2014年6月英语四级听力答案和解析

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　　Part III Listening Comprehension

　　Section A

　　11.

　　M: Shawns been trying for months to find a job. But I wonder how he could get a job when he looks like that.

　　W: Oh, that poor guy! He really should shave himself every other day at least and put on something clean.

　　Q: What do we learn about Shawn?

　　答案：A. He is careless about his appearance.

　　解析：男生首先对肖恩能否找到工作表示怀疑，因为他邋遢。女生接着提到肖恩不修边幅，又说他应该每隔一天刮一次胡子，把自己弄得整洁干净一点。由此可知，肖恩是一个对仪容仪表不太注重，比较粗线条的人shave，刮胡子;be careless about不在乎，不介意;

　　12.

　　W: I wish Jane would call when she know shell be late. This is not the first time weve had to wait for her.

　　M: I agree. But she does have to drive through very heavy traffic to get here.

　　Q: What does the man imply?

　　答案：A. Jane maybe caught in a traffic jam.

　　解析：本题是推理题，在做题时要注意仔细推敲。女生说：Jane已经不是第一次迟到让我们等了，我希望她能事先打电话告诉我们一下，可见女生对Jane迟到的作法是不满的。

　　男生又说：I agree. But she does have to drive through very heavy traffic to get here.由此得出，男生对此事的态度是理解或宽容的。Jane可能被堵在半路了。

　　13.

　　M: Congratulations! I heard your baseball team is going to the Middle Atlantic Championship.

　　W: Yeah, were all working real hard right now!

　　Q: What is the womans team doing?

　　答案：A. Training for the Mid-Atlantic Championship.

　　解析：对话开头男生提到女生所在的棒球队要参加Mid-Atlantic Championship.女生说：were all working real hard right now!由此可知，女生所在的棒球队正在进行赛前训练。

　　此题还有一个迷惑选项B, Making preparations for a trans-Atlantic trip,必须注意的是：这里并不是准备旅行，而是准备参赛。

　　14.

　　W: Johns been looking after his mother in the hospital. She was injured in a car accident two weeks ago and still in critical condition.

　　M: Oh, thats terrible. And you know his father passed away last year.

　　Q: What do we learn about John?

　　答案：D. He has been having a hard time.

　　解析：根据听力原文可知，Johns mother is in the hospital and his father died last year.由此可见，John的近况还是蛮悲惨的;答案也就显而易见了。

　　15.

　　M: What a boring speaker! I can hardly stay awake.

　　W: Well, I dont know. In fact, I think its been a long time since Ive heard anyone is good.

　　Q: What do we learn from the conversation?

　　答案：D The woman thinks highly of the speaker

　　解析：根据听力原文可知，男生觉得演讲无趣，女生却很淡定地说：其实我已经很久没有听到那么好的发言了。由此可见，女生对发言还是很肯定的。选项D中thinks highly of即对评价高，故D是正确答案。

　　16.

　　W: Im having a lot of trouble with logic and it seems my professor cant explain it in a way that makes sense to me.

　　M: You know, there is a tutoring service on campus. I was about to drop statistics before they helped me out.

　　Q: What does the man mean?

　　答案：C. The woman should seek help from tutoring services.

　　解析：首先女生说她逻辑学得很辛苦，接受不了老师的讲课方式也理解不了课程内容。

　　而后男生说学校有辅导班，他在参加之前几乎要挂科了，辅导班帮了他大忙。言下之意是推荐女生也去上辅导班。

　　17.

　　M: This is a stylish overcoat. I saw you wearing it last week, didt I?

　　W: Oh, that wasnt me. That was my sister Jill. Shes in your class.

　　Q: What does the woman mean?

　　答案：C. Jill wore the overcoat last week.

　　解析：首先男生问女生上周是否穿过拉风外套，然后女生说：That was my sister Jill. Shes in your class.也就是说男生很有可能看到的那个穿着拉风外套的人是女生的姐姐Jill。

　　18.

　　M: Jane, suppose you lost all your money while taking a vacation overseas, what would you do?

　　W: Well, I guess Id sell my watch or computer or do some odd jobs till I could afford a return plane ticket.

　　Q: What are the speakers talking about?

　　答案：B. An imaginary situation.

　　解析：根据原文录音可知，对话开头男生讲到：Jane, suppose you lost all your money while taking a vacation overseas, what would you do? 这里的suppose表明假定、料想由此可见，两人谈论的是一个虚拟场景。

　　Section B

　　Passage One

　　There are many commonly held beliefs about eye glasses and eyesight that are not proven facts. For instance, some people believe that wearing glasses too soon weakens the eyes. But there is no evidence to show that the structure of eyes is changed by wearing glasses at a young age. Wearing the wrong glasses, however, can prove harmful. Studies show that for adults there is no danger, but children can develop loss of vision if they have glasses inappropriate for their eyes.

　　We have all heard some of the common myths about how eyesight gets bad. Most people believe that reading in dim light causes poor eyesight, but that is untrue. Too little light makes the eyes work harder, so they do get tired and strained. Eyestrain also results from reading a lot, reading in bed, and watching too much television. However, although eyestrain may cause some pain or headaches, it does not permanently damage eyesight.

　　Another myth about eyes is that they can be replaced, or transferred from one person to another. There are close to one million nerve fibres that connect the eyeball to the brain, as of yet it is impossible to attach them all in a new person. Only certain parts of the eye can be replaced. But if we keep clearing up the myths and learning more about the eyes, some day a full transplant may be possible.

　　Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard.

　　26. What does the speaker want to tell us about eyesight?

　　27. What do studies about wearing the wrong glasses show?

　　28. What do we learn about eye transplanting from the talk?

　　篇章类型及提要：论证文

　　听力点睛：

　　本文主要介绍关于纠正一些对眼镜及视力的常识的错误认识。注意文章首句There are many commonly held beliefsabout eye glasses and eyesight that are not proven facts. 通常这种文章首句就是主旨句。这是做听力短文题必须要高度关注的。接下去可以推测下面内容必然围绕主题句展开，通过举例等来论证作者要表明的观点。所以听的时候也要高度专注那些关键词句，如for instance, however, but, evidence, although, Studies show that...这些关键词句后面的内容是听力常考的地方。最后文章给出一个总结句呼吁人们破除固有的一些认识，去更多了解我们的眼睛，头尾呼应。

　　精剖细析：

　　26. What does the speaker want to tell us about eyesight?

　　解析：从eyesight 可以把答案定位于第一段，关键词有weakens the eyes loss of vision. 注意题目中是问speaker要告诉我们的，所以不要被some people believe...误导，看清题目要问什么很重要。

　　27. What do studies about wearing the wrong glasses show?

　　解析：本题关键词是studies wearing the wrong glasses. 文章中作者很明显地给出了Studies show that for adults... 因此了解这个后面的内容，做出本题难度不大。

　　28. What do we learn about eye transplanting from the talk?

　　解析：本题关键词eye transplanting，迅速定位于听力后面部分。

　　Section C Compound Dictation

　　Contrary to the old warning that time waits for no one, time slows down when you are on the move. It also slows down more as you move faster, which means astronauts some day may survive so long in space that they would return to an earth of the distant future。

　　If you could move at the speed of light, your time would stand still, if you could move faster than light, your time would move backward. Although no form of matter yet discovered, moves as fast as or faster than light, scientific experiments has already confirmed that accelerated motion causes a travelers time to be stretched. Albert Einstein predicted this in 1905, when he introduced the concept of relative time as part of his special theory of relativity. A search is now under way to confirm the suspected existence of particles of matter that move at a speed greater than light. And therefore, might serve as our passports to the past. An obsession with time, saving, gaming, wasting, losing and mastering it, seems to have been a part of humanity for as long as human have existed. Humanity also has been obsessed with trying to capture the meaning of time. Einstein used a definition of time for experimental purposes, as that which is measured by a clock. Thus time and times relativity are measurable by any hour glass, alarm clock, or atomic clock that can measure a billionth of a second。

　　36. survive 37. distant 38. backward 39. discovered 40. scientific 41. motion 42. predicted 43. introduced 44. that move at a speed greater than light, and therefore, might serve as our passports to the past. 45. seems to have been a part of humanity for as long as human have existed. 46. used a definition of time for experimental purposes, as that which is measured by a clock。

　　本文提要：

　　本篇属于科技类文章，主要围绕时间和运动的关系展开;用谚语开篇引出全文，很有吸引力。中间引用爱因斯坦的相对论，具体阐述主题。

　　解题密钥：

　　听类似文章时首先要注意把握逻辑结构，也即听第一遍听时把握大意，先不要急于填写所有空缺，重点是要缕清思路，听懂文章在说什么，记录关键信息词;有了对文章整体的把握后，第二遍听时就容易许多，这时就可以把空缺进量补齐，注意填句部分不一定非得按原文填写，只要意思相近就行;第三遍是最后一遍，此时要边听边检查已填写空缺，另外也可补填遗漏。

　　听力音频结束后，可对所填词汇进行检查，此时主要根据语法知识保证词形，词性准确无误;另外也可重新组织语句，完善填句部分。