2008.12四级听力试题及答案

Short Conversations
11．
Q: What does the woman mean?
A) Only true friendship can last long.
B) Letter writing is going out of style.
C) she keeps in regular touch with her classmates.
D) She has lost contact with most of her old friends.

12.
Q: Who is the woman talking to?
A)A painter.
B) A porter.
C) A mechanic.
D) A carpenter.

13.
Q: What does the man suggest the woman do?
A) Look for a place near her office.
B) Find a new job down the street.
C) Make inquiries elsewhere.
D) Kent the $600 apartment.

14.
Q: What can we infer from the conversation about the man?
A) He prefers to wear jeans with a larger waist.
B) He has been extremely busy recently
C) He has gained some weight lately.
D) He enjoyed going shopping with Jane yesterday.

15.
Q: What does the man imply?
A) The woman possesses a natural talent for an.
B) Women have a better artistic taste than men.
C) He isn't good at abstract thinking.
D) He doesn't like abstract paintings.

16.
Q: What is the man trying to say to the woman?
A) She couldn't have left her notebook in the library.
B) She may have put her notebook amid the journals.
C) She should have made careful notes while doing reading.
D)she shouldn't have read his notes without his knowing it.

17.
Q: Why does the woman decline the man’s invitation?
A) She wants to gel some sleep.
B) She needs time to write a paper.
C)She has a literature class to attend.
D)She is troubled by her sleep problem.

18.
Q: What does the man imply?
A) He is confident he will get the job.
B) His chance of getting the job is slim
C) It isn't easy to find a quaiified sales manager.
D)The interview didn't go as well as he expected.

听力长对话1
Questions 19-21 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

19. Why does Simon find his retired life enjoyable?
A) He can manage his time more flexibly.
B) He can renew contact with his old friends.
C) He can concentrate on his own projects.
D) He can learn to do administrative work.

20. How does Simon get to know about the company’s available posts?
A) Reading its ads in the newspapers.
B) Calling its personnel department.
C) Contacting its manager.
D) Searching its website.

21. Why does the company adopt the phased retirement scheme?
A) To cut down its production expenses.
B) To solve the problem of staff shortage.
C) To improve its administratve efficiency.
D) To utilize its retired employees' resources.

长对话2
Questions 22 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

Q 22:What are the speakers going to do at the time of the conversation?
A) Buy a tractor.
B) Fix a house.
C) See a piece of property.
D) Sign a busines contract.

Q 23:What does the man say about the farm?
A) It is only forty miles from where they live.
B) It is a small one with a two-bedroom house.
C) It was bought at a price lower than expected.
D) It has a large garden with fresh vegetables.

Q 24:Why does the man intend to grow protatoes rather than corn on the farm?
A) Growing potatoes will involve less labor.
B) Its soil may not be very suitable for corn.
C) It may not be big enough for raising corn.
D) Raising potatoes will be more profitable.

Q 25: What is the woman’s greatest concern about the man’s plan?

a) Finances b) Labor c) Equipment d) Profits

Passage One
26. What is the purpose of the speaker’s remarks?
A)To introduce the chief of the city’s police force
B)To comment on a talk by a distinguished guest
C)To address the issue of community security
D)To explain the functions of the city council

27. What does the speaker say about Mr. Robert Washington?
A)He has distinguished himself in city management
B)He is head of the International Police Force
C)He completed his higher education abroad
D)He holds a master’s degree in criminology

28. What is the idea behind the Community Policing Program?
A)To coordinate work among police departments
B)To get police officers closer to the local people
C)To help the residents in times of emergency
D)To enable the police to take prompt action

29. How has the Community Policing Program turned out to be?
A)Popular
B)discouraging
C)effective
D)controversial

Passage Two
Questions 30 to 32 are based on the passage you have just heard.
Question 30. Why does the speaker say there are great possibilities for communication breakdowns?
A)people differ greatly in their ability to communicate
B)there are numerous languages in existence
C)Most public languages are inherently vague
D)Big gaps exist between private and public languages

Question 31. What is Chomsky’s point on the ability to learn a language?
A)it is a sign of human intelligence
B)in improves with constant practice
C)it is something we are born with
D)it varies from person to person

Question 32. What does Chomsky’s theory fail to explain according to the speaker?
A)how private languages are developed
B)how different languages are related
C)how people create their languages
D)how children learn to use language

Passage Three

33. What did Joan Higginbotham do before joining in NASA?
A)she was a tailor
B)she was an engineer
C)she was an educator
D)she was a public speaker

34. How does Higginbotham prepare her speech on space walks?
A)Basing them on science-fiction movies.
B) Including interesting examples in them
C) Adjusting them to different audiences
D) Focusing on the latest progress in space science

35. What does the high school audience want to know about space travel?
A) Whether spacemen carry weapons
B) How spacesuits protect spacemen
C) How NASA trains its spacemen
D) What spacemen cat and drink

Section C 复合式听写
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’re certain conditions (43)_______ with rising crime. Increasing heterogeneity of populations, greater cultural pluralism, higher immigration, democratization of governments, (44)__________________________________________________________________________________________________.

These conditions are increasing 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 21st century, and (46)______________________________________________________________________.

参考答案

11. D. She has lost contact with most of her friends
12. A. A painter
13. C. Make inquiries elsewhere
14. C. He has gained some weight lately
15. D he doesn’t like abstract paintings
16. B she may have put her notebook amid the journals
17. A she wants to get some sleep
18. B)his chance of getting the job is slim

19. A)He can manage his time more flexibly. 

20. D)Searching its website.

21. D)To utilize its retired employees’ resources.

22. C)See a piece of property.

23. B)It is a small one with a two-bedroom house.

24. C)It may not be big enough for raising corn.

25. A)Finances

26. A) To introduce the chief of the city' police force.
27. D) He holds a master's degree in criminology.
28. B) To get police officers closer to the local people.
29. C) Effective.
30. B) There are numerous languages in existence.
31. C) It is something we are born with.
32. D) How children learn to use language.

33. B)she was an engineer

34. C) Adjusting them to different audiences

35. A) Whether spacemen carry weapons

36. trend

37. phenomenon

38. scene

39. offenses

40. murder

41. particularly

42. explosion

43. associated

44. changing national borders, 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 common in America for most of  its history.

46. failure to recognize and plan for such diversity can lead to serious crime problems