大学英语四级考试听力预测试题(18)

　　1. M: It is pouring down,isnt it?

　　I can even hear it drumming on the roof.

　　W: I hope it lets up soon so that we can go out.

　　Q: What is happening?

　　2. M: Betty,did you get what you wanted as you went shopping yesterday.

　　I remember you said you wanted to get a sweater.

　　W: No,a blouse.

　　But by that time,the ones on sale were all gone.

　　So I settled for skirt.

　　Q: Which items were on sale?

　　3. W: If you are promoted to manager,will you give us a raise?

　　M: No problem.What else would I do with all the money that will come pouring in?

　　Q: What will happen to the woman if he is promoted?

　　4. M: Kate,Nancy and Bill got a separation.

　　W: Its really a shame.

　　Ive heard that they quarrel,but theyve always made up afterward.

　　Q: What hapened to Nancy and Bill?

　　5. W: Do you have a savings account at the bank?

　　M: I used to,but recently,I withdraw all the money.

　　Q: What happened to the mans money?

　　6. M: I came across our friend Jim last week in the street.

　　He said he hadnt heard from you for ages.

　　W: Yes,I know.

　　But Ive been too busy to telephone him.

　　Q: What happened to the man last week?

　　7. M: To teach those students English,do you have to speak their language quite well?

　　W: Quite the contrary.

　　They benefit most when the class is conducted entirely in the foreign language.

　　Q: How does the woman teach those students English?

　　8. M: I wish to buy a new car,but I spent too much on my house last year

　　W: New cars are expensive.

　　You cant borrow so much money.

　　Q: What happens to the man?

　　9. M: Peter was praised for helping catch the criminal.

　　W: He certainly showed a lot of courage.

　　Q: What happened to Peter?

　　10. M: What do you think of your new apartment?

　　W: Well,its very nice.

　　although Im having a hard time getting used to such a big building.

　　Q: Whats the womans problem?

　　Section B Compound Dictation

　　Let us -{suppose} that you are in the position of a parent.

　　Would you allow your children to read any book they wanted without first checking its -{contents}

　　Would you take your children to see any film without first finding out whether it is -{suitable} for them.

　　If your answer to these questions is yes,

　　then you are just plain -{irresponsible

　　If your answer is no

　　then you are exercising your right as a parent to protect your children.

　　what you consider to be -{undesirable} influence.

　　In other words,by acting as an -{examiner} yourself.

　　you are -{admitting} that there is a strong case for censorship.

　　Now,of course.

　　you will say that it is one thing to exercise censorship.

　　where children are concerned and concerned and quite another to do the same for adult.

　　children need protection and it is the parents responsibility to provide it.

　　But what about adult.

　　Arent they old enough to decide what is good for them.

　　-{The answer is that many adults are}

　　but dont make the mistake of thinking that all adults are like yourself.

　　Censorship is for the good of society as a whole.

　　Like the law,it contributes to the common good.

　　Some people think that it is a shame that a censor should interfere with works of art.

　　-{But we must bear in mind that the great proportion of book.

　　plays and films which come before the censor are very far being works of art.

　　When censorship laws are relaxed.

　　dishonest people are given a chance to produce virtually anything in the name of art.

　　One of the great things that censorship does

　　is-{to prevent certain people from making fat profits by corrupting the minds of others

　　To argue in favour of absolute freedom is to argue in favour of anarch.

　　Society would really be the better if it were protected by correct censorship