大学英语四级听力复合式听写专项训练
Passage 1
Section C
Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is
read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea.
When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in
the blanks numbered from 36 to 43 with the exact words you have just
heard. For blanks numbered from 44 to 46 you are required to fill in the
missing information. For these blanks, you can either use the exact
words you have just heard or write down the main points in your own
words. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should
check what you have written.
注意:此部分试
在答题卡2上;请在答题卡2上作答。
For Americans, time is money. They say, ―you only get so much time in this life;
you’d better use it wisely.‖ The (36) ________ will not be better than the past or
present, as American are (37) ________ to see things, unless people use their time for constructive activity. Thus Americans (38) ________ a ―well-organized‖ person, one
who has a written list of thins to do and a (39) ________ for doing them. The ideal person is punctual and is (40) ________ of other people’s time. They do not (41)
________ people’s time with conversation or other activity that has no (42) ________ beneficial outcome.
The American attitude toward time is not (43) ________ shared by others, especially non-Europeans. They are more likely to regard time as (44) ________________________________. One of the more difficult things many students must adjust to in the states is the notion that time must be saved whenever possible and used wisely every day.
In the contest (45) ________________________________, McDonald’s, KFC,
and other fast food establishments are successful in a country where many people want to spend the least amount of time preparing and eating meals. As McDonald’s
restaurants (46) ________________________________, bringing not just hamburgers but an emphasis on speed, efficiency, and shiny cleanliness.
Passage 2
Section C
Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is
read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea.
When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in
the blanks numbered from 36 to 43 with the exact words you have just
heard. For blanks numbered from 44 to 46 you are required to fill in the
missing information. For these blanks, you can either use the exact
words you have just heard or write down the main points in your own
words. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should
check what you have written.
注意:此部分试题在答题卡2上;请在答题卡2上作答。
You probably have noticed that people express similar ideas in different ways depending on the situation they are in. This is very (36) ________. All languages have two general levels of (37) ________: a formal level and an informal level. English is no (38) ________. The difference in these two levels is the situation in which you use a (39) ________ level. Formal language is the kind of language you find in textbooks, (40) ________ books and in business letters. You would also use formal English in compositions and (41) ________ that you write in school. Informal language is used in conversation with (42) ________, family members and friends, and when we write (43) ________ notes or letters to close friends.
Formal language is different from informal language in several ways. First, formal language tends to be more polite. (44) ________________________________. For example, I might say to a friend or a family member ―Close the door, please,‖ (45)
________________________________.
Another difference between formal and informal language is some of the vocabulary. (46) ________________________________. Let’s say that I really like
soccer. If I am talking to my friend I might say ―I am just crazy about soccer!‖ But if I
were talking to my boss, I would probably say ―I really enjoy soccer.‖
Passage 3
Section C
Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is
read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea.
When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in
the blanks numbered from 36 to 43 with the exact words you have just
heard. For blanks numbered from 44 to 46 you are required to fill in the
missing information. For these blanks, you can either use the exact
words you have just heard or write down the main points in your own
words. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should
check what you have written.
注意:此部分试题在答题卡2上;请在答题卡2上作答。
Students’ pressure sometimes comes from their parents. Most parents are well (36) ________, but some of them aren’t very helpful with the problems their sons and
daughters have in (37) ________ to college, and a few of them seem to go out of their
way to add to their children’s difficulties.
For one thing, parents are often not (38) ________ of the kinds of problems their children face. They don’t realize that the (39) ________ is keener, that the required (40) ________ of work are higher, and that their children may not be prepared for the change. (41) ________ to seeing A’s and B’s on high school report cards, they may be
upset when their children’s first (42) ________ college grades are below that level. At their kindest, they may gently (43) ________ why John or Mary isn’t doing better,
whether he or she is trying as hard as he or she should, and so on. (44) ________________________________.
Sometimes parents regard their children as extensions of themselves and (45) ________________________________. In their involvement and identification with their children, they forget that everyone is different and that each person must develop in his or her own way. They forget that their children, (46)
________________________________.
Passage 4
Section C
Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is
read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea.
When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in
the blanks numbered from 36 to 43 with the exact words you have just
heard. For blanks numbered from 44 to 46 you are required to fill in the
missing information. For these blanks, you can either use the exact
words you have just heard or write down the main points in your own
words. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should
check what you have written.
注意:此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。
More and more of the world’s population are living in towns or cities. The speed at which cities are growing in the less developed countries is (36) . Between
1920 and 1960 big cities in developed countries (37) two and a half times
in size, but in other parts of the world the growth was eight times their size.
The (38) size of growth is bad enough, but there are now also very (39)
signs of trouble in the (40) of percentages of people living in
towns and percentages of people working in industry. During the nineteenth century cities grew as a result of the growth of industry. In Europe the (41) of
people living in cities was always smaller than that of the (42) working in
factories. Now, however, the (43) is almost always true in the newly
industrialised world: (44)
.
Without a base of people working in industry, these cities cannot pay for their
growth; (45)
. There has been little opportunity to
build water supplies or other facilities. (46)
, a
growth in the number of hopeless and despairing parents and starving children.
Passage 5
Section C
Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is
read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea.
When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in
the blanks numbered from 36 to 43 with the exact words you have just
heard. For blanks numbered from 44 to 46 you are required to fill in the
missing information. For these blanks, you can either use the exact words
you have just heard or write down the main points in your own words.
Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check
what you have written.
注意:此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。
We’re now witnessing the emergence of an advanced economy based on
36) , raw materials, and capital are no information and knowledge. Physical (
longer the key (37) in the creation of wealth. Now, the (38) raw
material in our economy is knowledge. Tomorrow’s wealth depends on the
39) entering the workforce development and exchange of knowledge. And (
offer their knowledge, not their muscles. Knowledge workers get paid for their education and their ability to learn. Knowledge workers (40) in mind work.
They deal with symbols: words, (41) , and data.
What does all this mean for you? As a future knowledge worker, you can expect to be (42) , processing, as well as exchanging information. (43) ,
three out of four jobs involve some form of mind work, and that number will increase sharply in the future. Management and employees alike (44)
.
In the new world of work, you can look forward to being in constant training (45)
. You can also expect to be taking greater control of your career. Gone are the nine–to–five jobs, lifetime security, predictable promotions, and even the conventional workplace, as you are familiar with. (46)
. And don’t wait for someone to ―empower‖ you. You have to empower yourself.
Passage 6
Section C
Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is
read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea.
When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in
the blanks numbered from 36 to 43 with the exact words you have just
heard. For blanks numbered from 44 to 46 you are required to fill in the
missing information. For these blanks, you can either use the exact
words you have just heard or write down the main points in your own
words. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should
check what you have written.
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Crime is increasing worldwide. There is every reason to believe the (36)
will continue through the next few decades.
Crime rates have always been high in multicultural, industrialized societies such as the United States, but a new (37) has appeared on the world (38)
—rapidly rising crime rates in nations that previously reported few (39)
. Street crimes such as robbery, rape, (40) , and auto theft are clearly
rising, (41) in eastern European countries such as Hungary and in western European nations such as the United Kingdom.
What is driving this crime (42) ? There are no simple answers. Still,
there are certain conditions (43) with rising crime: increasing heterogeneity
(混杂) of populations, greater cultural pluralism, higher immigration, democratization of governments, (44)
.
These conditions are increasingly observable around the world. For instance, cultures that were previously isolated and homogeneous (同种类的) ,such as Japan,
Denmark, and Greece, (45)
.
Multiculturalism can be a rewarding, enriching experience, but it can also lead to a clash of values. Heterogeneity in societies will be the rule in the twenty-first century, and (46)
.
Passage 7
Section C
Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is
read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea.
When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in
the blanks numbered from 36 to 43 with the exact words you have just
heard. For blanks numbered from 44 to 46 you are required to fill in the
missing information. For these blanks, you can either use the exact
words you have just heard or write down the main points in your own
words. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should
check what you have written.
注意:此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。
Around 120 years ago, Ebbinghaus began his study of memory. He (36)
on studying how quickly the human mind can remember (37) .
One result of his research is known as the total time hypothesis (假设), which simply
means the amount you learn (38) on the time you spend trying to learn it.
This can be taken as our first rule of learning.
Although it is usually true that studying for four hours is better than studying for one, there is still the question of how we should use the four hours. For example, is it
39) or to study for one hour a day for four better to study for four hours (
days in a (40) ? The answer, as you may have (41) , is that it is
better to spread out the study times. This (42) , through which we can learn
43) by dividing our practice time, is known as the distribution of more (
practice effect. Thus, (44)
.
But we’re not finished yet. We haven’t considered how we should study over
very short periods of time. (45)
. Should you look at the same
word in rapid succession, or look at the word and then have some delay before you look at it again? (46)
.
Passage 8
Section C
Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is
read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea.
When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in
the blanks numbered from 36 to 43 with the exact words you have just
heard. For blanks numbered from 44 to 46 you are required to fill in the
missing information. For these blanks, you can either use the exact
words you have just heard or write down the main points in your own
words. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should
check what you have written.
注意:此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。
In the humanities, authors write to inform you in many ways. These methods can be (36) into three types of informational writing: factual, descriptive, and process.
Factual writing provides (37) information on an author, composer, or
artist or on a type of music, literature, or art. Example of factual writing include notes on a book jacket or (38) cover and longer pieces, such as an article
describing a stle of music which you might read in a music (39) courses.
This kind of writing provides a (40) for your study of the humanities.
As its name (41) , descriptive writing simply describes, or provides an
(42) of, a piece of music, art, or literature. For example, descriptive writing might list the colors an artist used in a painting or the (43) a composer
included in a musical composition, so as to make pictures or sounds in the reader’s
mind by calling up specific details of the work. (44) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.
Process writing explains a series of actions that bring about a result. (45) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _. This kind of writing is often found in art, where understanding how an artist created a certain effect is important. (46) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.
Passage 9
Section C
Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is
read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea.
When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in
the blanks numbered from 36 to 43 with the exact words you have just
heard. For blanks numbered from 44 to 46 you are required to fill in the
missing information. For these blanks, you can either use the exact
words you have just heard or write down the main points in your own
words. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should
check what you have written.
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Almost every child, on the first day he sets foot in a school building, is smarter, more (36) , less afraid of what he doesn't know, better at finding and (37)
things out, more confident, resourceful (机敏的), persistent and (38)
than he will ever be again in his schooling – or, unless he is very (39)
and very lucky, for the rest of his life. Already, by paying close attention to and (40) with the world and people around him, and without any
school-type (41) instruction, he has done a task far more difficult,
complicated and (42) than anything he will be asked to do in school, or
than any of his teachers has done for years. He has solved the (43) of
language. He has discovered it – babies don't even know that language exists – and
(44)
. He has done it by exploring, by experimenting, by
developing his own model of the grammar of language, (45)
until
it does work. And while he has been doing this, he has been learning other things as well, (46)
, and many that are more complicated than the ones they do try to teach him.
Passage 10
Section C
Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from 36 to 43 with the exact words you have just heard. For blanks numbered from 44 to 46 you are required to fill in the missing information. For these blanks, you can either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the main points in your own words. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written.
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Writing keeps us in touch with other people. We write to communicate with relatives and friends. We write to (36) _____________ our family histories so our children and grandchildren can learn and (37) _____________their heritage (传统). With
computers and Internet connections in so many (38) _____________, colleges, business, people e-mailing friends and relatives all the time—or talking to them in
writing in online (39) _____________ rooms. It is cheaper than calling long distance, and a lot more (40) _____________ than waiting until Sunday for the telephone (41) _____________ to drop. Students are e-mailing their professors to (42) _____________ and discuss their classroom assignments and to (43) _____________ them. They are e-mailing classmates to discuss and collaborate (合作) on homework.
(44) __________________________________________________________.
Despite the growing importance of computers, however, there will always be a place and need for the personal letter. (45)
____________________________________________________. No matter what the content of the message, its real point is, ―I want you to know that I care about you.‖ (46)
____________________________________________________________________, but only in the success of human relationships.
Passage 11
Section C
Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is
read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When
the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks
numbered from 36 to 43 with the exact words you have just heard. For
blanks numbered from 44 to 46 you are required to fill in the missing
information. For these blanks, you can either use the exact words you have
just heard or write down the main points in your own words. Finally, when
the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have
written.
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In America, people are faced with more and more decisions every day, whether it's picking one of 31 ice cream (36) _____ or deciding whether and when to get married. That sounds like a great thing. But as a recent study has shown, too many choices can make us (37) _____, unhappy – even paralyzed with indecision.
That's (38) _____ true when it comes to the workplace, says Barry Schwartz, an author of six books about human (39) _____. Students are graduating with a (40) _____ of skills and interests, but often find themselves (41) _____ when it comes to choosing an ultimate career goal.
In a study, Schwartz observed decision-making among college students during their (42) _____ year. Based on answers to questions regarding their job-hunting (43) _____ and career decisions, he divided the students into two groups: "maximizers" who consider every possible option, and "satisficers" who look until they find an option that is good enough.
You might expect that the students (44) _________________________________. But it turns out that's not true. Schwartz found that while maximizers ended up with better paying jobs than satisficers on average, they weren't as happy with their decision.
The reason (45) _________________________________. When you look at every possible option, you tend to focus more on what was given up than what was gained. After surveying every option, (46) _________________________________.
Keys
Passage 1
36. future
37. trained
38. admire
39. schedule
40. considerate
41. waste
42. visible
43. necessarily
44. something that is simply there around them, not something they can use 45. the fast food industry can be seen as a clear example of American cultural
product
46. spread around the world, they have been viewed as symbols of American society
and culture
Passage 2
36. natural
37. usage
38. exception
39. particular
40. reference
41. essays
42. colleagues
43. personal
44. What we may find interesting is that it usually takes more words to be polite 45. but to a stranger, I probably would say ―would you mind closing the door?‖
46. There are bound to be some words and phrases that belong in formal language
and others that are informal.
Passage 3
36. meaning
37. adjusting
38. aware
39. competition
40. standards
41. accustomed
42. semester
43. inquire
44. at their worst ,they may threaten to take their children out of college or cut off
funds
45. think it only right and natural that they determine what their children do with
their lives
46. who are now young adults must, be the ones responsible for what they do and
what they are 15.10
Passage 4
36. alarming
37. increased
38. sheer
39. disturbing
40. comparison
41. proportion
42. workforce
43. reverse
44. the percentage of people living in cities is much higher than the percentage
working in industry
45. there is not enough money to build adequate houses for the people that live there,
let alone the new arrivals
46. So the figures for the growth of towns and cites represent proportional growth of
unemployment and underemployment
Passage 5
36. labor/labour
37. ingredients
38. vital
39. individual
40. engage
41. figures
42. generating
43. Currently
44. will be making decisions in such areas as product development, quality control and
customers’ satisfaction
45. to acquire new skills that will help you keep up with improved technologies and procedures
46. Don’t expect that the companies will provide you with clearly defined career path
Passage 6
36. trend
37. phenomenon
38. scene
39. offences
40. murder
41. particularly
42. explosion
43. associated
44. changing national boarders, greater economic growth and the lack of accepted
social ideas of right and wrong
45. are now facing the sort of cultural variety that has been accompanied Americans
for most of its history
46. failure to recognize and plan for diversity can lead to serious crime problems
Passage 7
36. concentrated
37. information
38. depends
39. straight
40. row
41. suspected
42. phenomenon
43. efficiently
44. our second rule of learning is this: it is better to learn study fairly briefly but
often
45. Let’s say you are trying to learn some new and rather difficult English
vocabulary using a stack of cards
46. The answer is it is better to space up the presentations of the word you are to
learn
Passage 8
Section C
36. classified 37. background 38. album 39 appreciation
40. context 41. implies 42. image 43. instrument
44. Descriptive writing in the humanities. particularly in literature is often mixed with critical writing.
45. It tells the reader how to do something, for example, explaining the technique used to shoot a film.
46. Authors may actually use more than one type of technique in the given piece of informational writing.
Passage 9
Section C
36. curious
37. figuring
38. independent
39. unusual
40. interacting
41. formal
42. abstract
43. mystery
44. he has found out how it works and learnt to use it appropriately 45. by trying it out and seeing whether it works, by gradually changing it and refining it
46. including many of the concepts that the schools think only they can teach him
Passage 10
36. preserve 37. appreciate 38. households 39. chat
40. convenient 41. rates 42. receive 43. submit
44. They are also sharing information about concerts and sports events, as well as jokes and their philosophies of life.
45. A hand-written note to a friend or a family member is the best way to
communicate important thoughts. 46. This writing practice brings rewards that can’t be seen in bank accounts.
Passage 11
本文提要:
本篇属于科技类文章~主要围绕时间和运动的关系展开,用谚语开篇引出全文~很有吸引力。中间引用爱因斯坦的相对论相关概念~具体阐述主题。
答案 36 survive
解析:文章描述:运动越快~时间变慢得也更快~这也就意味着宇航员有朝一日可以在太空中生存,survive,很久~如此一来他们就可以在遥远,distant,的未来重返地球。
37. distant
解析:这个空在future 前面~所以预判该填形容词常用搭配无非near~close~ distant等 ~根据听力原文~如上所述~确定是遥远的未来,填distant。
38. backward
解析:速度达到光速~时间静止,根据常识推断~若速度快于光速~那么时间将后退~即move backward~根据听力原文可确定这一推断。
39. discovered
解析:空缺部分作后置定语~从音频可知是发现(discovered)~用其过去完成时态。
40. scientific
解析:该空后接名词~应为形容词~scientific。
41. motion
解析:
原文描述~实验已证明运动加快会使宇航员的时间延长。这里的运动为motion。
42. predicted
解析:爱因斯坦在1905年时作出预测~用过去时predicted。
43. introduced
解析:这是爱因斯坦提出的一个相对时间的概念~用过去时introduced。
44. that move at a speed greater than light, and therefore, might serve as our
passports to the past.
解析:当下进行的研究旨在证实~是否有这样的物质~即能以超光速运行~并可以作为我们回归过去的―通行证‖。填句只需意思相近就可以~关键抓住核心:超光速运行~可帮助人类回到过去。
45. seems to have been a part of humanity for as long as human have existed.
解析:人类对时间的节约~获取~浪费以及流失等的着迷~自人类诞生以来就一直是其生活的一部分。核心:人类诞生以来就一直存在的~如影随形的。
46. used a definition of time for experimental purposes, as that which is measured
by a clock.
解析:人类也对时间的含义非常着迷~爱因斯坦就曾提出一个试验性的定义~这个定义下的时间可以用钟
来测量。核心意思:试验性的定义~可以用钟表来测量。
解题密钥:
听类似文章时首先要注意把握逻辑结构~也即听第一遍听时把握大意~先不要急于填写所有空缺~重点是要缕清思路~听懂文章在说什么~
关键信息词,有了对文章整体的把握后~第二遍听时就容易许多~这时就可以把空缺进量补齐~注意填句部分不一定非得按原文填写~只要意思相近就行,第三遍是最后一遍~此时要边听边检查已填写空缺~另外也可补填遗漏。
听力音频结束后~可对所填词汇进行检查~此时主要根据语法知识保证词形~词性准确无误,另外也可重新组织语句~完善填句部分。