公共英语四级听力-4及答案解析.doc

1、公共英语四级听力-4 及答案解析(总分：20.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、BListening Compr(总题数：1，分数：5.00)BPart A/BI For Questions 1-5, you will hear a dialogue. While you listen, fill out the table with the information you have heard. Some of the information has been given to you in the table. Write only 1 word in each numbered box.

2、You will hear the recording twice. You now have 25 seconds to read the table below./IInformation About the Dialogue Eric 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

3、n _ countries tend tohave a laid-back relaxed helpful friendly sort of attitude.4.Were in Mark? In a big _. 5.（分数：5.00）(1).（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_二、BPart B/B(总题数：1，分数：5.00)（分数：5.00）(1).After taking up residence in Memphis, Elvis was doing all of his 1.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(2).The siz

4、e of the city of Memphis is 1.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(3).Memphis is famous for 1.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(4).What kind of music is Nashville famous for?（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(5).Little Rock is the 1 of Arkansas.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_三、BPart C/B(总题数：3，分数：10.00)IQuestions 11-13 are baaed on the following talk on Special Olympic

5、s. You now have 15 seconds to read Questions 11 -13./I（分数：3.00）(1).Special Olympics is organized for _.（分数：1.00）A.the mentally challenged athletesB.childrenC.university studentsD.old people(2).The 2007 Special Olympics will be held in _.（分数：1.00）A.BeijingB.ShanghaiC.GuangzhouD.Chengdu(3).Which of th

6、e following is INCORRECT according to the speaker?（分数：1.00）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 Olympics.D.Yao Ming is the top NBA center for the Houston Rockets and promises to

7、be even better.I Questions 14-16 are based on the following speech. You now have 15 seconds to read Questions 14- 16./I（分数：3.00）(1).What is the most important factor for a dogs survival?（分数：1.00）A.Sharp vision.B.Acute hearing.C.Keen sense of smell.D.Legs.(2).Which of the following animals is NOT col

8、orblind?（分数：1.00）A.Monkey.B.Dog.C.Cat.D.Tiger.(3).Which of the following is INCORRECT?（分数：1.00）A.It is really hard to explain why dogs and cats are 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 graz

9、e in the dim twilight hours.I Questions 17-20 are based on the following passage. You now have 20 seconds to read Questions 17-20./I（分数：4.00）(1).What is the main purpose of the speaker?（分数：1.00）A.To introduce the Indian people who have tattoos.B.To tell us how to get a tattoo.C.To introduce the hist

10、ory and function of tattoos.D.To show us how a tattoo influences the wearers in many ways.(2).The tool for tattoo-making penetrates the skin _.（分数：1.00）A.by one million metersB.by one centimeterC.by one millimeterD.by a million millimeters(3).Which is INCORRECT among the following statements?（分数：1.0

11、0）A.The word tattoo was first mentioned as far as 3000 B. C.B.More widely recognized are tattoos found on Egyptian and Nubian mummies dating from about 2000 B. C.C.Europeans were shocked by tattooed Indians and Polynesians at circuses and fairs during the 18th and 19th centuries.D.The practice of ta

12、ttooing has different meanings to various cultures.(4).What is the most common motive for tattooing?（分数：1.00）A.Celebration.B.Identification.C.Decoration.D.Punishment.公共英语四级听力-4 答案解析(总分：20.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、BListening Compr(总题数：1，分数：5.00)BPart A/BI For Questions 1-5, you will hear a dialogue. While you

13、 listen, fill out the table with the information you have heard. Some of the 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./IInformation About the Dialogue Eric is from _ part

14、 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.Were in Mark? In a big _. 5.（分数：5.00）(1).（分数：1.00）填空项

15、 1:_ （正确答案：Southern）解析：听力原文1-5 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 Oklahoma. Where do you come from exactly, Eric? W: I come from southern Oklahoma about a fifteen-minute drive from the Texas bor

16、der. 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: Aah. yes, I am a southerner. M: What differences are there between the north and the south in the United States? W: We

17、ll, 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 friendly and, helpful, for instance if you have car trouble, its very likely that a nice person will stop and try to hel

18、p 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 more of a friendly helpful spirit. in the part of the south that I come from. M: I see. I think a lot of warm coun

19、tries. the people have a kind of a laid-back relaxed helpful friendly sort of attitude. I think thats a common thing.填空项 1:_ （正确答案：15）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：friendly）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：warm）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：classroom）解析：二、BPart B/B(总题数：1，分数：5.00)（分数：5.00）(1).After taking up residence in Memphis, Elvis was d

20、oing all of his 1.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：recording and performing）解析：听力原文6-10 M: What state were 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 Mississip

21、pi. M: Was he? W: Yeah, originally and, urn, he sort of took up residence in Memphis when he was doing 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 do

22、nt know a whole lot about Memphis. I would not call it a big city but I would call it a. I would say a small-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?

23、W: Yeah, it is west Tennesee. It is right on the Mississippi River across from Arkansas and very close to Mississippi. 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 i

24、s right. M: Right. OK. W: I believe I have an uncle living right there somewhere. M: Right. I would like to go there. W: (laughs) M: So you were born in.(2).The size of the city of Memphis is 1.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：small-size big）解析：(3).Memphis is famous for 1.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：blues）解析：(4).W

25、hat kind of music is Nashville famous for?（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：Country music.）解析：(5).Little Rock is the 1 of Arkansas.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：capital）解析：三、BPart C/B(总题数：3，分数：10.00)IQuestions 11-13 are baaed on the following talk on Special Olympics. You now have 15 seconds to read Questions 11 -13.

26、/I（分数：3.00）(1).Special Olympics is organized for _.（分数：1.00）A.the mentally challenged athletes B.childrenC.university studentsD.old people解析：听力原文11-13 Every time before the Olympics, there is this very special event called the Special Olympics. It is a stage where the mentally challenged athletes ca

27、n bring their skills together from around the world and compete to see who is the best! Every year there are different spokespersons that 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 aro

28、und is that the 2007 Special Olympics will be held in Shanghai, China, our very own backyard! The year 2007 promises to be the biggest Special 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 t

29、he 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 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 w

30、orld 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 held in _.（分数：1.00）A.BeijingB.Shanghai C.GuangzhouD.Chengdu解析：(3).Which of the following is INCORRECT according to the speaker?（分数：1.00）A.Yao Ming will be one of t

31、he spokespersons for Special Olympics.B.Yao 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.解析：I Questions 14-16 are based on the following speech. You now have 1

32、5 seconds to read Questions 14- 16./I（分数：3.00）(1).What is the most important factor for a dogs survival?（分数：1.00）A.Sharp vision.B.Acute hearing.C.Keen sense of smell. D.Legs.解析：听力原文14-16 Mans best friend is colorblind, but, fortunately, his survival does not depend upon the ability to see colors. Hi

33、s 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 testing done primarily focused on the dogs responses to colors for food. Dogs coul

34、d 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 colorblind and live in a gray world. The inability of most animals to see colors,

35、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 the point where the lack of color vision in no way impairs them. For them, lif

36、e 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 door, behind which there is food, and man can be trained to open a refrigerato

37、r door of any color!(2).Which of the following animals is NOT colorblind?（分数：1.00）A.Monkey. B.Dog.C.Cat.D.Tiger.解析：(3).Which of the following is INCORRECT?（分数：1.00）A.It is really hard to explain why dogs and cats are colorblind. B.Some colorblind animals have dull-colored coats.C.Some colorblind ani

38、mals hunt for food in the dark of night.D.Some colorblind animals graze in the dim twilight hours.解析：I Questions 17-20 are based on the following passage. You now have 20 seconds to read Questions 17-20./I（分数：4.00）(1).What is the main purpose of the speaker?（分数：1.00）A.To introduce the Indian people

39、who have tattoos.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.解析：听力原文17-20 Whether they are on arms, legs, ankles or buttocks, tattoos are painted all over our bodies by injecting ink into our skin.

40、 A needle attached to a hand-held tool injects ink into the cells of the dermisa 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 i

41、s left 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

42、 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. C. More widely recognized are tattoos found on Egyptian and Nubian mummies dating from about

43、 2000 B, C. Classical authors mention the use of tattoos in connection with Greeks, ancient Germans, Gauls, Thracians and ancient Britons. Tattooing was rediscovered by Europeans when they came into contact with Polynesians and American Indians through their explorations. Because tattoos were consid

44、ered so exotic in European and US societies, tattooed Indians and Polynesians amazed crowds at circuses and fairs during the 18th and 19th centuries. The practice of tattooing has different meanings to various cultures. Decoration was the most common motive for tattooing and that still holds true to

45、day.(2).The tool for tattoo-making penetrates the skin _.（分数：1.00）A.by one million metersB.by one centimeterC.by one millimeter D.by a million millimeters解析：(3).Which is INCORRECT among the following statements?（分数：1.00）A.The word tattoo was first mentioned as far as 3000 B. C. B.More widely recogni

46、zed are tattoos found on Egyptian and Nubian mummies dating from about 2000 B. C.C.Europeans were shocked by tattooed Indians and Polynesians at circuses and fairs during the 18th and 19th centuries.D.The practice of tattooing has different meanings to various cultures.解析：(4).What is the most common motive for tattooing?（分数：1.00）A.Celebration.B.Identification.C.Decoration. D.Punishment.解析：