1995年专业四级真题听力原文

听力原文1995

Unidentified Flying Objects (1995)

There are many explanations for why UFOs visit the Earth. / The most popular one is that they maybe visitors from other planets./ To fly such aircraft, their builders must develop different forms of aviation,/because they seem to fly much faster than normal aircraft./ The UFOs, it is believed, must contain scientists/ from other planets who are studying life on earth./ It is even believed that several such aircraft may have landed on earth/ and the space visitors may be living amongst us./ But there are also less fantastic explanations available./ Although some sightings of UFOs are difficult to explain, most can be explained quite easily./ In many cases the observers might have made a mistake./ They might have seen a weather balloon or an aircraft./ Or the light they saw in the sky might have been light from the ground,/ reflected on to the clouds./ However, the exact cause of many sightings still remained a mystery.

PART III LISTENING COMPREHENSION

In section A, B and C you will hear everything once only. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow. Mark the correct response for each question on your answer sheet. SECTION A STA TEMENTS

In this section you will hear eight statements. At the end of the statement you will be given 10 seconds to answer each of the following eight questions.

Now listen to the statements.

1. We moved to London about three months ago because Bob got a new job, and we're living in a small flat while we try to find a house.

2. If you don't want to sound impolite, or cause embarrassment or distress of any kind to the person you're talking to, you should learn to use tactful and tentative forms in your English. OK, class is over.

3. Whenever I got to the bank near my house, the cashiers are either fooling around or keeping whole queues of people waiting by chatting to the customer at the front about their holidays.

4. The more we discuss the trip, the less likely it seems we can afford it.

5. I live on my standard unemployment benefit- or rather, social security benefit. And I do a bit of baby-sitting on the side, for extra pocket money.

6. The moment the windscreen shatters, you should begin to take foot off the accelerator. Not completely off, of course, because you might be in heavy traffic with another vehicle right behind you.

7. Two men who were caught stealing property after it grew dark have appeared before the local Magistrates' court this morning. They are expected to be kept in custody for several days. SECTION B CONVERSATION

In this section, you will hear nine short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation you will be given 10 seconds to answer each of the following questions.

Now listen to the conversations.

8.

M: Are you having much trouble with the course?

F: Not really. The only thing I haven't understood so far is the reading we had last night.

9.

F: In the summer, Andrew plays tennis or golf almost every day in the winter he goes skiing every