大学英语四级听力原文及答案.docx

1、大学英语四级听力原文及答案2003年6月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题试卷Part I Listening Comprehension (20 minutes)Section ADirections: In this section, you will hear 10 short conversations. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the question will be spoken only once.

2、After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A), B), C) and D), and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.1. W: Gorge, look at the long waiting line. I am gla

3、d youve made a reservation.M: More and more people enjoy eating out now. Beside, this place is especially popular with the overseas students.Q: Where did the conversation most probably take place?A) At a theatre.B) At a booking office.C) At a railway station.D) At a restaurant.2. M: I wonder if you

4、can drop by tomorrow evening. The Stevensons are coming over to dinner. Id like you to meet them.W: Sure, Id love to. Ive heard they are very interesting people.Q: What do we learn from the conversation?A) The man is inviting the woman to dinner.B) The woman is too busy to join the man for dinner.C)

5、 The woman is a friend of the Stevensons.D) The man is going to visit the Stevensons.3. W: The presentation made by Professor Jackson was complicated to understand.M: Well, I think he didnt speak slowly enough for us to take the notes.Q: What did the man complain?A) The professors presentation was n

6、ot convincing enough.B) The professors lecture notes were too complicated.C) The professor spoke with a strong accent.D) The professor spoke too fast.4. W: Youve got your apartment furnished, havent you?M: Ive bought some used furniture from Sunday market. It was a real bargain.Q: What does the man

7、mean?A) The furnished apartment was inexpensive.B) The apartment was provided with some old furniture.C) The furniture in the market was on sale every Sunday.D) The furniture he bought was very cheap.5. M: Mary doesnt want me to take the job. She says our child is too young. And the job requires muc

8、h travelling.W: You should talk to her again and see if you can find a way out. Think about the gains and losses before you make the decision.Q: What do we learn from the conversation?A) The man is thinking about taking a new job.B) The man likes a job that enables him to travel.C) The man is sure t

9、hat he will gain more by taking the job.D) The man doesnt want to stay home and take care of their child.6. M: I havent got my scores on the GRE test yet. Do you think I should call to make inquiries?W: There is no hurry. The test scores are released at least eight weeks after the test.Q: What does

10、the woman advise the man to do?A) Take the GRE test again in 8 weeks.B) Call to check his scores.C) Be patient and wait.D) Inquire when the test scores are released.7. M: Have you finished reading the book you bought last month?W: Oh, I didnt read straight through the way you read a novel, I just co

11、vered a few chapters which interested me most.Q: How did the woman read the book?A) She read it selectively.B) She went over it chapter by chapter.C) She read it slowly.D) She finished it at a stretch.8. W: Hello, Joe, Havent seen you for quite a while. Are you fine?M: Oh, yes, but not a thing to go

12、 against me. I had a car accident, only some minor injuries though.Q: What happened to Joe?A) He was kept in hospital for a long time.B) He was slightly injured in a traffic accident.C) He was seriously wounded in a mine explosion.D) He was fined for speeding.9. M: The taxi is waiting downstairs, le

13、ts hurry.W: Wait a minute. Ill take some food with us. I dont like the meal served on the train.Q: What are the speakers going to do?A) Wait for a taxi.B) Buy some food.C) Go on a trip.D) Book train tickets.10. W: Is that optional course as hard as everybody says?M: Its actually even worse, believe

14、it or not.Q: What did the man say about the course?A) Its not as hard as expected.B) Its too tough for some students.C) Its much more difficult than people think.D) Its believed to be the hardest optional course.Section BDirections: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each

15、 passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choice marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.

16、Passage OneQuestions 11 to 13 are based on the passage you have just heard.My father woke me up early one morning when I was fourteen and announced “Get up. You are going with me to cut grass.” I felt proud and excited because my father thought I was responsible enough to help him in his business. S

17、till, that first day was very hard. From sunrise to sunset, my father, my younger brother and I cut and t very large yards in well-to-do part of the city. By the end of the day I was exhausted, but I felt good. I put out a hard days labor and earned six dollars. One day, my father spotted some weeds

18、 I have miss cutting and pulled me inside. “Cut that section again!” he said firmly “and dont make me have to tell you again.” The message was very clear. Today I stress the importance of doing the job right the first time. Every job I have held from cutting lawns to wash dishes to working a machine

19、 on the construction site. I have learned something that help me in my next job. If you work hard enough, you can learn from any job you do.Questions 11 to 13 are based on the passage you have just heard.11. How did the speaker feel when his father asked him to help cut grass?A) Anxious and worried.

20、B) Proud and excited.C) Nervous and confused.D) Inspired and confident.12. What did his father do when the speaker missed cutting some leaves?A) His father scolded him severely.B) His father took back the six dollars.C) His father made him do the cutting again.D) His father cut the leaves himself.13

21、. What did the speaker want to tell us in this passage?A) One can benefit a lot from working with his father.B) Manual labourers shouldnt be looked down upon.C) One should always do his job earnestly.D) Teenagers tend to be careless.Passage TwoQuestions 14 to 16 are based on the passage you have jus

22、t heard.I am living in a small village in the country. My wife and I run a village shop. We have a very peaceful live, boring some my say. But we love it. We know all the people in the village. They have plenty of time to stop and chat. I have plenty of time for my hobbies too-gardening, fishing, an

23、d walking in the country side. I love the outdoor life. It wasnt always like this though I used to have a really stressful job, working so late in the office every evening. I often bring work home at the weekends. The advertising world is very competitive. And when I look back, I cant imagine how I

24、stood it. I have no private life at all. No time for the really important things in life. Because of the pressure of the job, I used to smoke and drink too much. The crisis came when my wife left me. She complaint that she never saw me and I had no time for family life. This made me realize what is

25、really important to me. I talked things through with her and decided to get back together and started a new and better life together. I gave up tobacco and alcohol and searched for new hobbies. Now I am afraid of looking back since the past life seemed like a horrible dream.Questions 14 to 16 are ba

26、sed on the passage you have just heard.14. What did the speaker do for a living?A) He ran a village shop.B) He worked on a farm.C) He worked in an advertising agency.D) He was a gardener.15. What do we know about the speakers life in the past?A) It was stressful.B) It was colorful.C) It was peaceful

27、.D) It was boring.16. What made the speaker change his life style?A) His desire to start Iris own business.B) The crisis in his family life.C) The decline in his health.D) His dream of living in the countryside.Passage ThreeQuestions 17 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard.“Where is th

28、e university?” is the question many visitors to Cambridge ask. But no one could point at any one direction because there is no campus. The university consists of 31 self-governing colleges. It has lecture halls, libraries, laboratories, museums and offices throughout the city. Individual colleges ch

29、oose their own students who have to meet their minimum entrance requirements set by the university. And the graduates usually live and study in their colleges but they are taught in very full groups. Lectures and laboratories and practical work are organized by the university and held in university

30、buildings. There are over ten thousand undergraduates and three thousand five hundred post-graduates. About 40% of them are women and some 8% from overseas. As well as teaching, research is of major importance. Since the beginning of the twentieth century, more than sixty university members have won

31、 Nobel prizes. The university has a huge number of buildings for teaching and research. It has more than 60 specialist subject libraries as well as the university library, which as the copy-right libraries, is entitled to a copy of every book published in Britain. Examinations are held and degrees a

32、re awarded by the university. It allowed women to take the university exams in the 1881, but it was the not until 1941 that they were awarded degrees.Questions 17 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard.17. Why is it difficult to located Cambridge University?A) Because there are no signs to direct them.B) Because no tour guides are available.C) Because all the buildings in the city look alike.D) Because the un