2020大学英语四级听力模拟卷7（附试题答案原文）

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-----2020-2021新题型模拟卷------

三部分：听力试题、听力原文、答案

【试题部分】

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 1with a single line through the centre. 

Questions 1 and 2 will be based on the following news item. 

1.A)Guests can pay without going to the front desk.C)Guests can check out any time. 

B)Guests can go direct to their rooms.D)Guests can make room reservations. 

2.A)2.B)3.C)100.D)150. 

Questions 3 and 4 will be based on the following news item. 

3.A)He will be sent back even if he is unfit to stand trial. 

B)He will remain in South Africa for medical treatment. 

C)He will stand trial in South Africa once proved fit 

D)He will return to the U.K for medical treatment. 

4.A)Killing Ms wife in the U.K.C)Hiring a crew of criminals. 

B)Being involved in a taxi accident.D)Having his wife killed. 

Questions 5 to 7 will be based on the following news item. 

5.A)The school stopped providing school lunch. 

B)Their parents preferred fruit and milk for lunch. 

C)Their parents failed to pay for school lunch. 

D)They chose to have something different. 

6.A)They were satisfied.C)They were angry. 

B)They were surprised.D)They were sad. 

7.A)This week.B)On Tuesday.C)On Monday.D)Unknown.

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 choicesmarked A),B),C)and D).Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre. 

Conversation One 

8.A)She is environmentally-concerned.C)Her car is being repaired in the shop. 

B)She wants to save money.D)She wants to see the man on the bus. 

9.A)Diana believes the air is not likely to be cleaner. 

B)Diana think the diesel( 柴油机 )bus is free of pollution now. 

C)Dim has taken a class on environmental engineering. 

D)Diana sounds pessimistic about the future of the insulator( 绝热器 ). 

10.A)It makes the fuel burn more efficiently.C)It is easy to install. 

B)It helps release more unburned fuel.D)It is very cheap. 

11.A)lowering transportation fees.C)The man's car in the shop. 

B)the environmental engineering class.D)better environment. 

Conversation Two 

12.A)Tine hotel confused him with another guest. 

B)Rooms are overbooked for that evening. 

C)There are no more rooms available for five people. 

D)All the rooms available are under renovation. 

13.A)There was a marathon going on.C)There was a conference going on. 

B)Almost all the hotels were being renovated.D)the hotel was overbooked two months ago 

14.A)line man wants to live in them.C)There is a roll-away bed. 

B)They are like the normal rooms.D)Customers can watch TV there. 

15.A)A honeymoon suite for$250 for the night and fee breakfast of Chinese style. 

B)A honeymoon suite for$225 for the night and fee breakfast of western style. 

C)A honeymoon suite for$200 for the night and fee breakfast of Chinese style. 

D)A honeymoon suite for$200 for the night and flee breakfast of western style. 

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 1with a single line through the centre. 

Passage One 

16.A)Watching can cause physical diseases. 

B)TV places the viewer in a completely passive position. 

C)People are too dependent on TV. 

D)The quality of some TV programs is poor. 

17.A)Television has more advantages than disadvantages. 

B)Television has more disadvantages than advantages. 

C)It is no use watching TV. 

D)Television in itself is neither good nor bad. 

18.A)How much a TV set costs.C)How people put it to use. 

B)The quality of TV programs.D)The number of people watching TV. 

19.A)He wanted to remain popular with the audience.

B)He wished to give more performances. 

C)He didn't trust others. 

D)He was extremely anxious its negative effect. 

20.A)He was refused to give performances in 1804. 

B)He was not able to compose in 1804. 

C)He was becoming very difficult to be with in 1840 

D)He attempted to kill himself in 1804. 

21.A)He didn’ t kill himself because of his friends. 

B)He remained single all is life. 

C)He was always not easy to be with. 

D)He had few friends in his life. 

Passage Three 

22.A)About 1920.B)Around 1925.C)Around 1930.D)About 1935. 

23.A)Over 16 million.B)Over 3.5 million.C)Over 1 million.D)Over 2.5 million. 

24.A)Corn.B)Soybean C)Oat.D)Rye. 

25.A)Corn.B)Soybean.C)Oat.D)Rye.

【听力原文】
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 questionswill be spoken only once.After you hear a question,you must choose the best answerfrom 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 will be based on the following news item.
Got a smart phone? Never lose your hotel key,
or even have to stop at the registration desk, again.
That’s the vision of a hotel chain
that plans to send digital keys to guests’ phone
via an app instead of making them check in
and get the traditional plastic swipe cards.
Arriving guests could get around the front desk
and go straight to their rooms.
Starwood Hotels & Resorts,
which owns more than 1,150 hotels in nearly 100 countries,
plans to install the system in the next three months
at two of its hotels in the U.S.A. If all goes well,
the company says it could have the feature in all of its hotels by next year.
A spokeswoman said the app will initially be compatible
with recent iPhone models and newer Android phones.
The app will use Bluetooth technology to unlock the room with a tap.
1. What is the main advantage of the digital key?
2. How many hotels will have the system in the next three months?
Questions 3 and 4 will be based on the following news item.
A British man accused of planning his wife’s murder
while they were honeymooning in South Africa
has lost a High Court appeal to block his being sent back to Britain
until he is fit to stand trial.
The judges ruled that Shrien Dewani can be sent back
as long as the South African government pledges to return him
to the United Kingdom should he ultimately prove unfit to be tried.
Dewani’s lawyers had urged that he should not be sent back
while he was unfit to stand trial.
He is being treated for a depressive illness.
His legal team can appeal the decision at the Supreme Court.
Dewani is accused of hiring a crew of criminals to kill his wife,
Anni Dewani,
during a taxi ride in Cape Town last November,
just over two weeks after their wedding.
3. What can we learn about Shrien Dewani
according to the court ruling?
4. What was Dewani accused of?
Questions 5 to 7 will be based on the following news item.
Dozens of children at a Utah elementary school
had their lunch trays taken away from them
before they could take a bite this week.
Salt Lake City School District officials said
the trays were taken away at Utah Elementary School Tuesday
because some students had negative balances
in their accounts used to pay for lunches.
But they admit the situation should have been handled differently.
Instead of regular lunches,
the students were given fruit and milk.
“We don’t ever let kids go without any food entirely,”
said Salt Lake City School District spokesman Jason Olsen.
One mother said,
she was “blindsided” when her daughter described
what a school district official told her:
“You don’t have any money in your account,
so you can’t get lunch.”
“There were a lot of tears,” she said,
“and it was pretty upsetting for them.”
The district said it started notifying parents
about negative account balances Monday.
But the mother said
she and other parents were never told about the problem.
5. Why were some children offered only fruit and milk for lunch?
6. How did parents react to the school’s way of handling the situation?
7. When were the parents informed of negative balances
according to the district?
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.
Conversation One
M: Hi, Diana. I'm surprised to see you on the city bus.
Your car in the shop?
W: No. I've just been thinking a lot about the environment lately.
So I decided the air will be a lot cleaner
if we all use public transport when we could.
M: I'm sure you are right.
The diesel bus isn't exactly pollution free.
W: True. They'll be running a lot cleaner soon.
We were just talking about that in my environmental engineering class.
M: What could the city do?
Install pollution filters in all their buses?
W: They could,
but those filters make the engines work harder
and really cut down on the fuel efficiency.
Instead, they found a way to make their engines more efficient.
M: How?
W: Well, there is a new insulator.
And you spray a thick coat of it on the engine.
M: An insulator?
W: Yeah. What it does is reflect back the heat of burning fuel.
So the fuel will burn much hotter and burn up more completely.
M: So a lot less unburned fuel comes out to pollute the air.
W: And the bus will need less fuel.
So with the saving on fuel cost,
they say this will all pay for itself in just six months.
Questions 8 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
8. Why does Diana take a bus that day?
9. What is true about Diana?
10. What justifies the installation of a new insulator in the buses
according to Diana?
11. What is the major concern of the woman?
Conversation Two
M: Hi. I have a reservation for tonight.
My name is Charles Nelson.
W: Okay. Mr. Nelson.
That's a room for five under your name.
M: No. No. Hold on.
There must be some mistake.
W: Okay. Let's check this again.
Okay, Mr. Charles C. Nelson for tonight...
M: Ah. There's the problem.
My name is Charles Nelson, not Charles C. Nelson.
You must have two guests under the name.
W: Okay. Let me check this again.
Oh. Okay. Here we are.
Charles Nelson. A room for one for the 19th...
M: Wait, wait! It was for tonight.
Not tomorrow night.
W: Hum. Hum. I don't think we have any rooms for tonight.
There's a convention going on in town,
and uh, let's see. Yeah, no rooms.
Well. We do have some rooms under renovation
with just a roll-away bed.
None of the normal stuff like a TV or working shower or toilet.
M: Ah madam. Come on. There must be something else.
W: Well. Let me check my computer here.
Ah! There has been a cancellation for this evening.
A honeymoon suite is now available.
M: Great. I'll take it.
W: But I'll have to charge you two hundred fifty dollars for the night.
M: Ah. Madam. I should get a discount for the inconvenience.
W: Well. The best I can give you is a ten percent discount
plus a ticket for a free continental breakfast.
Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
12. What was the first problem with the man’s reservation?
13. Why was it hard to get a room that day?
14. What do we know about the rooms under renovation in the hotel?
15. What did the man get finally?
Section C
Directions: In this section,
you will hear three 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 1
with a single line through the centre.
Passage One
Television now plays such an important part in so many people's lives
that it is essential for us to try to decide
whether it is a blessing or a curse.
Obviously television has both advantages and disadvantages.
But do the former outweigh the latter?
In the first place,
television is not only a convenient source of entertainment,
but also a comparatively cheap one.
They just sit comfortably at home
and enjoy endless series of programs
rather than to go out in search of amusement elsewhere.
Some people, however,
maintain that this is precisely where the danger lies.
The television viewer needs to do nothing.
He is completely passive and has everything presented to him
without any effort on his part.
Secondly, television keeps one informed about current events,
allows one to follow the latest developments
in science and politics.
Yet here again there is a danger.
The television screen itself has a terrible,
almost physical fascination for us.
We get so used to looking at its movements,
so dependent on its pictures that it begins to dominate our lives.
There are many other arguments for and against television.
The poor quality of its program is often criticized.
But it is undoubtedly a great comfort to many lonely elderly people.
And does it corrupt or instruct our children?
I think we must realize that television in itself
is neither good nor bad.
It is the uses to which it is put that determine its value to society.
Questions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard.
16. What is NOT mentioned as the disadvantages of TV?
17. What is the speaker's opinion of television?
18. What determines the value of television to society?
Passage Two
Beethoven probably began to go deaf in 1797,
but he tried to keep it a secret,
while consulting doctors and trying various remedies,
such as the application of almond oil.
He was extremely anxious about its possible effect
on his career as a musician,
and embarrassed by its effect on his social life.
In the summer of 1801 he wrote to two friends expressing the anxiety
that his best years would pass
"without my being able to achieve all that my talent
and my strength have commanded me to do".
Although tempted to kill himself,
"the only thing that held me back was my art.
For indeed it seemed to me impossible to leave this world
before I had produced all the works
that I felt the urge to compose".
It could be argued that Beethoven's deafness
helped the development of his art:
isolated from the world, and unable to perform,
he could devote all his time to composing.
In 1804 his friend Stephan von Breuning,
with whom he briefly shared lodgings,
wrote to Franz Wegler about the terrible effect
his gradual loss of hearing was having on Beethoven:
it had caused him to distrust his friends,
and he was becoming very difficult to be with.
But above all else, Beethoven was dedicated to his art
and the urge to compose remained with him throughout his life.
It may be that he shielded away from the commitment of marriage
because he knew it would interfere with his art.
Questions 19 to 21 are based on the passage you have just heard.
19. Why did Beethoven try to conceal his going deaf?
20. What was the result from Beethoven's gradual loss of hearing in 1804?
21. What do we know about Beethoven in this passage?
Passage Three
Over the years, new technologies have changed farming.
Change in a general direction is a trend.
Yet people often recognize trends
only when they consider the past.
Today, we look back at some trends in American agriculture.
In 1920, America had more than 25 million horses and mules.
Most were used for farm work.
Around the same time,
a competitor began to appear in large numbers.
Tractors could turn soil, pull loads and speed harvests
—and they could do it better.
More tractors meant fewer horses and mules.
By the 1960s, the numbers of these work animals settled
to where they remain today.
That is about one-tenth the levels in 1920.
Yet even the demand for tractors had its limits.
Their numbers have been slowly decreasing since 1982.
Experts say farmers can do more with less now
because of new technologies.
As tractors replaced horses and mules,
farmers no longer needed to raise crops to feed work animals.
Oats have long been food for horses and mules.
In 1954, American farmers planted
over sixteen million hectares of oats.
By 2000, that was down to less than one million hectares.
So what did the farmers do with the extra land?
More and more farmers began to plant a new crop
around the same time
that the tractor became popular. It was the soybean.
The soybean is one of the oldest plants harvested.
Yet it was not planted widely in the United States until the 1920s.
By the year 2000,
close to 30 million hectares were planted with soybeans.
It is the nation's most important crop
for high-protein animal feed and for vegetable oil.
In fact, soybeans are the second most valuable crop grown
by American farmers after corn.
Much of the soybean production goes to exports.
Questions 22 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.
22. In which year did tractors begin to appear in large numbers?
23. How many horses and mules did America have in the 1960s?
24. What is America's most important crop
for high-protein animal feed and for vegetable oil?
25. What is the most valuable crop grown by American farmers?
This is the end of Listening Comprehension.

【听力答案】
1-2 BA
3-4 AD
5-7 CBC
8-11 ACAD
12-15 ACCB
16-18 ADC
19-21 DCB
22-25 ADBA