10年英语四级听力真题.docx

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10年英语四级听力真题

10年英语四级听力真题

11.W:

Justimagine!

Wehavetofinishreading300pagesbeforeMonday!

Howcantheprofessorexpectustodoitinsuchashorttime?

　　M:

Yeah,butwhattroublesmeisthatIcan’tfindthebookinthelibraryorintheuniversitybookstore.

　　Q:

Whatdoesthemanmean?

　　12.M:

DoyouthinkIcouldborrowyourcartogogroceryshopping?

Thesupermarketsoutsidethecityaresomuchcheaper.I’dalsobehappytopickupanythingyouneed.

　　W:

Well,Idon’tliketoletanyoneelsedrivemycar.Tellyouwhat,whydon’twegotogether?

　　Q:

Whatdoesthewomanmean?

　　13.M:

Forgivethemessinhere,wehaveapartylastnight.Therewerealotofpeopleandtheyallbroughtfood.

　　W:

Yeah,Icantell.Well,Iguessit’sprettyobviouswhatyou’llbedoingmostoftoday.

　　Q:

Whatdoesthewomanthinkthemanwilldo?

　　14.W:

WhattimewouldsuityouforthefirstroundtalkswithJohnSmith?

　　M:

Well,youknowmyschedule.OtherthanthisFriday,onedayisasgoodasthenext.

　　Q:

Whatdoesthemanmean?

　　15.W:

Iwassoangryyesterday!

MybiologyteacherdidnotevenletmeexplainwhyImissedthefieldtrip.Hejustwouldn’tletmepass!

　　M:

Thatdoesn’tseemfair.I’dfeelthatwaytooifIwereyou.

　　Q:

Whatdoesthemanimply?

　　16.M:

Ireallycan’tstandthewayDavidcontrolstheconversationallthetime.IfheisgoingtobeatyourChristmasparty,Ijustwon’tcome.

　　W:

I’msorryyoufeelthatway,butmymotherinsiststhathecome.

　　Q:

Whatdoesthewomanimply?

　　17.W:

You’retakingacoursewithProfessorJohnson.What’syourimpressionsofar?

　　M:

Well,manystudentscouldhardlystayawakeinhisclasswithoutfirstdrinkingacupofcoffee.

　　Q:

Whatdoesthemanimply?

　　18.W:

Haveyoueverputacomputertogetherbefore?

　　M:

No,never.ButIthinkifwefollowtheseinstructionsexactly,wewon’thavemuchtrouble.

Q:

Whatarethespeakersgoingtodo?

LongConversations

　　Conversation1

　　W:

Whatsortofhoursdoyouwork,Steve?

　　M:

WellIhavetoworkverylonghours,aboutelevenhoursaday.

　　W:

Whattimedoyoustart?

　　M:

Iwork9to3,thenIstartagainat5:

30andworkuntil11,sixdaysaweek.SoIhavetoworkveryunsocialhours.

　　W:

Anddoyouhavetoworkattheweekend?

　　M:

Oh,yes,that’sourbusiesttime.IgetWednesdaysoff.

　　W:

Whatarethethingsyouhavetodoandthethingsyoudon’thavetodo?

　　M:

Uh,Idon’thavetodothewashing-up,sothat’sgood.Ihavetowearwhite,andIhavetokeepeverythinginthekitchentotallyclean.

　　W:

What’shardaboutthejob?

　　M:

Youarestandingupallthetime.Whenwearebusy,peoplegetangryandshout,butthat’snormal.

　　W:

Howdidyoulearntheprofession?

　　M:

Well,Ididatwo-yearcourseatcollege.Inthefirstyearwehadtolearnthebasics,andthenwehadtotakeexams.

　　W:

Wasiteasytofindajob?

　　M:

Iwrotetoaboutsixhotelsandoneofthemgavememyfirstjob,soIdidn’thavetowaittoolong.

　　W:

Andwhat’sthesecretofbeinggoodatyourjob?

　　M:

Attentiontodetail.Youhavetoloveit.Youhavetoshowpassionforit.

　　W:

Andwhatareyourplansforthefuture?

　　M:

Iwanttohavemyownplacewhenthetimeisright.

　　Q19.Whatdoesthemansayabouthisjob?

　　Q20.Whatdoesthemanthinkisthehardestpartofhisjob?

　　Q21.Wheredidthemangethisfirstjobaftergraduation?

　　Q22.Whatdoesthemansayisimportanttobeinggoodathisjob?

　　Conversation2

　　W:

Nowyou’veseenthistableoffiguresaboutthepocketmoneychildreninBritainget?

　　M:

Yes.Ithoughtitwasquiteinteresting,butIdon’tquiteunderstandthecolumnentitledchange.Canyouexplainwhatitmeans?

　　W:

Well,Ithinkitmeansthechangefromtheyearbefore.Iamnotamathematician,butIassumetherisefrom70pto90pisariseof25percent.

　　M:

Ohyes,Isee.Andtheinflationrateisthereforcomparison.

　　W:

Yes.whydoyouthinktheriseinpocketmoneyisoftenhigherthaninflation?

　　M:

IamsorryI’venoidea.PerhapsparentsinBritainaretoogenerous.

　　W:

Perhapstheyare.Butitlooksasifchildrenwerenotbetteroffin2001thantheywerein2002.That’sstrange,isn’tit?

Andtheyseemtohavebeenbetteroffin2003thantheyarenow.Iwonderwhythatis.

　　M:

Yes,Idon’tunderstandthatatall.

　　W:

Anyway,ifyouhadchildren,howmuchpocketmoneywouldyougivethem?

　　M:

Idon’tknow.IthinkI’llprobablygivethem2poundsaweek.

　　W:

Wouldyou?

Andwhatwouldyouexpectthemtodowithit?

　　M:

Well,outofthat,theyhavetobuysomesmallpersonalthings,butIwouldn’texpectthemtosavetobuytheirownsocks,forexample.

　　W:

Yes,bytheway,domostchildreninyourcountrygetpocketmoney?

　　M:

Yeah,theydo.

　　Q23Whatisthetableoffiguresabout?

　　Q24WhatdowelearnfromtheconversationaboutBritishchildren’spocketmoney?

　　Q25Supposingthemanhadchildren,whatwouldheexpectthemtodowiththeirpocketmoney?

Passage1

　　Asthenewsalesdirectorforanationalcomputerfirm,AlexGordonwaslookingforwardtohisfirstmeetingwiththecompany’sdistrictmanagers.Everyonearrivedontime,andAlex’spresentationwentextremelywell.Hedecidedtoendthemeetingwiththeconversationabouttheimportanceofthedistrictmanagerstothecompany’splans.“Ibelievewearegoingtocontinuetoincreaseourshareofthemarket,”hebegan,“becauseofthequalityofthepeopleinthisroom.Thedistrictmanageristhekeytothesuccessofthesalesrepresentativesinhisdistrict.Hesetsthetermforeveryoneelse.Ifhehasambitiousgoalsandiswillingtoputinlonghours,everyoneinhisunitwillfollowhisexample.”WhenAlexwasfinished,hereceivedpoliteapplauses,buthardlythewarmresponsehehadhopedfor.Laterhespokewithoneoftheseniormanagers.“Thingsweregoingsowelluntiltheend”,Alexsaiddisappointedly.“Obviously,Isaidthewrongthing.”“Yes”,thedistrictmanagerreplied.“Halfofourmanagersarewomen.Mosthaveworkedtheirwayupfromsalesrepresentatives,andtheyareveryproudoftheroletheyplayedinthecompany’sgrowth.Theydon’tcareatallaboutpoliticalcorrectness.Buttheyweredefinitelysurprisedanddistressedtobereferredtoas‘he’inyourspeech.”

　　Q26WhodidAlexGordonspeaktoatthefirstmeeting?

　　Q27WhatdidAlexwanttoemphasizeattheendofhispresentation?

　　Q28Whatdowelearnabouttheaudienceatthemeeting?

　　Q29WhydidAlexfailtoreceivethewarmresponsehehadhopedfor?

　　Passage2

　　Thewaytocomplainistoactbusiness-likeandimportant.Ifyourcomplaintisimmediate,supposeyougotthewrongorderatarestaurant,makeapolitebutfirmrequesttoseethemanager.Whenthemanagercomes,askhisorhername.Andthenstateyourproblemandwhatyouexpecttohavedoneaboutit.Bepolite!

Shoutingoractingrudewillgetyounowhere.Butalsobefirminmakingyourcomplaint.Besides,actimportant.Thisdoesn’tmeantoputonairsandsay“doyouknowwhoIam?

”Whatitmeansisthatpeopleareoftentreatedthewaytheyexpecttobetreated.Ifyouactlikesomeonewhoexpectsafairrequesttobegranted,chancesareitwillbegranted.Theworstwaytocomplainisoverthetelephone.Youarespeakingtoavoicecomingfromsomeoneyoucannotsee.Soyoucan’ttellhowthepersononthelineisreacting.Itiseasyforthatpersontogiveyoutherun-around.Complaininginpersonorbyletterisgenerallymoreeffective.Ifyourcomplaintdoesn’trequireanimmediateresponse,itoftenhelpstocomplainbyletter.Ifyouhaveanappliancethatdoesn’twork,sendalettertothestorethatsoldit.Bebusiness-likeandsticktothepoint.Don’tspendaparagraphonhowyouruncleJohntriedtofixtheproblemandcouldn’t.

　　Q30Whatdoesthespeakersuggestyoudowhenyouarenotservedproperlyatarestaurant?

　　Q31Whydoesthespeakersaytheworstwaytocomplainisoverthetelephone?

　　Q32Whatshouldyoudoifyoumakeacomplaintbyletter?

　　Passage3

　　BarbaraSandersisawifeandthemotheroftwochildren,ages2and4.Herhusband,Tom,isanengineerandmakesanexcellentsalary.BeforeBarbarahadchildren,sheworkedasanarchitectforthegovernment,designinggovernmenthousing.Shequitherjobwhenshebecamepregnant,butisnowinterestedinreturningtowork.She'sbeenofferedanexcellentjobwiththegovernment.Herhusbandfeelsit'sunnecessaryforhertoworksincethefamilydoesnotneedtheaddedincome.Healsothinksthatawomanshouldstayhomewithherchildren.IfBarbarafeelstheneedtodosociallyimportantwork,hethinksthatsheshoulddovolunteerworkoneortwodaysaweek.Barbara,ontheotherhand,hasmissedtheexcitementofherprofessionanddoesnotfeelshewouldbesatisfieddoingvolunteerwork.Shewouldalsoliketohaveherownincome,soshedoesnothavetoaskherhusbandformoneywhenevershewantstobuysomething.Shedoesnotthinkit'snecessarytostayhomeeverydaywiththechildrenandsheknowsaveryreliablebabysitterwho'swillingtocometoherhouse.Tomdoesnotthinkababysittercanreplaceamotherandthinksit'sabadideaforthechildrentospendsomuchtimewithsomeonewho'snotpartofthefamily.

　　Q33WhatwasBarbara'sprofessionbeforeshehadchildren?

　　Q34WhatdoesBarbara'shusbandsuggestshedoifshewantstowork?

　　Q35WhatdoesTomthinkabouthiringababysitter?

Almosteverychild,onthefirstdayhesetsfootintheschoolbuilding,issmarter,morecurious，lessafraidofwhathedoesn'tknow,betteratfindingandfiguringthingsout,moreconfident,resourceful,persistentandindependent,thanhewilleitherbeagaininhisschoolingor,unlessheisveryunusualandverylucky,for