2015年12月大学英语四级听力解析

今年12月的四级听力考题难题总体正常，与往年考试的难度相差不多。变化比较大的是短对话题目，相较于以往与推断为主的考察形式，这次出现了近半原词复现的选项，推断难度降低。

（一）

Section A

短对话

1. 综合理解题。

选项是四个以they开头的完整的句子，听录音时应重点把握和两个说话人有关的信息。把握“ film on space exploration”即可得出答案 B they enjoy the movie on space exploration.

2. 场景题。

选项是四个地点。把握说话人的话题及讲话大意即可。说话人在寻找送给儿子的礼物（something special）.答案： A. At gift shop.

3. 综合理解题。

选项四个以he开头的完整句子，重点听和一个男士有关的信息。注意：turn down的含义是拒绝。

答案： C. He declined a job offer from the art gallery

4. 推测题。选项为四个完整的不同的句子，考察对说话人内容的语义推测。“ I wish I could be in two places at the same time.”即，说话人无法参加派对。

答案D. He will be unable to attend the birthday party.

5. 推测题。选项都是动作表达，考察将要做的事。“I think I'll give them a deadline and hold them to it.”即 将设置一个截止日期。

答案：B. Set a deadline for the staff to meet

6. 综合理解题.  提问人的“where the visitor's parking is”对应的选项A. The way to the visitor’s parking

7. 推断题。选项都是以he为开头的句子，重点关注男士的信息。理解“ I have never felt better in my life. ”即可选出答案答案D. He has benefited from exercise.

8. 话题题。考察说话人的话题。通过secretary， company等关键词得知他们的谈话内容是D. The secretaries in the man’s company.

长对话

9-11．长对话开头点名说话内容：英语为何能成为世界性语言。谈话延续了一问一答的形式，女士询问，男士作答。答题时把握负责回答的人的说话，根据听到什么选什么的原则作答即可。

9. C. It will be as commonly used as English.（开头题，对应原文it's so commonly used. The only language that is used by more people is Chinese.）

10. C. The influence of the British Empire. （原因题，对应原文It's spoken in many countries of the world because of the British Empire）

11. It includes a lot of words from other languages（So题。对应原文 so English really does have an international vocabulary. ）

12-15

电话场景题，谈话内容延续了近年来商业职场类的热点话题，女士就采购物资进行询问，男士回答。答题重点在听男士的回答。

参考答案：

12. C. To place an order.

13. B. He is not familiar with the exact details of the goods.

14. D. It depends on a number of factors.

15. C. Ring back when she comes to a decision

Section B

P1

Passage是一篇说明文，讲述kite（风筝）的历史。短文理解的难度较大，是考生容易失分的地方。答题时可以重点把握开头题和结尾题，听到什么选什么，拿到一定的分数。

参考答案

16. B. No one knows for sure when they came into being.（开头题，对应原文No one knows for sure just how old kites are.）

17. A. Carry ropes across rivers.（细节题。对应原文：they were used to carry ropes across rivers）

18. D. To prove that lightening is electricity.（细节题：Benjamin Franklin used the kite to prove that lightening is electricity）

Passage 2

Passage2为议论文。以第一人称视角讲述作者学习语言和对语言的感受。难度较第一篇略大。答题时注意同义替换。

参考答案：

19. B. She can speak several languages.（开头题，对应原文“I have learned many languages”）

20. D. They have an intense interest in cross-cultural interactions.（细节题。对应原文 Like many people who have lived overseas for a while, I simply got crazy about it. I can’t imagine living my professional or social life without international interactions.）

21. C. She was able to translate for a German sports judge.（细节题。对应原文：I was asked to translate for a German judge at an Olympic level horse event）

22. A. Taste the beef and give her comment.（结尾题：对应原文：speaking in Japanese about how delicious the beef was）

Passage 3

Passage3 是近年短文理解的热点体裁——人物介绍。重点把握人物的转折遭遇，做的决定，结局及他人对人物的评价。

参考答案

23. C. He grew up in a poor single parent household.（开头题。对应“grew up in a poor single parent house-hold in Detroit”）

24. B. Stupid.（评价题。对应原文“To his classmates and even to his teachers he was thought of as the dumbest kid in his class.”难点在于理解dumbest愚蠢 ）

25. A. Write two book reports a week.（人物经历转折处出题。对应And had to read two books a week， and write book reports about them）

Section C

听写题难度适中。其中fascinating, characteristics，relatively等词是听写题的高频词汇。本次考试词组考察的难度较小。但大小写，拼写及单复数的词尾变化考察仍然很多，需要大家细心对待。

(26）heavenly

(27 )fascinating

(28) made up of

(29) Now and then

(30) combine with

(31)generally

(32) characteristics

(33)phenomenon

(34) naked

(35) relatively