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《英语周报》大学英语四级听力模拟试题十三
《英语周报》大学英语四级听力模拟试题（十三）
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EnglishWeeklyCET-4ListeningPracticeTestⅩⅢ
PartIIIListeningComprehension
SectionA
Directions:
Inthissection,youwillhear8shortconversationsand2longconversations.Attheendofeachconversation,oneormorequestionswillbeaskedaboutwhatwassaid.Boththeconversationandthequestionswillbespokenonlyonce.Aftereachquestiontherewillbeapause.Duringthepause,youmustreadthefourchoicesmarkedA）,B）,C）andD）,anddecidewhichisthebestanswer.ThenmarkthecorrespondingletteronAnswerSheet2withasinglelinethroughthecentre.
11.M:
HaveyouseenJanelately?
IthoughtthatshewasstudyingattheAmericanLanguageInstitute,butyesterdayIsawhergoingintothechemistrylabintheengineeringbuilding.
W:
Thatisnotsurprising.Janeisapart-timestudentthissemester.SheistakingthreeclassesattheInstituteandoneclassattheuniversity.
Q:
WhatdowelearnaboutJane?
12.M:
Excuseme,wouldyoupleasetellmewhenthenextflighttoTokyois?
W:
Sure,thenextdirectflighttoTokyois4hoursfromnow,butifyoudonotmindtransferringatShanghai,youcanboardnow.
Q:
Whatdoyoulearnfromthisconversation?
13.W:
Haveyouboughtallthebooksyouneedthissemesteryet?
M:
I’veboughtabookforwritingpractice,butthetextbooksforextensivereadingandlisteningweresoldout.
Q:
Whichcoursehasthemangotabookfor?
14.M:
Iwouldliketomovetothesuburbs,butIdon’thaveenoughmoneytopaythehightaxes.
W:
Iwishyoucould.It'snicetolivethere.
Q:
Whyisn’tthemanmovingtothesuburbs?
15.W:
Youdon’tfeelverywell,doyou?
Haveyougotacold?
M:
Oh,no,butmyteethache.Ijusthadthreescoopsofchocolateice-cream.
Q:
Whatprobablycausedtheman’sproblem?
16.M:
Sorrytotroubleyou.Butisthereanypossibilityofborrowingablanket?
Ifeelcold.
W:
Ithinkwe’vegotone.Couldyouwaituntilaftertake-offplease?
Q:
Whatistheprobablerelationshipbetweenthetwospeakers?
17.W:
ProfessorWang’scarhasgotascratch.
M:
Whatashame!
ButmaybeIcangivehimahandwiththepaintwork.
Q:
Whatdoesthemanmean?
18.W:
Ireallycan’tstandthewayDavidcontrolstheconversationallthetime.Ifhe’sgoingtobeattheChristmasparty,Ijustwon’tcome.
M:
I’msorryyoufeelthatway.Butmymotherinsiststhathecome.
Q:
WhyisDavidbeinginvitedtotheparty?
Nowyou’llheartwolongconversations.
ConversationOne
W:
Hi,Michel,how’severythinggoing,andwhat’swiththeflowers?
M:
They’reformywife.
W:
Oh,aweddinganniversaryorsomething?
M:
Totellyouthetruth,itcouldn’tbeworse.Yousee,Ihavetopickupmywifefromtheairportthisevening,butwhileshewasgone,therewereafewminormishaps.
W:
Oh,really?
Whathappened?
M:
Well,IhadsomeoftheguysoverFridaynighttowatchabasketballgameonTV,butoneofthemgotallexcited,andstartedgoingaround,wavinghisarms,andheaccidentallyknockedovermywife’s250-yearoldporcelainvasegiventoherbyhergrandmother,andbrokeitbeyondrepair.
W:
Man,haveyoutried…
M:
Superglue?
Yup,butshewouldbeabletotellinasecond.
W:
Oh,wow.You’reinhotwaternow.
M:
Ifithadbeenonlythat.
W:
Oh,there’smore?
M:
Yeah,yousee,thewaterfromthevasespilledalloverthemanuscriptofabookmywifehasbeenwritingforthepasttwoyears.Itblurredtheinkovermanyofthepages.Andsooneoftheguyshadthebrightideaofdryingthepagesbythefirewhilewewatched,uh,therestofthegame,butasparkfromthefiremusthaveblownoutandburnedthemanuscripttoacrisp.
W:
Butwhataboutanelectronicfilecopy?
Shehadone,didn’tshe?
M:
Well,actually,hercomputercrashedthedaybeforewhileIwasplayingsomecomputergames,andIhaven’tbeenabletogetittoworksince.
W:
Man,youareintroublenow.You’regoingtohaveahardtimediggingyourselfoutofthisone.Ah,soIgetitnow.You’rebuyingtheflowersforherasapartofsomekindofpeaceoffering,right?
M:
No,notatall.They’reformyfuneral.
Questions19to22arebasedontheconversationyouhavejustheard.
19.WhatwasthemandoingonFridaynightwhenhisproblemsstarted?
20.Whatdidthemandowiththevase?
21.Howdidthemanuscriptofthebookbecometotallyruined?
22.Whatsortofreactiondoesthemanexpectfromhiswifeabouthismisfortunes?
ConversationTwo
W:
Excuseme,Icametolookattheapartmentyouhaveadvertisedinthepaper.
M:
Fine.Doyousmokeordrink?
W:
No.Why?
M:
Wedon’tallowthatinourapartment.Doyouhaveajob?
W:
Ihaveapart-timejobbutI’mastudent.Myparentsaregoingtopaytherent.
M:
OK.Let’sgototakealook.Wehavetwoactually,102and213.They’rebothtwo-bedroomapartments.
W:
Oh,Ididn’tnoticethatinthead…I’mgoingtobelivingalonesothat’stoobig.
M:
Wedohaveaone-bedroomthatwillbeemptyinacoupleofweeks,201.
W:
CanIseethatonenow?
M:
Ithinkit’sOK.MissSmithisout.
W:
Howmuchdoestheapartmentrentfor?
M:
$145.00amonth.Andthere’saone-monthdeposit.Ofcourseyougetthatbackiftheapartmentisingoodconditionwhenyoumoveout.
W:
That’salittlemorethanIwasplanningonpaying.Iwasthinkingof$120.00or$125.00amonth.
M:
Hereweare.Comeonin.
W:
Oh,say.Thisisverynice.Andit’sreallybrightinhere.
M:
Thephone,storeandfridgegowiththeapartment.Youhavetopaythebillsofcourse,though.
W:
Ireallylikeit.
M:
Well?
W:
IthinkI’lltakeit.It’salittlebitexpensivebutit’sveryconvenienttotheuniversity.
M:
Canyoumakeadeposittoday?
W:
Yes.IsahundreddollarsOK?
M:
Fine.
Questions23to25arebasedontheconversationyouhavejustheard.
23.Whoisthegirl?
24.Whichapartmentwillsherent?
25.Howmuchistherent?
SectionB
Directions:
Inthissection,youwillhear3shortpassages.Attheendofeachpassage,youwillhearsomequestions.Boththepassageandthequestionswillbespokenonlyonce.Afteryouhearaquestion,youmustchoosethebestanswerfromthefourchoicesmarkedA）,B）,C）andD）.ThenmarkthecorrespondingletteronAnswerSheet2withasinglelinethroughthecentre.
PassageOne
Someofthemostinterestingbuildingsintheworldarethepyramids.Thepyramidsstandhugeandsilentandinmoderndayspeoplelookatthemandwonder:
Whobuiltthem?
Why?
When?
Whatisinside?
Howdidtheydoit?
ThousandsofyearsagoinEgypt,kingsbuiltthepyramids.Theyusedtobuildthemastheirtombs.Thekingsthoughtthepyramidswouldhelpthemfindlifeafterdeath.Theyalsowantedtheworldtorememberthemasimportantpeople.Somepyramidswereforqueens.Buttheyarelessinterestingbecausetheyarenotasbig.TheoldestpyramidsthatweknowtodayarethepyramidsnearSaharainEgypt.Theyareabout5,000yearsold.TherearemanypyramidsalongtheNileRiver.ThelargestisthepyramidofKhufu.Itismadeoftwomillionthreehundredthousandhugestones,mostofthemhigherthanaperson.Itisabout144metershigh.TobuildthepyramidofKhufu100,000menworkedfor20years.Weknowtherewaswonderfultreasureinthepyramids.Robberswentintothepyramidsandtookmanyofthesetreasures.Todaysomeofthetreasuresareinmuseumsthough.
ThepeopleofMexicoalsobuiltpyramids.Theydidnotbuildthepyramidsfortombs.Theybuiltpyramidsandthenbuilttemplesontopofthem.Eachpyramidhasawidestairwaythatgoesfromthebottomtothetop.There’snothinginsidethepyramids,onlydirtormorestones.
Howdidthepeopleofancientdaysbuildthepyramids?
Howdidtheycarryandliftthehugestones?
Eachstonefitssowellandtheydidn’thaveourmodernmachines.TheancientartworkofEgyptandMexicogivesussomeideas.Scientistshavestudiedthepyramidsbutnobodycansayjusthowtheydidit.Somedayifyoucan,yououghttogotoseethepyramids.Youwillneverforgetthem.
Questions26to28arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard.
26.WhichofthefollowingisNOTareasontheEguptionkingsbuiltpyramids?
27.Wherearesomeofthetreasuresfromthepyramids?
28.Whichofthefollowingstatementsistrueaboutthepyramids?
PassageTwo
IfyouplantoremainintheUnitedStatesforanylengthoftime,youwillsoonfindittooexpensivetostayinahotelandwillwanttofindanotherplacetolive.Asistrueincitiesanywhereintheworld,thefartheryouliveoutsidethecity,generallythelowertherentwillbe.However,travelingtoandfromthecitybybus,car,ortrainmaymakeitasexpensiveaslivinginthecity.Naturally,itiseasiertojoininthelifeofacityifoneisclosetothecenter.Forthatreason,youmayprefertoliveasclosetothecenterofthecityaspossible.Or,youmayprefertorentaplaceforonlyamonthortwountilyoubecomemorefamiliarwiththearea.
Yourbestsourceofinformationabouteitherhousesorapartmentsislikelytobethelocalnewspaper.Usually,theweek’smostcompletelistingofhousesorapartmentstorentappearsintheSundaynewspaper,which,inmanycities,canbeobtainedlateSaturdaynight.Manypeoplelookingforhousesorapartmentsbelievethattheyhaveabetterchanceoffindingaplacetoliveiftheyhavealltheinformationassoonaspossible.OnSundaymorning,theyarereadytocallorvisit.
Questions29to31arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard.
29.Ifyouwouldliketopaylowerrent,whereshouldyoulive?
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