2011年6月大学英语四级考试听力题目及原文
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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.
11. A) He is careless about his appearance.
B) He is ashamed of his
present
condition.
C) He changes jobs
frequently.
D) He shaves every other
day.
12. A) Jane may be caught in a
traffic jam.
B) Jane should have started a
little earlier.
C) He knows what sort of
person Jane is.
D) He is irritated at having to
wait for Jane.
13. A) Training for the
Mid-Atlantic Championships.
B) Making preparations for a
trans-Atlantic trip.
C) Collecting information about
baseball games.
D) Analyzing their rivals'
on-field performance.
14. A) He had a narrow escape
in a car accident.
B) He is hospitalized for a
serious injury.
C) He lost his mother two
weeks ago.
D) He has been having a hard
time.
15. A) The woman has known the
speaker for a long time.
B) The man had difficulty
understanding the lecture.
C) The man is making a fuss
about nothing.
D) The woman thinks highly of
the speaker.
16. A) He has difficulty making
sense of logic.
B) Statistics and logic are
both challenging subjects.
C) The woman should seek help
from the tutoring service.
D) Tutoring services are very
popular with students.
17. A) Her overcoat is as
stylish as Jill's.
B) Jill missed her class last
week.
C) Jill wore the overcoat
last week.
D) She is in the same class as
the man.
18. A) A computer game.
B) An imaginary
situation.
C) An exciting experience.
D) A vacation by the
sea.
Questions 19 to 21 are based
on the conversation you have just heard.
19. A) Beautiful scenery in the
countryside.
B) Dangers of cross-country
skiing.
C) Pain and pleasure in sports.
D) A sport he participates
in.
20. A) He can't find good
examples to illustrate his point.
B) He
can't find a peaceful place to do the assignment.
C) He
doesn't know how to describe the beautiful country scenery.
D) He can't decide whether
to include the effort part of skiing.
21. A) New ideas come up as you
write.
B) Much time is spent on
collecting data.
C) A lot of effort is made
in vain.
D) The writer's point of view
often changes.
Questions 22 to 25 are based
on the conversation you have just heard.
22. A) Journalist of a local
newspaper.
B) Director of evening radio
programs.
C) Producer of television
commercials.
D) Hostess of the weekly
'Business World'.
23. A) He ran three restaurants
with his wife's help.
B) He and his wife did
everything by themselves.
C) He worked both as a cook and
a waiter.
D) He hired a cook and two
local waitresses.
24. A) He hardly needs to do
any advertising nowadays.
B) He advertises a lot on radio
and in newspapers.
C) He spends huge sums on TV
commercials every year.
D) He hires children to
distribute ads in shopping centers.
25. A) The restaurant location.
B) The restaurant
atmosphere.
C) The food variety.
D) The food price.
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.
Passage One
26. A) Its protection is often
neglected by children.
B) It cannot be fully restored
once damaged.
C) There are many false notions
about it.
D) There are various ways to
protect it.
27. A) It may make the wearer
feel tired.
B) It will gradually weaken the
eyes of adults.
C) It
can lead to the loss of vision in children.
D) It can permanently change
the eye structure.
28. A) It can never be done
with high technology.
B) It is the best way to
restore damaged eyesight.
C) It is a major
achievement in eye surgery.
D) It can only be partly
accomplished now.
Passage Two
29. A) They think they should
follow the current trend.
B) Nursing homes are
well-equipped and convenient.
C) Adult day-care centers are
easily accessible.
D) They have jobs and other
commitments.
30. A) They don't want to use
up all their life savings.
B) They fear they will regret
it afterwards.
C) They would like to spend
more time with them.
D) They don't want to see their
husbands poorly treated.
31. A) Provide professional
standard care.
B) Be frank and seek help from
others.
C) Be affectionate and
cooperative.
D) Make use of community
facilities.
Passage
Three
32. A) Health and safety
conditions in the workplace.
B) Rights and responsibilities
of company employees.
C) Common complaints made by
office workers.
D) Conflicts between labor and
management.
33. A) Replace its out-dated
equipment.
B) Improve the welfare of
affected workers.
C) Follow the government
regulations strictly.
D) Provide extra health
compensation.
34. A) They requested to
transfer to a safer department.
B) They quit work to protect
their unborn babies.
C) They sought help from union
representatives.
D) They wanted to work shorter
hours.
35. A) To show how they love
winter sports.
B) To attract the attention
from the media.
C) To protect against the poor
working conditions.
D) To protect themselves
against the cold weather.
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.
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(宇航员) someday may (36
__________ so long in space
that they would return to an Earth of the (37)__________ 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
(38)__________ .
Although no form of matter yet
(39)__________ moves as fast as or faster than light,
(40)__________
experiments have already
confirmed that accelerated (41)__________ causes a traveler's time
to be
stretched. Albert Einstein
(42)__________ this in 1905, when he (43)__________ 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
(44)_______________________________________________
__________________________________________ .
An
obsession(沉迷)with time-saving, gaining, wasting, losing, and mastering
it-(45)___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
. Humanity also has been obsessed with trying to capture the
meaning of time. Einstein
(46)___________________________________________________________
____________________________________. Thus, time and time's
relativity are measurable by any hourglass,
alarm clock, or an atomic clock
that can measure a billionth of a second.
原文：
11. M：Sean has been trying for month to find a
job, but I wonder how he could get a job when he looks like
that。
W: Oh, poor guy,
he really should shave himself every other day at least, and put on
something clean。
Q: What do we
learn about Sean?
12. W: I wish
Jane would call when she know she’ll be late. This is not the first
time we 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?
13. M:
Congratulations. I heard your baseball team is going to the
Mid-Atlantic Championships。
W: Yeah. We are
all working real hard right now。
Q: What is the
woman’s team doing?
14. W: John has
been looking after his mother in the hospital. She was injured in a
car accident two weeks ago and is still in critical
condition 。
M: Oh, that’s
terrible. And you know, his father passed away last
year。
Q: What do we
learn about John?
15.
M: What a boring
speaker! I could hardly stay awake.
W: Well, I don’t
know. In fact I think it’s been a long time since I’ve heard anyone
is good.
Q: What do we
learn from the conversation?
16.
W: I’m having a
lot of trouble with logic and it seems my professor can’t 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?
17.
M: this is a
stylish overcoat. I saw you wearing it last week, didn’t I
?
W: oh, that
wasn’t me. That was my sister Jill. She is in your
class.
Q: What does the
woman mean?
18.
M: Jane, suppose
you lost all your money while taking a vacation overseas, what
would you do?
M: well, I guess
I’d sell my watch or computer or do some odd jobs till I can afford
a return plane ticket.
Q: what are the
speakers talking about?
听力长对话1
M: Hello,
Professor Johnson.
W: Hello, Tony,
so what shall we work on today?
M: Well, the
problem is that this writing assignment isn’t coming out right.
What I thought I was writing on was to talk about what a particular
sport means to me when I participate in.
W: What sport
did you choose?
M: I decided to
write about cross-country skiing.
W: What are you
going to say about skiing?
M: That’s the
problem. I thought I would write about how peaceful it is to be out
in the country.
W: So why is
that a problem?
M: I’d like to
start describing how quite it is to be out in the woods. I keep
mentioning how much effort it takes to keep going. Cross-country
skiing isn’t as simple as some people think. It takes a lot of
energy, but that’s not heart of my paper, so I guess I should leave
it out. But now I don’t know how to explain that feeling of
peacefulness without explaining how hard you have to work for it.
It all fits together. It’s not like just sitting down somewhere and
watching the clouds roll by. That’s different.
W: Then you have
to include that in your point. The peacefulness of cross-country
skiing is the kind you earn by effort. Why leave that out? Part of
the point you knew beforehand, but part you discovered as you
wrote. That’s common, right?
M: Yeah, I guess
so.
Q19. What is the
topic of the man’s writing assignment?
Q20. What
problem does the man have while working on his paper?
Q21. What does
the woman say is common in writing papers?
听力长对话2
W: Good evening, and welcome to this week’s Business World,
a program for and about business people. Tonight we have Mr.
Angelino who came to the United States six years ago and now he is
an established businessman with three restaurants in town .Tell us
, MR Angelino, how did you get started ?
M : well ,I
started off with a small diner ,I did all the cooking myself and my
wife waited on tables ,it was really too much work for two people ,
my cooking is great and word got around downtown about the food
.With in a year ,I had to hire another cook and four waitresses
.when that restaurant became very busy . I decided to expand my
business .now with three places, my main concern is keeping the
business successful and running smoothly
W : Do you
advertise ?
M : oh ,yes . I
don’t have any TV commercials because they are too expensive .but I
have advertised a lot on radio and in local newspapers .My children
used to distribute Ads in nearby shopping centers ,but we don’t
need to do that any more
W : why do you
believe you’ve been very successful
M : I always
served fresh possible food ,and I make the atmosphere as
comfortable and as pleasant as I can so that my customers will want
to come back again
W : so you will
always aim to please the customers
M :
absolutely
W :without them
,I would have no business at all
M :thank you MR
Angelino . I think your advice would be helpful to those just
starting out in business
Question 22-25
are just based on what you have just heard:
22: what is the
woman’s occupation?
23: what do we
learn about MR Angelino’s business at its beginning ?
24:what did MR
Angelino say about advertising in business ?
25:what does the
man say contribute the success of the business ?
听力理解短文原文
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?
Passage
Two
When people care
for an elderly relative, they often do not use available community
services, such as adult day care centers. If the care givers are
adult children, they are more likely to use such services,
especially because they often have jobs and other responsibilities.
In contrast, a spouse, usually the wife, is much less likely to use
support services or to put the dependent person in a nursing home.
Social workers discover that the wife normally tries to take care
of her husband herself for as long as she can in order not to use
up their life savings. Researchers have found that caring for the
elderly can be a very positive experience. The elderly appreciated
the care and attention they received. They were affectionate and
corporative. However, even when care giving is satisfying, it is
hard work. Social workers and experts on aging offer care givers
and potential care givers help when arranging for the care of an
elderly relative. One consideration is to ask parents what they
want before they become sick or dependent. Perhaps they prefer
going into a nursing home can select one in advance. On the other
hand, they may want to live with their adult children. Care givers
must also learn to state their needs and opinions clearly and ask
for help from others especially brothers and sisters. Brothers and
sisters are often willing to help but they may not know what to
do。
Question 29 to
31 are based on the passage you have just
heard。
Q29. Why are
adult children more likely to use community services to help care
for elderly parents?
Q30. Why are
most wives unwilling to put their dependent husbands into nursing
homes?
Q31. According
to the passage, what must care givers learn to do?
Passage
Three
Questions 32 to
35 are based on the passage you have just
heard。
Since a union
representative visited our company to inform us about our rights
and protections. My coworkers have been worrying about health
conditions and complaining about safety hazards in the workplace.
Several of the employees in the computer department, for example,
claim to be developing vision problems from having to stare at a
video display terminal for about 7 hours a day. The supervisor of
the laboratory is beginning to get headaches and dizzy spells
because she says it’s dangerous to breathe some of the chemical
smoke there. An X-rays technician is refusing to do her job until
the firm agrees to replace its out-dated equipment. She insists
that it’s exposing workers to unnecessarily high doses of
radiation. She thinks that she may have to contact the Occupational
Safety and Health Administration and asked that government agency
to inspect the department. I’ve heard that at a factory in the area
two pregnant women who were working with paint requested a transfer
to a safer department, because they wanted to prevent damage to
their unborn babies. The supervisor of personnel refused the
request. In another firm the workers were constantly complaining
about the malfunctioning heating system, but the owners was too
busy or too mean to do anything about it. Finally, they all met an
agree to wear ski-clothing to work the next day. The owner was too
embarrassed to talk to his employees. But he had the heating system
replaced right away。
Questions 32- 35
are based on the passage you have just
heard。
32 What does the
talk focus on?
33 What did the
X-ray technician ask her company to do?
34 What does the
speaker say about the two pregnant women working with
paint?
35 Why did the
workers in the firm wear ski-clothing to work?
复合式听写原文
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 someday may survive so long in space that they
would return to earth in a distant future. If you could move at the
speed of light, your time will stand still. If you could move
faster than light, your time will move backwards. Although no form
of matter yet discovered move as fast as or faster than light,
scientific experiments have already confirmed that the accelerated
motion causes a traveller’s 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
underway to confirm the suspected existence of particles of matter
that move at the speed greater than light, and therfore might serve
as a passport to the past And obsession with time, saving, gaining,
wasting, losing and mastering it, seems to have been part of
humanity for as long as human’s have
existed。
Humanity also
has been obsessed with trying to capture the meaning of time.
Einstein used a definition of time for experimental purposes, is
that which is measured by a clock, thus time and time’s relativity
are measurable by any hour glass, alarm clock or an atomic clock
that can measure a billionth of a second。
答案：
Part III Listening Comprehension Section A 8
Short Conversations
11. A.He is careless about his appearance. 12. A.Jane maybe caught
in a traffic jam.
13. A.Training for the Mid-Atlantic Championship. 14. D.He has been
having a hard time.
15. DThe woman thinks highly of the speaker 16. C.The woman should
seek help from tutoring services.
17. C.Jill wore the overcoat last week. 18. B.An imaginary
situation.
Long Conversation One
19. C. Pain and
pleasure in sports 20. D. He can’t decide whether to include the
effort part of skiing.
21. A. New ideas come up as you write.
Long Conversation Two
22. D. Hostess of the
weekly “Business World” 23. B. He and his wife did everything by
themselves.
24. B. He advertises a lot on radio and in newspapers. 25. B. The
restaurant atmosphere
Section B Passage One 26. C There are many false
notions about it.
27. C. It can lead to the loss of vision in children. 28. D. It can
only be partly accomplished now.
Passage Two 29. D. They have jobs and other
commitments.
30. A. They don't want to use up all their life savings. 31. C. Be
frank and seek help from others.
Passage Three 32. A. Health and safety conditions in
workplace.
33. A. Replace its out-dated equipments. 34. A. They requested to
transfer to a safer department.
35. C. To protest against the poor working condition
Section C Compound Dictation
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.
