英语四级听力短文理解模拟训练第16套_大学英语听力

英语四级听力短文理解模拟训练第16套

　　The number of credit hours of university degree programs varies from one school to another. In general, the AA is 60 credit hours or 95 quarter hours. The BA is 120 credit hours or 185 quarter hours. The MA is 30 credit hours or 45 quarter hours and the PhD is 60 to 72 credit hours or 95 to 120 quarter hours.

　　Questions 29 to 31 are based on the passage you have just heard.

　　29. What is the first American college degree?

　　30. What is the terminal degree?

　　31. What is the number of credit hours for a BA?

　　Passage Three

　　In 1848, gold was discovered near San Francisco, and the first great gold-rush began. When the news spread, farmers, lawyers, sailors, soldiers and school teachers rushed to California by what ever means they could. Within a year, 100,000 people only 8,000 of whom were women had reached the coast of California. More than half of them had traveled overland across the American continent. Gold fever began to spread. Settlements throughout the United States were deserted. Homes, farms and stores were abandoned as everybody raced for California. Many came by sea, and in July 1850 more than 500 ships were anchored in San Francisco Bay, many of which had been deserted by gold- hungry sailors. A few people became very rich, but it was a risky business. Law and order broke down. Even if a miner struck it rich, there were always those who would try to take it away: gamblers, outlaws, and thieves. Gold and silver were discovered in Nevada a few years later, and gold fever was an important part of the colonization of the western United States.