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[外语学习]英语四级听力材料07年6月到09年12月学习啊 “读”可以分为两种。一种是“默读”。每天给予 一定时间的练习将会对你提高阅读速度有很大学英语简单吗,肯定会有许多学生 的好处，读的内容可以是你的课本，但最好是 一些有趣的小读物，因为现在的英语高考越来说:“难死了”。 越重视阅读量和阅读速度。每道题的得分都与为什么有好多学生对英语的学习都感到头疼你的理解程度有很大关系，所以经过高中三年呢,只有一个:“不得法。” 英语与汉语一阅读的训练后，你必定会在高考中胜券在握。 样都是一种语言，为什么你说汉语会如此流另一种是“朗读”这是学语言必不可少的一种学利,那是因为你置身于一个汉语环境中，如果习途径。 你在伦敦呆上半年，保准说起英语来会非常流四、多“写” 利。但很多中学生没有很好的英语环境，那么有的同学总是抱怨时间紧，根本没时间写作文。你可以自己设置一个英语环境，坚持“多说”、写”的形式很多，不一定就写作文才提高其实“ “多听”、“多读”、“多写”，那么你的英语成绩写作能力。比如写下你一天中发生的一些重要肯定会很出色。 的事情，或当天学了某一个词组，你可以创设一、多“说”。 一个语境恰如其份地用上这个词。这样即可帮自己多创造机会与英语教师多讲英语，见了同你记住这个词的用法，又可以锻炼你的写作能学，尤其是和好朋友在一起时尽量用英语去问力，比如学“wish”一词时，可写一小段如下: 候，谈心情……这时候你需随身携带一个英汉The teacher often asks us what we want to 互译小词典，遇到生词时查一下这些生词，也be in the future.My good friend Tom wishes 不用刻意去记，用的多了，这个单词自然而然to be a soldier.However,I'm different .I wish 就会记住。千万别把学英语当成负担，始终把I were a teacher in the future.But my 它当成一件有趣的事情去做。 mother wishes me to be a doctor. 或许你有机会碰上外国人，你应大胆地上去跟只几句话:但wish的几种用法已跃然纸上，这他打招呼，和他谈天气、谈风景、谈学校……样写下来印象会深刻得多，这样比死记硬背只是别问及他的年纪，婚史等私人问题。尽量wish的用法也有趣轻松的多。 用一些你学过的词汇，句子去和他谈天说地。学习英语不用花大块的时间，10分钟的散步可不久你会发现与老外聊天要比你与中国人谈英以练"说",吃完饭后可以读一会儿英语小说，睡语容易的多。因为他和你交谈时会用许多简单前听几分钟英语，可以使你得到更好地休词汇，而且不太看重说法，你只要发音准确，息……只要你每天抽出一些时间来练英语，你准能顺利地交流下去。只是你必须要有信心，的英语成绩肯定会很快提高的。 敢于表达自己的思想。 背英语单词技巧 如果没有合适的伙伴也没关系，你可以拿过一1、循环记忆法 本书或其它什么东西做假想对象，对它谈你一艾宾浩斯遗忘曲线 天的所见所闻，谈你的快乐，你的悲伤等等，人的大脑是一个记忆的宝库，人脑经历过的事长此坚持下去你的口语肯定会有较大的提高。 物，思考过的问题，体验过的情感和情绪，练二、多“听” 习过的动作，都可以成为人们记忆的内容。例寻找一切可以听英语的机会。别人用英语交谈如英文的学习中单词、短语和句子，甚至文章时，你应该大胆地去参与，多听听各种各样人的内容都是通过记忆完成的。从"记"到"忆"是有的发音，男女老少，节奏快的慢的你都应该接个过程的，这其中包括了识记、保持、再认和触到，如果这样的机会少的话，你可以选择你回忆。有很多 人在学习英语的过程中，只注重不知内容的文章去听，这将会对你帮助很大，了学习当时的记忆效果，孰不知，要想做好学而你去听学过的课文的磁带，那将会对你的语习的记忆工作，是要下一番工夫的，单纯的注言语调的学习有很大的帮助。 三、多“读”。 重当时的记忆效果，而忽视了后期的保持和再丢掉几个，转天又丢几个的，而是在记忆的最认同样是达不到良好的效果的。 初阶段遗忘的速度很快，后来就逐渐减慢了，在信息的处理上，记忆是对输入信息的编码、到了相当长的时候后，几乎就不再遗忘了，这贮存和提取的过程，从信息处理的角度上，英就是遗忘的发展规律，即"先快后慢"的原则。观文的第一次学习和背诵只是一个输入编码的过察这条遗忘曲线，你会发现,学得的知识在一天程。人的记忆的能力从生理上讲是十分惊人的，后，如不抓紧复习,就只剩下原来的25%)。随着它可以存贮1015比特(byte，字节)的信息，可时间的推移,遗忘的速度减慢，遗忘的数量也就是每个人的记忆宝库被挖掘的只占10%，还有减少。有人做过一个实验，两组学生学习一段更多的记忆发挥空间。这是因为，有些人只关课文，甲组在学习后不久进行一次复习，乙组注了记忆的当时效果，却忽视了记忆中的更大不予复习，一天后甲组保持98%，乙组保持的问题--即记忆的牢固度问题，那就牵涉到心理56%;一周后甲组保持83%，乙组保持33%。学中常说的关于记忆遗忘的规律。 乙组的遗忘平均值比甲组高。 一、艾宾浩斯记忆规律曲线解释 二、不同性质材料有不同的遗忘曲线 德国有一位著名的心理学家名叫艾宾浩斯而且，艾宾浩斯还在关于记忆的实验中发现，(Hermann Ebbinghaus，1850-1909)，他在记住12个无意义音节，平均需要重复16.5次;1885年发表了他的实验后，记忆研究就成为了记住36个无意义章节，需重复54次;而了心理学中被研究最多的领域之一，而艾宾浩记忆六首诗中的480个音节，平均只需要重复8斯正是发现记忆遗忘规律的第一人。 次～这个实验告诉我们，凡是理解了的知识，根据我们所知道的，记忆的保持在时间上是不就能记得迅速、全面而牢固。不然，愣是死记同的，有短时的记忆和长时的记忆两种。而我硬背，那也是费力不讨好的。因此，比较容易们平时的记忆的过程是这样的: 记忆的是那些有意义的材料，而那些无意义的输入的信息在经过人的注意过程的学习后，便材料在记忆的时候比较费力气，在以后回忆起成为了人的短时的记忆，但是如果不经过及时来的时候也很不轻松。因此，艾宾浩斯遗忘曲的复习，这些记住过的东西就会遗忘，而经过线是关于遗忘的一种曲线，而且是对无意义的了及时的复习，这些短时的记忆就会成为了人音节而言，对于与其他材料的对比，艾宾浩斯的一种长时的记忆，从而在大脑中保持着很长又得出了不同性质材料的不同遗忘曲线，不过的时间。那么，对于我们来讲，怎样才叫做遗他们大体上都是一致的。 忘呢，所谓遗忘就是我们对于曾经记忆过的东因此，艾宾浩斯的实验向我们充分证实了一个西不能再认起来，也不能回忆起来，或者是错道理，学习要勤于复习，而且记忆的理解效果误的再认和错误的回忆，这些都是遗忘。艾宾越好，遗忘的也越慢。 浩斯在做这个实验的时候是拿自己作为测试对三、不同的人有不同的艾宾浩斯记忆曲线--个性象的，他得出了一些关于记忆的结论。他选用化的艾宾浩斯 了一些根本没有意义的音节，也就是那些不能上述的艾宾浩斯记忆曲线是艾宾浩斯在实验室拼出单词来的众多字母的组合，比如asww，中经过了大量测试后，产生了不同的记忆数据，cfhhj，ijikmb，rfyjbc等等。他经过对自己的从而生成的一种曲线，是一个具有共性的群体测试，得到了一些数据。 规律。此记忆曲线并不考虑接受试验个人的个然后，艾宾浩斯又根据了这些点描绘出了一条性特点，而是寻求一种处于平衡点的记忆规律。 曲线，这就是非常有名的揭示遗忘规律的曲线:但是记忆规律可以具体到我们每个人，因为我艾宾浩斯遗忘曲线，图中竖轴表示学习中记住们的生理特点、生活经历不同，可能导致我们的知识数量，横轴表示时间(天数)，曲线表示记有不同的记忆习惯、记忆方式、记忆特点。规忆量变化的规律。 律对于自然人改造世界的行为，只能起一个催这条曲线告诉人们在学习中的遗忘是有规律化的作用，如果与每个人的记忆特点相吻合，的，遗忘的进程不是均衡的，不是固定的一天那么就如顺水扬帆，一日千里;如果与个人记 忆特点相悖，记忆效果则会大打折扣。因此，材料中去学，要结合词组，通过句子，阅读文我们要根据每个人的不同特点，寻找到属于自章来活记单词，死记的单词是记不牢的。坚持己的艾宾浩斯记忆曲线 在读、说前，先反复听，听的时候反应单词、2》如何学英语 句子的意思和节奏，想一下单词的拼法、句子下定决心，坚持不懈 结构。并要同学习语法规则有机结合起来进行。 英语学习作为一门语言技能，通过大量的训练(3)掌握好基本语法。语法在学习英语中也很和练习任何人是可以掌握的。一般地说，英语重要，它能帮助我们把握住英语的基本规律，学习的原则是听、说领先，读、写跟上。李扬通过例句或语言现象把死的语法规则要记住，的疯狂英语提倡，首先建立起我能学好英语的活的规则要通过做大量的练习掌握。总之学习信心，然后以句子为单位，大量地模仿，疯狂英语要通过听、说、读、写、译来进行操练，地操练，大声地朗读，最后达到自如地说英语，不但要注意数量，更重要的是要注意质量，尤他的方法对提高说英语的能力很奏效。钟道隆其是基本知识要掌握的准确，熟练。只有经过教授45岁开始学英语，一年后，学成出国当口大量的实践，才能做到熟能生巧，运用自如。 语翻译，并创造了逆苦恼、逆急于求成、逆速提前预习，有的放矢 成的逆向学习英语的方法。他还提出学习英语作为学生，在每次上课前，都要对要学的课文要遵循听、写、说、背、想的方法，他的方法提前预习。首先在音标的帮助下试着拼读单词，强调以听为主，并且把所听到的内容全部写下也可以借助配套磁带反复听，对比一下，把握来。尤其是他的学习精神最可佳，他学习英语不准的要标出来，注意上课老师的发音，还要用坏了十几台录音机，你可想象他听了多少英记一下单词的汉语意思和词性。借助课文的注语;用完的圆珠笔芯几乎装满了一个一拉罐，释或辅导材料，预习一遍课文，找出不明白的你可想象他写了多少，在一年半内，累计业余地方，做到心中有数，在教师讲课时注意听这学习英语时间大约三千小时，也就说每天抽出些地方。总之，预习的目的是熟悉要学的内容，几个小时来学英语。如果我们做到他那样，一找出不明白的地方，带着问题听课，做到有的定也能学好英语。最重要的是坚持，只要能下放矢。 定决心，坚持每天至少一个小时的学习英语，认真听课，积极配合 战胜自我最后肯定会有收获的。 课堂是老师与学生一起学习、掌握、运用知识注意方法，循序渐进 的主要场所。作为起主导作用的老师一方引导决心下定，还注意学习方法，有时根据自己的学生搞好课堂教学是很必要的，但也需要学习情况和不同的学习目的，选择不同的学习方法，者的积极配合。上课要专心听讲、作好笔记、但是学习英语一定要踏踏实实地、一步一个脚认真操练、积极思考。预习时出现的问题在课印地走。要把基础知识掌握好，也就是说，发堂上教师没有讲到的，要向老师提出，把问题音要正确、基本词汇要掌握牢、基本句式要熟搞清楚，老师讲授的问题，先注意听，下课后练、基本语法要会用。 整理一下笔记，反复思考一下这些问题，抓住(1)要过好语音关。把每一个音标发正确，注老师所讲的重点，难点和考点。总之，上课时意改正有问题的音素，特别是那些容易混淆的要做到耳听、眼观、嘴动、脑想，调动起多个音素，尽早地掌握国际音标，并尽量的掌握一感官来。 些读音规则，尽快地能利用读音规则来拼单词，完成作业，找出问题 掌握读音规则对单词的记忆和拼写非常有用。 学完每一课，要认真完成课后作业。做作业时(2)掌握一定数量的英语单词。对于学习者来一定不要看参考书上题的答案，做完后再对答说掌握英语词汇是一难关，学习单词要从单词案，对于作业中所出现的不明白的问题，应该的形、音、义这三方面去掌握，要注意单词的记下来，等下次上课时提出来。做作业是英语一词多义，一词多类的用法，要学会一些构词学习的很重要的环节，它是消化知识和巩固知法的知识，来扩展词汇量。学习单词要在语言识的过程，一定要认真完成规定的作业，笔头 opened a restaurant as soon ashe got 作业要动一动笔，口头作业要动一动嘴，提高out of the amp3y. 听力要练一练耳，课文在听和读的基础上，最Q: What do we learn about the man 好背诵某些精彩段落。总之，要做大量的练习，from the conversation? 15.: Hi, Susan! Have you finished 英语是练出来的， 一定不要偷懒。 reading the book Professor Johnsoi 及时复习，巩固知识 recommended? W: Oh, I haven' t read it through the 学会了的东西随着时间的流逝会逐渐遗忘，但 way I read a novel. I just read a few 学语言有遗忘现象是正常的。更不必因为有遗chapters which interested me. 忘现象而影响自己学好英语的信心与决心。问Q: What does the woman mean? 16.M: Jane missed the class again, 题在于怎样来减轻遗忘的程度。善于类比，总didn* t she? I wonder why? 结知识，把新学的知识同过去学的有关的知识W: Well, I knew she had been absent all 进行横向和纵向比较和联系。建立错误档案记week. So I called her this morning to see if she was sick. It turned out that 录，加深印象，以避免再反同样错误。我们大her husband was badly injured in a car 部分知识和技能是靠重复获得的，及时复习对accident. 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M:Yeah? 14.W: Are you still teaching at the W: Charles Nelson, a room for one for junior high school? the 19th... M: Not since June. My brother and I M: Wait, wait. It' s for tonight, not tomorrow night. W: Yes. Well, of all the students W: Em..., I don' t think we have any enrolled last year, nearly half were rooms for tonight. There' sa conference from overseas. They were from African going on in town and---er, let' s countries, the Far East, the see...yeah, no rooms. Middle East, and Latin America. M: Oh, come on! You must have M: Em. But have you been doing just something, anything! that for the last 10 years, or, W: Well, let---let me check my have you done other things? computer here...Ah! W: Well, I' ve been doing the same job. M: What? Er, before that, I was secretary of the M: Oh, come on! You must have medical school at Bimp3ingham, and something, anything! further back, I worked in the local W: There has been a cancellation for government. this evening. A honeymoon M: Oh, I see. suite is now available. W: So T ve done different types of M: Great, I' II take it. things. W: But, I 'II have to charge you 150 M: Yes, indeed. How do you imagine pounds for the night. your job might develop in the future? M: What? I should have a discount for Can you imagine shifting into a the inconvenience! different kind of responsibility or doing W: Well, the best I can give you is a something... 10% discount plus a ticket for a W: Oh, yeah, from October 1,I' II be free continent breakfast. doing an entirely different job. M: Hey, isn' t the breakfast free There' s going to be more committee anyway? work. I mean, more policy work, and W: Well, only on weekends. less dealing with students, M: I want to talk to the manager. unfortunately-T II miss my contact W: Wait, wait, wait...Mr. Nelson, I with students. think I can give you an additional 15% Questions 23 to 25 are based on the discount... conversation you' ve just heard: 23. What is the woman' s present Questions 19 to 22 are based on the position? conversation you' ve just heard: 24. What do we learn about the postgraduates enrolled last year in the 19. What' stheman' s problem? woman' s university? 20. Why did the hotel clerk say they 25. What will the woman' s new job be didn' t have any rooms for that night? like? 21. What did the clerk say about the breakfast in the hotel? 第三部分、2007年6月英语四级听力段 22. What did the man imply he would 落原文 do at the end of the conversation? PI My mother was born in a small town in Conversation Two: northern Italy. She was three when her M: Sarah, you work in the admissions parents immigrated to America in 1926. office, don' t you? They lived in Chicago when my W: Yes, I' nvHp ve been here ten years grandfather worked making ice cream. as assistant director. Mama thrived in the urban M: Really? What does that involve? environment. At 16, she graduated first W: Well, T m in charge of all the in her high school class, went onto admissions of postgraduate secretarial school, and finally worked as students in the universit. an executive secretary for a railroad M: Only postgraduates? company. She was beautiful too. When W: Yes, postgraduates only. I have a local photographer used her pictures nothing at all to do with in his monthly window display, she felt undergraduates. pleased. Her favorite portrait showed M: Do you find that you get her sitting by Lake Michigan, her hair particular-sort of... went blown, her gaze reaching toward different national groups? I mean, do the horizon. My parents were married you get large numbers from Latin in 1944. Dad was a quiet and intelligent America or... man. He was 17 when he left Italy. Soon after, a hit-and-run accident left him or whether the apparent progress is with a pemp3anent limp. Dad worked continuing. "The family was seeking hard selling candy to Chicago office privacy while doctors evaluated workers on their break. He had little Herbert" , he said. As word of Herbert' fomp3al schooling. His English was s progress spread, visitors streamed self-taught. Yet he eventually built a into the nursing home. "He' s resting small successful wholesale candy comfortably," the uncle told them. business. Dad was generous and 29 What happened to Herbert ten years handsome. Mama was devoted to him. ago? After she married, my mother quit her 30 What surprised Donald Herbert' s job and gave herself to her family. In family and doctors one Saturday? 1950, with three small children, dad 31 How long did Herbert remain moved the family to a famp3 40 miles unconscious? from Chicago. He worked land and 32 How did Herbert' s family react to commuted to the city to run his the public attention? business. Mama said goodbye to her P3 parents and friends, and traded her Almost all slates in America have a busy city neighborhood for a more state fair. They last for one, two or three isolated life. But shenever complained. weeks. The Indiana state fair is one of 26 What does the speaker tells us about the largest and oldest state fairs in USA. his mother's early childhood? It is held every summer. It started in 27 What do we learn about the speaker' 1852. Its goals were to educate, share s father? ideas, and present Indiana' s best 28 What does the speaker say about his products. The cost of a single ticket to mother? enter the fair was 20 cents. During the P2 early 1930* s, officials of the fair ruled During a 1995 roof collapse, a that the people could attend by paying firefighter named Donald Herbert was with something other than money. For left brain damaged. For ten years, he example, famp3ers brought a bag of was unable to speak. Then, one grain in exchange for a ticket. With the Saturday morning, he did something passage of time, the fair has grown and that shocked his family and doctors. He changed a lot, but it' s still one of started speaking. " I want to talk to my Indiana' s most celebrated events. wife." Donald Herbert said out of the People from all over Indiana and from blue. Staff members of the nursing many other states attend the fair. They home where he has lived for more than can do many things al the fair. They can seven years, raced to get Linda Herbert watching the judging of the price cows, on the telephone. "It was the first of pigs, and other animals; they can see many conversations the 44-year-old sheep getting their wool cut, and they patient had with his family and friends can learn how that wool is made into during the 14 hour stretch" Herbert' s clothing; they can watch cows giving uncle Simon Menka said. "How long birth. In fact, people can learn about have I been away?" Herbert asked. "We the animals they would see except at told him almost ten years," the uncle the fair. The fair provides a chance for said, "he thought it was only three the famp3ing communities to show its months." Herbert was fighting a house skills and famp3ing products. For fire December 29,1995 when the roof example, visitors might see the world' s collapsed, burying him underneath. largest apple, or the tallest sunflower After going without air for several plant. Today, children and adults at the minutes, Herbert was unconscious for fair can play new computer games, or two and a half months and has attend more traditional games of skill. undergone therapy ever since. News They can watch perfomp3ances accounts in the days and years after his perfomp3ed by famous entertainers. injury, described Herbert as blind and Experts say such fairs are important, with little if any memory. A video shows because people need to remember that him receiving physical therapy but they' re connected to the earth and its apparently unable to communicate and products, and they depend on animals with little awareness of his for many things. surroundings. Menka declined to 33. What were the main goals of the discuss his nephew' s current condition Indiana' s state fair when it started? 34. How did some famp3ers gain the off funds. entrance to the fair in the early 45 think it only right and natural that 1930's? they detemp3ine what their children do 35. Why state fairs are important events with their lives. in the America? 46 who are now young adults, must be the ones responsible for what they do and what they are. 第四部分、2007年6月英语四级听力复 合式听写原文 2007年12月英语四级听力原题 Students' pressure sometimes comes Part ? Listening Comprehension (35 from their parents. Most parents are minutes) well meaning, but some of them aren' i Section A very helpful with the problems their Direction: In his section, you will hear sons and daughters have in adjusting to 8 short conversations and 2 long college. And a few of them seem to go conversations. At the end of each out of their way to add to their children' conversation, one or more questions s difficulties. For one thing, parents are will be asked about what was said. both often not aware of the kinds of the conversation and the questions will problems their children face. They don' be spoken only once. After each t realize that the competition is keener, question there will a pause. During the that the required standards of work are pause, you must read the four choices higher, and that their children may not marked A),B),C) and D),and decide be prepared for the change. which is the best answer. Then mark Accustomed to seeing A' sandB' s on the the corresponding letter on Answer high school report cards, they may be Sheet2 with a single line through the upset when their children' s first centre. semester college grades are below that 注意:此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。 level. At their kindest, they may gently 11. A) She used to be in poor health. inquire why John or Mary isn' t doing C) She was somewhat overweight better, whether he or she is trying as B) She was popular among boys. hard as he or she should, and so on. At D) She didn?t do well at high their worst, they may threaten to take school. their children out of college, or cut off 12. A) At he airport. funds. Sometimes parents regard their B) In a restaurant. children as extensions of themselves, C) In a booking office. and think it only right and natural that D) At the hotel reception. they detemp3ine what their children do 13. A) Teaching her son by herself. with their lives. In their involvement B) Having confidence in her son. and identification with their children, C) Asking the teacher for extra they forget that everyone is different, help. and that each person must develop in D) Telling her son not to worry. his or her own way. They forget that 14. A) Have a short break. their children, who are now young B) Take two weeks off. adults, must be the ones responsible for C) Continue her work outdoors. what they do and what they are. D) Go on vacation with the man. 15. A) He is taking care of this twin 参考答案: brother. B) He ha been feeling ill all week. Section C compound dictation C) He is worried about Rod?s 36 meaning health. 37 adjusting D) He has been in perfect 38 aware condition. 39 competition 16. A) She sold all her furniture 40 standards before she moved house. 41 accustomed B) She still keeps some old 42 semester furniture in her new house. 43 inquire C) She plans to put all her old 44 at their worst, they may threaten to furniture in the basement. take their children out of college or cut D) She brought a new set of furniture from Italy last month. passage, you will hear some questions. 17. A) The woman wondered why Both the passage and the questions will the man didn?t return the book. be spoken only once. After you hear a B) The woman doesn?t seem to questions , you must choose the best know what the book is about. answer from the four choices marked C) The woman doesn?t find the A),B),C)and D). Then mark the book useful any more. corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 D) The woman forgot lending the with a single line through the centre. book to the man. 18. A) Most of the man?s friends are 注意:此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。 athletes. Passage One B) Few people share the woman?s Questions 26 to 29 are based on the opinion. passage you have just heard. C) The man doesn?t look like a 26(A. They care a lot about children. sportsman. B. They need looking after in their D) The woman doubts the man?s old age. athletic ability. C. They want to enrich their life experience. Questions 19 to 22 are based on the D. They want children to keep conversation you have heard. them company. 19. A) She has packed it in one of her 27. A. They are usually adopted from bags. distant places. B) She has probably left it in a taxi. B. Their birth information is C) She id going to get it the airport. usually kept secret. D) She is afraid that she has lost it. C. Their birth parents often try to 20) A) It ends in winter. conceal their birth information. B) It will cost her a lot. D. Their adoptive parents don?t C) It will last one week. want them to know their birth parents. D) It depends on the weather. 28. A. They generally hold bad feelings 21. A) The plane is taking off soon. towards their birth parents. B) There might be a traffic jam. B. They do not want to hurt the C) The taxi is waiting for them. feelings of their adoptive parents. D) There is a lot of stuff to pack. C. They have mixed feelings about 22. A) At home. finding their natural parents. B) In the man?s car. D. They are fully aware of the C) At the airport. expenses involved in the search. D) By the side of a taxi. 29. A. Early adoption makes for closer parent-child relationship. Questions 23 to 25 are based on the B. Most people prefer to adopt conversation you have just heard. children from overseas. 23. A) She is thirsty for promotion. C. Understanding is the key to B) She wants a much higher salary. successful adoption. C) She is tired of her present work. D. Adoption has much to do with D) She wants to save travel love. expenses. 24. A) Translator. Passage Two B) Travel agent. Questions 30 to 32 are based on the C) Language instructor. passage you have just heard. D) Environment engineer. 30. A. He suffered from mental illness. 25. A) Lively personality and inquiring B. He bought the washing on post. mind. C. He turned a failing newspaper B) Communication skills and team into a success. spirit. D. He was once a reporter for a C) Devotion and work efficiency. major newspaper. D) Education and experience. 31. A. She was the first woman to lead a big U.S. publishing company. Section B B. She got her first job as a teacher Directions: at the University of Chicago. In this section, you will hear 3 C. She committed suicide because short passage. At the end of each of her mental disorder. D. She took over her father?s More and more of the word?s position when he died. population are living in towns or cities. 32. A. People came to see the role of The speed at which cities are growing in women in the business world. the less developed countries is(36) B. Katharine played a major part in ____. Between 1920 and 1960 big reshaping Americans? mind. cities in developed countries(37) C. American media would be quite _____two and a half times in size, but different without Katharine. in other parts of the world the growth D. Katharine had exerted an was eight times their size. important influence on the world. They(38) ____size of growth is bad enough, but there are now also Passage Three very(39)____signs of trouble in the(40) Questions 33 to 35 are based on the _____of percentages of people living passage you have just heard. in towns and percentages of people 33. A. It?ll enable them to enjoy the best working in industry. During the medical care. nineteenth century cities grew as a B. It?ll allow them to receive free result of the growth of industry. In medical treatment. Europe the(41)_____of people living C. It?ll protect them from possible in cities was always smaller than that of financial crises. the (42)_____working in factories. D. It?ll prevent the doctors from Now, however, the(43)_______is overcharging them. almost always true in the newly 34(A. They can?t immediately get back industrialized world:(44) the money paid for their medical cost. ___________________________ B. They have to go through very ___________ . complicated application procedures. Without a base of people working C. They can only visit doctors who in industry, these cities cannot pay for speak their native languages. their D. They may not be able to receive growth;(45)________________ timely medical treatment. ___________________________ 35(A. They don?t have to pay for the ____________ . There has been little medical services. opportunity to build water supplies or B. They needn?t pay the entire other facilities. (46) medical bill at once. _________________________ a C. They must send the receipts to growth in the number of hopeless and the insurance company promptly. despairing parents and starving D. They have to pay a much higher children. price to get an insurance policy. Section C 本文来自: 恒星英语学习网 Directions: In this section, you will hear (www.Hxen.com) 详细出处参考: a passage three times. When the , you /cet4/zhenti/2008-03-05/26642.html should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the 2008年6月英语四级听力材料 second time, you are required to fill in 11.M: Today is a bad day for me; I fell the blanks numbered from 36 to 43 off a step and twisted my ankle. with the exact words you have just W: Don't worry, usually ankle heard. For blanks numbered from 44 to injuries heal quickly if you stop regular 46 you are required to fill in the activity for a while. missing information. For these blanks, Q: What does the woman suggest the you can either use the exact words you man do? have just heard or write down the main 12. W: May I see your ticket please? I points in your own words. Finally, think you are sitting in my seat. when the passage is read for the third M: Oh, you are right. My seat is in time, you should check what you have the balcony. I'm terribly sorry. written. Q: Where does the conversation most probably take place? 注意:此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。 13. W: Did you hear Mr. Smith died in his sleep last night? M: Yes, it's very sad. Please let M: But you know Jane, it's partly their everybody know that whoever wants to, own fault. You should never let anyone may attend the funeral. like that in unless you are expecting Q: What are the speakers talking them. source: Hxen.com about? 14. M: Have you taken Professor W: It's all very well to say that, but Young's exam before? I'm kind of someone comes to the door and says nervous. electricity or gas, and you automatically W: Yes, just concentrate on the think they are ok, especially if they flash important ideas she's talked about in a card to you. class and ignore the details. M: Does this man have an I. D. then? Q: How does the woman suggest the W: Yes, that's just it! It seems he used man prepare for Professor Young's to work for the electricity board at one exam? time. According to the paper, the police 15. W: I'm so sorry sir, and you'll let me are warning people, especially pay to have your jacket cleaned, won't pensioners not to admit anyone unless you? they have an appointment. It's a bit sad. M: That's all right, it could happen One old lady told them she'd just been to anyone. And I'm sure that coffee to the post office to draw her pension doesn't leave lasting marks on clothing. when he called. She said he must have Q: What can we infer from the followed her home. He stole the whole conversation? www.hxen.com lot. 16. W: Have you seen the movie the M: But what does he look like? Surely departed? The plot was so complicated they must have a description. that I really got lost. W: Oh, yes, they have. Let's see. In his M: Yeah, I felt the same, but after I thirties, tall, bushy dark hair, slight saw it a second time, I could put all the northern accent, sounds a bit like you pieces together. actually. Q: How did the two speakers find Q19. What does the woman want the the movie? man to read in the newspaper? (A theft 17. M: I'm really surprised you got an case) "A" on the test. You didn't seem to have Q20. How did the man mentioned in done a lot of reading. the newspaper try to win further trust W: Now you know why I never from the victims? www.Hxen.com missed a lecture. (Flashing his I.D. to them) Q: What contributes to the woman's Q21. What is the warning from the high score? police?( not to admit anyone unless 18. W: Have you heard about a new they have an appointment) digital television system? It lets people get about 500 channels. Q22. What does the woman speaker tell M: Yeah, but I doubt they'll have us about the old lady?(Her pension has anything different from what we been stolen by the man) watch now. Q: What does the man mean? Conversation Two M: Miss Jones, could you tell me more Conversation One about your first job with hotel marketing concepts? W: Gosh! Have you seen this Richard? W: Yes certainly. I was a marketing M: Seeing what? consultant, responsible for marketing W: In the paper, it says there's a man ten UK hotels. They were all luxury going round pretending he's from the hotels in the leisure sector, all of a very electricity board. He's been calling at high standard. people's homes, saying he's come to M: Which markets were you check that all their appliances are safe. responsible for? Then he gets around them to make him W: For Europe and Japan. a cup of tea and while they are out of M: I see from your resume that you the room, he steals their money, speak Japanese. Have you ever been to handbag, whatever and makes off with Japan? it. W: Yes, I have. I spent a month in Japan in 2006. I met all the key people in the tourist industry, the big tour alike will be making decisions in such operators and tourist organizations. As areas as product development, quality I speak Japanese, I had a very big control, and customer satisfaction. advantage. In the new world of work, you can look M: Yes, of course. Have you had any forward to being in constant training to contact with Japan in your present job? acquire new skills that will help you W: Yes, I've had a lot. The truth is I keep up with improved technologies have become very popular with the and procedures. Japanese, both for holidays and for You can also expect to be taking greater business conferences. In fact, the control of your career. Gone are the market for all types of luxury holidays nine to five jobs, lifetime security, for the Japanese has increased a lot predictable promotions, and even the recently. conventional workplace as you're familiar with. Don't expect the M: Really, I'm interested to hear more companies will provide you with a about that, but first, tell me, have you clearly defined career path, and don't ever traveled on a luxury train? The wait for some one to empower you. You Orient Express, for example. have to empower yourself. HxEn.com W: No I haven't, but I have traveled on Passage one: a glacier express to Switzerland and I traveled across China by train about 8 Time years ago. I love train travel. That's why I think a lot about time and not just I'm very interested in this job. because it's the name of the news Q23. What did the woman do in her organization I work for. Like most first job?(marketing consultant) working people, I find time or the lack Q24. What gave the woman an of it, are never ending frustration and advantage during her business trip in an unwinable battle. My every day is a Japan?(She can speak Japanese) race against the clock that I never ever Q25. Why is the woman applying for seem to win. This is hardly a lonesome the new job? (She loves train travel.) complaint, according to the families and work institutes, national study of the changing work force, 55% of the employees say they don't have enough Compound dictation time for themselves, 63% don't have enough time for their spouses or We're now witnessing the emergence of partners, and 67% don't have enough the advanced economy based on time for their children. It's also not a information and knowledge. Physical new complaint. I bet our ancestors labor, raw materials and capital are no returned home from hunting wild longer the key ingredients in the animals and gathering nuts, and creation of wealth. Now the vital raw complained about how little time they material in our economy is knowledge. had to paint battle scenes on their cave Tomorrow's wealth depends on the walls. The difference is that the boss of development and exchange of the animal hunting and the head of nut knowledge. And individuals entering gathering probably told them to "Shut the work force offer their knowledge, up!" or "No survival for you!" Today's not their muscles. Knowledge workers workers are still demanding control get paid for their education and their over their time, the difference is: ability to learn. Knowledge workers today's bosses are listening. I've been engage in mind work. They deal with reading a report issued today called symbols, words, figures, and data. When Work Works, produced jointly by What does all this mean for you? 3 organizations. They set out to find As a future knowledge worker, you can and award the employers who employ expect to be generating, processing as the most creative and most effective well as exchanging information. ways to give their workers flexibility. I Currently, three out of four jobs involve found this report worth reading and some form of mind work. And that suggest every boss should read it for number will increase sharply in the ideas. future. Management and employees Questions 26 to 28 are based on the www.hxen.com passage you have just heard. 29. According to the speaker, what 26. What is the speaker complaining contributed to her parents' divorce? about? The difficult time of the Great He's in a hurry to work everyday Depression and doesn't have enough spare time. 30. What brought his father closer to 27. What does the speaker say about his children? our ancestors? A wonderful woman, his stepmother They were busy with finding food 31. What message does the speaker outside in order to survive. want to convey in this talk? 28. Why does the speaker suggest all Unconditional love may contribute bosses read the report by the 3 greatly to keeping closer relationship organizations? between family members. Because this report may help them keep Passage three their most creative and effective workers working without too much In February last year, my wife lost her complaint. job. Just as suddenly, the owner of the greenhouse where I worked as manager Passage 2 died of a heart attack. His family announced that they were going to Loving a child is a circular business. close the business because no one in the The more you give, the more you get. family wanted to run it. Things looked The more you want to give, Penalapy pretty gloomy. My wife and I read the Leach once said. What she said proves want-ads each day. Then one morning, to be true of my blended family. I was as I was hanging out "Going out of born in 1931as the youngest of 6 Business" sign at the greenhouse, the children, I learn to share my parents' door opened and in walked a customer. love. Raising 6 children during the She was an office manager whose difficult times of the Great Depression company has just moved into the new took its toll on my parents' relationship office park on the edge of town. She was and resulted in their divorce when I looking for petite plants to place in the was 18 years old. Daddy never had very reception areas and offices. "I don't close relationships with his children know anything about plants," she said. and drifted even farther away from us "I'm sure in a few weeks they'll all be after the divorce. Several years later, a dead." Why was I helping her select her wonderful woman came into his life, purchases? My mind was racing. and they were married. She had 2 sons. Perhaps as many as a dozen firms have One of them is still at home. Under her recently opened offices in the new office influence we became a blended family park, and there were several hundred and a good relationship developed more acres with construction under between the 2 families. She always way. That afternoon, I drove out to the treated us as if we were her own office park. By six o'clock that evening I children. It was because of our other had signed contracts with seven mother, daddy's second wife, that he companies to rent plants from me and became closer to his own children. They pay me a fee to maintain them. Within shared over 25 years together before a week, I had worked out an agreement our father passed away. At the time of to lease the greenhouse from the his death, the question came up of my owner's family. Business is now mother, daddy's first wife, attending his increasing rapidly. funeral. I will never forget the And one day, we hope to be the proud unconditional love shown by my owners of the greenhouse. stepmother, when I asked her if she 32(What do we learn about the would object to mother attending greenhouse? daddy's funeral. Without giving it a It is a place where we can buy plants. second thought, she immediately 33. What was the speaker doing when replied, "of course not, honey, she is the the customer walked in one morning? mother of my children." He just finish making a phone call. 34 What did the speaker think of Questions 29 to 31 are based on the when serving the office manager? passage you've just heard. He does not know for sure why he helps her notebook, have you? I hope I didn?t 35. What was the speaker's hope for the leave it in the reading room. future? M: Did you check that pile of journals He hopes to be the proud owner of the you?ve borrowed from the library the green house. other day? 本文来自: 恒星英语学习网Q: What is the man trying to say to the (www.Hxen.com) 详细出处参考:woman? /cet4/zhenti/2008-09-05/51271.html 17. M: How about joining me for a cup of coffee? W: I?d love to, but I?m exhausted. I was 2008年12月英语四级听力材料 up till 3 this morning, writing a paper Short Conversations for my literature class. Q: Why does the woman decline the 11(M: I just received an Email from one man?s invitation? of my former classmates. I was surprised, I hadn?t heard from him for 18. W: You had a job interview ages. yesterday, didn?t you? How did it go? W: Well, I?ve been out of touch with M: Not too bad, I guess. There were most of my old friends, only one or two about 20 candidates competing for the still drop me a line occasionally, sales manager?s job. And finally it was Q: What does the woman mean? down to three of us, but the other two seemed better qualified. 12. M: If you can make up your mind Q: What does the man imply? about the color, I can start on the F: Simon, how does it feel to be retired? outside of your house early next week. M: Well, not so bad. W: Well, right now I think I want white F: How have you been spending your for the window frames and yellow for time? the walls, but I?ll let you know M: I have been spending more time tomorrow. with my family. I?ve also travelled a bit, Q: Who is the woman talking to? you know, off season when everywhere is less crowded and hotels cost less. 13. W: Excuse me, do you have any F: Great. apartments available for under 500 M: You know I haven?t stopped work dollars a month? I need to move in next completely. week when my new job starts. F: Yes, could you tell us more about M: The only vacant one I have is 600 this? dollars, have you inquired at the M: I?m on a scheme that?s called phased apartment complex down the street? retirement; I had a six-month break Q: What does the man suggest the from work, after that I could apply for woman do? project work with the company I used to work for. 14. W: You bought a pair of jeans F: How does the scheme work? yesterday, didn?t you? What are they M: Well, it?s a trial at the moment. like? Instead of hiring temporary stuff, the M: Oh, they are pretty much like my company advertises posts on its website other ones, except with a larger waist. I that retired employees like myself can guess I haven?t spent much time access. exercising lately. F: What sort of works advertised? Q: What can we infer from the M: Well, all sorts of things, really. conversation about the man? Administrative work and more specialized work, the sort of thing I can 15. W: I really like those abstract do. Some of the projects can last five or paintings we saw yesterday. What do six months, and others can just be a you think? couple of days. I can decide more or M: I guess it?s something I haven?t less when to work. So I can manage my acquired a taste for yet. own time. Q: What does the man imply? F: I can see it?s good for you. What is your company get out of this? 16. W: You haven?t seen a blue M: Well, I still have all my old contacts at work, so I know who to contact to get something done. The company gets Q 23: What does the man say about the flexibility, too. Once the job?s over, farm? that?s it. I?m not on their books any more. Q 24: Why does the man intend to grow potatoes rather than corn on the farm? Questions 19-21 are based on the conversation you have just heard. Q 25: What is the woman?s greatest 19. Why does Simon find his retired life concern about the man?s plan? enjoyable? 20. How does Simon get to know about Passage One the company?s available posts? 21. Why does the company adopt the Members of the city council and phased retirement scheme? distinguished guests, it is my privilege to introduce to you today Mr. Robert 长对话2 Washington, chief of our city?s police W: Oh, where are we going? force. He will address us on the subject M: I want to show you something. of the Community Policing Program. W: I know, but what is it? Most of you know that Mr. Washington has a distinguished record as head of M: A farm. It?s just down this road. It?s our police force for more than ten years. a small place, but at least it would be However, you may not know that he our own. also holds a master?s degree in W: A farm? How can we afford to buy a criminology and studied abroad for a farm? year with the international police force M: It isn?t very large, only 40 acres. We which deals with crimes around the wouldn?t have to pay very much right world. Mr. Washington first introduced now. the Community Policing Program 8 W: Is there a house on the place? years ago. The idea behind the program M: A small one, two bedrooms, but it is to get the police officers out of their needs to be fixed up a little. I can do the cars and into our neighborhoods where job myself. they can talk directly to merchants and W: OK. Is there enough space for a residents about the real dynamics of kitchen garden? our city. These officers do more than M: There is about half an acre around make arrests. They try to find ways to the house. That?s plenty of space. help solve the problems that contribute W: Then we can grow our own fresh to crime in the first place. Often that vegetables. And maybe keep a few means hooking people up with services chickens, couldn?t we? offered by other city agencies, such as M: Yes, and we can probably grow a lot schools, hospitals, housing, drug of our own food. treatment centers. And the program W: What are you thinking about seems to be working: crime is down and growing, if we do take this place? our citizens report that they feel more M: Well, it really isn?t big enough for secure. Today Mr. Washington is going corn. I thought we might try to raise a to tell us more about this program. Now crop of potatoes. let?s welcome Mr. Robert Washington. W: Potatoes? There are a lot of work. 26. What is the purpose of the speaker?s M: We are used to hard work, aren?t remarks? we? He will address us on the subject of W: Yes, we are, but the money. Do we community policing program. have enough to get started? It seems 27. What does the speaker say about Mr. like a dream. Robert Washington? M: I think we?ve saved enough. We can pay a little on the farm and maybe put a Most of you know that Mr. Washington few dollars down on the tractor, too. has a distinguished record as head of Questions 22 to 25 are based on the our police force for more than ten years. conversation you have just heard. However, you may not know that he also holds a master?s degree in Q 22: What are the speakers going to do criminology and studied abroad for a at the time of the conversation? year with the international police force which deals with crimes around the Question 30. Why does the speaker say world. Mr. Washington first introduced there are great possibilities for the community policing program 8 communication breakdowns? years ago. There are numerous public and private 28. What is the idea behind the languages. Community Policing Program? Question 31. What is Chomsky?s point The idea behind the program is to get on the ability to learn a language? the police officers out of their cars and Human infants are born with the ability into our neighborhoods where they can to learn language and the potential to talk directly to merchants and residents learn any language in the world. about the real dynamics of our city. Question 32. What does Chomsky?s 29. How has the Community Policing theory fail to explain according to the Program turned out to be? speaker? And the program seems to be working, It does not really explain how children crime is down and our citizens report come to use language in particular that they feel more secure. ways. 四级篇章2 四级听力 Passage Three There are between 3000 and 6000 public languages in the world, and we When US spacewoman Joan must add approximately 6 billion Higginbotham is not flying and working private languages since each one of us in space, she might be found necessarily has one. Considering these somewhere on earth giving a speech. facts, the possibilities for breakdowns Higginbotham, who grew up in Chicago in communication seem infinite in and became an engineer before joining number. However, we do communicate NASA, that is the National Air and successfully from time to time. And we Space Administration, gives about a do learn to speak languages. But dozen speeches a year. Each speech is learning to speak languages seems to be different because she tailors her a very mysterious process. For a long remarks to each audience. Through time, people thought that we learned a interviews and E-mails, she finds out in language only by imitation and advance her listeners' educational level association. For example, a baby and what information they want to touches a hot pot and starts to cry. The know. On the subject of space walks, for mother says, “Hot, hot!” And the baby, example, audiences vary in their when it stops crying, imitates the interests and how much complexity mother and says, “Hot, hot!” However, they can comprehend. To elementary Noam Chomsky, a famous expert in school children, Higginbotham may language, pointed out that although discuss a problem that many kids want children do learn some words by to know about. "How do spacemen in a imitation and association, they also spacesuit eat, drink, and go to the combine words to make meaningful bathroom?" Her answer is “the sentences in ways that are unique, spacesuit is really a small spacecraft unlearned and creative. Because young with room for food and children can make sentences they have water-containers, and a never heard before, Chomsky suggested waste-collection system.” To a high that human infants are born with the school audience, she might satisfy a ability to learn language. Chomsky curiosity that often arises in her meant that underneath all the pre-speech interviews with students differences between public and private who obviously have seen many science languages, there is a universal language fiction movies. “Do spacemen carry mechanism that makes it possible for weapons in case they encounter us, as infants, to learn any language in enemies in space?” Her answer is "No". the world. This theory explains the To scientists, she might provide potential that human infants have for technical details on such topics as the learning language. But it does not really design of spacesuits that protects explain how children come to use spacemen from the deadly temperature language in particular ways. extremes of space. Just as elaborate Questions 30 to 32 are based on the preparation is required for success in passage you have just heard. space, Higginbotham says that it?s important for speakers to learn as much as possible about their listeners 11. W: There were more than a hundred before a speech because every audience people at Kate's birthday party. How is different. come she's got so many friends? 33. What did Joan Higginbotham do M: It's really no surprise. You know she before joining in NASA? was popular even when she was a child 34. How does Higginbotham prepare her speech on space walks? Q: What does the man imply about 35. What does the high school audience Kate? want to know about space travel? Compound Dictation: (31?43??-33?55??) 12. M: They say there'll be a snow-storm tonight, and the cold Crime is increasing worldwide. There is weather will last quite a few days. every reason to believe the trend will W: Oh! We're so lucky, we'll be getting continue through the next few decades. away for a while, and having a holiday Crime rates have always been high in in Florida. But let's call right now to multi-cultural industrialized societies confirm our flight. such as the United States. But a new Q: What do we learn about the two phenomenon has appeared on the speakers? world scene: rapidly rising crime rates in nations that previously reported few 13. W: Tony was awarded a medal for offences. Street crimes such as robbery, rescuing several families from the rape, murder and auto theft are clearly forest fire. rising, particularly in Eastern European M: I really admire his courage. countries, such as Hungary, and in Q: What do we learn about Tony from Western European nations, such as the the conversation? Untied Kingdom. What is driving this crime explosion? There are no simple 14. M: My washing machine is more answers. Still, there are certain than fifteen years old and it has worked conditions associated with rising crime. just fine until last night. Increasing heterogeneity of population, W: You?ll never be able to get parts for greater cultural pluralism, higher it, even from Japan. So it might be time immigration, democratization of to invest a more recent model. governments, changing national Q: What does the woman suggest the borders, greater economic growth and man do? the lack of accepted social ideas of right and wrong. These conditions are 15. W: I heard about your promotion, increasingly observable around the you must be thrilled. world. For instance, cultures that were M: Not really, the new office is huge, previously isolated and homogenous, but the word load has doubled. such as Japan, Denmark and Greece, Q: What do we learn about the man are now facing the sort of cultural from the conversation? variety that has been common in America for most of its history. 16. W: I can?t decide what to do about Multiculturalism can be a rewarding, the party tomorrow. enriching experience, but it can also M: You don?t have to go if you don?t lead to a clash of values. Heterogeneity want to, but I?ll be glad to give you a in societies will be the rule in the 21st ride if you do. century, and failure to recognize and Q: What do we learn from the plan for such diversity can lead to conversation? serious crime problems. 17. M: Now if you have any questions 本文来自: 恒星英语学习网about the contract. I?ll be happy to (www.Hxen.com) 详细出处参考:answer them. : Nothing comes to mind right now, /cet4/zhenti/2009-02-04/67512_3.htbut I?d like to go over all the articles of ml the contract once more before signing it. 2009年6月英语四级听力材料 Q: What are the speakers doing right Short Conversations now? M: Well, unfortunately, there is a 18. M: We are out of paper for the problem with the order we received printer. Can you please order some? from you yesterday. It seems we haven?t W: I completed the order form online seen the right quantity of manuals to yesterday and it will be here by noon. support the telephone system. I?ll let you know when it comes in. W: Oh, dear, that?s bad news. I?m very Q: What did the woman do? sorry to hear that, and you don?t know Long Conversation how many packs are without manuals? Conversation One M: No, because we haven?t opened W: Bob, do you know who I saw the every pack. But in several of those that other day? Old Jake, looking terribly have been opened there are none, no depressed. Did he get pensioned off at manuals. last? W: I?m very sorry about this M: Yes. They made him retire after 50 inconvenience, Mr. Summerfield. We?ll years at sea. He is pretty upset about it, send out the manuals this afternoon by but what can you do? He really is express mail entirely at our cost, and pasted. the manuals should arrive tomorrow or W: He is all alone, isn?t he? the day after at the latest. M: Yes, his wife has been dead for years. M: All of them, right? They had one daughter, Dories. But she W: Yes. It maybe that some have them went off to town as soon as she left already, but we cannot be sure. So the school. And he hasn?t heard from her best thing is to send out the manual for since. I hear she is making good money every pack. as a model. M: Yes. Yes, I see. That would be great. W: Maybe someone could get in touch W: Please accept our apologies for this with her. Get her to come back for a mix-up. I assure you we will do while to help? everything possible to find out why the M: I don?t suppose she come. She never mistake happened got on with her father. He is bit of a M: Right. Thanks for your swift action. tough character and she is rather selfish. W: Not at all. Thank you and goodbye Oh, I expect old Jake will get by. He is for now. Do call if there is anything else. healthy at least, comes into a clinic for a M: All right. Thank you. Goodbye, Ms check regularly. Green. W: Are you his doctor? W: Goodbye. M: No, my partner doctor Johnson is. Questions 23 to 25 are based on the W: That bad-tempered old thing? conversation you?ve just heard. M: Oh, he isn?t bad-tempered. He just 23. What problems are the speakers looks it. He is an excellent doctor, discussing? taught me a lot, and he has a very nice 24. What does the woman promise to family. His wife invites me over there to do? supper every week. Very pleasant. 25. What does the man think of the W: yes. I teach their daughter Pen at solution? school. She is a bit careless and lazy Passage about her school work, but a bright Passage 1 little thing and very popular with her Attracting and feeding wild birds are age group. entertaining activities that have long Questions 19 to 22 are based on the been enjoyed by people all over the conversation you?ve just heard. world. Feeding birds has become so 19. Why does old Jake look terribly popular that prepared feed mixtures depressed? are readily available. We feed birds for 20. What do we learn about Jake?s wife? many reasons. Many pleasant hours 21. What does the man say about Jake?s can come from watching birds. A hobby daughter? often develops into a serious study of 22. What does the man say about Jake?s their habits. Accurate identification of doctor? birds is usually the first goal. But Conversation Two observations that an amateur W: Hello, Mr. Summerfield. How are bird-watcher can make are really you today? limitless. There is, however, M: Very well. Thank you, Ms. Green. responsibility associated with bird W: What can I do for you? feeding, including a disease hazard. Attracting numbers of birds continually house. I think I need a new set of to the same spot can be harmful to friends. I?m beginning to get tired of them, particularly species that pick Leo?s excuses. food from the ground contaminated by the droppings of other birds. In winter feeding efforts are most satisfying to Questions 29 to 31 are based on the people and are of greatest benefit to passage you?ve just heard. birds. During this time when fewer natural foods are available and air Q29 What does the speaker tell us temperatures are lower, extra feeding about her friend Leo? can keep a bird warm and well. Once begun, feeding should never stop Q30 What did his girlfriend do when during these lean months. If you start a Leo canceled a date with her at the last local increase of birds, be prepared to minute? do what may be required to eliminate Q31 What favor did the speaker ask Leo hazards to those you want to befriend. to do last weekend? A constant supply of food should be given until the cold is over and spring Passage 3 has come. If feeding is stopped during severe weather, birds used to relying In Hollywood, everybody wants to be upon the feeders must starve. rich, famous and beautiful. Nobody wants to be old, unknown and poor. For Questions 26 to 28 are based on the Hollywood kids, life can be difficult passage you?ve just heard. because they grow up such an unreal Q26 What does the speaker say about atmosphere. Their parents are bird watching? ambitious and the children are part of Q27 What does the speaker say about the parents? ambitions. Parents pay for birds fed continually on the same spot? wasteful grand parties, expensive cars Q28 What does the speaker suggest we and designer clothes. When every do in feeding birds in winter? dream can come true, kids don?t learn the value of anything because they have Passage 2 everything. A thirteen-year-old boy, Trent Maguire, has a driver, credit My friend Leo makes up weak and poor cards and unlimited cash to do what he excuses whenever there is something he wants when he wants to. “One day, I?ll doesn?t want to do. Just two weeks ago, earn more than my dad!” he boasts. he was at my house when he decided he Parents buy care and attention for their didn?t want to go into work. He called children because they have no time to his boss and said he had to get a new give it themselves. Amender?s mother set of tires put on his truck. Then he sat employs a personal trainer, a down and watched TV with me. Not bodyguard, a singing coach and a only had he lied but his excuse wasn?t a councilor to look after all her very convincing one. Another time, he fifteen-year-old daughter?s needs. Often, cancelled a date with his girlfriend at there is no parent at home most days, the last minute telling her he had to get so children decide whether to make a new battery for his truck. She was their own meals or go out to restaurants, angry and refused to go out with him when to watch television or do again until he apologized. Last weekend, homework. They organize their social Leo offered the poorest excuse yet. He?d life. They play no childhood games. promised he?d help me move some They become adults before they?re furniture, from my parents? house to ready. Hollywood has always been the my new apartment. He was supposed to city of dreams. The kids there live bring his truck over about 8 o?clock unreal lives where money, beauty and Saturday morning. I waited, and then pleasure are the only gods. Will called and left a message on his children around the world soon start to machine. About 11:30, he called and think the same? Or do they already? said he was sorry but he?d been getting a new set of tires put on his truck. I Questions 32 to 35 are based on the guess he?d forgotten he used the same passage you?ve just heard. excuse when he called his boss from my Q32 Why is life said to be difficult for Hollywood kids? ten-dollar note? I need to pay the parking Q33 What does the speaker say about Trent Maguire, a thirteen-year-old boy? Q34 Why does Amender?s mother meter. employ other people to look after her needs? Q35 What will probably have negative Woman: I?m sorry. But I think you can get it effects on the lives of Hollywood kids? through the money changer, in the shopping Compound Dictation Around 120 years ago, Ebbinghaus center across the street. began his study of memory. He concentrated on studying how quickly the human mind can remember information. One result of his research Question: What is the man trying to do? is known as the total time hypothesis, which simply mean the amount you learn depends on the time you spend 12. trying to learn it. This can be taken as our first rule of learning. Although it is usually true that studying for 4 hours is Man: Can you recommend something that a better than studying for 1, there is still the question of how to use the 4 hours. For example, is it better to study for 4 school boy of seven or eight will really like? hours straight or to study for 1 hour a day for 4 days in a row? The answer, as Woman: I suggest this toy train, sir. It?s an you may have suspected, is that it is better to spread out the study times. This phenomenon through which we excellent brand, very popular, all over the world can learn more efficiently by dividing our practice time is known as the these days. distribution of practice effect. Thus, our second rule of learning is this. It?s better to study fairly briefly but often. But we are not finished yet. We haven?t Question: What is the man doing? considered how we should study over very short periods of time. Let?s say you are trying to learn some new and rather difficult English vocabulary using a 13. stack of cards. Should you look at the same word in rapid succession or look Woman: Do you let people know when you are at the word and then have some delay before you look at it again? The answer is it is better to space up the taking pictures of them? presentations of the word you are to learn. Man: I try not to. You know, any picture of a 2009年12月四级听力材料 person who poses for the camera would look dull and unnatural. Section A Question: What are the speakers talking 11. about? Man: Excuse me, do you have change for a 14. 17. Woman: I need to talk to someone who knows Woman: Prof. Clark suggested that I get a tutor Baltimore well. I?m told you lived there. for advanced physics. Man: Well, that might help. Advanced Man: Oh, but I was really young at the time. physics is a pretty difficult course. Question: What does the man mean? Question: What does the man mean? 15. Woman: Aren?t you disappointed that you 18. didn?t get the promotion? Woman: Bill, have you heard the latest news? Man: Maybe a little. But I know I need more It appears we two won?t be laid off after all. experience before I?m ready for that kind of Man: Oh, I?m somewhat tired of working here. I?ve been wondering whether I should resign. responsibility. Anyway, the news seems to be good for you. Question: What do we learn about the man Question: How does the man feel about the from this conversation? news? 16. Woman: I?ve been working out the gym since Conversation One January. I was a bit out of shape. Woman: Hello, Parkson college. May I help Man: You look terrific! It seems that your you? effort has paid off. Man: Yes. I?m looking for information on Question: What does the man imply about the courses in computer programming. I would need it for the fall semester. woman? W: Do you want a day or evening course? M: Well, it would have to be an evening course M: Aha. Okay. Ah, where do I go to register? since I work during the day. W: Registration is on the second and third of W: Aha. Have you taken any courses in data September, between 6 and 9 in Frost Hall. processing? M: Is that the round building behind the M: No. parking lot? W: Oh. Well, data processing is a course you W: Yes. That?s the one. have to take before you can take computer M: Oh, I know how to get there. Is there programming. anything that I should bring with me? M: Oh, I see. Well, when is it given? I hope it?s W: No, just your check book. not on Thursdays. M: Well, thank you very much. W: Well, there?s a class that meets on Monday W: You are very welcome. Bye! evenings at seven. M: Bye! M: Just once a week? 19. Why does the man choose to take an W: Yes. But that?s all most three hours from evening course? seven to nine forty-five. 20. What does the man have to do before M: Oh. Well, that?s all right. I could manage taking the course of computer programming? that. How many weeks does the course last? 21. What do we learn about the schedule of the W: Mmmm, let me see. Twelve weeks. You evening course? start the first week in September, and finish, oh, 22. What does the man want to know at the Just before Christmas. December 21st. end of the conversation? M: And how much is the course? Conversation Two W: That?s three hundred dollars including the W: So, why exactly does your job have a necessary computer time. reputation for being stressful? W: What do you enjoy about the stressful M: Stress is generally driven by the feeling of aspects of your job? being out of control of a situation, and the M: Having said all that, I do actually enjoy an feeling of a situation controlling you. Trading in element of uncertainty. I enjoy a mental financial markets combines both. challenge. Trading generates a wide range of W: How do you relax in the evening? emotions second by second. How you deal with M: I very rarely do anything work related. So and manage those emotions dictates short, it?s easy to escape the markets. I generally go to medium and long term trading performance the gym or go for a run, especially If I?ve had a and success. bad day. I always cook a meal rather than have 23. What is the man?s job? a takeaway. To do something my brain would 24. Why does the man prefer to cook a meal regard as creative. rather than have a takeaway? W: Do you think what you do to relax is an 25. What does the man say about an element of effective way to beat stress? stress in his job? M: I don?t think there?s a specific rule about Section B how to beat stress. I generally find that what I do is effective for me. Passage One W: Would you consider changing your job Since early times, people have been fascinated because of the high stress factor? with the idea of life existing somewhere else M: I have considered leaving my job due to besides earth. Until recently, scientists believed stress related factors. However, I do think that that life on other planet was just a hopeful an element of stress is a good thing, and if used dream. But now they are beginning to locate the right way, can actually be a positive thing. places where life could form. In 1997, they saw light in Europa?s subsurface ocean doesn?t evidence of planets near other stars like the sun. automatically rule out life forming. But scientists now think that life could be even 26. What did scientists once believe according nearer in our own solar system. One place to the passage? scientists are studying very closely is Europa, a 27. What have scientists found about Europa, a moon of Jupiter. Space probes have provided moon of Jupiter? evidence that Europa has a large ocean under 28. What have scientists come to know recently its surface. The probes have also made the about the formation of life? scientists think that under its surface Europa Passage Two has a rocky core giving off volcanic heat. Water and heat from volcanic activity are two basic In her early days as an emergency room conditions needed for life to form. A third is physician, Dr. Joanna Meyer treated a child certain basic chemicals such as carbon, oxygen who had suffered a second degree burn. After and nitrogen. Scientists believe there might be the child had been treated, and was being such chemicals lying at the bottom of Europa?s prepared for discharge, Dr. Meyer talked to the ocean. They may have already created life, or parents about how they should care for the maybe about to. You may wonder if light is also child at home, also listening to her were half a need for life to form. Until recently, scientists dozen family members. A few hours later, thought that light was essential. But now, when she came to say goodbye, the family places have been found on earth that are in asked her to settle an argument they?ve been total in blackness, such as caves several miles having over exactly what advice she had given. beneath the ocean. And bacteria, primitive “As I talked to them, I was amazed.” she said, forms of life have been seen there. So the lack of “All of them had heard the simple instructions I had given just a few hours before. But they had Q29. What did the child?s family members three or four different versions. The most basic argue about in the hospital? details were unclear and confusing. I was Q30. What does Dr. Meyer do to ensure her surprised, because these were intelligent patients understand her instructions? people.” This episode gave Dr. Meyer her first Q31. What does the speaker say about human clue to something every doctor learns sooner or speech? later – most people just don?t listen very well. Passage 3 Nowadays, she says, she repeats her It is logical to suppose that things like good instructions, and even conducts a reality check labor relations, good working conditions, good with some patients. She asks them to tell her wages and benefits, and job security motivate what they think they?re supposed to do. She workers. But one expert, Frederick Herzberg also provides take-home sheets, which are argued that such conditions do not motivate computer printouts, tailored to the patients? workers, they are merely satisfiers. situation. Motivators, in contrast, include things such as Dr. Meyer?s listeners are not unusual. When having a challenging and interesting job, new or difficult material is presented, almost all recognition and responsibility. However, even listeners are faced with a challenge, because with the development of computers and human?s speech lacks the stability and robotics, there are always plenty of boring, permanence of the printed word. Oral repetitive and mechanical jobs, and lots of communication is fast-moving and unskilled people who have to do them. So how impermanent. do managers motivate people in such jobs? Question 29-31 One solution is to give them some Q32. What can actually motivate workers responsibilities, not as individuals, but as a according to Frederick Herzberg? team. For example, some supermarkets Q33. What does the speaker say about jobs in combine office staff, the people who fill the the computer era? shelves, and the people who work at the Q34. What do some supermarkets do to checkout into a team. And let them decide motivate employees? what product lines to stock, how to display Q35. Why does the speaker say financial them, and so on. targets are less likely to motivate workers? Many people now talk about the importance of Section C a company shared values or culture, with In the humanities, authors write to inform you which all the staff can identify. For example, in many ways. These methods can be classified being the best hotel chain, or making the best, into three types of informational writing: the most user friendly, or the most reliable factual, descriptive and process. products in a particular field. Such values are Factual writing provides background more likely to motivate workers than financial information on an author, composer or artist, targets, which ultimately only concern a few or on a type of music, literature or art. people. Unfortunately, there is only a limited Examples of factual writing include notes on a number of such goals to go around. And by book jacket, or album cover and longer pieces, definition, not all the competing companies in such as an article describing a style of music, an industry can seriously play in to be the best. which you might read in a music appreciation Question 32-35 course. This kind of writing provides a context for your study of the humanities. As its name implies, descriptive writing simply ?说吧，你是想死呢还是不想活了, describes, or provides an image of a piece of ?好久没有人把牛皮吹的这么清新脱俗了～ ?你给我滚，马不停蹄的滚…… music, art or literature. For example, ?人人都说我丑，其实我只是美得不明显。 ?无理取闹,必有所图～ descriptive writing might list the colors an ___________________________________________ ______ artists used in the painting, or the instrument a ?天被熬亮了。 ?不是路不平，而是你不行。 composer included in a musical composition, ?恶心妈妈抱着恶心哭得很伤心，为什么呢,因为恶心死了…… ?要不是打不过你，我早就和你翻脸了。 so as to make pictures or sound in the readers? ?我这心碎得，捧出来跟饺子馅似的。 ___________________________________________ mind, by calling up specific details of the work. ______ ?没人牵手，我就揣兜。 Descriptive writing in the humanities, ?我的兴趣爱好可分为静态和动态两种，静态就是睡觉，动态就 是翻身… particularly in literature, is often mixed with ?唉,这人要一没正形，连头痛都是偏的。 ?我这人不太懂音乐，所以时而不靠谱，时而不着调。 critical writing. ?怎么会突然想哭,难道我也有些逆流成河的小忧伤, ___________________________________________ ______ Process writing explains a series of actions that ?好漂亮的美女叔叔啊～ ?我不跟猪摔跤有两个原因:首先这让我自己变得很脏，其次这bring about result. It tells the reader how to do 让猪很高兴。 ?没事偷着乐是不太可能了,偷着胖还是有点儿希望. something. For example, explaining the ?放下屠刀立地成佛的意思是，你放下屠刀的那一刻对方把你砍 成两瓣儿了。 technique used to shoot a film. This kind of ?没事可做时，觉得最累。 ___________________________________________writing is often found in art, where ______ ?李碧华说过: 什么叫多余,夏天的棉袄，冬天的蒲扇，还有understanding how an art has created a certain 等我已经心冷后你的殷勤。 ?永远年轻，永远装嫩，永远不知好歹，永远热泪盈眶。 effect is important. Authors may actually use ?我爸面对我发胖一事发表了看法:没有韩红的命，还得了韩红 的病。 more than one type of technique in a given 你来我信你不会走，你走我当你没来过。——我们该这样对待? 缘分与爱。 piece of informational writing. ?曾以为我是那崖畔的一枝花，后来才知道，不过是人海一粒渣。 ___________________________________________ ______ ?荡气回肠，消化不良。 没事就用这些词练练你的嘴皮子~~ ?女人喜欢长的坏坏的男人,并不是喜欢长坏了的男人.. ?麻子不叫麻子，坑人。 最幸福的人。 ?江湖险恶，不行就撤～ ___________________________________________ ?不敲几下，你不可能知道一个人或一个西瓜的好坏。 ______ ? 一分钱一分货,稀饭吃了不经饿. ___________________________________________ ? 水壶啊，你为什么哭泣，是因为屁股太烫了吗? ______ ? 如果命运抓住了伱的喉咙，伱就挠命运嘚胳肢窝。 ?孤独的人常表现得很坚强;寂寞的人则多半温和。 ? 拦着成长的不是幼稚，而是自以为成熟。 ? 如果命运折断了你的腿，他会教你如何跛行 ?大笑是绽放的微笑。 ___________________________________________ ?我的意中人是个绝色大美女，终于有一天她会骑着喷火的恐龙_______ 来嫁给我 ? 打死你我也不说 的，可是我看见了她的坐骑，却没有看见她的主人。 ?左脑全是水，右脑全是面粉，不动便罢了，一动全是浆糊 ?孤单是一个人的狂欢，狂欢是一群人的孤单。 ?挣钱就像用针掘地，花钱就像水渗进土里。 ?虽不安分，也该守己。 ?我也有要去的地方，只是我要去的地方，没道路通向那里。 ___________________________________________?你浪费的粮食都会堵在你去往天堂的路上。 ______ ___________________________________________ ?人不犯我，我不犯人。人若犯我，我就生气～ _______ ?别逼我，否则我伟大起来，一发不可收拾。 ?生活是丰富多彩的，但我也有自己的颜色。 ?我们是平凡的人，我们也是特别的人，所以我们是特别平凡的?如果有一天我失踪了，只有两种可能:身体在旅行，或者灵魂 人。 在旅行。 ?那个人敢说自己纯净,瞧你那眼神就透着浑浊。 ?讓人格与腦門一同閃亮。 ?没有什么比弱者对强者的鄙视更无力了。 ?你的丑和你的脸没有关系。 ___________________________________________?我从来没有欺骗过你，因为我从来没有欺骗你的必要。 ______ ___________________________________________ ?如有雷同，纯属你抄我 _______ ?笨鸟先飞，笨猪先肥。 ?当你的眼泪忍不住要流出来的时候，睁大眼睛，千万别眨眼，?我可以选择放弃，但我不能放弃选择。 你会看到世 ?天没降大任于我，照样苦我心志，劳我筋骨。 界由清晰到模糊的全过程。 ?也许似乎大概是，然而未必不见得。 ?告诉你别逼我，你要是再逼我，我就装死给你看。 ?再过一百年，就长成了参天大葱。 ?年轻算什么，谁没年轻过,你老过吗,真是的 ?幸福就是当你照镜子的时候，喜欢你看到的那个人。 ___________________________________________ ______ ?别用世故的样子来武装自己，它会水土不服。 ?解释就是掩饰，掩饰就是编故事。 ?所谓门槛，过去了便是门，过不去就成了槛。 ?陌生阻止你认识陌生的事物，熟悉妨碍你理解熟悉的事物。 ?人生的悲哀就在于，当你想两肋插刀的时候，却只有一把刀。 ___________________________________________ ______ ? 如果全是老姜，将是一个何等辛辣的社会。 ? 狮子不会因为听到狗吠而回头。 ? 水越深，水流越平稳。 ?在你不当回事的时候，一切就好了起来。 ? 无论是国王还是农夫，只要能在自己家里找到安宁，他就是