大学英语四级题库/听力 Section C

Questions 19 to 21 are based on the passage you have just heard.

1.[单选题]____
  • A.They believed in working for goals.            
  • B.They enjoyed living a living a life of ease.        
  • C.They had all kinds of entertainment.
  • D.They were known to be creative.
2.[单选题]____
  • A.It was when her ancestors came to America.  
  • B.People had plenty of land to cultivate then.  
  • C.It marked the beginning of something new.  
  • D.Everything was natural and genuine then.
3.[单选题]____
  • A.Furnishing her country house.                
  • B.Furnishing her country house.                
  • C.Polishing all the silver work.
  • D.Doing needlework by the fire.
参考答案: D,C,B
解题思路:Well, if I could get back in history and live, I'd like to get back to the 18th century and perhaps in colonial America in Yankee new England where one of my ancestors lived, because it was the beginning of something. By the 18th century, there was a feeling of community that had grown. My ancestor was the preacher traveling around countryside. People lived in small communities. It was fisherman and farmers who provided fresh food that tasted and looked like food. Unlike today’s supermarkets, and there were small towns and New York wasn't that far away. I'm deeply attached to the puritan tradition not in a religious sense. But they believed in working for something, working for goals. And I like that. They worked hard at whatever they did, but they had a sense of achievement. They believed in goodness, in community, and helping one another. I love the colonial fabrics or the silver works, the furnishings, the combination of elegance simplicity. I'd love it. The printing, the books, I’m very attached to all that kind of thing. That may not all be very entertaining in the modern sense of the world, but I would have enjoyed spending my evenings in that environment, discussing new ideas, building a new world, and I can see myself sitting on a small chair by the fire doing needle work.

19. Why does the speaker say she would like to go back and live in the 18th century America?

20. What does the speaker say about the Puritans?

21. What would the speaker like doing if she could go back to the past?

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