2016英语四级听力时间是不是调整了？

Q: What does Ben Carson mother tell him to do when he was a school boy?

A.Write two book reports a week.

B.Keep a diary.

C.Help with housework.

D.Watch education.

??  Q: What did Ben Carson classmates and teachers think about him when he was first in school???

A.Careless.

B.Stupid.

C.Brave.

D.Active.

Doctor Ben Carson grew up in a poor single parent household in Detroit. His mother, who had only a third-grade education, worked two jobs cleaning bathrooms. To his classmates and even to his teachers, he was thought of as the dumbest kid in the class, according to his own not so fond memories. He had a terrible temper, and once threatened to kill another child. Doctor Carson was headed down a path of self-destruction until a critical moment in his youth. His mother, convinced that she had to do something dramatic to prevent him from 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 them like she had been reading them. As I began to read about scientists, economists and philosophers, I started imaging myself in their shoes. As he got in the habit of hard work, his grades began to soar. Ultimately, he received a scholarship to attend Yale University. And later, he was admitted to the University of Michigan Medical School. He is now a leading surgeon at John’s Hopkins Medical School, and he’s also the author of three books.

Q: What do we learn about Ben Carson?

A.He had only a third-grade education.

B.He once threatened to kill his teacher.

C.He grew up in a poor single-parent household.

D.He often helped his.

Q: What was the speaker asked to do in a Japanese studio?

A.Taste the beef and give her comment.

B.Take part in a cooking competition.

C.Teach vocabulary for food in.

D.Give cooking lessons on.

??  Q: How does the speaker’s experience of living in Vienna benefit her???

A.She became an expert in horse racing.

B.She got a chance to visit several European countries.

C.She was able to translate for a German sports judge.

D.She learned to appreciate classical music.

  Q: What does the speaker say about many people who have lived overseas for a while?

A.They acquire an immunity to culture shock.

B.They would like to live abroad permanently.

C.They want to learn as many foreign languages as possible.

D.They have an intense interest in cross-cultural interactions.

I have learned many languages, but I have not mastered them the way a professional interpreter or translator has. Still, they have opened doors for me. They have allowed me the opportunity to seek jobs in international contexts and help me get those jobs. Like many people who have lived overseas for a while, I simply got crazy about it. I can’t imagine living my professional or social life without international interactions. Since 1977, I have spent much more time abroad than in the United States. I like going to new places, eating new foods and experiencing new cultures. If you can speak the language, it’s easier to get to know the country and its people. If I had the time and money, I would live for a year in as many countries as possible.

Beyond my career, my facility with languages has given me a few rare opportunities. Once just after I returned from my year in Vienna, I was asked to translate for a German judge at an Olympic level horse event. I learned a lot about the sport. In Japan, once when I was in the studio audience of a TV cooking show, I was asked to go up on the stage and taste the beef dish that was being prepared and tell what I thought. They asked, “Was it as good as American beef?” It was very exciting for me to be on Japanese TV speaking in Japanese about how delicious the beef was.

A.She enjoys teaching languages.

B.She can speak several languages.

C.She was trained to be an interpreter.

D.She was born with a talent for languages.

??  Q: Why did Benjamin Franklin fly a kite in a storm???

A.To protect houses against lightning.

B.To test the effects of the lightning rod.

C.To find out the strength of silk for kites.

D.To prove that lightning is electricity.

Q: What did ancient Chinese use kites to do?

A.Carry ropes across rivers.

B.Measure the speed of wind.

C.Pass on secret messages.

D.Give warnings of danger.