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1、公共英语四级听力-27 及答案解析(总分：100.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、BSection Liste(总题数：0，分数：0.00)二、BPart A/B(总题数：1，分数：25.00)For Questions 1-5, you will hear a radio program about resources on the Internet. While you listen, fill out the table with the information you have heard. Some of the information has been given to you i

2、n the table. Write only I word or number in each numbered box. You will hear the recording twice.Resources on the InternetThe reporter searches the Internet for books UU 1 /U/UThe number of the bookstores in North American linkedto this Canadian website is more thanUU 2 /U/UThe number of books sold

3、per day through the websiteisUU 3 /U/UTo link to the Canadian site, one can visit the UU 4 /U/UAs the reporter says, George Washington Universityprovides educational opportunities to meet globalUU 5 /U/U（分数：25.00）填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_三、BPart B/B(总题数：1，分数：25.00)For Questions 6-10, you

4、will hear a brief talk about the popularity of coffee. While you listen, complete the sentences or answer the questions. Use no more than 3 words for each answer. You will hear the recording twice.（分数：25.00）(1).How many tons of coffee do Americans consume each year?（分数：5.00）填空项 1:_(2).Each year the

5、coffee a Swede drinks reaches an average of _.（分数：5.00）填空项 1:_(3).King Gustav believed that coffee was _.（分数：5.00）填空项 1:_(4).Who died first in the Kings experiment?（分数：5.00）填空项 1:_(5).People drink coffee because it makes them feel _.（分数：5.00）填空项 1:_四、BPart C/B(总题数：3，分数：50.00)You will hear three dial

6、ogues 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 to check your answer to each question. You will hear each piece once

7、only.（分数：15.00）(1).World AIDS Day is a day to _. A. consider the treatment of individuals with the AIDS virus. B. show the importance of the AIDS Association. C. call on doctors to place more importance on AIDS patients. D. celebrate the achievements in the control of AIDS.（分数：5.00）A.B.C.D.(2).What

8、is the theme for the next years AIDS campaign? A. Development of a cure for AIDS. B. Fair treatment of AIDS patients. C. Progress in AIDS research. D. Courage to live with AIDS.（分数：5.00）A.B.C.D.(3).How many women were infected with the AIDS virus last year? A. 2 million. B. 4 million. C. 19 million.

9、 D. 39 million.（分数：5.00）A.B.C.D.（分数：15.00）(1).What did Biko study in the university? A. Politics. B. Black nationalism. C. Medicine. D. Government policies.（分数：5.00）A.B.C.D.(2).When did Biko become the honorary president of the Black Peoples Convention? A. 1968. B. 1972. C. 1973. D. 1977.（分数：5.00）A.

10、B.C.D.(3).What did the South African Government do with the Black Consciousness Movement at the beginning? A. Put up with it. B. Restricted its activities. C. Arrested its leaders. D. Granted limited approval.（分数：5.00）A.B.C.D.（分数：20.00）(1).What is the purpose of Left-handers International? A. To hel

11、p left-handers find better jobs. B. To change public attitudes towards left-handers. C. To rid left-handers of their prejudices. D. To show the public the talents of left-handers.（分数：5.00）A.B.C.D.(2).What have researchers found in their studies of hand preference? A. Children dont show strong hand p

12、reference until six. B. Children under three tend to have a favorite eye and ear. C. There are as many male left-handers as female ones. D. Left-handers are more interesting than right-handers.（分数：5.00）A.B.C.D.(3).Left-handers seem more athletic because they _. A. are more energetic. B. persist in p

13、hysical training. C. possess a creative impulse. D. have a better sense of space.（分数：5.00）A.B.C.D.(4).What is the problem some left-handers might suffer from? A. Slowness in communication. B. Awkwardness in action. C. Speech defect. D. Difficulty in writing.（分数：5.00）A.B.C.D.公共英语四级听力-27 答案解析(总分：100.0

14、0，做题时间：90 分钟)一、BSection Liste(总题数：0，分数：0.00)二、BPart A/B(总题数：1，分数：25.00)For Questions 1-5, you will hear a radio program about resources on the Internet. 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 I

15、word or number in each numbered box. You will hear the recording twice.Resources on the InternetThe reporter searches the Internet for books UU 1 /U/UThe number of the bookstores in North American linkedto this Canadian website is more thanUU 2 /U/UThe number of books sold per day through the websit

16、eisUU 3 /U/UTo link to the Canadian site, one can visit the UU 4 /U/UAs the reporter says, George Washington Universityprovides educational opportunities to meet globalUU 5 /U/U（分数：25.00）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：rare）解析：听力原文 I love books and I love bookstores too, but I dont always have the time to explore th

17、em. Thats why I turn to the Internet to find rare books I seek. Im Charles Bourne, reporting to the Internet News. Todays report is on Dans book exchange. Book lovers flock to this Canadian website and they do so with good reason. It links to more than 6,540 bookstores in North America, listing up t

18、o 21 million rare copies, used books and out-of-print volumes. This guy sells up to as many as 8,000 books a day. You can usually buy a book from the site or deal directly with the bookstores. Your time is precious. Spend it reading your book instead of“ hunting for it. To link directly to this Cana

19、dian site, visit the Internet news on N on the World Wide Web. The Internet news is a service of George Washington University in Washington, D.C. Its an international center of higher learning, providing educational opportunities to meet todays global challenges. This is Charles Bourne for CBC. We w

20、ill be happy to mail you a CBC frequency schedule if you just send US a.填空项 1:_ （正确答案：6540）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：8000）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：Netnews）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：challenges）解析：三、BPart B/B(总题数：1，分数：25.00)For Questions 6-10, you will hear a brief talk about the popularity of coffee. While you listen, complet

21、e the sentences or answer the questions. Use no more than 3 words for each answer. You will hear the recording twice.（分数：25.00）(1).How many tons of coffee do Americans consume each year?（分数：5.00）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：1.25 million）解析：听力原文 Each morning, millions of Americans stumble out of bed and head for th

22、e kitchen. The reason is to get a steaming cup of fresh black coffee. Many people say they can not live without it. And most coffee drinkers do not stop at one cup. Get down coffee all day. Americans even have a special time of day to drink coffeethe coffee break. This break is even required by law.

23、 All in all, Americans use about 1.25 million tons of coffee each year. That is two and a half cups daily for each person. Americans are not the worlds only coffee drinkers. All around the world, people drink more coffee than any other beverage. Swedes consume the most, an average of 30 pounds each

24、year per person. The people of Sweden have not always drunk coffee. In the 18th century, King Gustav of Sweden believed the coffee was poisonous. He decided to prove that his belief was correct. He sentenced a murderer to drink coffee every day until he died. By comparison, another murderer was sent

25、enced to drink tea every day. Two doctors watched the two men to see who will die first. The doctors died first, then the King died. Finally, after many years, one of the murderers died at the age of 83. He was the tea drinker. Coffee may or may not give long life, but it certainly gives energy. Cof

26、fee contains caffeine. This drug makes people feel awake and alive. This is one reason people drink coffee.(2).Each year the coffee a Swede drinks reaches an average of _.（分数：5.00）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：30 pounds）解析：(3).King Gustav believed that coffee was _.（分数：5.00）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：poisonous）解析：(4).Who died f

27、irst in the Kings experiment?（分数：5.00）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：The doctors）解析：(5).People drink coffee because it makes them feel _.（分数：5.00）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：awake and alive）解析：四、BPart C/B(总题数：3，分数：50.00)You will hear three dialogues or monologues. Before listening to each one, you will have 5 seconds to read each

28、 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 to check your answer to each question. You will hear each piece once only.（分数：15.00）(1).World AIDS Day is a day to _. A. consider the treatment of individua

29、ls with the AIDS virus. B. show the importance of the AIDS Association. C. call on doctors to place more importance on AIDS patients. D. celebrate the achievements in the control of AIDS.（分数：5.00）A.B.C.D. 解析：听力原文 Sunday is World AIDS Day. World AIDS Day was first declared in the conference in 1988.

30、Each year, the observance gives governments, other organizations and individuals a chance to show the importance of the fight against AIDS. It also is a day to celebrate progress in efforts to stop the spread of the disease. The message for World AIDS Day this year is living let live. Peach Pile is

31、the head of the United Nations AIDS program. He says the world AIDS campaign for the next year is about the way people infected with the AIDS virus are treated. He says those infected can be treated on healing school, ward places and religious centers. He is urging everyone to fight these unfair tre

32、atment wherever it is found. He says that would help clear the way to progress in fighting AIDS itself. This week, UN officials reported that about half of those infected worldwide are women. Until now, more men were infected. The UNs new report estimates that 42 million people are infected with the

33、 AIDS virus, also called HIV. Nearly 39 million of those infected are adults. More than 19 million of them are women. Last year, more than 4 million adults became infected. 2 million of them are women. UN officials say many women were infected through sex with infected men. Studies have found HIV pa

34、sses more easily from men to women than from women to men.(2).What is the theme for the next years AIDS campaign? A. Development of a cure for AIDS. B. Fair treatment of AIDS patients. C. Progress in AIDS research. D. Courage to live with AIDS.（分数：5.00）A.B. C.D.解析：(3).How many women were infected wi

35、th the AIDS virus last year? A. 2 million. B. 4 million. C. 19 million. D. 39 million.（分数：5.00）A. B.C.D.解析：（分数：15.00）(1).What did Biko study in the university? A. Politics. B. Black nationalism. C. Medicine. D. Government policies.（分数：5.00）A.B.C. D.解析：听力原文 Stephen Biko, a South African political lea

36、der of the late 1960s, became known as a hero for Black Nationalism upon his death in prison. Biko was born in King Williams Town in what is now the province of Easten Cape. He entered the university of Natal in 1966 to study Medicine. In 1972, Biko was expelled for his political activities which we

37、re directed at the white minority government of South Africa and its restrictive racial policies. Biko thought to liberate the minds of Americans and was one of the founders of the Black Consciousness Movement in the late 1960s. Students were in the forefront of the Black Consciousness Movement and

38、in 1968 they also founded the South American students organization which operated as a black group, separate from the white national union of South African students. Biko served as the black organizations first president. He also was important in starting other black groups. In 1972, a union of more

39、 than 70 black organizations established the Black Peoples Convention and Biko was named the honorary president. The South African Government initially tolerated the Black Consciousness Movement and some of the other black organizations, but it began cracking down on them in the early 1970s. Biko wa

40、s banned from many activities in 1973 and arrested several times. In August 1977, Biko was arrested again and was severely beaten by the police while in prison. He died within a month of his arrest.(2).When did Biko become the honorary president of the Black Peoples Convention? A. 1968. B. 1972. C.

41、1973. D. 1977.（分数：5.00）A.B. C.D.解析：(3).What did the South African Government do with the Black Consciousness Movement at the beginning? A. Put up with it. B. Restricted its activities. C. Arrested its leaders. D. Granted limited approval.（分数：5.00）A. B.C.D.解析：（分数：20.00）(1).What is the purpose of Left

42、-handers International? A. To help left-handers find better jobs. B. To change public attitudes towards left-handers. C. To rid left-handers of their prejudices. D. To show the public the talents of left-handers.（分数：5.00）A.B. C.D.解析：听力原文 There are millions of left-handed people in the world, 25 mill

43、ion in the United States. A number of them got together in 1975 to form an association called Left-handers International. The purpose of the organization is to fight discrimination, particularly in jobs and to inform the public. The members want everybody to understand that left-handers are neither

44、strange nor sick nor dangerous. Many studies have been made recently about hand preference in humans. They have brought interesting results. Its been found, for instance, that many more men than women are left-handed, that all children use both hands about equally until they are 3 years old and that

45、 hand preference is not clearly marked until age 6. Above that age, most people not only favor one particular hand hut they also have a favorite eye, a favorite ear and foot. We know that the left side of the body is controlled by the right side of the brain. It seems that this particular half is th

46、e seat of emotions, imagination and of the sense of space. And indeed, lefties seem to be more creative than their right-handed fellow humans. They also seem to be more athletic and to do better in some professions, which like sports, require a good sense of space. In a large school of architecture,

47、 it was found in 1977 that 29% of the professors and 23% of the graduating students were left-handed while lefties represent less than 10% of the general population. Finally, left-handers may be more stubborn than right-handers and theyre more likely to suffer from problems such as difficulty in reading and inability to speak normally. The problems are more serious in