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听力原文及注释
2002年1月大学英语四级考试听力原文
SectionA
1.M:
Jessica,could（能够）youforward（转发）thisemailtoalltheclub（俱乐部）members（成员）?
W:
Sorry.Thecomputerbrokedown（出故障）thismorning.I’lldoitforyouassoonas（一……就……）Ihaveitfixed（请人把它修好）.
Q:
Whatdoesthewomanimply（暗指）?
2.W:
Didyoufindthebookforyourreadingassignment（作业）inthelibrary?
M:
ItclosedbeforeIgotthere（到达那里）.Ihadnoidea（原先不知道）thatitclosessoearlyonweekends.
Q:
Whatdoesthemanmean?
3.M:
Didyoucheckthepowerplug（电源插头）andpress（按）theplaybutton（播放按钮）?
W:
Yes.Thepower（电源）indicator（指示灯）wason（亮着）,anditwasrunning（运转）,butsomehow（不知什么原因）thesound（声音）didn’tcomethrough（出来）.
Q:
Whatwasthewomanprobablytryingtodo?
4.M:
Joanna,I’mawfully（非常）sorry.Ididn’tmean（有意）tohurt（伤害）you.Shallwehaveabeer（一杯啤酒）andforget（忘记）thewhole（整个的）thing（事情）?
W:
OK,wecandrop（放弃）itthistime（这次）.Butdon’tdoitagain.
Q:
Whatdowelearn（了解）fromtheconversation（对话）?
5.W:
Airports（机场）aresad（令人难过的）places（地方）.
M:
Sometimes（有时候）,Iguess（认为）.Butwe’llkeepintouch（保持联系）.AndIwillflyover（乘飞机过去）toseeyouonChristmas.
Q:
Whatarethespeakersdoing?
6.M:
Areyougoingtoreturn（返回）toyourpresent（当前的）jobafterthevacation（假期）?
W:
No.Iplan（计划）tograduate（毕业）nextsemester（学期）.Thatmeans（意味着）I’llhaveto（不得不）beafull-time（专职的）student.
Q:
Whatwillthewomando?
7.W:
John,areyoudoingresearch（研究）forProfessor（教授）Williamsthissemester（学期）?
M:
Actually（实际上）,I’mworkingas（作为）histeachingassistant（助手）.
Q:
Whatdoesthemanmean?
8.M:
Iheard（听说）thereare（有）afew（数个）seats（座位）left（剩下的）fortheshow（演出）tonight（今晚）.
W:
Really?
Iwasundertheimpression（原以为）thatthetickets（票）weresoldout（被卖光）alongtimeago（以前）.
Q:
Whatdoweknowfromthewoman’sreply（回答）?
9.W:
Mr.Long’sbriefing（情况简介）seems（似乎）togoon（继续）forever（永远）.Iwasbarelyableto（几乎不能）stay（保持）awake（醒着的）.
M:
Howcouldyousleepthroughthat（在此期间）?
Itwasveryimportant（重要的）tothemission（使命）wearegoingtocarryout（实施）.
Q:
Whatdoesthemanimply（暗指、暗示）?
10.W:
Youseem（似乎）veryconfident（自信）aboutthejobinterview（面试）,areyou?
M:
Yes.Ifeel（感觉）readyforit.Ibought（买）agoodsuit（西装）ataclothingstore（服装店）.Ihadmyhaircut（理了发）.Ihavestudied（已经学习）almost（几乎）everythingaboutfinance（金融）andeconomics（经济学）.
Q:
Whereisthemanprobably（可能）goingtowork?
SectionBPassageOne
TherewasonceamaninSouthAmericawhohadaparrot,apetbirdthatcanimitatehumanspeech.Theparrotwasunique.Therewasnootherbirdlikehiminthewholeworld.Hecouldlearntosayanywordexceptone.Hecouldnotsaythenameofhisnativetown,Ketunnel.ThemandideverythinghecouldtoteachtheparrottosayKetunnel,butheneversucceeded.Atfirsthewasverygentlewiththebird.Butgradually,helosthistemper.“Youstupidbird.Whycan’tyoulearntosaythatoneword?
SayKetunnelorIwillkillyou.”Buttheparrotwouldnotsayit.Manytimesthemanscreamed,“SayKetunnel,orI’llkillyou.”Butthebirdneverrepeatedthename.Finally,themangaveup.Hepickeduptheparrotandthrewhimintothechickenhouse.“Youareevenmorestupidthanthechickens.”Inthechickenhouse,therewerefouroldchickens,waitingtobekilledforSunday’sdinner.Thenextmorning,whenhewentouttothechickenhouse,themanopenedthedoor.Hewasshockedbywhathesaw.Hecouldnotbelievehiseyesandears.Onthefloorlaythreedeadchickens.Theparrotwasscreamingatthefourth,“SayKetunnel,orI’llkillyou.”
Q11.Whydidthemanlosehistemper?
Q12.Whokilledthethreechickens?
Q13.Whywasthemanshockedatthescenethenextmorning?
PassageTwo
InBritain,ifyouarefoundguiltyofacrime,youcanbesenttoprisonorbefinedorbeorderedtodocommunityworksuchastidyingpublicplacesandhelpingtheold.Youmayalsobesenttospecialcenterswhereyoulearnpracticalskillslikecooking,writingandcarmaintenance.Around5percentoftheprisonpopulationarewomen.Manyprisonswerebuiltoveronehundredyearsago.Butthegovernmentwillhavetobuild11newprisonsbynextyear.Therearetwosortsofprisons:
theopensortandtheclosedsort.Intheclosedsort,prisonersaregivenverylittlefreedom.Theyspendthreetotenhoursoutsidetheircellswhentheyexercise,eat,study,learnskills,watchTVandtalktootherprisoners.Allprisonersareexpectedtowork.Mostofthemarepaidforwhattheydo,whethertheyaredoingmaintainingorcookingandcleaning.Prisonersinopenprisonsarelockedupatnight,butfortherestofthetime,theyarefreewithintheprisongrounds.Theycanexercise,havevisitors,orstudy,andsomeareallowedoutofthegroundtostudyortodocommunitywork.
Q14.WhatdoweknowaboutwomenprisonersinBritain?
Q15.Inwhatwayareopenprisonsdifferentfromclosedprisons?
Q16.WhatdowelearnaboutprisonersinBritain?
PassageThree
Londontaxidriversknowthecapitallikethebackoftheirhands.Nomatterhowsmallandindistinctthestreetis,thedriverwillbeabletogetyoutherewithoutanytrouble.ThereasonLondontaxidriversaresoefficientisthattheyallhavegonethroughaverytoughtrainingperiodtogetthespecialtaxidriver’slicense.Duringthisperiod,whichcantakefromtwotofouryears,thewould-betaxidriverhastolearnthemostdirectroutetoeverysingleroadandtoeveryimportantbuildinginLondon.Toachievethis,mostlearnersgothroughthecityonasmallmotorbike,practisinghowtomovetoandfromdifferentpointsofthecity.Learnertaxidriversaretestedseveraltimesduringtheirtrainingperiodbygovernmentofficers.Theirexamsareaterribleexperience.Theofficersaskyou,“HowdoyougetfromBuckinghamPalacetotheTowerofLondon?
”andyouhavetotakethemthereinthedirectline.Whenyougettothetower,theywon’tsay“welldone”.They’llquicklymoveontothenextquestion.Afterfiveorsixquestions,they’lljustsay,“Seeyouintwomonths’time.”andthenyouknowtheexamisover.Learnerdriversarenotallowedtoworkandearnmoneyasdrivers.Therefore,manyofthemkeeptheirpresentjobsuntiltheyobtaintheirlicense.Thetrainingcancostquitealot,becauselearnershavetopayfortheirownexpensesonthetestsandmedicalexam.
Q17.WhyareLondontaxidriversveryefficient?
Q18.Howlongdoesthetrainingperiodlast?
Q19.Whydoesthespeakerthinkthedrivingtestisaterribleexperience?
Q20.Whydolearnerdrivershavetokeeptheirpresentjobs?
2002年6月大学英语四级考试听力原文
SectionA
1.W:
Isuppose（猜想）youhavebought（已经买了）somegifts（礼物）foryourfamily.
M:
Well,I’veboughtashirtformyfatherandtwobooksformysister.ButIhaven’t
decided（决定）whattobuyformymother,probably（也许）somejewels（首饰）.
Q:
Whodidthemanbuythebooksfor（为了）?
2.W:
Look.Itsaystheywantajunior（初级的）sales（销售）manageranditseems（似乎）likeit’sabigcompany（公司）.That’llbegood,though（虽然）youmight（可能）haveto（不得不）travel（旅行、出差）alot.
M:
Dotheysayanythingaboutexperience（经验）?
Q:
Whataretheytalkingabout?
3.W:
Ithinkwe’vecovered（覆盖、谈及）everything.Whataboutacupofcoffeebeforewemoveontothenextitem（继续进行下一项）?
M:
Goodidea.Ireallycan’twaitanotherminute.
Q:
Whatdoesthewomansuggest（建议）doing?
4.W:
Butwhathappensifitrains（要是下雨怎么办）?
Whatarewegoingtodothen?
M:
We’llhavetocounton（指望）goodweather（天气）.Butifitdoesrain,thewholethingwillhaveto（不得不）becanceled（被取消）.
Q:
Whatdowelearnfromtheconversation?
5.W:
Youtook（修课）anoptional（选修的）course（课程）thissemester（学期）,didn’tyou?
Howisitgoing?
M:
Terrible（糟糕的）.Itseemslikethemoretheprofessor（教授）talks,thelessIunderstand（似乎教授讲的越多，我越不明白）.
Q:
Howdoesthemanfeelaboutthecourse?
6.W:
Markisplayingcomputergames.
M:
Shouldhedothatwhenthefinalexam（期末考试）isdrawingnear（临近）?
Q:
WhatdoesthemanthinkMarkshoulddo?
7.M:
Jackseemstothinkthatthisyear’sbasketballseason（赛季）willbedisappointing（令人失望的）.
W:
That’shisopinion（看法）.Mostothersthinkdifferently（不同地）.
Q:
Whatdoesthewomanmean?
8.M:
Isthisthecheck-in（办理登机手续）counter（柜台）forFlight（航班）914toLos
Angeles?
M:
Yes,butI’msorrytheflight（航班）isdelayed（被推迟）becauseof（因为）aminor（次要的、小的）mechanical（机械的）problem（问题）.Pleasewaitforfurthernotice（进一步的通知）.
Q:
Whatdowelearn（了解）fromthisconversation（对话）?
9.M:
Excuseme.I’dliketoplace（刊登）anadvertisement（广告）forausedcar（二手车）intheSundayedition（版面）ofyourpaper（报纸）.
W:
OK,butyouhavetorunyouradvertisement（连续刊登你的广告）allweek.Wecan’tquote（报价）rates（价格）forjustSunday.
Q:
Whereistheconversationmostprobablytakingplace（发生）?
10.M:
Ispend（花费）somuchtimepolishing（润饰）myletterofapplication（申请书）.
W:
It’sworthwhile（值得的）tomaketheeffort（付出努力）.Youknowjusthowimportant（重要的）itistogiveagoodimpression（印象）.
Q:
Whatdoweknowabouttheman?
SectionBPassageOne
Noteverybodyreadsthedailynewspaper.Peoplewhodonotreadnewspapersaresometimesreferredtoasnon-readers.Earlyresearchhasshownthatnon-readersaregenerallylowineducation,lowinincome,eitherveryyoungorveryold.Inaddition,non-readersaremorelikelytoliveinruralareasandhavelesscontactwithneighborsandfriends.Otherstudiesshowthatnon-readerstendtoisolatethemselvesfromthecommunity,arelesslikelytoownahomeandseldombelongtolocalvoluntaryorganizations.
Whydon’tthesepeoplereadadailypaper?
Theysaytheydon’thavethetime,theypreferradioorTV,theyhavenointerestinreadingatall.Andbesides,theythinknewspapersareto
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