1、大学英语六级听力-53 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.Conversation One（分数：21.00）(1).A. Lack of vitamins is the main cause of skin cancer.B. New research proves that sunbathing causes no problems at all.C
2、. The danger of the sunshine has been ignored because of its benefits.D. Proper exposure to the sun can contribute a lot to our health.（分数：7.00）A.B.C.D.(2).A. Stomach cancer B. Skin cancer.C. Lung cancer.D. Blood cancer.（分数：7.00）A.B.C.D.(3).A. It helps people get up early. B. It produces Vitamin D.C
3、. It kills cold viruses. D. It enables us to look healthy.（分数：7.00）A.B.C.D.Conversation Two（分数：28.00）(1).A. Student to faculty ratio is big.B. Students are critical to professors.C. Good professors and small-scale classes.D. The students scores are surprising.（分数：7.00）A.B.C.D.(2).A. MIT. B. Reed Col
4、lege.C. Harvard. D. Yale.（分数：7.00）A.B.C.D.(3).A. Their relationships with the professors.B. Their financial aid packages.C. Their light school load.D. Their rich extracurricular activities.（分数：7.00）A.B.C.D.(4).A. It has the most aggressive policies.B. It has the happiest students.C. It is a very exp
5、ensive private school.D. It is located on the beach.（分数：7.00）A.B.C.D.二、Section B(总题数：3，分数：70.00)Passage One（分数：21.00）(1).A. England didnt have private universities as America did.B. American higher education was better in quality.C. England had more famous colleges than America.D. America had a lot
6、more universities than England.（分数：7.00）A.B.C.D.(2).A. Future growth of college students in America is likely to be quicker.B. There are less than 2,000 universities or colleges in America now.C. America is far ahead of Europe for a very long time in higher education.D. By the 1970s the total number
7、 of college students had reached 20 million（分数：7.00）A.B.C.D.(3).A. Parents support and loan for the students.B. The declining opportunities for the qualified people.C. The growing need for highly qualified people.D. The growth in the total numbers of old people.（分数：7.00）A.B.C.D.Passage Two（分数：21.00）
8、(1).A. The sadness of being involved in accidents.B. Ways to limit the use of private cars.C. The serious pollution on motor roads.D. Freedom to travel quickly and safely.（分数：7.00）A.B.C.D.(2).A. Increasing fines for traffic violation.B. Reducing tolls on highways.C. Banning public transport partiall
9、y.D. Enlarging insurance coverage.（分数：7.00）A.B.C.D.(3).A. Car owners will be encouraged to show off their wealth.B. The gap between the rich and the poor will be bridged.C. Pollution and traffic congestion will be reduced.D. People will have to stand still waiting for taxies.（分数：7.00）A.B.C.D.Passage
10、 Three（分数：28.00）(1).A. A housewife. B. A singer. C. A teacher. D. A musician.（分数：7.00）A.B.C.D.(2).A. The violin was too expensive.B. She was too young to play the violin.C. The violin was too big for her.D. Her mother wanted her to play the piano.（分数：7.00）A.B.C.D.(3).A. To play the violin once again
11、. B. To go to the United States.C. To apply for a scholarship. D. To have her performance taped.（分数：7.00）A.B.C.D.(4).A. To live a more comfortable life.B. To give performances.C. To be a pupil of a famous violinist.D. To enter a famous university.（分数：7.00）A.B.C.D.三、Section C(总题数：1，分数：77.00)Blogging
12、is a pastime for many, even a livelihood for a few. For some, it becomes an (36) . Such bloggers often feel compelled to write several times daffy and feel (37) if they dont keep up. As they spend more time leaning over their computers, they (38) family, friends and jobs. They blog at home, at work
13、and on the road. They blog openly or sometimes quietly so as not to call attention to their habit. The number of bloggers has grown quickly, thanks to (39) like , which makes it easy to set up a biog. Technorati, a blog-tracking service, has (40) some 2.5 million blogs. Of course, most of those mill
14、ions are (41) or, at best, maintained infrequently. For many bloggers, the (42) soon wears off and their persistence (43) . Sometimes, too, the realization that no one is reading sets in. (44) . By Jupiter Researchs estimate, only 4 percent of online users read biogs. Indeed, if a blog is compared t
15、o a conversation between a writer and readers, bloggers are having conversations largely with themselves. Perhaps a chronically small audience is a blessing. For it seems that (45) . Mr. Pierce is a regular blogger who lives in-Hollywood and works in the entertainment industry. He said (46) . “There
16、 is this seductive thing that happens, this kind of snowball-rolling-down-a-hill thing, where the sheer momentum of several years posting becomes very keenly felt,“ he said. “And the absence of posting feels like. I dont know, laziness or something./（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
17、:_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-53 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. 解析：解析 W: What are you scratching your head for?M: Ive been racking my brains all morning trying to recall the name of the company that produces the portable computers, but in vai
18、n.Q: What do we learn about the man?解析 细节题。本题关键是要在听懂男士话语的基础上筛选出有用信息“回忆电脑厂家的名字，但没有想出来”。其中，“racking my brains 绞尽脑汁”是冗余信息，同时也是强干扰信息。所以，男士的问题是不记得电脑厂家的名字了，故选 D。A.B.C. D.解析：解析 M: I must be going nowI promised to pick up Nancy.W: Since youre going to pick up Nancy from the fitness class, why dont you kill
19、two birds with one stone and pick up Peter after his ballet class?Q: What does the woman mean?解析 习语理解题。此题的关键是理解 kill two birds with one stone 的含义为“一石二鸟，一箭双雕，一举两得”，言下之意是让男士顺便把 Nancy 和 Peter 一起接回来。故选 C。A.B.C.D. 解析：解析 W: What does the paper say about the hijacking incident?M: It ended with the death of
20、 the three kidnappers. All the passengers and crewmembers landed on their feet finally. It was still a huge terror for most of the passengers.Q: What do we know about the passengers?解析 细节题。此题关键在于抓住 landed on their feet 的含义“安全着陆”。故选 D。A.B. C.D.解析：解析 M: The question of having a handgun raises a lot of
21、 discussion in this country. Dr. Brown, whats your opinion about it?W: Well, as far as I am concerned, the law on this should be amended.Q: Whats the most probable relationship between the two speakers?解析 身份关系题。Dr.Brown 被问及对个人拥有枪支的看法，她说应该修改法规，所以很可能是记者在采访她。故选 B。A.B.C.D. 解析：解析 M: What a pity it was th
22、at you couldnt come to dinner with us at that new French restaurant yesterday. The food was wonderful, the atmosphere was warm, and we all agreed that you should have been there, too.W: Im sorry, but I just didnt feel up to it. I caught a terrible flu and thought I would be better off just staying a
23、t home.Q: Why didnt the woman go to dinner?解析 根据关键信息 didnt feel up“身体感觉不好”或者 caught a terrible flu“得了流感”，应选 D。既然是待在家里了，那么 C 肯定不对；而男士的话意思非常明白，是邀请她去，所以 B 错；A 在原文中找不到依据。（分数：21.00）A.B.C.D. 解析：解析 W: They are going to tear down our apartment building. Ive got to move out before next weekend. But I just do
24、nt have any clue about housing.M: Well, my brother is a real estate agent. I know he can help you out. Why dont you and I go to see him?Q: What do we learn about the woman?解析 事实细节题。关键是听到女士的话“我得搬出去了”，以及“没有头绪”。故选 D。本题属于反常规出题：其一，并没有就第二个谈话者的话发问；其二，也没有就建议句型提问。特别要当心这种题目。A.B.C.D. 解析：解析 W: Jack, what a stra
25、nge suit you are wearing! Your jacket doesnt match your pants.M: I know. I got dressed in the dark, and I didnt realize my mistake until I had got to the office. And I can do nothing about it right now.Q: What does the woman think of the way Jacks dressed?解析 细节题。关键是听懂女士的话“你的夹克衫和你的裤子不配”，所以答案选 D。男士所说的
26、 in the dark 是指自己“摸黑”穿衣服，而不是指衣服是黑色的，故 B 不对。A.B. C.D.解析：解析 M: Im going to the museum Sunday afternoon. There is a new exhibition of art from France and England. Do you want to go with me?W: Id like to. But my best friend is getting married in the Pacific Hotel and I wouldnt miss it for anything.Q: Wh
27、at is the woman going to do this Sunday afternoon?解析 听到 Id like to. But.句型，立刻可以判断，这位女士不能接受邀请去博物馆,but 后面说明原因“她的密友要结婚，无论如何她都不能不去”。故选 B。Conversation One（分数：21.00）(1).A. Lack of vitamins is the main cause of skin cancer.B. New research proves that sunbathing causes no problems at all.C. The danger of th
28、e sunshine has been ignored because of its benefits.D. Proper exposure to the sun can contribute a lot to our health.（分数：7.00）A.B.C.D. 解析：解析 19-21W: Good morning, class. Today I thought we would talk about something bright and cheerfulthe sun. Can anyone tell me how you feel when its sunny compared
29、to how you feel when its cloudy?M: I find that its a lot easier to get up in the morning if its sunny.W: Well, what if I told you that it would rain for weeks on end with no break,M: I dont think I would like that very much.W: Most of the articles we read lately regarding the sun are discussing the
30、negative effects of staying in the sun for too long, saying that ultraviolet radiation from the sun is a major cause of skin cancer. 19Although these articles are factual, the sun does have some positive side effects as well. As a matter of fact some scientists believe sunlight may reduce the risk o
31、f several types of cancer.M: Excuse me, but many articles that Ive read state that it can take as little as 30 minutes to get a sunburn.W: True, but in small doses, the sun can be quite healthy for you. In fact, recent studies have found that 19/20sunlight can actually help protect you from certain
32、types of cancer such as breast and stomach. More importantly, 21the sun also provides us with our main source of Vitamin D.M: Well, I dont need to worry about vitamins because I take multivitamins every day.W: Thats great, but wouldnt it be better if you didnt have to take them and you were able to
33、get vitamins in a more natural way such as food and the sun?M: Does that mean we should spend all day in the sun without any protection?W: No, 21spending roughly ten minutes per day in the sun should be enough to supply us with all the Vitamin D that we need.19. What does the teacher mainly want to
34、tell her students in this class?解析 老师在承认长时间晒太阳的害处后强调的是其益处，答案为 D。说法过于绝对的选项不能选，可直接排除 B。另外有悖常识的选项一般也不能选，可排除 C。(2).A. Stomach cancer B. Skin cancer.C. Lung cancer.D. Blood cancer.（分数：7.00）A. B.C.D.解析：解析 What kind of cancer may the sunlight protects us from?解析 A 是老师提到阳光可以防御癌症后列举的例子之一。B 是曝晒导致的。(3).A. It h
35、elps people get up early. B. It produces Vitamin D.C. It kills cold viruses. D. It enables us to look healthy.（分数：7.00）A.B. C.D.解析：解析 What is the main function of sunshine when concerned with our bodies?解析 B 为两次提及的明示信息，特别是最后重申时应该重视。A 只是男士的一种感受。Vitamin D属于对话后半段的高频词汇，往往就是答案。Conversation Two（分数：28.00）(
36、1).A. Student to faculty ratio is big.B. Students are critical to professors.C. Good professors and small-scale classes.D. The students scores are surprising.（分数：7.00）A.B.C. D.解析：解析 22-25W: 2 million high school seniors are gearing up this fall to apply to nearly 3,500 US colleges. So, which are the
37、 strongest academically and toughest to get into? Well, the Princeton Review ranks The Best 361 Colleges. Robert Frank is the lead author. Rob, good morning, good to see you again.M: Well. Thanks for having me back.W: So lets take a look at some of the strongest academic schools. Reed College in Por
38、tland, Oregon scores highest marks. Why is it?M: Reed College is a great school. 22There are only 1,300 students, but its a wonderful liberal arts school. We went directly to students, and they told us that their professors were great, both inside as well as outside the classroom.W: About ten studen
39、ts per class?M: Yeah! 22Its averaged ten to one, student to faculty ratio. So it is certainly small and they pride themselves on their relationships with the professors.W: All right! Ivy Leagues did very well in other categories as well, 23like toughest schools to get into and top in that list, MIT
40、was first, followed then by Yale, Princeton, and Harvard, second, third, and fourth respectively.M: Thats right.W: 24Students at Princeton University are happiest with their financial aid packages. So what are they doing differently?M: One of the most aggressive policies that Princeton has put into
41、place over the last couple of years is matching students aid packages, so that they need to be allowed to get that aid package for every student.W: All right Now speaking of beautiful campuses, Pepperdine scored top, right?.M: 25Its a lovely campus, right on the beach.22. Why does Reed College score
42、 highest marks?解析 选项描述的是学校的特征，对话的主题是最好的 361 所学校，因此肯定会提到几所学校的信息。C 是对提及的第一所学校的特征概括。(2).A. MIT. B. Reed College.C. Harvard. D. Yale.（分数：7.00）A. B.C.D.解析：解析 Which school is the toughest to get into?解析 选项都是学校名，应该一一记录听到的相关信息：A 旁边记下 first(或者数字 1),D2,C4，然后仔细听问题。排名第一和最后的往往被考查。(3).A. Their relationships with
43、the professors.B. Their financial aid packages.C. Their light school load.D. Their rich extracurricular activities.（分数：7.00）A.B. C.D.解析：解析 What makes the students at Princeton University the happiest ones?解析 选项均为学校优势，应该注意与哪个学校相关。A 是 Reed College 的特征，Princeton 的信息与B 一致。(4).A. It has the most aggressi
44、ve policies.B. It has the happiest students.C. It is a very expensive private school.D. It is located on the beach.（分数：7.00）A.B.C.D. 解析：解析 What is the feature of Pepperdine?解析 D 是最后一句的再现。二、Section B(总题数：3，分数：70.00)Passage One（分数：21.00）(1).A. England didnt have private universities as America did.B.
45、American higher education was better in quality.C. England had more famous colleges than America.D. America had a lot more universities than England.（分数：7.00）A.B.C.D. 解析：解析 26-28For a very long time America has led the world in higher education, quantitatively at least. 26In 1825 England still had o
46、nly two universities: Oxfordand Cambridge. However at the same time, the United States already had over fifty colleges for a smaller population. By now, in addition to hundreds of junior colleges, teachers colleges and special schools, there are over 2,000 universities, colleges or other such instit
47、utions in America. They may be big or small, public or private, famous or obscure. Rapid development of higher education, a common feature in contemporary societies is continuing at such a rate that 27lAmerica looks like being far ahead of Europe for a very long time. At that time, the overwhelming
48、demand for higher education among American people contributed a lot to its rapid development. 28The growing demand for highly qualified people in an ever-more-complex modern society and the declining opportunities for the less-well-qualified, together with the growth in the total numbers of young people caused by the high birth-rate around 1950 to 1960, brought the total number of students to ten million by the 1970s. By 1972 almost half of all people aged 18 and 19 were in fulltime education, though only one-sixth of the people then aged
