2006年专四听力真题

专四听力真题2006
PART ⅡLISTENING COMPREHENSION
SECTION A CONVERSATIONS
In 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. How did Mark get there?
A. By train and by car.
B. By plane and by coach.
C. By train and by bus.
D. By bus and by plane.
2. Mark used to wear all the following EXCEPT
A. short hair.
B. glasses.
C. moustache.
D. beard.
3. Where is the meeting for new students to be held?
A. In the third room on the right.
B. In the Common Room.
C. In a room at the other end.
D. In Room 501.
Questions 4 to 6 are based on the following conversation. At the end of the conversation ,you willbe given 15 seconds to answer the questions. Now,listen to the conversation.
4. What did Steve originally plan to do?
A. To go to a park near the beach. '
B. To stay at home.
C. To see a new film.
D. To do some study.
5. Maggie finally decided to go to see a film because
A. there was no park nearby.
B. the weather wasn't ideal for a walk.
C. it would be easier to go to a cinema.
D. Steve hadn't seen the film yet.
6. Where did they plan to meet?
A. Outside the Town Hall.
B. Near the bank.
C. In Steve's place.
D. At the cinema.
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. The following details are true about the new device EXCEPT
A. it has colour.
B. it has a moving image.
C. it costs less money.
D. it is not on the market.
8. Why didn't Bill want one of them?
A. He wanted to buy one from Japan.
B. He wasn't sure about its quality.
C. He thought it was 8 for business use.
D. He thought it was expensive.
9. Which of the following statements is INCORRECT about the woman?
A. She had never read the magazine herself.
B. She knew who usually read the magazine.
C. She was quite interested in the new device.
D. She agreed with Bill at the end of the conversation.
10. The conversation is mainly about
A. a new type of telephone.
B. the cost of telephones.
C. some features of the magazine.
D. the readership of the magazine.
SECTION B PASSAGES '
In 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.
11. In the old days dogs were used for the following EXCEPT
A. hunting other animals.
B. driving sheep.
C. guarding chickens.
D. keeping thieves away.
12. Which of the following is CORRECT?
A. Dogs are now treated as part of a family.
B. Dogs still perform all the duties they used to do.
C. People now keep dogs for the same reasons as before.
D. Only old people are seen walking their dogs.
13. The passage is mainly about
A. what dogs can do.
B. how to keep dogs.
C. dogs and their masters.
D. reasons for keeping dogs. Questions 14 to 17 are based on the following passage. At the end of the passage ,you will lie given 20 seconds to answer the questions. Now .listen to the passage.
14. According to the passage, the working conditions in the new place
A. are the same as the speaker is used to.
B. are expected to be rather poor.
C. are just as adequate.
D. are not yet clear.
15. What is the speaker going to do in the new place?
A. Travelling.
B. Studying
C. Settling down.
D. Teaching.
16. The speaker expects
A. fewer choices of food.
B. many ways to do washing.
C. modern lighting facilities.
D. new types of drinking water.
17. From the passage we can learn that the speaker
A. is unprepared for the new post.
B. is unclear about the conditions there.
C. is ready for all the difficulties there.
D. is eager to know more about the post.
Questions 18 to 20 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.
18. According to the passage, when are children first expected to study hard?
A. Before 6 years of age.
B. Between 6 and 10.
C. After 10 years of age.
D. After 12 years of age.
19. Parents who abuse their children tend to have the following problems EXCEPT
A. religious problems.
B. emotional problems.
C. financial problems.
D. marriage problems.
20. Which of the following statements is CORRECT?
A. Boys and girls are equally energetic.
B. Parents have higher expectations for boys.
C. Some parents lack skills to deal with their kids.
D.Someparentsareill-educatedand ill-tempered.
SECTION C NEWS BROADCAST
In this section ,you will hear several news items. Listen to them carefully and then answer thequestions that follow.
Questions 21 and 22 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item ,you will begiven 10 seconds to answer the questions. Now,listen to the news.
21. What has happened to the Cubans?
A. They set foot in Florida.
B. They were drowned.
C. They were flown to the U. S.
D. They were sent back to Cuba.
22. How did the Cubans try to enter the U. S. ?
A. ln.a small boat.
B. In an old truck.
C. By swimming.
D. By driving.
Question 23 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.
23. How many cities will have air quality monitoring systems installed by the end of this year?
A. 42 cities.
B. 220 cities.
C. 150 cities.
D. 262 cities.
Questions 24 and 25 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.
24. Altogether how many people were reported missing?
A. 68.
B. 90.
C. 150.
D. 40.
25. Which of the following details is INCORRECT?
A. The two ferries sank on different days.
B. The accidents were caused by storms.
C. The two ferries sank on the same river.
D. More people were rescued from the first ferry.
Question 26 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.
26. What is the news item mainly about?
A. Indonesian government policies.
B. Australia's support to the UN assistance mission.
C. Opening of an Australian consulate in East Timor.
D. Talks between Australia and Indonesia.
Questions 27 and 28 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item ,you will
given 10 seconds to answer the questions. Now, listen to the news.
27. The news item is mainly about a joint venture between
A. a US company and a UK company.
B. a Swiss company and a UK company.
C. two Taiwanese companies.
D. a mainland company and a US company
28. Who will provide the distribution networks in the joint venture?
A. Unilever.
B. Nestle.
C. PepsiCo.
D. Coca Cola.
Questions 29 and 30 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item ,you will given 10 seconds to answer the questions. Now, listen to the news.
29. Who staged the protest on Saturday?
A. The soldiers.
B. The peace camp.
C. The militants.
D. The hardliners.
30. Which of the following details about the news is INCORRECT?
A. 13 soldiers were killed last week.
B. 100 000 people participated in the protest.
C. The protesters demanded a pullout from Gaza.
D. The Prime Minster rejected the pullout plan.
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 librarywith a million floors ,/or imagine a research project with thousands of scientists /working around the clock forever./This isthe magic of the Internet. /Yet the Internet has the potential for good and bad. /0ne can find well-organized information-richwebsites./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 soon./These applications havegreat power too./Sometimes the powercan be so great /that young people may easily become victims to their attraction. /So we need to recognize the seriousness ofthe 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 papersabout 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 whiteimage. 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
SECTION B PASSAGES
Questions II to 13 are based on the following passage.
If you're in a western country, you often see people walking their dogs. It is still true that a dog is the most useful animal in the world. (13) However the reason why one keeps the dog has changed. (11) Once upon a time, a man met a dog andwanted it to help him in the fight against other animals. And the dog listened to him and did what he told him to do. Laterpeople used dogs for hunting other animals. And dogs did not eat what they got until their masters agreed. (11) Dogs were also used for driving sheep and guarding chickens. But now people in towns and cities do not need dogs to fight other animalsany more. Of course, they keep them to frighten thieves. But the most important reason for keeping dogs is that they feellonly in the city. For a child, a dog is his best friend when he has no friends to play with; for a young wife, a dog is her childwhen she does not have her own; for old people, a dog is also a child when their real children have grown up and left. (12) Now people do not have to use a dog, but they keep it as a friend,just like a member of the family.
Key: 11.D 12.A 13.D
Questions 14 to 17 are based on the following passage.
I am going to work in a totally new environment. I'll have to get used to different working conditions. I am used to working in quite high-tech sort of industry that has got lots of machinery and everything. But now I am going to a place that(14) has no
machinery as such, apart from a typewriter. The place has no electricity at all, no photocopiers,all the things that you just take for granted here. They just won't be there any more. I'll be staying near the school in quite a small village.And (15)1 will be staying in a teacher's house, living with two or three other volunteer teachers. I'll have to get used to not having the variety of different foods that you have here like twenty different varieties of breakfast serial. (16) And the range of food there is much smaller, not many choices. I'll also have to get used to getting water from a well, not having electricity which means gas lamps in the evening; which means the difficulty of preparing for the next day's lessons in poor light; which means different ways of getting your clothes washed. (17) There will be all sorts of big differences like that, but I'll have to get used to when I arrive there.
Key: 14.B 15.D 16.A 17.C
Questions 18 to 20 are based on the following passage.
The most common type of child abuse you know is beating with the hands or with an instrument usually a cane in someplaces. Nearly a third of the abused children we see are (18) in the age group between six and ten, and about sixty-five percent of them are boys. (18) This is the age group when children are first to expect to study hard and parents have great expectations of their progresses in school. Boys of course attract more abuse such as beating because (20) once again parentalexpectations are high, and boys tend to be more energetic and difficult to control than girls. Most experts seem to agree thatthe child abuse is caused by a combination of social and psychological factors. Families who beat their children are not particularly different from other people. (20) The only difference that exists between them is that they lack skills in the establishing good relationships with their children. These families too .generally speaking, have other problems such as (19) marriageproblems or financial problems. Some parents are hurting their children because they strongly believe in the use of traditionaldiscipline methods. But many of them have (19) emotional problems. (20) They are often the victims of violence themselves.Sometimes they even bear an unreasonable hatred for a child because they believe that the child has brought the family badluck.
Key: 18.B 19.A 20.C
SECTION C NEW BROADCAST
News Item I
(21) American coast guard officials in Florida say they have returned to Cuba a group of would-be migrants who try to (22) make their way to the United States in an unusual vessel, a floating truck. They said one of their planes spotted the Cubans more than halfway through their journey, and the coast guard could not believe their eyes when they saw the vessel. TheCubans had attached floats and propellers to (22) a 1951 shabby truck.
Key: 21.D 22.B
News Item 2
All large and medium-sized Chinese cities will have greater air quality monitoring by 2010, says a government official.The government has spent 150 million yuan on air quality monitoring systems across China since 2000 when officials beganpaying greater attention to air quality monitoring. (23) More than 220 cities now have air quality monitoring systems and 42others will have systems in place by the end of this year.
Key：23.D
News Item 3
(25) Storms sank two river ferries in southern Bangladesh on Sunday and some (24)90 passengers were reported missing while at least another 68 died. One of the packed ferries carrying around 150 people capsized early on Sunday on the Meghna river and (25)50 were rescued. A second ferry sank on the same river just one kilometer away leaving 40 passengers missing after (25) 6 were rescued.
Key：24.B 25.A
News Item4
(26) The Indonesian government has given official approval for an Australian consulate in Dili. The first Australian consulate officials will travel to the East Timor capital next week as well as serving the consular needs of Australian in the region. The consulate will facilitate Australian support to the United Nation's assistance mission in East Timor. The announcement follows in principle their agreement reached on the opening of the consulate between Australian prime minister and Indonesian president in Barley last month.
Key：26.C
News Item 5
(27) PepsiCo of the US and Unilever of the UK have become the latest foreign entrance in China's competitive bottle tea market. The two companies launched Lipton's iced tea in Guangzhou last week in a 50-50 venture. (28) “PepsiCo is contributing its bottling facilities and distribution networks to the alliance while Unilever provides the famous tea brand and recipe.”company executive said. China has a growing bottle tea market estimated to be worth 10 billion Yuan. It has been dominated in recent years by two Taiwanese brands .Master Kang and Uni-President. Three other big brands. Nestle, Guangdong based Jianiibao and Lipton, have just entered the market this year. Swiss company Nestle is working in conjunction with Coca Cola.
Key：27.A 28.C
News Item 6
(29) The Isreali peace camp has launched tfa,e biggest protest in years (30) with more than 100 000 people protestingon Saturday and demanding the country leave Gaza, after Palestinian militants dealt Israel's army its deadliest blow since2002. Crowds at Tel Aviv's main square added to the growing call for withdrawal from the
war-torn territory. (30) The killingof 13 soldiers by militants in the Gaza strict last week has deepened already strong support in Israel for Prime MinisterSharon's Gaza pullout plan which is being delayed by hardliners in his right-wing Likud party. Key: 29.B 30.D。