2017年12月英语四级听力真题第1套-短文2

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听力试题、听力原文、答案：

一、听力试题：

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

19. A) Everything was natural and genuine then.

B) People had plenty of land to cultivate then.

C) It marked the beginning of something new.

D) It was when her ancestors came to America.

20. A) They were known to be creative.

C) They had all kinds of entertainment.

B) They enjoyed living a living a life of ease. D) They believed in working for goals.

21. A) Chatting with her ancestors.

C) Furnishing her country house.

B) Doing needlework by the fire.

D) Polishing all the silver work.

Passage Two

Well, if I could get back in history and live, I'd like to get back to the 18th century and perhaps in colonial America in Yankee new England where one of my ancestors lived, because it was the beginning of something. By the 18th century, there was a feeling of community that had grown. My ancestor was the preacher traveling around countryside. People lived in small communities. It was fisherman and farmers who provided fresh food that tasted and looked like food. Unlike today’s supermarkets, and there were small towns and New York wasn't that far away. I'm deeply attached to the puritan tradition not in a religious sense. But they believed in working for something, working for goals. And I like that. They worked hard at whatever they did, but they had a sense of achievement. They believed in goodness, in community, and helping one another. I love the colonial fabrics or the silver works, the furnishings, the combination of elegance simplicity. I'd love it. The printing, the books, I’m very attached to all that kind of thing. That may not all be very entertaining in the modern sense of the world, but I would have enjoyed spending my evenings in that environment, discussing new ideas, building a new world, and I can see myself sitting on a small chair by the fire doing needle work.

19. Why does the speaker say she would like to go back and live in the 18th century America?

20. What does the speaker say about the Puritans?

21. What would the speaker like doing if she could go back to the past?

三、答案：

19. C) It marked the beginning of something new.
20. D) They believed in working for goals.
21. B) Doing needlework by the fire.

【原文翻译】

好吧，如果我能回到过去生活，

我希望能回到18世纪殖民时期的美国新英格兰。

那是我祖先生活的地方，一切开始的地方。

到了18世纪，社区意识开始并被人接受。

我的祖先是游历于乡村的牧师。

人们居住在小社区里。

渔民和农民提供新鲜的食物，它们看起来和尝起来确实是食物，

和今天超市中的食物不同。这里有一些小城镇，离纽约也不远。

我深深迷恋着清教徒的传统，并非是处于宗教原因。

是因为他们坚信为了某事，为了目标而工作的理念。我很欣赏这点。

无论做什么，他们都很努力，有一种成就感。

他们信仰美德，信仰团体，信仰互助。

我喜欢殖民时期的织物、银器、家具，又优雅，又简洁。我很喜欢。

各类印刷品和书籍，我都非常喜欢，

虽然这些在现代人眼里，并不是那么有趣。

但是我很乐意在这样的环境中度过夜晚，讨论新想法，建立新世界。

我可以想象到自己正坐在火炉旁的小椅子上，做一些针线活。

请根据你刚刚听到的文章回答问题19至问题21。

问题19：说话者为什么说她想回到18世纪的美国生活？

问题20：关于清教徒，说话者讲了些什么？

问题21：如果可以回到过去，说话者想要做些什么？

【答案】

19. C) It marked the beginning of something new.
20. D) They believed in working for goals.
21. B) Doing needlework by the fire.