公共英语四级听力-24及答案解析.doc

1、公共英语四级听力-24 及答案解析(总分：100.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、Listening Comprehens(总题数：0，分数：0.00)二、Part A(总题数：1，分数：25.00)Information About the DialogueEric is from _ part of the US. (1) It takes _ minutes to drive from the Texasborder to his hometown. (2) Eric thinks southerners are more _ thanpeople from the north. (3)

2、 Mark thinks people in _ countries tend tohave a laid-back relaxed helpful friendly sort of attitude. (4) Where is Mark? In a big _. (5) （分数：25.00）(1).Information About the DialogueEric is from _ part of the US. (1) It takes _ minutes to drive from the Texasborder to his hometown. (2) Eric thinks so

3、utherners are more _ thanpeople from the north. (3) Mark thinks people in _ countries tend tohave a laid-back relaxed helpful friendly sort of attitude. (4) Where is Mark? In a big _. (5) （分数：5.00）填空项 1:_(2).Information About the DialogueEric is from _ part of the US. (1) It takes _ minutes to drive

4、 from the Texasborder to his hometown. (2) Eric thinks southerners are more _ thanpeople from the north. (3) Mark thinks people in _ countries tend tohave a laid-back relaxed helpful friendly sort of attitude. (4) Where is Mark? In a big _. (5) （分数：5.00）填空项 1:_(3).Information About the DialogueEric

5、is from _ part of the US. (1) It takes _ minutes to drive from the Texasborder to his hometown. (2) Eric thinks southerners are more _ thanpeople from the north. (3) Mark thinks people in _ countries tend tohave a laid-back relaxed helpful friendly sort of attitude. (4) Where is Mark? In a big _. (5

6、) （分数：5.00）填空项 1:_(4).Information About the DialogueEric is from _ part of the US. (1) It takes _ minutes to drive from the Texasborder to his hometown. (2) Eric thinks southerners are more _ thanpeople from the north. (3) Mark thinks people in _ countries tend tohave a laid-back relaxed helpful fri

7、endly sort of attitude. (4) Where is Mark? In a big _. (5) （分数：5.00）填空项 1:_(5).Information About the DialogueEric is from _ part of the US. (1) It takes _ minutes to drive from the Texasborder to his hometown. (2) Eric thinks southerners are more _ thanpeople from the north. (3) Mark thinks people i

8、n _ countries tend tohave a laid-back relaxed helpful friendly sort of attitude. (4) Where is Mark? In a big _. (5) （分数：5.00）填空项 1:_三、Part B(总题数：1，分数：25.00)填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_四、Part C(总题数：3，分数：50.00)(1).Special Olympics is organized for _.A. the mentally challenged athletes B. childr

9、enC. university students D. old people（分数：5.00）A.B.C.D.(2).The 2007 Special Olympics will be held in _.A. Beijing B. ShanghaiC. Guangzhou D. Chengdu（分数：5.00）A.B.C.D.(3).Which of the following is INCORRECT according to the speaker?A. Yao Ming will be one of the spokespersons for Special Olympics.B. Y

10、ao Ming is the highest profile athlete in China.C. Yao Ming will participate in the Special Olympics.D. Yao Ming is the top NBA center for the Houston Rockets and promises to be even better.（分数：5.00）A.B.C.D.(1).What is the most important factor for a dogs survival?A. Sharp vision. B. Acute hearing.C

11、 Keen sense of smell. D. Legs.（分数：5.00）A.B.C.D.(2).Which of the following animals is NOT colorblind?A. Monkey. B. Dog.C. Cat. D. Tiger.（分数：5.00）A.B.C.D.(3).Which of the following is INCORRECT?A. It is really hard to explain why dogs and cats are colorblind.B. Some colorblind animals have dull-color

12、ed coats.C. Some colorblind animals hunt for food in the dark of night.D. Some colorblind animals graze in the dim twilight hours.（分数：5.00）A.B.C.D.(1).What is the main purpose of the speaker?A. To introduce the Indian people who have tattoos.B. To tell us how to get a tattoo.C. To introduce the hist

13、ory and function of tattoos.D. To show us how a tattoo influences the wearers in many ways.（分数：5.00）A.B.C.D.(2).The tool for tattoo-making penetrates the skin _.A. by one million meters B. by one centimeterC. by one millimeter D. by a million millimeters（分数：5.00）A.B.C.D.(3).Which is INCORRECT among

14、the following statements?A. The first appearance of the word tattoo dates back to 3300 BCB. More widely recognized are tattoos found on Egyptian and Nubian mummies dating from about 2000 BCC. Europeans were shocked by tattooed Indians and Polynesians at circuses and fairs during the 18th and 19th ce

15、nturies.D. The practice of tattooing has different meanings to various cultures.（分数：5.00）A.B.C.D.(4).What is the most common motive for tattooing?A. Celebration. B. Identification.C. Decoration. D. Punishment.（分数：5.00）A.B.C.D.公共英语四级听力-24 答案解析(总分：100.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、Listening Comprehens(总题数：0，分数：0.00

16、)二、Part A(总题数：1，分数：25.00)Information About the DialogueEric is from _ part of the US. (1) It takes _ minutes to drive from the Texasborder to his hometown. (2) Eric thinks southerners are more _ thanpeople from the north. (3) Mark thinks people in _ countries tend tohave a laid-back relaxed helpful

17、friendly sort of attitude. (4) Where is Mark? In a big _. (5) （分数：25.00）(1).Information About the DialogueEric is from _ part of the US. (1) It takes _ minutes to drive from the Texasborder to his hometown. (2) Eric thinks southerners are more _ thanpeople from the north. (3) Mark thinks people in _

18、 countries tend tohave a laid-back relaxed helpful friendly sort of attitude. (4) Where is Mark? In a big _. (5) （分数：5.00）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：southern）解析：听力原文M: Hello everybody. This is Mark. I am just sitting here in a room, in a big classroom, and I am talking to my friend, Eric. Eric comes from Oklahom

19、a. Where do you come from exactly, Eric?W: I come from southern Oklahoma about a fifteen-minute drive from the Texas border. The nearest big city is Dallas, which is about ninety minutes by car.M: Dallas is in Texas, isnt it?W: Thats right. Dallas, Texas.M: Wow, right OK, so youre a southerner?W: Aa

20、h. yes, I am a southerner.M: What differences are there between the north and the south in the United States?W: Well, there are a lot of areas of the north and areas of the south so its difficult to characterize. but. you know. basically. the area that I come from. maybe people are a bit more friend

21、ly and. helpful. for instance if you have car trouble. its very likely that a nice person will stop and try to help you instead of a bad person stopping and trying to hurt you.M: Right. right.W: . or something. not to say that people in the north wont help you out too. but I think. there is a bit mo

22、re of a friendly helpful spirit. in the part of the south that I come from.M: I see. I think a lot of warm countries. the people have a kind of a laid-back relaxed helpful friendly sort of attitude. I think thats a common thing.(2).Information About the DialogueEric is from _ part of the US. (1) It

23、takes _ minutes to drive from the Texasborder to his hometown. (2) Eric thinks southerners are more _ thanpeople from the north. (3) Mark thinks people in _ countries tend tohave a laid-back relaxed helpful friendly sort of attitude. (4) Where is Mark? In a big _. (5) （分数：5.00）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：15）解析：(3

24、).Information About the DialogueEric is from _ part of the US. (1) It takes _ minutes to drive from the Texasborder to his hometown. (2) Eric thinks southerners are more _ thanpeople from the north. (3) Mark thinks people in _ countries tend tohave a laid-back relaxed helpful friendly sort of attitu

25、de. (4) Where is Mark? In a big _. (5) （分数：5.00）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：friendly）解析：(4).Information About the DialogueEric is from _ part of the US.(1) It takes _(2) _ minutes to drive from the Texasborder to his hometown.Eric thinks southerners are more _(3) _ thanpeople from the north.Mark thinks people in

26、 countries tend tohave a laid-back relaxe(4) d helpful friendly sort of attitude.Where is Mark? In a big _.(5) （分数：5.00）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：warm）解析：(5).Information About the DialogueEric (1) is from _ part of the US.It takes _ minutes to drive from the Texasborder to his hometo(2) wn.Eric thinks southern

27、ers are more _ thanpeople from the north.(3) Mark thinks people in _ (4) countries tend tohave a laid-back relaxed helpful friendly sort of attitude.Where is Mark? In (5) a big _.（分数：5.00）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：classroom）解析：三、Part B(总题数：1，分数：25.00)填空项 1:_ （正确答案：recording and performing）解析：听力原文M: What state w

28、ere you born in, Aaron?W: I was born in Tennesee.M: What part of Tennesee?W: Memphis, Tennesee.M: Memphis, Tennesee. Right. That is where Elvis comes from.W: Actually, I believe he was born in Mississippi.M: Was he?W: Yeah, originally and, um, he sort of took up residence in Memphis when he was doin

29、g all of his recording and performing.M: Right.W: So that is where he based himself and he made, you know, “Elvis“ synonymous with Memphis.M: Right. Memphis is a pretty big city, hey?W: Ahm. I dont know a whole lot about Memphis. I would not call it a big city but I would call it a. I would say a sm

30、all-size big city.M: It is kind of famous for music, isnt it?W: Yeah, blues.M: Country music?W: No, country music is more east Tennesee, Nashville.M: Nashville. So is Memphis west Tennesee?W: Yeah, it is west Tennesee. It is right on the Mississippi River across from Arkansas and very close to Missi

31、ssippi.M: Across from Arkansas?W: Yeah.M: Right next to Arkansas?W: Yeah, that is where Bill Clinton is from, actually.M: And the capital of Arkansas is Little Rock, isnt it?W: That is right.M: Right. OK.W: I believe I have an uncle living right there somewhere.M: Right. I would like to go there.W:

32、laughs)M: So you were born in.填空项 1:_ （正确答案：small-size big）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：blues）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：Country music）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：capital）解析：四、Part C(总题数：3，分数：50.00)(1).Special Olympics is organized for _.A. the mentally challenged athletes B. childrenC. university students D. old people（分数：5.00）A.

33、 B.C.D.解析：听力原文Every time before the Olympics, there is this very special event called the Special Olympics. It is a stage where the mentally challenged athletes can bring their skills together from around the world and compete to see who is the best!Every year there are different spokespersons that

34、will back the event in order to give it more exposure and awareness, so more people can take part in making the event better. What is really special this time around is that the 2007 Special Olympics will be held in Shanghai, China, our very own backyard!The year 2007 promises to be the biggest Spec

35、ial Olympics to date. There will be just tens of people filing in to China to take place in the competition or in the audience stands. How do I know it will be the biggest? Because I hosted a few events for the Special Olympics and met most of their spokespersons for 2007.Our friend Yao Ming was the

36、 first. They call him the moving great wall, and standing at 7 feet 6 inches tall, there is no bigger Chinese athlete that is as high profile and known in the world as he is! He is the top NBA center for the Houston Rockets and promises to be even better yet.(2).The 2007 Special Olympics will be hel

37、d in _.A. Beijing B. ShanghaiC. Guangzhou D. Chengdu（分数：5.00）A.B. C.D.解析：(3).Which of the following is INCORRECT according to the speaker?A. Yao Ming will be one of the spokespersons for Special Olympics.B. Yao Ming is the highest profile athlete in China.C. Yao Ming will participate in the Special

38、Olympics.D. Yao Ming is the top NBA center for the Houston Rockets and promises to be even better.（分数：5.00）A.B.C. D.解析：(1).What is the most important factor for a dogs survival?A. Sharp vision. B. Acute hearing.C. Keen sense of smell. D. Legs.（分数：5.00）A.B.C. D.解析：听力原文Mans best friend is colorblind,

39、but, fortunately, his survival does not depend upon the ability to see colors. His keen sense of smell compensates for his inability to see colors, and enables him to differentiate between things.Extensive scientific testing on dogs supports the conclusion that they live in a colorless world. The te

40、sting done primarily focused on the dogs responses to colors for food. Dogs could not tell the difference between one color, a signal for food, and other colors, those were not for food. Similar tests conducted on cats produced similar results, which led scientists to conclude that they, too, are co

41、lorblind and live in a gray world.The inability of most animals to see colors, from an evolutionary standpoint, is quite simple to understand. Many colorblind animals have dull-colored coats, hunt for food in the dark of night, or graze in the dim twilight hours. Their other senses have developed to

42、 the point where the lack of color vision in no way impairs them. For them, life in a colorless world is neither a handicap, nor a threat to their survival.The only animals, other than man, scientists can conclusively say have color vision are monkeys and apes. Both can be trained to open a colored

43、door, behind which there is food, and man can be trained to open a refrigerator door of any color!(2).Which of the following animals is NOT colorblind?A. Monkey. B. Dog.C. Cat. D. Tiger.（分数：5.00）A. B.C.D.解析：(3).Which of the following is INCORRECT?A. It is really hard to explain why dogs and cats are

44、 colorblind.B. Some colorblind animals have dull-colored coats.C. Some colorblind animals hunt for food in the dark of night.D. Some colorblind animals graze in the dim twilight hours.（分数：5.00）A. B.C.D.解析：(1).What is the main purpose of the speaker?A. To introduce the Indian people who have tattoos.

45、B. To tell us how to get a tattoo.C. To introduce the history and function of tattoos.D. To show us how a tattoo influences the wearers in many ways.（分数：5.00）A.B.C. D.解析：听力原文Whether they are on arms, legs, ankles or buttocks, tattoos are painted all over our bodies by injecting ink into our skin.A n

46、eedle attached to a hand-held tool injects ink into the cells of the dermis-a section of our skin that keeps tattoos from fading and stretching. The tool moves the needle up and down at a rate of several hundred vibrations per minute and penetrates the skin by about one millimeter. The ink that is l

47、eft in the skin after the injection process is the tattoo.Decorating our bodies with tattoos is a popular fad among many people.The word tattoo originates from the Tahitian word tattau, which means “to mark“ and was first mentioned in explorer James Cooks records from his 1769 expedition to the South Pacific. However, some scientists believe that the earliest known evidence of tattooing dates back to markings found on the skin of the Iceman, a mummified human body that dates as far back as 3300 B