大学英语四级听力模拟训练答案

大学英语四级听力模拟训练1

参考答案：11-15 CCAAA 16-20 DACDA 21-25 CCABD 26-30 DBCCC 31-35 DBDAC

36. Emperors 37. government 38 .civilized 39. disappeared 40. diseases

41. mentally 42. magic 43. Roman

44. They translated the Greek and Roman medical books into Arabic.

45. When civilization at last came back to Europe, men once again translated the Greek and Roman works on medicine into Latin.

46. Slowly, they began to make new discoveries and found out more about the way the body works.

大学英语四级听力模拟训练2

1. M: Excuse me , would you please tell me when the next flight to Los Angeles is?

W: Sure , the next flight to Los Angeles is two hours from now, but if you do not mind transferring at San Francisco ,you can board now

Q: What do you learn from this conversation

答案：A

2. W: How often did you write home

M: I used to write home once a week

Q: What do you understand from the man’s answer

答案：C

3. M: The students English Club is having a party on Saturday night. Can you come

W: I would like to but I work at a restaurant on week end

Q: What do we learn from the conversation

答案：C

4. W: Shall we have an English test this afternoon?

M: It is postponed because the teacher has attend a meeting.

Q: What do we learn from the conversation

答案：B

5. M: Did you like the film

W: Not p articularly. I was rather disappointed. I’d expected it to be much more exciting.

Q: What can we learn from this conversation

答案：D

大学英语四级听力模拟训练3

参考答案：

（1) future (2) trained (3) admire (4) schedule (5) considerate (6) waste

(7) visible (8) necessarily

(9) something that is simply there around them, not something they can use

(10) the fast food industry can be seen as a clear example of American cultural product

(11) spread around the world, they have been viewed as symbols of American society and culture

大学英语四级听力模拟训练4

参考答案：

22. D 23. C 24.B 25.A 26.D 27.A 28.B

29. C 30. A 31.B 32.C 33.D 34.C 35.C

听力原文：

Questions 22 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

M: Hey, Karen, you are not really reading it, are you?

W: Pardon?

M: The book! You haven't turned the page in the last ten minutes.

W: No, Jim, I suppose I haven't. I need to get through although, but I keep drifting away.

M: So it doesn't really hold your interest?

W: No, not really. I wouldn't bother with it, to be honest, but I have to read it for a seminar. I'm at the university.

M: It's a labor of labor then rather than a labor of love.

W: I should say, I don't like Dickens at all really, the author, indeed, I am starting to like the whole course less and less.

M: It's not just the book, it's the course as well?

W: Yeah, in a way, although the course itself isn't really that bad, a lot of it is pretty good, in fact, and the lecturers are fine. It's me, I suppose. You see, I wanted to do philosophy rather than English, but my parents took me out of it.

M: So the course is OK as such. It's just that hadn't been left to you. You would have chosen a different one.

W: Oh, they had my best interest at heart, of course,[24B] my parents. They always do, don't they? They believe that my job prospects would be pretty limited with the degree

of philosophy. Plus they give me really a generous allowance, but I am beginning to feel that I'm wasting my time and their money. They would be so disappointed though if I told them I was quitting.

22. D Why can't Karen concentrate on the book?

23. C Why is Karen starting to like the course less and less?

24. B Who thinks Philosophy graduates have limited job opportunities?

25. A What is Karen thinking of doing?

Section B

Passage One

In Greece, only rich people will rest in peace for ever when they die. Most of the population, however, will be undisturbed for only three years, then they will be dug up, washed, compressed into a small tin box, and placed in a bone room. If the body has only partially decayed, it is reburied in a smaller cheaper grave, but not for long, the body will be dug up again some time later when it has fully decayed. Buying a piece of land for a grave is the only way to avoid this process. The cost of the grave is so great that most people choose to rent a grave for three years and even after being dug up, lasting peace is still not guaranteed. If no one pays for renting space in the bone room, the skeleton is removed and stored in a building in a poor part of the town. Lack of space in Amphons is the main reason why the dead are dug up after three years. The city is so overcrowded that sometimes dead bodies are kept in hospitals for over a week until a grave is found. Amphons city council wants to introduce cremation that is burning the dead bodies as a means of dealing with the problem. But the Greek Church resists this practice, they believe the only place where people burn is a hell, so burning dead bodies is against the Greek concept of life after death. To save space, the church suggested burying the bodies standing up instead of lying down. Some people proposed building multi-storey underground grave yards.

26. D What must Greeks do to keep the dead resting in ever-lasting peace?

27. A Why are most dead bodies in Amphons dug up after three years?

28. B What suggestions does the church give about the burying of the dead bodies?

29. C What practice does the Greek church object to?

If you visit a big city anywhere in the world, you will probably find a restaurant would serve the food of your own native country. Most large cities in the United States offer international sample of foods. Many people enjoy eating the food of other nations. This is probably one reason why there are so many different kinds of restaurants in the United States. A second reason is that many Americans come from other parts of the world. They

enjoy tasting the foods of their native lands. In the city of Detroit, for example, there are many people from western Europe, Greece, Latin America, and the Far East. There are many restaurants in Detroit which serve the foods of these areas. There are many other international restaurants too. Americans enjoy the foods in these restaurants as well as the opportunity to better understand the people and their way of life. One of the most common international restaurants to be found in the United States is the Italian restaurant. The restaurant may be a small business run by a single family. The mother of the family cooks all of the dishes, and the father and children serve the people who come to eat there. Or it may be a large restaurant owned by several different people who worked together in the business. Many Italian dishes that Americans enjoy are made with meats, tomatoes and cheese. They are very delicious and tasty.

Questions 30 to 32 are based on the passage you have just heard.

30. A Why are there so many international restaurants in the United States?

31. B Why do Americans like to go to international restaurants apart from enjoying the foods there?

32. C How is it typical Italian family restaurant run in the United States? Passage Three

One winter day in 1891, a class of training school in Massachusetts, U. S. A, went into the gym for their daily exercises. Since the football season had ended, most of young men felt they were in for a boring time. But their teacher, Janes Nasmith had other ideas. He had been working for a long time on the new game that would have the excitement of American football. Nasmith showed the men a basket he had hung at the each end of the gym, and explained that they were going to use a round European football, at first everybody tried to throw the ball into the basket no matter where he was standing. “Pass! Pass!” Nasmith kept shouting, blowing his whistle to stop the excite d players. Slowly, they began to understand what was wanted of them. The problem with the new game, which was soon called “basketball”, was getting the ball out of the basket. They used ordinary food baskets with bottoms, and the ball, of course, stayed inside. At first, someone had to climb up every time a basket was scored. It was several years before someone came up with the idea of removing the bottom of the basket and letting the ball fall through. There have been many changes in the rules since then, and basketball has become one of the world’s most popular sports.

33. D What did Nasmith do to entertain his students one winter day?

34. C According to the speaker, what was the problem with the new game?

35. C How was the problem with the new game solved?

大学英语四级听力模拟训练5

参考答案：

Section A

(11-15) CACBD (16-20) ACDAC (21-25) BBBCA

Section B

(26-30) BDCAD (31-35) BCADC

Section C

(36) damage (37) underdeveloped (38) intelligence (39) nourished

(40) cause (41) breast (42) disease (43) lack

(44) can cost developing nations up to three percent of their yearly earnings

(45) poor countries could possibly double their economic growth if they improved nutrition

(46) Instead of directly providing food, the study suggests educational programs in health and nutrition for mothers with young babies

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1.【解析】feared。根据either...or...可以判断所填词和respected词性一致(即也是v+ed 形式)，语义相对。一方面是尊敬之情，那么另一种可能就是畏惧之情了。

2.【解析】rank。从authority可以判断此处指的是社会中的等级。

3.【解析】including。根据对句子结构的分析可以判断所填词和America一起构成句子的状语，因此应该填入分词形式。

4.【解析】developing。所填词的宾语为exciting new ideas，从宾语的感情色彩可以判断所填词带有褒义，根据空前的may be判断应该填入动词的 ing形式，构成正在进行时。

5.【解析】prizes。目的是为了encourage such creativity，那么提供的应该是奖励了。

6.【解析】accomplishments，意为“成就，成绩”。通常来说奖励的是所取得的成就。并且所填词和discoveries形成并列关系。

7.【解析】considered。所填词与本句中的as构成固定搭配(consider...as...)。

8.【解析】manners，意为“礼貌，礼仪”。根据空格后的that young people lack respect for authority可以判断此处是说对年轻人的礼貌有害。

9.【答案】This impression may be created when visitors notice young Americansasking questions and arguing with older people

【Main Points】Young people may leave bad impression when they ask questions and argue with older people.

10.【答案】It is vital to remember that it is the person’s ideas that are being questioned,not the individual himself

【Main Points】It is important to remember that people argue about ideas instead of the individual himself

11.【答案】so that the work of the business can progress in the most effective mannerpossible

【Main Points】so that the business work can go on the most effectively

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11.A 12.A 13.B 14.D 15.C 16.A

17.B 18.A 19.B 20.C 21.A

11. M: What would be like working with those young stars?

W: It was a great group, I always got mad when people said that we didn’t get along, just because we were girls, there was never a fight. We had a great time.

Q: What does the woman mean?

12.M: Are you telling me you don't have a housekeeper?

W: No, we don't. If you make a mess, you clean it up yourself.

Q: What do we learn from this conversation?

13. W: I hear that the Edwards are thinking of buying another house.

M: Should they be doing that with all the other expenses they have to pay? Anyhow, they are over 70 now, their present house is not too bad.

Q: What does the man imply?

14. M: You look like you are freezing to death. Why don't you put this on?

W: Thank you, it was so warm at noon. I didn't expect the weather to change so quickly.

Q: What do we learn from the conversation?

15. M: I'll have the steak, French Fries, and let's see, chocolate ice-cream for dissert.

W: Oh, Oh, you know these things will ruin your health, too much fat and sugar, how about ordering some vegetables and fruit instead?

Q: Where does the conversation most probably take place?

16. M: What was it like growing up in New York's Bronx District? Was it safe?

W: To me, it was. It was all I knew. My mom would send me to the shop and I'd go and buy things when I was about 8 years old.

Q: What do we learn from the conversation?

17. M: Nice weather, isn't it? Oh, I've seen you around the office, but I don't think

we've met, I am Henry Smith, I work in the Market Research Section.

W: Nice to meet you, Henry. I am Helen Grant, I am in the Advertising Section on the ninth floor.

Q: What can we infer from the conversation?

18. M: Mam, I hear you have an apartment for rent, can I take a look at it?

W: Sure, you're welcome any time by appointment, but I have to tell you the building is close to a railway with the noise. You might as well save the trip.

Q: What do we learn from the conversation?

Questions 19 to 21 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

Conversation 1

W: Please have a seat, Mr. Thunders. I received your resume last week, and was very impressed.

M: Thank you!

W: We are a small financial company trading mostly stocks and bonds. May I ask why you are interested in working for us?

M: Your company has an impressive reputation and I always want to work for a smaller company.

W: That's good to hear. Would you mind telling me a little bit about your present job? M: I'm currently working in a large international company in charge of a team of 8 brokers, we buy and sell stocks for major clients worldwide.

W: Why do you think you are the right candidate for this position?

M: As a head broker, I have a lot of experience in the stock market, I deal with the clients on the daily bases, and I enjoy working with people.

W: Well, you might just be the person we've been looking for. Do you have any questions? M: Uh-hum, if I were hired, how many accounts would I be handling?

W: You will be working with two other head brokers, in another words, you will be handling about a third of our clients.

M: And who would I report to?

W: Directly to me.

M: I see. What kind of benefits package do you offer?

W: Two weeks of paid vacation in your first year employment, you are also been entitled to medical and dental insurance, but this is something you should discuss with our Personnel Department. Do you have any other questions?

M: No, not at the moment.

W: Well, I have to discuss your application with my colleagues and we'll get back to

you early next week.

M: OK, thanks, it's been nice meeting you!

W: Nice meeting you too! And thanks for coming in today.

19. What's the purpose of Mr. Thunder's visit?

20. What is Mr. Thunder's current job?

21. What can we conclude from the conversation?

大学英语四级听力模拟训练8

答案和解析：

Section A

11. M: Befo re we play again, I’m going to buy a good tennis racket.

W: Your shoes aren’t in very good shape, either.

Q: What does the woman imply?

【解析】选[C]。女士说好像男士的鞋也坏了。女士的意思是要男士不但要买个好一点的球拍也该换双鞋了，选项[C]符合题意。

12. M: Have you found a partner to work with on biology? The lab class is tomorrow.

W: To tell you the truth, I’ve been tied up with my chemistry course this week.

Q: What can be inferred about the woman?

【解析】选[B]。女士回答说事实上她这周一直忙着化学呢，即她还没有找到合作对象。[A]和[C]项误解了be tied up with的含义，分别将该短语理解为“喜欢”和“厌恶”；[D]项是说太忙而没有时间学习化学，这与女士所说的“一直忙着学习化学”相矛盾，注意too...to的表达方式。

13. M: Make thirty copies for me and twenty copies for Mr. Brown.

W: Certainly, Sir. As soon as I finish typing the letter.

Q: What is the probable relationship between the two speakers?

【解析】选[C]。对话中的copies和typing都是在办公室场景中出现频率非常高的词语。另外，男士的祈使语气和女士对男士的称呼(Sir)有助于判断他们的上下级关系。

14. W: It must be the first time for you to be aboard a warship.

M: Don’t you know that I’ve been in military service in the Navy for years?

Q: What can we say about the man?

【解析】选[D]。女士推测这是男士第一次登上军舰，男士用否定疑问句的形式对此予以了否定，说以前他就曾在海军服过兵役。即他之前就登上过军舰，故[D]为答案。

15. W: How did your interview go?

M: I couldn’t feel worse about it. The questions were very fair but I seemed to

find no answers for all of them.

Q: How does the man feel about the interview?

【解析】选[B]。I couldn’t feel worse about it指I feel the worst，这说明男士的面视并不理想，[B]是对他心情的正确描述。比较级用于否定结构可表示“最…不过”。如Nothing better(那最好不过了)。

16. M: I can’t find my lunch box anywhere.

W: Never mind. I’ll treat you to day.

Q: What do we learn from this conversation?

【解析】选[C]。对话中的关键词是treat“款待；做东；请客”，男士说找不到自己的饭盒了，女士说没关系，我请你吃饭，选项[C]是女士回话的同义转述。[A]、[B]与对话无关。[D]是借treat一词设置的干扰项。

17. M: Wasn’t it terrific?

W: Well, the music was enjoyable, but the story didn’t make mu ch sense to me. I still prefer traditional dmp3a with strong characters and an exciting plot.

Q: What does the woman think of the play?

【解析】选[C]。对话中男士问女士对戏剧的看法，女士说戏剧的音乐不错，但故事情节没意思，并补充说她喜欢人物塑造力强、情节生动的传统戏剧。由此推知她认为这部戏剧太现代派了，故

[C]为答案。

18. W: Where have you been all this time? The train is about to leave!

M: Sorry I’m late, but I was waiting for you at the infomp3ation desk upstairs. It’s lucky I thought to look for you here on the platfomp3.

Q: Where did the man think they were supposed to meet?

【解析】选[D]。根据男士的回答，我一直在楼上信息台那里等你，可知男士认为他们应在信息台见面。所以答案为[D]。

Conversation One

W: Excuse me, are you going to buy that book?

M: Well, I need it for a class but it’s awfully expensive.

W: Oh, we must be in the same class. Introduction to British Literature?

M: Yes, that’s the one. Were you there yesterday for the first class?

W: I sure was. Professor Robert really seems to know his subject.

M: Yes, I took his Shakespeare course last semester and it was very good. He likes listening to his students.

W: That’s a relief. I’m a biology major and I was a little uncertain about taking an English course.

M: I’m an English major and this is a required course. But now I’m in trouble because

I’m not sure I can afford this book.

W: Hey, I’ve got an idea. Why don’t we split the cost and share the book?

M: Sounds great. Do you live on campus?

W: Yeah, I live on the 10th floor of Butler Hall.

M: Perfect. I live on the 3rd floor of Butler. We should have no trouble sharing the book. I can bring it up to your room right after I wrap up the assignment.

W: It’s a deal.

Questions 19 to 21 are based on the passage you have just heard.

19. Where is the conversation most probably taking place?

【解析】选[A]。分析选项发现四个选项均是由表示方位的介宾短语“in+名词”构成，表明本题考查的是对地点的判断，我们可以根据行为活动和代表性的词语来判断地点。对话一开始女士的buy that book即表明对话发生在书店内。而图书馆一般与借书、还书有关。

20. Which class are the man and the woman taking together?

【解析】选[C]。四个选项的内容在录音中都有提及，关键是听清题目问的是男士和女士一起讨论的是什么课。回忆女士所说的in the same class和Introduction to English Literature 以及男士的肯定回答Yes可以得出答案。

21. What does the man think about Professor Robert?

【解析】选[D]。根据[B]、[C]、[D]可以推断He指的是一个老师或者教授。录音中提到了Professor Robert，女士说Professor Robert really seems to know his subject，男士肯定了女士的说法，说Professor Robert的课very good并且喜欢listening to his students，由此可以判断Professor Robert是一个优秀的教授。

Conversation Two

M: You should have seen the line at the housing office. It took me an hour to make my domp3itory deposit for next year. Have you made yours yet?

W: No, I’m not sure I’m going to.

M: There’s not much time left. The deadline’s May 1. That is just two weeks from now. Are you short of cash?

W: No, I’m Okay.

M: You’d better hurry up if you want a domp3 room next September. There aren’t enough rooms for every one, and first year students have priority.

W: Well, I’ve been thinking about living off campus.

M: Have you any idea of how much that would cost? There is the rent, utilities, and you’d probably need a car.

W: I know it would be more expensive. I think I can handle it though. The domp3 is just so noisy that I can’t get anything done. Maybe my grades would be better if I had some

peace and quiet in a place of my own.

M: You should study in the library the way I do. Think of the money you’d save. W: I’ve got to think it over some more. There’s still two weeks left in April. Questions 22 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

22. What are the speakers discussing?

【解析】选[B]。对话围绕着交下一年的宿舍押金展开，接着女士说她在考虑搬出校园，由此引发了两人的讨论，因此整个对话主要是对话双方讨论下一年在哪居住的问题，因此答案选[B]。23. What must a person do in order to live in a university house?

【解析】选[A]。对话中男士说You’d better hurry up if you want a room next September，而从前面的对话内容(make my domp3itory deposit for next year)可知男士说的hurry up指的是赶紧去交domp3itory deposit，由此可知如果要住学校的房子，就要付一些钱给housing office，故选[A]。

24. Where do the two speakers live now?

【解析】选[A]。从对话最后两人谈到在宿舍学习时的情况和住宿舍可以省钱可以判断两人现在都住宿舍，只是女士想搬出宿舍住。

25. What does the man seem to be concerned about?

【解析】选[D]。从男士的话Think of the money you’d save可以判断他关心的是money，因此答案选[D]。[A] Grades是女士关心的问题。[B]和[C]两项对话中未谈及。

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答案和解析：

Section B

Passage One When you turn on the radio, you hear an advertisement. When you watch television, you hear and see an advertisement. If you turn the pages of a newspaper or magazine, again you find an advertisement. If you walk down the street, you see one advertising board after another. All day, every day, people who want to sell you something competent to catch your attention. As a result, advertisements are almost everywhere. In the West, advertisements are the fuel that makes mass media work. The government does not give money to mass media such as TV stations, newspapers, magazines and radio stations. They are all owned privately. So where does the money come from? From advertisements. Without advertisements, there would not be these private businesses.

Have you ever asked yourself what advertising is? Through the years, people have given different answers to the question. For some time it was felt that advertising was a means of “keeping your name before the public.” And some people thought that advertising was “truth well told.” Now more and more people describe it in this way： Advertising is the paid, nonpersonal, and usually persuasive description of goods, services and ideas

through various media.

All advertisements try to make people believe that the product, idea, or service advertised can do well to them. Advertisements exist everywhere in our lives. Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard.

26. What is the passage mainly about?

【解析】选[D]。这篇材料开篇就提到了广播、电视、报纸上的广告(advertisement)，随后讲了广告的定义，结尾说广告到处都存在，这表明本篇讲的是广告的繁荣发展，故选项[D]符合题意。

27. What’s the financial source of the privately owned mass media?

【解析】选[C]。选项[C]符合题意，依据是So where does the moneycome from? From advertisements。

28. According to the passage, what is one of the features of advertisements?

【解析】选[B]。选项[B] 符合题意，依据是Advertising is the paid, nonpersonal, and usually persuasive description of goods, services and ideas through various media。convincing 是persuasive的同义转述，意为making you believe that something is true or right，即“使相信，使确认”。

Passage Two

Officials at the Olympic Games taking place in Salt Lake City, Utah, say they have met their environmental goals. However, environmental groups say the Salt Lake Olympic Games have done pemp3anent hamp3 to the area. Protection of the environment is now officially one of the three goals of the Olympic movement. The other two goals are sports and culture. Today, many cities seeking to hold the Olympic Games promise to offer greater protection for the environment. However, an environmental group says that the Salt Lake Olympic Committee make promises that it has not kept. For example, activists criticize ski jumps that were built into the sides of the mountains. They also criticize the officials for pemp3itting trees to be cut down and new roads built for the Olympic Games. They said better public transportation is needed to help decrease air pollution during the Games. And they said not enough has been done to reduce energy use. Lawyers say the Olympics are being used as an excuse to pemp3it development that nomp3ally would be unacceptable under the current environmental laws.

Questions 29 to 31 are based on the passage you have just heard.

29. What do the environmental groups think of the Salt Lake Olympic Games?

【解析】[D]。在听录音之前，预览四个选项可知本文可能谈论的是The games与environment 的问题。原文中用转折语言引出环境组织的意见，however,...have done pemp3anent hamp3 to the area,故选[D]。

30. Which is not a goal of the Olympic movement?

【解析】[C]。四个选项均为含有积极色彩的名词短语，需要在听的过程中留意和它们有关的信息。

31. According to the environmental groups what is needed to decrease airpollution during the Games?

【解析】[B]。预读选项可以推测此题考查的是保护环境的行为，需要留意文中有关这些行为的细节。

Passage Three

Diet, diet, diet! It gets to be a constant battle for many of us to stay fit and healthy. But diets don’t always allow us to learn new eating habits, improve our self-image, or make lifestyle changes. Developing good eating habits and proper exercise is a pemp3anent issue. And it’s the main topic of this workshop.

In order to keep a healthy diet and minimize the risk of disease, it’s essential to eat a diet that consists of low fat foods and to maximize energy with carbohydrates. Beef, nuts, oils, and most dairy products are rich in fat, so you should eat less of those; while pastry, rice, potatoes, and bread contain almost no fat and are a high energy source of complex carbohydrates. You know that many food manufactures use sugar to make low fat or fat free foods taste good, but don’t worry too much about that. You don’t necessarily “get fat” by eating sugar, since sugar is an indirect fat.

When you exercise, carbohydrates are the first calories to burn, if you want to burn off fat, it’s good to do some sort of aerobic exercise such as biking, swimming, running, or fast walking. But you have to keep doing this exercise for at least twenty minutes because it takes about that long before we start to burn fat. And then the effect of burning fat decreases after forty-five minutes of exercise. So if you do some sort of aerobic exercise for three to four days a week for about thirty to forty minutes, you’ll have an affective schedule for reducing weight.

Questions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.

32. What is the main topic of this talk?

【解析】选[D]。在听录音之前，预览选项可知本文与饮食习惯和锻炼有关。

33. According to the speaker, which will burn most quickly with exercise?

【解析】选[B]。预读选项可知此题询问有关食物种类的细节，听的过程中需要留意对它们的描述。本题答案依据为When you exercise, cabohydrates are the first calories to burn, 根据常识sugar正是碳水化合物的一种，故选[B]。

34. According to the speaker, what is the most effective exercise time schedule for reducing weight?

【解析】选[D]。预读选项可知此题询问的有关锻炼的时间安排。注意，只要抓住three to four days a week这个关键信息就可以了。

35. What does the speaker say is burned at the beginning of exercise?

【解析】选[A]。预读选项可知此题询问的有关食物营养成分的细节。注意，Carbohydrates的意思是“碳水化合物”。

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答案及解析：

Section C

36.【解析】choose。根据本空前的动词不定式小品词to及空后的介词from可知，本空中应填一原形动词。所填词与from构成固定搭配，并且是名词choice的同根词复现。

37.【解析】variety。a (considerable, great, wide)variety of为习惯用语，表示“各种各样的, 种类繁多的”。

38.【解析】tradition。从空格前的a long和空格后的介词of可以推断此处应填一名词。空后的history对所填词起一定的提示作用。

39.【解析】throughout。从空格后的逗号后面是一个完整的句子可以判断所填词应该是介词。空后的 its history及 the country has welcomed … from all over the world, most of whom have needed to learn English中两处用的现在完成时起提示作用。

40.【解析】immigrants。所填词作welcomed的宾语，并且这些人是来自世界各地，他们中的大多数都需要学英语。

41.【解析】experienced。从and可以判断所填词和qualified构成并列关系，因此所填词应为一形容词，概念上与qualified相近，共同修饰teachers。

42.【解析】overseas。所填词修饰students，因此应该为一形容词。空前的from allover the world起提示作用。

43.【解析】enroll。所填词作who的谓语，并且与students在数上一致，故应填一原形动词，并且此动词和介词on搭配。

44.【答案】Most of these institutions provide preparation courses for students who need to improve their English before they start university study

【Main Points】Students who need to improve their English before they start university study can take preparation courses in these universities and colleges

45.【答案】they are the most common type of courses taken by overseas students 【Main Points】overseas students usually take these courses

46.【答案】the chance to get to know the school where they will be studying and become more familiar with the American academic environment

【Main Points】the chance to know their school and the American academic environment

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答案及解析：

Section A

11. W: Look at the mess! And the guests will be here soon!

M: Take it easy. I’ll make sure the house is spotless.

Q: What does the man mean?

【解析】选[A]。男士说他肯定会让屋子干干净净的，也就是他会打扫屋子的，选项[A]符合题意。spotless意为“一尘不染的，干净的”。选项[B]、[C]误解了对话中的take it easy。

12. M: Is the next game going to be held at our stadium or theirs?

W: Do you really think it will make much of a difference with a losing record like ours?

Q: What does the woman imply?

【解析】选[C]。女士说对我们这样一直保持失败记录的队伍来说，比赛在什么地方举行有很大不同吗？言下之意是他们的队伍终将失败，也就无所谓在什么地方举行比赛了，故选项[C]符合题意。

13. M: Mum, I got a part-time job at the supemp3arket. Three hours a day weekday and all day Saturday.

W: Congratulations！But are you sure you can handle it? What about homework?

Q: What’s the woman worried about?

【解析】选[B]。母亲第一次使用疑问语气，反映出她对儿子能否兼顾工作和学习的担心。第二次疑问则突出反映了她对儿子学习的忧虑，故选[B]。

14. W: You see, there are too many people here. Let’s go to some other places.

M: All right. But cold weather in December cannot keep people away from the busy shops.

Q: What does the man mean?

【解析】选[B]。女士说这里人太多了，到其他地方去看看吧。男士说，没问题，但是12月的冷天也不能阻挡人们来这些热闹的商店，言下之意是尽管12月的天气很冷，逛商店的人仍然会多，故选项[B]符合题意。

15. W: Your exam is over, isn’t it? Why aren’t you cheerful?

M: Oh, I don’t know. It isn’t that the questions were too hard, but I always feel uneasy when the exam doesn’t seem to have much to do with the book.

Q: What was the man’s opinion of the exam?

【解析】选[B]。在but后男士提到试卷与书的联系不大时，他就总觉得不安。选项[B] 是

对此的同义转述。对话提到...it isn’t that the ques tions were too hard, 意思是这些问题其实并不难。由此可以排除选项[A]、[D]。[C]项中time(考试时间)在对话中没有提及。

16. W: What do you think of the movie?

M: It was worth neither the time nor the money.

Q: What does the man mean?

【解析】选[B]。“neither...nor...”结构是对两个内容的否定，也就是说时间和钱花得都不值，言外之意就是这部电影根本不值得一看。

17. M: Good afternoon. I’m Mr. Jackson. I answered your ad for an experienced advertising executive.

W: Oh, yes, Mr. Jackson. Won’t you have a seat? The manager will see you shortly.

Q: What do we learn about Mr. Jackson?

【解析】选[D]。男士来应聘广告上说的有经验的广告主管职位。女士说经理马上就会见他。关键词是experienced(有经验的)、see you(会见)，另外前面的ad指报纸上的招聘广告，后面的advertising executive指的是广告主管职位，选项[D] 符合题意。

18. M: Excuse me, would you please tell me when the next flight to Los Angeles is?

W: Sure. The next direct flight to Los Angeles is two hours from now, but if you do not mind transferring at San Francisco you can board now.

Q: What can we learn from the conversation?

【解析】选[D]。the next flight、direct flight(直达航班)、transferring(转机，换乘)构成了“在机场咨询航班情况”的特定场景。由女士所说的if you do not mind transferring at san Francisco you can board now可知答案为[D]。

Conversation One

W: Can I help you?

M: Yes, I’m looking for a book on the presidential election system in the United States.

W: Well, all of our textbooks are arranged by subject and course number in the back of the store. Is this a required text for one of the University’s political science courses?

M: No, it isn’t. I’ve already looked through all the political science books in the back, but the ones I saw only had a few pages, at most, on the topic.

W: How about the paperback section? There may be something there.

M: Okay.

W: Or better yet, you should try looking in Books in Print.

M: I’ve never heard of that. What is it?

W: It’s an index that lists all of the books currently available from publishers.

If you have a specific book in mind, you can look under the author’s last name.

M: But I don’t.

W: Then look directly under your subject, presidential elections.

M: What happens if I find a book I want?

W: Well, if it’s not in stock, we can order it for you.

Questions 19 to 21 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

19. What is the man looking for?

【解析】选[B]。男士说“I’m looking for a book on the presidential election system...”，后来说到“I’ve already looked through all the political science books”，由此可以推断，a book on the presidential election system属于the political science books。因此，他要寻找的是[B] A political science book。

20. Where does the woman first direct the man to?

【解析】选[C]。当男士说需要一本关于总统选举体制的书时，女士以为他说的是textbook，于是马上说“all of our textbooks are ...in the back of the store”。因此，选项[C]符合题干要求。

21. What kinds of books are listed in Books in Print?

【解析】选[C]。女士说“you should try looking in Books in Print”，在男士不知道什么是Books in Print的情况下，女士解释说，Books in Print是“an index th at lists all of the books currently available from publishers”，选项[C]符合题干要求。注意，in print 是指“(books)currently available from publishers，正在出售的”；out of print是它的反义词组，表示“已售完”，也很常用。

Conversation Two

W: Didn’t you write a paper about Albert Kahn last semester?

M: Yes, for my history of architecture class.

W: Oh, I am taking it now and I have to do some research on industrial architecture.

I need to read up on Kahn’s factories. So I would like to see what you wrote about them.

M: I don’t think my paper will h elp; I focus on his classical design like Clements library and office buildings, but you are interested in the modern building he is famous for.

W: Yes he is best known for his factory, especially the auto plants in Detroit. He made a breakthrough in industrial design. You know before his time, factories were so cmp3ped and inefficient but his factory provide enough light and air and open space. So the cars could be assembled in one huge plant.

M: I remember reading that previously, factories had wooden fmp3e and the heavy machinery made the buildings vibrate and there were firehazards too. But when Kahn

started to design auto plants around the turn of the century, reinforced concrete had just been invented. Talk about the breakthrough, not only were the buildings sturdy and fireproof but they were cheap to put up too!

W: You seem to know a lot of about his industrial career.

M: Actually even though I wrote about his other works, I did a lot of background reading. Let me see if I can dig up that paper for you. There were some books of articles included in my bibliography that you might want to look up at the library.

Questions 22 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

22. Why are the students discussing Albert Kahn?

【解析】选[D]。由女士所说的...I have to do some research...I need to read up on kahn’s factories可以推知，女士在研究卡恩的作品，整个对话就此展开。

23. In which is Albert Kahn best known for?

【解析】选[B]。听音时注意和Kahn 相关的信息：the modern building he is famous for 以及best known for his factory。问题问Kahn因为什么最有名，[B]为该细节的同义转述。

24. To what industry did Albert Kahn make a major contribution?

【解析】选[D]。听音时注意提到的行业。根据especially the auto plants“汽车车间”及So the cars could be assembled in one huge plant。可推出答案为[D]“运输行业”。

25. According to the talk, what was one problem with factories before Kahn’s time?

【解析】选[A]。听音时注意和建筑缺点相关的信息，对话中男士提到there were firehazards too。问题问卡恩时代之前的汽车工厂存在的问题，[A]为细节再现。

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答案及解析：

Section B

Passage One

Children in the United States are exposed to many influences other than that of their families. Television is the most significant of these influences, because the habit of watching television usually begins before children start attending school. And, by the time that the average child finishes high school, he or she will have spent 18,000 hours in front of a television set as opposed to 12,000 hours in a classroom.

Parents are concerned about these figures. They are also concerned about the lack of quality in television progmp3s for children. The degree of violence in many of these shows also worries them.

Even if it is unreal — a cartoon cat beating up a cartoon mouse with a baseball bat —this violence may have a negative effect on the young minds exposed to it. Studies

indicate that, when children are exposed to violence, they may become aggressive or insecure.

Parents are also concerned about the commercials that their children see on television. Many parents would like to see fewer commercials during progmp3s for children. And some parents feel that these shows should not have commercials at all because young minds are not mature enough to deal with the claims made by advertisers.

Educational television has no commercials and has progmp3s for children that many parents approve of. The most famous of these is “Sesame Street”, which tries to give preschool children a head start in learning the alphabet and numbers. It also tries to teach children useful things about the world in which they live.

Even though most parents and educators give “Sesame Street” and shows like it high marks for quality, some critics argue that all television, whether educational or not, is hamp3ful to children. These critics feel that the habit of watching hours of television a day turns children into bored and passive consumers of their world rather than encouraging them to become active explorers of it.

Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard.

26. What is the main idea of the passage?

【解析】选[C]。在听录音之前，预览四个选项可知本文与电视带来的负面影响有关。至于是对哪一方面的负面影响，既要根据主题句区分，还需要根据文章内容进行辨别。

27. According to the passage, what do you think “Sesame Street” is?

【解析】选[B]。预读选项可知此题询问的是电视节目的类型。The most famous of these is “Sesame Street”...为答案的依据，其中的these指的就是educational progmp3s.

28. What will be the consequence if a child fomp3s a habit of watching hours of television every day?

【解析】选[A]。预读选项可知此题询问的是They将会发生什么行为或变成怎样的状态，需要留意对动作和状态的描述。答案依据为：These critics feel that the habit of watching hours of television day turns children into bored and passive consumers of their world rather than encouraging them to become active explorers of it. 选项[A]中bored ≈ 原文中的dull，passive ≈ inactive。

Passage Two

Crime has its own cycles, a magazine reported some years ago. Police records show a surprising relation between changes in the season and crime patterns.

The pattern of crime has changed very little over a long period of years. Murder reaches its high during July and August, as do other violent attacks. Murder, in addition, is more than seasonal; it is a weekend crime. It is also a nighttime crime: 62 percent

of murders are committed between 6 p.m. and 6 a.m. One is most likely to be robbed between 6 p.m. and 2 a.m. on a Saturday night in December, January, or February. Except for one strange statistic, May is the least criminal month of all.

Apparently our intellectual season cycles are completely different from our criminal patterns. Professor Huntington made a lot of studies to discover the seasons when people read serious books, attend scientific meetings, and make the highest scores on examinations. In all examples, he found a spring peak and an autumn peak separated by a summer low. On the other hand, Professor Huntington’s studies showed that June is the peak month for suicides and for admitting patients to mental hospital. June is also a peak month for marriages!

Possibly, high temperature and humidity bring on our strange and surprising summer actions, but police officers are not so sure. “There are, of course, no proof of a relation between humidity and murder”, they say. “Why murder’s high time should come in the summer time we really don’t know”.

Questions 29 to 31 are based on the passage you have just heard.

29. What is the passage mainly about?

【解析】选[D]。根据选项的概括性强、信息密集可知，本题考查短文主旨。文章开头的Police records show a surprising relation between changes in the season and crime patterns 为短文主题句，故[D]为答案。

30. Which is the safest season?

【解析】选[B]。文章明确提到May is the least criminal month of all，表明五月是犯罪率最低的月份，也就是说五月最安全，故选项[B]正确。

31. What did Professor Huntington’s research show?

【解析】选[C]。推断题。文章讲到，Professor Huntington调查人们读严肃小说、出席科技会议和考试得高分的季节，所有数据表明在春季和秋季是高峰，而夏季却是低峰，排除[B]、[D]；另外短文中听到June出现最多的地方提到了两个peak, 他们分别是自杀和医院接收精神病患者数目最高峰以及结婚的高峰，由此可以排除[A]项，得出答案[C]。

Passage Three

Despite the presence of workaholics, there is a growing realization in the United States that too much work demand can be physically and mentally hamp3ful. Many people have been rebelling against the work ethic, saying that no job is so important as to damage personal relationships and rob people of relaxation. There has been a shift in values, with more emphasis being given to personal relationships and relaxation. Leisure time provides opportunities to find personal satisfaction and freedom from the routine of work.