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2008年12月英语四级听力模拟题(七)
2008-11-16来源:和谐英语
Section B
Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some 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 2 with a single line through the centre.
Passage One
The private automobile has long played an important role in the United States. In fact, it has become an integral part of the American way of life. In 1971 eighty-three percent of American families owned at least one car, and twenty-eight percent had more than one. By giving workers fast, convenient transportation, the automobile has freed them from having to live near their place of work. This has fostered the growth of the suburbs, but it has also led to traffic problems in the city. In addition, the automobile has contributed to the weakening of neighborhood ties by making it easy to keep up friendships at a distance and to enjoy leisure activities far from home.
For farm families the automobile is a great help. It has relieved their isolation, making it possible for them to travel to town frequently for business and for pleasure, and also to transport their children to distant schools.
Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard.
26. What is the passage about?
27. What is the percentage of American families that owned more than one car in 1971?
28. Why is the automobile a great help to farmers?
Passage Two
How men first learnt to invent words is unknown; in other words, the origin of language is a mystery. All we really know is that men, unlike animals, somehow invented certain sounds to express thoughts and feelings, actions and things, so that they could communicate with each other; and that later they agreed upon certain signs, called letters, which could be combined to represent those sounds, and which could be written down. Those sounds, whether spoken, or written in letters, we call words.
The power of words, then, lies in their associations, that is, the things they bring up to our minds. Words become filled with meaning for us by experience; and the longer we live, the more we are reminded of the happy and sad events of our past by certain words; and the more we read and learn, the more the number of words that mean something to us increases.
Great writers are those who not only have great thoughts but also express these thoughts in words which appeal powerfully to our minds and emotions. This charming and telling use of words is what we call literary style. Above all, a real poet is a master of words. He can convey his meaning in words which sing like music, and which by their position and association can move men to tears. We should therefore learn to choose our words carefully and use them accurately, or they will make our speech silly and vulgar.
Questions 29 to 32 are based on the passage you have just heard.
29. Which of the following can be inferred from the passage?
30. Which of the following is not the reason why men invented certain sounds to express thoughts and actions?
31. What is true about words?
32. According to the passage, which of the following is not true?
Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some 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 2 with a single line through the centre.
Passage One
The private automobile has long played an important role in the United States. In fact, it has become an integral part of the American way of life. In 1971 eighty-three percent of American families owned at least one car, and twenty-eight percent had more than one. By giving workers fast, convenient transportation, the automobile has freed them from having to live near their place of work. This has fostered the growth of the suburbs, but it has also led to traffic problems in the city. In addition, the automobile has contributed to the weakening of neighborhood ties by making it easy to keep up friendships at a distance and to enjoy leisure activities far from home.
For farm families the automobile is a great help. It has relieved their isolation, making it possible for them to travel to town frequently for business and for pleasure, and also to transport their children to distant schools.
Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard.
26. What is the passage about?
27. What is the percentage of American families that owned more than one car in 1971?
28. Why is the automobile a great help to farmers?
Passage Two
How men first learnt to invent words is unknown; in other words, the origin of language is a mystery. All we really know is that men, unlike animals, somehow invented certain sounds to express thoughts and feelings, actions and things, so that they could communicate with each other; and that later they agreed upon certain signs, called letters, which could be combined to represent those sounds, and which could be written down. Those sounds, whether spoken, or written in letters, we call words.
The power of words, then, lies in their associations, that is, the things they bring up to our minds. Words become filled with meaning for us by experience; and the longer we live, the more we are reminded of the happy and sad events of our past by certain words; and the more we read and learn, the more the number of words that mean something to us increases.
Great writers are those who not only have great thoughts but also express these thoughts in words which appeal powerfully to our minds and emotions. This charming and telling use of words is what we call literary style. Above all, a real poet is a master of words. He can convey his meaning in words which sing like music, and which by their position and association can move men to tears. We should therefore learn to choose our words carefully and use them accurately, or they will make our speech silly and vulgar.
Questions 29 to 32 are based on the passage you have just heard.
29. Which of the following can be inferred from the passage?
30. Which of the following is not the reason why men invented certain sounds to express thoughts and actions?
31. What is true about words?
32. According to the passage, which of the following is not true?
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