06年英语专四听力原文和答案

2006年专四听力答案

PART I DICTATION

The Internet

The Internet is the most significant progress in the field of communication. /lmagine a book that never ends, a library with a million floors ,/or imagine a research project with thousands of scientists /working around the clock forever./This is the magic of the Internet. /Yet the Internet has the potential for good and bad. /0ne can find well-organized information-rich websites./At the same time, one can also find wasteful websites. /Most websites are known as different Internet applications./These include online games, chat rooms and so on./These applications have great power too. /Sometimes the power can be so great /that young people may easily become victims to their attraction. /So we need to recognize the seriousness of the problem. /We must work together to use its power for better ends.

PART ⅡLISTENING COMPREHENSION

SECTION A CONVERSATIONS

Questions I to 3 are based on the following conversation.

M: Hello.

W: Oh, hello, you must be a new student. Did you find us, Ok?

M: Well, I got a bit lost and I had to ask a stranger, but I got here eventually.

W; Oh, dear. Have you come far today?

M; Only from Britain. I was staying with my brother.

W: Oh, good. (1) How did you get here?

M: (1) My brother took me to the railway station and I got a bus at this end.

W: Aha, well, you'd better tell me your name, so I can find your form.

M: It 's Mark Bern.

W: Bern, Bern. Ah, yes. Oh, you've changed since this photo. (2) What happened to your beard and moustache, and you are not wearing glasses, either?

M: No, I thought I'd better look smarter.

W: Here is the key to your room. It is 501.

M: Thanks. How do I get there?

W: Go to the end of this corridor, turn left and it's the third door on the right.

M: Thank you. Oh, there is a meeting for new students. What time is that?

W: (3) Half past five in the Common Room on the ground floor at the other end of the corridor.

M: Thanks a lot. Bye.

Key: 1.C 2.A 3.B

Questions 4 to 6 are based on the following conversation.

W: Hi, Steve, how are things?

M: Hi, Maggie. Good, thanks. What's new with you?

W: Oh, I was just wondering if you wanted to go out tonight.

M: Well, (4)1 was thinking of going to the university library to do a bit of study. What have you got in mind?

W: I thought we could just go for a walk, maybe down to that park near the beach.

M: Tonight? (5) You must be joking. It's too cold.

W: Oh, yes. It's too cold, but I still want to go out somewhere. That new Tom Cruise's film is on in town. How about that?

M: Ok, what time does it start?

W: Oh, I think it's half past eight or something. I will just get the paper and have a look. Just turn on for a minute. Look, the film got fantastic review in the paper last week. M: Ok,ok. (6) Where are we going to meet?

W: (6)lt'd be easier if we met at the cinema.

M: Ok. Where is it?

W: Oh, you know, the Olyang.

M: Where is that?

W: (6) Near the Town Hall and opposite the bank.

M: Oh, yeah. I know where it is. Ok, look, I will meet you there at fifteen past eight. Key：4.D 5.B 6.D

Questions 7 to 10 are based on the following conversation.

W: What are you reading. Bill?

M: It's this week's New Scientist ,whyI .

W: I was just wondering. It looks interesting. (9) But I've never actually read it myself. It's for real scientists—or can ordinary people like me understand it?

M: Oh, it's for anyone really. It usually has articles and stories about character affairs and about science as well as papers about new development and research. I am reading about new telephone that allows you to see the person you are speaking to as well as hear him.

W: Oh,I've heard about it. (7)/(9)ls it on the market yet? Can I buy one?

M: No, not this one. (8) But the company has made other models to try out on business. This one is special because its color and the image is moving.

W: Oh, that's interesting.

M: You see the first video phones that what they called were made in Japan. But they can only show a still, black and white image. So this video phone is much better than that. (8) Mind you and I'm not sure I want one, would you?

W: (8) Well, no. I don't think I would. I bet it costs a lot of money. Does it say how much it costs?

M: Yes, the early black and white ones cost several hundred pounds, (7) but the one the story is about costs several thousand pounds.

W: En. Why does anybody want one, do you think?

M: Business organizations that need to frequently contact overseas organizations would want it. (10) It's like a face-to-face conversation. So maybe a lot of overseas travel can be avoided.

W: (9) Yes, I suppose so.

Key: 7.C 8.C 9.B 10.A