1、公共英语四级听力-25 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 Forecastthe main topic of the weather report (1) The good news is that there will be a little _ where its needed. (2) If it doesnt start raining soon, it will be a long, hotand _
2、 summer in South Georgia. (3) Where does the speaker mention that some placesare short of a year worth of rainfall over the last 4-5 years? In the _blog.(4) _ suffered most from the drought. (5) （分数：25.00）(1).Information About the Forecastthe main topic of the weather report (1) The good news is tha
3、t there will be a little _ where its needed. (2) If it doesnt start raining soon, it will be a long, hotand _ summer in South Georgia. (3) Where does the speaker mention that some placesare short of a year worth of rainfall over the last 4-5 years? In the _blog.(4) _ suffered most from the drought.
4、(5) （分数：5.00）填空项 1:_(2).Information About the Forecastthe main topic of the weather report (1) The good news is that there will be a little _ where its needed. (2) If it doesnt start raining soon, it will be a long, hotand _ summer in South Georgia. (3) Where does the speaker mention that some place
5、sare short of a year worth of rainfall over the last 4-5 years? In the _blog.(4) _ suffered most from the drought. (5) （分数：5.00）填空项 1:_(3).Information About the Forecastthe main topic of the weather report (1) The good news is that there will be a little _ where its needed. (2) If it doesnt start ra
6、ining soon, it will be a long, hotand _ summer in South Georgia. (3) Where does the speaker mention that some placesare short of a year worth of rainfall over the last 4-5 years? In the _blog.(4) _ suffered most from the drought. (5) （分数：5.00）填空项 1:_(4).Information About the Forecastthe main topic o
7、f the weather report (1) The good news is that there will be a little _ where its needed. (2) If it doesnt start raining soon, it will be a long, hotand _ summer in South Georgia. (3) Where does the speaker mention that some placesare short of a year worth of rainfall over the last 4-5 years? In the
8、 _blog.(4) _ suffered most from the drought. (5) （分数：5.00）填空项 1:_(5).Information About the Forecastthe main topic of the weather report (1) The good news is that there will be a little _ where its needed. (2) If it doesnt start raining soon, it will be a long, hotand _ summer in South Georgia. (3) W
9、here does the speaker mention that some placesare short of a year worth of rainfall over the last 4-5 years? In the _blog.(4) _ suffered most from the drought. (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).The Dragon Boat Festival is celeb
10、rated on _.A. the fifth day of the fifth month in the solar calendarB. the fifth day of the fifth month in the lunar calendarC. the seventh day of the seventh month in the solar calendarD. the seventh day of the seventh month in the lunar calendar（分数：5.00）A.B.C.D.(2).Why was the Dragon Boat Festival
11、 celebrated?A. To commemorate the state of Chu. B. To commemorate the defeat of Chu.C. To commemorate Qu Yuan. D. To welcome the arrival of summer.（分数：5.00）A.B.C.D.(3).Why are dragon boat races more popular in the south?A. Because Qu Yuan was born in the south.B. Because Qu Yuan threw himself into a
12、 river in the south.C. Because there are more rivers and lakes in the south.D. Because it is too cold in the north.（分数：5.00）A.B.C.D.(1).What is the main purpose of the speaker?A. To introduce his life and Mosquito City.B. To ask tourists to go to his hometown for a visit.C. To promote biological edu
13、cation among the young people.D. To teach us about the plants in his hometown.（分数：5.00）A.B.C.D.(2).What is the profession of the speaker?A. A gardener. B. A biology professor.C. A student majoring in biology. D. A shop assistant.（分数：5.00）A.B.C.D.(3).Mosquito City is _.A. a small city of the United S
14、tatesB. a small city of AustraliaC. an independent countryD. an island of the United States in the Southern Pacific Ocean（分数：5.00）A.B.C.D.(1).The first program of VOA was broadcast in _。A. English B. FrenchC. Spanish D. German（分数：5.00）A.B.C.D.(2).How many computer servers does the VOA use around the
15、 world to put information on the Internet?A. 14,000. B. 40,000.C. 44,000. D. 41,000.（分数：5.00）A.B.C.D.(3).Which is the second most popular Internet page of the VOA website?A. VOA home page. B. VOA standard English.C. VOA special English. D. BBC website.（分数：5.00）A.B.C.D.(4).Which of the following is I
16、NCORRECT?A. Now VOA is broadcast in 44 languages.B. It produces more than 1,000 hours of news each week.C. One of the duties of VOA news is to broadcast partially.D. When VOA began, all broadcasts were on shortwave.（分数：5.00）A.B.C.D.公共英语四级听力-25 答案解析(总分：100.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、Listening Comprehens(总题数：0，分
17、数：0.00)二、Part A(总题数：1，分数：25.00)Information About the Forecastthe main topic of the weather report (1) The good news is that there will be a little _ where its needed. (2) If it doesnt start raining soon, it will be a long, hotand _ summer in South Georgia. (3) Where does the speaker mention that som
18、e placesare short of a year worth of rainfall over the last 4-5 years? In the _blog.(4) _ suffered most from the drought. (5) （分数：25.00）(1).Information About the Forecastthe main topic of the weather report (1) The good news is that there will be a little _ where its needed. (2) If it doesnt start r
19、aining soon, it will be a long, hotand _ summer in South Georgia. (3) Where does the speaker mention that some placesare short of a year worth of rainfall over the last 4-5 years? In the _blog.(4) _ suffered most from the drought. (5) （分数：5.00）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：drought）解析：听力原文Heres the drought edition f
20、or today. The good news is theres going to be a little rain where its needed. The bad news is that it just isnt enough. Like I have said before, hot and dry weather tends to beget hot and dry weather. So, if it doesnt start raining soon, its going to be a mighty long and hot and dry and generally mi
21、serable summer in South Georgia and points west all the way to Mississippi at least. That may also apply to the Tennessee Valley, since they are in a dry zone as well, and theres nothing coming that will put any big dent in the drought in the next week or so for any of those places.The good news for
22、 places farther west to the Arklatex is that it has been raining pretty good for a while now. These are the places that I am talking about when I say in the video blog that are short of a year worth of rainfall over the last 4-5 years. Thats really dry, bad enough that a lot of the farmers around th
23、ere have either had to give it up or have strongly considered it. Hopefully, we can keep the rain going through the growing season this year and have the first good year in quite some time.(2).Information About the Forecastthe main topic of the weather report (1) The good news is that there will be
24、a little _ where its needed. (2) If it doesnt start raining soon, it will be a long, hotand _ summer in South Georgia. (3) Where does the speaker mention that some placesare short of a year worth of rainfall over the last 4-5 years? In the _blog.(4) _ suffered most from the drought. (5) （分数：5.00）填空项
25、 1:_ （正确答案：rain）解析：(3).Information About the Forecastthe main topic of the weather report (1) The good news is that there will be a little _ where its needed. (2) If it doesnt start raining soon, it will be a long, hotand _ summer in South Georgia. (3) Where does the speaker mention that some places
26、are short of a year worth of rainfall over the last 4-5 years? In the _blog.(4) _ suffered most from the drought. (5) （分数：5.00）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：dry）解析：(4).Information About the Forecastthe main topic of the weather report(1) The good news is that there (2) will be a little _ where its needed.If it does
27、nt start raining soon, it will be a long, ho(3) tand _ summer in South Georgia.Where does the speaker mention that some placesare short (4) of a year worth of rainfall over the last 4-5 years? In the _blog._ suffered most from th(5) e drought.（分数：5.00）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：video）解析：(5).Information About the
28、 Forecastthe main topic of the weather report(1) The good news is that there (2) will be a little _ where its needed.If it doesnt start raining soon, it will be a long, ho(3) tand _ summer in South Georgia.Where does the speaker mention that some placesare short (4) of a year worth of rainfall over
29、the last 4-5 years? In the _blog._ suffered most from th(5) e drought.（分数：5.00）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：Farmers）解析：三、Part B(总题数：1，分数：25.00)填空项 1:_ （正确答案：179）解析：听力原文The year 2004 marks the 10th anniversary of the groundbreaking International Conference on Population and. Development (ICPD) in Cairo, Egypt, in 1
30、994.Ten years ago, on the eve of World Population Day, a new campaign was launched to raise awareness of how international family planning helps save women and childrens lives, safeguard the environment, and slow population growth. One hundred and seventy-nine governments committed to it when they s
31、igned the Program of Action of ICPD, which prescribed the steps that would not only save millions of womens lives but empower societies to achieve a better future.Today, there are more than 6 billion people on the planet, with half of the worlds population under the age of 25-at or just reaching the
32、ir childbearing years.Nearly 600,000 women still die each year from pregnancy-related causes. And an estimated 90 percent of infants whose mothers die at childbirth will not survive to their first birthday.Wild species are becoming extinct 50 to 100 times faster than they naturally would, because of
33、 the impact of rapid population growth and increased population density in many countries.Though population growth is slowing worldwide, more than 90 percent of current growth occurs in the developing world where needs are great and resources are scarce. And these nations have a huge unmet need for
34、family planning services-over 150 million married women of reproductive age in the developing world indicate that they would prefer to postpone childbearing but are not using any method of contraception.“A girl born today in the developing world faces better prospects than a girl who was born 10 yea
35、rs ago. School enrolment rates are increasing, mortality is declining and life expectancy is rising. More and more women and couples are able to choose the number and spacing of their children and many countries are taking additional steps to confront HIV/AIDS. But progress is uneven, and in some ca
36、ses slipping backwards. We need the strength and determination of a marathon runner to meet our goals during the next decade./填空项 1:_ （正确答案：3 billion）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：developing world/countries）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：Over 150 million.）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：strength and determination）解析：四、Part C(总题数：3，分数：50.00)
37、(1).The Dragon Boat Festival is celebrated on _.A. the fifth day of the fifth month in the solar calendarB. the fifth day of the fifth month in the lunar calendarC. the seventh day of the seventh month in the solar calendarD. the seventh day of the seventh month in the lunar calendar（分数：5.00）A.B. C.
38、D.解析：听力原文The Dragon Boat Festival, also called the Duanwu Festival, is celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth month according to the Chinese calendar. For thousands of years, the festival has been marked by eating zongzi, a kind of glutinous rice(糯米) wrapped to form a pyramid using bamboo or reed
39、leaves, and racing dragon boats.The festival is best known for its dragon-boat races, especially in the southern provinces where there are many rivers and lakes. This regatta commemorates the death of Qu Yuan, an honest minister who is said to have committed suicide by drowning himself in a river.Qu
40、 was a minister of the State of Chu situated in present-day Hunan and Hubei provinces, during the Warring States Period. He was upright, loyal and highly esteemed for his wise counsel that brought peace and prosperity to the state. However, when a dishonest and corrupt prince vilified Qu, he was dis
41、graced and dismissed from office. Realizing that the country was now in the hands of evil and corrupt officials, Qu grabbed a large stone and leapt into the Miluo River on the fifth day of the fifth month. Nearby fishermen rushed over to try and save him but were unable to even recover his body. The
42、reafter, the state declined and was eventually conquered by the State of Qin.The people of Chu who mourned the death of Qu threw rice into the river to feed his ghost every year on the fifth day of the fifth month. But one year, the spirit of Qu appeared and told the mourners that a huge reptile in
43、the river had stolen the rice. The spirit then advised them to wrap the rice in silk and bind it with five different-colored threads before tossing it into the river.(2).Why was the Dragon Boat Festival celebrated?A. To commemorate the state of Chu. B. To commemorate the defeat of Chu.C. To commemor
44、ate Qu Yuan. D. To welcome the arrival of summer.（分数：5.00）A.B.C. D.解析：(3).Why are dragon boat races more popular in the south?A. Because Qu Yuan was born in the south.B. Because Qu Yuan threw himself into a river in the south.C. Because there are more rivers and lakes in the south.D. Because it is t
45、oo cold in the north.（分数：5.00）A.B.C. D.解析：(1).What is the main purpose of the speaker?A. To introduce his life and Mosquito City.B. To ask tourists to go to his hometown for a visit.C. To promote biological education among the young people.D. To teach us about the plants in his hometown.（分数：5.00）A.
46、B.C.D.解析：听力原文Hi. My name is Ralph Mesquite. I am a biologist. I live at Ling Lodge in Brooklyn City. Ling Lodge is on Old River Road. It is a part of Mosquito City. The houses in Brooklyn do not have street numbers. They have names. The name of my building is Ling Lodge and the name of the building
47、next to my building is Antarctica.Ling Lodge is across the road from the Nature Reserve. I often go to the Nature Reserve. I am studying the plants there. In particular I am studying the Mosquito Rose. The Mosquito Rose is a giant red flower. It is an endangered species.Sometimes I work at the Nature Reserve and sometimes I work at home and sometimes I drive to my office at the university. Mosquito City has one university. I am a professor at the Mosquito City University. I am a biology professor.I was born in Mosquito City and I have lived here m
