201306-2cet4听力原文

听力短对话11.M: I don't know what to do with Timmy.Thismorning I found orange juice spilled all over the kitchen floor.W: Don't be so hard on him. He's only four.Q: What does the woman mean?12.W: Excuse me, sir. I would like to knowabout the fitness training pro gram in your club.M: I'll have you speak with the director incharge of new accounts.Q: What is the woman interested in?13.W: It's really cold in this apartment. Canwe turn up the heat a little bit ?M: Sorry. I've run out of money and canhardly pay the fuel bill.Maybe you'd better put on a sweater.Q: What does the man mean?14.M: I'm sorry, Miss. But you have to comewith me to the security offi ce. The video camerasin our shop have recordedeverything you did.W: No. No. I... I didn't do anything.I'llcall the police if you dare insul t me.Q: What does the man think the woman wasdoing?15.M: I think you ought to see a doctor rightaway about that cough.W: Well, I'll wait a few more days. I'msure I'll get over it soon.Q: What do we learn about the woman?16.M: I've heard that Pamela made quite a fewmistakes in her lab report.W: Well, she wouldn't have if she hadn'tbeen in such a hurry to get it done.Q: What does the woman imply?17.M: We'd better check out before 12 o'clock,Mary. And now there are only 30 minutes left.W: Let's hurry up. You go pay the bill andI'll call the reception to hav e our luggage takendownstairs.Q: Where did this conversation most probablytake place?18.W: Have you ever heard this speaker before?M: Yeah. She's excellent. She gets herpoint across and is entertainin g at the same time.Q: What does the man say about the speaker?听力长对话原文1Conversation OneM: What should I do about Mr. Romero?Remember? He said it was i mportant and couldn'twait. I think he may want youfor that new movie he' sdirecting.W: That's absolutely correct. Now, we haveto fit him in somewhere. Mmm, what doesMonday morning look like?M: That doesn't look so good. You have a make-upsession starting at 6:00. Then filmingstarts at 8:00 and that's going to takethe whole mornin g.W: Well, what's after that?M: You have lunch with your agent todiscuss the awards ceremony a nd you ought to meethim at one o'clock at therestaurant.W: Oh, terrific. Listen, I cannot missthat. But I still have to make tim e for Mr. Romero.M: Well, now, don't forget you've got athree-o'clock appointment wit h your fashion designer.W: That's right. You know he's showing thelatest fashions from Japan ? You know thatloose-fitting look? Those clothes areon show in this year.M: At 4:30, you have an appointment withyour hairdresser. Then at 7 :00, you have dinnerwith a journalist. Nowremember, be nice to that guy.W: Do I have to? That won't be easy andit's likely to run late. How do es Tuesday look?M: Well, you have to spend the wholemorning at the photographer's. They are takingphotos to publicize your newmovie.W: What about the afternoon? Am I freethen?M: Let me see...Yes, you are free after3:30.W: Then you can set up a meeting with Mr.Romero at 4:00.M: OK. I'll get on it right away.Questions 19 to 21 are based on theconversation you have just heard.19. What are the speakers doing?20. What is the woman going to discuss withher agent over lunch on Monday?21.What do we learn from the conversation about the man?听力长对话原文2Conversation TwoM: I'm phoning up about this job youadvertise in this paper. This...er.. .young salesmanager?W: Oh, yes.M: I'd like to apply for it. Would you sendme an application form?W: No. You simply send in a writtenapplication, a letter.M: Can you tell me a bit more about thejob?W: Well, we are really looking for someone whoisn't too concerned a bout working fairlylong hours.M: What do you mean by “long hours”?W: This is a job which does, as theadvertisement says, have travel pos sibilities, and veryoften, one would beaway at weekends, for instance.M: Oh, I thought you meant working in theevenings and working ove rtime.W: Well, it could also mean working in theevenings. But for a manag erial post, I'm afraid wedon't pay overtime. Mmm...that'sfor other grades.M: Oh. What kind of money are you payingthen?W: Well, this is to be negotiated. Oh, itdepends partly on your experie nce and education.Perhaps you can tell me brieflywhat that is?M: I've just left school and got A level ingeography.W: Oh, I see.M: And it's the travel that appeals to me. That'swhy I'm inquiring abo ut the job.W: Yes, I see. What sort of salary were youthinking in terms of?M: Starting off, I thought it would besomething like ￡500 a week?W: Well, send in a written application andthen we'll consider your ca se along with all theother applicants.M: Alright. Many thanks. Goodbye.W: Bye.Questions 22 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.22. What does the woman say an applicant shoulddo first to apply for the job?23. What kind of a person is the company looking for?24. What does the man like most about the job?25. What does the woman say about thesalary if the man is accepted by the company?听力短文原文Passage 1A typical large supermarket offers around17 000to 20000 items for sale and it wants to make surethat its customers seeas many of them as possible.That's why you'll only f ind essential goods like bread, vegetables and meat in completely different parts of the store.Products with a high profit margin are alwaysplaced on shelves within easy reach of thecustomer, while lower margin itemslike sugar or flower are on the top or bottom shelves. Manypeople makeshopping lists before they visit superm arkets. But even so, around 60% ofallsupermarket purchases are the result of decisions that are taken in the store. Forthis reason,supermarkets try to attract their customers by placing certainkinds of products next to eachot her.In the UK, beer will often be found next toitems for babies because re search shows thatfathers of babies buy them ontheir way home from work and will buy beer at the same time.Research has alsoshown that this kindof impulse buy happens more frequently when nosalesassistants are near by. Supermarkets have made selling such a fine art thattheir customersoft en lose all sense of time. When interviewed, customersnormally guess the y've only spent halfan hour in the supermarket even whenthey have been t here for over 45 minutes. But thatshouldn't be too surprising.Any witty p rofitable supermarket knows that it should keep itsclocks wellhidden.Questions 26 to 29 are based on the passageyou have just heard.26. Why are essential goods displayed intotally different parts of the s upermarket?27. Where are goods with a high profitmargin usually found?28. What does the speaker say aboutsupermarket goers?29. What shouldn't be too surprisingaccording to the speaker?Passage 2When Matty Sallin was working on a degreein arts and technology at university, he got aninteresting assignment inelectronics class: create so mething for the household. He decided tocreate analarm clock. “Everybody has to use an alarm clock of some kind every day, andit's extr emely unpleasant!” he says. He asked different people what they'd liketo wake up toinstead of a noisy alarm. A lot of them said,“the smell ofbacon.” So Sallin invented a new kindof alarm clock: a wooden box with a pigface and a digital clock that uses the smell of cookingb acon rather than soundto wake someone up.He explains,“There's no danger of burning,because I built it carefully. It uses light bul bsinstead of a flame forcooking and turns off automatically after ten mi nutes.” Just a few easysteps arerequired to set the “alarm.”“What you do is put in a couple of frozen stripsthe nightbefore,” says Sall in. Bacon is preserved, so there is no danger ofits spoiling overnight. “If youset the alarm for 8:00, it will turn on at 7:50and slow cook for ten minutes under the bulbs,”he says.“Then the bulbs turnoff and a fan blows the smell out through the nose of the pig. Soinstead of analarm, you smell yourself awake,” says Sallin. “Then you can open the door ontheside and pull the bacon out and eat it.”Questions 30 to 32 are based on the passageyou have just heard.30. What was Matty Sallin doing when hecreated an alarm clock?31. What did Matty Sallin do before makingthe new type of alarm clo ck?32. What makes the newly invented alarmclock so unique?Passage 3Most people feel lonely sometimes, but itusually only lasts between a few minutes and a fewhours. For some people,though, loneliness can last for years. Psychologists are studying thiscomplexphenomenon and have i dentified three different types of loneliness.The first kind of loneliness is temporary. Itusually disappears quickl y and does not requireany special attention. Thesecond kind, situational lo neliness, is a natural result of aparticularsituation, for example, a divorce or moving to a new place.Although this kind of loneliness can causephysical problems, it usuall y does not last formore than a year. Unlike thesecond type, the third kind of loneliness usually lasts more thantwo years andhas no specific cause. P eople who experience habitual loneliness haveproblemssocializing and b ecoming close to others. Unfortunately, many of them thinkthere islittle o r nothing they can do about it. Psychologists agree that oneimportant fact or in lonelinessis a person's social contacts, for example,friends, family members, etc. We depend on variouspeople for differentreasons. For insta nce, our families give us emotional support and ourfriendsshare similar i nterests and activities. However, psychologists have found thatthe numbe rof social contacts we have is not the only reason for loneliness. Itis more important how many social contacts we think or expect we should have. I nother words, though lonely people mayhave many social contacts, they sometimesfeel they should have more. They question theirown popularity .Questions 33 to 35 are based on the passageyou have just heard.33. What does the speaker say aboutsituational loneliness?34. What problem will people have if theyexperience habitual lonelin ess?35.Why do some people suffer loneliness according to psychologists?听力填空There was a time when any personalinformation that was gathered ab out us was typed on apiece of paper and lockedaway in a file cabinet. It c ould remain there for years and, oftenforgotten,never reach the outside w orld.Things have done a complete about-facesince then. Responsible for th e change has beenthe astonishingly swiftdevelopment in recent years of th e computer. Today, any data that iscollectedabout us in one place or anoth er—and for one reason or another—can be stored inacomputer bank.It can then be easily passed to othercomputer banks. They are owned by individuals and byprivate businesses andcorporations, lending instituti ons, direct mailing and telemarketing firms,creditbureaus, credit card co mpanies, and government agencies at the local, state,and federallevel.Agrowing number of Americans are seeing the accumulation and dis tribution ofcomputerized data as a frightening invasion of their privacy. Surveys show thatthe numberof worried Americans has been steadily gro wing over the years as thecomputer becomesincreasingly efficient, easier to operate, and less costly topurchase and maintain. In 1970, anational su rvey showed that 37 percent of thepeople questioned felt their privacy w as beinginvaded. Seven years later,47percent expressed the same worry. A recent survey by a credit bureau revealedthat the number of alarmed citizens had soared up to 76 percent.【长对话1总评】这是一篇以面试为场景的听力对话。