加载中…2008年12月大学英语四级考试听力题目及原文
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Part III
Section A
Directions: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the end of each conversation, one or more questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked [A], [B], [C] and [D], and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.
11. 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. A) A painter.
13. A) Look for a place near her
office.
14. A) He prefers to wear jeans with a larger waist.
15. A)The woman possesses a natural for art.
16. A) She couldn’t have left her notebook in the library.
17. A)she wants to get some
sleep
18. A)He is confident he will get the job.
Questions 19 to 21 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
19. A)He can manage his time more flexibly.
20. A)Reading its ads in the newspapers.
21. A)To cut down its production expenses.
Questions 22 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
22. A)Buy a tractor.
23. A)It is only forty miles form where they live.
24. A)Growing potatoes will involve less labor.
25. A)Finances
Section B
Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked [A], [B], [C] and [D]. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.
Passage One
Questions 26 to 29 are based on the passage you have just heard.
26 A) To introduce the chief of the city’s police force
27 A)He has distinguished himself in city management
28 A)To coordinate work among police departments
29 A)Popular
Passage Two
Questions 30 to 32 are based on the passage you have just heard.
30 A)people differ greatly in their ability to communicate
31 A)it is a sign of human intelligence
32 A)how private languages are developed
Passage Three
Questions 33 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.
33 A)she was a tailor
34.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.A) Whether spacemen carry weapons
B) How spacesuits protect spacemen
C) How NASA trains its spacemen
D) What spacemen cat and drink
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.
Crime is increasing world wide. 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
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)_______________________
原文：
Short Conversations
11．M: I just received an Email from one of my former
classmates. I was surprised, I hadn’t heard from him for
ages.
W: Well, I’ve been out of touch with most of my old friends, only
one or two still drop me a line occasionally,
Q: What does the woman mean?
12. M: If you can make up your mind about the color, I can start on
the outside of your house early next week.
W: Well, right now I think I want white for the window frames and
yellow for the walls, but I’ll let you know tomorrow.
Q: Who is the woman talking to?
13. W: Excuse me, do you have any apartments available for under
500 dollars a month? I need to move in next week when my new job
starts.
M: The only vacant one I have is 600 dollars, have you inquired at
the apartment complex down the street?
Q: What does the man suggest the woman do?
14. W: You bought a pair of jeans yesterday, didn’t you? What are
they like?
M: Oh, they are pretty much like my other ones, except with a
larger waist. I guess I haven’t spent much time exercising
lately.
Q: What can we infer from the conversation about the man?
15. W: I really like those abstract paintings we saw yesterday.
What do you think?
M: I guess it’s something I haven’t acquired a taste for yet.
Q: What does the man imply?
16. W: You haven’t seen a blue notebook, have you? I hope I didn’t
leave it in the reading room.
M: Did you check that pile of journals you’ve borrowed from the
library the other day?
Q: What is the man trying to say to the woman?
17. M: How about joining me for a cup of coffee?
W: I’d love to, but I’m exhausted. I was up till 3 this morning,
writing a paper for my literature class.
Q: Why does the woman decline the man’s invitation?
18. W: You had a job interview yesterday, didn’t you? How did it
go?
M: Not too bad, I guess. There were about 20 candidates competing
for the sales manager’s job. And finally it was down to three of
us, but the other two seems better qualified.
Q: What does the man imply?
听力长对话1
F: Simon, how does it feel to be retired?
M: Well, not so bad.
F: How have you been spending your time?
M: I have been spending more time with my family. I’ve also
travelled a bit, you know, off season when everywhere is less
crowded and hotels cost less.
F: Great.
M: You know I haven’t stopped work completely.
F: Yes, could you tell us more about this?
M: I’m on a scheme that’s called phased retirement; I had a
six-month break from work, after that I could apply for project
work with the company I used to work for.
F: How does the scheme work?
M: Well, it’s a trial at the moment. Instead of hiring temporary
stuff, the company advertises posts on its website that retired
employees like myself can access.
F: What sort of works advertised?
M: Well, all sorts of things, really. Administrative work and more
specialized work, the sort of thing I can do. Some of the projects
can last five or six months, and others can just be a couple of
days. I can decide more or less when to work. So I can manage my
own time.
F: I can see it’s good for you. What is your company get out of
this?
M: Well, I still have all my old contacts at work, so I know who to
contact to get something done. The company gets flexibility, too.
Once the job’s over, that’s it. I’m not on their books any
more.
Questions 19-21 are based on the conversation you have just
heard.
19. Why does Simon find his retired life enjoyable?
20. How does Simon get to know about the company’s available
posts?
21. Why does the company adopt the phased retirement scheme?
长对话2
W: Oh, where are we going?
M: I want to show you something.
W: I know, but what is it?
M: A farm. It’s just down this road. It’s a small place, but at
least it would be our own.
W: A farm? How can we afford to buy a farm?
M: It isn’t very large, only 40 acres. We wouldn’t have to pay very
much right now.
W: Is there a house on the place?
M: A small one, two bedrooms, but it needs to be fixed up a little.
I can do the job myself.
W: OK. Is there enough space for a kitchen garden?
M: There is about half an acre around the house. That’s plenty of
space.
W: Then we can grow our own fresh vegetables. And maybe keep a few
chickens, couldn’t we?
M: Yes, and we can probably grow a lot of our own food.
W: What are you thinking about growing, if we do take this
place?
M: Well, it really isn’t big enough for corn. I thought we might
try to raise a crop of potatoes.
W: Potatoes? There are a lot of work.
M: We are used to hard work, aren’t we?
W: Yes, we are, but the money. Do we have enough to get started? It
seems like a dream.
M: I think we’ve saved enough. We can pay a little on the farm and
maybe put a few dollars down on the tractor, too.
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?
Q 23:What does the man say about the farm?
Q 24:Why does the man intend to grow potatoes rather than corn on
the farm?
Q 25:What is the woman greatest
concerned about the man’s plan?
Passage One
Members of the city council and distinguished guests, it is my
privilege to introduce to you today Mr. Robert Washington, chief of
our city’s police force. He will address us on the subject of the
Community Policing Program. Most of you know that Mr. Washington
has a distinguished record as head of our police force for more
than ten years. However, you may not know that he also holds a
master’s degree in criminology and studied abroad for a year with
the international police force which deals with crimes around the
world. Mr. Washington first introduced the Community Policing
Program 8 years ago. The idea behind the program is to get the
police officers out of their cars and into our neighborhood when
they can talk directly to merchants and residents about the real
dynamics of our city. These officers do more than make arrests.
They try to find ways to help solve the problems that contribute to
crime in the first place. Often that means hooking people up with
services offered by other city agencies, such as schools,
hospitals, housing, drug treatment centers. And the program seems
to be working: crime is down and our citizens report that they feel
more secure. Today Mr. Washington is going to tell us more about
this program. Now let’s welcome Mr. Robert Washington.
26. What is the purpose of the speaker’s remarks?
He will address us on the subject of community policing
program.
27. What does the speaker say about Mr. Robert
Washington?
Most of you know that Mr. Washington
has a distinguished record as head of our police force for more
than ten years. However, you may not know that he also holds a
master’s degree in criminology and studied abroad for a year with
the international police force which deals with crimes around the
world. Mr. Washington first introduced the community policing
program 8 years ago.
28. What is the idea behind the Community Policing Program?
The idea behind the program is to get the police officers out of
their cars and into our neighborhood when they can talk directly to
merchants and residents about the real dynamics of our city.
29. How has the Community Policing Program turned out to be?
And the program seems to be working, crime is down and our citizens
report that they feel more secure.
Passage Two
There are between 3000 and 6000 public languages in the world, and
we must add approximately 6 billion private languages since each
one of us necessarily has one. Considering these facts, the
possibilities for breakdowns in communication seem infinite in
number. However, we do communicate successfully from time to time.
And we do learn to speak languages. But learning to speak languages
seems to be a very mysterious process. For a long time, people
thought that we learned a language only by imitation and
association. For example, a baby touches a hot pot and starts to
cry. The mother says, “Hot, hot!” And the baby, when it stops
crying, imitates the mother and says, “Hot, hot!” However, Noam
Chomsky, a famous expert in language, pointed out that although
children do learn some words by imitation and association, they
also combine words to make meaningful sentences in ways that are
unique, unlearned and creative. Because young children can make
sentences they have never heard before, Chomsky suggested that
human infants are born with the ability to learn language. Chomsky
meant that underneath all the differences between public and
private languages, there is a universal language mechanism that
makes it possible for us, as infants, to learn any language in the
world. This theory explains the potential that human infants have
for learning language. But it does not really explain how children
come to use language in particular ways.
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?
There are numerous public and private languages.
Question 31. What is Chomsky’s point on the ability to learn a
language?
Human infants are born with the ability to learn language and the
potential to learn any language in the world.
Question 32. What does Chomsky’s theory fail to explain according
to the speaker?
It does not really explain how children come to use language in
particular ways.
Passage Three
When US spacewoman Joan Higginbotham is not flying and working in
space, she might be found somewhere on earth giving a speech.
Higginbotham, who grew up in Chicago and became an engineer before
joining NASA, that is the National Air and Space Administration,
gives about a dozen speeches a year. Each speech is different
because she tailors her remarks to each audience. Through
interviews and E-mails, she finds out in advance her listeners
educational level and what information they want to know. On the
subject of space walks, for example, audiences vary in their
interests and how much complexity they can comprehend. To
elementary school children, Higginbotham may discuss a problem that
many kids want to know about. "How do spacemen in a spacesuit eat,
drink, and go to the bathroom?" Her answer is “the spacesuit is
really a small spacecraft with room for food and water-containers,
and a waste-collection system.” To a high school audience, she
might satisfy a curiosity that often arises in her pre-speech
interviews with students who obviously have seen many science
fiction movies. “Do spacemen carry weapons in case they encounter
enemies in space?” Her answer is "No". To scientists, she might
provide technical details on such topics as the design of
spacesuits that protects spacemen from the deadly temperature
extremes of space. Just as elaborate preparation is required for
success in space, Higginbotham says that it’s important for
speakers to learn as much as possible about their listeners before
a speech because every audience is different.
33. What did Joan Higginbotham do before joining in NASA?
34. How does Higginbotham prepare her speech on space walks?
35. What does the high school audience want to know about space
travel?
Section C
复合式听写
Crime is increasing worldwide. There is every reason to believe the
(36)trend 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)phenomenon has appeared on the world
(38)scene-rapidly rising crime rates in nations that
previously reported few (39)offenses. Street crimes such as
robbery, rape, (41)murder and auto theft are clearly rising,
(41)particularly in eastern European countries such as
Hungary and in western European nations such as the United
Kingdom.
What is driving this crime (42)explosion? There are no
simple answers. Still, there’re certain conditions
(43)associated with rising crime. Increasing heterogeneity
of populations, greater cultural pluralism, higher immigration,
democratization of governments, (44)changing national borders,
greater economic growth, and the lack of accepted social ideas of
right and wrong.
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)are
now facing the sort of cultural variety that has been common in
America for most of its history.
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)failure to recognize
and plan for such diversity can lead to serious crime
problems.
答案：
11. D) She has lost contact with most of her old friends.
12. D) A painter.
13. C) Make inquires 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 flexible.
20. D Searching its website.
21. D To utilize its retired employee's resources.
22 C See a piece of property.
23. B It is a small one with a two-bedroom house.
24. C It may now 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.
复合式听写
36 trend
37 phenomenon
38 scene
39 offenses
40 murder
41 particularly
42 explosion
43 associated
44changing 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 Reading Comprehension
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