2006年1月四级预测样卷二（2）

Part B  (20 points,20 minutes)

Section A

In this part of the test you will hear several talks. After each talk, you will hear some questions. The talks and questions will not be repeated.
After you hear a question, read the four possible answers in your test book and choose the best answer. Then, on your answer sheet, find the number of the question and fill in the space that corresponds to the letter of the answer you have chosen.

16. (A) How most species of spiders reproduce.
    (B) How one species of spider feed its young.
    (C) How spiders defend their territory.
    (D) How Darwin experimented with spiders.

17. (A) They eat one another.
    (B) They eat insects that they catch.
    (C) They build a new nest.
    (D) They are attacked by other species of spiders.

18. (A) No two members of a species are exactly alike.
    (B) A single species may evolve into two separate species.
    (C) Primitive life-forms evolve into more advanced life-forms.
    (D) The survival of the strongest in a species contributions to the survival of that species.

19. (A) Early newspapers in England.
    (B) The early history of magazines.
    (C) The life of Daniel Defoe.
    (D) Differences between newspapers and magazines.

20. (A) Its publication was banned by the British government.
    (B) It was the first weekly newspaper.
    (C) It caused a prison revolt.
    (D) It was the first magazine ever published.

21. (A) It had many more pages than newspapers.
    (B) It was given away for free.
    (C) It dealt with issues rather than events.
    (D) It was more widely available than newspapers.

22. (A) He wrote articles of the Church of England.
    (B) He refused to stop publishing the Review.
    (C) He refused to pay publishing taxes.
    (D) He refused to join the Church of England.

23. (A) It was not really a magazine.
    (B) It featured a variety of articles and stories.
    (C) It was praised by readers of poetry.
    (D) It was unpopular with politicians.

24. (A) How artists gained fame.
    (B) A schedule of art exhibits.
    (C) One form of folk art.
    (D) The preservation of old paintings.

25. (A) Very few were produced.
    (B) Most were kept only a short time.
    (C) Most were printed on delicate paper.
    (D) Many have been acquired by collectors.

Section B Compound Dictation

The Library of Congress is America’s national library. It has more than one-hundred-twenty-million books and other objects. It has newspapers,  S1    publications and letters of   S2    interest. It also has maps, photographs, art   S3    , movies, sound recordings and musical      S4   .The Library of Congress is open to the public Monday through Saturday, except for government holidays. Anyone may go there and read anything in the collection. But no one is    S5    to take books out of the building.

The Library of Congress was   S6      in eighteen-hundred. It started with eleven boxes of books in one room of the Capitol Building. By eighteen-fourteen, the collection had increased to about three-thousand books. They were   S7       that year when the Capitol was burned during America’s war with Britain.

To help re-build the library, Congress bought the books of President Thomas Jefferson. Mister Jefferson’s collection included seven-thousand books in seven languages.

    S8                                                     . Today, three buildings hold the library’s collection.S9                              . It buys some of its books and gets others as gifts. It also gets materials through its copyright office.             S10                    . This means the Library of Congress receives almost everything published in the United States.