2012年12月大学英语四级真题听力原文答案与解析

2012年12月大学英语四级真题

听力原文、答案及解析

Section A

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W: I just heard about a really beautiful park in the east end of the town. There are a lot of roses in bloom.

M: Why don’t we walk over there and see for ourselves?

Q: What will the speakers probably do?

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M: My presentation is scheduled for 9:30 tomorrow morning at the lecture hall. I hope to see you there.

W: Oh, sorry. I was about to tell you that I have an appointment with my dentist at 9 o’clock tomorrow.

Q: What do we learn about the woman?

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W: How long have you been running this company?

M: Twenty years if you can believe that. I brought it from a small operation to what it is today.

Q: What do we learn about the man?

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M: Have you read the news on the campus net? Susan has won the scholarship for next year.

W: I knew she would from the very beginning. Such a brilliant and diligent girl! She certainly deserves it.

Q: What does the woman mean?

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W: Taking a bus to Miami is cheaper than going by train.

M: That’s true. But I’d rather pay a little mor e for the added comfort and convenience.

Q: What does the man mean?

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M: I think it’s time we got rid of all this old furniture.

W: You’re right. We need to promote our image besides it’s not as if it’s a real antique.

Q: What do the speakers mean?

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’t make it home.

M: Yeah，most of the roads to my house were flooded. I didn’t get home from the lab until midnight. Q: What do we learn from the conversation?

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W: My boys are always complaining that they’re bored.

M: Why don’t you get them into some team sports? My son and daughter play soccer every Saturday. And they both look forward to it all week.

Q: What does the man mean?

11 ［预测］做什么？如何去公园；去公园赏花；去市场买花；种树。公园、花与树?

Why don’t ...?的句型功能。

要点信息理解。C）Go to the park to enjoy the flowers.

12 ［预测］She: 应邀做演讲、牙痛而无法工作、无法参加报告会还是9: 30要会见男子？→她无法工作或去（参加）演讲的原因？

要点信息理解，信息干扰。C）She cannot attend the presentation.

13 ［预测］He—一个成功的生意人: 改变了经营策略，计划拓展生意，20岁就接管了公司？要点归纳推论。B）He is a very successful businessman.

14 ［预测］She: 1）新闻: 为之惊讶，未曾在网上看到；2）与Susan的关系: 没她聪明，对她极其信任。

要点归纳推论。D）She has every confidence in Susan.

15 ［预测］去Miami，乘汽车还是火车？便宜、方便舒适、还是更快、更划算？

语气理解、要点信息判断。D）It is worth the money taking a train to Miami.

16 ［预测］旧家具还是古董？古董: 有益提升形象、必须保存；旧家具应该换掉，或搬一个新的办公室。

要点归纳理解。C）The old furniture should be replaced.

17 ［预测］暴风雨/洪水: 持续到午夜，使男子到家很迟，把所有路都淹了，让男子通宵待在实验室。

要点信息理解。B）The man got home late due to the storm.

18 ［预测］孩子们的运动: 女子的孩子——喜欢团队运动、与男子的儿子踢足球；应该每周至少运动一次，没事干就感到无聊？

要点理解推论。A) The woman’s sons might enjoy team sports.

Conversation One

［预测］19 电话促销、安排商务谈判、电话接单、处理客户申诉→业务范围? 20 客户问题无法当天回答、客户经常把两者混淆、业务策略各异→存在的问题？21 每人两周、一起度过、轮流过、每人一周→假期（答案在A或D）？→关于两人的业务和业务中的矛盾。

W: So John, I hear you and Arthur share a job, don’t you?

M: Yeah. We’ve shared a sales job at Sonatech for about two years now.

W: Well, and Thursday, and Arthur worked Wednesday and Friday. The problem was that when I was in the office on Tuesday, I would talk to people，then they would call back on Wednesday with a question. But Arthur couldn’t answer the question and he couldn’t ask me about it because I wasn’t in the office. So he had to ask the people to call me back the next day, Thursday. Of course，they didn’t like to wait until the next day to have their questions answered.

W: Yes, that sounds like a problem.

M: So, finally we decided that Arthur would work in the mornings and I would work in the afternoons. Now if someone calls with the question for me in the morning, Arthur tells them to call me in the afternoon. This way, people get their questions answered the same day.

M: Well, Sonatech gives the usual two weeks of vacation to full time employees. I take a week and Arthur takes a week.

W: It sounds like job sharing has worked out well for you.

M: Yes，it has. We are both happy with it.

19 What do John and author do at Sonatech?

要点定位理解。C）Take orders over the phone.

20 What problem did John and Arthur have when they started job sharing?

要点理解归纳。A）Customers’ questions could not be answered on the same d ay.

21What does John say about their annual vacation? 要点定位理解。D）They each take a week.