大学英语四级听力在线练习.docx

大学英语四级听力在线练习大学英语四级听力在线练习合集大学英语四级考试,即CET-4,CollegeEnglishTestBand4的'缩写,是由国家教育部高等教育司主持的全国性英语考试。以下是小编为大家搜索整理的大学英语四级听力在线练习，希望能给大家带来帮助!大学英语四级听力在线练习篇1HowDidThanksgivingTurkeyGetitsName?感恩节“火鸡”是如何得名?TheU.S.Thanksgivingholidayissymbolizedbyitstraditionalfood,alargebirdwecallaturkey.ButturkeyiscertainlynotfromTurkey.Infact,itsEnglishnameisbasedononebigmistake.Wecouldsayitisacaseofmistakenidentity.Let’ssettherecordstraight.Theword“Turkey”hasmeant“thelandoftheTurks”sinceancienttimes.Theword“turkey”asitreferstothebirdfirstappearedintheEnglishlanguageinthemid-1500s.Themisunderstandingoverthewordhappenedbecauseoftwosimilar-lookingkindsofbirds.ThereisanAfricanbirdcalledtheguineafowl.Ithasdarkfeatherswithwhitespotsandapatchofbrownonthebackofitsneck.PortuguesetradersbroughttheguineafowltoEuropethroughNorthAfrica.ThisforeignbirdcametoEuropethroughTurkishlands.So,theEnglishthoughtofthebirdasa“Turkishchicken.”WhenEuropeanscametoNorthAmerica,theysawabirdthatlookedliketheguineafowl.ThisbirdwasnativetotheNorthAmericancontinent.OrinHargravesisalexicographer,someonewhowritesdictionaries.Hargravesexplainswhathappened.“SomeEuropeanssawanAmericanturkey,thoughtthatitwastheguineafowl,whichatthattimewascalledthe‘turkeycock,’andsogaveitthesamename."Hundredsofyearslater,wecontinuetocallthisNorthAmericanbird“turkey,”eventhoughithasnoconnectionatallwiththecountryTurkey,orevenwithEurope.ButEnglishisnottheonlylanguagewithinteresting--andevenquestionable--namesforthisNorthAmericanbird.TheTurkish,fortheirpart,callturkey“hindi,”theTurkishnameforIndia.ThereferencetoIndiaprobablycomesfromtheold,wrongideathattheNewWorldwasinEasternAsia.TheFrenchcallit“dinde,”anamethatalsoconnectsthebirdtoIndia.“D’Inde”means“fromIndia”intheFrenchlanguage.“Turkey”hassimilarnamesinseveralotherlanguages.So,whatdotheycallthisNorthAmericanbirdinIndia?Well,intheHindilanguage,“turkey”is“tarki.”Butwait,there’smore.InPortuguese,thesamebirdiscalled“Peru,”aftertheSouthAmericannation.ThankstoourVOALearningEnglishFacebookfriends,weha