# The lontar palm - 科目：雅思听力真题（Part 4） - 考频：中频 - 最近考试：2020.10.31 - 题目数：10 - 来源页：https://www.yaquan.site/paper/61207c62-40e2-4914-8e3f-f862ef593c89（在线机考练习与音频请访问该页面） - 数据更新：2026-10-29 ## 题目原文 00:00:01,960 Section four. 00:00:04,560 You will hear a student presentation about a type of palm tree called the lontar palm that grows on an island in Indonesia. 00:00:15,580 First, you have some time to look at questions thirty-one to forty on page seven. 00:01:12,380 Now listen carefully and answer questions thirty-one to forty. 00:01:21,440 As part of this semester's geography project, I'm going to talk about a tall palm tree called the lontar, which mainly grows on the island of Roti in the south of the Indonesian archipelago. 00:01:35,620 Now, the lontar is a truly amazing example of how one tree can sustain human life. The locals call it the Tree of Life, and with good reason, because the tree provides them with virtually everything they need in the way of food, drink, utensils, and shelter. The lontar juice is the most amazingly refreshing juice you'll ever taste. The juice is collected from high in the tree in a process known as tapping. Basically, a slice is cut into part of the tree, and the sap flows slowly from it into a container. It's then collected twice daily. Male and female lontar trees are different. Male lontars can be tapped all their lives, so they are preferred. If the female tree is left untapped, a large fruit develops, like a coconut in appearance. The watery interior of the fruit can be drunk, but these fruits are often left to fall to the ground as animal feed. 00:02:41,020 Men and older boys climb to the tops of the trees to do the tapping. They don't use safety equipment but make things easier for themselves by tying stones to the trunk. 00:02:53,160 What is amazing is that so much of the equipment they use in the tapping process is actually made from the tree itself. 00:03:02,000 The men attach all the tools they need to a belt that they wear when climbing the tree. In most cases, climbers own particular trees within their family. Ownership involves not only care of the trees themselves, but also a share in the maintenance of the fence, which belongs to the local community. 00:03:24,280 Anyway, more about this incredible juice. 00:03:28,000 Tapping reaches a peak at the end of the dry season, which runs from September to October, as villagers work frantically to get their harvest in before the rains come and it gets too wet and windy to climb. 00:03:43,300 Whatever juice isn't drunk immediately has to be processed as quickly as possible, as it turns sour very rapidly. 00:03:52,720 In the rainy season, when no fresh juice is available, the locals drink a concentrated form with water added. The locals also use this rainy season version of the drink in other ways. For example, it can be used to make biscuits of brown sugar. 00:04:15,380 But the lontar palm supplies much more than sustenance for the Rotinese. 00:04:21,050 The broad lontar leaves are woven into a huge number of things: containers for watering the garden and bags for transporting chickens to market. People also use them to cover the roofs of their homes. 00:04:37,620 When the leaves are replaced every five years or so, the old ones are burned on the garden as a fertilizer. So you see, the leaves are never wasted. 00:04:48,860 The Rotinese also make a distinctive hat out of the leaf. Design-wise, they were inspired by sixteenth-century Portuguese helmets. 00:04:59,270 There are many for different occasions, ranging from simple ones for everyday use to larger and more elaborate hats used for a celebration, which are painted in bright colors. 00:05:12,200 The lontar leaf even provides the Rotinese people with a unique musical instrument known as the sasando. 00:05:20,880 The leaf is made into a sounding board and has strings attached, which are plucked in the manner of a harp, and the sound produced is also similar. But even that isn't all. The stalks of the lontar leaves can also be used. They are really strong and grow up to one point five meters long, and local people produce ropes from them. 00:05:46,780 Even when a lontar tree becomes old and unproductive and no longer can be used for tapping, the whole tree is cut down, and the thick trunk is utilized for building houses. Their immense strength means that they are highly valued for this purpose. Now, one thing I haven't spoken about is- 00:06:09,490 That is the end of section four. You now have half a minute to check your answers. ## 题目与答案 ### 31. The tree - Grows on Roti, an Indonesian island - Is known as the tree of life - Produces delicious juice - Has a fruit resembling a 31_____ (female trees only) The tree - Grows on Roti, an Indonesian island - Is known as the tree of life - Produces delicious juice - Has a fruit resembling a 31_____ (female trees only) **答案**：coconut 原文定位：If the female tree is left untapped, a large fruit develops, like a coconut in appearance ### 32. People climbing the trees - Fix 32_____ to the tree trunks to help them climb People climbing the trees - Fix 32_____ to the tree trunks to help them climb **答案**：stone 原文定位：They don't use safety equipment but make things easier for themselves by tying stones to the trunk 同义替换：「help」↔「make things easier for」 ### 33. - Keep their tools attached to a 33_____ - often own particular trees - contribute to the upkeep of the communal fence - Keep their tools attached to a 33_____ - often own particular trees - contribute to the upkeep of the communal fence **答案**：belt 原文定位：The men attach all the tools they need to a belt that they wear when climbing the tree ### 34. Using the juice - It quickly becomes 34_____ . Using the juice - It quickly becomes 34_____ . **答案**：sour 原文定位：Whatever juice isn't drunk immediately has to be processed as quickly as possible, as it turns sour very rapidly 同义替换：「quickly」↔「very rapidly」；「becomes」↔「turns」 ### 35. - A concentrated form of it is drunk in the rainy season - It can be made into sugary 35_____ . - A concentrated form of it is drunk in the rainy season - It can be made into sugary 35_____ . **答案**：biscuits 原文定位：The locals also use this rainy season version of the drink in other ways. For example, it can be used to make biscuits of brown sugar ### 36. Using other parts of the tree The leaf is used - To make containers, bags and roofing - As garden 36_____ Using other parts of the tree The leaf is used - To make containers, bags and roofing - As garden 36_____ **答案**：fertilizer 原文定位：When the leaves are replaced every five years or so, the old ones are burned on the garden as a fertilizer 同义替换：「leaf」↔「leaves」 ### 37. - For highly decorated hat worn at a 37_____ . - For highly decorated hat worn at a 37_____ . **答案**：celebration 原文定位：There are many for different occasions, ranging from simple ones for everyday use to larger and more elaborate hats used for a celebration, which are painted in bright colors 同义替换：「highly decorated」↔「elaborate」；「worn at」↔「used for」 ### 38. - For a musical instrument which sounds like a 38_____ . - For a musical instrument which sounds like a 38_____ . **答案**：harp 原文定位：The leaf is made into a sounding board and has strings attached, which are plucked in the manner of a harp, and the sound produced is also similar ### 39. The stalk is used to make 39_____ . The stalk is used to make 39_____ . **答案**：ropes 原文定位：The stalks of the lontar leaves can also be used. They are really strong and grow up to one point five meters long, and local people produce ropes from them 同义替换：「used to make」↔「produce」 ### 40. The trunk is used in the construction of 40_____ . The trunk is used in the construction of 40_____ . **答案**：houses 原文定位：the thick trunk is utilized for building houses 同义替换：「used in the construction of」↔「utilized for building」 --- 以上内容由鸭圈雅思真题库（www.yaquan.site）提供，收录近期雅思考试真题回忆，支持在线机考模式免费练习。