专四听力训练答案.docx

1、专四听力训练答案Passage 1The experience of jealousy varies enormously from age to age, from culture to culture, from couple to couple, from person to person, and can be different within the same person from time to time. In the United States, there has been a change of attitude toward jealousy in recent yea

2、rs. “Normal” jealousy, which has been seen as an inevitable accompaniment of love and support of marriage, has come to be seen by some as evidence of personal insecurity and weakness in the relationship, and therefore a threat to the partnership.Most jealous flashes come from feeling left out of an

3、activity involving your partner and another person or other people. When your partner pays attention to another, your first reaction is to note that they are “in” and you are “out”. You feel excluded, ignored, unappreciated.This kind of experience is not uncommon, and dealing with it gracefully is p

4、art of the etiquette of our time.from time to time 不时，偶尔inevitable adj. 必然的，不可避免的the inevitable course of history历史必由之路bow to the inevitable听天由命accompaniment n. 伴随物；伴奏Destruction is an accompaniment of war.破坏会随着战争而来，有战争就有破坏。insecurity n. 不安全；不牢靠；无把握；心神不定flash vt. 使闪光；反射n. 闪光，闪现；一瞬间as quick as a flas

5、h快如闪电般地a flash of lightning闪电a flash of hope一线希望in a flash转瞬间，立刻etiquette n. 礼节，礼仪；规矩Passage2Time is something from which we cant escape. Even if we ignore it, its still going by, ticking away, second by second, minute by minute, hour by hour. So the main issue in using your time well is, “Whos in c

6、harge?” We can allow time to slip by and let it be our enemy. Or we can take control of it and make it our ally.By taking control of how you spend your time, youll increase your chances of becoming a more successful student. Perhaps more importantly, the better you are at managing the time you devot

7、e to your studies, the more time youll have to spend on your outside interests.The aim of time management is not to schedule every moment so we become slaves of a timetable that governs every waking moment of the day. Inside, the aim is to make informed choices as to how we use our time.Tick away时间流

8、逝Ally盟友 Passage3Rainforests are the lungs of the planet storing large quantities of carbon dioxide and producing a significant amount of the worlds oxygen. Rainforests have their own perfect system for guaranteeing their own survival. The tall trees make a cover of branches and leaves which protect

9、themselves, smaller plants, and the forest animals from heavy rain, dry heat and strong winds.Amazingly, the trees grow in such a way that their leaves and branches, although close together, never actually touch those of another tree. Scientists think this is a deliberate method to prevent the sprea

10、d of any tree diseases and make life more difficult for leaf-eating insects.They are not called rainforests for nothing! Rainforests can produce 75% of their own rain. At least 80 inches of rain a year is normal and in some areas there may be as much as 430 inches of rain annually. This is real rain

11、. In just two hours, streams can rise ten to twenty feet.Rainforest:（热带）雨林carbon dioxide：二氧化碳oxygen：氧气survival：幸存，生存the survival of the fittest 适者生存survival techniques 救生技术survival equipment: 救生设备passage4There were two men who both decided to get a horse for riding .One man found a red horse with mu

12、ch spirit while the other chose one more docile. The two men would go riding together every day. It so happened that one day on the route, there was a ditch about eight or nine feet wide. When coming up to this ditch, the red horse was quick to respond and jumped it with no difficulty. Yet the more

13、docile horse would shrink every time it came to the edge. It would stand on the edge, shaking. Then after a while, coming up to the ditch and watching its companion jump it easily, something happened within itan idea was born that it could too. So it smoothly jumped over the obstacle.Life is much li

14、ke what happened to the two horses. It all comes to a choice whether we look for the spirit within or just stand on the edge and shrink.Summon up Courage:鼓起勇气docile：温顺的ditch沟，壕沟companion同伴Passage 5Professor Bumble is not only absent-minded but short-sighted as well. His mind is always busy with lear

15、ned thoughts and he seldom notices what is going on around him.On a fine day recently, he went for a walk in the countryside. But as always, he read the book as he walked. He hadn，t gone far when he ran into a large cow and fell down. He had lost his spectacles in the fall, and he thought he had stu

16、mbled over a fat lady. I beg your pardon， madam, he said politely before searching for his glasses. As soon as he had put the glasses on，he realized his mistake.Soon he was concentrating on his book again and paying no attention to anything else. He had scarcely been walking for five minutes when he

17、 fell over again, losing both his book and his glasses. This time he became very angry. Seizing his umbrellas, he struck the cow in anger. Then, after finding his glasses, he realized with horror that he had made a second mistake. A large fat woman was running away from him in terror.run into跑进，撞上，偶

18、遇，陷入，达到stumble议.使绊倒，使失足；使迷惑He was stumbled by the problem.这问题使他迷惑不解。a stumble ling block 绅脚石stumble over against a stone 被石头绅跌stumble over ones words结结巴巴地说话concentrate on ones work你应该专心于工作Passage 6 Ancient people made clay pottery because they needed it for their survival. They used the pots they ma

19、de for cooking, storing food, and carrying things from place to place. Pottery was so important to early cultures that scientists now study it to learn more about ancient civilizations. The more advanced the pottery in terms of decoration, materials, glazes and manufacture, the more advanced the cul

20、ture itself. The artisan who makes pottery in North America today utilizes his or her skill and imagination to create items that are beautiful as well as functional, transforming something ordinary into something special and unique.Passage 7One day, Juana Lopez had an idea for a dish washing machine

21、 that worked without using water. She went to see several dishwasher manufacturers about producing the machine, but none of them were interested. Juana found investors to back her idea and founded her own production company. She spent millions of dollars on developing her own dishwasher and it was l

22、aunched three years later. From then on, sales were very good, better even than Juana had hoped. But Global Domestic, one of the companies that she had been to, made its own waterless dishwasher. Juana obtained one and found that it used the technical ideas she had developed. She had obtained legal

23、protection for legal process, Global Domestic was forced to stop making its competing dishwasher and to pay Juana several million dollars. Now Juanas waterless dishwasher has 40% of the worldwide dishwasher market and this is increasing every year. dishwasher:洗碗机manufacturer:制造商launch:发射investor: 投资

24、者obtain：获得，得到These ideas no longer obtain.这些见解已经行不通了。Passage 8Nowadays, with the rapid development of IT and information industry, cell phones play a dominant role in peoples life. On the one hand, the mobile phone is portable and convenient. Being wireless, you can carry them everywhere with great

25、ease. You can reach a person wherever and however far away he is. On the other hand, it is a friend indeed. Whenever you come across trouble, you can call for help immediately.However, just as every coin has two sides, the cell phone also has its many disadvantages. Some people complain that mobile

26、phones give unpleasant noise on some important occasions when the owner forgets to turn them off. And it also cuts into peoples spare time, because with the mobile phone the boss can easily reach them and call them to duty during their spare time. Worst of all, the electromagnetic wave emitted from

27、the phone is said to be harmful to peoples health and does often cause headaches to the owner.Passage 9There are different kinds of noise with distinct frequencies that are classified by color，namely: white noise, pink noise, brown noise, blue noise, and gray noise. Below is an overview of white noi

28、se.Generally speaking, white noise is a part of the full scale of sound frequencies a human ear can recognize. White noise is a mixture of sound frequencies in equal levels. It is a very quiet sound that is relaxing and pleasant to the ears of anyone. A number of people say that it is similar to the

29、 sound of the rain or the ocean waves.White noise offers countless benefits. The noise comes in different forms that serve different purposes. Some white noise works better than others for particular uses. Some people may find some white noise sounds more pleasing than others. Moreover, white noise

30、is said to have a more calming effect than music does.White noise白噪音The urban noise 城市噪音Hold your noise 别作声Frequency 频率Classify 分类，归类 Passage 10Sleepwalking is a sleep disorder affecting an estimated 10 percent of all humans at least once in their lives. It is far more common in kids than in adults,

31、 as most sleepwalkers outgrow it by the early teen years. It may run in families. So if you or your partner are or were sleepwalkers, your child may be too. Other factors that may bring on sleepwalking include lack of sleep, irregular sleep schedules, illness or fever, and stress. Of course, getting

32、 out of bed and walking around while still sleeping is the most obvious sleepwalking symptom. But young sleepwalkers may also sleeptalk. Also, sleepwalkers eyes are open, but they are not awake and may not realize what theyre doing. Its hard to wake them up. Sleepwalking is not usually a sign that something is emotionally or psychologically wrong with a child. And it doesnt cause any emotional harm. They probably wont even remember the nighttime stroll. Sleepwalking 梦游Sleepwalker 梦游者estimate估计o