星火四级英语听力题目，原文和解析

星火四级英语听力题目，原文和解析 Unit 17 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 question will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer form the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. Passage 1 Questions 1 to 3 are based on the passage you have just heard. 16. A) In the year of 1940. B) At the time when movies had just begun to talk. C) During the first world war. D) When the movie was born. 17. A) Through live broadcast. B) By publishing in advance to newspaper for publication at 11 pm. C) By the 8:45 p.m. edition of the Los Angeles Times. D) By the sealed-envelope in the banquet. 18. A) Because of increased attendance and the war( B) Because presenting the prizes at a banquet cost too much( C) Because people were not so interested in it( D) Because the movies were not regarded as important at that time. Passage Two Questions 4 to 6 are based on the passage you have just heard. 19. A) It becomes better and better. B) It experiences more hard manual labor. C) The strain on it is reduced to a little. D) Modernization and mechanization benefits it. 20. A) Hard munal labour is regarded as not important. B) Walking too much and having too much pressure in work. C) Lack of movement. D) The modernization and mechanization dominates. 21. A) Heart and circulatory diseases. B) Posture defects. C) Obesity. D) Headache. Passage Three Questions 7 to 10 are based on the passage you have just heard. 22. A) Playing a trick on a friend. B) Sending a trap to friends. C) Telling jokes to people. D) Celebrating at home. 23. A) Some parts of Britain were in disaster. B) Geological changes had resulted in weaker gravity. C) People jumped higher than they normally could. D) Strange geological changes were coming. 24. A) People jumped higher than they normally could. B) A science correspondent reported a piece of strange news. C) Listeners didn’t know the news was a joke until the BBC reported. D) It made all people laugh. 25. A) Making a fool after midday is even more funny. B) Don’t make a fool after midday. C) The late trickster is not laughed at. D) The person who is fooled is the biggest fool. 听力原稿与答案点津 答案速查 16、B 17、D 18、A 19、C 20、C 21、D 22、A 23、B 24、C 25、B Passage 1 16. When did the first Academy ceremony (16)When the first Academy Awards were handed out on May take place? 16, 1929, movies had just begun to talk. (开头点题，关于奥斯卡金 A) In the year of 1940. 像奖)That first Awards ceremony took place during a party held in B) At the time when movies had just begun the Blossom Room of the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. The to have sound.(信息转述) attendance was 250 and tickets cost $10. C) During the first world war. At first the winners were known prior to the Awards partys. D) When the movie was born. Results were given in advance to the newspapers for publication at 听前预测 11 p.m. on the night of the Awards. But in 1940, guests arriving for 从选项可知，这是考查时间的问题，但the affair could buy the 8:45 p.m. edition of the Los Angeles Times, 不是很精确到某年某月，而可能是以某个事which announced the winning achievements. (17)As a result, the 件为标志的时间。 sealed-envelope system was adopted the next year and remains in use today.(是密封信的做法一直沿用至今。) 17. How the results of winners is announced Since the earliest years, interest in the Academy Awards has been high. today? The first presentation was the only one which escaped media audience, A) Through live broadcast. but by the second year enthusiasm for the Awards was so high that a Los B) By publishing in advance to newspaper Angeles radio station actually did a live, one-hour broadcast. The Awards for publication at 11 pm. have had broadcast since. For 15 years the Academy Awards C) By the 8:45 p.m. edition of the Los Presentations were party affairs held, after the first in the Blossom Room, Angeles Times. then at the Ambassador and Biltmore hotels. The custom of presenting the D) By the sealed-envelope in the prizes at a banquet didn’t continue after 1942.(18) Increased attendance banquet.(细节辨认) and the war had made party not practical, and the presentation ceremonies 听前预测 have since been held in theaters.(参加人数增多及战争使得宴会形式的 由选项开头可知，问题考查的是某种方颁奖难以实现，因此仪式改在剧院举行。) 式，而且选项有的差别细微，因此要听时注(选自www.hongen.com) 意区别。 18. Why the presentation ceremonies have since been held in theaters after 1942? A) Because the attendance increased and the war made the party not practical((信息辨 认) B) Because presenting the prizes at a banquet cost too much( C) Because people were not so interested in it( D) Because the movies were not regarded as important at that time. 听前预测 由选项可知，该题考查的是原因，因此 要注意上下文的衔接。 背景链接 1927年,月，在美国电影艺术与科学学 院成立的宴会上，有人建议，为了推动电影 艺术的发展，对有成就者应给予奖励。与会 者一致同意并由当时参加会议的米高梅公 司美工师塞德里克吉本斯在桌布上画了个 草图，后由刚从艺术学校毕业的青年艺术家 乔治斯坦利塑成铜像。这尊铜像是个手握长 剑、站在一盘电影胶片上的男性人体塑像， 高10.25寸，面镀金，所以叫金像奖。 听力核心词 enthusiasm n. 热情 practical adj(现实的 Academy Awards学院奖(奥斯卡奖) In today’s modern world, where the modern technology and Passage 2 dominates, (4)that the human body gets worse is taking place. Hard 4. What is the status of human body manual labor is reducing. The strain on our bodies is in many cases nowadays? reduced to walking a couple of yards and getting into the car.(现代 A) It becomes better and better. 人的体力活动较以前要少。) Through the lack of movement B) It experiences more hard manual labor. several society deceases i.e. heart deceases, posture defects and C) The strain on it is reduced to a little.(细obesity are increasing. 节辨认) (5)Good physical fitness doesn’t only bring advantages in D) Modern technology benefits it. health related aspects. It increases the possibilities of leading a 听前预测 richer and more active life. (综述身体健康对人带来的益处，它使 It出现在所有选项中，清楚it是关键。 不仅有利身体健康，而且使人们更容易获得丰富而积极的生5. What can good physical fitness do? 活。)A person going away for skiing over the weekend may have A) To help man not to break after the first more fun in the slopes if he or she doesn’t have to take a break after run when go skiing. the first run, because he or she has trained the body to endure the B) To train the body to endure the strain of strain of skiing through regular fitness training. skiing. C) To bring many advantages to all Many injuries, which occur in leisure sports, can be prevented aspects. by training and reaching a certain body strength. How many D )To make people enjoy life, feel more haven’t encountered people complaining of back injuries during a active and happy.(综合推断) friendly game of softball, tennis or even golf.(6) Sometimes these 听前预测 aches and pains even keep us away from doing our favorite sports 选项均以to 开头的动词不定式，听时totally. (有时这些伤痛甚至让我们不能完全参与到自己最喜欢 注意区别动词对应的情况。 的活动中)Or at least not with the fun and ease it could have been. 6. What can prevent us from doing our Through strengthening our muscles we may avoid many of the favorite sports totally? injuries caused by every day situations and leisure sports. And we A) Some aches and pains brought by lack also prevent early going bad of our posture and the following of movement. (细节辨认) damages. (选自www.hongen.com) B) Some accidents in the sports. C) Lack of strength. D) People’s too less leisure time. 听前预测 大部分选项带否定意义，可推断是考察 具体细节。因此听时注意对号入座。 背景链接 在当今信息技术高度发达的时代，交通 运输随之飞速发展，人们出行以车代步，机 械操作代替大部分手工劳动，大大降低人的 运动量，但身体上的休闲并不意味着幸福生 活，相反会降低人们的身体质量及引来种种 疾病，因此适当的身体活动是必要的。 听力核心词 posture n. 姿势，态度 encounter v. 遭遇，遇到 Passage 3 7. What do people do on April Fools’ Day? A) Playing a trick on a friend.(细节推断) B) Playing with many friends. The first day of April is commonly known as April Fools’ Day, C) Telling jokes to people. and(7)it is traditional on this day to play a trick on a friend. (愚人 D) Celebrating at home. 节的传统是在这一天愚弄朋友。) If your friend falls into the trap, 听前预测 then he or she is an April Fool. It isn’t only children that like such Trap, trick, joke都与开玩笑有关，学会jokes. Grownups like them, too. 适当联想。 Even the media occasionally try to deceive the public with a 8. What was the news the BBC report on an clever April Fool story. Some years ago, for example, a famous April Fools’ Day years ago? joke was played on the radio. (8)A science correspondent reported A) Some parts of Britain were in disaster. that strange geological changes had resulted in weaker gravity in B) Geological changes had resulted in different parts of Britain. (一个科学记者报道奇怪的地质变化导weaker gravity.(信息转述) C) People jumped higher than they 致英国不同地区的地球引力变弱。) He asked listeners to jump up normally could. and down and see if they could jump higher than they normally D) Strange geological changes were could. Many people did. (9)The hundreds of calls the BBC received coming. proved how successful the joke was. The BBC did not gently 听前预测 remind its listeners until twelve o’clock that it was April Fools’ Day 四个选项之间无联系，因此要注意信息that day. (因为BBC的玩笑，很多人给电台打电话，而且未被识 在整篇短文中的分布。 穿，直到BBC宣布。) 9. Why the BBC’s joke was so successful? Making jokes only lasts until noon, the rule is rigid and A) People jumped higher than they everywhere it is acknowledged. Anyone who tries to (10)make a normally could. fool after midday is a bigger fool than the person who has been B) A science correspondent reported a fooled. (在愚人节午后捉弄人的人比被捉弄的人更愚。) The late piece of strange news. trickster is instantly laughed at as a piece of poem goes: April C) Listeners didn’t know the news was a Fool’s gone and past, you’re the biggest fool at last. When April joke until the BBC reported.(细节推断) Fool’s Day comes again, you’ll be the biggest fool then. D) It made all people laugh. (选自www.hongen.com) 听前预测 由correspondent, news, BBC联想到可 能是与BBC发布的新闻有关。 10. What is the rule of making jokes? A) Making a fool after midday is even more funny. B) Don’t make a fool after midday.(细节 推断) C) The late trickster is not laughed at. D) The person who is fooled is the biggest fool. 听前预测 由选项可知问题关于making a fool，听 时要注意选项的细微差别。 背景链接 愚人节也称万愚节，是西方社会民间传 统节日。节期在每年4月1日。愚人节与古 罗马的嬉乐节(Hilaria)和印度的欢悦节 (Holi)有相似之处。在时间的选择，看来与 “春分”(3月21日)有关。节日这天，不分 男女老幼，可以互开玩笑、互相愚弄欺骗以 换得娱乐。 听力核心词 rigid adj. 僵硬的，死板的 play a trick 恶作剧，捉弄