英语四级历年听力原文

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ickets changed for this evening. Q: What does the man suggest they should do? 5. W: Do you enjoy life in Washington? M: Yes, indeed. I39。 m planning to move to New York or Boston. Anyway, I39。 ve never regretted my earlier decision. Q: Where does the man live now? 6. W: Could you please tell me if Flight 858 from San Francisco will be on time? M: Yes, Madam. It should be arriving in about 10 minutes. Q: Who do you think the woman is talking to? 7. M: Sorry to trouble you. But is there any possibility of borrowing a blanket? I feel cold. W: I think we39。 ve got one. Could you wait until after takeoff please? Q: What is the probable relationship between the two speakers? 8. W: I heard you caught a cold. How are you feeling today? M: I can39。 t plain. At least I39。 m out of bed. Q: How is the man today. 9. W: I wish my hair was longer. M: Yes, pity you had it cut. If only you39。 d listened to me. Q: What can we learn from the dialogue? 10. W: Has Andrew e back from his trip to Paris? M: Yes, and he liked it so much that after only two weeks at home, he went back to study French for a year. Q: What does this conversation tell us about Andrew? Section B Passage One My parents ran a small restaurant. The restaurant was open 24 hours a day, seven days a week. And my first job when I was six years old was shining shoes for customers. My duties increased as I grew older. By age ten I was clearing tables and washing plates. My father made it clear that I had to meet certain standards. I had to be on time, hardworking and polite to the customers. I was never paid for any work I did. One day I made a mistake of telling Dad I thought he should give me 10 pounds a week. He said, Ok, then how about you paying me for the three meals a day when you eat here and for the times you bring in your friends for free drinks. He figured I owed him about 40 pounds a week. This taught me quite a lot. Questions 11 to 14 are based on the passage you have just heard. 11. What was the speaker39。 s job before he was 10 years old? 12. What was one of the requirements laid down by the boy39。 s father? 13. What did the boy ask his father to do one day? 14. Why did the boy39。 s father refuse to pay him? Passage Two Cambridge is about 90 kilometres northeast of London. It is one of most beautiful places in Britain. Everything about the city of Cambridge reminds you of its famous university: student on bicycles, an atmosphere of learning, traditions and the magnificent buildings of the 30 colleges that are in the University of Cambridge. Most of the colleges stand on the bank of the Cam River a gentle river that flows through the heart of the city. Tourists and students like boating in a kind of flatbottom boat to see the colleges or to relax themselves. If the water traffic reminds the visitor of Venice, the road traffic is more likely to recall Beijing or Amsterdam. The streets are full of bicycles, hundreds and hundreds of them. They provide a cheap form of transport for the students and very conveniently of getting around the Cambridge39。 s nearer streets. Questions 15 to 17 are based on passage you have just heard. 15. What do tourists enjoy doing in Cambridge for relaxation? 16. Why does the road traffic in Cambridge remind one of Beijing? 17. What is the speaker39。 s impression of Cambridge? Passage Three Mr. Foster started his publishing business with only one magazine. It was called Worldnews. Mostly it had summaries of important week events from around the world. But it always included one or two stories about interesting people. Mr. Foster put these in because he believed all people like to read about other people. Several years ago, Mr. Foster started two other magazines. One was called Enterprise. It is for business people. And the other was called Action, for sportsmen. Like Worldnews, they always have two or three stories about interesting people. Five years ago. Mr. Foster got another idea for a magazine. He wanted this one to have even more stories about people than the others and to have more photographs. This one was named Faces and Places. From the very beginning, it was a big success. Questions 18 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard. 18. Why did Mr. Foster add stories about interesting people to the magazine Worldnews? 19. Which magazine is a sportsman most likely to buy? 20. What is Mr. Foster39。 s profession? 参考答案 Part I 大学英语四级考试 1995 年 1 月答案 听力原文 Section A 1. W: I39。 m really angry at John. He ever listens to me. M: Take it easy, Alen. Things will work out. Q: What does the man advise Alen to do? 2. M: Linda is very quiet. But her brother talks too much. W: Yes, you are right and he isn39。 t friendly either. Q: What39。 s their opinion of Linda39。 s brother? 3. W: When can the doctor see me? M: He won39。 t be free until tomorrow. Q: What does the man mean? 4. M: It was the third time Rodger had phoned me to say he had a new job. W: It39。 s difficult to keep a young man in one job for life nowadays. Q: What does the woman mean? 5. M: Did you mind ing back by coach instead of by train? W: No, we didn39。 t mind at all. It took a lot longer, but it was very fortable and it was much cheaper. Q: How did the woman feel about ing back by coach? 6. W: Would you like some fruit juice? M: No, thank you. I39。 m not used to cold drinks in the morning. Q: What are the two speakers doing now? 7. M: I hope you will spend Christmas with us. We39。 ll have a big party on Christmas Eve. W: I39。 d love to, but Jack and I are going to Australia. We39。 ll send you postcards from there. Q: What do we learn from this conversation? 8. M: Charles enjoyed his twoweek drive through South China. W: Yes, he said that he saw much more than he would have traveling by bus or train. Q: How did Charles travel? 9. W: Do you know what。