenly had to raise their prices to cover the increased cost of the oil.W: So that would mean anything transported by truck would cost more.M: Precisely. At the same time, all the consumers who bought oil, especially the gasoline used in the cars, had to spend a much bigger portion of their paychecks on oil. W: I remember hearing my parents talk about how they had to wait in a long line to buy gas. Moreover, my grandfather and uncle lost their jobs. Was that because of inflation? M: Possibly.[25]Because they were hurt by this sudden increase in prices, many companies went out of business or cut back on their growth. They fired or laid off people, or stopped hiring. W: Oh, I see. Thank you very much for your information.22.What is the conversation mainly about?23.Which of the following may cause inflation according to economists?24.What makes the speakers begin to talk about inflation?25. Which of the following is a result of inflation?12．A．Factors influencing oil prices.B．The rising living cost.C．The harsh economic conditions.D．Causes and effects of inflation.正确答案：D解析：主旨题。
大学英语三级A级(听力)模拟试卷27(题后含答案及解析)
大学英语三级A级（听力）模拟试卷27(题后含答案及解析)题型有：1. Listening ComprehensionPart I Listening Comprehension (20 minutes)Directions：This part is to test your listening ability. It consists of 4 sections.Section ADirections: This section is to test your ability to understand short dialogues．There are 5 recorded dialogues in it．After each dialogue．there is a recorded question．Both the dialogues and questions will be spoken only once．When you hear a questi听力原文：M: I need three stamps and an envelope, please. W: Sorry, sir. You’re at the wrong window. Go to Window 7, please. Q: Where does this conversation most probably take place?1．A．In a restaurantB．In a hospital.C．At a railway station.D．At a post office.正确答案：D解析：此题询问这个对话最可能在哪里发生。
从男士话中的stamps(邮票)和envelope(信封)可以推断对话最可能发生在邮局。
故D项为正确答案。
知识模块：听力理解听力原文：W: How about going to the concert tonight? There’s a world-famous band playing. M: It would be fine, but I’ve got a lot of homework to do. Q: What does the man mean?2．A．He will go to the concert.B．He has been to the concert.C．He can’t go to the concert.D．He is not interested in the concert.正确答案：C解析：此题询问男士说的话的含义是什么。
大学英语四级(听力)模拟试卷23(题后含答案及解析)
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I do a lot of work, but I’m definitely still in novels.W: That’s OK, I know from your comments in class, and you will be an asset. We are going to get some more experiences to help, too. Professor Michel has agreed to sit in on a few sessions and she’s also going to make up a list of local professionals who might be willing to spend some time with us. M: Sounds great. You can definitely count me in.9．A．To introduce him to a writers group.B．To inform about the class meeting.C．To recommend him a new book.D．To ask him about his summer plan.正确答案：A 涉及知识点：听力10．A．Taking a break.B．Changing a topic.C．Going on writing.D．Talking with the editor.正确答案：C 涉及知识点：听力11．A．By talking to the local officers.B．By advertising on the school paper.C．By turning to senior students.D．By inviting some experts.正确答案：D 涉及知识点：听力听力原文：W: Hey, Joe, that was really a great presentation you just gave.M: You think so?(12)I was really worried about it. My hands were shaking in every thing. W: To me, you sounded really natural and well prepared.M: Oh, I’m relieved to hear you say that.(13)It took me over a month to put that presentation together.W: It sounds of like it. Hey, before you forget, are you free tonight?M: Yeah, I guess so. Why?W: My mother and my little brother are in town and my mum bought these theater tickets months ago and...M: What show?W: It’s called…Jack and Jones. It’s a play returned back the ancient Rome. It is supposed to be really great.M: Don’t say another word, I’d love to go.W: Oh, Er. I don’t know how to tell you this, but I’m actually going with my mother.(14)And I was wondering if you could care for my little brother while my mom and I go to the play. M: Ah. How embarrassing. Ah, sure, no problem. What time should I show up?W:(15)At seven o’clock in my place. He won’t be any trouble, you can just watch video with him or something.M: Yeah, that sounds OK. I’ll see you tonight then.W: Ah, Joe, I’m really sorry about the misunderstanding. I know you thought I was waiting you and ... well I apologize if I misled you.M: Actually I think it’s a kind of funny. Don’t worry. We’ll laugh about it later.W: Oh, thanks a million. See you at seven.12．A．Nervous.B．Confident.C．Excited.D．Disappointed.正确答案：A 涉及知识点：听力13．A．Just several hours.B．Some 20 days.C．About two weeks.D．More than a month.正确答案：D 涉及知识点：听力14．A．See a play with her.B．Help with her paper.C．Have dinner with her.D．Look after her brother.正确答案：D 涉及知识点：听力15．A．At the bus station.B．At the theater.C．At her home.D．At the park.正确答案：C 涉及知识点：听力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：When I was a little girl, every Sunday my family of six would put on our best clothes and go to Sunday School and then church. The kids in elementary school would all meet together to sing songs and play.(16)One Easter Sunday, all the kids arrived with big eyes and big stories about what the Easter Bunny had brought. While all of the kids shared their stories with delight, one young boy, Bobby, sat unhappily. One teacher, noticing this, asked him, “And what did the Easter Bunny bring you?” He replied, “My mom locked the door on accident so the Easter Bunny couldn’t get inside.” This sounded like a reasonable idea to all of us kids, so we kept on going with the stories.(17)My mom knew the true story, though. Bobby’s mom was a single parent, and she suspected that they just couldn’t afford the Easter Bunny. After Sunday School was over, everyone went off to church.(18)When my dad came to meet us, my mom announced we were going home instead. At home, she explained that to make Bobby feel better, we were going to pretend to be the Easter Bunny and make a basket of goodies for him and leave it at church. We all donated some of our candies to the basket, and headed back up to church. There, mom opened his coat, hung the basket over the hanger, and zipped up the coat and attached a note. Dear Bobby, I’m sorry I missed your house last night. Happy Easter. Love, The Easter Bunny.16．A．The kids went to the Sunday school.B．Most kids arrived there excitedly.C．Most kids shared stories about their weekends.D．Bobby was in a low mood.正确答案：C 涉及知识点：听力17．A．Because Bobby’s mother locked the door on accident.B．Because Easter Bunny didn’t know Bobby’s house.C．Because Bobby’s mother was a single mother.D．Because Bobby’s family couldn’t afford the Easter Bunny.正确答案：D 涉及知识点：听力18．A．Because they were hungry and wanted to find something to eat.B．Because they were tired and wanted to have a rest.C．Because they wanted to prepare some gifts for Bobby.D．Because they didn’t want to go to church that day.正确答案：C 涉及知识点：听力听力原文：It was June 15, and in two days I would be turning thirty.(19)I wasn’t sure about entering a new decade of my life and feared my best years were now behind me. Every morning I would go to the gym for a workout. Today,(20)I met my friend Nicholas there. He was seventy-nine. As I greeted Nicholas, he noticed my depression and asked why. I told him I was worried about turning thirty. I wondered how I would look back on my life once I reached Nicholas’s age, so I asked him, “What was the best time of your life?” Without hesitation, Nicholas replied, “Well, Joe, this is my philosophical answer to your philosophical question. When I was a child in Austria and everything was taken care of for me and I was nurtured by my parents, that was the best time of my life.(21)When I got my first job and had responsibilities and got paid for my efforts, that was the best time of my life. When I met my wife and fell in love, that was the best time of my life. When we came to Canada and started a family, that was the best time of my life. When I was a young father, watching my children grow up, that was the best time of my life. And now, Joe, I am seventy-nine years old. I have my health, I feel good and I am in love with my wife just as I was when we first met. This is the best time of my life.”19．A．How to celebrate his birthday.B．Whether to continue his workout.C．The fear that his best time had gone.D．The trouble in his job.正确答案：C 涉及知识点：听力20．A．The speaker’s friend.B．The speaker’s uncle.C．The speaker’s workmate.D．The clerk in the gym.正确答案：A 涉及知识点：听力21．A．When his parents took care of him at his childhood in Australia.B．When he first got paid by his efforts.C．When he and his wife came to the US and had a family.D．When he watched his grandchildren grow up.正确答案：B 涉及知识点：听力听力原文：Joe Montana was one of the greatest quarterbacks, the commander and most important player of a team, in the San Francisco 49ers. Once I had the chance to sit down at Murphy Stadium in San Diego with him, before he went onto the field against Denver in Super Bowl. We didn’t know it then, but this would be Joe’s last Super Bowl, his fourth championship, yet another high point in one of the most remarkable careers not just in football, but in all of sports. Joe seemed restless.(23)He had already won everything there is in this game—the respect of teammates and opponents, coaches and owners, and especially the fans—plus all the awards: multiple League Most Valuable Player, Super Bowls, and Super Bowl MVPs.I said, “Joe, you can’t possibly be scared.” What he said to me is, I believe the key to his success and the reason I consider him the greatest quarterback of all time. He said, “If you’re not afraid of losing, then losing means nothing.” Every time Joe Montana stepped on the field, he was scared. That element of fear kept him sharp through his entire career. If we want to be at our best, we need that same element of fear burning inside of us. It sharpens the focus; keeps the edge.(25)There isn’t a day that goes by that I don’t remember what Joe said, realizing the truth of it. It has helped me.I know it will surely help you.22．A．He was a great basketball player.B．He was the greatest player.C．He was a player for Denver.D．He was a player in the San Francisco 49ers.正确答案：D 涉及知识点：听力23．A．Five Super Bowl championships.B．All the things possible in the game.C．The respect of everyone except his opponents.D．All the rewards except MVPs.正确答案：B 涉及知识点：听力24．A．Because he was always afraid of losing the game.B．Because he was never afraid of losing the awards.C．Because he was very talented.D．Because he had a lot of fans supporting him.正确答案：A 涉及知识点：听力25．A．To entertain the listeners by Joe’s experience.B．To ask listeners to learn something from Joe.C．To warn the listeners by Joe’s failure.D．To teach listeners a lesson about football.正确答案：B 涉及知识点：听力Section CDirections: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from 36 to 43 with the exact words you have just heard. For blanks numbered from 44 to 46 you are required to fill in the missing information. For these blanks, you can either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the 听力原文：Men do far more housework than they are given credit for, according to research that claims women do not notice because their male(26)partners “don’t make a fuss”. Men said they(27)spent 13 hours a week on household(28)chores including cleaning the lavatory, taking out the rubbish and changing the bed(29)sheet. But 60 percent of the 1, 000 men questioned said their efforts were(30)unnoticed by the woman in their lives because they did not like to make a(31)fuss. Almost half said they felt women were more(32)likely to showing off about the amount of housework they take on. The task most men said they did was taking out the rubbish—with 85 percent(33)claiming credit.(34)Carrying the shopping bags was the second most popular chore among men, with 80 percent saying they often help their wife. Food shopping came in third place—with 78 percent saying they are responsible for restocking the fridge each week. The research by Dove, the beauty brand,(35)found men spend 4.7 hours a week on housework as well as 1.5 hours on DIY and 6.9 hours on childcare. Paul Connell, brand manager of Dove Men Care, said: “Our research shows that modern men are becoming more vocal about the contribution they make in the home,(36)and the popular stereotype of men doing nothing around the house is no longer accurate.”Men do far more housework than they are given credit for, according to research that claims women do not notice because their male(26)______ “don’t makea fuss”. Men said they(27)______ 13 hours a week on household(28)______including cleaning the lavatory, taking out the rubbish and changing thebed(29)______. But 60 percent of the 1,000 men questioned said their efforts were(30)______by the woman in their lives because they did not like to make a(31)______. Almost half said they felt women were more(32)______to showing off about the amount of housework they take on. The task most men said they did was taking out the rubbish—with 85 percent(33)______credit.(34)______. Food shopping came in third place—with 78 percent saying they are responsible for restocking the fridge each week. The research by Dove, the beauty brand,(35)______. Paul Connell, brand manager of Dove Men Care, said: “Our research shows that modern men are becoming more vocal about the contribution they make in the home,(36)______26．(26)正确答案：partners 涉及知识点：听力27．(27)正确答案：spent 涉及知识点：听力28．(28)正确答案：chores 涉及知识点：听力29．(29)正确答案：sheet 涉及知识点：听力30．(30)正确答案：unnoticed 涉及知识点：听力31．(31)正确答案：fuss 涉及知识点：听力32．(32)正确答案：likely 涉及知识点：听力33．(33)正确答案：claiming 涉及知识点：听力34．(34)正确答案：Carrying the shopping bags was the second most popular chore among men, with 80 percent saying they often help their wife 涉及知识点：听力35．(35)正确答案：found men spend 4.7 hours a week on housework as well as 1.5 hours on DIY and 6.9 hours on childcare 涉及知识点：听力36．(36)正确答案：and the popular stereotype of men doing nothing around the house is no longer accurate 涉及知识点：听力。
2014年6月大学英语四级真题试卷第一套+详细解答+听力原文
2014年6月大学英语四级真题试卷（一）全部题型 1.Writing2.Listening Comprehension3. 4.Reading Com prehension5.TranslationPart I Writing1．For this part,you are allowed30minutes to write a short essay on the following question.You should write at least120words but no more than180 words.Suppose a foreign friend of yours is coming to visit your hometown,what is the most interesting place you would like to take him/her to see and why?Part II Listening ComprehensionSection A2．A．See a doctor about her strained shoulder.B．Use a ladder to help her reach the tea.C．Replace the cupboard with a new one.D．Place the tea on a lower shelf next time.3．A．At Mary Johnson's.B．At a painter's studio.C．In an exhibition hall.D．Outside an art gallery.4．A．The teacher evaluated lacks teaching experience.B．She does not quite agree with what the man said.C．The man had better talk with the students himself. D．New students usually cannot offer a fair evaluation.5．A．He helped Doris build up the furniture. B．Doris helped him arrange the furniture.C．Doris fixed up some of the bookshelves.D．He was good at assembling bookshelves.6．A．He doesn't get on with the others.B．He doesn't feel at ease in the firm.C．He has been taken for a fool.D．He has found a better position.7．A．They should finish the work as soon as possible. B．He will continue to work in the garden himself.C．He is tired of doing gardening on weekends.D．They can hire a gardener to do the work.8．A．The man has to get rid of the used furniture. B．The man's apartment is ready for rent.C．The furniture is covered with lots of dust.D．The furniture the man bought is inexpensive.9．A．The man will give the mechanic a call. B．The woman is waiting for a call.C．The woman is doing some repairs.D．The man knows the mechanic very well.10．A．She had a job interview to attend.B．She was busy finishing her project.C．She had to attend an important meeting.D．She was in the middle of writing an essay. 11．A．Accompany her roommate to the classroom. B．Hand in her roommate's application form. C．Submit her roommate's assignment. D．Help her roommate with her report.12．A．Where Dr.Ellis's office is located. B．When Dr.Ellis leaves his office. C．Directions to the classroom building. D．Dr.Ellis's schedule for the afternoon.13．A．He finds it rather stressful.B．He is thinking of quitting it.C．He can handle it quite well.D．He has to work extra hours.14．A．The6:00one.B．The6:30one.C．The7:00one.D．The7:30one.15．A．It is an awful waste of time.B．He finds it rather unbearable.C．The time on the train is enjoyable.D．It is something difficult to get used to.16．A．Reading newspapers.B．Chatting with friends.C．Listening to the daily news.D．Planning the day's work.Section B17．A．Ignore small details while reading.B．Read at least several chapters at one sitting. C．Develop a habit of reading critically.D．Get key information by reading just once or twice.18．A．Choose one's own system of marking. B．Underline the key words and phrases.C．Make as few marks as possible.D．Highlight details in a red color.19．A．By reading the textbooks carefully again. B．By reviewing only the marked parts.C．By focusing on the notes in the margins.D．By comparing notes with their classmates.20．A．The sleep a person needs varies from day to day. B．The amount of sleep for each person is similar. C．One can get by with a couple of hours of sleep. D．Everybody needs some sleep for survival.21．A．It is a made-up story.B．It is beyond cure.C．It is a rare exception.D．It is due to an accident.22．A．His extraordinary physical condition.B．His mother's injury just before his birth.C．The unique surroundings of his living place.D．The rest he got from sitting in a rocking chair.23．A．She invested in stocks and shares on Wall Street.B．She learned to write for financial newspapers.C．She developed a strong interest in finance.D．She tenderly looked after her sick mother.24．A．She made a wise investment in real estate.B．She sold her restaurant with a substantial profit.C．She got7.5million dollars from her ex-husband.D．She inherited a big fortune from her father.25．A．She was extremely mean with her money.B．She was dishonest in business dealings.C．She frequently ill-treated her employees.D．She abused animals including her pet dog.26．A．She made a big fortune from wise investment.B．She built a hospital with her mother's money.C．She made huge donations to charities.D．She carried on her family's tradition.Section CAmong the kinds of social gestures most significant for second-language teachers are those which are【B1】______in form but different in meaning in the two cultures.For example,a Colombian who wants someone to【B2】______him often signals with a hand movement in which all the fingers of one hand, cupped,point downward as they move rapidly【B3】______.Speakers of English have a similar gesture though the hand may not be cupped and the fingers may be held more loosely,but for them the gesture means goodbye or go away,quite the【B4】______of the Colombian gesture.Again,in Colombia,a speaker of English would have to know that when he【B5】______height he must choosebetween different gestures depending on whether he is【B6】______a human being or an animal.If he keeps the palm of the hand【B7】______the floor,as he would in his own culture when making known the height of a child,for example,he will very likely be greeted by laughter;in Colombia this gesture is 【B8】______for the description of animals.In order to describe human beings he should keep the palm of his hand【B9】______to the floor.Substitutions of one gesture for the other often create not only humorous but also【B10】______moments.In both of the examples above,speakers from two different cultures have the same gesture,physically,but its meaning differs sharply.27．【B1】28．【B2】29．【B3】30．【B4】31．【B5】32．【B6】33．【B7】34．【B8】35．【B9】36．【B10】Part III Reading ComprehensionSection AMany Brazilians cannot read.In2000,a quarter of those aged15and older were functionally illiterate(文盲).Many【C1】______do not want to.Only one literate adult in three reads books.The【C2】______Brazilian reads1.8non-academic books a year,less than half the figure in Europe and the United States.In a recent survey of reading habits,Brazilians came27th out of30 countries.Argentines,their neighbors,【C3】______18th.The government and businesses are all struggling in different ways to change this.On March13the government【C4】______a National Plan for Books and Reading.This seeks to boost reading,by founding libraries and financing publishers among other things.One discouragement to reading is that books are【C5】______.Most books have small print-runs,pushing up their price.But Brazilians'indifference to books has deeper roots.Centuries of slavery meant the country's leaders long【C6】______education.Primary schooling became universal only in the1990s.All this means Brazil's book market has the biggest growth【C7】______in the western world.But reading is a difficult habit to form.Brazilians bought fewer books in 2004,89million,including textbooks【C8】______by the government,than they did st year the director of Brazil's national library【C9】______.He complained that he had half the librarians he needed and termites(白蚁)had eaten much of the【C10】______.That ought to be a cause for national shame.A)average I)normalB)collection J)particularlyC)distributed K)potentialD)exhibition L)quitE)expensive M)rankedF)launched N)simplyG)named O)treasuredH)neglected37．【C1】38．【C2】39．【C3】40．【C4】41．【C5】42．【C6】43．【C7】44．【C8】45．【C9】46．【C10】Section BThe Touch-Screen GenerationA)On a chilly day last spring,a few dozen developers of children's apps(应用程序)for phones and tablets(平板电脑)gathered at an old beach resort in Monterey,California,to show off their games.The gathering was organized by Warren Buckleitner,a longtime reviewer of interactive children's media.Buckleitner spent the breaks testing whether his own remote-control helicopter could reach the hall's second story,while various children who had come with their parents looked up in awe(敬畏)and delight.But mostly they looked down, at the iPads and other tablets displayed around the hall like so many open boxesof candy.I walked around and talked with developers,and several quoted a famous saying of Maria Montessori's,"The hands are the instruments of man's intelligence."B)What,really,would Maria Montessori have made of this scene?The30or so children here were not down at the shore poking(戳)their fingers in the sand or running them along stones or picking seashells.Instead they were all inside, alone or in groups of two or three,their faces a few inches from a screen,their hands doing things Montessori surely did not imagine.C)In2011,the American Academy of Pediatrics updated its policy on very young children and media.In1999,the group had discouraged television viewing for children younger than2,citing research on brain development that showed this age group's critical need for"direct interactions with parents and other significant care givers."The updated report began by acknowledging that things had changed significantly since then.In2006,90%of parents said that their children younger than2consumed some form of electronic media. Nevertheless,the group took largely the same approach it did in1999, uniformly discouraging passive media use,on any type of screen,for these kids.(For older children,the academy noted,"high-quality programs"could have"educational benefits.")The2011report mentioned"smart cell phone" and"new screen"technologies,but did not address interactive apps.Nor did it bring up the possibility that has likely occurred to those90%of American parents that some good might come from those little swiping(在电子产品上刷)fingers.D)I had come to the developers'conference partly because I hoped that this particular set of parents,enthusiastic as they were about interactive media, might help me out of this problem,that they might offer some guiding principle for American parents who are clearly never going to meet the academy's ideals, and at some level do not want to.Perhaps this group would be able to express clearly some benefits of the new technology that the more cautious doctors weren't ready to address.E)I fell into conversation with a woman who had helped develop Montessori Letter Sounds,an app that teaches preschoolers the Montessori methods of spelling.She was a former Montessori teacher and a mother of four.I myself have three children who are all fans of the touch screen.What games did her kids like to play,I asked,hoping for suggestions I could take home."They don't play all that much."Really?Why not?"Because I don't allow it.We have a rule of no screen time during the week, unless it's clearlyeducational."No screen time?None at all?That seems at the outer edge of restrictive,even by the standards ofovercontrolling parents."On the weekends,they can play.I give them a limit of half an hour and then stop.Enough."F)Her answer so surprised me that I decided to ask some of the other developers who were also parents what their domestic ground rules for screen time were. One said only on airplanes and long car rides.Another said Wednesdays and weekends,for half an hour.The most permissive said half an hour a day,which was about my rule at home.At one point I sat with one of the biggest developers of e-book apps for kids,and his family.The small kid was starting to fuss in her high chair,so the mom stuck an iPad in front of her and played a short movie so everyone else could enjoy their lunch.When she saw me watching,she gave me the universal tense look of mothers who feel they are being judged."At home," she assured me,"I only let her watch movies in Spanish."G)By their reactions,these parents made me understand the problem of our age: as technology becomes almost everywhere in our lives,American parents are becoming more,not less,distrustful of what it might be doing to their children. Technological ability has not,for parents,translated into comfort and ease.On the one hand,parents want their children to swim expertly in the digital stream that they will have to navigate(航行)all their lives;on the other hand,they fear that too much digital media,too early,will sink them.Parents end up treating tablets as precision surgical(外科的)instruments,devices that might perform miracles for their child's IQ and help him win some great robotics competition—but only if they are used just so.Otherwise,their child could end up one of those sad,pale creatures who can't make eye contact and has a girlfriend who lives only in the virtual world.H)Norman Rockwell,a20th-century artist,never painted Boy Swiping Finger on Screen,and our own vision of a perfect childhood has never been adjusted to accommodate that now-common scene.Add to that our modern fear that every parenting decision may have lasting consequences—that every minute of enrichment lost or mindless entertainment indulged(放纵的)will add up to some permanent handicap(障碍)in the future—and you have deep guilt and confusion.To date,no body of research has proved that the iPad will make your preschooler smarter or teach her to speak Chinese,or alternatively that it will rust her nervous system—the device has been out for only three years,not much more than the time it takes some academics to find funding and gather research subjects.So what is a parent to do?47．The author attended the conference,hoping to find some guiding principles for parenting in the electronic age.48．American parents are becoming more doubtful about the benefits technology is said to bring to their children.49．Some experts believe that human intelligence develops by the use of hands.50．The author found a former Montessori teacher exercising strict control over her kids'screen time.51．Research shows interaction with people is key to babies'brain development.52．So far there has been no scientific proof of the educational benefits of iPads.53．American parents worry that overuse of tablets will create problems with their kids'interpersonal relationships.54．The author expected developers of children's apps to specify the benefits of the new technology.55．The kids at the gathering were more fascinated by the iPads than by the helicopter.56．The author permits her children to use the screen for at most half an hour a day.Section CWhen young women were found to make only82percent of what their male peers do just one year out of college,many were at a loss to explain it.All the traditional reasons put forward to interpret the pay gap—that women fall behind when they leave the workforce to raise kids,for example,or that they don't seek as many management roles—failed to justify this one. These young women didn't have kids yet.And because they were just one year removed from their undergraduate degrees,few of these women yet had the chance to go after(much less decline)leadership roles.But there are other reasons why the pay gap remains so persistent.The first is that no matter how many women may be getting college degrees,the university experience is still an unequal one.The second is that our higher education system is not designed to focus on the economic consequences of our students'years on campus.Now that women are the majority of college students and surpass men in both the number of undergraduate and advanced degrees awarded,one might think the college campus is a pretty equal place.It is not.Studies show that while girls do better than boys in high school,they start to trail off during their college years.They enroll in different kinds of classes,tend to major in less rigorous(非常严格的)subjects,and generally head off with less ambitious plans.As a result,it's not surprising that even the best educated young women enter the workplace with a slight disadvantage.Their college experience leaves them somewhat confused,still stumbling(栽倒)over the dilemmas their grandmothers'generation sought to destroy.Are they supposed to be pretty or smart?Strong or sexy(性感的)?All their lives,today's young women have been pushed to embrace both perfection and passion—to pursue science and sports, math and theater—and do it all as well as they possibly can.No wonder they are not negotiating for higher salaries as soon as they get out of school.They are too exhausted,and too scared of failing.57．Traditionally,it is believed that women earn less than men because______. A．they have failed to take as many rigorous coursesB．they do not feel as fit for management rolesC．they feel obliged to take care of their kids at homeD．they do not exhibit the needed leadership qualities58．What does the author say about America's higher education system?A．It does not offer specific career counseling to women.B．It does not consider its economic impact on graduates.C．It does not take care of women students'special needs.D．It does not encourage women to take rigorous subjects.59．What does the author say about today's college experience?A．It is different for male and female students.B．It is not the same as that of earlier generations.C．It is more exhausting than most women expect.D．It is not so satisfying to many American students.60．What does the author say about women students in college?A．They have no idea how to bring out their best.B．They drop a course when they find it too rigorous.C．They are not as practical as men in choosing courses.D．They don't perform as well as they did in high school.61．How does the author explain the pay gap between men and women fresh from college?A．Women are too worn out to be ambitious.B．Women are not ready to take management roles.C．Women are caught between career and family.D．Women are not good at negotiating salaries.Reading leadership literature,you'd sometimes think that everyone has the potential to be an effective leader.I don't believe that to be true.In fact,I see way fewer truly effective leaders than I see people stuck in positions of leadership who are sadly incompetent and seriously misguided about their own abilities.Part of the reason this happens is a lack of honest self-assessment by those who aspire to(追求)leadership in the first place.We've all met the type of individual who simply must take charge.Whether it's a decision-making session,a basketball game,or a family outing,they can't help grabbing the lead dog position and clinging on to it for dear life.They believe they're natural born leaders.Truth is,they're nothing of the sort.True leaders don't assume that it's their divine(神圣的)right to take charge every time two or more people get together. Quite the opposite.A great leader will assess each situation on its merits,and will only take charge when their position,the situation,and/or the needs of the moment demand it.Many business executives confuse leadership with action.They believe that constant motion somehow generates leadership as a byproduct.Faced withany situation that can't be solved by the sheer force of activity,they generate a dust cloud of impatience.Their one leadership tool is volume:if they think you aren't working as hard as they think you should,their demands become increasingly louder and harsher.True leaders understand the value of action,of course,but it isn't their only tool.In fact,it isn't even their primary tool.Great leaders see more than everyone else:answers,solutions,patterns,problems,opportunities.They know it's vitally important to do,but they also know that thinking,understanding, reflection and interpretation are equally important.If you're too concerned with outcomes to the extent that you manipulate and intimidate others to achieve those outcomes,then you aren't leading at all, you're dictating.A true leader is someone who develops his or her team so that they can and do hit their targets and achieve their goals.62．What does the author think of the leaders he knows?A．Many of them are used to taking charge.B．Few of them are equal to their positions.C．Many of them fail to fully develop their potential.D．Few of them are familiar with leadership literature.63．Why are some people eager to grab leadership positions?A．They believe they have the natural gift to lead.B．They believe in what leadership literature says.C．They have proved competent in many situations.D．They derive great satisfaction from being leaders.64．What characterizes a great leader according to the author?A．Being able to take prompt action when chances present themselves. B．Having a whole-hearted dedication to their divine responsibilities. C．Having a full understanding of their own merits and weaknesses. D．Being able to assess the situation carefully before taking charge. 65．How will many business executives respond when their command fails to generate action?A．They reassess the situation at hand.B．They become impatient and rude.C．They resort to any tool available.D．They blame their team members.66．What is the author's advice to leaders?A．Concentrate on one specific task at a time.B．Use different tools to achieve different goals.C．Build up a strong team to achieve their goals.D．Show determination when faced with tough tasks.PartⅣTranslation67．中国应进一步发展核能，因为核电目前只占其总发电量的2％。
大学英语三级B听力理解专项强化真题试卷1(题后含答案及解析)
大学英语三级B听力理解专项强化真题试卷1(题后含答案及解析) 题型有：1.听力原文：Q: How is everything going?1．A．See you later.B．In July.C．Hurry up.D．Not too bad.正确答案：D解析：考查对问候用语的回答。
“How is everything going?”用于见面时询问对方的近况，句意为“你近来怎么样”，回答时通常用“Fine，thanks．／Very well，thanks．／Not bad．”等。
因此D项Not too bad(不太坏，还不错)是正确回答。
听力原文：Q: Did you go to the lecture yesterday?2．A．No, I didn’t.B．He’s fine.C．You are right.D．No worry.正确答案：A解析：考查对一般疑问句的回答。
句子的意思是“昨天你去听讲座了吗?”A项No，I didn’t(不，我没有去)是对此问句的否定回答。
听力原文：Q: What do you think of our new design?3．A．I don’t think so.B．Very good.C．Of course not.D．Not at all.正确答案：B解析：考查询求对方意见的回答。
句意为“你觉得我们的新设计怎么样?”B项Very good(非常好)是表示赞赏、肯定的回答。
听力原文：Q: May I have your passport, please?4．A．Never mind.B．Take care.C．Here it is.D．This way, please.正确答案：C解析：考查对请求的回答。
May I…是表示请求的句型。
此句意为“我能看一下你的护照吗?”若表达肯定回答可以直接给对方出示护照。
因此C项Here it is(在这里；给你)为正确答案。
大学英语听力第三册答案
大学英语听力第三册答案大学英语听力第三册答案及原文Lesson 1Part A1.b2.b3.a 4 a 5.a 6.b 7.a 8.b 9.b 10.b11.a 12.b 13.a 14.a 15.b 16.a 17.b 18.b 19.a 20.aPart B1 1).b 2).b 3)c 4)a 5) d2.1) strong 2) handsome 3) Spanish 4) Italian 5) Arabic6)swimming 7) football 8)cooking 9)sewing 10)ironingPassage1.2) (√ ) 3) (√) 6 (√) 8(√) 10(√)2.1) dinner things some sewing2) tired immediately after dinner3) piece of paper the small table4) 8 a.m. another piece of paper the small table near his bed.5) Father-----Wake up. It’s 7 a. m.---Mother.Lesson 2Part AI. 1. brought\present 2. prefer\black 3. brown\blue 4. Probably\Please 5. traffic\dreadful6. drive\laundry7. pleased\plan8. practice\pronunciation9. Bring\ice cream 10.drink\plentyII. Great\France\abroad\stay\spend\traveling\speakFrench\French\improvedPart BDialogue1. 1) a 2) b 3) d 4) b 5) c2. 1) new shopping center shopping.2) Tom had been given a raise by Mr. Davis.3) had got a bad cold.4) dancing lessons.5) part-time job at the garage.Passage1. 1) b 2) d 3) c 4) d 5) c2. 1) a. many b. Parents\children\grandparents c. Uncles\aunts2) a. childless\only a woman and a man b. move from job to job c. even smallerLesson 3Part A1.c2.b3.d 4c 5dII B: just fineB: OK pretty bad worriedA: childrenB: fine working with his hands does wellA: dancingB: enjoysPart B1. 1) d 2)a 3)d 4)b 5)c2.1)T 2)F 3)F 4)T 5)TPassage1.1.)a 2)c 3)b 4)c 5)d2. Advantages 1)less money 2)half an hour 3)about traffic jams 4)the cold railway platforms for crowded trainsDisadvantages 1)waterproof 2)cold, in winter 3)not really cheaperLesson 4Part AI.1. Twice a week.2. Radios and TV sets.3. Sometimes by bus; sometimes by taxi.4. Last weekend.5. Linda.6. 31,579.7. 7 feet long.8. 4,500 years old.9. 5 degrees below zero.10. A 15 minutes’ walk.II.1. My watch is about 10 minutes slow.2. John and Mike are of the same height. They are exactly 6 feet tall.3. The French dictionary is 1,290 pages thick.4. Peter’s car is as expensive as Mary’s. It cost $2,150.5. This table is only 3 feet wide. It is not wide enough for me.Part BPassage 11. 1) b 2) c 3) c 4) a 5) d2. 2) 4) 6) 8) 9)Passage 21. 1) c 2) b 3) d 4) d 5) a2. 1) 3) 4) 5) 7)Lesson 5Part AI. 1.d 2.c 3.d 4.c 5.b 6.c 7.c 8.b 9.c 10.aII. 1.Would you mind passing me the salt?Here you are.2.Do you think you could show me the way to the library?Yes, of course.3.I’d like you to do me a small fa vor.With pleasure.4.Post this letter for me, will you?Certainly.5.Could I see Dr Brown, please?I’m sorry, but he is in conference now.Part B1.1)c 2)d 3)c 4)d 5)b2.1)football 2)the oldest sport 3)walked, swimming, table tennis4)tennis shoes, running shoes, football boots 5)carpet slippers, comfortablePassage1. 1)c 2)a 3)d 4)d 5)c2. 1)More than 23,0002)14 kilometers3)An eighty-one-year-old man.4)40 minutes and two and a half hours respectively5)Both the first man and the first woman received a trophy and a free trip to San Francisco, U.S.A.Lesson 6Part AI. 26th\19th,1996\13,000\197\9\first\15,000\5,500\3rdII.Name of the Item Nationality of the Recorder-holder Record Women’s 100-Meter Free-style 1) Chinese 2) 54.50”Men’s 100 Meters 3) American 4) 9.84”Men’s Javelin 5) Finlander 6) 67.94mW omen’s 5,000 Meters 7) Chinese 8) 14’59.88”Men’s Broad Jump 9) American 10) 8.5mPart BPassage 11. 1) c 2) d 3) b 4) c 5) b2. 1) American football, in fall; basketball, in winter; baseball, in summer.2) Golf, tennis, riding, sailing, surfing, parachuting.3) Lakes, mountains and vast seacoasts.Passage 21. 1) a 2) c 3) c 4) b 5) a2. 1) every four 2) 2,700 years 3) outdoor stadium 4) 1896\Greece 5) 1,200\Roman EmperorQuiz 1Part AI. 1. About 8 hours. 2. From 12 noon to 2 p.m. and from 7 to 10:30 p.m.II. at a very large farm\it would be good for me\ It taught me a great deal\were practically self-sufficient\The place was so isolated\She had never been away from homePart BI. 1-5 FTFTTII. 1) c 2) d 3) c 4) a 5) dLesson 7Part AI. 1.1/3 2.1/4 3.2/3 4.3/4 5.5/6 6.7/8 7.9/17 8.7/20 9.8/2510.7/100II.North America Latin America Asia Europe Oceania1/16 1/12 9/16 1/8 1/200Part B1. 1)d 2)b 3)c 4)b 5)d2. 1)F 2)F 3)T 4)T 5)FPassage1. 1)d 2)d 3)a 4)c 5)d2. 1)paint their faces, put on funny noses, put on a sad face,a happy face, wear funny clothes2)jump, roll over, ride donkeys backwards, push each other shout and singLesson 8Part A1-5 a a b a a 6-10 b a a a b 11-15 a a a b b 16-20 a b a a a Part B1. 1) a 2) d 3) c 4) c 5) a2. 1) informal 2) picnic 3) brings something 4) on the table 5) whatever they like6) warm\outdoor 7) indoors 8) party\the whole neighborhoodPassage1. 1) d 2) b 3) a 4) c 5) c2. 1) serve themselves\ the living room\ their plates or trays on their knees2) hot dogs, sandwiches, potato chips, pickles,watermelons\play baseball or have a napLesson 9Part A1.a2.c3.b4.d5.a6.b7.c8.d9.b 10.dPart BI. 1.1)b 2)b 3)a 4)d 5)c2.1)They are friendly 2)David can’t take it for a walk 3)They are not intere sting 4)They are easy to look after 5)They are clean 6)They are unusual 7)They are pretty 8)Parrots can talk 9)Birds fly everywhere 10)Birds make a lot of noise and a lot of mess Passage1. 1)a 2)b 3)c 4)d 5)a2. 1)To amuse his friends with some tricks 2)He thought it was silly to send a dog for medicine 3)More than half an hour 4)less than five dollars 5)Blackie had spent it on the bone.Lesson 10Part ALogical: 1. 5. 6. 9. 10 Illogical: 2. 3. 4. 7.8Part BPassage 11. 1) a 2) c 3) d 4) c 5) a2. 1) intelligence, physical fitness and sense of responsibility2) traffic\streets safely\forward\left\right\sit\lead its owner into danger Passage 21. 1) d 2) d 3) a 4) c 5) c2. tick: cat\parrot\snake\dog\tortoise\lion\monkey\cross: elephant\bull\panda\rabbit\duck\pheasant\cock\fox Lesson 11Part AI.1.O 2.R 3.O 4.R 5.R 6.R 7.O 8.O 9.R 10.OII.1.Shall I take it downstairs for you?2.Do you want me to have it copied?3.I hope you won’t make any noise.4.Would you are for a walk with me in the park?5.Remember to mail the parcel, will you?Part BI. 1.1)d 2)c 3)c 4)a 5)b2.1)morning 2)walk through Hyde Park 3)the British Museum 4)theater 5)take a bus from the British MuseumPassage1. 1)c 2)d 3)c 4)d 5)b2. 1)T 2)F 3)F 4)T 5)TLesson 12Part APassage1-5 a d c a b 6-10 c d d b dPart B1. 1) c 2) a 3) b 4) d 5) a2. 1) a c e g h 2) c f g h iDialogue1. 1) c 2) d 3) d 4) a 5) d2. 1) at a restaurant on the top platform2) the night scene of the city3) the world-famous paintings4) along the river banks5) a lot of picturesLesson 13Part A1.T2.F3.F4.T5.T6.F7.T8.F9.T 10.T 11.F 12.T 13.T 14.F 15.F 16.F 17.F 18.T 19.T 20.F Part B1. 1)c 2)b 3)d 4)b 5)c2. 1)beautiful 2)Queen Cleopatra 3)a two minutes’ walk 4)about 137 meters 5)230 meters 6)nearly 4500 7)about 60 meters 8)162 meters 9)15 meters 10) some hundred thousand laborersPassage1.1)London, Athens, British Airways 2)raining, fine and warm 3)beautiful island, Olympic 4)Athens Airways the end of our trip 5)132.1)Parthenon 2)the National Museum 3)went to a concert 4)the beautiful view of the sea and island 5)typical Greek food 6) walking down the beaches 7)a small fishing village 8)a tavern 9)met and talked 10)a nice eveningLesson 14Part A1-5: a b b b a 6-10: b b a a a 11-15: a a a b b 16-20: a b b b bPart BDialogue1. 1) c 2) b 3) b 4) c 5) a2. 1) the Castle2) a narrow street of medieval houses3) Holyrood Palace4) the Queen at present5) the shopping centerPassage1. 1) c 2) d 3) b 4) b 5) d2. 1) a lot of wine2) Spanish food3) many interesting places4) coffee in Venice5) a lot of photographs6) Taj Mahal7) on an elephant8) hitch-hiked around the country9) Coca-Cola10) bought many American pop recordsLesson 15Part AI.1)August 12,1985 2)June 23,1985 3)329 4)in Chicago 5)May 25,1979 6)2737)Oct.31,1996 8)95 9)Nov.1,1996 10)141II. Nov.13,1996, about 350 people, on the north Indian Plain, 80, There were no survivors,312, that had just taken off, 37 people,that was prepared to land.Part BPassage 11. 1)c 2)d 3)b 4)b 5)c2. 1)in a skyscraper in Chicago 2)the roof and getting onto the helicopter 3)collapsed 4)six 5)small island 6)the harbor and getting on a ship 7)hit the town 8)farm 9)his house 10)crashed into the trees and exploded.Passage 21.1)c 2)d 3)b 4)b 5)a2.1)No 2)No 3)Yes 4)No 5)YesLesson 16Part A1-5: b b c c d 6-10: b d a d cPart BDialogue1. 1) b 2) b 3) a 4) c 5) d2. checking some work\slipped and fell\lying in a hospital\broken his leg\still hurt\more careful\go back to work too soon\be on crutches\wear a cast\the accidentPassage1. 1) b 2) a 3) d 4) d 5) b2. in front of\reverse his car\drove straight in\laughed\be young to dothat\nothing\crashed into\much of the Mini\the young driver\said with a smileLesson 17Part AI.1.Yes 2.No 3.Yes 4.No 5.NoII.1.b 2.b 3.c 4.d 5.cPart BDialogue 1III.1. 1)b 2)d 3)c 4)d 5)b2.school director, worked late, 9:15, walked to his car, hit on the head, wearing a stocking,dropped, his leg was broken, interview, attackDialogue 21. 1)b 2)d 3)c 4)c 5)a2. the careers advisory officer, advice, a few questions, qualifications from school, ballet, playing the piano, teacher of music, talking, the other room, own ideasLesson 18Part AI. 1-5: a d b c b 6-10: d b c a dII. 18\is leaving school\for advice\a good pay\think much of the job\supermarket\It seems to Cathy\are not well-paid\boring\up to now she hasn’t found any jobPart BDialogue 11. 1) b 2) a 3) c 4) d 5) a2. a few months ago\ a man and a woman\witness-box\answering the lawy er’s questions\go into and come out of\a woman\a hat\a bag\a blonde wig and black platform shoes\on a tableDialogue 21. 1) A nice meal2) ambition3) To go to Indonesia4) greatest achievement5) Getting to Oxford University6) admire most7) get on with best of all8) My wife9) happened to you yesterday10) You’re the most wonderful person in the world.2. 1-5: F T T F TLesson 19Part A1.d2.a3.b4.b5.c6.b7.a8.d9.b 10.dPart BPassage 11 1)b 2)c 3)d 4)b 5)d2.1)five times stronger than the original voice 2)Colorado3)in the morning, in the afternoon 4) A small church 5)’Good morning! How are you?’, ‘Very well, thank you. And how are you?’Passage 21.1)d 2)c 3)b 4)a 5)c2.1)About a three-hour train ride away 2)Because he wanted to make the trip more interesting for them 3)She wrote the name of the town on a piece of paper, gave it to him and sent him off again. 4)Ten minutes later. 5) He forgot where he had pput thepiece of paper. / He forgot what he was going to do, etc.Lesson 20Part A1-5: d b d b c 6-10: b a c b dPart BPassage 11. 1) c 2) d 3) c 4) d 5) a2. 1) thickest in years\pea soup\terrible\to see anything2) crept along\were on\blew furiously\came to a standstill\could be found3) a graveyardPassage 21. 1) a 2) c 3) d 4) c 5) d2. 1) a. A fighter b. crashed onto the ground c. lost consciousnessd. was saved by a group of nuns2) a. talk with the nuns and the nurses. b. stay in his small room as much as possible3) a. very quiet and shy b. turned away\glanced her wayTestPart AI. 1-5: a d c a c 6-10: a a d c bII. 1) can easily learn quite long poems by heart.2) which have been repeated to them many times.3) English writer4) tell you the name of every shop5) a great help in learning a language6) remembering7) in childhood days8) seem to learn two languages easily at the same time9) the pupils have little chance to hear and speak the language out of class10) busy with other subjects.Part B1-5: c d a b a 6-10: d c d c dPart C Passage 11. c2. c Passage 23. d4. c5. d6. c Passage 37. b8. a9. a10. d。
大学英语四六级新题型听力考试说明及新题型听力样题
大学英语四六级听力考试说明原四六级听力题型一、四级听力试题的调整1.取消短对话2.取消短文听写3.新增短篇新闻（3段）其余测试内容不变。
2016年6月四级听力题型调整后四级听力部分的试题结构见下表：2016年6月四级听力短篇新闻的考试指令：Section ADirections: In this section, you will hear three news reports. At the end of each news report, you will hear two or three questions. Both the news report 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). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre.二、六级听力试题的调整1.取消短对话2.取消短文听写3.听力篇章调整为2篇（原3篇）4.新增讲座/讲话（3篇）其他测试内容不变。
2016年6月四级听力题型调整后六级听力部分的试题结构见下表：Section CDirections: In this section, you will hear recordings of lectures or talks followed by some questions. The recordings will be played only once.After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre.四级听力样题Questions 1 and 2 will be based on the following news item.Kenyan police say one person was killed and 26 injured in an explosion at a bus station in central Nairobi. The blast hit a bus about to set off for the Ugandan capital Kampala. Last July, the Somali group al-Shabab said it was behind the blasts in the Ugandan capital which killed more than 70 people. Will Ross reports from the Kenyan capital.The explosion happened beside a bus which was about to set off for an overnight journey from Nairobi to the Ugandan capital Kampala. Some eyewitnesses report that a bag was about to be loaded on board, but it exploded during a security check. Windows of the red bus were left smashed, and blood could be seen on the ground beside thevehicle. Just hours earlier, Uganda’s police chief had warned of possible Christmas-time attacks by Somali rebels.1. What is the news report mainly about？2. When did the incident occurQuestions 1 and 2 will be based on the following news item.Christmas-time attacks made by Somali rebels.B) An explosion at a bus station in central Nairobi.C) The killing of more than 70 Ugandans in Kampala.D) Blasts set off by a Somali group in Uganda’s capita l.On Christmas Eve. C) During a security check.B) Just before midnight. D) In the small hours of the morning.Questions 3 and 4 will be based on the following news item.Woolworths is one of the best known names on t he British High Street. It’s been in business nearly a century. Many of its 800 stores are likely to close following the company’s decision to call in administrators after an attempt to sell the business for a token £1 failed.The company has huge debts. T he immediate cause for the collapse has been Britain’s slide toward recession, which has cut into consumer spending. However, the business had been in trouble for years.Known for low-priced general goods, Woolworths has struggled in the face of competition from supermarkets expanding beyond groceries and a new generation of internet retailers.Many of the store group’s 25,000 employees are likely to lose their jobs. Some profitable areas such as the DVD publishing business will survive.3. What do we learn about Woolworths from the news report？4. What did Woolworths attempt to do recentlyQuestions 3 and 4 will be based on the following news item.3. A) It is likely to close many of its stores.B) It is known for the quality of its goods.C) It remains competitive in the recession.D) It will expand its online retail business.4. A) Expand its business beyond groceries.B) Fire 25,000 of its current employees.C) Cut its DVD publishing business.D) Sell the business for one pound.Questions 5 to 7 will be based on the following news item.Cairo is known for its overcrowded roads, irregular driving practices and shaky old vehicles, but also for its air pollution. In recent months, though, environmental studies indicate there have been signs of improveme nt. That’s due in part to the removal of many of the capital’s old-fashioned black and white taxis. Most of these dated back to the 1960s and 70s and were in a poor state of repair.After new legislation demanded their removal from the roads, a low interest loan scheme was set up with three Egyptian banks so drivers could buy new cars. The government pays about $900 for old ones to be discarded and advertising on the new vehicles helps cover repayments.The idea has proved popular with customers ― they can now travel in air-conditioned comfort and because the new cabs are metered, they don’t have to argue over fares. Banks and car manufacturers are glad for the extra business in tough economic times. As for the taxi drivers, most are delighted to be behind the wheel of new cars, although there have been a few complaints about switching from black and white to a plain white colour.5. What change took place in Cairo recently？6. What helped bring about the change？7. Why do customers no longer argue with new cab driversQuestions 5 to 7 will be based on the following news item.5. A) All taxis began to use meters.B) All taxis got air conditioning.C) Advertisements were allowed on taxis.D) Old taxis were replaced with new cabs.6. A) A low interest loan scheme. C) Taxi passengers’ complaints.B) Environmentalists’ protests. D) Permission for car advertising.7. A) There are no more irregular practices.B) All new cabs provide air-conditioning.C) New cabs are all equipped with meters.D) New legislation protects consumer rights.Section A1. B2. C3. A4. D5. D6. A7. C六级听力样题Now listen to the following recording and answer questions 16 to 19.Moderator （会议主持人）:Hello Ladies and Gentleman, it gives me great pleasure to introduce our keynote speaker for today’s session, Dr. Howard Miller. Dr. Miller, Professor of Sociologyat Washington University, has written numerous articles and books on the issues facing older Americans in our graying society for the past 15 years. Dr. Miller: Dr. Miller:Thank you for that introduction. Today, I’d like to preface my remarks with a story from my own life which I feel highlights the common concerns that bring us here together. Several years ago when my grandparents were well into their eighties, they were faced with the reality of no longer being able to adequately care for themselves. My grandfather spoke of his greatest fear, that of leaving the only home they had known for the past 60 years. Fighting back the tears, he spoke proudly of the fact that he had built their home from the ground up, and that he had pounded every nail and laid every brick in the process. The prospect of having to sell their home and give up their independence, and move into a retirement home was an extremely painful experience for them. It was, in my grandfather’s own words, like having a limb cut off. He exclaimed in a forceful manner that he felt he wasn’t important anymore. For them and some older Americans, their so-called “golden years” are at times not so pleasant, for this period can mean the decline of not only one’s health but the loss of identity and self-worth. In many societies, this self-identity is closely related with our social status, occupation, material possessions, or independence. Furthermore, we often live in societies that value what is “new” or in fashion, and our own usage of words in the English language is often a sign of bad news for older Americans. I mean how would your family react if you came home tonight exclaiming, “Hey, come to the living room and see the OLD black and white TV I brought!” Unfortunately, the word “old” calls to mind images of the need to replace or discard.Now, many of the lectures given at this conference have focused on the issues of pension reform, medical care, and the development of public facilities for senior citizens. And while these are vital issues that must be addressed, I’d like to focusmy comments on an important issue that will affect the overall success of the other programs mentioned. This has to do with changing our perspectives on what it means to be a part of this group, and finding meaningful roles the elderly can play and should play in our societies.First of all, I’d like to talk about . . .16. What does the introduction say about Dr. Howard Miller’s articles and books？17. What is the greatest fear of Dr. Miller’s grandfather？18. What does Dr. Miller say the “golden years” can of ten mean？19. What is the focus of Dr. Miller’s speechNow listen to the following recording and answer questions 16 to 19.16. A) They investigate the retirement homes in America.B) They are on issues facing senior citizens in America.C) They describe the great pleasures of the golden years.D) They are filled with fond memories of his grandparents.17. A) The loss of the ability to take care of himself.B) The feeling of not being important any more.C) Being unable to find a good retirement home.D) Leaving the home he had lived in for 60 years.18. A) The loss of identity and self-worth.B) Fear of being replaced or discarded.C) Freedom from pressure and worldly cares.D) The possession of wealth and high respect.19. A) The urgency of pension reform.B) Medical care for senior citizens.C) Finding meaningful roles for the elderly in society.D) The development of public facilities for senior citizens.Now listen to the following recording and answer questions 20 to 22.20. A) It seriously impacts their physical and mental development.B) It has become a problem affecting global economic growth.C) It is a common problem found in underdeveloped countries.D) It is an issue often overlooked by parents in many countries.21. A) They will live longer. C) Theyget along well with people.B) They get better pay. D) Theydevelop much higher IQs.22. A) Appropriated funds to promote research of nutrient-rich foods.B) Encouraged breastfeeding for the first six mo nths of a child’s life.C) Recruited volunteers to teach rural people about health and nutrition.D) Targeted hunger-relief programs at pregnant women and young children.Now listen to the following recording and answer questions 20 to 22.The 2010 Global Hunger Index report was released today by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). It notes that, in recent years, experts have come to the conclusion that undernourishment between conception and a child’s second birthday can have serious and long-lasting impacts.Undernourishment during this approximately 1,000-day window can seriously check the growth and development of children and render them more likely to get sick and die than well-fed children. Preventing hunger allows children to develop both physically and mentally.Says IFPRI’s Marie Ruel, “They will be more likely to perform well in school. They will stay in school longer. And then at adulthood, IFPRI has actually demonstrated that children who were better nourished have higher wages, by a pretty large margin, by 46 percent.”Ruel says that means the productivity of a nation’s future generations depends in a large part on the first 1,000 days of life.“This is why we’re all on board in focusing on those thousand days to improve n utrition. After that, the damage is done and is highly irreversible.”The data on nutrition and childhood development has been slowly coming together for decades. But Ruel says scientific consensus alone will not solve the problem. “It’s not enough that nutritionists know you have to intervene then, if we don’t have the politicians on board, and also the...people that implement [programs] in the field.”Ruel says there are encouraging signs that politicians and implementers are beginning to get on board. Many major donors and the United Nations are targeting hunger-relief programs at pregnant women and young children. They focus on improving diets or providing micro-food supplements. They improve access to pre-birth care and encourage exclusive breastfeedin g for the first six months of a child’s life. Ruel says in the 1980s Thailand was able to reduce child undernourishment by recruiting a large number of volunteers to travel the countryside teaching about health and nutrition.“They really did very active promotion of diversity in the diet and good eating habits. So they were providing more food to people, but also educating people on how to use them, and also educating people on how to feed their young children.”Ruel says countries may take different approaches to reducing child undernutrition. But she says nations will not make progress fighting hunger and poverty until they begin to focus on those critical first thousand days.20. What is the experts’ conclusion regarding children’s undernourishment in t heir earliest days of life21. What does IFPRI’s Marie Ruel say about well-fed children in their adult life？22. What did Thailand do to reduce child undernourishment in the 1980sNow listen to the following recording and answer questions 23 to 25.I’d like to look at a vital aspect of e-commerce, and that is the nature of the product or service. There are certain products and services that are very suitable for selling online, and others that simply don’t work.Suitable products generally have a high value-to-weight ratio. Items such as CDs and DVDs are obvious examples. Books, although heavier and so more expensive to post, still have a high enough value-to-weight ratio, as the success of Amazon, which started off selling only books, shows. Laptop computers are another good product for selling online.Digital products, such as software, films and music, can be sold in a purely virtual environment. The goods are paid for by online transactions, and then downloaded onto the buyer’s computer. There are no postage or delivery costs, so prices can be kept low.Many successful virtual companies provide digital services, such as financial transactions, in the case of Paypal, or means of communication, as Skype does. The key to success here is providing an easy-to-use, reliable service. Do this and you can easily become the market leader, as Skype has proved.Products which are potentially embarrassing to buy also do well in the virtual environment. Some of the most profitable e-commerce companies are those selling sex-related products or services. For a similar reason, online gambling is highly popular.Products which are usually considered unsuitable for selling online include those that have a taste or smell component. Food, especially fresh food, falls into this category, along with perfume. Clothes and other items that need to be tried on such as diamond rings and gold necklaces are generally not suited to virtual retailing, and, of course, items with a low value-to-weight ratio.There are exceptions, though. Online grocery shopping has really taken off, with most major supermarkets offering the service. The inconvenience of not being ableto see the food you are buying is outweighed by the time saved and convenience of having the goods delivered. Typical users of online supermarkets include the elderly, people who work long hours and those without their own transport.23 What is important to the success of an online store？24. What products are unsuitable for selling online？25. Who are more likely to buy groceries onlineNow listen to the following recording and answer questions 23 to 25.23. A) The guaranteed quality of its goods.B) The huge volume of its annual sales.C) The service it provides to its customers.D) The high value-to-weight ratio of its goods.24. A) Those having a taste or smell component.B) Products potentially embarrassing to buy.C) Those that require very careful handling.D) Services involving a personal element.25. A) Those who live in the virtual world.B) Those who have to work long hours.C) Those who are used to online transactions.D) Those who don’t mind paying a little more.Section C16. B 17. D18. A 19. C20. A21. B 22. C23. D 24. A25. B。
大学英语四级改革适用(听力)-试卷280
大学英语四级改革适用（听力）-试卷280(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__________________________________________________________________________________________解析：2.Section A__________________________________________________________________________________________解析：（分数：4.00）A.The effects of floods in the U.S.B.A heavy storm system struck the U.S.C.U.S. states were facing floods threats. √D.Tornadoes destroyed homes in the U.S.解析：解析：新闻开门见山提出主旨：美国16个州正面临洪水危机(under a flood warning)，紧接着介绍暴风雨引发的一系列美国洪灾。
因此新闻主旨就是“美国正面临洪灾危机”。
C正确。
A“美国洪灾的影响”只在新闻结尾提到，是部分内容，并非主旨。
B“一次严重暴风雨袭击美国”虽然有在新闻中提到，但这只是说明美国洪灾的起因，而不是主要内容。
D错在Tornadoes，新闻说的是洪灾(flood)，而非卷风。
A.It came in early December.B.It ended in Michigan.C.It destroyed buildings near Memphis.D.It caused dozens of deaths. √解析：解析：新闻中提到，数十人死于这场暴雨带来的恶劣条件中(dozens of people died)，故D正确。
2012年12月大学英语六级(CET-6)真题试卷(含答案和听力原文)
2012年12月大学英语六级考试CET6真题Part I Writing (30 minutes)Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay entitled Man and Computer by commenting on the saying, “The real danger is not that the computer will begin to think like man, but t hat man will begin to think like the computer.” You should write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words.Man and ComputerPart 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 on Answer Sheet 1. For questions 1-7, choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). For questions 8-10, complete the sentences with the information given in the passage.Thirst grows for living unpluggedMore people are taking breaks from the connected life amid the stillness and quiet of retreats like the Jesuit Center in Wernersville, Pennsylvania.About a year ago, I flew to Singapore to join the writer Malcolm Gladwell, the fashion designer Marc Ecko and the graphic designer Stefan Sagmeister in addressing a group of advertising people on “Marketing to the Child of Tomorrow.” Soon after I arrived, the chief executive of the agency that had invited us took me aside. What he was most interested in, he began, was stillness and quiet.A few months later, I read an interview with the well-known cutting-edge designer Philippe Starck.What allowed him to remain so consistently ahead of the curve? “I never read any magazines or w atch TV,” he said, perhaps with a little exaggeration. “Nor do I go to cocktail parties, dinners or anything like that.” He lived outside conventional ideas, he implied, because “I live alone mostly, in the middle of nowhere.”Around the same time, I noticed that those who part with $2,285 a night to stay in a cliff-top room at the Post Ranch Inn in Big Sur, California, pay partly for the privilege of not having a TV in their rooms; the future of travel, I’m reliably told, lies in “black-hole resorts,” whic h charge high prices precisely because you can’t get online in their rooms.Has it really come to this?The more ways we have to connect, the more of us seem desperate to unplug. Internet rescue camps in South Korea and China try to save kids addicted to the screen.Writer friends of mine pay good money to get the Freedom software that enables them to disable the very Internet connections that seemed so emancipating not long ago. Even Intel experimented in 2007 with conferring four uninterrupted hours of quiet time (no phone or e-mail) every Tuesday morning on 300 engineers and managers. Workers were not allowed to use the phone or send e-mail, but simply had the chance to clear their heads and to hear themselves think.The average American spends at least eight and a half hours a day in front of a screen, Nicholas Carr notes in his book The Shallows. The average American teenager sends or receives 75 text messages a day, though one girl managed to handle an average of 10,000 every 24 hours for a month.Since luxury is a function of scarcity, the children of tomorrow will long for nothing more than intervals of freedom from all the blinking machines, streaming videos and scrolling headlines that leave them feeling empty and too full all at once.The urgency of slowing down—to find the time and space to think—is nothing new, of course, and wiser souls have always reminded us that the more attention we pay to the moment, the less time and energy we have to place it in some larger context. “Distraction is the only thing that consoles us for our miseries,” theFrench philosopher Blaise Pascal wrote in the 17th century, “and yet it is itself the greatest of our miseries.” He also famously remarked that all of man’s problems come from his inability to sit quietly in a room alone.When telegraphs and trains brought in the idea that convenience was more important than content, Henry David Thoreau reminded us that “the man whose horse trots (奔跑), a mile in a minute does not carry the most important messages.”Marshall McLuhan, who came closer than most to seeing what was coming, warned, “When things come at you very fast, naturally you lose touch with yourself.”We have more and more ways to communicate, but less and less to say. Partly because we are so busy communicating. And we are rushing to meet so many deadlines that we hardly register that what we need most are lifelines.So what to do? More and more people I know seem to be turning to yoga, or meditation (沉思), or tai chi (太极) ；these aren’t New Age fads (时尚的事物) so much as ways to connect with what could be called the wisdom of old age. Two friends of mine observe an “Internet Sabbath (安息日)” every week, turning off their online connections from Friday night t o Monday morning. Other friends take walks and “forget” their cellphones at home.A series of tests in recent years has shown, Mr. Carr points out, that after spending time in quiet rural settings, subjects “exhibit greater attentiveness, stronger memory a nd generally improved cognition. Their brains become both calmer and sharper.” More than that, empathy (同感，共鸣) ，as well as deep thought, depends (as neuroscientists like Antonio Damasio have found) on neural processes that are “inherently slow.”I turn to eccentric measures to try to keep my mind sober and ensure that I have time to do nothing at all (which is the only time when I can see what I should be doing the rest of the time). I have yet to use a cellphone and I have never Tweeted or entered Facebook. I try not to go online till my day’s writing is finished, and I moved from Manhattan to rural Japan in part so I could more easily survive for long stretches entirely on foot.None of this is a matter of asceticism (苦行主义) ；it is just pure selfishness. Nothing makes me feel better than being in one place, absorbed in a book, a conversation, or music. It is actually something deeper than mere happiness: it is joy, which the monk (僧侣) David Steindl-Rast describes as “that kind of happiness that doesn’t depend on what happens.”It is vital, of course, to stay in touch with the world. But it is only by having some distance from the world that you can see it whole, and understand what you should be doing with it.For more than 20 years, therefore, I have been going several times a year—often for no longer than three days—to a Benedictine hermitage (修道院) ，40 minutes down the road, as it happens, from the Post Ranch Inn. I don’t attend services when I am there, and I have never meditated, there or anywhere; I just take walks and read and lose myself in the stillness, recalling that it is only by stepping briefly away from my wife and bosses and friends that I will have anything useful to bring to them. The last time I was in the hermitage, three months ago, I happened to meet with a youngish-looking man with a 3-year-old boy around his shoulders.“You’re Pico, aren’t you?” the man said, and introduced himself as Larry; we had met, I gathered, 19 years before, when he had been living in the hermitage as an assistant to one of the monks.“What are you doing now?” I asked.We smiled. No words were necessary.“I try to bring my kids here as often as I can,” he went on. The child of tomorrow, I realized, may actually be ahead of us, in terms of sensing not what is new, but what is essential.1. What is special about the Post Ranch Inn?A) Its rooms are well furnished but dimly lit.B) It makes guests feel like falling into a black hole.C) There is no access to television in its rooms.D) It provides all the luxuries its guests can think of.2. What does the author say the children of tomorrow will need most?A) Convenience and comfort in everyday life.B) Time away from all electronic gadgets.C) More activities to fill in their leisure time.D) Greater chances for individual development.3. What does the French philosopher Blaise Pascal say about distraction?A) It leads us to lots of mistakes.B) It renders us unable to concentrate.C) It helps release our excess energy.D) It is our greatest misery in life.4. According to Marshall McLuhan, what will happen if things come at us very fast?A) We will not know what to do with our own lives.B) We will be busy receiving and sending messages.C) We will find it difficult to meet our deadlines.D) We will not notice what is going on around us.5. What does the author say about yoga, meditation and tai chi?A) They help people understand ancient wisdom.B) They contribute to physical and mental health.C) They are ways to communicate with nature.D) They keep people from various distractions.6. What is neuroscientist Antonio Demario’s finding?A) Quiet rural settings contribute a lot to long life.B) One’s brain becomes sharp when it is activated.C) Eccentric measures are needed to keep one’s mind sober.D) When people think deeply, their neural processes are slow.7. The author moved from Manhattan to rural Japan partly because he could _______.A) stay away from the noise of the big city.B) live without modern transportation.C) enjoy the beautiful view of the countryside.D) practice asceticism in a local hermitage8. In order to see the world whole, the author thinks it necessary to __________.9. The author takes walks and reads and loses himself in the stillness of the hermitage so that he can bring his wife and bosses and friends ___________.10. The youngish-looking man takes his little boy to the hermitage frequently so that when he grows up he will know __________.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. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.11. A) Ask his boss for a lighter schedule.B) Trade places with someone else.C) Accept the extra work willingly.D) Look for a more suitable job.12. A) It is unusual for his wife to be at home now.B) He is uncertain where his wife is at the moment.C) It is strange for his wife to call him at work.D) He does not believe what the woman has told him.13. A) The man is going to send out the memo tomorrow.B) The man will drive the woman to the station.C) The speakers are traveling by train tomorrow morning.D) The woman is concerned with the man’s health.14. A) The suite booked was for a different date.B) The room booked was on a different floor.C) The room booked was not spacious enough.D) A suite was booked instead of a double room.15. A) The reason for low profits.B) The company’s sales policy.C) The fierce competition they face.D) The lack of effective promotion.16. A) Go and get the groceries at once.B) Manage with what they have.C) Do some shopping on their way home.D) Have the groceries delivered to them.17. A) The hot weather in summer.B) The problem with the air conditioner.C) The ridiculous rules of the office.D) The atmosphere in the office.18. A) Set a new stone in her ring.B) Find the priceless jewel she lost.C) Buy a ring with precious diamond.D) Shop on Oxford Street for a decent gift.Q uestions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard.19. A) Damaging public facilities.B) Destroying urban wildlife.C) Organizing rallies in the park.D) Hurting baby animals in the zoo.20. A) He had bribed the park keepers to keep quiet.B) People had differing opinions about his behavior.C) The serious consequences of his doings were not fully realized.D) His behavior was thought to have resulted from mental illness.21. A) Brutal.B) Justifiable.C) Too harsh.D) Well-deserved.22. A) Encouraging others to follow his wrong-doing.B) Stealing endangered animals from the zoo.C) Organizing people against the authorities.D) Attacking the park keepers in broad daylight.Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.23. A) She has already left school.B) She works for the handicapped.C) She is fond of practical courses.D) She is good at foreign languages.24. A) He is interested in science courses.B) He attends a boarding school.C) He speaks French and German.D) He is the brightest of her three kids.25. A) Comprehensive schools do not offer quality education.B) Parents decide what schools their children are to attend.C) Public schools are usually bigger in size than private schools.D) Children from low income families can’t really choose schools.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). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.Passage OneQuestions 26 to 29 are based on the passage you have just heard.26. A) Encourage the students to do creative thinking.B) Help the students to develop communication skills.C) Cultivate the students’ ability to inspire employees.D) Focus on teaching the various functions of business.27. A) His teaching career at the Harvard Business School.B) His personal involvement in business management.C) His presidency at college and experience overseas.D) His education and professorship at Babson College.28. A) Development of their raw brain power.B) Exposure to the liberal arts and humanities.C) Improvement of their ability in capital management.D) Knowledge of up-to-date information technology.29. A) Reports on business and government corruption.B) His contact with government and business circles.C) Discoveries of cheating among MBA students.D) The increasing influence of the mass media.Passage TwoQuestions 30 to 32 are based on the passage you have just heard.30. A) They have better options for their kids than colleges.B) The unreasonably high tuition is beyond their means.C) The quality of higher education may not be worth the tuition.D) They think that their kids should pay for their own education.31. A) They do too many extracurricular activities.B) They tend to select less demanding courses.C) They take part-time jobs to support themselves.D) They think few of the courses worth studying.32. A) Its samples are not representative enough.B) Its significance should not be underestimated.C) Its findings come as a surprise to many parents.D) Its criteria for academic progress are questionable.Passage ThreeQuestions 33 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.33. A) A newly married couple.B) A business acquaintance.C) Someone good at cooking.D) Someone you barely know.34. A) Obtain necessary information about your guests.B) Collect a couple of unusual or exotic recipes.C) Buy the best meat and the freshest fruit.D) Try to improve your cooking skills.35. A) Losing weight.B) Entertaining guests. C) Making friends.D) Cooking meals.Section CDirections:In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from 36 to 43 with the exact words you have just heard. For blanks numbered from 44 to 46 you are required to fill in the missing information. For these blanks, you can either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the main points in your own words. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written.People with disabilities comprise a large but diverse segment of the population. It is (36) ______ that over 35 million Americans have physical, mental, or other disabilities. (37) ______ half of these disabilities are “developmental,” i.e., they occur prior to the individual’s twenty-second birthday, often from (38) ______ conditions, and are severe enough to affect three or more areas of development, such as (39) ______, communication and employment. Most other disabilities are considered (40) ______, i.e., caused by outside forces.Before the 20th century, only a small (41) ______ of people with disabilities survived for long. Medical treatment for such conditions as stroke or spinal cord (42) ______ was unavailable. People whose disabilities should not have inherently affected their life span were often so mistreated that they (43) ______. Advancements in medicine and social services have created a climate in which (44) . Unfortunately, these basics are often all that is available. Civil liberties such as the right to vote, marry, get an education, and gain employment have historically been denied on the basis of disability.(45) _______________________________________________________________________. Disabled people formed grassroots coalitions to advocate their rights to integration and meaningful equality of opportunity. (46) . In the mid-1970s, critical legislation mandated（规定）access to education, public transportation, and public facilities, and prohibited employment discrimination by federal agencies or employers receiving federal funds.Part Ⅳ Reading Comprehension （Reading in Depth）（25 minutes）Section ADirections:In this section, there is a short passage with 5 questions or incomplete statements. Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words. Please write your answers on Answer Sheet 2.Questions 47 to 54 are based on the following passage.A key process in interpersonal interaction is that of social comparison, in that we evaluate ourselves in terms of how we compare to others. In particular, we engage in two types of comparison. First, we decide whether we are superior or inferior to others on certain dimensions, such as attractiveness, intelligence, popularity, etc. Here, the important aspect is to compare with an appropriate reference group. For example, modest joggers should not compare their performance with Olympic standard marathon (马拉松) runners. Second, we judge the extent to which we are the same as or different from others. At certain stages of life, especially adolescence, the pressure to be seen as similar to peers is immense. Thus, wearing the right brand of clothes or shoes may be of the utmost importance. We also need to know whether our thoughts, beliefs and ideas are in line with those of other people. This is part of the process of self-validation whereby we employ self-disclosures to seek support for our self-concept.People who do not have access to a good listener may not only be denied the opportunity to heighten their self-awareness, but they are also denied valuable feedback as to the validity and acceptability of their inner thoughts and feelings. By discussing these with others, we receive feedback as to whether these are experiences which others have as well, or whether they are less common. Furthermore, by gauging the reactions to our self-disclosures we learn what types are acceptable or unacceptable with particular people and in specific situations. On occasions it is the fear that certain disclosures may be unacceptable to family or friends that motivates an individual to seek professional help. Counsellors will be familiar with client statements such as: “I just couldn’t talk about this to my husband.”, “I really can’t let my mother know mytrue feelings.” Another aspect of social comparison in the counselling context relates to a technique known as normalizing. This is the process whereby helpers provide reassurance to clients that what they are experiencing is not abnormal or atypical (非典型的), but is a normal reaction shared by others when facing such circumstances. Patient disclosure, facilitated by the therapist, seems also to facilitate the process of normalizing.47. To evaluate ourselves, the author thinks it important for us to compare ourselves with _______.48. During adolescence, people generally feel an immense pressure to appear _______.49. It is often difficult for people to heighten their self-awareness without _______.50. What can people do if they find what they think or say unacceptable to family or friends?51. Counsellors often assure their clients that what they experience themselves is only _______.Section BDirections: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A）, B）, C） and D）. You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. Passage OneQuestions 52 to 56 are based on the following passage.Amid all the job losses, there’s one category of worker that the economic disruption has been good for: nonhumans.From self-service checkout lines at the supermarket to industrial robots armed with saws and taught to carve up animal bodies in slaughter-houses, these ever-more-intelligent machines are now not just assisting workers but actually kicking them out of their jobs.Automation isn’t just affecting factory workers, either. Some law firms now use artificial intelligence software to scan and read mountains of legal documents, work that previously was performed by highly-paid human lawyers.“Robots continue to have an impact on blue-collar jobs, and white-collar jobs are under attack by microprocessors,” says economics professo r Edward Leamer. The recession permanently wiped out 2.5 million jobs. U.S. gross domestic product has climbed back to pre-recession levels, meaning we’re producing as much as before, only with 6% fewer workers. To be sure, robotics are not the only job killers out there, with outsourcing (外包) stealing far more jobs than automation.Jeff Burnstein, president of the Robotics Industry Association, argues that robots actually save U.S. jobs. His logic: companies that embrace automation might use fewer work ers, but that’s still better than firing everyone and moving the work overseas.It’s not that robots are cheaper than humans, though often they are. It’s that they’re better. “In some cases the quality requirements are so exacting that even if you wanted t o have a human do the job, you couldn’t,” Burnstein says.Same goes for surgeons, who’re using robotic systems to perform an ever-growing list of operations—not because the machines save money but because, thanks to the greater precision of robots, the patients recover in less time and have fewer complications, says Dr. Myriam Cruet.Surgeons may survive the robot invasion, but others at the hospital might not be so lucky, as iRobot, maker of the Roomba, a robot vacuum cleaner, has been showing off Ava, which could be used as a messenger in a hospital. And once you’re home, recovering, Ava could let you talk to your doctor, so there’s no need to send someone to your house. That “mobile telepresence” could be useful at the office. If you’re away on a trip, you can still attend a meeting. Just connect via videoconferencing software, so your face appears on Ava’s screen.Is any job safe? I was hoping to say “journalist,” but researchers are already developing software that can gather facts and write a news story. Which means that a few years from now, a robot could be writing this column. And who will read it? Well, there might be a lot of us hanging around with lots of free time on our hands.注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。
现代大学英语听力2
Unit 1 Social CustomsTask 1A.1. She wanted to see St. Paul’s Cathedral.2. She was so surprised because she saw so many Englishmen who looked alike.3. They were all wearing dark suits and bowler hats, carrying umbrellas and newspapers.4. Because she had often read about them and seen photographs of them, who all lookedas if they were wearing a uniform.5. No, he didn’t.6. He used the English saying “It takes all kinds to make a world” to prove his opinion.B.If all the seas were one sea, what a great sea it would be! And if all the trees were one tree, what a great tree it would be! And if this tree were to fall in the sea, what a great splash there would be!Task 2A.1. people were much busier2. colder than England, minus thirty degrees, last longer3. much more mountainous, much higher and much more rocky, more beautiful4. tend to be more crowded5. the houses, smallerB．1) T 2) T 3) F 4) F 5) FTask 3A.1) In the US, people usually dance just to enjoy themselves, they don’t invite otherpeople to watch them.2) Usually eight people dance together.3) Because people form a square in dancing with a man and a woman on each side ofthe square.4) He usually makes it into a song.5) They wear old-fashioned clothes.B.1) F 2) T 3) F 4) F 5) TC.1) eight people form a square, on each side of the square.2) What they should do, makes it into a song, sings it.3) d on’t have much time to think4) old-fashioned clothes, pretty to watch.Task 41) It was a time to celebrate the end of winter and the beginning of spring.2) They burned the picture of their kitchen god to bring good luck.3) The custom s aid the brides must wear “something old, something new, somethingborrowed, and something blue” to bring good luck.4) Because they could not eat meat, eggs or dairy products during Lent, so they tried touse up these things before Lent began.5) It was a straw man made by children in Czech, it was a figure of death.6) People brought their animals to church. And before the animals went into the churchpeople dressed them up in flowers and ribbons.Task 5A.1) F 2) T 3) F 4) T 5) F 6) T 7) TTask 6A.1) b 2) a 3) c 4) aB.1) family unit, process, change, used to be, the extended , the nuclear2) job patterns, progressed, agricultural, industrial, forced, job opportunities,split up3) traditional, 缺，family, other living arrangementsC.1) mother, father, children, and some other relatives such as grandparents, living in thesame house or nearby.2) only the parents and the children.3) previously married men and women marry again and combine the children fromformer marriages into a new family.Task 71) c 2) c 3) a 4) b 5) c 6) c 7) cTask 8A.1) a 2) c 3) b 4) c 5) c 6) b 7) c 8) bB.1) T 2) T 3) F 4) F 5) T 6) F 7) F 8) F 9) T 10) FTask 9Social customs and ways of behaving change. But they do not necessarily always change for the better. Things which were considered impolite many years ago are now acceptable. Just a few years ago, it was considered impolite behaviour for a man to smoke on the street. No man who thought of himself as being a gentleman would make a fool of himself by smoking when a lady was in the room.The important thing to remember about social customs is not to do anything that might make other people feel uncomfortable—especially if they are your guests. There is a story about a rich nobleman who had a very formal dinner party. When the food was served, one of the guests started to eat his peas with a knife. Other guests were amused or shocked, but the nobleman calmly picked up his knife and began eating in the same way. It would have been bad manners to make his guest feel foolish or uncomfortable.Unit 2 WeatherTask 11) b 2) a 3) dTask 2A.1) T 2) F 3) FB.1) d 2) c 3) cC.Climate, reputation, extraordinary, unreliable, dry, wet, clear, dull, hot, cold, bad, mildTask 3I. the countryTrees, grass, lakes and steamsII. A. 1. concrete, iron, steel2. take in the heat during the day and throw of heat into the air at nightB. Warmer wintersCar engines , electrical applianceIII. A. air pollution may stop sunlight from reaching the earthB. 1. Ice near the North and South poles to melt2. to be slowly folded and people living in these cities to move to higherland.Task 4A.1) b 2) cB.night, delight, morning, warning, gray, way, red, headC.1) F 2) T 3 )FTask 51) c 2) b 3) d 4) c 5) cTask 6A.1) F 2) T 3) F 4) T 5) F 6) TB.incredible, one minute, kilometer, destroyed, lifted up, carried away, killed, injuredTask 7A.1) b 2) a 3) bB.1) It has been nice weather during the day, but it is going to change at night.2) Fine weather in southern Europe and not so nice in Northern Europe.C.For todaySoutheast England Maximum temperatures of around 21 degreesSouthern Scotland 26 degrees Celsius by mid-afternoonBrighton 23 degrees Celsius by early afternoonMidlandsNorthwest of Scotland 15 hours of lovely sunshineFor the weekendSpain Cloudy but mainly dry with sunny periods, 23 degrees Celsius Greece Heavy rain, 17 degrees CelsiusFrance Cloudy with rain, maximum temperatures of 22 degrees Northern Ireland 34 degrees CelsiusMost of England 32 degrees CelsiusTask 9A. 1)ⅹ2)ⅹ3)√4)ⅹ5)ⅹ6)√7)√B.[f]→[c]→[a]→[d]→[b]→[e]C.1) F 2) T 3) F 4) FD.1) d 2) bTask 10Undoubtedly, Tibet is one of the harshest places for human existence. It is cool in summer but freezing cold in winter. In Lhasa, the mildest city in Tibet, temperatures may exceed 29 degrees Celsius in summer while plummeting to -16 degrees Celsius in winter! Sun radiation is extremely strong in Tibet. The sunlight in Lhasa is so intense that the city is called Sunlight City. The thin air can neither block off nor retain heat so that there are great temperature extremes on the same day! The average temperature in northern Tibet is subzero and winter arrives in October until the following May or June. July and August are the best time to visit the area, enjoying warm temperatures, intense sunshine, beautiful scenery and festive events. May, June and September represent the tourist season in east Tibet. In winter, roads are all blocked by heavy snow. Landslides and rock falls frequently occur, which will make traveldifficult.Unit 3 Social IssuesTask 1A.1. Stress on the job costs American companies as much as $150 billion a year in lowerproductivity, unnecessary employee sick leave, and higher medical costs.2. The most stressful professions are those that involve danger and extreme pressure andthose that carry a lot of responsibilities without much control.3. The best way to deal with stress is through relaxation, but sometimes the only answer isto fight back or walk away.B.1. Three-quarters2. psychologists, doctors3. nervousness, anger, frequent illness, forgetfulness, mental problemsTask 2A.1) give in so easily to hijackers’ demands.a) threaten to blow up a plane, commit some other outrage.b) hold out against this kind of blackmail, always have terrorists, Start executingterrorists automatically.c) be prepared to face the consequences of evil.2) a) It’s the lesser of two evils. Terrorists have proven often enough that they really meanbusiness.b) Innocent lives, threatening the innocent will achieve its endsB.She implies that if the first speaker was one of the victims of terrorism, she would want the government to give in to the demands so that she wouldn’t die.Task 3A.1) thirty-five, natural lights, a small window, hot, airless, very noisy.2) Mexico3) ought to, shouldn’tB.1) It is located in a narrow street with five-and six-storey buildings eight kilometers fromdowntown Los Angeles.2) This factory makes shirts and jeans.3) She’s already been working for ten hours, but she won’t stop for another two hours.4) She can’t complain about those things because she is an illegal immigrant.Task 4A.social trends1) marked differencesa) one hour more every day, three hours more every week.b) 1%, cleaning and ironing, keep household accounts, do repairs or improvementsc) 30%2) leisure activities, watching television, 20 hours a week, going for walks, Swimming,British womenB.Unlike the other couples, Carla has always kept her own accounts and Adrian has always done his own housework. Neither of them like watching television very much and they both like swimming.Task 5A.How a city in Japan solve the problem of garbage disposal.160 million, every year, 10%, 10%, the rest,public cooperation.1) garbage that can be easily burned, kitchen and garden trash.2) electrical appliances, plastic tools, plastic toys3) are poisonous, cause pollution, batteries4) bottles and glass containers that can be recycled5) mental containers that can be recycled6) furniture and bicycleson different days, on request, fertilizer, to produce electricity, recycled, cleaned, repaired, resold cheaply, given awayB.1) The garbage will be taken to a center that looks like a clean new office building orhospital. Inside the center, special equipment is used to sort and process the garbage.2) Official from cities around the world visit Machida to see whether they can use some ofthese ideas and techniques to solve their own garbage disposal problems.Task 61. They were talking about Mrs. Carter.2. She was a tall, handsome woman who used to come into the shop at least twice aweek.3. She lived alone in a large house on an old farm—about three miles from the shop.4. He was absolutely certain, otherwise he would never call the police. His evidence wasthis: First, he saw her do it; second, he found the things in her bag; third, she had done it before.5. Because two young people saw her. The shopkeeper beli eved that if they didn’t punishher, young people would think that stealing didn’t matter.6. The judge thought that it was a difficult case from a humanitarian point of view. Theexcuses he found for her were: First, the woman was old and she lived alone—she was lonely. Second, she wasn’t poor—she was well-known for her generosity tocharities and she didn’t need to steal. The items were only wor th a pound or two. Third, she pleaded not guilty and said she didn’t know that she had done it.Task 7A.not all modern cities are alike, modern city1) a single high-density centre, skyscraper, motorways, as far as you can see.2) the low-density multi-center city, a large collection of a number of small centres,shopping centres, factories, businesses, skyscrapersB.1) He thinks that the second type (the Los Angeles model) is more sensible.2) He considers it highly likely that the kind of city we know now will completely disappear.Task 8A.1) He thinks that this country’s problems all come from inflation, which is the result of theDemocrat’s careless spending.2) No, she doesn’t agree with Ned. She believes that the problem is unemployment. Ifthe government cuts spending too much, people will fall into a vicious circle of more unemployment and fewer taxpayers to share the burden.3) She agrees with Barbara. She believes that unemployment is a big problem,especially in the big industrial ci ties. And the government isn’t doing very much to help the big industries out.4) He believes in the free market system rather than government regulation or protection.He thinks that without a lot of government interference everything will be okay.5) N o, they think it’s bad for the weak, the poor and the unprotected / it’s bad for theunderprivileged.B.More and more money, come from somewhere, higher taxes and high pricesTask 9A.1) The problem is whether or not the inner city—the core of most urban areas—willmanage to survive at all.2) They moved to the suburbs in search of fresh air, elbow room, and privacy.3) As a result, suburbs began to sprawl out across the countryside. Many cities began tofall into disrepair. And many downtown areas existed for business only.4) The result was that urban centers declined even further and the suburbs expandedstill more.5) Because from the decision of the Taylors and many other young couples, we can seethat some people may be tired of spending long hours commuting, and they may have begun to miss the advantages of culture and companionship provided by city life.B.1) F 2) T 3) F 4) F 5) T 6) TC.1) middle-class, tax money, neighborhoods2) Crime, public transportation3) housing construction costs, was allowed to, constructedTask 10A.1) 54, 20, 1980, 70,0002) 30, 19803) a newspaper article, to research the market4) another few months, in April 1981, a 1500 sq. ft5) third, Canada, America, 20%, £1 million6) 20, 70, 3B.1) F 2) T 3) F 4) F 5) TC.1) He was deeply involved in the present job and rather enjoyed himself. He thought theshop was his own little baby and thought it was fun to serve behind the counter.However, he also thought that there was a lot more hard work than he was used to;he was wo rking over the weekend doing his books. He called his old job “boring trips to Manchester to sell vast quantities of PVC”.2) He thought that there was far more job satisfaction, and believed that he was makingmoney, rather than making money for other people.3) He’s about to diversify into commercial distribution of imported and domesticallyproduced wine and wines he’s producing himself.Task 11I could hear the guard blowing his whistle, so I ran on to the platform and up to the train. Luckily, someone saw me coming, a door opened, and I jumped on while the train was moving out of the station. “Phew!” I thought. “That was hard work!” I was sure the other passengers could hear my heart beating; it was so loud, and I was in a cold sweat.After a while, I recovered, and had a look at the other passenger. The compartment was full, but I was the only one standing. The people in the carriage turned their eyes away as they noticed me looking at them. All except one, a beautiful woman sitting in the corner. I saw her watching me in the mirror. Automatically, I adjusted my tie. She had seen me running for the train: maybe this was my lucky day after all. I prepared to say hello.She spoke first, however. “Would you like my seat?” she asked. “You look rather ill.” That was the day on which I realized I was getting middle-aged.Unit 4 LiteratureTask 11) They were orphans and had nobody to support them.2) Each boy was given only one bowl of gruel for supper and no more—far from enough.3) The boys were so hungry that they could not bear it any more. They decided that oneof them must ask the master for more gruel. Oliver Twist was chosen by casting lots.4) He never thought that any boy would dare to ask for more food than the given portion.Therefore, he was both surprised and angry on hearing Oliver’s request.5) He was struck on the head by the master and pushed out of the room. And for a weekOliver remained prisoner in the cellar.Task 2A.1) F 2) F 3) TB.1) d 2) bTask 3A.mathematics, Oxford University, 1865, 1871B.These stories are about a dream world in which Alice meets strange creatures and has interesting adventures.Task 4the Greeks, closed the gates of their city and stayed behind the walls, a huge wooden horse, hide inside it, the horse, they stopped, hid their ships, Greek prisoner, the horse, The Greek soldiers, the wooden horseTask 5A.1) c 2) aB.1) All the animals thought that he was the king of beasts. Actually he was a coward. Hewas afraid of human beings and other big animals. He roared only to scare them away and never really hurt them.2) Dorothy and her dog wanted to get back to Kansas. The Scarecrow wanted somebrains and the Tinman wanted a heart. The Lion wanted to have courage.Task 6A.1) Civil War2) first, equality3) battlefields, bloodiest4) ordinaryB.1) d 2) cTask 7A.1) A red, red rose that’s newly sprung in June and the melody that’s sweetly played intune.2) He will love her till all the seas are dried and the rocks melt in the sun. His love willlast as long as the sands of life run (there is life on earth).3) Yes, he is, and he will come back no matter how far it is.B.tune, dry, run, mileTask 81) Tall stories, that is, unlikely ones.2) Because he wanted to be a member of a certain club.3) He went there because he was told that a lion came there each evening to drinkwater.4) Sixteen times.5) He killed sixteen lions.Task 9I. a young prince who lived on landA. rose to the surface of the sea and waited for the prince to come to herB. never cameII. a witchA. changed her fish’s tail into a pair of human legsB. she gave the witch her tongueIII. the prince’s palaceA. her feet hurt terriblyB. didn’t love he rIV. a young princessA. dived back into the seaB. a spirit of the air and lived forever.Task 10A.1) b 2) c 3) b 4) a 5) aB.e, b, a, d, c.Task 11I. A. struck a rock and began to break upB. sank tooC. had survivedII. A. he was tied very firmly by a large number of fine ropesB. about forty little men shot at him with their arrows, which just like needles.C. the little men gave him all the bread, meat and wine they hadIII. Was seven feet by three feet, equipped with twenty-two wheels and pulled by fifteen hundred little horses.Task 12Aesop was a very clever man who lived in Greece thousands of years ago. He wrote many good fables. He was known to be fond of jokes. One day, as he was enjoying a walk, he met a traveler, who greeted him and said, “Kind man, can you tell me how soon I shall get to town?”“Go,” Aesop answered.“I know I must go,” said the traveler, “but I should like you to tell me how soon I shall get to town.”“Go,” Aesop said again angrily.“This man must be mad,” the traveler thought and went on.After he had gone some distance, Aesop shouted after him, “You will get to town in two hours.” The travel er turned round in astonishment. “Why didn’t you tell me that before?” he asked.“How could I have told you before?” answered Aesop. “I did not know how fast you could walk.”Unit 5 EducationTask 1A.1) People’s ideas on permanent education.2) One is an ordinary “man in the street”. The other is an educationalpsychologist.3) The first person thinks t his idea of permanent education is crazy. He can’tunderstand people who want to spend all their lives in school. The second person thinks that the idea of permanent education is practical because people are never really too old to go on learning.B.1) was, hated, stand, got out2) all their lives3) certain limits, age limitsTask 21) He stayed there for a year.2) He has faint, but very pleasant memories of it. He had fun and played games-includingstory-telling, drawing, singing and dancing.3) He began to have more formal lessons and even worry about exams.4) The exam was called the “Eleven Plus”. Students took the exam to see what kind ofsecondary school they would get into.Task 3A.1) compulsory, the ages of 5 and 16, stated-funded, independent2) available, at a nursery school, in the nursery class at a primary school3) preparatory, primary, aged 5 to 134) enter the state education system, at the age of 5, secondary school5) 7, 11, 13 or 16, gain admission at 11 or 13, the Common EntranceExamination6) one further year, Advanced Supplementary Examination, Advanced levelexaminations7) classroom, laboratory, work independently, undertake research for projects8) vocational, conventional9) secondary education, with A-levels, further, higherB.1) GCSE stands for the General Certificate of Secondary Education. It is normally takenat the age of 16.2) Students usually study from 8 to 12 GSCE subjects over two years.3) Some subjects take account of the work students do throughout the year, while othersare assessed entirely by examination.Task 41) F 2) FTask 5A.1) Because the television program by that name can now be seen in manyparts of the world.2) This program is very popular among children. Some educators object tocertain elements in the program. Parents praise it highly. Many teachers also consider it a great help, though some teachers find that problems arise when first graders who have learned from ”Sesame Street” are in the same class with children who have not watched the program.3) In order to increase the number of children who can watch it regularly.4) 1. The reasons may include the education theories of its creators, thesupport by both government and private businesses, and the skillful useof a variety of TV tricks.2. Perhaps an equally important reason is that mothers watch “SesameStreet” along with their children. This is partly bec ause famous adultstars often appear on “Sesame Street”.3. The best reason for the success of the program may be that it makesevery child watching it feel able to learn. The child finds himself learning,and he wants to learn more.B.1) six million, regularly, half, economic, racial, geographical2) fifty, Spanish, Portuguese, German, one hundred thousand, English, every two weeks3) songs, stories, jokes, pictures, numbers, letters, human relationships.Task 6A.1) It is to have all public schools connected to the Internet computer systemand have computers available for the students.2) Its web site provides information about the school, the teachers and theirmail addresses. It also lists student events and organizations.3) They learn numbers and letters. They also learn how to use the computersthey will need later in their education.B.1) 1994, 35%, Last year, 89%2) universities, colleges, urge, requireTask 7A.I. spoken, writtenA. saying poetry aloud, giving speechesB. advanced degrees, field of study, custom, candidates, doctor’s degreeII. writtenA. nineteenthB. the great increase in population, the development of modern industryC. 1. objective, fact, personal opinions, memory of facts and details, range ofknowledge, a fairer chance, easier, quicker, learning2. essay, long answers, broad general questions, the element of luck, putfacts together into a meaningful whole, really knowing much about the subject, have trouble expressing their ideas in essay form, ex aminer’s feelings at the time of reading the answerIII. unsatisfactory, along withB.bTask 8Americans know that higher education is the key to the growth they need to lift their country, and today that is more true than ever. Just listen to these facts. Over half the new jobs created in the last three years have been managerial and professional jobs. The new jobs require a higher level or skills.Fifteen years ago the typical worker with a college degree made 38 percent more than a worker with a high school diploma. T oday that figure is 73 percent more. Two years of college means a 20 percent increase in annual earnings. People who finish two years of college earn a quarter of a million dollars more than their high school counterparts over a lifetime.Unit 6 WorkTask 1A.[d]—[b]—[a]—[e]—[c]B.aTask 2A.1) a 2) b 3) d 4) cB.1) T 2)T 3) FC.wondered, television plays, exciting, every cigarette lighter, tape recorder, held in a certain way, the touch of a gold ring against the hand of, reveal, How wrong they wereTask 3B.1) a 2) b 3) c 4) b 5) dTask 4I. correspondent, columnistA. may not need eitherB. to go to places where events take place and write stories about themII. first, bigger, better, who will soon leave to work for other peopleIII. working hours, free time, work long hours to begin withTask 5A.1) acd 2) abcB.1) she is the wrong sex2) she wears the wrong clothesTask 6bcd aeC.1) F 2) FTask 7A.1) T 2) F 3) T 4) F 5) T 6) FB.According to the first speaker, it is frustrating because the teacher cannot see clearly the results of his efforts. According to the second speaker, English language teaching is a good job, because it guarantees a stable income and regular working hours and means less pressure. He also likes the way elderly teachers are.Task 9B.1) No major changes. For some →”less paperwork”Some: → Less working hoursOthers: → Earn more money2) Most adults → would go on workingEsp. young adults (18 to 24) → 9 out of 10 would go on working.Task 10B.1) F 2) TC.1) b 2) aD.1. She really enjoyed meeting new people.2. She had good qualifications in English and Maths.3. She did not mind hard work, even if it was not always pleasant.4. She liked living away from home.Task 11I began my career during college, reporting on news stories at a Toronto radio station. The station’s program manager was also a professor who taught one of my classes. I convinced him that she needed a youth reporter because that year was InternationalYouth Year. After graduation, I took a job as a television news reporter and later, news anchor. But sports reporting was something different so I decided to try it. Figure skating was my first assignment.I had two months until my new job began. It was like waiting an entire summer for school to start. I spent those two months talking to figure skating coaches and judges. I read boring rule books I drove to the rinks where the skater trained, and made notes about our conversation. I even took a lesson, which made some of the skaters laugh.Unit 7 PeopleTask 11) Because he wrote an astonishing number of books.2) Mankind would have to create a world state.3) No.4) Cities were destroyed by bombs dropped from aeroplanes.5) Any two of the following: The War in the Air, The First Men in theMoon, ,The Time Machine, and The Invisible Man.6) Events forecast in Well’s books might come true.Task 2A.1) b 2) c 3) c 4) aB.1) tall, narrow, large, tousled2) surveyed, half-closed3) taking along stride4) capable, flexible, still life5) faded, frayed6) titled his head, smiled, walked forward, with a flourishTask 3A.1) F 2) T 3) F 4)F 5) F 6) T 7) F 8) TB.1) dramatic sunsets and sunrises2) 1830s, 1840s, impressionistic3) reds, oranges, 1820Task 41) A natural curiosity / A good interviewer is one who likes meeting people and wants tofind out about them.2) A curious kind of affinity with people, and an ability to get on well with people.3) Because television depends a lot on the director getting the right shot.4) By research ./ By knowing more about the guest than they’ve forgotten aboutthemselves.5) All. / Every ounce of research.6) Because Mitchum rarely said anything.7) Because very often the interviewees spin off into areas that the interviewer has neverthought about and sometimes it’s worth pursuing.8) A traffic cop.9) Talent, ambition and energy.Task 51977, plant trees all over Africa, thirty million, seeds, nurseries, communities, planting, taking care of the trees, survives, fuelTask 6I. A. NorwayB. the United StatesII. A. a lack of balance, inflation, recessionB. low interest rates, increased government spending, higher interest ratesC. low employment , high inflationD. high employment , low inflation, the time consistency problemIII. A. business cyclesB. new-technologyC. market correctionsD. an increase in oil pricesTask 7A.1) It was originally released in local newspaper in serial form.2) The two short, little sections are easily doable, and then you get hooked on the storyand wonder what’s happening next.3) Through mail and twice a month.4) Because the book opens on Christmas Eve and it has a strong message about family.5) 5,600B..1) 1860, London, in suspense。
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第一节听下面5段对话。
每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。
1. Why does Jane become thinner?A. She has been on a diet.B. She has had an illness.C. She has exercised a lot.2. Where are the speakers?A. In a library.B. In a bookshop.C. In a classroom.3. What time does the bus usually arrive?A. 7:30.B. 7:35.C. 7:40.4. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?A. Mother and son.B. Husband and wife.C. Teacher and student.5. What are the speakers talking about?A. Kate’s friends.B. Today’s weather.C. Jim’s weekend.第二节听下面5段对话或独白。
每段对话或独白后有2至4个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。
听下面一段对话，回答第6和第7题。
6. What does the woman do?A. She’s a doctor.B. She’s a waitress.C. She’s a teacher.7. What is the man going to do?A. Give up his unhealthy diet.B. Have a further examination.C. Go on sick leave from work.听下面一段对话，回答第8至第10题。
国家开放大学电大专科《英语听力(1)》2023-2024期末试题及答案(试卷代号：2149)
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大学英语试卷试题及答案
大学英语试卷试题及答案一、听力理解（共20分）1. 根据所听对话，选择正确的答案。
（每题2分，共10分）(1) A) 8:00 B) 9:00 C) 10:00(2) A) 5 dollars B) 10 dollars C) 15 dollars(3) A) At a restaurant B) At a library C) At a park(4) A) To buy a gift B) To meet a friend C) To go to a concert(5) A) Sunny B) Rainy C) Cloudy2. 根据所听短文，回答问题。
（每题2分，共10分）(1) What is the main topic of the passage?A) The importance of exerciseB) The benefits of a healthy dietC) The impact of stress on health(2) What does the speaker suggest as a way to reduce stress?A) Regular exerciseB) A balanced dietC) Adequate sleep(3) According to the passage, which of the following is NOT a sign of stress?A) Difficulty sleepingB) Increased appetiteC) Feeling anxious(4) What is the relationship between stress and the immune system?A) Stress weakens the immune systemB) Stress strengthens the immune systemC) There is no relationship between stress and the immune system(5) What is the speaker's overall message?A) To live a stress-free lifeB) To manage stress effectivelyC) To avoid all sources of stress二、阅读理解（共30分）1. 阅读以下短文，选择正确的答案。
大学英语四级考试听力模拟试卷(有答案)
大学英语四级考试听力模拟试卷Listening ComprehensionSection 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.Questions 1 to 8 are based on the conversation you have just heard.1、A. His father. B. His mother.C. His brother.D. His sister.2、A. A big travel agency. B. An experienced salesman.C. A job opportunity.D. A general sales manager.3、A. Mr. Green is in a meeting. B. Mr. Green is out of the building.C. Mr. Green has too much work.D. Mr. Green doesn't work there anymore.4、A. The man should call a friend. B. The man should work on his car.C. The man should take a taxi.D. The man should walk to work.5、A. The woman would understand if she did Mary's job.B. The woman should do the typing for Mary.C. The woman should work as hard as Mary.D. The woman isn't a skillful typist.6、A. He doesn't care much about it.B. He enjoys it very much.C. He doesn't mind ever though it's tedious.D. He hates working overtime.7、A. The woman is driving too fast. B. The woman is driving at a slow speed.C. The woman has broken a traffic rule.D. The woman has parked her car in a wrong place.8、A. He praises the woman for doing a good job.B. He enjoys the steak.C. He wants the steak to be cooked for a good while.D. He wants the woman to bring him the steak quickly.Questions 9 to 12 are based on the conversation you have just heard.9、A. The purpose of laughter. B. The cause of laughter and its effects.C. Why and when people laugh.D. The origin of laughter.10、A. It is a survival technique for babies.B. It can ease hostilities between parents and children.C. It can make parents fell relaxed to take care of children.D. It can help children to fight diseases.11、A. She can hear them crying very loudly at the zoo.B. She has heard them panting and was told it was laughter.C. She has read about it from Darwin.D. She used to work at a zoo.12、A. He has some pet apes in his apartment.B. He is worried that the chicken he left out will spoil.C. He is worried that his roommates will eat all the chicken.D. He is worried that he will miss out on his dinner.Questions 13 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.13、A. She is not sure whether to get a credit card or not.B. She is not sure how to use a credit card.C. She is not sure which credit card to choose.D. She is not sure how much credit line she needs.14、A. Her interest charges are very high after the grace period.B. She can be cut off from using your card.C. She is charged nothing until that date onwards;D. She can keep track of her finances.15、A. Find out more from research.B. Find out more by talking to the bank staff.C. Take some time before actually making a decision.D. Compare a range of options.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 markedA.,B.,C., andD..Passage oneQuestions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard.16、A. China laid the foundation of its first Women and Children Museum last Sunday.B. The project is expected to open in 2007.C. The project is expected to be completed in 2008.D. The museum covers 40,000 square meters on Chang'an Avenue.17、A. To promote gender equality and childhood development.B. To fill a gap in China's museum construction history.C. To promote the growth of economy.D. To boost the development of Beijing's Chang'an Avenue.18、A. Showing children's living conditions, social status, cultural customs.B. Providing a space for children's communication.C. Showing documents, videos, pictures, costumes, toys or handicrafts concerning Chinese children.D. Being interactive and provide a space for children's study and creation.Passage TwoQuestions 19 to 21 are based on the passage you have just heard.19、A. They thought it was the weapon of the gods.B. They thought it was electricity.C. They thought it was firework of the gods.D. They thought it was a mystery.20、A. He made the first lightning rod.B. He invented electricity.C. He built the Empire State Building.D. He prevented lightning from hitting cars.21、A. A swimming pool. B. A high ground.C. Under a tree.D. A closed car.Passage ThreeQuestions 22 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.22、A. Humans. B. Poultry. C. Fish. D. Monkeys.23、A. 5. B. 10. C. 15. D. 20.24、A. Out of the 15 confirmed human cases of bird flu in China last year, there were 8 deaths.B. Out of the 15 confirmed human cases of bird flu in China last year, there were 10 deaths.C. Out Of the 34 confirmed human cases of bird flu in China last year, there were 15 deaths.D. Out of the 34 confirmed human cases of bird flu in China last year, there were 10 deaths.25、A. Europe. B. Africa. C. America. D. Asia.Section CDirections: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from 26 to 33 with the exact words you have just heard. For blanks numbered from 34 to 36 you are required to fill in the missing information. For these blanks, you can either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the main points in your own words. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written.Sand covers not just sea-shores, but also ocean beds, deserts and mountains. It is one of the most common substances on earth. And it is a 26 element in man-made materials too—27 is largely sand, while glass is made by melting sand and some other elements.What exactly is sand? In fact, according to the most generally 28 scheme of measurement, devised by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, grains qualify as sand if their 29 is greater than 0.06 of a millimeter and less than 0.6 of a millimeter.Depending on its age and 30 , particular sand can consist of tiny pebbles or porous granules. Its grains may have the shape of 31 or spirals, their edges jagged or smooth. They have come from the 32 of rocks, or from the skeletons of marine organisms, which accumulate on the 33 of the oceans, or even from volcanic eruptions.Usually, the older the granule, 34 The fine, white beaches of northern Scotland, for instance, are recycled from sandstone several hundred million years old. 35 .Sand is an irreplaceable industrial factor, which has many uses; but it bas one vital function you might never even notice. Sand cushions our land from the sea's impact, 36 .答案:Listening ComprehensionSection A1、D[解析]W: I suppose you have bought some gifts for your family.M: Well, I've bought a shirt for my father and two books for my sister. But I haven't decided what to buy for my mother, probably some jewels.Q: Whom did the man buy the books for?2、C[解析]W: Look, it says they want a senior sales manager, and it seems that it is a big company.M: That's great! For you might have to travel a lot. Do they say anything about experience?Q: What are they talking about?3、A[解析]W: I'm sorry, but I'm afraid that you can't go in now. Mr. Green is in a conference right now.M: OK. I'll just wait for him here.Q: Why can't the man see Mr. Green?4、C[解析]M: How can I get to work without a car?W: Why don't you call for a taxi?Q: What does the woman mean?5、A[解析]W: Mary is always complaining about her job.M: Maybe if you try typing letters every day, you'd see what it's like.Q: What does the man mean?6、B[解析]W: You seem to have a lot of work to do at your office. You're always staying late and working overtime.M: That's true. But it's no bother to me. The work is interesting. I don't mind extra hours at all.Q: How does the man feel about his job?7、C[解析]M: This is a one-way street. Didn't you see the sign?W: Sorry. I didn't.Q: What do we learn from the conversation?8、C[解析]W: How would you like your steak done?M: Uh... let me think... OK, well done, please.Q: What does the man mean?9、B[解析] 9-12M: Well, you seemed to be having fun watching the movie?W: Yeah, it was funny. I think it kept me in stitches right from the start.M: You know, whenever I watch a 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 why human beings and just a few other primates laugh.M: I read that Charles Darwin thought that laughter begins with small babies. He believed that even prehistoric parents must have interpreted baby's laughter. 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 parents 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 diseases.M: I also heard that some psychology professors found that 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 are funny, I might laugh more and fit the pattern.M: Well, I've heard that apes also like laughing.W: I heard that too. Chimpanzees, apes, 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 get back to those apes I have for roommates before they eat all the chicken I left out in the kitchen!9. What is the main issue being discussed throughout the conversation?10、C[解析]According to Darwin, why do people laugh?11、B[解析]How does the woman know the primates do laugh?12、C[解析]Why does the man suddenly break up the conversation?13、C[解析] 13-15M: Morning, Alice. Still having problems with your faucet?W: No, got that fixed. But I have another headache—trying to make a decision about credit cards. Well, I need one but which one?M: Yes, that is tricky, especially since the rates are not standard.W: That's fight. What people don't realize is that the credit associations like Visa and MasterCard don't issue credit cards or set terms and interest rates individual banks do,M: So you will need to investigate what interest rates are charged by different issuers.W: Yes, also how the rates are actually calculated, I think.M: Alice, you should remember to ask them what roles you must follow to maintain these rates. If you don't pay off your bill, all new charges will begin rising immediately.W: Yes, that's another problem and banks charge varying amounts for annual membership, late payments and exceeding your credit line.M: You know, I read somewhere that 70% of people with credit cards pay interest on their purchases and only about 2% of the cardholders knew the interest rate they were being charged. Nearly all credit card debt carries an interest rate of 24% or less.W: Wow, I guess I should ask a few hard questions.13. What's the woman's problem?14、A[解析]Why is it important for the woman to know her grace period?15、B[解析]What will the woman probably do next?Section B16、D[解析] 16-18China laid the foundation of its first Women and Children Museum here on Saturday, located on Beijing's Chang'an Avenue, to boost gender equality and childhood development."The museum will fill a gap in China's museum construction history and contribute to carrying forward China's fine national culture," said Huang Qingyi, vice president of the Ali-China Women's Federation, at the foundation stone laying ceremony.The project is expected to be completed in 2007 and will open to visitors in2008, when Beijing holds the Olympic Games.The museum covers 40,000 square meters on Chang'an Avenue, which is the city's main street. It will have exhibition halls describing the role and history of women and children, multi-function meeting rooms and other facilities.The halls for women aim to show women's living conditions, social status, cultural customs and their contributions to the society, while those for children will be interactive and provide a space for their study and recreation.The All-China Women's Federation and several other government departments have started the relic- collection work both in China and overseas. They plan to gather documents, videos, pictures, costumes, toys or handicrafts concerning Chinese women and children at different historical periods.16. Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?17、A[解析]Why did China decide, to build its first Women and Children Museum?18、D[解析]What will the hails for children in the museum be like?19、A[解析] 19-21In earliest times, men considered lightning to be one of the great mysteries of nature. Some ancient people believed that lightning and thunder were the weapons of the gods. In reality, lightning is a flow of electricity formed high above the earth.The American scientist and statesman, Benjamin Franklin, was the first to show the connection between electricity and lightning in 1752. In the same year he also built the first lightning rod. This device protects buildings from damage by lightning.Scientists estimate that there are about 2 billion flashes of lightning per year. Lightning hits the Empire State Building in New York City 30 to 48 times a year. In the United States alone it kills an average of one person every day.The safest place to be in case of an electrical storm is in a closed car. Outside, one should go to low ground and should not get under trees. Also, one should stay out of water and away from metal fences. Inside a house, people should avoid open doorways and windows and should net touch wires or metal things.19. What did some ancient people think of lightning?20、A[解析]According to the passage, which of the following statements is true about Benjamin Franklin?21、D[解析]Which is the best place to go during an electrical storm?22、B[解析] 22-25China has agreed to share 20 virus samples from poultry killed by bird flu, in an effort to help scientists trying to develop a vaccine, the WHO said. WHO officials in Beijing said Chinese authorities had granted WHO's request for up to 20 live samples, which will be analyzed in international laboratories to improve understanding of the killer virus.The two sides are working out the logistics, including how to ship the samples and which lab they will go to. The shipment is "significantly larger" than the last one China provided, which consisted of five live viruses from poultry in 2004.WHO enjoyed good cooperation with China's Ministry of Health, which has shared viruses from human cases, but confronted problems trying to convince the Ministry of Agriculture to share samples.Through negotiations, the two sides worked out an arrangement that will give the scientists due credit and involve them in subsequent research whenever possible.WHO officials expressed the hope that the agreement could open the way for more regular sharing of viruses, which is important to determine the different types of strains of the deadly bird flu virus that exist and how they affect humans differently.China has reported 34 outbreaks among poultry since the beginning of last year and 15 confirmed human cases of bird flu, resulting in 10 deaths.The virus has killed more than 100 people worldwide since 2003, mostly in Asia. It has spread from Asia to Europe and Africa in recent months.22. Where did the 20 virus samples to be shared by WHO come from?23、A[解析]How many virus samples did China provide in the last shipment in 2004?24、B[解析]Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?25、D[解析]Which region has been affected most seriously by the bird flu?Section C26、major[解析] 26-36Sand covers not just sea-shores, but also ocean beds, deserts and mountains. It is one of the most common substances on earth. And it is a (26) major element in man-made materials too—(27) concrete is largely sand, while glass is made by melting sand and some other elements.What exactly is sand? In fact, according to the most generally (28) accented scheme of measurement, devised by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, grains qualify as sand if their (29) diameter is greater than 0.06 of a millimeter and less than 0.6 of a millimeter.Depending on its age and (30) origin, particular sand can consist of tiny pebbles or porous granules. Its grains may have the shape of (31) stars or spirals,their edges jagged or smooth; They have come from the (32) erosion of rocks, or from the skeletons of marine organisms, which accumulate on the (33) bottom of the oceans, or even from volcanic eruptions.Usually, the older the granule, (34) the finer they are and the smoother their edges. The fine, white beaches of northern Scotland, for instance, are recycled from sandstone several hundred million years old. (35) Perhaps they will be stone once more. in another few hundred million years.Sand is an irreplaceable industrial factor, which has many uses; but it has one vital function you might never even notice. Sand cushions our land from the sea's impact, (36) and geologists say it often does a better lob of protecting, our shores than the most advanced coastal technology.27、concrete 28、accepted 29、diameter 30、origin 31、stars 32、erosion 33、bottom 34、the finer they are and the smoother their edges 35、Perhaps they will be stone once more, in another few hundred million years 36、and geologists say it often does a better job of protecting our shores than the most advanced coastal technology。
高考英语试卷电子版听力
Part A：Short ConversationsSection 11. W: I can't believe how expensive this new phone is. Do you think it's worth the money?M: Well, it has the latest technology and a great camera, so I think it's worth the investment.Q: What does the man think about the new phone?2. W: I heard you're planning a trip to Paris this summer. Are you excited?M: Absolutely! I've always wanted to visit the Eiffel Tower and taste some authentic French cuisine.Q: What does the man plan to do in Paris?3. W: I'm really looking forward to the school's annual sports day. What about you?M: I'm not very athletic, but I'll definitely be there to cheer on my teammates.Q: How does the man feel about the school's sports day?Section 24. M: Hey, have you seen the new movie "Inception"? It's supposed to bea real mind-bender.W: I haven't seen it yet, but I've heard it's really intense. I'm kind of scared to watch it alone.Q: What does the woman think about the movie "Inception"?5. W: I was wondering if you could help me with my math homework. I'm really struggling with this problem.M: Sure, I'd be happy to help. Just show me what you've done so far, and we'll figure it out together.Q: What does the man agree to do?6. W: I can't believe it's already the end of the semester. Time flies!M: Yeah, it's been a busy few months. I'm glad it's almost over.Q: What are the speakers discussing?Part B：Long ConversationsSection 37. W: Good morning, Dr. Smith. I wanted to discuss my son's progress in school with you.M: Good morning, Mrs. Johnson. I'm glad you came in. How has your son been doing?W: He's doing well in most subjects, but he's having a hard time with science. He doesn't seem to understand the concepts.M: I understand. Science can be challenging. Let's see if we can identify the specific areas where he's struggling and come up with a plan to help him.Q: What is the purpose of Mrs. Johnson's visit to the school?8. M: So, you're planning to start your own business, huh? That's a big step.W: Yeah, I've always dreamed of owning my own bakery. I've been saving up money and researching different business models.M: That's great! Do you have a business plan in place?W: Not yet, but I'm working on it. I'm also looking for a location and trying to decide what kind of products I want to offer.Q: What is the woman planning to do?Part C：PassagesSection 49. Listen to a short interview with a famous author. The author discusses the inspiration behind their latest novel and the writing process.10. Listen to a report about a new technology that is being developed to help improve the quality of life for people with disabilities.11. Listen to a conversation between two students who are planning atrip to a nearby city. They discuss their itinerary and the places they want to visit.Part D：Short Answer Questions12. What is the main topic of the interview with the author?13. How is the new technology expected to benefit people with disabilities?14. What are the two students planning to visit in the nearby city?Part E：Passage Completion15. Listen to a passage about the importance of environmental conservation. Fill in the blanks with the missing words.The destruction of natural habitats is a serious problem that affectsall living things. It is caused by a variety of factors, including__________. __________ can lead to the loss of biodiversity and the disruption of ecosystems. To combat this issue, it is essential to promote __________ and encourage sustainable practices. Only through__________ can we ensure a healthy planet for future generations.。
历年大学英语四级听力真题(附答案)
2010年12月大学英语四级考试听力真题及答案11.[A] The man should visit the museums.[C] The beach resort is a good choice.[B] She can’t stand the hot weather.[D] She enjoys staying in Washington.12. [A] Her new responsibilities in the company.[B] What her job prospects are.[C] What the customers’ feedback is.[D] The director’s opinion of her work.13. [A] Combine her training with dieting.[B] Repeat the training every three days.[C] Avoid excessive physical training.[D] Include weightlifting in the program.14. [A] When she will return home.[B] Whether she can go by herself.[C] Whether she can travel by air.[D] When she will completely recover.15. [A] The woman knows how to deal with the police.[B] The woman had been fined many times before.[C] The woman had violated traffic regulations.[D] The woman is good at finding excuses.16. [A] Switch off the refrigerator for a while.[B] Have someone repair the refrigerator.[C] Ask the man to fix the refrigerator.[D] Buy a refrigerator of better quality.17. [A] He owns a piece of land in the downtown area.[B] He has got enough money to buy a house.[C] He can finally do what he has dreamed of.[D] He is moving into a bigger apartment.18. [A] She is black and blue all over.[B] She has to go to see a doctor.[C] She stayed away from work for a few days.[D] She got hurt in an accident yesterday.Questions 19 to 21 are based on the conversation you have just heard.19. [A] She was a bank manager.[B] She was a victim of the robbery.[C] She was a defence lawyer.[D] She was a witness to the crime.20. [A] A tall man with dark hair and a moustache.[B] A youth with a distinguishing mark on his face.[C] A thirty-year-old guy wearing a light sweater.[D] A medium-sized young man carrying a gun.21.[A] Identify the suspect from pictures.[C] Have her photo taken for their files.[B] Go upstairs to sign some document.[D] Verify the record of what she had said.Questions 22 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.22.[A] By reading a newspaper ad.[C] By listening to the morning news.[B] By seeing a commercial on TV.[D] By calling an employment service.23. [A] She could improve her foreign languages.[B] She could work close to her family.[C] She could travel overseas frequently.[D] She could use her previous experiences.24.[A] Taking management courses.[C] Working as a secretary.[B] Teaching English at a university.[D] Studying for a degree in French.25. [A] Prepare for an interview in a couple of days.[B] Read the advertisement again for more details.[C] Send in a written application as soon as possible.[D] Get to know the candidates on the short list.Section CDirections: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from 36 to 43 with the exact words you have just heard. For blanks numbered from 44 to 46 you are required to fill in the missing information. For these blanks, you can either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the main points in your own words. Finally, when the passage is read for thethird time, you should check what you have written.注意：此部分试题在答题卡2上作答。
大学英语听力2(没答案)
I. Listening Comprehension ( 30 points)Part 1 Short Conversations (10 points)1. A. The man can use hand gestures to communicate.B. The man doesn't have to learn Chinese at all.C. Hand signals could be easily misinterpreted.D. The Chinese are very sensitive to insults.2. A. They were related to a disaster.B. They were transported by boat.C. They were used to attack enemies.D. They were found by the Europeans.3. A. She can't recognize her good friend.B. She can't resist the temptation of food.C. She has been in the gym for a long time.D. She has spent a long time losing weight.4. A. The advantage of taking a quick break.B. The pursuit of living in another world.C. The problems of day-to-day routine.D. The benefit of reading novels.5. A. They are not useful because they cannot discover real talents.B. They are not necessary as there are already a lot of great talents.C. They are amazing because they provide hope for talented people.6. A. That Jacky Chan is now aged over 50.B. That Jacky Chan acts only in action movies.C. That Jacky Chan gets successful in his 50s.D. That Jacky Chan performs dangerous movements.7. A. She drove fast in order not to be overtaken.B. She was forced to slow down when driving.C. She had to drive at 120 kilometers per hour.D. She overtook a man on her way home.8. A. Her mother will live in her apartment.B. She shares an apartment with others.C. She will buy an expensive apartment.D. Her father has been ill for a long time.9. A. A mechanic.B. A train driver.C. A worker in a garage.D. A guest relations assistant.10. A. The man is looking for a job.B. The man travels a lot in his work.C. The man is going to have a bright future.D. The man is going to ask the salary of the job.Part 2 Long Conversations (8 points)11. A. She wishes the vacation could start right now.B. She is waiting patiently for the vacation to begin.C. She is excited that she is to visit Queen Elizabeth.D. She likes the idea that the vacation is two weeks long.12. A. Because airline tickets will be much cheaper.B. Because it is less likely to have rain in this season.C. Because there will be several more attractions then.D. Because it is easier to get around with fewer visitors.13. A. The London Eye.B. The River Thames.C. The Tower of London.D. Shakespeare's Theater.14. A. Many famous people used to live there.B. Many famous prisoners were killed there.C. Many famous criminals were buried there.D. Many famous people have paid a visit to it.Questions 15 to 18 are based on the same passage or dialog. （对应录音题号5-8）15. A. People. B. Animals. C. Plants. D. Landscape. 16. A. Create beautiful paintings. B. Earn millions of dollars. C. Become a famous artist. D. Make himself happy. 17. A. Cakes. B. Candies. C. Ice cream.D. Chocolate desserts.18. A. Bake some delicious desserts.B. Trade for the woman's desserts.C. Draw a tiger eating a bar of chocolate.D. Put up a picture of a tiger in his kitchen.Part 3 Passage (12 points)19. A. He had a personal interview with President Nixon.B. His famous sentence has been written into textbooks.C. He was sent on a world tour by NASA after the landing.D. He has become the focus of the largest audience since then.20. A. He considered email correspondence was sufficient enough.B. He thought Andrew Smith was not a well-known writer.C. He decided to accept only two interviews all his life.D. He believed that he was not worthy of the attention.21. A. Because he declined many requests from other people.B. Because he refused to be the center of public attention.C. Because he did not feel excited about the moon landing.D. Because he did only a small part of the moon landing work. 22.B. He didn't want to make money from the moon-landing experience.C. He failed to become a millionaire like the other moon walkers.D. He was not good at signing autographs and having interviews.Questions 23 to 26 are based on the same passage or dialog.（对应录音题号5-8）23. A. He doesn't have any definite destination for his trip.B. He has been traveling without wanting to go home.C. He has always been traveling between two points.D. He doesn't share traveling experiences with others.24. A. He was divorced and unhappy.B. His business was not doing well.C. He was bored with his life and career.D. His house and boat were destroyed.25. A. He decided to go home soon.B. He made money from websites.C. He worked day and night there.D. He enjoyed his one-year holiday.26. A. Andy would have trouble from being away from home for so long.B. Andy would have difficulty in getting used to this kind of life.C. Andy would have a difficult time during the first two years.D. Andy would have difficulty in trying to stop traveling.Questions 27 to 30 are based on the same passage or dialog.27. A. Watching sports matches with their friends.B. Playing with their children in gardens.C. Having drinks in the quieter bar.D. Sitting in the pub gardens.28. A. It is normal for people to take turns to buy drinks for their friends.B. People have to queue to get their drinks when pubs are busy.C. The bar staff will give you another drink if yours is spilled.D. It is good manners to offer to buy drinks for strangers.29. A. A person buys alcohol without a photographic ID.B. A pub sells alcohol to someone who seems drunk.C. An adult orders a glass of wine for a 16-year-old.D. Staff who serve alcohol in bars or shops get drunk.30. A. Children under 14 accompanied by an adult can have free meals.B. Children eating with their parents can stay at a pub until 10 p.m.C. Children eating alone can enjoy meals at a reasonable discount.D. Children at fourteen and above can have meals alone at pubs.。
20XX年9月全国英语等级考试(二级)听力试题(含录音材料与音频)
20XX年9月全国英语等级考试(二级)听力试题(含录音材料与音频)20XX年9月全国英语等级考试听力试题等二级听力第一节听下面5段对话。
每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。
听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。
每段对话仅读一遍。
1. Why does the man need a mapA. To tour To find a To learn about What does the woman want to do for vacationA. Go to the Travel to Learn to What will the man probably doA. Take the Refuse the Change the working What does the woman say about JohnA. He won’t wait for He won’t xxe home He won’t be on time for What will the speakers probably do nextA. Order some Go home and Continue working.第二节听下面5段对话或独白。
每段对话或独白后有2至4个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。
听每段对话或独白前，你将有5秒钟的时间阅读各个小题；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。
每段对话或独白读两遍。
听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。
6. How does the woman usually go to workA. By By By What do the speakers agree about taking the trainA. It is It is It is cheaper.听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。