1、大学英语四级听力-39 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.Questions 9 to 12 are based on the conversation you have just heard.（分数：28.00）(1).A. The strength of ocean currents.B. The movement of sediment deep
2、in the ocean.C. The best methods for studying deep ocean processes.D. A new way of measuring the depth of the ocean.（分数：7.00）A.B.C.D.(2).A. Why the book talks about turbidity currents.B. How winds can affect some ocean currents.C. The causes of underwater earthquakes.D. What a turbidity current is.（
3、分数：7.00）A.B.C.D.(3).A. Its cleaner. B. Its heavier.C. Its warmer. D. It moves more slowly.（分数：7.00）A.B.C.D.(4).A. To explain how winds cause turbidity currents.B. To remind the student where ocean sediments originate.C. To explain the effects of turbidity currents.D. To remind the student about the
4、next assignment.（分数：7.00）A.B.C.D.Questions 13 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.（分数：21.00）(1).A. Places the woman has visited.B. A paper the woman is writing for a class.C. School activities they enjoy.D. The mans plans for the summer.（分数：7.00）A.B.C.D.(2).A. He has never been t
5、o Gettysburg.B. He took a political science course.C. His family still goes on vacation together.D. Hes interested in the United States Civil War.（分数：7.00）A.B.C.D.(3).A. Why his parents wanted to go to Gettysburg.B. Why his familys vacation plans changed ten years ago.C. Where his family went for a
6、vacation ten years ago.D. When his family went on their last vacation.（分数：7.00）A.B.C.D.二、Section B(总题数：3，分数：70.00)Questions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard.（分数：21.00）(1).A. When he saw a motionless whale for the first time.B. When he saw an animal for the first time.C. When he
7、saw a one-person underwater vehicle.D. When he saw an airplane like craft.（分数：7.00）A.B.C.D.(2).A. It is a kind of airplane.B. It is a one-person underwater vehicle.C. It is a one-person vehicle on the sea.D. It is a warship.（分数：7.00）A.B.C.D.(3).A. To fly through the water looking for explorers.B. To
8、 show TV programs and films to experimental workers at sea.C. To demonstrate technology for the development of another vehicle of its kind.D. To transport explorers to the very bottom of the sea.（分数：7.00）A.B.C.D.Questions 19 to 21 are based on the passage you have just heard.（分数：21.00）(1).A. Because
9、 it is fun.B. Because they are forced to clean themselves.C. Because theyre proud of their pretty feathers.D. Because they have an instinct for cleanliness.（分数：7.00）A.B.C.D.(2).A. Keep it waterproof.B. Keep it cool in summer.C. Communicate with other birds of the same species.D. Allow it to fly.（分数：
10、7.00）A.B.C.D.(3).A. Birds use their beaks to clean their feathers.B. Preening is very important to birds.C. The habits of birds are interesting.D. How birds clean their feathers.（分数：7.00）A.B.C.D.Questions 22 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.（分数：28.00）(1).A. The British government.
11、B. George Washington.C. Ben Franklin. D. The private contractors.（分数：7.00）A.B.C.D.(2).A. He created kite-flying.B. He established a government service.C. He developed a new road.D. He established the postal system.（分数：7.00）A.B.C.D.(3).A. Because the horse and wagon were slow.B. Because the trains we
12、re too fast.C. Because some towns were far away.D. Because the communities didnt like it.（分数：7.00）A.B.C.D.(4).A. The postal service failed.B. The postal service has developed a system.C. it remained the same.D. The postal service has developed all over the country.（分数：7.00）A.B.C.D.三、Section C(总题数：1，
13、分数：77.00)People who work in the fields of science and technology are not like other people. This can be (26) to the non-technical people who have to deal with them. The secret to coping with technology- (27) people is to understand their (28) .All technical professionals share a common set of traits
14、. For (29) , I will focus (30) on engineers. It is safe to (31) to the other science and technology professions. To the engineer, all matter in the (32) can be placed into one of two (33) : things that need to be fixed and that will need to be fixed after youve had a few minutes to play with them. E
15、ngineers like to solve problems. (34) .Normal people dont understand this concept; they believe that if it isnt broken, dont fix it. Engineers believe that if it isnt broken, it doesnt have enough features yet.(35) . No engineer can take a shower without wondering if some sort of Teflon coating woul
16、d make showering unnecessary. (36) .（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:_大学英语四级听力-39 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 M: Oh, what a morning! You know, I had so much work to do and the phone just kept ring
17、ing. Three salespeople called me this morning!W: I know how it is. I get a lot of calls too.even on weekends.Q: What are the two speakers doing?解析 选 C，综合推断题。男士向女士诉苦说他今天早上被三个推销电话骚扰，而女士说她也经常接到这种电话，由此可知他们在互相抱怨诉苦，故选 C。考点 keep 意为“保持，持续”，相关短语有：keep(on)doing 持续不断；keep at 坚持；keep off躲开，避开；keep up 保持良好状态，继续做
18、；赶得上(多指在成就或生活方式上)；keep to 坚持，遵守，如：keep to the original purpose 遵守原有宗旨。A. B.C.D.解析：解析 W: I intend to buy some fruit for the children. These apples and pears seem to be in season. Ill get two dozen of each.M: I hope theyre as good as they look.Q: What does the man mean?解析 选 A，观点态度题。女士说苹果和梨熟透了，她要买些给孩子们
19、，男士说希望这些苹果和梨能和它们的外表一样好。由此可知男士的意思是这些水果可能没有外表看起来的那么好。hope that 指与过去、现在、将来有关的希望。故选 A。考点 和 season 相关的短语有：in season 正合时令，及时；in good season 及早；out of season 过时，不合时令；rush season 旺季，忙季；at seasons 不时地。A.B. C.D.解析：解析 W: I cant find the arrival times for the New York to Boston trains on this schedule.M: Look f
20、or New York in the left-hand column and follow it across it until you find the hour listed in the Boston column.Q: What is the woman looking at?解析 选 B，综合推断题。根据 arrival times，schedule 和 train 以及地名 New York，Boston，不难判断出女士是在看一份火车时刻表，故选 B。考点 schedule 意为“时间表，进度表”，常见短语有：according to schedule 按时间表，按照原定进度；a
21、head of schedule 提前；behind schedule 迟于预计时间；on schedule 按时间表，准时，如：a project that is on schedule 按期完成的计划。A. B.C.D.解析：解析 M: Im getting absolutely nowhere with these physics problems.W: How about my going through them with you?Q: What does the woman mean?解析 选 A，建议题。男士说他在这些物理学问题上没有任何进展，女士则说：“我和你一起研究怎么样?”
22、由此可知她是想帮男士一起研究这个难题，故选 A。考点 go/get nowhere 意为“没有任何进展”，同类短语还有：can lead nowhere 可能有什么前途；be(come in)nowhere 名落孙山，一事无成。A.B. C.D.解析：解析 W: Hi, Jack. I just came back last night. Anything new while I was away?M: Congratulations, Susan. Its said youll be promoted to manager and become my immediate boss.Q: Wh
23、at is most probably the relationship between the two speakers?解析 选 B，综合推断题。男士告诉女士说她可能将被提升为经理，以后是他的上司，由此可知他们现在的关系应该是同事，而不是老板和雇员的关系，故选 B。考点 promote 意为“促进；提升，晋升”，常见用法为：promote sb(from sth)(to sth)提升某人到某职位，如：He was promoted to sergeant他被晋升为中士。（分数：21.00）A. B.C.D.解析：解析 W: What a memory I have! I did write
24、 down the number on a sheet of paper when I answered the phone this morning. But now the paper has disappeared without any trace.M: Dont worry. I will be seeing Mr. Brown in an hour.Q: What do we learn from this conversation?解析 选 A，综合推断题。女士说她早上明明把电话号码写到一张纸上了，但现在却找不到那张纸了，男士安慰她说不用担心，过一个小时他就要去见布朗先生，言外之
25、意就是女士弄丢的电话号码是布朗先生的，他可以帮她跟布朗先生要电话号码，故选 A。考点 trace 意为“痕迹”，常见短语有：without a trace 无影无踪地；double on ones trace 搅乱踪迹使人迷惑；lose trace of 失去线索，如：Weve lost all trace of him我们不知道他的下落。A.B. C.D.解析：解析 W: I thought you were going to drive carefully so you wouldnt get a traffic ticket.M: I was, but it didnt work out
26、 that way.Q: What can we assume about the man?解析 选 B，综合推断题。女士说：“我以为你会小心开车，不会被开罚单的。”男士回答说：“我是小心开了，可是事与愿违。”从语气可以推测，这时候他已经被开罚单了，but 表转折，说明前后两句意思相反，故选 B。考点 work out 在这里指“有特定的结果”，如：It worked out that everyone left on the same train结果所有人都乘同一列火车离开的。另外，它还有如下含义：成功，令人满意、有效的，如：The new strategy may not work out
27、新战略也许不会有令人满意的效果。解答；解决，如：worked out their personal differences 找到他们的个体差异。做出，制定出，如：work out a plan 制订计划。A.B.C.D. 解析：解析 M: Couldnt you walk any faster?W: This is the fastest Ive ever walked.Q: What does the man believe?解析 选 D，综合推断题。男士问女士是否可以走得再快一些，女士说这已经是她的最快速度了，由此推断，男士觉得女士走得太慢了，故选 D。考点 any 可以用于修饰比较级，表
28、示强调。其他可以用于修饰比较级的词还有：much，far，a lot，a little，a bit，a great/good deal，slightly，completely，no 等。Questions 9 to 12 are based on the conversation you have just heard.（分数：28.00）(1).A. The strength of ocean currents.B. The movement of sediment deep in the ocean.C. The best methods for studying deep ocean p
29、rocesses.D. A new way of measuring the depth of the ocean.（分数：7.00）A.B. C.D.解析：解析 9-12W: Dr. Smith. I need to ask you about something in Chapter 12. Well, it talks about erosion and the deposit of sediment on the deep sea floor,but Im confused,cause, well, for that to happen, there would have to be
30、some kind of force down there moving the mud or sand or whatever, fight?But I thought there werent any waves or currents that deep in the ocean.M: Thats not exactly correct. Its true that deep down on the ocean floor we wont have the same kinds of currents we find in shallower parts. But we do find
31、what we call turbidity currents.This wasnt in the book, but the term came up in class. Do you remember what it means?W: Umh, turbidity currents? Oh, yeah! Isnt that when sediment like sand or mud gets stirred up and mixes with water, and then this mixture flows through the water around it, right?M:
32、Good!W: Umh, but I thought that only happened in rivers.M: Well yes. This does occur in rivers, but we see turbidity currents deep in the ocean as well.W: But how do they get started there?M: Earthquakes mostly. When an earthquake occurs under water, it throws up tremendous amounts of mud or sand th
33、at becomes suspended in a layer of water near the bottom of the ocean. This layer is so much denser and heavier than other ocean water that it flows fight down the slopes of the ocean floor and gains more and more speed as it moves along. Then its just like the winds blowing across the desert, picki
34、ng up sand from one place and moving it along, and finally dropping it somewhere else.Q: What is the main topic of the discussion?解析 选 B，主旨题。在对话中，女士首先说关于第 12 章海底腐蚀和沉积的问题她不明白，在接下来的对话中，博士详细解释了这个问题，因此选 B。(2).A. Why the book talks about turbidity currents.B. How winds can affect some ocean currents.C. T
35、he causes of underwater earthquakes.D. What a turbidity current is.（分数：7.00）A.B.C.D. 解析：解析 Q: What does the professor ask the student to explain?解析 选 D，信息明示题。在对话中，史密斯博士问她还记不记得 turbidity currents 的意思，由此可知教授想让她解释 turbidity currents，故选 D。(3).A. Its cleaner. B. Its heavier.C. Its warmer. D. It moves mor
36、e slowly.（分数：7.00）A.B. C.D.解析：解析 Q: How is a turbidity current different from the water around it?解析 选 B，信息明示题。女士解释在沉积的过程中，沙泥和水流混合在一起，由此可知 turbidity currents 要比周围的水密度大；另外，文章明确提到 denser and heavier than other ocean water，故选 B。(4).A. To explain how winds cause turbidity currents.B. To remind the stude
37、nt where ocean sediments originate.C. To explain the effects of turbidity currents.D. To remind the student about the next assignment.（分数：7.00）A.B.C. D.解析：解析 Q: Why does the professor mention desert winds?解析 选 C，综合理解题。最后教授说就像吹过沙漠的大风一样，它卷起许多沙子，最后把它们转移到另外一个地方。教授在这里用类比的方法是为了更好地让学生理解上文所说的 turbidity curr
38、ents，故选 C。考点 1)remember 意为“记得”，常用搭配有：remember to do sth记着要做某事；remember doing sth记着已做过某事；remember of 记得，想起；remember oneself 恢复镇定，反省；remember oneself to sb代向某人致意，如：Please remember me to your parents请代我向你父母问好。2)谓语动词的强调：在英语中，特别是在祈使句或肯定句中，需要强调谓语动词时，须在谓语动词前加上助动词 do，does 或 did，用以加强语气，意为“务必，确实，一定”，如：Do come
39、 here next morning!明天早上你一定要来这儿!Questions 13 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.（分数：21.00）(1).A. Places the woman has visited.B. A paper the woman is writing for a class.C. School activities they enjoy.D. The mans plans for the summer.（分数：7.00）A.B.C.D. 解析：解析 13-15M: Hi, Janet. Yo
40、u are so lucky to be done with your final exams and term papers.W: I still have 2 more final exams to take.M: Really?W: Yeah. What are you doing this summer? Anything special?M: Well, actually yeah. My parents have always liked taking my sister and me to different places in the United States, you kn
41、ow, places with historical significance.W: I guess they wanted to reinforce the stuff you learned in school about history.M: Maybe. And so even though we are older now, they still do it once in a whileW: Oh so where are you going this summer?M: Well, this summer its finally going to be Gettysburg.W:
42、 Finally? You mean they never took you yet? I mean Gettysburg. Its probably the most famous Civil War site in the country, and its only a couple of hours away. I think that would be one of the first places that theyve taken you to. I have been there a couple of times.M: We were going to go about ten
43、, well, no, it was exactly ten years ago, but something happened. I cannot remember what.W: Something changed your plans?M: Yeah, dont ask me what it was. but we ended up not going anywhere that year. I hope that doesnt happen again this year.Q: What are the students mainly discussing?解析 选 D，主旨题。女士问
44、男士今年夏天有什么打算，男士对此进行了回答，而接下来的对话也都是围绕男士的假期计划展开的，故选 D。(2).A. He has never been to Gettysburg.B. He took a political science course.C. His family still goes on vacation together.D. Hes interested in the United States Civil War.（分数：7.00）A. B.C.D.解析：解析 Q: What does the woman find surprising about the man?解
45、析 选 A，综合理解题。在男士说自己今年会去盖茨堡之后，女士对男士没去过盖茨堡表示质疑，还说那是美国内战中最著名的地方，而且离这里也不远，她以为男士的父母很早以前就带他去过。由此推断，女士对男士没去过盖茨堡表示吃惊，故选 A。(3).A. Why his parents wanted to go to Gettysburg.B. Why his familys vacation plans changed ten years ago.C. Where his family went for a vacation ten years ago.D. When his family went on
46、their last vacation.（分数：7.00）A.B. C.D.解析：解析 Q: What is the man unable to remember?解析 选 B，信息明示题。男士说十年前发生了一些事情，所以他们取消了去盖茨堡的计划，但自己不记得是什么事了，故选 B。考点 (every) once in a while 意为“偶尔”，与其同义的短语还有：(every)now and then，now and again 等。二、Section B(总题数：3，分数：70.00)Questions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have
47、 just heard.（分数：21.00）(1).A. When he saw a motionless whale for the first time.B. When he saw an animal for the first time.C. When he saw a one-person underwater vehicle.D. When he saw an airplane like craft.（分数：7.00）A. B.C.D.解析：解析 16-18Graham Hawks remembers the first time he saw a whale. Waiting f
48、or a companion, the animal was motionless and vertical. This caused him to realize that life in the three-dimensional space of the oceans need not confine itself to “upright“ positions.He remembered this lesson when designing Deep Flight I, a one-person underwater vehicle launched in Californias Monterey Bay last October. Instead of remaining upright at all times and reaching the depths by sinking, the airplane-like craft can “fly“ through the water in any direction at speeds up to 12 knotsusing battery-powered thrusters and movable control
