四级听力短文理解模拟训练第24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 , ,and . Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.

　　注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。

　　Passage One

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

　　26. We have to use first our eyes, then the brain and finally the muscles.

　　We have to make our eyes, brain and muscles work almost at the same time.

　　We have to use mainly the arms and legs to hit.

　　We have to use mainly the muscles so that the ball is met and hit back.

　　27. What he does out of class.

　　What he learns in books.

　　His place in society.

　　His lessons in school.

　　28. It is its members.

　　It is its team work.

　　It is the football field.

　　It is the climate.

　　Passage Two

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

　　29. They live in twenty rainforests.

　　They live in several hundred different varieties of trees.

　　They live in a forty-degree band of latitude.

　　They live in areas where the rainforest has been cleared.

　　30. One acre per minute.

　　One acre per second.

　　One hundred acres per minute.

　　Two hundred acres per hour.

　　31.

　　The land will be eroded by the rains.

　　Many species of plants and animals that depend on the ra inforest will become extinct.

　　The future of the human species may be changed.

　　The rainforest will grow, but at a much slower rate.

　　Passage Three

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

　　32.

　　To complain about car dealers.

　　To offer advice to prospective car buyers.

　　To sell new cars.

　　To explain how to finance a car.

　　33.

　　In December.

　　In the fall.

　　On the first day of the month.

　　At the end of the week.

　　34. Negotiating a lower price than the one that appears on the sticker.

　　Not telling the dealer that you have a car to trade in.

　　Financing the new car at the dealership.

　　Buying a car that is on the dealers lot instead of ordering one.

　　35.

　　Negotiating a price for most purchases is not common in the United States.

　　Car dealers in the United States are not honest.

　　New cars are very expensive in the United States.

　　Most shoppers have a car to trade in.

　　Section B

　　Passage One

　　文章精要

　　文章指出，体育运动和比赛能使我们的身体更加强壮，使我们保持健康，不会发胖。但是，体育运动的作用不仅在于此，它还能帮助我们锻炼眼睛、大脑和肌肉的协调性。此外，体育运动还对我们的性格塑造有很大帮助。

　　26.B信息明示题。文章第一段第三句指出，体育运动是可以使眼睛、大脑和肌肉协调工作的重要练习。第一段倒数第二句指出，所有这些动作都必须非常迅速地完成，并且只有经过大量训练的人才能够成功地完成这一连串动作，由此可知，在打网球时，眼睛、大脑和肌肉必须同时工作，所以B正确。

　　27.A综合推断题。文章第二段第二句指出，与从书本上学到的知识相比，亲身体验对孩子性格的影响更大，由此可知，孩子受课外活动的影响更大，所以A正确。

　　28.B综合推断题。文章最后一句指出，如果他们每个人都能学会在足球场上为自己的队伍而不是为自己努力，那么以后他就会自然而然地为自己的国家而不是仅仅为了自己的利益而工作，由此可知，这里讲的是团队协作精神，也就是说对于足球队来说最重要的就是团队协作，所以B正确。

　　Passage Two

　　文章精要

　　文章指出，热带雨林生长在赤道南北纬20度之间，地球上超过一半的物种生活在那里。然而，目前已经有一半的热带雨林遭到了破坏，科学家估计，每年有大约五千万亩热带雨林被破坏，由此造成的恶果就是，雨水不断侵蚀土地。地表土层越来越薄，植物无法生长，地区的生态遭到永久性的破坏。

　　29.C综合推断题。文章第一段指出，热带雨林生长在赤道南北纬20度之间，是地球上超过一半物种的栖息地。所以C项地球上超过一半的物种生活在40度的纬度带是正确的。

　　30.C信息明示题。文章第二段提到，每60秒就有100亩热带雨林被破坏，所以C正确。

　　31.D信息明示题。文章第二段提到，持续的降雨会侵蚀土地，所以排除A;第二段还提到，成千上万个物种会灭绝，所以排除B;第二段最后提到，地区的生态会遭到永久性的破坏，可见，作者认为人类的未来也可能会因受到影响而改变，所以排除C;只有D项文章中没有提到，所以选D。

　　Passage Three

　　文章精要

　　文章指出，决定好购买的车型和预算后，要多跑几个商家。在美国，买汽车是可以讲价的。为了节省更多的钱，首先，在谈妥价格之前不要让商家知道你已经有了一辆车并打算折价购物;其次，买商家已有的车，而不要订购;再次，在年底的时候买车，如果不能等到年底，至少也要等到月末;最后，交易结束前不要提是打算现金支付还是银行转账。

　　32.B主旨题。文章第一段就指出，在美国，买车是可以讲价的，因此要多去几个商家;第二段就怎样省钱给出了几个建议，由此可知，文章主要是为打算买车的人提供一些建议，所以B正确。

　　33.A信息明示题。文章第二段指出，买新车最好在年末，在来年新车型上市之前，经销商愿意给新车腾出空间，言外之意，此时比较容易以更低的价格买到车，所以A正确。

　　34.C信息明示题。文章第二段提到，首先，在谈妥价格之前不要让商家知道你已经有了一辆车并打算折价购物;其次，买商家已有的车，而不要订购;再次，在年底的时候买车，如果不能等到年底，那最好也要等到月末;最后，交易结束前不要提是打算现金支付还是银行转账，但是文中并没有提到为买新车而筹款，故选 C。

　　35.A综合推断题。文章第一段指出，在美国，买汽车是少数几个可以议价的买卖之一，由此可知，在美国买东西讲价是很少见的，所以A正确。其他选项文章中并没有提及。

　　Section B

　　Passage One

　　Sports and games make our bodies strong, prevent us from getting too fat, and keep us healthy. But they are not their only use. They give us valuable practice in making eyes, brain and muscles work together. In tennis, our eyes see the ball coming, judge its speed and direction and pass this information on to the brain. The brain then has to decide what to do, and to send its orders to the muscles of the arms, legs, and so on, so that the ball is met and hit back where it ought to go. All this must happen with very great speed, and only those who have had a lot of practice at tennis can carry out this complicated chain of events successfully. For those who work with their brains most of the day, the practice of such skills is especially useful.

　　Sports and games are also very useful for character training. In their lessons at school, boys and girls may learn about such virtues as unselfishness, courage, discipline and love of ones country; but what is learned in books cannot have the same deep effect on a childs character as what is learned by experience. The ordinary day school cannot give much practical training in living, because most of the pupils time is spent in classes, studying lessons. So it is what the pupils do in their spare time that really prepares them to take their place in society as citizens when they grow up. If each of them learns to work for his team and not for himself on the football field, he will later find it natural to work for the good of his country instead of only for his own benefit.

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

　　26. What do we have to do when we play tennis?

　　27. Which of the following can a childs character be most deeply influenced by?

　　28. What is of the greatest importance to a football team?

　　Passage Two

　　Rainforests circle the globe for twenty degrees of latitude on both sides of the equator. In that relatively narrow band of the planet, more than half of all the species of plants and animals in the world make their home. Several hundred different varieties of trees may grow in a single acre, and just one of those trees may be the habitat for more than ten thousand kinds of spiders, ants, and other insects. More species of amphibians, birds, insects, mammals, and reptiles live in rainforests than anywhere else on Earth.

　　Unfortunately, half of the worlds rainforests have already been destroyed, and at the current rate, another 25 percent will be lost by the year 2010. Scientists estimate that as many as fifty million acres are destroyed annually. In other words, every sixty seconds one hundred acres of rainforest is being cleared. By the time you finish listening to this passage, two hundred acres will have been destroyed! When this happens, constant rains erode the former forest floor, the thin layer of soil no longer supports plant life, and the ecology of the region is altered forever. Thousands of species of plants and animals are condemned to extinction and, since we arent able to predict the ramifications of this loss to a delicate global ecology, we dont know what we may be doing to the future of the human species as well

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

　　29. Where do more than half of all the species of plants and animals live?

　　30. What is the current rate of destruction?

　　31. What will NOT happen if the rainforest continues to be cleared?

　　Passage Three

　　After you decide what kind of car you want, which options you need, and how much you can afford to spend, you should shop at several dealerships. Buying a car is one of the few purchases that you will make in the United States that allows for negotiation. In the case of cars, new and used, the sticker price posted on the window is not fixed, and the car dealer will expect you to bargain. It has been estimated that fewer than 20 percent of all new car buyers end up paying an amount even close to the list price.

　　To save the most money, use the following strategies when you negotiate. In the first place, dont mention that you have a car to trade in until you have agreed on a price for the car you want to buy. If the salespersons know in advance, they may quote you a high price for the trade-in, but the price of the new car may be adjusted to include the added amount. In addition, buy a car that is already on the dealers lot instead of ordering a car. The dealer has to pay insurance and finance charges for every car in the inventory and is usually willing to sell one for less money in order to reduce the overhead expenses. Furthermore, try to buy your new car at the end of the year, just before the next years models arrive in the fall. Dealers are usually glad to move these cars off their lots to make room for the new models. If you cant wait until fall to buy your car, at least wait until the end of the month, when the dealer is trying to reach a set sales quota in order to earn a bonus from the manufacturer. Finally, dont mention to the car dealer that you intend to pay cash or use a bank for financing until the deal is closed. Some dealers will offer a lower price if they believe that they will have the opportunity to arrange the financing and collect a commission.

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

　　32. What is the authors main purpose in writing this passage?

　　33. According to the author, when should a buyer purchase a new car?

　　34. Which of the following is NOT recommended for getting the best price on a new car?

　　35. What can be inferred from the passage?