2009年12月英语四级听力考试全真模拟题(8)

　　Passage Three

　　Questions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.

　　32. [A] The good points of the federal system.

　　[B] How power is divided under the federal system.

　　[C] The difference between the central government and the states.

　　[D] The different functions of the central government and the states.

　　33. [A] Printing money.

　　[B] Limiting state taxes.

　　[C] Making treaties with foreign countries.

　　[D] Passing laws affecting trade between the states.

　　34. [A] All the states have respective powers.

　　[B] The central government and the states share the same powers.

　　[C] The powers of the country are fairly divided up between states.

　　[D] It is the Constitution that specifies the power for the central government and the states.

　　35. [A] The central government cannot be too powerful.

　　[B] Bigger states have more power than smaller ones.

　　[C] The central government can put a limit on state taxes.

　　[D] The states and the central government have the same powers.

　　Section B

　　Passage One

　　Human beings enjoy challenges. Many of them like physical challenges. They ask themselves questions like these: How fast can I run? How high can I climb? How deep can I dive? How far can I swim? How long can I hold my breath? How much can I lift? How high can I jump? Because people enjoy challenges, they like to play sports and watch other people play sports. They like climbing, running, diving, lifting, jumping, and so on. Every four years millions of people all over the world enjoy the international sports competition called the Olympics. There are challenges that are not physical challenges. There are social and intellectual challenges, too. Leonardo da Vinci, who lived in Italy during the fifteenth century, enjoyed every possible challenge. He was an artist and painted the well known picture, the Mona Lisa. He was an engineer who made plans for a city with roads under the street for traffic. He was an inventor who invented a device to let people breathe under water. He was a scientist, and he learned a great deal about human structure.