标题: 2005年12月24英语四级听力原文与mp3 [打印本页] 作者: myboocn 时间: 2006-5-29 08:38 标题: 2005年12月24英语四级听力原文与mp3 2005年12月24英语四级听力原文
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1-10 ACDAC BACBD
11-20 DAABC ACBBD
Section A
1. W: Carol told us on the phone not to worry about her. Her left leg doesn’t hurt as much as it did yesterday.
M: She’d better have it examined by a doctor anyway. And I will call her about it this evening.
Q: What does the man think Carol should do?
2. M: There is a non-stop train for Washington and it leaves at 2:30.
W: It’s faster than the 2 o’clock train. Besides, we can have something to eat before getting on the train.
Q: What do we learn from the conversation?
3. M: Hi, Melissa, how’s your project going? Have you thought about going to graduate school? Perhaps you can get into Harvard.
W: Everything is coming along really well. I have been thinking about graduate school. But I’ll talk to my tutor Dr. Garcia first and see what she thinks.
Q: What do you learn about the woman from the conversation?
4. W: Did you attend Alice’s presentation last night? It was the first time for her to give a speech to a large audience.
M: How she could be so calm in front of so many people is really beyond me!
Q: What do we learn from the conversation?
5. W: You’ve been doing weather reports for neatly 30 years. Has the weather got any worse in all these years?
M: Well, not necessarily worse. But we are seeing more swings.
Q: What does the man say about the weather?
6. M: Excuse me, I am looking for the textbook by a Professor Jordon for the marketing course.
W: I am afraid it’s out of stock. You’ll have to order it. And it will take the publisher 3 weeks to send it to us.
Q: Where did this conversation most probably take place?
7. M: I am going to New York next week, but the hotel I booked is really expensive.
W: Why book a hotel? My brother has 2 spare rooms in his apartment.
Q: What does the woman mean?
8. W: In my opinion, watching the news on TV is a good way to learn English. What do you think?
M: It would be better if you could check the same information in English newspapers afterwards.
Q: What does the man say about learning English?
9. M: I hear a newly-invented drug can make people tell the truth and it may prove useful in questioning terrorists. Isn’t it incredible?
W: Simple solutions to complex problems rarely succeed. As far as I know, no such drugs are ever known to work.
Q: What does the woman think of the new drug?
10. M: You know the electronics company is coming to our campus to recruit graduate students next week.
W: Really? What day? I’d like to talk to them and hand in my resume.
Q: What does the woman want to do?
Section B
Passage one
A new study reports the common drug aspirin greatly reduces life threatening problems after an operation to replace blocked blood vessels to the heart. More than 800,000 people around the world have this heart surgery each year. The doctors who carried out the study say giving aspirin to patients soon after the operation could save thousands of lives. People usually take aspirin to control pain and reduce high body temperature. Doctors also advise some people to take aspirin to help prevent heart attacks. About 10-15 percent of these heart operations end in death or damage to the heart or other organs. The new study shows that even a small amount of aspirin reduced such threats. The doctors said the chance of death for patients who took aspirin would fall by 67%. They claimed this was true if the aspirin was given within 48 hours of the operation. The doctors believe aspirin helps heart surgery patients because it can prevent blood from thickening and blood vessels from being blocked. However, the doctors warned that people who have stomach bleeding or other bad reactions from aspirin should not take it after heart surgery.
Q11. What is the finding of the new study of aspirin?
Q12. In what way can aspirin help heart surgery patients according to the doctors?
Q13. What warning did the doctors give about the use of aspirin?
Passage Two
Were you the first or the last child in you family? Or were you a middle or an only child? Some people think it matters where you were born in you family. But there are different ideas about what birth order means. Some people say that oldest children are smart and strong-willed. They are very likely to be successful. The reason for this is simple. Parents have a lot of time for their first child, they give him or her a lot of attention. So this child is very likely to do well. An only child will succeed for the same reason. What happens to the other children in the family? Middle children don’t get so much attention, so they don’t feel that important. If a family has many children, the middle one sometimes gets lost in the crowd. The youngest child, though, often gets special treatment. He or she is the baby. Often this child grows up to be funny and charming. Do you believe these ideas of birth order too? A recent study saw things quite differently. The study found that first children believed in family rules. They didn’t take many chances in their lives. They usually followed orders. Rules didn’t mean as much to later children in the family. They went out and followed their own ideas. They took chances and they often did better in life.
Q14. According to common belief, in what way are the first child and the only child alike?
Q15. What do people usually say about middle children?
Q16. what do we learn about later children in a family from a recent study of birth order?
Passage Three
When my interest shifted from space to the sea, I never expected it would cause such confusion among my friends, yet I can understand their feelings. As I have been writing and talking about space flight for the best part of 20 years, a sudden switch of interest to the depth of the sea doer seem peculiar. To explain, I’d like to share my reasons behind this unusual change of mind. The first excuse I give is an economic one. Underwater exploration is so much cheaper than space flight. The first round-trip ticket to the moon is going to cost at least 10 billion dollars if you include research and development. By the end of this century, the cost will be down to a few million. On the other hand, the diving suit and a set of basic tools needed for skin-diving can be bought for 20 dollars. My second argument is more philosophical. The ocean, surprisingly enough, has many things in common with space. In their different ways, both sea and space are equally hostile. If we wish to survive in either for any length of time, we need to have mechanical aids. The diving suit helped the design of the space suit. The feelings and the emotions of a man beneath the sea will be much like those of a man beyond the atmosphere.
Q17. How did the speaker’s friends respond to his change of interest?
Q18. What is one of the reasons for the speaker to switch his interest to underwater exploration?
Q19. In what way does the speaker think diving is similar to space travel?
Q20. What is the speaker’s purpose in giving this talk?
05.01
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Section A
1-10DAACB DCBCA
Section B Compound Dictation
S1. quality
S2. investigated
S3. value
S4. familiar
S5. recommend
S6. perhaps
S7. additional
S8. Equivalent German models tend to be heavier and slightly less easy to use.
S9. Similarly, it is smaller than most of its competitors, thus fitting easily into a pocket or a handbag.
S10. The only problem was slight awkwardness in loading the film
2004年6月大学英语四级试题答案
1-10 DCCAB DBACB
Section B
S1. popular S2. historical S3. prints S4. instruments
S5. permitted S6. established S7. destroyed
S8. In 1897, the library moved into its own building across the street from the Capitol
S9. The library provides books and materials to the US Congress and also lends books to other American libraries, government agencies and foreign libraries.
S10. Anyone who wants copyright protection for a publication in the US must send two copies to the library.
2004年1月四级答案：
1-10 DCACB/DCABD
11-20 ADCBD/ABDDA
［2003年6月21日四级听力试题原文答案］
1-20 DADDA CABCC BCCCA BDBBB
PartⅠ Listening Comprehension
Section A
1. M：Gorge, look at the long waiting line. I am glad you’ve made a reservation.
M：More and more people enjoy eating out now. Beside, this place is especially popular with the overseas students.
Q：Where did the conversation most probably take place?
2. M： I wonder if you can drop by tomorrow evening. The Stevensons are coming over to dinner. I’d like you to meet them.
W：Sure, I’d love to. I’ve heard they are very interesting people.
Q： What do we learn from the conversation?
3. W： The presentation made by Professor Jackson was complicated to understand.
M：Well, I think he didn’t speak slowly enough for us for us to take the notes.
Q： What did the man complain?
4. W： You’ve got your apartment furnished, haven’t you?
M：I’ve bought some used furniture from Sunday market. It was a real bargain.
Q：What does the man mean?
5. M：Mary doesn’t want me to take the job. She says our child is too young. And the job requires much travelling.
W：You should talk to her again and see if you can find a way out. Think about the gains and losses before you make the decision.
Q：What do we learn from the conversation?
6. M：I haven’t got my scores on the GRE test yet. Do you think I should call to make inquiries?
W：There is no hurry. The test scores are released at least eight weeks after the test.
Q：What does the woman advise the man to do?
7. M：Have you finished reading the book you bought last month?
W：oh, I didn’t read straight through the way you read a novel,I just covered a few chapters which interested me most.
Q：How did the woman read the book?
8. W：Hello, Joe, Haven’t seen you for quite a while. Are you fine?
M：Oh,yes, but not a thing to go against me. I had a car accident, only someminor injuries though.
Q：What happened to Joe?
9. M：The taxi is waiting downstairs, let’s hurry.
W：Wait a minute. I’ll take some food with us. I don’t like the meal served on the train.
Q：What are the speakers going to do?
10. W：Is that optional course as hard as everybody says?
M：It’s actually even worse, believe it or not.
Q ：What did the man say about the course?
Section B
Passage One
My father woke me up early one morning when I was fourteen and announced "Get up, you are going with me to cut grass." I felt proud and excited because my father thought I was responsible enough to help him in his business. Still, that first day was very hard. From sunrise to sunset, my father, my younger brother and I cut and t very large yards in well-to-do part of the city. By the end of the day I was exhausted, but I felt good. I put out a hard day’s labor and earned six dollars. One day, my father spotted some weeds I have miss cutting and pulled me inside. "Cut that section again!" he said firmly "and don’t make me have to tell you again.” The message was very clear. Today I stress the importance of doing the job right the first time. Every job I have held from cutting lawns to wash dishes to working a machine on the construction site. I have learned something that help me in my next job. If you work hard enough, you can learn from any job you do.
11. How did the speaker feel when his father asked him to help cut grass?
12. What did his father do when the speaker missed cutting some leaves?
13. What did the speak want to tell us in this passage?
Passage Two
I am living in a small village in the country. My wife and I run a village shop. We have a very peaceful live, boring some my say. But we love it. We know all the people in the village. They have plenty of time to stop and chat. I have plenty of time for my hobbies too--gardening, fishing, walking in the country side. I love the outdoor life. It wasn’t always like this though I used to have a really stressful job, working so late in the office every evening. I often bring work home at the weekends. The advertising world is very competitive. And when I look back, I can’t imagine how I stood it. I have no private life at all. No time for the really important things in life. Because of the pressure of the job, I used to smoke and drink too much. The crisis came when my wife left me. She complaint that she never saw me and I had no time for family life. This made me realize what is really important to me. I talked things through with her and decided to get back together and started a new and better life together. I gave up tobacco and alcohol and searched for new hobbies. Now I am afraid of looking back since the past life seemed like a horrible dream.
14. What did the speaker do for a living?
15. What do we know about the speaker’s life in the past?
16. What made the speaker change his life style?
Passage Three
"Where is the university?" is the question many visitors to Cambridge ask. But no one could point at any one direction because there is no campus. The university consists of 31 self-governing colleges. It has lecture halls, libraries, laboratories, museums and offices throughout the city. Individual colleges choose their own students who have to meet their minimum entrance requirements set by the university. And the graduates usually live and study in their colleges but they are taught in very full groups. Lectures and laboratories and practical work are organized by the university and held in university buildings. There are over ten thousand undergraduates and three thousand five hundred post-graduates. About 40% of them are women and some 8% from overseas. As well as teaching, research is of major importance. Since the beginning of the twentieth century, more than sixty university members have won Nobel prizes. The university has a huge number of buildings for teaching and research. It has more than 60 specialist subject libraries as well as the university library, which as the copy-right libraries, is entitled to a copy of every book published in Britain. Examinations are held and degrees are awarded by the university. It allowed women to take the university exams in the 1881, but it was the not until 1941 that they were awarded degrees.
17. Why is it difficult to located Cambridge University?
18. What does the passage tell us about the colleges of the university?
19. What can be learnt from the passage about the libraries in Cambridge University?
20. What does we know from the passage tell us about the women students in Cambridge university?
2001年6月大学英语四级试题答案Part Ⅰ
1-5 CDAAD 6-10 BCBCD
Part Ⅰ
S1 focused S2 emotionally S3 distant S4 cancer
S5 retirement S6 crossed S7 increasingly
S8 regardless of your age,you can make a number of important changes in your current lifestyle.
S9 We know much more about preventive health today than our parents and grandparents did in the past.
S10 And these new knowledge can be transmited to our children to help them become healthier than our generation.