大学英语四级听力模拟题95
Section B
Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.
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Passage One
Questions 26 to 29 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
26. A) She is not good at making friends.
B) She is not well off.
C) She enjoys company.
D) She likes to go to concerts alone.
27. A) Their similar social status.
B) Their interdependence.
C) Their common interest.
D) Their identical character.
28. A) Invite Pat to a live concert.
B) Buy some gifts for Pat's kids.
C) Help take care of Pat's kids.
D) Pay for Pat's season tickets.
29. A) It can develop between people with a big difference in income.
B) It can be maintained among people of different age groups.
C) It cannot last long without similar family background.
D) It cannot be sustained when friends move far apart.
Passage Two
Questions 30 to 32 are based on the passage you have just heard.
30. A) Priority of students' academic achievements.
B) Equal ecation opportunities to all children.
C) Social equality between teachers and students.
D) Respect for students' indiviality.
31. A) Efficient.
B) Complicated.
C) Lengthy.
D) Democratic.
32. A) To help them acquire hands-on experience.
B) To try to cut down its operational expenses.
C) To provide part-time jobs for needy students.
D) To enable them to learn to take responsibility.
Passage Three
Questions 33 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.
33. A) The best way to work through a finger maze.
B) Indivials doing better in front of an audience.
C) Researchers having contributed greatly to psychology.
D) Improvements on the classification of human behavior.
34. A) When you feel encouraged by the audience.
B) When you try to figure out a confusing game.
C) When you already know how to do something.
D) When you complete with other people in a group.
35. A) Practicing constantly.
B) Working by oneself.
C) Learning by doing.
D) Using proven methods.
Section C
Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from 36 to 43 with the exact words you have just heard. For blanks numbered from 44 to 46 you are required to fill in the missing information. For these blanks, you can either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the main points in your own words. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written.
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Americans today have different eating habits than they had in the past. There is a wide (36) ______ of food available. They have a broader (37) ______ of nutrition (营养), so they buy more fresh fruit and (38) _______ than ever before. At the same time, Americans (39)______ increasing quantities of sweets and sodas.
Statistics show that the way people live (40) ______ the way they eat. American lifestyles have changed. There are now growing numbers of people who live alone, (41) ______ parents and children, and double-income families. These changing lifestyles are (42) ______ for the increasing number of people who must (43) ______ meals or sometimes simply go without them. Many Americans have less time than ever before to spend preparing food. (44) _________________________________. Moreover, Americans eat out nearly four times a week on average. It is easy to study the amounts and kinds of food that people consume. (45) ___________________________________. This information not only tells us what people are eating, but also tells us about the changes in attitudes and tastes. (46) __________________________________. Instead, chicken, turkey and fish have become more popular. Sales of these foods have greatly increased in recent years.
Part IV Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth) (25 minutes)
Section A
Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.
Questions 47 to 56 are based on the following passage.
So many people use the cell phone so frequently every day. But __47__ little is certain about the health effects of its use. Manufacturers __48__ that cell phones meet government standards for safe radio-frequency radiation emission. but enough studies are beginning to document a possible __49__ in rare brain tumors(肿瘤)，headaches and behavioral disorders in children to cause concern. So far, the evidence isn't __50__ on whether the use of cell phones __51__ to any increased risk of cancer. In a new trial, researchers asked 47 volunteers to __52__ in a project to measure glucose(葡萄糖)consumption in the brain by scanning the brain to see how cells use energy. For both 50-minute scans, the volunteers had a cell phone __53__ to each ear. During the first scan, the devices were turned off, but for the second scan, the phone on the right ear was __54__ on and received a recorded-message call. although the volume was muted(消音)so the noise wouldn't bias the results. The results of the second scan showed that the __55__ of the brain nearest to the device had higher rates of glucose consumption than the rest of the brain. The study shows that cell phones can change brain activity, and __56__ a whole new avenue for scientific inquiry, though it doesn't say anything about whether cell-phone radiation can cause cancer.
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A. conclusive B. contributes C. derive D. expresses
E. fixed F. immensely G. increase H. maintain
I. mission J. participate K. particular L. provides
M. regions N. surprisingly O. switched
Section B
Directions: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.
Passage One
Questions 57 to 61 are based on the following passage.
It's no secret that some of the resolutions that many of us vowed to pursue in the new year-eat healthy, lose weight, quit smoking, save more money一have already fallen by the wayside.
Many of them are likely the same resolutions that we abandoned last January. And it's a good thing for those who sell health club memberships, quit-smoking programs and other procts that help us think we can improve our lives.
Many gyms see new memberships double in January, making up for the third of their members who do not renew each year.
And many who sign up in January will be no-shows by February.
"If I try one quick fix and it doesn't work, I may be more likely to try the next quick fix," Lisa Lahey, who coaches executives how to sustain behavior change, told The Times.
The Biggest Loser Resort at Fitness Ridge doesn't offer any quick fixes, just a 12-hour schele full of exercise, a 1 200-calories-a-day diet and a fee of $2000 a week. The resort teaches its clients that "weight management" is a combination of fitness, diet and emotional health.
"Given my recent weight gain, and the fact that I was turning 50," Jennifer Conlin wrote in The Times,'' I wanted to start a program that would make 2012 the year I finally got in shape."
"For years, the advice to the overweight people has been that we simply need to eat less and exercise more," Tara Parker-Pope wrote. "White there is truth to this guidance, it fails to take into account that the human body continues to fight against weight loss long after dieting has stopped. This translates into a sobering(令人清醒的)reality: once we become fat, most of us, despite our best efforts, will probably stay fat."
Of course this revelation(揭示), it proven true by further study, is not good news for the weight-loss instry. But chances are it won't have much impact on the human tendency to resolve to get to the gym more and avoid chocolate cake when the clock strikes midnight on December 31.
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57. What do we learn from the first paragraph about new year resolutions?
A) They are hard to sustain. C) They help shed bad habits.
B) They test one's strength. D) They promise a good year.
58. Who do new year resolutions eventually benefit?
A) Society in general. C) Health club members.
B) Business executives. D) Health instries.
59. What is special about the Biggest Loser Resort's weight management program?
A) It gives top priority to emotional health.
B) It does not resort to any quick fixes.
C) It focuses on one's behavior change.
D) It is not cheap but extremely effective.
60. What happens when people stop dieting?
A) They regain their appetite. C) Their weight bounces back.
B) They usually stay in shape. D) Their health is likely to fail
61. What do people tend to do about new year resolutions?
A) They keep making them year after year.
B) They abandon them once progress is made.
C) They keep trying until they finally succeed.
D) They make them for the sake of making them.
Passage Two
Questions 62 to 66 are based on the following passage.
When University of California-Berkeley released a study this month showing alarmingly high teacher turnover (人员流动) rates at Los Angeles charter schools, I wasn't surprised.
That's not a slam at local charter schools. It's just that the study echoed something I'd observed many times, starting with my niece.
Bright and cheerful, my niece longed to teach high-needs children. She started out in the San Francisco public schools, where she was assigned to the district's toughest elementary school. Fifth-graders threw chairs across the room-and at her. Parents refused to show up for conferences.
She wasn't willing to deal with this level of indifference and teacher abuse, so she switched to a highly regarded charter elementary school in the Bay Area where she poured her energy into her job and it showed. Her students' test scores were as high as those in a nearby wealthy school district, despite the obstacles these children faced.
Yet by her fourth year, my niece was worn out, depleted (耗尽) of the energy it took to work with a classroom of sweet but deeply needy children who pleaded to stay in her classroom when it was time to leave. The principal's offer of a $10000 raise couldn't stop her from giving notice. She went to work at that wealthy school district next door- for less money.
Over the years, I've met many impassioned (充满激情的) teachers at charter schools, only to call them the next year and find they've left. The authors of the Berkeley study theorize that the teachers leave because of the extraordinary demands; long hours, intense involvement in students' complicated lives, continual searches for new ways to raise scores. Even the strongest supporters of the reform movement concede that the task of raising achievement among disadvantaged students is hard work.
It's unlikely that we can build large-scale school reform on a platform of continual new demands on teachers-more time, more energy, more devotion, more responsibility-even if schools find ways to pay them better. This is the bigger challenge facing schools. We need a more useful answer to the Berkeley study than "Yeah, it's really hard work."
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62. Why wasn't the author surprised at the high teacher turnover rates at Los Angeles charter schools?
A) She had participated in the Berkeley study.
B) She had noticed the phenomenon repeatedly.
C) She had been involved in the local school reform.
D) She had been informed of the problem by her niece.
63. What do we learn about the students in the public school the author's niece taught?
A) They were undisciplined.
B) They were tough and strong.
C) Many of them enjoyed less parental care.
D) Many of them dropped out of school halfway.
64. What does the author say about her niece's work in the charter elementary school?
A) It won high praise from her school and colleagues.
B) It was cited by the Berkeley study as an example.
C) It contributed to the success of the school reform.
D) It was well received by the disadvantaged children.
65. Why were the teacher turnover rates so high according to the Berkeley study?
A) The students were indifferent to learning.
B) Teachers' salary was not high enough.
C) Teachers' work was too demanding.
D) Jobs elsewhere were more meaningful.
66. What is the author's comment on the current school reform movement?
A) It will give rise to more problems.
B) It is not likely to be successful.
C) It will have a positive impact on ecation.
D) It demands the local authorities' support.
Part V Cloze (15 minutes)
Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D) on the right side of the paper. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.
Like many of the protesters at Occupy Wall Street in New York. Amanda Vodola is young, underemployed and loaded with student debt. She spends her days running around, helping 67 the movement, and her evenings waiting tables at a restaurant in Brooklyn. Last spring, she graated from Fordham University 68 a degree in English. "I grew up with this narrative that to get a good job I need to go to school," she says. But the job she has "is not enough to pay the bills." And the bills she's 69 most about are the ones tied to that narrative: the $30000 she 70 in college loans.
In November, when their six-month grace period run 71 , Vodola and millions of other students who graated in May have to start 72 their loans. Repayment requirements for private loans kick in regardless of whether 73 have found jobs. Since employment rates for recent college graates have 74 in the past two years, as have starting salaries, the 75 of a sharp rise in student-loan delinquencies(到期未付)has led some economists to 76 that this could be the next financial crisis, rippling(波及)into the wider economy. Total US student-loan debt, which exceeded credit-card debt 77 the first time last year, is on track to 78 $1000 billion this year. That's a nearly 8% 79 over last year.
But neither these 80 nor the voices of students, 81 by debt, at protests in cities and on campuses 82 the nation are likely to keep the families of high school seniors 83 seeing a brand-name ecation as a 84 to a better life. They've long been told that higher ecation is an 85 in the future-even as the costs of college has 86 538% over the cet4v.com
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67. A) organize B) establish C) integrate D) assemble
68. A) under B) on C) over D) with
69. A) puzzled B) interrupted C) worried D) distracted
70. A) collects B) owes C) costs D) accounts
71. A) down B) up C) off D) out
72. A) raising B) repaying C) rearranging D) rating
73. A) lenders B) owners C) borrowers D) holders
74. A) dropped B) reversed C) collapsed D) slimmed
75. A) possibility B) stability C) publicity D) security
76. A) command B) predict C) appreciate D) instruct
77. A) in B) to C) of D) for
78. A) blow B) knock C) hit D) pound
79. A) advance B) increase C) transfer D) progress
80. A) statistics B) graphs C) diagrams D) abstracts
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大学英语四级考试听力材料及答案
听力真题：
15.
A. In the classroom.
B. At he post office.
C. In the bank.
D. In a park.
16.
A. The woman is excited to have lunch with the man.
B. The woman has appointment with someone else.
C. The woman thinks the man did wrong in the morning.
D. The woman is afraid that the man has lunch alone.
答案解析：
15.
W: I want to send this package by first class mail. I'dalso like some stamps.
M: Do you want the mail insured?
Q: Where are the two speakers?
正确答案：B
解析：女士说：“我想以第一类邮件的方式寄这个包裹，另外我还想买几张邮票。”男士回答：“你的邮寄物品需要买保险吗?”可见对话发生在邮局，即B。介词“in/at+地点名词”构成标准的询问对话发生场所的场景题选项。解答这类题时，要留意对话双方的话，由关键词确定答案。本对话中，第一个说话人说的send this package byfirst class mail, stamps以及第二个说话人说的mail, insure，都是邮寄东西时常用的词汇。
16.
M: I thought that maybe we could go there for lunch today. That is, if you haven't promised togo with someone else.
W: That'd be wonderful, Joe. But I hope you're in a better mood than you were this morning.
Q: What does the woman mean?
正确答案：C
解析：男士提议说，女士如果没有约会的话，中午一起吃饭;女士表示赞同，说：“太好了。不过我希望你的心情已经比上午好了一些。”言下之意说，男士上午情绪不好，故C正确。“中but”题。女士的话That'd bewonderful... 是随口赞同说的客气话，并不表示女士很兴奋excited，据此排除A。but后面的内容才是重点，它表明男士上午情绪不佳，故选C，同时排除其他。
大学英语四级考试听力素材及答案
听力真题：
Section C
pound Dictation
Corporations as a group offer a variety of jobs. Most large panies send people to colleges to 36 ______ graating students with the 37 ______ academic training. A large university may have more than 500 panies a year knocking on its doors. Big firms are your best 38 ______ for a job because their normal growth, employee 39 ______ , and turnover create thousands of job 40 ______ nationwide each year.
Corporations, however, 41 ______ the rule that the biggest isn't always the best. Many *** all firms with a few hundred employees have positions that may 42 ______ with your professional goals, too. Such firms may not have the time, money, or need to send people around to your college; you will probably have to 43 ______ them yourself either directly or through an employment agency. Don't ignore these little panies. 44 _____________________________________________________________ . You could bee a big fish in a pond, reaching a high-level position more quickly than you would 45 _____________________________________________________ .
For example, a *** all pany may need a bright engineering, accounting or management graate who report directly to the senior vice-president of engineering, the pany controller, or the general manager. 46 ___________________________________________________________________ . In addition, responsibilities may e faster in a *** all firm with less specialization and fewer lower-level employees to receive delegated authority.
答案解析：
36. interview
解析：不定式to后面加原形动词。interview意为“对……进行面试”。
37. required
解析：此处是动词的过去分词作定语，修饰后面的名词，不要漏写结尾的ed。
38. place
解析：此处是名词位于形容词后，作表语。
39. retirements
解析：与前面的growth和后面的turnover属于并列关系，此处也需要名词，拼写时记得最后还有个表复数形式的s。
40. openings
解析：由前面修饰的片语thousands of可知此处需复数名词，opening表示“空缺”之义，不要漏写结尾的s。
41. illustrate
解析：此处应采用一般现在时，由于主语是复数名词，因此该词是原形动词。illustrate在此意为“说明”。拼写时注意中间有两个l。
42. correspond
解析：情态动词may后面，应是原形动词，该词与with搭配。correspond with在此处意为“与……一致。”拼写时注意中间有两个r。
43. contact
解析：片语have to后面接原形动词;根据上下文，该词很可能表示联络之义。
44. 标准答案：Their salaries are usually petitive and the chances for advancement are even stronger than those of a big firm
听音关键：salaries, petitive, chances for advancement, stronger than, big firm
答案重构：Their salaries are usually good and you will have stronger chances for advancement in these little panies
画龙点睛：此句听写只要抓住两层意思：小公司薪水也好而且晋升机会较大，按照听到的关键词把意思表达完整即可。
45. 标准答案：if you had climbed the more petitive ladder of a corporate giant
听音关键：had climbed, more petitive ladder, corporate giant
答案重构：if you had climbed the more petitive ladder of a big pany
画龙点睛：此句采用了虚拟语气，故从句要用过去完成时。结尾的a corporate giant，可用意思类似的a big pany替换，单词简单，也避免拼错。
46. 标准答案：In large firms it may take years to reach that level and accumulate similar experience
听音关键：large firms, take years, reach that level, accumulate, similar experience
答案重构：In big panies, if you want to be in that position and get similar experience, you may spend years of time
画龙点睛：原句是用it作形式主语，可根据句子含义，转换一下主语，换一种表达。
大学英语四级考试听力练习及答案
听力真题：
Now you'll hear the two long conversations.
Conversation One
19.
A. A hair wash.
B. A nail trim.
C. A massage.
D. A shave.
20.
A. He didn't have a clear idea of the plete service.
B. He wanted the best service.
D. He just wanted his hair cut the way he likes.
D. He wanted his hair to be trimmed quickly.
21.
A. Your hands look good.
B. Your hair is in good condition.
C. You have a good beautician to serve you.
D. You can relax.
22.
A. He is going to a business convention in town.
B. He is going to meet his clients.
C. He is going to deal with workplace accidents.
D. He is going to be interviewed for new employment.
答案解析：
Now you'll hear the two long conversations.
Conversation One
W: Hi. How can we help you today?
M: Yeah. I'd like to get my hair trimmed a little. Nothing fancy. Just a basic trim.
W: Well, can we interest you in today's special?
M: Um... No...
W: [19]We'll shampoo, cut, and style your hair for one unbelievable low price of $9.99. Plus, we'll give you a clean shave and a back massage to help you relax. Best service in town!
M: Okay, [20]I'll have the plete service today, but as I said before, I just want to get my hair trimmed. A little off the top and sides. That's all. I mean, that's all.
W: No problem. Relax. [21]You're in good hands. Okay, here we go. So, what do you do for a living?
M: I'm a lawyer, specializing in workplace accidents, and [22]I'm in town for an interview for a new job, and... Hey, what happened to my hair? And what's left of my hair turned purple. Are you even a licensed beautician?
W: Well, sir. We offer a money-back guarantee on all our work, so if you're not pletely satisfied...
M: Satisfied? I'm anything but satisfied. [22]How in the world am I supposed to go to a job interview looking like this? Forget it. Forget it.
Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
19. What is one service NOT included in the special price at the beauty salon?
正确答案：B
解析：女士说，当日的特别优惠是以9.99美元的价格享受洗、剪、吹，外加剃须、背部 *** 。A、C、D均有提及;只有B修指甲不在服务范围内，故应选B。通读选项，知道这篇对话与理发有关。本题选项涉及相关服务专案，解答时要注意对话中提到哪些专案，以做相应标记。此外，修指甲不属于一般男士理发业务范围，根据“主题原则”，与主题无关的即为答案，直接选B。
20. Why does the man repeatedly say "That's all"?
正确答案：C
解析：男士的原话是：“今天就来整套服务吧。不过，……我只想把头发修一下。上面和两边都稍微修剪一点点就可以了……”这里的“That's all”表明男士不想要别的花样，只需要自己想要的服务，故C正确。根据男士说的“Okay, I'll have the plete service today”，可排除A甚至D全套服务所需的长时间与quickly矛盾;B无依据。
21. What does the beautician mean by "You're in good hands"?
正确答案：C
解析：女士说：“没问题，放松点，给你服务的是个好手。”所谓“好手”即是水平高的美容美发师，故C正确。本题问“You're in good hands”是什么意思 。像这种“短语含义题”，绝不能选其单词本义，由此可排除A;若头发状态良好，就不用来理发了，故B也可排除;D是利用原词relax设定的干扰项。
22. Why does the customer go to this beauty salon to improve his appearance?
正确答案：D
解析：男士先说，他到城里来面试一份新工作。随后又抱怨，“我这个样子怎么去面试?”可见男士来美容院理发是为了参加面试，故D正确。四个选项均以“He is going to”开头，差别在to后面的内容上。A、B未提到，可排除;男士说他是一个处理工伤事故的律师，C中的一般将来时态与对话内容不一致。
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大学英语四级听力专题训练
听力真题：
Section C Compound Dictation
There are a lot of good cameras available at themoment-most of these are made in Japan but thereare also good (36) ______ models from Germanyand the USA. We have (37) ______ a range ofdifferent models to see which is the best (38) ______ for money. After a number of different testsand interviews with people who are (39) ______ withthe different cameras being (40) ______ , our researchers (41) ______ the Olympic BY modelas the best auto-focus camera available at the moment. It costs $200, although you may wellwant to spend more-(42) ______ as much as another $200-on buying (43) ______ lenses andother equipment. It is a good Japanese camera, easy to use. (44) ____________________________________________________ whereas the Americanversions are considerably more expensive.
The Olympic BY model weighs only 320 grams which is quite a bit less than other cameras of asimilar type. Indeed, one of the other models we looked at weighed almost twice as much. (45) _______________________________________________________________________ . Allthe people we interviewed expressed almost total satisfaction with it. (46) ____________________________________________________________ .
答案解析：
36. 答案：quality
解析：good quality是“质量好”，名词短语修饰models。此词不要误写成quantity“数量”或动词qualify。
37. 答案：investigated
解析：根据前面的have，可知此处为动词的过去分词，所以不要漏写词尾d。
38. 答案：value
解析：value for money意为“性价比”。
39. 答案：familiar
解析：familiar常与with搭配，表示“熟悉……”，注意此词的拼写，也不要写成family或similar。
40. 答案：assessed
解析：此处需要一个与“估价”有关的词，由前面的being可知为过去分词。拼写要注意双写s及词尾的-ed。
41. 答案：recommend
解析：此处需谓语动词，由主语researchers可知为动词原形。
42. 答案：perhaps
解析：根据上下文可知此处需副词。
43. 答案：additional
解析：此处需形容词，修饰其后的lenses，表“额外的”。根据派生法可避免一些简单的拼写错误。
44. 标准答案：Equivalent German models tend to be heavier and slightly less easy to use
听音关键：German models, heavier, less easy to use
答案重构：1) Similar German models are usually heavier and slightly less convenient to use
2) The same German models/cameras/ones tend to be heavier and a little more difficult to use
画龙点睛：注意比较结构。
45. 标准答案：Similarly, it is smaller than most of its competitors, thus fitting easily into a pocket or handbag
听音关键：Similarly, smaller than, competitors, fit easily
答案重构：Similarly, it is smaller than other models and can be put in a pocket or handbag easily
画龙点睛：注意比较结构。个别词汇也可用简单的同义词替换。对于句子听写，只要听懂关键词便可根据语法自己连词成句。
46. 标准答案：The only problem was a slight awkwardness in loading the film
听音关键：problem, awkwardness, load, film
答案重构：1) The only problem was a slight trouble/difficulty in loading the film
2) The only problem was that it may be a little difficult to put the film into the camera
画龙点睛：注意主系表结构。若不会拼写awkwardness，可用trouble之类的同义词替换它。介词短语也可改为不定式结构。
大学英语四级听力专题练习
听力真题：
Passage Three
33.
A. The threat of poisonous desert animals andplants.
B. The exhaustion of energy resources.
C. The destruction of oil wells.
D. The spread of the black powder from the fires.
34.
A. The underground oil resources have not been affected.
B. Most of the desert animals and plants have managed to survive.
C. The oil lakes soon dried up and stopped evaporating.
D. The underground water resources have not been polluted.
35.
A. To restore the normal proction of the oil wells.
B. To estimate the losses caused by the fires.
C. To remove the oil left in the desert.
D. To use the oil left in the oil lakes.
答案解析：
Passage Three
When Iraqi troops blew up hundreds of Kuwaiti oil wells at the end of the Gulf War, scientists feared an environmental disaster. [33]Would black powder and the smoke from the fires circle the globe and block out the sun? Many said "No way. Rain would wash the black powder from the atmosphere." But in America, air-sampling balloons have detected high concentrations of particles similar to those collected in Kuwait. Now that the fires are out, scientists are turning attention to yet another threat-the oil did not catch fire. It has formed huge lakes in the Kuwaiti deserts. They trap insects and birds and poison a variety of other desert animals and plants. [34]The only good news is that the oil lakes have not affected the underground water resources. So far, the oil has not been absorbed because of the hard sand just below the surface.
Nothing, however, stops the oil from evaporating. The resulting poisonous gases are choking nearby residents. [35]Officials are trying to organize a quick clean-up, but they are not sure how to do it. One possibility is to burn the oil. Get those black powder detectors ready.
Questions 33 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.
33. What were the scientists worried about soon after the Gulf War?
正确答案：D
解析：题目询问海湾战争结束之后不久，科学家们担心什么。关键是要听到“大火产生的黑色粉末和烟会不会环绕全球并遮挡住太阳呢?”可知D为答案。符合短文听力“听到什么选什么”的原则。选项A、B、C的内容文中均未提及。
34. What was the good news for scientists?
正确答案：D
解析：题目询问对于科学家们来说，好消息是什么。关键是要听到“唯一的好消息是，石油形成的湖泊尚未污染地下水资源。”D是原文的同义表达。A错在oil;文中说石油毒死了许多沙漠动植物，故B不正确。文中说因为地层下面有坚硬的沙，迄今为止石油仍未被吸收;什么都无法阻止石油的蒸发，故C不正确。
35. What are the officials trying to do at the moment?
正确答案：C
解析：题目询问目前官员们正试图做些什么。关键是要听到“官员们正试图组织一次快速的清洁行动”，C是原文的同义表达。
大学英语四级听力专题材料
听力真题：
Section B
Passage One
26.
A. A car outside the supermarket.
B. A car at the bottom of the hill.
C. Paul's car.
D. The sports car.
27.
A. Inside the car.
B. At the foot of the hill.
C. In the garage.
D. In the supermarket.
28.
A. The driver of the sports car.
B. The two girls inside the car.
C. The man standing nearby.
D. The salesman from London.
29.
A. Nobody.
B. The two girls.
C. The bus driver.
D. Paul.
答案解析：
Section B
Passage One
Paul, a salesman from London, was driving past a sports car parked outside a supermarket when he saw it start to roll slowly down the hill. Inside the car were two young girls on the passenger seat but no driver. Paul stopped quickly, jumped in front of the sports car and tried to stop it-pushing against the front of the car. Another man, who was standing nearby, got into the car and put on the hand brake, [29]saving the girls from injury. It was at this point that [26]Paul noticed his own car rolling slowly down the hill and going too fast for him to stop it. It crashed into a bus at the bottom of the hill and was so badly damaged that it had to be pulled away to a garage. As if this was not bad enough, [28]Paul now found he had no one to blame. He was so busy chasing his car that he did not get the name of the driver of the sports car [27]who just came out of the supermarket and drove away without realizing what had happened.
Questions 26 to 29 are based on the passage you have just heard.
26. Which car was badly damaged?
正确答案：C
解析：题目询问哪辆车受到了严重损坏。关键是听到“Paul看到自己的车慢慢滑下了山……，在山脚下与一辆公交车相撞，损坏得非常严重……。”符合短文听力“听到什么选什么”的原则。选项A、D中提到的车是Paul挽救的;文中没有提到选项B的内容。
27. Where was the driver of the sports car when the accident happened?
正确答案：D
解析：关键是听懂文章最后一句，其中提到“跑车司机刚走出超市”，说明事故发生时，那个司机在超市里。故答案为D。文中说跑车里面没有司机，所以A不正确;在山脚下的是一辆公交车，不是跑车司机，所以B不正确;文中提到Paul的车受损严重，要拖去garage，故选项C与问题无关。
28. Who did Paul think was to blame for the accident?
正确答案：A
解析：题目询问Paul认为这场事故的发生是谁的错。关键是听到文章最后所述：“Paul现在发现没人可责备，他忙着追自己的车，以至于没能得到跑车司机的名字，而那个司机根本不知道发生了什么事，扬长而去了。”Paul去挽救跑车，才导致自己的车严重损坏，因此事故责任在跑车司机，即A。文章中没有提到车里的两个女孩做了些什么，因而与事故的发生无关，B不正确;C中提到的男士挽救了跑车和车里的人，不是导致事故的人;选项D所指的人即Paul。
29. Who was injured in the accident?
正确答案：A
解析：题目询问谁在事故中受了伤。全文没有提到任何人受伤，即A。文中与两个女孩有关的原话是“另一个站在附近的人上了跑车，拉下手刹，使两个女孩免于受伤”，所以B不正确。