爱华网Part 3 短文
短文 1
No one knows for sure just how old kites are. Infact, they have been in use for centuries. 25 centuries ago, kiteswere well-known in China. These first kites were probably made ofwood. They may even have been covered with silk, because silk wereused a lot at that time. Early kites were built for certain uses.In ancient China, they will use to carry ropes to cross rivers.Once across, the ropes were tear down and wooden bridges would hangfor them. Legend tells of one General who flew musical kites overthe enemies’ camp. The enemy fled, believing the sounds to be thewarming voices of angels. By the 15th century, manypeople flew kites in Europe. Marco Polo may have brought the kiteback from his visit to China. The kite has been linked to greatnames and events. For instance, Benjamin Franklin used kite toprove the lightening electricity. He flew the kite in the storm. Hedid this in order to draw lightening from the clouds. He tied ametal key and a strip of silk to the kite line. The silk ribbonwould stop the lightening from passing through his body. Benjamin’sidea was first laughed at. But later on, it enlightened theinvention of the lightening rod. With such grand history, kiteflying is short remain an entertaining and popular sport.
Question 16 to 18 are based on the passage youhave just heard.
Question 16: What does the speaker say aboutkite?
Question 17: What did ancient Chinese use cats todo?
Question 18: Why did BF flied a kite in thestorm?
短文2
I have learnt many languages, but I’m notmastered them the way the professional interpreter or translatorhas. Still, they have open doors for me. They have allowed me theopportunity to seek jobs in international contexts and help me getthose jobs. Like many people who have lived overseas for a while, Isimply got crazy about it. I can’t image living my professional orsocial life without international interactions. Since 1977, I havespent much more time abroad than in the United States. I like goingto new places, eating new foods and experiencing new cultures. Ifyou can speak the language, it’s easier to get to know the countryand its people. If I had the time and money. I would live for ayear in as many countries as possible. Beyond my career, myfacility with languages has given me a few rare opportunities.Once, just after I returned my year in Vienna. I was asked totranslate for a German judge at Olympic level horse event andlearned a lot about the sport.
In Japan, once when I was in the studio audienceof a TV cooking show, I was asked to go up on the stage and tastethe beef dish that was being prepared and tell what I thought. Theyasked” Was it as good as American beef?” It was very exciting forme to be on Japanese TV, speaking in Japanese about how deliciousthe beef was.
Questions 19 to 22 are based on the passageyou’ve just heard.
Question 19 What does thespeaker say about herself?
Question 20 What does thespeaker say about many people who have lived overseas for awhile?
Question 21 How did the speakerexperience of living in Vienna benefit her?
Question 22 What was thespeaker asked to do in the Japanese studio?
短文3
Dr. Ben Carsen grew up in a poor single parent house-hold in Detroit. His mother, who had only a 3rd grade education helds two jobs cleaning bathrooms. To his classmates and even to his
teachers he was thought of as the dummest kid in his class. According to his own not so fond memories.
He had a terrible temper, and once threatened to kill another child. Dr. Carsen was headed down part of seld distraction until a critical moment in his youth. His mother convinced that he had to do something dramatic preventing leading a life of failure laid down some rules. He could not
watch television except for two programs a week, could not play with his friends after school
until he finished his homework. And had to read two books a week, and write book reports about them. His mother’s strategy worked. “Of course, I didn’t know she couldn’t read. So there I was
submitting these reports.” he said. She would put check marks on themlikeshe had been reading them. As I began to readabout scientists，economists and philosophers. Istartedimaging myself in theirshoes. As he got into the hobbitof hard work, his grade began to soar. Ultimately he received a scholarship to attending Yale
University, and later he was admitted to the University of Michigan Medical School.
He is now aleading surgeon at Johns Hopkins Medical School and he is alsothe author of the three books.
Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you’ve just heard.
Q23 What do we learn about Ben Carsen?
Q24 What did Ben Caren’s classmates and teachers think of him whenhe was first at school?
Q25 What did Ben Carsen’s mother tell him to do when he was a school boy?
Part 4 听写题
When you look up at the night sky, what do you see?There are other heavenly bodies out there besides the moon andstars. One of the most fascinating of this is a comet. Comets wereformed around the same the earth was formed. Theyare made up of ice and other frozen liquids and gasses. Now andthen these dirty snow balls begin to orbit the sun just as theplanets do. As a comet gets closer to the sun. Some gasses in itbegin to unfreeze. They combine with dust particles from the cometto form a huge cloud. As the comet gets even nearer to the sun andsolar wind blows the cloud behind the comet thus forming its tail.The tail and generally fuzzy atmosphere around the comet arecharacteristics that can help identify this phenomenon in the nightsky. In any given year, about dozen known comets come close to thesun in their orbits. The average person can’t see them all ofcourse. Usually there is only one or two a year bright enough to beseen with the naked eye. Comet Hale-Bopp discovered in 1995 was anunusually bright comet. Its orbit bought relatively to the earthwithin 122 million miles of it. But Hale-Bopp came a long way onits earthly visit. It won’t be back for another 4 thousand years orso.
