2014年大学英语四级听力冲刺试题及答案8_第2页

　　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 the Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.

　　Passage One

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

　　26.A) Her parents thrived in the urban environment.

　　B) Her parents left Chicago to work on a farm.

　　C) Her parents immigrated to America.

　　D) Her parents set up an ice-cream store.C

　　27.A) He taught English in Chicago.

　　B) He was crippled in a car accident.

　　C) He worked to become an executive.

　　D) He was born with a limp.B

　　28.A) She was fond of living an isolated life.

　　B) She was fascinated by American culture.

　　C) She was very generous in offering help.

　　D) She was highly devoted to her family.D

　　Passage Two

　　Questions 29 to 32 are based on the passage you have just heard.

　　29.A) He suffered a nervous breakdown.

　　B) He was wrongly diagnosed.

　　C) He was seriously injured.

　　D) He developed a strange disease.C

　　30.A) He was able to talk again.

　　B) He raced to the nursing home.

　　C) He could tell red and blue apart.

　　D) He could not recognize his wife.A

　　31.A) Twenty-nine days.

　　B) Two and a half months.

　　C) Several minutes.

　　D) Fourteen hours.B

　　32.A) They welcomed the publicity in the media.

　　B) The avoided appearing on television.

　　C) They released a video of his progress.

　　D) They declined to give details of his condition.D

　　Passage Three

　　Questions 33 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.

　　33.A) For people to share ideas and show farm products.

　　B) For officials to educate the farming community.

　　C) For farmers to exchange their daily necessities.

　　D) For farmers to celebrate their harvests.A

　　34.A) By bringing an animal rarely seen on nearby farms.

　　B) By bringing a bag of grain in exchange for a ticket.

　　C) By offering to do volunteer work at the fair.

　　D) By performing a special skill at the entrance.B

　　35.A) They contribute to the modernization of American farms.

　　B) They help to increase the state governments’ revenue.

　　C) They provide a stage for people to give performances.

　　D) They remind Americans of the importance of agriculture.D

　　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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　　Students’ pressure sometimes comes from their parents. Most parents are well (36) ________, but some of them aren’t very helpful with the problems their sons and daughters have in (37) ________ to college, and a few of them seem to go out of their way to add to their children’s difficulties.

　　For one thing, parents are often not (38) ________ of the kinds of problems their children face. They don’t realize that the (39) ________ is keener, that the required (40) ________ of work are higher, and that their children may not be prepared for the change. (41) ________ to seeing A’s and B’s on high school report cards, they may be upset when their children’s first (42) ________ college grades are below that level. At their kindest, they may gently (43) ________ why John or Mary isn’t doing better, whether he or she is trying as hard as he or she should, and so on. (44) ________________________________.

　　Sometimes parents regard their children as extensions of themselves and (45) ________________________________. In their involvement and identification with their children, they forget that everyone is different and that each person must develop in his or her own way. They forget that their children, (46) ________________________________.