四级听力真题

Part III Listening Comprehension (30 minutes)
　　Section A
　　Directions:In this section,you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations.At the end of each conversation,one or more questions will be asked about what was said.Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once.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 Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre.
　　注意：此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。

1.

A)Go to aplace he has visited

B)Make herown arrangements

C)Consulta travel agent

D)Join ina package tour

2.

A)They areon a long trip by car

B)They arestuck in a traffic jam

C)They areused to getting up early

D)They aretired of eating out at night

3.

A)He is aperson difficult to deal with

B)Hedislikes any formal gathering

C)He isunwilling to speak in public

D)He oftenkeeps a distance from others

4.

A)Work inanother department

B)Pursuefurther education

C)Recruitgraduate students

D)Take anadministrative job

5.

A)He wouldnot be available to start the job in time

B)He isnot quite qualified for the art director position

C)He wouldlike to leave some more time for himself

D)He willget his application letter ready before May1

6.

A)Cleaner

B)porter

C)Mechanic

D)Salesman

7.

A)Requestone or two roommates to do the cleaning

B)HelpLaura with her term paper due this weekend

C)GetLaura to clean the apartment herself this time

D)AskLaura to put off the cleaning until another week

8.

A) Aproblem caused by the construction

B)Anaccident that occurred on the bridge

C)Thebuilding project they are working on

D)The public transportation conditions

Questions 9 to 11 are based on the conversation you have heard.

9

A) To lookfor a job as a salesperson

B) To havea talk with Miss Thompson.

C) Toplace an order for some products.

D) Tocomplain about a faulty appliance.

10

A) Theperson in charge is not in the office.

B) Thesupplies are out of stock for the moment.

C) Theyfailed to reach an agreement on the price.

D) Thecompany is re-cataloguing the items.

11

A)0743,12536 extension 15.

B)0734,38750 extension 15.

C)0734,21653 extension 51.

D)0734,62135 extension 51.

Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

12

A)Since hefound a girlfriend

B)Since hetook to heavy smoking.

C)Since hebegan to exercise regularly

D)Since hestarted to live on his own.

13

A)He isgetting too fat.

B)Hesmokes too much

C)He doesn’teat vegetables.

D)He doesn’tlook well at all.

14

A)They areoverweight for their age

B)They arerespectful to their parents

C)They arestill in their early twenties

D)Theydislike doing physical exercise.

15

A)To quitsmoking.

B)To finda girlfriend

C)Toreduce his weight

D)Tofollow her advice.

Section B
　　Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each 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 choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre.
　　注意：此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。

Passage One

Questions 16 to 19 are based on the passage you have just heard.

16.

A)Theyhave destroyed several small towns.

B)Theywill soon spread to San Francisco.

C)Theyhave injured many residents.

D)They areburning out of control.

17.

A)Theyhave been hospitalized.

B)Theyhave got skin problems.

C)Theywere choked by the thick smoke.

D)Theywere poisoned by the burning chemicals.

18.

A)It failed because of a sudden rocket explosion.

B)It hasbeen re-scheduled for a midday takeoff.

C)It hasbeen canceled due to technical problems.

D)It wasdelayed for eleven hours and thirty minutes.

19.

A)Theymade frequent long-distance calls to each other.

B)Theyillegally used government computers in New Jersey.

C)Theywere found to be smarter than computer specialists.

D)Theywere arrested for stealing government information.

Passage Two

Questions 20 to 22 are based on the passage you have just heard.

20.

A)Peaceful

B)Considerate

C)Generous

D)Cooperative

21.

A)Someonedumped the clothes left in the washer and dryer.

B)Someonebroke the washer and dryer by overloading them.

C)MindyLance’s laundry blocked the way to the laundry room.

D)MindyLance’s threatened to take revenge on her neighbors.

22.

A)Askingthe neighborhood committee for help.

B)Limitingthe amount of laundry for each wash.

C)Informingthe building manager of the matter.

D)Installinga few more washers and dryers.

Passage Three

Questions 23 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.

23.

A) Sheis both a popular and a highly respected author.

B) She isthe most loved African novelist of all times.

C) She isthe most influential author since the 1930's.

D) She isthe first writer to focus on the fate of slaves.

24.

A) TheBook Critics Circle Award.

B) ThePulitzer Prize for fiction

C) TheNobel Prize for literature.

D) TheNational Book Award.

25.

A)Sheis a relative of Morrison's.

B) She isa skilled storyteller.

C) She isa slave from Africa.

D) She is a black woman

Section C
　　Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time，you should listen carefully for its general idea.When the passage is read for the second time，you are required to fill in the blanks with the exact words you have just heard. Finally，when the passage is read for the third time，you should check what you have written.
　　注意：此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。

Manycollege students today own personal computer that cost anywhere from $1,000 toperhaps %5,000 or more. (26)_________, it is not uncommon for them to purchase(27)_________costing another several hundred dollars. Twenty years ago,computers were (28) ___________, but they were very large and extremelyexpensive. Few, if any,(29) __________ purchased computers for home use. Overthe years, the price of the “guts” of a computer---its memory—has declined toless than a thousandth of the price per unit of memory that prevailed twentyyears ago. This is the main reason why computers cost so much less today than theyused to. Moreover, (30) _________improvements have made it possible to (31)___________memory circuitry that is small enough to fit into the portablepersonal computers that many of us own and use. (32)___________, as the priceof computation has declined the average consumer and business have spent moreon purchasing computers.

　(33)___________,improved agricultural technology, hybrid(杂交) seeds,(34)_________animalbreeding, and so on have vastly increased the amount of output a typical farmercan produce. The prices of goods such as meats and grains have fallen sharplyrelative to the prices of most other goods and services. As agricultural priceshave fallen, many households have decreased their total expenses on food. Eventhough the (35)______________of a product purchased generally increases whenits price falls, total expenses on it may decline.

四级听力答案　　

【听力部分：短对话】
1. C.Consult a travel agent.

2. A. Theyare on a long trip by car.

3. C. Heis unwilling to speak in public.

4. B.Purse further education.

5. A. Hewould not be available to start the job in time.

6. B.Mechanic.

7. D. AskLaura to put off the cleaning until another week.

8. A. A problem caused by the construction.

【长对话】
9. C. Toplace an order for some products.

10. A. Theperson in charge is not in the office.

11. B.0734, 21653 extension 51.

12. B.Since he took to heavy smoking.

13. A. Heis getting too fat.

14. D.They dislike doing physical exercise.

15. C. Tofind a girlfriend.

【篇章听力】
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【复合式听写】
20. B.Considerate.

21. A.Someone dumped the clothes left in the washer and dryer.

22. C.Informing the building manager of the matter.

23. A. Sheis both a popular and a highly respected author.

24. B. TheNobel Prize for literature.

25. D. Sheis a black woman.

26. Inaddition

27.software

28.available

29.individuals

30.technological

31.manufacture

32. Inshort

33. Bycontrast

34.scientific

35. quantity

四级听力原文

听力短对话

Question 1

M: Afterhigh school, I’d like to go to college and major in business administration.

W: But I’drather spend my college days finding out how children learn.

Q: What dowe learn from the conversation?

Question 2

W: Iseverything ready for the conference?

M: Theonly thing left to do is set up the microphones and speakers. They'll be herein a few minutes.

Q: Whatpreparations have yet to be made?

Question 3

W: Is italmost time to go home now? I'm so tired. I can hardly see straight.

M: Just afew more minutes, then we can go.

Q: What isthe woman’s problem?

Question 4

W: I'm notsure what I’m in a mood for. Ice-cream or sandwiches? They are both really goodhere.

M: Themovie starts in an hour. And we still have to get there and park. So just makea decision.

Q: Whatdoes the man mean?

Question 5

W: Tomsaid he would come to repair our solar heater when he has time.

M: Heoften says he is willing to help, but he never seems to have time.

Q: Whatdoes the man imply about Tom?

Question 6

W: So youknow that Sam turns down the job offered by the travel agency.

M: Yes.The hours were convenient. But if he had accepted it, he wouldn’t be able tomake ends meet.

Q: What dowe learn from the conversation?

Question 7

M: Couldyou tell me a bit about the business your company is doing?

W: Wemainly deal with large volume buyers from western countries and our productshave been well received.

Q: Whatbusiness is the woman’s company doing?

Question 8

W:Yesterday I made reservations for my trip to Miami next month.

M: Youmust really be looking forward to it. You haven’t had any time off for at leasttwo years.

Q: What is the woman going to do?

听力长对话原文1

Conversation One

M: Excuseme, I need some information about some of the towns near here.

W: Whatwould you like to know?

M: Well,first, I'd like directions to go to Norwalk. I believe there is an interestingmuseum there. It isn't far, is it?

W: No, notat all. Norwalk is about eighteen miles east of here on Route 7. And you'reright. It's a wonderful little museum.

M: Ohgood. Now what about Amitsville? I have some friends. I'd like to visit thereand I also want to get to Newton. They are near each other, aren't they?

W: Hmm...well, they are actually in opposite directions. Amitsville is northeast. It'sabout thirty five miles northeast of here.

M: Huh-uh,thirty five miles northeast. And how about Newton?

W: Well,Newton is in the other direction. It's southwest, so it isn't really very closeto Amitsville at all and it's a long drive. It's about fifty five milessouthwest from here and the road is not at all straight.

M: Fiftyfive miles southwest! Well, maybe I won't go there this time.

W: I'drecommend visiting Westfield or Great Town. They are both very close. Westfieldis just seven miles west of here and Great Town is about five miles south. Theyare really pretty little towns with lots of old houses and beautiful tree-linedstreets.

M: I see.Seven miles west to Westfield and five miles south to Great Town. Good. Well, Ithink that's all the information I need for a while. Thank you. You've beenvery helpful.

W: You'rewelcome, sir. I hope you enjoy your stay.

Q9: Whatdoes the man know about Norwalk?

Q10: Whatdoes the woman say about Amitsville and Newton?

Q11: What do we learn about Westfield and Great Town?

听力长对话原文2
　　Conversation Two

M: Err...Sandra, I've finished with Mr. Gordon now. Do you think you could pop throughin bringing me up-to-date on their arrangements for the Italian trip?

W:Certainly, Mr. Wilkinson. I'll bring everything with me.

M: Right,take a seat. Now my first meeting is when?

W: Yourfirst meeting is on Monday the 21st at 9a.m. with Dr. Gucci of Bancos en Piedrain Milan.

M: OK, socan I fly out early Monday morning?

W: Well,there is a flight to Lenarty Airport which leaves at six thirty London time andgets in at eight thirty Italian time.

M: Yeah,but that only leaves me thirty minutes to clear customs in getting to the citycenter and it means I have to check in by five thirty, which means leaving homeat about four fifteen.

W: I'mafraid so.

M: Hmm...not so keen on that. What's the program for the rest of that day?

W: It'squite full, I'm afraid. At eleven, you're seeing Jeana Rivard at Meg Star andthen you'll have a lunch engagement with Gaven from the Chamber of Commerce atone.

M: Where'sthat?

W: You'remeeting him at his office and then he's taking you somewhere.

M: Good,that sounds fine. What about the afternoon?

W: Well,at three thirty, you're seeing our sales representative there and then you'refree till evening.

M: I see.I seem to remember that I'm having a dinner with someone from Bergamo.

W: That'sright. And Mr. Betty from SAP Industries at eight.

Q12: Whatwould the man like the woman to do?

Q13: Atwhat time is Mr. Wilkinson going to leave home for the airport?

Q14: Whois Mr. Wilkinson going to have a lunch with on Monday?

Q15: What is most probably the woman's job?

听力短文原文

Passage 1

DonnaFredrick’s served with the Peace Corps for two years in Brazil. She joined thePeace Corps after she graduated from the college because she wanted to dosomething to help other people. She had been brought up on a farm, so the PeaceCorps assigned her to a agricultural project. Before she went to Brazil, shestudied Portuguese for three months. She also learnt a great deal about itshistory and culture. During her two years with the Peace Corps, Donna lived ina village in northeast Brazil. That part of Brazil is very dry and farming isoften difficult there. Donna helped the people of the village to organise anarrigation project, and she also advised them on planting corps. They didn’t requiremuch water. When Donna returned to the States, she couldn’t settle down. Shetried several jobs, but they seemed very boring to her. She couldn’t get Brazilout of her mind. Finally, one day she got on an plane and went back to Brazil.She wasn’t sure what she’s going to do. She just wanted to be there. After afew weeks, Donna found a job as an English teacher, teaching five classes aday. Like most of the teachers, she doesn’t make much money. She shares a smallapartment with another teacher. And she makes a little extra money by sendingstories to newspapers in the States. Eventually she wants to quit teaching andwork as a full-time journalist.

Question16

Why didDonna join the Peace Corps after she graduated from college?

Question17

What wasDonna assigned to do in Brazil?

Question18

Why didDonna go back to Brazil once again?

Question19

How didDonna make extra money to support herself?

Passage 2

Results ofa recent Harry’s pool on free time showed that the average work week for manyAmericans is 50 hours. With the time spent eating, sleeping and taking care ofthe household duties, there’s little time left for leisure activities for manyAmericans. However, having free time to relax and pursue hobbies is important.People need time away from the pressures of study or work to relax and enjoytime with friends and family. In many countries free time is spent in differentways. The results of a Harry’s pool showed that reading was the most popularspare time activity in the US. This was followed by watching TV. In a UK surveyon leisure time activities, watching TV and videos was the most popular.Listening to the radio came second. In a similar survey conducted in Japan, themost popular free time activity was eating out. The second most popularactivity was driving. There were also differences in the most popular outdoorpursuits between the three countries. The most popular outdoor activity forAmericans was gardening. In the UK, it was going to the pub. In Japan, going tobars ranked eighth in popularity and gardening ranked ninth. Although peoplearound the world may enjoy doing similar things in their free time, there’sevidence to suggest that these interests are changing. In the US, for example,the popularity of computer activities is increasing. Many more people in theStates are spending their free time surfing the web, emailing friends orplaying games online.

Question20

What isthe recent Harry Pole about?

Question21

What wasthe most popular leisure activity in the US?

Question22

What wasthe most popular outdoor pursuit in the UK?

Passage 3

On March13th, while on duty Charles Mclocklin, a very careless driver employed by thecompany Lummis was involved in another accident. The accident occurred inRiverside California. Not paying attention to his driving, Mclocklin turnedright on main street and 33rd street and hit Volkswagen rabbit. This causedminor damage to his truck and serious damage to the car. On the basis of thepolice report, the Lummis accident committee correctly determined thatMclocklin had been quite careless. As a result of the committee’s conclusion,the branch manager Mr. David Rossi reported that he had talked with Mclocklinabout his extremely poor driving record. Further evidence of Mclocklin’sirresponsibility occurred on May 6th when he was returning from his shift. Thatday he ran into a roll-up door at the Lummis facility in Valero, causingsignificant damage to the door. Damage to the truck, however, was minor.Finally, on June 7th, Mclocklin once again demonstrated his carelessness byknocking down several mail boxes near the edge of the company’s parking lot.There was damage to the mailboxes and minor damage to the truck. Mr. DavidRossi stated that he had spoken with Mclocklin on several occasions about hisdriving record. He added that he had warned Mclocklin that three preventableaccidents in one year could lead to his discharge, as indeed it should.

23. Whatdid the Lummis accident committee find out about the accident that occurred onMarch 13th?

24. Whatdid Mclocklin do on June 7th near the edge of the company’s parking lot?

25. What is most probably going to happen to Mclocklin?

听力填空

WhenCaptain Cook asked the chiefs in Tahiti why they always ate apart and alone,they replied, “Because it is right.”If we ask Americans whythey eat with knives and forks, or why their men wear pants instead of skirtsor why they may be married to only one person at a time, we are likely to getsimilar and very uninformative answers because it’s right, because that’s theway it’s done, because it’s the custom or even I don’t know. The reason forthese and countless other patterns of social behavior is that they arecontrolled by social norms shared rules or guide lines which prescribe thebehavior that is appropriate in a given situation. Norms define how people oughtto behave under particular circumstances in a particular society. We conform tonorms so readily that we are hardly aware they exist. In fact we are much morelikely to notice departures from norms than conformity to them. You will not besurprised if a stranger tried to shake hands when you were introduced, but youmight be a little startled if they bowed, started to stroke you or kissed youon both cheeks. Yet each of these other forms of greeting is appropriate inother parts of the world. When we visit another society whose norms aredifferent, we quickly become aware that things we do this way, they do thatway.

四级听力解析

【听力听写部分点评】

本篇听力填空内容讲的是各地风俗习惯(custom)的差异。比如塔西提岛的人们喜欢独自吃饭，而美国人吃饭用刀叉，男士穿裤子而不穿裙子，一次只能和一个人结婚等等，当你问他们为什么会这样的时候，他们只会说“因为这是对的。”。这就是所谓的风俗习惯，一种在特定社会文化区域内历代人们共同遵守的行为模式或规范。人们对自己当地的风俗习惯习以为常，往往意识不到它们的存在，只有当发现其他地方与自己地方的风俗习惯不相同时才会意识到原来各地的习惯是不一样的。

本篇听力填空是今年四级改革去掉听力的三个句子的首个听力填空，难度降低了很多，挖空的地方都是我们平常熟悉的四级大纲内的词汇和短语，其中departure，startle可能有些同学不认识，departure是动词depart的名词形式，文中意思表示“背离”, startle表示“吃惊”。听力填空主要是对动词，名词和形容词等实意动词的考查，所以大家今后还是需要对考纲内的词汇进行巩固和复习。另外大家还需要注意的是动词要考虑时态和单复数的变化，而名词要注意单复数的变化，切不可因题目简单而忽略了细节，导致不必要的失分。

【短文1点评】

本篇短文主要讲述了Donna Fredrick的职业发展，大学毕业之后加入和平队(the Peace Corps)，参加农业项目，两年的时间她住在巴西的东北部，开展灌溉项目，帮助当地居民种植无需很多水的农作物。回到美国之后尝试了几个工作，但仍心心念念巴西。最终回到巴西任英语老师，同时兼职给美国报纸写文章，来赚取额外的生活费。最后Donna想辞去教师工作专心做全职记者。

本篇文章基本上没有生僻的词汇，以叙述为主;不知道Peace Corps的意思不会影响做题，只需将其定义为一个组织名，中间涉及的Brazil，Portuguese也都是大家较熟悉的单词。四个题目都是考查考生对事实细节的抓取能力。

【短文2点评】

本篇短文围绕休闲娱乐活动展开，是大家熟悉的话题。Harry最近一次民意调查结果表明许多美国人没有多少时间用于休闲活动。但是人们需要一些休息时间来调节学习工作压力。接着文章举例子说明不同国家的休闲活动不同。美国最流行的休闲活动是阅读，而在英国是看电视，在日本是外出吃饭;而且这三国最流行的户外活动也有所不同。最后指出虽然全世界的人们有着相似的休闲活动，但是有证据表明这些兴趣正在改变。

本篇难度不大，题目都是考查学生对于原文事实细节的理解，第二个题目是问美国最流行的娱乐活动，而第三个题目是问英国最流行的户外活动，考生要区别开来，避免混淆。其中关注下几个单词：poll民意测验;household家庭的;leisure空闲;popularity流行;pursuit追求;outdoor户外的;spare多余的。

【短文3点评】

本篇短文主要讲了Charles Mclaughlin一年之内因粗心大意所发生的三次交通事故。

第一次：时间：3月13日;经过：Mclaughlin驾驶货车在主大街第33大街向右拐弯撞上一辆小轿车。原因：Mclaughlin粗心大意;造成的后果：卡车轻微受损，小轿车严重损坏;

第二次：时间：5月6日;经过：Mclaughlin在换班的时候驾驶货车撞到一个卷帘门;原因：Mclaughlin不负责任，粗心;造成的后果：卷帘门严重损坏，卡车受损;

第三次：时间：6月7日;经过：Mclaughlin驾驶货车在公司停车场附近撞翻了几个邮筒;原因：Mclaughlin粗心大意;造成的后果：邮筒严重受损，卡车轻微受损。

本篇文章是听力第三篇短文，难度不大。文章虽然出现了一些人名和地名，但是同学们不需要知道它们是什么意思，人名地名不会作为考察点放在题目中，同学们需要重点分辨的是这三次事故发生的时间，题目重点考察同学对短文信息细节的抓取能力。但是其中有几个短语和单词需要关注一下：pay attention to 注意;重视;run into 撞上;撞到;roll-up door 卷帘门;knock down 撞翻;parking lot 停车场;mailbox 邮箱，邮筒;preventable 可预防的;as的用法。理解了这些词的意思，对本篇听力的整体理解基本就没有什么障碍了。