1、英语四六级Unit One Changes in the Way We LivePart I Listening ComprehensionSection ADirections: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the end of each conversation, one or more questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the questions
2、will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A, B, C and D, and decide which is the best answer.1. A. He watched the film on TV with his friend. B. He watched the film with his friend in a cinema.C. He and his friend wen
3、t to visit their school. D. He talked with his friend at home.2. A. Whether the meeting is certainly to be held on Monday.B. Who has to attend the meeting.C. What they are going to discuss at the meeting.D. Where the meeting is to be held.3. A. The man comes to book a room.B. The man had a reservati
4、on at the hotel some time ago.C. The man wants to move to another room on the second floor.D. The man wants to buy the flat with a single room and a bath.4. A. The hardcover edition is a little more expensive, though on sale.B. Both editions are on sale.C. The dictionary once had two editions with t
5、he same price.D. Both editions are the same price now.5. A. He saw the big tower he visited on TV. B. He has visited the TV tower twice.C. He has visited the TV tower once. D. He will visit the TV tower in June.6. A. A movie. B. A lecture. C. A play. D. A speech.7. A. The house is lovely. B. The man
6、 is funny.C. She likes the house. D. She is angry at his remark.8. A. Her husbands watching a game. B. Their going to a game.C. Their missing an engagement. D. Her husbands absence from the game.Questions 9-12 are based on the conversation you have just heard.9. A. She was sick.B. She couldnt make u
7、p her mind as to which countries she should visit.C. She couldnt think of a topic for her composition.D. She was totally disorganized.10. A. That she go on a holiday. B. That she try to get organized.C. That she ride a camel. D. That she write about her trip.11. A. Hungary. B. North Africa. C. Egypt
8、. D. The Holy Land.12. A. To pack his bags for his trip. B. To write his own composition.C. To see a doctor for his illness. D. To pick up some photographs.Questions 13-15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.13. A. Jack telephoned from Chicago. B. Jack wrote a card from Chicago.C. Jack
9、 had sent a telegram from New York. D. Dorothys mother and father told her.14. A. The Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles. B. His office. C. The airport in Chicago. D. The airport in Los Angeles. 15. A. It was too far for Dorothy to drive through traffic.B. Jack didnt want to be obligated to Dorothys pa
10、rents.C. Jack had to go to his office.D. Jack preferred the Ambassador Hotel in Chicago.Section BDirections: In this section, you will hear three short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passages and questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a quest
11、ion, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C, and D.Passage OneQuestions 16-18 are based on the passage you have just heard.16. A. They appear every night in TV weather forecasts.B. They were first employed as women news announcers.C. They are the most attractive women i
12、n Britain.D. They are the most popular stars in a TV play.17. A. At 10 in the evening. B. At 9 in the evening. C. At 10 in the morning. D. At 9 in the morning.18. A. Newspaper reporters still wrote a lot about her.B. People knew that Anna would be the first woman to hold the news program.C. Independ
13、ent Television also had a woman news announcer. D. The viewers of her news program that night increased to millions.Passage TwoQuestions 19-21 are based on the passage you have just heard.19. A. To collect taxes. B. To save public lands for future use.C. To protect people and property. D. To train p
14、ublic officials.20. A. Because people want to save public lands for future use.B. Because no person wants to buy any public lands.C. Because the government has collected enough money to pay the cost of any service.D. Because the government has no public lands to sell.21. A. Peoples attitude toward t
15、axes. B. Taxes and services for the public. C. Police efforts to protect people. D. The governments duty.Passage ThreeQuestions 22-25 are based on the passage you have just heard.22. A. Better types of skates. B. Improved conditions on ice tracks.C. Changes in skating techniques. D. New world record
16、s in speed skating.23. A. They all had equal opportunities of winning. B. They couldnt compete in the Winter Olympics.C. They all wore the same kind of skates. D. They had to skate on outdoor tracks.24. A. it chips easily. B. It becomes covered with frost.C. It becomes too soft. D. It provides too m
17、uch resistance.25. A. Speed skating will become more popular.B. Speed skaters will skate faster than ever before.C. Speed skating events will return to outside tracks.D. Speed skating will never be held outdoors.Section CDirections: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the pass
18、age is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from 26 to 33 with the exact words you have just heard. For blanks numbered from 34 to 36, you are required to fill in the m
19、issing information. You can either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the main points in your own words. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written.Compound DictationThe American sports goods group Reebok is to be bought by its Ger
20、man rival Adidas for 3.8 billion dollars. The deal, which must still be approved by shareholders, will help Adidas compete more (26) _ against the market leader Nike.Adidas and Reebok are two of the worlds (27)_ consumer brands, but theyre in the shadow of Nike, the (28)_ of the sports wear industry
21、. This deal is (29)_ to help them take on Nike.Adidas chairman Herbert Hainer (30)_ the planned deal as a once in a lifetime opportunity to combine two of the most respected and well-known companies in the (31)_. But Reebok will continue to have a separate identity, (32)_ its name and its headquarte
22、rs in the US state of Massachusetts.The enlarged company will have a (33)_ of the all-important US market for sports shoes and clothes (34)_.The German arm, Adidas, will continue its emphasis on goods for competitive sports (35) _.Adidas pays a glittering array of celebrities including the footballe
23、r David Beckham and the rap musician Missy Elliot to endorse its products. (36)_.Part II VocabularyDirections: There are 30 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the ONE that best completes the sentence.1. He installed several water-
24、saving _ in the house.A. machinery B. devices C. devises D. deposits2. His research was _ funded by the National Geographic Society.A. profitably B. appreciably C. precisely D. primarily3. They will definitely go over _ if they are to buy the house downtown.A. budget B. finance C. allowance D. fee4.
25、 He had a sudden urge to try on the whole _ of designer jeans.A. stake B. stable C. stack D. stair5. The website offers a wide range of educational resources to _ classroom learning.A. implement B. compliment C. contentment D. supplement6. A short walk after each meal allows you to fully_ food.A. sw
26、allow B. devour C. chew D. digest7. When completed, the Three Gorges Project is expected to benefit the Chinese with a remarkable power _ capacity.A. constructing B. stimulating C. sparking D. generating8. She knew exactly the perfect area to _ the perfume on. A. swamp B. spray C. spill D. strain9.
27、Most downtown universities have relocated their campuses to the _ area.A. urban B. countryside C. suburban D. wilderness10. The public try to _ the new policy that will definitely send the housing price soaring.A. resist B. reveal C. resume D. persist11. Had he had a good nights sleep, he _ the exam
28、.A. would have been got through B. would have got throughC. would have had got through D. would get through12. Space is _ a premium in a one-bedroomed apartment.A. beyond B. in C. for D. at13. Dick Smith tricked everyone into believing that he would _ a giant iceberg from Antarctica to Sydney.A. hau
29、l B. hoax C. draw D. cut14. He made a healthy _ last year by investing in the stock market.A. benefit B. profit C. money D. balance15. As he didnt catch the plane, Alan thought he would miss out on a great opportunity to expand his business. But it turned out to be a _ in disguise for the plane crashed not long after the take-off.A. temptation B. solitude C. frustration D. blessing16. When it comes to household _, husbands tend to ignore their responsibility.A. chorus B. chords C. chores D. chokes17. A 60-year-old psych
