1999年5月托福听力考试试题原文c
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 I have a pen right here. And let me leave you this pamphlet about the student action coalition1. Maybe you could come to some of our meetings. We get together once a month.

  Yeah, I’d like to know more about your group. Let me know when the next meeting is andI’ll try to be there.

  31. How did the woman first learn about the student action coalition?

  32. What is the student action coalition trying to do?

  33. What will the woman probably do on Thursday afternoon?

  34. What does the woman agree to do?

   Q 35-39

  This food is terrible! I can’t even finish my diner.

  I know. You think with all the money we paid for room and board, the university could hirea better food service. Where are you headed next?

  I’m going over to the student recreation center to play some bridge.

  You are spending your time on a card game?

  Not just any card game. It’s one of the most strategic there is.

  So I have heard. Don’t you play with a partner?

  Yeah! Four people play, two against the other two.

  So, you try to play in cooperation with your partner?

  Actually, the cards of one of the four plays are turned face up. That player is called thedummy.

  I wouldn’t want to be called that. When you are the dummy2, what do you do while thecards are being played?

  Anything you want. Sit there and study, shuffle3 another deck, get snacks foreveryone…I like to stand behind my partner and watch.

  You know, I’ve heard that bridge is a habit forming. You should be careful not to play somuch that you don’t get your studying done.

  Don’t worry about me. I only play Thursdays after dinner, and sometimes when theyneed a forth4 player. If you like, I could teach you.

  Thanks, but I have a pretty heavy workload5 this semester. I already spend my eveningsdoing things I don’t really know how to do yet.

  35. Where does the conversation take place?

  36. How does the woman plan to spend her evening?

  37. What will the woman probably do if she is the dummy?

  38. What does the man warn the woman not to do?

  39. Why doesn’t the man accept the woman’s offer?

  Part C

  Questions 40-42 Listen to part of a talk in an architecture class.

  Today, we are going to take a look at the development of the skyscraper6. We’ll start with some buildings in Chicago. One of the circumstances that led Chicago to become home to some of the buildings now considered the prototypes for later skyscrapers7 was this: In 1871, there was a great fire that destroyed much of the city. It was that tragic8 fire that cleared the way for a new kind of city that used the new building techniques and new materials developed during the early 1800s. 

  One of these new structures was the Home Insurance Building, completed in 1885. It was ten storeys high. Now granted, that’s no higher than some of the early skyscrapers in New York City. What made Chicago’s Home Insurance Building important is that it had true skyscraper instruction with an internal metal skeleton that carried the weight of the brick exterior9. This metal-support system along with the earlier development of the elevator were the two innovations that made the later very tall industrial buildings possible.

  Chicago’s Reliance Building was another important building in the development of the skyscraper. It showed the architects’ understanding of the possibilities of mental frame construction by eliminating walls and opening up the sides as a glass box. It was the first expression of the skyscraper as the glass shelf framed in the metal grid10.

  40. Why does the professor mention the fire of 1871?

  41. What was important about the Home Insurance Building?

  42. What point does the professor make about the Reliance Building?

  Questions 43-46 Listen to a lecture given in a mass communications class.

  It was an Italian inventor who created the first wireless11 device for setting out radio signalsin 1895. But not until the American inventor Lee De Forest built the first amplifying12 vacuumtube in 1906 did we get the first radio as we know it. And the first actual radio broadcast wasmade on Christmas Eve of 1906. That’s when someone working from an experimentalstation in Brand Rock, Massachusetts, arranged the program with two short musicalselections of poem and brief holiday greeting. The broadcast was heard by wirelessoperators on ships with a radio through several hundreds miles. The following year, DeForest began regular radio broadcasts in New York. These programs were similar to muchwhat we hear on radio today. In that, De Forest played only music. But because there werestill no home radio receivers, De Forest’s audiences consisted only of wireless operators onships in New York Harbor. There is no doubt that radio broadcasting was quite a novelty inthose days, but it took a while to catch on commercially. Why? Hmm, for the simple factthat only a few people, in fact, only those who tinkered with wireless telegraphs as a hobbyowned receivers. It wasn’t until the 1920s that someone envisioned mass appeal for radio.This was radio pioneer David Sarnoff who predicted that one day there would be a radioreceiver in every home.

  43. What is the talk mainly about?

  44. Why were early radio broadcasts heard by such a small audience?

  45. According to the talk, who owned the receivers in the early days of radio?

  46. According to the talk, what did David Sarnoff predict about radios?

  Questions 47-50 Listen to part of a talk in an astronomy class

  The origin of Earth’s moon, the largest moon in the solar system, is still something of amystery. There are some theories about its origin however. Now, keep in mind that a theoryof the moon’s origin has to be consistent with two important facts. The first fact is that theEarth contains a lot of iron, most of it has an iron core. But the moon contains practically noiron. The second fact is that other than the difference in iron content, the moon and Earth arecomposed of accentually the same minerals, a similarity not shared with any other planet ormoon in our solar system.One of the earliest theories of the moon’s origin, I called it the Capture Theory, proposes that the moon was somehow captured by Earth’s gravitational force. This theory is improbable, however, because it assumes that the moon and Earth formed in different parts of the solar system. If this was true you would expect the moon’s composition to be much different from Earth’s composition, just as all the other planets in the solar system are so different from Earth.A second theory of the moon’s origin is more promising13. It is sometimes referred to as the Mars Theory, because according to this theory, when Earth was still molten, it was struck by a planet about the size of Mars. The impact caused the cores of the two planets to melt together and chunks14 of Earth’s crust to be thrown out into space. These chunks came together to form the moon. Now, remember, Earth’s crust is low in iron, because the iron is in Earth’s core, but high in various other minerals. This then accounts for why there is little iron but lots of other minerals on the moon. 

  47. What is the talk mainly about?

  48. According to the professor, what characteristic of Earth’s moon should a theory of its origin be able to explain?

  49. Why is the second theory sometimes referred to as the Mars Theory?

  50. According to the Mars Theory, why does the moon contain little iron?



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1 coalition pWlyi     
n.结合体,同盟,结合,联合
参考例句:
  • The several parties formed a coalition.这几个政党组成了政治联盟。
  • Coalition forces take great care to avoid civilian casualties.联盟军队竭尽全力避免造成平民伤亡。
2 dummy Jrgx7     
n.假的东西;(哄婴儿的)橡皮奶头
参考例句:
  • The police suspect that the device is not a real bomb but a dummy.警方怀疑那个装置不是真炸弹,只是一个假货。
  • The boys played soldier with dummy swords made of wood.男孩们用木头做的假木剑玩打仗游戏。
3 shuffle xECzc     
n.拖著脚走,洗纸牌;v.拖曳,慢吞吞地走
参考例句:
  • I wish you'd remember to shuffle before you deal.我希望在你发牌前记得洗牌。
  • Don't shuffle your feet along.别拖着脚步走。
4 forth Hzdz2     
adv.向前;向外,往外
参考例句:
  • The wind moved the trees gently back and forth.风吹得树轻轻地来回摇晃。
  • He gave forth a series of works in rapid succession.他很快连续发表了一系列的作品。
5 workload fVCzw     
n.作业量,工作量
参考例句:
  • An assistant one day a week would ease my workload.每周有一天配一个助手就会减轻我的工作负担。
  • He's always grousing about the workload.他总是抱怨工作量大。
6 skyscraper vxzwd     
n.摩天大楼
参考例句:
  • The skyscraper towers into the clouds.那幢摩天大楼高耸入云。
  • The skyscraper was wrapped in fog.摩天楼为雾所笼罩。
7 skyscrapers f4158331c4e067c9706b451516137890     
n.摩天大楼
参考例句:
  • A lot of skyscrapers in Manhattan are rising up to the skies. 曼哈顿有许多摩天大楼耸入云霄。
  • On all sides, skyscrapers rose like jagged teeth. 四周耸起的摩天大楼参差不齐。
8 tragic inaw2     
adj.悲剧的,悲剧性的,悲惨的
参考例句:
  • The effect of the pollution on the beaches is absolutely tragic.污染海滩后果可悲。
  • Charles was a man doomed to tragic issues.查理是个注定不得善终的人。
9 exterior LlYyr     
adj.外部的,外在的;表面的
参考例句:
  • The seed has a hard exterior covering.这种子外壳很硬。
  • We are painting the exterior wall of the house.我们正在给房子的外墙涂漆。
10 grid 5rPzpK     
n.高压输电线路网;地图坐标方格;格栅
参考例句:
  • In this application,the carrier is used to encapsulate the grid.在这种情况下,要用载体把格栅密封起来。
  • Modern gauges consist of metal foil in the form of a grid.现代应变仪则由网格形式的金属片组成。
11 wireless Rfwww     
adj.无线的;n.无线电
参考例句:
  • There are a lot of wireless links in a radio.收音机里有许多无线电线路。
  • Wireless messages tell us that the ship was sinking.无线电报告知我们那艘船正在下沉。
12 amplifying 29631b8f34f8b755bf579c2bef5e2907     
放大,扩大( amplify的现在分词 ); 增强; 详述
参考例句:
  • Often they use borrowed funds, amplifying their gains and losses. 他们通常会用借贷的资金交易,从而放大收益或损失。
  • An amplifying type (or analog) device, as opposed to digital device. 放大器类(或模拟)器件,相对于数字器件而言的。
13 promising BkQzsk     
adj.有希望的,有前途的
参考例句:
  • The results of the experiments are very promising.实验的结果充满了希望。
  • We're trying to bring along one or two promising young swimmers.我们正设法培养出一两名有前途的年轻游泳选手。
14 chunks a0e6aa3f5109dc15b489f628b2f01028     
厚厚的一块( chunk的名词复数 ); (某物)相当大的数量或部分
参考例句:
  • a tin of pineapple chunks 一罐菠萝块
  • Those chunks of meat are rather large—could you chop them up a bIt'smaller? 这些肉块相当大,还能再切小一点吗?
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