星火英语四六级训练听力文本.docx

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星火英语四六级训练听力文本

Test1

PartIIIListeningComprehension

SectionA

11．W：

I’dliketomakeanappointmentwiththedoctorfortomorrow．

M：

Unfortunatelyheiscompletelybooked．

Q：

Whatdoesthemanmean?

12．M：

Theweatheriscertainlyunusualforthistimeofyear．

W：

Yeah.Sowarmandhumid．

Q：

Whatdoesthewomanimply?

13．M：

Exceptforthefirstquestion．thetestwaseasy．

W：

ButMarytoldmethatthetestwasverydifficult．

Q：

Whatdidthemanthinkofthetest?

14．M：

Maryworkedasasecretaryforthreeyears．Thenshebecameareporter．Afterthatshebeganteachinginahighsch00I．

W：

Iknow．Andshehasbeendoingnothingelseeversince．

Q：

WhatisMary’soccupationnow?

15．M：

Iwenttoaconcertlastnight．Theyplayedbeautifully．Doyoulikeclassicalmusic?

W：

Ilikeclassicalmusic，butnotasmuchasjazz．

Q：

Whatdidthewomansayaboutmusic?

16．M：

Susan，haveyoureadthenoticeonthebulletinboard?

I’vewonthescholarshipforthenext

semester．

W：

Iknewyouwould．Youcertainlydeserveit．

Q：

Whatdoesthewomanmean?

17．M：

Justguesswhathappened!

Ipassedallmyexaminationswithfullmarks．What’smore，I’vewon

aprizeof$500．00．

W：

Howamazing!

Ididn’texpectthatatall．

Q：

Whatdowelearnfromthisconversation?

18．M：

Fastenyourseatbelt，please!

W：

Ofcourse．IhadnoideaweweregoingtolandSOsoon．

Q：

Wheredoesthisconversationmostprobablytakeplace?

ConversationOne

M：

Howwasyourweekend?

W：

Itwasawful．

M：

Awful?

Really?

ButIthoughtyouplanedtobegoingonatrip．Didyoucancelit?

W：

No．Unfortunately．Iwouldhavebeenbetteroffifwehadcanceledit．

M：

Whatdoyoumean?

W：

Well．fiveofUSweresupposedtogotoChicagoinLisa’scar…

M：

Yeah?

W：

AndweweregoingtostayatSue’sparents’house．whichisinChicago…

M：

Right?

W：

Soit’saboutafour-hourtrip，andweweregoingtogetthereonFridayevening,andspendSaturday

sight-seeing，andcomebacklastnightsowecouldgotoclassesthismorning．

M：

OK．Thatsoundslikeagoodplan．Sowhatwentwrong?

W：

Whatdidn’tgowrong?

Firstofa11．wewereallcrammedintoLisa’stinycarwithallourbags．

M：

Soundsprettyuncomfortable．

W：

Holdon．I’mjustgettingstarted．Rememberhowhotitwasthisweekend?

M：

Yeah，itwassobadIhadtogetoutofthelibrary．Iendedupgoingtothebeachbothdays．

W：

Well,wewerestuckinLisa’scarFridayafternoonandtheairconditioningwasn’tworking．

M：

Whydidn’tyouopenthewindows?

W：

Wedid．butthebreezesblowinginwerealsohot．

M：

IthinkyouweregladtogettoChicago．

W：

That’stheworstpart．Wenevermadeit．TheCarbrokedownandwewerewaitingforthecartobe

repairedthewholeofSaturdayinsomesmalltownneartheIndianaborder．

M：

Couldn’tSue’sparentscometopickyouup?

W：

Theywereoutoftown．

Question19：

What’sthepurposeoftheirtriptoChicago?

Question20：

Whydidn’topeningtheCar’swindowsmakethemcomfortable?

Question21：

Whydidthemangotothebeachduringtheweekend?

Question22：

Howdidthewomanprobablyspendmostofthepastweekend?

ConversationTwo

A：

HowisCanada’sclimate?

Isitintolerablycoldinwinter?

B：

PeopletendtothinkthatasCanadaisanortherncountry．itswintersmustbeharshandlong．But

contrarytothepopularbelief,onthewhole，Canadaisaverysunnylandwithadistinctivechangeof

seasons．Ofcourse，sinceCanadaissuchavastcountry，itsclimatevariesgreatlyfromregionto

region．

A：

Really?

Thatsoundsamazingtome．

B：

Yes，whentalkingaboutCanada’sclimate，peopleusuallydivideitintosixclimaticregions．

A：

Ingeneral，howarethefourseasonsdivided?

B：

Generallyspeaking，springbeginsinmidMarchandendsinmidMay．Itisregardedasatransitional

timeinCanada．Summerlastsforaboutfourmonths．Autumnistheshortestseason，lessthanabout

threemonths．WinteristhelongestseasoninmostofCanada．

A：

IssummerinCanadaveryhot?

B：

No.ThesummerinCanadaiswarmandsunny．Formostpeople．itisthebestseasonforfunand

relaxation．

A：

Howaboutautumn?

B：

Autumnisverybeautiful．thoughitisbrief．

A：

IswinterinCanadaterriblycold?

B：

Well，thewinterinCanadaisindeedverylong，butitisnotgloomybecausethereismuchsunshine．

Somanypeopleenjoyskiingandskatinginwinter．

Question23：

How’stheweatherinCanada’swinter?

Question24：

HowmanyclimaticregionsarethereinCanada?

Question25：

Whichisthebestseasonforfunandrelaxationformostpeople?

SectionB

PassageOne

Whenyoulearnaforeignlanguageyoumustlearnmorethanjustthewordsandthegrammar．Tocommunicatesuccessfullyinspeech，youmustalsolearnthenon·verballanguage，or“bodylanguage”

ofthatculture．Bodylanguagereferstofacialexpressions，gestures，andothermovementsofthebodythat

sendmessages．ThismeansofcommunicationisSOimportantthatwemayactuallysaymorewithourmovementthanwedowithwords．

Speakingaforeignlanguageissometimesdifficultbecausewemaynotunderstandthenonverbalsignalsofanotherculture，ortheymaymeansomethingverydifferentfromwhattheymeaninourculture．Forexample，inSpanish-speakingcountries，childrenshowrespecttoanolderpersonbynotlookingdirectlyintotheperson’seyesduringaconversation．Inothercountries,lookingintoaperson’seyesisexpected．Forexample，ifyoudon’tdoitintheU.S.,peoplemaythinkyouareafraidorangry．

Question26：

Whatisalsoimportantforcommunicationbesideswordsandgrammar?

Question27：

Accordingtothepassage，whyisspeakingaforeignlanguagesometimesdifficult?

Question28：

Ifachildlooksdirectlyintotheeyesofanolderpersoninaconversation，whatwillbethe

responseofpeoplefromSpanish-speakingcountries?

PassageTwo

IndifferentpartsofBritain，peoplecalltheirmealsbydifferentnames．It’sverycomplicated．For

mostpeoplethemainmealofthedayiscalleddinner．Butsomefamilieseatthisatmid-day，otherseat

itintheevening．Peoplewhohavedinnerintheeveninghaveasmallermealcalledlunchatmid-day，and

peoplewhohavedinneratmid-dayusuallyhaveanothermealwhichtheycallteabetweenfiveandsix，

ortheyhavesupperalittlelater．

Formostpeople，breakfastisabowlofcerealfollowedbytoastandjamwithacupofcoffeeortea．

Lunchisusuallyaveryquickmeal；mostpeoplehaveasandwichoralightsnack．Dinnermayhavetwo

orthreecourses．Firstastarter，forexamplesoup，thenamaincoursewithmeatorfishandfinallyadessert．

ItisprobablytruethatBritishfooddoesnothaveaverygoodreputationamongpeoplefromOverseas．Ingeneral，though，ithasimprovedconsiderablyinrecentyears．

Question29：

WhatdomostBritishpeoplecalltheirmainmealoftheday?

Question30：

WhatdomostBritishpeoplehaveforlunch?

Question31：

Whatmightbesomeforeigners’viewonBritishfoodinthepast?

PassageThree

IntheUnitedStates，itisnotcustomarytotelephonesomeoneveryearlyinthemorning．Ifyoutelephonehimearlyintheday，whileheisshavingorhavingbreakfast，thetimeofthecallshowsthematterisveryimportantandrequiresimmediateattention．Thesamemeaningisattachedtophonecallsmadeafter11：

00p.m.Ifsomeonereceivesacallduringsleepinghours，heassumesitisamatteroflifeordeath．Thetimechosenforthecallcommunicatesitsimportance．

IfalatephonecallisregardedintheU．S．asacauseforconcern，imaginetheexcitementandfearcausedbyacrowdofpeoplearrivingatthedoorat2：

00a．m．OnanislandinthesouthPacific，aplant

managerfromtheU.S.hadjustsuchanexperience．Thenativesoftheislandmetonenighttodiscussaproblem．Whentheyarrivedatasolution，theywenttoseetheplantmanagerandwokehimuptotellhim

whathadbeendecided．Unfortunately，theydidnotknowthatitisaveryseriousmattertowakeAmericans

atsuchanhour．Theplantmanager，whodidnotunderstandthelocalculture，thoughttherewasafightandcalledthepolice．

Question32：

WhatisconsideredaninappropriatetimetomakephonecallsintheU.S.?

Question33：

IfanAmericanreceivesaphonecallduringhissleepinghours，whatwouldprobablybehisresponse?

Question34：

Whydidthenativesgototheplantmanagerandwakehimup?

Question35：

Whatwasthemanager’simmediatereactiontothenative’Sarrival?

SectionC

SomepeoplelikewatchingTVathome，andothersmaylovehiking．ButIlikebeinginabookstore．TimespentinabookshopCanbemost（36）enjoyable，whetheryouareabook-loverormerelytheretobuyabookasapresent．Youmayevenhaveenteredtheshoptofind（37）shelterfromasuddenshower．Whateverthereason，youCansoonbecometotally（38）unawareofyoursurroundings．

Theopportunitytoescapethe（39）realitiesofeverydaylifeis，Ithink，themain（40）attractionofabookshop．Lookingaround，onemightnotbeabletoseemanyplaceswhereitis（41）possibletodothis．

YouCanwanderroundsuchaplacetoyourheart’（42）content．Ifitisagoodshop，noassistantwill（43）approachyouwiththeinevitablegreeting：

“CanIhelpyou，sir?

”（44）Inabookshop,nassistantshouldremaininthebackgrounduntilyouhavefinishedbrowsing．Then，andonlythen，arehisservices

Necessary.

（45）Youhavetobecarefulnottobeattractedbythevarietyofbooksinabookshop．Itisveryeasytoentertheshoplookingforabookon，say，ancientcoinsandtocomeoutcarryingacopyofthelatestbestsellingnovel．Thissortofthingcanbeverydangerous．（46）Apartfromrunningupahugeamount,youcanwasteagreatdealoftimewanderingfromsectiontosection．

Test2

PartⅢListeningComprehension

SectionA

11．W：

It’salmostfiveo’clockandMark’snothereyet．

M：

Ifhedoesn’thurry．He’llmisst11etrain．

Q：

Whataretheyworriedabout?

12．M：

WasBillalwaysrich?

W：

WhenIknewhimasa