英语四级听力短对话模拟训练第23套

　　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 , , and , 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.

　　At the department store.

　　At the office.

　　In the restaurant.

　　In the drug store.

　　12.

　　The man shouldnt expect her to go along.

　　She doesnt think she has enough money.

　　Shell go even though the movie is bad.

　　The man should count the number of people going.

　　13.

　　She wasnt really studying.

　　She hadnt finished writing her articles.

　　She had furnished her house.

　　She could write beautifully.

　　14.

　　The problem may have been a very complicated one.

　　No one can do it.

　　The woman thinks that the problem is too easy.

　　The man can solve the problem himself.

　　15.

　　The janitor is too busy to do his work.

　　The sanitary conditions of an apartment.

　　The relationship between the janitor and the two speakers.

　　The architecture of a building.

　　16.

　　He cant tear either piece of cloth.

　　He wants part of each piece of cloth.

　　The pieces of cloth are made by a secret process.

　　The pieces of cloth seem identical to him.

　　17.

　　Tuesday.

　　Wednesday.

　　Thursday.

　　Friday.

　　18.

　　A photographers camera.

　　A television camera.

　　A movie camera.

　　The mans own camera.

　　11．C综合推断题。对话中的Here is the menu．Would you like to order now?是餐厅服务员接待客人的常用语，因此对话应该发生在餐厅里，所以C正确。

　　12．A信息明示题。男士建议大家一起去城里看电影，女士认为看电影物非所值，让他不要把自己算在内，所以A正确。

　　考点

　　count有计算；认为等含义，相关短语有：count out不把算入；countin把算入；counton依靠，依赖，如：You can count on my help．你可以依靠我的帮助。

　　13．B综合推断题。女士说简已经为她的研究项目写了一些文章，男士说看来她已经写完了。言外之意，男士原以为筒并没写完，所以B正确。

　　14．A综合推断题。男士不知道琳达能否解决这类问题，女士回答说如果琳达解决不了，就没人能解决了。言

　　外之意，琳达能力很强，要她才能解决的问题应该比较复杂，只有A最符合题意。

　　15．B综合推断题。女士准备请门卫打扫大厅，男士说能否让他也清洗一下楼梯，由此可知，他们对大楼的卫生状况不满，即在谈论大楼的卫生状况，故选B。

　　考点

　　as well相当于too或also，一般置于句末，起副词的作用，如：I like classical music and I like pop music as well．我喜欢古典音乐，也喜欢流行音乐。

　　as well as意为既又；另外；不仅而且；和一样好，如：His children as well as his wife were invited to the party．他的孩子们连同他的妻子都被邀请去参加聚会。

　　16．D信息明示题。女士说两块面料一块是纯羊毛的，另一块是合成纤维的；男士对此表示惊讶，说自己无法区分它们，所以D正确。

　　考点

　　tell apart意为分辨，辨认，识别，如：I cant tell the twin girls apart．我分不清这两个双胞胎女孩儿。类似的说法还有tellfrom，tell the difference betweenand等。

　　形容词词组identical to意为和一样，如：This bag is identical to the one I have lost．这个包和我弄丢的那个一模一样。

　　17．C信息明示题。男士问最新一期的《上海日报》到了吗，今天都已经星期二了；女士道歉说报纸晚了，估计后天能到，即报纸星期四到，故选C。

　　18．B综合推断题。男士让女士在摄像机前表现得自然一些，女士说面对上千万观众自己怎么能自然呢，由此推断，B正确。

　　Section A

　　1 I. W: Good evening, sir. Here is the menu. Would you like to order now?

　　M: Yes, but Im in a rush. Can I be served out of here in half an hour?

　　Q: Where are the speakers?

　　12. M: I thought it would be fun if we all went to see that new movie downtown.

　　W: Count me out. Ive heard its not worth the money.

　　Q: What does the woman mean?

　　13. W: Jane has written some articles for her research project.

　　M: So she has finished them.

　　Q: What had the man assumed about Jane?

　　14. M: I wonder if a problem like this can be solved by Linda.

　　W: Well. If she cant solve it, no one can.

　　Q: What can be concluded from the conversation?

　　15. W: Im going to ask the janitor to clean the lobby.

　　M: Would you ask him to wash the staircase as well?

　　Q: What is being discussed?

　　16. W：One piece of cloth is pure wool and the other is a synthetic fabric.

　　M: Amazing! I really cant tell them apart.

　　Q: What does the man mean?

　　17. M: Has the latest Shanghai Daily arrived yet? Today is already Tuesday.

　　W: Sorry, its late. Probably not till the day after tomorrow.

　　Q: On what day of the week will the newspaper arrive?

　　18. M: Remember to act naturally when youre on camera.

　　W: How can I be natural in front of 10 million viewers?

　　Q: What kind of camera are they talking about?

　　Now youll hear two long conversations.

　　Conversation One

　　M: Is that a map? Are you going sailing or something?

　　W: I wish. Its a hurricane-tracking chart. Its a map of tropical ocean areas southeast of us. It follows the development of tropical storms, even hurricanes. They develop in the Caribbean and move around the Atlantic and here on the Florida Coast. We got hit a lot by those winds or rain in July or August.

　　M: Do you think that the tropical storm is on the way?

　　W: Too early to tell, but we need to be prepared. The radio mentioned possible evacuation routes.

　　M: Really? Its that serious?

　　W: Youd better believe it. Late summer is hurricane season. The television updates locations and speeds every hour.

　　M: What did they say is out there now?

　　W: A couple of tropical depressions, two storms and two hurricanes.

　　M: Whats the difference?

　　W: Wind velocity. A depression is the least serious actually, and a hurricane is the most serious.

　　M: How serious are the winds in hurricanes?

　　W: They have sustained winds of 74 mph and up.

　　M: What are the names on the map?

　　W: David, Arlene, Francisco, and Gina. You know weather forecasters give the hurricanes the names of people to make storms easy to identify,

　　M: I wonder what the status of the storm is now.

　　W: You can turn on the television; it has the best coverage. There is an update coming up in five minutes.