听力模拟题(3)

　　© Section A

　　Directions: 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.

　　Questions 1 and 2 are based on the news report you have just heard.

　　1. A) The way to completely cure AIDS.

　　B) The way to cut the viral DNA from a person's infected cells.

　　C) AIDS couldn't be cured.

　　D) The way to curb AIDS epidemic.

　　2. A) It has been tested in clinical trials.

　　B) It has been proven to be able to cure millions of patients with AIDS.

　　C) It has been discovered by Kamel Khalili himself.

　　D) It means the person could be virus-free.

　　Questions 3 and 4 are based on the news report you have just heard.

　　3. A) A song. B) A magazine. C) An animated film. D) A drama.

　　4. A) Full of humor. B) Meaningless. C) Not worth watching. D) Will break records.

　　Questions 5 to 7 are based on the news report you have just heard.

　　5. A) Computer games. B) Heavy workload. C) Social media. D) Surfing the Internet.

　　6. A) Aged 10 to 15. B) Aged 13 to 18. C) Aged 40 to 60. D) Aged 20 to 30.

　　7. A) Young people who often use social media are easier to fall sleep.

　　B) Young people are more likely to suffer from the sleep disorders.

　　C) Social media should be banned.

　　D) Social media is the best way for young people to relieve stress.

　　© Section B

　　Directions: In this section, you will hear two long conversations. At the end of each conversation, you will hear four questions. Both the conversation 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.

　　Questions 8 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

　　8. A) Traffic in New York and Japan. B) Residents in New York and Japan.

　　C) Railways in New York and Japan. D) Food in New York and Japan.

　　9. A) If you need help in the subway station, they will be happy to help you.

　　B) They'll give you a wrong direction if they don't know.

　　C) If they are busy, they will not be willing to show you the way.

　　D) They'll send you to your destination.

　　10. A) Japanese residents pay more attention to your personal life.

　　B) The traditional culture of New York is more abundant than that of Japan.

　　C) New York residents prefer to ask other people's private affairs.

　　D) Japanese people don't like to be disturbed.

　　11. A) Because his families are there.

　　B) Because he prefers New York's fashion culture.

　　C) Because there are a lot of authentic foreign foods in New York.

　　D) Because his career will get better development in New York.

　　Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

　　12. A) Because he lost his wallet.

　　B) Because he couldn't communicate with the bank clerk.

　　C) Because his bank card was swallowed up.

　　D) Because his flight has been wrongly booked up.

　　13. A) He wanted to remit abroad.

　　B) He wanted to apply for a bank card.

　　C) He wanted to transfer money to the travel agency.

　　D) He wanted to report the loss of his bank card.

　　14. A) He stayed in the bank for about five minutes.

　　B) The clerk didn't agree his bank transfer.

　　C) The bank clerk helped him fill out the form.

　　D) He took the form out and wanted to find someone to help him.

　　15. A) He would ask the woman to help him.

　　B) He would call the travel agency to pay in another way.

　　C) He would decide to refund his flight to Australia.

　　D) He would call his friend.

　　© Section C

　　Directions: In this section, you will hear three 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 1 with a single line through the centre.

　　• Passage One

　　Questions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard.

　　16. A) A memorial event for the Grand Central Station in New York.

　　B) An important festival in New York.

　　C) A memorial event in Washington.

　　D) The victory of the national team.

　　17. A) Since the station was built, it has changed a lot.

　　B) This station has never been seen in the film.

　　C) This station was 100 years old last year.

　　D) The station did not use the principle of mirror reflection.

　　18. A) He is a philosopher.

　　B) He insisted on visiting the station for 30 years.

　　C) He doesn't think the design of this station reasonable.

　　D) He decided not to watch the station later.

　　• Passage Two

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

　　19. A) Aggressive people have wider faces.

　　B) How to judge a person's character.

　　C) How people deal with others.

　　D) The characters of people with wider faces.

　　20. A) Men with a large facial WHR act less aggressively than men with narrow faces.

　　B) The volunteers' estimates match with the WHR of the faces.

　　C) The aspect ratio (WHR) of the face is obtained by measuring the distance between the left eye and the right eye.

　　D) The wider the face is, the lower the offensive rating is.

　　21. A) The subtle differences in facial shape will not affect the personality judgment.

　　B) A man with a wide face has no any aggression.

　　C) Subtle differences in facial shape can also lead people to deal with others.

　　D) Psychologists advise people not to interact with people who have a wide face.

　　• Passage Three

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

　　22. A) Children from poor families have better grades.

　　B) Children with higher socioeconomic status are not good at academic performance.

　　C) Children from poor families had more difficulty in their studies.

　　D) The children from poor families will catch up with other children through hardworking.

　　23. A) Due to the lack of nutrition, these children's brains develop slowly.

　　B) They can't afford to go to the tutorial class.

　　C) Their parents don't have a good gene.

　　D) These students develop more slowly in the temporal lobe.

　　24. A) From 0 to 5. B) From 4 to 22. C) From 20 to 40. D) From 30 to 40.

　　25. A) Young people from poor families can't compare with young people from rich families.

　　B) Slow development of the brain maybe one of the causes for this difference.

　　C) The students did not do well in the exam because they were not fully prepared.

　　D) Compared with boys, girls have higher grades.

　　原文与答案解析

　　© Section A

　　News Report One

　　Since the start of the deadly AIDS epidemic in the 1980s, scientists have been working towards a cure. Now, they may be close to finding one. Researchers have developed a method to cut the viral DNA from a person's infected cells. It is called CRISPR/Cas9 and it means the person could be virus-free. DNA is a substance that carries genetic information in the cells of animals and plants. This gene-editing took place in a scientific lab, but has not been tested on humans yet. "It's a big step," said Kamel Khalili, Ph.D. He is a lead researcher and chair at the Department of Neuroscience at Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He and his team made the discovery. But more tests have to be done to know if it will be a cure for the millions of patients infected with the HIV virus, which causes AIDS.

　　1. What have researchers found out about the AIDS?

　　答案：B

　　点睛解析：在文中我们可以听到，Researchers have developed a method to cut the viral DNA from a person's infected cells.“研究人员已经找到了一种从感染细胞中剔除病毒DNA的办法。”选项B是原文复现，所以选B。

　　2. What do we learn about this gene-editing?

　　答案：D

　　点睛解析：A“它已经进行了临床测试”、B“它已经被证实能够治愈数百万艾滋病患者”和C“它是由Kamel Khalili自己发现的”与原文不符，所以排除；D“它意味着细胞可以不再受病毒感染”与原文表达相一致，故为答案。

　　News Report Two

　　"Zootopia" is a city of animals. The movie stars a bunny rabbit police officer and a fox criminal who team up to find a missing otter. He is among several animals that have suddenly disappeared from the city. Actor Ginnifer Goodwin provided the voice of officer Judy Hopps. Justin Bateman is Nick, the con artist. Critics have strongly praised Zootopiafor its sharp humor and strong message. The film explores racism and other intolerance in its portrayal of relations between two kinds of animals in the city. Jared Bush and Phil Johnston wrote Zootopia. They told reporters that it started out as a spy movie set in several different animal worlds. But they found the mammal world especially interesting. So they changed the story.

　　3. What is the news story about?

　　答案：C

　　点睛解析：在新闻开头部分我们可以听到 the movie，所以选C。

　　4. What do the critics think of Zootopia?

　　答案：A

　　点睛解析：在这段新闻中我们可以听到，Critics have strongly praised Zootopia for its sharp humor and strong message.“影评员们对它的十足幽默感和涵盖的巨大信息量赞不绝口。”由此可知A“充满了幽默”符合文意。

　　News Report Three

　　Social Media Keep Young Adults Awake

　　A new study has found that social media could be affecting the sleep of young adults. The study is a project of researchers at the University of Pittsburgh's School of Medicine. They found that young people who often use social media are more likely to suffer from sleep disorders than those who use social media less. The researchers say doctors should ask young adults about their use of social media when treating sleep issues. "This is one of the first pieces of evidence that social media use really can impact your sleep," said Jessica C. Levenson. She is a postdoctoral researcher in the university's Department of Psychiatry. She was the lead author of a report on the study. The researchers set out to examine the connection between social media use and sleep among young adults. Levenson noted that these young adults are possibly the first "generation to grow up with social media". The researchers wanted to find out how often young people used social media sites like Facebook, Twitter, Histogram, Snapshot, Credit and Tumbler. For the study, they gave questionnaires to nearly 1,800 adults, aged 19 to 32.

　　5. What is affecting young people's sleep quality, according to the study?

　　答案：C

　　点睛解析：开头第一句话我们可以听到A new study has found that social media could be affecting the sleep of young adults.“最新一项研究表明，社交媒体可能会影响年轻人的睡眠质量。”由此可知，C为答案。

　　6. Which age group is the main part of the questionnaires?

　　答案：D

　　点睛解析：该题答案比较明显，要注意听数字。文中最后一句话提到For the study, they gave questionnaires to nearly 1,800 adults, aged 19 to 32.“他们挑选了1800名年龄在19—32岁的人进行问卷调查。”故D为答案。

　　7. What can we learn from the news?

　　答案：B

　　点睛解析：A“经常使用社交媒体的年轻人更容易入睡”与文意相反；C“社交媒体应该被禁止”和D“社交媒体是年轻人缓解压力的最佳方式”在文中并没有提及；年轻人是社交媒体的主要使用者，而且文中一开始就提到，社交媒体影响年轻人的睡眠质量，所以B“年轻人更容易患睡眠障碍”符合文意。

　　© Section B

　　• Conversation One

　　W: David, you have lived in both Tokyo and New York, and you must know the two cities very well. Can you tell me something about the situation of the local residents?

　　M: Of course! The residents of New York are very friendly. If you are lost in the subway station, or do not know which bus to take, when you ask someone, even as people seem very busy, they are also very happy to give you a hand. If they don't know which bus you should take, they will tell you directly.

　　W: Only this?

　　M: When you go into the store, you will find that the shop assistant likes to chat with you. They are very interested in you; they will want to know where you are from, what you want to buy, and why you want to buy this kind of stuff.

　　W: So what about the residents of Tokyo?

　　M: If you need help when you are in a subway station or a railway station, the staff of the subway and railway will help you. They may tell you to take the line or help you reach your destination. The shop assistant will help you find what you need, but because of cultural differences, the clerk will not explore your personal life like the New York staff.

　　W: So, if you have to choose one to live for long, what would it be?

　　M: This is a difficult question. I would like to live in New York, because it has more authentic foreign cuisines than Japan.

　　8. What are they mainly talking about?

　　答案：B

　　点睛解析：在对话开头部分，女士问男士，能不能告诉她一些关于这两个城市的居民的情况。所以选B。

　　9. According to the man, what about the residents in New York?

　　答案：A

　　点睛解析：在对话中，男士提到，纽约的市民很友好，即使在忙别的事情，他们也会很愿意帮助你的，所以选A。B“如果他们不知道的话，就会给你指一个错误的方向”，对话中男士说的是，如果他们不知道，他们会直接告诉你的，所以排除B；C“如果他们很忙，他们就不愿意为你指路”与文意不符；D“他们会把你送到目的地”，内容混淆，这里指的是日本的居民，而不是纽约的居民。

　　10. What's the difference between the residents in the two cities?

　　答案：C

　　点睛解析：对话中，男士说，纽约居民喜欢打探别人的个人生活，而日本居民则不会像纽约居民那样，由此可知C为正确答案。A“日本居民更关注你的个人生活”与文意不符；B“纽约的传统文化比日本更丰富”和D“日本居民不喜欢被打扰”在对话中均没有提及，所以排除。

　　11. Why would the man like to live in New York for long?

　　答案：C

　　点睛解析：选项A“因为他的家人在那里”B“因为他更喜欢纽约的时尚文化”和D“因为他的事业在纽约会有更好的发展”在对话中均没有提及，所以排除；对话最后一句提到，男士说他会选择纽约，因为纽约的外国食物更地道。所以选C“因为纽约有很多地道的外国食物”。

　　• Conversation Two

　　M: Good afternoon, Joe.

　　W: Good afternoon. You don't look very happy. What's going on?

　　M: Well, I'm a little depressed.

　　W: Why?

　　M: I went to the bank today, but my Japanese was not very good, and the bank clerk could not speak English, so we didn't have a good communication.

　　W: What were you going to do?

　　M: I booked a flight to Australia, and I was going to remit the money to the travel agency, but they only accepted one form of payment. They let me transfer the money from the bank.

　　W: Well.

　　M: I had a post office account, but I couldn't make it through the post office, so I went to the bank, trying to explain to the staff that I wanted to do a bank transfer.

　　W: And then?

　　M: Because I am a foreigner, I think she thought I wanted to go to foreign remittances, so she said, "Sorry, you can't do this here." And then I explained, "No, I just want to transfer money within Japan".

　　W: Did she agree?

　　M: Yes. She wanted me to fill in a form first, but I couldn't read it.

　　W: Why couldn't you understand it?

　　M: Because that form was in Japanese.

　　W: Well, what happened afterwards?

　　M: I took the form out and I wanted to find a friend to help.

　　W: That means you haven't solved the problem yet, right?

　　M: Well, I told the clerk before I left the bank.

　　W: OK, let me help you. I just can speak Japanese.

　　M: Really? That's great!

　　12. Why is the man so depressed?

　　答案：B

　　点睛解析：对话中，女士发现男士不太高兴，问男士出了什么事，男士说他有点沮丧，女士问为什么，男士说，他今天去银行，因为他日语不好，银行职员又不会说英语，所以无法和银行职员沟通。由此可知，选B。

　　13. What did the man go to do in the bank?

　　答案：C

　　点睛解析：在对话中，女士问男士去银行做什么，男士说，他订了一张飞澳大利亚的机票，要把钱汇给旅行社，那家旅行社只接受一种付款方式。所以C“他想给旅行社转账”符合文意。选项A中的remit意为“汇款”。remit abroad“向国外汇款”。

　　14. What do we know about the man?

　　答案：D

　　点睛解析：在对话中我们可以听到，银行职员最后同意男士转账，但是需要填表，所以排除B；银行职员并没有帮助男士填表，所以排除C；A“男士在银行里待了大约5分钟”在对话中没有提到，所以排除A；对话结尾提到男士将表带了出来，准备找朋友帮忙，故D为答案。

　　15. What is the man going to do according to the conversation?

　　答案：A

　　点睛解析：在对话结尾处我们可以听到，女士说“让我帮你吧，我会讲日语”，男士说：“真的吗？太好了！”由此可知，男士接下来会请女士帮忙。所以选A。

　　© Section C

　　• Passage One

　　A building in New York has been 101 years old this year. People plan to hold a memorial event for the Grand Central Station in New York, known as the "central station". Since its establishment in 1913, the building has remained almost the same. About 750,000 passengers pass through Grand Central every day, including the visitors to the station and customers to the stores. But most of the people are passengers in and out of the station. New York Central Station is the largest railway station in the world with 67 railway tracks under the ground. Inside the station, there are large arched windows, inlaid with gems of all sides and the ticket window. Grand Central has been shown in many movies for many years. Dan Brucker has worked for the high-speed transport management department at Grand Central for 30 years. Even though he has stayed here for so many years, his love for the station has not been reduced. According to Brucker, this station is the building in the twentieth century. Hurried shuttle people in the station did not pay attention to the head magnificent ceiling-sky dome, the painted pattern and the sky is exactly the opposite. In fact, this is the innovative ideas of mirror reflection. Justin Ferate, a historian, has visited the station for 30 consecutive years. He says that the station was designed to make travel a pleasure and he also believes that the station was designed for the majority of visitors.

　　16. What are people going to celebrate for?

　　答案：A

　　点睛解析：该题答案比较明显，在短文开头部分我们就可以听到People plan to hold a memorial event for the Grand Central Station in New York, known as the central station.所以选A。

　　17. What can we learn about the station?

　　答案：C

　　点睛解析：该题为细节题。选项A“这个车站自建立以来，有了很多的变化”、B“这个车站从没有在电影中出现过”和D“这个车站没有利用镜面反射原理”都与原文相反，所以排除；文章第一句话就提到，这个车站今年101岁了，所以它去年100岁，选C。

　　18. What do we know about Justin Ferate?

　　答案：B

　　点睛解析：在文中我们可以听到，他是一个历史学家，而不是哲学家，所以排除A；他认为这个车站设计得很人性化，让人愉快，而不是不合理，所以排除C；文中并没有提到他决定以后不再观察这个车站了，所以排除D。B“他坚持30年观察这个车站”为答案。

　　• Passage Two

　　According to the researchers, aggressive people are easily recognized, because they have instantly recognizable wide faces. When someone is standing in front of you, just look at the structure of his face quickly and it may be enough to judge his aggression. This is found in a study published in The Journal of Psychological Science. The aspect ratio (WHR) of the face is obtained by measuring the distance between the left and right cheeks and the distance between the upper lip and the mid-brow. Psychologists at the Brock University in the United States have decided to carry out further research and found that men with a large facial WHR act more aggressively than men with narrow faces. The researchers asked volunteers to look at photos of different men's faces, and previous studies have analyzed these men's aggressive behavior. After that, the volunteers rated how aggressive they thought each person was on a scale of one to seven. They browsed each photo for two seconds long, and 0.039 second short. The results of the study showed that the volunteers had a high degree of agreement with the actual situation, even if they only took a look at the picture. And the volunteers' estimates are also in line with the WHR of faces. The wider the face is, the higher the offensive rating is. Psychologists concluded that subtle differences in facial shape may affect individual judgment, thus leading people to deal with others.

　　19. What is the study about?

　　答案：A

　　点睛解析：在短文开头部分我们就可以听到According to the researchers, aggressive people are easy to be recognized, because they have instantly recognizable wide faces.“研究人员称，具有攻击性的人很容易被认出，因为他们长着一眼就能认出的宽脸盘。”言外之意就是，脸部较宽的人更具侵略性。所以选A。

　　20. What do we learn about the aspect ratio (WHR) of a face?

　　答案：B

　　点睛解析：该题考查细节题，考生应注意听一些细节。脸部宽高比值较大的男性比脸窄的男性更具侵略性，而不是侵略性小，所以排除A；根据文章第四句话排除C选项；脸部越宽，进攻性评级越高，而不是越低，所以排除D。根据文章倒数第三句可知B选项符合文意。所以选B。

　　21. What do we know according to psychologists?

　　答案：C

　　点睛解析：该题可用排除法。排除A“脸型的细微差别不会影响个性判断”；B“脸型宽的人没有任何攻击性”与原文不符；D“心理学家建议人们不要与脸型宽的人交往”在文中没有提到。在短文结尾处提到，“心理学家总结称，脸型的细微差别可能会影响个性判断，从而引导人们如何应付他人”，由此可知C为正确答案。

　　• Passage Three

　　Studies have shown that children from poor families had more difficulty in their studies when compared with other boys and girls. Children with higher social and economic status seem to be more prepared and perform better in their academic tests. Now, researchers in the United States may have discovered the physiological causes of this difference. They found differences in the brains of students with low scores on standardized tests. Compared with other children, these students have less gray matter in their brain, and their temporal lobes develop more slowly. These findings are published in the journal Pediatrics. Researcher Barbara Wolf said the temporal lobe and gray matter are important areas of the brain. She is a professor of economics, population health and public affairs at University of Wisconsin at Madison. These areas of the brain are important. They can continue to develop in adolescence or 20 years old; it is crucial for the implementation of the function. Researchers studied brain images of nearly 400 children and young people, and the youngest was only 4 years old, the oldest 22. The researchers found a link between the economic and social status of these people and their test results. In general, test scores of young people from poor families are three to four points lower than the expectations of this age group. The scores of the poorest students were 8 to 10 lower than that of the developmental norms.

　　22. What does the research show, according to the passage?

　　答案：C

　　点睛解析：文章第一句话就提到，与其他男孩、女孩相比，来自贫困家庭的孩子在学业上会遇到更多困难。由此可知选C。

　　23. What is the cause of this difference, according to this passage?

　　答案：D

　　点睛解析：文章中提到，美国研究者可能已经发现了导致这一差异的生理原因，与其他孩子相比，这些学生大脑中的灰质更少，他们的颞叶发育得更慢，所以D“他们的颞叶发育得更慢”符合文意。选项A“由于营养不足，他们的大脑发育缓慢”、B“他们承担不起上辅导课的费用”和C“他们的父母没有好的基因”在文中均没有提及，所以排除。

　　24. What is the age group of the research subject?

　　答案：B

　　点睛解析：在短文中我们可以听到Researchers studied brain images of nearly 400 children and young people, and the youngest was only 4 years old, the oldest 22.“研究人员研究了近400名儿童和年轻人的大脑图像，最年轻的被研究者只有4岁，最大的22岁。”所以选B。

　　25. What can we learn from this passage?

　　答案：B

　　点睛解析：A“来自贫困家庭的年轻人与来自富裕家庭的孩子无法相比”与原文不符，可排除；C“学生在考试中没有考好是因为没有准备充分”和D“与男孩相比，女孩的成绩较高”在文中并没有提及；B“大脑发育缓慢可能是这一差异的原因之一”符合文意，所以选B。 超精讲，分类练，英语四级简单过