1、大学英语四级听力-59 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、Section A(总题数：3，分数：45.00)(1).AThe professor was not late.BThe professor was late because of a traffic jam.CThe professor was not willing to give the lecture.DThe professor was late because the hall was so crowded.（分数：3.00）
2、A.B.C.D.(2).AHer name is on the top of the list.BShe is expecting a job interview.CShe will be the last to be interviewed.DThe fixed date for her job interview is delayed.（分数：3.00）A.B.C.D.(3).ALinda doesnt have much talent for music.BLinda has a summer job playing the guitar.CLinda taught herself to
3、 play the guitar.DLinda makes her own guitar.（分数：3.00）A.B.C.D.(4).AThe weather.BThe transportation.CThe pollution.DThe scenery.（分数：3.00）A.B.C.D.(5).AHe likes the country, but hates the driving.BHe likes driving to work in the morning.CHe hates the country, but likes the driving.DHe can drive crazily
4、 in the country.（分数：3.00）A.B.C.D.(6).ATalk about a subject in group.BListen to some radio program.CWrite an article.DRead a book.（分数：3.00）A.B.C.D.(7).AShe doesnt like to go skiing.BShe went skiing yesterday.CShe prefers chatting online to studying.DShe is very lazy.（分数：3.00）A.B.C.D.(8).ATo get anoth
5、er ticket at the door.BTo cancel the concert.CTo exchange the ticket for a better one.DTo try to sell the extra ticket.（分数：3.00）A.B.C.D.(1).AMaps of Europe during different historical periods.BA reference book about population information of Europe.CPictures showing people from different parts of Eu
6、rope.DA work book to help him understand the study of population.（分数：3.00）A.B.C.D.(2).AIt doesnt list population by city.BIt is no longer available at the library.CIt is recommended by his professor.DIt doesnt have any population statistics.（分数：3.00）A.B.C.D.(3).ABy area. BBy city. CBy country. DBy c
7、ontinent.（分数：3.00）A.B.C.D.(4).AIn a different library.BIn Prof. Millers office.CIn the geography department.DIn the reference section of the library.（分数：3.00）A.B.C.D.(1).AHe cant finish his assignment,BHe cant find his data in the computer.CHe cant find the phone number of a company.DHis computer is
8、 crashed in the middle of his work.（分数：3.00）A.B.C.D.(2).ATake the computer to a small company.BPay computer company a visit.CAsk help from the company suggested by the woman.DSwitch off his computer.（分数：3.00）A.B.C.D.(3).AHe should mention her name to Marlow.BHe should remember his computers name.CHe
9、 should try again before switching off the computer.DHe should switch off the computer and try again.（分数：3.00）A.B.C.D.三、Section B(总题数：3，分数：30.00)(1).AThe value of science.BThe value of work.CThe value of time.DThe value of money.（分数：3.00）A.B.C.D.(2).AThe machines.BThe technologies.CThe children.DThe
10、 labor unions.（分数：3.00）A.B.C.D.(3).AHe cant raise his children to be useful people.BHe cant leave something for the future generation.CHe will probably be taken the place of by the machine.DHe cant keep pace with the development of technology,（分数：3.00）A.B.C.D.(1).AShe lost her love.BShe lost her tea
11、cher.CShe lost her friend.DNobody is sure about the reason.（分数：3.00）A.B.C.D.(2).AShe published more poems.BShe seldom left her home.CShe lived in an earlier generation.DShe wrote in a different language.（分数：3.00）A.B.C.D.(3).AHear another report.BDiscuss one of Dickinsons poems.CHear a lecture by the
12、 professor.DDiscuss their own poetry.（分数：3.00）A.B.C.D.(1).AShe is a trading representative of the US in Tokyo.BShe is a government official of the US in Tokyo.CShe is the manager of an American bank in Tokyo.DShe is the manager of a Japanese bank in Tokyo.（分数：3.00）A.B.C.D.(2).AIn a trading company i
13、n New York.BIn the accounting department in a university.CIn a big bank in New York.DIn a big international company abroad.（分数：3.00）A.B.C.D.(3).AShe wanted to have a promotion.BShe hoped to earn more money.CShe was more interested in international finance.DShe was eager to learn more about internati
14、onal transactions.（分数：3.00）A.B.C.D.(4).ATrade between the US and Japan.BBanking system in the US,CThe life of Jean McPherson.DJean McPhersons experiences.（分数：3.00）A.B.C.D.四、Section C(总题数：1，分数：25.00)People once thought of the concept of obtaining fresh water from icebergs. But at that time, it was on
15、ly (26) a joke more appropriate to cartoons than real life. But now it is being considered quite (27) by many nations, especially since scientists have warned that the human race will outgrow its fresh water (28) faster than it runs out of food.Huge masses of ice are a possible source of fresh water
16、 that has always been (29) until recently. Three-quarters of the Earths fresh water supply is still in the form of ice, a reservoir of fresh water so (30) that it could supply water to all the rivers of the world for 1000 years. Floating on the oceans every year are 7659 trillion tons of ice in ten
17、thousand icebergs that break away from the ice caps of poles. Huge masses of ice that (31) the shallow continental shelf give birth to icebergs throughout the year. Icebergs are formed entirely on land, breaking off when (32) spread over the sea. As they drift away from the area of poles, icebergs s
18、ometimes move (33) in a direction opposite to the wind, pulled by sub-surface currents. To capture them and (34) them to parts of the world where they are needed would not be too difficult.The difficulty arises in other technical matters, such as the prevention of rapid melting in warmer climates an
19、d the moving of fresh water to shore (35) . But even if the icebergs lost half of their volume in the process, the water they could provide would be far cheaper than that produced by removing salt from water.（分数：25.00）(1).People once thought of the concept of obtaining fresh water from icebergs. But
20、 at that time, it was only (26) a joke more appropriate to cartoons than real life. But now it is being considered quite (27) by many nations, especially since scientists have warned that the human race will outgrow its fresh water (28) faster than it runs out of food.Huge masses of ice are a possib
21、le source of fresh water that has always been (29) until recently. Three-quarters of the Earths fresh water supply is still in the form of ice, a reservoir of fresh water so (30) that it could supply water to all the rivers of the world for 1000 years. Floating on the oceans every year are 7659 tril
22、lion tons of ice in ten thousand icebergs that break away from the ice caps of poles. Huge masses of ice that (31) the shallow continental shelf give birth to icebergs throughout the year. Icebergs are formed entirely on land, breaking off when (32) spread over the sea. As they drift away from the a
23、rea of poles, icebergs sometimes move (33) in a direction opposite to the wind, pulled by sub-surface currents. To capture them and (34) them to parts of the world where they are needed would not be too difficult.The difficulty arises in other technical matters, such as the prevention of rapid melti
24、ng in warmer climates and the moving of fresh water to shore (35) . But even if the icebergs lost half of their volume in the process, the water they could provide would be far cheaper than that produced by removing salt from water.（分数：2.50）填空项 1:_(2).People once thought of the concept of obtaining
25、fresh water from icebergs. But at that time, it was only (26) a joke more appropriate to cartoons than real life. But now it is being considered quite (27) by many nations, especially since scientists have warned that the human race will outgrow its fresh water (28) faster than it runs out of food.H
26、uge masses of ice are a possible source of fresh water that has always been (29) until recently. Three-quarters of the Earths fresh water supply is still in the form of ice, a reservoir of fresh water so (30) that it could supply water to all the rivers of the world for 1000 years. Floating on the o
27、ceans every year are 7659 trillion tons of ice in ten thousand icebergs that break away from the ice caps of poles. Huge masses of ice that (31) the shallow continental shelf give birth to icebergs throughout the year. Icebergs are formed entirely on land, breaking off when (32) spread over the sea.
28、 As they drift away from the area of poles, icebergs sometimes move (33) in a direction opposite to the wind, pulled by sub-surface currents. To capture them and (34) them to parts of the world where they are needed would not be too difficult.The difficulty arises in other technical matters, such as
29、 the prevention of rapid melting in warmer climates and the moving of fresh water to shore (35) . But even if the icebergs lost half of their volume in the process, the water they could provide would be far cheaper than that produced by removing salt from water.（分数：2.50）填空项 1:_(3).People once though
30、t of the concept of obtaining fresh water from icebergs. But at that time, it was only (26) a joke more appropriate to cartoons than real life. But now it is being considered quite (27) by many nations, especially since scientists have warned that the human race will outgrow its fresh water (28) fas
31、ter than it runs out of food.Huge masses of ice are a possible source of fresh water that has always been (29) until recently. Three-quarters of the Earths fresh water supply is still in the form of ice, a reservoir of fresh water so (30) that it could supply water to all the rivers of the world for
32、 1000 years. Floating on the oceans every year are 7659 trillion tons of ice in ten thousand icebergs that break away from the ice caps of poles. Huge masses of ice that (31) the shallow continental shelf give birth to icebergs throughout the year. Icebergs are formed entirely on land, breaking off
33、when (32) spread over the sea. As they drift away from the area of poles, icebergs sometimes move (33) in a direction opposite to the wind, pulled by sub-surface currents. To capture them and (34) them to parts of the world where they are needed would not be too difficult.The difficulty arises in ot
34、her technical matters, such as the prevention of rapid melting in warmer climates and the moving of fresh water to shore (35) . But even if the icebergs lost half of their volume in the process, the water they could provide would be far cheaper than that produced by removing salt from water.（分数：2.50
35、填空项 1:_(4).People once thought of the concept of obtaining fresh water from icebergs. But at that time, it was only (26) a joke more appropriate to cartoons than real life. But now it is being considered quite (27) by many nations, especially since scientists have warned that the human race will ou
36、tgrow its fresh water (28) faster than it runs out of food.Huge masses of ice are a possible source of fresh water that has always been (29) until recently. Three-quarters of the Earths fresh water supply is still in the form of ice, a reservoir of fresh water so (30) that it could supply water to a
37、ll the rivers of the world for 1000 years. Floating on the oceans every year are 7659 trillion tons of ice in ten thousand icebergs that break away from the ice caps of poles. Huge masses of ice that (31) the shallow continental shelf give birth to icebergs throughout the year. Icebergs are formed e
38、ntirely on land, breaking off when (32) spread over the sea. As they drift away from the area of poles, icebergs sometimes move (33) in a direction opposite to the wind, pulled by sub-surface currents. To capture them and (34) them to parts of the world where they are needed would not be too difficu
39、lt.The difficulty arises in other technical matters, such as the prevention of rapid melting in warmer climates and the moving of fresh water to shore (35) . But even if the icebergs lost half of their volume in the process, the water they could provide would be far cheaper than that produced by rem
40、oving salt from water.（分数：2.50）填空项 1:_(5).People once thought of the concept of obtaining fresh water from icebergs. But at that time, it was only (26) a joke more appropriate to cartoons than real life. But now it is being considered quite (27) by many nations, especially since scientists have warn
41、ed that the human race will outgrow its fresh water (28) faster than it runs out of food.Huge masses of ice are a possible source of fresh water that has always been (29) until recently. Three-quarters of the Earths fresh water supply is still in the form of ice, a reservoir of fresh water so (30) t
42、hat it could supply water to all the rivers of the world for 1000 years. Floating on the oceans every year are 7659 trillion tons of ice in ten thousand icebergs that break away from the ice caps of poles. Huge masses of ice that (31) the shallow continental shelf give birth to icebergs throughout t
43、he year. Icebergs are formed entirely on land, breaking off when (32) spread over the sea. As they drift away from the area of poles, icebergs sometimes move (33) in a direction opposite to the wind, pulled by sub-surface currents. To capture them and (34) them to parts of the world where they are n
44、eeded would not be too difficult.The difficulty arises in other technical matters, such as the prevention of rapid melting in warmer climates and the moving of fresh water to shore (35) . But even if the icebergs lost half of their volume in the process, the water they could provide would be far che
45、aper than that produced by removing salt from water.（分数：2.50）填空项 1:_(6).People once thought of the concept of obtaining fresh water from icebergs. But at that time, it was only (26) a joke more appropriate to cartoons than real life. But now it is being considered quite (27) by many nations, especia
46、lly since scientists have warned that the human race will outgrow its fresh water (28) faster than it runs out of food.Huge masses of ice are a possible source of fresh water that has always been (29) until recently. Three-quarters of the Earths fresh water supply is still in the form of ice, a rese
47、rvoir of fresh water so (30) that it could supply water to all the rivers of the world for 1000 years. Floating on the oceans every year are 7659 trillion tons of ice in ten thousand icebergs that break away from the ice caps of poles. Huge masses of ice that (31) the shallow continental shelf give
48、birth to icebergs throughout the year. Icebergs are formed entirely on land, breaking off when (32) spread over the sea. As they drift away from the area of poles, icebergs sometimes move (33) in a direction opposite to the wind, pulled by sub-surface currents. To capture them and (34) them to parts
49、 of the world where they are needed would not be too difficult.The difficulty arises in other technical matters, such as the prevention of rapid melting in warmer climates and the moving of fresh water to shore (35) . But even if the icebergs lost half of their volume in the process, the water they could provide would be far cheaper than that produced by removing salt from water.（分数：2.50）填空项
