听力理解练习参考答案和听力原文Exercise 4

Exercise 4

【参考答案】

Section A

1. A

2. A

3. C

4. A

5. B

6. C

7. B

8. D

9. B10. C 11. A12. C13. C 14. A 15. D

Section B

16. B 17. B 18. A19. A20. B21. B22. C23. C24. D25. A

Section C

26 saying27 cover28 rule29 minds30 unusual

31 speechless 32 express 33 overestimating

34 when it comes to exams, he may score near the bottom of the class

35 The only way to determine a person s intelligence is to get to know him

36 The more situations you see, the better your judgment is likely to be

【听力原文】

Section A

1. W: I m sorry to have caused your uncle so much trouble.

M: Don t worry about it. He s the sort of man who is never happy unless he has something to complain about.

Q: What can we learn about the man s uncle?

2. W: How did you ever move that desk upstairs to your room?

M: It was very heavy. But I got my roommates to help me with it.

Q: What does the man mean?

3. M: If you like to go this evening, I ll call the restaurant and reserve a table.

W: Thanks. But I promised my sister to take her to the theatre.

Q: What is the woman going to do?

4. W: I don t believe we ve ever met before, have we?

M: We ve been introduced at other parties. Don t you remember?

Q: What does the man imply?

5. W: Aren t we supposed to have a science test this afternoon?

M: It was put off because the teacher had to attend a conference.

Q: What do we learn from this conversation?

6. M: The town hasn t changed much since the war.

W: There is a bank where the music hall used to be.

Q: Has there been any change in the town? 7. M: Did you graduate when your cousin did in 1965?

W: No, I finished school a year before she did. Q: When did the woman graduate?

8. W: Well, maybe you are right that I should have less food in order to lose weight.

M: Actually it all depends on yourself.

Q: What did the man suggest the woman do?

Conversation One

M: Excuse me. Have you been waiting long? W: About ten minutes.

M: Did you notice whether the number seven bus has gone by?

W: Not while I ve been standing here. I m waiting for the number seven myself.

M: Good. Hot today, isn t it?

W: Yes, it is. I wish that it would rain and cool off.

M: Me too. This is unusual for March. I don t remember it ever being so hot and dry in March before.

W: You re from Florida then.

M: Not really. I was born in New York, but I ve lived here for ten years now.

W: My mother and I have just moved here from Indiana.

M: Pretty cold in Indiana, isn t it?

W: Yes. That s why we moved. But we didn t know that it would be so hot here. We should have gone to California. Do you think that we ve missed the bus?

M: No. It s always a little late.

W: It s twenty to one, but my watch is a