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2008年6月21日大学英语四级听力真题
Part III Listening Comprehension (35 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 2 with a single line through the centre.
注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。
11. A) Give his ankle a good rest.
B) Treat his injury immediately.
C) Continue his regular activities.
D) Be careful when climbing steps.
12. A) On a train.
B) On a plane.
C) In a theater.
D) In a restaurant.
13. A) A tragic accident.
B) A sad occasion.
C) Smiths unusual life story.
D) Smiths sleeping problem.
14. A) Review the details of all her lessons.
B) Compare notes with his classmates.
C) Talk with her about his learning problems.
D) Focus on the main points of her lectures.
15. A) The man blamed the woman for being careless.
B) The man misunderstood the womans apology.
C) The woman offered to pay for the mans coffee.
D) The woman spilt coffee on the mans jacket.
16. A) Extremely tedious.
B) Hard to understand.
C) Lacking a good plot.
D) Not worth seeing twice.
17. A) Attending every lecture.
B) Doing lots of homework.
C) Reading very extensively.
D) Using testtaking strategies.
18. A) The digital TV system will offer different programs.
B) He is eager to see what the new system is like.
C) He thinks it unrealistic to have 500 channels.
D) The new TV system may not provide anything better.
Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
19. A) A notice by the electricity board.
B) Ads promoting electric appliances.
C) The description of a thief in disguise.
D) A new policy on pensioners welfare.
20. A) Speaking with a proper accent.
B) Wearing an official uniform.
C) Making friends with them.
D) Showing them his ID.
21. A) To be on the alert when being followed.
B) Not to leave senior citizens alone at home.
C) Not to let anyone in without an appointment.
D) To watch out for those from the electricity board.
22. A) She was robbed near the parking lot.
B) All her money in the bank disappeared.
C) The pension she had just drawn was stolen.
D) She was knocked down in the post office.
Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
23. A) Marketing consultancy.
B) Professional accountancy.
C) Luxury hotel management.
D) Business conference organization.
24. A) Having a good knowledge of its customs.
B) Knowing some key people in tourism.
C) Having been to the country before.
D) Being able to speak Japanese.
25. A) It will bring her potential into full play.
B) It will involve lots of train travel.
C) It will enable her to improve her Chinese.
D) It will give her more chances to visit Japan.
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 2 with a single line through the centre.
注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。
Passage One
Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard.
26. A) The lack of time.
B) The quality of life.
C) The frustrations at work.
D) The pressure on working families.
27. A) They were just as busy as people of today.
B) They saw the importance of collective efforts.
C) They didnt complain as much as modern man.
D) They lived a hard life by hunting and gathering.
28. A) To look for creative ideas of awarding employees.
B) To explore strategies for lowering production costs.
C) To seek new approaches to dealing with complaints.
D) To find effective ways to give employees flexibility.
Passage Two
Questions 29 to 31 are based on the passage you have just heard.
29. A) Family violence.
B) The Great Depression.
C) Her fathers disloyalty.
D) Her mothers bad temper.
30. A) His advanced age.
B) His childrens efforts.
C) His improved financial condition.
D) His second wifes positive influence.
31. A) Love is blind.
B) Love breeds love.
C) Divorce often has disastrous consequences.
D) Happiness is hard to find in blended families.
Passage Three
Questions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.
32. A) It was located in a park.
B) Its owner died of a heart attack.
C) It went bankrupt all of a sudden.
D) Its potted plants were for lease only.
33. A) Planting some trees in the greenhouse.
B) Writing a want ad to a local newspaper.
C) Putting up a Going Out of Business sign.
D) Helping a customer select some purchases.
34. A) Opening an office in the new office park.
B) Keeping better relations with her company.
C) Developing fresh business opportunities.
D) Building a big greenhouse of his own.
35. A) Owning the greenhouse one day.
B) Securing a job at the office park.
C) Cultivating more potted plants.
D) Finding customers out of town.
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 numbered from 36 to 43 with the exact words you have just heard. For blanks numbered from 44 to 46 you are required to fill in the missing information. For these blanks, you can either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the main points in your own words. 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2上作答。
Were now witnessing the emergence of an advanced economy based on information and knowledge. Physical (36) , raw materials, and capital are no longer the key (37) in the creation of wealth. Now, the (38) raw material in our economy is knowledge. Tomorrows wealth depends on the development and exchange of knowledge. And (39) entering the workforce offer their knowledge, not their muscles. Knowledge workers get paid for their education and their ability to learn. Knowledge workers (40) in mind work. They deal with symbols: words, (41) , and data.
What does all this mean for you? As a future knowledge worker, you can expect to be (42) , processing, as well as exchanging information. (43) , three out of four jobs involve some form of mind work, and that number will increase sharply in the future. Management and employees alike (44) .
In the new world of work, you can look forward to being in constant training (45) . You can also expect to be taking greater control of your career. Gone are the ninetofive jobs, lifetime security, predictable promotions, and even the conventional workplace, as you are familiar with. (46) . And dont wait for someone to empower you. You have to empower yourself.
听力原文(2008年6月21日)
Section A
Short Conversation
11. 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 activities for a while.
Q: What does the woman suggest the man do?
12. W: May I see you ticket, please? I think youre sitting in my seat.
M: Oh, youre right. My seat is in the balcony. Im terribly sorry.
Q: Where does conversation most probably take place?
13. W: Do you hear Mr. Smith die in his sleep last night?
M: Yes, its very sad. Please let everybody know that whoever wants to may attend the funeral.
Q: What are the speakers talking about?
14. M: Have you taken Professor Yangs exam before? Im kind of nervous.
W: Yes. Just concentrate on the important ideas shes talked about in the class and ignore the details.
Q: How does the women suggest the man prepare for Professor Yangs exam?
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 leave lasting marks on clothing.
Q: What can we infer from the conversation?
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?
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 the lecture.
Q: What contributes to the womans high score?
18. W: Have you heard about the new digital television system? It lets people get about 500 channels.
M: Yeah. But I doubt theyll have anything different from what we watch now.
Q: What does the man mean?
Long conversation
Conversation One
W: Gosh! Have you seen this, Richard?
M: See what?
W: In the paper. It says, there is a man going around pretending hes from the electricity board. Hes been calling at peoples homes, saying he is coming 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 whatever and makes off with it.
M: But you know, Jane, its partly their own fault. You should never let anyone like that in unless youre 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 they flash a card to you
M: Does this man have an ID 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 lady told them shed just been to the postoffice 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 northern accent, sounds a bit like you actually.
Questions 19 to 22 are based on the passage you have just heard.
19. What does the woman want the man to read in the newspaper?
20. How did the man mention in the newspaper try to win further trust from the victims?
21. What is the warning from the police?
22. What does the woman speaker tell us about the old lady?
Conversation Two
M: Miss Jones, could you tell me more about your first job with hotel marketing concept?
W: Yes, certainly. I was a marketing consultant responsible for marketing 10 UK hotels. They were all luxury hotels in a 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. Have you ever been to Japan?
W: Yes, I have, I spent months in Japan 2006. I met all the key people in the tourist industry, the big tour operators and the 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 job?
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 have you ever traveled on the luxury train, the Orient Express, for example?
W: No, I havent. But Ive traveled on the Glacial Express through Switzerland and I traveled across China by train about 8 years ago. I love train travel. Thats why Im very interested in this job.
23. What did the woman do in her first job?
24. What give the woman an advantage during her business trip in Japan?
25. Why is the woman applying for the new job?
Passage 1
Time! I think a lot about time and not just because its the name of the news organization I work for. Like most working people, I find time, or the lack of it, a neverending frustration and an unwinnable 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, national study of the changing workforce, 55 percent of employees say they dont have enough time for themselves, 63 percent dont have enough time for their spouses or partners, and 67 percent dont have enough time for their children. Its also not a new complaint. I bet our ancestors returned home from hunting wild animals and gathering nuts and complained about how little time they had to paint battle scenes on their cave walls. The difference is that the boss of animal hunting and the head of nut gathering probably told them to shut up or no survival for you. Todays workers are still demanding control over their time. The difference is todays bosses are listening. Ive been reading a report issued today called when work works produced jointly by three organizations. They set up to find and warn the employers who employ the most creative and most effective ways to give their workers flexibility. I found this 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.
26. What is the speaker complaining about?
27. What does the speaker say about our ancestors?
28. Why does the speaker suggest all bosses read the report by the three organizations?
Passage 2
Loving a child is a circular business. The more you give, the more you get, the more you want to give, Penalapy Leach once said. What she said proves to be true of my blended family. I was born in 1931. As the youngest of six children, I learned to share my parents love. Raising six children during the difficult times 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 relationships 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 two sons, one of them still at home. Under her influence, we became a blended family and a good relationship developed between the two 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 Daddys first wife attending his funeral. I will never forget the unconditional love shown by my step mother. When I asked her if she would object to mother attending Daddys funeral, without giving it a second thought, she immediately replied. Of course not, honey. She is the mother of my children.
Questions 29 to 31 are based on the passage you have just heard.
29. According to the speaker, what contributed to her parents divorce?
30. What brought the father closer to his own children?
31. What message does the speaker want to convey in this talk?
Passage 3
In February last year, my wife lost her job. Just as suddenly, the owner of the Green House where I worked as manager died of a heart attack. His family announced that they were going to close the business because no one in the family wanted to run it. Things looked pretty gloomy. My wife and I read the want ads each day. Then one morning, as I was hanging a going out of business sign at the green house, the door opened, and in walked a customer. She was an office manager whose company had just moved into the new office park on the edge of the town. She was looking for potted plants to place in the reception areas in offices. I dont know anything about plants, she said, I am sure in a few weeks, theyll all be dead. While I was helping her select her purchases, my mind was racing. Perhaps as many as a dozen firms that recently opened offices in the new office park and there were several hundred more acres with construction under way. That afternoon, I drove up to the office park. By 6 oclock that evening, I had signed contacts with 7 companies to rent plants from me and pay me a fee to maintain them. Within a week, I had worked down to an agreement to lease the Green House from the owners family. Business is now increasing rapidly, and one day we hope to be the proud owners of the Green House.
Questions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.
32. What do we learn about the green house?
33. What was the speaker doing when the customer walked in one morning?
34. What did the speaker think of when serving the office manager?
35. What was the speakers hope for the future?
Section C
Compound Dictation
We are now witnessing the emergence of an advanced economy based on information and knowledge. Physical labor, raw materials, and capital are no longer the key ingredients in the creation of wealth. Now the vital raw material in our economy is knowledge. Tomorrows wealth depends on the development and exchange of knowledge, and individuals entering the workforce offer their knowledge not their muscles. Knowledge workers get paid for their education and their ability to learn. Knowledge workers engage in mind work. They deal with symbols, words, figures, and data. What does all this mean for you? As a future knowledge worker, you can expect to be generating, processing as well as exchanging information. Currently three out of four jobs involve some form of mind work, and that number will increase sharply in the future. Management and employees alike will be making decisions in such areas as product development, quality control, and customer satisfaction. In the new world of work, you can look forward to be in constant training to acquire new skills that will help you keep up with improved technologies and procedures. You can also expect to be taking greater control of your career. Gone are the ninetofive jobs, lifetime security, predictable promotions and even a conventional workplace as you are familiar with. Dont expect the companies to provide you with a clearlydefined career path and dont wait for someone to empower you. You have to empower yourself.
听力答案
Part III Listening Comprehension (35 minutes)
11. A
12. C
13. B
14. D
15. D
16. B
17. A
18. D
19. C
20. D
21. C
22. C
23. A
24. D
25. B
26. A
27. A
28. D
29. B
30. D
31. B
32. B
33. C
34. C
35. A
36. labor/labour
37. ingredients
38. vital
39. individual
40. engage
41. figures
42. generating
43. Currently
44. will be making decisions in such areas as product development, quality control and customers satisfaction
45. to acquire new skills that will help you keep up with improved technologies and procedures
46. Dont expect that the companies will provide you with clearly defined career path