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2016年6月英语四级听力真题及答案详解

Section A News Report

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 1 with a single line through the centre。

Drections: Questions 1 and 2 are based on the news report you have just heard.

Question 1

A) How college students can improve their sleep habits.

B) Why sufficient sleep is important for college students.

C) Why college students are more likely to have stress problems.

D) How college students can handle their psychological problems.

Question 2

A) It is not easy to improve one’s sleep habits.

B) It is not good for students to play video games.

C) Students who are better prepared generally get higher scores in examinations.

D) Making last-minute preparations for tests may be less effective than sleeping.

Drections: Questions 3 and 4 are based on the news report you have just heard.

Question 3

A) Whether more airports should be built around London.

B) Whether adequate investment is being made to improve airport facilities.

C) Whether the British Airports Authority should sell off some of its assets.

D) Whether the Spanish company could offer better service.

Question 4

A) Inefficient management.

B) Poor ownership structure.

C) Lack of innovation and competition.

D) Lack of runway and terminal capacity.

Drections: Questions 5 to 7 are based on the news report you have just heard.

Question 5

A) Report the nicotine content of their cigarettes.

B) Set a limit to the production of their cigarettes.

C) Take steps to reduce nicotine in their products.

D) Study the effects of nicotine on young smokers.

Question 6

A) The biggest increase in nicotine content tended to be in brands young smokers like.

B) Big tobacco companies were frank with their customers about the hazards of smoking.

C) Brands which contain higher nicotine content were found to be much more popular.

D) Tobacco companies refused to discuss the detailed nicotine content of their products.

Question 7

A) They promised to reduce the nicotine content in cigarettes.

B) They have not fully realized the harmful effect of nicotine.

C) They were not prepared to comment on the cigarette study.

D) They will pay more attention to the quality of their products.

Section B Conversation

Directions： In this section， you will hear two long conversations。 At the end of each

conversations you will hear four questions。 Both the conversations and the question-s 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。

Question 8

A) Indonesia.

B) Holland.

C) Sweden.

D) England.

Question 9

A) Getting a coach who can offer real help.

B) Talking with her boyfriend in Dutch.

C) Learning a language where it is not spoken.

D) Acquiring the necessary ability to socialize.

Question 10

A) Listening to language programs on the radio.

B) Trying to speak it as much as one can.

C) Making friends with native speakers.

D) Practicing reading aloud as often as possible.

Question 11

A) It creates an environment for socializing.

B) It offers various courses with credit points.

C) It trains young people’s leadership abilities.

D) It provides opportunities for language practice.

Drections: Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

Question 12

A) The impact of engine design on road safety.

B) The role policemen play in traffic safety.

C) A sense of freedom driving gives.

D) Rules and regulations for driving.

Question 13

A) Make cars with automatic control.

B) Make cars that have better brakes.

C) Make cars that are less powerful.

D) Make cars with higher standards.

Question 14

A) They tend to drive responsibly.

B) They like to go at high speed.

C) They keep within speed limits.

D) They follow traffic rules closely.

Question 15

A) It is a bad idea.

B) It is not useful.

C) It is as effective as speed bumps.

D) It should be combined with education.

Section C Passages

Directions： In this section， you will hear three passages。 At the end of each passage， you

will hear three or four 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。

Drections:Questions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard.

Question 16

A) The card got damaged.

B) The card was found invalid.

C) The card reader failed to do the scanning.

D) The card reader broke down unexpectedly.

Question 17

A) By covering the credit card with a layer of plastic.

B) By calling the credit card company for confirmation.

C) By seeking help from the card reader maker Verifone.

D) By typing the credit card number into the cash register.

Question 18

A) Affect the sales of high-tech appliances.

B) Change the lifestyle of many Americans.

C) Give birth to many new technological inventions.

D) Produce many low-tech fixes for high-tech failures.

Drections: Questions 19 to 21 are based on the passage you have just heard.

Question 19

A) They are set by the dean of the graduate school.

B) They are determined by the advising board.

C) They leave much room for improvement.

D) They vary among different departments.

Question 20

A) By consulting the examining committee.

B) By reading the Bulletin of Information.

C) By contacting the departmental office.

D) By visiting the university’s website.

Question 21

A) They specify the number of credits students must earn.

B) They are harder to meet than those for undergraduates.

C) They have to be approved by the examining committee.

D) They are the same among various divisions of the university.

Drections: Questions 22 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.

Question 22

A) Students majoring in nutrition.

B) Students in health classes.

C) Ph.D. candidates in dieting.

D) Middle and high school teachers.

Question 23

A) Its overestimate of the effect of dieting.

B) Its mistaken conception of nutrition.

C) Its changing criteria for beauty.

D) Its overemphasis on thinness.

Question 24

A) To illustrate her point that beauty is but skin deep.

B) To demonstrate the magic effect of dieting on women.

C) To explain how computer images can be misleading.

D) To prove that technology has impacted our culture.

Question 25

A) To persuade girls to stop dieting.

B) To promote her own concept of beauty.

C) To establish an emotional connection with students.

D) To help students rid themselves of bad living habits.

三、2016年6月英语四级听力真题第二套答案

1. B)Why sufficient sleep is important for college students.

2. D)Making last-minute preparations for tests may be less effective than sleeping.

3. C)Whether the British Airports Authority should sell off some of its assets.

4. D)Lack of runway and terminal capacity.

5. A)Report the nicotine content of their cigarettes.

6. A)The biggest increase in nicotine content tended to be in brands young smokers like.

7. C)They were not prepared to comment on the cigarette study.

8. B)Holland.

9. C)Learning a language where it is not spoken.

10. B)Trying to speak it as much as one can.

11. D)It provides opportunities for language practice.

12. D)Rules and regulations for driving.

13. C)Make cars that are less powerful.

14. A)They tend to drive responsibly.

15. B)It is not useful.

16 C)The card reader failed to do the scanning.

17 A)By covering the credit card with a layer of plastic.

18 D)Produce many low-tech fixes for high-tech failures.

19. D)They vary among different departments.

20. C)By contacting the departmental office.

21. A)They specify the number of credits students must earn.

22 B)Students in health classes.

23 D)Its overemphasis on thinness.

24 C)To explain how computer images can be misleading.

25 A)To persuade girls to stop dieting.

Part II Listening Comprehension

Section A

News Report One

听力原文：

You probably think college students are experts at parties，

preparations for tests，personal problems and general stress can wreck a student’

s sleep habits，which can be bad for the body and the Tech University

is even offering a class called“Improving Your Sleep Habits”.[1]People suffering

from sleep loss are at an increased risk from obesity,psychological problems and

car ts who don't get enough sleep have poorer attendance and lower

top of all that，[2] a new study published in the Journal Learning&Memory

finds you're probably better off sleeping than making last-minute preparations for

a test.200 college kids were taught to play some unfamiliar video ts

who learned the games in the morning lost some skills when they played again 12 hours

later，but they did much better after getting a good night’s sleep.[1] you

really want to do your job well,don't forget to get some sleep.

解析：

college students can handle their psychological problems.

college students are more likely to have stress problems.

sufficient sleep is important for college students.

college students can improve their sleep habits.

Q：What is the news report mainly about?

【解析】选项为how或why开头的句子表明，本题可能考查新闻要点。选项中均出现的

college students，以及重复出现的sleep表明，新闻可能与大学生睡眠有关。结合问题，

并辨认“充足的睡眠”，还是“睡眠习惯”是解题的关键。

【答案】C

is not easy to improve one’s sleep habits.

is not good for students to play video games.

last-minute preparations for tests may be less effective than sleeping.

ts who are better prepared generally get higher scores in examinations.

Q：What is the finding of the new study published in the Journal

Learning&Memory?

【解析】选项中重复出现的students和sleep表明，本题可能考查学生的睡眠情况。

【答案】C。

News Report Two

听力原文：

Long queues，delayed flights and overcrowding at airports have become almost

as much a topic for conversation in Britain as the traditional complaining about

the ile，there’re complaints：the poor service at London’s major

airports is discouraging foreigners from doing business in of the

criticism is directed at the British Airports Authority,which runs 7 major airports，

including the 3 main ones serving London.[3] The Competition Commission is now to

investigate whether the British Airports Authority needs to sell off some of its

idea is that competition between rival operators would lead to better

service at airports.[4]The British Airports Authority recently bought by a Spanish

company,says the root cause of the problems is not the ownership structure,but a

lack of runway and terminal capacity,which is addressing through a programme of heavy

investments.

解析：

r adequate investment is being made to improve airport facilities.

r the British Airports Authority should sell off some of its assets.

r the Spanish company could offer better service.

r more airports should be built around London.

Q：What is the Competition Commission going to

investigate?

【解析】选项均为以whether开头的宾语从句，其中重复出现的airport，以及

facilities，assets，service和more…built表明，本题可能考查与机场有关的(设施、

财产、服务和机场数量)情况。

【答案】B

4.A. Poor ownership structure.

cient management.

C. Lack of innovation and competition.

D. Lack of runway and terminal capacity.

Q：What is the root cause of the poor service at British airports according to

the British Airports Authority?

【解析】选项均为名词短语，其中重复出现的lack，以及poor，inefficient和runway

and terminal capacity表明，本题可能考查机场出现某种缺陷的原因。

【答案】D。

News Report Three

听力原文：

[5] Under the law in Massachusetts,tobacco companies have to measure the

nicotine content of every type of cigarette and report the results.[6]The Department

of Public Health in Boston gathers and carefully examines the figures，and then draws

its conclusions：116 brands were looked at for the study.82 were found to have

higher nicotine yields than they did 6 years previously.[6]The biggest increase

is tended to be in brands that were popular with young smokers，that worries the

Department because of the addicted nature of n Glantz，a professor

of medicine in San Francisco explains why.“The amount of nicotine was delivered

in every type of cigarettes is 10 percent higher than it was 6 years ago，which means

that it’s easier to get hooked and harder to quit.[7]The big tobacco companies have

always insisted that they are flank with their customers about the dangers of smoking

and provide them with enough detail to make an informed r，[7]none

of them were prepared to comment on this studyor discuss the detailed nicotine

content of their products.”

解析

the effects of nicotine on young smokers.

B. Set a limit to the production of their cigarettes.

C. Take steps to reduce nicotine in their products.

D. Report the nicotine content of their cigarettes.

Q：What do tobacco companies have to do under the

law in Massachusetts?

【解析】选项中重复出现的nicotine(content)和cigarettes表明，本题可能考查香

烟中尼古丁含量的要求。

【答案】D。

biggest increase in nicotine content tended to be in brands young smokers

like.

which contain higher nicotine content were found to be much more

popular.

o companies refused to discuss the detailed nicotine content of their

products.

tobacco companies were frank with their customers about the hazards of

smoking.

Q：What do we learn from the study by the Department of Public Health in Boston?

【解析】选项中重复出现的nicotine(content)，以及smokers和smoking表明，本题

可能考查香烟中尼古丁含量对吸烟者的影响。

【答案】A。

will pay more attention to the quality of their products.

were not prepared to comment on the cigarette study.

promised to reduce the nicotine content in cigarettes.

have not fully realized the harmful effect of nicotine.

Q：What do we learn from the news report about the big tobacco companies?

【解析】选项均为以they开头的句子，结合四个选项的内容可知，they指烟草公司。

选项中的attention ， the

nicotine content和harmful effect of nicotine表明，本题可能考查烟草公司存

在的问题。

Section B

Conversation One

听力原文：

M：And thing that l want to ask ’s greatly you have had

this experience of teaching in following up on what you just mentioned，

what would you recommend for students who do not live in an English—speaking

country?And，you know,they want to learn?I don’t know about perfecting， but they

want at least to be able to communicate can they go about this?

W：’s really ’s the real struggle because…[8]Right now I do

live in Holland but I really don’t socialize much with Dutch people.[10]And my

boyfriend's English is so good that we just basically speak English all the

I have to make a real effort to ’s as much listening exposure as I

I have to do is turn on the TV

M：And reading ?

W：’s plenty that I can get to read and listen for

speaking，there really is no substitute for trying to speak and use the language

in a relaxed atmosphere.[9] So.I think that's really the challenge for people who

live in a country where their target language isn't spoken. And for that…gosh，

what would I do?If I didn’t have people here，probably，try to find a club… [11]In

Sweden they have a really cool system called“study Circles”.where it’s not…

it’s like a really,you just have a course leader who’s mere sort of

as a coach and to And you don’t get you go just

because you want to learn.

W：OK，Nathan.[12]So we’re talking about driving and are there any rules or

regulations that You’d like to change?

M：I'm not sure I want to change I’d like to please to be strict on

the roads，like，if people jam the traffic lights.I don’t know why there isn’t

a camera at the traffic lights to stop people doing like speeding，it’

s very easy to put speed cameras in certain places.

W：[13]Maybe car manufacturers should have some responsibility in limiting their

power of their ’s the point in producing an engine that’s big and

powerful enough to go like 200km/h when the speed limit is only 100?

M： do you know there’s no speed limits in Germany?

W：[14] People there do drive responsibly,though. Often，people break laws simply

because the laws are the law isn’t there，people will drive within their

ability you’ve got speed limits，this creates situations actually present

dangers on the road.

M：Do you think Germans have better education about personal responsibility when

driving?

W：Possibly,they also have very good cars.

M：Right.

W：If you’ve got a good car that can go at a high speed then it’s very nice

to do that.

M：But still with care.

W：So.I think it’s the restriction that creates the dangers sometimes.

M：OK.

W： driving through a residential area，or where there’s a school，

you’ve got to have speed policemen.

M：Speed bumps.

W： bumps-those speed-bumps that force you to slow down.I think they’

re good idea.

M：So，[15]you don't think fining people is useful?

W：[15]Not really,because the police don’t have time to police every single

driver.

解析

d.

sia.

d

.

Q：Where does the woman live right now?

【解析】选项均为国家名称，结合问题对号入座是解题的关键。

【解析】答案。

g with her boyfriend in Dutch.

g a coach who can offer real help.

ing the necessary ability to socialize.

ng a language where it is not spoken.

Q：What does the woman say is the real challenge?

【解析】选项中的talking…in Dutch，socialize和learning a language表明，本

题可能考查学习语言的情况。

【答案】D。

cing reading aloud as often as possible。

ing to language programs on the radio.

to speak it as much as one can.

friends with native speakers.

Q：What does the woman suggest doing to learn to speak a foreign language?

【解析】选项均为动名词短语，其中的language， speak，speakers，reading aloud，

on the radio和friends with native…表明，本题可能是针对学习语言提出的建议，尤其

是针对说的方面。

【答案】C。

provides opportunities for language practice.

trains young people’s leadership abilities.

offers various courses with credit points.

creates an environment for socializing.

Q：What does the woman say about the“study Circles”in Sweden?

【解析】选项均为以it开头的句子，it可能指某一语言机构。选项中的language

practice，courses和socializing表明，本题可能考查语言练习、某些课程或社交的情况。

【答案】A。

12.A.A sense of freedom driving gives.

and regulations for driving.

role policemen play in traffic safety.

impact of engine design on road safety.

Q：What are the speakers mainly talking about?

【解析】选项均为名词短语，核心名词(sense，rules and regulations，role和impact)

各不相同，结合其中的 driving，traffic safety和road safety推测，本题可能考查对

话的主题，可能与交通安全有关。

【答案】B。

cars with automatic contro1.

cars with higher standards.

cars that are less powerful.

cars that have better brakes.

Q：What does the woman think car manufacturers could do?

【解析】选项均为动词短语，且均以make cars开头表明，本题可能考查制造什么类型

的汽车。

【答案】C。

follow traffic rules closely.

keep within speed limits.

like to go at high speed.

tend to drive responsibly.

Q：What can we learn about people driving in

Germany?

【解析】选项均为描述they的句子，其中的follow traffic rules，keep within speed

limits，like to和tend to drive表明，本题可能考查they的驾驶习惯。

【答案】D。

is a bad idea.

is as effective as speed bumps

is not useful.

should be combined with education.

Q：What does the woman think of the police fining

drivers?

【解析】选项均为描述it的句子，其中的bad idea，effective，not useful和should

be表明，本题可能考查某人对it的看法。

Section C

Passage One

听力原文：

Behind the cash register at a store in downtown San Francisco，[16]Sam Azar swiped

his cred“card to pay for a pack of store's card reader failed to

scan the card's magnetic tried again and luck!

As customers began to queue， reached beneath the counter for a black

plastic bag.[l7]He wrapped one layer of the plastic around the card and tried

s!The sale was completed.

“I don’t know how it just does，”said who 1eamed the trick

from another ne，the company that makes the store’s card reader,would

not confirm or deny that the plastic bag trick it’s one of many low

—tech fixes for high—tech failures that people without engineering degrees have

discovered，often out of desperation，and shared.

[18] Today's shaky,economy is likely to produce many more such tricks.“In

postwar Japan，the economy wasn’t doing so great，so you couldn’t get everyday

—use items like household cleaners，”says Lisa Katayama，author of Urawaza，a book

named after the Japanese term for clever lifestyle tips and tricks.“So people look

for ways to do with what they had.”

Today,Americans are finding their own tips and tricks for fixing malfunctioning

devices with supplies as simple as paper and ，like ’s plastic bag，

are open to argument as to how they work，or whether they really work at

many tech home remedies can be explained by a little science.

card got damaged.

card was found invalid.

card reader broke down unexpectedly.

card reader failed to do the scanning.

Q：What happened when Sam Azar swiped his credit card to pay for his purchase?

【解析】选项均为描述the card和the card reader的句子，其中的damaged，invalid，

broke down unexpectedly和failed…scanning表明，本题可能考查某人购物使用信用卡

付款时出现的状况。

【答案】D。

seeking help from the card reader maker Verifone.

covering the credit card with a layer of plastic.

calling the credit card company for confirmation.

typing the credit card number into the cash register.

Q：How did Sam Azar manage to complete the sale?

【解析】选项均为by开头.的介词短语表明，本题可能考查做某事的方法或手段。

【答案】B。

e many low-tech fixes for high—tech failures.

birth to many new technological inventions.

the lifestyle of many Americans.

the sales of high—tech appliances.

Q：What is today’s shaky economy likely to do?

【解析】选项均为动词短语，其中的give birth to many new和change the lifestyle

表明，本题可能考查某事带来的影响。

【答案】A。

Passage Two

听力原文：

If you are a graduate student，you may depend on your advisor for many things，

including help with improving grades，acquiring financial support，forming an

examining committee and getting letters of you are a graduate

teaching assistant，your advisor also may be your“boss”.

[19]Academic departments vary in their procedures for assigning academic

advisors to graduate some departments，either the chairman or the

director of graduate studies serves for at least a semester as a new student’s

the student selects an advisor,based on shared academic interests.

In other departments，a new student is assigned a faculty advisor based on some

system of distribution of the department’s“advising load”.Later,students may have

the opportunity of selecting the advisor that they prefer.

In any case，[20]new graduate students can learn who their advisors or temporary

advisors are by visiting or emailing the departmental office,and asking for the

information.

[21] Graduation requirements specify the number of credits you must earn，the

minimum grade point average you must achieve，and the distribution of credits you

must have from among different departments or fields of addition，it is

necessary to“apply for graduation”when you near the time that you’11 be completing

your graduation graduation requirements vary among

divisions of the university,you should consult the Bulletin of

should also direct your questions to your departmental office or academic advisor.

解析：

vary among different departments.

leave much room for improvement.

are determined by the advising board.

are set by the dean of the graduate sch001.

Q：What does the speaker say about procedures for

assigning academic advisors?

【解析】选项均为描述they的句子，其中的vary among different departments，

determined by the advising board和set by…graduate school表明，本题可能考查they

的制定或特点。

【答案】A。

术导师的程序会有不同。A)是短文中信息的再现，

故为答案。

consulting the examining committee.

reading the Bulletin of Information.

visiting the university’s website.

contacting the departmental office.

Q：How can new graduate students learn who their advisors are?

【解析】选项均为by开头的介词短语表明，本题可能考查做某事的方法或手段。

【答案】D)。

are harder to meet than those for undergraduates.

specify the number of credits students must earn.

have to be approved by the examining committee.

are the same among various divisions of the university.

Q：What does the speaker say about graduation requirements?

【解析】选项均为描述they的句子，其中的harder to meet than those for

undergraduates，specify the number of credits，approved by the examining committee

和the same…the university表明，本题可能考查they的特点。

【答案】B。

Passage Three

听力原文：

[22]Jody Hubbard is a diet and nutrition expert who travels around the state

to speak and high primarily speaks to students in health

classes，but sometimes the school will arrange for her to speak to several different

groups of girls.[23]Her biggest concern is the emphasis American culture places on

thinness and the negative ways of this affects girls has a

nutrition，but more important，she has personal experience-her mother taught her

to diet when she was only 8 years old.

Jody has created several different presentations which she gives to different

types of audiences，and she tries to establish an emotional connection with the

students so that they will feel comfortable asking questions or talking to her

privately.[24]She shows them pictures and images from popular culture of beautiful

women and explains how computers are used to make the women look even more thin and

“beautiful”man they are in real describes how the definition of beauty

has changed over the years and even from culture to then talks about

health issues and the physical damage that can occur as a result of y，

she addresses self-respect and the notion that a person’s sense of beauty must

include more than how much a person weighs.

Sometimes，[25]Jody feels that she succeeds in persuading some students to stop

dieting;other times，she feels that she fails.

解析：

ates in dieting.

ts majoring in nutrition.

ts in health classes.

and high school teachers.

Q：Who does Jody Hubbard primarily speak to?

【解析】选项均为表示不同类型的人，听音时注意

做笔记，并听清问题，对号入座。

【答案】C。

饮食和营养专家，她去往全国各地的中学演讲。她

主要是给上保健课的学生演讲。C是短文中信息的

再现，故为答案。

overemphasis on thinness.

changing criteria for beauty.

mistaken conception of nutrition.

overestimate of the effect of dieting.

Q：What is Judy Hubbard’s biggest concern about American culture?

【解析】选项均为its开头的名词短语，其中的 overemphasis，changing criteria，

mistaken conception和overestimate表明，本题可能考查某人对某物的某一方面的看法。

【答案】A。

demonstrate the magic effect of dieting on women.

explain how computer images can be misleading.

prove that technology has impacted our culture.

illustrate her point that beauty is but skin deep.

Q：Why does Jody Hubbard show pictures of beautiful women to her audiences?

【解析】选项均为动词不定式短语表明，本题可能考查做某事的原因或目的。

【答案】B。

help students rid themselves of bad living habits.

establish an emotional connection with students.

promote her own concept of beauty.

persuade girls to stop dieting.

Q：What is Jody Hubbard’s main purpose in giving her speeches?

【解析】选项均为动词不定式短语表明，本题可能考查做某事的原因或目的。

【答案】D。