大学英语四级 听力20

大学英语四级-听力20

(总分：100.00，做题时间：90分钟)

一、Listening Comprehension(总题数：0，分数：0.00)
二、Section A(总题数：4，分数：45.00)

（分数：15.00）
will bother the woman to account for Martins report.
will ask for Martins help on the womans account.
will help the woman to brief Martins account over lunch time. √
has no time to help the woman on the account today.
解析：[听力原文]
W: Excuse me, Don? I hate to bother you, but I need your help on something. Do you have time to
brief me on Martins account today?
M: But, gosh, things are really busy for me today. The only time I can manage to squeeze out might
be over lunch break.
Q: What will the man probably do?

[解析] 选项中的he will，bother，ask for，help和account表明 ，本题可能考查he帮助女士或向女士寻求帮助的
情况，可能涉及账目。
事实状况题。对 话中女士请求男士简单跟她讲一下马丁的账目。男士回答说他今天很忙，唯一能挤出来的时间是午餐休
息 时间。由此可知，男士会在午餐时间给女士简单地讲一下马丁的账目，故答案为C。
assistant and customer. √
and husband.
er and waiter.
and employee.
解析：[听力原文]
W: Is there anything I can do for you?
M: Well. Id like to buy some socks and a white shirt with short sleeves, please.
Q: What is the most probable relationship between the two speakers?

[解析] 选项提示，本题可能考查对话中的人物关系，听音时注意留意能够体现人物关系或身份的内容。
身 份关系题。对话中女士问男士是否需要什么帮助。男士回答他想要几双袜子和短袖的T恤衫。由此可知，对话双方 是
店员和顾客的关系，故答案为A。
woman herself.
B.A professional hairstylist. √
C.A neighbor.
D.A friend.
解析：[听力原文]
M: Your hair looks lovely. Did you style it yourself?
W: I wish I had, but I can do it this way. My neighbor gave me the name of a new salon.
Q: Who fixed the womans hair?

[解析] 选项中的herself和hairstylist提示，本题可能考查某件 事情的实施者或者对话中提到的某个人，可能与做
发型或理发店有关。
事实状况题。对话 中男士夸奖女士的发型很漂亮，问她是不是自己设计的。女士回答说她希望是自己设计的，但是她做
不成 这个样子。接着女士又提到是邻居向她推荐了一家新开的美发沙龙。由此可知，女士的 。B发型是由美发沙龙的专
业发型师设计的，故答案为
paper is already long enough.
information may be inaccurate. √
help the man find the reference books.
mans ideas are good enough to be published.
解析：[听力原文]
M: I think Ill add that information to my paper.
W: You really should check it out in your reference book before you publish your paper.
Q: What does the woman imply?

[解析] 选项中的paper，information，inaccurate和reference books表明，本题可能考查论文中的信息问题。
观点态度题。对话中男士说他想把一些信息用 到自己的论文里，而女士却建议男士在发表论文之前应该在参考书里查一
下这些信息。由此可知，女士对 这些信息的准确性有所怀疑，故答案为B。
doesn have any idea about what he wants to do.
like to work this summer. √
wonders whether the woman gets a job.
needs to make a detailed plan for the summer vacation.
解析：[听力原文]
W: Have you made any plans yet for summer vacation, Brad?
M: Not really. What Id like to be able to do is to find a decent job.
Q: What does Brad mean?

[解析] 选项中的he，doesn have any idea，job，make a detailed plan和summer vacation表明，本题可能考查
he暑假的计划或打算。
事实状况题。对话中女士 问男士暑假有什么计划，男士说他想要找一份像样的工作，也就是说布拉德暑假期间想去工作，
故答案为 B。
（分数：9.00）
will visit Hawaii for free.
will learn English for free.
can practice English in Hawaii.
can enjoy the sunshine on the beach in Hawaii. √
解析：[听力原文]
W: Have you heard that Nancys boss wants her to accept a six-week assignment in Hawaii?
M: Shell really like that, especially since all of her expenses will be paid and she can practice
her English. And most of all, shell get to spend her leisure hours soaking up the sun on those
lovely beaches.
Q: What is the best reason for Nancy to enjoy the visit to Hawaii?

[解析] 选项中重复出现的she willcan，in Hawaii以及learn English和enjoy the sunshine表明，问题是针对女
士提出，本题可能考查去夏威夷的好处。

< br>事实状况题。对话中男士说南希去夏威夷的所有花销都会由老板支付，并且她还能练习英语，但最重要的是 ，她能在美
丽的海滩上享受日光浴，D是对原文的同义转述，故为答案。
plans to sing a song at the audition.
woman should be in the play.
woman should invite someone else to the play.
won join in the audition of the drama club. √
解析：[听力原文]
W: The drama club is holding audition for their annual play—its a musical. What do you think?
M: To tell you the truth, I don really act or sing, but thanks for thinking of me.
Q: What does the man mean?

[解析] 选项中的sing a song，audition，join，performance和drama club表明，本题可能考查参加戏剧俱乐部的
海选。
行为活动题。对话中女士说戏剧俱 乐部正在进行年度大戏的海选，并问男士有没有意愿参加，而男士说自己真的不会表
演和唱歌。由此可知 ，男士不会去参加戏剧俱乐部的海选，故答案为D。
won be able to come to the reunion.
rather pick up Sarah.
man should pick Sarah up tomorrow. √
would be arriving tomorrow.
解析：[听力原文]
M: These family reunions are complicated. Could you pick Mark up from the airport? Im on a tight
schedule today.
W: OK, but then lets switch. Im supposed to pick Sarah up tomorrow.
Q: What does the woman mean?

[解析] 选项中的pick up和arriving表明，本题可能考查对接人的安排 。选项中出现了多个人物，听音时注意区分与
每个人相关的信息。
事实状况题。对话中男 士让女士今天替自己去机场接马克，女士答应了，但她要和男士对换一下，她原本明天要去机场
接萨拉。 由此可知，女士是说明天就应该是男士去机场接萨拉，故答案为C。
Questions 9 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
Questions 9 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
（分数：9.00）
the countryside.
a mountain.
a big city. √
a small city.
解析：[听力原文]
W: Hey, Mike, so we live in the countryside, and we go to school up on a mountain. Could you see
yourself living here?
M: Well, I do really like living in the country, but I don
period of time.
W: Where do you want to live?
M: Well, Ive never lived in a big city, so I think that I would like to try to live in a big
city.
think I could stay here for a long

W: Like which one?
M: Possibly one like New York or London. I think, Ive always seen it on TV and Ive always wanted
to try to live there but Ive never... so I think that would probably be really interesting.
W: What attracts you to those cities?
M: I guess just the diversity that you might find or just the fact that so much stuff is going
on in the city. I might like to see how that lifestyle is.
W: Sounds cool.
M: What about you?
W: I couldn see myself living here in the long term. I grew up in two really big cities, so...and
Ive moved around a lot and in the future, I think I just want to stay in one place.
M: What types of cities?
W: I guess a big city in Japan. My parents live here, so I feel like Im more inclined to live
here. My brother lives in the States and if we both lived in the United States, I think my parents
would feel a little bit lonely so I feel more inclined to live in Japan.
M: Which city in Japan would you like?
W: Im thinking maybe like Kobe, because it just seems like a very cosmopolitan city to me in
Japan.

Where does the man prefer to live?
[解析] 本对话三道题选项中出现的countryside，city(ies)，diversity和lifest yles表明，对话可能与城市或乡村
生活有关。
选项均为表示地点的介词短语表明，本 题可能考查某事件发生的地点。结合对话主题推测，本题可能与某个地方的生活
有关。
细 节理解题。对话中女士问男士希望住在什么地方。男士说自己从来没在大城市生活过，所以愿意居住在大城市里， 故
答案为C。
advertisements of cities on TV.
diversity and vitality of cities. √
ent lifestyles in cities.
unknown life in cities.
解析：[听力原文]
What makes the man love city life?

[解析] 选项中重复出现的cities以及diversity，vitality和different lifestyles表明，本题可能考查城市生活
的特点。
细节理解题。对话中女士问 男士城市有哪些地方吸引他。男士回答说城市吸引他的地方应该是那里多样的生活，或者是
城市里正在发 生的许多事情，他想看看城市的生 活方式。由此可知，男士是被城市的多样和活力所吸引，故答案为B。
wants to take care of her parents. √
is tired of the city she is now living in.
doesn like moving around.
loves the cities in Japan.
解析：[听力原文]
Why does the woman probably live in Japan?

[解析] 选项中的wants，tired of the city，doesn like和loves表明，本题可能考查she对某个城市的感受。

综合推断题 。对话中女士提到，她的父母都在日本，她更愿意在日本生活。她的哥哥在美国，如果他们两个人都在美国，父母可能会有点孤独。由此可知，她留在日本是想照顾父母，故答案为A。
Questions 12 to 15 are based on the passage yon have just heard.
Questions 12 to 15 are based on the passage yon have just heard.
（分数：12.00）
World at Newport.
rn California. √
rn California.
o Lake.
解析：[听力原文]
W: We had a wonderful vacation this year. The kids really enjoyed it and so did we.
M: Tell me about it. What made it so good?
W: Well, to begin with, we made sure that the places we went to would be enjoyable for all ages.
You know you really have to be conscious of that when you have a young child as well as teenagers.
M: That is one problem we don have to worry about since our children are all grown. Where did
you go?
W: We just went to places here in California. Since the whole family enjoy the water, we spent
most of the time in Southern California where the swimming in the ocean is good. The older boys
really enjoyed surfing and Billy had his boogy board so they all had a good time on the beach.
I enjoyed catching up on my reading while getting a suntan. Tom was right there with his sons
and really enjoyed himself.
M: Did you spend all of your time on the beach?
W: No, not at all. We have a friend at Newport Beach who took us sailing and deep sea fishing.
We all enjoyed that. We also took in several of the regular tourist attractions: Disneyland, Marine
World and of course Universal Studios in Hollywood.
M: What did you think of Universal Studios? We went there last year. What an amazing place! We
felt like we were right there in the movies. They certainly make the monster shark from Jaws
and the dinosaurs from Jurassic Park look lifelike.
W: Yes, our family got a real kick out of that. Those animals were almost as real as the real
life animals at Marine World.
M: It sounds like you all enjoyed yourselves. Have you started planning next years vacation yet?
W: Good heavens, no! Let me get rested from this one first.

Which place that the woman has visited is suitable for swimming according to the conversation?

[解析] 本对 话后三道题选项中出现的surfing，suntan，swimming，Disneyland，Mari ne World，fishing和sailing
表明，对话可能与海边生活有关，可能涉及游乐园。
选项均为表示地点的名词短语表明，本题可能考查某事件发生的地点。
细节理解题。对话 中女士提到，因为全家人都喜欢大海，所以他们大部分时间都待在加利福尼亚州南部，那里很适合在
海里 游泳。由此可知，女士这个假期所游览的地方中，加利福尼亚州南部最适合游泳，故答案为B。
spent most of the time on surfing.
enjoyed her reading while getting a suntan. √
had a good swimming in the sea.
climbed the mountains.

解析：[听力原文]
What did the woman do in South California?

[解析] 选项内容均为过去时态，本题可能考查she做过的某件事，再结合其中的surfing，suntan和sw imming in the
sea可知，这件事可能与海边活动有关。
细节理解题。 对话中女士提到，在加利福尼亚州南部度假的时候她一边忙着读书，一边沐浴阳光，故答案为B。
land, Marine World, deep sea fishing.
land, Marine World, sailing.
land, Marine World, deep sea fishing and sailing.
land, Marine World, Universal Studios in Hollywood. √
解析：[听力原文]
What are the regular tourist attractions according to the woman?

[解析] 选项均为游乐场所或娱乐项目表明，本题可能考查对话中涉及的某个娱乐项目。
细节理解题。对话中女士提到她和几个朋友参观了几处常见的观光点，包括迪士尼乐园、海底世界和好莱坞环球 影城，
故答案为D。
were live sharks and dinosaurs.
were the same as those in the Marine World.
were made as lifelike as those in the Marine World. √
dinosaurs from the Jurassic Park were moved to the Universal Studios.

解析：[听力原文]
What is the fight description of the animals in the Universal Studios?

[解析] 选项中的there，lives sharks and dinosaurs和made as lifelike as表明，本题可能考查某个地方的某种
事物的特点，可能涉及与其他地方的比较。
细节 题。对话中男士提到，环球影城里的怪物和恐龙看起来十分逼真，女士也说它们和海底世界的动物一样真实，故答
案为C。as real as相当于lifelike。

三、Section B(总题数：3，分数：30.00)

Questions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard.
Questions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard.
（分数：9.00）
beat the fast growing economy.
save money for their nation.
advocate leading a simple life for a day. √
resist foreign goods in the UK.
解析：[听力原文]
In the UK, a group of campaigners have declared the last Saturday in November as National Buy
Nothing Day. Our message is clear: shop less, live more! says organizer Michael Smith, The
challenge is to try simple living for a day: Spend time with family and friends, rather than spend
money on them. Anyone can take part, provided they spend a day without buying anything.
On Buy Nothing Day, activists walk to the streets to tackle consumers. They dress as pigs to
symbolize greed. They offer to cut up credit cards and hand out shopping bags with the words
another useless thing I don need written on the side. Some hold street parties to show shoppers

that it is possible to have fun without spending money. Others go into shops and put notes saying
don buy me inside clothes and shoes.
The protesters are working against powerful forces. Many retailers and manufacturers depend on
Christmas sales for most of their profits.
Theres a fun side to this, says Michael Smith, To some people its a protest, but its also
a street party. We
e not saying that people are bad because they go shopping, but we want to
get the message across for people to consume wisely. And after weve finished, well probably
go for a drink.

What is the purpose of establishing National Buy Nothing Day?

[解析] 选项均以“to+动词原形”开头，结合其中的beat...economy，save money，adv ocate...life和resist表明，
本题可能考查某种行为活动的目的，可能与省钱有关。
细节理解题。短文中提到，活动的组织者史密斯指出，活动的目的是想提倡人们尝试过一天简单的生活， 即少花钱，少
买东西，C是对原文的同义转述，故为答案。leading a simple life相当于try simple living。
people going out.
street parties. √
goods to people freely.
tricks on consumers.
解析：[听力原文]
Which of the following measures is taken by the activists to persuade people to stop shopping
on Buy Nothing Day?

[解析] 选项均以动词原形开 头，且内容较为具体表明，本题可能考查某人的某个行为，听音时注意留意与选项相关的
内容。 < br>细节理解题。短文中提到，在“无购物日”，为了劝阻人们购物，活动积极分子们采取了好几种方式：如．
扮成猪的样子；切碎信用卡并且发放上面印有“又一件无用之物”的购物袋；在街上开派对，向购物者表 明不购物也可
以享受乐趣；把写着“别买我”的字条放在衣服和鞋子里面等。B为活动积极分子所采取的 方式之一，故为答案。
kill time in a new way.
save money.
have parties more often.
spend money wisely. √
解析：[听力原文]
What did the activists want to persuade people to do?

[解析] 选项均以“to+动词原形”开头，结合其中的kill time in a new way，save money和spend money
wisely可知，本题可能考查做某事的目的，可能与花钱有关。
细节理解题。短文结 尾处提到，活动积极分子的初衷不是指责人们购物，而是想让人们理智消费，故答案为D。
Questions 19 to 21 are based on the passage you have just heard.
Questions 19 to 21 are based on the passage you have just heard.
（分数：9.00）
6 million.
than 7 million.

12 million.
than 20 million. √
解析：[听力原文]
Depression can strike anyone regardless of age, ethnic background, socioeconomic status, or gender;
however, large-scale studies have found that depression is about twice as common in women as in
men. In the United States, researchers estimate that in any given one-year period, depressive
illnesses affect 12 percent of women (more than 20 million women) and nearly 7 percent of men
(more than 6 million men). But important questions remain to be answered about the causes
underlying this gender difference. Is depression truly less common among men, or are men just
less likely than women to recognize, acknowledge, and seek help for depression?
In focus groups conducted by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH for short) to assess
depression awareness, men described their own symptoms of depression without realizing that they
were depressed. Notably, many were unaware that physical symptoms, such as headaches, digestive
disorders, and chronic pain, can be associated with depression. In addition, they expressed
concern about seeing a mental health professional or going to a mental health clinic, thinking
that people would find out and that this might have a negative impact on their job security,
promotion potential, or health insurance benefits. They feared that being labeled with a diagnosis
of mental illness would cost them the respect of their family and friends, or their standing in
the community.

How many women are affected by depression per year in the United States?

[解析] 选项均为数字表明，本题可能考查跟数字有关的细节信息。
细节理解题。短文 中提到，在美国，每年抑郁症都会影响12%(大约2,000多万名)的妇女，故答案为D。
e men have more psychological knowledge.
e men can seek help from others to better adjust themselves.
e men seldom realize they are suffering depression. √
e men seldom have physical symptoms of depression.
解析：[听力原文]
Why do fewer men than women suffer from depression according to the study?

[解析] 选项均以because开头，结合其中的men have more...，better adjust themselves和suffering
depression可知，本题可能考查造成男性和女性在抑郁问题上的不同情况的原因。 综合推断题。短文中提到，美国国家心理健康研究(NIMH)的研究显示，男士描述的明明是抑郁症的症状 ，他们自己却没
有意识到自己得了抑郁症，尤其是许多男性没有意识到与抑郁症相关的外在症状，C为原 因之一，故为答案。
will be sent to madhouse.
will lose respect of their family and friends. √
will be no longer free.
will be treated as abnormal.
解析：[听力原文]
What do men worry about when they are diagnosed to have mental illness?

[解析] 结合短文主题以及选项中be sent to madhouse，lose respect，no longer free和treated as
abnormal可知，本题可能考查they被确诊患有心理疾病后的结果或遭遇。