1999年5月托福听力考试试题
43. What is the talk mainly about？
44. Why were early radio broadcasts heard by such a small audience？
45. According to the talk， who owned the receivers in the early days of radio？
46. According to the talk， what did David Sarnoff predict about radios？
Questions 47-50 Listen to part of a talk in an astronomy class
The origin of Earth's moon， the largest moon in the solar system， is still something of amystery. There are some theories about its origin however. Now， keep in mind that a theoryof the moon's origin has to be consistent with two important facts. The first fact is that theEarth contains a lot of iron， most of it has an iron core. But the moon contains practically noiron. The second fact is that other than the difference in iron content， the moon and Earth arecomposed of accentually the same minerals， a similarity not shared with any other planet ormoon in our solar system.One of the earliest theories of the moon's origin， I called it the Capture Theory， proposes that the moon was somehow captured by Earth's gravitational force. This theory is improbable， however， because it assumes that the moon and Earth formed in different parts of the solar system. If this was true you would expect the moon's composition to be much different from Earth's composition， just as all the other planets in the solar system are so different from Earth.A second theory of the moon's origin is more promising. It is sometimes referred to as the Mars Theory， because according to this theory， when Earth was still molten， it was struck by a planet about the size of Mars. The impact caused the cores of the two planets to melt together and chunks of Earth's crust to be thrown out into space. These chunks came together to form the moon. Now， remember， Earth's crust is low in iron， because the iron is in Earth's core， but high in various other minerals. This then accounts for why there is little iron but lots of other minerals on the moon.
47. What is the talk mainly about？
48. According to the professor， what characteristic of Earth's moon should a theory of its origin be able to explain？
49. Why is the second theory sometimes referred to as the Mars Theory？
50. According to the Mars Theory， why does the moon contain little iron？