2014年12月大学英语四级考试预测试卷1_第4页

　　16、Passage One.

　　听材料，回答下列各题：

　　What were the scientists worried about soon after the Gulf War?

　　A.The threat of poisonous desert animals and plants.

　　B.The exhaustion of energy resources.

　　C.The destruction of energy resources.

　　D.The spread of the black powder from the fires.

　　17、What was the good news for scientists?

　　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 stooped evaporatin9.

　　D.The underground water resources have not been affected by the oil wells.

　　18、What are the officials trying to do at the moment?

　　A.To restore the normal production of the oil wells.

　　B.To estimate the losses caused by the fire.

　　C.To remove the oil left in the desert.

　　D.To use the oil left in the oil lakes.

　　19、Passage Two.

　　听材料，回答下列各题：

　　Where did the story happen?

　　A.In New York.

　　B.In a bank.

　　C.Near a prison.

　　D.In the countryside.

　　20、Who was the middle—aged man?

　　A.A policeman.

　　B.Mr.Blake’S old friend.

　　C.A prison official.

　　D.A runaway criminal.