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TEM4历年听写原文（1993年—2006年）.

英语专业四级考试历年听写原文（1993年——2006年）

PackageHolidays（1993）

Packageholidays,coveringatwoweeks'stayinanattractiveplace,areincreasinglypopular.Onceyougettotheairport,itisuptothetouroperatortoseethatyougetsafelytoyourdestination．Everythingislaidonforyou．Thereis,infact,noreasonforyoutobothertoarrangeanythingyourselves．Youmakefriendsandhaveagoodtime.Butthereisverylittlechancethatyouwillreallygettoknowthelocalpeople．Thisisevenlesslikelyonacoachtour,whenyouspendalmostyourentiretimetraveling．Ofcourse,therearecarefullyplannedstopsforyoutovisithistoricbuildingsandmonuments.Youmayvisitthebeautiful,thehistoric,theancient.Buttimeisalwaysshort．Thereisalsotheaddeddisadvantageofbeingobligedtospendyouholidaywithagroupofpeopleyouhavenevermetbefore．

TheAmericanFamily（1994）

TheAmericanfamilyunitischanging.Thereusedtobemainlytwotypesoffamilies,theextendedandthenuclear.Theformerincludedmother,father,children,andsomeotherrelativessuchasgrandparents,livinginthesamehouseornearby.Thenastheeconomyprogressedfromagriculturaltoindustrial,peoplebeganmovingtodifferentpartsofthecountryinordertosearchforjobopportunities.Thesemovessplituptheextendedfamily.Thenuclearfamilyconsistingofonlyparentsandchildrenhasthereforebecomefarmorewidespread.Today’sfamily,however,canbecomposedofdiversecombinations.Withthedivorceratenearlyoneintwo,there'sanincreaseinsingle-parenthomes—afatherormotherlivingwithoneormorechildren.Blendedfamiliesoccurwhendivorcedmenandwomenremarryandcombinethechildrenfromformermarriagesintoanewfamily.Ontheotherhand,thereisanincreaseinchildlesscoupleswhileoneinriveAmericanslivesalone.

UnidentifiedFlyingObjects（1995）

TherearemanyexplanationsforwhyUFOsvisittheEarth./Themostpopularoneisthattheymaybevisitorsfromotherplanets./Toflysuchaircraft,theirbuildersmustdevelopdifferentformsofaviation,/becausetheyseemtoflymuchfasterthannormalaircraft./TheUFOs,itisbelieved,mustcontainscientists/fromotherplanetswhoarestudyinglifeonearth./Itisevenbelievedthatseveralsuchaircraftmayhavelandedonearth/andthespacevisitorsmaybelivingamongstus./Buttherearealsolessfantasticexplanationsavailable./AlthoughsomesightingsofUFOsaredifficulttoexplain,mostcanbeexplainedquiteeasily./Inmanycasestheobserversmighthavemadeamistake./Theymighthaveseenaweatherballoonoranaircraft./Orthelighttheysawintheskymighthavebeenlightfromtheground,/reflectedontotheclouds./However,theexactcauseofmanysightingsstillremainedamystery.

TheIndianMedicineMan（1996）

AmongtheIndiansofNorthAmerica,themedicinemanwasaveryimportantperson.Hecouldcureillnessandhecouldspeaktothespirits.Thespiritswerethesupernaturalforcesthatcontrolledtheworld.TheIndiansbelievedthatbadspiritsmadepeopleill.Sowhenpeoplewereill,themedicinemantriedtohelpthembyusingmagic.Hespoketothegoodspiritsandaskedfortheirhelp.Manypeoplewerecured,becausetheythoughtthespiritswerehelpingthem,butreallythesepeoplecuredthemselves.Sometimesyourownmindisthebestdoctorforyou.Themedicinemenwereoftensuccessfulforanotherreason,too.Theyknewaboutplantsthatreallycancureillness.Alotofmedicinesaremadefromtheplantsthatwereusedbymedicinemenhundredofyearsago.

LegalAgeforMarriage（1997）

ThroughouttheUnitedStates,thelegalageformarriageshowssomedifference.Themostcommonagewithoutparents’consentis18forbothfemalesandmales.However,personswhoareunderageintheirhomestatecangetmarriedinanotherstate,andthenreturntothehomestatelegallymarried.Eachstateissuesitsownmarriagelicense.Bothresidentsandnon-residentsarequalifiedforsuchalicense.Thefeesandceremoniesvarygreatlyfromstatetostate.Moststates,forinstance,haveabloodtestrequirement,butafewdonot.Moststatespermiteitheracivilorreligiousceremony,butafewrequiretheceremonytobereligious.Inmoststatesawaitingperiodisrequiredbeforethelicenseisissued.Thisperiodisfromonetofivedaysdependingonthestate.Athree-day-waitisthemostcommon.Insomestatesthereisnorequiredwaitingperiod.

TheRailwaysinBritain（1998）

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Thesuccessofearlyrailways,suchasthelinesbetweenbigcities,/ledtoagreatincreaseinrailwaybuildinginVictoriantimes./Between1835and1865about25000kilometersoftrackwerebuilt,/andover100railwaycompanieswerecreated./

Railwaytraveltransformedpeople'slives./Trainswerefirstdesignedtocarrygoods./However,alawinthe19thcenturyforcedrailwaycompaniestorunonecheaptrainaday/whichstoppedateverystationandcostonlyapennyamile./Soonworkingclasspassengersfoundtheycouldaffordtotravelbyrail./Cheapdayexcursiontrainsbecamepopularandseasideresortsgrewrapidly./Therailwaysalsoprovidedthousandsofnewjobs:

/buildingcarriages,runningtherailwaysandrepairingthetracks./Railwaysevenchangedthetime./Theneedtoruntherailwaysontimemeantthatlocaltimewasabolished/andclocksshowedthesametimealloverthecountry./

UnitedNationsDay（1999）

The24thofOctoberiscelebratedasUnitedNationsDay.hisadaythatbelongstoeveryone.Anditiscelebratedinmostcountriesoftheworld.Somecountriescelebrateforaweekinsteadofaday.Inmanypartsoftheworld,schoolshavespecialprogramsfortheday.BoysandgirlsinsomecommunitiesdecorateaUNtree.Inothercommunities,youngpeopleputonplaysabouttheUN.Somelibrariesexhibitchildren’sartworksfromaroundtheworld.Schoolscelebratewiththesongsanddancesofothercountriesorgivepartieswherefoodsofothercountriesareserved.Nomatterhowthedayiscelebrated,thepurposeofthesecelebrationsistohelpeveryoneunderstandtheUN,andtheimportantrolesitplaysinworldaffairs.TheUNencouragespeopletolearnaboutotherlandsandtheircustoms.Inthisway,peoplecangainabetterunderstandingandappreciationofpeoplesallovertheworld.

WhatWeKnowAboutLanguage（2000）

Manythingsaboutlanguageareamysteryandwillremainso.However,wenowdoknowsomethingaboutit.First,weknowthatallhumanbeingshavealanguageofsomesort.Nohumanraceanywhereonearthissobackwardthatithasnolanguageofitsownatall.Second,thereisnosuchthingasaprimitivelanguage.Therearemanypeopleswhoseculturesareundevelopedbutthelanguagestheyspeakarebynomeansprimitive.Inallthelanguagesexistingintheworldtoday,therearecomplexitiesthatmusthavebeendevelopedforyears.Third,weknowthatalllanguagesareperfectlyadequate.Eachisaperfectmeansofexpressingitsculture.Andfinally,weknowthatlanguagechangesovertime,whichisnaturalandnormalifalanguageistosurvive.Thelanguagewhichremainsunchangedisnothingbutdead.

CharacteristicsofAGoodReader（2001）

Toimproveyourreadinghabits,youmustunderstandthecharacteristicsofagoodreader.First,thegoodreaderusuallyreadsrapidly.Ofcourse,hedoesnotreadeverypieceofmaterialatthesamerate.Butwhetherheisreadinganewspaperorachapterinaphysicstext,hisreadingrateisrelativelyfast.Hehaslearnedtoreadforideasratherthanwordsoneatatime.Next,thegoodreadercanrecognizeandunderstandgeneralideasandspecificdetails.Thusheisabletocomprehendthematerialwithaminimumofeffortandamaximumofinterest.Finally,thegoodreaderhasinhiscommandseveralspecialskills,whichhecanapplytoreadingproblemsastheyoccur.Forthecollegestudent,themosthelpfuloftheseskillsincludemakinguseofthevariousaidstounderstandingthatmosttextbooksprovideandskim-readingforageneralsurvey.

DisappearingForests（2002）

Theworld’sforestsaredisappearing.Asmuchas1/3ofthetotaltreecoverhasbeenlostsinceagriculturebegansome10,000yearsago.Theremainingforestsarehometohalfoftheworld’sspecies,thusbecomingthechiefresourcefortheirsurvival.Tropicalrainforestsoncecovered12%ofthelandoftheplanet,aswellassupportingatleasthalfoftheworld’sspeciesofplantsandanimals.Theserainforestsarehometomillionsofpeople.Butthereareotherdemandsonthem.Forexample,muchhasbeencutfortimber.Anincreasingamountofforestlandhasbeenusedforindustrialpurposesorforagriculturaldevelopmentsuchascrop-growing.Bythe1990’slessthanhalfoftheearth’soriginalrainforestsremained,andtheycontinuedtodisappearatanalarmingrateeveryyear.Asaresulttheworld’sforestsarenowfacinggradualextinction.

Salmon（2003）

Everyyear,millionsofsalmonswimfromtheoceanintothemouthsofriversandthensteadilyuptherivers.Passingthroughwaters,aroundrocksandwaterfalls,thefishfinallyreachtheiroriginalstreamsorlakes.Theydigoutnestsintheriverbedandlaytheireggs.Then,exhaustedbytheirjourney,theparentsalmondie.Theyhavefinishedthetaskthatnaturehasgiventhem.Months,oryearslater,theyoungfishstarttheirtriptotheocean.Theyliveinthesaltwaterfrom2-7years,untilthey,tooarereadytoswimbacktoreproduce.Theirlifecyclehelpsmanprovidehimselfwithabasicfood-fis