新东方四级听力特训20套题第十六套

Unit 16

Section A

1 A Go to dinner with the man B Meet Professor Smith immediately

C Work on her report

D Go to the laboratory

2 A Use the woman’s phone. B Pay the phone bill

C Look for a phone nearby.

D Write on the desk

3 A Change his mind B Study until midnight

C Go to bed early

D Sleep late in the morning

4 A In a clothing store B At a cleaner’s

C In a garden.

D In a printing shop

5 A He didn’t get the book he needed B He thinks the library is close by

C The library doesn’t open on weekends

D The book is not available in the library

6 A He loves that park so much. B He is too tired to go out.

C He is fond of playing tennis.

D He’d prefer not to move out.

7 A The way to rent a room. B Banking hours

C A hotel regulation.

D The price of an apartment

8 A She is worrying about her homework

B She will go out for a walk with the man.

C She handed in her essay this afternoon.

D She will start to write the essay tomorrow.

Questions 9 to 12 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

9 A Giving a lecture. B Discussing political science.

C Working on a science problem.

D Reading twentieth-century literature

10 A They make him feel good B They make no impact on him

C They bore him

D They make him angry

11 A In the late morning B Immediately after lunch

C In the mid-afternoon

D After the evening meal

12 A Controversial B Impersonal

C Patronizing

D Cooperative

Questions 13 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

13 A The difficulty of raising animals on farms in colonial America

B Traffic problems in colonial American cities.

C Population growth in colonial American cities

D Economic conditions in colonial America

14 A Because carts scared the pigs away

B Because carts injured a large number of people

C Because carts often moved too slowly

D Because carts broke down too easily

15 A They used cart for collecting garbage B They used pigs to get rid of garbage

C They burnt the garbage

D They set up trash cans

Section B

Passage One

Questions 16 to 18 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

16 A When they were six years old

B The time when they have to do so

C After they’ve got a clear picture of a particular job

D When they’ve gained information about their choices

17 A The fee needed to take special courses B Working hours

C The intensity of the job

D One’s qualification

18 A Self-evaluation B The consultation from the teacher

C The advice from family members

D A lucky chance.

Passage Two

Questions 19 to 21 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

19 A She wrote repeatedly to medical schools

B She asked for help from a famous doctor.

C She tried to get the support from the student body

D She talked to the dean of the college again and again.

20 A He was happy to have Elizabeth studying in this college.

B He was supported by a famous doctor

C He turned down Elizabeth’s application

D He expected the student body to refuse Elizabeth’s application.

21 A Her application was quickly accepted by a medical college

B She was the world’s first female student of a medical college

C She was disappointed with the students’ decision.

D Her application was ignored by the student body.

Passage Three

Questions 22 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

22 A Hot during the day and cold at night

B Cold during the day and hot at night

C Hot day and night

D Cold day and night

23 A There are neither rivers nor streams B There is no grass all the year round

C It is mainly bare rock with little grass.

D There are a few streams and rivers

24 A With the help of his friends

B By following the tracks of animals

C By using a compass.

D With the help of the guide.

25 A 19 years old B 16ears old

C 35 years old

D 25 years old

Section C

Many people who are rich are well known. Ted Sweeney was an 26____________ to this rule. His family moved to San Francisco from Los Angeles when he was one month old. That ‘s

where he grew up. At the age of seventeen he was hit by a train. Although he was not 27___________ hurt, the railroad paid him$ 25,000. Instead of going to college, he bought a small store. Six months later, the government bought his land to build a new 28_________ He sold it for $ 95,000.

With this money he moved to Detroit. He started a small company that made parts for the car 29 __________. It was very successful and by the time he was 23 he was a 30 _________. When he was 24 he got married. He and his wife had three daughters in the next five years. By the time he was 30 he had over ten million dollars.

Then 31 _______ struck. He was 32 __________ in a traffic accident. He did not die but his wife and daughters did. Six months later he sold everything he owned and put his money in stocks. Ted then moved to New York. He lived for the next forty years in a one-room apartment. He spent most of his days 33 __________ though the city looking in garbage cans for food. He never cooked. He rarely talked to anyone except himself. Most people were afraid of him. His clothes were always old and dirty! Shortly before he died, he moved back to Los Angeles. 34 _________________________________________. City workers tried to help him. They offered him work but he would not work. Towards the he would not talk to anyone at all. 35 _______________________________________. It was learned that he had put his stocks in a box at a Detroit bank. 36 ______________________________________.