四级听力专项训练（Test1---Test10）

四级听力专项训练（Test1---Test10）College English Test 1Band FourPart III Listening Comprehension11.A) He is always complaining. B) He doesn’t care for his children.C) He is not easy to deal with. D) He is happy with his life.12.A) Call the telephone company. B) Fix the telephone.C) Work in the telephone company. D) Stay at home.13.A) He would love to go but has no time.B) He cannot find the place.C)He is not sure if he will go.D)He will attend the party.14.A) British English. B) American schools.C) Language studies. D) New courses.15. A) Wait a little longer.B) Check the radio for traffic jams.C) Go and buy something.D)Look for the friend.16.A) She visited her mother.B) She picked up a parcel.C) She saw off a friend.D)She went to the post office.17. A) Go to see a film. B) Try to relax.C) Stay with her parents. D) She did not say.18.A) She has too much to read.B) She has to finish a job on time.C) She can’t rest well.D) She doesn’t like her lesions.Questions 19 to 22 based on the conversation you have just heard.19.A) Places the man has visited.B) A paper the woman is writing for a class.C) School activities they enjoy.D) The woman’s plans for the summer.20. A) She has never been to Gettysburg.B) She took a political science course.C) Her family still goes on vacation together.D) She’s interested in the United States Civil War.21. A) Why her parents wanted to go to Gettysburg.B) Why her family’s vacation plan s changed ten years ago.C) Where her family went for a vacation ten years ago.D) When her family went on their last vacation.22. A) It’s far from where she lives.B) Her family went there without her.C) She doesn’t know a lot about it.D) She’s excited about going there.Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.23. A) She’s unable to attend the study session.B) She has seen a doctor recently.C) She’s concerned about medical care.D) She mentions the need for some medical tests.24. A) Graduate school application procedures.B) Funding for university education.C) Winning the confidence of voters.D) Preparing for an important test.25. A) Tell her what to study for the history test.B) Write a favorable letter of recommendation.C) Advise her about how to run an election campaign.D) Suggest a topic for a research paper.Passage OneQuestions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard.26. A) In the office / in the morning.B) At home / in the evening.C) In the park / at weekends.D) Anywhere / anytime.27. A) Your physical health.B) Your emotional health.C) Your attitude towards world.D) Your relationship with others.28. A) They felt thirsty and sleepy.B) They felt tired and uncomfortable.C) They felt happy.D) They felt less tired and more energetic.Passage TwoQuestions 29 to 31 are based on the passage you have just heard.29. A) Benefits brought by electricity in industry.B) Great changes in the life of Americans.C) Rapid development of agriculture in the U. S.D) Farm life yesterday and today.30. A) Almost all farmers began to use electricity.B) The cost of farming machines was growing high.C) Automobiles began to be widely used in farming.D) Telephone became available to all of the American farmers.31. A) The farmers' lack of ability to compete.B) More opportunities for social contact.C) Convenience and pleasantness of farm life.D) The increasingly high cost of modern machinery.Passage ThreeQuestions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.32. A) She helped a bicyclist in fighting off an attacker.B) She was hit by a bullet while having a drink.C) She was attacked by a man who was trying to rob her.D) She was injured in a fight against a bicyclist.33. A) On an early morning when the woman was running.B) In the afternoon when the woman was having a drink.C) In the evening when the woman was watching a baseball game.D) In the morning when the woman was having a walk in a park.34. A) She bit him in his shoulder.B) She hit him with her strong fists.C) She cried loudly for help.D) She fought him off with the help of another man.35. A) He was arrested by the police.B) He escaped instantly on his bicycle.C) He was shot in the shoulder by the police.D) He escaped into the woods.Part III Section CThe weather was hot. But the heat did not prevent thousands of people from visiting the new Hong Kong Disneyland. They came to try the (36)________, the shows and all the other things to do at the newest (37)_______ park of the Walt Disney Company.Chinese Vice President Zeng Qinghong and Disney (38)_________ held the opening ceremonies. The park is the (39)that the Disney company has built in the United States and overseas since nineteen fifty-five. The Hong Kong park cost about three and one-half thousand million dollars.Disney (40) like Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and Cinderella paraded at the event. And the park has traditional Disney park rides like the Mad Hatter Tea Cups, Dumbo and Space Mountain. But there was also a good (41)of local culture. The Hong Kong Children's Choir sang. Dancers (42) lions and dragons appeared. Fireworks lit the sky. Soon after the (43) , Disney official George Mitchell said the company plans to build a second park next to the new one.(44) . There is also Disneyland Park in Paris. Disneyland in Anaheim, California, came first, fifty years ago. (45).The Walt Disney Company controls forty-three percent of the new park. Hong Kong holds fifty-seven percent of the project. The park and two Disney hotels are on Lantau Island, surrounded by mountains. (46).College English Test 2Band Four11. A) Cheap things are sometimes of good quality.B) Beautiful things are not of good quality.C) Expensive things are usually of good quality.D) People should just buy expensive things.12. A) Learn to sing. C) Keep her company.B) Play the piano. D) Teach her to sing.13. A) His classmate. C) His partner.B) His teacher. D) His boss.14. A) Frank's car was lost by chance.B) Frank fell out of a car.C) Frank survived a car accident.D) Frank was killed in a car accident.15. A) A peach. C) A skirt.B) A shirt. D) A coat.16. A) The man feels so tired that he wants to sleep.B) The professor's lecture is too difficult to understand.C) The professor's lecture is very boring.D) They have different opinions about the lecture.17. A) Because he wants to make a phone call.B) Because he wants to know his way back home.C) Because he wants to find Sandy on the comer.D) Because he wants to stay as long as possible.18. A) It will be foggy. C) It will be cold.B) It will be clear. D) It will be rainy.Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard.19. A) American literature. C) Art history.B) Elementary education. D) Veterinary medicine.20. A) They are professional storytellers.B) They are the parents of young children.C) The stories will help them improve their vocabulary.D) The stories are required for a course.21. A)Psychology professors.B) Friends of the speakers.C) The same person.D) Fictional characters.22. A) At the beginning of a semester.B) During midterm week.C) At the end of a semester.D) In the middle of summer vacation.Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.23. A) Because she wanted to know if everything was OK with her parents.B) Because she wanted to invite her parents to Billy's birthday party.C) Because she wanted to tell her parents that everything was OK with herchildren.D) Because she wanted to tell her parents that Tom was givena raise.24. A) One son and one daughter.B)Two sons and one daughter.C) One son and two daughters.D) Two sons and two daughters.25. A) On May 24th. C) On May 23rd.B) Not mentioned. D) In July.Passage OneQuestions 26 to 28 are based on the passage yon have just heard.26. A) Far away from the city. C) Near the city.B) Inside the city. D) In the city center.27. A) Traveling by bus or car.B) Living in an expensive way.C) Enjoying city life.D) Finding places to live in.28. A) Local advertisements.B) Information agency.C) Sunday newspaper.D) Hotels.Passage TwoQuestions 29 to 31 are based on the passage you have just heard.29. A) The vocabulary of English is almost the largest in the world.B) The vocabulary of English is a mixture of words from Latin and Greek.C) Most of the English words come from Chinese and French.D) English words from dead languages are no longer used.30. A) Because other languages were much more widely used than Englishinthe past.B) Because British people like to learn foreign languages.C) Because people from many different countries have settled down inBritain.D) Because the Romans forced the British to learn other languages.31. A) About nine hundred years ago.B) About one thousand years ago.C) About seven hundred years ago.D) About two thousand years ago.Passage ThreeQuestions 32 to 35 are based on the pass age yon have just heard.32. A) A student leader. C) A teacher.B) A tourist guide. D) An actor.33. A) Making friends with each other.B) Improving their English.C) Settling down in London.D) Traveling around London.34. A) Speaking it.B) Attending a course.C) Living in the country where it is spoken.D) Learning from a native speaker.35. A) Students can keep books from the library as long as they wish.B) Students are asked to use the wastebaskets provided to keepthe room clean.C) Smoking is not allowed either in or out of the classroom.D) Dictionaries are not allowed to be brought into the classroom.Part III section CHealth and climate scientists have mapped how climate change affects different parts of the world in different ways. The scientists point to (36)______ that changes in the past thirty years may already be (37) ______ human health. Possible effects include more deaths from extreme heat or cold, from storms and from dry periods that lead to crop (38) .Temperature changes may also influence the (39) of disease. For example, warmer weather speeds the growth of (40) that cause diseases like malaria and dengue fever.The work by scientists from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the World Health Organization (41) in the journal Nature. The W. H.O. is a United Nations agency.The agency recently estimated that climate changes (42) by human activity (43) to more than one hundred fifty thousand deaths each year.(44) .Jonathan Patz of the Gaylord Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies at Wisconsin led the study. (45) . But he says poor countries least responsible for the warming are most at risk from the health effects of higher temperatures.Professor Patz says areas at greatest risk include southern and eastern Africa and coastlines along the Pacific and Indian oceans. (46).Professor Patz says average temperatures worldwide have increased about one-third of a degree Celsius in the last thirty years. The report says average temperatures could increase as much as six degrees Celsius by the end of the century.College English Test 3Band FourPart III Listening Comprehension (35 minutes)11. A) They should definitely do it.B) They should have done it earlier.C) They should try every means to do it.D) They shouldn't do it now.12. A) The man is not sure if Susan has rung him.B) The man knows Susan, but not very well.C) The name sounds familiar to the man.D) The man doesn't know Susan at all.13. A) Close the door. C) Take a deep breath.B) Have more clothes on. D) Move to another room.14. A) The woman should buy some new trousers.B) The woman should buy some clothes for larger size.C) The woman should eat less.D) The woman should eat more.15. A) The woman is getting another job.B) The woman is disappointed at not getting the job.C) The woman' s boss is letting her have a better job.D) The woman's job is much better than she had expected.16. A) He was driving too fast.B) He ran into a bicycle.C) He hurt his back and his head.D) He ran into a tree.17. A) The term project was finished.B) The woman received the best score.C) He was sure his term project was good.D) His score was better than the woman' s.18. A) She doesn't agree with the man.B) She likes cooking for herself.C) She likes eating in a school canteen.D) She never cooks for herself.Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard.19. A) Two police officers.B) Friends.C) A police officer and an investigator.D) A police officer and a program hostess.20. A) He is a good supervisor.B) He is an experienced police officer.C) He doesn’t like his present job.D) He enjoys doing the patrol work.21. A) Detective work.B) Undercover work.C) Patrol work:D) Supervising investigations.22. A) People back over policeman.B) People shoot policeman.C) People curse policeman'.D) People jump out at policeman.Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.23. A) A two-bedroom apartment from $ 400 to $ 500 a month.B) A two-bedroom apartment from $ 400 to $ 450 a month.C) A three-bedroom apartment from $ 400 to $ 500 a month.D) A three-bedroom apartment from $ 400 to $ 450 a month.24. A) He wants a dishwasher, a balcony and a swimming pool.B) He wants a dishwasher, a bathroom and central air.C) He wants a balcony, two bathrooms and central air.D) He wants a dishwasher, two bathrooms and central air.25. A) Sign a contract that day.B) Give the deposit right now.C) Choose the one on Broadway Avenue.D) Look around.Passage OneQuestions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard.26. A) The effect of advertising on world markets.B) Modem advertising techniques.C) Forms of communication in the American colonies.D) The early history of advertising.27. A) An educated population.B) A large supply of goods and services.C) A large number of publications.D) An industrialized society.28. A) Samples of products.B) Signs on shops,C) Pictures of products painted on walls.D) Free paper pamphlets.Passage TwoQuestions 29 to 31are based on the passage you have just heard.29. A) Sending friends to the shop for some milk.B) Telling friends a dog has died.C) Saying your shoe lace is undone.D) Eating some delicious food on the table.30. A) Friends. C) Parents.B) Young people. D) All of them.31. A) He fooled his father.B) He wanted his father to pick it up.C) His father was looking for the penny.D) All of the above were not true.Passage ThreeQuestions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.32. A) Computers have become part of our daily lives.B) Computers have advantages as well as disadvantages.C) People have different attitudes to computers.D) More and more families will own computers.33. A) Computers can bring financial problems.B) Computers can bring unemployment.C) Computers can be very useful in families.D) Computerized robots can take over some unpleasant jobs.34. A) Computers may change the life they have been accustomed to.B) Spending too much time on computers may spoil people' s relationship.C) Buying computers may cost a lot of money.D) Computers may take over from human beings altogether.35. A) Affectionate. C) Approving.B) Disapproving. D) Neutral.Part III Section CToday, the Walt Disney Company is worth about fifty-seven thousand million dollars. It has come a long way since the 1920s. At that time, Walt Disney and his brother Roy produced their first (36)_______ film, “Steamboat Willie.”Walt Disney’s cartoons were a (37)___________ of drawings on film. Each drawing is a little different from the one before it. Each shows a (38) change in movement. When we see a film of hand-drawn cartoons, the cartoon people and animals appear to move. They speak with voices (39) by actors.The public loved to watch the Disney (40) move and act. Walt Disney, however, was not satisfied with just making cartoons. He wanted to do more. Later in life he opened that first Disneyland in California.Walt Disney died in 1966. But his company (41) .For twenty important years, Michael Eisner (42) as top leader of the Walt Disney Company.Mr. Eisner had joined it in 1984 as chairman and chief(43) officer.(44)Michael Eisner and Pixar Animation Studios agreed to make five animated movies. (45)Some shareholders in the company blamed Mr. Eisner. (46) .College English Test 4Band FourPart III Listening Comprehension (35 minutes)11. A) She doesn’t know when they will go.B) She believes there is a road detour.C) She won't be ready at 8 o' clock.D) She wants the man to go away.12. A) The electrician came to repair the lamp.B) The lamp was taken to the repair shop.C) She had Mike fix the lamp.D) The lamp was repaired.13. A) Not hanging the poster.B) Peeling off the wallpaper.C) Using tape for the poster.D) Not hiding the damage.14. A) Studying.B) Watching television.C) Nothing right now.D) Going to the movies.15. A) She was unable to have her picture taken.B) She has not chosen a picture for it.C) She had broken her camera.D) She had gone to a photography class instead.16. A) Eating in a cafeteria.B) Buying something in a store.C) Talking on the telephone.D) Getting money at a bank.17. A) Mrs. Fisher wants to go abroad.B) Mrs. Fisher is in hospital.C) Mrs. Fisher has no family.D) There are three people in Mrs. Fisher' s family.18. A) She loves the film too.B) She doesn't think much of the film.C) She asks the man to repeat his words.D) It's not as good as she expected.Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard.19. A) He is unable to attend her class.B) He wants to deliver something to her office.C) He wants to hand in a late assignment.D) He wants to drop her course.20. A) Find out about a course.B) See an adviser.C) Drop off a paper.D) Go to a meeting.21. A) Paint a landscape.B) Give an oral report.C) Take a final exam.D) Buy several books.’22. A) Come to her office before her meeting.B) Change his major.C) Meet with her tomorrow.D) Discuss the class with his roommate.Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.23. A) She just returned from a trip to Japan.B) She is going to study in another country.C) She has got a job at a navel agency.D) She received a letter from Professor Grimshaw.24. A) He recorded some tapes especially for her.B) He gave her a good grade in her Japanese class.C) He told her how to live well in Japan.D) He helped her get into the program.25. A) The tuition fee must be higher.B) Mastery of a foreign language is required.C) Familiarizing oneself with the culture is an important part.D) One must be talented to learn foreign languages.Passage OneQuestions 26 to 28 are based on the passage yon have just heard.26. A) Seasonal variations in nature.B) How intelligence changes with the change of masons.C) How we can improve our intelligence.D) Why summer is the best season for vacation.27. A) Summer. C) Fall.B) Winter. D) Spring.28. A) All people am less intelligent in summer than in the other seasonsof the year.B) Heat has no effect on people's mental abilities.C) People living near the equator are the most intelligent.D) Both climate and temperature exert impact on people's intelligence. Passage TwoQuestion 29 to 31 are based on the passage you have just heard.29. A) From television.B) From the cinema advertisement.C) From the film column of a newspaper.D) From the girl sitting in front of him.30. A) Before the film began.B) When the film ended.C) In the middle of the film.D) During the five minutes' interval.31. A) Frightened. C) Angry.B) Excited. D) Surprised.Passage ThreeQuestions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.32. A) Count money. C) Draw moving objects.B) Read and write. D) Hunt and farm.33. A) Teachers came to children's homes.B) Children acquired the information they needed by direct experience.C) Children taught one another in small supervised groups.D) Parents instructed their children in the "three R's".34. A) A new dependence on people far away and the use of money.B) The information of a new alphabet and numerical system.C) Outmoded methods of farming and ineffective means of transportation.D) Larger family units and greater financial hardships.35.A) The various means of survival taught by parents in contemporary society.B) The importance of history instruction in the first schools.C) The increasingly complex skills subsequently taught in schools.D) The problems involved in the construction of new schools.Part III Section CThe World Bank is offering money for new ideas to improve life in developing nations. People could receive as much as two hundred thousand dollars for (36)_______ projects to ease the effects of poverty.About every eighteen months, the World Band holds a (37) called the Development Marketplace. (38) chosen in different countries gather in Washington, D.C. The competitors explain their ideas to groups that can provide (39)and technical support. The winners chosen in Washington are given start-up money to carry out their plans within one year.This year, the World Bank says the Development Marketplace has four million dollars to give away to (40) They must find new, low-cost ways to bring water, waste control and energy to people who (41) these services.Anyone can compete in the Development Marketplace. Ideas must be (42)___ to improve the lives of the poor. Also, other people must be able to copy the idea in other (43) .(44)Judges from the World Bank and other organizations choose the winners.(45) . Another winner was a Vietnamese professor, Tran Triet. He proposed to teach farmers how to harvest grass from a wetland area without harming the environment.(46) ___________________________________________________________College English Test 5Band FourPart III Listening Comprehension (35 minutes)11. A) She wants to see Mr. Jones.B) She wants to work for Mr. Jones.C) Mr. Jones has broken the radio.D) Mr. Jones might repair the radio.12. A) John Smith isn't home right now.B) The caller dialed the wrong number.C) John Smith can' t answer the phone.D) John Smith doesn't want to speak to the caller.13. A) There was something wrong with her car.B) She wanted to do some shopping.C) She got up too late to catch the bus.D) Her car was stolen yesterday.14. A) She is tired of teaching.B) She was dismissed from her job.C) She has changed her job.D) The school is too far away from her home.15. A) She got up later than usual.B) The bus was late.C) She forgot her class.D) Her clock was slow.16. A) Looking for water. C) Looking for the seed.B) Planting something. D) Getting dirty.17. A) American. C) German.B) English. D) Swedish.18. A) They both liked it.B) Neither of them liked it.C) The woman didn't like it, but the husband liked it.D) The woman liked it, but the husband didn’t like it. Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard.19. A) He is a salesman and this time he is selling himself.B) He has just lost his job and now is in great need of new one.C) He is an honest, flexible and easy-going person.D) He worked once as an administration personnel.20. A) He hopes to get an offer of a better position.B) He doesn't like the glass ceiling in his office.C) He was fired and couldn't continue to work.D) He feels it is an advancement to get this new job.21. A) He is hardworking, responsible and diligent.B) He is qualified with his graduate school training combinedwith his internship.C) He possesses the "can-do" spirit.D) He is good at motivating people and leading them to worktogether as a team.22. A) When people are not receptive to new ideas.B) When he comes into conflict with his colleagues.C) When he can't get his point across.D) When it is impossible to learn or to grow in his field.Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.23. A) Because she is tired of staying at home all day.B) Because there is a good film in the neighborhood theater.C) Because she enjoys going to the movies.D) Because she is tired of watching TV.24. A) Because the movie theater is too far away.B) Because the film is too old.C) Because she doesn't want to see it a second time.D) Because it's a popular film so the tickets would be quite ex-pensive.25. A) To go and see a horror film.B) To stay home and watch TV.C) To go to a movie in the neighborhood.D) To go downtown next Friday.Passage OneQuestions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard.26. A) He will become a rich man.B) He will feel fine.C) He will become poorer.D) None of the above.27. A) American long-distance trains are popular.B) American long-distance trains are expensive.C) American air service is expensive.D) American air service is popular.28. A) Because they don't like to be kept waiting.B) Because they don't like to follow others' timetable.C) Because they don't like any schedule.D) Both A) and B).Passage TwoQuestions 29 to 31 are based on the passage you have just hand.29. A) 4 years. C) 8 years.B) 5 years. D) At least 9 years.30 . A) Biology. C) Philosophy.B) Chemistry. D) Medicine.31. A) Each student must pass a national examination.B) Students who do best in the studies have a greater chance.C) They can seek to enter a number of medical schools,D) Chances to gain the entrance are many.Passage ThreeQuestions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you have justheard.32. A) How historical events affected an art movement.B) How artists can influence economic conditions.C) Why a certain art movement failed to become popular.D) How valuable paintings were lost during wartime.33. A) Many artists lost faith in the value of art.B) Many artists moved away from large cities.C) Many artists were forced to take jobs in other fields.D) Many artists in the United States moved to other countries.34. A) People working in a large factory.B) People walking on crowded city streets.C) An everyday activity in a small town.D) A well-known historical event.35. A) The populations of small towns increased rapidly.B) Art critics in cites began to take notice of regionalism.C) Some regionalist painters began a new art movement.D) Society became more internationally focused.Part III Section CSome American students get help with their schoolwork from online companies whose teachers may be in another country.One example is Career Launcher India Limited. It provides (36)_________ help through online tutoring companies. The student in the United States and the teacher in India talk to each other as they work out math (37) The teachers can explain ideas by drawing on the screen so the student can see how the answer (38) . Career Launcher also tutors students in India and the Middle East. The (39) costs about twenty to thirty dollars an hour.Another online tutoring company is Tutor-dot-com. Its (40) are in North America. They provide help in math, science,。