英语四级真题听力原文及答案Word下载.docx

1、 I hear the students gave the new teacher an unfair evaluation.W: It depends on which student you are talking about. What does the woman imply?4. W: It must have taken you a long time to fix up all these book shelves. It wasnt too bad. I got Doris to do some of them. What does the man mean?5. W: Rod

2、, I hear youll be leaving at the end of this month. Is it true? Yeah. Ive been offered a much better position with another firm. Id be a fool to turn it down. Why is the man quitting his job?6. W: I honestly dont want to continue the gardening tomorrow, Tony? Neither do I. But I think we should get

3、it over with this weekend.7. W: Youve already furnished your apartment? I found some used furniture that was dirt cheap. What do we learn from the conversation?8. W: Has the mechanic called the bus repairers? Not yet .Ill let you know when he calls.Questions 9 to 11 are based on the conversation you

4、 have just heard.Conversation one: Hello. Matt Ellis speaking. Hello, Dr. Ellis, my names Pan Johnson. My roommate, Janet Holmes, wanted me to call you. Janet Holmes? Oh, thats right. Shes in my Shakespearean English class. Has anything happened to her? Nothing, its just that she submitted a job app

5、lication yesterday and the company asked her in for an interview today. Shes afraid she wont be able to attend your class this afternoon though. Im calling to see whether it would be OK if I gave you her essay. Janet said its due today. Certainly, that would be fine. Uh, you can either drop it off a

6、t my class or bring it to my office. Would it be all right to come by your office around 4:00? Im afraid I cant come any earlier because I have three classes this afternoon. Uh, I wont be here when you come. Im supposed to be at a meeting from 3:00 to 6:00, but how about leaving it with my secretary

7、? She usually stays until 5:00. W: Fine, please tell her Ill be there at 4:00. And Dr. Ellis, one more thing, could you tell me where your office is? Janet told me where your class is, but she didnt give me directions to your office. Well, Im in Room 302 of the Gregory Building. Ill tell my secretar

8、y to put the paper in my mail box, and Ill get it when I return. I sure appreciate it. Goodbye, Dr. Ellis. Goodbye, Ms. Johnson.Questions 9 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard.9. Why couldnt the womans roommate attend the Shakespearean English class that afternoon?10. What favor

9、is the woman going to do for her roommate?11. What does the woman want to know at the end of the conversation?Passage OneMost American college students need to be efficient readers. This is necessary because full-time students probably have to read several hundred pages every week. They dont have ti

10、me to read a chapter three or four times. They need to extract as much information as possible from the first or second reading.An extraordinarily important study skill is knowing how to mark a book. Students mark the main ideas and important details with a pen or pencil, yellow or blue or orange. S

11、ome students mark new vocabulary in a different color. Most students write questions or short notes in the margins. Marking a book is a useful skill, but its important to do it right. First, read a chapter with one pen in your hand and others next to you on the desk. Second, read a whole paragraph b

12、efore you mark anything. Dont mark too much. Usually you will mark about 10% of a passage. Third, decide on your own system for marking. For example, maybe you will mark main ideas in yellow, important details in blue and new words in orange. Maybe you will put question marks in the margin when you

13、dont understand something and before an exam. Instead, you just need to review your marks and you can save a lot of time.16. What should American college students do to cope with their heavy reading assignments?17. What suggestion does the speaker give about marking a textbook?18. How should student

14、s prepare for an exam according to the speaker?Passage TwoThe thought of having no sleep for 24 hours or more isnt a pleasant one for most people. The amount of sleep that each person needs varies. In general, each of us needs about 8 hours of sleep each day to keep us healthy and happy. Some people

15、, however, can get by with just a few hours of sleep at night.It doesnt matter when or how much a person sleeps. But everyone needs some rest to stay alive. Few doctors would have thought that there might be an exception to this. Sleep is, after all, a very basic need. But a man named Al Herpin turn

16、ed out to be a real exception, for supposedly, he never slept!Al Herpin was 90 years old when doctors came to his home in New Jersy. They hoped to challenge the claim that he never slept. But they were surprised. Though they watched him every hour of the day, they never saw Herpin sleeping. He did n

17、ot even own a bed. He never needed one.The closest that Herpin came to resting was to sit in a rocking chair and read a half dozen newspapers. His doctors were puzzled by the strange case of permanent sleeplessness. Herpin offered the only clue to his condition. He remembered some talk about his mot

18、her having been injured several days before he had been born. Herpin died at the age of 94, never, it seems, having slept at all.19. What is taken for granted by most people?20. What do doctors think of Al Herpins case?21. What could have accounted for Al Herpins sleeplessness?Among the kinds of soc

19、ial gestures most significant for second language teachers, are those which are identical in form, but different in meaning in the two cultures. For example, a Columbian who wants someone to approach him often signals with a hand movement, in which all the fingers of one hand cupped point downward a

20、s they move rapidly back and forth. Speakers of English have a similar gesture, though the hand may not be cupped and the fingers may be held more loosely. But for them, the gesture means goodbye or go away, quite the opposite of the Columbian gesture. Again in Columbia, a speaker of English would h

21、ave to know that when he indicates height, he must choose between different gestures depending on whether he is referring to a human being or an animal. If he keeps the palm of the hand parallel to the floor, as he would in his own culture when making known the height of a child for example, he will

22、 very likely be greeted by laughter. In Columbia, this gesture is reserved for the description of animals. In order to describe human beings, he should keep the palm of his hand at a right angle to the floor. Substitutions of one gesture for the other often create not only humorous but also embarras

23、sing moments. In both of the examples above, speakers from two different cultures have the same gesture physically, but its meaning differs sharply。四级听力答案Section A:1.B Use a ladder to help her reach the tea.2. D Outside an gallery art.3.D New students usually cannot offer a fair evaluation.4.C Doris

24、 fixed up some of the bookshelves.5.D He has found a better position.6.A They should finish the book as soon as possible.7.D The furniture the man bought is inexpensive.8.B The woman is waiting for the call.9. A She had a job interview to attend10. C Submit her roommates assignment11. A Where Dr. El

25、liss office is located12. C He can handle it quite well13. B The 6:30 one14. C The time on the train is enjoyable15. A Reading newspapers.16. D Get key information by reading just once or twice17. A Choose ones own system of marking18. B By reviewing only the marked parts.19. D Everybody needs some

26、sleep for survival.20. C It is a rare exception21. B His mothers injury just before his birth.22. C She developed a strong interest in finance23. D She inherited a big fortune from her father24. A She was extremely mean with her money25. B She built a hospital with her mothers moneySection C: 复合式听写：

27、26. identical27. approach28. back and forth29. opposite30. indicates31. referring to32. parallel to33. reserved34. at the right angle35. embarrassing2014年6月英语四级听力原文（卷二）Short Conversation1. M: Did you buy any of the sweaters that we are on sale? Buy any? I got five of them. They were such a good barg

28、ain. What does the woman say about the sweaters? I have trouble concentrating when my roommate talk so loud on her mobile phone. why dont you just ask her to lower her voice?3. W: Wendys in the basement, trying to fix the washing machine. Shouldnt she be working on her annual report? What happened t

29、o the painting that used to be on the wall? It fell down and the glass broke. Im having it reframed.5. M: You must have left the camera in the market. Its a very expensive camera you know. But I tell you that I didnt take it. I remember clearly that you put it on the dressing table. What does the woman say about the camera? There is a good comedy on at the theatre Royal next Saturday. If you like, I can book four seats for us. All right. I