四级听力短文理解模拟训练第20套

　　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 I A 1, I B 1, C and Recalling something from ones memory.

　　Something about preparatory method in exam.

　　Conscience.

　　Mans mind.

　　27. From the ones they are familiar with to the difficult ones.

　　From the short ones to the long ones.

　　From the long ones to the short ones.

　　From the ones they are confident of to the more difficult ones.

　　28. When you cant recall something instantly, you should try your best to do it.

　　When you cant recall something instantly, youd better have an operation on your mind.

　　The subconscious activities may go to work to dig up a dim memory.

　　Forcing yourself to recall may loosen your memory.

　　Passage Two

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

　　29. There were only grandparents and children.

　　There was one father, one mother, and their children.

　　There were many relatives.

　　There were two or more brothers with their wives.

　　30. The women have more freedom and can share in decisions.

　　The women do not have to be the heads of the family.

　　The womens relatives do not help them with the housework and childcare.

　　The women have all the power of the family.

　　31. Husbands have to share power with their wives and help them with the housework.

　　Older women do not often have important positions in a large group and often live alone when their husbands die.

　　Family structure is more patriarchal in the nuclear family.

　　Women have to help sisters, grandparents with housework and childcare.

　　32. They want to stay home and do the housework.

　　They dont have enough money.

　　They have too much work and not much free time.

　　They have more freedom than in the past.

　　Passage Three

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

　　33. Equivalent to a hydrogen bomb.

　　Equivalent to tons of TNT.

　　Equivalent to tons of hydrogen bombs.

　　Equivalent to a ton of TNT.

　　34. Lightning and thtmder,

　　Warm air and cold air.

　　A great deal of water vapor and a rapidly rising air current.

　　A great amount of vapor and electricity.

　　35. Nearly 15,000 degrees Fahrenheit.

　　Nearly 50,000 degrees Fahrenheit.

　　Nearly 5,000 degrees Fahrenheit.

　　Nearly 150,000 degrees Fahrenheit.

　　Section B

　　Passage One

　　文章精要

　　不少人有过这样的经历：当你想叫出某人的名字时却忽然想不起来了。文章以此为引子，介绍了唤醒记忆的方法，并以学生在考试时答题的过程为例具体讲解了该方法。

　　26.A主旨题。文章主要论述了唤醒记忆的方法，并举例加以说明，故选A。

　　27.D信息明示题。文章提到they answer first the ones of which they are most confident，由此可知D正确。

　　28.C信息明示题。文章提到do not try to recall it.Do something else for a couple of minutes由此排除A和B，由文中it doesnt loosen your memory;it only tightens it.可排除D，由it is the subconscious activities that go to work to dig up a dim memory可知，C项与之吻合。

　　Passage Two

　　文章精要文章对比了过去和现在的家庭模式，特别是分析对比了女性在过去和现在两种家庭模式下的生活状态。

　　29.C信息明示题。文章开头指出，过去的大家庭里可能包含祖父母、父母、孩子甚至兄弟姊妹，由此可知，在过去的大家庭中，亲戚们都住在一起，故选C。

　　30.A信息明示题。文章第二段指出，她们拥有更多自己的空间而且她们与男性有着同等的家庭决策权，由此可知，A正确。

　　31.B信息明示题。文章第四段先指出wives do not often enjoy this benefit，这里的benefit即上文指出的老年女性在家族中占有重要地位，然后指出，由于她们的丈夫大都比她们先去世，older women from these families often have to live alone。由此可知，这些家庭中的老年女性地位不如从前且往往会晚年孤寂，故选B。

　　32.C信息明示题。文章最后指出，如今的女性虽然能在外工作，也有更多的自由，但她们仍然要做很多家务相当于两份全职工作，所以她们并没有那么多自由时间，由此可知C正确。

　　Passage Three

　　文章精要

　　文章讨论了暴风雨这一自然现象并简单分析了产生暴风雨的原因。

　　33.A信息明示题。文章第一段指出，A single thunderstorm call release energy to the atmosphere equivalent to a hydrogen bomb.由此可知A正确。

　　34.C信息明示题。文章第二段开头指出，the air must contain a great deal of water vapormust be a rapidly rising air current，由此可知c正确。

　　35.B信息明示题。文章第二段指出，The temperature produced by lightning is nearly 50，000 degrees Fahrenheit.由此可知B正确。本题的关键是要听清fifty-thousand而不是fifteen-thousand。

　　Section B

　　Passage One

　　Did you ever have someones name on the tip of your tongue and yet you were unable to recall it? When this happens again, do not try to recall it. Do something else for a couple of minutes, and the name may come into your head. The name is there since you have met this person and learned his name. It only has to be dug out. The initial effort to recall prepares the mind for operation, but it is the subconscious activities that go to Work to dig up a dim memory. Forcing yourself to recall almost never helps because it doesnt loosen your memory; it only tightens it. Students find the preparatory method helpful in examinations. They read over the questions before trying to answer any of them. Then they answer first the ones of which they are most confident. Meanwhile, deeper mental activities in the subconscious mind are taking place; work is being done on the more difficult questions. By the time the easier questions are answered, answers to the more difficult ones will usually begin to come into consciousness. It is often just a question of waiting for recall to come to the memory.

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

　　26. Whats the passage about?

　　27. According to the passage, what kind of order do students usually follow when they answer questions in exams?

　　28. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

　　Passage Two

　　The family is changing. In the past, grandparents, parents, and children used to live together, and they had an extended family. Sometimes two or more brothers with their wives and children were part of this large family group. But family structure is changing throughout the world. Nowadays, many families consist of only one father, one mother, and children. It is becoming the main family structure everywhere.

　　The new family structure offers married women some advantages: they have freedom from their relatives, and the husband does not have all the power of the family. Studies show that in these families, men and women usually make an equal number of decisions about family lives.

　　In the past, wives usually have to pay for the benefits of freedom and power. When women lived in extended families, sisters and grandparents and aunts helped one another with housework and childcare. In addition, older women in a large family group had important positions.

　　But now, wives do not often enjoy this benefit, and they have another disadvantage too: women generally live longer than their husbands, so older women from these families often have to live alone. Studies show that women are generally less satisfied with marriage than men are. In the past, men worked outside the home and women worked inside. Housework and childcare were a full time job, and there was no time for anything else. Now women work outside and have more freedom than they did in the past, but they still have to do most of the housework. The women actually have two full-time jobs, and they have not much free time.

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

　　29. Who used to live together in an extended family?

　　30. What advantages do families nowadays offer women?

　　31. What are the disadvantages of families nowadays for women?

　　32. Why are many women dissatisfied with marriage and families nowadays?

　　Passage Three

　　Thunderstorms are the least dangerous and least violent of all the storms. Almost everyone has experienced a thunderstorm with its heavy rains, high winds, lightning and accompanying thunder. This type of storm can release a great deal of energy. A single thunderstorm can release energy to the atmosphere equivalent to a hydrogen bomb. There are some 50,000 thunderstorms that occur on earth daily. This would make the daily energy released into the atmosphere equal to billions of tons of TNT.

　　Certain conditions must exist for thunderstorms to develop. First, the air must contain a great deal of water vapor. Second, there must be a rapidly rising air current. Thunderstorms may produce lightning and thunder. Lightning is a result of the rapidly rising air. The temperature produced by lightning is nearly 50,000 degrees Fahrenheit. This tremendous amount of heat causes the air to expand suddenly. This causes sound waves to be produced in the air which are heard as a crashing or loud noise called thunder.

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

　　33. How much energy can be released by a single thunderstorm?

　　34. What are the two conditions that must exist for thunderstorms to develop?

　　35. What is the temperature produced by lightning?