2016年12月英语四级听力练习题及答案(1)

　　30.

　　A. His friend gave him the wrong key.

　　B. He didn't know where the back door was.

　　C. He couldn't find the key to his mailbox.

　　D. It was too dark to put the key in the lock.

　　31.

　　A. It was getting dark.

　　B. He was afraid of being blamed by his friend.

　　C. The birds might have flown away.

　　D. His friend would arrive any time.

　　32.

　　A. He looked silly with only one leg inside the window.

　　B. He knew the policeman wouldn't believe him.

　　C. The torchling made him look very foolish.

　　D. He realized that he had made a mistake.

　　Passage Two

　　My friend Vernon Davies kept birds. One day hephoned and told me he was going away for a week.He asked me to feed the birds for him and said thathe would leave the key to his front door in mymailbox. Unfortunately, I forgot all about the birdsuntil the night before Vernon was going to return.What was worse, it was already dark when I arrivedat his house. [30]I soon found that the key Vernon gave me could not unlock either the frontdoor or the back door. I was getting desperate. [31]I kept thinking of what Vernon would saywhen he came back. I was just going to give up when I noticed that one bedroom window wasslightly open. I found a barrel and pushed it under the window. As the barrel was very heavy, Imade a lot of noise. But in the end, I managed to climb up and open the window. [32]I actuallyhad one leg inside the bedroom when I suddenly realized that someone was shining a torch upat me. I looked down and saw a policeman and an old lady, one of Vernon's neighbors.

　　"What are you doing up there?" said the policeman.

　　Feeling like a complete fool, I replied, "I was just going to feed Mr. Davies' birds."12:01 2015-6-12

　　Questions 30 to 32 are based on the passage you have just heard.

　　30. Why couldn't the man open the door?

　　英语四级听力答案：

　　正确答案：A

　　解析：题目询问男士为什么打不开门。关键是要听到“我很快发现Vernon给我的这把钥匙既开不了前门也开不了后门”，可知是Vernon给错了钥匙，故选A。

　　31. Why did the man feel desperate?

　　正确答案：B

　　解析：题目询问为什么作者感到绝望。关键是要听到“我根本就把喂鸟儿的事给忘了”，“我很快发现Vernon给我的这把钥匙既开不了前门也开不了后门”和“我不断地想Vernon回来之后会说些什么”，由此可知他是怕朋友责怪他，即B。“天黑了”与作者感到绝望没有任何关系，故A不正确;选项C、D的内容文中均未提及。

　　32. Why did the man feel like a fool?

　　正确答案：B

　　解析：作者最终设法爬上去打开了窗户，当他一条腿迈进卧室的时候，突然感觉到有人正用手电筒照向他，他发现是警察和Vernon的邻居。根据他当时的处境可知，警察是不会相信他的。说话人的处境使得他自己都感到很傻，并不是选项A、C、D所说的。