1、大学英语六级听力-37 及答案解析(总分：252.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、Section A(总题数：4，分数：105.00)（分数：35.00）A.B.C.D.A.B.C.D.A.B.C.D.A.B.C.D.A.B.C.D.（分数：21.00）A.B.C.D.A.B.C.D.A.B.C.D.（分数：21.00）A.B.C.D.A.B.C.D.A.B.C.D.（分数：28.00）A.B.C.D.A.B.C.D.A.B.C.D.A.B.C.D.二、Section B(总题数：3，分数：70.00)（分数：21.00）A.B.C.D.A.B.C.D.A.B.C.D.（分数：21.00）A.
2、B.C.D.A.B.C.D.A.B.C.D.（分数：28.00）A.B.C.D.A.B.C.D.A.B.C.D.A.B.C.D.三、Section C(总题数：1，分数：77.00)On a brisk autunm afternoon, in the shadow of the marble arch in Washington Square Park, a couple visiting from Ohio walled along holding hands like two teenagers going steady, (26) after “going steady“ went o
3、ut of (27) When a stranger asked why they had chosen to join hands during their stroll, the man, Dave Findlay, looked at his wife of seven years and answered in a word: “Connection.“ Or as the Beatles sang back in 1963: “When Ill feel that something, I want to hold your hand.“ Those simple lyrics tu
4、rned an expression of teenage (28) and first romantic steps into a No.1 (29) Nowadays hand-holding has attracted the interest of scientists who are studying its effects on the body and mind. To hold someones hand is to offer them (30) , protection or comfort. It is a way to communicate that you are
5、off the market. Practically speaking, it is an efficient way to (31) through a crowd without losing your partner. People do it during vigils, marches, weddings and (32) .But, over all, few things are more (33) than a child grabbing the hand of a parent, for protection, direction and, as Mr. Findlay
6、put it, connection. (34) , chances are you have spotted a mother and her teenage daughter and perhaps even a father and his adolescent son ambling through a mall, scurrying through a crosswalk or strolling along, hand in hand.(35) . As for romantic couples, the opinions about hand-holding are as var
7、ied as fingerprints. But most people agree that it has merely changed, not lost favor. “ (36) ,“ said Sandra L. Caron, a professor of family relations at the University of Maine in Orono.（分数：77.00）填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_大学英语六级听力-37 答案解析(总分：252.00
8、，做题时间：90 分钟)一、Section A(总题数：4，分数：105.00)（分数：35.00）A.B.C.D. 解析：解析 W: TomId like you to meet my sister Sara JohnsonSara is also a chemistM: Its nice to meet youSaraI believe we even worked for the same drug company although in different departmentsQ: What do Tom and Sara have in common?解析 选 D，综合推断题。女士
9、在向汤姆介绍自己的妹妹时，说她也是一名药剂师，而男士即汤姆说，他们可能在一家制药公司工作过。由此推断，汤姆和萨拉都是药剂师，故选 D。A. B.C.D.解析：解析 M: Im afraid Im a day or two late with my registration feesMy paycheck didnt come on time this monthW: Its all rightWere allowing a grace period until FridayQ: What does the woman mean?解析 选 A，综合推断题。男士说恐怕得晚一两天交注册费，女士回应说
10、没关系，他们会宽限到周五。由此推断，男士最迟得在周五交上注册费，故选 A。解题关键在于理解此处的 grace意为“宽限，缓期”。A.B.C. D.解析：解析 M: After high schoolId like to go to college and major in business administrationI really like power and enjoy telling people what to doW: Youre very ambitiousBut Id rather spend my college days finding out what children
11、are interested inChilds psychology is for meQ: What do WE learn from the conversation?解析 选 C，综合推断题。男士说自己高中毕业后要上大学攻读工商管理专业，因为他喜欢权力，也乐于吩咐别人做事。由此推断，男士想成为商业管理者，故选 C。女士说自己大学要去研究孩子对什么感兴趣，她会选择儿童心理学，由此可排除 D。A.B.C.D. 解析：解析 M: Our basketball team is playing in the finals but I dont have a ticketI guess Ill ju
12、st watch it on TVDo you want to come over?W: Actually I have a ticketBut Im not feeling wellYou can have it for what it cost meQ: What do we learn from the conversation?解析 选 D，综合推断题。男士说“Our basketball team is playing in the finals but I dont have a ticketI guess Ill just watch it on TVDo you want to
13、 come over?” (我们的篮球队已经打入决赛，但是我没有票。我想我只能在家看电视转播了。你想一起来看比赛吗?)女士回答说“ActuallyI have a ticketBut Im not feeling wellYou can have it for what it costme”(事实上我有一张票。但是我不太舒服。我可以把票原价卖给你)，故选 D。A.B.C. D.解析：解析 M: This is a very expensive watchbut Ive had trouble with it ever since I bought itI insist on seeing th
14、e managerW: Actually，there is no need for that，sirIll give you another watch just like this oneQ: Where did this conversation most probably take place?解析 选 C，综合推断题。男士说那块非常昂贵的手表自从买了以后就一直有问题，因此他要求见经理，女士说没有必要见经理，她可以给男士换一块。由此推断，谈话应该发生在商店，故选 C。（分数：21.00）A.B.C. D.解析：解析 W: Ive been having annoyance calls f
15、or two weeksWhen I answer the phone，the other party hangs up without saying anythingIve tried everything including blowing a whistle into the receiverM: Beginning todaywe want you to keep a record of the time each call occursFrom this chart，we can get information to help US trace the callsIf necessa
16、ry，the telephone company can contact the policeQ: What does the mall suggest the womau do?解析 选 C，信息明示题。女士说自己两个星期以来总是接到骚扰电话，男士建议女士即日起记录骚扰电话的来电时间，故选 C。男士说有必要的话，电话公司会与警察联系，但并没有建议女士向警察报案，故排除 D。考点hangup(on sb.)意为“挂断(某人的)电话”，其他有关 hang的短语还有：hang on$挂断，稍等，例如：The operator asks me to hang up as the line is en
17、gaged电话占线，因此接线员让我稍等。hang out 常去此处，例如：Where doyouhang outthese days?你这些日子都在什么地方?A.B. C.D.解析：解析 M: Dont you have to drive far to work every day?W: Yesabout 20 milesI dont mind the distance as long as I can live in the country,and have my vegetable garden and lots of treesQ: What must the woman do to h
18、ave a house in the country?解析 选 B，信息明示题。男士问女士是否每天上班都要开很远的车，女士答要开大约 20英里，但她并不在意，只要能住在乡村，有自己的菜园和树就行。由此可知，女士为了住在乡村，每天得开 20英里的车上班，故选 B。考点aslong as此处意为“只要，如果”，它还可以指“既然，由于”。此外该短语还可以表述为 so long as，例如：As/So long as youre here canwe sit together and work out the problem?既然你在这儿，咱们能坐下来一起解决这个问题吗?A.B.C. D.解析：解析
19、W: May I borrow your ladder for an hour，Mr.Riley?M: Of course you may，but I dont think you should try to pick those green apples in the upper branches for at least two more weeksBy that time theyll all be redQ: Why did MrRiley think the woman should not borrow his ladder at that time?解析 选 C，综合推断题。男士
20、答应借女士梯子，但他觉得女士至少要在两周后才能摘树上的苹果，到时候苹果就全红了。由此可知，男士觉得苹果还没有熟，女士不应该在这个时候借梯子摘苹果，故选 C。（分数：21.00）A.B.C.D. 解析：解析 9-11M: I got two letters this morning with job offers，one from the Polytechnic，and the other from the Language School in Pistoia，ItalyW: So you are not sure which to go for?M: Thats itOf course，the
21、 conditions of work are very different：The Polytechnic is offering a two-year contract which could be renewed，but the language school is only offering a years contract，and thats a different minusIt could be renewed， but you never knowW: I seeSo its much less secureBut you dont need to think too much
22、 about steady jobs when you are only 23M: Thats trueW: What about the salaries?M: Well，the Pistoia job pays much better in the short termIll be getting the equivalent of about 22,000 a year there，but only 20,000 at the Polytechnic But then the hours are differentAt the Polytechnic Id have to do 35 h
23、ours a week，20 teaching and 15 administration，whereas the Pistoia School is only asking for 30 hoursteachingW: MmmM: Then the type of teaching is SO differentThe Polytechnic is all adults and mostly preparation for exams like the Cambridge certificatesThe Language School wants me to do a bit of exam
24、 preparation，but also quite a lot of work in companies and factories，and a couple of childrens classesOh，and a bit of literature teachingW: Well,that sounds much more varied and interestingAnd Id imagine youd be doing quite a lot ofteaching outside the school，and moving around quite a bitM: Yeswhere
25、as with the Polytechnic position，Id be stuck in the school aU day9What do we learn about the man from the conversation?解析 选 D，信息明示题。考查对话开头。开头男士说他获得了两个工作机会，之后女士问“So you are not sure which to go for?”(你还没有确定去哪一家工作?)，男士回答“Thats it”(是的)，故选 D。A.B.C. D.解析：解析 What do we learn about the students at the Poly
26、technic?解析 选 C，信息明示题。考查极端化表达 mostly。对话中男士进一步解释了这两份工作在教学内容上的不同，说“The Polytechnic is all adults and mostly preparation for exams like the Cambridge Certificates“(Polytechnic 这所学校的学生都是成人，而且大多数人都打算准备剑桥证书之类的考试)，故选 C。A.B. C.D.解析：解析 What does the woman think of the job at the Language School?解析 选 B，信息明示题。考
27、查回答。针对男士对 Language School的进一步描述，女士回答“Well，that sounds much more varied and interesting”(嗯，听上去这份工作更丰富、更有趣)，故选 B。（分数：28.00）A.B.C. D.解析：解析 12-15W: What a great daydont you think?M: I guess soI hadnt noticedI feel awful because I watched television until after midllight last nightW: After midnight! Did
28、you watch so late because you were bored?I usually watch TV only if I have nothing better to doM: Bored? No, I was upset because I left my meal tickets in the cafeteriaW: Thats more than fifry dollars worth of meal tickets down the drainSo，did watching TV make you feel better?M: Well，I felt a bit be
29、tter while 1 was watchingYou knowit kind of took my mind off my troublesBut after I turned the TV off, I just felt disgusted with myself for wasting so much timeW: Ive had that feeling beforeM: I had intended to watch just one program，but somehow I couldnt make myself switch off the TVW: Actually，Iv
30、e read that theres a scientific explanation for thatIt seems that theres a part of the brain that processes complex information,but that part becomes less active while watching TVM: Thats certainly how I felt last night-like my brain wasnt very activeW: Thats not the worst of itIf you watch TV a lot
31、，or for a long time，that part of the brainme part that processes complex informationshows lowered activity and you become more and more passiveM: Thats incredibleW: Next time you feel upset，you should go swimmingThats what I doand it always makes me feel betterM: I supposeRight now，Ive got to go to
32、the cafeteria and get some more meal tickets12When does the woman normally watch TV?解析 选 C，信息明示题。女士说自己只会在无所事事时才看电视，正确答案为 C。A. B.C.D.解析：解析 Why was the man upset?解析 选 A，信息明示题。根据男士说他沮丧的原因是在自助餐厅把餐票弄丢了，故选 A。A. B.C.D.解析：解析 Why did the man feel disgusted with himself?解析 选 A，信息明示题。男士说看电视的时候能暂时摆脱烦恼，但当他关掉电视时又
33、为自己白白浪费了时间而感到烦恼。由此可知男士厌恶自己的原因在于他浪费了时间，所以选 A。A.B.C.D. 解析：解析 According to the woman，what happens to the brain while watching TV?解析 选 D，综合推断题。女士向男士解释说看电视时，处理复杂信息的大脑会变得越来越不灵活，也就是说看电视时大脑在处理复杂信息时会变得不那么活跃了，所以选 D。女士并未说看电视时脑部需要更多的养分或者部分大脑根本没法运转，排除 A、B。电视画面就是 visual information，而女士也并没有提到看电视时大脑处理图片信息的时间较长，排除 C
34、。二、Section B(总题数：3，分数：70.00)（分数：21.00）A.B. C.D.解析：解析 16-18A college education can be very costly in the United States，especially at a private schoolRising costs have led more and more families to boow money to help pay for collegeThere are different federal loans and private loans for students and p
35、arents Interest rates on some of these loans will go up on July firstAs borrowing has increased，there are growing concerns that many students graduate with too much debtIn 1993，less than one-half of graduates from four-year colleges had student loans，Now two-thirds of them doTheir average loan debt
36、when they graduate is 19,000 dollarsAt public universities,the average is 17,000 dollarsThe Project on Student Debt is an action group that collects these numbers from reportsIt notes that averages do not present the full pictureFor example，in 2004，one-fourth of students with loans graduated with mo
37、re than 25 thousand dollars in debtAnd that did not include borrowing by their parents The Project on Student Debt says parents as well as students are borrowing more to pay for collegeStudents can expect to take about 1 0 years to pay back their loansRepayment does not begin until after they are ou
38、t of schoolHigher borrowing limits have also helped push up student debtsStudents from an economic levels are borrowing moreCorrected for inflation，student loans have increased around 60 percent in 10 yearsResearchers say one effect is that the higher the debts,the more likely graduates are to look
39、only for high paying iobsThat means there is less chance they will take jobs in areas like teaching or other public service16Whats the average loan debt ofthe students at public universities in the U.S.?解析 选 B，信息明示题。文章指出，在公立大学，平均为 17000美元，再结合上一句提到的贷款债务平均数额可知，此处指的也是贷款债务的平均值。A.B. C.D.解析：解析 When could
40、the students begin to pay back their loans?解析 选 B，信息明示题。文章提到，学生预期要花大约十年才能还清贷款，而他们只有在离开学校后才开始偿还贷款，即毕业后才能还贷，故选 B。A. B.C.D.解析：解析 Why would fewer students like to become teachers?解析 选 A，综合推断题。文章最后指出，研究者称毕业生负担的债务越多，他们就越可能只找收入高的工作，那就意味着他们很少有可能去从事教育和公共服务方面的工作。由此可知，学生不想做教师是因为他们要找高薪的工作，以便还债，故选 A。（分数：21.00）A.
41、B.C.D. 解析：解析 19-21More and more Americans are reading their own credit reportCredit reports are used by lenders to decide how risky it would be to offer a loan or credit to an individualThe report holds information about a persons current loans and credit-card debt It records late payments of bills
42、and any unpaid loansIt all adds up to a credit history These days，though，lenders often welcome people with bad credit historiesThey are charged higher interest rates and other loan costsSome Americans want to read their credit report to know if they have been a victim of identity theftThey can see i
43、f any loans or credit cards have been opened in their name with stolen personal informationAnother reason is that credit reports are not always correctThey might contain wrong information or old informationOne change，in 2001，permits people to see their FICO scoreFICO is short for the Fair Isaac Corp
44、orationThat company developed a way to represent credit risk with a numberThe number is based on information gathered by credit reporting agenciesFair Isaac says many lenders not just in the United States but around the world use its technology to create credit scoresBut lenders are not the only one
45、s interested in these numbersThe company says it sold ten million credit scores to individualsPeople with high scores can expect lower interest rates for loansThe idea is that the higher the score，the lower the riskPaying bills 011 time and paying off credit-card debt improves credit scores19Which o
46、f the following is NOT included by the Credit reports?解析 选 D，信息明示题。文章第二段提到，信用报告包括当前贷款、信用卡债务、逾期付款账单和未还贷款，并没有包括利息率，故选 D。A.B.C. D.解析：解析 Why do Americans want to read their credit reports?解析 选 C，信息明示题。越来越多的美国人开始查看自己的信用报告是因为两个原因，文章第三段指出第一个原因是想了解是否有人盗窃自己的个人信息开设账户，文章第四段提到另一个原因是这些报告有时可能有错误的或旧的信息，因此选 C。A.B.C
47、. D.解析：解析 Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?解析 选 C，信息明示题。文章最后提到 lenders are not the only ones interested in these numbers。由此可知，并不是只有借款人才对这些数字感兴趣。（分数：28.00）A.B.C.D. 解析：解析 22-25Carrots are grown on farms and in family gardens throughout the worldCarrots are easy to raise and
48、easy to harvestThey taste goodAnd they contain a lot of carotene，which the body changes into Vitamin AWhen people think of carrots，they usually picture in their mind a vegetable that is long，thin and orange in colorBut carrots come in many different sizes and shapes And not all carrots are orangeFor example，Paris Market carrots are about 5 centimeters aroundImperator carrots are thin an
