1、国家公共英语四级（综合）练习试卷 8及答案与解析 PART A Directions: For Questions 1-5, you will hear a conversation. 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. You will hear the recording twice
2、. You now have 25 seconds to read the table below. 1 Each year, an average of _ people visit the Niagara Falls. 2 There are two falls: the Canadian or Horseshoe Falls, and _ . 3 Some visitors find the Horseshoe Falls curious that the falls are _ in the early morning. 4 Niagara Falls became a favorit
3、e site for _ . 5 There s more to Niagara Falls than _ . PART B Directions: For Questions 6-10, you will hear a passage. Use not more than 3 words for each answer. You will hear the recording twice. You now have 25 seconds to read the sentences and the questions below. 6 When will showers reach south
4、-west England and the southern coast of Wales? 7 What will the minimum temperature be in the south during the night? 8 On what day of the week do y0u think this weather forecast was given? 9 What will be the general feeling about the weekend in the Netherlands? 10 What part of England will be cloudy
5、 and dry over the weekend? PART C Directions: You will hear three dialogues or monologues. Before listening to each one, you will have 5 seconds to read each of the questions which accompany it. While listening, answer each question by choosing A, B, C or D. After listening, you will have 10 seconds
6、 to check your answer to each question. You will hear each piece ONLY ONCE. 11 Comets are like planets in that they _ . （ A） have moons of their own （ B） can be seen at regular intervals （ C） blaze across the sky （ D） orbit the sun 12 The Romans believed that comets were _ . （ A） stars shining brigh
7、tly in the sky （ B） planes turning round and round the suns （ C） evil spirits with long beards （ D） signs predicting some cheerful events 13 In the Middle Ages an astronomer described the comet of 1531 as _ . （ A） of red color （ B） something sent by God to punish man （ C） an evil spirit that would b
8、ring illness to people （ D） riding on the back of a bloody colored horse 14 The difference in time between zones is _ . （ A） seven days （ B） twenty-four hours （ C） one hour （ D） more than seven days 15 From this selection it seems true that the Atlantic ocean _ . （ A） is in one time zone （ B） is div
9、ided into twenty-four zones （ C） is divided into five time zones （ D） cannot be crossed in five days 16 The international date line is the name for _ . （ A） the beginning of any new time zone （ B） any point where time changes by one hour （ C） the point where a new day begins （ D） any time zone in th
10、e Pacific Ocean 17 How far is the earth away from the sun? （ A） 93 million miles. （ B） 193 million miles. （ C） 930 million miles. （ D） 93 billion miles. 18 What is the temperature on the sun? （ A） Not clear. （ B） 10,000 degrees Fahrenheit. （ C） 10,000 degrees Centigrade. （ D） Over 2,000 degrees Fahr
11、enheit. 19 Which of the following is true according to the passage? （ A） The sun s light comes from millions of candles. （ B） Most of the sun s heat and light are received on the earth. （ C） The temperature of the sun is the same as that of the earth. （ D） Without the correct balance of heat and lig
12、ht, life on the earth would not be possible. 20 What does “sufficient“ mean? （ A） enough （ B） good （ C） much （ D） adequate 国家公共英语四级（综合）练习试卷 8答案与解析 PART A Directions: For Questions 1-5, you will hear a conversation. While you listen, fill out the table with the information you have heard. Some of the
13、 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. 1 【听力原文】 Niagara Falls are a major attraction for people everywhere. Each year, an average of 12 million people visit the site
14、some call one of the world s natural wonders. There are two falls: the Canadian or Horseshoe Falls, and the American Falls. They are separated by Goat Island, on the American side of the border. The Horseshoe Falls are 54 meters high and extend for 675 meters in the horseshoe shape that gives the Fa
15、lls its name. The Horseshoe Falls are more impressive than the American falls. Some visitors find it curious that the falls are “turned off“ in the early morning; at the time, most of the water is diverted to hydroelectric plants. The first European visited the falls toward the end of the seventeent
16、h century. The tourist industry began about 125 years later. And very quickly, Niagara Falls became a favorite site for honeymooning couples. A circus atmosphere soon followed that featured high-wire acts over the falls and other stunts. The one that is best known is the attempt to go over the falls
17、 in a barrel, completed a number of times, sometimes successfully and sometimes not. Of course, there s more to Niagara Falls than stunts and tourism, it is worth remembering that the incredible drop in water level made the Falls an ideal place for hydro-electric development. The first generating st
18、ation opened in 1906. And it was partly because of the availability of inexpensive electric power that this region became one of the most industrialized regions in Canada. 1 【正确答案】 12 million 【知识模块】 Geography 2 【正确答案】 the American Falls 【知识模块】 Geography 3 【正确答案】 turned off 【知识模块】 Geography 4 【正确答案】
19、honeymoon couples 【知识模块】 Geography 5 【正确答案】 stunts and tourism 【知识模块】 Geography PART B Directions: For Questions 6-10, you will hear a passage. Use not more than 3 words for each answer. You will hear the recording twice. You now have 25 seconds to read the sentences and the questions below. 6 【听力原文
20、】 Hello. It s been another warm and fine day for most of us. Temperatures in south-east England reached twenty-six degrees Centigrade by mid-afternoon, and Brighton had fifteen hours of lovely sunshine. But already the weather is beginning to change, I m afraid, and during the night showers will slo
21、wly move in from the Atlantic to reach south-west England and the southern coast of Wales by early morning. The rest of the country will have a very mild, dry night with minimum temperatures no lower than fifteen degrees in the south, a little cooler eleven degrees or so in the north. Any remaining
22、showers in northwest Scotland will pass quickly, to leave a mild, dry night there too. And now, the outlook for Friday and the weekend. Well, southern Europe will once again get the best of the weekend weather, and if your holiday starts this weekend, then southern Spain is the place to go, with tem
23、peratures of thirty-four degrees along the Mediterranean coast. At the eastern end of the Med, too, you can expect uninterrupted sunshine and temperatures of up to thirty-two degrees Centigrade in Greece and south-east Italy, but further north the weather s not so settled. Much of France, Belgium an
24、d the Netherlands will be cloudy with occasional rain and maximum temperatures will be around twenty-two degrees. Very disappointing for this time of the year. Scotland and Northern Ireland will have heavy rain for much of the weekend and temperatures will drop to a cool seventeen degrees. Across mo
25、st of England the weather will be cloudy but mainly dry with sunny periods. And when the sun does come out temperatures could rise to a maximum of twenty-three degrees. 6 【正确答案】 During the night 【知识模块】 Geography 7 【正确 答案】 No lower than fifteen degrees 【知识模块】 Geography 8 【正确答案】 Thursday 【知识模块】 Geogra
26、phy 9 【正确答案】 Be cloudy with occasional rain 【知识模块】 Geography 10 【正确答案】 Most of England 【知识模块】 Geography PART C Directions: You will hear three dialogues or monologues. Before listening to each one, you will have 5 seconds to read each of the questions which accompany it. While listening, answer each
27、 question by choosing A, B, C or D. After listening, you will have 10 seconds to check your answer to each question. You will hear each piece ONLY ONCE. 11 【听力原文】 Until modern times, no one knew what comets were. They were feared as signs warning some sad events. The very word “comet“ comes from the
28、 Greek “kometes“, which means “the long-haired one“. The Greeks and Romans believed that comets were evil spirits with flowing beards. In the Middle Ages, the church declared that comets were sent by God to punish man. An astronomer of the Middle Ages said the comet of 1531 “was the color of blood.“
29、 An ugly spirit with long hair rode at its head. It looked so terrible and produced such fear in the common people that some were frightened to death and others feel sick. “These views prevailed until late into the 17th century, when the English astronomer Edmund Halley noticed a similarity in the p
30、aths of the comets of 1456, 1531, 1607, and 1683. Halley became certain that these comets were one and the same comet turning round and round the sun like a planet. He predicted that this comet would return about the end of 1758 or early in 1759, since it had been seen regularly every 75 or 76 years
31、. Halley himself did not live long enough to see his comet return. But his prediction proved to be correct, for on March 12, 1759, a comet was seen blazing across the sky. This was the first time in history that a comet had been definitely expected. Since 1759, it has reappeared twice, once in 1835,
32、 and once again in 1910. It will return in 1985 or 1986. The comet is named Halley s Comet, after the man who accurately predicted its appearance. 11 【正确答案】 D 【知识模块】 Geography 12 【正确答案】 C 【知识模块】 Geography 13 【正确答案】 A 【知识模块】 Geography 14 【听力原文】 Strange things happen to time when you travel, because t
33、he earth is divided into twenty-four time zones, one hour apart. Yon can have days with more or fewer than twenty-four hours, and weeks with more or fewer than seven days. If you make a five-day trip across the Atlantic Ocean, your ship enters a different time zone every day. As you enter each zone,
34、 the time changes one hour. Traveling west, you set your clock back; traveling east, you set it ahead. Each day of your trip has either twenty-five or twenty-three hours. If yon travel by shop across the Pacific, you cross the international date line. By agreement, this is the point where a new day
35、begins. When you cross the line, you change your calendar one full day, backward or forward. Traveling east, today becomes yesterday; traveling west, it is tomorrow. 14 【正确答案】 C 【知识模块】 Geography 15 【正确答案】 C 【知识模块】 Geography 16 【正确答案】 C 【知识模块】 Geography 17 【听力原文】 Life on earth depends on the sun. Day
36、 after day we see its light and feel its warmth, but we do not often consider their origin. Yet there are many remarkable things about the sun. One is its distance from the earth. This is about ninety-three million miles. A journey of this distance, even if it could be made, would take several hundr
37、ed years even in the fastest rocket. The sun makes us feel hot, even at a distance of ninety-three million miles. This is not surprising. The temperature on the sun is about ten thousand degrees Fahrenheit. But we receive only a small part of this heat. The total heat of the sun could melt a column
38、of ice two and a quarter miles thick and ninety-three million miles high in one second. The brightness of the sun is equally astonishing. As we said earlier, we receive only a very small part of the sun s heat. We also receive only a very small part of its light. This is sufficient for the growth of
39、 trees and plants, and for the existence of living creatures on earth. Too much heat and light would destroy the balance of life. The heat and light from the sun come in just the right quantities for life on earth. 17 【正确答案】 A 【知识模块】 Geography 18 【正确答案】 B 【知识模块】 Geography 19 【正确答案】 D 【知识模块】 Geography 20 【正确答案】 A 【知识模块】 Geography
