[语言类考试复习资料大全]公共英语四级听力模拟题35

1、书山有路勤为径，学海无涯苦作舟。祝愿天下莘莘学子：学业有成，金榜题名！语言类考试复习资料大全公共英语四级听力模拟题35公共英语四级听力模拟题35Section Listening ComprehensionDirections: This section is designed to test your ability to understand spoken English. You will hear a selection of recorded materials and you must answer the questions that accompany them. There

2、are THREE parts in this section, Part A, Part B and Part C. Remember, while you are doing the test, you should first put down your answers in your test booklet. At the end of the listening comprehension section, you will have 5 minutes to transfer all your answers from your test booklet to ANSWER SH

3、EET 1. If you have any questions, you may raise your hand NOW as you will not be allowed to speak once the test has started. Now look at Part A in your test booklet. Part AFor Questions 1-5, you will hear a report. While you listen, fill out the table with the information you have heard. Some of the

4、 information has been given to you in the table. Write only 1 word in each numbered box. You will hear the recording twice. You now have 25 seconds to read the table below. Information About the Report Financial aid programs in the United States, especially at the undergraduate level, do often requi

5、re_ citizenship. 1 If a student wants to get the scholarship, he has tobe _ blind. 2 The average amount of money for the scholarship is_ dollars. 3 The highest amount of money for the scholarship is_ dollars. 4 The number of blind adults in the US is _. 5 (如需获取本MP3听力录音请搜索标题名) 1.答案:American听力原文 Finan

6、cial aid programs in the United States, especially at the undergraduate level, do often require American citizenship. At the same time, scholarships often pay only part of the cost of an education. The National Federation of the Blind advises students to contact any school they wish to attend to ask

7、 about financial aid. The federation is the countrys largest group for the blind. Each year it awards scholarships that do not have any citizenship requirements. Students must be legally blind. And foreign students cannot apply until a college in the United States has already accepted them. The appl

8、ication deadline is March thirty-first for thirty scholarships offered for this fall. Most are three thousand dollars. The highest is twelve thousand dollars. The United States has an estimated one million blind adults. The federation says there are no special colleges or universities for the blind.

9、 But schools do offer special services and technology to help students with disabilities. 2.答案:legally3.答案:3,0004.答案:12,0005.答案:1,000,000Part BFor Questions 6-10, you will hear a passage. While you listen, complete the sentences and answer the question. Use not more than 3 words for each answer. You

10、 will hear the recording twice. You now have 25 seconds to read the sentences and the question below. (如需获取本MP3听力录音请搜索标题名) 1. Health experts have discovered that adding low-calorie vegetable broth to the start of a meal can actually help to _.答案:lose weight听力原文 A bowl of soup a day could keep the po

11、unds at bay. Health experts have discovered that adding low-calorie vegetable broth to the start of a meal can actually help to lose weight. This is because you tend to feel full sooner, you eat less of your main course. The soup regime was tested by researchers at Pennsylvania State University, led

12、 by Dr. Barbara Rolls. They found that when participants in the study ate a first course of soup before lunch they reduced their total calorie intake by 20 percent, compared with those who did not begin the meal with soup. But those who favour creamy soups should beware. Researchers stressed the sou

13、p must be low-calorie and based on stock, not cream. All of the soups tested in the study were made from identical ingredientschicken stock, broccoli, potato, cauliflower and carrots. They were blended to create four different textures and degrees of thickness from separate stock and vegetables thro

14、ugh to pured soup. Scientists thought that thick soups with chunks of vegetables which required chewing might be more filling, but to their surprise they found all forms had the same effect. The findings were presented to the Experimental Biology conference in Washington D. C. , and the research was

15、 part funded by the National Institute of Health. 2. This is because you tend to feel full sooner, you eat less of your _.答案:main course3. Participants in the study who ate a course of soup before lunch reduced their total calorie intake by _, compared with those who didnt.答案:20%4. Researchers stres

16、sed the soup must be low-calorie and based on stock, not _.答案:cream5. Thick soups and thin soups have _ effect.答案:the samePart CYou will hear three dialogues or monologues. Before listening to each one, you will have time to read the questions related to it. While listening, answer each question by

17、choosing A, B, C or D. After listening, you will have time to check your answer. You will hear each piece once only. (如需获取本MP3听力录音请搜索标题名) 1. How much is the damage done to the United States each year by red ants?A.3 billion dollars.B.4 billion dollars.C.5 billion dollars.D.6 billion dollars.答案:D听力原文

18、 Farmers in parts of the United States have struggled for years with an invasion of red imported fire ants from Brazil. These insects do major damage, unlike native kinds of fire ants. Each year they cause an estimated six billion dollars worth of damage in the United States. More than one billion d

19、ollars of that is just in Texas. The ants are thought to have arrived in the southern state of Alabama in the nineteen twenties or thirties. Since then they have spread northward and all the way to the West Coast. They ruin crops, damage soil and get into animal feed. They also damage electrical equ

20、ipment and machinery. Not only that, they injure animals and workers. So farmers have to deal with medical costs and lost labor. Fire ants get their name because when they sting, they inject poison into the skin that causes a feeling of intense burning. Some people suffer life-threatening reactions.

21、 Colonies of red imported fire ants can be found in cities as well as farming areas. They can go deep underground to survive periods of little or no rain. They have no native predators, no creatures that like to feed on them. But one solution could come from the ants themselves, in the form of a vir

22、us that some of them carry. This virus may someday help control the population. Scientists at the United States Department of Agriculture began to work with the virus about five years ago. The researchers observed one hundred sixty-eight nests of imported fire ants in Florida. They found the virus i

23、n almost one-fourth of them. The researchers found that the virus affected every part of fire-ant development, including the eggs. The affected colonies died in about three months. Now, government researchers want to work with a private company to produce large amounts of the virus. It could then be

24、 used as a biological control. 2. Which of the following is NOT the damage done by red ants?A.They can destroy the houses of farmers.B.They can injure animals and farmers.C.They destroy crops.D.They get into animal feed.答案:A3. What could be an effective way to control the red ants?A.To spread a kind

25、 of virus within the ants themselves.B.To use fire to destroy them.C.To create a kind of powerful poison to destroy them.D.To raise other biological animals to kill them.答案:A (如需获取本MP3听力录音请搜索标题名) 4. How many people become infected with malaria each year?A.Over 3 million.B.Over 7 million.C.Over 30 mi

26、llion.D.Over 70 million.答案:A听力原文 Researchers in the United States are exploring a possible way to control malaria. They are developing insects resistant to the disease. More than three million people become infected with malaria each year. The disease kills at least one million people every year. Ma

27、laria is found in Africa, Asia, the Middle East and South America. Malaria parasites enter a persons blood through the bite of a very small insectthe mosquito. The malaria parasites travel to the liver. The organisms grow and divide there. After a week or two, the parasites invade red blood cells an

28、d reproduce thousands of times. They cause a persons body temperature to rise. They also may destroy major organs. People with malaria may suffer kidney failure or loss of red blood cells. People die from malaria because they are not treated or treatment is delayed. Different drugs can prevent the p

29、arasites from developing in the body. But experts still say the best way to prevent the disease is not to be bitten by a mosquito. That could change in the future. Research scientists at The Johns Hopkins University have created mosquitoes that cannot spread the malaria parasites. Computer studies s

30、how that such insects are needed to replace mosquitoes in the wild if malaria control is to succeed. The researchers reported their findings in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 5. What is not one of the bad effects of malaria?A.The malaria parasites will grow and divide in the ki

31、dney.B.The red blood cells will then be invaded by the parasites which reproduce thousands of times later.C.The parasites cause a persons body temperature to rise.D.People with malaria may suffer kidney failure or loss of red blood cells.答案:A6. What is the main idea of the passage?A.Malaria is uncon

32、trollable.B.Scientists are trying to develop insects resistant to malaria.C.How to kill mosquitoes.D.How useless science is in curing malaria.答案:B (如需获取本MP3听力录音请搜索标题名) 7. The study was carried out by scientists from _.A.America and AustraliaB.America and CanadaC.America and AustriaD.America and Chin

33、a答案:B听力原文 Canadian and American scientists studied the effects of peoples fishing for sharks in the Northwest Atlantic over the past thirty-five years. Results of their studies were published in Science magazine. The scientists say one effect of shark fishing has been an estimated ninety-nine percen

34、t decrease in some shark populations. They say the loss of larger sharks has caused a population explosion among fish like skates and rays. Such fish and smaller sharks have increased in number along the east coast of the United States. Sharks usually eat skates and rays. The scientists say these fish feed on shellfish, which are disappearing from the ocean. They say other sea animals are also being threatened by the areas cha