英语四级听力原文及答案200101
2001年1月大学英语四级考试听力原文
2001年1月大学英语四级考试试卷录音文字材料Part ⅠListening ComprehensionSection A1.M:Hi, Jane, do you have some changes? I have to make a call on the payphone.W: Payphone? Why not use my mobile phone? Here you are.Q: What will the man most probably do?2.M: Can you tell me the title of this oil painting?W: Sorry, I don't know for sure, but I guess it is an early 18 century work. Let me look it up in the catalog.Q: Where does this conversation most probably take place?3.M:I am worried about those classes I missed when I was sick.W:I will try to bring you up today on what we've done.Q: What does the woman mean?4.W: Hey Dan. I hear you're meeting Susan's parents for the first time.M: Yeah, next weekend. Fortunately, her father loves to fish, so we will have something to talk about.Q: What can be inferred about Dan?5.W: Professor White's presentation seemed to go on forever. I was barely able to stay awake. M: How could you sleep through it? It is one of the best that I have ever heard on this topic. Q: What does the man think of Professor White's presentation?6.W:I am looking for quality paper to type my essay. I don't see any on the shelf.M:I saw some in the stockroom this morning. I will go and check.Q: What does the woman want to buy?7.M:It seems that we'll have another fine day tomorrow. Let's go to the seaside.W: O.K. But we'll have to leave very early, or else we'll get caught in the traffic.Q: What does the woman suggest?8.M: Do you know James? He is in your class.W: Certainly. In fact he was the first person I got to know in my class. I still remember the look on his face when he showed up late on the first day of school.Q: Why did the woman remember James so well?9.W: The man at the garage thinks that I take good care of my car.M: So do I. I can't see any scratches on the outside, and the inside is clean ,too.Q: What does the man think of the woman's car?10.M: Wonderful day, isn't it? Want to join me for a swim?W: If you don't mind waiting while I get prepared.Q: What does the woman mean?Section BPassage OneA friend of mine told me that when he was a young man, e went to work as a teacher in one of the states of India. One day, he received an invitation to dinner at the ruler's palace. Very pleased, he went to tell his colleagues. They laughed, and told him the meaning of the invitation. They had all been invited, and each person who was invited had to bring with him a certainnumber of silver and gold coins. The number of coins varied according to the person's position in the service of the government. My friend's income was not high, so he did not have much to pay. Each person bowed before the ruler, his gold went onto one hip, his silver went onto another hip. And in this way he paid his income tax for the year. This was a simple way of collecting income tax. The tax on property was also collected simply. The ruler gave a man the power to collect a tax from each owner of land or property in a certain area, if this man promised to pay the ruler a certain amount of money. Of course, the tax collector managed to collect more money than he paid to the ruler. The difference between the sum of money he collected and the sum of money he gave to the ruler was his profit.11.What do we know about the speaker's friend?12.What was the real purpose of the ruler's invitation?13.What does the passage say about the tax collectors?Passage TwoAround the year 1000 A.D, some people from northwest India began to travel westward. Nobody knows why. After leaving their homes, they did not settle down again, but spent their lives moving from one place to another, their later generations are called the Romany people, or Gypsies. There're Gypsies all over the world, and many of them are still travelling with no fix homes. There are about 8,000,000 of them, including 3,000,000 in eastern Europe. Gypsies sometimes have a hard time in the countries where they travel, because they are different, people may be afraid of them, look down on them, or think that they are criminals. The Nazies treated the Gypsies cruelly, like the Jews, and nobody knows how many of them died in Hitler's death camps. Gypsies have their own language Romany. They liked music and dancing. And they often work in fairs and travelling shows. Travelling is very important to them, and many Gypsies are unhappy if they have to stay in one place. Because of this, it is difficult for Gypsy children to go to school, and Gypsies are often unable to read and write. In some places, the education authorities tried to arrange special travelling schools for Gypsy children, so that they can get the same education as other children.14.Why did the ancestors of Gypsies leave their home?15.What is the attitude of some people toward Gypsies?16.What measure has been taken to help Gypsy children?Passage ThreeAs the car industry develops, traffic accidents have become as familiar as the common code. Yet, their cause and control remain a serious problem that is difficult to solve. Experts have long recognized that this discouraging problem has multiple causes. At the very least, it is a problem that involves three factors :the driver, the vehicle, and the roadway. If all drivers exercise good judgement at all times, there would be few accidents. But that is rather like saying that if all people were honest, there would be no crime. Improved design has helped make highways much safer. But the type of accidents continued to rise because of human failure and an enormous increase in the numbers of automobiles on the road. Attention is now turning increasingly to the third factor of the accident, the car itself. Since people assume that the accidents are bound to occur, they want to know how cars can be built better to protect the drivers.17.What does the speaker think of the causes of automobile accidents?18.What measure has been taken to reduce car accidents?19.What remains an important factor for the rising number of road accidents?20.What is the focus of people's attentions today according to the passage?。
2001年6月大学英语四级考试听力录音文字材料
文學術語1Romanticism(浪漫主義)：An artistic and intellectual movement, originating inEurope in the late 18th century and characterized by a heightened interest in nature, emphasis on the individual’s expression of emotion and imagination, departure from the attitudes and forms of classicism, and rebellion against established social rules and conventions. William Wordsworth is one of the greatest representatives.2Renaissance（文藝復興）:The humanistic revival of classical art ,architectureliterature and learning that originated in Italy in the 14th century and later spread throughout Europe .The period of this revival is roughly from the 14th through the 16th century, making the transition from medieval to modern times .3Critical realism(批判現實主義)：critical realism refers to the whole truth showingmoral and physical diseases as they are. It’s characteristic is to be true to life , as the mirror of truth ,close to daily life, reflecting it’s practical problems and interests and it used as a powerful instrument of human progress.4Sonnet（十四行詩）：Sonnet is a special verse form with 14 lines ,usually iambic pentameter in English .There are two main kinds of sonnet Italian or Petrarchan and Shakespearean or English. An Italian sonnet is composed of an octave, i.e.an eight-line verse, rhyming abbaabba, and a sestet or six-line verse, rhymingcdecde or cdcdcd, or in some variant pattern, but with no concluding couplet(2-line verse). A Shakespearean sonnet has three quatrains (four-line verses) andrhymes abab cdcd efef gg.5現代主義6意識流1 Old English(from the 5th century A.D on)They had no writing (except runes, used as charms) until they learned the Latinalphabet from Roman missionaries. The earliest written works in Old English(astheir language is now known to scholars) were probably composed orally at first,and may have been passed on from speaker to speaker before being written. thenames of some of the later writers (Cædmon, Ælfric and King Alfred) but mostwriting is anonymous. Old English literature is mostly chronicle(編年史) and poetry - lyric, descriptive but chiefly narrative or epic(敍事的). By the time literacy becomes widespread, Old English is effectively a foreign and dead language. With the scholarly exception of the 19th century poet, Gerard Manley Hopkins, who finds in Old English verse the model for his metrical(韻律的) system of "sprung rhythm".)2 Middle English and Chaucer( from 1066 onwards)Writers and their works:1.Geoffrey Chaucer (?1343-1400)1)Chaucer introduces the iambic pentameter line, the rhyming couplet and other rhymes used in Italian poetry (a language in which rhyming is arguably much easier than in English, thanks to the frequency of terminal vowels).2)prose,lyric poetry and narrative poetry( Troilus and Criseyde and The Canterbury Tales.)2.Others:anonymous Pearl and Gawain and The Green Knightand William Langlands`Piers Plowman.3 Tudor lyric poetry(Modernlyric poetry from the 16th )1. In the early 16th century with the work of Sir Thomas Wyatt (1503-1542) andHenry Howard, Earl of Surrey (1517-1547).2. A flowering of lyric poetry in the reign of Elizabeth1)Main writers:Sir Philip Sidney (1554-1586), Edmund Spenser (1552-1599), SirWalter Ralegh(1552-1618), Christopher Marlowe(1564-1593) and William Shakespeare (1564-1616).2)The major works of the time are Spenser's Faerie Queene, Sidney's Astrophiland Stella and Shakespeare's sonnets.4 Renaissance dramaMarlowe（The first great English dramatist）:Tamburlaine;Dr.Faustus;Edward II and The Jew of MaltaJohn Webster(1580-1625):The Duchess of Malfi and The White DevilCyril Tourneur (1575-1626):The Revenger's Tragedy5 Metaphysical（形而上學的）poetryThe greatest of Elizabethan lyric poets is John Donne(1572-1631)The best known of the other metaphysicals are George Herbert(1593-1633), Andrew Marvell (1621-1678) and Henry Vaughan (1621-1695).The preoccupation with the big questions of love, death and religious faith marks out Donne and his successors who are often called metaphysical poets.6 Epic poetryLong narrative poems on heroic subjects mark the best work of classical Greek (Homer's Iliad and Odyssey) and Roman (Virgil's Aeneid) poetry.John Milton：Paradise Lost；John Dryden(1631-1700)；Alexander Pope (1688-1744)：The Rape of the Lock ;neo-classical Thomas Gray (1716-1771) : Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard7 Restoration comedy (the restoration period -- the mid 18th century )On the death of Oliver Cromwell(in 1658) plays were no longer prohibited. A new kind of comic drama, dealing with issues of sexual politics among the wealthy and the bourgeois, arose. This is Restoration Comedy.A play which exemplifies this well is The Country Wife by William Wycherley (1640-1716).8 Prose fiction and the novelJonathan Swift(1667-1745):prose work Gulliver's Travels,Daniel Defoe (1661-1731), Robinson Crusoe and Moll Flanders.The first English novel is generally accepted to be Pamela(1740), by Samuel Richardson (1689-1761): this novel takes the form of a series of letters; Pamela,a virtuous housemaid resists the advances of her rich employer, who eventuallymarries her. Richardson's work was almost at once satirized by Henry Fielding (1707-1754) in Joseph Andrews(Joseph is depicted as the brother of Richardson's Pamela Andrews) and Tom Jones.After Fielding, the novel is dominated by the two great figures of Sir Walter Scott(1771-1832) and Jane Austen(1775-1817), who typify, respectively, the new regional, historical romanticism and the established, urbane classical views.Novels depicting extreme behaviour, madness or cruelty, often in historically remote or exotic settings are called Gothic. They are ridiculed by Austen in Northanger Abbey but include one undisputed masterpiece, Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley (1797-1851).RomanticismThe rise of RomanticismA movement in philosophy but especially in literature, romanticism is the revolt of the senses or passions against the intellect and of the individual against the consensus. William Blake(1757-1827), Swiss philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau German playwrights Johann Christoph Friedrich Schiller and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.The publication, in 1798, by the poets William Wordsworth(1770-1850) and Samuel Taylor Coleridge(1772-1834) of a volume entitled Lyrical Ballads is a significant event in English literary history, though the poems were poorly received and few books sold. Robert Burns(1759-1796) writes lyric verse in the dialect of lowland Scots (a variety of English). After Shakespeare, Burns is perhaps the most often quoted of writers in English: we sing his Auld Lang Syne every New Year's Eve. Later RomanticismThe work of the later romantics John Keats(1795-1821) and his friend Percy Bysshe Shelley(1792-1822; husband of Mary Shelley) is marked by an attempt to make language beautiful, and by an interest in remote history and exotic places. George Gordon, Lord Byron (1788-1824) uses romantic themes, sometimes comically, to explain contemporary events. Romanticism begins as a revolt against established views, but eventually becomes the established outlook. Wordsworth becomes a kind of national monument, while the Victorians make what was at first revolutionary seem familiar, domestic and sentimental.Victorian poetryThe major poets of the Victorian era are Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809-1892) and Robert Browning(1812-1889):Fra Lippo Lippi, Andrea del Sarto) and representative types or caricatures (Mr. Sludge the Medium).Other Victorian poets of note include Browning's wife, Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806-1861) and Christina Rossetti (1830-1894). Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844-1889) is notable for his use of what he calls "sprung rhythm"; as in Old English verse syllables are not counted, but there is a pattern of stresses.The Victorian novelThe rise of the popular novelIn the 19th century, adult literacy increases markedly: attempts to provide education by the state, and self-help schemes are partly the cause and partly the result of the popularity of the novel.Dickens and the BrontësCharles Dickens(1812-1870):Great Expectations, Bleak House, Our Mutual Friend and Little DorritCharlotte Brontë (1816-1855):Jane Eyre ;Emily Brontë's(1818-1848) Wüthering Heights: and Anne (1820-1849) .Later Victorian novelistsAfter the middle of the century, the novel, as a form, becomes firmly-established: sensational or melodramatic "popular" writing.Mrs. Henry Wood: East Lynne(1861), Anthony Trollope(1815-82), Wilkie Collins (1824-89):The Moonstone,William Makepeace Thackeray(1811-63)Vanity Fair:, George Eliot(Mary Ann Evans; 1819-80):The Mill on the Floss, Adam Bede and Middlemarch and Thomas Hardy(1840-1928)The Mayor of Casterbridge, The Return of the Native, Tess of the d'Urbervilles and Jude the Obscure.Modern literature1.Early 20th century poetsW.B. (William Butler) Yeats(1865-1939) and T.S. (Thomas Stearns) Eliot (1888-1965):The Waste Land (1922) and Four Quartets (1943)Other poets:Thomas Hardy, Rudyard Kipling(1865-1936), A.E. Housman (1859-1936), Edward Thomas(1878-1917), Rupert Brooke(1887-1915), Siegfried Sassoon (1886-1967), Wilfred Owen (1893-1918) and Isaac Rosenberg (1890-1918).2.Early modern writersThe late Victorian and early modern periods are spanned by two novelists of foreign birth: the American Henry James (1843-1916) :The Portrait of a Lady and the Pole Joseph Conrad(Josef Korzeniowski; 1857-1924):Heart of Darkness, Nostromo and The Secret Agent.Other notable writers of the early part of the century:George Bernard Shaw(1856-1950), H.G. Wells (1866-1946), and E.M. Forster (1879-1970). Shaw: Pygmalion(even better known today in its form as the musical My Fair Lady). Wells: The History of Mr. Polly .Forster's novels include Howard's End, A Room with a View and A Passage to India.3.Joyce and WoolfWhere these writers show continuity with the Victorian tradition of the novel, more radically modern writing is found in the novels of James Joyce (1882-1941), of Virginia Woolf(1882-1941), and of D.H. Lawrence(1885-1930). Other notable novelists include George Orwell(1903-50)（Animal Farm）, Evelyn Waugh (1903-1966)( A Handful of Dust), Graham Greene (1904-1991) and the 1983 Nobel prize-winner, William Golding (1911-1993)( Lord of the Flies).4.Poetry in the later 20th centuryBetween the two wars, a revival of romanticism in poetry is associated with the work of W.H. (Wystan Hugh) Auden (1907-73), Louis MacNeice (1907-63) and Cecil Day-Lewis (1904-72). Auden seems to be a major figure on the poetic landscape, but is almost too contemporary to see in perspective. The Welsh poet, Dylan ThomasOf poets who have achieved celebrity in the second half of the century:Robert Lowell (1917-77), Philip Larkin(1922-1985), R.S. Thomas(1913-2000), Thom Gunn (1929-2004), Ted Hughes (1930-1998) and the 1995 Nobel laureate Seamus Heaney Notable writers outside mainstream movementsLaurence Sterne(1713-68):Tristram Shandy,R.L. Stevenson(1850-94):Kidnapped and The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Oscar Wilde(1854-1900):The Importance of Being Earnest, and novelists such as Arnold Bennett (1867-1931), John Galsworthy (1867-1933)Literature and cultureLiterature has a history, and this connects with cultural history more widely. Prose narratives were written in the 16th century, but the novel as we know it could not arise, in the absence of a literate public. The popular and very contemporary medium for narrative in the 16th century is the theatre. The earliest novels reflect a bourgeois view of the world because this is the world of the authors and their readers (working people are depicted, but patronizingly, not from inside knowledge). The growth of literacy in the Victorian era leads to enormous diversification in the subjects and settings of the novel.Recent and future trendsIn recent times the novel has developed different genres such as the thriller, the whodunnit, the pot-boiler, the western and works of science-fiction, horror and the sex-and-shopping novel. Some of these may be brief fashions (the western seems to be dying) while others such as the detective story or science-fiction have survived for well over a century. As the dominant form of narrative in contemporary western popular culture, the novel may have given way to the feature film and television drama. But it has proved surprisingly resilient. As society alters, so the novel may reflect or define this change; many works may be written, but few of them will fulfil this defining rôle; those which seem to do so now, may not speak to later generations in the same way.Evaluating literatureThe "test of time" may be a cliché, but is a genuine measure of how a work of imagination can transcend cultural boundaries; we should, perhaps, now speak of the "test of time and place", as the best works cross boundaries of both kinds. We may not "like" or "enjoy" works such as Wüthering Heights, Heart of Darkness or The Waste Land, but they are the perfect expression of particular ways of looking at the world;the author has articulated a view which connects with the reader's search for meaning. It is, of course, perfectly possible for a work of imagination to make sense of the world or of experience (or love, or God, or death) while also entertaining or delighting the reader or audience with the detail and eloquence of the work, as in A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner or Great Expectations.人物分析William Shakespeare：（1564-1616）It is generally agreed that most of the Shakespearean Sonnets were written in the 1590sA)Poetry154 sonnets and "A Lover's Complaint" were published by Thomas Thorpe as Shake-speares Sonnets in 1609.B)TragediesTitus Andronicus first performed in1594 (printed in 1594),Romeo and Juliet 1594-95 (1597), Hamlet 1600-01 (1603), Julius Caesar 1600-01 (1623),Othello1604-05 (1622), Antony and Cleopatra1606-07 (1623), King Lear1606(1608),Coriolanus1607-08 (1623)Timon of Athens1607-08 (1623) Macbeth 1611-1612 (1623).C) HistoriesKing Henry VI Part 1 1592 (printed in 1594); King Henry VI Part 2 1592-93 (1594); King Henry VI Part 3 1592-93 (1623); King John 1596-97 (1623);King Henry IV Part 1 1597-98 (1598); King Henry IV Part 2 1597-98 (1600);King Henry V 1598-99 (1600); Richard II 1600-01 (1597); Richard III 1601 (1597); and King Henry VIII 1612-13 (1623)C)ComediesTaming of the Shrew first performed 1593-94 (1623), Comedy of Errors 1594 (1623), Two Gentlemen of Verona1594-95 (1623), Love's Labour's Lost1594-95 (1598), Midsummer Night's Dream1595-96 (1600), Merchant of Venice1596-1597 (1600), Much Ado AboutNothing1598-1599 (1600), As You Like It1599-00 (1623), Merry Wives of Windsor 1600-01 (1602), Troilus and Cressida 1602 (1609),Twelfth Night 1602 (1623), All's Well That Ends Well 1602-03 (1623),Measure for Measure 1604 (1623), Pericles, Prince of Tyre 1608-09 (1609), Tempest(1611), Cymbeline1611-12 (1623), Winter's Tale1611-12 (1623).The four common kinds of feet in English metrics have been named derived from Greek:1. IAMBIC foot consists of unaccented syllable followed by an accented. It can beheard in such words as "because, hello, Elaine".2. TROCHAIC foot consists of an accented syllable followed by an unaccented.These are trochaic words: answer, Tuesday, Albert.3.DACTYLIC foot consists of an accented syllable followed by two unaccentedsyllables. Y ou can hear the dactylic beat in these words: beautiful,silently, Saturday.4. ANAPESTIC foot consists of two unaccented syllables followed by an accentedsyllable. These words are anapestic: understand, interrupt,comprehend.Meters are named for the number of feet:monometer: one foot, dimeter: two feet, trimeter: three feet, tetrameter:four feet, pentameter:five feet, hexameter: six feet, heptameter: seven feet.One of the basic ways to group poetry is by the number of lines in a poem.: Couplet--two lines T ercet--three lines Quatrain--four lines Quintet--five linesSestet--six lines Septet--seven lines\ Octave--eight linesSonnet 18: This sonnet is by far one of the most interesting poems in the book.. It is mainly due to the simplicity and loveliness of the poem’s praise of the beloved that it has guaranteed its place in my mind, and heart. it is an important theme throughout much of the poetry in general, is the power of the speaker's poem to defy time and last forever.Sonnet 29: Sonnet 29 shows us the poet at his most insecure and troubled. What is causing the poet's anguish one can only guess, but an examination of the circumstances surrounding his life at the time he wrote sonnet 29 could help us to understand his depression. The poet is so forlorn that even the passion for his profession as an actor seems to have died (8). But the sonnet ends with a positive affirmation that all is not lost -- that the poet's dear friend can compensate for the grief he feelsDaniel Defoe丹尼爾笛福（1661-1731）English novelist, pamphleteer, and journalist, is most famous as the author of Robinson Crusoe (1719), a story of a man shipwrecked alone on an island. Along with Samuel Richardson, Defoe is considered the founder of the English novel.Main worksThe Shortest Way With Dissenters (1702) Hymn To The Pillory (1703) Robinson Crusoe (1719)Moll Flanders (1722)A Journal Of The Plague Year (1722) Captain Jack (1722)The Great Law Of Subordination Considered (1724) Roxana (1724) ThemesThemes are the fundamental and often universal ideas explored in a literary work. MotifsMotifs are recurring structures, contrasts, or literary devices that can help to develop and inform the text’s major themes.SymbolsSymbols are objects, characters, figures, or colors used to represent abstract ideas or concepts.William Blake（1757-1827）威廉布萊克William Blake (1757-1827)was a British poet, painter, visionary mystic, and engraver, who illustrated and printed his own books. Blake proclaimed the supremacy of the imagination over the rationalism and materialism of the 18th-century. Misunderstanding shadowed his career as a writer and artist and it was left to later generations to recognize his importance.Blake was born in London, where he spent most of his life. His father was a successful London hosier who encouraged Blake's artistic talents. Blake was first educated at home, chiefly by his mother. In 1767 he was sent to Henry Pars' drawing school. Blake has recorded that from his early years, he experienced visions of angels and ghostly monks and that he saw and conversed with the angel Gabriel, the Virgin Mary, and various historical figures.Main works1788: All Religions are One There is No Natural Religion1789: Songs of Innocence The Book of Thel1790–1793: The Marriage of Heaven and Hell1793-1795: Continental prophecies1793: Visions of the Daughters of Albion America a Prophecy1794: Europe a Prophecy The First Book of Urizen Songs of Experience 1795: The Book of Los The Song of Los The Book of AhaniaWilliam W ordsworth（1770-1850）William Wordsworth (1770-1850) was born in Cockermouth, Cumberland, in the Lake District.Main worksPoetry Descriptive Sketches (1793) Borders (1795) Lines Written Above Tintern Abbey (1798) Lyrical Ballads (1798) Intimations of Immortality (1806) Miscellaneous Sonnets (1807) Poems I-II (1807) The Excursion (1814)The White Doe of Rylstone (1815)The Waggoner (1819)The River Duddon (1820) Memorials of a Tour of the Continent (1822) Y arrow Revisited (1835)The Prelude Or Growth of a Poet's Mind (1850)ProseLetters of Dorothy and William Wordsworth (1967)Letters of the Wordsworth Family (1969) Literary Criticism (1966)Prose Works (1896) Prose Works (1974) The Love Letters of William and Mary Wordsworth (1981) EssayEssay Upon Epitaphs (1810)1811 The Necessity of Atheism 《無神論的必然性》1813 Queen Mab《以後麥布》1819 Prometheus Unbound《解放了的普羅米修士》1819 The Cenci 《欽契》1819 Song to the Men of England 《致英國人民》1819 Ode to the West Wind 《西風頌》1820 Ode to A Skylark 《雲雀頌》1821 A Defence of Peotry《詩辯》JANE AUSTEN（1775-1817）簡奧斯丁出身於鄉村小鎮斯蒂文頓，是英國著名女性小說家，她的作品主要關注鄉紳家庭女性的婚姻和生活，以女性特有的細緻入微的觀察力和活潑風趣的文字真實地描繪了她周圍世界的小天地。
2001年英语专业四级考试真题和答案详解资料讲解
听力Part ⅢLISTENING COMPREHENSION ［20 MIN.］In Sections A, B and C, you will hear everything once only. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow. Mark the correct answer to each question on your answer sheet.SECTION A STATEMENTIn this section you will hear nine statements. At the end of each statement you will be given 10 seconds to answer the question.1. The speaker likes teaching because of ___.A. its interesting natureB. the good salariesC. contact with the youngD. more summer holidays2. What does the speaker mean?A. Bad living conditions are due to the poor city.B. Bad planning is responsible for poor living conditions.C. Living conditions are bad because the city is too big.D. Small cities have better living conditions than large ones.3. What does the statement mean?A. Many people are concerned about their security.B. Social security bears no relation to population.C. Most social security problems are caused by a few people.D. Too many people may result in social security problems.4. Passengers must check in to board Flight 998 by ___.A. 10:30 a.mB. 10:00 a.mC. 11:30 a.mD. 11:00 a.m5. The speaker is probably a(n) ___.A. insurance agentB. firemanC. salesmanD. policeman6. The speaker thinks that___.A. Ian achieved a lot as an athleteB. Ian’s blind eye prevented him from athleticsC. Ian’s success depended on his childhood experienceD. Ian trained so hard in athletics as to lose one eye7. Mrs. Clark is worried about her___.A. husband’s healthB. husband’s workC. husband’s illnessD. own health8. The relationship between Susan and Jenny is ___.A. neutralB. friendlyC. unclear D strained9. What do we learn about Jack?A. He is well-known for hard work.B. He is pretty busy working.C. He has overworked and hurt his sight.D. He doesn’t like to have dinner with us.SECTION B CONVERSA TIONIn this section, you will hear nine short conversations between two speakers.At the end of each conversation you will be given 10 seconds to answer the question.10. What are they mainly talking about?A. Graduation date.B. Vacation plans.C. School courses.D. Job hunting.11. The conversation probably takes place in___.A. a libraryB. a bookstoreC. the classroomD. a department store12. The relationship between the two speakers is probably___.A. man and wifeB. lawyer and clientC. customer and waitressD. colleagues13. We can infer from the conversation that the man is a(n) ___.A. plumberB. construction workerC. office boyD. porter14. What will the man probably do next?A. Turn off the tape recorder.B. Turn up the tape recorder.C. Call the doctor.D. Continue to play.15. How does Lisa feel about her work?A. Satisfied.B. Frustrated.C. Annoyed.D. Confident.16. The woman is going to the___.A. libraryB. theatreC. research instituteD. laboratory17. Jackson changed his job because he ___.A. hurt himself during his workB. was not satisfied with his playC .wanted to work harderD. found the job too hard18. What does the woman say about the film?A. It is hard to pronounce the name.B. It is not going to be well received.C. She has temporarily forgotten its name.D. She has never heard of the name.SECTION C NEWS BROADCASTQuestions 19 and 20 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the question.Now listen to the news.19. Nigeria returned to the Commonwealth after ___.A. she had sentenced minority rights activists to deathB. the military had resumed control of the countryC. power had been handed over to an elected presidentD. she had negotiated with Commonwealth leaders20. The Commonwealth consists of ___countries which were former British colonies.A. 54B. 29C. 9D. 95Questions 21 and 22 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the question.Now listen to the news.21. The space shuttle Discovery completed a ___mission upon to the Kennedy Space Centre.A. 11-dayB. 94-dayC. 10-dayD. 49-day22. When the spacecraft was going to land, ___.A. it produced a lot of noiseB. there were scattered showersC. people could see it high in the skyD. people could neither see nor hear itQuestions 23 and 24 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 20 second to answer the question.Now listen to the news.23. How many people died during the collision?A Two.B Eighteen. C. Three. D. Five.24. Three Albanians were arrested for___.A. attacking the patrol boatB. smuggling in refugeesC. causing the accidentD. injuring refugeesQuestion 25 is based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the question.Now listen to the news.25. The news item is mainly about___.A. efforts to salvage Sun VistaB. negotiation with the ship’s ownerC. threats Sun Vista poses to passing shipsD. a newspaper’s comment on Sun Vista完型填空Part ⅣCLOZE ［15 MIN.］Decide which of the choices given below would best complete the passage if inserted in the corresponding blanks. Mark the best choice for each blank on your answer sheet.The translator must have an excellent, up-to-date knowledge of his source languages, full facility in the handling of his target language, which will be his mother tongue or language of habitual ( 26 )and a knowledge and understanding of the latest subject-matter in his field of specialization.This is, as it were, his professional equipment. ( 27 ) this, it is desirable that he should have an inquiring mind,wide interests, a good memory and the ability to grasp quickly the basic principles of new developments. He should be willing to work ( 28 )is own, often at high speeds, but should be humble enough to consult others ( 29 )his own knowledge not always prove adequate to the task in hand. He should be able to type fairly quickly and accurately and, if he is working mainly for publication, should have more than a nodding ( 30 )with printing techniques and proof-reading. If he is working basically as an information translator, let us say, for an industrial firm, he should have the flexibility of mind to enable him to ( 31 )rapidly from one source language to another, as well as from one subject-matter to another,since this ability is frequently ( 32 )of him in such work. Bearing in mind the nature of the translator’s work,i.e. the processing of the written word, it is, strictly speaking, ( 33 )that he should be able to speak thelanguage he is dealing with. If he does speak them, it is an advantage ( 34 ) a hindrance, but this skill is in many ways a luxury that he can ( 35 )with. It is, ( 36 ),desirable that he should have an approximate idea about the pronunciation of his source languages even if this is restricted to ( 37 )how proper names and place names are pronounced. The same ( 38 ) to an ability to write his source languages. If he can, well and good; if he cannot, it does not ( 39 ). There are many other skills and ( 40 )that are desirable in a translator.26. A. application B. use C. utility D. usage27. A. More than B. Except for C. Because of D. In addition to28. A. of B. by C. for D. on29. A. should B. when C. because D. if30. A. familiariy B. acquaintance C. knowledge D. skill31. A. change B. transform C. turn D. switch32. A. lacked B. required C. faced D. confronted33. A. essential B. unnecessary C. advantageous D. useless34. A. over B. despite C. rather than D. instead35. A. deal B. concern C. work D. do away36. A. however B. accordingly C. consequently D. thus37. A. knowing B. having known C. know D. have known38. A. refers B. comes C. applies D. amounts39. A. matter B. mind C. harm D. work40. A. characteristics B. qualities C. distinctions D. features选择Part ⅤGRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY ［15 MIN.］There are twenty-five sentences in this section. Beneath each sentence there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Choose one word or phrase that best completes the sentence.Mark your answers on your answer sheet.41. I can’t go—for one thing, I have no money, and___I have too much work.A. what’s moreB. as wellC. for anotherD. in addition42. Even as a girl,___to be her life, and theater audiences were tobe her best teacher.A. performing by Melissa wereB. it was known that Melissa’s performances wereC. knowing that Melissa’s performances wereD. Melissa knew that performing was43. ___ him tomorrow?A. Why not to call onB. Why don’t call onC. Why not calling onD. Why not call on44. There is no doubt ___the company has made the right decision on the sales project.A. whyB. thatC. whetherD. when45. Intellect is to the mind ___sight is to the body.A. whatB. asC. thatD.like46. ___I sympathize, I can’t really do very much to he lp them out of the difficulties.A. As long asB. AsC. WhileD. Even47. The patient’s progress was very encouraging as he could ___ get out of bed without help.A. nearlyB. hardlyC. merelyD. barely48. He was___to tell the truth even to his closest friend.A. too much of a cowardB. too much the cowardC. a coward enoughD. enough of a coward49. Barry had an advantage over his mother ___he could speak French.A. since thatB. in thatC. at thatD. so that50. You needn’t worry ___ regards the cost of the operation.A. withB. whichC. asD. about51. ___ is not a serious disadvantage in life.A. To be not tallB. Not to be tallC. Being not tallD. Not being tall52. During the famine, many people were ___ to going without food for days.A. sunkB. reducedC. forcedD. declined53. The computer can be programmed to ___a whole variety of tasks.A. assignB. tackleC. realizeD. solve54. The team’s efforts to score were ___by the opposing goalkeeper.A. frustratedB. preventedC. discouragedD. accomplished55. I only know the man by___ but I have never spoken to him.A. chanceB. heartC. sightD. experience56. Being colour-blind, Sally can’t make a ___between red and green.A. differenceB. distinctionC. comparisonD. division57. You must insist that students give a truthful answer ___ with the reality of their world.A. relevantB. simultaneousC. consistentD. practical58. In order to raise money, Aunt Nicola had to ___with some of her most treasured possessions.A. divideB. separateC. partD. abandon.59. The car was in good working ___when I bought it a few months agoA. orderB. formC. stateD. circumstance60. The customer expressed her ___for that broad hat.A. disapprovalB. distasteC. dissatisfactionD. dismay61. In order to repair barns, build fence, grow crops, and care for animals a farmer must indeed be___.A. restlessB. skilledC. strongD. versatile62. His expenditure on holidays and luxuries is rather high in___to his income.A. comparisonB. proportionC. associationD. calculation63. Although he has become rich, he is still very ___ of his money.A. economicB. thriftyC. frugalD. careful64. As the manager was away on a business trip, I was asked to ___the weekly staff meeting.A. presideB. introduceC. chairD. dominate65. The ___ of the word is unknown, but it is certainly not from Greek.A. originB. generationC. descentD. cause阅读APart ⅥREADING COMPREHENSION ［30 MIN.］SECTION A READING COMPREHENSION ［25 MIN.］In this section there are four passages followed by questions or unfinished statements, each with four suggested answers marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that you think is the best answer. Mark your answers on your answer sheet.TEXT AThe train clattered over points and passed through a station.Then it began suddenly to slow down, presumably in obedience to a signal. For some minutes it crawled along, then stopped; presently it began to move forward again. Another up-train passed them, though with less vehemence than the first one. The train gathered speed again. At that moment another train, also on a down-line, swerved inwards towards them, for a moment with almost alarming effect. For a time the two trains ran parallel, now, one gaining a little, now the other. Mrs. McGillicuddy looked from her window through the window of the parallelcarriages. Most of the blinds were down, but occasionally the occupants of the carriages were visible. The other train was not very full andthere were many empty carriages.At the moment when the two trains gave the illusion of being stationary, ablind in one of the carriages flew up with a snap. Mrs. McGillicuddy looked intothe lighted first-class carriage that was only a few feet away.Then she drew her breath in with a gasp and half-rose to her feet.Standing with his back to the window and to her was a man. His hands were round the throat of a woman who faced him, and he was slowly, remorselessly, strangling her. Her eyes were starting from their sockets, her face was purple. As Mrs. McGillicuddy watched, fascinated, the end came; the body went limp and crumpled in the man’s hands.At the same moment, Mrs. McGillicuddy’s train slowed down again and the other began to gain speed. It passed forward and a moment or two later it had vanished from sight.Almost automatically Mrs. McGillicuddy’s hand went up to the communicationcor d, then paused, irresolute. After all, what use would it be ringing the cord of the train in which she was travelling? The horror of what she had seen at such close quarters, and the unusual circumstances, made her feel paralysed. Some immediate action was necessary,—but what?The door of her compartment was drawn back and a ticket collector said, “Ticket, please.”66. When Mrs. McGuillicuddy’s train passed through a station, it___.A. gained speed suddenlyB. kept its usual speedC. changed its speedD. stopped immediately67. Mrs. McGuillicuddy seems to be a (an) ___ person.A. observantB. interestedC. nosyD. nervous68. What she saw in the parallel train made her feel___.A. excitedB. anxiousC. worriedD. horrified69. She didn’t ring the communication cord immediately because___.A. she was very much afraidB. there was no point of doing soC. she was too shocked to moveD. the ticket collector came inTEXT BI am one of the many city people who are always saying that given the choice we would prefer to live in the country away from the dirt and noise of a large city. I have managed to convince myself that if it weren’t for my job I would immediately head out for the open spaces and go backto nature in some sleepy village buried in the county. But how realistic is the dream?Cities can be frightening places. The majority of the population live in massive tower blocks, noisy, dirty and impersonal. The sense of belonging to a community tends to disappear when you live fifteen floors up. All you can see from your window is sky, or other blocks of fiats. Children become aggressive and nervous - cooped up at home all day, with nowhere to play; their mothers feel isolated from the rest of the world. Strangely enough, whereas in the past the inhabitants of one street all knew each other, nowadays people on the same floor in tower blocks don’t even say hello to each other.Country life, on the other hand, differs from this kind of isolated existence in that a sense of community generally binds the inhabitants of small villages together. People have the advantage of knowing that there is always someone to turn to when they need help. But country life has disadvantages too. While it is true that you may be among friends in a village, it is also true that you are cut off from the exciting and important events that take place in cities. There’s little possibility of going to a new show or the latest movie. Shopping becomes a major problem, and for anything slightly out of the ordinary you have to goon an expedition to the nearest large town. The city-dweller who leaves for thecountry is often oppressed by a sense of unbearable stillness and quiet.What, then, is the answer? The country has the advantage of peace and quiet, but suffers from the disadvantage of being cut off: the city breeds a feeling of isolation, and constant noise batters the senses. But one of its main advantages is that you are at the centre of things, and that life doesn’t come to an end at half-past nine at night. Some people have found (or rather bought) a compromise between the two: they have expressed their preference for the “quiet life” by leaving the suburbs and moving to villages within commuting distance of large cities. They generally have about as much sensitivity as the plastic flowers they leave behind—they are polluted with strange ideas about change and improvement which they force on to the unwilling original inhabitants of the villages.Wh at then of my dreams of leaning on a cottage gate and murmuring “morning” to the locals as they pass by. I’m keen on the idea, but you see there’s my cat, Toby. I’m not at all sure that he would take to all that fresh air and exercise in the long grass. I mean, can you see him mixing with all those hearty malesdown the farm? No, he would rather have the electric imitation-coal fire any evening.70. We get the impression from the first paragraph that the author___.A. used to live in the countryB. used to work in the cityC. works in the cityD. lives in the country71. In the author’s opinion, the following may cause city people to be unhappy EXCEPT___.A. a strong sense of fearB. lack of communicationC. housing conditionsD. a sense ofisolation72. The passage implies that it is easy to buy’ the following things in the country EXCEPT___A. daily necessitiesB. fresh fruitsC. designer clothesD. fresh vegetables73. According to the passage, which of the following adjectives best describes those people who work in large cities and live in villages?A. Original.B. Quiet.C. Arrogant.D. Insensitive.74. Do you think the author will move to the country?A. Yes, he will do so.B. No, he will not do so.C. It is difficult to tell.D. He is in two minds.TEXT CTraditionally, the woman has held a low position in marriage partnerships. While her husband went his way, she had to wash, stitch and sew. Today the move is to liberate the woman, which may in the end strengthen the marriage union.Perhaps the greatest obstacle to friendship in marriage is the amount a couple usually see of each other. Friendship in its usual sense is not tested by the strain of daily, year-long cohabitation. Couples need to take up separate interests (and friendship) as well as mutually shared ones, if they are not to get used to the more attractive elements of each other’s personalities.Married couples are likely to exert themselves for guests - being amusing,discussing with passion and point — and then to fall into dull exhausted silence when the guests have gone.As in all friendship, a husband and wife must try to interest each other, and to spend sufficient time sharing absorbing activities to give them continuing common interests. But at the same time they must spend enough time on separateinterests with separate people to preserve and develop their separate personalities and keep their relationship fresh.For too many highly intelligent working women, home represents chore obligations, because the husband only tolerates her work and does not participate in household chores. For too many highly intelligent working men, home represents dullness and complaints - from an over-dependent wife who will not gather courageto make her own life.In such an atmosphere, the partners grow further and further apart, both love and liking disappearing. For too many couples with children, the children are allowed to command all time and attention, allowing the couple no time to develop liking and friendship, as well as love, allotting them exclusive parental roles.75. According to the passage, which of the following statements is CORRECT?A. Friendship in marriage means daily, year-long cohabitation.B. Friendship can be kept fresh by both separate and shared interests.C. Friendship in marriage is based on developing similar interests.D. Friendship in marriage is based on developing separate interest.76. The passage suggests that married couples become___.A. unfriendly with guestsB. uninterested in guestsC. hostile when guests have leftD. quiet when guest have left77. The passage seems to indicate at the end that children___.A. help couples reinforce their friendshipB. make no impact on the quality of friendshipC. may pose obstacles in marital friendshipD. command less time and care than expectedTEXT DSending a child to school in England is a step which many parents do not find easy to take. In theory, at least, the problem is that there are very many choices to make. Let us try to list some of the alternatives between which parents are forced to decide. To begin with, they may ask themselves whether they would like their child to go to a single-sex school or a co-educational school. They may also consider whether he should go to a school which is connected to a particular church or religious group, or whether the school should have no such connections. Another decision is Whether the school should be one of the vast majority financed by the State or one of the very small but influential minority of private schools, though this choice is, of course, only available to the small number of those who can pay. Also connected with the question of money is whether the child should go to a boarding school or live at home. Then there is the question of what the child should do at school. Should it be a school whose curriculum lays emphasis, for instance, on necessary skills, such as reading, writing and mathematics, or one which pays more attention to developing the child’s personality, morally, emotionally and socially. Finally, with dissatisfaction with conventional education as great as it is in some circles in England and certainly in the USA, the question might even ar ise in the parents’ minds as to whether the child should be compelled to go to school at all. Although in practice, some parents may not think twice about any of these choices and send their child to the only school available in the immediate neighbourhood, any parent who is interested enough can insist that as many choices as possible be made open to him, and the system is theoretically supposed to provide them.78. Parents find choosing a school hard because___.A. there is a limited number of choicesB. some schools are very expensiveC. some schools are government schoolsD. they are faced with a variety of offers79. According to the passage, some parents, if allowed, might let their children stay at home because they___.A. don’t find co nventional education satisfactoryB. don’t know how to choose among different schoolsC. intend to educate their children themselvesD. find conventional education too expensive to pay for80. What is implied at the very end of the passage ?A. Most parents are unconcerned about the choices available to them.B. Interested parents can request more school choices be open to them.C. The educational system may not provide as many choices as expected.D. Most parents usually send their children to the schools nearby.阅读BSECTION B SKIMMING AND SCANNING ［5 MIN.］In this section there are seven passages with a total of ten multiple-choice questions. Skim or scan them as required and then mark your answers.TEXT EFirst read the following question.81. The main purpose of the passage is to___.A. warn people of pickpockets.B. tell people what to wear.C. describe how to catch thieves.D. explain how to contact the police.Now, go through TEXT E quickly and answer question 81.Pickpockets operate in crowded places in the hope of getting easy pickings. Don’t make it easy for them. Keep wallets, purses and other valuables out of sight. If wearing a jacket, an inside pocket is the best place to use. If not, your possessions are safest in a pocket with a button-down flap.Please co-operate with the police by reporting any crime or suspicious activity immediately, either by dialling 110 or calling at your nearest police station.TEXT FFirst read the following question.82. The main topic of the passage is ___.A. agricultural productsB. irrigation methodsC. natural resourcesD. water shortagesNow, go through TEXT F quickly and answer question 82.It is widely accepted that China is a country faced with severe water shortages. Insufficient water resources have slowed agricultural development. And tomake matters worse, some of the traditional Chinese irrigation methods have wasted an astonishing amount of water.In China today, the utilization efficiency of farming water is about 30-40 per cent. This figure stands in sharp contrast to developed countries’ utilization average of 70-80 per cent. The low utilization efficiency has resulted from the adoption of some traditional Chinese irrigation methods.Only by using modern irrigation methods can we reduce water shortage in agriculture.One of the advantages of modern irrigation methods is that they alone can save 20-30 per cent of the present volume of wasted irrigation water.TEXT GFirst read the following question.83. The letter is about___.A. cities in South-east AsiaB. holiday greetingsC. sightseeingD. travel plansNow, go through TEXT G quickly and answer question 83.May 5th 2002Dear Mark,Hello again! Here are my holiday plans. I’ll leave on a tour of South-east Asia in August and will arrive in Singapore in September. Hope we’ll be able tomeet there. These are my travel plans:August 28th London-TokyoSeptember 1st Tokyo-BangkokSeptember 4th Bangkok-SingaporeSeptember 7th Singapore-ManilaSeptember 9th Manila-LondonLooking forward to seeing you again.Best wishesChristopherTEXT HFirst read the following question.84. Who will read the following excerpt from a pamphlet?A. Travellers.B. Baby-sitters.C. Insurance agents.D. Trattic police.Now, go through TEXT H quickly and answer question 84.DAY TRIPSEven if you are only going on a day trip to another country , accidents can happen. So please make sure you have adequate travel insurance.TAKE CARE IN WATERBathing will cool you but remember that fatal accidents can happen very easily and in the most unexpected conditions. Adults should watch each other for signs of trouble when in water. Children should always be supervised by an adult who can swim well. Young children should never be left unattended near a stretch of water.TAKE CARE ON THE ROADSTraffic accidents are the major cause of death among travellers. Whetherdriver or pedestrian, always check on local traffic regulations.TEXT IFirst read the following questions.85. How many performances will the Irish dancing troupe give between June 23 and 25?A. One.B. Two.C. Three.D. Four.86. Whose works will NOT be played at the concert?。
2001年6月英语四级真题听力原文
Part Ⅰ Listening Comprehension (20 minutes)Section A1. W:I heard you got a full mark in math exams. Congratulations!M: Thanks! I'm sure you also did a good job.Q: What's the probable relationship between the two speakers?2. W: Hi, Tony. How did your experiment go yesterday?M: Well, it wasn't as easy as I had thought .I have to continue doing it tonight.Q: What do we learn from the conversation?3. M:I hear you are moving into a new apartment soon?W: Yes, but it is more expensive. My present neighbor plays the piano all night long.Q: Why is the woman moving?4. W: Mr. Jones, your student, Bill, shows great enthusiasm for music instruments.M:I only wish he showed half as much for his English lessons.Q: What do we learn from the conversation about Bill?5. W: Oh, dear!1'm starving, I can't walk any farther.M: Let's go to the restaurant across the street and get something to eat.Q: Where are the two people?6. W: Why didn't you make an appointment to see the doctor last week when you first twisted your ankle?M: The injury didn't seem serious then. I decided to go today, because my foot still hurt when I put my weigh on it.Q: Why didn't the man see the doctor earlier?7. M:I wonder if Suzy will be here by 5 o'clock.W: Her husband said she left home at 4:30.she should be here at 5:10,and 5:15 at the latest.Q: what time did Suzy leave home?8. W: When will you be through with your work, John?M: who knows? My boss usually finds something for me to do at the last minute.Q: What do we learn from the conversation?9. W:I don't know what I'm going to wear to the party .All of my clothes look so old and I can't afford something new.M: Why don't you wear your black silk dress?10. M: How did you like yesterday's play?W: Generally speaking, it was quite good. The part of secretary was played wonderfully, but I think the man who played the boss was too dramatic to be realistic.Q: How does the woman feel about the man?Section BCompound DictationIf you are a young college student, most of your concerns about your health and happiness in life are probably focused on the present. Basically, you want to feel good physically, mentally, and emotionally now. You probably don't spend much time worrying about the distant future, such as whether you will develop heart disease, or cancer, how you will take care of yourself in your retirement years, or how long you are going to live. Such thoughts may have crossed your mind once in a while however, if you are in your thirties, forties, fifties, or older, such health related thoughts are likely to become increasingly important to you . Regardless of your age, you can make a number of important changes in your current lifestyle. that will help you feel better physically and mentally. Recently researchers have found that , even in late adulthood, exercise, strength training with weights, and better food can help elderly individuals significantly improve their health and add happiness to their life. We know much more about preventive health today than our parents and grandparents did in the past. giving us the opportunity to avoid some of health problems that have troubled them. And this new knowledge can be transmitted to our children to help them become healthier than our generation.。
2001英语专四真题及答案教学资料
2001英语专四真题及答案2001英语专四真题及答案四。
阅读APart Ⅵ READING COMPREHENSION ［30 MIN。
］SECTION A READING COMPREHENSION ［25 MIN。
］In this section there are four passages followed by questions or unfinished statements， each with four suggestedanswers marked A， B， C and D。
Choose the one that you think is the best answer。
Mark your answers on your answer sheet。
TEXT AThe train clattered over points and passed through a station。
Then it began suddenly to slow down， presumably in obedience to asignal。
For some minutes it crawled along， then stopped; presently it began to move forward again。
Another up－train passed them，though with less vehemence than the first one。
The train gathered speed again。
At that moment another train， also on a down－line，swerved inwards towards them， for a moment with almost alarming effect。
For a time the two trains ran parallel， now， one gaining a little， now the other。
2001年12月大学英语四级考试试题及答案
2002年12月大学英语四级考试试题及参考答案Part I Listening Comprehension (20minutes)Section ADirections: In this section, you will hear 10 short conversations. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the question 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 the \answer Sheet with a single line through the center.Example: You will hear: You will read: A) At the office. B) In the waiting room. C) At the airport.D) In a restaurant.From the conversation we know that the two were talking about some work they had to finish in the evening. This is most likely to have taken place at the office. There fore, A) “At the office” is the best answer. You should choose [A> on the Answer Sheet and mark it with a single line through the center.Sample Answer [A>[B>[C>[D>1. A) They are both anxious to try Italian food.B)They are likely to have dinner together.C) The man will treat the woman to dinner tonight.D) The woman refused to have dinner with the man.2. A) It‟s only for rent, not for sale.B) It‟s being redecorated.C) It‟s not as g ood as advertised.D) It‟s no longer available.3. A) Colleagues.B) Employer and employee.C) Husband and wife.D) Mother and son.4. A) She contacts her parents occasionally.B) She phones her parents regularly at weekends.C) She visits her parents at weekends when the fares are down.D) She often calls her parents regardless of the rates.5. A) The next bus is coming soon.B) The bus will wait a few minutes at the stop.C) There are only two or three passengers waiting for the bus.D) They can catch this bus without running.6. A) The assignment looks easy but actually it‟s quite difficult.B) The assignment is too difficult for them to complete on time.C) They cannot finish the assignment until Thursday.D) They have plenty of time to work on the assignment.7. A) The man will go to meet the woman this evening.B) The man and the woman have an appointment at 7 o‟clock.C) The woman can‟t finish making the jam before 7 o‟clock.D) The woman won‟t be able to see the man this evening.8. A) She‟s learned a lot from the literature class.B) She‟s written some books about world classics.C) She‟s met some of the world‟s best writers.D) She‟s just back from a trip round the world.9. A) The exam was easier than the previous one.B) Joe is sure that he will do better in the next exam.C) Joe probable failed in the exam.D) The oral part of the exam was easier than the written part.10. A) She is tired of driving in heavy traffic.B) She doesn‟t mind it as the road conditions are g ood.C) She is unhappy to have to drive such a long way every day.D) She enjoys it because she‟s good at driving.Section B Compound Dictation注意：听力理解的B节（Section B）为复合式听写（Compound Dictation）, 题目在试卷二上，现在请取出试卷二。
月大学英语四级试题听力理解及注释
2001年6月大学英语四级听力Part I Listening Comprehension (20 minutes)Section ADirections: In this section, you will hear 10 short conversations. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the question 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 the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.Example:You will hear:You will read :A) At the office.B) In the waiting room.C) At the airport.D) In a restaurant.From the conversation we know that the two were talking about some work they had to finish in the evening. This is most likely to have taken place at the office. Therefore, A) “At the office” is the best answer. You should choose [A] on the Answer Sheet and mark it with a single line through the center.Sample Answer [A] [B] [C] [D]1.A) A math teacher and his colleague.C) A student and his classmate B)A teacher and his student.D)A librarian and a student2. A)Tony could not continue the experimentB)Tony finished the experiment last night. C)Tony thought the experiment was well done.D)Tony had expected the experiment to be easier.3. A)She can't put up with the noise.B)She wants to save money to buy a piano. C)The present apartment is too expensive.D)She has found a job a neighbouring area.4. A)He is not very enthusiastic about his English lessons.B)He has made great progress in his English.C)He is a student of the music department.D)He is not very interested in English songs.5. A)At home.C)In a car B)In a restaurant.D)On the street.6. A)His injury kept him at home.C)He was too weak to see the doctor. B)He didn't think it necessary.D)He failed to make an appointment.7. A)5:15 C)4:30B)5:10 D)5:008. A)The man needs help.C)The man likes his job. B)The man is complaining.D)The man is talking with his boss.9. A)Wear a new dress.C)Attend a party B)Make a silk dress.D)Go shopping.10.A )He played his part quite well.C)He proformed better than the secretary B)He was not dramatic enough.D)He exaggerated his part.Section BDicections: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 s1 to s7 with the exact words you have just heard.For blanks numbered from s8 to s10 you are required to fill in the missing information. 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.If you are a young college student ,most of your concerns about your health and happiness in life are probably(S1)_________on the present.Basically,you want to feel good physically,mentally,and (S2)_______now.You probably don’t spend much time worrying about the (s3)_______future,such as whether you will develop heart disease,or (S4)________,how you will take care of yourself in your (S5)_______years,or how long you are going to live.Such thoughts may have (S6)_______your mind once in a while however,if you are in your thirties ,forties ,fifties ,or older,such health related thoughts are likely to become(s7)________important to you .(s8) ________ that will help you feel better physically and mentally .Recently researchers have found that ,even in late adulthood,exercise,strength training with weights,and better food can help elderly individuals significantly improve their health and add happiness to their life.(s9) ________ giving us the opportunity to avoid some of health porblems that have troubled them.(s10) ________2001年6月大学英语四级听力答案及书面材料Part ISection ASection BS1. focusedS2. emotionallyS3. distantS4. cancerS5. retirementS6. crossedS7. increasinglyS8. 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.【书面材料】Section A1.W:I heard you got a full mark in maths exams.Congratulations!M:Thanks!I’m sure you also did a good job.Q:What’s the probable relationship between the t wo speakers?【注释】本题答案为“C”。
2001英语专四真题及答案
2001英语专四真题及答案四。
阅读APart Ⅵ READING COMPREHENSION ［30 MIN。
］SECTION A READING COMPREHENSION ［25 MIN。
］In this section there are four passages followed by questions or unfinished statements， each with four suggestedanswers marked A， B， C and D。
Choose the one that you think is the best answer。
Mark your answers on your answer sheet。
TEXT AThe train clattered over points and passed through a station。
Then it began suddenly to slow down， presumably in obedience to a signal。
For some minutes it crawled along， then stopped; presently it began to move forward again。
Another up－train passed them， though with less vehemence than the first one。
The train gathered speed again。
At that moment another train， also on a down－line， swerved inwards towards them， for a moment with almost alarming effect。
For a time the two trains ran parallel， now， one gaining a little， now the other。
2001年6月大学英语四级考试试题（听力）4
19. According to the passage parents and coaches should _____________ .A)pay more attention to letting children enjoy sportsB)help children to win every gameC)train children to cope with stressD)enable children to understand the positive aspect of sports20. The author's purpose in writing the passage is ____________ .A)to teach young athletes how to avoid burnoutB)to persuade young children not to worry about criticismC)to stress the importance of positive reinforcement to childrenD)to discuss the skill of combining criticism with encouragementPassage ThreeQuestions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage.Humanity uses a little less than half the water available worldwide. Yet occurrences of shortages and droughts (⼲旱) are causing famine and distress in some areas, and industrial and agricultural by-products are polluting water supplies. Since the world's population is expected to double in the next 50 years, many experts think we are on the edge of a widespread water crisis.But that doesn't have to be the outcome. Water shortages do not have to trouble the world-if we start valuing water more than we have in the past. Just as we began to appreciate petroleum more after the 1970s oil crises, today we must start looking at water from a fresh economic perspective. We can no longer afford to consider water a virtually free resource of which we can use as much as we like in any way we want.Instead, for all uses except the domestic demand of the poor, governments should price water to reflect its actual value. This means charging a fee for the water itself as well as for the supply costs.Governments should also protect this resource by providing water in more economically and environmentally sound ways. For example, often the cheapest way to provide irrigation(灌溉)water in the dry tropics is through small-scale projects, such as gathering rainfall in depressions(凹地) and pumping it to nearby cropland.No matter what steps governments take to provide water more efficiently, they must change their institutional and legal approaches to water use. Rather than spread control among hundreds or even thousands of local, regional, and national agencies that watch various aspects of water use, countries should set up central authorities to coordinate water policy.21. What is the real cause of the patential water crisis.A)Only harf of the world's warter can be used.B)The world population is inereasing faster and faster.C)Half of the world's water resources have been seriously polluted.D)Humanity has not placed officient value on water resources.22. As indicated in the passage, the water problem _________ .A)is already serious in certain parts of the world.B)Has been exaggerated by some experts in the fieldC)Poses a challenge to the technology of building reservoirsD)Is underestimated by government organizations at different levels23. According to the author, the water price should _______ .A)be reduced to the minimumB)stimulate domestic demandC)correspond to its real valueD)ake into account the occurrences of droughts24. The author says that in some hot and dry areas it is advisable to _________ .A)build big lakes to store waterB)construct big pumping stationsC)build small and cheap irrigation systemsD)channel water from nearby rivers to cropland25. In order to raise the efficiency of the water supply, measures should be taken to ______ .A)guarantee full protection of the environmentB)centralize the management of water resourcesC)increase the sense of responsibility of agencies at all levelsD)encourage local and regional of water resourcesPassage FourQuestions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage.We can see how the product life cycle works by looking at the introduction of instant coffee. When it was introduced, most people did not like it as well as "regular"coffee and it took several years to gain general acceptance (introduction stage). At one point, though, Instant coffee grew rapidly in popularity and many brands were introduced (stage of rapid growth). After a while people became attached to one brand and sales leveled off (stage of maturity). Sales went into a slight decline （衰退）when freeze-dried coffees were introduced (stage of decline).The importance of the product life cycle to marketers is this: Different stages in the product life cycle call for different strategies. The goal is to extend product life so that sales and profits do not decline. One strategy is called market modification. It means that marketing managers look for new users and market sections. Did you know, for example, that the backpacks that so many students carry today were originally designed for the military?Market modification also means searching for increased usage among present customers or going for a different market, such as senior citizens. A marketer may re-position the product to appeal to new market sections.Another product extension strategy is called product modification. It involves changing product quality, features, or style to attract new users or more usage from present users. American auto manufacturers are using quality improvement as one way to recapture world markets. Note, also, how auto manufacturers once changed styles dramatically from year to year to keep demand from falling.26. According to the passage, when people grow fond of one particular brand of a product, its sales will ____ .A)decrease gradually C)improve enormouslyB)become unstable D)remain at the same level27. The first paragraph tells us that a new product is _____ .A)usually introduced to satisfy different tastesB)often more expensive than old onesC)often inferior to old ones at firstD)not easily accepted by the public28. Marketers need to know which of the four stages a product is in so as to __________ .A)work out marketing policies C)promote its productionB)increase its popularity D)speed up its life cycle29. The author mentions the example of "backpacks"(Line 4, Para.2 ) to show the importance of _______ .A)increasing usage among students C)pleasing the young as well as the oldB)exploring new market sections D)serving both military and civil needs30. In order to recover their share of the world market, U.S. auto makers are _______ .A)improving product quality C)re-positioning their product in the marketB)modernizing product style D)increasing product features。
2001英语专四真题及答案
2001英语专四真题及答案四。
阅读APart Ⅵ READING COMPREHENSION ［30 MIN。
］SECTION A READING COMPREHENSION ［25 MIN。
］In this section there are four passages followed by questions or unfinished statements， each with four suggestedanswers marked A， B， C and D。
Choose the one that you think is the best answer。
Mark your answers on your answer sheet。
TEXT AThe train clattered over points and passed through a station。
Then it began suddenly to slow down， presumably in obedience to a signal。
For some minutes it crawled along， then stopped; presently it began to move forward again。
Another up－train passed them， though with less vehemence than the first one。
The train gathered speed again。
At that moment another train， also on a down－line， swerved inwards towards them， for a moment with almost alarming effect。
For a time the two trains ran parallel， now， one gaining a little， now the other。
2001英语专四真题及答案
2001英语专四真题及答案四。
阅读APart Ⅵ READING COMPREHENSION ［30 MIN。
］SECTION A READING COMPREHENSION ［25 MIN。
］In this section there are four passages followed by questions or unfinished statements， each with four suggestedanswers marked A， B， C and D。
Choose the one that you think is the best answer。
Mark your answers on your answer sheet。
TEXT AThe train clattered over points and passed through a station。
Then it began suddenly to slow down， presumably in obedience to a signal。
For some minutes it crawled along， then stopped; presently it began to move forward again。
Another up－train passed them， though with less vehemence than the first one。
The train gathered speed again。
At that moment another train， also on a down－line， swerved inwards towards them， for a moment with almost alarming effect。
For a time the two trains ran parallel， now， one gaining a little， now the other。
2001.1听力试题
Section A
听力原稿
1.M:Hi,Jane,do you have some changes? I have to make a call on the payphone. W:Payphone? Why not use my mobile phone? Here you are. Q:What will the man most probably do? Back 2.M:Can you tell me the title of this oil painting? W:Sorry,I don't know for sure,but I guess it is an early 18 century work.Let me look it up in the catalog. Q:Where does this conversation most probably take place? Back
5.［A］ He finds the presentation hard to follow. ［B］ He speaks highly of the presentation. ［C］ He considers the presentation very dull. ［D］ He thinks Professor White has Script chosen an interesting topic. 6. ［A］ A bookshelf. ［B］ A typewriter. ［C］ Some stocks. ［D］ High quality paper.
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7. ［A］ They set off early. ［B］ They wait for a fine day. ［C］ They go sightseeing. ［D］ They go to the seaside.
01年英语专四听力原文和答案
2001年专四听力答案PART ⅠDICTATIONCharacteristics of a Good ReaderTo improve your reading habits ,/you must understand the characteristics of a good reader. /First, the good reader usually reads rapidly./0f course, he does not read every piece of material at the same rate. /But whether he is reading a newspaper or a chapter in a physics text,/his reading rate is relatively fast./He has learned to read for ideas rather than words one at a time./Next, the good reader can recognize and understand general ideas and specific details./Thus he is able to comprehend the material with a minimum of effort and a maximum of interest. /Finally, the good reader has at his command several special skills ,/which he can apply to reading problems as they occur. /For the college student, the most helpful of these skills include/ making use of the various aids to understanding that most textbooks provide /and skim-reading for a general survey.PART ⅡLISTENING COMPREHENSIONSECTION A CONVERSATIONSQuestions I to 3 are based on the following conversation.W: Hi, you had an encounter with an elephant yesterday?M: Yeah, (1) it scared me to death.W:What happened?M: I was walking in the park (1) when a female elephant came charging at me right from behind.W:How terrifying!M: Yes. As I wag running I tripped and fell to the ground. Just as I turned around the tusks were already about a foot from my chest.W:She was trying to stab you with her tusks?M: She was going for a kill. (2) I just had time to grab the tusks and kind of pulled them past my body. And one tusk stabbed into the earth about a few centimeters from my head. I held on and she just tried to stab me. Miraculously she didn't touch anything vital.W:When she stabbed into the earth, she must liTive been right on top of you?M: Oh yes, she was. (3) Her eyeballs were about two inches from my eyeballs.W: Just at that second when you were staring at her in the eye, was there anything going through your head or were you over- whelmed with terror?M:My thought was. If you let go of these tusks, you are dead meat.W: Well,what did happen? Why didn't you die?M: Usually the elephant is just as scared as you are. Someone came up and screamed at the elephant. That probably distracted her and she decided to run away.Key:1.B 2.C 3. AQuestions 4 to 6 are based on the following conversation.M: Math department, Doctor Webster speaking.W: Hello, Prof. Webster, this is Janet Hill calling. I live two doors down from your teaching assistant, Don Williams. (4) Don asked me to call you because he has lost his voice and can't talk to you himself.M:Lost his voice? Oh, what a shame! Is there anything I can do for him?W: Well, he has a class this afternoon from 2:30 to 4:00 and he won't be able to teach it. But he doesn't want to cancel it, either.M:Does he want me to try to find somebody else to teach the class?W: No, not exactly. (5) What he wants to do is to get someone to go in for him, just to pass back the mid-term exams.M;His class is at 2:30, you say? Well, I'm free at that time and I was going to be on campus anyway; so I could do it for him. What room is his class in?W: Cater Hall, Room 214. (6) Will you need his office key to get the exams? He's given it to me and I could bring it to you.M: Actually, that won't be necessary. We have a master key in the math department. So I can get into his office if necessaryW: Thank you very much, Prof. Webster.M:My pleasure.Key: 4.C 5. A 6.BQuestions 7 to 10 are based on the following conversation.M: Hey, Jane. What's so interesting'?F: I'm reading this fascinating article on the societies of the Ice Age during the Pleistocene period.M: (7)The Ice Age? There weren't any societies then. Just a bunch of cave people.F: That's what people used to think. But a new exhibit of the America museum of natural history showed Ice Age people were surprisinglyadvanced:M: Oh, really? In what ways?F: Well, Ice Age people were the inventors of language, art, and music as we know it. And they didn't live in caves, they built their own shelters.M: What did they use to build them? The cold weather would have killed off most of the trees so they couldn't have used wood.F: (8) In some of the warmer climates, they did build the houses of wood. In other places, they used animal bones and skins or lived in natural stone shelters.M: How did they stay warm? Animal skin walls don't sound very sturdy.F: (9) Well, in the early Ice Age, they often faced the house towards south, to take the advantage of the sun, a primitive sort of solar heating.M: Hey, that's pretty smart. I guess I spoke too soon. (10) Can I read that magazine article after you've done? I think I'm going to try to impress my history teacher with my amazing knowledge of the Ice Age civilization.F:What a show off.Key: 7.A 8.C 9.D 10.BSECTION B PASSAGESQuestions II to 13 are based on the following passage.(11) There is probably no area of human activity in which OUT values and lifestyles are reflected more vividly than they are in the clothes that we choose to wear. The dress of an individual is a kind of "sign language" that communicates a complex set of information and is usually the basis on which immediate impressions are formed.(12) Traditionally a concern for clothes was considered to be a feminine preoccupation, while men took pride in the fact that they were completely lacking in clothes consciousness.Time has changed as masculine dress takes on greater variety and color. As early as 1955 ,a research revealed that men attached high importance to the value of clothing in daily life. White-collar workers in particular viewed dress as a symbol capable of manipulation, which could be used to impress or influence others, especially in work situations. (13) Although blue collar workers were less aware that they might be judged on the basis of their clothing, they recognized that any difference from the accepted pattern of dress would draw ridicule from fellow workers.Since that time, the pattern has changed: the typical office worker may now be wearing the blue shirt, and the laborer a white shirt; but the importance of dress has not diminished.Key: 11.A 12. A 13.DQuestions 14 to 16 are based on the following passage.(14)To work in an international organization, such as the United Nations or the European Commission, you need to be accredited by one of the various international translators' or interpreters' associations. To achieve this, you must undergo strict and lengthy training, either at an accrediting organization's own school, or on a postgraduate course at university.But a qualification in languages is not the only route into the job. At the European Commission, for example, a recent intake of trainee interpreters included several with degrees in subjects like economics,linguistics,philosophy,law and,of course,languages.(16) To become a successful interpreter, candidates need to be at a high level in between three and five languages. However,regardless of how many languages they speak, (16) they voll only be required to translate from their acquired languages into their mother tongue.(15) Compared with using a foreign language, manipulating their own language is more crucial for them. With this skill, and a lot of practice, they will be able to clearly communicate information or messages which have been expressed in a verydifferent way in another language.Yet, while interpreters may be seldom noticed, they are always looking carefully at the people for whom they are interpreting, (16)ln particular, they are looking at the body language of the speaker, because they must also use this information when theytranslate what he or she said.Key: 14.B 15.A 16.BQuestions 17 to 20 are based on the following passage.How many of you drink cola? Nearly everybody. (17) Did you know that cola started out not as a soft drink but as acure for headache back in the late 1800's? John S. Pamberton, a druggist from Atlanta, had experimented for many monthstrying to find a cure for the common headache. He worked in his backyard, mixing and heating different combinations of oilsand flavors until he found one that seemed promising. (18) Pamberton bottled the mixture and began selling it in drugstoresas concentrated syrup that the customer had to mix with water before drinking. Cola's transformation from concentrated syrupto a carbonated soft drink came about quite by accident. One day, a customer came into a drugstore complaining of a head-ache and asked for a bottle of cola syrup. He wanted to take it right away. So he asked the clerk to mix the medicine while hewaited. The clerk,instead of walking to the other end of the counter to get plain water, (19) suggested mixing the syrup withsoda water. The customer agreed, and after drinking it, remarked how good it tasted.(19) The clerk continued offering the mixture and the cola grew in popularity. Today carbonated cola is sold in most countries around the world. And althought they no longer contain the ingredients to kill headaches, they are still very refreshing.Key: 17.B 18.C 19.D 20.CSECTION C NEWS BROADCASTNews Item I(21) "Commonwealth leaders agree to lift Nigeria's three and a half years' suspension on May 29, the day the military government hands over power to an elected president, " the organization's Secretary General announced yesterday.(22) Nigeria was suspended from the 54-nation group of mainly former British colonies in 1995 after it executed nine minority rights activists, including writer Ken Saro-Wiwa. But now that the country has embarked on a return to democracy. Commonwealth heads of government have agreed to end the estrangement. Secretary General Chief Amecka Anyaoku said in a statement, "I'm delighted that an unfortunate episode in Nigeria-Commonwealth relations will now come to an end and Nigeria is resuming its rightful place in the Commonwealth.Key: 21.C 22.ANews Item 2The space shuttle Discovery made a rare night landing at the Kennedy Space Center early on Thursday. (23) The night landing, the eleventh in the center's ninety-four shuttle missions, ended a ten-day mission to outfit the orbiting international space station. (24) Although the spacecraft created a sonic boom that could be heard along much of Florida's eastern seaboard, witnesses on the ground could not see the orbiter until it was directly over the runway lights. Scattered showers off the Florida coast had threatened to postpone the shuttle's return, but forecasters gave the green light when they decided no rain would fall within forty-eight kilometers of the space center.Key: 23.C 24.ANews Item 3(25)" Five people died, two were missing, and at least eighteen were injured on Wednesday when an Italian patrol boat vessel collided with a dinghy filled with refugees crossing the Adriatic Sea from Albania," authorities said."The victims were believed to be Albanians from either Albania or Kosovo, " said authorities from Italy's tax police division, which along with the coast guard patrols the nationa’s coast. The cause of the collision was not immediately known. (26) There A Three Albanians, believed to have smuggled the refugees, were arrested a few hours after the accident.Key: 25.D 26.BNews Item 4(27) " Malaysian authorities are discussing possible salvage efforts with Sun Cruises, the Singapore owner of a luxury liner which sank off Malaysia last week, " a news report said yesterday, " Sun Cruises has received some advice from Malaysia on the matter, " the Business Times newspaper quoted company's spokeswoman, Judy Chu, as saying. Chu and other Sun Cruise officials could not immediately be reached for further comment, as they were away in Indonesia. The Sun Vista went down in international waters, the nearby Malaysia may have the right to order the wreck's removal, the newspaper said. Salvage experts said the wreck of the Sun Vista, which sunk in sixty meters of the water, poses no threat to ships passing over it, but Malaysia may still want it removed.Key: 27.ANews Item 5(28) An international Roman Catholic organization says human rights violations have sharply increased in the Central American countries. The organization, Pax Christi, made the statement to the UN Human Rights Commission. (29) It said that murder, torture and disappearances have risen in Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras. Pax Christi said that security forces in Guatemala completely destroyed six villages, killing all citizens. It said 1500 persons are killed in Guatemala every month. TheCatholic organization said killings and disappearances have increased in El Salvador since the rightist election victory there last March. (30) Pax Christi also charged that officials in Honduras were responsible for mistreating refugees from EL Salvador.Key: 28.A 29.C 30.D。
大学英语四级听力2001年1月真题
大学英语四级听力2001年1月真题Part ⅠListening Comprehension(20 minutes)Section ADirections: In this section, you will hear 10 short conversations. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the question 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 the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.Example: You will hear:You will read:［A］At the office.［B］In the waiting room.［C］At the airport.［D］In a restaurant.From the conversation we know that the two were talking about some work they had to finish in the evening. This is most likely to have taken place at the office. Therefore, ［A］“At the office”is the best answer. You should choose ［A］on the Answer Sheet and mark it with a single line through the centre.Sample Answer ［A］［B］［C］［D］1. ［A］Get some change from Jane［B］Use the woman's phone.［C］Go to look for a pay phone.［D］Pay for the phone call.2. ［A］At a bookstore.［B］In a workshop.［C］At an art gallery.［D］In a department store.3. ［A］She's bought the man a pair of glasses today.［B］She will help the man to catch up.［C］She is worried about the man's health.［D］She has bought the man an up|to|date map.4. ［A］He is going to give a talk on fishing.［B］He thinks fishing is a good way to kill time.［C］He has the same hobby as Susan's father.［D］He is eager to meet Susan's parents.5. ［A］He finds the presentation hard to follow.［B］He considers the presentation very dull.［C］He thinks Professor White has chosen an interesting topic.［D］He speaks highly of the presentation.6. ［A］High quality paper.［B］typewriter.［C］A bookshelf.［D］Some stocks.7. ［A］They go to the seaside.［B］They set off early.［C］They go sightseeing.［D］They wait for a fine day.8. ［A］He was late for school on the first day.［B］He had a funny face.［C］He was the first person she met at school.［D］He liked to show off in class.9. ［A］Her car can stand any crash.［B］Her car is not as good as his.［C］Her car is maintained as well as his.［D］Her car is kept in good condition.10.［A］She is too busy to go.［B］She doesn't want to wait long.［C］She's willing to go swimming.［D］She enjoys the wonderful weather.Section BDirections: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 the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.Passage OneQuestions 11 to 13 are based on the passage you have just heard.11. ［A］He was once a friend of the ruler.［B］He was a tax collector.［C］He was a government official.［D］He was once a school teacher in India.12. ［A］To declare new ways of collecting tax.［B］To entertain those who had made great contributions to the government.［C］To collect money from the persons invited.［D］To reward outstanding tax collectors.13. ［A］They tried to collect more money than the ruler asked for.［B］They were given some silver and gold coins by the ruler.［C］They were excused from paying income tax.［D］They enjoyed being invited to dinner at the ruler's palace.Passage TwoQuestions 14 to 16 are based on the passage you have just heard. 14. ［A］They liked travelling.［B］They wanted to find a better place to live in.［C］They were driven out of their homes.［D］The reasons are unknown.15. ［A］They try to put up with Gypsies.［B］They are envious of Gypsies.［C］They are unfriendly to Gypsies.［D］They admire the musical talent of the Gypsies.16. ［A］Special schools have been set up for them.［B］Pemp3anent homes have been built for them.［C］They are now taught in their own language.［D］They are now allowed to attend local schools.Passage ThreeQuestions 17 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard. 17. ［A］The causes are obvious.［B］The causes are very complicated［C］The causes are familiar.［D］The causes are not well understood.18. ［A］Regular driver training.［B］Improved highway［C］Stricter traffic regulations.［D］Better public transportation.19. ［A］Highway crime.［B］Poor traffic control.［C］Confusing road signs.［D］Drivers' errors.20. ［A］Designing better cars.［B］Building more highways.［C］Increasing people's awareness of traffic problems.［D］Enhancing drivers' sense of responsibility.大学英语四级听力2001年1月原文听力原文1.M: Hi, Jane, do you have some change? I have to make a call on the pay phone.W: Pay phone? Why not use my mobile phone? Here you are.Q: What would the man most probably do?2.M: Can you tell me the title of this oil painting?W: Sorry, I don't know for sure. But I guess it's an early 18th century work. Let me look it up in the catalog.Q: Where does this conversation most probably take place?3.M: I'm worried about those classes I missed when I was sick.W: I'll try to bring you up today on what we have done.Q: What does the woman mean?4.W: Hey, Dan, I hear you are meeting Susan's parents for the first time.M: Yeah, next weekend. Fortunately her father loves to fish, so we'll have something to talk about. Q: What can be inferred about Dan?5.W: professor White's presentation seemed to go on forever. I was barely able to stay awake.M: How could you sleep through it? It's one of the best that I've heard on this topic.Q: What does the man think of professor white's presentation?6.W: I'm looking for a quality paper to type my essay. I don't see any on the shelf.M: I saw some in the stock room in the morning. I'll go and check.Q: What does the woman want to buy?7.M: It seems we'll have another fine day tomorrow. Let's go to the seaside.W: OK, but we'll have to leave very early, or else sell get cut in the trafficQ: What does the woman suggest?8.M: Do you know James? He's in your class.W: Certainly, in fact he was the first person I got to know in my class. I still remember the look on his face when he showed up late on the first day of school.Q: Why did the woman remember James so well?9.W: The man at the garage thinks that I take good care of my car.M: So do I. I don't see any scratches on the outside and the inside is clean, too.Q: What does the man think of the woman's car?10.M: Wonderful day, isn't it? Want to join me for a swim?W: If you don't mind waiting while I get prepared.Q: What does the woman mean?Section BA friend of mine told me that when he was a young man, he went to work as a teacher in one of the states of India. One day he received an invitation to dinner at the ruler's palace. Very pleased, he went to tell his colleagues. They laughed and told him the meaning of the invitation. They had all been invited and each person who was invited has to bring with him a certain number of silver and gold coins. The number of coins varied according to the person's position in the service of the government.My friend's income was not high, so he did not have much to pay. Each person bound before the ruler, his gold went onto one hip, his silver went onto another hip, and in this way he paid his income tax for the year. This was a simple way of collecting income tax.The tax on property was also collected simply: The ruler gave a man the power to collect a tax from each owner of land or property in a certain area if this man promised to pay the ruler a certain amount of money. Of course the tax collector managed to collect more money than he paid to the ruler. The difference between the sum of money he collected and the sum of money he gave to the ruler was his profit.Questions 11 to 13 are based on the passage you have just heard.11. What do we know about the speaker's friend?12. What was the real purpose of the ruler's invitation?13. What does the passage say about the tax collectors?Passage twoAround the year 1000A.D., some people from Northwest India began to travel westwards. Nobody knows why. After leaving their homes, they did not settle down again but spent their lives moving from one place to another. Their later generations are called the Romany people or Gypsies. There are Gypsies all over the world. And many of them are still traveling with no fixed homes. There are about 8 million of them, including 3 million in Eastern Europe.Gypsies sometimes have a hard time in the countries where they travel, because they are different. People may be afraid of them, look down on them or think that they are criminals. The Nazis treated the Gypsies cruelly, like the Jews. And nobody knows how many of them died in Hitler's death camps.Gypsies have their own language, Romany. They like music and dancing, and they often work in fairs and traveling shows.Travelling is very important to them and many Gypsies are unhappy if they have to stay in one place. Because of this, it is difficult for Gypsies children to go to school. And Gypsies are often unable to read and write. In some places, the education authorities try to arrange special travelling schools for Gypsy children so that they can get the same education as other children.Questions 14 to 16 are based on the passage you have just heard.14. Why did the ancestors of Gypsies leave their home?15. What is the attitude of some people towards Gypsies?16. What measure has been taken to help Gypsy children?Passage threeAs the car industry develops, traffic accidents have become as familiar as the common cold. Yet their cause and control remain a serious problem that is difficult to solve.Experts have long recognized that this discouraging problem has multiple causes. At the very least it is a problem that involves three factors: the driver, the vehicle and the roadway. If all driversexercised good judgement at all times, there would be few accidents. But this is rather like saying that if all people were honest, there would be no crime. Improved design has helped to make highways much safer. But the title of accidents continues to rise because of human failure and an enormous increase in the number of automobiles on the road. Attention is now turning increasingly to the third factor of the accident are the car itself. Since people assume that the accidents are bound to occur, they want to know how cars can be built better to protect the drivers. Questions 17 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard.17. What does the speaker think are the causes of automobile accidents?18. What measure has been taken to reduce car accidents?19. What remains an important factor for the rising number of road accidents?20. What's the focus of people's attention today according to the passage?大学英语四级听力2001年1月答案2001年1月四级听力参考答案Part I1. B2. C3. B4. C5. D6. A7. B8. A9. D10. C11. D12. C13. A14. D15. C16. A17. B18. B19. D20. A。
01年英语专四听力真题
01年英语专四听力真题TEST FOR ENGLISH MAJORS (2001)—GRADE FOU R—TIME LIMIT: 135 MIN PART I DICTATION (20 MIN)Listen to the following passage. Altogether the passage will be read to you four times. During the first reading, which will be read at normal speed, listen and try to understand the meaning. For the second and third readings, the passage will be read sentence by sentence, or phrase by phrase, with intervals of IS seconds. The last reading will be read at normal speed again and during this time you should check your work. You will then be given 2 minutes to check through your work once more.Please write the whole passage on ANSWER SHEET TWO.PARTH LISTENING COMPREHENSION (15 MIN).In Sections A, B and C you will hear everything once only. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow. Mark the correct answer to each question on your ANSWER SHEET.SECTION A CONVERSATIONSIn this section you will hear several conversations. Listen to the conversations carefully and then answer the questions that follow.Questions I to 3 are based on the following conversation. At the end of the conversation ,you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions.Now,listen to the conversation.1. The elephant can be described asA. playful.B. ferocious.C. slow.D. thoughtful.2. The man tried his best to _______ to avoid being hurt by the elephant.A. stare back at the elephantB. roll over the groundC. hold the tusksD. hit the elephant in the eyes3. The encounter with the elephant can be described asA. close.B. not risky.C. joyous.D. deadly.Questions 4 to 6 are based on the following conversation. At the end of the conversation ,you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions.Now, listen to the conversation.4. What's Don's problem?A. He can't find his office key.B. He has misplaced some exams.C. He's unable to talk.D. He doesn't like his classroom.5. What would Don do?A. To get someone to hand out the exams.B. To cancel the class though he's not willing to do so.C. To ask Professor Webster to find someone to teach the class.D. To make Janet to be his teaching assistant.6. What does Janet offer to do?A. Teach Don's class while he is absent.B.Give Professor Webster the key to Don's office.C. Make an appointment with the doctor.D. Return some exams to the students.Questions 7 to 10 are based on the following conversation. At the end of the conversation, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions.Now, listen to the conversation.7. What did the man think of the people in the Ice Age?A. They lived in caves.B. They traveled in groups.C. They had an advanced language.D.They ate mostly fruit.8. What is NOT the thing the Ice Age People used to build their house?A. Wood.B. Animal bones and skins.C. Ice.D. Natural stones.9. How did people in the early Ice Age keep warm?A. They lived in large groups.B. They used sand as insulation.C. They kept fires burning constantly.D. They built houses facing south.10. What does the man want the woman to do?A. Meet his history teacher.B. Lend him her magazine when she's done with it.C. Come over to his house after class.D. Help him study for an history test.SECTION B PASSAGESIn this section ,you will hear several passages. Listen to the passages carefully and then answer the questions that follow.Questions II to 13 are based on the following passage. At the end of the passage ,you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions.Now, listen to the passage.I I . Our clothes canA. tell who we are.B. improve our communicative skills.C. cultivate our values.D. dictate our lifestyles.12. Traditionally menA. cared little about clothing.B.had poor taste about clothing.C. were very conscious about clothing.D. were proud of women's clothes.13. What is true of blue-collar workers according to the research to the research of 1995?A. They cared more about clothing than white-collar workers.B. They were manipulated by white-collar workers.C. They ridiculed white-collar workers for their clothing.D. They conformed to the accepted pattern of clothing.Questions 14 to 16 are based on the following talk. At the end of the talk,you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions.Now, listen to the talk.14. To work in an international organization as an interpreter, oneA. should study in a university.B. must be officially recognized.C. should be a graduate of linguistics.D. must have a good command of foreign language.15. To an interpreter, the ability to use his mother tongue seems to be __________ that to use a foreign language.A. more important thanB. less important thanC. more difficult thanD. less difficult than16. Which of the following statements is INCORRECT?A. Body language can help interpreters understand the speaker.B. Good interpreters may have a good command of two languages.C. An interpreter may express the information in a very different way in another language.D. They are only required to translate from foreign languages into their mother tongue.Questions 17 to 20 are based on the following talk. At the end of the talk, you will be given 20. seconds to answer the questions.Now, listen to the talk.17. Originally, cola was sold asA. a soft drink.B. a medicine.G. flavored hard candy. D. cooking oil.18. Why does the speaker mention John Pamberton?A. He sold cola to doctors.B. He was a drug store clerk.C. He developed the cola syrup.D. He suffered from severe headaches.19. How was cola syrup made into a soft drink?A. By mixing it with special oils.B. By heating it.C. By combining it with different flavors.D. By adding soda water.20. What does the speaker mainly discuss?A. A recipe for a soft drink.B. The medicinal effects of cola.C. The history of cola.D. Soft-drink production.SECTION C NEWS BROADCASTQuestions 21 and 22 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the questions.Now,listen to the news.21. Nigeria returned to the Commonwealth afterA. she had sentenced minority rights activists to death.B. the military had resumed control of the country.C. power had been handed over to an elected president.D. she had negotiated with Commonwealth leaders.22. The Commonwealth consists of_______ countries which were former British colonies.A. 54B. 29C. 9D. 95Questions 23 and 24 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the questions.Now, listen to the news.23. The space shuttle Discovery completed a _______ mission upon its return to the Kennedy Space Centre.A. 11-dayB. 94-dayC. 10-dayD. 49-day24. When the spacecraft was going to land,A. it produced a lot of noise.B. there were scattered showers.C. people could see it high in the sky.D. people could neither see nor hear it.Questions 25 and 26 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the questions.Now,listen to the news.25. How many people died during the collision?A. Two.B. Eighteen.C. Three.D. Five.26. Three Albanians were arrested forA. attacking the patrol boat.B. smuggling in refugees.C. causing the accident.D. injuring refugees.Question 27 is based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 5 seconds to answer the question.Now, listen to the news.27. The news item is mainly aboutA. efforts to salvage Sun Vista.B. negotiation with the ship's owner.C. threats Sun Vista poses to passing ships.D. a newspaper's comment on Sun Vista.Questions 28 to 30 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item ,you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions.28. According to the Roman Catholic organization, human rights are increasingly violated inA. the Central American countries.B. Rome.C. the Central African countries.D. America.29. Which of the following is NOT mentioned as an instance of human rights violations?A. Murder.B. Torture.C. Arrests.D.Disappearances.30. There are refugeesA. in Guatemala from El Salvador.B. in El Salvador from Guatemala.C. in El Salvador from Honduras.D. in Honduras from El Salvador.。
2001年6月大学英语四级试题 1听力理解 及注释
2001年6月大学英语四级听力Part I Listening Comprehension (20 minutes)Section ADirections: In this section, you will hear 10 short conversations. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the question 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 the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.Example:You will hear:You will read :A) At the office.B) In the waiting room.C) At the airport.D) In a restaurant.From the conversation we know that the two were talking about some work they had to finish in the evening. This is most likely to have taken place at the office. Therefore, A) “At the office” is the best answer. You should choose [A] on the Answer Sheet and mark it with a single line through the center.Sample Answer [A] [B] [C] [D]1.A) A math teacher and his colleague.C) A student and his classmate B)A teacher and his student.D)A librarian and a student2. A)Tony could not continue the experimentB)Tony finished the experiment last night. C)Tony thought the experiment was well done.D)Tony had expected the experiment to be easier.3. A)She can't put up with the noise.B)She wants to save money to buy a piano. C)The present apartment is too expensive.D)She has found a job a neighbouring area.4. A)He is not very enthusiastic about his English lessons.B)He has made great progress in his English.C)He is a student of the music department.D)He is not very interested in English songs.5. A)At home.C)In a car B)In a restaurant.D)On the street.6. A)His injury kept him at home.C)He was too weak to see the doctor. B)He didn't think it necessary.D)He failed to make an appointment.7. A)5:15 C)4:30B)5:10 D)5:008. A)The man needs help.C)The man likes his job. B)The man is complaining.D)The man is talking with his boss.9. A)Wear a new dress.C)Attend a party B)Make a silk dress.D)Go shopping.10.A )He played his part quite well.C)He proformed better than the secretary B)He was not dramatic enough.D)He exaggerated his part.Section BDicections: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 s1 to s7 with the exact words you have just heard.For blanks numbered from s8 to s10 you are required to fill in the missing information. 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.If you are a young college student ,most of your concerns about your health and happiness in life are probably(S1)_________on the present.Basically,you want to feel good physically,mentally,and (S2)_______now.You probably don’t spend much time worrying about the (s3)_______future,such as whether you will develop heart disease,or (S4)________,how you will take care of yourself in your (S5)_______years,or how long you are going to live.Such thoughts may have (S6)_______your mind once in a while however,if you are in your thirties ,forties ,fifties ,or older,such health related thoughts are likely to become(s7)________important to you .(s8) ________ that will help you feel better physically and mentally .Recently researchers have found that ,even in late adulthood,exercise,strength training with weights,and better food can help elderly individuals significantly improve their health and add happiness to their life.(s9) ________ giving us the opportunity to avoid some of health porblems that have troubled them.(s10) ________2001年6月大学英语四级听力答案及书面材料Part ISection ASection BS1. focusedS2. emotionallyS3. distantS4. cancerS5. retirementS6. crossedS7. increasinglyS8. 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.【书面材料】Section A1.W:I heard you got a full mark in maths exams.Congratulations!M:Thanks!I’m sure you also did a good job.Q:What’s the probable relationship between the two speakers?【注释】本题答案为“C”。
2001年英语专业四级考试听力原文
Part ⅡDICTATIONCharacteristics of a Good ReaderTo improve your reading habits, you must understand the characteristics of a good reader. First, the good reader usually reads rapidly. Of course, he does not read every piece of material at the same rate. But whether he is reading a newspaper or a chapter in a physics text, his reading rate is relatively fast. He has learned to read for ideas rather than words one at a time. Next, the good reader can recognize and understand general ideas and specific details. Thus he is able to comprehend the material with a minimum of effort and a maximum of interest. Finally, the good reader has in his command several special skills, which he can apply to reading problems as they occur. For the college student, the most helpful of these skills include making use of the various aids to understanding that most textbooks provide and skim-reading for a general survey.PART ⅢLISTENING COMPREHENSIONSECTION A STATEMENT1. I have to teach the same course books several times in the summer holiday camp, which is sometimes boring and not well-paid, but by and large I’m quite delighted at being with young people.2. The poor living conditions in such a large city have resulted from the unplanned real estate development, which is rarely seen in small cities.3. At a recent seminar, many participants were worried about the fact that overpopulation may give rise to many social security problems.4. May I have your attention, please? Flight 998 is leaving at 11:30 a.m. Please check in half an hour prior to the departure.5. Having gone through your claims for fire damage, I don’t think the policy you have provided protection against loss by fire.6. Ian lost one eye in a childhood accident, but he nonetheless had a very successful athletic career.7. Mr. and Mrs. Clark used to smoke. But now Mrs. Clark has stopped and she is afraid her husband will fall ill if he doesn’t get rid of his bad habit of smoking both at home and at work.8. I heard from Mary that last semester, Susan found it difficult to stay on good terms with her roommate Jenny.9. Jack says that he is up to his eyes at work at present and really cannot afford the time to have dinner with us.SECTION B CONVERSA TION10. W: I want to find a part-time job during the summer vacation and earn some money. How about you?M: I’m going to take a few summer courses so that I can graduate early next year.11. W: Excuse me, I want some dictionaries. Where can I find them?M: The regular-priced ones are here and on that table in the corner of the room we have some on discount.W: Thank you.12. W: I wonder where I can take my girlfriend for dinner after work tonight.M: Have you been to the Chinese Restaurant near the school?13. M: Hello, the pipe in my bedroom is leaking. Can you come and get it repaired right away?W: Well, it depends on how soon I can finish the drains at the office building.14. W: Do you think you can play the music tape another time, dear? I’ve got a slight headache.M: Of course. Sorry. I didn’t realize you could hear it. You want me to call the doctor?W: No, thanks. I’ll be OK in a minute.15. M: Lisa, how are you getting along with our term paper?W: I’ve been writing and rewriting it. I simply don’t know if I will ever get it finished.16. W: I must go to the library, the one near the laboratory, because I have to finish my research project by tomorrow. But if I could, I prefer to go with you to the theatre.M: I wish you could come along.17. M: Why did Jack suddenly decide to quit his job?W: He said he wouldn’t break his back working for such low pay.M: I see.18. M: Are you sure you can remember the name of the film you saw last week?W: It’s just on the tip of my tongue.SECTION C NEWS BROADCASTNews Item One (19-20)Commonwealth lea ders agreed to lift Nigeria’s 3.5 years’ suspension on May 29, the day the military government hands over power to the elected president, the organization secretary general announced yesterday.Nigeria was suspended from the 54 nation group of mainly former British colonies in 1995 after it executed 9 minority rights activists including writer Ken Thawrawiwa. But now that the country has embarked on the return to democracy, Commonwealth heads of government have agreed to end this estrangement. Secretary general chief Ormiga Anyaco said in a statement: “I’m delighted an unfortunate episode in Nigeria Commonwealth relations will now come to an end and Nigeria is resuming its rightful place in the Commonwealth.”News Item Two (21-22)The Space Shuttle Discovery made a real night landing at the Kennedy Space Center early on Thursday. The night landing, the 11th in the c entre’s 94 shuttle missions, ended a 10-day mission to outfit the orbiting international space station. Although the space craft created a solid boom that can be heard along much of Florida’s eastern seaboard, witnesses on the ground could not see the orbiter until it was directly over the one-way lights. Scattered showers off the Florida coast had threatened to postpone the shuttle’s return. But forecasters gave a green light when they decided no rain will fall within 48 kilometres of the space centre.News Item Three (23-24)Five people died, two were missing and at least 18 were injured on Wednesday when an Italian petrol vessel collided with a dinghy filled with refugees crossing the Adriatic sea from Albania, authorities said. The victims were believed to be Albanians from either Albania or Kosovo, said authorities from Italy’s Tax Police Division, which, along with the coast guard, patrols the nation’s coast. The cause of the collision was not immediately known. Three Albanians,believed be smuggling the refugees were arrested a few hours after the accident. News Item Four (25)Malaysian authorities are discussing possible salvage efforts with Sun Cruisers, the Singapore owner of a large liner, that sunk off Malaysia last week, a news report said yesterday. Sun cruisershad received some advice from Malaysia on the matter. The Business Times newspaper quoted the company’s spokeswoman Judy Shoo Asian. Judy and other Sun Cruiser’s officials could not immediately be reached for further comment as they were away in Indonesia. The Sun Vista went down in international waters. The nearby Malaysia may have the right to order the wreck’s removal, the newspaper said. Salvage experts said the wreck of the Sun Vista, which sank in 65 metres of water, poses no threat to ships passing over it. But Malaysia may still want it removed.Nigeria was suspended from the 54 nation group of mainly former British colonies in 1995 after it executed 9 minority rights activists including writer Ken Thawrawiwa. But now that the country has embarked on the return to democracy, Commonwealth heads of government have agreed to end this estrangement. Secretary general chief Ormiga Anyaco said in a statement: “I’m delighted an unfortunate episode in Nigeria Commonwealth relations will now come to an end and Nigeria is resuming its rightful place in the Commonwealth.”。
2001年专业英语四级真题试卷(题后含答案及解析)
2001年专业英语四级真题试卷(题后含答案及解析)题型有：1. DICTATION 2. LISTENING COMPREHENSION 3. CLOZE 4. GRAMMAR & VOCABULARY 5. READING COMPREHENSION 6. WRITINGPART I DICTATION (15 MIN)Directions: Listen to the following passage. Altogether the passage will be read to you four times. During the first reading, which will be read at normal speed, listen and try to understand the meaning. For the second and third readings, the passage will be read sentence by sentence, or phrase by phrase, with intervals of 15 seconds. The last reading will be read at normal speed again and during this time you should check your work. You will then be given 2 minute 1．正确答案：Characteristics of A Good Reader To improve your reading habits, you must understand the characteristics of a good reader. First, the good reader usually reads rapidly. Of course he does not read every piece of material at the same rate. But when he is reading a newspaper or a chapter in a physics text, his reading rate is relatively fast. He has learnt to read for ideas rather than words one at a time. Next, the good reader can recognize and understand general ideas and specific details. Thus he is able to comprehend the material, with a minimum of effort and a maximum of interest. Finally, the good reader has at his command several special skills which he can apply to reading problems as they occur. For the college student, the most helpful of these skills include making use of the various aids to understanding that most text books provide and skim reading for a general survey.PART II LISTENING COMPREHENSION (20 MIN)Directions: In Sections A, B and C you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow. Mark the correct answer to each question on your answer sheet.SECTION C NEWS BROADCASTDirections: In this section, you will hear several news items. Listen to them carefully and then answer the questions that follow.听力原文：Malaysian authorities are discussing possible salvage efforts with Sun Cruisers, the Singapore owner of a large liner, that sunk off Malaysia last week, a news report said yesterday. Sun cruisers had received some advice from Malaysia on the matter. The Business Times newspaper quoted the company’s spokeswoman Judy Shoo Asian. Judy and other Sun Cruiser’s officials could not immediately be reached for further comment as they were away in Indonesia. The SunVista went down in international waters. The nearby Malaysia may have the right to order the wreck’s removal, the newspaper said. Salvage experts said the wreck of the Sun Vista, which sank 65 metres of water, poses no threat to ships passing over it. But Malaysia may still want it removed.2．The news item is mainly about______.A．efforts to salvage Sun Vista.B．negotiation with the ship’s owner.C．threats Sun Vista poses to passing ships.D．a newspaper’s comment on Sun Vista.正确答案：A听力原文：Commonwealth leaders agreed to lift Nigeria’s 3-5 years’suspension on May 29, the day the military government hands over power to the elected president, the organization secretary general announced yesterday. Nigeria was suspended from the 54 nation group of mainly former British colonies in 1995 after it executed 9 minority rights activists including writer Ken Thawrawiwa. But now that the country has embarked on the return to democracy, Commonwealth heads of government have agreed to end this estrangement. Secretary general chief Ormiga Anyaco said in a statement: “I’m delighted at a fortunate episode in Nigeria Commonwealth relations will now come to an end and Nigeria is resuming its rightful place in the Commonwealth.”3．Nigeria returned to the Commonwealth after______.A．she had sentenced minority rights activists to death.B．the military had resumed control of the country.C．power had been handed over to an elected president.D．she had negotiated with Commonwealth leaders.正确答案：C4．The Commonwealth consists of ______ countries which were former British colonies.A．54B．29C．9D．95正确答案：A听力原文：The Space Shuttle Discovery made a real night landing at the Kennedy Space Center early on Thursday. The night landing, the 11th in the centre’s 94 shuttle missions, ended a 10-day mission to outfit the orbiting international space station. Although the space craft created a solid boom that can be heard along much ofFlorida’s eastern seaboard, witnesses on the ground could not see the orbiter until it was directly over the one-way lights. Scattered showers off the Florida coast had threatened to postpone the shuttle’s return. But broadcasters gave a green light when they decided no rain will fall within 48 kilometres of the space centre.5．The space shuttle discovery completed a ______ mission upon its return to the Kennedy Space Centre.A．11-dayB．94-dayC．10-dayD．49-day正确答案：C6．When the spacecraft was going to land?A．it produced a lot of noise.B．there were scattered showers.C．people could see it high in the sky.D．people could neither see nor hear it.正确答案：A听力原文：Five people died, two were missing and at least 18 were injured on Wednesday when an Italian petrol vessel collided with a dingy filled with refugees crossing the Agiatic sea from Albania, authorities said. The victims were believed to be Albanians from either Albania or Kosovo, said authorities from Italy’s Tax Police Division, which, along with the coast guard, patrols the nation’s coast. The cause of the collision was not immediately known. Three Albanians believed to smuggle the refugees were arrested a few hours after the accident.7．How many people died during the collision?A．Two.B．Eighteen.C．Three.D．Five.正确答案：D8．Three Albanians were arrested for______.A．attacking the patrol boat.B．smuggling in refugees.C．causing the accident.D．injuring refugees.正确答案：B听力原文：I have to teach the same course books several times in the summer holiday camp, which is sometimes boring and not well-paid, but by and large I’m quite delighted at being with young people.9．The speaker likes teaching because of______.A．its interesting nature.B．the good salaries.C．contact with the young.D．more summer holidays.正确答案：C听力原文：The poor living conditions in such a large city have resulted from the unplanned real estate development, which is rarely seen in small cities.10．What does the speaker mean?A．Bad living conditions are due to the poor city.B．Bad planning is responsible for poor living conditions.C．Living conditions are bad because the city is too big.D．Small cities have better living conditions than large ones.正确答案：B听力原文：At a recent seminar, many participants were worried about the fact that overpopulation may give rise to many social security problems.11．What does the statement mean?A．Many people are concerned about their security.B．Social security bears no relation to population.C．Most social security problems are caused by a few people.D．Too many people may result in social security problems.正确答案：D听力原文：May I have your attention, please? Flight 998 is leaving at 11.30 a.m.. Please check in half an hour prior to the departure.12．Passengers must check in to board Flight 998 by______.A．10:30 a.m.B．10:00 a.m.C．11:30 a.m.D．11:00 a.m.正确答案：D听力原文：Having gone through your claims for fire damage, I don’t think the policy you have provided protection against loss by fire.13．The speaker is probably a(n)______.A．insurance agent.B．fireman.C．salesman.D．policeman.正确答案：A听力原文：lan lost one eye in a childhood accident, but he nonetheless had a very successful athletic career.14．The speaker thinks that______.A．Ian achieved a lot as an athlete.B．Ian’s blind eye prevented him from athletics.C．Ian’s success depended on his childhood experience.D．Ian trained so hard in athletics as to lose one eye.正确答案：A听力原文：Mr. and Mrs. Clark used to smoke. But now Mrs. Clark has stopped and she is afraid her husband will fall ill if he doesn’t get rid of his bad habit of smoking both at home and at work.15．Mrs. Clark is worried about her______.A．husband’s health.B．husband’s work.C．husband’s illness.D．own health.正确答案：A听力原文：I heard from Mary that last semester, Susan found it difficult to stay On good terms with her roommate Jenny.16．The relationship between Susan and Jenny is______.A．neutral.B．friendly.C．unclear.D．strained.正确答案：D听力原文：Jack says that he is up to his eyes at work at present and really cannot afford the time to have dinner with us.17．What do we learn about Jack?A．He is well-known for hard work.B．He is pretty busy working.C．He has overworked and hurt his sight.D．He doesn’t like to have dinner with us.正确答案：B听力原文：A: I want to find a part-time job during the summer vacation and earn some money. How about you?B: I’m going to take a few summer courses so that I can graduate early next year.18．What are they mainly talking about?A．Graduation date.B．Vacation plans.C．School courses.D．Job hunting.正确答案：B听力原文：A: Excuse me, I want some dictionaries. Where can I find them?B: The regular-priced ones are here and on that table in the corner of the room we have some on discount.A: Thank you.19．The conversation probably takes place in______.A．a library.B．a bookstore.C．the classroom.D．a department store.正确答案：B听力原文：A: I wonder where I can take my girlfriend for dinner after work tonight.B: Have you been to the Chinese Restaurant near the school?20．The relationship between the two speakers is probably______.A．man and wife.B．lawyer and client.C．customer and waitress.D．colleagues.正确答案：D听力原文：A: Hello, the pipe in my bedroom is leaking. Can you come and get it repaired right21．We can infer from the conversation that the man is a(n)______.A．plumber.B．construction worker.C．office boy.D．porter.正确答案：A听力原文：A: Do you think you can play the music tape another time, dear? I’ve got a slight headache.B:Of course. Sorry. I didn’t realize you could hear it. You want me to call the doctor?A: No, thanks. I’ll be OK in a minute.22．What will the man probably do next?A．Turn off the tape recorder.B．Turn up the tape recorder.C．Call the doctor.D．Continue to play.正确答案：A听力原文：A: Lisa, how are you getting along with our term paper?B: I’ve been writing and rewriting it. I simply don’t know if I will ever get it finished.23．How does Lisa feel about her work?A．Satisfied.B．Frustrated.C．Annoyed.D．Confident.正确答案：B听力原文：A: I must go to the library, the one near the laboratory, because I have to finish my research project by tomorrow. But if I could, I prefer to go with you to the theatre.B: I wish you could come along.24．The woman is going to the______.A．library.B．theatre.C．research institute.D．laboratory.正确答案：A听力原文：A: Why did Jack suddenly decide to quit his job?B:He said he wouldn’t break his back working for such low pay.A: I see.25．Jackson changed his job because he______.A．hurt himself during his work.B．was not satisfied with his pay.C．wanted to work harder.D．found the job too hard.正确答案：B听力原文：A: Are you sure you can remember the name of the film you saw last week?B: It’s just on the tip of my tongue.26．What does the woman say about the film?A．It is hard to pronounce the name.B．It is not going to be well received.C．She has temporarily forgotten its name.D．She has never heard of the name.正确答案：CPART III CLOZE (15 MIN)Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. Decide which of the choices given below would best complete the passage if inserted in the corresponding blanks.The translator must have an excellent, up-to-date knowledge of his source languages,full facility in the handling of his target language, which will be his mother tongue orlanguage of habitual 【B1】______ , and a knowledge and understanding of the latest subject-matter in his field of specialization. This is, as it were, his professional equipment. 【B2】______ this, it is desirable that he stould have an inquiring mind, wide interests, a good memory and the ability to grasp quickly the basic principles of new developments. He should be willing to work 【B3】______ his own, often at high speeds, but should be humble enough to consult others 【B4】______ his own knowledge not always prove adequate to the task in hand. He should be able to type fairly quickly and accurately and, if he is working mainly for publication, should have more than a nodding 【B5】______ with printing techniques and proof-reading. If he is working basically as an information translator, let us say, for an industrial firm, he should have the flexibility of mind to enable him to 【B6】______ rapidly from one source language to another, as well as from one subject-matter to another, since this ability is frequently 【B7】______ of him in such work. Bearing in mind the nature of the translator’s work, i.e. the processing of the written word, it is, strictly speaking, 【B8】______ that he should be able to speak the languages he is dealing with. If he does speak them, it is an advantage 【B9】______ a hindrance, but this skill is in many ways a luxury that he can 【B10】______ with. It is, 【B11】______ ,desirable that he should have an approximate idea about the pronunciation of his source languages even if this is restricted to 【B12】______ how proper names and place names are pronounced. The same 【B13】______ to an ability to write his source languages. If he can, well and good; if he cannot, it does not 【B14】______ . There are many other skills and 【B15】______ that are desirable in a translator.27．【B1】A．applicationC．utilityD．usage正确答案：B解析：词汇辨析能力。
2001年12月四级考试真题与答案3
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 the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre. Passage One Questions 11 to 13 are based on the passage you have just heard. 11. A) Because the bird couldn't repeat his master's name. B) Because the bird screamed all day long. C) Because the bird uttered the wrong word. D) Because the bird failed to say the name of the town. 12. A) The cruel master. C) The pet bird. B) The man in the kitchen. D) The fourth chicken. 13. A) The bird had finally understood his threat. B) The bird managed to escape from the chicken house. C) The bird had learned to scream back at him. D) The bird was living peacefully with the chickens. Passage Two Questions 14 to 16 are based on the passage you have just heard. 14. A) They are kept in open prisons. B) They are allowed out of the prison grounds. C) They are ordered to do cooking and cleaning. D) They are a small portion of the prison population. 15. A) Some of their prisoners are allowed to study or work outside prisons. B) Most of their prisoners are expected to work. C) Their prisoners are often sent to special centers for skill training. D) Their prisoners are allowed freedom to visit their families. 16. A) They are encouraged to do maintenance for the training centre. B) Most of them get paid for their work. C) They have to cook their own meals. D) They can choose to do community work.。
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1.A)Get some change from Jane.B)Go to look for a payphone.?C)Use the woman's phone.D)Pay for the phone call.?2.A)At an art gallery.B)In a department store.?C)At a bookstore.D)In a workshop.?3.A)She will help the man to catch up.?B)She is worried about the man's health.?C)She has bought the man an up?to?date map.?D)She's bought the man a pair of glasses today.?4.A)He is going to give a talk on fishing.B)He is eager to meet Susan's parents.?C)He has the same hobby as Susan's father.D)He thinks fishing is a good way to kill time.?5.A)He finds the presentation hard to follow.B)He speaks highly of the presentation.?C)He considers the presentation very dull.D)He thinks Professor White has chosen an interesting topic.6.A)A bookshelf.B)A typewriter.?C)Some stocks.D)High quality paper.?7.A)They set off early.B)They wait for a fine day.?C)They go sightseeing.D)They go to the seaside.?8.A)He liked to show off in class.?B)He was the first person she met at school.?C)He had a funny face.?D)He was late for school on the first day.?9.A)Her car can stand any crash.B)Her car is kept in good condition.?C)Her car is not as good as his.D)Her car is maintained as well as his.?10.A)She is too busy to go.B)She's willing to go swimming.?C)She doesn't want to wait long.D)She enjoys the wonderful weather.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 the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.Passage OneQuestions 11 to 13 are based on the passage you have just heard.11.A)He was a tax collector.B)He was a government official.?C)He was once a friend of the ruler.D)He was once a shcool teacher in India.12.A)To reward outstanding tax collectors.?B)To declare new ways of collecting tax.?C)To collect money from the persons invited.D)To entertain those who had made great contributions to the government.13.A)They were excused from paying income tax.?B)They were given some silver and gold coins by the ruler.?C)They tried to collect more money than the ruler asked for.?D)They enjoyed being invited to dinner at the ruler's palace.?Passage Two?Questions 14 to 16 are based on the passage you have just heard.?14.A)They liked travelling.B)The reasons are unknown.?C)They were driven out of their homes.D)They wanted to find a better place to live in.15.A)They are unfriendly to Gypsies.B)They admire the musical talent of the Gypsies.?C)They are envious of Gypsies.D)They try to put up with Gypsies.?16.A)They are now taught in their own language.B)They are now allowed to attend local schools.?C)Special schools have been set up for them.D)Permanent homes have been built for them.Passage Three?Questions 17 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard.?17.A)The causes are familiar.B)The causes are not well understood.?C)The causes are obvious.D)The causes are very complicated.18.A)Improved highway design.B)Better public transportation.?C)Regular driver training.D)Stricter traffic regulations.?19.A)Highway crime.B)Drivers' errors.C)Poor traffic control.D)Confusing road signs.?20.A)Increasing people's awareness of traffic problems.?B)Enhancing drivers' sense of responsibility.?C)Building more highways.?D)Designing better cars.?2001年1月大学英语四级考试试卷参考答案及详细解答Part I Listening comprehension1.C2.A3.A4.C5.B6.D7.A8.D9.B 10.B?11.D 12.C 13.C 14.B 15.A 16.C 17.D 18.A 19.B 20.D2001年1月大学英语四级考试试卷录音文字材料Part ⅠListening ComprehensionSection A1.M:Hi,Jane,do you have some changes?I have to make a call on the payphone.?W:Payphone?Why not use my mobile?phone?Here you are.?Q:What will the man most probably do??2.M:Can you tell me the title of this oil painting??W:Sorry,I don't know for sure,but I guess it is an early 18 century work.Let me look it up in the catalog.?Q:Where does this conversation most probably take place??3.M:I am worried about those classes I missed when I was sick.?W:I will try to bring you up today on what we've done.?Q:What does the woman mean??4.W:Hey Dan.I hear you're meeting Susan's parents for the first time.?M:Yeah,next weekend.Fortunately,her father loves to fish,so we will have so mething to talk about.?Q:What can be infered about Dan??5.W:Professor White's presentation seemed to go on forever.I was barely able to stay awake.? M:How could you sleep through it?It is one of the best that I have ever heard on this topic.?Q:What does the man think of Professor White's presentation??6.W:I am looking for quality paper to type my essay.I don't see any on the shelf.?M:I saw some in the stockroom this morning.I will go and check.?Q:What does the woman want to buy??7.M:It seems that we'll have another fine day tomorrow.Let's go to the seaside.?W:O.K.But we'll have to leave very early,or else we'll get caught in the traffic.?Q:What does the woman suggest??8.M:Do you know James?He is in your class.?W:Certainly.In fact he was the first person I got to know in my class.I still remember the look on his face when he showed up late on the first day of school.?Q:Why did the woman remember James so well??9.W:The man at the garage thinks that I take good care of my car.?M:So do I. I can't see any scratches on the outside,and the inside is clean ,too.?Q:What does the man think of the woman's car??10.M:Wonderful day,isn't it? Want to join me for a swim??W:If you don't mind waiting while I get prepared.?Q:What does the woman mean??Section B?Passage One?A friend of mine told me that when he was a young man,he went to work as a teacher in one of the states of India.One day,he received an invitation to dinner at the ruler's palace.Very pleased,he went to tell his colleagues.They laughed, and told him the meaning of the invitation.They had all been invited,and each person who was invited had to bring with him a certain number of silver and gold coins.The number of coins varied according to the person's position in the service of the government.My friend's income was not high,so he did not have much to pay.Each person bowed before the ruler,his gold went onto one hip,his silver went onto another hip.And in this way he paid his income tax for the year.This was a simple way of collecting income tax.The tax on property was also collected simply.The ruler gave a man the power to collect a tax from each owner of land or property in a certain area,if this man promised to pay the ruler a certain amount of money.Of course,the tax collector managed to collect more money than he paid to the ruler.The difference between the sum of money he collected and the sum of money he gave to the ruler was his profit.11.What do we know about the speaker's friend??12.What was the real purpose of the ruler's invitation??13.What does the passage say about the tax collectors??Passage Two?Around the year 1000 A.D,some people from northwest India began to travel westward.Nobody knows why.After leaving their homes,they did not settle down again,but spent their lives moving from one place to another,their later generations are called the Romany people,or Gypsies.There're Gypsies all over the world,and many of them are still travelling with no fix homes.There are about 8,000,000 of them,including 3,000,000 in eastern Europe.Gypsies sometimes have a hard time inthe countries where they travel,because they are different,people may be afraid of them,look down on them, or think that they are criminals. The Nazies treated the Gypsies cruelly,like the Jews,and nobody knows how many of them died in Hitler's deathcamps.Gypsies have their own language Romany.They liked music and dancing.And they often work in fairs and travelling shows.Travelling is very importantto them,and many Gypsies are unhappy if they have to stay in one place.Becauseof this,it is difficult for Gypsy children to go to school,and Gypsies are often unable to read and write.In some places,the education authorities tried to arrange special travelling schools for Gypsy children,so that they can get the same education as other children.14.Why did the ancestors of Gypsies leave their home??15.What is the attitude of some people toward Gypsies??16.What measure has been taken to help Gypsy children??Passage ThreeAs the car industry develops,traffic accidents have become as familiar as the common code.Yet,their cause and control remain a serious problem that is difficult to solve.Experts have long recognized that this discouraging problem has multiple causes.At the very least,it is a problem that involves three factors:the driver,the vehicle,and the roadway.If all drivers exercise good judgement at all times,there would be few accidents.But that is rather like saying that if all people were honest,there would be no crime.Improved design has helped make highways much safer.But the type of accidents continued to rise because of human failure and an enormous increase in the numbers of automobiles on the road.Attention is now turning increasingly to the third factor of the accident,the car itself.Sincep eople assume that the accidents are bound to occur,they want to know how cars can be built better to protect the drivers.?17.What does the speaker think of the causes of automobile accidents??18.What measure has been taken to reduce car accidents??19.What remains an important factor for the rising number of road accidents??20.What is the focus of people's attentions today according to the passage?。