英语四级听力材料.docx

1、英语四级听力材料2008年06月英语四级听力材料Short conversation11. M: Today is a bad day for me; I fell off a step and twisted my ankle.W: Dont worry, usually ankle injuries heal quickly if you stop regular activity for a while.Q: What does the woman suggest the man do?A. Give his ankle a good rest.12. W: May I see your

2、 ticket please? I think you are sitting in my seat.M: Oh, you are right. My seat is in the balcony. Im terribly sorry.Q: Where does the conversation most probably take place?C. In a theater.13. W: Did you hear Mr. Smith died in his sleep last night?M: Yes, its very sad. Please let everybody know tha

3、t whoever wants to, may attend the funeral.Q: What are the speakers talking about?B. A sad occasion14. M: Have you taken Professor Youngs exam before? Im kind of nervous.W: Yes, just concentrate on the important ideas shes talked about in class and ignore the details.Q: How does the woman suggest th

4、e man prepare for Professor Youngs exam?D. Focus on the main points of her lectures.15. W: Im so sorry sir, and youll let me pay to have your jacket cleaned, wont you?M: Thats all right, it could happen to anyone. And Im sure that coffee doesnt leavelasting marks on clothing.Q: What can we infer fro

5、m the conversation?D. The woman spilt coffee on the mans jacket.16. W: Have you seen the movie the departed? The plot was so complicated that I really got lost.M: Yeah, I felt the same, but after I saw it a second time, I could put all the pieces together.Q: How did the two speakers find the movie?B

6、. Hard to understand.17. M: Im really surprised you got an “A” on the test. You didnt seem to have done a lot of reading.W: Now you know why I never missed a lecture.Q: What contributes to the womans high score?A. Attending every lecture.18. W: Have you heard about a new digital television system? I

7、t lets people get about 500 channels.D. The new TV system may not provide anything better.Conversation OneM: Yeah, but I doubt theyll have anything different from what we watch now.Q: What does the man mean?Long conversationConversation OneW: Gosh! Have you seen this Richard?M: Seeing what?W: In the

8、 paper, it says theres a man going round pretending hes from the electricity board. Hes been calling at peoples homes, saying hes come to check that all their appliances are safe. Then he gets around them to make him a cup of tea and while they are out of the room, he steals their money, handbag, wh

9、atever and makes off with it.M: But you know Jane, its partly their own fault. You should never let anyone like that in unless you are expecting them.W: Its all very well to say that, but someone comes to the door and says electricity or gas, and you automatically think they are ok, especially if th

10、ey flash a card to you.M: Does this man have an I. D. then?W: Yes, thats just it! It seems he used to work for the electricity board at one time. According to the paper, the police are warning people, especially pensioners not to admit anyone unless they have an appointment. Its a bit sad. One old l

11、ady told them shed just been to the post office to draw her pension when he called. She said he must have followed her home. He stole the whole lot.M: But what does he look like? Surely they must have a description.W: Oh, yes, they have. Lets see. In his thirties, tall, bushy dark hair, slight north

12、ern accent, sounds a bit like you actually. Q19. What does the woman want the man to read in the newspaper? C. The description of a thief in disguise.Q20. How did the man mentioned in the newspaper try to win further trust from the victims?D. Showing them his ID.Q21. What is the warning from the pol

13、ice?( not to admit anyone unless they have an appointment)C. Not to let anyone in without an appointment. Q22. What does the woman speaker tell us about the old lady?C. The pension she had just drawn was stolen.Conversation TwoM: Miss Jones, could you tell me more about your first job with hotel mar

14、keting concepts?W: Yes certainly. I was a marketing consultant, responsible for marketing ten UK hotels. They were all luxury hotels in the leisure sector, all of a very high standard.M: Which markets were you responsible for?W: For Europe and Japan.M: I see from your resume that you speak Japanese.

15、 Have you ever been to Japan?W: Yes, I have. I spent a month in Japan in 2006. I met all the key people in the tourist industry, the big tour operators and tourist organizations. As I speak Japanese, I had a very big advantage.M: Yes, of course. Have you had any contact with Japan in your present jo

16、b?W: Yes, Ive had a lot. The truth is I have become very popular with the Japanese, both for holidays and for business conferences. In fact, the market for all types of luxury holidays for the Japanese has increased a lot recently.M: Really, Im interested to hear more about that, but first, tell me,

17、 have you ever traveled on a luxury train? The Orient Express, for example.W: No I havent, but I have traveled on a glacier express to Switzerland and I traveled across China by train about 8 years ago. I love train travel. Thats why Im very interested in this job.Q23. What did the woman do in her f

18、irst job?A. Marketing consultancy.Q24. What gave the woman an advantage during her business trip in Japan?D. Being able to speak Japanese.Q25. Why is the woman applying for the new job?B. It will involve lots of train travel.Passage oneI think a lot about time and not just because its the name of th

19、e news organization I work for. Like most working people, I find time or the lack of it, are never ending frustration and an unwinable battle. My every day is a race against the clock that I never ever seem to win. This is hardly a lonesome complaint, according to the families and work institutes, n

20、ational study of the changing work force. 55% of the employees say they dont have enough time for themselves, 63% dont have enough time for their spouses or partners, and 67% dont have enough time for their children. Its also not a new complaint. I bet our ancestors returned home from hunting wild a

21、nimals and gathering nuts, and complained about how little time they had to paint battle scenes on their cave walls. The differences about the boresome animal hunting and ahead of not gathering probably told them to shut up or no survival for you. Todays workers are still demanding control over thei

22、r time, the differences todays bosses are listening. Ive been reading your report issued today called when work works, produced jointly by 3 organizations. They set out to find and warn the employers who employ the most creative and most effective ways to give their workers flexibility. I found this

23、 report worth reading and suggest every boss should read it for ideas. Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard. Q26. What is the speaker complaining about? A. The lack of timeQ27. What does the speaker say about our ancestors? A. They were just as busy as people of today.Q28.

24、 Why does the speaker suggest all the bosses read the report by the 3 organizations? D. To find effective ways to give employees flexibility.Passage 2 Loving a child is a circular business. The more you give, the more you get. The more you want to give, Penalaeone said. What she said proves to be tr

25、ue of my blended family. I was born in 1931as the youngest of 6 children, I learn to share my parents love. Raising 6 children during the difficult time of the Great Depression took its toll on my parents relationship and resulted in their divorce when I was 18 years old. Daddy never had very close

26、relationship with his children and drifted even farther away from us after the divorce. Several years later, a wonderful woman came into his life, and they were married. She had 2 sons. One of them is still at home. Under her influence we became a blended family and a good relationship developed bet

27、ween the 2 families. She always treated us as if we were her own children. It was because of our other mother, daddys second wife, that he became closer to his own children. They shared over 25 years together before our father passed away. At the time of his death, the question came up of my mother,

28、 daddys first wife, attending his funeral. I will never forget the unconditional love shown by my stepmother. When I asked her if she would object mother attending daddys funeral. Without giving it a second thought, she immediately replied, “of course not honey, she is the mother of my children.”Que

29、stions 29 to 31 are based on the passage youve just heard. Q29. According to the speaker, what contributed to her parents divorce?B. The Great Depression.Q30. What brought his father closer to his children? D. His second wifes positive influence.Q31. What message does the speaker want to convey in t

30、his talk? B. love breeds love.Passage 3In February last year, my wife lost her job. Just as suddenly, the owner of the greenhouse where I worked as manager died of heart attack. His family announced that they were going to close the business because no one in the family wanted to run it. Things look

31、ed pretty gloomy, my wife and I read the want-ads each day. Then one morning, as I was hanging up a Going Out the Business sign at greenhouse, the door opened and in walked a customer. She was an office manager whose company has just moved into the new office park on the edge of town. She was lookin

32、g for parted plants to place in the reception areas and offices. I dont know anything about plants, she said. Im sure in a few weeks that all be dead. Why I was helping her select her purchases? My mind was racing. Perhaps as many as a dozen firms had recently opened offices in the new office park and there were several hundred more acres with construction under way. That afternoon, I drove out to the office park. By six oclock that evening I had