1、专业英语四级（短文听力）模拟试卷 4及答案与解析 SECTION B PASSAGES Directions: In this section, you will hear several passages. Listen to the passages carefully and then answer the questions that follow. 1 According to the passage, how many people in the world can NOT get enough food to be healthy? （ A） More than six mill
2、ion. （ B） More than one million. （ C） More than a billion. （ D） More than twenty million. 2 All of the following are the causes of food crisis EXCEPT （ A） the imbalance between developed and developing nations. （ B） the troubled world economy. （ C） the unpredictable climate change. （ D） the growing
3、world population. 3 Which of the following statements is NOT made by the countries in the Summit? （ A） They promised to lower the food prices. （ B） They promised to make efforts to relieve the hunger issue. （ C） They promised to help developing countries get more independent. （ D） They promised to i
4、ncrease aid for agriculture. 4 In the past, hip-hop was a place for people to sing about （ A） love. （ B） social injustices. （ C） what was happening in family. （ D） friendship. 5 Rapping could be described as speaking or singing words （ A） at a slow speed over music with quick beats. （ B） at a fast s
5、peed over music with slow beats. （ C） at a fast speed over music with quick beats. （ D） at a slow speed over music with slow beats. 6 Today the turntable may be replaced by （ A） music produced on computers. （ B） music produced by two records. （ C） music produced by instruments. （ D） music produced b
6、y the video. 7 In the north part of black bears range, most of them are （ A） grey and white. （ B） red and brown. （ C） brown and grey. （ D） yellow and white. 8 Which of the following descriptions is INCORRECT? （ A） Black bears are the smallest of all American bears. （ B） The length of black bears ran
7、ges from five to six feet. （ C） Black bears weigh from three hundred to five hundred pounds. （ D） Black bears eyesight and hearing are better than their sense of smell. 9 If attacked, black bears can （ A） run away slowly. （ B） turn to white bears for help. （ C） jump into the river. （ D） climb trees
8、and run at speed. 10 During the winter sleep, black bears always （ A） sleep like other woodland animals. （ B） keep their normal temperature. （ C） breathe regularly nine times per minute. （ D） live on body fat. 专业英 语四级（短文听力）模拟试卷 4答案与解析 SECTION B PASSAGES Directions: In this section, you will hear sev
9、eral passages. Listen to the passages carefully and then answer the questions that follow. 1 【听力原文】 Last week, the United Nations held a World Summit on Food Security. The three-day meeting in Rome produced some measures to fight rising hunger. (11) The UN World Food Program says more than a billion
10、 people one in six worldwide do not get enough food to be healthy. (12) The troubled world economy is not the only cause of recent increases. The poorest countries continue to face high food prices, which have fallen elsewhere. The UN Food and Agriculture Organization says more than thirty nations c
11、ontinue to need emergency food assistance. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said the food crisis has forced millions of families into poverty and hunger. He said six million children die of hunger every year. (12) And he warned that food security is closely connected to the issue of climate change. Ban
12、 Ki-moon said,“(12) At a time when the global population is growing, our global climate is changing. By 2050 we will need to grow seventy percent more food. Yet weather is becoming more extreme and unpredictable. “ The Food and Agriculture Organization says more than 40 billion dollars a year needs
13、to be invested in agriculture to defeat world hunger. (13) The delegates in Rome promised to continue efforts to reduce by half the number of hungry people by 2015. Several countries promised to increase aid for agriculture, to help developing nations become more independent. 1 【正确答案】 C 【知识模块】 短文 2
14、【正确答案】 A 【知识模块】 短文 3 【正确答案】 A 【知识模块】 短文 4 【听力原文】 Hip-hop music started in the South Bronx area of New York City in the early 1970s among young African Americans and Latino Americans. People would gather in the streets singing and dancing to hip-hop. (14) It was a place for people to sing about socia
15、l injustices as well as what was happening on the streets. Some of the worlds greatest hip-hop singers started this way. Now, hip-hop is popular worldwide. It is often used to express social and political issues. Some people call these musicians socially conscious hip-hop artists. Today we will tell
16、 about how performers in several countries use rapping to spread messages. (15) Rapping could be described as speaking or singing words at a fast speed over music with quick beats. Some reports say rapping came from the West African tradition of Griots. These storytellers would quickly tell a story
17、while someone played music. Hip-hop beats were made when a DJ used two records to create a special measured sound. Sometimes the DJ would move one record while holding the other one down. Other times he would move both records at the same time producing a quick measured beat. This is called scratchi
18、ng. DJs do this using a turntable. (16) Today the turntable may be replaced by music that is produced on computers. 4 【正确答案】 B 【知识模块】 短文 5 【正确答案】 C 【知识模块】 短文 6 【正确答案】 A 【知识模块】 短文 7 【听力原文】 American black bears appear in a variety of colors despite their name. In the eastern part of their range, most
19、of them are brown, red, or even yellow. (17)To the north, the black bear is actually gray or white in color. Even in the same family, both brown and black color bears may be born. (18) Black bears are the smallest of all American bears, ranging in length from five to six feet, weighing from three hu
20、ndred to five hundred pounds. Their eyes and ears are small and their eyesight and hearing are not as good as their sense of smell. Like all bears, the black bear is timid, clumsy, and rarely dangerous, (19) but if attacked, most can climb trees and run at great speeds. When angry or frightened, it
21、is a dangerous enemy. Black bears feed on leaves, plants, fruits, berries, insects, fish, and even larger animals. One of the most interesting characteristics of bears, including the black bear, is their winter sleep. (20) Unlike other woodland animals, bears do not actually sleep in winter. Although the bear does not live on body fat during the winter months, its temperature remains almost normal, and it breathes regularly four or five times per minute. 7 【正确答案】 A 【知识模块】 短文 8 【正确答案】 D 【知识模块】 短文 9 【正确答案】 D 【知识模块】 短文 10 【正确答案】 B 【知识模块】 短文
