大学英语-大学英语四级听力模拟题80

大学英语-大学英语四级听力模拟80 大学英语四级听力模拟题80 Listening Comprehension Section A 1、 A(The girls got on well with each other. B(It's understandable that girls don't get along. C(She was angry with the other young stars. D(The girls lacked the courage to fight. 2、 A(The woman does her own housework. B(The woman needs a housekeeper. C(The woman's house is in a mess. D(The woman works as a housekeeper. 3、 A(The Edwards are quite well-off. B(The Edwards should cut down on their living expenses. C(It'll be unwise for the Edwards to buy another house. D(It's too expensive for the Edwards to live in their present house. 4、 A(The woman didn't expect it to be so warm at noon. B(The woman is sensitive to weather changes. C(The weather forecast was unreliable. D(The weather turned cold all of a sudden. 5、 A(At a clinic. B(In a supermarket. C(At a restaurant. D(In an ice cream shop. 6、 A(The woman did not feel any danger growing up in the Bronx. B(The man thinks it was quite safe living in the Bronx district. C(The woman started working at an early age to support her family. D(The man doesn't think it safe to send an 8-year-old to buy things. 7、 A(The man has never seen the woman before. B(The two speakers work for the same company. C(The two speakers work on the same floor. D(The woman is interested in market research. 8、 A(The woman can't tolerate any noise. B(The man is looking for an apartment. C(The man has missed his appointment. D(The woman is going to take a train trip. 9、 A(To make a business report to the woman. B(To be interviewed for a job in the woman's company. C(To resign from his position in the woman's company. D(To exchange stock market information with the woman. 10、 A(He is head of a small trading company. B(He works in an international insurance company. C(He leads a team of brokers in a big company. D(He is a public relations officer in a small company. 11、 A(The woman thinks Mr. Saunders is asking for more than they can offer. B(Mr. Saunders will share one third of the woman's responsibilities. C(Mr. Saunders believes that he deserves more paid vacations. D(The woman seems to be satisfied with Mr. Saunders' past experience. 12、 A(She's worried about the seminar. B(The man keeps interrupting her. C(She finds it too hard. D(She lacks interest in it. 13、 A(The lecturers are boring. B(The course is poorly designed. C(She prefers Philosophy to English. D(She enjoys literature more. 14、 A(Karen's friend. B(Karen's parents. C(Karen's lecturers. D(Karen herself. 15、 A(Changing her major. B(Spending less of her parents' money. C(Getting transferred to the English Department. D(Leaving the university. Section B 16、 A(Rent a grave. B(Burn the body. C(Bury the dead near a church. D(Buy a piece of land for a grave. 17、 A(To solve the problem of lack of land. B(To see whether they have decayed. C(To follow the Greek religious practice. D(To move them to a multi-storey graveyard. 18、 A(They should be buried lying down. B(They should be buried standing up. C(They should be buried after being washed. D(They should be buried when partially decayed. 19、 A(Burning dead bodies to ashes. B(Storing dead bodies in a remote place. C(Placing dead bodies in a bone room. D(Digging up dead bodies after three years. 20、 A(Many foreign tourists visit the United States every year. B(Americans enjoy eating out with their friends. C(The United States is a country of immigrants. D(Americans prefer foreign foods to their own food. 21、 A(They can make friends with people from other countries. B(They can get to know people of other cultures and their lifestyles. C(They can practise speaking foreign languages there. D(They can meet with businessmen from all over the world. 22、 A(The couple cook the dishes and the children help them. B(The husband does the cooking and the wife serves as the waitress. C(The mother does the cooking while the father and children wait on the guests. D(A hired cook prepares the dishes and the family members serve the guests. 23、 A(He took them to watch a basketball game. B(He trained them to play European football. C(He let them compete in getting balls out of a basket. D(He taught them to play an exciting new game. 24、 A(The players found the basket too high to reach. B(The players had trouble getting the ball out of the basket. C(The players had difficulty understanding the complex rules. D(The players soon found the game boring. 25、 A(By removing the bottom of the basket. B(By lowering the position of the basket. C(By simplifying the complex rules. D(By altering the size of the basket. Section C For Americans, time is money. They say, "You only get so much time in this life; you'd better use it wisely." The 26 will not be better than the past or present, as Americans are 27 to see things, unless people use their time for constructive activities. Thus, Americans 28 a "well-organized" person, one who has a written list of things to do and a 29 for doing them. The ideal person is punctual and is 30 of other people's time. They do not 31 people's time with conversation or other activity that has no 32 beneficial outcome. The American attitude toward time is not 33 shared by others, especially non-Europeans. They are more likely to regard time as 34 . One of the more difficult things many students must adjust to in the States is the notion that time must be saved whenever possible and used wisely every day. In this context 35 . McDonald's, KFC, and other fast food establishments are successful in a country where many people want to spend the least amount of time preparing and eating meals. As McDonald's restaurants 36 , bringing not just hamburgers but an emphasis on speed, efficiency, and shiny cleanliness. : Listening Comprehension Section A 1、A [听力原文] M: What was it like working with those young stars? W: It was a great group. I always got mad that people said that we didn't get along just because we are girls. There was never a fight. We had a great time. Q: What does the woman mean? 2、A [听力原文] 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? 3、C [听力原文] W: I hear that the Edwards is 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? 4、D [听力原文] M: You look like you're 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 turn so quickly. Q: What do we learn from the conversation? 5、C [听力原文] M: I'll have the steak, French fries and let's see chocolate ice cream for dessert. W: Uh-oh, you know these things will ruin your health, too much fat and sugar. How about ordering some vegetables and fruit instead? Q: Where did the conversation most probably take place? 6、A [听力原文] 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 mum 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? 7、B [听力原文] M: Nice weather, isn't it? 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 to you, Henry. I am Helen Grant. I am in the advertising section on the 9th floor. Q: What can we infer from the conversation? 8、B [听力原文] M: Ma'am, I hear you have an apartment for rent. Can I take a look at it? W: Sure, you are welcome any time by appointment, but I have to tell you the building is close to a railway. And if you can't put up with the noise, you might as well save the trip. Q: What do we learn from the conversation? 9、B [听力原文] W: Please have a seat, Mr. Saunders. I've 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've always wanted 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 am currently working in a large international company in charge of a team of eight 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 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-huh, if I were hired, how many accounts would I be handling? W: You will be working with other two head brokers. In other 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 of employment. You will also be 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 will 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. What's the purpose of Mr. Saunders' visit? 10、C [听力原文] What is Mr. Saunders' current job? 11、D [听力原文] What can we conclude from the conversation? 12、D [听力原文] 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 it though 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 to consider 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. But the course itself isn't really that bad. A lot of it is pretty good in fact and lectures are fine. It's me, I suppose. You see. I wanted to do Philosophy rather than English. But my parents told me out of it. M: So the courses are OK as such it's just that had been left to you, you would've chosen a different one. W: Oh, they had my best interests at heart of course, my parents. They always do, don't they? They believe that my job prospects would have been pretty limited with the degree in philosophy. Plus, they gave me a really generous allowance. But I am beginning to feel that I am wasting my time and their money. They would be so disappointed though if I told them I was quitting. Why can't Karen concentrate on the book'? 13、C [听力原文] Why is Karen starting to like the course less and less? 14、B [听力原文] Who thinks philosophy graduates have limited job opportunities? 15、A [听力原文] What is Karen thinking of doing? Section B 16、D [听力原文] In Greece, only rich people will rest in peace forever when they die. Most of the population, however, will be undisturbed for only 3 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's 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 Athens 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 the hospitals for over a week until a grave is found. Athens' city council wants to introduce cremation that is burning dead bodies as a means of dealing with the problem. But the Greek Church resists this practice. They believe the only place where people bum is 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. What must Greeks do to keep the dead resting in everlasting peace? 17、A [听力原文] Why are most dead bodies in Athens dug up after 3 years? 18、B [听力原文] What suggestions does the church give about the burying of dead bodies? 19、A [听力原文] What practice does the Greek Church object to? 20、C [听力原文] If you visit a big city anywhere in the world you will probably find a restaurant would serve the food of your native country. Most large cities in the United States offer an 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 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 the children serve the people who come to eat there. Or it may be a large restaurant owned by several different people who work together in the business. Many Italian dishes that Americans enjoy are made with meats, tomatoes and cheese. They are very delicious and tasty. Why are there so many international restaurants in the United States? 21、B [听力原文] Why do Americans like to go to international restaurants apart from enjoying the food there? 22、C [听力原文] How is a typical Italian family restaurant run in the United States? 23、D [听力原文] One winter day in 1891, a class at a training school in Massachusetts USA went into the gym for their daily exercises. Since the football season had ended, most of the young men felt they were in for a boring time. But their teacher, James Nesmith, had other ideas. He had been working for a long time on a new game that would have the excitement of the American football. Nesmith showed the men a basket he had hung at 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!" Nesmith kept shouting, blowing his whistle to stop the excited 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 fruit 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 some one 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. What did Nesmith do to entertain his students one winter day? 24、B [听力原文] According to the speaker, what was the problem with the new game? 25、A [听力原文] How was the problem with the new game solved? Section C 26、future [听力原文] For Americans, time is money. They say, "You only get so much time in this life; you'd better use it wisely." The future will not be better than the past or present, as Americans are trained to see things, unless people use their time for constructive activities. Thus, Americans admire a "well-organized" person, one who has a written list of things to do and a schedule for doing them. The ideal person is punctual and is considerate of other people's time. They do not waste people's time with conversation or other activity that has no visible beneficial outcome. The American attitude toward time is not necessarily shared by others, especially non-Europeans. They are more likely to regard time as something that is simply there around them, not something they can use. One of the more difficult things many students must adjust to in the States is the notion that time must be saved whenever possible and used wisely every day. In this context the fast food industry, can be seen as a clear example of American culture product. McDonald's, KFC, and other fast food establishments are successful in a country where many people want to spend the least amount of time preparing and eating meals. As McDonald's restaurants spread around the world, they have been viewed as symbols of American society and culture, bringing not just hamburgers but an emphasis on speed, efficiency, and shiny cleanliness.27、trained 28、admire 29、schedule 30、 considerate 31、waste 32、visible 33、necessarily 34、 something that is simply there around them, not something they can use 35、 the fast food industry can be seen as a clear example of American culture product 36、spread around the world, they have been viewed as symbols of American society and culture