jpy现代大学英语听力四原文及答案

2021年1月24日发(作者：人山人海英文)
Unit 7

Task 1:
【答案】
A.
6
，
1420
，
273


B.
b


C.
1 ) F

2) F

3) T

【原文】
The Temple of Heaven is situated in the southern part of Beijing, about 6 kilometres away from the centre of
the city. Traditionally, this temple was for imperial use only. It was built in 1420, covering an area of 273 hectares. It is
one of the largest parks in Beijing.




The Temple of Heaven was the place where the emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties worshipped heaven and
prayed for good harvests. The emperors visited the temple three times a year: on the 8th day of the first lunar month to
pray for a good harvest; during the Summer Solstice to pray for rain; and during Winter Solstice to give thanks for a
good harvest. During each ceremony, the emperors worshipped heaven and prayed for
a good harvest. In addition, the
emperors also worshipped their ancestors and other natural phenomena such as the Cloud God, Rain God and Wind God.

In imperial days, the Chinese people believed that the sky was circular and the earth was square. On the basis of this
traditional
concept,
the
circle
was
widely
adopted
in
the
design
of
the
temple's
main
building.
It
is
in
accord
with
people's imagination of heaven.

During past ceremonies each year, the emperor left the Forbidden City through the front gate for the Temple of
Heaven. No common people or foreigners were allowed to watch the emperor s procession to the temple. They had to
remain hidden behind closed doors and windows. No women, not even the empress, were allowed to take part in the
procession.
Task 2:
【答案】
A.
1) c

2) a

3) e

4) d

5) b

B.
40
，< br>102
，
1,454
，
222
，
410
，< br>365,000
，
40,000,000
，
32
，
8 6th
，
50
，
102nd
C.
1) F

2) F

3) T

4) T

【原文】

Until
the
construction
of
the
Sears
tower
in
Chicago
and
the
World
Trade
Center
in
lower
Manhattan
—
which
unfortunately
collapsed
in
a
terrorist
attack
on
September
11,2001
—
the
Empire
State
Building
was
for
40
years
the
tallest building in the world, standing 102 stories and 1,454 feet tall, including a 222 feet television antenna.




The unusual structure of the Empire State Building, built in just 410 days during the depths of the Depression, was
planned during the boom years of the 1920s and completed in May 1931. The building cost 40,000,000 dollars and was
the product of a competition between Walter Chrysler Corporation and John Jakob Raskob, founder of General Motors,
to see who could build the tallest building.





The structure itself weighs 365, 000 tons
，
less than the weight of the earth that was dug out to build it. Time has
shown it to be durable but when it was first opened to the world, the public was worried about the stability of what was
then the tallest building ever seen.




A
number
of
curious
events
have
contributed
to
this
famous
building,
including
that
an
Army
Air
Corps
B-25
bomber plane crashed into the 79th floor on a foggy day in July 1945 at the end of World War II, killing 14 people.





The television antenna was added in 1951. The top 32 floors of the building are lit at night. There is an observatory
on
86th
floor
which
gives
a
50-mile
view
of
the
city
and
surrounding
countryside.
There
is
also
a
glass-enclosed
observatory on the 102nd floor.


Task 3:
【答案】
A.
1) d

2) c

B.
1) T

2) T

3) T

4) F

【原文】

Janet Owens' house turned out to be a horrible dream. When she and her engineer husband married a few years ago,

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they built a $$100,000, three-bedroom home in California. Tightly sealed to prevent air leaks, the house was equipped
with double-glazed windows and several other energy-saving qualities. Problems began as soon as the couple moved in,
however. Janet's eyes burned. Her throat was often dry. She suffered from headaches and could hardly sleep. It was as
though she had suddenly developed a strange illness.
Experts finally found the cause of her illness. The level of formaldehyde gas in her kitchen was twice the largest
amount
allowed
by
federal
standards
for
chemical
workers.
The
source
of
the
gas?
Her
new
kitchen
cabinet
and
wall- to-wall carpeting.
The Owens suffered the effects of indoor air pollution, which is not given enough attention partly because of the
nation's drive to save energy. The problem itself isn't new. It appears to be more troublesome in newly constructed homes
rather
than
old
ones.
Back
in
the
days
when
energy
was
cheap,
home
builders
didn't
worry
about
unsealed
cracks.
Because of such leaks, the air in an average home was replaced by fresh outdoor air about once an hour. As a result, the
pollutants caused, by most households seldom built up to dangerous levels.
Task 4:
【答案】
A.
1) several thousand

2) 700 years ago
3) An 36-meter-wide road, An 18-meter-wide one, 9 meters, 10 meters, 40 centimeters
B.
1) T

2) T

3) T

4) F

【原文】

For those who want to experience the local customs as well as the history and culture of Beijing, they must visit
the
hutong
and
siheyuan
(courtyard house).
A
hutong

is
an
alley
or
lane
typical
in
the
old
city
of
Beijing,
where
hutongs

run
into
the
several
thousand.
Surrounding the Forbidden City, many of the
hutongs
were built during the Y
uan, Ming and Qing dynasties. In these
dynasties the emperors had the city planned and arranged according t, the etiquette systems, with the royal palace
—
the
Forbidden City
—
standing in the center.
The word
hutong
originally came from the Mongolian language about 700 years ago, and meant
is, a place where there was a spring or well, fit for people to live.
Hutong
is in fact the passage formed by lines of
siheyuan
(courtyard houses) where most Beijing residents used to
live. One
hutong
connects with another, and
siheyuans
connect with
siheyuans
, to form a block, and blocks join with
blocks to form the whole city.
In
old
China,
there
was
a
clear
definition
for
a
hutong
.
A
36-meter-wide
road
was
called
a
big
street.
An
18~meter-wide
one
was
called
a
small
street.
Only
a
lane
less
than
9
meters
wide
was
called
a

hutong
.
The
shortest
hutong

is
just
10
meters
long,
and
the
narrowest
hutong

is
only
about
40
centimeters
wide.
Most
of
the

hutongs

in
Beijing run from the east to the west or from the north to the south. That has resulted from the need for houses to take in
more sunshine.
There are many stories and fairy tales about the
hutongs
. Near the Forbidden City, for example, there is a
hutong

called

Girl
which
is
named
after
the
fairy
from
the
famous
Chinese
myth
who
stole out of
the
Heavenly
Palace to come to the earth and fell in love with a shepherd boy. Her enraged father, the Celestial Emperor, seized the
girl back and separated the couple with the Milky Way, permitting them to meet only once a year, on the 7th day of the
7th lunar month, when magpies form a bridge for them to pass over the barrier.
In the life of the people in Beijing, the
hutong
has a very special and important position. It is more than a style of
architecture. It is really the
Task 5:
【答案】
A.
170 meters
，
white stone
，
the first president of the United States
，
50 flags
，
the Independence Day celebration
，
new security facilities
，
an elevator

B.
1833
，
1848
，
1854
，
1876
，
18 84
，
1888


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