大学英语六级考前听力练习题四

　　Model Test 4 Section A

　　[00:03.53]1. M:It doesnt make any sense to go home for spring vacation now.

　　[00:08.72]W: Thats right.

　　[00:09.69]Especially since youll be graduating in May.

　　[00:12.88]Q: On what did the two speakers agree?

　　[00:16.30]2.Shall I bring you your coffee now or would you rather have it with your lunch?

　　[00:21.60]M: Id like it now,please.

　　[00:23.80]Q: Where did this conversation most probably take place?

　　[00:28.21]3. M:Could you please explain the assignment for Monday,Miss Smith?

　　[00:32.89]W: Certainly. Read the chapter in your textbook

　　[00:36.08]and come to class preparing to discuss what youve read.

　　[00:39.42]Q: What is the probable relationship between the two speakers?

　　[00:44.54]4. W: If I were you, Id be more careful about locking the back door at night.

　　[00:49.97]M: Dont worry.No one will break in.

　　[00:53.29]Q: What does the woman think will happen?

　　[00:56.76]5. W: Tickets are four dollars for adult.

　　[01:00.66]Childrens tickets are half price.

　　[01:03.35]M:Okay.Id like two adults and two childrens tickets,please.

　　[01:08.55]Q: How much did the man pay for the tickets?

　　[01:12.44]6.Did you buy a birthday present for your brother?Not yet,Ive been thinking about getting him a record.

　　[01:20.72]He likes classical music.

　　[01:22.89]Q: Which record would the womans brother like best?

　　[01:27.25]7. M: I hope that the bank will be open.

　　[01:30.83]W: The sign says: nine A.M.to five P.M. weekday

　　[01:35.43]nine A.M. to twelve noon on Saturdays,closed Sundays.

　　[01:40.75]Q: When will the bank be open on Saturday?

　　[01:40.75]8. W: Im sorry,sir.

　　[01:43.34]Would you please spell your last name?

　　[01:46.14]M: Yes. Its Jensen. J-E-N-S-E-N.

　　[01:51.67]Q: What is the mans last name?

　　[01:54.60]9. M: Good morning.

　　[01:56.58]Id like to speak to Mr.Adams,please.

　　[01:59.54]This is Edward Miller at the Sun Valley Health Center.

　　[02:03.30]W: Mr. Miller, my husband isnt at home.

　　[02:06.25]I can give you his business phone if youd like to call him at work,though.

　　[02:06.32]Q:Where is Mr.Adams now?

　　[02:09.53]10. W:How much are these pillows,please?

　　[02:12.80]M: Four dollars each or seven dollars for the pair.

　　[02:16.41]Q: How much does one pillow cost?

　　[02:19.85]Section B

　　[02:21.39]Passage One

　　[02:22.62]By 1862 telegraph communications linked San Francisco with eastern cities

　　[02:29.34]and by 1869,the first transcontinental railroad connected the Pacific coast with the Atlantic seaboard.

　　[02:37.33]Today San Francisco has a population of almost three million.

　　[02:42.27]It is the financial center of the West

　　[02:45.17]and serves as the terminus for trans-Pacific steamship lines and air traffic.

　　[02:51.07]The port of San Francisco

　　[02:53.03]which is almost eighteen miles long with forty-two pier

　　[02:57.42]handles between five and six million tons of cargo annually.

　　[03:02.54]And now,if you will look to your right

　　[03:05.33]you should just be able to see the east section of the Golden Gate Bridge

　　[03:10.22]The bridge,which is more than one mile long

　　[03:13.27]spans the harbor from San Francisco to Marin County and the Red Wood Highwall

　　[03:18.92]It was completed in 1937 at a cost of thirty-two million dollars

　　[03:23.96]and is still one of the largest suspension bridges in the world.

　　[03:27.51]11. How long is the Golden Gate Bridge?

　　[03:31.27]12. What is the population of San Francisco today?

　　[03:35.71]13. How much did it cost to complete construction of the Golden Gate Bridge?

　　[03:41.22]Passage Two

　　[03:42.77]Mans first real invention

　　[03:44.73]and one of the most important inventions in history,was the wheel

　　[03:48.96]All transportation and every machine in the world depend on it.

　　[03:53.21]The wheel is the simplest yet perhaps the most remarkable of all invention

　　[03:58.41]Because there are no wheels in nature--no living things was ever created with wheel

　　[04:04.29]How,then,did man come to invent the wheel?

　　[04:07.29]Perhaps some early hunters found that they could roll the body on

　　[04:10.74]a heavy animal through the forest on logs more easily than they could carry it.

　　[04:16.39]However,the logs themselves weighed a lost

　　[04:19.89]It must have taken a great prehistoric thinker to imagine two thin slices on

　　[04:25.14]log connected at their centers by a strong stick

　　[04:24.14]This would roll along just as the logs did

　　[04:27.32]yet be much lighter and easier to handle.

　　[04:30.07]Thus the wheel and axle came into being

　　[04:32.81]and with them the first carts.

　　[04:35.29]14. Why was it remarkable of man to invent the wheel?

　　[04:40.65]15. According to this passage, what might be the first wheel?

　　[04:45.79]16. Where might the idea for the wheel have come from?

　　[04:50.49]Passage Three

　　[04:52.01]Good morning, and welcome to American studies 101

　　[04:52.01]I would like to begin this semester by discussing the region of the United States known as the Northeast

　　[04:58.64]This region includes twelve states and a small are

　　[05:02.01]called the District of Columbia that is the home of the national government.

　　[05:07.13]The Northeast is a very important part of the United States

　　[05:11.00]for although it covers only about six percent of the nations geographical are

　　[05:16.25]it contains approximately one-fourth of the countrys population

　　[05:20.64]New York,the most popular city in the United States

　　[05:24.66]and several other large cities are located in this region.

　　[05:28.01]Why are these twelve states so important.

　　[05:30.98]In the first place

　　[05:32.42]the Northeast was one of the first sections of the country to be settled by European

　　[05:37.80]Busy cities developed there when most of America was still a sparsely settled wilderness.

　　[05:43.60]Many crucial events in the nations early history took place there

　　[05:47.49]Ill be describing some of those events Wednesday in my second lecture.

　　[05:51.88]Today the Northeast is a great manufacturing and trading region

　　[05:56.32]Thousands of factories produce a wide variety of good

　　[05:59.69]and provide other regions of the country with items they need.

　　[06:03.66]Many large manufacturing firms have their central headquarters here.

　　[06:08.00]Some of the countrys largest banks

　　[06:10.43]investment agencies,and publishing houses are found in the Northeast

　　[06:15.00]Several of its cities are noted for their museum

　　[06:18.94]Some of the cuntrys best known colleges and universities are also located in this region.

　　[06:25.03]Finally the Northeast is the principal location for much of the countrys international trade

　　[06:31.30]In the heart of this region New York city is the home of the United Nations.

　　[06:36.19]17. When is the lecture probably given?

　　[06:40.63]18. What is this lecture mainly about?

　　[06:44.60]19. How is the Northeast described in the talk?

　　[06:48.93]20. According to the speaker why is the Northeast an important part of the Unied States today