英语四级听力练习集锦1

 

Section B 

Passage One 

Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard.

26.

[A] Social challenge.

[B] Physical challenge. 

[C] Economic challenge.

[D] Intellectual challenge. 

27.

[A] Painting a picture.

[B] Building pymp3ids. 

[C] Exploring the space.

[D] Making plans for transportation.

28.

[A] They ignore them.

[B] They are afraid of them. 

[C] They accept and enjoy them. 

[D] They are indifferent to them.

Passage Two 

Questions 29 to 31 are based on the passage you have just heard. 

29.

[A] It eliminated many factory jobs. 

[B] It allowed workers to live far from their jobs. 

[C] It gave workers opportunity for better training. 

[D] It allowed workers to spend more time at home.

30.

[A] Increased transportation costs. 

[B] The lack of a qualified¹ sales force. 

[C] A decline in the number of customers. 

[D] Difficulty in transporting merchandise.

31.

[A] Because property is more valuable in the city. 

[B] Because prices are higher in downtown stores. 

[C] Because job opportunities are better in the city. 

[D] Because highway commuting² has become unpleasant.

Passage Three 

Questions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard. 

32.

[A] The good points of the federal system. 

[B] How power is divided under the federal system. 

[C] The difference between the central government and the states. 

[D] The different functions of the central government and the states.

33.

[A] Printing money. 

[B] Limiting state taxes. 

[C] Making treaties with foreign countries. 

[D] Passing laws affecting trade between the states.

34.

[A] All the states have respective powers. 

[B] The central government and the states share the same powers. 

[C] The powers of the country are fairly divided up between states. 

[D] It is the Constitution that specifies³ the power for the central government and the states.

35.

[A] The central government cannot be too powerful. 

[B] Bigger states have more power than smaller ones. 

[C] The central government can put a limit on state taxes. 

[D] The states and the central government have the same powers.

1 qualified   

adj.合格的，有资格的，胜任的，有限制的

参考例句：

• He is qualified as a complete man of letters.他有资格当真正的文学家。
• We must note that we still lack qualified specialists.我们必须看到我们还缺乏有资质的专家。

2 commuting   

交换（的）

参考例句：

• I used the commuting time to read and answer my mail. 我利用上下班在汽车中的时间来阅读和答复给我的函电。
• Noncommuting objects are as real to the mathematicians as commuting objects. 对于数学家来说，不可交换的对象与可交换的对象是一样真实的。

3 specifies   

v.指定( specify的第三人称单数 )；详述；提出…的条件；使具有特性

参考例句：

• The third clause of the contract specifies steel sashes for the windows. 合同的第三款指定使用钢窗。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The contract specifies red tiles, not slates, for the roof. 合同规定屋顶用红瓦，并非石板瓦。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》